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Evening star., 1939-04-02
mission of the District Department

mission of the District Department
of the American Legion.
All three of these public officials
played a prominent part last year
in plans and arrangements for the
derby and this year their role is
equally as important.
Maj Brown will have police SUI
pervision over the derby and will
detail scores of uniformed police
| men to handle the thousands who
will attend the event. Traffic regu-
lations and conditions must be ap-
proved by Mr.. Van Duzer. Capt.
Whitehurst surveys the condition
of each hill site considered for the
derby. All three, it might be added,
are ardent Soap Box Derby fans
The site for the 1899 Soap Box
Derby, which will probably be held
in July, will not be announced for
some weeks.
Meanwhile, rule books for the
derby which will be an event in
more than 100 American cities and
towns this year, are expected with
in a short time. There have been
several changes since last year. and
for this reason boys are urged to go
slowly in their building until
the rule books are available En-
trants must be residents of Wash
ington or nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
Last year the age limit for boys
in the derby was 9 to Is years, in
elusive. This year the limits are 10
to IS, the earliest age in which
boys may enter having been raised
year in the interest of safety.
In entering Washingtons second
gravity powered coaster racing
event, boys will find that safety
again will be one of their watch
words. When they register for the
derby, they must be accompanied by
a parent or guardian and must sign
not only the entry blank, but a
safety pledge in which they promise
not to run their races in the streets
or in any manner to endanger the
safety of themselves or other persons.
One of the main rule changes for
derby racers is the overall length.
The maximum has been raised from
70 inches, last years figure. to 80
inches.
Entrants must design and build
Evening star., 1939-04-02

heart Of which Is combination re-
tail sales tax and income tax on
salaries of $4,000 or more, was esti-
mated to produce more than $13,-
900, 900 year in additional revenue
1t, however, provides for repeal of
the intangible personal property tax
Mr.. Dirksen estimates that $12,-
100000 would be produced by his
program, as follows:
Corporate net income tax, $2,-
100000; income tax. $4,000, 900; con-
tinuation of the SITS real estate tax
$3,3000O0, and continuation of the
intangible personal property tax
$4,000
Will Meet Tuesday.
Mr.. Dirksen said he would leave
to the subcommittee the problem OF
working out the rates of the income
tax as we'll as offsets to be allowed
for Federal employees and others
who work in Washington but main
tain a voting or legal residence in
the States which tax their salaries
here. He believes, however, the Dis
trict should have a prior claim to
the tax and credits allowed by the
States for the amount of the tax
paid in Washington.
The Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee
will meet again Tuesday in an effort
to decide what revisions to make in
the Pond-Stam program in the light
of the Supreme Court decision hold
ing that States can tax the salaries
of Federal employees.
Evening star., 1939-04-02

viding for higher tax rate on land
than on land improvements, be
taken into consideration by any COM
mittee or commission making q
study Of District taxes.
This subject likewise provoked
considerable discussion. Chairman
Harry N. Stull finally being forced to
cut short debate.
Before the meeting adjourned,
William NICK. Clayton. long cham
pion of District suffrage, read an
anonymous letter sent to member
Of. the House who thinks the Dis
trict form of government is a good
one"
Stating this Representatives ap-
proval of the form of government
imposed upon District residents
may be because you do not live
here all the time" letter added:
You are to be highly congratulated,
therefore, because you are free
citizen of a State of the Union, and
not subject of an imposed trium-
virate of rulers unaccountable and
irresponsible to the people here, un-
controlled by them, never selected
by them, and not removable by
them"
No Redress Here.
"You may live in a community
where a practice emasculates the
law, policy nullifies it, and a minor
municipal regulation repeals the
Constitution of the United States.
You probably never resided in a
community where charges against
public officials are dealt with by
the officials themselves and either
clean bill of health rendered or
evidence ignored.
Where you live you may possess
the right to bring taxpayers suit
to call public officials to account
for misdeeds. You will be happier
if you continue to reside there.
You have no such means of redress
here"
The four-page letter closed: Jus
tifiably, there is righteous belief
that the form of government here is
contrary to the Constitution of the
United States, which protects the
inhabitants of the District of Co.
lumbia from such political servi-
tude-which prohibits the Con-
gress from exercising either State
or municipal control over any citi-
zens of the United States any
where. Your patriotic soul might
we'll inspire you to work hard for
restoration here of local self-gov-
ernment-the most vital and FORE
most political right of free man."
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Trial Runs Are Being Held
To Select Soap Box Derby Site
Norman Rocco, Who Won Roce Here
Lost Year, Helps Committee

Trial runs by Norman Rocca,
Washington's first Soap Box Derby
champion, are helping members Of
the General Committee to select a
site for this years derby which is
sponsored again by The Star and
the American Legion.
Norman, 15-year old Anacostia
High School student, and the gold
and brown coaster racing car in
which he won the Washington title
last year, were mustered into serv-
ice during the past week as derby
officials sought new and better
hill for the 1899 event.
The derby was run off on New
Hampshire avenue NE, in front of
the Eastern Star Home, last year
Based on the first derby expert
ence, it was decided to find another
place for the event this summer
a hill steep enough to assure a
faster race and yet offering the de-
sired degree of safety.
The best way to discover such
derby site was to try out the
places under consideration. Thus,
small motor caravan was formed
to cover one section of Washing
ton where several hills we're avail
able
Officers Escort Norman.
Riding in automobiles were Maj.
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent of
police; Traffic Director William A.
Van Duzer; Capt. H. c. Whitehurst,
District highway director: Derby
Director o. c. Holleran, Assistant
Director Zeb T. Hamilton and Star
reporters and photographers.
Norman and his racer, in which
he represented Washington in the
All-American Soap Box Derby at
Akron, Ohio. last August, were in
Star truck. Following them close
ly were two motorcycle officers who
escorted Norman on his trial runs
Taking the wheel of his cham
pionship car at the top of each
hill, Norman was showed of by
Director Holleran and went rolling,
first slowly, then faster and then
with greater speed, down hill. De-
spite seven months in fall and win
ter storage, Norman's car ran we'll.
1t still carries on it the name of
The Evening Star and the seal of
the American Legion.
The best time for any boy In
Washington's derby last year was
made by Leroy j. Poole, who was
clocked over the New Hampshire
avenue course of about 1900 feet
in 1905 seconds. This, however,
was well above the record of Bobby
Berger, Omaha, Nebr., youth who
won the National Soap Box Derby
at Akron last year. Bobby's Akron
time was 2874 seconds.
It is somewhere between these
time records, preferably nearer the
Akron figure, that derby leaders
hope will be the average for racers
in the Washington event this year.
Walker Heads Committee.
Timed by stop watch. Norman's
racer went down one 1,200-foot hill
in 47.2 seconds, but on another, his
time was 3S.5 seconds. The latter
figure would have been reduced
had Norman been started from a
ramp.
Maj Brown, Mr.. Van DuZer and
Capt. Whitehurst are all members
Of the General Committee for the
1899 derby. The chairman of the
committee is Joseph A. Walker,
chairman of the Americanism Com
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Federation
Continued From First Page. )

should be justified by evidence that
the proposed new tax Is a better tax.
"3. 1t is the judgment of the fed
Grafton that the 1910 District budg-
ct. as approved by the Budget
Bureau, does not call for large
enough appropriations for some of
the departments of the District
government.
a. That the federation believes
that real property and tangible per-
sonal property are now bearing more
than their just share of the tax
load, and that the tax rate should
be reduced to $l.50 per 500.
"(5) (a) To provide funds for in
creasing the appropriations for some
of the departments of the District
government, above the estimates of
the Budget Bureau for these depart
ments; 90 to insure that it will
be possible to reduce the tax rate
on real property and tangible per-
sonal property to $3.50 per 500; (c)
to obviate any need for the business
privilege tax; and I'D to distribute
the tax load more equitably, the
federation favorS a per cent net
income tax on all corporations domi-
ciled in or doing business in the
District of Columbia, except the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co., the Chesa-
peake e. Potomac Telephone Co.,
the Washington Gas Light Co., the
Capital Transit Co., and any nom
profit corporation exempted by law
from paying Federal corporation net
income taxes in the District of Co.
lumbia.
"(6) AS a substitute for the pres
ent Intangible property tax law the
federation recommends a personal
net income tax law designed to pro-
duce not to exceed $3000,000 of reve-
nue. per year"
Pittsburgh Plan Opposed.
Arguing in behalf of the resolution
but in opposition to the substitute
tax, K. P. Armstrong of the Ameri-
can Association Of Engineers, said
that "every time we suggest a new
tax we get it and every time we sug-
gest substitute we don't get it. AS
1t is, there is no need for District
income tax if the Federal Govern
ment takes care of its own here"
The federation also backed up its
Fiscal Relations Committees disap-
proval of a recommendation that the
so-called Pittsburgh tax plan, pro-
Evening star., 1939-04-02

their own cars, but may have other
boys of derby contest age as helpers.
Under the rules. Norman Rocca and
his car are ineligible for this years
race. Other cars entered last year
may compete If they comply with the
1899 rules. However, these cars
must be entered and driven by the
boys who built them originally.
Advice and direction may be ac-
cepted from parents, teachers or
sponsors, but the actual construction
must be done entirely by the boy
Mr.. Holleran stressed the point
that inspection Of racers will be
very strict this year, and that any
car showing evidence of adult work.
manship, or of machine shop as
sistance Except that permitted by
specific rule) will be barred from
the contest.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Cook Killed in Foil
Down Stairway

Jean Grant, IS, employed for 80
years by Sir Charles Ross as a cook,
was killed in a fall in her employers
home at 1919 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. yesterday.
Miss Grant, who was born in Scot
land, was going down the stairs in
the Ross home when she lost her
balance and tumbled to the bottom.
She was pronounced dead by DR..
Leon Gordon a few minutes later.
Sir Charles is the inventor of the
Ross military rifle.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Restaurant Week
Dutes to Be Decided

Preliminary plans for the celebra-
ton of National Restaurant Week,
the dates of which have not yet
been decided, will be made at the
April meeting of the Washington
Restaurant Association, scheduled
for Friday evening. The meeting
will take place in the new Neptune
room Of the Earl Restaurant, Thir-
tee.lth and E streets NV.
Chairman Randolph Of the House
District Committee will talk. Ad-
miral George lie Savage will de-
scribe the New York Worlds Fair
and the International Restaurant
Conference. Norman D. Jarvis of
the Bureau of Fisheries will dis
cuss fish specialties. w. G. Harden
will talk about cheeses and their
uses.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Dirksen Predicts
House Will Drop
D. {. Business Tax
Presents Subcommittee
Outline Of Program
Proposing Income Levy

"A confident prediction was made
last night by Representative Dirk
sen, Republican, Of Illinois, that
any move to continue Washington's S
unpopular business privilege tax on
gross receipts for another year
would be blocked in the House.
"The business privilege tax will
not be continued except over my
dead body and the bodies of lot
of other members" he declared.
There have been too many COM
plants already from businessmen
In various sections of the country
over the application of the local
business privilege tax to their busi-
ness in the District"
The business privilege tax Is
scheduled to expire automatically at
the close of the present fiscal year,
June 30 1t has been intimated,
however, by Representative Nichols,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, chairman
of the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee
of the House District Committee in
charge of the new tax program, that
failure to agree on definite tax
plan might result in reviving the
business privilege tax.
Will Leave Outline.
Mr.. Dirksen is leaving Washing
ton today for a week, but said he
would leave behind for considera-
ton of the Fiscal Affairs Subcom-
mittee of which he is a member, an
outline of the tax program he be-
lieves should be adopted.
Briefly, this program follows:
I. Elimination of the proposed re-
tail sales tax.
2. A corporate net income tax of
5 per cent on net incomes arising
from sources within the District.
3. Adoption of a personal income
tax which would, with exemptions
and deductions, yield between So
100000 and $4,0OO000 a year.
4. Continuation of the present
SITS real and personal property tax
rate for another year.
S. Give the District authority to
borrow Federal funds to meet
budget deficit in event of failure of
this program to produce sufficient
revenue in the first year of its oper-
alton.
Could Readjust Rates.
Mr.. Dirksen pointed out his pro-
gram, together with continuation of
the intangible personal property tax,
would yield nearly as much revenue,
as the one recommended by DR..
Chester B. Pond, New York tax ex-
pert, and Colin F. STAN, chief of
staff of the joint congressional
Committee on Internal Revenue
Taxation. If it should fail to do so,
he said, Congress at its next session
could readjust rates to produce the
additional amount needed and that
the District could keep out of the
red in the meantime by borrowing
Federal funds.
The Pond-Stam program, the
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Navy Plane Carrier
To Be Launched Tuesdoy

The airplane carrier Wasp, fourth
Of the Navy's mighty plane carriers,
will be launched Tuesday at the
Quincy, Mass, plant of the Beth
lehem Steep Corp.
Mrs. Charles Edison, wife Of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will
act as sponsor for the 14,700-ton
ship. Six other ships of the Navy
nave previously carried the name
of Wasp.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
CITY Orders Curfew

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April l
P).-Curfew shall not ring tonight,
but after April 15-look out.
City authorities. acting on sug-
gestions of probation officers, have
busted of an old curfeW ordinance
which prohibits children under 16
from being on streets unaccompanied
by parents after 8 pm.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Dr.. HuddiIston to Speak

DR.. Homer Huddilston, of the fac
ulty Of the University Of Maine,
will address the annual dinner Of
the local alumni chapter Of the
university at pm. Thursday in the
Kenesaw Apartments, Sixteenth and
Irving streets NV.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Cuution

Boys planning to enter the
Soap Box Derby should not 60
too far in building their racers
until they get the 1889 official
rule book. Several changes in
derby rules have been made
since last year. The rule books
should be available not later
than April 10. Watch The
Star for announcements.
Evening star., 1939-04-02

Common sense, not legal rights,
means traffic safety.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
NORRIS IS OPPOSED
TO ARMS SPENDING

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-Sen-
ator George w. Norris of Nebraska,
veteran Progressive, said here he
would vote against increasing this
nations expenditures for armaments.
SIN the first place. the veteran
Nebraskan said, ~ don't think we
are going to get into the war. / think
that we are safely out of it and
think that we should pull in our horns
on army and navy expenditures. In
the second place, we should devote
our attention and energy to pressing
domestic problems"
Soon after Norris presented his
views in an interview, Rep. Wesley
Disney, a member of the House ways
and means committee, said he would
oppose plans to increase national de-
fense appropriations above their cur
rent levels.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
Industrial Activity
Continues To Gain

Washington, D. C. (ILNs) Indus
trial activity during the first half of
November showed slight increase,
the Federal Reserve Board reports.
The boards statement said that
during the first half of the month
the advance in industry continued but
"was less rapid than in earlier
months" Employment and payrolls
increased considerably, while COM
modify prices in general have shown
little change since the sharp rise in
September.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
|. |. N. S. and LABOR
PRESS ARE PRAISED

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-lnter-
national Labor News Service and the
labor press were praised for their
work in behalf of union label products
and services in resolution unanl-
mously adopted at the recent conven-
ton of the Union Label Trades De-
partment, American Federation OF
Labor. The resolution, submitted by
l. M. Ornburn, secretary treasurer, is
as follows
"Whereas, The weekly labor news
papers and the official monthly labor
journals have generously displayed
editorials, short paragraphs, cartoons
and facsimilies of union labels, shop
cards and buttons; and
"Whereas, The American Fedora
tion of Labor's Weekly News Service
and the International Labor News
Service have gratuitously carried the
message of the union label, shop card
and service button; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Union Label
Trades Department of the American
Federation of Labor in convention as
sembled hereby expresses its deep
gratitude for the space so generously
contributed by the labor press and the
labor news services; and be it further
"Resolved, That the Union Label
Trades Department of the American
Federation of Labor in convention as
sembled urge national and interna-
tional Offices of all labor unions to
encourage the members thereof to
subscribe to the local bona fide labor
newspapers endorsed by central labor
unions"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01

Twelve good Men, and true
Sometimes think more of Fair
Play
Than of maintaining Dignity of The
Law
But they don't ask for repeal of
The Law
Before the Community com S
along
Making, and then enforcing, The
Law
It is fair enough for every man to
be his own Law
But when men have to live to-
gether-
They have to agree upon Rules of
Conduct
Traditions pass into statutes,
through Common Law
1t gets to be too dangerous, for
every man to be his own Sheriff
Innocent bystanders get caught in
the swirl of passions
Too many problems are involved
Of which contestants take no
notice
Often having no knowledge
So we have gotten into the habit
Of letting the Sheriff carry the
guns
Letting the Judge tell the jury
about the Rules of the Game
But when The Law breaks down
When some Outlaw gets bigger
than The Law
Breaks into the Community Big
Game
But ignores all the Rules, when it
suits him
Patient people, busy with their own
affairs
Expecting The Law to go on work
ing, as usual
Sooner or later, revert to original
processes
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
30-Hour Week Urged For
Washington Build. Trades

Tacoma, Wash. (ILNS).-The 80
hour work week should prevail in the
building trades industry in the entire
state of Washington, the building
trades section of the Washington
State Federation of Labor urged in
convention here. The 30-hour sched-
ule at present is in effect in Is of
the states 80 counties.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
Truths Pondered While
Riding at
Anchor
''Then gently scan
your brother NAM
By Mr.. Modestus-

Outlaw
Outside of the law
Thinking he is above the law
Free from the bonds of what other
men think
Ethics, morals, wrong, or right
What's that?
They are just rules made for the
other fellows benefit
To be BROKEN when he can't make
them work
But the Majesty of Law, to make
me behave
Just So
Quite right, and true
There is a lot of evil within The
Law
Nothing like what there would be,
were there no Law
There are times when judges wink
at The Law
Because, after all, Law is a part
of Life
Life not being an appurtenance of
The Law
Juries very often look the other
way
When some legal guy comes along
Playing with The Law, keeping
within its rules
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
JOB OPPORTUNITIES INCREASE

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Rob
ert Fechner, director of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, announced here
that job opportunities in private in
dustry for C. c. C. enrollees increased
sharply in September and November.
He said that 4,368 enrollees were
given honorary discharges in Septem-
ber to take private jobs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01

Whether the Outlaw be a mere bank
robber-
Cattle Rustler, Kidnapper, or just
Dictator on the loose
Identical forces of Community
Life
Under necessity of people living
together
At last begin to function
The Law comes back.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01

Reorganize the Community, ex-
anime the Broken Law
Focus the Power of the Community
upon the Outlaw
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01

Make new Law, if the occasion calls
for it
Restoring common order, and Com
mon Law
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
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