The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-04-13

old one: never sign on the dot
ted line until you've read what
you are signing.
Apparently, though, it is a
moral lesson that ABOUT half
the United States Senators
have forgotten, or are just lear
ing. And a first hand experience
with the moral is causing these
Senators some embarrassing
moments right now.
Center of the embarrassment
is a far-reaching tax bill, with
a Sugar-coated title saying it
would take the profits out of
war;" which recently appeared
in the Senate bill hopper. 1t
bore the names of so Senators
as sponsors.
Offhand, the bill appeared one
likely to be favored by the pub
lie. After all, nobody likes war.
But careful reading of the bill
with the take the profits out
of war" title, has revealed the
title to be a miSnomer.
In reality, the bill goes far be-
yond the so-called profits Of
war" and reaches right down
to the bottom of everybody'S
pocket. So broad is the bill, that
low income groups who now eS-
cape paying income taxes (but
of course still pay heavily
through indirect taxes would
have to give up a good part of
their earnings during war time
as a profit of war" The tax
scale, under this measure, would
be graduated up to SO per cent
for some income groups, mean
ing that for every 500 earned,
500 would have to 60 to the
government as a war profit"
But all this, apparently, was
not known by these so sponsor
ing Senators when they signed
on the dotted line. When the
real purpose of the bill became
known, a survey by newspapers
at the Capitol revealed that 40
had not even read the bill be-
fore agreeing to sponsor it. Now
they are having a difficult time
trying to make gracious eNpla-
nations. And the explanation
appears to be that they had not
read beyond the title.
When the Supreme Court re-
Gently sat doIAn on the sit-doWn
strike, declaring it an illegal
practice, the question naturally
arose around the Capital City
as to the future prestige of the
parent of the Shutdown strike
(the Co.,. Can CLIO influence
survive this legal spanking?
was the question.
Perhaps the question has not
been fully answered, but some
Washington observers believe it
has been partially answered, at
least as far as some Congress
men are concerned. And the an
SWer appears to be NO.
This answer came about re-
Gently when a Senate committee
was debating the question of
holding public hearings on pro-
posals to amend the National
Labor Relations Act. The CLIO
vigorously opposed the idea of
public hearings. CLIO represen-
tativeS were on Capitol Hill
daily pressuring Senators to
drop the idea. Go leader Lewis
was even quoted in a news story
as saying that if hearings were
held his organization would bolt
the labor peace conference.
Final outcome was a unan-
imous vote by the committee to
hold the hearings, which was
interpreted by observers as an
other spanking of the CIO and
a blow to its Influence.
Another confidential report,
based on a secret investigation
OF living-standard claims of
the dictator countries, is being
circulated among high Federal
officials.
This one is based on a study
of employment in Germany
where it has been claimed that
the Nazi form of government
has abolished unemployment. It
follows by a few weeks a Sc