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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
SHORT SHOTS

to the report that Tennessee al
ready signed to play in the Or
ange bowl in Miami next Janu-
airy and won't be open for bids
TO the Rose or Cotton or Sugar
bowls Don't be surprised
il the Preakness increases its
purse to 100000 next year and
joins the Santa Anita Handicap
as racing's most golden gal
lop -.
The six-day bicycle race is on
again in Madison Square Gar
den, and the man who said the
only thing wrong is that 1t isn't
held on a straightaway track
leading due west, is still right
Gone With the Winds best
seller record was endangered
today with the appearance from
the press of Joseph C. Dono-
vans "Galento the Great" the
authorized story of Two-Ton
With no intention of belittling
Carl Hubbell's comeback victory
over the Phillies I would like TO
point out that the win doesn't
necessarily mean that the meal
tickets arm is okay again. be-
cause Carl has always been able
10 beat the Pills simply by
walking out on the field
In his IL years in the majors he
has licked the Phils 80 times
against IL defeats :. The bill
to legalize racing in New Jersey
hasn't yet been passed by the
people, but the sportswriters Of
the state already have organized
a turf writers association -.
TRYING to Agree
The New York boxing COM
mission and the y. 3. A. who
disagree about most things are
trying to get together to decide
the fate of John Henry Lewis
who has been barred from fight
ing in Michigan and England
because of failing eyesight .
The n. B. A. still recognizes him
as world light heavyweight
champion and the New York
body wants the association 20
come around to their man Melio
Bettina :.
The L. s. polo team which will
defend the Westchester Cup
against the British In June will
be q 40-goal outfit The
quartet of 10-goalers who will
lineup for today's test match are
Mike Phipps. Cecil Smith. Tom
nv Hitchcock and Stew lyle
hart Bill Terry was really
desperate when he signed up
old man Tony Lazzeri to play
third But Tony can't do
any worse than Nyatt and Chi
ORA and he still gets his share
Of hits :.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
PASSEAu TO
CUB OUTFIT

PunADELPHIA-Claude Pas
seau. veteran Philadelphia Phillies
pitcher. went to the Chicago Cubs
today in trade for Outfielder Joe
Marty and Pitchers Ray Harrell
and Kirby Higbe.
A trade Of one Of the Phils' best
pitchers had been expected because
of the losing streak Of the local
club. II was hoped Martyrs hit
ting would bolster the Phils' weak
nena q the plate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
ABERDEEN TENNIS TEAM WINNER

werp OF Vancouver, 3-6, rs. SO.
Styner and Palmer trounced
Preble- Donovan of Aberdeen, 6-3,
6-1. Lynn defeated Bonnie Carey
of Aberdeen, 60, Cd. keegan-
Scallion overcome Miller-Hatcher
OF Shelton, 46, ST., 6-2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

Going into the Tigers half OF
the seventh the Solons were out in
front to : as a result of weird
yet exciting first half seventh in
which the visitors overcame
TO . lead with a seven-run barrage.
Opening the Tiger half of the
frame Reich hit through shortstop.
Abbott walked and so did Noun
tain. Then Garretson hit into
double play, Williams to Barton,
which killed off Mountain on the
way to second. Williams merely
tagged him out. But Reich scored.
Hartman walked TO give the
Tigers new hope.
CLIFFORD HITS ONE
Clifford knocked a hard base
hit off Moorehouse's right ear at
third and Abbott was over with
the tying run. You could hear the
crowd yodeling far over the prairie
lands to the south.
And then the hero stepped
into the picture. II was the
venerable Hal Rhyme. manager
OF the Tigers. He had decided
to bat for Al Miller, the young
hurler obtained from Port
lands Coast leaguers. As
Hal, the popular one. stepped
into the batter's box the crowd
called for a hit.
So, what could Hal do but blast
the ball straight on line into
center field Not a hard hit ball
but just a fair-country hit, as
clean as the proverbial whistle.
Hartman, who had gone to Sec
ond on Clifford's hit. scampered
across the can with the winning
run. That is, it proved to be the
needed counter.
Medeghini took the hill for the
Tigers in the eighth and finished,
allowing only one hit.
Tacoma used three pitchers.
Lefty Isekite went the first four
and hurled fine baseball, striking
out six Solons. Miller took over
the task to be followed by Mede-
ghini.
Sacramento used Oscar Judd,
southpaw, all the way, the seven
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

Sacrifice hit. Rush: tpo-base hits,
Rigney. McG!nnis. Stewart. Msndish.
Lightner: three base hits Volpi: dou-
bic plays Stockrnan 20 Swift 70 Light
ner. Swift 20 Lshtner, Bliss 20 Stock
man 20 Lightner; left on bases. Bell
ingham 6 Vancouver 6 10 hits 5
ruEs off Bray in 9 plus innings:
losing pitcher. Soiuils. struck out. by
Osborn g. baset on balls. off Bra 2.
time Of game :o5. umpires, Stewart
and Randolph.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
Softba1l Games for Wednesday
Sis r. NJ.

Commercial League Retail
Clerks VS.. Wheeler Osgood Sales.
jefferson: Postoffiee VS.. Sizer 4
mpany. jefferson: Weyer-
hseusers VS.. Buffelen Lumber, Hsr-
mon; Tacoma Drug Company Va.
Office outfitters, postponed to
Thursday.
observation-disclosures Luth-
eran vs.. Central Lutheran, Sta
dunn; Sons of Pericles vs.. Zion Lu-
theran. Stewart; Asbury Nj. f. vs..
Tacoma Naval Reserve. Edison.
Gam.s for Thursday
City A Leaguc-Alt Heidelberg
VS.. johnson Paint, Mckinley.
City B League-Jensen Fuel Co.
W. French Bakery. Mckinley:
Iverson Walker Brake Service W.
White Eagle Tavern. Harmon.
Labor Union LcAgue-Musicians
w. Bakers. Stadium: Garage En-
ployes vs. Chemical Workers, Port
land Avenue.
Commercial League - Tacoma
Drug Company VS.. Office Outfit
tiers. jefferson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
Rhyme Drives In
Winnin3COunter
BY ELLIOTT NuETCALF

Western leaders Class vsnoPed
Soions exhibition
Athletic park night.
figures represent
everything happen the
pling o 10 o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
CAENTO WORKS
FOR RING BOUT

A6BURY PARK. n. b. Tony
Galento. in training for his sched-
uled worlds heavyweight cham
pionship fight with Joe Louis At
Yankee stadium on June 20. con-
fined his work today to q seven
mile road jaunt.
Calento continues has morning
and afternoon sessions tomorrow,
He will also don the gloves on
Wednesday and Thursday, going
BY auto TO the Lou Nova-Max Baer
bout after his workout on Thurs
day.
calento picks Nova to outpoini
lGnxfe-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
Chinooks Lose
Tough Battle

VANCOUVER, B. C.-Vancou-
yer Capilanos yesterday defeated
Bellingham, S to 5, in Western In
ternational league play here.
BELLINGHAM
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walks he issued playing an i'm
portsnt part in his defeat.
The Solons went into the lead in
the second inning when Art Carl
bsldi, third sscker, cracked an
Isekite offering over the left field
wall.
TIGERS SCORE FIVE
The Tigers were not dismsyed,
however, for they came back in
their half of the session TO score
five runs on two hits, two walks
and two wild throws to first by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

salute for the fair treatment IL
hands Preakness visitors
There is little or no raise in
rates for room, board or trans
portation 4 reader writes
In with suggestion that a good
way for baseball to honor its
inventor. Abner Doubleday,
would be to make his name
part of the games language and
refer to doubleheaders rs
"doubledays." :.
Take Ii. Steve
The suggestion is hereby
turned over to Steve flanagan
and his associates who are pub
licizing baseball in this, its
Tooth year Sunny jim
Fitzsimmons has been working
with horses ever since he was
Is when he started riding win
ners at the old Sheepshead Bay
track And that was just
So years ago Speaking Of
horses, keep an eye on Volitant,
the big fellow owned by George
Bull He got knocked all
over the place in the Wood, the
Derby and the Preakness, but
one of these days he is going to
have good racing luck and win
himself big stake
Wonder II there is any truth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
SUMMARY

Sacrifice hits Isekite: tvo-base
hits. Marshall ? Williams. Mates,
Mountain. three base hit. Mattos:
home runs. Garibsldi. erik; double
plays. Judd TO Orengo to Barton;
Williams TO Barton: Colbern TO Har-
riman TO Garretson left on bases,
Sacramento 6. Tacoma g: hits 2
runs off Isekite in 4 innings. hits
7 runs off Miller in 3 innings. l hit
no runs off Medeghini in 2 innings:
winning pitcher. Miller; struck out
by Judd 4, by lsekite s, by Miller
2; bases on balls off Judd 7. off
Isekite =. off Miller a.. hit by pitched
2:l5; umpires. Nelson and Clarke.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
BEAT
HUSKIESBY7 rs

PULLMAN - The Washington
State college baseball team chased
across three runs In the ninth
inning of its game yesterday with
the University Of Washington to
win. Z TO s. and assured itself of
second place in northern division.
Pacific Coast conference stand
ings.
r H f
Washington .......... IL j
w. s. c. ............ IL
johnson and Jorgenson: kinna-
man, McCollum and Eastman.
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Tigers Defeat SOIOnS of Coast LOOP, 10 to g
johnson Club
Scores Again

Masterful clutch pitching by
Bus Anderson and a short-hsnded
opposition gave johnson Paint
to 8 victory over Cammarano
Brothers in the City Class "A"
game Monday night at. Mckinley
diamond.
The victory boosts the Painters
to a game and half lead In first
place.
In the first half of the first,
second and sixth innings the Bot
tiers had runners on second and
third with two out, but Anderson
put on the brakes with strikeouts.
two Of them against last seasons
best batter in the city, Jerry Tur-
ncr.
With the Camms playing only
nine men, the Painters dropped
three out of their five hits into
the unprotected short-field area
and pushed across five runs be-
fore the Bottlcrs could field a full
team.
Thc first Of the seventh
looked Hike = rally for the
Bottlers. with Wes Hudson
getting his third hit Of the
game and Bill Moore his first
single and . wild pitch 10
put men on second and third
with none out. Moore Was out
trying TO score ON . passed
hall and Hudson scored after
IN infield out. The game Was
over when Bob Samson flied
out.
Two upsets in City Class .'B"
really paved the way toward
establishing Tacoma French Ba-
kerry rs an odds-on favorite to
win the pennant The Bakers de-
feated Wartenbe Service. IL to /,
TO 60 into a two-game lead over
the second place Active Club.
White Eagle Tavern rose out Of
the cellar and applied three dou-
BILE plays to the Active Club rail-
lies and surprised everyone. in
GLIDING themselves, with IL to
. victory. Iverson 4 Walker
Brakes appeared to have hit their
stride at last, turning in a IL to
10 victory over the Fuelmen.
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City Cinks "a
At Mckinley No. 2:
Cammarnno Bros ..s o 1
johnson Paint .....s S 4
HUDSON and Moore; Anderson and
eteinauer.
City Class n"
At Mckinley No. /:
Active Club .........2 7 s
White Eagle ...a.....l4 II o
Siimkowski and MoWilliams; saka-
llk and Grodek
Al jefferson No. l.:
Jensen Fuel ..........lo ~ l
Nelson. " Fawcett. Mahnkey and
A. Fawcett: Butsch and Schurb.
At jefferson No. a.
French Bakery ..........11 IL 3
Wsrtenbe Service ....i S 3
Marone and Jensen; Dsrlind and
johnson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Dnlt1more 4. Syracuse 2.
Jenney City 9. Newark ..
Evening star., 1939-03-12

This slim and graceful design
has dual personality both
charming! In the long length. un-
belted. it offers you a glamorous
nightie deftly shirred on the
sleeve-tops and bosom with f1atter-
ing feminine effect. In the short
length it gives you a smart home
frock worn with belt to emphasize
the slim. lifted waistline. Send for
pattern No. H-3357. designed for
sizes "a. 36. SO. 40 ~. "A and 46.
Size 36 requires sly yards of 39-
inch material; in short length. SIS
yards.
Evening star., 1939-03-12

shows green, amber or red, accord
ing to your speed.
- The only low priced car with
the matchless ride of coil springs,
standard equipment on all models.
And Plymouth is the onlylead-
ing low-priced car that has a rugged
Safety-Steel body which has been
completely rust-proofed to preserve
its glamorous beauty.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
This street dress

This street dress
with jacket Il
smart in its white
accents of wide,
n o t c h e d collar
ending In d ep
revers and the tai
bred vestee with
mannish little
dark tie. Pattern
No. H-33l9 is de-
signed for sizes IL,
IA. 16. 18. 20 and
20 80 to 10 bust) .
Size IA requires
SIS yards of 30-
inch material. IA
wards contrast.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
OFT 1jj5 LEADING
El-pE{lH8ly1gZHS|
5 li9 hes !Q0Y49
inches ger
((l14!9

MO GREATER PROOF of Plvm-
~ outh's value exists than the
concrete facts and figures. ANY way
you compare them, Plymouth gives
you most of "All Three!
The tape measure shows Plym-
outh to be the biggest outside. u.
and the roomiest inside!
Plymouth's big "L-head" engine
combines power with economy. And
no other low-priced car rides so
smoothly or handles so easily!
Easy to ...your present car
will probably represent a large pro-
portion of Plymouth's low deliv-
cred price; balance in low monthly
instalments.
Special Used Car Values
Every Plymouth built-new or
used-is backed by the same great
engineering Right nov, your Plym-
outh dealer can offer unusual bar
gains in Plymouth used cars!
Evening star., 1939-03-12

~ All Plymouth models have the
same big, 82-horsepower "L-head"
engine-giving live, full-powered
performance, plus great economy.
Plymouth is the only low
priced car with steering-post gear
shift as standard equipment in De
luxe models at no extra cost.
The only low-priced car with
a safety signal" speedometer. lit
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

simplifying the corporation taxes
will create new loopholes for tax
chiselers, or, at best, reduce the Gov
ernment's revenue. Some New Deal
ers insist there's no uplift in sim
plifying taxes for corporations, any
way. Besides, they argue that the
national wealth still needs certain
amount of redistribution. b
It's a lot like the argument over
which came first, the hen or the
egg.
And the answer is the same No
body can prove anything. Chances
are 100 to l that Congress will do
little patching here and there,
and hope against hope for that 30
billion dollar income.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
Screen Test Answers

I. In fact, CarIotta did not lose
her reason in the presence Of Napo.
leon III. She was in the Vatican,
waiting to see the Pope when she
collapsed.
2. "Gone With The Wind"
George Cukor, originally assigned
as director before production start.
ed, was followed by Victor Fleming.
Sam. Wood replaced Fleming, but
the latter recently was recalled to
complete the film.
8. Miriam Hopkins (shown In the
picture).
q. (a) .Marlene Dietrich, (b) Al
Jolson,. (c) Jack oakie, (d) Ray
MiIIand.
S. (a) Wrong, screen tests for
prospective film players cost an es.
timated $4,000; (b) Right, Grant
ieId the Jobs of silt walker and
life guard at coney; (c) Right. he
~as a member OF The Five Mar
selous Ashtons, troupe Of aerial
aorobats; (dl Wrong. Walter Hus-
1881.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
Plastic Surgeon
Urges Safety
Bells for Autos

Ell PASO, Tex, May of you
want to avoid the chance of disfig-
urement in an auto accident wear a
safety belt or learn to think quickly
That is the advice of DR.. John
Pangman. plastic surgeon, who re-
pairs disfigured persons. When an
accident occurs, passengers fire.
quently are injured because they
are thrown about the inside of the
car, DR.. Pangman said. A safety
belt. that holds the passengers
tightly in their seat might prevent
this.
Lacking belt, the doctor sug-
gested person has a better chance
of escaping injury if he grabs an
overcoat, blanket or similar article
and clutches it to the upper portion
OF his body and over his face, pro-
tecting himself.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
TOO MANY BURDENS

They said that the completely OF
excess profit taxes, corporation, IN
come taxes, capital gains taxes. gift
and Inheritance taxes, are soaring
people and corporations with money
to invest. They say these investors
are unwilling 10 take the normal
risk of new enterprise PLUS thete
heavy taxes for fear Of losing both
principal and profits. They tell you
it's new enterprises that add jobs
and increase the national income
At the present stage of the tax
talk, the Roosevelt administration
is not convinced by theec arguments.
The President says the Government
can't afford W cut taxcs. He's afraid
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
FOURTEEN ON
ALEUTIAN FOR
CAPITAL CITY

With nearly $50 round trip pas
sengers aboard, the steamer Aleutian
locked in juneau this morning with
the Seattle Chamber OF Commerce
tour.
Fourteen passengers were aboard
for Juneau, as follows: Mary Boozer,
Mrs. H. Donnelly, H. l.. Faulkner
Mrs. Beulah Hickey Mrs. M. Pad
dock, James S. Truitt, A. Bjorkland,
j. Callahan, r. Carlson, j. Godell, O.
Heaton, c. W. Heaton, D. Millerd,
w. W. Vernon.
The Aleutian sails westward at 5
O'Clock this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
. s . o o .
NORTHBOUND


NORTHBOUND q
. Aleutian in port and scheduled .
to sail west at o'clock this .
. afternoon.
Northland due at 1870 O'Clock .
. tonight.
. Tongass due Friday.
SCHEDULED SAILINGS .
. Denali scheduled to sail from .
. Seattle June 2 at 9 am.
. North Sea scheduled to sail from .
. Seattle June at 10 am. .
. Taku scheduled to sail from .
. Seattle June 2 at 9 pm. .
. Yukon scheduled to sail from .
. Seattle June at 9 am. .
. Princess Louise scheduled TO .
. sail from Vancouver June 3 .
. at 8 pm.
. SOUTHBOIIND SAILINGS .
. Alaska scheduled southbound .
. next Monday. .
. LOCAL SAILlNGS .
. Estebeth scheduled to sail every .
Q wednesday at pm. for Sit .
. ka and wayports. .
. Dart leaves every Wednesday .
. at 7 am. for Petersburg, Port .
. Alexander, Kake and way .
Q ports. .
0 0
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
MISS McFADDEN TO FAIR

After spending short time in
Seattle visiting with friends, Miss
Margaret McFadden, fourth grade
instructor for the Juneau Public
School, who left yesterday on the
steamer Yukon, will go to the Fair
at San Francisco and later will at
tend summer school at San Fran
cisco State College. The remainder
of the summer will be spent in Los
Angeles with relatives. 20.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
TIDES TOMORROW
TALKING MOVIE
SHOWN, BARAN0F

Richard Kinley Northwest mana
ger for Anheuser- Busch, gave
talkie-movie party last night at the
Baranof Hotel for a group of his
company's trade.
The pictures took the guests
through the vast breWeries and lab
oratories of the company at ST. Louis,
with emphasis on the laboratory
technique of quality control
Kinley is making a tour of Alaska,
and expects to leave shortly for the
Westward and the Interior
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
Filler TO OPERATE
ROBIN IN INTERIOR

A yellow Robin seaplane stopped
briefly in Juneau over night and left
for Cordoya this morning enroute
to Fairbanks via Anchorage.
The ship is owned by Bill WEIGH,
flying one passenger, Tom Mead.
WEIGH will fly the Robin out Of Fair
banks this summer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
ELLIS FLIES up
WITH ) ABOARD

Bob Ellis flew in from Ketchikan
this morning with his Waco sea-
plane, bringing in three passengers.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Goudie and Bill
Djernes.
Ellis was to leave this afternoon
on the return flight.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

Charles Murphy, a medical pa
tent at st. AIMS Hospital, has been
dismissed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

After receiving surgical attention
at st. AIMS Hospital, Herbert Neff
was dismissed last evening.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
PANCS SLASH RETURNS

PANCS SLASH RETURNS
During panics, such as those in
1893 and '97, and 1907 and 81, tax
receipts fell off with the national
income, and the Federal Govern
ment went deep into the red. But
along came good years after each
depression, and increasing tax pay
ments, or higher tax rates, paid the
Government out-or nearly out-of
debt.
But not SO with the latest depres-
sion. Something happened to our
economic system The tax system,
patchwork that it was, went COM
pletely haywire with business.
At the same time social services
and relief for destitute citizens be-
came a necessity. They cost money,
big money. Better national defense
in a topsy turvy world seemed i'm
perative That, too, costs big money.
Tax rates have been upped stead
lily, but to little avail. Alcohol taxes
returned to carry part Of the load,
but they, too, fell short.
The result today is 40-billion-
dollar national debt, climbing at
the rate of four billion dollars a
year
The ideal answer TO the problem
is prosperity. Tax receipts go up with
the national income. An 80-billion
dollar national income with the
present rates would solve the prob
lem. That income would be twice
our national income at the bottom
of the depression, and would prac-
tically double tax receipts. It's
twenty billion ahead Of our present
income
Right there is the start Of the
argument headlined daily in your
newspapers. The question is how to
get that 80-billion- dollar income.
Big business, and so-called con-
sentative congressman insist that
the proper start is encouragement
for business. They hope business
can be coaxed into investments that
will bring an 30-billion dollar in
come.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

The United States consumed
3,873,165 bales of cotton in 1900;
7.950,079 bales in 1887, and STAT, 1878
bales in 1898.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

May 8, 1899, was the 25th ami
versary of the creation of the Farm
Extension Service in the United
States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. F.. Altman was a surgical
dismissal last night at st. AIMS
Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
BRAND new
TAX SYSTEM
NEEDED NOW
But Congress Would Rath.
er Put P atCh es on
Sans Trousers
BY MORGAN M. BEATTY
AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, May 80. - Tax
talk this late in the spring of the
year 1899 means more patches for
the seat of Uncle Sans tax trousers.
Those tax trousers are already
filled with patches from gallus-
hitch to cuff Everybody admits
they're too full of patches. Every
body who knows anything about
taxes agrees that new trousers = a
complete new tax system-is a des-
perate need.
But it is simpler for the Congress
and an administration-any Con-
gress and any administrator to
talk and patch and patch and talk.
Also it's safer The terrible task
of designing a complete new sys-
tenn would take months. perhaps
years. And when it was all put to-
gether. there'd be no guarantee that
it would fit. And Congress would be
right where it is now, taking it on
the chin for not solving that enig-
ma known as the nations tax prop
lem.
The American tax problem has
been accommodating for $50 years.
Through all those years, the tax
structure has been building, willy
nilly, a piece at a time. Nobody
stopped to work out a pattern. Now
nobody seems to have the courage
to do it.
The result: Today no citizen knows
how many taxes or how much taxes
he pays. Leastways no reputable
statistician is willing to stick his
neck out and estimate the average
citizens tax bill. Taxes are hidden
in tariffs, cigarettes, automobiles,
tires, parts, cameras, movie tickets,
lipstick-nearly everything you buy