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Show Page THE JOURNAL 4 MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM OF THE MOST important of Justice, and u 11 of news in the congress de evidence isaj this past week is the decision of turned over to these the house ways and means comihit-te- e .or action before to levy a corporation tax to re- Jury. Recent arrests place the loss because of excise are said to stem from .L, tax cuts. President Truman had threatenOn the economic bUl tax veto to the ed containing cording to the stitiUfc?J billion-dolla- r a cut ness and income approximately in excise taxes unless the loss was np, unemployment (, ii offset by new taxes from some ing life insurance saU 5 source. other the increase andtheZ5 In meeting the Presidents confor economic develop ditions the ways and means composed of outstanding mittee apparenUy has written an leaders reports that new tax bill will be doubled within corporate entirely a, ) which would impose a 21 per cent S few years. aU on earntax normal With congress set to adJ corporation 20 cent surtax a on ings, plus per early or middle August, h D excess of $25,000. income in definite that there willbtS Hartley law repeal; there V Actually the bill, according no civil rights measure ) to its sponsors will hit only corthere will be no federal her porations earning more than surance measure; there $167,000 a year. Small corporato education bill; them' aid tions making up to $5,000 would an increase in coverage be taxed as at present and firms earning between $5,000 security, including do, there may be extension and $167,000 would actually bendraft law, but not until lai efit from a tax cut. In the meantime, politics con- session and as a result t tinued to play its hand in most ent law may expire in every other section of congress, young men likely will be with the exception of legislative The private power ink approval of two senate committees of $1,222,500,000 for the arms aid again all set to block the program to nations in the Atlantic tratlon policy on the pti er question and it appear pact opposing communism. , Alben Barkley all-ofight will wind v took an unprecedented action when ate on this issue. he questioned the motives of 21 At the recent meeting who the are insisting Edison Institute in Atlantic Republicans Amerasia case be reopened despite speakers leveled one tiradi the action of two grand juries which another at the Truman ad held there Is no room for indic- tion on the power and other tment Senator Barkley voiced the The big oil interests are also opinion that there is grave doubt seeking to block any of the wisdom of using the senate foreign oil. ' as a grand jury to investigate pubParadoxically Tent lic officials. gressmen are reportct ti The charges of Sen. Joseph Mcin receipt of a resokkaj of Wisconsin, which are the Houston, Texas, cefeij Carthy counter-charge- s met and daily by change deploring this denials from the state department and declaring that era and which still have resulted in Texas is the leading 4 nothing tangible, are in the hands duclng state, imports i of the senate committee headed eign oil are necessary isr -by Senator Ty dings of Maryland. foreign nations may ly to seems tiie committee cotton, which is the Although be inactive, in the light of other of Texas. senate committees in the recen The communication past which used the Hollywood that foreign nations mintk technique, the Tydings committee American dollars and any nevertheless is cooperating fully imports is a blockade a- gwith the FBI and the department ports of American good. ONE ?$ ; re-regist- er. Vice-Preside- 000 The i JOURNAL A weekly newspaper published the interests of the residents of Davis County, at Layton, Utah. Trade associations have been called' upon to use every Entered as second-clas- s available itiedium of publicity to dispel forever the idea Layton, Utah, .under thematter Act that business, both big and small, is a many-heade- d monster, March 8, 1879. Dusinoss Not tho Only End Society which must be chained for the protection of humanity. The quotation comes from a speech, made by Percy Hodgson, President of the Rotary International, who further suggests that big and small business must be unchained from government regulations if the world is to move ahead toward the one we visualized at the conclusion of World War II. ut nt in of at of Published By INLAND PRINTING CO. Phone: Kaysville 10 UTAH STATE PHfcSS ASSOCIATION We thoroughly agree with the idea that something NATIONAL EDITORIAL should be done to prevent many people from thinking that ASSOCIATION business is a monster of any kind. Whatever is necessary should be undertaken by business leaders themselves. Too often, in the past, the vast majority of business men, un- NatT. Advertising Representative Advertising Service. doubtedly intelligent, patriotic and loyal, have permitted a Newspaper 222 No. Michigan Ave. small minority to dictate the practices, customs and ethics 111. Chicago, I I TELLING !U Wilt I AM BITT. Centra I Press Writer of business. SALT LAKE CITY zoo has Subscription!' $1.00 Per Year The idea that business must be unchained from governswapped Toronto two baboons for Payable in Advance. ment regulations, in order to attain a perfect world, is notha mountain lion. What puzzles In combination with ing less than nonsense. As long as the people of the world The Weekly Reflex, $3.00 per year Zadok Dumkopf, the ageless bleacherite, is that neither side have governments, they must exercise power over all orhad to toss in a 'utility infielder ganizations, whether business or otherwise, in order to reAlbert W. Epperson in the deal. Editor Manager strain therapacity, greed and ambition of individuals who t t i Richard O. Anderson would not hesitate to trample upon the rights of others. American watchmakers want News Editor When the day comes that the government of the United higher tariffs to combat Swiss V. J. Woolsey States, and of the several states, is unable to regulate the Display importations. They've started a Advertising Manager movement in Congress. practices of business, the people of the United States will Ernest R. Little i t f have lost liberties. Whenever a business organization becomes Classified Advertising Manager Reading the above, Aitch Kay too big to be subject to the regulations of government, it is suggests that maybe they can time for the people concerned to get a stronger government. make out a good case for themWe are not among those who believe that our private selves. without i are and that wrong capitalists they are philanthroA plague of grasshoppers on a pists, operating on a charitable basis for the benefit of other Do you live in people. Neither are we of the school which believes that they are devils in disguise, anxious to subjugate everybody to their Davis County? own purposes. Nevertheless, business, both big and small, ex. . . then youll want hibits both aspects in some phases of its operations. The world of today, including millions and millions of to know whats going on. human beings, does not exist for the benefit of those who exA subscription to the pect to make profits. To be exact, business organizations, like Reilex-Journ- al religious, charitable, educational and other institutions of benefit the for of people. Naturally, they are mankind, exist REFLEX the and our to to advice the people by regulation peois only subject is take that whenever a whole, as steps, they necessary, ple, S3.00 to make all organizations serve the interests of mankind, and, (104 issues) if this impossible, that they reorganize existing arrangements ultimate the good. to accomplish held t? California location a shooting of sent in s Should have help to Hopalong. Spinach is bcins as breakfast will be harder arouse. ( ( a , Grit and dost cod considerable exPfn. Com statistics show. pay. If the t "j& ! a suburbanite so-call- ed almost certain e who are green-ey- to In U Advertisers Regular and JOURNAL Are Assured of Results tor j aeft 1 |