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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON, UTAH Draft Touchy Issue For Nation's Politicoes Co-Operati- Strong Reaction Against Military Service Even as Occupation Needs Point Up Requirement for Large Army. Fear By AL JEDLICKA When congress ponders a new revenue bill this fall, one of the major propositions under discussion will be the taxation of enUnder pressure of established situation terprises, the solons can be expected to comb the in the By BAUKIIAGE thoroughly, since the rapid growth of Aeus Analyst and Commentator. of the not tax equality, question only poses present century WNU Service, 161G Eye Street SW, when Uncle Sam will pay him $25 but also of maintenance of revenue. a week for not working at all? (He Washington, I). C. But though the question of taxation itself appears to head One of the administration's hottest referred to the unemployment comquestion now, there are other and even up the political potatoes is a matter that pensation called for in pending legismore deeply rooted underlying causes, principally the movnobody likes to talk about even the lation.) That's the position the administraements threat to the tradition- - & opposition. It is military service. Not U. S. the credit for the birth of the universal military service next tion is in when the cry to end the al American business system. movement, the Rochdraft arises. old kind month or next year but any In this respect, the whole co- dale enterprise of 1844 still receives of military service today and tomorVets Attitude operative development may general recognition for establishing row, right up to election day, 1948. Bears well shape as an economic the three general principles under Watching The problem has many facets but The complaints from the veterans widely function the vetit has one, awesome nub evolution, though frequent which These include: so not is are today. matter. another principles They eran vote. There are several danger have robbed it of the 1. One vote to each member remuch concerned over who gets into cycles adDemocratic which the hissignals necessary for gardless of stock holdings. ministration is watching with some the army as who gets out. A lot of consistency 2. Distribution of net savings to reform. torical them are now, time conright marking trepidation: the criticism over in proportion to their purAt the present time,- how- patrons tinuation of the draft which the later a lot will be sent overseas in chases. of the boresome jobs policemen. President has given his complete American 3. Limited fixed interest on capWhy shouldn't I get out now and ever, and unqualified support; recurring a rising tide, with ital shares Instead of variable and on are In business? of discontented soldiers get a start tax-payi- used to be called isolationism is cropping up in a new form that the feeling which The administration doesn't dare make any move to permit a drastic reduction in the armed forces now. Military experts think it will be the middle of October before any such move can be contemplated. By that time they think the danger of any serious outbreak in Japan will be over, or there will be evidence that one is coming. Await Jap Reaction To Occupation The full Impact of the occupation Japan will not' be felt until American soldiers are deep in the heart of the country. Before that, the reaction of the Japanese people and the influence of the military leaders as opposed to the influence of the emperor, cannot be gauged. Suffice it to say that the surrender terms as well as the surrender itself came as a shock to the Japanese people. Many Americans fail to realize that a relatively small American army landed in Japan in an area In which there were no Japanese except those permitted to be there by the authorities who arranged the aurrender. There was no contact with the general population or the military. Scattered over the rest of the country is a powerful Japanese army, as yet fully armed, In defense positions, strengthened when the Japs completely reorganized their home defense against invasion after the capture of Okinawa. Disregarding the thousands of Japanese sailors now on shore, the air force, the supply troops and others, It is known that on Hokkaido there were two full divisions. (A Jap division is between 15,000 and 20,000 men.) On Honshu there were 44 divisions and 7 brigades (a brigade is roughly half a division). On Kyushu 14 divisions and 7 brigades. It is estimated that we would have 600,000 men in the islands by the of September. That is middle against a Japanese army (not counting the sailors, airmen and others) of well over a million. That is why there can be no sharp reduction in American troops until we know what, if anything, Is cooking under the cherry trees. And then when that question is answered we have the question of occupation. It has been estimated that to police Germany, Japan and Korea and perhaps parts of China will take 1,200,000 men. Where will they come from? Where will 300.000 come from for that matter? Already a sharp reversion against military service has begun and if it follows the curve after the last war recruitment on a basis of voluntary enlistment is hopeless. At its low point the army 0 after World War I numbered men. I well recall the story of one f my officer friends whose regiment, stationed in the middle west, dropped so low that men themselves voted to spend their post exchange funds for a recruiting campaign. With a band and a company he paraded the countryside for a week. He got just three recruits and two of those were rejected as physically unfit. As one officer remarked bitterly to How are you going to get a me: man to join the army for $21 a month (the basic peacetime pay) of 130,-00- BARBS Mexican government has turned its German prisoners free and invited them to become citizens if they wish, with a thousand peso stake in a plot of land if they want it. The Ar.d now they pick cranberries by machine. But it still takes a deft human hand tj roast the turkey to go with them. the strongly established farm organizations numbering 4,390,000 members being steadily complemented by urban consumer and manufact- uring groups. During the purmarry season rural marketing and over alone did chasing allowed to come home and me like he said he would? And some day sonny and daddy and lover will come back. And theyll join a veteran's organization and they will vote at the polls; ah. there's the ruh! Now we come to the third point which is really the most Insidious, the one which has to be handled the most delicately. We may have learned in this country that an ocean is no longer a barrier against the enemy. But we know there is another barrier which separates our maritime states from the heartland of the nation bordering the Mississippi flood plain. That part of the isolacountry forgot its tionism and threw its whole heart into the war. But the war is over on paper anyhow. It is time to put the hand back to the plough again. There is need of stout arms and strong backs in the fields, and though Japs and the Germans may require watching, why not let George do it? That is a natural feeling and clever politicans would have little trouble in turning it to account, by raising the cry of militarism, of imperialism and all the other isms which men whose barns are their castles and whose meadows are their empires, dislike. Such a sentiment could be turned against one administration as well as another but It so happens that the middle west is naturally somewhat Republican in its leanings normally and the Democrats are now in the saddle. One very keen political observer who has watched the way of the voter for many years said to me the other day: If there were a Presidential election tomorrow Truman would win it." And when you consider the matter coldly there are good reasons for the statement. The Republicans have had one healthy issue after another knocked out from under them. Truman has given business Its head, he has sat on the OPA, he has released one control after another, he has most solicitously deferred to congress, he is on the way to break up the war agencies and get the business of government back into the old line departments. Such is the picture as of today-- all clear except for one little cloud in the sky, not much bigger than a serviceman's hand, but there is thunder and lightning in that cloud and if the circumstances were such that its bolts of wrath were directed at the administration it would not even take, say a Stassen, to win the Presidential race on a walk. By next February barring unexpected developments all soldiers in Europe except those in the army of occupation and the minimum required to dispose of the army's surplus property will have been returned to the United States. Maj. Gen. C. P. Gross, chief of transportation, said in an announcement by the war department. Return of American forces in the Pacific will be completed next June, according to present estimates. More than 1,750.000 men are scheduled for return from the Pacific theaters, while approximately 2,000,-00- 0 remain to be returned from Europe. Some 150.000 other troops also are to be returned from other overseas theaters. by B au kh a ge 1943-4- 'billion dollars worth of business, e basis. mostly on a As a result of the steady growth of spearheaded by the farmer associations, and their extension into various fields, traditionally established American busiare stirring nessmen uneasily. Whereas only the handler and supplier of agricultural products and material formerly had been pressed competition by the now has been extended to manufacturers of farm machinery, hardware, paints, electric refrigerators, washing machines, toasters, clocks, cigars, cigarettes, lipstick, tires and batteries. now In addition, drill wells, own pipe lines, refine petroleum, possess timber tracts, write insurance, and operate banks, telephone companies and electric power installations. From the beginning, the movement assumed the nature of a Joint enterprise for performing a service for each participants individual welfare. history Though contemporary traces the real origin of the movement back to Rochdale, England, where poor working peop in ple organized a grocery 1844 to avail themselves of cheaper food, some historians credit the birth of the movement to local farm groups which banded together in the U. S. in the 1820s to reduce insurance costs. Following the establishment of the local fire insurance groups, the cooperative tnovement assumed another form in the U. S. after the civil war in the national farm Grange, a social and educational organization also bent upon relieving stringent economic conditions. Evenmethtually turning to ods to attain its early objectives, the Grange failed in promoting a because of the purchasing of agents: bogged in pushing consumer partly as a result of the panic of 1873, and gave up a farm machinery manufacturp following overproduction ing and As the movement began to take root here during World War I and congress recognized it as an instrument for aiding the farm producer, legislation was enacted to afford tax relief to operators. In 1916, congress stipulated that farmers, fruit growers and like associations organized and operated on a basis and acting as selling agents for their members should not be requested to pay an Income tax on earnings. In subsequent legislation, the solons provided that could purchase as well as sell for producers; deal with as well as members; become corporations and pay interest on stock, and not be prosecuted under the tax-fre- Holly-woode- According to YANK, the army magazine, Jap chow is worse than that served in American outfits where the cooks are recruited from the motor pool. creased handling charges. By ing the business, of course, avert dealers margins. co-o- p co-o- co-o- under-servicin- st Generol Quiz laws. The government also set up a federal agency to loan money ta cooperatives in 1921, with the financial machinery expanded through the farm credit act of 1933. In 1933, the securities act also permitted to sell equities without prior approval of the Securities and Elxchange commission, which exercises that right over corporate issues. Though historians claim for the on Farm The Question Who was Ratneses n 2. Do elephants ;hey 3. Lentigo is another, what? 4. Aircraft is distb die weft method, 1. notes of a Xetv Yorker: Don't be disappointed that Halsey . didn't ride Hirohito's horse. colorful Old the was just That he'd get to Boys way of saying always Tokyo . . . Admiral Halsey the with phra was good The con. A, frixample: . tool. he sent to a message gratulatory submarine crew after a job mean? Sterling silver jj JJ nately what part 6. Where was BenjanJ on born? weft 5. 1 7. , Cbijetretches Your picture is on my piano. The Boner Delightful Aug. 24th a. m. paper): cereHere. At City Hall, deception monies will begin at noon. walls of Troy with row many men? the The Answers Final Guffaw Dept: The foot a 1. Pharaoh of Egypt to kick this used once newsmag is now in its mouth. We richest man that ever liv: 2. No, they kneel dowt were booted because one of our pre13th 3. Freckles. The Aug. . fizzled. dictions con4. Wings, engine, fuse, (1945) issue of the same critic tained this gem: Last week Rus- ail. 5. About eleven-twelftif ever she sia was not ready Upf 6. Boston, Mass. to go to war with would be with 7. For 2,600 miles. ityr Japan." . . . Russia went to war the 8. Fifty. rfot Nippon on Aug. 8th. To make this broadcaster revenge sweeter was first to accurately forecast Russias positive entry into the war. own- . Though h - unlimited dividends. is relOrganization of farm s atively simple, with the pattern moulded to give each member an equal controlling interest in the operations. Upon subscribing for capital stock or paying a membership fee, the local group then adopts s and elects a board of directors. A manager is hired, policies outlined and facilities secured. Although in charge, the manager under supervision of the directing board. In addition to observing the Rochdale principles in voting, savings distribution and stock payments, local groups often confine ownership to farmers raising products handled restrict securities by the transfers, and limit the amount of shares a member may hold. While are generally organized on the local level, they id alosj.j :oast of South Americi many miles? 8. In Homers Uiaj (from an "De Gaulle A'as a herald who shouh done: have been the target of competitive businesses complaining of their tax preferment, R. Wayne Newton, manager of the National Association declares that the of increased return of farmers results in payments of higher individual income taxes. At the same time, Newton says, the larger profits enThe House Ways and Means Comable operators to spend more on mittee has been giving a frosty remerchandise in the local communiception to Pres. Truman's request ties. for greater jobless benefits, with s are making Charges that Rep. Knutsen of Minnesota asking: huge profits on their operations only If we pay a man $25 a week for serves to emphasize the size of mar- not working, what will we have to gins formerly enjoyed by private to get him to work? pay dealers, Newton avers. By banding comThe answer to that, operations, mented a together for is that youll politico, farmers have tended to offset their have to pay him a living wage, CLASSIFI DE P A R T MI AUTOS, TRUCKS S 40 FOR that's all. Yes, agreed a colleague, "but what constitutes a living wage? That, was the retort wonderful, depends on whether youre giving It or getting it. co-o- INSTRUCTION BARBERS ARE IN DEI Barbenng taught in a few m: a permanent business with a; SALT LAKE BXItBEEU Kt Edw. F. Gillette, Mgr. Sallies in Our Alley: In the Cub old Room Fanny Ward, the MISCELLANEOU swapped howjoodoos with WE BUY AND Files, Typer her friend, Supreme Court Justice Office Furniture.Safes. Cash Be; Machines. Frank Murphy. . . . Frank, she Ing SALT LAKE DESK EXCU UtU Salt so Ifi West Broadway, how do you keep asked, his charmyoung? . . . Looking at WANTED TO BH ing companion alongside him, Mr. Ship all of your raw furs, r In hides and wool to NORTF Courtin Justice replied: HIDE AND FUR COMPAM the new Chopin-inspire- d Polonaise, 3rd West. Salt Lake City, wir are the always receive highest ma operetta, principals . . . Kiepura is a all European-born- . Pole; his wife, Marta Eggerth, is READ THE A! Hungarian or Austrian. . . . Kurt Bois, the new comedian, is from mittel-Europand other foreigners Include David LIchine, the ballet li master, and Tanya. . . . Whos the most important person in the show? inquired a clown. The doll-fac- e, SELL ... Have You PINEHUI co-o- Facts Business Week magazine says it is rumored that Kaiser is going to turn out prefabricated moving picture n theaters at $3,000 complete. frames? 4 5 anti-tru- ? w ith more than 400 units at tl.e most $5,uuu,-00- 0 110,000 members doing about conbusiness annually. Though in failed s have sumer labor into the entrance CIO's the the past, watchfield on a limited basis bears tactics apunion the with anew, ing future parently aimed at making up reducing tighter wage rates by staple living costs. coIn singing the praises of farm the movedescribe advocates ops, ment as a means of putting the on a countrys gigantic rural plant resultant with basis, efficient more profits to the producer. This increased efficiency can be attributed to both the size of and the nature of their ownfarmership. By banding together, ers are able to purchase goods at lower prices, and group distribution results in smaller overhead and de- Private Business Complains of Disadvantage; s Volume Tops Five Billion Dollars Why shouldnt my husband come back and support me in the manner to which I have been unaccustomed since he joined up? Why shouldn't my boy get back to school where he belongs? Why shouldn't my sweetheart be MOTH A ve Co-Op- complaints and their families appearing in radio, congressional, national committee and other Washington fan mail, which add up to a resounding demand for more and quicker discharges, and finally, a growing fear ASK MB Tax Question Spotlights Spectacular Growth of Movement in U. S. in Recent Years Successful co-oinclude refinery The nationalist group has adopted at Mcrherson, Kan., top, and grain another rodent for a pet: Traitor elevator of Indiana Farm bureau at Petain. . . . The y consists Indianapolis, Ind. of sobbing about Petains age and that he was merely tryprevious disadvantage of being com- blubbering to save France. Nutz! When pelled to sell their products on a ing flexible open market and buy on a Petain was in Verminys more or less rigid retail price level, he was an accessory to Nazi crimes committed against Frenchmen of he further states. all ages including children. Petain In spearheading the opposition to sent 35,000 French children to work Nathe in Germany as slave laborers! tional Tax Equality association points to the fact that p reserves When the six Americans were retained after patronage refunds reon State Dept orders rearrested main untaxed, thus enabling them front pages whooped about to do business at lower cost while cently the espionage angle. . . . This realso permitting continuing expanout that the spy hoopsion. As a result, the NTEA asserts, porter pointed la was merely the gimmick used by are growing at a rate some diplomats in an attempt to of 10 times that possible for muzzle journalistic criticism of enterprises. State Dept policies. A few days Not only that but many ago a Federal Grand Jury refused corporations have shifted to a to Indict three of the accused, and status either through ac- the other three were not indicted for or by the espionage but quisition by merely for purloinvoluntary action of stockholders, ing government documents. It NTEA declares. Is about time Congress probed the As examples, NTEA president, striped-britche- s boys responsible for Ben McCabe, cites the northern Cali- the whole shameful affair. fornia holdings of the Red River Lumber company, bought by the The American Navy and Fruit Growers Supply company, a hitos prove the same subsidiary of the California Fruit thing. That the Japs are a very Growers exchange, with a loss to shortsighted people. The Japs the U. S. treasury of nearly $1,000,-00- 0 signed the surrender terms. But our a year in tax revenues; the safety is in our fleet, not in their Ohio Cultivator company of BelleWe had their sigsignatures. vue, Ohio, purchased by the Nanatures on treaties December 7th, tional Farm Machinery 1941. . . . The is anxious to Jap Inc., with a loss of about $196,-00let bygones be bygones. So is any annually to Uncle Sams coffers, criminal on the day of his and the Globe boo-hooe- affiliate with usually regional groups to obtain maximum efficiency of operation, with the regional bodies in turn sometimes combining with national associations. But, in any case, the local group retains a voice in the broadened organization through the selection of delegates. While membership fees, stock sales and reserves provide working borrow on a capital, large scale to finance operations, a study of the Farm Credit administration in 1939 revealing that aps of the proximately then existent resorted to loans. one-ha- lf While figures show 4,390,000 mem- bers of 10,300 farm marketing and the actual numpurchasing ber of individuals participating in the movement may be considerably less since a person may belong to more than one organization. With 7,522 units and 2,730,000 members, the farm marketing cooperatives do by far the largest busactivities totaliness, with 1913-4ing almost $4,500,000,000. Handling of dairy products accounted for $702,000,000; livestock, $636,000,000; grain, dry beans and rice, $452,000.-000- ; cotton and its products, fruits and vegetables, poultry and eggs, $130,000,-000- ; tobacco, $120,000,000; wool and mohair, $107,000,000; nuts, and miscellaneous, 4 0. s For the 2,778 purchasing with 1,660,000 members, total business for the 1943-'4season was placed at $730,000, OOQ. Seventeen major regional procurement organizations alone secured $151,640,000 of feed; $50,702,000 of gas, oil and grease; $19,871,000 of fertilizer, and 4 of seed. $10,893,000 Never as successful In th- - U. S. as in Britain, American urba.. or consumer are insignificant alongside of the farm organizations. It has been figured that there are no co-o- Purchasing and Marketing Co-O- ps pt co-o- g ... CIGARET Made with Gin-Se- Treat yourself to the pl fine smoke a smooth, na cigarette made of selectpow especially blended to the trw can taste. 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Against the background of already established and the shift of some enterto a p basis, McCabe also cites the possibility of the growth of consumer organizations, which would remain on two counts: one. because ownership would be vested in unions, and two, because they would distribute earnings before computing their levies. g prises g co-o- d tax-fre- 194344 Study WHY.BE Get slimmer without exercisl Yon may lose pound apd haycj more lender, graceful fieur? exercising. Nolaxatives. With this AYDS plan ycUJ'0"' cut out any meals. itarcMJ. tatoes, meats or butter.Ity ply cut them down. when you enjoy delicious min fortified) AYDS before Absolutely harmless. tin clinical tests conducted more than 100 persons ,h AVD Re In a few weeks Candy Reducing Plan. 01 .ypS supply Try a y &1 Money back on the very Phone results. get h. En-dur- o: naughty . biography? Chateaubriand: "He made her an honest woman, Sent her back to her husband," Drug Leading Everywhere W WNU czTTiimfllS1' e Co-Op- Stork Club Confucius: Beware of a Jap on his knees. It only makes for easier him to hit yOU below s principle and the technique of action by rural and urban dwellers were given extensive study schools Sounds In the Night: At the "A waiter is a guy who that money grows on trays." . . At the Metropole: When is that tramp going to write her FAT in religious training sponsored by Catholic and Protestant groups throughout the United States this summer. Between June and September 57 rural life schorls ftnd institutes fo Catholic priors and siMeri were scheduled by teaching the National Catholic Rural Life conference Nut less than 30.000 priests and nuns ere to be contacted 'cry Important People Dep't: Arch Oboler is one of those studied kerrickters. according to intimates. Mure than before, they add he keeps referring to himself In the Hurd person. . . "Oboler doesn't " t0 do h.p 11 or "Oboler didn't good last night" or Oboler is Effitmg hungry. etc . Mr q "r.uc and directed a Metro film okoe and in conference he said: ad'1".t thlnk 0bolor will like SO J "nirl, ell that "Really?" was the icy dcl,artng supervisor. him when he comes In! a 80.68s f of cases showrf clinical imp mem after o? days treatmehf iOB'' SORETONB scientific test- - SORETONE MadsbyMcKs"sl u 11 |