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Show 3 No. 42. (Old Na3') I) 4i'i Keith Bldg, Phone Was 4648 Stored u Second rtto RllELLISENT REVIEW BV RELIABLE COLUMNIST rKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE Arbitration Bid Dutch-Belgia- n Lost in Beer Hall Excitement; By AGRICULTURE: Cotton and Wheat miTOR-- JkMa si the are expressed ta thcpe celanma. ipM they MOMaarUf af thla aewipaper.) . Helmed hr Wastes Mmpaper Union. Three items made news tor ton and farmers as November got underway (1) With 10,100,000 bales of sur. plus cotton stored under govem-wament and with an 11,045,000-cro- p bale (slightly less than 1938) forecast for this year, the announced t cents a pound on seven-inc- h eighths middlings would be to 1939 growers who ptant-thei- r acreage allotments. earlier the loan program stymied by increased ton thanks to the war. O) The bureau of agricultural nics forecast the same wheat acreage lot 1940 as for 1939, , -,000 acres, which would 760,000,000 bushels at and winter wheat But next yield will be under par favorable weather comes along. Reason: Drouth has already damaged much seeded win- wheat beyond recovery. I Closing its first year, tee p insurance corporation was Having taken 6,769,120 bush-o- f wheat as premiums from the corporation had from its paid, totaling 1,730 bushels, brought a loss of II ' Finance corporation. The government restricted foreign commerce In some quarters and expanded it in others. Approved was IfpMi of the U. S. arms embargo, a new reciprocal trade pact with vMcb keepi American ahlpa out of Venezuela, "freezing" tariff schedcombitxMies and illowe belligerents ules cm exports of wheat flour, oattub end carry" rights, not only meal lard and lumber. In return, id off a partial business boom at the U. S. will reduce import taxes m but alio brought major reper-HiB0 per cent on Venezuelan crude in world diplomatic, trade petroleum. iad maritime circles. A survey by Meanwhile, an Ac Northwestern National Lite squabble flared over the U. S. showed company luxury maritime commission's transfer of goods began mov more than 40 ships to foreign regislal kl swiftly in September, but Fed-- try as a means of avoiding the ban Works Administrator John Car-nod-y on American shipping in belligerent spiked any boom hopes: Only zones. Secretary of State Cordell RO, 000 of the 9,000,000 unemployed Hull objected, not became the step css expect new Jobs. was illegal but because it would Ibere was cautious expansion in violate the integrity and spirit iff Z. S. industry, where building the neutrality law. Commented studs for October totaled $49,910,-M- O Maritime Commissioner Max O'Hell ssainst $12,014,000 a year ago. Truitt. "I don't see any element of liny firms announced stock divl-dcs- a dodge at aU; I think it's a compayable in December. RaO-nad- i, pletely sound, bona fide situation all which coupled their expansaround." President Boosevelt Analion with a plea that they might be ly decided against the transfer, permitted to operate without promising to change his mind later Bunt, interference in times of emer-fcoc- y, if tension eased. .Meanwhile, C. L were offered a new recovery O.'s maritime union estimated U. S. seamen were thrown out pninm by Jem Jones, of work by the neutrality provision federal loan banning nationals from combat INDUSTRY w ce semi-luxu- nl "There must come a spiritual dynamics which will change human nature and remake man and nations. There must come a spiritual authority which will be accepted everywhere by everyone, the adequate authority that does not have to resort to war. Only so will order come out of chaos in national and world affairs." Sen. Truman. These are the things we have been advocating for years and they are now rising like anew light on the horizons of the world. RUSSIA: Unhappy Birthday , Twenty-tw- o years ago a bloody revolution gave birth to the U. S. S. R. Only a month ago Soviet Premier Viacheslav Molotov showed Russia's strapping maturity by denouncing President Roosevelts intervention in the a When Moscow began its scrap. three-da-y anniversary celebration. Premier Molotov again slapped tho week. Give Thauki and Mean It 10,-0- "... and Nsine line, Boston .. cills for postponing debt pay-aou- ts and HAXTBcrrr an- - reducing sal interest Completely sound." (targes through a refunding process to be financed by Reconstruction EUROPE: Cause Celehre? This," said Prime Minister "is not a state of war state of siege." He was not Oumberlaln, W a hr French claimed planes had d nd Ger-forof a over the western front nlso a mysterious battle e North sea from which the wrong. The their U. of HANS THOMSEN AND WIFE zones. (At Woshington the President Most radiant of elL consulted A. F. of L.s William Green and C. 1. 0.'l John Lewis on this prob- U. S.: in the ease o certalq lem, also discussing the chances far countries neutrality only serves as labor peacej a mask to conceal their activiTrade with belligerents zoomed. ties ." Even Switzerland, minus a navy, On that same day in Washington, chartered two ships. The state de- the Soviet embassy decorated Lenpartment warned shippers to de- ins statue with red roses, assemcusmand cash from their foreign bled Scotch whisky and Russian tomers, and the cash was apparent- soda, green sherbet in crushed rasply forthcoming because Britain's berries, and cakes smothered in parliament rushed through a billion rum sauce. Awaited were the guests dollar fund to carry on the war. to help Charge d Affaires Dmitri Chuvakhin celebrate. But he wu haU before a mysterious blast in the embarrassingly disappointed. Absent were all Supreme court empty attic upstairs sent its heavy Justices, cabinet members, senators celling crashing on the hangers-o- n who had stayed behind. Next day, and high ranking state department while the Nazi press railed at Jews officials. Only China, Turkey and and the British secret service as Ecuador sent their diplomats. Only prominent New Dealers: NLRBs instigators" of the plot, the offered a (200,000 re- Edwin Smith, SECs Leon Henderward for capture of the perpetra- son, and Mrs. Thurman Arnold, tors. While seers wondered if the wife of the assistant attorney Most beaming visitors: Hans Munich explosion might not prove another cause celebre like Sarajevo or Thomsen, German charge d'affaires, and his pretty wife, accompanied the Peiping bridge incident, sentiment began crystalizing by four staff members. Next day in Germany. Dead as a dodo was observers noticed Franklin Roose-ve- lt had sent the U. S. S. R. no mesthe Belgian-Dutc- h peace plea; in of congratulations. their sage Dutch dykes opened fact; the in self defense following bender clashes that smelled suspiciously POLITICS: before the Polish invasion. like one-thir- ce SPARKS FROM TOWNSENDISM There is but one controversial question the decision be tween Fascism and Democracy, the conflict between plenty and want, the contest between unemployment and its attend ant misery and slavery. Children are barefooted in Kansas City, thousands of them. The fathers of these children are out of work. They want jobs. They are able to work and would work if given a chance. The Townsend Plan sympathises and offers the Way out. gen-era- L pro-Hitl- No Ham , No Eggs CONGRESS: Committee Time Home to the stamping grounds went most senators and congressmen when the special neutrality sesBut between session adjourned. sions is s fine time for committee hearings. Still in session is Martin g group, Dies' for another appropriation. Two other groups, working out legislative suggestions for next Janu-ary- s term, are: Bowse XU Baboommittee. Opening its hearings under Tennessees bally-booin- ELMINA AND LEOPOLD - ifciirr JJfcyrf reportedly limped boms WMd th!PISrd ml war news was a ,e gJ,Llfni front divUlonl ota tinned gjJfrmtfors worried Belgium's Wm!? .ni The Netherlands' Moreover, they Adolf Hitler tavade on November IS, W4d5 til Hies to,t 5 fiit Germany didnt Cnh"liuW,,l,a3r ta With thL denyln nny r P?,1loM. the king and 81,1 eOMUlt Hons ZrJ:nlSa mlnt,ters. Be-dispatched incu',,pfe1 Dutch 0,terln Ml; S!?nU Belgian- The tumultuous 1930s have brought an unprecedented thirst for security taking form in unorthodox pension echemes. Most scheme were bom in California, like Towns endiim mi EPIC. In Novembers elections two more panaceas went down to defeat, but there were eigne many a politician might follow them. Ohios Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow promised to "continue the fight" for plan to give hi badly snowed-under all persons over 60 a pensionof month $50 a Rep. Jere Cooper, the committee via state Intax income toifcod about broadening come tax and bases. But there was a disinclina- a levy on tion to offer concrete proposals. It real eitata. determination final announced eras In Callfor-nl- a the opening of a program will await died of congress. Two official reasons: taxes, is studying The (1) treasury the soliciting suggestions from business scheme to defense OLSON National and industry; (2) give $30 evGy; Soothing seems-daneeds for the next fiscal year are eryThure- not yet known. Besides, the comto everyone over 50. It even mittee is wondering about taxes on trailed In Los Angeles county, excess war profits, not knowing its birthplace. One reason: Gov. where to turn. Equally important, Culbert Olson had fought "useful end prohow would tax revision be received by promising aU who in an election year like 1940? ductive employment" to Aa wanted it, as a reward for defeating of Secretvy Washington, (At the plan. Ae penrion leaders began a recall move agalnet Mr. Olson, come must This tha governor soothed ffim: from congress, not from iwetf About defeat doesn't mean that California White House. Present debt: la against the further development WfiOOflOOfiOOJ " of sound social security . Committee. NLBB Investigating voter New York, Other results: In ChairLzGuardta Deferring hearings until Its Fiorella Mayor man Howard Smith (Dem., Vs.) ignored commit- protest by legalising won most gets well the house tabor camnee betting. Tammany its for tee found new kindling 110 Republican! elections, local a in board paign against the tabor a single upstate congressional new strike technique, the "slow- won In Kentucky. NewDealer nee. Ohio's Harry Rep. Defined down. succeeded Sen. A. a. Johnson Keen al is slowdown "The Roulzohn: the governor's chair. In to Chandler Its sitdown. most the same as the Penrose U. a traced to Pennsylvania, Boies origin, he said, could bo congressional a lost the northwest lumber camps, thence Republican, contest. strike recent to the Chrysler y ham-and-eg- uZutfiOOfiOO pari-mutu- less pouts. 0t dlrecllJr- - h haU t Munich Putsch took kltened ur. hi, In foies: rU,l,BL i2lhS"le'rn d Hitler he scorned ly on. left the beer 1 FRUITS OF COOPERATION Covernor Bricker of Ohio, speaking to the farmers, said "If ever the economic problems of America are solved, i ever peace and security and contentment are brought to the world, it will be by the people cooperating, joining hands and working together like you have done, And here is what they have done in Ohio: the farmers have created their own auto, fire and life insurance cooperatives with assets of $6,000,000; developed a commodity cooperative which handled nearly $7,000,000 worth of business Iat year; the purchase of an eight -story skyscraper, which houses their state headquarters for 81 counties. Utah farmers and workers, wake up. The way cooperative leaders in the United States are going at the war problem is a challenge to American religious bodies. These men. strongly imbued with the ideal a Christian one of the brotherhood of man, declare that cooperators should refuse to fight other cooperators. And th:re are 70.000,000 of them enrolled in 120.000 cooperative societies in 38 countries. This form of internationalism does not seem far enough devel oped yet, but it ia building soundly for the future. YOU BET THEY FEAR REGULATION Old line insurance magnates have given out that they fear federal regulation of insurance. No wonder. If there ia any one line of service to the people that should be strictly regulated and controlled by the government it is the inauranre business. Withoui the sustaining hand of the government they will be unable to stand in the eilsis that ia coming speedily. Government regulation, with government Insurance of the policies would be the best for all policy holders and it would do away with quarter million dollar salaries and the many losses due to lapses. In Utah alone these big companies take out $,8,000 000 a year and return only $2,000,000 PROPIIET AN ECONOMIC shall go on pleading, to my last hour, perhaps in the midst of the n zt American civil war. Pleading with the pri vilrged classes of my country, saying: Be a little patient; t a little cautious Be content nith a part of what you own, rather than risk it all and risk also being shot in a cellar Rise to the occasion noblesse oblidge. Come forward and of lay your treasures on the altar the common welfare. Help to work out the new system, us the less experienced ones, the giant machines whereby economy,' 'planned the which our labor and brains have created may be used to sirve the welfare of all, to produce plenty and security for every man, woman, and child born into this nation from this day Upton Sinclair. forth, 1 b-- ed Home Folks Fed Up on War Talk; Want to Know AboutTax Problem Considerable Transition From Interest in European Affairs to Domestic Concerns on Part of Public Noted; Treasury to Borrow More Money. i By WILLIAM BRUCKART Press B Idg., Washington, D. C. WNU Sendee, National WASHINGTON. Observers, here in Washington, have little way of their own by which they are able to forecast the trend of public thought and Interest It is a method that was developed solely from experience. Most of us who attempt to serve you, outside of Washington, as eyes and ear have learned to watch tha demand for speaker and subjects upon which public men ere asked to talk. It is not an infallible method, but it is usually correct The only fly in the ointment is that we must learn to distinguish between the propaganda preacher and the legitimate desires of groups to have government questions explained to them. It is to be noted here, by way of review, that three months ago the bulk of the speeches by men from Washington had to 40 with war, our chances of getting involved, neutrality, etc. Thera were Interspersed with these, of course, tha usual truckloads of guff from Secretary Wallace and the other spokesmen for agriculture, rinds and cracklings from Secretary Ickes, and about the usual r quantity of mouthing from tha are owner whose minds" perior greatly concerned In development of culture, liberal thinking. But it was about the war and related subjects that most people wanted to know. Yes, give thanks and mean it. On this Thanksgiving Day the citizens of Utah and of the United States have many causes for thankfulness and they should think seriously about it. Be thankful that our sons are not out on battlefields; that our agecL.ttjouglym&QX Are in want, arenol starving and freezing to death; that our children, though many are in need, are far better off than the children of other countries where they are fleeing the eities for protection. Be thankful that you are free free to go and come, free to work and engage in business, free to live peaceably with the family at home, free to speak and write and vote and worship, free citizens in a free land under a free and protecing flag. So gather your household together and kneel before your Maker and offer up your thanks and gratitude. Most citizens in this country have a veritable heaven compared to the condition of miiliona of people in other lands. ds This plin, used first by the HEAR THE GREAT TECHNOCRAT readers who Can should hear die great Technocrat, Howard Scott next Friday evening, Nov. 24. He has the mechanical sohitioa that will save this and other cations of North America from complete chaos. His solution is perfect ns far as it goes. But it lacks one thing a spiritual foundation. With that it would mean economic salvation. If men real !y knew this they would rash to adopt the plan. Come out and hear him. He offers hope to a falling financial world. Unlike some leaden he is not after money. He, a master mind and college graduate, takes only $15 a All Ffamlsh-Russia- . Bruehart s Washington Digest Can we as Christians be really satisfied with our witness in these times? Is there a message of hope for the world? I believe there is. The keynote of that message is repentence, reparation, regeneration, which means, to turn right about; to redress wrongs done; to lives completely new life. Moral rearmament, to be effective, must touch all human relationships. E. E. Elvin, British Labor Leader. (1,885,000. $1.60 PER YEAR C. N. LUND, Never in the history of mankind has there been such general, elear and instant need for the application of each one of us to our hourly lives of the four cardinal principles honesty, purity, selflessness and love. From Journeys End. one-four- th byC. N.Lund WORTH READING THROUGH CONSERVATIVE EYES "We must rededicate ourselves to the faith of our forefathers are to be worthy of our heritage "John J. Pershing. 'The underlying strength of the world must consist in the moral fiber of her citizens." Pres. Roosevelt A nation s first line of defense is the character of her people. A new statesmanship, a new leadership, must come forth or civilisation is faced with collapse. A new world philosophy is needed." Sen. Trumsn. fed-cro- TRADE & Published Weekly S. 1S79 if we pro-abo- ut STEEL MILLS BLOSSOM AT GABY, IND. 5mm industries expand; neutrality stifles o then. 7 1939 the Act of March Take a Stand for Moral Rearmament agricul-departme- nt When NOTE g 1 EfljTORIALS n, Fear of Nazi Invasion Mounts JSi The scene Is changing now; indeed, a considerable transition already has taken place. Home folks are getting fed up, at last, and are desirous of knowing more about home problem and what tha government intends to do about them. It la a 'trend' most pleasant to contemplate. There simply can be no doubt about the fact that if tha people of the United States forget about that war in Europe and pay attention to their own business, we will be able to stay out rather easily, Comes an Awakening to Tha Problem of Taxation With this background, then, let me can attention to the number of peroons who appear at long last to have awakened to the problem of taxation federal state, county and city. Obviously, when there la an interest in taxation there la a parallel interest in whet government does with the money taken from its citizens. This interest surely exists now to a greater extent than at any time within recent months. More and more Inquiries are being celved, more and more requests for discussion of the subject are reaching officials in Washington. And if my Information from outside sources be correct, there Is a similar Interest being shown in the states and eities. In this period of changing Interanest, Secretary Morgenthau nounced that the United States treasury is prepared to borrow In the next two more money. months, according to the Secretary, tha treasury win borrow an additional half a billion dollars. It will refund something like a billion and a quarter, also, but that process ta imply trading new bonds or notes for old ones that fall due. The borrowing ta new money, in the sense that new bonds will be sold and the proceeds used by the treasury to meet expenses, and naturally tha national debt will be increased by that amount It Is well to rememof November 1, the ber that public debt wee $41,159,971,217, and that there arc several other billions of bonds Issued by such agencies as the Reconstruction Finance corporation, the Home Owners Loan corporation end debts guaranteed by agencies like the Federal Housing administration, for which the treasury ta morally, if not actually, responsible. It is not curious, therefore, that folks ere asking each other: where to this spending going to stop? or, how are we going to pay off that debt? or, whet ere our taxes going to bo In the future? Tax Reeeipte far Nation Astounding in Magnituda substance to the complaint that thla , tax le a tremendous burden on any ana who hires workers. The pay- - t roll tax, according to the adminie- tra tors analysis, was the third larg- - : est of single items of taxation only (! , the property tax and tha income tax brought In more money for the :.v spenders of federal state or local f I : governments. I on levies everyProperty taxes, ' thing you own, your house or farm toa or horses or automobile, paid tal tribute of $4,745,000,000. If yon are good at figures you will find that nun to be 32 per cent almost one-- j, 1 third of all of the taxes paid by ( the United States last year. ll Income taxes ranked second in the sums produced to governmental use. The Income taxes laid by federal state and city governments supplied $3,242,000,000, end that ta 22 per cent of the revenue. , Another Group Includes The Concealed Levies . But there ta another group ef taxes a long list of items that include moat at the sneak-thitaxes; teen and concealed levies--th- at really is bearing down. These general and special sales taxea, federal tamp levies, excise end license taxes were responsible for slightly more than of an money paid into treasuries of government This money came from tobacco; liquor, gasoline, isles taxes of various kinds which you saw only by close examination or could not discover at all licenses, etc. The gasoline tax was tha largest rev- ;i enue producer. Federal state end local governments obtained because most of us burned up gasoline through use of the motor cars. Liquor revenue amounted to $838,000,000. It to said by some authorities that this type of tax has about reached Its peak. To Increase It more win mean that bootleggers can begin to operate once more, because added taxes win send tho pries at liquor to a point where bootlegging becomes profitable. Such not the ease with the other taxes the group; you pay them and Ilka AU in aU, the administrators' analysis shows ten general grouping! of taxea throughout the nation,' and It la interesting to note thil each of these ten major items la used by more than one level of government. That ta to say, the federal end state governments wOl bo found using Income taxes; states and counties and eities win be found using some types at sales taxes, along with a similar tax by the national government, and some of the other taxes may be found employed as revenue producers by two or ill three of the levels of governef one-four- th 1 $961,-000,0- 00 sj ' i ; ment. Which brings us to a recent speech made by John W. Hence, of the treasury. Mr. Hanes arrived at a conclusion that only a general Increase In business would provide enough income for ell of the tax eaters. He suggested that there were few. If any, untapped sources at Income, Insofar as tha federal government ta concerned. And other students have talked frankly about the similarity of tax problems among tha federal state end local governments. under-secretar- y Cut in Personal Exemptions Would Add Only 60 Millions The school of thought that has advocated broadening tha baa of incoma taxes by the federal government, by reducing tha personal exmarried emptions from $2,500 eouplei end $1,000 for single persons, wu shown by Mr. Hanes to be somewhat ignorant of facta. Be pointed out that an exemption of married couples and $800 $2,000 slngla persons, instead of the present limits, would add only $00,000,000 n yur to the national revenue. That ta not a good drop I; in tha bucket If all of the present Income tax amendments that have been mentioned were now in fores, the total taxes they would yield would be only about $250,000,000, according to Mr. Hence. Hence, Mr. Hanes said, with reference to the to to to I am indebted to tho federation of tax administration for some to- federal government: "You. the American public, have tals of tax receipts for the nation Demands from that are not only astounding In their the final control. back home upon the Congress magnitude but startling In the immore and more federal expendiplications they give. feu end toss needed projThe statistic! disclose that the tures, American people paid $14,811,000,000 ects, ere at least partial source of in taxea in 1938. This money wee difficulties. "We have developed our country collected by the federal state, coun$10,000,000,000 ty and city governments end some appetite with e odds end ends of special taxing $5,000,000,000 pocketbook. I think district! which levied taxea for es- our problem is not so much when pecial purposes. Of this amount we balance our budget, as where. the federal government collected In other words, how much federal etate governments expenditure are you going to de$8,034,000,000; collected $3,857,000,000. end local mand and how do you propose that toll iff the government raise the funds?" governments tonk I am hoping that the apparent One of the new taxes the tax on trend toward public eonseiousneu payrolls to maintain pensions and of the government's financial condiyielded in excess of tion whether that government be unemployment of national or state or local will extl.500.000.000. or almost ell of the money taken by the tax pand and brgln to roll like mountain Its total seems to give flood waters. collector. to t to $4,920,-000.00- one-tent- h 1; |