The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-09

10 p1pe doWn. Real 1nSloe IS that a majority of both the House committee and the Senate Fi- nance Committee is secretly cold to opening the tax issue and is annoyed by the Morgenthau- Hanes pious announcements.
 Most of the legislators are con- vinced the Treasury has no con- crete plans, that when showdown comes, it will toss the baby into their laps and force Congress to worry about it.
 The basis of this belief is sin- pie mathematics. With the deficit still soaring government income cannot be cut. So if business tax is pared or eliminated, some other tax will have to be in creased.
 The two taxes against which
 the greatest outcry has been raised-chiefIy in Wall Street. are those on capital gains and undistributed profits, and their modification automatically would necessitate a hefty boost in the flat corporation tax. This would mean piling additional burdens on the business men least able to carry them-the little fellows.
 The President has twice spoken out against this in the last few months, and a big majority of members of the two committees are against 1t.
 REHEARSAL FOR GEORGE VI
 The President of Nicaragua may not realize it, but he has been acting as a "stand-in" for the King of England.
 The elaborate reception accord ed to General Somoza is full dress rehearsal for the reception of King Geore VI. It has been a long time since a Chief of State has been received in Washington, and the protocol experts are out of practice.
 Such movements as the follow ing are too complicated to be left to chance: mAs the horse es- cort, moving west on Constitution avenue, reaches the junction with New Jersey avenue the escort will split, each column of fours mov- ing to the curb"
 The successful performance of the May pageant for Somoza means a greater chance of success in the June pageant for George and Elizabeth.
 NAZI DETECTIVE
 Harry Finley, secretary to Sena- tor Smathers of New Jersey, went to Germany last summer to assist some refugee relatives of Smath- ers' constituents to get out of the country. Everywhere he was shadowed by Gestapo agents. They never bothered Finley personally, but he was never out of their sight.
 One day he telephoned friend in Munich. The friend was not at home and a maid answered the call, with the result that in a few moments Finley was up to his neck in linguistic chaos. She knew no English and he very little German.
 For ten minutes Finley tried to explain to the maid that he wanted his friend to caM him in Berlin when he returned. Fin ally, just as Finley was about to hang up fin despair, there was loud knock on the door and . voice shouted, Please, let me translate for you. You are gettin nowhere this way"
 Delighted, Finley dashed to the door and opened it-to find that his good Samaritan was the Nazi secret agent who had been trail- ing him for more than a week. WHEAT CROPS
 After a lot of dickering and bulldozing Henry Wallace has started the two principal wheat rivals of the United States, Argen- tina and Australia. on acreage rec duction.
 This is good news for American farmers.( though they might wish the reduction were more drastic. Argentina plans to take only mar ginal lands out of production while Australians will not plant in areas found to be unsuited for wheat.
 ofiicials here regard this as Q significant switch. Tn the past, De 6. wheat rivals have insisted that