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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-06
Too Many Plans
To Collect Tax
Befudd|e House

WASHINGTON, Feb. s (UP).--|
The greatest danger 10 John O..
Taxpayers pay-as-you-go broth
appears to be too many cooks.
AS one member of the House
ways and means committee-faced
with the job of cooking up prac-
teal pay-as-you-go law palatable
to hothIthe treasury and the tax
payers-put it:
Right now we've got 25 diff
ferent recipes"
6 PLANS STUDIED
The committee has before IL at
least six plans-some concrete,
some nebulouS-for a tax reform
designed TO extract the largest
amount Of money from taxpayers
with a minimum of pain. The six
are in accord on one thing-that
something should be done.
Beyond that they arc most
nearly in accord on the principle
of collection at the source. Only
one of the six plans-that offered
by Rep. Donald II. Mclean (R) of
New Jersey-opposes that. Nc
Lean feels every American has a
right to get at least one look at
the money he earns.
The greatest divergence Is on
the skip-a-year principle of wiping
1925 income tax liability off the
boards completely and starting
fresh on 1913.
THREE DAYS HEARINGS
The committee has held three
days Of hearings on pay-as-you-go
plans.
General Counsel Ralph f. Paul
presented the treasury's ideas and
Beardsley Rurnl, New York banker
and department store executive
and author of probably the best
known plan. explained his.
Ruml contended that skipping a
year of taxes was financially safe
because national income Of $780,
O00, 100000 49, SIS. 00G000.000 more
than expected this year-was "en-
tirely possible within our lifetime. -
For the record, here's how the
six plans look, briefly:
1.-The Ruml plan. Forget
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-06
CALLED GOOD BUSINESS

Ruml insisted that il would he
good business for the government
TO wipe the tax slate clean and 10
begin deducting taxes currently in
1919 on 1913 incomes.
Unless that is done. he said. the
government will face a national
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-06

he infIationary, but no one Is
advocating such a course.
"AIl advocates of the Ruml
plan are. at the same time. pro-
posing much stronger pay-as-
you-go taxes and Withholding Mt
the source on all wages, salaries.
dividends and income of all
kinds
Hanes remarked that a lot OF
people apparently had forgotten
that taxes are 10 be increased this
year.
Bear In mind" he said, chat
the advocates OF the Ruml plan
are fully aware that in order To
meet President ROosevelt's
budget request for $4,000, 000.-
900 in new revenue, still more
and other vigorous taxation will
have Ia be undertaken.
ut seems to me that In the
present discussion we are losing
sight OF another fact. Don't for
get that the present tax should
provide n total revenue of not
less than S37 200, 900, 900.
Add 10 this the $4,000, 000.-
600 which taxpayers are called
on 10 pay for state and local
taxation and the bill totals Sf5,-
OOO. 200. 900.
NONE TO SQUANDER
after paying this amount of
money Ia the federal. state and
local government, the taXpay-
srs are not geing 90 f,afr uucii
left, after normal expenses, To
squander on noD-essentials.
"In the general discussion of
the so-called infationary gap,
many economists have lost
sight of this $4,000, 900, 600
which II extracted from the tax
payer by state and local gov
ernments. In any consideration
Of the federal tax bill. the over
all burden should be clearly
stated at its true figure
$4,000. 600. 900"
what do you think" Hanes
was asked, "Of the treasury's
contention that the government
would suffer $4,000, 900. 600
loss In assets II the 1872 tAXes
were forgiven rs proposed by
Mr.. RumIe"
The answer Ia that" Hanes
answered. els to be found In .
New York Times editorial
The Treasury Is in n Fog"
LOWER BRACKETS TAX
"How about the treasury's
contention that since total for
giveness would require addi-
tionsl taxes. the upper income
groups would he favored since
any new taxes must be levied
on lower Income groups because
those In the upper brackets
can't be taxed any more ."
It's nothing more than n
damagogic argument" Hancs
answered. THE treasury Is
trying 20 convince the people
that there Is a forgiveness in
taxation. I object To that.
This plan doesn't forgive any
body.
THE treasury put the word
forgiveness In the Ruml plan,
not the advocates of the plan.
The plan does not contemplate
forgiveness: 10 only moves the
tax clock ahead and collects
currently until a man dies, aud
when he dies, takes nv high in
heritance taxes whatever might
have been lost"
what do you think j. the
strongest point In favor OF the
Ruml plan?" HancS was asked.
1T viii provide" he replied,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-06
COMPARES COLLECTIONS

Take a stated period-say 1943
to 1862. incluSive-and compare
tax collections under his plan with
collections under the present sys-
tenn. he urged.
Under the present system, the
government would collect taxes in
this period on income for the years
from 1912 to 1861. inclusive. Under
his plan. he explained, taxes would
be collected on incomes for the
years 1913 TO 1862, inclusive.
Assuming that national income
was higher in the 1882 years
than in the 1942-61 years. he
pointed out. the government would
collect more taxes - not less ---
under his plan.
This situation would continue
until Judgment day" he argued.
when. under his plan. the books
would be closed finally with a
smaller tax debt owed the govern
ment than under the present
system.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-06

"tbe maximum OF continuity of
flow of funds into the treasury
and that will stop imitation more
quickly than any other single
proposition"
Ruml, a noted New York econo-
mist. told the ways and means
committee that the government
would be better off financially If
IL forgavel ha-lq42- income taxes
entirely and started collecting
taxes currently on 1913 incomes.
He insisted that all taxpayers
should be treated alike, and that.
with certain exceptions, the 1912
taxes of all taxpayers should be
cancelled mot merely those OF
persons in the lower income brack-
cts
Most OF the ways and means
committee members who queS-
TONED Ruml took sharp issue with
him on this point, but Ruml stuck
by his guns. He argued that,
regardless of gains realized by in
diyiduals. il would he better from
the standpoint of national policy
TO follow his program.
PAY-AS-YOU-GO STEP
A majority Of the committee
members took tho position that a
part of the 1912 taxes might well
be forgiven as a first step toward
placing income tax payments OF
individuals on current or pay
.aS-you-go basis. but that the on
tire 1912 taxes of upper income
bracket taxpayers should not he
cancelled.
The first committee member 20
challenge Ruml was Rep. Robert
c. Doughton Cd OF North Caro-
lima. chairman Of the committee,
who insisted that no taxpayer
should be forgiven taxes that he
was able 10 pay.
T think" Doughton said.
chat the moral effect on the
country would he very bad II
we forgave taxes that people are
able to pay.
81 personally would not be
able To sleep well II 1 got out
of debt to the government
was able to pay, knowing that
the debt would he passed on 10
the boys who are risking their
lives on foreign battlefields."
CALLED GOOD BUSINESS
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
ORGANIZATION Of
G. @. p. Financial
Plan Nearly Done

HELENA - Organization OF Re
publican county budget and finance
committees for the 1914 campaign
was being completed this week by
campaign director Robert j. Eustace.
Eustace was setting up campaigns
this week in Teton, Chouteau, Pond
era. Lincoln and Lake counties,
bringing to 81 the total number
of counties in the state to have
been organized. Next week, similar
campaigns will be organized in
Broadwater, Meagher, Madison and
jefferson counties, completing set
ups in all Montana's counties.
I'VE have organized n county a
dav since the Missoula Republican
conference in mid-O October Sylvan
Pauly of Deer Lodge, state chair
man. said. More than 500 men and
women are participating in volun-
tary solicitation in the state and the
"one-drive" campaign has been
accepted in every county. he said.
Republicans this year r combin-
ing Embarrassing efforts for nation
al, county and state campaigns into
one drive.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
STANLEY LAST
SERVICE TO Be
NEXT MONDAY
South Bench Farmer Passes i'm
California After Short
Illness.

Funeral services for William
Stanley, SO, Glasgow south bench
farmer who died in a Long Beach,
Calf, hospital, Sunday. will be held
in the Peterson chapel here at 2
Monday afternoon. The Rev. H. F,
Widen of the First Baptist church
will officiate and burial will be in
the Glasgow cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley left here
about Dec. Is to spend the winter in
California. According to a telegram
received by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hos
ford, he was taken to a Long Beach
hospital Dec. %, where he died. He
was suffering from a severe cold
when he left here.
The body will arrive Sunday and
the casket will be open at the Pet
erson chapel Sunday afternoon. 1t
will be accompanied by Mrs. Stanley
and by Mrs. Victor McLenore of
Long Beach, sister of Mrs. Clint
Halliday of Glasgow.
MI. Stanley was born near the
border between Austria and Poland.
He came to the United States as
a young man and first lived in
Chicago for two years. He then
moved west to Valley county about
1912. He first homesteaded near
Nashua, but later relinquished it
and filed on his present farm 312
miles from Glasgow. He steadily i'm
proved it and was one of the out
standing farmers in the community.
Besides his widow, Mr.. Stanley is
believed to be survived by a sister
and a niece living in Europe.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Boards Are
Lesseming Number
0f Men Deferred

Local selective service boards are
tightening up on non-fathers, les
SEEMING the number of agricultural
and occupational deferments for
them and at the same time increas-
ing the number of these deferments
for pre-Pearl Harbor fathers. it was
revealed by a comparison of board
reports for Oct. l and Dec. l by Sc
lective service national h%eadquar-
tiers.
Total deferments in agriculture,
Dec. l. were 1,606,661 of which 692,-
252 were fathers. This was an in
crease of 1854 agriculturally de-
ferred fathers between Oct. l and
Dec. l. Selective service figures it
will be required to furnish between
1000. 900 and 100000 men to the
armed forces between Dec. l and
July thus providing 100000 to
900. 900 requirements and bringing
the total strength of all forces. in
GLIDING WAVES and WACS, to H.
100000.
During October and November, an
estimated 10000 men were reclas-
sified out of IV-F for denomination
by the armed forces.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Mere than 600 in
Montana Serving
On Ration Boards

HELENA-More than 600 Mont
ana citizens are serving on war
price and ration boards Throughout
the state as shown by figures COM
piled by the state office OF price
administration.
The 81 boards in Montana have
from two to 10 members each
with a total of 614 men and women
on all the boards. Leading all other
groups in number of members are
the 352 businessmen, including de-
partment store managers, grocers,
bankers. lumbermen. garage opera
tors. and insurance agents, the sur
Labor has "a members and live
stock men rank third in board mem
bership with a total Of sc. The ~
housewives make up the tourth
largest group. Classification OF men,
beers show 80 different groups are
represented on Montana boards, m
Guiding clergymen, blacSsmlths,
BARRIERS. janitors. school superln-
tendents. mail carriers, mortlclans,
auctioneers. dentists, welders, butch
ers and attorneys.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30

MISSOULA-Co-eds at Montana
State university don't believe in love
at first sight. And despite the war
time trend. they're in no big rush
to get married.
These and other facts are revealed
in a campus survey of attitudes to-
ward engagement and marriage
conducted by Miss Catherine Nut
terville'S sociology class in The
Family" The conclusions are based
on the answers of 50 university
women proportionately allocated
among the four college classes. The
median age of the group is 10.
A romantic Is percent of those
questioned look upon love at first
slight" as a requisite to happy marri-
age. but an impressive 80 percent
think there's nothing to it. The
goods agree that IS is the ideal
marriage age for men. % for women.
This. as Miss Nutterville points out.
means that Montana goods expect
to complete educations and carry on
their careers for two or three years,
at least. before marrying.
DSSDllt Tic CQlIClll PduClkN VI
men on the campus. college con-
tinues to play an important role
in matchmaking. OF the senior girls
questioned. so percent are already
engaged to be married. The percent
age falls sharply in the direction of
the lower age groups A percent of
the juniors. 10 percent of the sopho-
and 1912 percent Of the fresh
men.
Oulv about ore oirl in nine met
her fiance in her home town: only
about one girl in eight met her flu
ture husband through her own
family. OF those engaged, 81 per-
cent met their fiances through
school, college and mutual friends
OF those not engaged. most hope to
meet their future husbands at
school. at social functions or at
work. A romantic 10 percent hope
for a meeting Gin some novel way"
Unwilling to be rushed into mar
even in times like these, 81
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Embattled Opheim
Farmer Lands KO
On Pesky Badger
Rv Courier CORRESPONDENT

OPHEIM - It was more than a
decision when l.. G. Smith, Ophelm
farmer, met up with a badger. He
knocked out the animal with one
well-timed right hook and its silver
hide is now in the Smith possession,
The Smiths had been looking Tor
the pesky predator for some time
vowing to eliminate it at the first
opportunity. The beast had dug
large holes all over the farm, Civ
ing it the appearance of no mans
land. let alone the hazards Of COM
bining on bumpy and hole-ridden
fields.
The Smiths we're returning home
from a visit to Mrs. Kate Mason's
when they spied the badger after
dark as it doomed up in the car
lights. Mr.. Smith started for the
badgers hole to head it off while
Mrs. Smith looked for some missile
to kill it. but unsuccessfully.
The badger was determined to
reach the hole. Mr.. Smith was just
as determined that it wouldn't.
When it headed straight for him. he
lifted the haymaker straight to the
button and the animal fell uncon-
scious in the road. He quickly
finished it off with his knife. TAX
ing it home, the Smiths found it
weighed 60 pounds.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Construction OF
Fallon Bridge ON
u. s. 10 Started

HELENA - reconstruction of the
Yellowstone bridge near Fallon had
started this week after the Montana
highway department received allo-
cation of 1872 tons of steel from
the war production board in Wash
ington, D. c.
The ALLEGATION included 55 tons in
the current quarter. 500 tons in the
first quarter of 1914, and Gel tons
in the second quarter of 1914. &C
cording to State Highway Engineer
Howard V. Holmes.
Construction of the bridge will not
be completed until late in 1914 and
may not be finished until early in
1945, depending upon weather con-
ditionS. Holmes said.
Contract to rebuild the bridge was
awarded w. P. Roscoe of Billings on
a low bid of $685., 568.30 on Oct. 25.
The four-span steel structure car
rying Highway 10 Eel the Yellow
stone river at Fallon was destroyed
by high water and ice jams last
spring. Highway traffic since the de-
molition of the bridge has been
routed on a secondary highway north
of Fallon.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
P0St0fGice
Crews Rush Mai.
TO Many Soldiers

AS an example of how the mail
was handled quickly at the fighting
fronts. E. B. Pease, assistant post
master here, has a clipping telling
of the mail service provided the
Fifth army in Italy.
Trained crews of experienced
postal service men were on the job
there, he points out, and mail and
packages we're handled rapidly with
the percentage of loss and break
age almost infinitesimal. In a
MAXIMUM of three DAYS from the
time Christmas mail docked, it was
in the hands of the men at the
front.
Mr.. Pease also notes that the
Fifth army postal service was under
the direction of Major Merritt OF
Roundup, former Montana postal
inspector. He is a brother OF the
former Mildred Merritt, who was a
Glasgow teacher.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Is
Injured in Fall
On Home Stairs

Victor Archambeault of Fort Peck
is a patient at the D.eaconess hospi-
tai with injuries suffered when he
fell on the basement stairs of his
home near. Fort Peck Wednesday
morning.
He struck on his head and was
unconscious for several hours until
found by a man who works for him.
Mrs. Archambeault is in Ohio visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Del Livings-
ton, and their three sons r in
the armed service.
After regaining consciousness,
Mr.. Archambealut said he was 60
ing TO the basement to care for the
furnace. He said he must have
tainted while on the stairs.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Miles Harrington.
Dies in Anaconda;
Service Saturday

Miles Harrington, Al, son of Mrs.
C. j. Maalerud of Tampico, died IN
Anaconda Monday following an Ill
ness with pneumonia.
The body, accompanied by Mrs,
Maalerud. will arrive here FRIDAY.
Funeral services will be held in the
peterson chapel at 10 Saturday
morning. The Rev. T. T. Doe OF n
First Lutheran church Will officlate
and burial will be in the Glasgow
cemetery beside the body Oh MS
wife, who died in 1887.
I n recent years, Mr.. Harrington
had been employed in the smelters
at Great Falls and Anaconda, Pre-
viously, he had also worked at
Fort Peck.
Besides his mother and s%tepfather,
he is survived by a sister, MIS-
Dorothy Martin of Tamplco.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Week Of Prayer
Is Scheduled by
LEGAL Baptists

Following an international move
ment of the church, GLASGOW Bap-
fists will join in the Universal
Week of Prayer" beginning Monday.
the Rev. H. F. Widen announced.
Cottage prayer meetings will be
held at 7:30 five nights next week
Locations of meetings are w. j.
Conatser home. 1924 Fourth avenue
south. Monday; H. H. Morton home,
632 Fourth avenue north. Tuesday:
Kon c. Thurman home, 615 Seventh
street south, Wednesday; E. B. Pease
home, 1874 Third venue north,
Thursday, and the George Scanson
home. 500 Sixth avenue south, Fri
day.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Mrs. Minerva Kirk
Of Glasgow Passes
At Local Hospital

Mrs. Minerva Kirk, 80, of 1923
Sixth Avenue, south, deid at the
Deaconess hospital this morning at
II. after a short illness with pneu-
monia.
She came Sunday from Havre,
where she was taken i'll while visit
ing her son and daughter law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ferguson, for
mer Glasgow resident.
She had previously spent six
weeks visiting her son, Otto Kirk, at
Salt Lake City.
She has been a resident of Valley
county since 1916, having home
steaded north of Glasgow. Arthur
Ferguson of Nashua is her son.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Missouri, Peck, Loom Large
I'm Postwar Developments

ate. maintain such electrical trans
mission lines and subStationS" etc,
as it finds necessary for the trans
mission of electric energy produced
at Fort Peck dam. While the war
department operates the dam and
power plant, the bureau OF reclama-
ton sells and distributes the power.
In anticipation of the completion
in June, 1943, of the Fort Peck
power plant, the bureau had planned
a transmission system for the dlstrl-
button of Fort Peck power to points
in eastern Montana and western
North Dakota for irrigation pump
ing, rural identification and other
uses. 1t was planned to serve IT.
rigation projects in operation, under
construction or proposed in the
vicinity of Miles City, Glendive,
Glasgow, Poplar, and Medicine Lake,
Montana, and Williston, N. D.
War conditions delayed the con-
struction of new irrigation pro-
iects and materials required for the
new transmission system were re-
quired for war purposes. AS a result,
the bureau was denied priorities
for critical materials and was re-
fused authorization by the war pro-
duction board to undertake the con-
struction of the transmission line.
Plant In Operation
When the Fort Peck power plant
went into operation in the summer
of 1913, a wartime contract was
made for the sale of the electrical
output to the Montana Power COM
pany, which required the supply to
meet war loads of industries on its
systems. Energy is delivered to the
company over an existing line.
The bureau of reclamation plans
to construct the new transmission
system to serve irrigation loads of
projects now in operation or under
construction as well as others in
Montana and North Dakota which
have been proposed a. soon as criti-
cal materials are available. An I'M
expended balance of an appropria-
ton of $4,000 made in 1912 is
available to begin the construction
Of the transmission system.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
Community
Calendar...

TONIGHT
8-Sons of Norway Christmas par
ty at Odd Fellows hall.
MONDAY
6:15-Dinner meeting of Bushes!
and Professional Woman'S club al
Congregational church.
8-Laura Rebekah lodge at Ode
Fellows hall.
8-North Star lodge installation
of officers at Masonic temple.
TUESDAY
$50 Glasgow Home Demonstra-
ton club at Allen cafe.
8-P. E. o. chapter at home OF
Mrs. c. H. Brocksmith.
WEDNESDAY
6:30-Family night pot luck sup
per at Methodist church.
8-Joint installation of Odd Eel
low and Rebekah lodges.
8-Annual meeting of the Valley
county chapter of the American Red
Cross at court room in courthouse.
Election of officers. Annual reports.
THURSDAY
2:30-Lutheran Ladies Aid at the
church. HostesseS, Mrs. Sverre JON
dahl, Mrs. Elmer Johnson, Mrs.
Louis Benson. Mrs. Nels Dokken and
Mrs. N. G. Briggs.
of Christian Service at church par
2:30-Methodist Woman's Society
lors. Installation of officers and
pledge service.
2:3O-Helping Hand society at the
Baptist church parlors.
2:30-Christian Women's Mission
airy society with Mrs. M. o. Null.
6:30-St. Matthews church fam
ily supper at church basement.
8-Degree of Honor installation of
officers.
FRIDAY
2:3O-W. C. T. U. with Mrs. c. w.
Kampfer.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-30
0nsleiin Resident
Recovering from
Food Poisoning

Clyde Page of Opheim is re-
covering at the Deaconess hospital
from an attack of ptomaine poison
ing.
He returned to Glasgow Wednes-
day morning from Hazelburg, Penn,
where he had spent a month visit
ing parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
Page. His mother prepared lunch for
his return trip and he still had part
of the lunch left on his arrival in
Glasgow.
After sleeping at a hotel here he
ate some of the remaining chicken
sandwiches in the lunch, which had
become tainted, and was taken very
i'll Wednesday afternoon. His wife
had come to Glasgow on business,
and took him into the hospital.