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And What
They Do
President Lebrun
First Got Into
Office by Mistake
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON,

While President Albert Lebrun's
state visit to London appears in
the news as window-dressing for the
hastily contrived democratic entente.
the visit was planned under quite
different conditions. The trip was ar
ranged last November when Pierre
Etienne Flandin, Andre Francois
Poncet, Georges Bonnet and others
close to the President had assured
him that the democratic victory at
Munich had rung in the millennium.
The four-power pact was still live
possibility then, Mussolini wasn't
snatching anything for the mo-
ment and it was indicated that M.
Lebrun would touch all four bases
in several goodwill tours. Events
have shown the difficulty of long
distance planning these days.
President Lebrun has led a
rather desultory political career,
spotlighted mainly in the formal
or symbolic uses of the republic.
Like Herbert Hoover, he was min
ing engineer and is the author Of
textbooks in this field. His first
election to a political Office was
a mistake Voters in his tiny viii
lage thought they were voting for
his father for membership in the
village Cantonal Council. After
that, he just strung along, moving
into the Chamber of Deputies, keep
ing more or less politically liquid.
Judged alone to the presidency of
the Senate by his friend, Raymond
Poincare. He gained the presidency
| of France, a seven-year term, in
1892. His native district, Meurthe
and Moselle is the Ohio of France.
traditionally represented in the
presidency.
One of the burning issues Of
President Lebruns administration
has been the question of whether
he might appear without a vest in
hot weather. He has lots of time
to read the picture papers and has
been envious of President Roose-
velt's shirt sleeve comfort. Late last
summer the French papers were
making quite to-do about it, for
and against. but Munich and one
thing or another made them for
| get it.
The election of a new French
President is set for April g. Nobody
is greatly interested and they have
had difficulty in finding candidates.
1t is, in way link" Office. Only
six of the IA Presidents of the re-
public have served their full terms.
Six were compelled to resign and
two were assassinated. leaving the
odds slightly against any given in
cumbent
: President Lebrun, once a farm
boy, IS man of considerable cul-
ture and a good orator. highly sue.
cessful in his Office which has to do
mainly with the niceties and anne.
mites Of state procedure. They
never have to worry about a rub.
ber-stamp congress" in France.
Copyright 1880
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most cherished symbol of New

since thn the S. E. their cherished New
Deal reform.
Until representatives exchanges Washington
last week. there had
The conference under the leadership
approved demands for cardcaion the section exchange
market
against trading Douglas put
because his nsistent the
lied itself with liberal Board of Governors liberal
dent An good feeling between
well pubcized
at least test Wasingons cooperate
financial interests
The encounter brief When the delegation from the
Exchange Conference took the demands
remembering other kinds of appeasement Well
have they brought their umbrelas?" the
demands had been slipped him the
scarcely been laid his before
faces of the brokers, with comment:
Opening things the boys
isn't help recovery"
Douglas be
that he wildeyed
The fact that his
the changes Wall
rightly wrongly that they would of
1929 Douglas himself feeling among
and sincerely believed that the
that Wall Street felt politically
therefore determined
that he wanted no part in such appeasement.
The story of how, Douglas selected
but interesting because the
point the President almost
Justice Brandeis retired the New
well qualified for with could
satisfy the Presidents desire appoint Western
viewpoint Attorney General Frank Murphy
examining the qualifications of the candidates
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pdlu uluCll leSS
in taxes than today. Certainly a
tax load of nearly twice the size of
1929 can hardly be justified in de-
preston years as making economic
sense.
The corporation income tax is
based on capacity to pay. Hence it
is natural that, in 1929. the business
corporations of America should be
found paying S1235 ,733, ,256, whereas
in the last fiscal year, with the
higher tax rates, the corporation
income tax yielded 1926 900 900. This
might be proper relationship be-
tween 1929 and 1899 if the corpora
ton income tax was the only levy
that had to be paid. For, in 1929,
there was no pay roll tax, whereas
today American business pays an
added $l,l98 ITS, 900, and this does
not include any of the employee
contributions.
Largest Tax Ever Paid.
If the pay roll tax paid by en-
ployers is added to the corporation
income tax it will be found that the
total tax paid by American business
amounted in the last year to 81
124.l75 900. which is the biggest
total direct tax ever paid by the
and it amounts to
nearly twice the total amount paid
in 1929.
How can American business, with
depression volume of sales, pay
almost twice as much as it was
taxed in 1929 and survive? This
question is being answered with
thousands of failures on the part of
small corporations. which, in turn,
increases the total unemployment
rolls
Although the Federal Government
collects these vast sums annually
from pay rolls, it expends only about
ne-fourth for social security pur-
poses. The same social security
can be attained by meeting the eX-
penses out of general taxation. In
other words. by paying somewhere
between S350,000 900 and $400,000,-
600 year out of general tax receipts,
collected from those with capacity
to pay because they have earned a
could be freed from the crushing
burden of the pay roll taxes, which
must be paid irrespective OF whether
a business is in the red or the black.
Prevents Employment.
One of the most vicious effects of
the pay roll tax is that, while in
businesses manufacturing tangible
,,1N 10 hn
there are innumerable service busl-
nesses operating on fixed income or
commission bases which cannot in
crease their income to take care
of the taxes. Also many small busi-
nesses operating with eight employees
or less are exempt. and they hesitate
to expand because they must then
pay social security taxes. In other
words. the pay roll taxes operate as
a preventive of employment.
The tax load carried by American
business today, in respect to those
companies which can pass it on in
whole or in part, merely means
higher costs to some of those in the
manufacturing industries; for in
stance, those which are already
handicapped because they cannot
compete with plants having better
equipment. The large businesses,
therefore, possess an advantage over
their smaller competitors. This is
one of the forms of involuntary con-
centration of capital and business
volume which the pay roll tax in
duces.
The pay roll tax system started in
1886 with / per cent, levied on pay
rolls, but it was not until 1887, when
the tax was increased to 2 per cent,
that business began to feel the
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urlVe 10 keep the
United S t a t e S
free Of foreign
entanglements, if
Borah of Idaho
has anything to
S ay a b ut it.
Friends of the
veteran and still
irr e c on cilable
l S o la zionist, as
full Of fight as
ever on the verge
of "a, find him
d e t e r mined to
devote his ener-
gies to preven-
ton of war COM
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The Capital Parade
New Dealers EIoted by Appointment
Of Douglas; Boroh Decides Choice
BY JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINTNER.

To the New Dealers who supported his candidacy the President
could not have picked better time c. Chairman
William Douglas to the Supreme They we'll that the
President most accurately reflects
of his appointment they
prova placed at this particular
publicly opposed appeasement Deal
Bill Douglas last week vigorously attacked couns securities
exchanges advocating E. the
Douglas
briefly background
Back 1884 when the Securities showed
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know of the most
c a n C e r O u S
growth that has
become inbedded
In the economic
system-namely,
the pay roll
taxes.
Latest figures
compiled show
that business IN
1929, when the
national income
was at an un-
pr e c e d e n t e d
height, namely
$50, 900, 900, 900,
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DR.. Moore to Speak

DR.. Robert j. Moore of Bloomfield
N, j., national president of the
American Institute of Chemists. will
address the Washington chapter of
the institute at meteing at $3.50
pm. today at the Wardman Park
Hotel. He will speak on Our Pro-
fessional Organization.
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ington SchWelnbah
for the place by the radical New Dealers the The
President warned that SchWeienbacs would
while the Douglas would well
Messages
William during
decided the
Mort Inc)
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opinions OF the rtters this page their on
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
| themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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For time this was made toler-
able by system of trade treaties,
loans. subsidies and alliances
but the depression of 1929 stopped
the flow of funds except in drib-
let's. and the Munich pact last
fall robbed the alliances of all
practical value. The old German
road to the east was opened again
and it can scarcely be a cause Of
surprise to Great Britain, France
or Italy that the Hitler GOVERN
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through Congress, the New York
Stock Exchange clamored for
softening amendments. The
young men watching the act for
the President, who are the power
full New Dealers of today, used
to seek advice in the bureau of
education of Vice President
John N Garner. Garner always
told them: Don't change n
line" The Garner slogan has
been the New Dealers slogan
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The flrst step is control of Aus
tria by Nazi government. This
will automatically surround
Czecho- -Slovakia on three sides
with a German Nazi state. AL
ready the government at Prague
has felt impelled to persecute
German manufacturers and to
make it a criminal offense to
tune in on radio broadcasts from
the Reich. Moreover, to the
south of Czachn.Slouok kio lac
Evening star., 1939-03-22

BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
No matter what happens to the
Neutrality Act between now and
then, the 1910 political campaign is
going to witness the stiffest kind of
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We, the People
Progue Government Seems to Have Jumped
Aboard Reich Bundwoeon Rather Then Fight
By JAY FRANKLIN.

good prophecy without honor among those who
regard bad Four had openly
resumed reamamen had occupied the Rneand
world still shocked by Austria
wrote in Or Lords and Masters the following
the fate OF German expansion In the
in
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his most active sponsor.
When the President returned
from his recent sea trip. Murphy
strongly urged the President to
choose Douglas, who, he pointed
out, would give the high court
the same sort of knowledge of
corporate finance as Justice
Brandeis had. But the President
seemed inclined toward Senator
Lewis B SchMellenhach of Mash
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Pay Roll Tax
Returds
Recovery
Business Stoegers
Under Heavy
lood of Leyies
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

What's the matter with business
IN America? Many answers to this
question are being made. but it is
surprising how little legislators here
Evening star., 1939-03-22

Poles Eot More Sugar
Poland officials estimate Poles will
eat $4,000 tons more sugar this
year than in 1898.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-13

The decisive Republican victory
in Montgomery county IN the recent
election was celebrated Wednesday
night in D rousing victory dinner at
the Miami hotel, attended by sue
cessful candidates and other Repub-
lican leaders, and honoring Daniel
@. Brewer, chairman Of the Mont
gomery county, Republican execu-
tive committee.
Figures from the secretary OF
state Indicate the Republican vote
gain in this county was Is per cent,
or 33,497 votes, the heaviest gain IN
the state, Brewer told the dinner
audience. Next best showing was
made BY Clark county with 1913 per
cent.
Other speakers included Congress
man-elect Clarence j. Brown, Ban
chester; Mrs. Katherine Kennedy
Brown, national and state commit
teewoman; Linden G. Weimer, state
central committeeman; Lewis B.
Rock, publisher Of The Journal
Herald, and Harry Jeffrey. Congress-
man-elect Harry N. Routzohn was
POSTMASTER.
The dinner was arranged by JET.
frey, Mrs. Effie Bierbaum, Joseph
Ross and David stanze as surprise
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-13
YWCA NOTES

The Entire Nous Industrial club
elected the following officers at their
regular business meeting last week:
Marie Hill, president; Beva Thorpe,
vice president, Martha Dulin, secre-
tary and publicity writer; Ella Nc
Clusky, treasurer. The club will
hold their installation at the next
meeting, however, the supper meet
ing has been postponed until Thurs
day, January 26, because Of the
Quarterly and Annual meetings.
The regular Fellowship Tea, spon-
sored by the Industrial committee,
will be held Sunday, January Is,
with MRS. Jennie Buckner in charge
OF the program. The public is IN
vited to these monthly teas, which
are held on the ThirdSunday Of
each month from 4 to pm.
The annual meeting for all assoc
Giation members viii be held Thurs
day, January 10, at 8 pm, at the
Central Association. The voting fo1
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Coriz1thian Baptist

Sunday was high day at our
church. At 11:30 o'clock the pastor
preached to a well filled house from
the 37th Psalm. This was great
sermon and delivered with thought
and power. Mr.. v. Green, Scout
master and teacher at Dunbar high
school, gave very fine talk to the
Boy Scouts at $3.50 o'clock. The
Togna Singers from Mn. Calvary
church rendered a very fine pro
gram with Rev. Gray directing
This was real treat. At 5 clock
Rev. A. A. Mays preached a aon-
dcrful sermon, using for his sub
ject: 4The Bible Gods Word. This
sermon was highly enjoyed.
The Sunday School and BYPU
were at their best. The hand Of the
Lord seems to be upon US and we
are on our forward march.
Mrs. z. M. Hendricks, reporter.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-13
WPA FORUM
TO BE HELD
ON EAST SIDE

A forum meeting under the aus
pices of the Forum Council Of the
WPA Opportunity school will be
held at the Mount Pisgah Baptist
church Sunday, Jan. 22 at $3.50 p.
m. George Reed Of the Supreme
Liberty Life Insurance company
will be the discussion leader for the
forum.
Among other fol lltt, which the
council has outlined for January IS
one to be conduct "a ii Rldgewood
Heights Grown Point at the First
Baptist church on Sunday, Jan. %
at 3 30 p. NJ. On Monday night,
Jan. 80 the Mt. Calvary baptist
church in West Cal olton WI. be
the location for another forum.
Pastors Of churches where the
forums are scheduled are cooperat-
ing With WPA Opportunity school
forum workers by helping to an
range suitab and interesting pro-
grams to be rendered in connection
with the forums.
Despite reduction in the number
Of teachers Of the opportunity
school made necessary BY orders
from the Cincinnati Office Of this
WPA Education Program Of Ohio,
the fun curriculum Of the school
will be continued, William Gillespie,
supervisor Of the school said We'd
iicsday.
information concerning courses
offered BY the school can be had By
applying at the Office Of the school
ut 500 w. Fifth street.
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"ROYAL FAMIL Y"

Continued from Page Onel
Douglas, Thomas Wright, Dr. and
Mrs. o. d. McFall, Mr.. and Mrs.
George &. Hall Of Franklin, Mr.. ami
Mrs. Eugene Simns, Mr.. Dewitt Pail
mer. Miss Angie Bell Mcneil, and
Miss Willie Holt Of Cincinnati, Mr..
and Mrs Robert Emmons, Miss Sus-
anne Crockett, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bass and Miss Ellenatta Gibbons OF
Wilmington, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Beatty Of Washington G. IL,
Lawrence Herndon and Gilbert
Pleasant of Middletown, Miss Gene
We've Allen and Miss Ernestine Med
ley of Urbana; Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Dickerson, Mr.. and Mrs. Mae
Green, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kicker
son and Miss Marian Shields Of
Xenia, John Stokes Of Detroit, ]. A..
Nicholas and Miss Gladys Powell Of
Wilberforce; and Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Lane, Xenia Miss Isabelle Chs
lam and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Riley
of Columbus. Others from Dayton
are Mrs. Cornelia Lacy, Miss Ruby
Lacy, Mr.. Howard Loritts, Dir. q
Mrs. B. A. Rose and Mrs. Rosa
Smith of Springfield; Mr. and Mts.
Joseph Shaw.
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MRS. TANNER
TO REVIEW
BE YOUR ACE

"Be Your Age one of 1885
most significant books, will be re-
viewed Sunday at the o'clock meet
ing of the Young Peoples society
of the Zion Baptist church by Mrs.
George 7. Tanner, local civic
worker.
The book, according to its pre-
face. is t.for every one who wants
to enjoy being the age he is and
to squeeze it SO dry of love and fun
and work and experience and life
generally that he is ready to vel
come the next age when it comes
along. The supreme drama for all
Of us is the drama Of growing up,
| and that change of scenery which
we all need to be happy is blessedly
provided for us all by the passing
years"
"Be Your Age" concerns itself
with persons Of all ages with par
ticular emphasis on the age group
! ings Of 16 to 25 and 25, to so. Mrs.
Tanner will lead a discussion fol
, lowing her review Of the book.
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REPUBLICANSPAY TRIBUTE 70
DANIEL {, BROWER AT DINNER

to Brewer, who was summoned back
from Columbus, by an urgent busi-
ness" call.
Congressman-elect Brown predict
ed that the G. O. r. triumph was a
forernnner to turning back to con-
ditions of free enterprise and free
competition. The battle of 1910
will mark the return Of the govern
ment to the people, he said.
He characterized Brewer as zone
Of the squarest men / have ever
known in politics, who gains strength
and stature as the years go on"
Brown praised Brower's ability,
kindness, patriotism and manhood" /"
and called him "a great Republican,
a great political leader, and, above
all, real friend =
Jeffrey, who presented gift Of
two pieces Of luggage to Chairman
Brewer, in behalf of Republicans Of
the county, pointed out that the
sweeping victory in Montgomery
county was beyond fondest expecta
tions of the committee. A corsags
was presented TO Mrs. Brewer.
Chairman Brewer acknowledged
the tribute and the gift with "appre,
citation more than | can find words
/! to express
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-13

We wish to thank the Kentucky
club for the lovely Christmas din
ner they gave us. We want them to
know that we did really enjoy it.
They gave US two turkeys and every
thing else it takes to make turkey
dinner and lovely Christmas tree.
The Douglas Tavern Social club
gave 7-pound turkey, candy and
fruit, which was very highly ap-
preeiated
The Elks club also gave us large
turkey and everything to go with
the dinner. They also made spec
ial trip to town to get trimmings
for the Christmas tree which was
given BY the Kentucky club,
Mrs. Annie Steele, matron
Ohio State Baptist
Missionary Home.
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DAYTON
CHURCHES
abernacle Baptist

On January 8 at 8 o'clock our
revival began and this is special
invitation to all our sinner and
backslider friends. Our special pray
er service begin at IL o'clock noon
and lasts for one hour, to which all
are welcome With the various tai
ents Of our church Mrs. Minnie
Parks and Miss Elgertha Jones have
organized a special chorus to fur
nish the singing during our revival
meeting. Rev J. Welby Broaddus,
pastor, is conducting the meeting.
He begins preaching at 8 o'clock.
The revival will last for two weeks.
We are asking the prayers Of our
well wishers and friends.
Rev. j. w. Broaddus, pastor
Charles E. James, reporter.
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the members of the committee of
management will take place at the
Branch from till S, also at the
Central Association until s p. m.
Those selected by the nominating
committee are, Miss Halle Doug
las, Miss Ethyl Gibson, Mrs. T. j.
Smith, Miss Rhovilla Howard, Mrs
Ollie Walton, Mrs. Opal Winston,
Miss Nellie Young and Mrs. Gussie
Goodnight All members who have
signed the purpose are eligible to
vote for these nominees.
a large number attended the
Quarterly meeting, which was held
on last Thursday evening. The dis
cussion groups furnished much in
formation for the members, and the
Big Broadcast with Prof. Quiz and
his questions Of True or False, were
instructive and interesting.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-13
Alumni of Religious
School Entertains


A very attractive affair of Friday
was the party which the Alumni ar
ranged at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Nelson on Redlands Ave. The
dining room was attractive with
white candles and the white Christ
mas tree trimmed in silver and blue
reflected in mirror. After the
dainty luncheon was served gifts
We're exchanged and various games
were played. The out-of-town guest
was Miss Engross prominent pub
lie school teacher Of Atlanta, ca.
Miss Engross spent the holidays with
Mrs. Goodloe.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-13
Wayrrlara A.M.E

Last Sunday the members of
Wayman were presented with cop
les of the Annual Work Program
for 1889, compiled by the pastor,
Rev. p. A. Nichols. Each and every
member is asked to register for the
New Year, changes Of address, etc.
Beginning January 15 an old
fashioned Revival of Spirituality
among the members, the conviction
Of sinners and the conversion OF
mougners will be held under the
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-13
Allen AME Church

Mrs. Amos Nelson was hostess to
the Woman's Mite Missionary So
ciety and large number was in
attendance A holiday menu was
enjoyed by all The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Mamie Duncan,
January Is.
Rev irwin will interpret hymns
for the next month instead Of
preaching sermons.
Rev. Breeding viii preach at Al
len Sunday, January Is at 8 pm.
Ills choir will sing.
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direction Of Rev. w. NJ. Wright,
Alb, DID,, and wife as accompanist.
Upon the resignation Of Mrs. ABB
bic Garter, who has worked iaith
fully with the Senior choir for sew
eraI years. the choir secured Mr..
Wesley Matthews as new director.
There will be Musical program
presented by the Senior Choir Sari-
day afternoon, January %, consist
ing Of the various choirs Of the
city, with the Rev. H. L. Mcneil
as the guest speaker.
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A.O.H. Church of God
HAWTHORNE STREET
Elder Mckinley Young, pastor

Eiuer Mchihtey oung, pastor
At this time we wish to thank
everyone who assisted US in any
way during the Ministerial Council
held recently. To Undertakers Jone.
and McLin, Mckinley NJ. u. church
for the use Of their chairs TO those
who contributed to and during the
service and those who assisted us
in the lodging Of The ds.cgatcs, We
are indeed grateful.
The Council which closed last
Sunday night was recorded as one
of the largest and best. Evangelis-
tic services will be conducted all
this week through Sunday, incharge
Of Elder George Roddy and Elder
]. Williams Of Birmingham, Ala.
Come and hear them.
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Salem Baptist Church
A CORRECTION

Members Of the Salem Baptist
church wish to thank each one who
gave so literally in our financial
drive in the last 19 months under
the leadership of Rev. s. Y. Stone.