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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

Attention Is called to the Specia
Provisions i'm the proposal, speciflca-
tiOns and contract agreement.
Performance Of contract shall COM
mence within ten (10) days after exc
cution of the contract and be complet-
ed as specified.
Monthly payments will he made foi
90 per cent of the construction COM
pleted each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
FERNS provided by the Department.
by surety bond. certified check, or
money to the amount of at least ten
(l0) per centum of the total amount
: of the proposal. tsa
The envelope containing the pro-
posal must be marked Proposal for
the construction of State Highway
Contract No........,...",
The contract will he awarded or re-
jected within twenty t20D days from
the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
The Department reserves the right
to award TO the low bidder or q conf
bination of low bids which would best
serve the interest of the State High
way Department.
Complete sets Of plans and spcciflca-
tions may be obtained after May ~,
1913, upon receipt of two dollars C$2.O0l
for each contract. which amount Will
not he refunded.
Make checks payable to State High
way Department
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
BY: +. V. DUPONT. Chairman.
w w Mnck Chief Engineer
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Mastadon Strawberry
plants. eveTbearing. Everett Deputy.
Milford. a30-2 2tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

Following the issuance of the
order. the President told a press
conference that he has now en-
barked on a four-point anti-infia-
tion campaign through control OF
wages and salaries, control of cost
of living. rationing, and absorption
of excess purchasing power
through taxation and savings.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

The presidential order formal
ICES the application of the Little
Steel formula evolved by the War
Labor Board and serves notice on
all those seeking blanket wage i'm
creases that any pay rises must
come within the range Of this for
mula. Still underlined is the term
"substanard' which may be used
interchangeably with inequalities"
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
LOST

Delaware license plate No.
l72. Finder notify Norman \. Draper.
Del. a30-2t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
NOTICE

will be responsible for no bills
unless contracted by myself.
IVAH TAYLOR
a16-3tp Harrington, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Four truck loads good
fused furniture Overstocked. Must sell
this week. Wilkes Furniture Store.
Milford. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
PUBLIC SALE!
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property

The undersigned will sell at Public
sale the Personal Property OF the late
Alverda WOotten. deceased. in Can
non. Delaware, on
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR EENT-Four room house in
Lincoln city. Call ut Fred &. War
ren's store. Lincoln. a1G-3tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Your CHOICE or two
and three year old horses and mares.
as fine lot OF well bred stock as you
can find. Their life is before them.
Train them to suit you. l.. l.. Carlisle.
Frederica. Del. m26-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

: ~ -1-s-,-sl-Y i,g--7 .--S-I-, .-,-ls--Fs I
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SAI.E-Brand new built in
bath tub. at purchase price. Arthur +.
Hart. 307 North West Front street.
Milford. a30-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Three refrigerator
truck bodies. as good as new with
motors. Leon G. Bulow. Bridgeville.
Del. a2-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
CONTRACT $50

1920 Tons Stone Chips
1853 Tons Stone (Size 10GA)
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
FOUND

FOCND-Pair of ladies' shoes. Loser
of shoes may have same by paying for
this ad. Apply Pierce Hardware Com
pany. Milford. Del IT
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Best mixed gladiOli
bulbs. Sl.00 per 100. Chas. Stuchlik,
Miltons Del. a30-2t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
NOTICE

NOTICE-ROofing. Alfred II. Short,
Ellendale. Phone Greenwood 1891.
jl2-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

HOME FOR SALE-All mod
ern conveniences. Joseph S. Lofland.
fl25 East Second street. Milford. Del
a9-tf at
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Chicken and truck
farm, 30 acres cleared and IS acres
woodland. Some marketable timber.
good buildings. James T.. Elliott, Far
mington. Del. r. f. ID. a30-3tp
FOR SALE-Baby Chicks. New
Hampshire Reds. Barred Rocks, White
Leghorns and Rock-Red Cross, every
Tuesday and Friday. Place your order
carly Satisfaction guaranteed and
prepaid to your mail box Write, visit
or phone i37. Scarborough's Hatchery
Milford. Del. j22-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-1942 Pontiac 2-door Sc
dan, fully equipped. 5000 miles. Win
finance. Phone 1872. Milford a23-2t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SAT.E-BOysenbe plants.
Cross between blackberry raspberry
and loganberry. This berry splendid for
pies, preserves, eating fresh and grows
from I y to inches long. Also Wilson
Black Soy Beans and Yellow Corn.
Wilson G. Hatfield. Greenwood. Della
ware. Telephone 279l. Former Cover
nor l'ennewil Home Farm. a30-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
WITH SAW MILL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STENOGRAPHER - Mus t

take short hand. Wonderful opportun-
ity for efficient girl. Write Box T..
Chronicle. Milford. a9-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Onion sets. 22c quart.
Also bushel lots. }. II. Humes and
Son, Milford. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
FOR SALE-At 219 South

Walnut street. Milford. from a. NJ
to s p. m. House furnishings. cur
tains, dishes. linens. cooking utensils.
furniture, etc. a3O-2t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
STRAYlyEED)

STRAYED-To my home. brown
and white heagle. Owner may have
same by paying for ad. Preston Ken
ton. Shawnee. Milford. ltp
STRAYED-FrOm my farm near
Staytonsville. white face buli calf. Ear
tag No. AS2505S. Reward. Edward i.
Clogg. Lincoln. Del. Phone Milford
G26Jll. al6-3tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

Good temper. like shiny day,
sheds a brightness over everything.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR sALE-one pair OF good work
mules. weighing 230O pounds; one 4
ycar-old black mare. work any where.
weighing 1850 pounds. Just have too
much team. Ira c. Belts. Mlllsboro.
Del ltp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
MEN WANTED to work in

saw mill or cutting timber in woods.
either at Harrington or near Milford.
Good pay. defense work. Apply Har-
ringtOn Lumber and Supply Company.
Phone Harrington 2i3. a31- 1t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
MILFORD CHRONICLE
NOTICE

The Torsch Canning Company,
Milford, is now contracting for
Lima Beans. a16-3t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
Advertisement For Bids


Sealed proposals will he received by
the State Highway Department at its
office. Dover. Delaware. until 1900 p.
i NJ. Z. w. T. May 26. 1913. and at that
'time and place publicly opened for
contracts involving the following ap-
proXimate quantities:
CONTRACT s26
Furnishing and Applying Asphaltic
Material
1o43 Surface Treatment
New Castle County
11.2Gi Gal Printing Asphalt
215.3GG Gal Seal Asphalt
CONTRACT s27
Furnishing and Applying Asphaltic
1913 Surface Treatment
Kent County
1887 Gal. Printing Asphalt
270,3I4 Gal. Seal Asphalt
CONTRACT 1928
Furnishing and Applying Asphaltic
Material
1943 Surface Treatment
Sussex County
55.70i Gal Printing Asphalt
5l2.000 Gal. Seal Asphalt
CONTRACT s2o
Chips for 1e43 Surface Treatment
New Castle County
1866 Tons Stone Chips
CONTRACT $50
Chips for t943 Surface Treatment
Kent County
1920 Tons Stone Chips
1853 Tons Stone (Size 10GA)
CONTRACT s31
Chips for 1943 Surface Treatment
Sussex County
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
SATURDAY, MAY 1st, 1913

AT 10 O'CLOCK \. NJ
Rain or Shine
The following Personal Property:
Two iron bedsteads, 2 iron folding
cots 2 bureaus. l washstand. ! chest,
lot bed covers, library table, buffet,
rocking chairs, 10 dining chairs. l
dining table. enamel top table.
PhilcO radio. ! sewing machine. l coal
stove. cook stove. l two-burner oil
stove, four 3 X ~ rugs. 2 lamps. .
lanterns. stair carpet. large mir
rors. Lot OF dishes. pots. pans and
other things too numerous to mcn-
tion.
One lawn mower.
TERAIS-CASH.
CHARLES w. JOHNSON
-luctioneer, John DickerSon. a23-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Red skin seed pota-
toes. Del Mar-Na Nurseries. Lincoln,
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
BY. II. V. DUPONT. Chairman.
w. w. Ainck. Chief Engineer.
Dover, Delaware.
April 2Ss t943. a30-eowl2t
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Sewing machine. COL
North Walnut street. Milford. Del
a30-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
FOR SALE

FOR SALTI-Two bedroom suites, 9
rugs Mrs. H. w. Mills. Milford. a3O-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR sALE-New 90 gauge Win
chester pump gun and ! case of 20
gauge shells. 7is chilled shot. Gun and
e,s "a cs,,hr M boIt @ ne aetIop f sha, I'm and do 10
boxes shot shells. C.. Edgar Wood,
i2 causey avenue. Milford. a9-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
PUBLIC SALE!
will offer for Iuhlic Sale nj my
home at Zion Church on the Milton TO
Broadkiln Beach Road. on
SATURDAY, MAY l, 1913
At ONE O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Rain or Shine

The following:
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
plows. harrows. forks. shovels. hoes.
rakes. blacksmith vice. corn shelltr.
ratchet jack (25 ton capacity. log
chains. spray pump. push cart, cider
press. dearborn. ladders. shipblilding
tools, carpenter tools. tool chests.
grindstOncs. block and tackle. etc.
HOI' I'SEHOLD GOODS
Antique tables. chest. stand. desk,
couch. organ. rockers. enameled
range. heater. chairs. hedsteadS,
dishes. lamps. etc.
TERMS. CASH.
DAVID l.. CLENDANIEL
Simpler, Auctioneer. alG-3tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
CHICKS on QUANTITY

Red-Rock Cross Tor Broilers; Straight
New Hampshires. also Barred Ply
mouth Rocks. Place orders early for
Spring Chicks. Whites Poultry Plant
and Hatchery, Milton, Del. Phone 1888.
Milton. d1S-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Flowers shrubbery,
Gamma bulbs (President) 100 for $500.
Oriental poppy. l0c and up. Large
clumps Bleeding Heart. Peony roots
and many perennial plants and d0h-
Has. Sc. Mrs. Harvey Coverdale. North
Walnut street. Milford. a23-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
PUBLIC SALE!
-OF VALUABLE-
Personal Property

/ will offer for sale at the late resi-
dence of Willard Johnson. on the road
leading from Greenwood to Scott's
Store. z mile west of Greenwood. ON
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

CONTRACT s3t
Chips for 1943 Surface Treatment
Sussex County
14.363 Tons Stone Chips
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
FOR RENT

FOR EENT-Furnished apartments
Phone Milford 3G5. a30-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Bay mare. 70 years
old. j. Chler. New Wharf Road. Mil
ford. a9-4tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30

FOR SALE-Farm containing ap-
proXimately 65 acres. two story dwell
ing. chicken house. etc. Plenty of
wood. Located near Burton's Mill
Pond. Oak Orchard locality Price
$4.5OO or hest offer. l.. r. Barrett.
1914 Monroe y. W, Washington, d..
Z. ai6-4t
FOR SALE-Permanent Wave. SOC
Do your own permanent with Charm
kurl Kit. Complete equipment. in
cluding 40 curriers' and shampoo. Easy
10 do, absolutely harmless. Praised by
thousands. including June Lang,
glamarOus movie star. Money refund
ed if not satisfied. Pettyjohn's Phar-
macy. Milford. 9-IOtp
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
CONTRACT goo

OON F7AC oES
Chips for 1e43 Surface Treatment
New Castle County
1866 Tons Stone Chips
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01
TIE ENinS TEN BIGGEST EVENTS
N.A.AA ". Eil NJ lGL u VI nhn..,n Coe pouA.nll.
Corre>pondcntl.

Whit Ndli sabntrus aprrr-
hendcd: siN executed.
laps land on Aleutiau islands.
The battle of Midway ana
South Pacific.
Eiscnhuwcr.Darldn agreement.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01
October

81 army troops. supported by nav,
occupy Nr"rCdn"t group Of tire A'eu-ran
Islands. between jap held Kisfa ard
- Alaskan Dutch Harbrr
Of Liberia ''''N
"-Lolll NJ 80 AXIS submarines announced
d's'ToN"d Nv British and u. s ravics
. since var began
z5-Jap mining installations IN NORTH China
bnmncd hv ". s. planes in successful
attack ~
2+-Brtrsh start african campaign 10 drive
. AXIS out 81 continent
2S-FirS v. s. air raid on Hong Kong dc.
49, siroys KOwloon docks
z6-NaVal officials announce that aircr.,,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

Virtually entire japanese ropu'a'iou of
West cOas, NgpITOi moved finland
S-'Siivcr Shirt william DuGicy polio. m.
a. diCiCl by INDIANAPOLIS. ffI rrgrl -l..
i6-Ptiue Minister ChTcnrI uraEps i..rl
VISIT Win -" President OF the United
states at Capitol
H-Naval expansion hin - over e., billion
dollars passed BY senate fOr qnu C'O
tons Of ships
p -ElGn'r HIGHLY TRAINED uA7r sApO.
TEURS CAUGHT BY FIJI FCf.R
LANDED ON BEACH m FLORIDA
OTTER FOUR LANDED ON LONG IS.
LAND. NAZI SUB USED IN OPERA.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

y. "hsl WriiCTs association C...n..'...
Ia'.,s Joe Gul don. Nulk,p >.,..H !......
1.a.. - American !,aaUr= u..i ....i.
ati- PLAYER
~ -lc. DWu,'ur' slEn> contract vH'n D.. go
RICrvS. B'upk.,l Fr.ttAH t'.H r.....
r'. .. - u.ma." DJ.l'r. g.. '". .t..
20 -S'u.c OT,ili. fDI'uol Cleveland 'u. .....
t.. ranCd L.anI-Cr u! Dt..,i; T.g,ls
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

n-Nu!C 'urU.Gu,S sweep Midwest. - cra J.
iH-N1,.E s.,.f., '1,p,u~lDI hear Alu'g.tu'uN'i.
y ". ral~ 81 Tw,rtN iHg,r Nll,rd
. Fia.H floods III eastern and CIatt.tl
l., Gr.l ..ar:r I'm OF UIuNn - persons.
iiuu,. l4.v-itA"IvN ItsIOG. with 81 cad.
ts; Ld. .V-;.
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{ SOLOMON ISLANDS
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

IL Near liyormOfe. Cant "a Hers t.,!ca
-, Uhcn Is" layy hUriri. ,.a-"
70 lliri speed iiuds". y In.Ha''ar raj.
CITY N FN" Uf'er 80 i.hI..I
T-T"rHddu,s roar ih'"uor Oklahoma I.,.
nes"ia killing 10 100 81 .UUU VUU damage
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

-E9S'hrund airliner crashes into muu-
IAN ptsk near Salt Lake CT, Utah du
ING ram storm; II Killed Dmirg "a ~
Gph, tcdrs 81 persons killed IN air
uashp In this area
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01
r., sssg n :
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] dIIII.irN

Dean OF American Stage. O;.s Skinu,t
-
J-I"&-c Joseph Franklin Ru.ry. fu,+. 2.
deg a"G head II J,AuN.n'- W.iu.. :
-..gy 1919.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

':ooDs rCl.i0.,I -.arI"Cs on 9

':oops reinforce marines or Co..
AusS!t~ ..t 100, 10
.. NC% G--.,a. T. 81. '....
- TROOPS LAND y FRENCH a..
FRENCH MOROCCO. hLC.E..
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Gen DWIGHT 4. IN!
... OVER TO FOKE~TAIL So.
Cess. Z. ANS INVASION VIII. s.
'...D ENDANGEN AMERICA.
B.. ,.... ..,cGumUrt ul.a.> l..I'.gus ''r'.
g.. hlSt iIHc sU.,r !.... VA
-....... .. Lib. an I...iC!.
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g'.. Adm. jean FRANCOIS Da-....
f.'. N..'h Africa sLGrJud"ls 10 , =
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o. ...I authorities announce Cr.-. ..
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

-. ..r.'f dead .s two Wa.f..a ruv..,nur.,
u d" % Uarr...,. Stain esp. Isy,,g.
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b.rr,gSyu. Nd.
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f"Irs.p,S IN Nr.a"Sre Miss. 'rui : g.
hLl.t Tennessee t'unrr .fH 10 49,
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

- Fs.r '..,s ITO ives IN 81 Johns New.
'"......t dance nah. MHGy sc.,lc-
r... r...tw'
l. !...' soldier, lose ..ve5 when army
la. Dos. crashes. eNu.odcs al EI,thv.
C.!l an base.
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Bui"r'u.. Iowa OidgTnC, plant ,siIu.
go" kills "a. 'rfwts ~ ryr'.si,, w.,
Dec T.. 1851 --'.d "a
j. To- id'', agu.u ,cu s.H'.riu ana
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leayinr s. 200 orr flu..g, r. .r..
Nrfs Killed Nlc. 'Unu.r &C.. size. f.su
m'Un'1'" peak MClf '..f.s o..
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

Oli,nl Looms governor.clec, Of WI,
Ahir' Kahn. arctfec, and engineer In
W. w
10 ".,'u. Patton murphy, co Chicago
i.iIIH'Hrup.si. donor Of EurihWctt.I
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

trHsHc y CnEau. o. actor producer.
li.'N'i'' and sD.P wl'ei. Ncw YORK
i."ri I"s pfrri 50 stare n.d screen
O.. fHc."' eco. atf'u'' IN Hu''NruuH
~ ''".NH N,.m.U '.Blh"I D,B,Ck 81
O.. ."'"le'. u"'ri uf Barn. tuu.l,
h.uE Iw ..Hr, Su.il
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Evening star., 1943-05-27
I'D Rather Be Rioht'
Reaction Is Taking Place to House Decision
To Throw Out Farm Security Administration

beyond Washington's city limits;
that it is not a game; that it really
matters what one does.
Something of the same shock, the
same flare-up of reality, occurred
when Secretary of the Interior
Ickes appeared before the Senate
Appropriations Committee to de-
mand that an appropriation be re-
stored for the pay of Robert Morss
Lovett, Government secretary of the
Virgin Islands. In this case, too
the House had acted casually, casu-
ally agreeing with Mr.. Martin Dies
that Mr.. Lovett was subversive
casually Wiping out his pay check,
casually branding him forever.
AS Mr.. Ickes spoke, SO ably and
well, the man Lovett came to life.
Gave Son in War.
One could see Lovett, the man,
not the abstraction whose fiscal
throat was cut in the House. Lovett,
now 73 years old, who gave his only
son to die in Belleau Wood in the
last war, distinguished scholar
and writer, man who certainly
has been a liberal, if you like, never
a Communist; man whose Sub
version has consisted of a love of
the people so deep that he has
spent so years fighting for reforms
for them.
The House had been playing a
game with a name. When the man
appeared, the game suddenly be-
came rather horrid. And the world
is real. And life is indeed earnest,
And if you're a Congressman, you
cannot cut a paper doll without
Wounding a man.
1t must be shock to some of
those who feel that the whole world
Is just a gleeful debate, to find
themselves surrounded by, engulfed
In, this ocean of reality. 1t does
matter. 1t does make a difference.
The bright idea will be tested out
slde, on the flesh of living men.
Hold that hunch! The world is
not dream, dreamed up by Mr.
Roosevelt. 1t really exists.
Evening star., 1943-05-27

the war against bureaucracy. They
did it because the "plantation Sec
tion," or sharecrop wing, of the
farm lobby thinks it is subversive
to help farm families to own theil
own farms. Anyway, they did it.
1t seemed to make sense, in the
vastly corridors of the House Office
Building. Rub your hands, and
throw out some bureaucratS. Why
not? Isn't that the issue? Isn't it?
But a reaction is taking place
Reports have been floating back
from the farm country. For some
reason, farmers, real ones, with mud
on their pants, don't quite see how
it benefits them not to get credit
for fertilizer. or to buy land, or tc
fix their teeth That's odd 1t
seemed so clear in Washington
None Chortle With Joy.
More than Is per cent of the
Nations farmers have been helped
by the Farm Security Administra-
ton at one time or another. About
per cent are being helped now.
(These s per cent, money-poor
farmers. all of them. produced a
third of the country'S entire in
crease in milk production last yearD
Not one Of these farmers. strangely
seems to have broken out into a
rustic clog-dance on the kitchen
floor, chortling with JOY like a mad
thing. over that bold stroke in the
House
A brave Congressman named
Zimmerman, of Missouri Il call
him brave because he has changed
his mind in public, which is rare
has announced. after more hearings
by a House agriculture subcommit-
tee, that the Farm Security Admin
iStration has, after all, done a
swell job. I don't know whether
this reaction is coming fast enough
to save the agency in the Senate,
or in conference But something
has faded out of that bright con-
gressional world, painted in primary
colors. in which bureaucracy seemed
to be the only issue.
The Congressman thought they
were only amputating an agency
1t turns out they were monkeying
with lives.
1t turns out that they were oper-
ating on real men. real women and
real children. 1t turns out that
life is real and life is earnest. ont
Evening star., 1943-05-27

COulQ DC OUCdl1leO.
The Rumls won a 100 per cent
victory on principle and a Is per
cent victory on abatement Of last
years income taxes in order to
put the taxpayers as nearly as
possible on a current basis. The
other Is per cent of the 1912 in
come tax-except for those whose
tax bills were $50 or less and who
will have complete Abatement
will be payable 1212 per cent in
1914 and 1872 per cent in le45.
Anti-Rumls Defeated.
The anti-RumlS who included
the President, the Secretary of
the Treasury and the administra-
ton leaders in Congress, have
suffered, therefore, a defeat, al
though not 100 per cent defeat.
What the effect of their attitude
will be on the voters next year
remains to be seen.
A taxpayer who has to include,
with his heavy tax payable on
1914 income. a check also for 1912
per cent of his 1912 income tax,
may not feel SO kindly toward
the administration which, by its
unwillingness to allow 100 per
cent abatement of the 1912 tax,
brought about this hike in his
tax payments. Income tax pay
ments made this year will be on
l943 income.
1t has been suggested that the
25 per cent of the 1912 income
tax, added to current payments in
1914 and 1945, is to be in lieu of
any increases in individual in
come tax rates for the next year
or two. Whether it will work out
that way or not remains to be
seen. The President and Secre-
tary OF the Treasury Morgenthau
have said that it will be their
aim to get another $4,000, 900 900
IN revenue from increased taxes
this year.
Split Breached Party Lines.
TIE battle over the Ruml plan
has not been entirely between the
two political parties. Senate
Democrats, 18 of them, went
down the line for the Ruml idea
and the tax bill passed the Sem
ate containing the Ruml plan.
Their action made it possible to
win as much in conference as has
been won. Senator Clark, Demo-
crat, of Missouri took a lead
ing part in the support of the
Ruml plan.
In the House, however, it was
the Republicans who fought
through thick and thin for the
plan, When the final showdown
came, on a motion to instruct
lne house conferees to accept
the Senate Ruml plan, a group of
Democrats who previously had
voted with the Republicans yield
&c to a threat by President
Roosevelt that he would veto the
bill if it came to him in that
form.
If the President should veto the
bill as it finally has been worked
out, the jig will be up, pay-as-
you-go will be out of the window
for the present year, and the
Government probably will lose a
billion or more dollars in uncol-
lected income taxes this year.