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By ByPAULMALLONjy PAULl'fALLON)7 PAULlfALLON7 ByPAULMALLONjyReleased PAULMALLON ' j . ) ( Released by Western Weslern Newspaper UnionTA UnionTAY Union UnionTAX TA TAX TAY RECONVERSION A AIIUST AMUST AMUST I\IUST I IUST MUST \ DO NECESSITYWASHINGTON NECESSITYWASHINGTON NECESSITY NECESSITYWASHINGTON WASHINGTON - The confusIOn confusIOnabout confusionabout confusionabout about where the United States StatE's ' is go going going going ing In th s world seems develop ng nginto nginto nginto into a debate Mr Churchill Churchlll stilI still stilIthe stillthe stillthe the best reporter of ot mternatlonal international mternatlonalevents internationalevents internationalevents events in his new secondary rolehis role rolehis rolehis ( his speeches give gave more news ) told toldparl1ament toldparliament toldparliament parl1ament parliament the U US S at the mmute minute mmutestands minutestands minutestands stands at the summit ot of the world worldHe worldHe worldHe He added ndded that In power and respon reapon responslblllty reaponsabilaty responsibility slblllty sabilaty it would take two or Ol ' three threeyears threeyears threeyears years before our great progress isovertaken is isovertaken isovertaken- isovertaken isovertakenYet overtaken . - . Yet Yct since smce peace all you youhear youhear youhear hear on our rad o 0 every hour on the thehour thehour thehour hour are doleful tomes about how howmany howmany howmany many unemployed there will br be b . and andMr andMr andMr Mr Truman has summoned back backcongress backcongress backcongress congress primarily pnmarlly to ra se the un unemployment unemployment unemployment employment compensation level levelfrom levelfrom levelfrom from $20 20 $ to $25 25 $ a week and extpnd extend extpndthe extendthe extPndthe the allowances from trom 20 to 26 weeksThere weeksThere weeks weeksThere There are some who see a con connectlon connection connection nectlon nection between the cries that the thewolves thewolves thewolves wolves are at our door and the pro program program gram to push up the unemployment unemploymentallowance unemploymentallowance unemploymentallowance allowance which congress had stead steadfastly steadfastly steadfastly fastly resisted for many months In Infatt Infact Infact fatt fact the connect on is so closely closelyjomed closelyjoined closelyjoined jomed joined in their eyes that the com corn common cornmon cornmon mon prophes es as of defeat for the theTruman theTruman theTruman Truman idea 1dea - and the CIO CIa de demands demends demands mands mends which would go further-are further are furtherarebemg furtherarebeing further - arebeing bemg being softly amended Word bemg being bemgpassed beingpassed beingpassed passed around now the Truman Trumanmeasure Trumanmeasure Trumanmeasure measure will surely be adopted and andthe andthe andthe the CIO CIa may pry addit addlt onal conces cones concesslons conessions concessions concessionsI slons sions slonsI sionsI I am not a master of the propa propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda arts which become more moremyst moremyst moremyst myst tying fymg to me as new techruques techniques techruquesdevelop techniquesdevelop techniquesdevelop develop but I do recall many past pastoccasions pastoccasions pastoccasions occasions in recent years when the thecry thecry cry of wolf wolf ' was raised sole sole- solely solely solely - - ly tor for the purpose of shearing the thesheep thesheep thesheep sheep while the public was looking lookingfor lookingfor lookingtor for the thl ' wolfIn wolfIn wolf wolfIn In this particular case I note that thattax thattax thattax tax reduct on is a subject further furtherdown furtherdown furtherdown down the list Indeed no program programfor programfor tor for that phase ot of post war adjust adjustment adjustment ment was worked up In advance by bythe bythe bythe the administrat on although some someanonymous someanonymous someanonymous anonymous members of congress congresswere congresswere were being bemg quoted on the back pages pagesof pagesof of the papers that the normal tax taxwIll taxwall taxwill wIll wall be cut from 6 to 3 per cent Also AlsoI I have heard some rather good au authontles authoritaes authonties thontles thoritaes suggest the taxes our peo pea peopIe peapie peopie pIe are paying paymg are greater than thanthe thanthe thanthe the war e expend pend tures of all the other othernations othernations othernations nations of the world worldin world-m world m world-in in - in short our ourpeople ourpeople ourpeople people are paying paymg more than thanall thanall thanall all other nations were putting puttmg out outm outin outin m in the war This cannot be precIsely precIselyproved preciselyproved preciselyproved proved or disproved because what whatRussIa whatRussia whatRussia RussIa spends is not even known to toher toher toher her own people but I believe beheve it to tobe tobe tobe be substantially trueNot trueNot true trueNot Not " only "nly nly that but you never even evenget evenget evenget get a straight forward picture of the theunemployment theunemployment theunemployment unemployment situation No one has hasgone hasgone hasgone gone on the radio at any hour I have havebeen havebeen havebeen been on to say that 80 per cent of ofthe ofthe ofthe the unemployed are already author authorized authorIzed authorized ized to get the max mum of $ ' ? 0 O a aweek aweek aweek week but an expert figures out the thefact thefact thefact fact and the congressional experts expertssay expertssay expertssay say it 1t is 1S about right r1ght The states statesof statesof statesof of course are flushed ( possibly $6 6 $6000 6000 $ 000 000 000) 000 ) with big bag unemployment unemploymentreserves unemploymentreserves unemploymentreserves reserves from war taxes as in an New NewYork NewYork NewYork York for tor instance mstance where the un unemployment unemployment unemployment employment sales tax was kept on onbefore onbefore onbefore before and throughout the war al although although although though there was no unemployment unemploymentWhen unemploymentWhen unemploymentWhen When need for the tax passed the thetax thetax thetax tax was not repealed Perhaps I Iam Iam Iam am expecting too much to think thmk thank that thatany thatany thatany any pol poi tician tlclan titian would wolf up a II tax taxredttctlon taxrednctaon taxredaction redttctlon rednctaon program But why Is thIS thisThere ? There are more taxpayers than any anyother anyother anyother other classNon class Non Military I\l1lJtary I l1lJtary \ Spendwg Spending SpendwgReaches SpendingReaches SpendingReaches Reaches High PeakNor PeakNor Peak PeakNor Nor do I hear anything anythmg about the theeX1st theexist theexist eX1st exist ng greatest non " ' " " m I1tary htary I1taryspendmg htaryspending htaryspending spendmg spending program ever conceived m in mthe inthe inthe the mind mmd of man Congress has , , has ap op apI approprlated oppropraated appropnated proprlated propraated $1 1 $ 500 000 000 tor for flood floodcontrol floodcontrol floodcontrol I control works and $500 500 $ 000 000 a ayear ayear ayear year for highways a fact ( act you wIll wIllnever willnever willnever never find in a CIO CIa leaflet promotlng promoting promotlngmcreased promotingincreased promotingincreased mcreased increased tree free compensation compensatlon The TheG TheG TheG G I bill b1l1 ot of rights is supposed to dls dis dlsI disl dlspense dispense dispense pense between betwecn $3 3 $ $ 000 000 000 and $4 4 $4I $4000 4000 $ I l I 000 000 000 in compensations wltlun within wltlunI wltluntwo withintwo withintwo two years with allowances alIowances to paythe paythe pay ithe I the way of many boys through two twoyears twoyears twoyears years schooling but there is no ad advertlsmg advertising advertismg vertlsmg vertising on thatIn thatIn that thatIn In any case everyone now Is pay paying paybig payIng ing big taxes or should be most peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe through the nose by the wIth wIthholding withholding withholding holding arrangement yet no com corn comparable cornparable cornparable parable Interest in their behalf is isnoticeable isnoticeable isnoticeable noticeable You never hear anyone anyonecrying anyonecrying crymg crying Wolf-the Wolf the Wolf - the tax collector ' , The present day politician pohtlclan never nevermentions nevermentions nevermentions mentions the subject most alIecting affecting alIectingpractically affectingpractically affectingpractically practically all the people in their theirpocketbooks theirpocketbooks theirpocketbooks pocketbooks and breadbaskets7 breadbaskets ? ' And Andwhy Andwhy Andwhy why their publicity men do not add addup addup addup up spendmg spending and announce what they addI are arespendmg arespending arespending I I thought I had a ratber rather good goodcolumn goodcolumn roodcolumn column lately thowinc showing the un- un unadded un un-added un added - . added total of our foreign spend spendlend spendlend spendlend lend program was $15 15 $ ' 700 000 000 000Including 000Including 000inclndinc Including lend - . lease e export exportImport ort- ort ortimport -Import Import - import bank Bretton Woods Woodsarmy , army relict reUef relief and UNRRA but butthat butthat butthat that fact is still shll stall otherwise un an anadvertised unadverhsed unadvertised adverhsed advertised No one else added it itand itand Itand and no one has ever referred rererred to toIt toit toIt It as a foreien foreign lend spend pro pro- program program program - gram In connection with tbis this tbiscurrent thiscurrent thiscurrent current story It must be con consldered considered consfdered sldered sidered an unemployment reUefmeasure reliefmeasure relief reUef measure |