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Show I PROVO (UTAH) D 0 0 0 Taxes Versus Inflation The President's original statement of the way to beat inflation still remains re-mains the best summary ever made. It was presented April 27, 1942. It called for seven steps: (1) Heavy taxation to hold down personal and corporate profits; (2) price ceilings; (3) wage stabilization; (4) farm price stabilization; (5) war bond sales; (6) rationing of scarce commodities; (7) discouragement of credit buying, encouragement of debt retirement and savings. This discussion concerns itself with Numbers 1 and 5 taxation and war bond sales These are designed for the double-barreled purpose of financing fin-ancing the war and siphoning off excess ex-cess money which, if used in the commodity com-modity market, would promote inflation. infla-tion. The simple way of stating the problem prob-lem is to sav that, there being $45,-HOO, $45,-HOO, 000,000 too much money, all we need do is borrow and tax $45,000,-000,000, $45,000,-000,000, which would leave just enough money to pay normal prices for the available goods. Following this line, Congress would merely devise a combination of tax and compulsory savings policy which would take from each person his chare of the excess $45,000,000,000. To an extent that is what tax plans thus far have had as a goal. But there is where the real trouble begins. What is any man's fair share of the $45,000,000,000 that needs to be taken out of circulation? If everybody had been employed when the war program began, and everybody's salary or wage (or income in-come from dividends and interest) had risen by a standard percentage, a practicable if hard-boiled method could be found. There were, however, millions out of work in 1 939 who now are earning good wages. There were millions ruoloyed at subsistence levels who :iow are prosperous. There are many millions, actually who are earning earn-ing not one penny more now than they were in 1939. Some receive less. Thus the buyina power of somewhere some-where between 10 and 15 million Americans has skyrocketed; the buying buy-ing power of Derhans as many more has increased greatly, but that of a third big groun has decreased. Vc can't, justly, tax the group which has actually lost in purchasing purchas-ing power as heavily as that which has profited enormously from war employment. So we veer toward an ' excess income tax, to take away profits pro-fits that have arisen out of the war program. That is what the Treasury is discussing dis-cussing now. Our friends have long known what our enemies are learning today, that the promises of the United States are always kept and our pledges are always al-ways redeemed. President Roosevelt. We can look forward with confident confi-dent hope to the time when all over the world the aggressors are driven to unconditional surrender. Winston Win-ston Churchill. It may well be that in the immediate immedi-ate future our fighting commanders will call upon us to move in behind a front line in Europe to provide relief re-lief to newly liberated peoples. Foreign For-eign Relief Director Herbert H. Lehman. The idea of a tailless type (plane), or true flying wing, has intrigued designers de-signers for many years. It is quite possible pos-sible that persistent research can evolve a safe control for such a .craft. -NACA Chairman J. C. Hunsaker. The Chinese people ... are not exhibitionists. ex-hibitionists. What is called a death like silence abroad is called silent determination in V China, I'TTie. world must not be made to think we cere gloomy, Chang Pin-chiih7GhHg. king government official..'... ' w D CHAT BY THE EDITOR Pfce 'Simdaii .Herald Now, Watch the Birdie! SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1943 Without wishing to detract in the least from Henry Kaiser's ship building record, it should- be remembered re-membered that the Kaiser shipyards, ship-yards, after all, are only assembling assem-bling plants, where the parts manufactured by hundreds of subcontractors sub-contractors in smaller plants, are nut timther. We praise L:ie wonderful record i of Kaiser, but torgei mav ucmuu his huge organization, making possible his almost incredible feats, stand scores of these relatively rela-tively small, lit'de publicized subcontractors, sub-contractors, from whose plants come the various parts that make jp the finished ships. This point is emphasized by a recent survey in which Genera' Motors corporation, perhaps the jreatest of the prime contractors, found that it was depending for material and parts upon 13,73.r smaller concerns it3 "partners ii production." oOo S. ) Pity the poor Nazis, fhey arc not getting very far in their frantic efforts to keep the occupied occu-pied countries under their thumb. To prevent the .people of Holland Hol-land fiom listening to Allied broadcasts. Nazi authoritre-ard-omh that all nrivatelv-owned radio sets be turned in. Severe penalties .ere imposed tor failure to com-nlv com-nlv The Huns were irr earnest because, they said, "radios are jrj stronp and dangerous weapon n. the hands of the Dutch." The net result is that the weak and the compliant, whogave up their radios, cannot be reached by the Nazis over the air. The .strong, the clever, the defiant, vho hia radios, still listen to London. Lon-don. Max Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi commentator, complains that the number of Hollanders listening il- leeallv to Allied broadcasts 1 'several times as large" as the number tuned in to him and his masters. It's hard to keep a brave people down. oOo The unworkability of so many of the OPA edicts and pronouncements pronounce-ments in ths business field is demonstrated in the coal bus ness. In spite of highly Inflated defense plant" wages all around us, the OPA will not allow coal dealers deal-ers to increase the charge made for drayage in delivery of coal. As a consequence, many dealers are unable to obtain help to deliver coal, because the amount allowed for delivery is insufficient lo pay the current wage rate for such services. Dealers find themselves without coal haulers, although they have coal in stock for delivery. deliv-ery. If OPA refuses to' modify its DOllcv. the dealers win eventual ly have to tell the consumers to "come and get your own coal. oOo Remember the noble experiment of Alberta's social credit regime? A news clipping from one of the Canadian papers brought by D. O wight, a former resident up there, tells us that the Alberta government defaulted a $2,000,000 five per cent bond issue sold in 1923 and maturing this year. Though the principal was de faulted, officials of the provincial treasury department said the prov ince would continue to offer to pay interest at one-half of the coupon rate. The latest default brought the total defaults on bond issues since 1936 to approximately $31,000,-000. $31,000,-000. The next provincial maturity falls due Nov. 1 and amounts to $3,021,463. Some people haven't yet learned learn-ed the simple rule that you can't get something for nothing. oOo NITWITS ANT CHITCHATS A sign on' a certain desk in a patent office in Washington reads: "You don't have to be crazy to work for the government, but it helps a lot!" Private: What kind of- pie is this? , . Mess Sergeant: .What does it taste like? Private: Like glue. Mess Sergeant: Then it'sapplev The pumpkin tastes like soap! Corporal: Where did you get that black eye? Rookie: I went to a da: was struck by the beauty of the place. When Prank "Minsky' Bacon served in the. first World War he was brought in to a field hospital one day in France with critical wounds. A surgeon who looked him oyer, pronounced him beyond hope.. .He leaned over. him. and said, VHave you: anything to say or- send Hoyour family -;"My inside 5 pocket,"; breathed Bacon painftUly. Vt, -'.' . , . i 4Here "tr-V a, teff onar:WHJ Is that it?"-'queried, the surgeon. 'fXearrhe -repTIedrmritrwWsper, fbet you:thaVX don't die.. . .WeH,;you'know he didn't. w..,- i RQID HEALTH COLUMN Stuttering Cured By Many Types Of Treatment Bv DR. THOMAS D. MASTER! Written for NEA Stuttering is a fairly common ' about 1 per cent)defect in man. but is rarely so serious a condition that it cannot be cured. SeveraT ories and treatments have beer deviseTtfor this affliction, all of wh.ch are considered as success ful If one of them fails to cure the stutterer, another usually will. Probably because language is so complicated, it developed . late In the process of human evolution The functions of language are closely tied with manual skill, and he understanding of rmybols, and Miese 8ppear to have reached 'heir present degree of perection because of the dominance of one side of the brain over tehe other. Types of Treatment Our understanding of stuttering began with the theory that the function of the muscles of chest, throat, tongue and lips was disturbed. dis-turbed. The presence of spasm involving in-volving some of these muscles at least, was obvious. This theory led to several types of treatment. Breathing exercises .vere oerformed, drills were given 'n articulation, and further training train-ing was directed toward teaching teach-ing the stutterer to master the movements required in making the sounds which he found difficult, difficult consonants were avoided entirely. The approach to treatment from the point of view of faulty mechanic me-chanic of speech is the most usual nethoa of all, and has helped more stutterers than any other single methods. But it is debata-ok debata-ok whether the training or the association psychological help is note responsible for the improvement. improve-ment. Lat r, another school of thought r'eveloped, and its a d herents thought that stammering was due not primarily to faulty mechan-.cs, mechan-.cs, but to their control by the mind, which is inseparable from the body. Ultimately, this view led to the consideration of stuttering stut-tering as a personality defect, which with great simplification may be described as maladjustment maladjust-ment to environment, or abnormal emotional states such as fear ot 'ack of confidence. Thestuttering "was considered a symptom which would disappear vhen the emotional disturbance was relieved. Treatment based on this concept was directed toward psychological re-education, designed de-signed to instill confidence and eliminate the fear of talking. Hereditary Tendency Another theory considers stuttering stutter-ing as due to hereditary structural struc-tural defect of that part of the brain that controls language. A familial tendency to slow development develop-ment of speech, reading disability, left-handedness and stuttering is frequently found. About 25 per cent of men are left-handed or ambidextrous, and If a child is trained away from his dominant hand, or even helped to use his right hand when he is .slightly left-handed or ambidex-tr ambidex-tr us, he may develop stuttering. This theory leads to treatment de S- Q- What new war enterprise has the automobile industry recently re-cently entered? A The manufacture of heli.cp-ters. heli.cp-ters. A Where was an ariiistice uigned for the second time, but this time with tables turned? A The railway cat ax Com-piegne Com-piegne France, where once Gei-muny Gei-muny captitulated, then France signed terms after her defeat in World War II Q What are Kingston valves? A They help to regulate the ascent and descent of a submarine, by controlling change of pressure in ballast tanks. Q What is a fusee ? A A friction match of a chemical chem-ical composition which burns evei. in a .strong wind. Q What was unusual about Mexico's recent national election ? A Not a single fatality wj reported. signed to correct the early training and to support the defect by tying it to the other language functions like reading, writing and speech drills. There is probably an element of each theory active irr all cases of stuttering. The best treatment considers each possibility, and places its emphasis on the dominant domi-nant fault. rrTtkj- : f CW? rf by Achmed AJbduilahf ; Uffrtca waits , srsKswa. t JOURNEY ALONE CHAPTER XII T INCOLN rose, caught and sad- ,. died his camel, was given provisions, a well-filled leathern water bottle, a sum of money and h small Arab compass. His destination, of course, remained re-mained the same: the jungle beyond be-yond Lake Tchad. But how was he going to get there since, doubtless,- the road to Feh Zudjooim, where the trail split, was being watched? He asked Rashid, who pointed to where the moon painted the distant dis-tant range of hills with cream and silver. "Skirt the mountains close," he said, "but not too close. Five days through the desert and weary, weary the ay. I know. For once," with a cough, "I had to take refuge there in. the matter of a blood feud. No caravan trails there, nor a single oasis. So drink sparingly df--yQur water, and ride east, straight east, nor deviate from your course." On the sixth day, he would see the black felt tents of the Benni Sfa tribe of Bedawins. But he mid stay away from them, bid ing inthedaytime and traveling only at night when he gbt there. "For," said Rashid, "the Benni Sfa are hounds of the wilderness who . vie with the Devil in treachery, treach-ery, and who respect nobody, not even a dervish. So be wary. And Allah willing! you will reach the southern edge of the Lake Tchad luhgle." r "And then? .f., xCe Jungle, trails? .1 , do , not know- them. I am of the desert. But, it is your .only way.V v , . ' With stilted Moslem courtesy he expressed his gratitude: , May- the -Lord -Allah- the - One send you great increase of cattle!' . And he ; mounted, and ; was, .off into the night, while, far off, the drums whispered again. WHEN, later on, friends asked "-.him for the details of his fantastic, fan-tastic, lonely journey, he would shake his head rather helplessly; would explain that he hadn't gone out as an explorer, to gather a mass of material to work into a thrilling travel book. He'd explain tat it was long since he discovered discov-ered the land he loved and which he had once thought would be all orchids and elephants and gold to be liberally sprinkled with the crass, stinking, realism of dirt and disease, of superstitions and cruelties cru-elties unspeakable, of blackwater fever and festering wounds and fifty varieties of crawling and flying fly-ing horrors; explain that it was long since the remembered lure of the sluggish desert with its stealthy, golden spell and the primeval jungle with its matted, poisonous corruption had been forced to give way when it was a matter of military routine of duties agreeable and disagreeable, responsibilities re-sponsibilities great and petty. And iiow, with war moving the threat of its crunching chariot throughout the length and breadth of Africa, north, east, south, west, he had only gon out in the straight. line of duty. He had gono out in the straight line of duty to find a man, one man, and kill him. No romance to that, was there? AT the time, his sufferings were terrible. Then, early on, the fifth day, he saw the black felt tents of the Benni Sfa etched on the. horizon. He saw, presently, wheat - fields thrown across the wasteland like a ragged, green scarf. He heard the : beUowing. of cattle, the dissonant creaking of thee water wheels; and he knew, by all these signs, that here was crudel irrigation. and that f a ' river. and the jungle whence it flowed, could not be far off. He followed Rashid's advice; hid all that day, in spite of his excruciating ex-cruciating thirst, in the shadow of a great piling of oialk rocks; went on his way when night had curved its slow, ebon dome. Early in the forenoon, he came to a river. It was a mass of delicate, deli-cate, wavering color, like sunlight upon wind-fluttered silk. Beyond it, he noticed a narrow trail that vanished into low, gaunt bush, and, still farther beyond, the jungle jun-gle standing motionless and. monstrous. mon-strous. He dismounted and swam across, pulling his frightened camel by the halter. On the opposite bank, the river was bordered by a swamp. It was a steaming expanse spotted with hillocks of thick, chocolate-colored mud, floored and streaked with purple bands and rainbow-glowing blotches and, with an occasional infusion of clear emerald where a naive young tree tried to battle against the miasmic corruption. A quagmire, it seemed, where one had to proceed slowly, warily. And he had almost reached safety when the camel stepped into a deep hole that bubbled and sucked, floundered on its side with 'a despairing de-spairing runt, almost jerking the American after it. Not a moment too soon he released re-leased the halter and jumped sideways. side-ways. He leaped, from mound to mound, expecting every leap to be his last; and then, without warn- , ing, there was the dry snick of. a ' breechbolt, a yellow spurt of flame, and by this time he had ducked, his body flattened out in the thick, oozy slinie the thud of a bullet splintering a tree a hair's breadth from his head. His exclamation was Instantaneous, Instanta-neous, automatic,, profane and in English. The very next second, he heard loud laughter heard an answer drifting from the1 bank, also in English, although with a heavy, guttural accent: "rAsaheoy- my; own and my mother's, honor! And I had thought it was some dirt-fed. desert rat of a Bedawinl" , " (To Be Continued) : r The Chopping Block FRANK C. ROBERTSON The other day a brother farmer said to me, half angrily. "What kind of bribery do you use to keep your cherry pickers from qu'.tting? You must serve them soda pop in the orchard." My friend was wrong. We don't believe in bribing the hired help. We do believe in peeping them as conterted as possible. Having been in the fruit business on a small scnle for the past six years, em ploying some thirty to fifty peo- plf, largely children, during the harvest season we have been able to make certain observations which have for us, at least, rather happily solved the labor problem. Ve have never been short-handed in our orchard, and even this year have been obliged to turn away proffered help almost every day, although we have kept our crew at a minimum. Here are a few results: With-an iverage of fifteen cherry pickers we picked fifteen hundred crates f swtet cheries in approximately ten days, an average of ten crates rer picker per Jay. We had one "self - employed' picker who averaged av-eraged less thar ninety p o unds and only two who averaged more than two hun- dred pounds per 1 day, these two being the onlj ones to pick three h u n d red pounds or better in a day. Robertson Just yesterday our raspberry crew, numbering twenty five pickers pick-ers for the day, including two women wo-men and ranging down to one seven-year-old "voluntary" delivered de-livered 120 full crates of berries. We're unashamedly proud of these employees of ours. There isn't one of them 'that doesn't call me by my first name ,and not one that 1 don't count my friend. The same goes for the rest of my family. Some of our pickers have been with us for six years, beginning so small we had to watch out we didn't step on them unaware. They have been a voluntary employment office for us. They come back yaar after year and they oring their friends. This may sound like bragging, ana it probably is; yet I'm sure there are other orchardists who could show simliar results. We have no world beaters on our orcw, and we pay only the going vagc. We offer no bribes nor bonuses. We ask and receive fair treatment, and do our best to reciprocate. re-ciprocate. We believe our pickers pick-ers have a vested interest in our rcnard. I'm writing this solely tiecause l think it is time for someone some-one to speak up for the kids. We don't think of rules, but if we have any they are probably these: We make it a point to know tne first name of every employee. We indulge in no "Hey, you!" stuff. Each child, no matter how small, ;s entitled to individual consideration. consid-eration. Giving a picker a number num-ber may be convenient for the employer, but the use of names brings loyalty. We tried the number num-ber -system, but we abandoned ii when our kids cried to high heaven,' "You can't do this to me." We try to have adequate equipment. equip-ment. We make sure every ladder is saf before any child is asked lo mount it. Coddling? Well, maybe may-be but it pays. We have no fruit left on the trees or on the ground. In helping the kids to make money ve make it for ousrselves. . We neither nag or threaten. A little cajolry now and then perhaps but not often. Our front lawn is an abmination in the sight of our neighbors. We never cut the grass, but it is a reservation for our pickers. They s re free to come there to eat their lunch or, rest at any time. None of the family ever goes near them. If they want to cuss us this i. their opportunity. They understand that when they are in the orchard they are expected to keep plugging and they do. We've discovered that the best hours are from eleven o'clock on. By that lirae they've had their lunch, a rest, groused to their heart's content con-tent and are ready to really real-ly go to work. We have never found it necessary neces-sary to "dock" a single picker. We don't tell them we will pay them a bonus if they stay the season through, although occasionally we do pay a smal bonus at the end of the season if the returns justify just-ify it. Arty employee may draw any. part of their wages at any time and it is surprising how many let their wages ride until the- last day. Now and then we get- someone who is a disrupting influence, and we ease them quietly quiet-ly out of the picture. - .t - Now and . then some; employee cries out, "Say, who is really ooss around here?"' Well, darned if I know; ; None of jus. here like -to think is ourselves as a "boss. All I know is that trying to get along wtth-ahtmch : of , kids "puts' a te-low te-low on ; his, mettle, and can' be good clean run. , -: . IHE WASHINGTON MERRY - GO - A Daily Picture of What's rT Going on in National Affairs 5-ty- WASHINGTON Friends of the President are suggesting a olan whereby prominent Italo- Americans and friends of the Vatican might bring an early peace with Italy, thereby saving loss of life on both sides. The pian would be to send the following men to Sicily or a nearby neutral country to negotiate with the Vatican and those in touch with Must solini, possibly Count Ciano: (1) Judge Ferdinand Pecora, Italian-born Supreme Court judge of New York, a close friend of the President's jvho staged the sensational Senate Sen-ate Banking Committee probe of the Stock Market Mar-ket which led to the establishment of the Se- . curities and Exchange Commission. Pecora is a liberal lib-eral Italian, who, though often invited to Rome by Mussolini, never fell for II Duce's wiles. (2) Col. Charley Poletti, former lieutenant-governor lieutenant-governor of New York, now in the Army. (3) George MacDonaldi wealthy utilties and oil magnate, full of titles and honors, including Commendatore of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Knight of St. Gregory, Papal Chamberlain of the Cape and Sword, Papal Marquist, Knight Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy ' Sepulchre of Jerusalem, vice president and trustee of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. He is a big benefactor of Catholic and secular charities, and is close to the Vatican. (4) Major Frank Capra, Italian-born -motion picture producer, who has made history with soms of his epochal films, especially his latest training train-ing films for the Army. Capra, never a Mussolini-lover, Mussolini-lover, is immensely popular with the4 Italian masses. mas-ses. They think of him as the little immigrant boy who conquered Hollywood.- Actually the President won't need much urg ing regarding such a move, for he has worked on a plan somewhat similar in the past. Once he sent U. S. Steel'.", Myron Taylor, U. S. Ambassador Am-bassador to the Vatican, on a special visit to the Pope, and the envoy landed on Italian soil during dur-ing wartime to reach him. Later Roosevelt sent Archbisop Spellman to the Vatican. These trip? were not successful. However, How-ever, it is significant that Mussolini appointed his son-in-law, Count Ciano as Ambassador to the Vatican. This at first was considered a demotion, de-motion, since Ciano was formerly Foreign Minister. Min-ister. But now diplomats report it as a wise move whereby Ciano can handle peace feelers through the Vatican. II Duce is immensely proud and fond of his daughter, Countess Edda Ciano, and the diplomatic grapevine reports that while he recognizes his day of splendor may be over, he is anxious that his daughter should live in comfort. Ciano has amassed a fortune reputed to be around $15,-000,000 $15,-000,000 if he can ?et it and his family out of Italy. The Roosevelt, -administration. though not sympathetic with the future comforts of the Ciano family, is desirous at all costs to save American lives in knocking Italy out of the war. If helping the Ciano family to exile would save lives, the President would certainly consider it SICILIAN CAMPAIGN Here are some significant inside notes on Sicily. (1) Gen. Eisenhower has reported the haroor of Syracuse in excellent condition. Apparently the Italians did not blow it up and Allied airmen also spared it. This means that we now have access to an important harbor on the East Coast of Sicily no far from the vital straits of Sicily; can bring men and supplied direct to the East Coast nearest the Italian mainland without land ing them on the Southern rhore and moving them by truck and highway. (2) The capture of Sicilian air ficelds was easier than expected and U. S. engineers are already al-ready at work repairing them. They will be . in use by Allied plr.nes probably before this gets into print. This means immediate bombardment bombard-ment of other points, inside Sicily, then of the Italian mainland. (3) Though the German counter-attack did not come as quickly as expected, the enemy has 300,000 troops jn Sicily, which is not military "peanuts," and was why General Eisenhower warned "we may get e bloody nose." However with a good port in Eastern Sicily ' and air-bases, a tremendous advantage is with the Allies no matter what the Nazis do. GIRAUD FLUNKS GEOGRAPHY Gen. Henri Giraud made a slight slip in geography when he called at the Washington -headquarters of his Free French r i v al Gen. Charles de Gaulle, but the commander-in-chief of -French forces in North Africa let one and all know that . he's still boss. Greeting a disabled Free . French war vet, Giraud inquired wTieh he" had been wounded. "In Tunisia." replied the vet; 'Whom were vou with?" asked Giraud., "The forces of Gen. LeClerc, sir." "Then you couldn't have . been in . Tunisia," demured the French leader sternly. "Oh, I beg your pardon, sir, but I was very definitely with Gen. LeClerc in Tunisia," insisted the soldier. "I fought on the Mareth Line." !. There were a few polite chuckles at Giraud's expense,, but the General quickly composed himself. him-self. With a smile, he remarked: "Well, you young men seem to be very well versed in your geography -& lot better than some of your leaders. After all, I am only th commander-in-chief of all the French forces IB North Africa." - 1 SYNTHETIC FOOD SHORTAGE Every housewife Jh the United States la -conscious of what" she believes to be a food short . that the' receitpgcpsHoi submarine warfare has con- tributed. to the food' shortage." ;The sharp falling " off in. shipping losses has ."mean ranv increase in numper. oi siupa t avauaoie jmyve , auppues . of all -'sorts,7 tacludmg io'i v ,T ? - . (Copyright; ?iH3. -Tty United. cFeAtnre: , ' Syndlcate,:inc.). ' " ' 'i |