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' ' PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGES
j . It helps in the understanding of President
t Roosevelt's message on the state of the na--tion,
which was highly political, to study it
in connection with the budget message, fore
. cast for Friday, which sticks to the practical.
I In the "state of the nation" message, the
rmost conspicuous political items are:
- 1. Proposal to conscript labor to prevent
Z strikes for the duraUon.
2. The 8-polnt so-called "bill of rights"
'. promising happiness, prosperity and security to
everybody when the war is over.
It is a strange combination, but it trans
lates into a platform on which Mr. Roosevelt
Tcan run for his fourth term. The labor con
scription idea goes with the recent declara
tion that "Mr. New Deal is out and from now
Ton we have Mr. Win-the-War." Also it is
probably figured that Mr. R's ."get tough"
demand may put Congress behind the eight
ball, since Congress has been doing a lot of
. 'squawking about administration bungling of
labor matters.
If it becomes necessary to adopt any such
un-American and un-democratic procedure as
labor conscription, it will be Mr. Roosevelt's
own fault for playing politics with labor and
wage controls from the very beginning. The
. "separate peace" which Mr. Roosevelt made
with John L. Lewis and his miners was only
the last of a series of acts which destroyed
authority of WLB, and undermined the con
structive accomplishments of that very large
section of labor which was cooperating in the
. effort to establish orderly and disciplined
' procedures.
The so-called "bill of rights" is the purest
political hokum! It reminds us of the silver
haired quack who was declaiming one night
in a city council on the subject of cheaper
street car fares:
'' "I favor higher wages for the workers, blg
ger dividends for the stockholders, and lower
carfares and better service for all the pee-pul."
!' The farmer, the worker, and the business
-man may chuckle together over this effort
"to write personal success into a bill of rights
because everyone knows that no matter how
far we may go toward guaranteeing FAIR
PLAY for every citizen: .
." "There Is always work for the fool killer."
In the budget message, Mr. Roosevelt gets
down to cases on the more practical problems
-ot winning tne war ana preparing lor tne
atruggles of peace. This war is not won.
Germany may surrender before' 1944 is fin
' ished. Japan may yield in 1945, but that is
only a hope. We face these very dangerous
(acts:
National Debt 170 billion now; will be close
m to 258 billion if the war goes through 1945. ,
" War Expenses 100 billion a year.
Other Expenses 10 billion a year, of which
w we require more than 4 billion for Interest and
payments on present debt.
Operating Deficit 59 billion a year.
; Therefore the President puts it up to Con
;gress to quit stalling on the pending tax bill
;;which has so far added only a little more
;than 2 billion to current revenue where at
; least 10 billion is needed to reduce borrow
ing and check inflationary trends.
;. In the budget message the President re
affirms his demands for "realistic tax laws,"
Continued renegotiation of war contracts to
hold down outlay and control profits, re
.' enactment of the economic stabilization law
which is due to run out June 30, and a heavier
program of social security insurance (instead
of the proposed "freeze") because:
1. Already more than 1,000,000 men have
V been discharged from service and are creating
huge compensation problems.
' 2. Reconversion of Industry must begin long
' before we finish the job In Asia, and we may
I face "severe employment problems while still
fighting a major war."
! The beginnings of peace will bring to this
nation what Mr. Roosevelt calls a long strug
gle against "economic chaos."
i The budget message fortunately is a
much sounder document than the one on the
"state of the nation." In it the President
himself is much more "realistic" than is his
iwont if not apprehensive of the fantastic
governmental structure which he himself has
built.
We are with Mr. Roosevelt all the way on
"taxing till it hurts" and trying to "pay while
we fight." We would go further. Instead of
industry having to beg to set up cash re
serves for post-war. it should be required to
do so, investing such reserves in War Bonds
till time comes to reconvert.
We depart from Mr. R. on the philosophy
which makes "gov'mcnt" a sort of "minister
ing angel" for war or peace. Government
is our servant, not our keeper. It exists not
to protect us from all ill but to guard our
simple rights. There will be much which
only federal government can do and must
do for the demobilized fighter or worker, but
we believe:
"Reconstruction must begin In each home
.' and In each home town and in each citlten's
heart."
We are living in an era of world-wide
social revolution of which the war Is only
one phase, and no man, not even the Presi
dent of the United States, can promise that
anybody can be secure, no matter what Gov
ernment may try to do. The American citi
zen may have to look sharp and fight hard
to preserve even his original Bill of Rights
(on which even Mr. R. cannot improve.)
We see the future as a CHALLENGE to
citizenship in which Mr. , Roosevelt's glib
promise of "the life of Riley" is untimely
and , out of place. The post-war will bring
continued sacrifice to pay for war and past
mistakes, continued struggles to make sure
tfcat no man trespasses on any other man,
no "Cass on any other class, and above all
that Gov'ment does not become the master
in our house. .
Realism should begin now for war or
peace.
CLINTON EDWARD STEWART
Till now, when he is gonewe never knew
he was Clinton Edward Stewart because he
was just Clint Stewart to all of us in Lane
county, pioneer orchardist, county fruit in
spector, and not so much an officer of"law
as a friend and counsellor to everybody. He
made his more than 80 years of living a
sound job of Americanism.
When Clint retired from active duty a
few years ago, you may recall there was a
big public dinner in his honor well, not a
big dinner as those things go, because "big"
might imply a vast assembly and a lot of
high flown oratory by a lot of Big Name
people.
This was an affair to which about 100
people came because they wanted to, mostly
old friends and neighbors of Clint's, the whole
tribe of Harlows and Chases and others who
had been associated in the early days of the
cannery, There weren't any set speeches,
but there was a good deal of good natured
"ribbing," and Clint got even with some of
'em. For instance he related how he once
had to "pinch Frank Chase for not spraying
his apples."
It was a gathering which told more than
you can find in the histories about how this
community grew and why it is the kind of
place it is. Clint Stewart, the farmer, and
the friend of farmers and all decent people,
had a big part in it. We could not now im
prove on that demonstration of affection and
respect.
The orchards of Lane county will bloom
when the spring comes and the whole valley
will take on loveliness. They are symbols
of a wealth beyond measure. And they are,
! in a sense, this man's monument.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By PETER EDSON
Register-Guard Washington Correspondent
THIS WILL TAX TOUR PATIENCE
So they were going to make this tax-paying
business simple. So the pay-as-you-go tax plan was
going to make everything easy. So they went ahead,
and as matters stand now, calculating your federal
taxes for 194 couldn't be much worse than if they
had set out to make it difficult in the first place.
The best advice that can be given under these
circumstances is to start figuring your income taxes
just as soon as you can after recovering from your
New Year's hangover. Test yourself first on addi
tion and subtraction, then throw in a few problems
of multiplication and decimals to make sure you're
ready for the task, because this year you have to
figure percentages. And you can bet your last funny
steel penny that the lines forming around the in
come tax collectors' desks next March 15 will be
longer and madder and more muddled than they
lytve ever been.
To begin with, this year you'll have to fill out
two (2) different forms covering your income for
three (3) different years. It is not nice to ruin
your holiday season with this bad news, but you
might as well know what's ahead so you can pre
pare accordingly by (a) drowning your cares in a
flagon of wartime woe or (b) staylixg cold sober so
as to face with a clear head the ordeal ahead.
Balancing Tour Tax Books
The first of Uiese forms, covering your antici
pated Income and Victory tax payments for 1944,
is similar to the form you vresiltrj with last Sept.
15, estimating your income and your Victory and
withholding taxes for 1943. From this estimate of
income and taxes for 1944, you may find that the
taxes to be withheld from your pay envelope in
1944 will be sufficient to meet your federal taxes
for the year, in which case you will have to make
no March 15 payment on your 1944 income. On the
other hand, you may find you will have to pay
something extra on March 15. Either way, you will
have to bring this calculation into balance with
what you owe the government or what the govern
men will owe you on your 1942 and 1943 income
taxes, which are calculated on the second form.
On this second form you must figure accurately
the Uilngs you made estimates on last Sept. 15
Income, taxes, expenses and deductions authorized
by law a regular March 15 Income tax declaration,
but covering the two years 1942 arid 1943. It's
necessary to figure It on a two-year basis because
tliis is the first year in which the pay-as-you-go
plan has been in effect and also because a part of
your 1942 taxes were forgiven.
Before Jan. 31. your employer is supposed to
furnish you with a statement of your exact earn
ings for 1943 and the amount of taxes he has with
held from your pay. As soon as you get these fig
ures, you can get on with your chore, for which
there will be the customary long form and short
form. The long form 4s for use if your Income Is
less than $3000 a year.
"Simplification" Is Vexation
The trouble Is all with the tax law Itself. In
Interests of simplification, the Treasury Uiis year
proposed integrating Income and Victory taxes by
dropping some nine million potential taxpayers
from the rolls almost entirely married people of
the lowest income groups. The combined yield to
the government from these nine million was esti
mated at $300,000,000. Treasury would have made
up this sum by dropping the 10 per cent earned
Income credit.
The House Ways and Means Committee, not
liking this idea, brought forward a new "minimum
tax" proposal which would have meant re-educating
all the low Income group of taxpayers and
would have collected a mere $161,000,000 from the
nine million taxpayers In the lowest Income group.
Then the Senate Finance Committee, unwilling
to achieve real simplicity, defeated the minimum
tax and retained the Victory tax in its present form.
There matters stood as Congress went home lor the
Cliristmas holiday.
Committees
Named For
Girl Scouts
By MARIAN LOWRV
CTANDING committees for the
year's work in the Eugene Girl
Scouts council were named at the
council meeting the past Tuesday
evening at the home of the com
missioner; Mrs. Arthur W. priaulx.
These appointments Include tne
following: ,
Public relations Mrs. Robert
Leeper, chairman; Miss R. Louise
Fitch, Mrs. Dorothy Metzger, Mrs.
William M. Tugman.
Troop organization: Mrs. T. L.
Huber, chairman;' Mrs. M. H.
Kendall, Mrs. V. M. Cameron,
Mrs. L. D. Bryan, Mrs. Russell
Fenn.
Program:' Mrs. B. M. Williams,,
chairman; Mrs. Kenneth W.
Moore, Mrs. Kenneth A. Wells.
Training: Mrs. C. L. Schwering.
Finance: Mrs. Austin Dodds.
Camp: Miss Florence Alden,
Mrs. C. F. Hyde.
Office and staff : Mrs. Paul D.
Green.
1 At the council meeting, Mrs.
John W. Lewis was elected to
membership in the group.
METHODIST GROUP
Twentieth Century club of the
First Methodist church held its
monthly potluck dinner Wednes
day evening at six-thirty o'clock.
The committee serving consisted
of Mr. Mid Mrs. Frank Gordinier,
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Crakes, and
Rev. and Mrs. Llewellyn O. Grif
fith. Plans were made for an all
church potluck dinner to be held
February 9. Group singing was
enjoyed. Miss Virgene Lindley
playing accompaniments,
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EAST DIVISION
Meeting of the East division of
the Women's Christian Temper
ance union, set for Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Marie Surdara, was postponed be
cause of inclement weather. No
date was set for the next gathering.
.
CHURCH GROUP
Young Women's Foreign Mis
sionary society of the Church of
the Nazarene met Tuesday evening
at the home of Mrs. Harold Olson.
Mission stations in South Africa
were studied, the hostess and Mrs.
W. H. Qldaker leading the lessons.
Mrs. Oldaker presided at a busi
ness session. Members worked at
Red Cross sewing during the eve
ning. The meeting in February
will be at the home of Miss Verda
Muir.
MEETING TUESDAY
Mrs. F. A. Crafts was hostess to
the West division of the Women's
Christian Temperance union, Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Anna Richards
led devotions, and there was a
busines session. Mrs. Anna Vin
cent has been appointed secretray.
filling a vacancy. It was decided
to make a study of parliamentary
procedure, and also that each
member should collect pertinent
temperance information and re
port at meetings. Lighter refresh
ments for the duration of the war
also were approved.
AUXILIARY EVENT
Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen met for seven
thirty dessert Wednesday evening.
with a business Session following.
Five dollars was voted from a spe
cial fund as a contribution to the
"march of dimes" for the infantile
paralysis fund. Two officers who
were not present at Installation,
Mrs. James Smith, treasurer, and
Mrs. S. L. Hebard, outer guard,
were installed.
Miss Boss Takes
Over Office as
Head of Rebekahs
WHEN Miss Ruplt Ross was
" installed as noble grand of
the Eugene Rebekah lodge Tues
day evening, in a joint installation
ceermony of both Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows, three of the install
ing grand officers gathered for
the ceremony were her father and
two brothers. Wives and families
of the brothers also were present
for the installation, and as a sur
prise, brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Singleton of
Gerber, Calif., arrived, making a
reunion of her entire family in
tier honor.
Approximately one hundred and
fifty members and friends were
present to witness the joint rites.
Installing officers Included J. W.
Maxwell, district deputy grand
muter; Mrs. Harry Schrenk, dis
trict deputy president; Miss
Myrtle Porter and Paul Bishop,
grand marshals; Mrs. Harry Os
burn and Bart Flanlgan, grand
wardens; Mrs. Wllla Wray and
Harold Roes, grand secretaries;
Mrs. Charles E. Williamson and
Leland Ross, grand treasurers;
Mrs. Charles Croeon and . E. H.
Rosa, grand chaplains.
Rebekah officers Installed were:
Miss Ruple Ross, noble grand;
Mrs. George Mast, vice grand;
Mrs. Cora Olson, recording sec
retary; Miss Eva Worden, finan
cial secretary; Mrs. Clarin Park
er, treasurer; Miss Helen Abra
hamson, warden; Mrs. Loree
Ridgeway, chaplain; Mrs. George
Simon, musician; Miss ' Myrtle
Porter, right support noble grand;
Mrs. Olive Whitmore, left suppoift
noble, grand; Miss Nellie Barker,
inside guardian; Mrs. Ella Bray,
outside guardian; Miss Adallrie
Volkstorf, right support vice
grand: Mrs. Robert Bennett, left
support vice grand.
The past noble grand Jewel was
presented to Miss Ruth Murtha by
Miss Myrtle Porter. Refreshments
were served in the dining room
after the lodge meeting, Mrs. T. A.
Gutman heading the committee.
Dance for Youth
Group on Friday
First in the series of dances
planned for high school and
junior high school age young peo
ple, sponsored by the Junior
chamber of commerce, will be
held Friday evening, Eugene ho.
tel. eight-thirty until eleven
thirty o'clock. Herschel Davis' or.
chestra is to play.
The young people themselves
are arranging for the decorations,
refreshments, and features of the
dance.
Sponsors for the dance from the
Junior chamber and their wives
Include Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Broderick, Mr. and Mrs. E.
V. Duke, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Crooch, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Nash.
All young people in the high
school and junior high group are
invited, a small admission being
cnargea. . -
Brigadiers
Named For
War Loan
DRIGADIERS for the women's
division in the residential sec
tions of Eugene for the fourth
war loan have been announced.
Those working under Mrs. Vir
gil Parker on the west side are
Mrs. Ralph C. Crow. Mrs. Ford
Danner, Mrs. Elmer Geiger, Mrs.
Harry M. Lichty, Mrs. W. I
Hoadley, Mrs. George Turner.
The east side brigadiers, Mrs.
j. M, uecK as en airman, r mr.
R. F. Richards, Mrs. A. Morna,
Mrs. C. F. Hyde, Mrs. Lawrence
W. Manerud. Mrs. W. J. Cloyes.
Mrs.. O. F. Stafford.
Other groups will be announced
as lined up for the campaign.
The women's division starts out
the first day of the drive, the
same time as do the men's com
mittees and other groups work
ins on the drive.
..
Rainbows Plan
For Installation
Evangeline assembly, No. B,
Order of Rainbow for Girls, will
hold its annual installation cere
monies on Saturday evening, Jan.
15. downtown Masonic temple.
Officers to be installed are
headed by Miss Nonda Johnson
as worthy adviser, she succeeding
Miss Emily Rhodes in the office.
Initiation was new recently lor
the following girls: Misses June
Carlisle, Patricia Rae Miller, Lois
Williams, Marilyn Nicholls, Shir
ley Hubbard, Gloria Johnson,
Nolda Winters, Norma Van Osdol,
Sally Moore, Colleen Bryan, Joan
Bickman, Patricia Lou Dodge,
Mary Jean Porter, Marion Fuson,
Rosemary Beatty, Joanna Fryden
lud. .
Anniversary Is
Observed at Party
Pythian Sunshine Girls ob
served their first anniversary
Tuesday evening, at a party which
followed the regular meeting. In
itiation was held during the meet
ing for Misses Lois Ann Helikson
and Jean Maxon. Places were set
for 25 at the party table, an in
dividual birthday cake with one
candle marking each place.
I Next meeting will be a penny
potluck dinner to raise funds, and
the committee to have charge will
consist of Miss Dorothy Speck,
Miss Barbara. Dragoo and Miss
Lois Farnsworth. Two counselors
from? the Pythian Sisters, Mrs. ',
Edith Myers and Miss Nellie
Moore, will assist.
Condon P-TA
Condon P-TA announces that
its annual carnival for the school
is set for February 4. The unit
held its regular meeting this
week, Dr.' P. A. Klllgallon of the
untvftvslfe. ...
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wuiaren Arm,!
msae mat th. rwJJ
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Initiation Held
For Six Members
Eagles auxiliary held initiation
ceremonies for eight new members
Tuesday evening, Those initiated
were Mrs. Fred Cook, Mrs. Fred
Welch, Mrs. WUUam A. Guiley,
Mrs. Rex Bonney, Mrs. Claudia
Lutzenheiser, Mrs. Melvin St.
Clair, Mrs. Frank Nye and, Mrs.
John Cerkoney.
Plans were made for the birth
day party to be held January 25,
celebrating the anniversary of the
order. .The Cottage Grove aux
iliary will attend the festivities,
and the visiting drill team will assist
SEA WITHIN SEA
The Sargasso sea, a great re
volving mass of seaweed in the
Atlantic ocean, covers an area al
most as large as continental
United States..
HELP PREVENT
MANY
COLDS
from developing
Put a few drops of Va-tro-nol up
each nostril at the very first sniffle
or sneeze. Its quick action
aids Nature's defenses
against colds. Follow WICKS
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Junior Programs
Show on Jan. 19 j
Junior Community Programs
will offer the first performance ,
of the 1943-44 season on Wed
nesday morning, Jan. 19. at the !
McDonald theater. They will '
present "Aladdin and the Won- !
derful Lamp," a fanciful play out :
of the Arabian Nights entertain
ments, rich in color, elaborate
costumes, music and dRncing, and i
a large cast of players from Eu- j
gene high school. The magician,
beautiful princess, Aladdin, the
genii, the wazier, and many
others will be seen,'
This play is open to all school ,
children of Eugene, from first
grade through junior high school, j
Two morning performances will j
be given to sccommodate the 1
large audience expected.
The production will be given
under direcUon of Mrs. Bruce
Nidever. Music throughout the
play will be provided by Glen
N. Griffith at the console organ.
All of Die principal actors are
members of the class In ad-'
vanced drama. The art depart- .
ment and the Industrial arts de
partment have designed, built '
and painted the sets. The jour
nalism department of Eugene
high has also worked on the
I project.
This Is the first of a series
of performances planned especial
ly for school children this year.
The Junior Community Programs
committee in charge of all the
arrangements Is as follows: Mrs.
Robert D. Horn, chairman, Mel
vin Moore, executive secretary
and representative of the prin
cipals' association: Mrs. Thil
Nordling, secretai'y; Mrs. C. A.
Ilorton, treasurer: Mrs. Dallas
Dedrick, Mm. Hal Young. Mrs.
William M. Tugman, Miss Maude
Garnctt. Mrs. Ed G. Bochnkc,
Mrs. Verl Hoover, Mrs. Bruce
Nidever, Erwin Joulfs, Wilbur H.
Dutton.
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NEST "GROWING"
One species of Brazilian ant
builds earthen nests In trees and
sows seeds therein so the plants
cau hold the earth together.
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no cooKinr is nrMM- cullrj could
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