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History from ins files of Th.
Mail Tribuna 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
UCl. , tu" W
A member of the Interstate
Commerce commission arrived
in Medford this morning to ob-
serve me ireigm -
situation in this area.
Howard I. Bobbitt arrived in
meaioru iuuaj - -----
ing on his investigation of the
city s ponce uepai uscu.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 9, 1943 (Saturday)
rvr nrsanizations, commu'
nity groups discuss establishing
a teen-age recreation center
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Stacks
to the contrary noi wiwsmmr
ino n shortaae of straw looms,
There will be enough for straw
voles and to show wny me wmu
is blowing however."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. , 1033 (Monday)
Robert R. Hammond passes
state bar examination.
Trial of lady horsewhipper of
editor of weekly starts.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 9. 1923 (Tuesday)
Sornhum from Eagle Point
mill on sale in local stores.
AFL convention at Portland
favors light wines and beer, op
poses women barbers.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 9, 1913 (Thursday)
Vallcv fruit crop expected to
bring in over $1 million to
nrrhimlists.
Elks Lodge advertises lor
bids for $35,000 club house at
Fifth st. and Central ave.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct It superior;
seven or eight is escellent; five or
sis is good.
1. Which state of the Union
leads in the production u Irish
Dolntoes?
2. Is a road runner a bird,
squirrel, hoboe, or painted
stnn?
3. The land borders of Korea
touch China (Manchuria) and
what other country?
4. During the War between
the States, what group was
known as Copperheads?
5. In which stale is Rocky
Mountain National Park?
6. In which state was Will
Rogers born?
7. Hair docs, or does not grow
on a body after death?
8. In what year did the Boston
Tea party occur?
9. Arc the Philippines nearer
to Australia, Borneo or Hawaii?
at the Hattle of Manila Bay
Answers: I. Idaho. 2. Bird.
J. Soviet Russia. 4. Northerners
sympathetic to Confederacy. S.
Colorado. 6. Oklahoma. 7. It
does not. I. 1773. a. Borneo. 10.
Olympia.
On Eugene Panel
WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen.
Milward L. Simpson (R-Wyo.)
will go from Washington to the
Western Republican Conference
opening Thursday at Eugene,
Ore.
Simpson, although not a dele
gate from his home state, will
appear on a panel Friday with
Ecn. Gordon Allott (R - Colo.)
and Rep. John P. Saylor (R
Pa.). Both Simpson and Allott
are members ut the Senate In
terior Committee. Saylor is the
ranking minority member of the
House Interior Committee.
W rUIUIHUI
jJ-AISOCIAIION
Why To Vote "Yes
Less than a week remains before the Great
Tax Election of 1963.
Most people, we suspect, have already made
up their minds how they will vote. Probably a
majority will vote "no."
But on the off-chance that there are still some
who are undecided, let us recapitulate our reasons
for recommending, as strongly as we know how,
a "yes" vote.
Despite some irate criticisms that the news
papers have presented "only one side" of the
question, the "other side" (or rather, "sides"
there have been many motivations for a "no"
vote") has been widely discussed.
WHILE THE tax measure is less than perfect,
it is far from as bad as its detractors claim.
It is based on the ability to pay, it broadens the
base somewhat, and it has a number of desirable
reform features.
It would raise about $60 million in badly
needed new revenues about $48 million by
added taxes, about $12 million by "borrowing"
from the ensuing biennium by way of speeded
up withholdings.
The $404 million general fund budget is not
unreasonable ; it is some $100 million Lbbb tnan
the state agencies requested for the biennium.
The principal increases were in higher education
(where thousands of students are enrolling this
week), and in basic school support (which goes
to offset local property
1XHILE THE consequences of a defeat are
largely Unpredictable, some of them are
known. There would have to be immediate and
drastic cuts in the budgets of many state services,
including a slash in the
ties' funds that would be crippling, just on the
eve of the largest enrollment increase in history,
as the war baby bulge comes along next year
Similar cuts also would have to be made im
mediately in programs for
tally retarded children, community colleges, pub
lic welfare, mental health institutions and clinics,
correctional institutions,
cies, police and other general fund agencies, as
well as in capital construction.
These cuts would have to be made whether
or not the legislature is called into session, for the
Constitution requires that the state not operate
in the red.
IF THE Legislature is called, some of these
may be ameliorated, by the device of
ting into basic school support (which is property
tax reduction). Still other cuts could be made, or
other taxes levied subject, of course, to another
referral.
Oregon needs a thorough revision of its tax
program, but voting "no" next Tuesday is no
guarantee that this will
lature will have to come
anyway, and the interim
is already at work trying
But a hastily-assembled session ot the Legis
lature, working under extreme pressures from a
variety of different angles, is not going to come
up with a universally acceptable tax package.
SOME OF the reasons given for a "no" vote
tiro inuti'iii't ivn Tlinv inplllfln
It will bring a sales tax sooner.
It will eliminate the need for any new taxes.
The budget is too large.
The budget is ok, but the tax bill is the
wrone way to raise the
The tax bill hits those least able to pay.
The tax bill doesn't broaden the base
enough.
And so on and so on. There are as many rea
sons for voting "no" as there are "no" voters,
many of them in direct contradition.
For responsible government, for continuation
of vital services and education without crippling
cuts for a long or short period, and for the best
chance of ultimately having a fair and well
rounded tax program, the best the responsible
course is to vote "yes." E. A.
Obsolescence
Are the new stainless steel razor blades as
good as the advertisements say they are?
No. They're better.
Gillette boasts its new blades will last for
seven shaves; Schick says its will go 15 or more.
Actually, those who have used them say they
will last for 20 or more comfortable shaves.
Why the overly modest claims in the ads?
The Oregon Statesman in Salem believes it is
i because the blade-makers don't want the blades
to ast too J,,,, lt vvjU
IT QUOTES an unnamed Gillette spokesman
who privately confided they don't want the
blades to last for more than 12 uses. And U.S.
firms were forced to produce the superior razor
blades only because a British make entered the
U.S. market.
This dilemma for the blade companies moved
the Statesman to speculate as follows:
"One cannot help but wonder how many other improve
ments on products are kept in abeyance, letting the profits
roll In until some foreign firm or smaller U.S. company
forces the hand of those who reap a financial harvest from
built-in obsolescence."
The fact that automobiles are now built to run
longer between lubrications, and have longer
guarantees, is a direct result of such competition.
One guesses auto manufacturers would be
happier if their cars actually weren't as well built
as they are, and wore out sooner. It would make
for more sales. E. A.
it
taxes.)
colleges and universi
handicapped and men
natural resource agen
cuts
cut-
happen. The 1965 legis
up with a new program
committee on taxation
to devise one.
money.
Profitable
t.ul down on sa0Si
MEDFORD
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Of Being The Colossus Of The North"
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contrary is often the case.
Orderly Government
To the Editor: The enclosed
clipping from a Salem news
paper is the most concise and
illuminating explanation that I
have seen regarding the tax
bill.
Dr. Crothers is a practicing
physician and surgeon in Sa
lem, and an elder in the Pres
byterian church.
Ethel M. Thompson
3642 Hilsinger rd.
Medford
Dr. Crothers' letter follows:
To the Editor: I voted against
the tax bill in the 1963 legisla
ture, but I shall vote for it in
the special election. I voted
against it because I thought it
was a collection of shoddy
tricks with taxes that failed to
enact any of the substantial re
forms we need though it was
the best that the Democratic
leadership of the Senate would
!llow. They would not even al
low a cigarette tax, which at
five cents a pack (this is less
than many states have, and
Oregon is the only stale that
does not have one) would have
raised about $30,000,000. No one
needed to pay this tax except by
his own choice.
I shall vole for Measure No. 1
In the special election on Octo
ber 15 because this now is not
really a vote about taxes, but
about maintaining orderly gov
ernment and good schools. The
simple fact is that the increase
in taxes, the first since lf5,
is necessary becuuse of the
great increase in the number of
students in the public schools :
and colleges an increase NOT
matched by a proportionate in- tell the people that elected of
c:ease in taxpayers. , ficials must be guided by the
Anyone who watched the I will of the people.
Ways and Means Committee.
headed by Senator Cook, and
containing such stalwart and .
intelligent conservatives as Sen
ator Leth and Representative
llansell, cannot believe that
there is any significant amount
of fat in the budget. The big
increase is in state support for
local schools is an attempt to
relieve property taxes.
To send back a legislature
controlled by the current quar-
mini; ci up ui Liciiiutiiua iii mi"
foolish hope that they will do
a better job is futile. I person-
ally doubt if they would even
have the good grace to reduce
their own salaries and I voted
against that bit of selfishness,
as did all the Republican mem
bers from Marion County.
Morris K. ('miners
1517 Court St., NE
Salem, Ore.
Vrifps SlinlHirt
To the Editor: I would like to
urge the people of Medford to
vote h.S for Measure I on Oct.
15. As a student at the Univer
sity of Oregon, I am very con
cerned about proper educational
opportunities for Oregon's youth.
I believe that a NO vole would
be a grave setback to education
in Oregon and a serious error
on the part of Oregon's voters.
A No vote will mean a sharp
decline in state support to local
school districts which will be
followed bv higher properly
taxes to offset the loss of in-1
come. Oregon colleges and uni-
versifies will have to reduce en -
rollment to meet their income ! seems, is faced with two related . your owning up manfully to
which means tuition will be in-! major crises, one concerning the jour horrible deeds and helping
creased. The cost of education j Oct. 15 tax referral measure the forces of law and order,
is already beyond the means of ' and the other, the problem of Now, what about . . .
many students. A tuition in- i increasing enrollment in our. A Oh. 1 pulled that job. too,
crease to at least MHO resident schools and colleges Senator. It was me and . . .
and $1,215 non-resident per year j From one or two newspaper j q just a minute. Mr. Val
is absolutely ridiculous. The cost i accounts around the state, it achi. please wait until I have
of an education is alreadv about i would seem that the students named the crime before vou
$1,600. and with this tuition in -
crease aim tne siranc ixisiom-
j ty of board and room increases
(or dormitory students, a col -
i lege education becomes far be-
I yond the realm of possibility for
I many students.
The University President, Ar-ito the level of crazy kids who j are still left at the press fable
thur Flemming, warned Univer-' will follow anything or believe I will note my remarks. If all wit
sity alumni that a No vote may I anything that Labor is voting ! nesses before Congressional
cause Ihe University to lose i (or. anything Ihe Farm Bureau I committees were as co-opera-many
of the "superior" mem-1 wants, or anything that those tmrj 63 you. this Nation would
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
bers of its faculty. "A No vote,"
the President said, "would say
that the people of Oregon are
not prepared to support a su
perior system of higher educa
tion, and are willing to settle
for the mediocre."
Students here have pledged
$14,000 from their breakage fees
to campaign for a YES vote on
the tax measure. Saturday, ap
proximately 700 University stu
dents passed out brochures to
20,000 homes in Eugene urging
voters to vote YES. Approxi
mately 3.000 post cards have
been sent by the students to
their home towns urging sup
port, and I am writing this let
ter to my home town, urging
your support for a very impor
tant and worthwhile cause.
Joy Olson
Secretary,
Associated Students,
University of Oregon,
Eugene, Ore.
Definite Stand
To the Editor: In regard to
the Democratic party's 'censure'
of the Republican party's fail
ure to take a definite stand on
the controversial tax referen
dum, it must be pointed out that
the Republican party has indeed
taken a very definite stand.
First, it was the majority
viewpoint of Republican party
county chairmen at the October
Sth meeting in Portland that the
people of this state still live in
a democracy and therefore it is
properly the voters who tell
their elected officials what to
do, not the officials who should
since the people of Oregon
have insisted on their right ot
referral, it seems strongly evi-
dent that Ihe proper function of
both parties is only to inform.
An informed electorate is said
to be the cornerstone of democ
racy. . . an informed electorate
will make the proper decision.
Buli however, should a minority
group take ovcr tne prerogatives
f t,e majority, our experiment
j jn democracy is truly in the
1 gravest danger,
, VnA lnu rcsuit 0 the Oct. 15
j bllUot is knowlli it wjli not be
possible to know the majority
j dl,cision. i recent years we
have seen that there are those
who would have us believe the
majority view is already known.
The Republican party strongly
feels its responsibile duty is to
inform by means of the truth,
then to await Ihe majority de
cision without threat or coercion
or unaue pressuie.
As free people in a dee so
ciety, the Republican philosophy
still' holds that the will of the
majority in a true democracy
is the greatest system ot gov
known to the
ru-nmenl
ever
world. Hemisphere in the last 42 years.
This, then, is the definite stand 1 Now. what've we got left? Oh,
of the majority of Republican i how about the pilfering of the
partv officials j Por box in Pomona Paradise
Hugh Jennings, I Church of $3 42 on May 13, 1922?
Chairman. Jackson County ' A You got me cold. Sena
Republican Central Com-1 tor. I done it. Me and Bugeyes
mittee. Medford. I Bianci. 1 drove the getaway
Can't Altord "No"
1 To the Editor: Oregon, it
have suddenly shifted from'
Doing aoie mmciou. mature.
thinking adults to irresponsible.
; meddling kids who have no right
to interfere in "extremely adult
affairs!"
! We have evidently regressed
OREGON
Israel's Aid Program
Successful,
Bv PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Israel, encircled by hostile
Arab states, is in turn encirc
ling the besigers.
This turn - about is the re
sult of a re
markably e f -f
e c t i v e pro
gram of tech-
i a I accict-
iyi pi ii i v o i -lt
X lance to under
developed na
tions which
from a modest
start in 1936
now operates
in Africa, Asia,
the Mediterranean basin and
even in Latin America.
It has cut deeply into U.A.R.
President Gamal Abdel Nas
ser's influence south of the Sa
hara and has aroused the ire
of both Cairo and Moscow.
Strangely, it has had compar
atively little publicity.
A meeting of 31 independent
African states in Addis Ababa
last June provided one evi
dence of the effectiveness of the
Israeli program. At such meet-
idiotic organizations such as the
PTA, Democratic party, Repub
lican party, Grange, Oregon Ed
ucation association, School
Board association, School Prin
cipals association and the Asso
ciation of Oregon Industries are
voting "Yes" on.
We at Southern Oregon Col
lege and other educational insti
tutions around the state have
been accused of threatening the
general public if the measure
is defeated. We have been ac
cused of corrupt use of informa
tion even though it came from
the Governor, the Chancellor of
Higher Education, and many
more of Oregon's foremost citi
zens. I would, however, suggest to
these detractors that we, as stu
dents, at least have the guts
and courage to fight for what
we believe in.
Oregon is $60 million in the
red. Your "Yes" vote on Oct.
15 will raise this desperately
needed money as it is woefully
evident that we are short and
that the shortage will be made
up in some way or other wheth
er the bill passes or not! An
irresponsible "No" vole would
result in $20 million cut from
higher education, $19 million
from Basic School Support, and
$20 million from other goods and
services such as assistance to
the aged, the poor, the crippled,
and the sick.
THtS IS NOT A THREAT, but
a fundamental manifestation of
the economic principle which
says more or less that no one
should spend more money than
he has. Can we afford not to
pass this measure? Can we take
a loss in goods and services in
this state? Can we afford the
Our Senators
Solve Everything
By Arthur Hoppe
That's a great television show
our Senators have got going:
Cosa Nostra! Starring square
jawed Joe (The Mobster) Val
achi. Dramatic, suspenseful, re
vealing! Only I'm a little wor
ried whether the Senators can
keep up the pace. They're run
ning out of crimes for Mr. Val
achi to confess to.
You know the way television
cats up good material. And I
can't help thinking the way this
series is going to sound along
about the 18th week.
Q - Well, fine. Mr. Valachi,
that takes care of every major
unsolved crime in the Western
car.
Q Fine. fine. Mr. Valachi
You are to be commended for
confess to it. We must proceed
n an order v manner.
A I was just trying to cc -
1 operate. Sir.
g Yes and I must say you
are a most co-operative witness.
I trust the two reporters who
Though
ings in the past it has been the
custom of the Moslem bloc led
by Nasser to introduce a reso
lution attacking Israel as a
"tool of the imperialists" seek
ing to infiltrate Africa.
But at the June meeting were
24 African nations which have
received Israeli assistance, and
Nasser, certain his resolution
would be defeated, did not even
offer it.
Despite the broad scope of
the Israeli program, it operates
at remarkably low cost. This
year the figure will be about
$7 million. It is noteworthy that
many of the African nations
consider the Israeli aid more
available to their particular
needs than that coming from
larger, richer nations at vastly
higher cost.
higher property taxes which
may be levied if the Legislature
reconvenes for a special ses
sion? A threat? As taxpayers,
you have the RIGHT to know
what services may be curtailed
and who may be hurt in case
this measure is voted down!
Must we "Tear down the or
phanage and throw the children
out in the street because one
of the doors squeaks?"
Absurd? Yes, but it is in es
senee what a negative vote will
do. I don t think we can really
afford to vote "No." My vote
says "YES!"
Jim Long
ASSOC President '
Southern Oregon College
Ashland, Ore.
Pharmacy Week
To the Editor: The week of
October 6 to 12 has been desig
nated National Pharmacy
Week. Although the week will
pay tribute to the many thou
sands of pharmacists in Amer
ica, in reality it will be just
another seven days in the busy
life of the man who spends 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, 52
weeks a year, in offering his
professional services for your
continued better neaitn.
The role of the pharmacist is
not confined merely to the dis
pensing of drugs and the sale of
sundry items. Very often the
pharmacist acts as consultant to
the physicians on new drugs,
communicates to the public
about the progress of new
drugs, corrects misinformation
and provides friendly counsel
on a score of related topics.
The practicing commu nity
pharmacist is a key member of
the health team in our society.
Get to know him and understand
his problems, as he understands
yours. Remember that he never
stops working round-tne-ciocK
for your better neaitn ana sate-
ty-
Lawrence L. Lewis
1040 Linda
Ashland, Ore.
Promises
To the Editor: The President
didn't come to Oregon to prom
ise us two cars in every garage.
He didn't even promise us two
ducks in every pot. All he done
wuz to promise us two New
Frontiah dams in every rivah.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
have nothing to fear. As some
body once said, "The truth will
set you free." Was it Abraham
Lincoln?
A I done it. You got me
dead to rights.
Q Done ... Did what?
A The Abe Lincoln job. It
was me and John Wilkes (Will
the Weasle) Booth. I cased it,
but he was trigger man. He
give me the kiss of death. Oh,
I am doomed!
Q Just a minute. Mr. Val
achi. I don't see that one on
the list here. Jumping Judas,
you're confusing everything.
A Yeah and I done that
j 'i
(The Stoolie) Iscariot, one of the
Galilee Mob. He was finger
man and I . . .
Q I think that's enough of
this line of questioning. Perhaps
we should turn to something
else. Before the last reporter
leaves. Oh, yes. Are you now
or have you ever been a Com
munist? A I decline to answer that
on the grounds it may tend to
incriminate or degrade me.
Well, it's a sensational show.
So far. And Mr. Valachi makes
a fine hero. I'm sure. For it's
always heart - warming to see
a hoodlum or a Communist or
whatever abandon his evil ways
and come over to the side of us
respectable, law-abiding cit
lzens.
! Naturally, he wishes to inform
, on all his'old pals. It's the re-
j spoctable. law-abiding thing to
: do. After all, he turned inform-
er for the benifit of us respect a
ble. law-abiding citizens every
where. And we should pay trib
ute to his new-found sense of
decency and justice.
The rat fink.
in Africa
Limited in
Essentially, the program con
centrates on agriculture and
water resources, formation of
youth groups and public and
private enterprises in which
the Israelis have the greatest
experience.
The most characteristic aid is
carried out by young Israelis
from the agricultural collect
ives (kibbutz) and agricultural
cooperatives (mochav). In Af
rica, these young instructors aid
nations in developing both their
own agriculture and defense.
Such units have been formed
in Ghana, Senegal, Togo, the
Central African Republic and
the Ivory Coast.
Israeli advisers are found in
the Imperial Colleges of Ethio
pia, on the cotton plantations
of Tanganyika, at the head of
tne naval school of Ghana, in
the health service of Liberia.
In turn, Africa is sending stu
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(cl Field Enterprises Inc.
ARE NEGROES MEN? I
Is the Negro a man, or is he
not a man? This is the root
question that the times have put
to us, and we
must answer it
unequivocally.
For this is, at
bottom, what
the current race
conflict is all
about.
Either the
Negro is a full
fledged human
Harris being, and a
complete American citizen, or
he is less than a human being
and incapable of citizenship.
If we believe the first, the
Negro must be assured of all
his civil and legal and human
rights. If we believe the sec
ond, the Negro should be
stripped of citizenship and made
a ward of the state. No middle
course is possible.
Most Americans, on both
sides of the issue, refuse to
face this central point. The
Negro should be treated just
like everyone else no better,
no worse or else he should
be confined to a innervation,
returned to Africa, s-.- sent
back to slavery.
Any other "solution" is just
hypocrisy and foolishness, and
only postpones the ultimate
day of reckoning. Is the Negro
a man, or is he not a man?
Once we answer this question
honestly, all the other answers
will fall into place, painfully
but surely.
1 happen to believe he is a
man (though grievously flawed
THE INCOME
This is one of a series of brief presentations
of some little-known aspects of the income tax
measure on which Oregon voters will decide
at a special election on Oct. 15.
A "yes" vote approves the law; a "no" vote defeats it,
leaving some $60 million less income than appropriations.
QUESTION
I'm against government spending. Isn't this a huge budget
for 1963-65?
ANSWER
The 1963-65 budget increased General Fund expenditures
10.3 per cent over the 1961-63 budget, or about 5 per cent per
year. This is the smallest percentage increase in 10 years.
Appropriations
Biennium
1955-57
1957-59
1959-61
1961-63
1963-65
QUESTION
Wouldn't the defeat of the Tax Law require some budget
cutting?
ANSWER
Yes. But the governor can only cut services, and these only
in a very few of the state's activities. The biggest budgets he
can cut are higher education, mental and penal institutions, and
welfare. Under the present (new) law these agencies would
receive $180 million from the General Fund during the bien
nium, which is substantially less than was requested, particu
larly by higher education. The amount that would have to be
cut would probably be about $60 million, or one-third of the
total combined appropriations for these agencies.
CAMPAIGN j t-
' don c,r ! H Is. If he doesn't tour a half-doien
European capitals and visit Ihe Berlin wall, he can't
be considered a serious possibility as candidated!"
Said
Scope
dents to Israel to take courses
in agriculture, youth training,
professional training, adminis
tration and social work, collect
ivism and trade unionism.
Recently, Congolese army
chief Gen. Joseph Mobutu and
a selected group of his troops
completed their paratroop
training in Israel and then re
turned home to be deployed for
quick pacification of trouble
areas.
Some African states also are
organizing women's corps on
the Israeli model.
The secret of Israel's success
is the fact that it is too small
to be considered as having im
perialistic ambitions and enjoys
the trust not given to larger na
tions. Further, it has asked nothing
in return except an occasional
share of the profit in companies
jointly owned with independent
African states such as Ghana.
J. Ha iris
by centuries of abuse), created
by the same God Who created
the rest of us. To treat him
any differently is, to my mind
an act of profound impiety.
Those who think otherwise
should not make concessions
they do not believe In. They
should not hide behind the
deception of "separate but
equal" schools or any other
mumbo-jumbo. They should
frankly ask that the Negro be
assigned to a sub-human
status in our society.
If we do not think the Negro
is a man, we should both ignore
his "rights" and absolve his "re
sponsibilities." If he cannot
live anywhere, work anywhere,
eat anywhere, go to school any
where then he should not be
asked to pay taxes, to fight for
his country, to give his time, his
labor or his loyalty to enter
prises in which he cannot fully
share.
The white man has made the
Negro what he is, and has kept
him where he is. Nobody knows
how far the Negro can go up,
because he has never had the
chance; we only know how far
he can go down and it fright
ens us terribly because we
have pushed him down. We
have refused to let him live
decently, and then we accuse
him of the sin of indecency.
Do we think the Negro is a
man or not a man? We can no
longer squirm and back away
from this crucial question. For
already having postponed it so
long, either answer we decide
upon will bring anguish to mil
lions. TAX MEASURE
Per Cent
(Millions)
$221.8
282.0
313.0
366.7
404.3
Increase
27.1
11.0
17.2
10.3