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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19

District bill running to 5 per cent and
Virginia to only 3.
The District Of Columbia corporation
tax rate Of per cent is per cent
higher than the Virginia rate Of J
per cent ON the entire net income Of
the corporation or portion thereof al
locable to Virginia"
All corporations here in the District,
such as banks, utilities, insurance
companies and others, which pay a
tax on their gross earnings, gross re-
ceipts or premium receipts would be
exempt from the new income tax.
The local income tax returns must
be filed by both individuals. and cor
porations in April Of each year. One
half Of the tax is due at the time the
return Is filed and the second half is
due In October. Penalties are pro-
vided for failure to file and to pay.
Net income is to be computed on the
basis OF the taxpayers annual &C
counting period, fiscal or calendar
year, but If the taxpayer has no fixed
fiscal year the computation is to be
made In manner fixed by the assessor
Of the District Of Columbia, so as
clearly to reflect income
To determine the net income the
bill allows several deductions, such as
all interest paid on indebtedness;
debts ascertained to be worthless,
taxes paid, ordinary and necessary
expenses paid during the year in car
rylng on business or profession or
occupation, including a reasonable al
loWance for salaries or personal serv-
ice actually rendered.
Other deductions include certain
losses not compensated for by In
surance, a reasonable allowance for
the exhaustion, wear and tear and
obsolescence Of property used in busi-
ness; contributions or gifts of certain
kinds, such as religious and charita-
Die; dividends or incomes from stocks
or interest in any corporation joint
STOCK company or association, the in
come OF which is assessed elsewhere
IN the act, and dividends received on
shares OF corporations doing business
here, which are required to pay a tax
on gross earnings or gross receipts.
Procedure is outlined for ascertain
ment Of capital gain or loss for the
purpose Of reporting in the return.
A sharp check on salaries and wages
actually paid in the District is pro-
vided by system Of gaining "informa-
ton at the source" from employers,
who are required to report to the as
SCISSOR salaries, wages and other COM
pensation paid to any person In excess
Of $1,000 a year.
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ARMY TO LEND SCOUTS
EQUIPMENT FOR CAMP
War Department Authority Given
IN Bill Signed by President.
Tax Also Raised.

Boy Scouts attending the world
Jamboree, to be held here late in
June, will be able to borrow equip
ment for their camp to be located in
Potomac.
Authority for the War Department
to lend this equipment was made
possible In a bill signed by the Presi-
dent today. This bill also authorizes
the commissioner OF internal revenue
to remit the tax on steamship tickets.
purchased by Boy Scouts attending
the jamboree and also authorizes the
Secretary Of State to issue passports
TO bona flde Scouts and Scouters with
out fee.
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YOUR TAXES
What You Would Pay and How Under
the Bills Proposed in the House.
article No. 7-Locdl Income Tax (Continued).
ESTIMATED YIELD-se, 900 900.

PURPOSE-To substitute for present tax intangible property
AFFECTS-An locally derived corporation
OF $1,000 single
married Would
within definition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19

South Wales is seeking the Is.
Enlistment of a national park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
DENIES INCREASE
muse OF ALCOHOL
Mrs. Roosevelt Laughs at
Capt. Gaston's Charges
Before Bible Class.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today
laughed aside charges made yesterday
that more alcohol is now being con-
sumed by guests at the White House
than for many years past.
Mrs. Roosevelt, speaking at press
conference, had reference to an ad-
dress made yesterday by Capt. Edward
Page Castor. American founder Of the
World Prohibition Federation, before
the Box Bible Glass of Emory Metho-
dist church.
Rum Reported Received.
Capt. CASTOR had said that he I'M
derstood that "a consignment of St.
Croix rum has been presented to Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, Cabinet and
other officials for dispensing to their
visitors, as gesture to encourage the
use OF this potent beverage by the
American people"
Rum consignments may have been
received at the executive mansion,
Mrs. Roosevelt told her press confer
ence, but added that she wasn't even
sure how rum should be used.
Capt. CASTOR concluded from his in
formation that parents Of debutantes
and other young people may now ex-
pect their offspring to arrive home
from smart official and other parties
in an additionally befuddled condi-
ton"
Mrs. Roosevelt, however, said she
doubted if anybody would arrive home
from the White House in even q
slightly befuddled" condition.
Wine Use Increase Denied.
She also expressed the belief that
no more wine is being served At the
Executive Mansion than at any tim
sine the repeal Of prohibition
The Presidents wife faces a busy
day tomorrow, with small luncheon
at the White House to be followed
by an inspection Of the Goodwill In
dustries at 230 pm; reception for
the Children of the American Revo.
luton at the White House at $50 pm,
a brief address at the flftieth anniver-
sary celebration Of the Young Women's
Christian Home at 4:30 pm, and at
tendance at opening exercises at the
Police Boys Club for colored youths,
1900 U street, at $50 pm.
She will begin series of radio
hEoadcasts at tbs pm Wednesday,
and next week will fill lecture engage
ments at Hartford and Scranton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19

Puget Sound. An examination Of the
paths through his flve-acre gardens,
he said, indicated the man had
prowled them thoroughly in preparing
for his getaway. The doctor said he
believed an automobile waited on the
shore-line street below the home to
pick up abductor and victim.
DR.. Mattson said his wife Is now
recovering satisfactorily from the
shock of Charles Staying, although she
has been acutely nervous and prone
to see kidnapers everywhere"
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NEW THREATSSENT
MATTS0N FAMILY
Brother and Sister of Slain
Boy Targets of Letter
Writers.

O'~~' Wv IVA oetcofe, AV-VCAT zulu 8UH
OF prominent Tacoma, Wash,
doctor. ,oas kidnapped as he played
Dtth his brothers and sisters in his
home last December II. One OF the
most intensive searches in West
Coast history tollowed. Ransom
note demanded payment OF large
sum OF money. Body OF child ,pas
found In thicket near Everett,
Wash, January II. Search for
kidnap- slayer has continued, but
crime is still unsolued.
BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, April 19.-Dr. w.
w. Mattson, father of slain Charles
Mattson, 10. revealed today new
threats have been made against men,
bers Of his family, but he expressed
confidence his sons kidnap-slayer
soon would be captured.
The father said lives Of Muriel, his
15-year-old daughter, and william.
Is. his remaining son, have both been
threatened. He expressed belief the
threats were from "cranks."
In the first interview granted since
Charles body was found DR.. Mattson
disclosed the threats came in the flood
OF letters delivered at his home every
day since the kidnapping. The last. it
was learned, was made less than two
weeks ago.
They worry Mrs. Mattson," the
physician said, but J. am confident
they are simply the work OF cranks.
Undoubtedly. they represent the GRIM
lnal element which valks our streets
every day as a potential menace to
every family"
40 G-Men on Scene.
He admitted each threatening letter
Is carefully scrutinized by Federal
Bureau Of Investigation agents, some
40 Of whom are still stationed in Ia
coma. Refusing to discuss actual
progress Of the hunt for Charles
killer, he said:
Il have great hope we will get a
break in the search soon and be able
to put these murderers out Of circula
ton"
Apparently certain more than one
person participated In the crime, Dr.
Mattson blamed easy parole systems
for the kidnapping, and asserted Ia
coma's lack of police protection waa
responsible for the selection Of his son
as a victim.
Criminals should be treated as We
do medical cases." he said; "lepers are
isolated permanently In leper colonies
But even leper is not as dangerous
to society as this Ckidnaping) type of
criminal. You can recognize a leper;
but the man who walks unnoticed be-
side you in the street may be a
criminal
Il believe the men who kidnapped
my son watched the house for nearly
q week before the crime. 1t is shame
ful that Tacoma is not well enough
policed to prevent such a crime or to
allow capture of the criminals II
| officers had been able to Isolate the
peninsula on which my home is stu
ated within a few minutes after the
AAaAA6PAl1Ss llley LlI6Il IlANe saved
Charley-but what can you do with
only four prowl cars?
Police Force Held Too Small.
Criminals know Tacoma's police
force Is the most undermined on the
coast. That's why this town has been
the site Of two major kidnapings."
DR.. Mattson said he believed the
actual kidnaper escaped from the
Mattson home down the bluff toward
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Tries to Live Up to Name.

WATERBURY, Conn. OP.- A young
man brought into the police station
was in no condition to give his name,
but the desk sergeant suggested they
might call him, for booking purposes,
Diogenes Doe. He was found wan
dering in the center of town at high
noon holding aloft q lighted candle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19

Criminals know Tacoma's police
force is the most undermined on the
coast. That's why this town has been
the site Of two major kidnapings."
DR.. Mattson said he believed the
actual kidnaper escaped from the
Mattson home down the bluff toward
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WAITER is FOUND DEAD
IN GAS.FILLED KITCHEN
Frank Forde, SO, Is Discovered By
Friend Who Narrowly Es-
capped Death.

Frank Forde. SO. waiter at the
Mayf1ower Hotel, was found dead to-
day in the gas-fllled kitchen Of his
home at 2l36 o street by Malachy
Clavin, 20, Of 2l47 P street, a friend.
Clavin, who had stayed overnight
at Forbes home, told police he mar
rowly escaped the fate Of his friend
He awakened almost suffocating in
the gas-filled house, Clavin asserted
Rushing to the kitchen, he turned of
the stove jets and barely managed to
reach the street without collapsing.
Forde had been dead six or seven
hours before his body was discovered
physicians said. According to neigh
bors, he had been respondent over
poor health.
Police said Forde had no relatives
In this city. He is said to have owned
the house In which he died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19

This is the fourth and final dr.
ticle OF a series OF four on the local
income tar. Yesterdays article
discussed some OF the complica-
tions in collecting OF the local in
come tar resulting from conditions
peculiar to the District OF Column
bid. Today's article discusses pro-
posed District OF Columbia rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19

500 N. Y. Ave. NV. Met. 2O42.
MoviLg, Packing and Shipping.
Local and Long Distance MOVING,
Rug Cleaning, Private Rooms.
Evening star., 1937-03-04

ulated as the only expedient course to
follow.
All the steel companies have been
having a hard time of it during the
depression, and in 1885 they earned
only $50 900 900, whereas in 1896 they
pushed their earnings up to $150,000.-
900, which is not very high rate Of
return on q $500, 100000 net worth
of capital for the whole industry.
When it is considered that the wage
increases last Autumn and the new
increases just granted will require
5000 100000 a year, and that the
whole industry made profits of only
$3.50 100000 last year, it is apparent
who is going to have to pay the bill
the consumers of steel.
AS living costs 60 up, indeed as
prices rise, the administration may
find itself face to face with the fact
that real wages are going down and
that money wages cannot be increased
fast enough to take care of the living
costs of the average family. That's
what the politically managed settle
ment and new expenses forced on the
entire steel industry may mean in
the long run.
(Copyrisht. 1879
Evening star., 1937-03-04

increase in labor charges in the steel
industry. Steel is used in automobiles,
In making cars and rails for railroads,
in house and Office building conStruc-
ton, in food containers, in manufac-
turing plants of various kinds, in
cluding the electric power and light
industry.
But, ironically enough, with all the
clamor about keeping America out OF
war and controlling war profits, 1t
Is the threat of war in Europe on
which the workingmen in America
are cashing in today. The price and
tonnage of production are being
forced upward in steel because of an
extraordinary demand throughout the
world for metals.
Battled Behind Scenes.
Under such circumstances, the John
L. Lewis unions were ready to bring
about a strike in the steel industry.
Behind the scenes, an unprecedented
battle was carried on. The true story
probably never will be told publicly
by the principals and must be pieced
together from various sources.
First Of all, the various members
OF the steel industry had an under
standing that they would work to-
eether on labor problems through
the American Iron and Steel 1nstl-
tute. Last July, public statement
OF labor policy was made.
,l A.. q. ooIlod i,,dapondant
companies initiated the wage increase
and 40-hour week and were under the
impression that the United States
Steel Corporation was not yet ready
to agree.
Third, the United States Steel
Corp. carried on separately a nego-
tiation with John L. Lewis, and when
the independent companies were about
to announce their wage increases and
4o-hour week as the result Of nego-
tiation with their own employe rep
reSentative groups, the United states
Steel Corp. asked that action be de-
ferred until John Lewis could get
into the picture.
Unfriendly Gesture Seen.
Fourth, as soon as the independent
companies announced their wage in
crease, United States Steel suddenly
permitted a subsidiary company to
make an agreement with the John
Lewis union-a step that is regarded
by the independents as by no means
q friendly gesture to them, but as
Q step calculated to endeavor to force
them to desert the employe repre-
sentation groups.
There is much talk, therefore,
among the independent steel COM
panies Of refusing to sell out their
men" and some criticism Of the
United States Steel Corps course as
dictated by expediency, especially
since it is identified with the C.. I. o.
Of Lewis creation.
From the wording of the agreement
reached between the steel corporation
and the c. l. o. it is being inferred
that the bargaining of the future
will be with the C. I. o. or the en-
ploye representative groups, and that
the American Federation of Labor
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groups will find themselves on the
outside.
Unquestionably Lewis was willing
to make some concessions so as to
get his foot inside the door in the
steel industry. To be able to split
the steel industry and line up the
United States Steel Corp. on his
side, as against all independents,
was no small accomplishment.
Coincident with the reports Of criti-
cism of the United States Steel Corp.
for breaking with the other members
of the steel industry comes revela-
ton of the active pressure exerted by
the Government, especially through
the Walsh Healey act. 1t has been
rumored for some time that Mr..
Roosevelt threatened to 60 on the
radio and denounce all the steel COM
panies for refusing to bid on battle
ship steel due to their refusal to put
in a 4O-hour week as required by
the Walsh -Healey law for any Gov
ernment contracts.
In Germany, as in Italy, when CEN
tralized government began to use the
weapons Of executive pressure, big
business, and particularly steel, capit-
Evening star., 1937-03-04

around her neck, 50 to speak" She
started improving conditions at OK
ford, Miss, where she was born by or
ganizing clubs to interest poor women
to make the most Of what they had
By beautifying their houses and yards.
Her father, the late william v. Sull-
van, was q Judge in Mississil pi and
later Senator, in President McKinley's
administration. motherless. blue
eyed, red-haired girl, ElleI Sullivan
was her fathers constant companion.
She was married to the late Judge Al
bert Y. Woodward and mas one son.
Pursued Career.
"I have always been interested p
people, civic affairs and welfare WORK.
Mrs. Woodward declared. She has fol-
lowed these interests faithfully. In
1925 sh was elected to the Mississippi
legislature She was executiv direc-
tor Of the Mississippi State Civic De-
velopment Board, executive secretary
of the State Research Commission, be-
sides serving on the States Board Of
Public Welfare by appointme Of the
Governor.
Labor-wise women have had boost.
Mrs. woodward says that in w. P. A.
needy women receive equal considera-
ton with men in jobs and rates Of
pay" About 20 types Of projects
function under her supervision. The
needs of body and mind are Needed in
projects of nursing. housekeeping,
school lunches, sewing, statistical re-
search, clerical, library, the arts.
School lunch projects give more than
1000, 900 children daily a MONDAY
meal.
Cites S.ccess.
"They have all pumped out amaz-
ingly," Mrs Woodward observed. Sew
Ing projects give 235.000 women en-
ployment making clothing and house
hold equipment for unemployables and
State institutions Housekeeping aides
do everything from scrubbing the
floor to bathing the baby for sick fam
lilies. Library projects extend service
to remote regions. -Four w. p A.
| workers rode around the Kentucky
mountains delivering books to book
hungry mountaineers," Mrs. woodward
said. Federal arts projects help thou
sands Of men and women to develop
their skill Symphony orchestra,
bands, choruses have sprung up LIE
mushrooms. Public buildings hale
acquired modern sculpture and paint
! ingS.
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licans realized that they were, all
told, only 16, only one-sixth OF the
Senate. They realized that If the pro-
posal were to be beaten, it must be
beaten by Democrats. They realized
that If Republicans made themselves
Immediately conspicuous in opposi-
ton, it might be less easy for some
Democrats to join. The Republicans
knew, in short, that II the proposal
were to be beaten, or if even a formi-
dable showing against 1t were to be
made, it must be case not OF
Democrats joining Republicans but
Of Republicans joining Democrats. for
in any formidable showing Of oppo-
sition, more votes must come from
Democrats than from Republicans.
This situation is a reflection Of a
deep-lying condition. Ever since last
Novembers election, indeed ever since
the New Deal emerged. it has been
apparent that there was possibility
of a new political lineup in America.
Granting that the two-party tradition
and practice Is to continue, one OF
two developments must come about.
Either the Republican party must re-
vive and achieve very much larger
representation in the Senate and
House; or, in the absence Of that, the
Democratic party must split and pro-
vide both the factors of two-party
system.
Which OF these two outcomes will
eventuate Is still uncertain. There is
a group of reasons which points to-
ward disappearance Of the Republic
can party. There Is another group Of
reasons which points toward division
of the Democratic party into two. This
latter set Of causes is very strong.
States Rights Issue.
The New Deal and Mr.. Roosevelt
are on the opposite side from several
of the oldest and most strongly held
Democratic traditions. The Demo-
cratic party as it was up to and in
cluding the administration Of Wood
row Wilson was so different from the
New Deal that the two are practically
irreconcilable. The Democratic party
supported State rights-and it is pre-
cisely for the purpose, among others.
of greatly reducing State rights, that
Mr. Roosevelt now proposes q
changed Interpretation Of the Consti-
tuition. to be brought about by en-
largement of the court. The Demo-
cratic party advocated strict construc-
ton of the Constitution-and it Is be-
cause Of strict construction that Mr..
Roosevelt now makes his attack upon
the Supreme Court. The Democratic
party in the first century and a quar-
ter of its existence, fought increasingly
against expansion and Capitalization
of Federal power-and the centralizng
of more power at Washington is one
of Mr. Roosevelt's purposes in his at
tack on the Supreme Court. Certainly,
if the Democratic party is to divide
into two, the old name and brand
Democratic" should in fairness go to
Evening star., 1937-03-04

things and to do something about them
example, this column mould like to response to its
Presidents not be dH but
broad fields affecting the public eare Who should
court? Should they all be ldTyes? So Which
ow about economists financial experts ooogst farm
labor specialists?
tribunal which successfully asserted its
social life? no who?
these problems based public opinion
dictatorship possible
under any independence judiciary
panels Judges to the President on the
assumption court will be packed anyhow instead waiting for
u what we're going to eet-and like it!
Evening star., 1937-03-04

ingon him
sensible consider the OF
would like the than wall that all lost the
American way S being short weighted
Let's look at aown strikes for what they most efec-
industrial struggle
bargaining position against
uthout
ousted, 1t pery important fact.
that should the
fast
affairs obviously important for try to
rather than
that wicked fellow would have made better sense for
succeed conquest Ethiopia instead
shouting q most immoral proceeding
snguarly record of prejudice and msinformation
proclaim that the
Communist experiment failure and then rush. for short period
conclusion that it a gigantic
hostility Roosevelt and his plans
years Making
opposition succeeded
good program action that action
mistaken
impossible the President
the time when criticism would have
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Military Attache Relieved.

Lieut.. Col. Martin C. Shallenberger.
Infantry. has been ordered relieved
Of duty as military attache to Austria
and Hungary. the War Department
announced. He will leave his station
in Vienna about June / and. upon
return to the United States, will be
assigned to duty with the 18th In
fantry at Fort Adams, r. !.
Evening star., 1937-03-04
We, the People
Energy of Walls at Lost Causes Gould Well Help
Map Future Course.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.


that should
gbng but public opinion could certainly
force general life We could lose
he?"
pulpit bar
President Roosevt proposal
point Supreme Justices little earlier the Nation
rocked with John Lewis tdown
ndgnaions toward
communism in Russia the Italian conquest OF
japanese
the Deal
We are entitled feelings pcked
Evening star., 1937-03-04
Home Exhibit to Continue.

The exhibit Of photographs Of early
American houses Of Virginia, Mary
land, the Carolinas and st. Angus
tine, Fla, by Frances Benjamin john
ston, now being held in the foyer OF
the National Museum, Tenth street
and Constitution avenue, will continue
through March 10, it was announced
today.
Evening star., 1937-03-04

first Republican
Senator to speak.
Excepting his, the
several radio ad-
dresses by Sena-
tors against the
Presidents pro-
poSal have been
by Democrats.
his sile n t
waiting by Re-
publican s e n a.
tors has been
largely deliberate.
Immediately after
the p re S / d e n t
made his pro-
pOsal the ReDllb.
Evening star., 1937-03-04

This huge sum
the biggest in
crease in labor
costs ever at
temped in any
IL month period
will be reflected
soon in increased
prices Of con-
struction. S t e e ]
and its by-prod-
ucts are so uni
versally used that
the average per-
son isn't aware
of how far-reach-
ing is the effect
of q % nor rent
Evening star., 1937-03-04
SteelPayGives
Impetus to
Initiation
Consumers to Foot Bill
Rising Costs to Cut
Real Wages.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

w YHEN the public gets the bill
\A/ for what has happened in
Wv the last 48 hours in the
steel industry, it will real
ize the true meaning of the addition
of Oo,0O0,Oo0 to the annual cost Of
ctao1