Show r Z BY sr GEORGES GEORGE S BENSON President Marking X w iS Searcy Arkansas J 1 Vinson Shortly after Fred Vinson was named Secretary of the Treasury he was quoted in the press as say say- S saying lY- lY lYing ing the American merican people are in the pleasant predicament of having to learn le to live 50 better than they have ever lived before When he made this remark he was talking about a future day one that had not come then and has not come yet but a completely possible future day Hitler was no longer a menace when the new Secretary sooke stoke of a 50 higher living standard in Amer I ica an but Jaul still sill lill ck Ov t th Pa Pa- I I II Now Nv N v that har ha has h s cleared cI af d up I also and today's national problem is economic rather than strategic I The strain is no less but in a dif dif- different dif dif- different ferent place Ease felt in Amer Amer- AmerI America I ica as firing ceased was like the I relief of changing hands with a heavy burden I Load is on Vinson I About a month ago this column I carried an outline of Mr Vinson's tax policies which I I frankly con con- consider consider sider sound Now in view of the I changed international picture it is high time everybody knew more II about this generalissimo of war post-war finances czar of economics in the I worlds world's most important country He is a key man on the team that has I to win if liberty civilization and en en- enlightenment survive Fred Vinson is 55 years old Half I a century ago he was playing in the yard of the jailhouse in Louisa Ky His fa father faher her was county jailer The next year he started to school His coarse hair is half hall now and he has some loose gray skin un un- under under der his chin but hes he's the b best st in his line recognized as and on a job where wishes him well if that's success A Serious Student Louisa with some 2000 inha i. i I tants is across the Big Sandy river I from West Virginia There I young i Vinson entered ent red school there was i elected district attorney and from there went to Congress in 1922 At Center College Danville Ky he i worked in the library to help expenses took a leading le part in ath- ath pay l ODd I cd above ak ve 55 5 in iII I grades es all rough t college olI g and ana law v school Mr Vinson is a penetrating think think- er He has years of experience in government and he knows taxes He Heis Heis Heis is a recognized fiscal expert That's what put him on the th Ways Means committee and here his ability is still respected He has been a Fed Fed- Federal Federal Federal eral judge the successful economic stabilizer of this country also director director director tor of war mobilization and recon recon- version version the the job that's known as assistant president To Make More l Jobs f Vinson has many prime qualifications qualifications for his present job Anent his thoroughness it came out a time or two in connection with his work as chairman of the tax section of the Ways Means committee that he knew more than his witnesses them- them themselves themselves themselves selves about testimony they submit submit- ted Recollection of these incidents naturally tends to keep alive Vin- Vin Vinson's Vinson's sons son's influence among congressmen congressmen which is a big asset Jt It is told that he studied before before- beforehand beforehand hand the financial statements of big corporations whose officials were to testify and his questioning them proved repeatedly that he knew more about certain aspects of a cor cor- corporations corporation's corporations corporation's corporations corporation's business than did its pres pres- president ident This is the man who planned a tax program to create the most jobs instead of merely raising rev rev- revenue revenue for the government something I have been shouting from the house house- hou housetops e- e tops for four years |