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Show TIIE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, PAGE FOURTEEN HOME TOWN REPORTER UTH Tuesday, August 1, 1950 GOOD CITIZEN Big Business Reported Spending Taxes You Kick About Paying To Defeat Liberal Candidates By WALTER A. SHEAD THIS COLUMN has reported of the efforts being made by "big Business to defeat the program of the present administration in this congress. But this came big business has not been content to rest on its oars here in Washington. The 'evidence is that it has spent important money in several state primaries to defeat liberal candidates or those who had some interest in the measures up for the welfare of the little people. The first word came when it was reported that big business used up big money in defeating Senator Claude Pepper in Florida. Then the same reports in defeating Senator Frank Graham in North Carolina. But this action 'of the moneyed interests was not confined to Democratic ranks. Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, a liberal Republican, cited to his colleagues verse and chapter and named names of big eastern interests who sent money into Oregon in an effort to help the senators primary opponent One was a former president of the National Association of Manufacturers; another is associated with National Steel Corporation; another a New York brokerage firm and another a Minneapolis grain operator. Latest story is that the same interests spent something likera half so-call- ed million dollars in an effort to reelect Senator Elmer Thomas in Oklahoma. Csller a Liberal One of the most liberal men in the congress is Representative Emanuel Celler of Brooklyn, a square-buil- t, Finance Your Conveniences tacked. All these angles have been discussed at GOP policy meetings. However, some Republicans pointed out that only a cursory scanning of the congressional record puts too many' Republicans "on the spot" in connection with the debate over Korean aid. For instance one Republican said South Korea was like a "Bataan without a Corregidor. Another likened it to "operation rathole and there were many other such statements on the house floor when a majority of the GOP membership voted against the last Korean aid bill Hunt War Contracts Manufacturers are already flocking into Washington to learn how they can convert their plants to war contracts. These are owners of small plants. About four years ago the Munitions Board started a survey of approximately 2500 manufacturing plants to determine their best use in case of war. Supposedly this survey is now dusted off and ready for application when and if full scale war comes. Korean Aid Revealed The house .foreign affairs committee learned for the first time recently the extent of aid given to Korea in the way of arms when United States troops were withdrawn in July 1949, just a year ago. That huge stockpile was valued at $110,000,000 and the equipment included more than 100,000 rifles and small arms; more than 2,000 antitank bazookas with 40,000 rounds of ammunition; more than 4,900 vehicles and a large number of 37 anti-tan- k and guns, 105 mm 60 80 and mm mortars howitzers, with more than 700,000 rounds of ammunition. ruddy faced individual, balding and with graying wisps of hair. Called nearly everything, including a Socialist, a Communist, a leftist, and whatnot, he said: 1 am not a Socialist. I am not a Communist I am a New Dealer . and a If that makes me Construction Peak a rinky dink, then Im a rinky dink. The Associated General ContracI am not ashamed, I am proud," and his blue-gre-y eyes twinkle behind tors of "America predictT following his spectacles. a nation-wid- e survey, that total i construction including industrial, Korean Issue . commercial and institutional buildRepublicans would like to make ings, highways exports andxrail-road- s, an issue over the Korean situation in public utiSsrJk, pipelines and the coming elections to the effect other engineering projects will that Truman failed to keep' the break all records in 1950 with a peace, that Korea did not get money total of $22,000,000,000, 'which with appropriated, that we were again maintenance and repair wiU be in asleep, when the north Koreans atv excess of 30 billion. 57-m- m Fair-Dealer- -- is a tax which is passed on to watch?" someone else. The manufacturer of "That it was on the buml" an imported product pays the cus- came the prompt answer. toms duty, and indirect tax because he will pass this on to the conFOURTH promise of a good sumer by increasing the price of THE I will pay my taxes the product. understanding (if not cheerfully). TWO OF the most important Yes, its human nature to squirm when the government (even though bodies which the public may come at into contact in relation..to taxation its your government) , strikes ' nerve through .are the tax commissions and the your pocketbook taxation. tax court of the United States. But its also human nature to Tax commissions are state fiscal demand the conveniences, improve- bodies, consisting usually of three ments and protection that you want appointive or elective members, for your fam- which supervises local tax officials, ily, your com- assesses public utility and other munity and property, collects most taxes not your country. collected locally. If you consider your tax assessWhat paves the street in ment unfair you may appeal to a front of your tax reviewing board. The federal government knows h o u 8 e and mistakes k can be made e taxes throws a claimed from you. Thats why we of smooth high- have the United States Tax Court. ways across You can contest before that court, before you pay, certain taxes' which the , country? What keeps police cars cruising the commissioner of internal revthe streets, and maintains an army, enue claims you owe. From the decisions of the tax a navy, an airforce and the F.B.I.? court you may appeal to a higher What supports the farmers court friend, the county agent, and sends consuls and ambassadors to proThis article Is Chapter 4 ef the booklet Good Citlien produced by tect our citizens and interests In Tbo American Heritage Fonndatlon, sponsor of the freedom train. A foreign lands? This Is Iki fifth f serls f tB article from th booklet "Otid Clti-e- n Americas published bp Th the Heritage Feandatloa concerning rlghtn and datles ef na American. -- net-wor- t er Com-.xnuni- forces. complete book may be obtained by ending 25 cents to The American Heritaf Foundation, 17 East 45tb Street, New York, N. Y. r'HE ANSWER, obviously, is taxes the tried and proved method of everybody chipping in . to provide the things which all of us need and none of us can pay for by himself. The weather forecast you read in the paper or get on the radio is made possible by a organization. Your tax money and the other fellows protect the purity of the water you drink and insure full weight and wholesomeness in the food you buy. Taxes make possible the public schools, the public libraries, the public parks, the public fine department and the public everything from the street light on the corner to the lighthouse at sea. Every hour of the day and night your safety, your health, your security and your valuables are protected by public servants paid for by your taxes. Taxes represent the .cost of our government doing business. They are determined by the people we elect to office. We give these people the right to do a lot of things with our money but hold them accountable to us. If we feel they are spending it unwisely or too freely we can tax-support- method of taxation with representation an improvement over the confiscatory system of the dictator who sees what you have and takes as much as he wants? Taxes are levied by four levels of government federal, state, county and municipal. To become law, a tax must be voted upon and passed by the elected representatives of the people. There are three general tax classifications: A HIDDEN TAX A hidden tax is one which Is not apparent to the eye, and Is usually part of anything you buy. For example, the price of a loaf of bread includes all the taxes which have been Imposed from the time it is raw wheat until It reaches you. A DIRECT TAX A direct tax Is one directly paid by the person on whom the- ultimate tax burden falls. In other words, there is no middle man between you and the government.. Esatnples are' property, income, and inheritance taxes. AN INDIRECT TAX-- An Indirect tax is one which is paid by someone other than the person who will finally pay it. In other words, it -- WOUNDED SOUTH KOREANS . . . South Koreans who have fallen before the onslaught of Communist tanks and infantry units from North Korea are being cared for outside the Suwon railroad station. This photo was made before the South Korean forces were forced to abandon Suwon, a vital railroad center, to the superior-in-numbinvading Red troops. Because of the cruelty of civil st war, these men are lucky not to have fallen prisoners of the in-th- brighter teeth "turn the rascals out. "In this world," wrote Benjamin Franklin, "nothing is certain but But isnt our death and taxes. b Watcb out! was the It morning for treer mental exercise and teacher was putting her little class through a bit of abstract training. "Now, Willie," asked she, turning to a freckled youth in the end row, "if a policeman found a watch on a tramp, what would you naturally infer about the Baltimore School, Babe Ruth's Home, Closed to Juveniles A. BALTIMORE, Md. For 84 years since 1866 St. Marys Industrial school in Baltimore carried on the work of turning many juvenile delinquents into solid citizens. Now it has closed its doors. Among its products were two famous men the late Babe Ruth and A1 Jolson.' Babe Ruth entered the school when he was seven because his father, a saloon keeper, thought his environment around his place wasnt too good. Young Ruth was listed as an incorrigible, but in later years you could never get the monks at the school to agree that he was. He stayed there until he was 18. The school must have made an impression on the future home run1 king. Father Albert, who knew him at the school, said Ruth once told him, when he was at the height of his glory: "Were all in life to do good. And I hope that when I die I will have liveT so I can help the boys of America to live straighter and cleaner lives." And theres Jolson. He visited the school last September for the first time in about 50 years. "Thats the yard where 1 used to play, the singer and actor said. "When was that? About the time of t the Spanish-Americawar. "I was a bad boy then, but not too bad. I had run away from home. I gave my brothers name, because he was supposed to be the black sheep of the family. After a few months my parents came from Washington and took me home. n Federal Tax on Margarine Removed After 64 Years WASHINGTON-Sixty-f- our ' V'4k in just one week Amazing results proved by independent scientific test. 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