The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-16
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Washington
BY STEPHEN NJ. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

Washington Barbara Hutton, mar
ried recently to Cary Grant, handsome, |
popular movie actor and fine American, |
inherited fifty million dollars. This was
tainted money. Girl clerks toiled long
hours at low wages in sc & 1Oc stores |
operated by the Woolworth interests.
1t is notorious that girls employed in
&c K Zoe stores received wages far be- |
| low the minimum of decency Barbara
Hutton first bought herself a self
styled Georgian prince, Alexis Mdivani. |
| He secured substantial slice of this |
fortune and an agreement to receive
$3.50, 900 per year ut the time she di-
vorced him. Then she bought another
'nobleman" Count HaugwitZ Revent-
low. They later arranged Il divorce af
ter he also secured slice of her for
tune The millions of dollars inherited
by Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke and
| others who earned no part of those
vast fortunes represent tears, toll,
heartaches and misery of underpaid
workers There must be a more equit-
able distribution of wealth in this
country. Congress should further eXer-
else its taxing power increasing in
heritance taxes against great fortunes.
Surely our Government should take
for taxes 500 to 9S2o of vast fortunes.
Typical of which are the millions
which went to Doris Duke and Bar
bara Hutton. Before any consideration
is given to a Federal sales tax this
Congress should tax to the limit vast
fortunes pyramided and passed on
from generation to generation by indi
vidualS who never earned dollar
vast fortunes that have so far escaped
gift taxes, estate taxes and income
taXes-fortunes such as Brenda Fra
zier Kelly, Doris Duke and Barbara
Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz- -ReventlOw
Grant.
Farmers Income
The American farmers earned II
billion, 800 million dollars in 1941. This
country'S farmers made more money
in 1941 than in our entire history eX-
cept for 1920. The farm income OF the
United States in 1941 may be divided
approximately as follows: Az billion
dollars from crops, 62 billion dollars
from livestock and "a billion from
Government payments. Farmers and
farm women work harder and longer
than any other class of our citizens
and they are deserving of prosperity.
Without doubt 1912 farm earnings
will exceed 1941 and the Amount from
Government payments will be greatly
reduced
AmericYs Must Lead
} In the battle Of the Java Sea, Amer
lean warships fought under the com
mand of Dutch Admiral. He lost his
t warship and his life. The American
7 cruiser Houston and other fine Amerj-
? can naval vessels were destroyed. The
) lesson taught is that when American
2 warShips and American soldiers in any
: siZeable force engage the enemy, they
t should be under the command of Amer
: lean leaders
In Libya the British had 100000
10000 Italians under his command The
British had superiority in the air, in
: tanks, in field artillery, in shorter conf
l munication lines. They were fighting
under conditions favoring them, yet
l Romme captured half their armed
y forces and chased the remainder three
i hundred twenty miles in eleven days.
incidentally, many fine American field
I guns and AmeriCan-made munitions
: were captured by the Germans. This is
cited as further argument that when
another front is opened against Hitler,
no British general should be permitted
any command over American soldiers.
The English soldier fights bravely, but
, one wonders if they have confidence in
their generals, The British officer caste
, system seems an .abiect failure. In our
I Army II man may come up from the
ranks to Il position of leadership. Gen
eral George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff,
:, is not II West Pointer. General George
, RretiS father was Il librarian In
Cleveland Generals Brett, Marshall
! and other American military and naval
leaders have climbed from humble be-
ginnings. Americans can safely trust
such leadership.
Sabotage
1 Unfortunately, the eight German
: spies tried in Washington before IL
4 military court are not the only Ger
man spies landed in this country.