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From First Statesman, March 28, 18S1
: THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C03IPANY
CHARLES A, SPRAGfUZ, Editor and Publisher
Member of the Associated Press -
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to it or' not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Our Balkan Peninsula 5 ! ? j
.The revolutionxin Bolivia which has; result
ed in the overthrow of the prof-allied gov-,
eminent is an event of UJ omen. Bolivia Is. the
chief and almost the sole source of tin for tha
United States, now that Malayan, tin is con
egariled by the Japs. The curtailment j of the
Bolivian tin supply if long continued; would
have damaging effect on the war and on civil
ian economy both in this country and Great
Britain. While we have been trying to build
up stockpiles of tin, it has been' hard to make
headway in view of the urgent 5 jdemand of
munitions plants and the canning 1 industry.
The margin of allied favor in, South Ameri
ca has always, been narrow. It took a coup in
Uruguay to oust the nazi element. Iii Argentina
the nominally neutral - but actually promazl
regime was replaced by a junta of colonels mora
strongly fascist in sympathy. Brazil, while ruled
by a president-dictator, has been most inclined
to favor the allies, but even in Brazil there is
a very large segment of the population of Ger
man origin and sympathies. i.j f
All through South America the German in
fluence in business and culture has penetrated.
German airlines 'linked the capitals and prin
cipal cities of the continent; German traders
were active in business; German j consulates
were ganglia of the nau propaganda system. It
has taken strong pressures to offset these in
fluences, and probably considerable American
spending money. The coups in Argentina and
Bolivia show that our position in the southern
continent is not too"secure. " I! ; j
It is doubtful if the Bolivian revolution will
affect the flow of commodities to the United
States and Great Britain. Without these na
tions for a market the 'national income would,
collapse and the ensuing economic distress
. would soon ' prompt a 1 counter-revolution. j If
necessary the allies could "take- steps", but
military action would be the last move because
of the resulting disturbance all through -the
continent. Certainly we would not want one war
within a war. Even a pro-nazi I government is
hardly likely to defy - Great Britain and the
United States to the injury of its own people.
The Washington comment on the Bolivian .
development is reserved, as properly it should
. be. Until the situation clears: and "lines of
force" are defined, public pronouncement by
men in official status will be -withheld. We may
be sure that our very considerable representa
tion in Bolivia and through South America
will watch; the matter! intently, 'and observe
the reaction in other South American coun
tries, especially those more closely aligned to
the cause of the United Nations! There is no
cause for serious alarm; but we might remem
ber that South America is a sort, of "Balkan
Peninsula" for North. America. , -
- eral treasury are far more necessitous than those
- of Detroit. It is not very patriotic for a subor
; dinate branch of "government to connive, to de-
' prive the treasury of revenues it needs and has
sought by ' law , to, 'collect. If Detroit's example
is generally followed the federal government
will lose substantial sums, which it will be
" forced to make up in some other way, and thus
the public may be doubly mulcted. Detroit's
city government evidently ; thinks,", however,
that it has hit upon a heat trick, which : this
: one is if it works. - J ,
... . It was a Texas outfit that secured the beach
head on New Britain. And they carried :, tha
flag of the Lone Star state along With the stars
and stripes. Over in Italy . a captured . German
said the officers predicted dire punishment if
they were caught by Americans because they
were fighting Texans. The men f rom Texas
not only have a reputation as f ighters--they
live up to it too. And they still think of their
state as an independent principality. -
Newspaper headline: PRESIDENT IN DC
WILL TALK At least that is better than WILL
SING f '
The Pendleton East-Oregon ian thinks we
should do house-heating by electricity. That
would be all right if we could just charge it.
Tha 1943 crop of dry edible beans is said to
be the largest on record. Good news for army
cooks. !
News Behind
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Five-Cent Cigars
There was once a vice president who gained
immortality of a sort not because of his politi
cal achievements but because of his quip:
"What the country needs is a good five-cent
cigar." That was Vice President Marshall, and
he made the remark . when the last war had
boosted the price of; good cigars to ten or fif
teen cents apiece. 'After a length of time cigar-makers
saw their market melting away
from them las cigarettes grew in popularity.
Then one of the big tobacco companies brought
out a five-Cent cigar, publicizing it in a fa
mous "anti-spit" advertising campaign. Be
fore the present war there were several nickel
brands on the market, but still the sales were
only about two-thirds of those of 20 years pre
vious, while the sale of cigarettes had zoomed
from fewer than, fifty billion a year to 189
billion. That presented a problem for the cigar
makers to worry over. We let the Portland Jour
nal of Commerce take over:
In those happy carefree days , of the late
depression long before the war certain ci
gar manufacturers announced their intentions
of "stabilizing", the quality if there is such a
thing as quality involved,1 of 5-cent cigars. You
may recall their first publicity blasts re
garding pending stabilization plans. The torches
were to dovetail more closely with the desires
of fairly easily satisfied consumers.- General
Improvement was admittedly in order. Insofar
as we kntow from personal experience, how
ever, less, than nothing has resulted, unless
wrapping the fuses in cellophane and raising
the price a penny counts. But when the war is
over and happy days are here again a definite
minimum standard must be fixed for such in
flammable and damnable 'commodities which
should only be set fire .to;,' outdoors and pre
ferrably in a high wind.' Further there should
be effective restrictions imposed to prevent
the burning of these smudge-producers in all I
places of public assembly and. We hope, in
news offices not equipped with the most pow
erful pressure ventilating systems..
Neat Trick-If It Works .
Detroit is planning a beat trick. Its council
has adopted an -ordinance to levy additional
taxes on utilities operating within the city
with the frank admission that it is seeking to
capture excess profits that otherwise will go to
the federal government! The Detroit! Edison
company, which serves the city with electricity,
and the Michigan Consolidated Gas company,
gas supplier, say that the new tax is confisca
tory and that they, will be forced to ask a
substantial rate increase. They .probably will
resist the tax in court. - ' ' , .
' The question arises as to why there should
not be m rate reduction if the profits of the
companies, exceed a fair return. While? for the
country as a whole regulatory commissions have
not moved, to reduce rates, this non-action has
been due to the fact that utility profits have
shown little or no increase after federal taxes.
In Oregon the public utility commissioner has
ordered a rate cut for Portland .General Elec-.
trie, but this, is the culmination of an ; effort
begun over a year ago and a consequence of
the company's own previous assurances of low- ,
er rates. '
It would appear that .tha needs of the fed-
WASHINGTON, December 20 Congressional
taxmakers entered an apparent gentleman's agree-
ment earlier in the year that they would soak the
individual income taxpayer no more until he had
a chance to straighten. himself
out on the so-called "pay-as-you-go,"
the device by which
they half -covertly hiked his
war taxes at least 25 per cent,
under the benevolent guise of
letting him pay currently after
1945.
Members of the house com
mittee, and also senate finance,
agreed the individual Just
could not stand more during
this transition Deriod of double
taxation. Nothing was -written down, but public
statements were issued by many" members to this
effect
Now, after nine months of searching fo"r new
methods of taxation and failing to consider ser
iously a single new method, not even voting on a
sales tax or a spending tax, or trying to reach the
special restricted class of inflated war incomes
senate finance has submitted a bill:
To hitthe same old individual income taxpayer
and no one else, again by stealthy method of al
lowing rates to remain the same while removing
two important exemptions.
Elimination of the 10 per cent earned income
credit will hike the individual's tax costs about
$540,000,000 next year; disallowance of deductions
for excise taxes will cost $150,000,000 more. In all,
this bill raises income taxes again by probably
$700,000,000.
How did they dare do it? Chiefly because a
thoughtlessly false, if not intentionally deceptive
propaganda has been built up before the public.
Taxmakers in their giddiness or frustration have
come to believe their own words "the country can
stand more taxes", "people have money to burn,"
"danger of inflation."
The truth is certain war working people hava
greatly increased incomes, but most people have
much less after taxes and high prices.
No one advertises the truth that this government
increased its toll on income taxpayers 152 per cent
the first five months of this fiscal government
year (July to December) over last year. Little do
you hear of taxation rising 700 per cent in three
major bills since Pearl Harbor, the brunt falling
on old taxpayers, not the inconsiderable new war
workers (9,060,000 new victory" taxpayers pay on
ly $162,000,000).
A struggling married wage earner getting $5000
today must pay 20 per cent or $1000 to his feder
al government, in addition to state and county taxes
and other federal levies on cigarettes, liquor, etc.
All you hear are expert arguments about in
flation with generalized overall national figures
about swollen incomes, nothing about this $5000
man trying to buy bonds, pay withholding, ter
rific prices and raise a family on about half or
less of what he earns. ' I
No one, absolutely no one, takes the part of the
individual taxpayer. The way the propaganda has
been set up, it Is considered unpopular, even re
motely unpatriotic to do so.
But generalized average taxation already is $357
per person here compared with $291 in. Britain,
$261 in Canada, and our. people already pay eight
tim more than in world war I. ; -.:-
This government without this bill, will collect
possibly $45,000,000,000 this; year, pay at least 47 per
cent of the war cost, and its expenditures wilt run
below expectations while j its revenues will be
higher than budgeted, making any tax increase less
necessary. Yet the treasury ardently offsets such j
figures and denies this established trend of re-
duced deficits in its warm,! excessive taxation, zeal. I
And this finance committee spent ! most of its
time moderating renegotiation of contracts on
business. Perhaps- some such steps were necessary
to prevent injustices and leave business something
for. after-the-war conversion, but it lost sight of
consideration for the: individual taxpayer." .
No fairmlnded authority will deny that both the -house
and senate tax bills are basically awkward, 'i
unimaginative, , non-partisanly inefficient upward
readjustments of already1 overburdened tax sources,
that no one concerned, including the treasury, has
shown the slightest political courage toward devel
oping new tax source or searching out the war- ,
inflation money In the' pockets where it resides. -
v- owwnow, politicians nave the notion taxpayers
never rise up at elections. It was the new deal
which first fully discovered that tremendous tax-:
ation does not hurt bolitically, but excessive ex
penditures to special groups does help politically. As
long as. this belief prevslls, the income taxpayer
way conunue so d Be constantly fleeced goat ef
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flowing into the Columbia below
Coulee dam. These streams in
clude the Wen a tehee, the Entiat,
the Methow and the Okanogan.
Salmon runs in them had been
depleted because of diversion of
waters for irrigation. It was
hoped that salmon , runs into
these streams' could be renewed
in this manner. . This plan . has
been' followed for four seasons,
and in 1944 the salmon are ex
pected to find these streams in
accordance with their natural
instinct of returning to the Wa
ter of their birth or early life.
.The fishways at Rock Island'
will be. improved, for easy pass
age, reports the Astorian-Budget
which follows the salmon news
closely, and trucks will be em
ployed if the salmon fail to cross
the dam lor their rendezvous
on the gravel, bars above. Some
may head upstream to the base
of the Coulee dam, and then may
drop down and spawn in the
Columbia. Developments will be
closely watched; but the fish au
thorities are confident that their
expectations will be met in the
natural migration of the salmon
to these streams. If it does then
a most interesting interference
with fish-life will have proved
successful and a, great industry
saved from serious loss.
I relate this story , not only
because of its general: import
ance in the economic life of the
state but because it shows : the
worth of one of these ."boards
and commissions' . which are
often loosely," abused. ; It is easy
to count Up the number of such
governmental agencies and' pro- '
pose- that half of them be elimi
nated But experience shows
that most of them discharge im
portant functions of government "
that -cannot be abolished. Here
we have' the Oregon fish com
mission which has worked dili
gently through the years, with-
out making much noise, to pro
tect the salmon industry against -destruction
; by great power
dams. It deserves a - considerable
share of credit for the success
that is now being attained.
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Today's Garden
By LTLLTE L. MADSEN 1
' Mrs. O. S.: Cannas are treated
very much" like dahlias when it
comes to storing them. When the
tops have been : killed by frost
lift and store them. Cut off the
stalks before putting them away.
Storage should be in a dry, frost
proof place 'where the tempera
ture ranges between 45 and 55
degrees. Many gardeners prefer
to put the tubers in boxes or
barrels and cover them, with peat
moss or dry sand to prevent them
from becoming too badly shriv
- eled. 'V.y ' 't Xrty- ;xt
Do not set them out in spring
until all danger of frost is past.
They are easy' of culture and
grow in any fertile, . moist and
deeply prepared soiL The "roots
should be divided in the spring
with a sharp knife, allowed a
bud to each piece. Set them
about 18 inches apart and plant
them from S to S inches deep.
The first jarring blows of the
long expected Russian winter of
' fensive-north of the Dnieper line
are being struck in i the Nevel-Polotsk-Vitebsk
triangle. Expul
sion of .the foe from all north
western Russia is . the indicated
red army; objective. '
:;-. Berlin admits that .the whole
German left flank' to-the Baltic
- Is ' being rocked 'by the impact,
- butr cautious Moscow has only
now confirmed the . new and
. massive red army' attack in that
sector, six days after, its onset .
"Judging by., the ' pattern re
vealed so far,? the Russian drive
seems aimed immediately at iso
lation of the Vitebsk bastion of
the nazi line and possible en-
' trapment of its garrison. To that'
end, red ; army forces estimated
"at a quarter million have punch-'
ed - south and southwestward
from : Nevel to within striking
distance; of the Vitebsk-Polotsk
' railway,: the main stem of nazi '
. .communications for the critical
segment of tha - front north of
. the upper bend of the Dnieper
river. . ' ' .
There were intimations . that
the Russians already may have
cut that line. If so, only one
cape route remains open for the
nazi Vitebsk garrison. That
the Vitebsk-Orsha stretch of the
Leningrad-Odessa railroad, end
it too ia under close Russian
pressure from the east, south of
Vitebsk. .-
. Collapse of .investment of the
Vitebsk : anchor - must inevitably
be followed by German evacu
ation of Orsha, the crucial rail
and road junction to the south
on the upper bend of the Dnie
per. It would' mean retreat by
the Invaders . from their last
Dnieper footholds north of Kiev
and ultimate . expansion of the
Kiev bulge all the way to the
Polotsk region; virtually insight
The
Safety Valve
A SERVICE MAM SPEAKS
To the Editor: i v -
I am doing what is an accepted
American custom or let us say.
Aft American privilege. For it
is a privilege, the writing of let
1 ters to the editor, in which the
, pulse and voice of the American
" people vibrate and 'are recorded
for all eyes to see.
We who - are overseas take
pride in the generally honest
manner in which our country's
newspapers have treated the war
news. It is a striking contrast
to the hypocrisy ? and idiocy t in
which ; the- newspapers of the
axis Bations have descended.
And we lose patience with the
cynic who tells us that the
American public, after "viewing
the newsreel war scenes and
reeding the screaming newspaper
headlines, goes on his own merry
way unmindful that there IS a
war. - 1- - ' ' .'
In spite of cheap, sensational
publicity the type conceived
by those who use this war to
limelight themselves, we have
not lost faith.
For-what the American war
rior has done and is doing, the
sympathetic 'are moved to tears;
the haughty to humility; the
stern to tenderness. The march
to freedom is an eternal march.
There can be no compromise, no
hesitancy, no doubt
Tomorrow's citizen will find
that he has no longer a narrow
groove m which to settle down
to comfort and indifference. The
world has grown small. Horizons,
conceptions must grow large. It
takes not! a great visionary to
realize that world responsibility
is the historic destiny of the
United States of America.
Very sincerely,
Mr. Terry Denton, USNR.
Acorn 7, Fleet PO.
San Francisco, Calif.
of the old Russian-Polish, fron
. tier. -. . .. ' - t ''.:.. ;
There can be little question
that the present battle is a pre
liminary - to- Russian offensive
activity all the way northward
to the Leningrad area. The
weight of winter has! closed
down fully on that part of . the .
, line and with marshes, lakes and
rivers frozen . hard, i fche j cold
weather ' drive for which Mos
cow has obviously been prepar
ing for months seems to be at1
nd.; v:,- : .;.'1(:Vri I '
4 It also Seems clear that in the
interchange of Russian-a 1 1 led
military information at Teheran
. Russian plans for this winter of
fensive were fully revealed. The
strategic '- dovetailing . of allied .
operations on other fronts to
synchronize with what looks j'
like the start of a climactic red
army offensive may be in close
prospect. Remember that Lon
don reports massive troop move
ments across the I Atlantic and :
in Britain just now. " j )
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Wright Plane
To Come to US
WASHINGTON, ; Dec. 20-P-
The airplane ,in whi c h Orville
w right made hts first power-driven
flight is coming back ' to the
United States after long' years of
exile in. England, thereby ending
one of the great science quairels -of
this country. ; j . j I
President Roosevelt announced
the plane will be returned to rest
in the Smithsonian institution in
a message to a testimonial - dinner
tonight fori Wright 1 on the i 40th
anniversary of the flight
"The nation will welcome it
back as the Outstanding I symbol '
of American genius," the presi-
dent said. ' J! i .' i i : -i
Wright and his brother. I Wil-1
bur, let the plane go to i England
for exhibition at a time when the !
Smithsonsian refused to recognize
ineir night at Kitty Hawk.f NC.
as the first.. For many years it
credited the first power fliehi to 1
Samuel' Langley, another aviation
pioneer. Now the Smithsonian rec
ognizes tne Wright flteht as th
Vandegrift.ppciirited
w AitilNGTON. I f Dec. 20WPV4
The s e n a t'e Satdrdiy confirmed V
jl veni Alex-
ander A. Vandegrift as jcomman-
dant of the US marina corns to
succeed - LL - Gen Thotmi MniJr -
comb, recently -retired.;
Under his' appointment bv
President Roosevelt General
Vandegrift . will serve four years
as marine commandant, ; begin
ning January 1. : f' M i ir ,' ' i:':;
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