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Evening star., 1942-06-03

Panor, John A. @. Greedy, Luize
Stevens, John E. McMurtagh, Mary
c. Dilger, Catherine McSherry, Ida
M. Silverberg, William K. lavish,
Patrick j. Clarke, Agnes M. Soanes,
Lewis Ortega, Evelyn l.. Gertrude
Fox, James H. Fox, Bette G. Effen-
bach, James F. Davidson, Edward
Weintal, Arthur G. Dalrymple,
Frieda A. Magnus, Michel Lev,
Georges Agadjaniantz.
Regina Winston, Louis Brosseau,
Thomas P. Gallagher, Josef Kac,
Sophia v. Masterpolis, Gertrude
Hoffman, Albert M. Pepper, Michael
L. Woulfe, Nicanor E. Cardones,
Teresa A. Byrne, Georgina M. Had
raba, Isadore Levick, George w. B.
Atkinson, Macario Corpuz, Mary E.
Evening star., 1942-06-03

tive, as chief evaluator of newspaper
opinion for President Hoover, she
has risen to her place in the Office of
Defense Health and Welfare Serv-
ices by the career route.
But that hasn't made Mary Swift
zer an arrogant public servant. She
still feels humble about the re-
sponsibility of the Government to
the people it serves. For example,
she says, she stopped off in Carville,
La, the other day to see an institu-
ton maintained by the Public
Health Service for lepers.
when you think of a Government
that spends that money and the
energy of doctors and nurses on
hopeless invalids who would be killed
outright in Germany" she said, you
get a fresh outlook on work in the
Government"
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Youth Made Citizen;
Would Fight Italians
Only # Necessary
6. w. Medical Student,
Son of ScuIptress,
Sworn After Probe

A 22-year-old italian, who said
he would not like to fight against
Italy, but would if necessary" was
admitted to American citizenship in
District Court yesterday.
He was Ariel A. A. N. Mengarini,
a George Washington University
medical student.
Justice Matthew F. MCGUIRE per-
mitted him to become a citizen after
E. E. Cole, naturalization examiner,
told the court that an investigation
had shown that Mr.. Mengarini's
character was "all right"
Case Investigated.
. Justice Mcclure had ordered the
case investigated by Mr.. Cole after
Mr.. Mengarini had made the state
ment about fighting his former
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Park. But, no priority, no wire.
So OF to Washington he went.
First he had to get approval of
the Once Of Government Require
ments. Then he had to see the
Army and Navy Munitions Board.
Next came the ok Of the copper
section of the War Production
Board. Finally, he had to get clear
ance from the copper wiring section
Of the War Production Board.
Then came the coveted priorities
order.
Now Mr.. Moore can't find any
copper wire for sale.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Official Granted Priority,
Now Can't Find Copper

b. the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, June Sat least
John Moore's trip to Washington
wasn't a complete dud. He has a
priority order to show for it.
Mr.. Moore, Park Board president,
needed some copper wire to COM
plete an improvement in Swope
Evening star., 1942-06-03

F. Scott, Howard M. Saure, George
w. Fraser, Pasquale Tartaglia and
John Wier.
Evening star., 1942-06-03

Uncle Sam win smash-K you put
up the cash. Buy War bonds now.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

sands of times, but it has not yet
sunk deeply into the peoples minds.
Apparently, this is the sort Of dan
ger they do not grasp until the blow
falls.
If they had grasped it, the ad-
ministration long ago would have
been forced into the action it has
now so belatedly taken. AS it is,
Mr.. Byrnes' job is just about twice
as tough as it would have been last
year. But, as he well knows, the
fundamentals have not changed. A
year ago, the administration, ad-
mitting the danger, insisted that the
cost Of living could be kept down
without regulating either wages or
food prices.
That absurd notion has now been
formally abandoned and all the Of
ficials, from the President down,
who once opposed control now IA
vor control. However, it isn't neces-
sary to tell Mr.. Byrnes that If and
when such control is achieved it
will be futile to avert imitation un-
less a comprehensive and adequate
taxation program is in operation.
While control of wages, food
prices, rents and profits is essential
to a successful anti-infation ef-
fort, the effort cannot succeed
without taxation that will effective
ly lessen the purchasing power Of
the masses.
Weakest Link on Home Front.
This is generally accepted as basic
Yet, we have no such program now
and no such program in prospect.
Actually, the weakest link in our
whole home front warfare Is the
administrations fiscal proposals
They do not face the realities. The
Treasury recommendations are dis
tinctly not in accord with the best
financial thought of the country.
Consistent opposition to the sales
tax, on the same old demagogic
Evening star., 1942-10-16
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.


The situation In Guadalcanal
as In the rest Of the Solomon
Islands was described in we'll
informed Washington quarters
today as nip and tuck" It al
depends on how many reinforce
ments we can bring up in time
to destroy the enemy's landing
parties and on the strength of
our naval and air forces in that
area In comparison with those
Of the Japanese.
News from the Solomons is
fragmentary and q clear picture
of activities since last Saturday
Is not yet apparent. For weeks
there has been q distinct uneasi-
ness In high quarters concern
ing the second battle Of the
Solomons and the view has been
expressed that the Japanese
could retake the islands If they
are willing to sacrifice the men
and ships. We do not yet have a
sufnciently strong force to oppose
an all-out enemy action.
Until Saturday the tag game"
between the Japanese and Amer
leans was successful from our
point of view. Our air and naval
forces caught the Japs more
frequently than they caught us.
1t was obvious to the high COM
mand, however, that this game
would not be continued much
longer. This belief was based on
the fact that the Guadalcanal
operations were interfering with
the enemy's plans in other war
zones.
Incursions Are Repulsed.
Large reinforcements of men
and ships were reported to have
reached the main Japanese base
at Turk, in the Caxolines, and it
appeared certain that a major
assault would be attempted in
the near future. Meanwhile,
however, the Japanese we're
making daily incursions with
small forces-seldom exceeding
1000 men-in invasion barges
from nearby island bases.
Most of these stabs were re-
pulsed with heavy casualties for
the Japanese, but nevertheless,
sufficient men succeeded in land
ing to reinforce the remaining
garrisons in .Guadalcanal not
occupied by American forces.
These reinforcements were suf-
f1cent to prevent the marines
from cleaning up the remainder
of the enemy. All we were able
to do was land enough men to
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have to be earned In order to re-
tain about $25,OoO. The forthcom-
ing regulations will have to clear
up that point, as the language of
the executive order is ambiguous.
Labor unions seem likely to be
the only ones who will benefit from
the arrangement, as they are al
ready starting negotiations to bring
all wage scales Is per cent above
the wages of January /, 1941. No
such formula has as yet been sane
toned for the white-collar class. e
is possible that a line Of demarca-
ton will be made at $500, or there
abouts, so as to apply certain rules
to wages" below that mark and
other rules to salaries" above that
Evening star., 1942-10-16
On the Record
Greet Threot to Ultimate Victory Is Seen
In Lack Of Common Political Front

spring Of 1910 when France aban-.
doned the project and even-to
all purposes-went over to the
other builders.
Victories by Politics.
If we review the history OF this
epochal struggle, one thing stands
out-namely, that the Axis has
won its major victories by politics.
It has managed to divide and
strike, thus picking of one victim
after another. The breaking Of
the Franco Russian pact de-
stroyed France; the making of
the Russo German pact almost
destroyed Russia, and the break
ing of any Of our alliances, or
even the serious Gripping Of those
alliances, can destroy every one
Of us.
There are three differene hordes
Of termites working consciously or
unconsciously for the Axis in all
countries. In our own there are
the isolationists, who care for
none of the alliances, and believe
that America can stand alone and
build her own tower In any kind
of world.
There are those who strongly
support the Russian and Chinese
alliances but regard Britain as a
conditional ally-"We1l fight with
you If you do what we say"
And there are those who regard
Russia as a liability instead of
an asset.
Conditions for Winning.
Short-sighted, narrow and big
oted; viewing the most fateful
moment in human history by the
standard of their personal likes
and dislikes-conservative, some
of them, liberal others, radical
others-their worst faults are
frivolity, lack of sense Of di-
mension, lack of both sufficient
fear and sufficient courage.
If we argue with them, they
say, Shall we abandon our prin-
ciples?" They fail to see that
there are principles for winning a
coalition war, which are primary.
Those principles can be stated
In four words-trust, honor, fidel-
ity, humility.
And the most difficult to
achieve Of these is humility.
In all the babel about prin-
ciples that has gone on for the
last few weeks, one quiet, sensible
word has been spoken by the
least considered Of our great al
lies, China. The voice OF China
spoke through T. v. Soong at a
meeting in New York last Satur-
day night. Mr.. Soong asked for
an interallied political counsel
now. Such a counsel is the only
way in which synthesis Of polit-
ical aims can be achieved-and
only the syntheses should be
publicized.
We cannot fight out the enor-
NOUS questions involving the
leading powers of the world as
though 1t were a Democrat-Re-
publican election.
(Released by the Bell svndicste. 1nr,
Evening star., 1942-10-16

governments-to raise questions
that would not have been raised
if we were in a desperate military
situation. These questions in
volve matters Of political strategy.
And they reveal that the United
Nations do not have a common
political front.
The ideal OF the United Ma
tions is to build a world of
freedom. But the site for such
a structure already is occupied
by those who are building world
of slavery. And first we have to
get them OF the site.
For accomplishing both pur-
poses-getting the enemies of
freedom off the site and building
the new structure-we have
strictly limited means. They are
the means at the disposal of Brit
ain and the British world, China,
Russia and America. Those are
enormous means-means suffi-
cient to remove slavery from the
site and erect a world of freedom.
Fight Of Ideologies.
But we are now quarreling
about the architecture of the
building-before we have possess
sion of the site. Some say we
don't care for the British style
it's outmoded; others dislike the
Russian style-they say, Let
the Russians build a tower of
their own, but don't let them
participate in our world build
ing" There is a great deal of
discussion about Oriental style
mostly by people who never have
studied Oriental architecture.
We can call this the fight of
the ideologies among the United
Nations. And the profound dam
ger in this state of affairs is that
one or another of the builders
may fall into despair and decide
to abandon the whole idea.
This already has happened in
this war three times: At Munich,
with the abandoning of the
Franco-Russian alliance; at Mos
COW, with the signing Of the
Russo German pact, and in the
Evening star., 1942-10-16
This Changing World
Outcome Of Nip and Tuck Solomons Bottle
Expected to Hinge on U. S. Reinforcements

replace our casualties, which were
by no means light.
The Japanese were trying to
hold to the island in expectation
of a major invasion. And so, 1t
Is questionable how long our
forces will be able to hold out If
the enemy does decide to make a
supreme effort, regardless Of the
cost, to recapture what is de-
scribed as the most strategic po-
sition in that area. Our forcs
must consist of at least half the
men, ships and planes the Japa-
nese are willing to throw into
battle.
Solomons Different Situation.
This somewhat gloomy picture
need not mean that the Japanese
will have their own way in the
Solomons. It is inconceivable to
most observers in Washington
that the slogan of TOO little and
too late" which has been applied
to Allied operations in the last 10
months, particularly in the Pa
cific, will be true OF the Solomons.
1t would be tragic indeed If after
10 months of war we have
learned nothing from past disas-
ters of the United Nations in
Malaga, Singapore, the Neither
lands Indies, Burma and the
Philippines.
The excuse given was that the
United Nations were taken by
surprise and fought a purely de-
fensive action against an enemy
who has been preparing for a
long time.
The Solomons situation is diff
ferent. The islands were the
scene Of the first American Of
fensiye. We have planned our
operation carefully and have sue
ceeded-and 1t certainly would
seem reasonable to expect that
we have made all necessary pre-
cautions not to lose our advan-
tage.
There has been much whisper
ing in Washington that our COM
mitments in other theaters of
operation, across the Atlantic,
have absorbed shipping so vitality
needed for the war in the South
Pacific. Hence the dispatch of
troops and materials to this area
was said to have been slowed
down. The Capital is full of all
kinds of rumors. Whether one
of them regarding the made
quacy of reinforcements in the
South Pacific is just another
rumor will be proved shortly.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
The Great Game Of Politics
Byrnes Declared Doomed to Fail Unless He Gets
Moreenthou to Put Through Realistic Toxotion

grounds, is the best evidence Of
this. Even now, when Secretary
Morgenthau is asking for q new
$4,000, 100000 bill, before Congress
has finally passed the 1912 bill, his
tax expert, Mr. Paul, is making the
same unsound, political arguments
against the sales tax that were
made before the war and which do
not apply now at all.
1t seems clear that If Mr.. Byrnes
Is to do his Job he will have to
move in on this situation. 1t is of
first Importance that he get Treasury
cooperation on the kind of tax
program that will diminish mass
purchasing power. Without that
kind of program, the other things
Mr.. Byrnes does will be futile.
Without that he may as we'll quit
because he can't win. Somehow.
he has got to get Mr.. Morgenthau
into line for taxation that will be
realistic and non-political. Obvious
ly, what is keeping Mr.. Moreenthau
out OF line is, first, the White House;
second, the labor leaders. They
constitute about nine -tenths of all
the opposition to the sales tax,
Labor Shows Hostility.
Mr.. Roosevelt was against it. as
far back as 1888 and the labor
lobbyists below their hostility
every time it is mentioned. Yet
there just is no other way by which
the revenue needed to finance the
war can be raised and no other way
by which the dangerous mass pur-
chasing power can be effectively
drained.
Few informed persons dispute that.
Mr.. Morgenthau's own aides pri-
vately admit it. Mr.. Byrnes, of
course, knows it. How he faces up
to these facts will be a test of his
quality. How he handles this stu
alton Is terribly important to us all.
If he takes the position that the
tax policy is not his affair and should
be left to the fiscal authorities; that
he has no right to meddle with it
IT he takes that view, we are sunk.
That would be an evasion. That
would be to misconceive his lob,
That certainly would be neither
intelligent nor courageous-and Mr..
Byrnes is both.
The fact is that with problems
far greater than any Secretary ever
had to cope with before, Mr.. Nor
genthau's aides and advisers are not
what the times call for. Obviously,
he should have around him now the
best financial brains in the country.
No one will contend that he has.
Personally an estimable man, Mr..
Morgenthau labors under, heavy
handicaps. One is that he is allowed
no real initiative but has to make
Evening star., 1942-10-16
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON,

BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.
If, ignoring other news, con-
tinue to write about the inter-
national political situation at this
moment, It is because it is the
fundamental question OF the
whole war.
We are In the most critical
moment of this war. This mo-
Evening star., 1942-10-16

all his ideas conform to those of the
President.
This is not good. For one thing
Mr.. Roosevelt is not personally a
financial authority. For another, he
has so many other burdens that,
even if he were equipped, he could
not give enough time to the compli-
Gated matter of forming a rounded
financing and taxation policy ade-
quate to meet the inflationary threat
Evening star., 1942-10-16

Nc " W1ldU III
creases may be
made.
Inequalities be-
tween groups al
ready are appar-
ent. Thus a law
yer who works
for a company as
o general coun-
sci may be get
ting a fixed sal
ary, while an
other law y e r
with his ow
hrm or partner
Evening star., 1942-10-16

nrm or partner David Lawrence.
ship can bargain for his fee and get
an increase.
All sorts of puzzles are being tossed
ut Government officials as they strug-
gle with the writing of the regula-
tions. Thus, what of the salaried in
dividual who had contract stipu-
lating fixed sum increase each
year for two or three year period,
especially II the arrangement was
entered into before the executive
order was issued?
Also, what can an employer do if
one Of his valued employees gets an
offer from a competitor at a higher
salary? Can he meet that salary,
and, to do 50, must he testify that
the employe is getting a promotion
or that he has acquired increased
value because Of the appraisal by a
competitor?
Delinquent Tax Problem.
These questions are but few out
OF the many that are coming up.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue has
been asked to draft the regulations,
and It's viewpoint has always been
one of getting revenue. Now, how
ever, the executive order virtually
requires that any one with salary
of over $25, 900 after taxes shall have
that salary reduced.
The Internal Revenue has num-
ber Of cases--it always has-of tax
payers who are delinquent on last
years taxes. Does this mean that
the bureau must write regulations
that will permit such taxpayer to
earn, let us say, 100000, so that
he will have enough to pay his back
taxes. And what kind of a rule is
1t that permits one man in a COM
pany to get larger salary, so he
can pay more taxes, while another
is denied the privilege of giving the
Treasury more of his money and
retaining some at the same time?
Even II the regulations should per-
n1it a man to get bigger income
than $4,000 In the year 1912, 50 he
will have enough to pay 194l taxes,
what happens to the income he
must have In 1914 in order to pay
taxes on the enlarged income per-
mitted him in 1913?
Another headache is to be de-
rived from trying to find out what
is meant by this language in Sec
ton of Title II of the executive
order. which reads:
mo salary shall be authorized
under Title III, Section 4, to the
extent that 1t exceeds $25,O00 after
the payment Of taxes allocable to
the sum in excess Of $25,000."
What is meant by "allocable to
the sum in excess of $25,00O'? One
treasurer Of large corporation who
believes that legal language means
what 1t says has figured it out that
II surtax net income from a salary
received by a married person with
two dependents is $4,000, the total
income tax under the House and
Senate bills now pending, excluding
che Victory tax, would be $19,336.
The amount allocable to the sum
in excess of $25 900 is $9,426. This
amount deducted from the $4,000
surtax net income would be $30,574
which Is in excess of the $25, 1000
limit. In effect, 1t could mean, there
fore, that a surtax net income from
salary could not exceed SIS, 5000 and
that from this would be deducted
the income tax. 1926, leaving re-
sidual income Of $15,574.
This, however, is certainly not be-
heved to have been the intent Of
the President under his original re-
quest that salaries be limited to
$4,000 after payment Of taxes and
fixed obligations. He probably
meant that about $55,000 would
Evening star., 1942-10-16

to say that un-
less he measur-
ably succeeds in
controlling the
threatened in
hation q period
Of e on o m / c
chaos will come
upon the coun-
try, paralyzing
to the war effort
and ruinous to
the people.
That thought
has been ex-
nr q c eAd fhoa1.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

ment Is not
critical be-
cause of the
military situ-
alton, which
is better than
we might have
expected. But
perhaps be-
cause IL is
better, an op-
portunity is
& iv e n to
groups an d
D e rSOnalitieS
Ana~
Evening star., 1942-10-16

night I plan 70
pass on my con-
fusion to you.
It's being done
for profit b y
dozens Of gentle
men, you know.
A m q n would
have to search
the back, back
files of tn z
newspapers t o
find one tn a t
does not contain
at least one au-
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as we'll as to provide revenue
Thus, Mr.. Morgenthau cannot get
the best counsel. He does not get it
from the White House and he is un-
able to get it from any other source,
because of his own and the White
House distrust Of, and distaste for,
the ablest men in the financial field
all of whom have been anti-New
Deal. 1t is not pleasing state OF
ffairs
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Short-CHcuit Sounds
Afraid Alarm
In Silver Spring

The heavy rain was blamed
for a short circuit in the air-
raid alarm system of the Silver
Spring area late yesterday aft
ernoon. causing the sirens to
sound for almost eight minutes.
Numerous calls were received
at civilian defense headquar-
tiers and at the police station
inquiring II 1t was an AFRAID
alarm. Trafnc proceeded as
usual, however.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
BY FRANK r. KENT,

The vital nature of the assign
ment the President has given for
mer Justic James F. Byrnes cannot
be exaggerated. It is not straining
Evening star., 1942-10-16

HE opinions OF the rtters this page their on
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to gtDe all sides OF questions interest It's
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1942-10-16
McLennore-
Scribe Tries Hand
As Expert on War
Nv HENRY McLEMORl

BEGINNING today, . weak weekly
feature Of this department will be an
INTERPRETATION Of the war news.
Put more simply, twice a fort
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Salary Code
BristIes With
Executive Order
Ambiguous on
$25,000 Income
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Salary and wage controls by the
Federal Government have been Or
oereo, but. until regulations are is
sued, the public will be in the dark
Evening star., 1942-10-16

amount. but the regulations are still
far from being put into final form.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-06

by
Mr.. William Gaxton, his very sanity threatened avoid
ing the income tax issue by throwing his return and himself
into the waste basket-and illustrating how thousands feel
this month while they're trying to prepare the returns that
must be filed with the by March 10. He's Of
the stars Of the hilarious musical, Louisiana Purchase,
which is ending local at the Cass Theaer this week.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-20

IN SHUTTLE
CABINET
Prime Minister Bows 10
Critils-0usts Some
HenChmen

LONDON, Feb 20-Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill bowed to
his critics today and reshuffled his
cabinet He named Sir Stafford
Grips, former Ambassador to-, Mos
COW, as Lord Privy Seal, and House
of Commons leader Oliver Lyttle-
ton as Minister of State in charge
of production, supplanting Lord
Beaverbrook. The announcement
said Beaverbrook had refused a
cabinet post because of his health.
Beaverbrook, however, has been
assigned on special mission to the
United States in connection with
coordinating war production of the
United Nations.
Clement Attlee who was re-
placed as Lord Privy Seal, becomes
Secretary of State for Dominion
Affairs; and Sir Kingsley Wood,
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Arthur Greenwood, Laborite with
out a portfolio, was dropped from
the cabinet
More changes are predicted to
take place in the near future.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-20

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