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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Willis Thornton's Editorial Or
Tax Problem Begins to Yield to Study

which, without reducing the tax
take might help to get invest
ment money flowing back into pro-
ductiye channels. Both agree that
this is the only answer To unem-
ployment.
Both reports condemn tax exempt
securities as a refuge in which po-
tential investment funds can hide
without risk. and without heavy
taxation. Such exemption removed
they believe this money will be fore
ed into more productive channels.
Both condemn the present corp
Grafton taxes, with their double tax
alton of dividends tonce when the
company makes the money, again
when it pays it to the stockhold-
ers) Both recommend more leeWay
in deduction of losses by corpora
tions. and i'll handling depreciation
charges. Both would simplify the
corporation taxes, which now in
clude capital stock and excess pro-
fits taxes, and raise the simple
corporation tax rate to make up 1or
the loss. It would be much simpler,
brings as much money. and less re-
strictiVe on expansion.
The Canadian government, by
the way, has just decided on tax
change whereby certain tax eXemp
tions would be allowed ON profits
actually used for expansion or plant
improvement, thus encouraging
work creating activities.
The fortune Round-Tablers warn
that deficiencies caused by loss of
revenue from the noW-compleX
corporation taxes must be made up
by higher individual income taxes
ON a larger section oil the middle
class
Both surveys again agree that our
tax structure has not paid enough
attention TO the flow CT savings in
TO productive enterprise, noting
that this is the spark-plug of the
whole business system as We have
1t today.
The day is past when federal
lax system can be mere thing Of
shreds and patches thrown togeth-
er as a result of balancing the de-
mands of one pressure group against
another.
Taxation is a sort OF combination
between q science and a political
art, and requires the most skill
ful manipulation if it is to get re-
suits desired, and no others. Stu
dies like those of Fortune and the
Erookings Institution deserve the
most careful attention of Congress
in framing changes in the tax sys-
TEN which will give maximum re-
suits in stimulating recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Famous Sayings
All taxes are unpleasant.

Everybody thinks the best way 10
solve the tax problem is TO cut out
the particular taxes which bear
most heavily on him.
But that is scarcely the way TO
go at it With taxes, as with tariffs,
ii is dangerous to frame a system
as a haphazard balance between
conflicting claims of individual in
terests. Only the most disinterested
study on the highest plane will pro-
duce results today.
Fortunately such studies are be-
ing made. and they have points on
which they singularly agree.
Both the Fortune Magazine
Round-- discussion and the
Brookings Institution, in studies
made separately, agree that it is not
the size of the tax burden that is
holding up the parade, but the par
ticular kind of taxes
Both agree that present taxes
tend To keep money from flowing
into new investment enterprises
and both agree on several changes
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
You re Telling Me.

Government weather bureau has
balloon Which ascends twenty
miles to determine weather changes.
Swell idea, but who cares what
weather is happening twenty miles
up?
New heavyweight says he knows
how ice Louis can be knocked out.
But doesn't reveal whether he
means with a ball bat or a meat
cleayer.
Getting people TO like you is not
always the key to financial success.
How about those movie villains?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Barbs-

The miners and operators are still
deadlocked. If their hotel had run
out of coal to heat the conference
room, bet they'd have reached an
agreement long ago.
Boston's nocturnal nudiSt certain
ly wasn't taking any chances of
catching laryngitis He wore
handkerchief around his throat.
John Barrymore and bride have
split up again Could it be that
spanking scene they played in MY
Dear Children?
The cares of state have little
effect on President RooseVelts
sleeping. He snored right through
Herr Hitler's thunderouS tones at
am.
Now that NJ. Grover Whalen'S
little exposition is open, we sup
pose the gagsters will be quipping
that the u. S. is two fair for words.
Starfishes are called "scavengers
of the sea-, because they eat amy
thing
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
TOday'S Horoscope

All signs point TO a great upheaV-
al in the coming year in the lives of
those who today are celebrating
their birthdays. There is no cause
for worry i'll this, however, for the
upheaval will result in much good
A journey also will bring gain to
them. The child bonn today will
be blessed by a tactful diplomatic
disposition. and will be Original, re-
somceful and very intelligent. Ma
terial success is probable through
out the child's life. but he should be
warned against too ruthless pursuit
of the objects of his strong ambi-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

some other state or federal agency.
Whatever it is, it will be listed
there.
And the point is that all Of this
information will be available on II
moments notice.
There are today about $4,000 diff
ferent kinds of jobs III American
industry = and for the first time
they are all being tabulated, defined
and cross -indexed in a bulky new
Dictionary of Occupations.
This dictionary will be out in
the near future. It is the result of
two years work by the JOB Anal
ysis Section of the U. S. Employ
ment Service, which expects that
the book will be invaluable to the
nations state employment services.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08

An old Swedish custom for re-
moving warts was TO rub the wart
against a tombstone, asking the
deceased to take it away.
Blondes are more likely to kill
faithless lovers than brunettes, de-
clares criminologists
For 1000 years tie Chinese have
thought jade brought them good
luck. and hold pieces of it in their
hands while discussing matters i'm
portant 10 them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Opposing Views
OF HifIerism
BY CHARLES P. STEWART

Ex-Governor Philip LaF'ollette of
Wisconsin appeared the other day
as witness before joint congress
sional committee engaged in con-
sideration OF the plan to admit into
The United States 10000 German
refugee children in excess of our
quota limitation III a secret free
and untrammeled vote could be held
III Germany" he said. IT'S per cent
of the people would vote against
the present regime I don't offer
Phil IaF'ollette's testimony as fresh
news. 1t was published at the time
he gave il. To be sure. he ought TO
be fairly good judge. He's from
q state with a decidedly German
background. And he's recently back
from tour of the Fatherland, is
a pretty competent observer and
probably has good sources OF con-
fidential information
But that isn't the point.
The same day that Phil talked
to the joint congressional commit
tee Frank Gervasi, veteran Inter
national News Service correspond
ent in Rome "a chap very familiar
with German sentiment too. was
telling the American Society of
Newspaper Editors in Washington
that the masses of Germans and
Italians don't want to be liberated
from supposed oppression. II
think he said, that both Hitler
and Mussolini are expressions of
the Fundamental desires of their
respective peoples"
Experts Disagree
That isn't fresh news either What
Gervasi said (and he's no Fascist
or NaZi sympathizer; Mussolini
hasn't liked his Rome dispatches
even little biD was printed when
he said it, precisely as Phil Lafol-
lette's remarks were.
What I'm trying to do is to
make news cut of the contrast be-
tween the views of middling high
authorities, who concur in disliking
totalitarianism but who disagree as
to the popularity of totalitarianism
among the masses of the totalitari-
anized.
| hate to admit it, but l believe
I'd bet on Gervasi.
He's more completely soaked in
totalitarianism that Phil LaFollette
is. He's been in its midst for a
long while. Phil took a swift Scoot
through it. A mere tourist doesn't
get the real juice that regular
sojourner does.
Personally 1 have better pipe
line or two into Germany than ]
have into Italy. l get some dope
from Germany to the effect thai
there's a bit of discomfort but. nc
majority of 1t. And Italy, from al
can learn, isn't as diScontendec
as Germany is. Nor is Germany
seemingly, violently So
It's the natural conclusion thai
Italo-Germany is middling solid.
or course we democracies WoulC
like to believe that the autocracies
are on the ragged edge. But are
they?
Phil La Toilette says. Yes"
Frank Gervasi is doubtful.
Differing Generations
Phil BaFollette speaks for a gen.
Grafton of Germans who SettleC
cities like Milwaukee in the l840's
when German democracy at homt
was rampant
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08

This was the idea: The way to
get ahead is to create something
new that is needed.
That's all Just thirteen words
He realized that the people who
made the big money were not the
people who did routine work. They
were the ones who thought up
something new, contributed some
thing to business, or to the world
that it had not had before. He de-
cided to originate something new
himself.
But what That was the ques-
ton
The thing he knew most about
was reporting and publishing. But
the chance to originate something
new in publishing in Grand Forks,
N. Oak, looked pretty thin.
But Doug Lurton didn't see it
that way. He saw a chance
He determined to learn more
about reporting and PUBLISHING
and moved to Minneapolis where
he got a JOB on The Minneapolis
Daily Star. All the time he was
developing the idea. Studying the
idea Reading up on it. Making
notes But where he was going to
present il, he did not know. But
the idea seemed sound Someday
he would find the right man TO
put it before.
His specific and concrete work
ing out of his general idea was this:
that people would be interested in
a pocket-Size magazine which help
ed them with their daily problems
That is, how to get a job, how to
go to sleep if you suffer from in
somnia, how TO cure an inferiority
complex That's all there was tc
it. Completely simple.
He told people about it. They
laughed. The idea was too simple
Somebody must have thouhgt about
1t before, anyway. But he kept
on. Studying, reading. developing
the idea.
When "The Literary Digest
failed, his inspiration was born
Now is the time to present my
idea. They will probably want a
magazine. I will take my idea TO
them"
He armed himself with ammu-
milton. Got facts and everything
available, and went in to see Will
fred J. Funk. He talked with en-
thusiasm and conviction. In exact
ly thirty minutes Mr.. Funk said
yes. They shook hands. The deal
was made
lie had worked all these years
for that half hour. But il was
worth il.
Can you do What Doug Lurton
did? Originate something new?
Give the world something it hasn't
had before. Remember Doug Lur-
tons thirteen words.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08

Slllall,, the paper
was small, his
salary was small.
How was he ever
going to make
more money?
His name was
Douglas E. Lur-
ton.
He hit on an
idea, an idea
that changed his
whole life. This
idea was SO sim
,.1a ,nr,,l
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Hints on Etiquette

An etiquette hint for couples VINO
are soon to wed is to try TO think
little of others SelfishneSs is for
given during courtship days, but
lovers should not be too selfish and
self absorbed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Words of Wisdom

Never chase a lie. Let it alone,
and it will run itself to death.
can work out a good character
much faster than any one can lie
me out of it.-Lyman Beecher.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Dale
Carnegie

A young reporter ON the Grand
Forks North Dakota Herald
wanted to get ahead, to make more
money than the newspaper was
able to pay him. The town was
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

/. What is an erg?
2. Where is the Kentucky Derby
always run?
3. What are the two non-metalS
of which three-fourths OF the
earth's crust is composed?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-08

One Minute Test Answers
!. A measure of energy.
2. At Churchill Downs.
3. Oxygen and silicon.
Evening star., 1939-12-18
Food Distributors
Protest 10 0'Mahoney

Hector Lazo, executive vice presi-
dent Of the Cooperative Food Dis
tributors Of America, an organiza-
tion said to have 81 900 independent
retail grocer members, recently pro-
tested in a letter to Senator Joseph
c. OMahoney of Wyoming, chair
man of the Temporary National
Economic Committee, over the COM
mittee's alleged failure to hear a
representative Of independent stores
during recent price hearings.
In the letter Mr.. Lazo declares
that the committee, after encour-
aging the Independents to prepare
data for the price hearings, has
refused to permit any representa-
tive of independent business to
testify.
According to the protest the cause
OF the independents was assigned to
. college professor from Indiana
Mr.. Lazo goes on to explain that
under these circumstances the in
dependents would have been willing
to cooperate with the professor in
presenting data and that they tried
to do so, even though, he charges,
they were given only two days no
tice. The independent business
men in distribution very keenly feel
that they have been unjustly dis
eliminated against" Mr.. Lazo says.
Evening star., 1939-12-18
Justice Miller Backed
For Supreme Court

The American Good Government
Society today announced its in
dorsement of Justice Justin Miller
of the United States Circuit Court
OF Appeals for the District of Co.
lumbia for the vacancy on the
United States Supreme Court.
A native Of California, Justice
Miller served as an assistant to the
Attorney General from 1894 to 1887,
when he became a member of the
United States Board of Tax Ap-
peals. Later In 1887 he was named
to his present appellate post.
Evening star., 1939-12-18
Military Training
For T.. T.. T.. Enro||ee,
Debated on Radio
, Legion Head Fovors
It, and Corps Offieiol
Opposes Proposal

"Shau we nave military training
in the Civilian Conservation Corps?"
was the quetsion debated over the
American Forum Of the Air last
night with Raymond j. Kelly, ma
ttonal commander Of the American
Legion, favoring, and John j. NC
,Entee, acting director Of the c. 9. c.,
opposing it. The debate, followed by
an informal extemporaneous panel
discussion was broadcast over the
Mutual Broadcasting System net
work.
) The American Legion, its COM
.mander explained, IS on record In
favor OF "voluntry military training"
in the G. G. c.
Let our youth secure the bene-
fits of discipline and cooperative
group endeavor to be derived from
the basic military drills" said
,Comdr. Kelly. Let him gain
knowledge of the rifle and how to
use it. Instruct him in the elements
of military tactics. Equip him to
meet the obligation of every citizen
of this country, that he some day
may be required to fulfill. 3" The
advantages of such training pro-
gram to adequate national defense
ARE indisputable. The added cost
lis negligible. For the Nation it
would build reservoir Of potential
citizen soldiers, basically trained and
ready to assume their burden if the
emergency ARISES"
! Mr.. McEntee expressed his "deep
conviction" that militarization Of
,the c. c. G. would prove costly,
inefficient, ineffective and imprac-
steal" He opposed both compulsory
sor voluntary military training.
He outlined at length the benefits
Accruing to both the c. c. G. boys
and the country from the present
operation Of the G. C. c. without
-militarization. Compulsory military
training In the camps he predicted
might lead to general conscription
of all youth for peacetime military
duty, course he said would be so
hateful to the American people that
1t would never be adopted short of
war"
Already he pointed out the en-
'follees "are receiving training which
though civilian in nature is, in fact
the backbone Of military instruction
I refer to the fact that camp life
teaches men discipline, how to live
together harmoniously and how to
take care Of themselves. It also i'm
proves their health and teaches
them respect for the country's flag"
Discussion afterward was partici-
'pated in by Senator Reynolds of
North Carolina, Representatives
Richards Of South Carolina, Ram
speck Of Georgia, and Edward Keat-
Ing, editor Of the newspaper, Labor.
Theodore Crank, presided.
Evening star., 1939-12-18

pense Christmas cheer to many dur
ing the next two weeks, according
to plans announced today by Mai.
Gilbert 8. Decker, the organiza-
tion's welfare secretary. At least
1000 children and hundreds Of
adults are expected to flock to the
Salvation Army's neighborhood CEN
tiers, residence buildings and shell
ters during the two weeks.
To many more the organization
will carry Christmas message
through religious meetings on the
streets. In these Christmas musi-
cal selections are to be featured.
Although faced, like other Com
Evening star., 1939-12-18
Christian Scientist
Urqes Example Of Christ

Urging his listeners to follow the
example Of Christ In the crucidxion,
George Claiming Of San Francisco,
Calf, said yesterday the way to
conquer evil was to make the spirit
dominate the tyrannies Of the flesh.
Mr.. Charming, speaking at Con-
stitution Hall under the joint aus
pices Of the four Christian Science
churches Of Washington, declared
that Christ had supplied the ex-
Evening star., 1939-12-18

ample. saying, He permitted the
crucifixion, which he might have
avoided, only to show mortals the
way to conquer the seeming pres
ence Of evil. He proved its power
lessness.
by persistent recognition Of his
spiritual being he kept his sense Of
selfhood beyond the range Of mortal
hatred to harm. Evil could not i'm
press his consciousness and there
fore was robbed Of it, illusion Of
existing"
Mr.. Claiming said that Christian
Scientists were not "escapists" and
Evening star., 1939-12-18
Mrs. Roosevelt 10 Help
Distribute YuIe Baskets

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
be on hand at the Salvation Army's
headquarters in the 900 block Of e
street NV. Saturday, to help dis
tribute nearly 900 Christmas bas-
kets to needy families. The Right
Rev. James E. Freeman, bishop of
washington, also will take part.
Presentation of the baskets of food
is to be a part of an elaborate pro-
gram of the Salvation Army to dis.
Evening star., 1939-12-18

munity Chest agencies, with pros
poets Of frightened budgets because
the Chest goal has not been reached,
the Salvation Army Family We'll
fare Department is making every
effort to see that the relief budgets
Of families under care are sufficient
to provide q taste Of Christmas,
Maj. Decker said.
Evening star., 1939-12-18

that they "faced the illusions Of
material sense with the spiritual
sense. which erases the illusions"
Through such practice, he said, they
bring out in themselves the quail
ties which are identified with "the
true character. tho character Of
Christ"
Evening star., 1939-12-18

Many need help 1t Christmas.
Share your merry celebration most
effectively BY sending . cash contri-
button to The Stars Christmas
Heart Fund. Some one win thank
Evening star., 1939-10-20
Warns Of Welfare Curb
Harrington Chest Fails

Arlington County Va) Welfare
Supt. James P. Moody today listed
activities of the County Board of
Welfare which would be curtailed If
public support fails in the local give
where you live" Community Chest
campaign
The county is conducting a Chest
campaign independent of the one
being sponsored in Washington.
so that the contributors may
fully understand the purposes for
which their donations will be used,
the Welfare Board is making public
a statement of the activities sup
ported by private funds during the
past year. ending September l." Mr..
Moody said.
There were 2,0l9 days of hospital
care provided to SO INDECENT and
semi-indigent cases. Physicians
services and drugs were furnished
to 70 cases.
Aid to families or individuals in
eligible for public assistance was fur
nished in 632 cases, including emer-
gency grants of food, fuel, clothing,
rent, special aid for rehabilitative
purposes and unmarried mothers.
More than 1900 hot lunches and
milk were served to undernourished
school children A hundred children
were sent to summer camps. The
private funds also support foster
home care and miscellaneous child
welfare services, 1t was stated.
Evening star., 1939-10-20
New Books BRING
Rum on Library

A run" on the five Arlington
County (Va0 Public Libraries fol-
lowed recent publicity given to the
purchase of $1,000 worth of new
books, Miss Eleanor c. Leonard,
librarian, said today.
AS soon as the books were dis
tributed to the five branches and
the public informed, nearly all of
them were in demand. The books
included nearly all classifications.
There were about 700 purchased and
about $500 worth will be added in
the near future.
Miss Leonard said residents may
obtain any book that is already
"out" in the five institutions If .
reservation is made. A union shelf
list Of all books is maintained at the
Clarendon Library Branch and q
call to Chestnut 1900 will acquaint
readers If the desired book is avail
able, she said.
Evening star., 1939-10-20
Engineers to See
Model Ship Busin

A special inspection tour Of the
David w. Taylor Model Basin of
the Navy Department at Carderock,
Md, will be conducted tomorrow at
2:30 pm. by 1t. Comdr. r. M.
Watt, jr., for the Washington Chap
ter of the American Society of
Heating and Ventilating Engineers.
The group will view the Nays
facilities for testing new ship models
and see one Of the worlds largest
inclosed basins for controlled water
conditions.