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DalLy MEDITATIONS
And I saw thrones, and
- IR they sat upon them, and
§,‘ judgment was given unto
them, and I saw souls of
them that were beheaded for
the witness of Christ, and for the word of God,
and which had not worshipped the beast, neither
,’“ his image, neither had received his mark upon
their foreheads, or in their hands, and they lived
and reigned with Christ a theusand years.—Book
of Revelations 20:4.
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The Washington Notebook
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
'~ WASHINGTON.— (NEA) —Chairman Walter F.
George-of the Senate Finance Committee and Chair
man Robert L. Doughton of the House Ways and
Means ‘Committee just happened to comre out of
Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress,
together. They had been listening to General Dwight
D. Eisenhower make his first report on European
defenses. A reporter who just happened to be be
hind them overheard their conversation, joshing
each other. It ran something like this:
“Bob,” said Senator George, “We're not going to
do anything about that new tax bill on the Senate
side. We're going to leave it all to you.”
‘ “Oh, you wouldn’t want to do that, would you?
Why don’t you work out half of it, and let us work
out the cther half in the House?” asked Repre
sentative Doughton.
“No!" said Senator George. “We Wouldn't want
to deprive vou of the pleasure. Besides, you'll want
to close 2.1 them loopholes.”
Closing of them loopholes is only one of the very
tough tax problems which President Truman has
now tossed to the Congress. He asked that these
loophcles be closed a year ago. Congress partially
closed a helf-dozen of them, but left the biggest
wide open. Closing themr would add an estimated
SSOO million to government revenues from higher
income corporations and individuals,
WOULDN'T HURT MR. AVERAGE
Depletion allowances granted to the oil and min
ing industiries, preferential treatment on capital
gaing, estate and gift tax exemptions are things
that don’t figure in the life of the ordinary citizen.
But whken the S6O-a-week guy with a family is
being asked to pay more taxes, it is only fair for
him to krow that nobody in the higher brackets is
being exempted for special privilege. If these loop
holes are ever closed, this would appear to be the
tire to do it.
Otherwise, President Truman's request for a two
bite tax hike is in the nature of a slick trick. It is
also a confession that the administration itself
doesn’t know how nmruch more taxes will be asked
p for eventually. ‘
In other words, the s7l billion budget which
President Truman requested in January is just a
preliminary request, This is evident in the S4O bil
lion estimate for naticnal defense expenditures in
the next year, plus another S2O billion authoriza
tion to make contracts for military spending in
1953. These are nice rc¢2.ud numbers, as yet unsup
ported by any breakdowns on what it is intended
to buy with this money.
The President’s tax message hints that requests
for still more defense appropriations will be made
later on. As these supplemental requests pile up,
there will be corresponding requests for supple
mental taxes. That's where the second bite will
come in. And if necessary there will be a third
o bite.
While all this is called a “pay-as-we-go” tax
plan, it would perhaps be more proper to call it a
tax-as-we-go payment plan, !
What's more, there is a hint in the President’s
tax message that he would like to have these high
taxes continued for the duration of the emergency.
“During World War II taxes were not high ehough,”
the President told Congress, “As a result . . . we
paid in inflation for our failure to tax enough.”
BITE NO. 1 TO HELP CONTROL INFLATION
What 'fl:at seems to imply is that this is not just
taxation for revenue oniy. It is taxation to control
inflation and he waunts it continued as long as there
are inflationary pressures.
While the President did not ask for it directly,
one of the main points in the administration’s tax
program has been to have the first-bite increases
on individual incomes applied retroactively to say
January 1, 1951. This is something that could hit
the average taxpayer right between the eyes.
Congress has never applied a retroactive tax in
crease to individuals, though the excess profits tax
bill passed on January 2 was made retroactive to
July 1, 1850. This can be done to corporations since
they now pay income taxes on their profits only at
the end of the year.
For individuals, a retroactive income tax would
work with a delayed punch. It teok eight months
to pass the 1950 tax bill, If it takes half that long
to pass the first-bite 1951 bill, it will be nrid-year
hefore the taxpayver knows what his liability is go=-
ing to be.
In thig first half-year, taxes will be deducted at
the present rate from his payrell. Then when the
tax increase is made etfective, he would have to pay
this hike for the second half year and the first half
?’ez?r as well. The increase would therefore hit him
cWice as hard on a pay-as-you-go basis. Or else
he'd have to pay the whole increase at the end of
the next tax vesr
.
Athens Junior Assembly
Is Doing A Fine Job
The Athens Junior Assembly is doing a splendid
job for this community. When it was organized in
1935 it immediately began a humanitarian program
that has been steadily broadened until now it is
sponsoring seven clinics, including the newly es
tablished speech correction sehool. Its various med=
ical clinics include prenatal clinic for white chil
dren and another for negroes, a white well baby
clinic and a negro well baby clinic, a dental clinic
and a heart clinic,
For fifteen years the Junior Assembly has per
formed a most useful service. One hundred and
thirty-nine wormen have belonged to the organiza=-
tion, but due to change of residence or completion
of ten years of "active work there are now sixty-six
active members. The work of the Junior Assembly
has grown from the support of one hospital bed for
children in 1935 to its present scope. Last year 2,546
visits were made to the various clinics.
The gift of the Simon Michael II Memorial Clinic
building to the Junior Assembly by the late Mr.
Max Michael and Mrs. Michael marked a step for=-
ward for the Assembly in that it provided facilities
and a permanent home that enabled the organiza
tion to carry on its fine work more efficiently and
upon an expanded scale.
‘Through cooperation with the Clarke County
Health Departnrent and the doctors of Athens, the
Junior Assembly has demonstrated its worth and
there is no doubt that in the future it will continue
to serve as constructively as it has since it was
founded.
Political Facts Of Life Govern
The President’s Tax Message
In asking now for only part of the $16,500,000,000
in new taxes he wants, President Truman seems to
be accepting the hard facts of life on Capitol Hill,
Congressional tax leaders have made it clear
that $8 billion to $lO billion is the most the Presi
dent is likely to get in the months ahead. Mr. Tru
man’s tax message settled on the latter figure.
He hasn’t abandoned his overall goal, however,
and plans to request more taxes later. Possibly he
is counting on the painful logic of appropriations
for defense to convince the lawmakers they must
do still more.
Of the sum he's seeking now, the President
thinks $4 billion should comre from higher individ
ual income levies, $3 billion from raised corporate
taxes, and $3 billion in new excise taxes.
To get the added $4 billion frgm personal in
comes, Mr. Truman proposes upping rates about
four percentage points in each bracket. But he
would keep the present exemption of S6OO, rather
than lower it to SSOO as some have proposed.
Even though the exemption may remain un
changed, it’s obvious that if the President’s plan
goes through, all of us will know we’ve been hit.
There is no painless way to arm ourselves and help
arm the free world and still maintain civilian life
at a reasonably high level.
Congress may drag its feet for many weeks on a
new tax bill, but ultimately it will undoubtedly ap
prove a measure close to the President’s figure. The
alternative is too grim even for a politician to con
template, For taxation is acknowledged on all sides
to be one of the chief brakes on inflation, Without
it, controls and other weapons are not ‘believed
likely to work effectively.
That point is unquestionably more persuasive
with the lawmakers than the argument of a bal
anced budget. :
It is because Mr. Truman himself is now urging
a balanced budget that he will be back later to
seek another $6,500,000,000. When he presents that
case, he'll find his audience much tougher. For the
trend of congressional thinking is that $lO billion
is a big enough bite to discourage heavy individual
and corporate spending. A bigger one, the feeling
is, would probably act too strongly as a damper on
business enterprise and initiative.
Further tax demands will be a test of the Pres
ident’s finanecial wizardry, since further hikes in
personal and corporate levies beyond his current
proposals have so dim a prospect. Unless he can
devise sonre ingenious new taxation methods, what
he is asking now is perhaps all he will get.
Soviet Soft Spot
Informed London quarters say the United States
is secking permission from Britain to station war
planes for extended periods at 14 British air{ields
spotted throughout the Middle East.
The plan is said to be part of a general program
to establish & chain of bases around the borders of
Russia. Marshall Plan funds have been used to
build up major fields at three points in Greece, and
other secondary fields are being improved, .
There's been no indication from Britain yet. But
the plan deserves British cooperation, It is a recog~
nition, first, of the fact that we need more Euro
pean and African bases to make our new bombers
of intermediate range most useful; and, second, that
the Middle East—with its rich oil resources—must
be protected from Russian designs.
Not to be overlooked, either, is the fact that the
portions of Russia closest to Mediterranean bases
contain the overwhelming bulk of Soviet oil re
serves. Russia is highly vulnerable to crippling as
sault in its southern regions.
We are pitting the horsepower of the west against
the manpower of communism.—Eric Johnston, Mo
tion Picture Assotiation of America president.
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Dirf, Battle Fatigue, Death
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WESTERN FRONT, Korea —
(AP) — Watching the Korean war !
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start” sometime.
Sometice for me was a few
weeks ago. Here are some impres
sions the war has made on this
newcomer — impressions that it
might have made on you if you
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The legendary sense of humor
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world where it can be muddy and
dusty at the same time.
A frontline infantryman was
stalled behind a mudbank.
A lieutenant was stalled in the
next mudpuddle.
“The next time we have visitors
I want you to shave, sergeant,”
grinned the lieutenant. The ser
geant fingered the black stubble
that nearly hid his face. “You are
supposed to set me an example,
lieutenant,” he drawled at the of
ficer whose beard was even black-
er.
Just sleeping, eating, keeping
clean—functions which you take
for granted — are ordeals to the
combat soldier. He sleeps in a hole
in the ground — “it’s easier to dig
now that the ground is thawing
out but sure is muddy” — he eats
his canned rations any way he
can — ‘“some perk left the can
opener out of every C ration that
our company got today and we
had to open the cans with bayon
ets” — and almost never washes—
“lt's hardly worth the trouble
heating the water if you can find
any.”
Houses Gone
If there is a house left in Ko
rea you won’t find it around here.
The incredible destruction of
war is everywhere as opposing
armies struggle over the same
plus all the ease-of-handling features that
made Dodge ‘“The Choice of Champions™
in the 1950 National Truck Roadeo!
NEW! Extra-quiet brakes!
Another Dodge engineering first! New,
molded, tapered Cyclebond brake lin
ings contact brake drums with smoother,
more even action—practically eliminat
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to ‘“grab”—and lining life is greatly
extended. Standard on trucks 114-ton
and up, except air brake models.
ground for the third time.
Almost all eivilians have left
the battle area. The few remain
ing mill aimlessly through rub
bled streets. They are not interes
ted in cleaning up the mess. Own
ers of small businesses have disap
peared, leaving their investment
in machinery and equipment be
hind. Fires and bombs and shells
have struck again and again and
you can see the blackened ruins
of equipment through gaping holes
in the walls of tiny shops.
In one shop there is amangled
printing press that has been
burned into uselessness. Type sis
scattered over the floor amid piles
of filthy plaster. You can imagine
the mood of utter despair and
hopelessness of the owner if he
returns and sees the ruing of his
livelihood. .
Clean-cut young American men
are dying here daily. Other young
Americans have learned to accept
the fact &nd go on about their
business—which is killing Chi
nese,
“Sometimes you don’t even get
a chance to learn the names of
the new guys before they get it,”
said a GI.
1t it were not for the almost
ceaseless thunder of Allied artil
lery, a casual visitor to a front
line headquarters might never
guess that there was a war on.
Trucks and men sit in the open,
secure in the knowledge that no
enemy planes will come. Many
trucks and jeeps sport gaily color
ed panels to dentify them to
friendly planes.
Gls Seek Warmth
Fighting Gl's gather around a
fire only a few thousand yards
from the front. “It must be tough
on the Chinese,” said one soldier
squatting beside a roaring blaze.
“They cannot light fires to get
warm. They just have to sit and
take it, If those planes or those
artillery spotters saw a wisp of
smtoke they would have a nice tar
ge »
The oft-told tale of army waste
and inefficiency may be true to
some extent in rear echelons but
that is not true here, The vehicles
kiocked out for these rice fields
have been stripped of every work
able part. Nothing is wasted.
Every scrap of the uninspiring
food is scraped out of the sand or
mess kit. Gas and oil are guard
ed by miserly motor pool attend
ants. Socks and woolen underwear
are issued as if each contained a
hundred dollar bill. Vehicles are
nursed like an only child.
Although death and wounds
are the star boarders, these men
seldom talk about them. A good
way to end a thriving conversa
tion is to discuss the fighting.
The front line soldier busily and
efficiently accomplishes his daily
tasks but he does not want to talk
about it when his day’s work is
finished.
When you get home from a hard
day at the office you prabably
like to change the subject too.
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~ OLYMPIO TRYOUTS
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich,.
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and Sunday afternoons, Febyys,.
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on the world’s highest artifici,
slide, competitors will have thye.
official rides each day. Saturday's
results will be carried over 1,
Sunday and the winners will |,
determined on total points for 101},
days.
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Railroad Schedules
SEABOARD AIRLINE RY,
Arrival and Departure of Traing
Athens, Georgia
Leave for Eiberton, Hamlet and
New York and East—
-3:35 p. m.—Air Conditioned,
8:45 p. m.—Air Conditioned,
Leave for Elberton, Hamlet anq
East—
-12:15 a, m.—(Local).
Leave for Atlanta, South and
West—
-5:45 a. m.—Air Conditioned,
4:30 a. m.—(Local).
4:00 p. mx.—Air Conditioned,
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILRCAD
Arrives Athens (Daily, Except
Sunday) 12:35 p. m.
Leaves Athens (Daily, Except
Sunday) 4:15 p. m.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
From Lula and Commerce
Arrive 9:00 a. m,
East and West
Leave Athens 9:00 a. m,
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Mixed Trains.
Week Day Only
Train No, 51 Arrives 9:00 a. m,
Train No. 50 Departs 7:00 p. m.