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pied with ration
ing of consumer
goods, in an effort u
to curb the spiral of initiation which
threatens the economic structure of
the nation. Usually well informed
sources of news have it that the
President will recommend a 80 per
cent excess profits levy on earnings
of corporations in excess of 6 per
cent of their invested capital, also
limiting individual incomes at either
$4,000 or $25, 900. Reports also have
it that the President will issue an
order to the War Labor board to
freeze present wages of highly skilled
industry workers to which CIO and
AFL representatives have voiced
strong opposition. A somewhat SIM
liar policy is now in effect in Canada,
which is said to be operating salts
factorily.
Up to this time there have been a
number of instances of shameless
profiteering in war material produc-
ton and many corporation director
ates have voted themselves handsome
increases in salaries primarily for the
purpose of evading corporation taxes.
I am in thorough sympathy with the
Presidents objective and he will have
little or no difficulty in getting favor
able action from the Ways and Means
committee and Congress. This war
is not being fought to make another
crop of millionaires.
Necessary Suppression.
Much of the criticism being leveled
at the Administration for clamping
down on publications that border on
the seditious is not justified. The
country is at war and anything that
even remotely tends to create disunity
must be suppressed if We are going
to win that war. A very serious OBJ
legation also rests upon the Depart
ment of Justice to see to it that no
injustice is done. There is all the
difference in the world between hon.
est criticism and sedition. Criticism
uncovers faulty leadership and unwise
policies while sedition is intended
to disrupt and destroy. The Amer
lean press realizes its responsibilities.
Patriotic newspapers do not publish
anything that will be helpful to the
enemy or create disunity at home.
War brings necessary restrictions on
freedom of action as we'll as on con-
sumption of material.
A Dangerous Measure.
Bills introduced by the chairmen
of the Senate and House Military
Affairs committees would confer
powers upon the President equal to
those now possessed by the totalitar-
ian dictators of Europe. The meas
ures will probably pass but they
shouldn't. It is not necessary to set
up a dictatorship in this country in
order to win the war. We did good
job of it in the last war without
making President Wilson a dictator,
and England has managed to survive
without making Churchill a dictator,
but Roosevelt loves power and he
probably will not be satisfied until
he has as much of it as have Hitler,
Stain and Mussolini. At this writ
ing one thing appears certain: When
the war is over the whole world, in
Guiding America, will have changed
politically, economically and socially.
It's Now Our Turn.
Each day brings signs that the
United Nations are getting all ready
to take the aggressive. The bombing of
four japanese cities and daily bomb
ings of Axis territory in Europe are
but prelude to general offensive,
probably by July l.
The war is now we'll into its third
year and the belligerent countries of
Europe have already had three WIN
ters of it. While there are those who
maintain that the war may continue
for another five or ten years, I am
ready to venture a guess that the
war will be over before the spring
of IA because there is limit to a
peoples ability to take punishment
and endure hardships, and let me not
forget to say that it will end in our
favor That is certain.
Beware of "HOt" Tires.
The Federal Trade Commission is
hot on the trail of a number of wild
cat" concerns that are making and
selling remodeled tires that are Moth
ing more or less than worn out cas-
ings covered with minimum of re-
claimed rubber and lined with new
lining that conceals casing cuts.
These tires are absolutely worthless
and are a real menace to automobile
traffic as they are liable to blow up
under the least pressure. Of course,
such concerns could not operate in
normal times but according to my
information they are now doing a
very lucrative business. Several of
these concerns have already been
cracked down on by the ETC and
others will be taken care of as fast