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81 to the Federal government, 81
to the states and Is to local gov
ernmentS.
DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has
Il been interested in the prob
lem since he was Governor of
New York, when he seemed to ia
vor division of taxes between the
Federal and state governments,
with specific forms of taxation as
signed to each.
That is one of four solutions
which have been suggested. The
others are:
l. 1nter-government agreements
under which uniform and recip-
rocal legislation would be enact
ed by the states to minimize ifs
cal conflicts. Such state COM
pacts are not unusual.
2. Federal credits under which
amounts paid as state taxes would
be allowed as an offset against
the taxpayers liability under the
corresponding Federal tax, up to
certain percentage of the Fed
eral tax, as is done with estate
taxes now.
3. Collection by the Federal
government of all taxes which Il
can most effectively administer,
and apportion of yields to the
states.
Fault has been found with each
of the suggestions on one ground
and another. Perhaps a combina-
ton may be the eventual solution.
The problem will not be settled
overnight. When the conference
assemblies here, it is likely that
committees will be designated to
investigate various proposals and
report at a later date. Undoubt-
edly months will be required to
devise a satisfactory plan and
many more months to put il
into effect.
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A Reputation to Maintain

LIE had an extraordinary flow of natural wit and
~ humor, and yet sometimes the springs ran dry
I suppose few persons have the divine wisdom to
remain silent when they have nothing to say Mark
Twain was not among them. If it be said that such
a criticism comes with sngularly poor grace from
newspaper columnist can only answer, You didn't
need to remind me of that"
Mark Twains work married not because he
loved crowds but because in his later years he traled
too Sedulously with the stuffed shirts
think that for the good of his soul he should
have gone back to the river at least once a year
There is particular point in "Huckleberry Finn"
(tops for all time) in which jim and Huck are lying
on the raft and looking up at the stars And as the
raft glides down the Mississippi extraordinary
sense OF peace and freedom comes to them and to
the reader The mean hatreds the racial antipathies
and the pretensions of the world are far away
There must have been nights when Mark Twain
looked down from the raised speakers table at groups
100 greedy for amusement and too SNUG and said to
himself, Whatever am 1 doing here?"
But then he heard the applause popping like the
sound OF corks 1t is the most heady of all wines He
went ahead with the humorous remarks and he for
got to answer the question,
Copyright. 1885,
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ways by persons who reason from
inadequate information.
Lieutenant Commander Charles
E. Rosendahl, commander of the
Lakehurst naval air station and
authority on lig h r-than-air
ships, wrote recently that there
has not yet been demonstrated
any heavier than-air craft
capable of spanning the usually
Travelled trans-oceanic routes on an
economical basis" adding NO
one would claim that the carriage
of 104 pounds of mail over
2400 miles by a craft displacing
41,500 pounds, constitutes an eco
nomic feasibility at any speed. -"
But Lieutenant Commander
Rosendahl was speaking of the
Pan-American clipper which, on
an exploratory flight to Hawaii,
carried souvenir covers" for
stamp collectors-not of the new
50,000-pound Martins with which
actual trans-oceanic service will be
inaugurated.
The contract mail load of these
China clippers is 800 pounds. On
the 17-hour San Francisco Hawaii
run they will be able to carry in
addition, II to Is passengers, with
their baggage, and quantity of
express matter. They will be able
to do this and arrive in Honolulu
with a 80 per cent fuel reserve
against emergencies.
Il
THIS is vastly different thing
l. from carrying 104 pounds
of mail; it would seem to an
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ways which would link Australia
and New Zealand to its trans
Pacific main line"
Time dwindles, distances evapo-
rate before the rush of these
wings. Nationalities. jurisdictions
remain fixed This is not the
problem for Pan-American, flying
5000 miles between air bases which
fly the American flag, that it is
for an organization such as
Imperial Always, whose route to
Asia spans different countries.
Troublesome enough in time of
peace, what with customs and
clearances and all the red tape
of international transport, these
boundary hurdles would become
altogether impossible in the event
of war.
The shippers who will take the
clipper ships through to the new
Philippine Commonwealth and on
to Macao, Portugals foothold in
China-Within 40 miles of Canton
are not newcomers to inter
national air transport, however.
All are veterans of the company's
Caribbean and South American
routes, as accustomed to clearing
Miami airport for Rio, via roman
tically named Caracas and Para
marble and Bahia and Caravellas
and Paranagua and Porto Allegro,
as any steamship skipper running
out of New York harbor to South
ampton and LIE Havre.
TOMORROW-The Men on the
Bridge.
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TT is to be hoped that the centennial celebration
Il will revive an interest in the writings of Mark
twain and am glad to hear that there is project
10 publish thick volume made up of his best work
Save from the point of view of collectors don't see
why anybody should want Twain entire
The travel books such "A Tramp Abroad" were
not more than moderately funny when first written
and they are now unrcadable Of course this should
be qualified by adding Immediately this may be
matter of opinion.
However, think there will be little dispute about
the assertion that there terrific swing between
Mark Twains best and worst And unfortunately his
poorer stuff did not come much during his forma-
tive years as toward the end of his career
The quips and witty sayings which are tossed out
even at this late date priceless pearls indicate that
both the author and his friends and relatives took
his reputation as funny much to heart
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Times Books

DEARL BERGoFF is a pillar of society and an
l. ornament to the American home, no doubt, but
he does consort with of the finest collections Of
tramps doormat thieves. and brass knuckle experts
that could be found anywhere.
However, he never complains. because with these
people he has rendered vast services to American in
dustry and made himself a lot of money.
Pearl Bergoff if you never heard of him before
reoices in the title of king of the strike breakers
and you can find out all about him in L Break
Strikes" Mcbride; $3.50, amazing book written
by Edward Levinson.
Bergof for more than quarter century has made
a very good living by supplying finkS to American
industry He rounds up buns by the tralnoad and
sends them off to serve as strikebreakerS; and he
rounds up gunmen coke fiends escaped lunaticS and
general, all-round strong-arm artists to go along
with them as armed guards.
MORE than so people have been killed in the vo-
4VA lent battles in which his forces have been en-
gagged; and Bergof and his two partners have taken
more tran $4,000 900 in net profits out of this
astounding business.
Mr. LevinSon tells how Bergoff and men like him
operate, how they fat on industrial unrest
which they not above promoting, at timeS-and
how they have been hired by some of the most re-
Spected industralists in America.
IT is queer and horrifying story that he relates;
all In all, 1t must be the blacklist mark that has
been set down the record of American industry.
Read 1t and shudder-for the sake of your own
education Thy Bruce Cation.
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OLD-FASH|ONED RULES ATTACKED

tournament in Chicago. Today
thousands of dollars are raised
annually for charity purposes
through the medium of bridge,
and the government collects
thousands in revenue on bridge
cards.
To win a national championship
today is quite an achievement, as
there are millions of bridge play
ers throughout the United States.
In Chicago, the week of Dec. 2,
when this years tournament is
held, bridge players from more
than 80 states will be present.
OF course, the major attraction
will be the national open pair
championship, which will have two
qualifying rounds on Friday, with
the finals Saturday afternoon and
evening. The trophy for this event
is held by two New York young
sters, Johnny Rau and Charles
Lochridge.
While still in his 20s Johnny
is veteran, having won his first
national title in Clevelnad in 1890.
One of his pet studies of the game
is opening leads.
Mr.. Rau says that, to be good
contract player. you must analyze
the bidding before making your
opening leads. Do not be bound
by old-fashionad rules.
One old rule says, Never lead
from king" However, look at
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American was ready, revealed
program, knowledge of which
heretofore had been confined
largely to engineers, aircraft
technicians and PA. AS own
personnel.
1t created little stir; the months
passed. In April the North Haven
sailed upon it's heroic voyage;
few weeks later the clipper roared
out from the Golden Gate and on
to Hawaii. The North Haven
colonized Midway and Wake; in
June the clipper hurtled again to
Honolulu, paused, continued 14OO
miles to Midway. Back to San
Francisco; off again Gin August
for Wake Island. Then to Guam,
shutting back and forth over
thousands of leagues of open sea
with the precision of a railway
train and the speed of projectile.
A ND then Mr.. Farley called for
N bids In the dry, matter-of-
fact phraseology of his depart
ment Ga phraseology which more
than anything else made the fam
tastlc dream seem imminent re-
ality) he called for bids "for the
transportation of United States
mails by air from San Francisco
to Honolulu, thence via Midway.
Wake and Guam to Manila and
Macao"
Meanwhile, Pan-American Air
ways, confident, went ahead with
final preparations. On Oct. 25 AS
siStant Postmaster General Harllee
Branch announced that the COM
pany's bid of So mile to fly the
mails across the Pacific had been
accepted.
With weekly schedules in effect
and that is the program for the
early stages of the project-the
contract will probably cost the
government about $1664,OO0
year. Air mail for Asia will he
carried for approximately 81
half ounce; the rate for Hawaii
and the Philippines, of course, will
be proportionately less.
In making his announcement,
Mr.. Branch took occasion to DENY
reports that the government
sought to substitute an air route
which might be used to further
American dominance in the Pa
ciflc. For a number of reasons,
among them the fact that the
course of the All-American trans
oceanic airWay passes close to
japanese island possessions, such
reports had been current.
Establishment of this air line"
said Mr.. Branch, has no more to
do with any so-called imperialistic
motives on. the part of the United
States than did the substitution
of the old sailing clippers by
steamships. It's sole purpose is to
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Roosevelt Seeking Solution to Problem Of Overlapping Taxes;
Calls Experts TO Meet Next Year Troublesome Question

taxes until 1910. The overlap
ping seems to have arisen from
the necessity of finding revenues
to carry on the manifold new
functions which the Federal gov
eminent and the states have as
sumed in recent years such as So
cial and welfare measures, regula-
ton of economic forces, expanded
education facilities, highways, in
formation for the farmer, and the
like.
The tendency, naturally, was
intensified by the depression with
the demand for unemployment re-
lief, so that Federal and state
governments are found to be &C
lively competing in numerous
types of taxes. Consequently, the
point of diminishing returns has
been reached in some cases.
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A N investigation by the joint
4 n committee on Internal Reeve
nue. Taxation, an agency of Con-
gress, revealed 326 examples in
1882 of duplicate taxation by the
Federal government, the states
and territories. The committee
concluded, as a result, that the
present system of taxation is COM
plicated, cumbersome and in many
respects inequitable; that tax
revenues are disappointing in
view of the number of taxes i'm
posed, and that the tax burden,
especially in certain specific fields,
is reaching the breaking point.
At present, 26 states tax the net
income of both corporations and
individuals, two tax corporations
but not individuals, and one,
Delaware, taxes individuals but
not corporations. Three states
tax gross incomes.
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BY THOMAS L. STOKES
Times Special Writer

WAsH1NG7oN' Nov. 2s--1n
W planning a conference here
next year of Federal, state and To-
cal authorities to consider elm
ination of duplicating taxes, Pres
ident Roosevelt confronts a prob
lem that has provoked much think
ing but no solution that is gen.
orally acceptable.
Every one agrees that the re-
form is necessary and that, once
achieved, it should increase the
yield from existing taxes, con-
tribute to administrative eff
cheney and lift a load from the
harassed taxpayer who grows dizzy
filling out blanks.
The problem is of comparatively
recent origin. There was no du-
plication of Federal and state
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aid American commerce with Ash
attic nations"
IJOW greatly it will aid that
l. l. commerce should be obvious.
At the present time it takes al
most two months to send a letter
to China, receive a reply Cut the
time to a fortnight (and With the
advent of night flying on the
further stretches of the Pacific
bridge it will be little more than
half thaD and the value to bust
ness is at once apparent. Exchange
will be tremendously accelerated,
drafts which once were a month
in transit will reach their destina-
ton within a week, saving of
twentyone days interest.
Until Pan-American constructed
its 9000-mile airway all merchan-
disc went from the United States
to the Orient at the same speed.
High value, low weight goods
(style models, movie films, drugs,
small machine parts and so FORTH
plodded along in the same bottoms
with Grated automobiles and heavy
merchandise.
But now this situation, which
effectively barred great deal of
American merchandise from Far
Eastern markets, will be complete
ly changed, especially since the
railroads have formed an alliance
with the airlines which makes
each of the 10000 Railway Ex-
press Agency offices a receiving
station for Oriental air express.
With the inauguration of pas
senger service the salesman, for
less than $1,000, can put himself in
China more than two weeks be-
fore he could arrive there by
steamship; the rush orders which
he sends back to the factory, if
shipped by plane, will be received
at least week ahead of the ear
Hest delivery time of a foreign
competitor. Corporations which
have hesitated to open Far East
ern offices because of the time
element need hesitate no longer,
trip to check up on the Shanghai
branch will last little longer than
a trip across the continent.
Il
EVEN in these dubious days the
IL Far East offers $4,000 Goo
600 market. In so-called normal
times the trade stake has been
more than twice that.
Will Pan-American'S flying clip
per be able to operate over their
long sky bridge on a sound eco
nomic basis? 1t is scarcely likely
that so hard-headed a corpora
ton, with its backlog of South
American experience, would have
invested more than $4,000OOo in
the project unless the answer was
affirmative; nevertheless, the ques-
ton has been raised, almost al
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what the famous author once said
about Carnegie. Cyril Clemens,
cousin Of the humorist relates
that: once Mark Twain was talk
ing to friend who had a hard
time making both ends meet. When
Carnegie's name came up for dis
cussion the friend remarked, old
Carnegie's money is all tainted
Yes, it is replied Twain
taking his pipe from his mouth,
faint yours and faint mine"
l think that it would have been
better if Mark Twain had kept the
pipe in his mouth, but since he
failed to it should be the duty of
his relatives to let his poorer puns
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Tobacco taxes have been i'm
posed in Is states. General sales
taxes are on the books in %
states, but recently there has been
a reaction against this sort of i'm
post. Gasoline taxes are levied
in every state, and inheritance
taxes in every state but Nevada.
The Commerce Department re-
Gently republished a survey by the
Food Field Reporter, showing that
manufacturer of grocery products
pay at least 113 different taxes
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Needed-A House CIeuuino

ME- questions reveal public opinion in every
Il group. The trip has not provided for this
column the expected sparkle of variety because re-
CARELESS of complete diversity of locality and groun
gs the reactions are absolutely identical-that the
theme down to CD is gospel, and then come two
questions: WV
l. II this Administration, elected on the 1882 pro-
gram, so perverted it, how do we know that if re-
electeo, II wouldn't pervert a return to it?
T. Even II 1t rid itself of the influences that ner
verified 1t. how do We know that, if reelected il
wouldn't recall them?
the mouse must be cleaned and set in order at
once-thoroughly ana emphatically
Copyright. 1885, by Unite Feature Syndicate Incl
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today's hand. West either must
lead trump or a suit headed by
a king. In reviewing the bidding,
you will find that North and
South both have shown weakness
in diamonds; therefore, the dia-
mond suit is the only one to open.
Lay down the king of diamonds
and the hand is held to four-odd,
as west will now make a trump.
With any other opening, six-odd
is easy and seven-odd can be
made in double dummy fashion.
Downright. 1885, NEA Service, Incl
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RECITAL Is ARRANGED
BY COUNTY w. C. T. u.
Proceeds of Dec. 6 Musical Go to
Frances willard Fund.

Proceeds of Dec. 6 Musical Go to
Frances Willard Fund.
Marion County W. c. T. U. is to
sponsor a Christmas recital at 8
Friday night, Dec. 6, in the First
Baptist Church. Artists are to be
Mrs. Jane johnson Burroughs. Bo-
mar Cramer and Tony Poggiani.
Proceeds are for the Frances Will
lard centenary education fund.
Mrs E. A. Williams is chairman;
Mrs. Fred Masters in charge of ush-
ers assisted by the Misses Winniford
Ward, Josephine Ragsdale, Margaret
Sussenjuth, Mary Askren, Betty
Unversaw, Ruby Bailey, Dorothy
Bube.
Mrs L. Z. Shultz and Mrs. o. S.
Jaquith are to preside.
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SPORES SENT ID MILES
ALOFT STILL LIVING
First Scientific Conclusion Drawn
From Shakespeare Flight.

By NcIeHc6 NtTDlcG
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Surviv-
ing conditions where man would die,
tiny spores of important plant dis
eases are growing in a laboratory
of the Department of Agriculture
here after journeying nearly 1874
miles into the stratosphere with the
balloon Explorer II.
Discovery that spores can still
live after being sent to an altitude
OF 1895 feet is the first scientific
conclusion from the recent ascen-
sion sponsored by the National
Geographic Society and the United
States Army Air Corps.
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the Old Deal. leaving our farm
and unemployment problems to
work themselves out.
,. That the reactionaries offer
neither plan nor a man-only a
return to Hooverism:
3. That the New Deal of the
1892 campaign and its execution
for the first six months of 1888
were the answer.
4. That it has since gone to
dangerous extremes.
3. That in the coming election
the country must have some other
choice than extreme radicalism or
extreme reaction.
6. That the only hope is to
realign the New Deal to the 1882
program.
7. That liberalism is diffuSed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-29
SOUTH DAKOTA OPENS
TWO WOMEN'S CAMPS

Glasses to Be Taught in Project
Started by Western State.
By United Press
PIERRE, S. D., Nov. 29-Patterned
after the mountain camps sponsored
by Mrs. Roosevelt for unemployed
girls, two educational camps for
women have been opened in South
Dakota. Glasses scheduled to be
taught include English. history,
nome economics, domestic science,
sociology and current events.
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HJeemc TO Me
A
Haywood BROUN

TT is entirely fitting that there should be CEN
Il tennia celebration of the birthday of such dis
tinguished American Mark Twain, but it seems to
me regrettable that it should be organized as sort
OF high pressure drive. The hundredth birthday of
even the quick should be passed quietly
Specifically am against the hauling out of Twain
trivalities Surely 1t not be maintained that
every word the wrote or spoke was precious For
instance see dispatch from St Louis which recalls
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Literary Notes

Harper g. Bros have acquired the medical book
publishing business of Paul B. Hoeber. Inc, which
was established in 1901 medical bookstore. Since
1909 the firm has pioneered in the publication of
authoritative medical books. Paul B. Hoeber, the
founder will be in charge of the medical book de-
partment for Harpers
T. S Stribling's new novel The Sound Wagon"
which will be out just after Christmas is not about
the South. His setting this time is Eastern city
and the book is described a political satire
The Memoirs of Fanny Brice" will soon appear in
Cosmopolitan
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The My/JeeA
DY
GEN.HUGHSJOHNSON

CHICAGO, Nov. 81 undertook this trip thinking
Nit would this column to comb and report
public opinion. In variety of groups in every part
of the United States 1t is not lecture 1t is
a debate with audienceS-17 of them in 25 days-a
different short proposition presented in each
then an hour of free gve-and take
discussion
The general theme is this:
l. That this country can't and won't 60 back TO
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won't go back to

.. mat liberalism is diffused and hard to lead
while conservatism is compact and organized and
that the sole hope of liberalism is Franklin Roosevelt
because ne is the only man who can compare liberal
diversity. '00'"-
g. The the solution is to convince him that the
country is liberal but not radical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-29

For the first time in its history the Book of the
Month Club has selected book of general science
us January choice is The Next Hundred Years"
suotitied The Unfinished Business of Science" The
author is c. c. Furnas associate professor of chem
ich engineering at Yale University; the publisher
Reynal s. Hitchcock