The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-14
Observations
Congress Now
Likely to Write
own Tax Bill
BY Helen Esssry

ldlFu ny tdhul 'r'l cay WV
Eenthau's new tax program aimed
Al the white collar workers
is going TO tinker with new tai
program between now and Christ
mas There is some speculation or
Capitol Hi that Congress may
not pass a new TAX DILL at all, bui
az least it is going 70 Try
There ia real need for more
revenue to help finance The war
and combat initiation most con
gressmen believe Therefore. as
unpopular as higher taxes may be
IN The shadow OF the 1914 political
year. there is reasonably good pros.
poet that Congress will lnCreas q
taxes 10 some eNtent-If. for 10 9th
er reason. simply 10 save lis IA 70.
Bm congress Will write its own
bu. 10 viii not adopt the Treasury
program To increase income taxes
in The middle income brackets 80 TO
80 per cent and 10 raise an addi-
ronal 10 billion. 500 million dol
lars OF new revenue a year. That
program is as good as dead, Wash
ington iaN experts agree.
The upshot of the present tax dls-
cussiouS undoubtedly will he 4
vindication Of the ByrneS .Ninson
viewpoint as contrasted with the
Treasury viewpoint. Both War
Mobilizer Byrnes and Economic
Stab.lizer Ninson have argued in
favor OF trying 10 Work with con
RTeSsioual tax leaders instead OF
throwing in their faces something
they will have no part or
Byrnes and Ninson favor some
kind OF forced or induced savings
plan There is some chance such
a plan viii BE- adopted.
WHEN THE HISTORY OF World
War II ia written, the blunderS
made by the Japanese high com
msnd should get plenty OF space.
However. unless the Jap suats-
giSts tell on themselves. the world
NAV never know how or why these
mistakes were made. |. : mill
tarists haven't been able 10 figure
out.
Why the Japs failed to take strs-
tegic points in the Hawaiian
Islands after Pear Harbor's sneak
attack. The islands were vulner-
able for several weeks after that
time
Why the Nips did not bypass
Wake Island and hit Midway earli'
o. in the war before the strength
OF the garrison could be built up.
Why the japanese Navy turned
tail and made no efort TO protect
. troop convoy heading for Guadal-
canal in November. 1912.
Why the enemy failed to invade
India when British, American and
Chinese forces were disorsanized
and poorly equipped following loss
OF Burma and Malaga.
Why the sons OF heaven did not
attack Soviet Russia during the
period when the Russians we're be
ing pushed back by the Germans
and il looked as though victory
were within grasp OF the Nazi
hordes
A MOSCOW ANNOU NCEMENT
that slipped almost unnoticed
through the American press was
snatched up and ayidly studied by
Washington officials concerned
with postwar negotiations with
Russia. The Russian broadcast
Rrimly asserted the Soyiets consid-
or the whole German Army just
a. responsible for the war and afro
cities against Soviet citizens as are
the NaLis
The statement apparently dis
pelled rumors that the SoYiets
might conspire with German gen
erals 10 get rid OF Hitler and his
gang since any announcement.
verbal or printed. has to clear
through rigid Soviet government
censorship. great weiehet was al.
tsched TO the evident pledge OF
Stains adherence 10 this pivotal
Anelo-American pledge.
Peace and postwar planners IN
Washington heayed a sigh OF re-
lief
SENATOR JOSEPH O'MAHO-
NEY Cd. Wyoming discloses that
Congress believe il or not. has
produced some documents that be
long in the best seller class. They
we're published by The Temporary
National Economic Committee
(TNECl OF which OMahoney was
chairman. and cost about TWO MI
lion dollars 10 produce. The sub
iect. TNEC's exhaustive investisa-
ton OF monopoies. monopolistlc
practices and related matters.
when II folded mp in March. 1871
TNEC had published 81 documents
a Variable library an economics.
OMahoney believes
The payon O'Mahonev discor-
cred that the government PRINTING
Office has sold more than 200 900
copies Of TNEC's documents and
has realized from these sales sbou,
5000 In cash.