12 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dee. 1, 1949
WHAT IS IT MORE OR LESS?
7949 Personal Income Higher
Than in '39-But Who Benefits?
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington, Doc. 1 tfP) When you talk of Income, it always
comes down to a question like this:
What's a dollar worth? How much will It buy? So, even
thouEh I'm making more than last year, am I really better off?
A few days ago the government through the federal reserve
board issued a report on in-
come.
It said that in 1939 personal
income since it was personal
income it did not include the
profits of corporations was $73
billion.
But in September, 1949, per
sonal income was $211 billion,
or almost three times greater
than in 1939.
Did that mean that Ameri
cans on the average in 1949
were making three times what
they made in 1939? No.
The $211 billion personal In
come for 1949 was a total fig'
ure. No average was involved
To begin with, things in 1949
were different from 1939.
In 1939, with 45 million
employed, there were about 9
million unemployed. In 1949
about 60 million people were
employed, with unemployment
running around lVt million.
So the Increase in the number
of people employed alone would
be bound to Increase the total
figure on personal income, plus
the fact, and It a a very import
ant one, that wages and salaries
have climbed.
But, since personal Income
was $211 billion in 1949 and
only $73 billion in 1937, were
Americans generally three times
better off now than 1939? No,
For one thing, higher taxes
have taken a big bite out of the
higher Incomes of Americans.
In addition, the Increase in liv.
ing costs has chewed up the
value of the income.
Living costs in 1949 were 67
per cent higher than in 1939
Higher taxes and increased
living costs cut into the income
of everybody who has an in
come. The most convenient ex
ample is that . of the factory
worker, since the government
has a lot of figures on him and
not such detailed ones on other
people.
Take the average pay of a
worker in the manufacturing in
dustry. In 1939 it was $23.86.
In 1949, it was $55.72, or
$iii.o more.
Was he thus $31.86 better off,
with that much more money to
spend than he had in 1939? No,
The higher 1949 tax and liv
ing costs reduced the total and
the value of his 1949 income,
For example: Take that same
average pay of the worker In the
manufacturing industry.
In 1939 his pay was $23.
After deducting taxes this was
for a man with no dependents
he had $23.58.
In 1949 his pay was $55.72.
After deducting the higher 1949
taxes and allowing for the high
er living costs, his pay was
worth $28.57 in terms of 1939
dollars and buying power.
To put It another way: In
1949 he had $4.99 more a week
than he had in 1939.
All this the information
comes from the government's
bureau of labor statistics has
dealt with the "average" week
ly Pay of a worker in the manu
facturing industry.
Since it's an "average" fig
ure, it means some workers
made more a week, some less,
than the average of $55.72.
tion comes from the statistics
For example, and this informs
bureau, too:
The highest paid workers
In the manufacturing industry
are the mechanical workers on
newspapers, such as printers
and so on.
In September, 1949, they were
averaging $80.33 a week. In
1939 they averaged $37.58.
Now take the lowest paid
workers in the manufacturing
industry. They're the work-shirt-makcrs.
In September, 1949, they av
eraged $27.35 a week. In 1939
they averaged $11.03.
Prayer Meeting Held
Falls City Cottage prayer
meeting was held at the home
of Marion Fleming. Mrs. Gilbert
Johnson was in charge of the
meeting and she also led the de
votionals. Those attending were
Mrs. Gilbert Johnson, Mrs. Ber
tha Harrington, Mrs. Vernon
Murphy, Mr. Fleming, Mr. H. P.
Williams, Mrs. Leslie Grippin,
Lois, Lillian and Wayne Grip
pin and Mrs. Jessie Moyer.
Ike Deplores too
Big Government
New York, Dec. 1 VPi Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, address
ing a group of Scottish-Americans,
said last night that too
much emphasis is being placed
on personal security at the ex
pense of individual liberty.
The Columbia university pres
ident endorsed the doctrine of
Thomas Jefferson that the best
government is the one which
governs least.
"As we face our problems to
day and consider their nature "
he said, "we measure the sever
ity of those problems with the
degree that we have drifted
away from the simple principles
with which we began.
"We can recognize the degree
we have changed when the def
inition of a liberal is a man in
Washington who wants to play
the almighty with our money."
Addressing 1,100 members
and guests of the St. Andrew's
society of New York state at
its 193rd annual banquet, Eisen
hower commented on the char
acteristic thrift and indepen
dence of the Scots. Then he said:
"We seek an illusory thing
called security. I wonder how
many Scotsmen had the word
'security' in their adventures"
during their fight for freedom.
Speaking of the many white
crosses he has seen in different
parts of the world, he said:
The men under those crosses
were there because they believ
ed there was something more
than merely assuring them
selves that they weren't going
to be hungry at the ags of 67.
"They believed that man
should carve his own future for
himself and his family, econom
ically and every other way."
Premier de Gasperi
Defeats Commies
Home, Dec! (U.R) Premier Al-
clde de Gasperi defeated the
communists in a senate confid
ence test last night and warned
them to stop their attacks
against the Catholic church.
A communist motion of no-
confidence in de Gasperi's gov
ernment was defeated, 162 to
89, with nine senators abstain
ing. The house of deputies ear
lier had given the premier an
easy victory on the game issue.
De Gasperi charged that the
communist party had distributed
an anti-vatican booklet and that
their fellow travelers, leftwing
socialists, sought to stir up or
ganized opposition to the church.
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Olliver Gets
Student Case
The supreme court has as
signed Circuit Judge Victor Ol
liver of Linn county to hear trial
of the case of 18 high school stu
dents suspended for alleged af
filiation with secret societies and
who are seeking retention in
school by means of court action.
A temporary injunction has
allowed the students to return
to school pending determination
by the court as to whether the
school board acted in ' an ar
bitrary ar)d capricious" manner
as alleged In the complaint in
suspension of the students.
Hearing is set for December 7
although it is likely some pre
liminary sparring will be under
taken before the matter comes
up for final determination.
The case had previously been
assigned to Judge Earl C. La
tourette of Clackamas county
who signed the original order al
lowing a temporary injunction
which sent the boys back to
school.
Attorneys for the boy3 have
averred in their pleadings that
the school board failed to make
"a fair and impartial investiga
tion" before the ouster.
Tiny green plants grow inside
some one-celled animals, using
up the waste gas produced by
the animals. The plant, in turn,
produces oxygen and sugar for
the animal.
Four Corners School Has
First Assembly Program
Four Corners, Dec. 1 The Four Corners Lincoln school held
their first assembly on Tuesday In the new auditorium. Arthur
V. Myers principal, spoke to the school. The Lincoln Mother's
club will meet Friday, December 2 at 1:30 p.m., at the school.
Miss Margaret McDevitt, art supervisor for Salem public schools,
will speak to the mothers. There
will be special music. Hostesses
for this meeting will be the first
grade mothers from Mrs. Car
son's room.
hall to the Lincoln school. They
The meeting place of the
Brownie troop 10 7 has been
changed from the Community
will meet each Thursday from
3 to 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Robert Burns
leader, Mrs. Francis Miller co
leader. Miss Ruth Deckard was honor
guest at her parent's home whcn
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Deckard were
hosts at dinner complimenting
their daughter uppon her birth
day anniversary. Guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Hardie Phillips,
Janice Phillips, Mr. and Mrs.
John Deckard, John, Jr., and
Linda Deckard and Miss Ginny
Shewfelt of Chicago.
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