The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-12

Senator Capper Imperative rath-
er than argu-
mentative. He said exceedingly
ugly personal things and had 'em
said back to him. In a cussing
mech Burts fully competent to
hold his own, but cussing can get
so fierce that it ceases to be con-
vincing Cussing back may not be
convincing. either, but it's pardon
able in a cussee; he's in position
10 say that the other chap began
it, so he HAS to cuss, in self-de-
tense.
Such senator's as Gerald p Nye
of North Dakota and Hiram w.
johnson OF California haven't been
as venomous in debate and inter-
views as Burt Wheeler has, but
they have records as outright fana-
teal isolationists, and consequent
ly have been discounted bit.
Senators Bennett Champ Clark
Of Missouri and Robert A. Taft OF
Ohio haven't exactly cussed, but
they've been nightly severe
enough so to give an impression
that they're as much anti-adminis-
trationistic as isolationistic. which
has more or less discounted them.
~ too.
But Senator Capper hasn't said
4 mean thing. He's been regretful
Of our national emergency tend
ency and fearful of the direction in
which he thinks it's taking US, but
only argumentatively and warning
~ so.
TOO Bad, but"
He opposed the lease-lend bill,
but after it had been passed, voted
for the seven billion-dollar allow
ance TO implement it, saying he be-
lieved lease-lending entitled to the
cash to make it work, since II now,
by a congressional majority. is the
law of the land, and, as a democrat
Though a Republican,, he believes
in bowling to the ma1oritys will.
Some other lawmakers, who
fought lease-lending, also finally
voted for the seven billions. but
they did it grouchily. Senator Cap
per's attitude, rather, was, mildly,
"Ah, too bad, but here goes"
The Kansas senator, in short, is
intensely pacific, but it's a Quak-
er's kind OF pacifism. It's notorious
that the average pacifist is so vio-
lently pacifstic that he'll fight to
the death for peace. Senator Cap
per's religiously pacifistic-peace-
fully so. He doesn't want TO light
at any stage Of the game.
Senator Wheeler, as a pacifst,
arouses furious antagonism. Sena-
tor Capper doesn't He hasn't 1t In
his tone Of voice.
Just now he's telling Us what
those seven billions will mean In
taxation soon-the seven billions
and further national expenditures
that he foresees in the near future.
He predicts a debt Of 100 billions
before we're through.
Henceforward, he assures US,
taxes are going TO be terrible"
His reckoning is that each
American family Of four, not in
debt itself, will be carrying a debt
Of $1,000, "as part of Uncle Sans
family"
OF course the individual family
81 Ifr ttr-+ha annual in
terest on that amount.
The senator quotes figures by
William S. Knudsen. co-director
with Sidney Hillman Of the Office
Of Production Management, and by
Chief Robert L. Mehornay Of the
governments contract service, in
support Of his calculations.
The Kansans a member OF the
senate finance committee, thus will
have hand in dealing with the tax
problem. He forecasts that that
will be worry, but he is a member
likewise Of the soions' agriculture
committee, and his prophesy is that
that committees figuring will be a
darned sight harder than the
finance committee s.
Pity the Farmer
He thinks 20, he explains. be-
cause our national SUPPLY Of food
stuffs won't be deer .ased; hence
their prices won't rise much. But
our supply Of manufactured goods
will be greatly impinged on by
military demands; 50 their prices
viii skyhoot, he feels sure.
This II be hades on the farmers,