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Fiscal
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haps, was the best possible plan that
could be devised for the District
However, Congress rejected that and
substituted the present income tax
There were many inequalities in that
and it is difficult of enforcement
because of provision applying the
tax to those 'domiciied here The
Commissioners submitted perfecting
amendments and they were rejected
There is no other program in mind
at this time"
Representative Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana indicated he favored a
general sales tax for the District so
visitors would contribute something
toward the upkeep of the city.
I can't imagine Congress passing
a sales tax" remarked Chairman
Hunter. I'VE might as well face the
facts"
Mr.. Hunter inquired what steps
had been taken to collect the income
tax from Is 900 persons who failed to
file local returns.
Court Decisions Awaited.
Tax Assessor Dent said no move
had been made pending the outcome
of final court decisions as to the
legality of taxing persons domiciled
here who pay a similar tax in the
States from which they came He
added he thought the $1,000 figure
exceptionally high" since it was
based on the number of persons who
filed Federal income tax returns in
the District. Some of those who
filed Federal returns from the Dis
trict. he explained, live in Maryland
or Virginia, and filed the return from
their place of business.
Next Chairman Hunter wanted to
know whether audits had been made
of the local returns. Mr.. Dent ex-
planned that checks were made
against Federal returns, but that
the returns of corporations were
being audited because of the higher
taxes they pay. There has been
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Chile Orders Is Planes
From Hagerstown Plant
BV tic Associated Press.

B' The Associated Press
NEW YORK. March 18-Chile
has placed an initial" order for %
low-wing Fairchild training planes
manufactured in Hagerstown, Md.
and shipment to Ell Bosque Field
in Santiago will begin Immediately
it was announced last night.
The same trainer is used for ad-
vanced work in civilian schools in
this country under the Govern
ment's pilot program. The Fair
child plane is designed primarily
as an Army trainer.
Choice of the plane was made by
Air Commodore Dario Mujica OF
the Chilean air force with the ad-
vice of Comdr. Rafael Saenz, all
attache of the Chilean Embassy.
Alexis r. Stocker of the Fairchilo
company commented that "thi.
equipment is replacing various Eu-
ropean planes which have been in
! the Chilean service"
The planes will carry a Warner
165-horSepower radial engine.
Capt Tomas Gatica Ibacache anc
Its. Oscar Munoz Constant ano
Ricardo Lopez Puelma arrived here
recently by boat to supervise ship
mentS to Chile.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Z Die During $4,000 Fire
AT Virginia Paper Plant
BY the Associated Press.


CONVICTION, Va, March 18-
Fire which swept through tons of
finished and scrap paper at one
unit of the West Virginia Pulp &
Paper Co.'S plant here yesterday
caused the deaths of two men and a
loss roughly fixed at the mill office
at $4,000.
j. E. Steeley, plant superintendent,
and Walter F. Lunger, a chemist.
collapsed during the afternoon blaze.
DR.. N. B. Jeter. coroner, attributed
both deaths to heart attacks.
The fire started from an undeter-
mined source among the tons of
waste paper and rolls of finished
kraft stacked on open ground at the
mill. Whipped by a high wind, it
drove into two huge piles containing
about $500 tons of the kraft rolls.
Firemen from both Covington and
Clifton Forge joined plant workers
in the fight and the blaze was
brought under control four hours
after it started. The piles of Kraft
paper smoldered through the night.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Two Stores Held Up
With Bandit BIaminu
Act ON III Wife
Lone Gunmun Robs Druq
And Liquor Businesses
In Northwest Section

Clerks IN a drug store and liquor
store were bound and robbed last
night by what was believed to have
been the same bandit with a hard
luck story about needing money for
his i'll wife.
The robberies occurred within an
hour and 10 minutes of one another.
The drug store was located at 1911
FoXhall road NV. and the liquor
store at 3429 M street NV.
In the drug store holdup. which
happened at 10:40 pm, the lone
white gunman bound Ralph S.
Kiefer. Arlington, Va, and Raymond
Gotkin, 1856 Third street NV. with
adhesive tape he took from his
pocket.
MOrhpine Stolen.
After binding their hands and feet
as they stood back to back, the
bandit demanded to know where the
narcotics were and he took a
quantity of morphine along with
S23 and nine cartons of cigarettes.
Just before leaving he ordered the
two not to attempt to free them
selves until they had counted so.
They freed themselves easily a
couple of minutes later.
Mr.. Kiefer said today that on
pulling out a blue steel revolver as
he entered the store, the bandit told
him he hated to do it but his wife
was i'll in a hospital
Robber Gets Sl23.
In the liquor store robbery, Her
man Dodek of $50 Sheridan street
NV, was bound with an old rag
that the bandit pulled from his
pocket. The robber got sl23.58 and
two small bottles of whisky. He
was said to have carried a nickel
plated revolver, in contrast to the
blue steel pistol in the drug store
case. However, he had the same
story about his wife being in the
hospital, and the description in both
cases were similar.
He was described in one case as
being about 5 feet s to 10 inches
tall, as 5 feet II in the other; $50
pounds in both cases. light hair,
thin in front in one; dark hair. thin
In front in the other; hatless in
both, light tan topcoat in one and
tan or gray topcoat in the other.
Other Robberies.
Other robberies reported to police
last night and early today were:
Ollie Hayden, 737 Euclid street
NV, robbed of s45 last night as he
walked at the intersection of Geor-
gia avenue and Aspen street NV. by
two white men, one of whom pinned
Mr.. Hayden's arms to his side while
the other grabbed his billfold.
Gordon F. Fitzpatrick. II L street
NE. who gave up S12 to white man
who placed hard object against his
back as he was driving his Capital
Evening star., 1941-03-18

as to the method and sum of the
Federal payment" the report added,
"the Congress has uniformly recog-
nized the national obligation of
making a Federal payment to the
upkeep of the Federal city. Many
reasons have been advanced in sup
port of the Federal payment
The main argument is based on
the excess property owned by the
National Government in the-District
of Columbia, all of which Federally
owned property is, of course, tax free
Other Arguments Listed.
Another argument is that WASH
ington is the Federal Capital in
which the whole Nation should take
pride and toward the upkeep of
which the whole Nation should con-
tribute. Another is that the Con-
stitution vests exclusive legislative
authority in Congress over the Dis
trict. and the Congress determines
precisely what taxes shall be levied
in the District and exactly how the
money shall be expended.
Another reason advanced is that
Congress requires the District to con-
struct its buildings in keeping with
the national architecture. Another
argument frequently employed is
that Congress requires the District
of Columbia to render, at its own
expense, a multitude of uncom-
pensated services to the Federal
Government which services have
been appraised as high as sl2 1000, 900
per annum.
The argument most frequently
advanced against the Federal pay
ment is that the burden of taxation
in the District of Columbia is light
as compared with subdivisions of
various State governments. The
committee requested the Bureau of
the Census to make a study and
institute comparison between the
tax burden in the City of Washing
ton and other comparable cities. The
chief statistician, division of States
and cities, Bureau of the Census,
reported that the tax burden in the
City Of Washington in not less than
the average of other comparable
cities.
The funds for operating and de-
veloplng our National Capital are
inadequate and have been for a
number of years.
1T is the opinion of the committee
that the Federal payment should
rest upon stable basis freed of
uncertainty, bitter controversy and
ceaseless wrangle."
Evening star., 1941-03-18

Transit bus on Fourteenth street
near w street Sc. early today. The
man fed on foot.
Charles Cushman, Upperville. Va,
whose automobile was robbed of
mems and women's clothing and a
womans wrist watch with a total
value of 1925 while parked near
Seventeenth and H streets NV.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Us Defense Worker,
Hurt in Rail Wreck,
40 Seriously
Freight Rams Troin
Carrying 700 to U. S.
Arsenal in Ohio
BY IL, Associated Press.


WINDHAM, Ohio, March ia
freight train plowed into the side
of nine-car Erie passenger train
carrying TOO construction workers to
the Governments SIG 900, 900 Raven
ma Arsenal today. At least 125 of
the defense workers were injured,
40 seriously.
Seven hours after the mishap Erie
Railroad officials said they could not
confirm a railroad investigator s
earlier report that one man had
been killed, and presumed it was
erroneous. Some men were in a
precarious condition in the five hos
pitfalls to which the injured were
taken.
The commuter train, carrying men
from the Youngstown district, was
hit as it backed into the 24,000-acre
Government reservation. The giant
freight locomotive sheared away al
most half the fifth coach, turning 1t
over, and smashed the fourth coach,
derailing it also.
Seats Scattered Along Track.
Fifty leather seats of the steel fifth
coach were scattered along the right
of way, together with workers lunch
boxes. Screams and means went up
from the wreckage.
White-faced men in the other
coaches, shaken up but suffering
little but bruises and cuts, went to
the rescue. They removed at least
two men with severed arms. and
others with skull and leg fractures
Men built bonfires to ward off the
12-degree cold.
After hitting the commuter coaches
the freight locomotive smashed into
an embankment, and turned on its
side. Seventeen freight cars. some
of them splintered asunder, fell like
jackstraws across the right of way.
Investigation Launched.
An Erie investigator said the
freight engineer told him he had a
clear signal" Erie's Offices in Cleve-
Evening star., 1941-03-18

Britam's meat ration was cut
when meat-carrying ships were
needed to carry munitions to Libya
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17

Thasa finolino Oc+obor dove p,olya
H. ovciting 70 et,rt ort On q boa,'tv-
r. lrin@ nco 40 on, and &c roT end
Isnnrsalf Nth tba+ ,n-ond-do;ng
koeIin~ +b;s br;ob+ roorpina so,ze
t.ho Nod ond 1 49, snm o ' Of II
Trouo,se - = n,,,st nto+bor Won
,, 80 81 Use - o u.s. I $1,000 ro; go
IN - " lo - ~ b p"9 a,,tb hi,1J
~ ~ le" 49, - $50 !,
80 ,,o drS OuioI I 't +tam, 800 en- ord
o,lIh ho ~ 1lSnT 'e 100 tl ~ VI
lReantv salon which believes in the
value of STRETCHING for beauty and
,eIaxafion has mt an exercise aid
on the market. TAis gadget is
Simnlv n niece Of +o,lah elastic with
Moons nj Zach end in which lin
the hands and the feet during yolr
exercises, IF this isn't available,
you can make one yourself which
will serve very we'll.
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17
The Right of
The Minority
THE RIGHT OF THE
MINORITY
BY Ruth Taylor

BY Ruth Taylor
The rights of the minority are the rights
of the maiority-no more, no less, for
if we would look at the problem real
istically and not in the spirit of sent-
ment, we should see that each infringe
ment of minority rights" is really al
infringement of majority rights.
Any attack upon the rights of MI
nority whites away the rights of all.
The early barbarians who ravaged the
History has proven this again and again.
outposts of civilization could not hold
the countries they conquered because,
as they destroyed all rights except their
own, there was nothing left to take root
and SO stabilize their conjuests.
Each country which has tried to legis-
late religion, and to wipe out all creeds
but one, has fallen from power, no
matter what the creed for religion, like
a tree religion must have space and
freedom to grow, dependent as it is up
on universally and freedom of spirit
for life.
Such has been the experience of every
individual or group who ever tried to
hold power by wiping out the rights Of
a minority. They have found that they
have cut their own roots as well-and
have gradually starved to death as does
the murdered tree.
In Europe the minorities of today are
hunted and harried from pillar to post.
Driven from place to place, from nation
to nation Or forced into subservience
amo snting to slavery, their future is
black So black it is that but two cour-
ses remain open-gradual lowering VI
morale until there is an almost animal
like servility to those in authority, or
a life of constant danger and hole-in-
corner intrigue, with an eventual ex-
plosion inevitable.
In this country we do not have the
Fights of minorities or majorities We
have the privilege of choice by the ma
jority; the obligation of cooperation by
the minority The rights belong to all.
on complete equality and without diff
ferentiation, for that is the democratic
way of life.
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17

straight. Repeat with the other
arm.
5. Sit erect, oraspina the ends Of
the elastic I'D stretch your arms
wide over your head. Rock hard on
the hips.
6. Stand up, with feet about a
foot apart. Hold the elastic taut
over your head and swing torso
from side to side, without relaxing
the stretched elastic.
7. Now you 90 flat on the floor,
with knees bent and feet on the
floor Loop the elastic over your
feet and stretch one leg straight up,-
then lower it and repeat with the
other leg.
g. Lie on your back with armsi
outstretchedtat shoulder level, feet
ST aght up In the air. Win thei
eiastic loops over your feet, swing
ycnr legs from side to side, torch-
ins ne floor at each side, and keep
ing the elastic taut.
3. Finally, sit with your kneesl
straight, toes up and heels for.vard.I
L e down and sit up -sa,n as SLOWLY
as possible.
i you make your own exercise
aid, be sure that The elastic isl
strong enough to MAKE it real exer,
else TO stretcb This extra stretch
ir added to the familiar exercises
is a splendid iqa. a few minuteql
Of these exercises eyery morning II
and we mean every ln0rning-will
help you g n the 1.-The, young figurei
that You Wlnt
1t takes q little will power but
it worasl
Via are yoar bc4a-1 Probiemss
Wri'e: Warie Downing, Ldriease
Beauty Bureau, $500 LindeR
Bid, ST. Louis, Mo, AID she viii
=, I'D TO answer them. Be
a'oss a self-addressed,
en2s.oPe.
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17
Colored Designer
Continued from page /.

particularly proud of the clothes he de-
signed for Ethel Waters which she wears
in Cabin in the Skies"
In addition to his talents as a dress
designer. Dempsey is also capable
musician, for he studied to be concert
pianist. He still lworks hard at his MUSIC
and states that music and designing 60
hand in hand He says he finds much
inspiration for clothes in music
Through the suggestion of a friend
Julian Dempsey made some sketches of
clothes he believed suitable for Mrs
Roos evelt. He sent them to the White
House with note. Two week later she
wrote him adding that she was interested
in an evening gown he had sketched,
asking him to submit a more complete
drawing. Of course he was quite es-
cited about this order and it is to his
credit as a designer that Mrs. Roosevelt
wore his evening gown at the first plo-
matte reception of the season and also
during the inaugural festivities.
Asked about Mrs. Roosevelts conduct
during fittings, julian Dempsey states
that he found her kind and considerate
and yet firm about her personal prefer
ences. She never wasted his time fuss
ing over trivialities.
Rgarding his plans for the future
Dempsey announced that he is leaving
for California next month where he
hopes to establish himself as a dress de-
signer in the film colony.
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17

A PROCLAMATION
The Weekly Echo
ssssss

The National Negro Business League
was founded in 1900 by Booker T. Wash
ington, and its purpose is to bring to
gether Negro business men and women
in cooperative efforts for their mutua
benefit
WHEREAS, since 1917 the National
Negri Business League has sponsored
local Trade Week Campaigns in order
to focus local public attention upon the
services offered through Negro enter
prises;
WHEREAS the slogan Spend SOME
THING WITH NEGRO ENTERPRISE
with appropriate publicity through the
press, in circulars, posters and through
printed matter has been successfully
used to intensity the campaign;
WHEREAS, cities in which these cam
lpaigns have been conducted report SUBJ
stantal increase in sales volume of Neg
no stores, increase in business for Negro
professionals, insurance companies, and
service establishments, and correspond
ingly a continuing spirit of community
cooperation beyond the week of the
campaign;
AND WHEREAS the cumulative eff
feet of these campaigns has been to en-
courage more Negroes to enter the field
of business and to direct national in
terest in the economic progress of the
Negro,
l. Joseph Edison Walker, President of
! the National Negro Business League, do
hereby proclaim the months of October
and November for the annual Fall Trade
Campaigna nd urge that all cities with
considerable Negro population participate
and that during Trade Week every eff
fort be made to increase memberships
in the National League which includes
a years subscription to SERVICE ma
gazine.
Joseph Edison Walker, President
NATIONAL NEGRO BUS. LEAGUE
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17
Do Negro Enterprises Deserve Our
Support? If So Do We Support Them
AS We Should?

few days ago it was the editors good pleasure
to have long talk with one of the business men of
this city, member of our group. After relating
some facts to me, he stated that he, being race
man, attempted to write some insurance on a young
woman of our group The young woman readily
replied, IF had a job so l could keep up my pre-
MUM | would take out policy with you" At the
conclusion of this statement by the young woman,
this business man advised the young woman where
to go and apply for job. She went and applied for
a job-and now she is employed by colored bu-
sineSs concern.
What does it mean for this young woman to have
job? 1t means first of all that she can provide for
herself clothes and food It means that she car
ry small insurance on herself; it means that she
will be in position to pay her financial obligations
to her church, it means that the dollars that she
makes per week will not on y HELP HERSELF,
but many others.
All Negro enterprises deserve our unstinted sup
port. This does not mean that we are not to sup
port anything but Negro business concerns, for an
attempt of that kind would be nonsense 1t does
mean, however, that we should have common judi
gment to the extent that we should seize Every OPP
portunity to support and boost Negro Enterprises.
If the white BARRIERS were to throw open their
doors next week for colored patronage the colored
BARRIERS would lose quite a bit of business If the
white churches were to throw open their doors for
visitors and members of our group, our peWs would
be more desolate.
If the white cafes would throw open their doors
tomorrow to colored customers, we would have
quite few doors closed among our cafe operators.
My position in this matter is verified and mag
aified through actions Have you noted that large
number Of white agents are busy daily writing and
collecting insurance on colored? Have you noted
the fact that the whites have bigger business a.
mong our people than we have?
Don't understand me to be critizing and oppos-
ing our group for carrying policy with the white
companies unless that member of our group car
ries policy with the white company only and ex-
cludes the colored company IF that is done then we
are not fair to ourselves. The Negro undertakers
in Meridian have the right-of-way, when it comes
to ourying our folk That comes from the fact how
ever, the white undertakes do not solicit our pa
trQnage. The Negro business concerns deserve our
support. When you patronize your own group, you
give euployrla nt you help pay the light bill, water
and telephone bills, the church obligations the in
6urance and what rot
We nave done wei as a race, but my, my the har-
vest is still graf but the laborers are few in this
VINEYARD Of cooperation among colored people,
4 IS said that certain colored man who had
been buying ice from his coIored friend, who oper-
ated an ice station quit buying ice from this col
ored friend and started to buying ice from white
man. He was asked, "Why did you quit buying ice
from the colored ice MANI" His remark was, 'I jes
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17
WHAT'S NEWS AMONG n. 3. a.

l think this Journal is a credit to the
Enterprise Sur day School Convention,
The Journal carries contributions by
members and friends of the Convention.
We wish to congratulate Brother Wood
ard and his official staff on the publ
cation of this Journal. We wish for
you much success in your adventure.
The Weekly Echo.
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17

ment, ClrculaL-on ETC, heQuAeu by
The Acts Of Congress Of August "a,
1912, And March 3, 1888
Of The Weekly Echo published weekly
at 25OS Fifth street, Meridian, M ssissippi
or October IT, 19n. State of Mississippi
county of Lauderda.e.
Before me, a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid, per-
sonally appeared Roy L. Young, who
having been duly sworn according tc
law, deposes and says that he Is the
editor, publihser business manager, and
owner of The Weekly Echo and that TIN.
following is, to the best of his know
ledge and belief, a true statement OF
the ownership, management OF the p
foresaid publication for the date shown
in the above caption, required by the
Act of August "a, 1912 as amended by the
Act of March g. 1888, embodied in Sec
ton SGT, Postal Laws and Regulations
printed on the reverse of tn IS form, 10
wit:
l. That the names and addresses o.
the publisher, editor, managing editor.
and business managers are:
Publisher: Roy l.. Young. Box 104s.
Meridian, Miss
Editor: Roy l.. Young, Box 1913. Meri-
dian, Mississippi
Managing Editor: Roy L. Young. Box
1043, Meridian, Miss
Business Managers: Roy L. Young. Boz
1043, Meridian, Miss.
2. That the owner is: Roy L. Young
3. That the known bondholders, NOR
tgagees, and other secuity holders own
ing or holding l per cent or more OF
total amount of bonds, mortgages. cr
,ther securities are. None.
4. That the two paragraphs next n
bove, giving the names of the owners.
stockholders, security holders, if
any, contain not only the list of stock
holders and security holders as they APP
pear upon the books of the company
but also in cases where the stakeholder
or security holder appears upon the
books of the company as trustee or in
any other fiduciary relation, the name
of the person or corporation for whom
such trustee is acting, is given; also that
the said two paragraphs contain state
ments embracing atlantis full know
ledge and belief as to the circumstances
and condit ons under which stockholders
and security holders who do not appear
upon the books fthe company as trus-
tees, hold stock and securities in a ca
pacity other than that of a bona fide
owner; and this aft ant has no reason
to believe that any other person, asso-
citation, or corporation has any interest
rect or indirect in the said stock, bonds
or other securities than as so stated by
him.
ROY L. YOUNG
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
10Th day of October 1874.
T. ]. YOUNG
CMy commission expires Jan. %, 1945)
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17

tell 20 de truth, spekin 20 to ask that ques-
tin dun tried dis thing out and fur fax dat white
mans ice is jes coer dan dat coled mans ice"
The Negro business man for one, deserves our
support and this can be done without njurying or
hurting anybodys feeling. The white people sup
port their own and the white people support col
ored people. Why don't colored people support
their own and support white people, too?
The weekly echo., 1941-10-17
GENERALIZATION

I have received a copy of the Wood
ards District Sunday School Journal.
a monthly periodical for Sunday School
Folks of which Miss Emma D. Jenkins
is editor and Mr.. A. ]. Woodland, one
of our local H. B. A. presidents is di-
rector.