Show I I e I H f r I I f j i oJ I 14 L Dads Dad's 6 q f t I MC Column I I oI i- i TIIE TODAY I PERHAPS IT was a bit w wo we celebrated the Fourth ot of July A lot lotof ot of messages were brought to the public from platforms of oratory many cam cam- campaign l speeches were furthered from stands festooned with bunting freedom r cited In heft lo epics from Concord through Cornwallis school children childre n squirming as the ceremony went past l comfortable time Whether the meaning ot of the Fourth dealt with our struggle for apolitical independence as f It originally stood back In 1770 or orf f whether tho Fourth that the f human race should be tree free and not slave made the event enough for re- re remembering Then Independence Day was r. r Q a cracker tire holiday with all the trim trim- There will still be the speakers who will draw a number ot of listeners still oratory regarding the necessity ot of unity for tor a united people in n. n United States among United Nations True lib lib- loving erty-loving people will continue to pursue pur- pur pursue sue their right to happiness even though gas rationing may keep them from attending at- at attending tending a July Fourth celebration They may not be observing the holiday this year sticking to their drills drUIs and lathes as the factories cry hurrah by turning out jut the weapons that are arc used to make Independence n a certainty Maybe the yearly of at July picnic has been called oft because the automobile has gone to and war so 50 have many of at the driverS driverS' But what ot of it t this curtailment of at plc- plc picnIcs lack of at public speechmaking re- re restriction restriction ot of cars on the highway In the hearts of at nIl all of at us stamped in letters letter s ot of red white and blue sounding notes as loud as firecrackers soaring In spirit as high as clouds over o Bataan and Cor- Cor Corregidor regidor floundering victorious through jungle mud writing In blood still beats the tho cry throbs the urgent plea of lib lib- liberty erty for all unity and no substitutes This Is the way today we celebrate the glorious Fourth and deeper imbedded In l all of Us is the reverence for what this r day stands OI 01 THINGS TO COVE lE l IT STARTED with a vengeance the first heat wave and reading of deaths caused due to the rIse In temperature p. p we realize this tells n a story ot of what is ahead shead The fellow tellow In the north who found the electric fan a good Idea t t forget that Its hot and humid and dusty in Georgia Alabama Florida and Ten Ten- Tennessee where thousands and thousands ot of our boys are training in that heat Drilling drIving jeeps trucks tanks un- un uner under der er that relentless sun So before we wego ago go into tho summer and into the time ot of heat prostration here and there through the tho country remember these camps where quick double time Is s hot hot- hotter hotter ter work and e with a gun is not stopping in at the corner drug store for a cold drInk There will wUl be many a time before this summer has passed that you are going to be uncomfortable from the heat but buthen when hen some one of I our cItizens asks the familiar hot enough for you you'll say I on take It if our boys over there thero can l S SMALL BUSINESS GOING DEEPER Into war manufacture we have had a b better understanding or of orthe the three fields nelds that have been pros pros- prospering such as labor agriculture and large Industry some mildly and some wildly But consider the small business harnessed by Increased tax bound with regulations and restraining orders hav- hav havIng having Ing difficulty keeping help because of higher wages In factories difficulty In securing supplies struggling to get gov- gov government contracts when able to pro pro- produce produce duce the goods This is another one of at atthe the concerns concern for our consideration and concern This IbIs country cant can't afford to have bave Its small Independent business houses Closing We need small business to keep our monopolies In tow They must holdS hold ado I. I LT FINDING ONE GOOD reason it If no other for keeping busy Is that there Isn't so much muc h time for finding fault with folks N No matter how sweet the disposition we wear w warE e ar arE most apt t ass criticism upon th the e nature bringing up education habits and purse of at our fellowmen With not no noso t so 10 much spare time we have ha to curb our ou r JUdgment and since fault tault finding Is s a ra trait found In most all ot of us there therea Is IsA A heap of at criticising going on around about Few of at us have a good answer r for What business It is of at ours what wha t the other fellow does or has What w we e te find as closeness In one we are liable c to criticise in another as being n. n spendthrift spend spend- thrift one person Is selfish and big bigoted and another Is wasting himself on o oI n I others and another Is too free thinking g I There Is n. n long list ot of faults we have hav ge e found And we seem to be continually continual adding to It Maybe keeping busy wil 1 help to make US more charitable and an d i surely this Is a blessing enough to keep keel idle le hands and minds occupied T. Sn II 11 THE LONG expected tax law Is Y I here or ot at least will be on July 1st 1 st Continued on Page Four Dads Dad's Column Continued from Pogo Pago One taxpayers read the bill with misgivings but patient Its tough and expensive Many high paid defense plant workers will have to to cut down on the usual liquor consumption and high living or be faced with tor forced d detention But the maJority the salaried worKers the business and laboring men realize that they are arc tac- tac faced ed cd with a real problem In personal econ econ- The bill bUl Is necessary and vital to continuation ot of the war effort A as pay you you-go tax Income plan should have been instituted d years ago Political expediency ex- ex expediency decreed however that public debt bo plied piled up billions on billions and even implied that It was no worry or of the maJority It will be a worry from now on Too many seemed to believe that only the rich paid taxes ThIs will be dispelled for tor all time at least for tor the next fifty years which Is a large sll slice or of any mans mana life lite Everybody now pays taxes except the and indigent the dead ead Public waste and political extravagance extravagance gance will be an Important factor In howa how n a man votes or who he votes for tor One thing about the tho new tax bUl bill It will bring better more efficient and thriftier government Something for tor nothing Is past and gone In tact fact It never was Price Sun I O 0 WILL NOT Fono FORGET T TO I IT IS often otten said that war Is harder for tor those who remain behind than for tor who go Millions are now experiencing experiencing the sleepless nights the cease cease- less worry of remaining at home while others go to war No small source ot of concern over loved ones In the service Is the tear fear that they may not receive pro pro- proper proper per medical care This can ean be dispensed with Tho men in military service are receiving recel the best that medical science 1 can give them i In reviewing the military medIcal I record ot of tho first year after Pearl Har- Har Harbor bor the American Medical Journal says During tho year the only serious inci- inci incident I dent from a medical point or of view was the Jaundice associated with Inoculation i against t yellow ellow fever The first week ot of I February 1943 found a typical and meningitIs most prominent ot of tho Infectious diseases but even these were scattering with a few tew cases here and there and only II a score or slightly more ot of cases or of either In the few tew camps most seriously affected Since January I 1941 and up to now excluding battle casualtIes the death rate hay haS been the I lowest In the history of our army Due Dur- DurIng DueIng Ing World War I 1 patient or of each with meningitis died now only 1 In 20 dies Prompt diagnosis efficient care caro I and sulfonamides have made the dlf- dlf terence ference The American public owes a a. debt ot of gratitude to the medical men that It will never nc bo be able to fully repay The countless thousands ot of men who willi return att after r the war thanks to the skill ot of d doctors tor serving In the front lines will Ul not forget torget that debt ROCKING CHAIR PATRIOTS P. FREEDOM TO us In this country Is our greatest heritage Its pre pre- preservation Is our gravest responsibility We have used the freedom our men I are fighting to perpetuate ns as an ment to avoid discomfort Some or of us went out on strike In vital defense work because we did not get total wage In- In Increases increases creases demanded Hundreds of thousands ot of us struck against government because we didn't think we were paid enough to dig coal with which to win the war Wo We actually have had the gall to wave the American flag over such acts the sumo nag flag under which our troops are aro dying In every corner ot of the world Many of us In our own selfishness ess cheer at proposals for tor our government to run the tho show after atter the war Just like other governments have been running the show in Europe We Ve cheer because wo think we can get more handouts from government Apparently after arter the war wo dont don't Intend to stand up to wave Old Glory we plan to do It sitting down In Inan an easy chair This abuse or of freedom must end somewhere some some- somewhere where or there wont won't be any treed freedom om to abuse Our employing tax paying en- en enterprises must be preserved as private endeavors Men returning from war must bo saved tho right to go back to work under private employment as tree free Unless the tho right Is retained Its corollary ve government cannot survive Neither can survive un- un unless unless less the shameful attempts to use our freedom to avoid the tho hardships ot of war arc put down effectively and soon I 0 0 FIGURE IT OUT YOUnS LF I ITHE THE TIME has come for tor everyone everyone ot of otus ofus us who Is putting a part of his InCome Into war Bonds to re assess his or her contribution toward the winning ot of the war r To begin with we can all feel r el pr proud ud ot of what wo we have accomplished There are m more re than ot of us buying bonds out ot of Income regularly We work In concerns big and little Ittle There Is virtually no Industry or business with without I out a payroll savings plan In aU all Amer- Amer I lea Our War Var Bond purchases noW amount to about a month While the nation was training and arming millions ot of our fathers sons and brothers the 10 per cent measure for tor forwar war bond allotments served Its purpose I Meanwhile our national Income come has risen to record heights Consumer goods good will have 45 have steadily dwindled Wo We billion dollars above the cost ot of the tho i In ent taxes necessitIes ot of life uro and present pres our pockets during 1043 There Is plenty loose 45 billions or of dynamite In these the th tight fight In the Into dollars Thrown yr pf money has suf- suf sufficient bonds bonds' this form tonn or of war to to 11 11 armies power with spent Misspent In in comp shredS or of supplY neighbOrs for tor the fading your money as 8 the power r rde this civilian goodS de- de destroy deto es and the home front to plc p to rip men must mus fighting stroy the tho backing these our 45 omen ot dol- dol dollars spent lolls have and chaos to every misery late lars will bring American family these facts are burning More and more consciousness Where themselves In our took member of n. n family formerly one tho full war bond herself upon him or working member of a duty now every must share the tho responsibility family springing up by bythe Bond War In war work the they thousands areas member of a If only one example For and earning family has bas a been month working 10 per cent per p say most that can bo be saved But It if be the of the family Is e m- m another member total the a month nt at f say In- In Increased the family may not be beItl or of It expenses all slightly It Is at all or very creased for the family to now entirely possible than 30 per cent or of put or more month into bonds every total Income Is no longer a war bond yard stick There which all 1111 should obey Ten per percent for cent may 10 y per be cent your r there there are However on numerous every potential lb 15 per centers 20 per pc r centers 50 centers per and even ot of Invasion period noW In the wo We are arc the In- In Invading Invading are doing The Yanks the war War costs the and not Is In lives cost mount dallY The growing by the moment to place our than wo do no less Can t Invasion savings on the same payroll tempo ot of blood sweat and tears Figure It out for tor yourself I I |