The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
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Eleanor Roosevelt

NEW S1xLE 1fAA
One night / read an interesting
suggestion, which was sent to me by
Mr.. Joseph e. Goodbar. The plan
will 60 to the treasury department,
but the idea is simple enough for
all of us to understand. He feels
that by using a new type of taxa
ton, we can not only meet the ex-
ira demands made by the war, but
private industry can be better pre-
pared to reabsorb people back into
civilian life.
Mr.. Goodbar calls this tax ga pay
with added production tax" He
looks realistically at all of us who
are taxpayers and says: 1--WE will
be required to create an incentive
that affects every gainfully en-
ployed person and every person who
receives an income, otherwise
some would respond and others
would not"
So he suggests that "all of us be
taxed Is per cent on all income from
whatever source derived" but that,
"every tax payer able to do so, be
allowed to increase his productive
effort Is per cent; and this tax
would be paid out of extra emergen-
cy war production and not by an
increase in his normal income"
Just how we are to succeed in
getting the opportunity to become
more productive has been worked
out by him. / shall be very much
interested to see what the experts
think of his idea.
INDIA'S PROBLEM
l think the failure to evolve some
plan by which India could be given
greater sense of independence and
security in the future, has been a
great disappointment to many peo-
pie. One can not help hoping that
some new way will be worked out
whereby the people of India may
feel that the future belongs more
surely to them in their own land.
CHINA RELIEF
United China Relief is trying to
raise $1,000, 600 for the work of their
participating agencies. China is one
of our allies, more than that; China
has been a center of interest for
many people in this country for
many years. I think that some Of
our citizens watch with sympathy
the fight which China is putting up
today against an aggressive enemy.
They are even more impressed,
however, by the fight which China
is making at home to build gov
eminent and way of life which is
truly democratic and which will in
crease the well-being of all her peo-
pie. Hardship and suffering is the
lot of her people at present, but
they show extraordinary fortitude.
All we can do is to send them
whatever supplies they need,
and am sure that we shall do
so even If it means sacrifice on
our part.
MOVING DAY
One can not leave two houses with
which one has had long years of as
ISOLATION, without some reminiscent
moments. have spent many years
away from these houses since my
mother-in-law built them, but we
lived here a number of years con-
secutively when our children were
small. We lived here during the
first years of my husbands illness
and have been here on and off since
my husband returned to public life
in 1928. S
Many human emotions have been
recorded by many people within the
walls of these rooms, and If walls
could talk, an interesting book might
be written. Perhaps the most STIR
ring chapter would deal with the
months and years after my husband
came back here from the hospital
and slowly took up new activities,
adjusting meanwhile to physical
handicap which very active and
still young man certainly never
could have envisioned.
AS I took my maid into the new
apartment she remarked on how
light and bright 1t was, ana SAID She
hoped the happiness within would al
ways keep pace with the light.
AIR TRAVELLING
For those of us who travel by air
the governments need for planes
was sad news in the paper. It has
been hard for the airlines to meet
the demands of passengers up to
now, but with one-fourth of the air
liners taken over by the army, it
will mean, imagine, increased diff
ficulty for civilians who wish to trav-
el by air.
Gradually, we shall have to take
more time to get about when we
are not doing something which has
to do with the war. If we civilians
must travel, it win be in a more
1nierrra1v fashion This will he a