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Four Fhe Capital Journal, Salem,' Oregon Thursday, January 21, 1943 CapitaiaJournal TTkon ITi5 SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED MARCH 1. 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 444 Chemekela St. Telephones Business Office 3571; News Room 3572; Society Editor 3573 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BY CARRIER: Weekly, $.18; Monthly, $.75; One Year, $9.00. By MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly, $.80; Six Months, $3.00; One Year, $6.00. UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON: Monthly, $.60; Six Months, $3.60; Year, $7.20. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this paper, and also local news published herein. "With or without offense to friends or foes 1 sketch your world exactly as it goes." Coal Strike Responsibility The three-weeks-old wildcat strike in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields the costliest in manpower loss since Pearl Harbor apparently ended today a few hours before the back-to-work - deadline set by President Roosevelt expired. Of the 24,000 who participated in the revolt against United Mine Workers' leadership and increased union dues, all except 3,000 returned to the coal pits, and these are expected to re turn after balloting by the local unions. , Some of the strike leaders describe the return to work as a "courtesy to the president" rather than an acceptance of defeat. The net result is that the miners are out three weeks' wages, the war industries and the public are out of . coal m the coldest weather in years, while no issue has been settled. On the contrary, unions generally suffer from a loss of public sympathy by their irresponsibility and abuse of power. . The strike started as a- protest against an increase in union dues of 50 cents a month. The operating companies were powerless. Under the check-off system they are oblig ed by the union to deduct the increased dues from the pay checks. The strike is therefore due solely to new deal labor laws. There is no provision in the federal laws which enables the government to settle a dispute between the heads of the union and its members. Under the Wagner act, employers are compelled to recognize unions, but the unions are not compelled to conduct affairs democratically. The union is protected against the employer, but there is no protection for the union members against the union boss.. Coercion of union members bv their officials, which caused the strike, is permitted, even endorsed oy tne cnecK-oit or closed shop. The blame for the strike rests squarely on the federal labor laws, whose inequality and partiality have been fre . quently pointed out, but every effort to amend has been re jected by the administration. Legalizing by Taxation On the legislative drafting table there is in the course of creation a bill to levy a state license tax on pinball games, marble boards, juke boxes and similar coin-in-the-slot de vices when played for amusement only. The professed pur pose of the bill is to provide revenue, estimated at $2,000,000 annually, with "which to increase old age pensions to a mini mum of $40 a month. . The measure is said to have the blessing of Governor Snell, who endorsed the $40 pension ilan in his messace. With a few safeguards written into it, the proposal would not make the slot machine situation any worse than it is to day, except that it would tend to cloak these gambling con trivances with a thin veil of legality and respectability. If these devices are to be tolerated at all and they are now in operation in almost every town, city and county in the state it is better that they should be contributing something to the cost, of government. - It is too much to hope that simply by taxing them the. purposes for which they are used can be purified.1 When util ized as games of chance they are just aft illegal now as they would be under the projected act. They are paying off in coin or merchandise on the sly, in some places openly, now, and they will continue to-do so as long as the local authorities permit. To protect those communities, such as Salem, which docs not permit the operation of these machines even for amuse ment, the proposed law should make their licensing subject to approval by the city council or county court as the case may be. And the cities and counties should he wvniHpH in Wv additional licensing fees under their police powers if they see Popular People sss By Beck Kelly Says Congressmen Looking For $16,000,000,000 People Cramped to Prevent Inflation Big Increase Coming In Federal Payroll Bv John W. Kelly- Si ps lor uppei? By Don Upjohn All those guys around here who have been dreaming of a white Christmas have found out that dreams will come true if they only wait long chough. "Cold But Not Like This in Salem," says caption on a pic ture in the Statesman this a. m., same, being the O Yea item of the week. , Picture in recent issue of Life magazine shows the birthplace of Herbert Hoover in Iowa. Same also was birthplace of our old friend E. J. Sccllars now insur ancing in Salem. Which shows as far as great men as concerned lightning can strike twice in the same place, even in Iowa, Also that all great men born in Iowa move- to the west coast as soon as they can get the fare together. walked down to Rotary club from his Lafelle street home. However, he didn't quite, get there oh his first trip. He had about reached the paper mill when he happened to remember he'd left his teeth at home and a man without teeth is pretty much lost at a Rotary lunch eon. He hiked back home, grab bed his teeth, and made it on good time. Good going, Dan. Dan Fry was saving gasoline and tires the other day when he Novelties In the News (By tile Associated Press) Green Rookie Fort Jackson, S. C. "Color of hair?" "Green." "Cut the kidding," growled the reception center sergeant "I'm not kidding," replied Pvt. Adlia Harwood of Asheville, N. C. "I don't like it, cither." The sergeant looked up. Sure enough, the recruit's hair was a grassy green. . It got that way, Private Har wood explained, while he work ed with chemicals in a navy am munition depot. "I have washed my hair with soap and lots of things, but it just won't come out," the soldier sighed. Still Shortsighted : 111 a Forum letter printed in another column todnv Ron Joseph E. Harvey takes exception to the Capital Journal's recent editorial assertion that his bill to levy a 50 per cent tax on liquor advertising would destroy 90 per cent of such advertising and result in materially reduced sales by the J14UUI HLUICH, Rep. Harvey says it is his "opinion lhat the men and women who buy and drink whiskey do not care much whether it is this Diana, or mat, as long as it has the 'authority' and furnishes the 'kick' which the alcoholic addict craves." He ignores the fact that the liquor manufacturers advertise their product with the sole idea of Increasing Its sale, and that liquor commission sales records prove that the advertising of any particular brand usually niu uuiiiiiiiit ior inai Dranu If, as Kep.-Harvey contends, the advertising of liquors docs not stimulate and increase their consumption, he and his dry associates can have no reasonable objection to such miviu-iising. Kop. Harvey also points to the advertising of (he Con- icicnce oi Aironolic Ucvcragcs, Inc., as being "paid propa- ,,, .iviciinti ut iiiu mjuor industry, let we are sure j.u TOum among uie last to deny any American the funda mental right to free speech and the opportunity to defenU State Police Salary Increase Proposed licp. John H. Hall, Multno mah, introduced a bill before the house in the closing session yesterday asking that the sal ary of deputy superintendent of state police bo increased to $4 uuu annually, with $2,400 for privates. $2,700 for sergeants, $2,820 for lieutenants and $3, 600 for captains. The new bill replaced a bill on the same subject Introduced the second day of tha lcglsla- U1I 201Q. Sale of Wines Bill Gets Approval fho house alcoholic control committee voted 3 to 2 yester day to recommend passage of a bill to permit sale of wines over the bar, it they don't contain more than 14 per cent alcohol. The bill, by Rep. H. R. Jones oi aaiom, Is designed to promote the sale of sweet wine made from Oregon fruits and berries. Right at Home Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvan ia's new governor, inaugurated Tuesday, ought to feel at home in his official residence. Most state linen, silverware and other household equipment is marked "EM" for executive mansion. The governor's name; Edward Martin. Military Warns FT & BA Scotls Field, 111. (IP) Two sol diers from here1 were given i ride to town by a passing mo torist. When the soldiers left the car, the motorists, found a set of upper tcetlt on the seat. He returned them to the camp officers, who pointed out this moral: When riding with strangers, keep your mouth shut, Gosh, we're chock full of these FT & BA items today. As another we hear that students out in the Salem Heights section among other things in the war material line gathered up 24 pounds of old gold from old teeth of our old FT & BA mem bers in that district. Gosh, little Fort Knox, as it were. .party was telling us that a friend of his, an Eastern Oregon sheep farmer, wanted a priority on some materials needed, for buildings during lambing sea sbn. His request finally got to Washington and in due -course came the reply according to the story, "Materials not available now,- will be a little later, better postpone your lambing season." Shoe store owner was telling us that his phone was ringing all the a. m. today due to people inquiring if they could buy goloshes or boots. The answer was "No." This all takes us back to good old Charley Wilson and his fav orite description of the Willam ette valley, "where winter time is always spring time.' Praise the Lord and pass the snow shovel. Black Sheep? Fan-view, Okla. Stormy wea ther cut his church attendance so the Rev. C. L. Moscr adver tised in the lost-and-foiind col umn. His sheep had strayed, the no lice read, and "only 23 came for their feed in the morning." Shortly thereafter his tele phone began to ring. Each time he said "hello" he got the same reply: "Baaa-a-!" Ill-Wind Item Independence, "Mo. The false alarm wasn't a total failure, fire men acknowledged. Mrs. Alene Medley, living near the scene of the reported fire, had lost her cow. but Frightened by the fire truck's siren, it dashed back home again. Guest of Honor Kansas City No one noticed the insignia on the naval uni form of one of the volunteers entering the blood donor center. He said his name was Buck- master. After he'd gone and the re cord was being .completed, the Lobby Quartet Enjoys Card Game Faithful indicator of activity in the Oregon legislature is the lobbyist population puffing its cigars outside house and senate chambers. Since the legislature opened 11 days ago," the lobby census has been dwindling daily. Yes terday it got down to four. The quartet commandeered a table, relieving its boredom with a game of high, low, jack and the game. The game was played right in the main lobby. "This session is so dead." ob served President of the Senate W. H. Stciwer, "that the lobby ists' expense accounts have been cut and now they're mooching off each other." More lhan 70,000 trucks, nas-imiral Kllot BuckninsW sengcr cars and buses in itm. LimIh r ih. -i- . . uen art using producer gas. . , I Yorklown, sunk in the Pacific. com- carrtcr Legislators Ask Pay of $12.50 a Day Olympin, Wash., Jan. 21 MV- A move was reported under way in the Washington legislature to day to raise the total pav. in cluding expenses, of legislators from $10 per day to $12.50. The lawmakers now get five dollars per day Jo expenses and another five as salary. There has been talk of trying to get a $2.50 per day raise either for expense or salary total. WHEN COLD MISERIES STRIKE accfahtr Gel Pouetro for coldl' Rnifflra, rouel". Tho tainlou salvo in mutton lutt bl, 2i-toc Washington, Jan. 21. , They are a sober looking lot, those men on the house ways and means committee. They are wondering where on earth they can raise IS billion dollars in taxes as proposed by the presi dent. Roughly, it means $123 per capita for each of the 130,- 000,000 residents of the United States. Of course the tax can not, be spread on a per capita basis because of the varied in comes of the people and, any way, most Americans would be tickled pink if they could escape by: paying no more than $123. Washington's share on a per cap ita basis will be $213,551,493: Oregons will.be $134,031,132. Next March the new income taxes will be due. These are levies on the income of 1942. The general public is becoming tax conscious and will be much alive and sensitive, to the sub ject on and after March, 1943. Sometime in the coming 12 months congress will have evol ved a new tax bill to raise the 16 billion dollars on the income of this year, and collections will be gin in March, 1944. Those tax es will be terrific. About four months after the people begin paying taxes next year the na tional . nominating conventions will be held. Without going into details as to possible nominees, the republicans are satisfied that the taxes next year will swing millions of voters to the republican side. Politics - creep into every discussion in the na tional capital. Budget Fantastically High The war budget for fiscal year 1944, which starts July 1, 1943, is in excess of 104 billion dollars. This is five times more money than England will spend; three times as much as Germany will spend; six and one-half times what Russia will spend; twenty times as much as Japan will spend, and about the same proportion to what Italy will spend. Of, course what makes the war cost the American tax payer so much is that the Uni ted Stales is the "arsenal of de mocracy '. and as such pledges have been made that this coun try will furnish tanks, planes, guns, ammunition, food and clothing to our associates in this global war, plus American sol diers on all battlefronts. And to move these supplies and men means more merchant ships and transports. Reduced to fundamentals, the new tax bill has two objectives. (1) Pay as much as possible to ward the cost of the war. (2) Leave the people as little money to spend as possible to prevent inflation, which is another way of saying the high cost of liv ing. Civilians' Held Down It . is estimated by the presi dent that there will be only about $500 worth of goods and services available per capita for the civilian population. With high wages in war Industries there can and will be competi tion for these goods and services; not everyone can enter the com petition, but a sufficient number may to run the price beyond the reach of persons with aver age income. This is one of the things the administration hopes to prevent by tapping the purse heavily through various types of taxation. -. Compulsory savings, consid ered and discarded a year ago, has bobbed up again, This would be a tax to make people save whether or not they wanted to; money withheld by the boss and turned over to the federal treas ury to be returned to the Invol untary saver some years after the war. It would work some what similar to the Victory tax, which takes 5 percent of the salary at the source and some day a percentage will be re funded. (A minister protests that his church is being used as a collection agency when the treasurer is directed by the In ternal revenue bureau to deduct the Victory tax from the clery man's salary). It is a fairly safe bet that compulsory savings will dc a part of the" new tax pro gram; principal question to de cide is the percentage to with hold. It is claimed that approx imately one-half of the 16 bil lion dollars can come from com pulsory savings. More Government Jobs With new taxes to be gathered this year there will be a great increase in the number of gov ernment employes. Thousands will be hired to handle income tax returns and keep track of the Victory tax. A senate com mittee which is watching the upbuilding of all agencies in government and noting the in creased cost is preparing to cur tail new employment to the min imum. In the course of the months to come, as appropriation com mittees hold hearings, 'it is al most a certainty that the presi dent's budget will be whittled down a few billion dollars. Pres ent reaction against the fiscal 1944 budget is that, by compari son with what all other nations are spending in the war effort, it looks as though Uncle Sam is entirely too big-hearted for his own good. (A government of ficial is sounding out members of congress whether the people will adopt two meatless days a week in order to send more meat abroad. Meat is now so difficult to obtain that the replies have been unsatisfactory). OPEN FORUM Contribution! to this column most be plainly written on on lid ol paper only, limited to 1M words In length and timed with the una of tt writer. Artk'lM not meet ing thru peelflcmtlom will be rejooted. If rstnrn of nnpablithrd rticlei i desired lelf-iddrtsMd, lUmped enrelopt mart b eo- OlOMd. To the Editor: Will you be good enough to permit me to reply to the editorial "Short sighted Legislation" published in your paper, referring to the bill which I Introduced in the legislature this week in an ef fort to place part of the cost of increased old-age Derisions upon the wealthy non-resident brewers and distillers who ad vertise their wares in Oregon? I. assume full responsibility for this bill, but I cannot agree with your contention that it would destroy 90 per cent of the alcoholic beverage advertising now used in Oregon, any more than the statement that it would materially reduce sales of the liquor commission. It Is my op inion that the men and women who buy and drink whiskey do not care much whether it is this brand or that, as long as it has the "authority" and furnishes the "kick" which the alcoholic addict craves; During the prohibition era. when all liquor ads were rjro- hibited, the newspapers seemed to thrive all right. They got more grocery ads; and clothing and other ads from business that were respectable,, but which suffer when they must compete with the alcoholic beverage bus iness which only destroys. Ad vertised whiskey docs not make a person any more drunk than whiskey that is not advertised, or vice versa. Your paper today carried a big ad sponsored by the Con ference of Alcoholic Beverages, inc., paid propaganda of an or ganization that sees the shadow of coming prohibition for the duration, of a business that has been weighed in the balances and found wanting. Nothing good can be said of it. In his inaur gural address Governor Snell said there would be opposition to, and arguments against, any method of taxation proposed. do not blame you for not liking my bill, but I hope enough members of the house and sen ate like it well enough to pass it. I like your paper. Joseph E. Harvey. State Capitol, Jan. 16, 1943. ' To the Editor: We read In The Oregonian of January 15 1943, where Mr; A. M. Bangs of Seattle, district supervisor of the bureau of narcotics, headed the investigation. We are glad to hear he made this investigation bo far we never have had re cord of farmers of Oreeon or California who ever produced poppies for the manufacture of opium. Besides opium is not made from blue poppies. What does produce opium? A white poppy. There are four varieties of poppy, gray and brown, which are flower poppies. White is for opium. The blue poppy is grown for food. The white, grown in China, Turkey and Iran, is used for opium. Mr. A. M. Bangs forgets that we are connected with China and South America by airplane. He should not accuse the Oregon and California farmers of grow ing opium, poppies. They grow poppy seed for food purposes only. Before farmers grew pop pies here smugglers sold many hundreds of thousands of dol lars worth of opium in the Unit ed States. Mr. Bangs can ask all poppy seed growers in Ore gon and California who lost poppy for opium, and we are sure they will all agree they never lost a single stalk.. Nine million pounds of blue por-y: seed are imported from Europe each year. No one can produce opium from blue pop. pies, only oil is produced from' the blue poppy seed. Therefore i there is no need to blame the Oregon farmer for being a smug gler. The farmer has never been found guilty of breaking theA law by producing opium. The Oregon and California farmers grow blue poppy seed for food purposes only, Oregon produces the best' quality of poppy seed of any state, in the United States, so why not let the Oregon farmer grow the blue poppy seed and pay off his mortgage and buy bonds? New prosperity for Oregon. We hope, our governor and the members, of congress will help the farmers to grow poppies for food. Corn, rye and prunes are used in the manufacture of whiskey.. There is no law to prevent the farmer from growing poppy seed for food purposes only. We live in a free country and no law says we cannot grow seed, only do not produce opium or moonshine,. Corn, rye and wheat will make whiskey, so if you produce whiskey you are called a boot-, legger, if you make opium you are called a smuggler. Violatioa of the law produces this. . tJ We have explained to you the difference between opium poppy, and food poppy. So why not let, the farmer grow the blue poppy and help bring prosperity to this: country? , - - Very truly yours, 1 : HUGO NEUMAN, Corvallis, Ore; G.M.GORMAN, Jefferson, Ore.: Perry Resolution Asks Tax Hearings ; Rep. J. D. Perry, St. Helens j democrat, introduced a resolu- tion today calling for a series of public hearings in th ehouse j chamber for discussion of tax legislation. Perry said such hear- ings should be held so that the ! public can learn about tax mat- i ters. 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