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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27, 19S3
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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Maieh 27, 1933 (Friday)
Jackson county Easter Seal
campaign funds total $3,630.
City ot Ashland wins $25,
000 damage suit in circuit
court.
20 YEARS AGO
March 27. 1943 (Saturday)
Mail Tribune editorial urges
women to answer "urgent ap
peal" from U.S. Army lor 100
more WAACs from Oregon.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
Older Girls with gardens re
nnrt nnlnns. which they so
cially shun, are coming up
better than the tilings nicy
like with salads."
30 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1933 (Monday)
Gov. J. L. Meier studying
testimony regarding Jackson
county sheriff; decision not
expected for week.
L. A. Banks, ex-editor and
orchardist, Indicted for first
degree murder of constable,
lodged in Jackson county Jail;
brought here from Josephine
county Jail where he was
lodged immediately after
shooting due to "sentiment In
Medford at high heat."
40 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1923 (Tueiday)
Farmers without irrigation
pray for rain.
The Pacific highway cram
med with autoists enjoying
the bright sunshine and balmy
air.
SO YEARS AGO
March 27, 1913 (Thursday)
"Build Up Oregon" adopted
as official slate slogan.
Third social hour of the vul
ley socialists planned.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is tcellent; live or
sli is good.
1, For what Is the Bendix
Trophy awarded?
2. What Is ASCAP?
3. Was Jean Valjcan In
"Les Miscrables" a hero, or a
villain?
4. Was the American Red
Cross originated by Florence
Nightingale, Clara Barton, or
Mabel Boardman?
5. What is the capitol of
Costa Rica?
6. Zenith is the opposite of
n ?
7. A famous canal was
opened in the Western Hemi
sphere in 1823; name it.
8. For what large U. S. city
Is "Gotham" a nickname?
9. Were there any Jews in
the .American Colonics In
1775?
10. What country is the
largest contributor to the
budget of the United Nations?
Answers: I. Air Racing. 2.
American Society of Compos
rs. Authors and Publishers,
3. Hero. 4. Clara Barton, i.
San Jose. 6, Nadir. 7. Erie
Canal. 8. New York City 9,
Several Thousand, 10. U.S.A.
LOSES BATTLE
Woodrldge, N.J.-Wti-Frank
Pallschak, 23. of Plymouth.
Pa., lost a battle with a 43
mile an hour wind Tuesday
night while driving his tiny
foreign car on U.S. 1. Police
said the wind lifted the car
off the road and turned it up
side down. It skidded 20
yards on its roof, but Palis
chak recajjed only minor injuries.
What It
Drastic changes in
life of this nation some of which are of deep
significance and some of which are frightening
are occurring at an increasing rate.
We had best all be fully aware of them, for if
we do not adjust to them or take steps to' see
the changes go in the proper direction we are,
as a nation, going to be in deep trouble.
It has always been our belief that mankind,
the social animal, has at least the potential in
telligence and ability to
own destiny, cut if this is to be if we are to do
more than drift in the tides of economic and
social change it's high time we start doing some
deep thinking about where we are going, why,
and what to do about it.
T"HIS has always been an expansionist economy,
based in large part' on economic freedom reg
ulated only in the public interest. But of late
years, for whatever the reason, our rate of growth
has slowed and slowed again, except when given
the artificial stimulation of a war, cold or hot.
One economist, Paul McCracken of the Uni
versity of Michigan, points to certain danger sig
nals, including a proportionate 50 per cent de
crease in the number of patents being applied
for today, and a similar
of new small business enterprises over the past
four decades.
Mourning over the sins and shortcomings of
the younger generation has always been a pas
time of the older. Yet can it successfully be
denied that the standards of work and initiative
and courage and industriousness of the younger
generation leaves something to be desired?
XE HAVE always prided ourselves on being
""a moral nation. Yet where is the morality in
denying to nearly one-fifth of our citizens equal
opportunity for success and self-fulfilment solely
because of race or color?
Where is the morality
tion and fortune to entertainers far in excess of
that we accord to the men we entrust with our
very destinies?
Where is the morality of spending billions
for weapons of mass annihilation, yet quibbling
over a minuscule fraction of that to improve the
education and opportunity of our young people?
WHERE is the morality nay, the intelligence
l n anrourlinff iraiPAn1il- a anhrfiiMai stria
ill U'i vuuiug ? T Ua. (. Vli ItlkV OUWlV VJ 1 Ik-Is
highways, acres of parking lots across our choic
est agricultural land I
Where is the morality where is the sense
in polluting our air and water, in blotting out our
fairest views of nature the nature from which
we all once sprang, and which we desperately
need to sustain us?
Where is the morality in allowing a major
traction ot our population to live in filth and
degredation, in hunger and sickness, in ignorance
and poverty?
INHERE is the know-how and intelligence of
" which we boast when we permit 6 out of
every 100 of our working force to wait in frus
trating, crime-breeding idleness, for lack of work
or for lack of the ability to work?
Where is the Christian humility to which so
many of us pay lip-service when we cut short
the lives of the poor, deformed, ugly souls who
never had any real chance
perous murderers and other predators to go free,
or at worst sweat out a short term in confine
ment?
Whore, most of all,
ing of brotherhood of which all great religions
speak, and which the morality of the golden rule
demands, and which, if truly felt, would wipe out
these injustices and social stupidities overnight?
A LL, of course, is not black. The outlook is not
wholly bleak and forbidding. There are rays
of hope and light around.
But sometimes, on a gray day, it seems they
are so few and far between that optimism flees,
and only a barren pessimism for the nation and
the race remains.
Mankind has learned to control and all too
often spoil his environment. When is he go
ing to learn to control
the lessons he has learned but never practiced, to
set up for himself a set cf working values that
will allow him to fulfill
IT IS going to take more
ing and wailing to do
amount of mourning and
sary to wake up the slumbering, latent powers of
the human mind and spirit to do the job.
Much has been done, over the centuries, to
alleviate human misery and injustice. But much,
much more remains to
The task will take enlightened, inspired lead
ership. But more, it will take enlightened, in
spired and intelligent fellowership. i
Most of all, perhaps, it will take the univer
sal rcalizaion that individual rights must be sa
cred, and that one of
and a high privilege is the imperative necessity
for cooperative endeavor for the greatest good
for all men. E. A.
Contrast
In the past year, two boxers have died in the
United States from ring injuries, and a third is
still in a coma, with little chance of recovery.
In the past 86 days, 101 persons have died
in Oregon from traffic accidents 44 of them
within the last 27 dajs. v,
What is the moral if any? E.A.
Will Take
the social and economic
do much to formulate his
decline in the initiation
of giving fame, adula
in life, yet allow pros
in our hearts is the feel
himself, to nut to work
his potential;
than this type of mourn
the job. But a certain
wailing may be neces
bo clone.
these individual rights
MLDFORD
"Mind you, I don't say they do, but I wouldn't be sur
prised if tha government lied to the people on oc
casion. Look at tha things they say in campaign
speeches!"
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contrary is often the cast.
The Cathedral
To the Editor: Occasionally,
a great idea appears on the
horizon, seemingly to emerge
from the sea like a Debussy
cathedral. And if it Is strong
enough, it will fight the tide
and not sink back Into tne
waters, but will remain there
in reality, with the sun shin
ing on it, for centuries. Its
stained glass windows, Its
spire, tolling bells and echo
ing organ, may perhaps bring
hope to those who thought
there was no hope.
Recently, an idea came
alive for a program of music
theraov at Oreson State Hos
pital, an idea that would lead
in part to the neanng oi me
mentally ill, bringing creativ
ity and beauty into the lives
of those who might be passing
Into an otherwise vegetable
existence. The enduring
strength of this idea emerges
from the fact that because
there is greatness in music,
and good music Is great, the
program Itself can be built
on maananimity and human
understanding. Ibis is remark
able, because the mental pa'
tient is desperately searching
to be in proximity of tnese
elements; or to gain them
back again for himself - even
tually to reflect them, and be
in harmony with positive liv
ing. More concretely, in
unique facets of music there
is also gentle discipline and
organization.
Exhilaration is present for
one working in this field to
comprehend the common bond
that exists when a hospital
group spontaneously sings to
gether "Rock of Ages" or
"America, the Beautiful." Dis
cerning the pathos in the mu
sic of a patient having knowl
edge of the piano who might
play the "Moonlight bonata
or some other classic, is an
experiment in depth.
Recognition by the therapist
of any minute spark of cre-
tlvlty Is a little walk wiin
God, particularly when he
watches It evolve into an
Integral part of the patient s
life: when he sees that the
ordeal for the patient of wak
ing up In the morning to face
another day is not quite "so"
bad anymore, for the sun is
shining through the windows
again and this new Individual
has found Identity. Then,
finally, letting this sudden
interest be for the individual
a gracious handshake with
the community - a stepping
stone in his transition to a
better life.
Betty Cullers.
615 Breys ave.,
Salem, Ore.
Liked Lecture
To the Editor: We were In
deed very much pleased and
also Intrigued, having the
rare opportunity to hear Dan
iel W. Fry lecture and postu
late on the probabilities of
human life on other planets.
Mr. Fry pointed out that
the Old Testament Bible men-
Honed 18 places where the
earth had been visited by
outer-spacemen in ancient rec
ords of the prophets. He also
stated that our astronauts
were only going into inner
space-not outer-space as here
tofore called.
Our Impression of the
speaker in brief is. Mr. Fry
Is endowed with a most vivid
imagination, great ambition
and boundless energy, likes
traveling and enjoys the great
outdoors, and is a tireless soul
in probing the mysteries of
the universe.
We are happy to have at
tended the discourse.
Bert Kissinger,
322 South Riverside
ave.,
Medford
Tax Thoughts
To the Editor: This letter
has gone to the Ways and
Means Committee, State leg
islature. Salem, Ore.:
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Gentlemen: Mr. Frank
Bash, president, Oregon
School Boards association, and
member of the board of
School District 549C, has
urged residents of this area
to write you in regard to
property tax as regards school
support.
I have read many sugges
tions for solving this problem
but find none that seem to
contain the answer. In view
ing this, I feel that one should
consider thewhole system of
education from top to bottom.
While I can see little to be
done to relieve the situation
at the local level itself, I do
think a few changes here
would have a considerable ef
fect at the higher levels, and,
with this in mind, may I sug
gest a few changes.
I would propose to stiffen
the requirements for promo
tion below high school gradu
ation and abolish the practice
of passing pupils on "condi
tion" below high school level,
as is now practiced. This
would weed out the dead
wood, lighten the burden of
teachers without harm to the
pupil. It further would estab
lish a better quality of stu
dents going on to college by
removing those who seek
higher schooling because it is
the thing to do and give more
opportunity to those who are
desirous of such instruction
and are capable of absorbing
it to a useful degree.
One is only kidding them
selves when they think all
pupils will make use of higher
learning or are capable of
acquiring it and applying in
later life. This is evidenced
by the number of college
graduates In common labor.
While I expect much opposi
tion to this thought, I still
sec no point in educating any
and all in order to find the
few.
Further thoughts on reduc
ing the burden of property
tax, that include the increas
ing of income tax and apply
ing a sales tax, seem to offer
little relief due to the fact
property owners have incomes
and would also purchase ar
ticles coming under sales tax.
therefore it would be like
taking out of this pocket in
stead of that pocket, but Ink
Ing it anyway. Gentlemen,
this seems in line with the
thinking of the man who
wished to cut his dog's tail off
but resolved to cut off one
inch at a time so it would not
hurt the dog so much.
In summation, I feel that a
great deal can be accomplish
ed by economizing, stream
lining and bringing Into line
the more realistic and drop
ping unnecessary.
C R. Burrill
834i Cherry st.
Central Point, Ore.
Epilepsy
To the Editor: Epilepsy is a
disorder of the nervous sys
tem which can be treated and
controlled. According to medi
cal authorities, some miscon
ceptions have been sanctified
by law and social attitudes.
Eight states deny epileptics
the right to marry. Many col
leges and universities and
some public schools do not
i admit epileptics
t . ii.
arc usually of high intent-
gencc. and the chances of an
epileptic having a child with
this disorder arc only about
1 in 40.1
Doctors know how to de
termine who has epilepsy,
how to treat and control it.
But they do not yet know
how to cure it. It may be due
to head injury. Infection, tu
mor. It is not known what
precipitates seizures, although
emotional tension or over
fatigue can sometimes trigger
them. i.
More than 6 out of 10 cpl-
OREGON
Signs Indicate Red China Attempting
To Avoid Dependence on Soviet Russia
By K. C. THALER
United Press International
London - (LTD - Red China
is looking beyond the Red
bloc for economic supplies,
apparently to free herself
from dependance on Soviet
Russia.
This intention has been
spotlighted by the current vis
it to Britain of Red China's
vice minister of foreign trade,
Lu Hsuchang, who is touring
British industries in search
of machinery, chemicals and
even planes.
This is a considerable
change from the days when
Russia sent generous supplies
to her Communist ally as well
as thousands of experts to
build factories and advise Pe
king on a variety of industrial
problems.
Russian supplies have dried
up in the wake of the ideo
logical conflict between the
two Communist giants and
the experts have been with
drawn or have been told to
go.
Coupled with bad harvests
leptics are subject to grand
mal seizures. The person
usually loses consciousness
and falls, body muscles tight
en, head and limbs jerk vio
lently.
Petit mal seizures usually
occur in childhood. It is a
brief loss of consciousness.
About one third of adult epi
leptics have psychomotor
seizures. During an attack,
the victim behaves oddly. He
may throw things or just
stare, mumble or pick at his
clothing. He may also become
mentally disturbed.
Because no two people re
spond to drugs in exactly the
same way, it may require sev
eral months, testing various
combinations, before phy
sicians determine the right
regiment for each case.
Various organizations raise
funds to sponsor research. If
you are unfamiliar with any
group that approaches you, it
is a good idea, as with any
charitable organization you do
not know, to check first with
the local Chamber of Com
merce or Belter Business
Bureau, the National Epilepsy
League, 203 North Wabash
ave., Chicago 1, 111., or the
United Epilepsy Association,
113 West 57th St., New York
19, N.Y.
(Name on file)
Medford.
Happy Homes
To the Editor: Medford cit
izens have an opportunity
coming up that could mean a
great deal to their families
Experts in the field of child
guidance, steeped with infor
mation, encouragement, en
thusiasm and experience.
have consented to hold dis
cussions all day Saturday at
the First Methodist Church
March 30. It will be the First
Southern Oregon Family Life
Conference held here.
Almost everybody goes
whining their life away, com
plaining about their lot, but
not too many really do any
thing to help. There are a
few, though, that will try any
thing once. The committee on
Family Life Conference is
working diligently to see if
people will break down and
come to a conference that
could enhance family values
and have amazing results. If
even one question that was
bothering you could be an
swered, think of the results.
Less tension, less worry, more
happiness, more fun as a fam
ily. Simple. Our attitudes to
ward life and our children can
cither make or break us.
We arc greatly honored
that our" local speakers were
so kind and quick to respond
to our need of educated and
experienced leaders. It will
indeed be a treat to hear
ideas from Dr. Malcolm Ham
mond of Ashland, Dr. Alexan
der Foley of Medford. Miss
Shumway of Medford. the
Rev. C. McDonald of Medford,
Mrs. Irene Bond of Lebanon,
and Mrs. Dorothy Gates of
Lebanon.
We are most Interested In
getting young couples to at
tend. It will be difficult
enough (or them without hav
ing to pay babysitters. Will
generous Medford volunteer
homes for them? Will parents
make it a point to be there
March 30 come what may
A thought keeps nagging
me. We all know of a certain
country that is delighted
about the decline in the be
lief that a family is important.
Stay away and prove them
right. Don't call me and volun
teer to babysit. Who wants
happy, love filled homes any
way? Mrs. James Anderson
Publicity Chairman.
Family Life
Conference
Route 3 Box 64
Medford 4
(773-7154)
and ill-fated economic exper
iments in China, the Russian
aid-freeze has virtually para
lyzed a sizeable number of
major industrial development
projects, according to reliable
information reaching here. ,
The re orientation thus en
forced on Peking's ambitious
leap-forward planners also
extends to all appearances to.
the field of external trade.
Peking swallowed its pride
when it had to look to the
West - Canada and Australia
for wheat supplies in the
past year or two to ease the
country's famine conditions.
Now that the harvest has
improved, Red China's leader
ship is looking for industrial
supplies, again outside- the
Red bloc, thus indicating
they don't expect much help
from Russia for some time
to come.
But they have little to of
fer in exchange and are os
tensibly short of foreign cur
rency to pay for coveted sup
plies. Furthermore, the range of
goods which they can buy
in the West is also limited, by
the security embargo which
prevents NATO allies from
exporting strategic materials
behind the Iron and Bamboo
curtains.
Experts in London believe
the current Chinese sound
ings in Britain are in them
selves a telling indication that
Peking does not expect Sino
Soviet relations to return to
what they used to be. Nor
apparently does Peking want
to revert to total dependance
on Russia and face the risks
which such policy involves.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
fc Field Enterprises, Inc.
COMMUNICATION
If large organizations of
various sorts would spend less
money on publicity promo
tion, and "public image," and
transfer these funds to COM
MUNICATION with the
public and
with their
own employ
ees they
might find
some startling
results in
profits and
a n n H will
' j Flying back
Barrl last month,
more than a hundred passen
gers on our flight were detain
ed a half - hour at the baggage
counter when our bags mys
teriously refused to show up.
The wait itself was not so
terrible - but the attitude of
the airline personnel made
enemies by the score. Nobody
would tell us a thing; we
stood around like refugees
waiting for a visa from a hos
tile government.
At the present lime, the
airlines are about as bad as
any group in communicat
ing with the public; but
other groups are not far be
hind. It seems pointless for
the airlines to spend mil
lions in wooing travelers
and then to create so much
ill will by refusing to give
information. To a wailing
person, any explanation is
belter than none; he would
rather be lied to (politely)
than rebuffed or ignored.
Take the matter of call
ing for information on de
parting f 1 i g h t s. I always
call 20 minutes before I am
about to leave for the air
port; invariably I am told
that the flight will leave on
time. Arriving at the air
port, I learn that there will
be a delay, sometimes an
hour or more.
In most cases, this was
already known by the time
I made my call; but noth
ing was said. In fact, on
occasion I have gone to a
telephone booth at the air
port (having been told in
person that my flight would
be late) and called the airline-only
to be told over
the phone that the flight
was leaving on time.
Whether this is stupidity,
venality or bureaucracy, the
ugly fact remains that many
organizations land I cite the
airlines only because I use
them so much) have little or
no ability to communicate,
not only with their customers,
but with their personnel as
well. People want to know
l where Uicy stand, and when
no one will tell them, morale
falls apart disastrously.
In this depersonalized, au
tomatic age. the Individual
perpetually feels a threat to
his identity and his integrity
as a person. And the "public
image'' of an institution - to
which so much attention and
money are devoted - can be
no better than the manner in
which it communicates, hon
estly, swiftly and unequivo
cally, with the people who
work for It and with the peo
ple who make its survjjal
posible.
fare
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
(ct 1963. The
THE CLAY REPORT
The Clay Report on foreign
aid deals with an immense
subject in a few pages. For
that reason
alone it will
not furnisn
'.4Clt!Na 'Public, which
ZZ, f members of
X Congress, with
serious reap-
Llppmaun praisai wnicn
has become so necessary.
The report mentions most
of the questions which have
to be asked, but what it gives
are its answers, and not the
facts and the reasoning by
which its conclusions were
reached. As a result, the or
dinary reader receives little
more than a bundle of decla
rations as to what ought and
ought not to be done. He gets
little help toward an enlight
ened debate.
There is an explanation for
this. The committee, which
consists of 10 eminent men,
was appointed last December
"to advise the President, the
secretary of state, and sec
retary of defense and the ad
ministrator of the Agency for
International Development."
Quite evidently, that is exact
ly what it has done, and done,
it appears, with profit to the
administration. The report is
not really a public document
meant to clarify a public dis
cussion. It is, so to speak, an
inter-office memorandum for
the insiders of the administra
tion and is no doubt highly
significant and intelligible to
those who have taken part in
the conferences which are not
reported in the report.
BECAUSE it is the kind of
document it is, it will, I
am afraid, provoke unfortu
nate reactions abroad. It is
peppered with criticism
which, because it is anony
mous and riot specific, could
apply to some or all of the
recipients of foreign aid.
No country would be able
to tell whether it is or is not
being criticized. Furthermore
the report contains a sweep
ing critisism of all our allies,
including Canada, for what
they do or do not do in for
eign aid.
I am sure that this was not
the intention. But I do not
think it is merely charitable
to say that the committee was
so intensely concerned with
advising the administration
insiders that it did not real
ize what its report would
sound like to the vast world
of the outsiders.
It ihe report was to be a
A public document, and of
course it had to be, it should
not have declared only its
conclusions. It should have
argued them persuasively. In
my view, this was entirely
practicable since the main
theme is sound.
Thus, it is quite true that
"we are trying to do too much
for too many too soon, that
we are overextended in re
sources and undercompensa
ted in results, and that no end
of foreign aid is either ir
sight or in mind." It follows
nglitly enough, that we
should not try to give aid to
the 9o countries and terri
tories which are now receiv
ing-it, and that we should, in
stead, focus our aid so that
it is enough to do the job in
key countries. We must find
a way to stop diluting and
diffusing it all over the globe
Let the bridges we have to
build be fewer, but let all of
them cross the river.
The committee is q u i t e
right, I believe, in advising
the administration to let ex-
colonial Africa depend chief
ly on Europe for aid. And if 1
read between the lines cor
rectly, it is asking the ad
ministration to concentrate
aid for Asia, apart from the
military subsidies, on India
and Pakistan.
w
HEN it comes to Latin
rica, the report
shows little evidence of a
serious knowledge of the ac
tual problem of inducing the
Latin peoples to emerge from
their primitive past into the
modern age. In fact, there is
a considerable ideological
confusion in that the report
seems to say that the only
alternative to communism is
the American form of private
enterprise.
That is not true. There are
many forms of a mixed
economy - some of them very
successful In Europe - which
are quite different both from
Soviet communism and Amer
ican capitalism.
Whether we like it or not.
most Latin - American coun
tries are pointed toward one
form or another of a mixed
economy, and we should not
give them the impression that
we are incapable of under
standing why they are point
ing that way.
Lippmann
Washington Post
I FEEL I must say, also, that
the report itself exempli
fies one of the principal rea
sons why, though since 1946
this country has spent some
$100 billion in foreign aid, it
is so much disliked in so many
places. A persistent theme is
that we should be giving and
withholding favors, which
mean so much in human
terms, in our own interest.
There is in this an assumption
of superiority which is abra
sive in the kind of world we
are living in - for the most
part very poor and for tha
most part of some other color
than white.
With our great wealth and
power, there should go hu
mility, not pride. Thirty years
ago, this country had not
only the respect and the trust,
but also the affection of the
underdeveloped world. Yet it
had no foreign aid program.
Why? Because 30 years ago,
the country was struggling
with its own desperate eco
nomic problems and with the
risirjg menace of fascism. Be
cause we had grave problems
of our own, we were not
proud and self-satisfied, and
we gave the effect of being in
the same boat with the rest
of mankind. That was when
we had friends all over the
world.
We shall not have them
again until this country be
comes possessed once again.
it surely will when the
political seasons change, in
the high enterprise of mak
ing a good society.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From New York:
The average American will
work two hours and 21 min
utes out of each eight hour
working day to PAY HIS
TAXES this year, according
to Tax Foundation Inc., a pri
v a t e research organization.
This, it says, is two minutes
more than was required in
1962.
The Tax Foundation adds
that by comparison it will re
quire, an hour and 24 minutes
of work to meet housing and
household operations costs,
and an hour to pay for food
and tobacco.
VVHICH is to say:
' If you are an average
working man, it will lake you
only 25 minutes longer to
earn the money to pay for all
your housing and household
operations costs and all your
food and your tobacco than
it will take you to earn the
money with which to PAY
YOUR TAXES.
ET'S put it this way:
" You will go to work,
presumbably at 8 o'clock in
the morning. It will take you
two hours and 21 minutes to
earn the money with which to
pay your taxes. That will
carry you up to 10:21 a.m., at
which hour you will have
your taxes paid.
It will then take you an
hour and 24 minutes to earn
the money with which to pay
your housing and household
operations costs. That will
bring you up to 11:45 a.m., at
which time you will presum
ably knock off for lunch.
When you knock off for
lunch, you won't be even with
the world. You still have to
earn the money with which to
pay for your food and to
bacco. A NYWAY, you go to lunch.
Presumably you'll knock
off for an hour.
So, when you get back on
the job, it will be 12:45 p.m.
It will then take you an hour
and 22 minutes more to pay
for your food and tobacco.
At that time, you'll be even
with the world, so far as taxes,
housing and household oper
ations costs and your food and
tobacco are concerned.
AND-
It will be seven minutes
after 2 o'clock in the after
noon. You'll have from then
on to FIVE O'CLOCK to earn
the money with which to pay
for all the rest of the things
you want to make life pleas
ant and agreeable - including
such things as going out to
dinner and a show.
AND
Meeting your car payments
and such other incidentals.
The big thing you're apt to
remember out of all this is if
you didn't have to dig up so
much in the way of taxes
you'd have more left for the
good things of life that are
what we all work for.
ONE more thought is apt to
enter your mind.
It is this:
If our old Uncle Sam
weren't such a frightfully ex
travagant old character, we'd
have more left for these good
things of life.