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Show Tuesday, October 21, 1947 Aspoiroinis UM WALTER SHEAD The Controversy on Tax Reduction Ike Reluctant; Taft Works Hard for Party Nomination is called in December will the GO ershfp be content with passing enabling legislation to prorelief for Europe or will they insist on taking vide for stop-ga- p TFA special session 1 f I t - ByBAUKHAGE believes up other legislation? Taxes, for instance. Everyonebut nere s as well Republicans, in tax reduction, Democrats as i Nrwt Analyst end Commentator. f WASHINGTON. Back before World War II started. I attended a party given by Mark Woods, (my present boss). One of the guests, with whom I had been associated on the Farm and Home Hour came to me and said: "I want you to neet my brother. Hes a lieutenant colonel in the army, and I think hes going places. So we went beck end I ehook hend with e pereonable eoldier, exchenged a tew words end drifted on. Shortly afterward (1939), J went to Europe, the war broke end the party was long forgotten. Somewhat later, and often since, 1 have had occasion to remember record in the last congress reveals. thelieutenant colonel Vividly. But that isn't alL 1 have lust been looking at a One of Tafts critics, fully cognigraph drawn In 1945 by that same zant of the Republican policy leadlieutenant colonel ers achievements, said that his in(after be was tellectual judgments "ran ahead of needled Into It by his "practical application" of them. a biographer). It I suppose the critic meant that for shows his promo- all Taft's powers of reasoning, from the scholarship and tremendous ability he was to acquire knowledge end weigh from facts, he sometimes appears to algraduated West Point in low hi hereditary viewpoint rather 1913. than his acquired concluaiona to In World War guide his course. Taft is naturally I. he. reached a conservative end sometimes, I am cololieutenant sure, he has been intellectually pernelcy but after suaded as to the validity" of certain the armistice measure, but hat been unable to to his support those measures fully because of this inborn conservatism. permanent rank of captain. To those who know Taft even .He soon was. promoted to a major more than casually, he la cool rare(boosts were slow In those days) ly unbending, legalistic. He can 1933. until a and remained major prove himself, however, as even the From then until the time I met him least newsmen on his at that party, he was a lieutenant recent sympathetic trip admit, affable and apcolonel proachable. Also, he has that on Two years passed and then things many occasions to useful acquisibegan to happen: ColonqJ in 41; tion, (especially when chaperoning d upped to brigadier general the same a flush), the poker face. year; jnaior general in 1942; .com- Even bis smile, which if overmanding general of the European worked. becomes a bit rubbery, theater of 'operation; teen, in 1945, doesn't always dispel this impreslieutenant genera and commanding sion. Although be inherited from his Eurogeneral. Allied forces ln-- th father, William Howard Taft, a trepean theater now, president of Co- mendous capacity for hard work lumbia university (or maybe some- and a conservative point of view, he lacks the robust geniality conveyed thing bigger) to be. by the Elder Taft'a smile and laugh. Milton Eisenhower was right when he said his brother was Unfortunately, Robert Taft , hasn't teat risible faculty to re-.going places." it n the luminous volume "My Three lieve a certain aloof remoteness Tears With Elsenhower by of manner and expression. He is Harry Butcher, hi naval aide, by no means a glamour-boand teat tee chart appears. he he knowa it. One time when graph shows' at Its peak and Democrats were ef four star general. gathered at some clambake in Butcher Jokingly plotted tile New England, . and Ahe "curve (down) after that point.' - became a IKile personal,raillery . Taft to zero. Elsenhower immedichallenged the Democrat to a , ately drew a Balling pole ai the beauty contest. Senator Pepper, nadir, thna expressing hla hopes. who knowa he has no claim to pulchritude himself, ImmediateBoth were wrong. The govern-ly jumped up to aay; "Pm ment pinned a fifth star on him. and paired with tee senator from the fishing pole has been transmuted Ohio." into a cap and gown, aa symbol of hia new rank when he twitches Taft has some sense of humor, bosses from Mara to Minerva. even if he isnt famous tor it. Per. Hut if certain boosters hava their haps he absorbed it from his witty "'way. the line on the chart may wife. He stands six feet tall and he move upward again. isnt stout, although somehow or I havent heard what the general! other you seen) to think of him that deep-dow- n plana are, but from what way. He la still young only 58. (Im I hear, the fishing pole is still the sure thats young because lta exr 1 objective, and he doesnt neces- actly my age.) As Representative Brown intisarily mean fishing from a presl ' dentlal yacht. mated, Tafta speeches on hia westMeanwhile, brother Milton Elsen- ern tour, almost entirely devoted to hower has gona places," too. Hts the glorification of the Republican also a president" president of partys record In the first session of Kansas Stata college, and 'very the 80th congress, helped strengthen happy there.' It waa rumored that U the party. In fact. Taft generally la ha should "choose" to take a post which had been auggested for him back In the department of agriculture (aa secretary this time), when and if Clinton" Anderson moved elsewhere, and thus became a member of the Truman cabinet, it would mean that his brother was not considering a new job. tions time d bob-taile- ia-l- - y, 1 the-ran- k Senator Taft PereoniRee COP ' 01 course, it la more fun generalizing about generals than it is to particularize about the prime contenders in the candidates, elephant race to come. But, no matter how much political dust some dark or even xhestnut roan atlra up later, there are just two people the politicians have to consider now. They ere Senator Taft of Ohio and Governor Dewey of New York. 1 was e atandlng with a group the executive offices of the White House, waiting for the presidential press and radio conference when a genial human cloud, much bigger than a man's hand, in fact almost twice as big as most men's - bodies, appeareden the horizon, ft was the politically astute end ardent Taftile. Rep. Clarence Brown of out-tid- ! Ohio The a hoys ragged little about tee Taft trip, hut ho. wasut a bit Said he: We didnt expect to bring back a bunch of delegatea. Tafl made votes for tee Republican party, and that meant votes for Taft." (Despite Brown's optimism, some observers have felt teat although Taft did make new friends, they weren't new votes, for they were already solid Republicans.) Brown down-hearte- d. Popular Pineapple Doily Excellent Gift O :lA SENATOR TAFT I accepted aa the personification of the Republican party and well he might be considering the manner in which he dominated the last session, maintaining the respect of the Democratic leaders which he always has had if not their love and admiration, which he never haa had. ... SPECIAL SESSION OF SURGERY In esae youve never seen a surgery amphitheater, either as a patient or a spectator, take a look at this picture. Members of the 17. S. chapter of the International College of 8urgeona, which held its convention In Chicago, are shown here watching the removal of three-fourtof a mans stomach. hs NEWS REVIEW tbe argument at this time: taxes in peaceRepublican aay there i no Justification for wartime that Pree" burden; unreasonable an are taxe time and that preaent over to revenue la high enough that taxes can be cut and leave enough of taxea Is lna level that national present on the debt; tome pay off the market in ary encouraging farmer and business to hold, goods a to retain bigger margin of proms. anticipation of tax cut to allow them to Democrats argue It is more important now to create a surplus ebUgationa foreign teat unpredictable national on the debt; apply may require a substantial Increase In governmental expenditure and teat a tax redaction would be inflationary in that it would Increase spending power and add to toe demand for scarce goods by leaving more money in peoples pocket. Whether or not. the Issue comes before a special session, tax reducthe tion definitely will be one of the major controversial issues before In reconvenes January. it when second session of the 80th congress U. I. PHILLIPS FoodPlan Opens Shakily; Comintern Brings Jitters All Out in Food Campaign around town trying to dig up Charley Luckman, whirlwind head something for dinner is going if a soap manufacturing firm, has to be difficult. seen named chief of the Presidents jommittee charged with directing That robot or pushbutton plane he drive to get Americans to be a SIX MONTHS judged innocent until he la proved Jttle more careful about food. This that crossed the Atlantic is a wonguilty beyond a reasonable doubt a not, of course, to imply that there derful thing, but what we need is In fact tee state department, in a a any danger of a cry "Let them some development of the idea so it can be affixed to a man trying to "security principles" document re- at CAKES! Amid a certain amount of cently cross a street in traffic. made public, aay specifl slofew wants weeping and wailing and less cally that if there is a reasonable a If Lnckman gnashing of teeth than usual. doubt about a workers loyalty the gans, how kbout "when you rePLIGHT OF AN AMERICAN President Truman sprogram "department will be given the benefuse a second helping you give IN A WORLD CRISIS of the doubt and the person will a hungry child a FIRST helpinvolving meatless Tuesdays fit He wanted to help, be a deemed risk. security and eggless Thursdays luming." His heart lacked no pity; bered tentatively through its While idealists could quibble at He asked what to do length about abridgment of "con"Eight per cent more meat is befirst week. And got a COMMITTEE! Even the moat ardent optimist stitutional rights, few would deny ing consumed per person today than could not call this phase of the food that the state department simply ja 1941 and 20 per cent more than We know a wife bound for Reno Washington announceconservation drive to help Europe was playing it safe in the face of a a 1939. manifest ment. who rushed to the station and dedanger. an instantaneous success; however, manded What time does the Freeit might improve with time. Trying to convince a houseGOLD: SOLD tottera ahe of Train leave? dom aa that wife And it was in the handwriting on ' the wall that there would be con- Second Time siderable Ume, for administration Badly bent economically, alexperts predicted that the days of would last for though not yet quite broke, Great voluntary Britain, In the latest phase, of at least six months. President Truman himself has set her desperate quest for dollars, has the dates for the interim emergency sold 120 million dollars worth of ifl exchange for an THE UNIONS are railing the new National Labor Relations board as aid to Europe campaign from De- gold to the U. S. oppressor, designing to enslave them but actually they of amount lronmen. ' cember 1 .to March 31 although equal have control of the board. It was the second such sale from that Ume limit was imposed speA fair summation of the setup there would list three of the five on a showdown. Union margin would cifically for the raising of 580 mil- Britain's now dwindling gold re- members likely to be very In September 80 mil- be three to two. Leaning on the labor side in basic background are Paul lion dollars in cash. Regarding. the serve. Early food conservation aspect, Charles lion dollars worth of gold was sold Herzog, the old chairman; John Houston of the old board, and Abe Luckman, head of the citizens food to the U. S. Murdock. Another holdover, James J. Reynold, and a new man. J. CopeThe September gold sale came land Gray, are classified as likely to be the minority of two. committee, said Our only idea is to do the job until it is done. No after the balance Tbe Republicans are suspicious of the kind of enforcement into time achedul has Been set. . of Britain' dollar loan from Amerwhich their new reform law might trend. They are saying little n or nothing about this, being quite satisfied with initial steps taken, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton ica was frozen by Anderson was a little more definite. agreement when Britain declared but their fear ia well grounded and real. It is merely In abeyance He pointed out that conservation to ahe no longer could honor the loan to ascertain if It ia Justified. save grain might be necessary until convertibility clause requiring her Yet if anything is done to enslave any unions, it will be done by a n the winter wheat crop,' now being to provide dollars in exchange for facially apparent board. A tighter question, however, is how well the legally new planted, begins to come in next pounds sterling on demand to any June and July. Then he offered a nation she traded with. general counsel Robert Denham, performs. He has enough law behind faint hope with a hollow ring: him apparently, has supervision directly over district offices of the board, will Initiate and follow through on all the prosecuting of cases. 'Meatless days are not in the pic? ? Current Events ? ? and ture indefinitely, he said. Here ere five questions based on The Eating Public recent happenings in the newt. Five correct answers and youre Public opinion, it developed, wet eligible to appear on Information fee from united on m tolid front bePlease "; four and youre still plenhind the food conservation plan. ty good; three Isnt half bad; two, Restaurant operators laid their cusMan About Town: WACapt. better luck next lima; one, The Airistocrato: Gabe Heatters tomers were grousing about meatiest Kathleen Nash Durant (released to a newspaper. arithmetic made sense when he and egglett days. on bail in that huge gem theft pointed out that One and One" now Five nations recently were Million! of Americans resented the U. S. dolthe One. makes abroad) is dwelling here so she (Since refused membership in tee U. N. suggestion of a voluntary meatiest can be near ber lar now is worth only 50 cents). Name teem. Tuesday tiute they already are going now Jailed on Governors But Gabe went out or! a pink cloud 8- without meat four or fiv days a weak At an International wireless Island. for the next 50 It most be ironic and peace because they can't afford to buy it predicted congress, claims by tee Soviet for Russians to see Vishinsky oftener than that. years. . . . Some of us who shudder Union teat a Russian named at the grim facts (instead of losing his head. He was responThe poultry industry pointed out Popov invented the wtreleas were sible for so many Russians loswould hesithat if every one of the 140 million balls) crystal disputed. Who usually la credited residentt of the U. S. were to eat one ing theirs to tee executioner. tate to predict peace for the next 50 as tee inventor? lest egg a week, the government would hours. 8. General MaeArthnr has have to bur 600 million dozen eggt Tbe Stage Door: The Sardis set ruled teat Emperor Hirohitos under the law requiring government hears that at least one of the many A. Mon-roiMarksmanship: Quotation crest not shall on appear postage support of Parity pricet; and the A successful marriage is en edifice plans of the Freres Shubert (a stamps. After what flower Is tee already bolds in storage sevthat must be rebuilt every day. . . , new "Ziegfeld Follies) will have crest designed? eral million cases of surplus eggs purElaine Rost: Tbe longer tbe hems tbe to materialize this year. Because if chased to support farm prices. 4. In delaying a shipment of I. Elinson: A canfewer tbe abems. their to that title dont, they right to from Verdun sugar didate is a guy who throws bit hat in Germany, SECURITY RISKS: lapses after this season. . . . The one Communist French deputy the ring and putt on a halo. ... L Mar- 52nd street spots did capacity biz tin: Let others form your opinion of said: "At 'Verdun, they shall not No Peace of Mind other night for the first time the . . . Rein Wilfred: typMary yourself. On what occasion was pass. since New Years. Communism, particularly aince ing on tbe floor. that phrase first used? the revival of the Comintern in nine , MsJ. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan European countries. Is taking its has advocated that tee two civiltoll In the U. S. by undermining the ian components of tee army American peace of mind. merge with tee army. What are That obvious fact has been given those components? added significance by the state desumthat disclosure ANSWERS partment's of San Diego, Calif., has STANLEY BOJENS, an developed a I. Italy, Finland, Hungary, mary dismissal faces state departcalled "Peace by Postage, a sort of personalized mania and Bulgaria. ment employe who are "habitual or Z. Cugllelmo foreign policy. Plan consists of sending personal parcels to families in Marconi, an Italian. close" associates of persons even J. The chrysanthemum. foreign countries who befriended G.I.s during the war. "If veterans them4 waa used It Marshal Henri by "believed to be Communists. selves can win Individual friends," says Bojens, it will be difficult for In February, 1918, when the Petain In plain language, that is a reGermans were outside Verdun. governments to go to war. 8. The Organized Reserve of the versal of a fundamental principle of Harold Herman son bat Inspired the alumni of tee Bethesda-Chev- y army and National Guard. law that a man la Chase senior high school In tee suburbs of tee nations capital to give the children of war dead as good an education as tee children of fathers who lived. When Herman son saw some of his baddies killed, he determined to do something for their chll- -, dren. With. the. help. of many. patriotic. alumni. of hi old school, Hermanson, a bachelor, has made good that promise. AMVETS (Ray Sawyer, national commander) was the only veterans organization to appear before the aenate to champion the O'Mahoney-Lange- r bill; also was first to support the Marshall plan lation expires." . deplares Dr. John Senator Bridges of New Hampshire has made it a flat rule that all senaserioua results for prospective were It not for "the help the D. Russell director of the office of tors who went to Europe this summer on his appropriations committee must pay their wive expenses. taxpayer is extending students educations higher education division. through the G.L bill of rights. Recent surveys have proved that "More and more this trend will universities are depending more and limit college education to children more on student fees while they are of higher-incom- e families a confronted with rising costs. Fees, tendency," he said. The rate of tuition charges to stuwhich used to account for about of a college's income, now dents, not Including board and votes those devastation of inflation of the rogm. has been increasing steadily provide more than one-haft ECAUSE of the - congress total college educational expendi- over a long period, but the rise has has regulated so they will notWages are groups represent, beto build tures. its low the floor, but there is nodrop been particularly marked since demonstrated willingness , ceiling minor-groups "The cost of going to college will 1939, according to the survey. floor (fcider the Income of to stop their upward climb What on their demand. But con-es- s is true of wages is also be too high for many family budget In publicly controlled colleges true of food if student tees continue to go up and and universities, the average tuition has not been willing to provide prices. The consumer is the if no provision is made ToF inten man, but he, too, votes.forgotfee for residents of the state has Inceiling for that far greater numConcreased financial support from creased 31.4 per cent in the past ber, the American consumer, as gress might well bear that warnus for from all of other sources after the G.L legis seven year. the protection ing in mind. How Long No Meat? so popular CO EASY to do the country over this handsome pineapple doily is crochetedv in white or ecru cotton thread. ItpW measures 16 inches across and'1-- ' combines pineapple motifs, palm leaves and a center diamond deTo obtain complete crocheting instructions for the Pineapple Doily (Pattern No. 5186) send 20 cents In coin, your name, pattern number. Due to an unusually large demand and current conditions, sUghtlv more time Is required in filling orders for a lew of the most popular patterns. 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CA EV'Car ULC I O Cough Compound Anglo-Americ- EDUCATION GOES HIGHER Danger Seen in Rising .Fees : great old American Institution jf "working your way through colli ge. which oftentimes Is a criti- cal ordeal for the serioua atudent, it showing signs of vanishing completely, and many youtjg seekera-after-trut-h soon may find It Impossible to get through college if they are not blessed with higher-incom- e families to help them out A director of the office, of education has expressed the fear that the rising cost of a college education Frankly. I dont understand Taft toon would keep large numbers of very well There is no question able students outside the campus about his intellect or his intellectual gates. Effects of steadily mounting fees Judgment. 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