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Evening star., 1933-12-24
TAXING TO CORRECT
ECONOMIC ILLS HIT
u. s. Chamber OF Commerce
Is Against Use for Other
Than Revenue.
BY the Associated Press.


The Chamber OF Commerce OF the
United States, the Nations largest busi-
ness organization, yesterday challenged
the right of Congress to attempt to cor
rect social defects or economic abuses
through taxation.
Fred H. Clausen. Horizon, Wis, man
ufacturer. chairman of the Committee
on Federal Taxation OF the Chamber
submitted this belief to the House Ways
and Means Committee as the business
viewpoint" on taxation.
Before stating the chambers opinion
on specific points. opposing additional
taxes on dividends, maintenance of de-
probation deductions and reduction OF
capital gains and losses rates among
other things, Clausen said:
The object of taxation is to pro-
duce revenue. The penalizing of par
ticular methods Of doing business or
the accomplishment of social reforms
are not within its legitimate sphere, nor
should it be Influenced by prejudice
or a spirit of punishment.
Opposes Use to Correct Abuses.
"Any deviation from these funda-
mental principles is not only an abuse
of a sovereign right that carries with
it the power to destroy. but also oper-
ates to defeat the proper purpose OF tax
legislation, namely the production OF
revenues.
The correction of economic abuses
or social defects should not be sought
through revenue measure.
During and since the war the in
come tax mas been a tremendous rev.
enue producer. bringing in far more
money than any other tax.
This tax is self-assessed. The CO.
operation of the taxpayer is conse-
quently essential if the tax Is to be
administered in a satisfactory manner
Even though rates may be high, this
cooperation can be maintained pro-
vided the taxpayer is convinced that
the tax is applied fairly and without
discrimination.
IF, however, the taxpayers of the
country become convinced that some
provisions are essentially unfair, that
the tax is applied in very discrimi-
natory manner or in spirit of punish
Continued on Page 8, Column u
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Broad Terms
Are Left to
Congress.
TAXES AND FEES
YET TO BE SET
Radius of Sales Ban
on Citizens Vote
Undetermined.

A new plan for neighborhooo
'local option" on the licensing OF
retail sale of liquor in residential
sections of the District and a more
stringent search and seizure pro-
vision against illicit operations
are among important changes In
the revised liquor control bill
made public last night by the
Commissioners.
The bill leaves to Congress de-
termination of the radius within
which an applicant for retail
license can be refused If the own
ers of the real property object,
license fees and liquor taxes.
The new draft follows the gen.
eral outline of the license system
as contained in the original legiS-
lation proposed by Corporation
Counsel w. w. Bride, but has been
shortened and simplihed, leaving
many control features 10 be cov-
cred in regulations by the Com
rnissioners instead of the act OF
Congress.
The bill provides that the proposed
general license system be administered
by an Alcohol Beverage Control Board
of three members. to be appointed by
the Commissioners. Broad powers OF
regulation over the liquor business
would be vested in the District COM
missioners under their general police
powers.
The measure now is complete as to
principles of legislation except as to
the amount of sales taxes and license
fees. which will await decision by Con-
gress and the draft was released to
afford the public further study prior
to congressional action.
The Board of District Commissioners
likely will approve the measure this
week and then forward it to the chair
man of the Senate and House District
Committees.
OmclaI vote IS DTOpptu.
The new plan for the property
owners rule on the licensing of sales in
residential communities, which was re-
vealed informally some days ago when
the new bill was being drafted, discards
the original suggestion for an otficlal
vote on the question in residential
s'precincts."
Under a section Of the new bill the
Commissioners could not grant a IL
cense for the sale of hard liquor in
residential section if the owners of 81
per cent OF the property within GER
tain radius, to be determined by Con-
gress, filed with the liquor control au-
thorities written protests.
The Commissioners, it is said, now
are considering fixing the distance from
the establishment of the applicant, in
which this rule would apply. at 600 feet.
This. however is not announced off,
cially. They formerly considered max
ing the radius somewhere from 500 to
1000 feet.
The rule would not apply to incor-
porated private clubs or hotels, but
would apply to restaurants. owners Of
commercial property in an area under
study could not protest against retail
license.
On the other hand. if the owners Of
less than 81 per cent of the property
CONTINUED on Page 4. Column -
Evening star., 1933-12-24
CHILDREN OF GRAMMAR. SCHOOL
ACELEAD GROUP ON RELIEF ROLL

group on relief, about 18 per cent, is
in the age group from rs through "a.
This percentage, however, corresponds
with the percentage for this group in
the city census.
The figures released by the Relief
Administration, according to Corrington
Gill, director Of research and statistics
of the Relief Administration and the
Civil Works Administration, are the
preliminary. results of a careful study
made by the relief organization. and
are based on data compiled here during
october, 1888
The figures for the grammar school
group, Gill believes, remain fairly con-
stant because these are regarded as
''unemployables, child labor being bar
red under codes so far approved by the
National Recovery Administration. How
ever. there has been some change In the
situation due to the operation Of the
civil works program.
For october, the relief administration
Evening star., 1933-12-24
PLAYMATE Accidentally Kills
Bow of 9 With 'UnI0aded Gun
Loren Shott, Jr.,, Son of Rockville High
School Principal, Fatally Wounded
While Parents Shopped for Gifts.

had fought out time and again in the
past. Loren, in full cowboy regalia,
took up position behind one tree and
Robert, the INDIAN" crouched behind
another. In rummaging through his
home, Robert had found an old az
caliber revolver which belonged to his
grandfather, now visiting friends in the
South. Two of its seven chambers.
unknown to either boy. were loaded.
Several times Loren charged the
''enemy's" position and was repulsed by
a shot" from the revolver, the trigger
in each instance however. falling on an
empty chamber. Undaunted by these
reverses Loren. with a lusty yell, charged
once more. This time cartridge was
in the firing chamber.
The bullet pierced Loren's chest and
lodged near his heart. He ran almost to
his home before he collapsed. DR.. Gill
bert v. Hartley, Rockville physician,
(Cnntinred m pacn Q Cnlunu
Evening star., 1933-12-24
NEW YORK RETAIL CODE
UNIT OPPOSES SALES TAX
Authority Says Per Cent Levy
Would Drive Small Merchants
Out of Business.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 23.-The re-
tail code authority went on record to-
day as vigorously opposing a proposed
2 per cent sales tax and contended that
enactment of such tax legislation would
drive many small merchants out of
business.
The authority's chairman. Grover A.
Whalen, expressed the organization
views in a letter to Senator Seabury
C. Mastick, chairman of the New York
State Commission for the Revision of
the Tax Law.
The code authority is composed of
representative merchants of New York
and supervises the functioning of the
retail code among $4,000 merchants.
Il am confident that your commits
sion," Whalen wrote. "has no intention
of imposing burdens that would put
small retailers out of business. After
all. a per cent tax on gross sales
amounts to a so per cent income tax
on net profits in many instances"
Evening star., 1933-12-24
REVISED ID. C.. RUM BILL
GIVES RESIDENCE AREAS
LICENSE VETO PRIVILEGE
Government Liquor Stores
Here Urged Among Senators
Couzens and Gore in FAVOR of Dispensary
System-King Is Undecided, But
Sees Merit in Proposal.

Michigan, and Gore. Democrat Of
Oklahoma.
Senator Couzens declared he would
have the local government handle all
the wholesale distribution and the re-
tail sale In package form at municipal
stores, conhning private licenses to those
places that would be authorized to
serve liquor by the glass, such as
restaurants, hotels and clubs.
Senator Gore said he has not reached
definite conclusions as to the detailed
method of regulation that should be
followed in Washington. but his gen.
eral view of the problem is that. in
the interest of temperance. beer and
light wines should be emphasized in
preference to hard liquor. and said he
would like to see the private profit
factor eliminated from the sale of dis
titled spirits by having some form of
Continued on Page 4, Column 50
Evening star., 1933-12-24
VANDERBILT'S COMPANION
KILLED BY SPEEDING CAR
Brother-in-Law of National Milk
Administrator Was Returning
From California.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GORMANIA, w. Va, December 23.-
Struck by a speeding automobile which
failed to stop, John w. Brodix, So, was
killed on mountain road near here
tonight while returning from California
with his close friend, Cornelius Wander
bilt, jr., the publisher. The driver OF
the death car fed.
Brodix is a brother-in-law of Louis
Merryman, the National Milk Admins
traitor. He and Vanderbilt left Cali
fornia a week go. driving to New York
and their homes to spend Christmas
They Travelled in separate cars. Brodix
home was in Georgetown, N. j.
At Fairmont, w. Va, Senator M. M
NeelJ said he received a telephone call
from the White House. requesting him
to get in communication with Wander
bilt.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
RUM LABEL RULES DRAWN

DR.. James M Doran, supervisor of
the distilled spirits institute, said yes
terday that a proposed set of labelling
regulations would be submitted to the
Federal Alcohol Administration this
week
this step is economy.
I'VE want to have uniform label
throughout the country" he said, lin
order that We won't have to put differ
States.
IF we had to do that, the price Of
whisky would be higher than-it Is now"
Evening star., 1933-12-24
PARIS DELAYS WORD
ON HITLER ARMING
Foreign Minister Tells Senate Dip.
lomatic Conversations Are
Still in Progress.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, December ga public an
nouncement of the French governments
policy regarding Chancellor Hitlers de-
mands for a larger German army was
postponed today until early January
Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Bon-
cour told the Senate that in view OF
informatory diplomatic conversations
now in progress he could not discuss at
present the new Hitler demands
The Chamber of Deputies and the
Senate started final consideration OF
finance bills with the expectation OF
completing them tonight.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Action Thought Necessary.
FOUR SHOT IN MINE FEUD
Brawl Takes Place in Tavern at
Taylorsville, Ill.

TAYLORSVILLE, Ill, December %
R).-Four persons were shot today, one
critically, in what police believe was a
revival of trouble originating over min
ers' disputes that since September /,
1882 has been responsible for 40
bombings.
The wounded men, shot in. street
brawl before a downtown tavern, in
cluded a president of subdistrict OF
the United Mine Workers OF America,
a Progressive Miners member and
United Mine Worker.
Dominic Hunt. United miner, was
the most seriously injured.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Jail Term Is Asked
To Escape Sending
Christmas Presents

BY the Associated Press.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.
December %. R. j. Bishop
sauntered into Police Court to-
day and asked to be sentenced
to jail for 10 days for being
drunk"
Why do you Voluntarily ask
Jail term?" police officers
asked
Bishop explained he had
numerous relatives and he would
not have to send them Christ
mas presents If he were in Jail.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
ROBBERS DUPE WOMAN
Former Wife of Factor Loses Gems
to Fake Mail Carriers.

CHICAGO. December % R).-Calling
special delivery into the apartment
speaking tube, two robbers obtained
entrance today to the home of Mrs.
Leonard Marcus, former wife of John
'"Jake" Factor, and left with jewelry
she valued at $1,000.
Mrs. Marcus, who supposed the men
were delivering a Christmas package,
tainted when they entered. Both her
former husband and her son, jerome
Factor. have been kidnap victims.
Evening star., 1933-12-24

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Evening star., 1933-12-24

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Evening star., 1933-12-24
WEATHER.

~. s Weather Bureau Forecast1
Increasing cloudiness today, followed
by rain tonight and possibly tomorrow;
much colder tomorrow. Temperatures
Highest, 6S, at 8 pm; lowest, SO, at 9
am.
Full report on page AT.
Evening star., 1933-12-24

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Evening star., 1933-12-24

CONTINUED on Page S, Column So
Evening star., 1933-12-24

The Star Is delivered every evening ana
Sunday morning to city and suburban
homes by The Stars exclusive carrier serv-
Ice. Phone National 5000 to start delivery
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18
SMALL NEWSPAPERS AND NRA

For many months, most OF the smaller
daily papers have been struggling desper-
ately to maintain their existence as dailies,
and only the hope that conditions would
soon change for the better urged them to
plod on. If the government forces the
NRA code, which can be borne by the lar
ger newspapers, on the smaller ones, many
will have to cease publication altogether or
revert to weekly.
To destroy property that may have
taken years to build up is certainly not in
keeping with the presidents agreement to
increase employment and aid in the resto-
ration Of prosperity.
For over year The Citizen has en-
ployee three workers more than it was nee
essary and if the code is forced on the man.
agement through pressure Of any kind,
these three employees must go, and cruel
hardships ensue.
r. L. Dean, publisher of the Sanford
(Fla.) Herald, writing in the Editor &
Publisher, a trade magazine, outlines the
general situation Of the small town daily
papers correctly in describing his own pre-
dicament:
Sanford, probably. Is like many
other small communities which, 40 far as
the newspaper business is concerned, are
Iborderlines towns. They can support a
weekly newspaper but have gotten used to
q daily. They can hardly support daily
but we 90 not want to give them weekly.
# the ublishers Printers'code goes into eff
feet. many small dailies will become week
lies and many weeklies will so out of busi-
ness. do not see where that condition
especially in towns and counties where no
competition exists, will relieve unemploy-s
ment or encourage support of the presi-
dents recovery program
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18
SOME BRIGHT sPoTs

Profits! Industry has been going
along for three and one-hah years prac-
tically without them, This month there
has been a turn. Companies which have
been running constantly in the red are fur
nishing market for black ink. Investors
who have become used to going without
dividends are looking forward to the re-
appearance Of quarterly or semi-annual
checks. 4sa gtt.a
Here is how improved business is re-
Elected in the balance sheets Of some sps-
cific large companies:
Chrysler Corporatfon-In the June
quarter, net equaled $3.50 share, total
ing S2,310,000. This is within 23 percent
of the company's record. achieved in the
booming third quarter of 1928.
u. S. eel--Twelve months ago it re-
ported an operating loss Of more than So
100000. In the last three months ii had
a profit of $780, 900.
General Motors--Last year it had see
ond-quarter profits of &c share; this year
it reported a net of 90c per share.
y. s. Industrial Alcohol Profits in
first half of 1882 came to $50, 1000; same
period in 1888, 100000.
All businesses haven't had an equally
happy quarter or half year. But the
general trend Of profits is definitely up
ward. Most important Of al Is sharp i'm
provement In the earnings bf small BUSH
nesses whose fortunes don't constitute
headline news. They represent the bulk
of American capital investment. and their
position is great deal more solid than
it was even month or two ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18
wEATHKR FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity; Cloudy
with showers tonight and Satur-
day; fresh to strong southeast
winds.
Florida: Cloudy with showers
Saturday and in central and south
portions tonight.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits:
Fresh to strong southeast winds
over south portion and gentle
variable winds becoming moderate
to fresh southeast over north por-
tion, weather overcast with
showers tonight and Saturday.
East Gulf: Fresh, possibly
strong northeast winds ever north
portion, fresh north and north
west over southwest portion and
fresh to strsng southeast over
southeast portion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18
OPPORTUNITY

The saying that it's never too late to
mend. doesn't apply to physical property
In these days. every community has its
share Of homes and business buildings
which have been allowed to depreciate to
the point where they are ready for the
wreckine crew. There degeneration may
be laid to the door of false economy. While
dollar was saved" temporarily, many
dollars were lost because of IT.
There are hundreds of thousands of
properties which can still be put in good
condition at moderate cost. but which will
be gone beyond redemption II work Is put
off much longer Today we can still get
in on bargain prices for most supplies and
commodities will tell differ
ent story The wholesale price level has
been skyrocketing, and now the retail lev
81 Is beginning to follow-the cold and I'M
pTeiudleed statistical tables tell you that.
and they permit of no argument.
Build now. improve now provide jobs
and purchasing poweF--xsmember that IN
vsstment and employment are cheaper
than charity, and that they make charity
unnecessary,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

Senator Key Pitman, just returned
FROM Europe where he was in attendance
on the economic conference. favOrs abolish
ing the Monroe doctrine. He Is evidently
influenced by those WHY European states
men who would like ia see the famous doc
trine 90 by the board and have full sway in
Latin America to the detriment Of It's north
ern neighbor Uncle Sam has no designs
on any part Of the western hemisphere to
the. south Of as and has demonstrated his
disinterestedness with reference to acqui
si1ion qf territory on many occasions. The
Monroe doctrine aud the Platt amendment
are wise barriers for the common good.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18
THE KY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always sack the truth and print ii
without fear and without favor; never be
afrsid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never BE- the or
gan ar the mouthpisce Of any peraon. clique
faction ar class; always do it. utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
inf stice; denouncs vice and praise virtue;
commend good done BY individual cr organ
lzstion; tolerant Of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
ana not contamlnsts the reader; never com
promise with principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18
ssssssssssssssssssssssse
WHAT'S WHAT
at the
CAPITAL
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By HERBERT PLUMMER
tUy A.saclated Isre.s,

Ia Associated Preset
WASHINGTON, Aug. l8.-Ex-
cepting the National Recovery
Administration, probably no other
governmental agency in Washing
ton is so hesieged these days as
the Home Owners Loan corpora
ton.
Officials of that organizations
are experiencing great difficulty
in trying to convince owners of
homes that it is not their mission
merely to refinance mortgages at
lower interest rate.
Daily throngs crowd into the off
fices of the corporation confident
" expecting the government to
lend them the money to pay for
their homes at a lower interest
rate than they are now paying
banks and other concerns. They
leave disappointed.
It is not confined to the man in
the street, either. The other day
a senator, who had a lot to do
with getting this particular piece
of legislation through congress
congress dispatched a constituent
to the corporation in the belief
that the government could re-
finance his mortgage at cheaper
rate of interest.
His Hall countsd!
AT the democratic convention
in Chicago last year, everybody
was a Bit, mystified every time
Ohio's name was called in the bal
loting. Invariably there would be
one-half of vote that didn't GO
to Governor White, for whom the
delegation was pledged.
That one-half vote belonged to-
w. w. Durbin of Kenton and went
to Franklin d. Roosevelt. The
rest of the Ohio democrats fused
and fumed but could do nothing
about it. Durbin had been for
Roosevelt long before the conven-
ton.
All of which Is TO say that
one w. w. Durbin 10 now in
Washington with the title of
Register Of the Treasury.
big Jim" Farley didn't for
get that one-hslf vote when il
same tiMe to reward the de-
serving" ones.
Durbin got the Job without the
help of single regular democrat
lin Ohio, too.
The Unexpected Haapens
In the files of the .yRA are hum
dreds Of cases of the odd twists
various businesses have taken
since the blue eagle swooped down
to- take charge.
One of the most interesting con-
Germs a broker who had long been
in the habit of employing young
college boys eager for the ex-1
nerience on a part-time basis.
Their salary was practically moth
ing and all We're working to learn
the ropes.
Then came the MIRA. The
broker under the code that he
signed found to his dismay that
not only was he compelled to keep
these boys on his payroll, but that
he had to pay them the minimum
wages as well--much more than
before.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

The August Golden Book reprints one
of the shrewdest bits of irony ever uttered
Thomas Corwin's advice to young
speaker: Never make people laugh. If
you would succeed in life. you must be sol
emn, solemn as an ass. All the great
monuments are built over solemn asses, -
Howara Vincent n'Rrien in the Chicago
DailysNewS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

Every governmental officer or board
that handles public money should publish
at regular intervals an accounting Of II,
showing where and how each dollar il
spent. We hold this to be Fundamental
principle Of democratic government"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

A straw vote viii be conducted
at Jack Lerd's lunch room on Di~
vlxian street beginning 1T Q o'clock
tonight and continuing antil Mon
day evening II the same hoar. FOR
the office Of Captain Of Police.
All interested are requested to
cab At the lunch room and cast
ballots.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

The cars are lined up for the start
of the race,
Our lads have Unanswered their
auto in place.
The racer that's next to them is
painted all black,
And driven by GASs0, the scourge
of the track.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

More battles have been fought in Aug
ust than in any other month Also most
revolutions were started in that month
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

Life, like a garden. calls for ceaseless
vigilance against the growth of weeds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

Napoleon was not himself French
nan, just as Hitler is not German.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

The thNifty person should save not to
keep forayeK but to use at time when
need isgreater
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18
wEArRER coNpiTioss

The tropical disturbance which
is Of slight intensity, is central
this morning about 200 miles west
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-18

If General Johnson is right that the
employees are sheep" it probably follows
that the employers are the goats"