Show J 1111 II I II I t II tit l. l The Column Boys J I It fill M FROM FRO A NOVEMBER O EM EIt JOURNAL WILD GEESE Lay curved wings on distance And fade softly To the south The crickets Fold away their fiddles fiddles' And bow to silence Sparrows adjust ruffled feathers feathersTo To the first snow flake nake j And take for granted The charitable crumb The The kettle on the kitchen stove Sings a little steaming song In a domestic key kc And the kitten In the corner Purrs a rumpled accompaniment The wind A j Rattles the windows And tries the doors And finding no welcome here Prowls on Whistling a northern tune A chill loneliness creeps In I 1 must open a bundle of memories And find a thought of you I ITo To make me warm Robert Lee Brothers Broth rs l 1 1 o o o MORE MOHE BUREAUCRACY IN TilE THE NAME N OF DEFENSE DEI PUBLISHER ELLIS of the Rockford Rockford Washington Standard-R Standard e g i 1 loSt s a t e r com com- comments comments ments editorially on an Issue that means increased taxes for every Individual in Inthe inthe the United States He lie says Congressman Henry Jackson of Wash Wash- Washington Washington I ington State Is ts the author of H. 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R A I bill which calls for the building of or eight fuel-fired fuel electric steam plants to be built by the Bonneville Power Administration Every time a hew new public power plant plantIs Is 15 suggested by the proponents of gov gov- owned enterprises it is adver adver- advertised advertised advertised by free mall mail as a boon to man man- mankind mankind mankind kind the saviour of the people and the cure-all cure to power shortages for all time timeto to come Coulee Dam the largest in the world was to have ended forever the possibility of a lack of electricity in the Pacific Northwest according to cam cam- campaign campaign campaign speeches and propaganda pro messages prepared by the public ownership boys Now In the face of up stepped-up mobilization mob mob- mobilization production they propose still another owned government-owned project to prevent a year 10 economic set back set set- ack steam-operated steam power plants Perhaps there is a real danger of a a. power shortage Perhaps there is a a. need for firming up our hydro power pro pro- production production production plants The sad part of or the picture is that instead of turning to existing private power companies and asking them to expand their producing power-producing facilities r with the aid of privately-Invested privately capi capI- capital capItal cap tal they form still another public pro pro- project proJect project calling upon the taxpayers to pro pro- provide provide provide vide the capital without interest In Inthe Inthe inthe the form of higher taxes and promising but not delivering cheap power to everyone I Perhaps if H. 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R R could be bek k amended to provide that the project be franchised to the lowest-bidding lowest private private vate ate power company under a term long-term contract or changed to encourage muni muni- municipal municipal municipal cipal power plants in the Portland and Puget Sound area we could be a little littlemore littlemore littlemore more receptive to the Idea But we will L L continue to oppose every new Federal project designed to push private com com- companies companies companies out of the electric power busi busi- ness o o o TilE THE AMENITIES OF Ol CY IN ENGLAND prior to the last World War it took three years to construct an electric power station Now the time needed is six six exactly exactly double the former figure There is a a. very good reason for that that that- and the reason is Socialism First of all It takes months and perhaps years to comply with the amenities of bureau bureau- bureaucracy bureaucracy bureaucracy cracy and get the necessary permits allocations licenses and so on Armies I of government Jobholders all with I swollen ideas of their own Importance have their fingers in the pie Second under Socialism initiative nd I I the to do are stifled stilled There Is small sense in working hard when the possible rewards are few and meager People Just drift along getting by as best they can England has an extremely critical power shortage to deal with now and If the winter is ts severe it could be catas catas- I Whether the Conservatives will willbe willbe be able to repair the ravages of Socialism Social SocIal- Socialism ism remains to be seen At best it will willbe willbe willbe be many long and weary years before b fore England recovers from the economic depths which the labor government dug for her r 1 1 When high officials of our own gov gov- government government government urge more socialized power development for America the people would do well to consider Britain's sad example along example along with the fact that after years of enduring the the- socialist experIment N ment meat ment the British voters finally said Weve had enough A government power electric-power monopoly monopoly which which is what I the tho politicians want would want would be a long step along a a. road whose end Is disaster ter o o o TIME fUle K WI LEARNED JAMES A. A Shelton president of the Security-First Security National Bank of Los An An- Angeles Angeles geles recently said The most whole wholesome wholeSOme wholesome some thing for the welfare of our coun coun- country country country try would be for the citizens of modest means to learn through taxation what the costs of their government really are A great many people still dung cling to the delusion that we can pay for anything and everything by the tho simple expedient of or soaking waking the rich The fact Is that the rich have been soaked to the point of diminishing return already with terri terrt- terrific tic fic Income inheritance gift and other taxes Something like Uko two-thirds two of all the money left lett after taxation now goes to people in the under Income bracket It is obvious that they are going to pay most of or all nIl future tax Increases Increases- for tor the reason re on that nobody else can The Tho new Income tax law which went into effect November ember 1 I will add 11 31 per percent percent percent cent to the Income taxes of ot everyone iQ In other words the pay envelope has shrunk once again At the same time Continued on Page Four 1 I The Boys Boy Column f Continued from Page One the new tax bill also has substantially I j Increased the price of a long list of Items ranging from automobiles to cigarettes by raising the excise taxes I Certainly Mr Sheltons Shelton's hope that the American people learn through taxation what government really costs should be i realized today The little man Is tak tak- taking taking ing the beating j I |