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some laudable purpose.
Heavy War Taxes in Britain


instrument of taxation to effect
very extensive redistribution Of the
wealth of the country. We have sue
ceeded in putting the burdens on the
backs Of those the broadest to bear
it. Out of every five dollars of in
come of the richest people Of our
country $4.37 is taken in taxation.
"Another restriction we put upon
the employer was this. We said that
if this was a war to defend democ-
racy, it was not going to be war
to create a plutocracy. Employers
are not going to make extensive profits
out of this war. And SO we induced
the government to impose 100 per
cent excess profits tax that no en-
ployer now can make greater profit
out of the war than he did in the year
preceding it.
All Are Subject to Rationing
"We then insisted upon system of
rationing, and l hope that you will
observe that these proposals origin
ated with us and not with the gov
ernment. We are the people who
ask for this system and we must take
full responsibility for their conse-
quences. Nowadays everybody is
rationed in our country, no matter
who they may be, and although there
are substitute commodities which peo-
pie may have, every class of the COM
munity is on the same level so far
as basic commodities are concerned.
Labor Aids in Shaping Policies
"I want to make it plain to you
that the trade union congress is rep
resented on every form of admins
tration which deals with these prob
lens. Our democratic machinery, in
other words, from trade union point
of view, is fully in operation.
"Our principal claim, that we
should be consulted in every form of
activity, has been accepted by both
of the governments that have so far
served in this war. We are helping
by this means to shape policies. We
are trying to take some of the square
pegs out of the round holes, because
find that once these men of great
reputation, these marvellous business
organizers, get into different envir-
onment in government service, they
sometimes act with a stupidity that is
incomprehensible.
Britain Stands Between Nazism and
Civilization
'The future rests upon the outcome
of the war. Britain is supposed to be
a barrier, and l believe she is that
barrier between our civilization and
our democracy and the invading forces
of the Nazi hordes. We have a
tremendous task in front of us. Indeed,
| think someone here, some very prom
inent statesman has willingly said that
the British Navy was the first line of
defense Of American democracy.
British Morale Is Bomb Proof
"Hitler is seeking to crush the NOR
ale of our people, to destroy their
homes, to put their factories in ruins.
Day after day and night after night
we are exposed to bombs from the
air, some tiny speck in the sky so
small it can scarcely be seen, only
identified by wisp of smoke behind
it. 1t may come out of the blue, drop
its bombs, and before any planes can
get near it, disappear. You or I or
any other person may be near that
bomb when it falls. 1t may fall upon
a humble cottage or upon a govern
ment building. At night, night after
night our people from dusk to dawn
are experiencing menace which we
have not as yet found the answer to.
"Thousands of our people are Sleep
ing under the staircases of their
houses, their only protection in case
the house collapses over them. Others
are sleeping under the pianos in their
dining rooms, the more fortunate ones
in small shelter about six feet long
maximum and four feet wide, with
men and women lying head to foot.
two people to camp bed on each side
of the shelter. | myself am sleeping
in my own made shelter that I made
before the war, with four other adults,
and our shelter is only 9x6-3, by six
feet high.
Multitudes Killed and Injured by Air
Raids
This is the life of the British peo-