Heppner Gazette Tims, August 19, 1 943 5
Food Scarce in
Land of Plenty
There is a war, there is food ra
tioning of one kind and another,
and there is a manpower shortage
all of this and more too in a land
of plenty. This fact was brought to
the attention of L. D. Neill in an
emphatic manner ths past week
end while in Wpillowa ounty ship
ping some lambs.
(Neill is not running for office,
which some of our readers might
think from, the- run of publicity the
G-T has bem riving him, it hap
pens that h5'i r. rivities make in
teresting r:dir.g)
To get ba?k t-vth-? story. Anyone
who has helped sh'r; sbzsp knows
that it is tiring, dirty work. Even
in Wallows ; v q ftr-ss
is greenest of the green in the sum
mer time and the lofty Wallowas
are crowned with perpetual snow,
moving sheep is no white collared
job Zy. after wrangling the wool
ies for several hours the Niell crew
became tired, hungry and dirty.
But hungry mostly. The boss fi
nally decided to go into town and
order something to eat for his crew,
which would have to be fed in re
lays. The hour was a bit late but
it did not occur to him that he
would be unable to get something
to eat. There was but one place
open in the town of Wallowa where
food was served a drug store
sandwich service. L. D. parked his
car. and started for the door. Be
fo:e he reached it the ' proprietor
rteipcd outside,, inserted the key
in tli a door and started for home.
He had put in a long day a;1.! by
hirn::lf and no inducement the
rhecptnan oL'rrod wrs tc icicrtt t
riway him. from his. intention to go
heme. Neill searched lor iooa w.-u
cut avail. He finally rented a cabin
where he and Mrs. Neill and other
members of the crew made out with
the meager supplies they were car
rying along.
Moral: Better carry your food
supplies with you nowadays.
Men of Inland
Empire Doing Their
Share Volunteering
Commander David GoMenson of
Salt Lake City inspector of navy
r-cruiting and induction in the eight
western states, believes the youths
and men of the Inland Emroire are
doing their share in volunteering
to serve in the armed service?. b";v
the young women well that's
Frankly disappointed in the fail
ure of women generally to volun
tr'' v for service in the WAVES and
other armed force auxiliaries, Com
rrp rider Goldenson, upon a recent
inspection trip to the Spokane re
ciiiting and induction headquar
ters, declared:
"Knowing the people of the In
land Empire and Northwest as I
do, I am amazed at the apparent
failure of the young women of this
area to do their share alongside
the men. This is a crucial period
in the war and women are vitally
needed immediately in the WAVES
and other feminine branches- Yet
the response has been disappoint
ing. I'm sure, if they were fully
fware of the urgency of the need,
this call would not go unheeded by
the women of the Inland Empire."
f"'m,rriander Goldenrn expressed
himself leased with the progress of
this district in the enlistment of 17-,v-2fu--olds
and Seabees since the
dish let was established as a sepa
rate and independent recruiting
and induction district April 15th.
RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Lera Crawford and son Cal
vin returned Wednesday evening
from Berkeley, Calif, where they
spent the summer with, Mrs. Craw
:cids parents, Mr- and Mrs. Hugh
C. Githena Their return at this
time was due to Calvin's number
being called and he will leave to
night for his physical examination.
Before coming north, Mrs. Craw
ford and Calvin visited Hugh Craw
ford, in training at University of
California at Los Angeles. John
Crawford is taking his initial train
ing at Columbia university, New
York. Mrs. Crawford took summer
work at the University oi: California.
Jack Slocum of Monument was
a week-end visitor in Hepner-
JOINS HUSBAND HERE
Mrs. Richard Robinson of Port
land came .to Heppner the first of
the week to join her husband who
has been working in this vicinity,
for some time.
J message from the United States Treasury about
IE
raw
American people nave accepted the highest tax bill in the
historv of the country with splendid patriotism and cheerful-
iess. The Treasury Department of the United States feels that an
explanation is due them in turn feels that they deserve to be
told why, when and how their tax dollars are vital to winning
(this Tar and the peace that will follow.
t; As a taxpayer, consider these facts:
lOur government is-currently spending 240 million dollars each
(day, almost all of it on war, and this figure will increase materially
as the war continues. About a third of that amount is being raised
through taxes. Those tax dollars are as necessary for weapons
with which to defeat our enemies as are dollars raised through
fcfae sale of WAR BONDS. Hence, when you pay taxes today
Umu are definitely and directly contributing to victory.
And, at the same time, your taxes aciuauy uci w
hit own purchasing power now and prevent disaster to your
luntry after the war. Here's how:
Billions of Dangerous Dollars
fevery time your cost of living advances, you are paying a tax on
your income. If your cost of living should double, you would pay
F . .. T ! I J
a tax of 50 on your salary, wages or otner income, out ii wuuiu
,be a tax that wouldn't benefit our fighting forces, our govern
inent or anyone else except Hitler and Hirohito.
i Now to prevent such a concealed tax on your income from
fekinp olace isn't it cood sense as well as sound patriotism to
Lay your government taxes of 20 on part of your total income
L-or more, if necessary?
And your taxes do help prevent just such a price rise! How?
By taking part of the billions of dangerous dollars which otherwise
threaten your living standard and putting them to useful work, win-
ning the war. Those billions of dangerous dollars, you know, represent
the. difference between the income the American people will receive this
year and the amount of civilian goods that will be made in the same
twelve months. If taxes were lower, prices would tend to rise, and
your real income would be reduced by just that much.
Keeping the America He Knew
There's another reason why your high taxes help your country in
wartime and really a much more important one to you. Your
tax money is helping to win the war now but it's equally
essential to winning the peace and keeping the America that boy
knew before he went into the armed forces.
All the industrial power, all the inventive genius and productive
capacity of this country would not bring back a busy, prosperous
America that we know if a drastic deflation followed victory. And,
as surely as the sun that rises in the morning will set at night,
a deflation would follow an inflation brought about by failure to
tax ourselves realistically now.
So, next time that tax burden seems heavy to you think
of these facts. Remember that your tax dollars are helping to
pay for victory now that they are in there fighting for your
living standard now and that they are working to keep our
country's financial structure sound for that boy now in the
armed service, for all your family, and for you in the years of
peace to come.
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SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT YOUR TAX BILL
Q. How much of my federal tax payments is being spent '6 n war
and how much on so-called "normal" expenditures?
A. About 96 of your tax payments are currently going to pay for direct war
expenditures. Only one dollar in every twenty-two you pay, therefore, goes
forall other federal expenses, most of which are indirectly to aid the war effort.
Q. How much of the total war bill is being paid currently out of
taxes?
A. A litde over one-third.
Q. Is this proportion higher or lower than in England and Canada?
A. Lower. Both Canada and Great Britain are paying approximately half of
their war expenses through taxation.
Q. Is there any way other than taxes and war bonds by which
the government could finance our share of the war?
A. There is. The government could borrow from the commercial banks,
which would put even greater spending power in the hands of the people
thus creating a basis for inflation.
Q. Is there any other advantage in financing as large a share
of the war bill as possible through taxes?
A. Yes and a very real one to you, the taxpayer. All the bills for the cost
of the war must be paid sooner or later through taxation, but if pid cur
rently, from taxes, there will be no interest charge to mount over the years
and provide an extra burden for you to carry.
Q. So far, so good. But don't you think taxation is unfair in the
way it distributes the burden for all this?
A. On the contrary, and we believe you will agree if you think it through,
that taxes are the fairest, most equitable way to pay for the war. That's
because Federal Income taxes are levied on ability to pay for something that
all of us need and must have victory now, a sound America later
This space contributed in the interest of the Third War Loan bond campaign by the
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