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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
Celebrate Anniversary
Of Inspection Act

Washington, D. c. (ILNS). Mark
ing the second anniversary of the pas
sage of the Federal Coal Mine Inspec-
tion Act, Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes, said:
Il can report definitely that 1,211
coal mines Of the United States have
made many safety improvements be-
cause of the federal inspection work, y
Secretary Ickes asserted. II can re-
port, too, that while industry as a
whole experienced heavy increase
in accident rates during 1912, the ac-
cident rates in our coal mines re-
mained virtually unchanged-and pro-
duction continued to climb. In the
past, it has been the assumption that
accident rates must soar when pro-
duction increases. The coal-mining in
dustry-the men who work under
ground, and the operators have
proved that accidents can be held
down."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
UNION MEMBER HAS
FIVE BROTHERS in
U.S.. ARMED SERVICES

Washington, d. c. (ILNS).-Five
Wisconsin brothers are now in the
armed forces of the United States, one
being in the Navy and the other four
in the Army Their sister, Mrs. Esther
Drinkwine, is a member of the joint
board of Restaurant Workers Local
571 and Beverage Dispensers Local
523, AFL, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Bernard Rudolph, %, is a seaman
second class in the Navy and is sta
toned at the Wahpeton, North Da-
kota, naval training school. William,
80, is corporal in the Army air corps
at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas;
Elmer, 20, is private first class at
Los Angeles, as is Stanely, 27, at
Camp Ste ewart, Georgia, while
Charles, 10, is a private at Carson
City, Nevada.
The boys are the sons of Mr.. and
Mrs Amos Rudolph, of Silver Lake,
Wisconsin.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-The
Presidents wage-freeze order of April
was prize boner. He is reported
to have admitted as much.
Washington is now busy trying to
save face for those responsible for
the order. Busiest man is Ben Cohen,
aide to Economic Stabilizer Byrnes,
for it was mostly Cohen's idea in the
first place.
BY the time you read this, the or
der of April will be dead pigeon OF
there will be no War Labor Board.
And it is inconceivable that the Presi-
dent will wait until the CIO and the
AFL withdraw their members from
the board. The CIO is scheduled to
take this action at its meeting in
Cleveland on May IA and Is. The AFL
is prepared to act at the meeting of
the Executive Council in Washing
ton May II.
The two leading labor organiza-
tions have decided that representation
on the National War Labor Board is
untenable under the order of April 8.
They have so advised Mr.. Byrnes.
What is more, the entire board has
told Mr.. Byrnes that it cannot op-
crate under the April order, that
the members must all resign if the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
French Seamen Here
Start Negotiations

New York City (ILNS).-French
maritime labor has begun to restore
its former status. The first meeting
of French seafarers was held here
few days ago. 1t was attended by 800
seafarers from French ships in U. S.
ports. 1t pledged allegiance to the
French Seamen's Union set up in
England and to the International
Transport Workers Federation 1t re-
affirmed faith in a strong and united
France. Finally it instructed it's Off
GERS to begin negotiations with the
authorities and the French shipowners
for collective agreement on wages
and working conditions, in keeping
with the agreements of the seafarers
of other allied nations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
CRISIS is AHEAD FOR NATIONAL
WAR LABOR BOARD
AFL and CIO Are Ready to Withdraw; Economic Stabi-
izer Byrnes Is Told April Order Makes
Labor Representation On Board Untenable
order is not changed. And not by any
chiseling subterfuges, either.
NO-Strike Agreement Broken

order is not changed. And not by any
chiseling subterfuges, either
No-Strike Agreement Broken
AS labor sees it, the April order
is violation of the agreement that
strikes would not be allowed and that
instead tripartite labor board would
hear and decide fairly all disputes be-
tween unions and employers in ac-
cordance with rules and regulations
to be made by the board.
Labor accepted the decisions of the
board in good faith. 1t even went
along with the "Little Steel" formula
Then politics reared it's head.
Somebody decided that the demand
of the United Mine Workers for in
creased wages was a political issue
which should not be left to the de-
cision of the NWLB because it might
make an award favorable to John L.
Lewis reputation as politician as
well as labor leader There were
leaders in both AFL and CIO camps
who didn't want Lewis to get too
much glory and who were willing to
listen to a good plan to hold John L.
in check. What they got, however, was
the Cohen plan, which was Cd to take
away the judicial powers of the War
Labor Board to adjust inequities and
Continued on Page 4, Column g.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
Stated Prices Now Froze To Highest Levels of 200 Per
Cent Or More; Program Two Years Old But
OPA Just Getting Around To Ceilings
WNU Service)

w a s h i n G t on, d. c. (ILNS).-
George Meany, Secretary-T Treasurer
of the AFL, is going to demand ac-
tion by the government to roll back
food prices to levels of May Is, 1912,
until something practical is done to
check imitation and protect the pur-
chasing power of labor's wages.
The talk is not all aimed at OPA
and Prentiss Brown. Part of labor's
protest against recent administrative
blunderings is directed at the manner
in which Executive Order No. 1928
took away the power of the National
War Labor Board to give considera-
tion to any case for wage adjustment.
Labor cannot approve wage freeze
without corresponding limitation
upon the cost of living.
Now, says Mr.. Meany, "the wage
earners of America are at point
where the outrageous price of food
staples is destroying their ability to
contribute fully and completely to the
job that must be done to win the war"
Mr.. Meany reported on surveys of
food prices made by the AFL in cities
that are good cross-section of Amer
ica's industrial life.
Food Prices Surveyed
"Our survey of food prices in these
communities shows that, taking into
consideration all the basic, staple ar
ticles of food which the American
wage Garner needs for his table, the
average increase of items listed
ranges from a rise of 60.5 percent in
Milwaukee to rise of 108 percent in
Cumberland, Md.
"In the city of st. Louis our survey
covered SO items, full range of the
things the worker must put on his
table. Forty of these SO food items
have increased more than SO percent,
and the average increase of all SO
items is 87.4 percent.
"In Atlanta, with total of 49 items
of a similar character, we find that 81
items have increased more than 50
percent. The average increase for all
49 items in Atlanta is rs percent.
"But bad as this looks, this does not
tell the full story. The highest per-
centage of increase is registered for
the simplest, the most fundamental
foods plain, common foods like cab
bage, string beans, potatoes, eggs,
lard and hamburger.
"Thus in st. Louis we find that cab
bage, in May of 1943, is up 200 per-
cent as compared with January of
1941; potatoes are up 241 percent;
eggs up 88 per cent; lard up 180 per-
cent; frankfurters up 100 percent;
hamburger up 1877 percent; pork loin
up 1873 percent; boiled ham up 122
percent.
"And what do we find in Atlanta
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21

with the common, essential foods :?
Eggs up 73 percent; bacon up "a per-
cent; pork loin up Ill percent; lamb
up 108 percent; onions up $50 per-
cent; lard up 216 percent.
"The appalling thing about these
tremendous increases in the prices Of
simple, ordinary items in the national
diet is that they have occurred under
what has been described as program
of price control.
''This program is 2 years old, yet
only today is OPA getting around to
placing dollars-and-cent ceilings on
many foods.
"The common people of this nation
don't want food prices held at their
present fantastic levels, nor will we
be satisfied with minor reductions.
What we want is the rolling back of
food prices all along the line. We want
them rolled back to the levels of May
1942-one year ago.
Food Subsidies Asked
"To roll food prices back to the
levels of May Is, 1912, will require the
employment of subsidies.
1--WE read that the sum of $300,000,-
900 is to be made available for such
subsidies. Three hundred million dol
lars for the all-important purpose of
enabling the common people of Amer
lea to buy the food which they must
put on their tables.
"Three hundred million dollars may
sound like a lot of money, until we
realize that this is little more than
what our government is spending in
one day, every day in the week to
carry on this war. Ninety-six billion,
one hundred and forty one million dol
lars per year for war production, and
now we find that our administration
officials by straining themselves can
appropriate $300,000,000 to help solve
the food problem of Americas pro-
duction army Peanuts!
"We of labor favor economic sta
bilization. We know that all the peo-
pie, and especially the working peo-
pie, would suffer under initiation. We
do not want to see race between
wages and prices which could only end
in disaster. Economic stabilization is
necessary and desirable, but it must
be applied with even-handed justice
to both sides of the line. This can not
be done until prices are rolled back
sufficiently SO that they are within
reach of the wage-earners' pay enve-
lope."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
Negroes Fight
Army Color Line

New York City (ILNS).-A Philip
Randolph, president of the AFL
Sleeping Car Porters, heads what is
called the March on Washington
Movement to end color segregation in
the armed services.
"The Wars Greatest Scandal" a
just published pamphlet, is the heav-
lest shot yet fired in the campaign.
With a half million Negroes in the
armed services, this pamphlet is
largely compilation of grievances.
Much space is given one case-the
Lynn case--headed for the Supreme
Court, in which the constitutionality
of segregation in the army is chal-
lenged.
Winfred w. Lynn refused induction
unless assured against segregation,
although finally he consented to in
duction as a means of furthering the
legal action.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
AFL Fur Dressers Union
Signs Up Montreal Firm

Montreal, Canada - The AFL Fur
Dressers' Union has negotiated an
agreement with Sable Fur Dressers
Dyers here providing for the 44-hour
week and payment of time and half
for overtime and for legal holidays,
Max Federman, spokesman for the
union, announced. The agreement
covers 130 employees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21
Food Subsidies Need to
Roll Back Prices to May
1912 Level, Says Meany
Painters Give Surgical
Instruments To Russia

Detroit, Mich.-A gift of surgical
instruments worth $500 from Detroit
Local AZ, Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorators and Paperhangers Of Am
erica (AFL), was announced by Rus
sian War Relief, Inc
"The Painters Union decided to do
nate surgical instruments, said Pres
ident Max Mushnick, "in appreciation
of the great fighting spirit of the
Russian people. We hope the ship
ment will help toward complete vic
tory over fascism."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-21

More than 1900 fire department
drivers, mechanics, and chiefs in 118
cities are pledged to strict tire care,
gasoline savings, and systematic
maintenance Of motor equipment.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Wedding Guests
Are Enferfnined

Guests last week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Thomas
IN Aurora Hills included Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Thomas of Pittsburgh,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mcdowell, Miss
Bette Cranmer and Corpl. Robert
Grissett, all Of Baltimore.
During their stay they attended
the wedding Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas daughter, Miss Thelma
Ruth Thomas, and Pfc. John Hol-
lingsworth, October in the Fort
Myer Chapel. On their return from
their wedding trip to New York,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollingsworth will re-
side temporarily with Mrs. Hollings-
worth's parents.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

pital secretary with the American
Red Cross.
Mr.. and Mrs. David P. Mervine
and their daughter, Miss Irma Mer-
vine, are again in their home in
Takoma Park after a months vaca-
tion in Ocean City, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis T. Boynton
have with them at their home in
Silver Spring their son, Corpl. Lewis
T. Boynton, jr, who is on furlough
en- route from Stout Field, Indian
apolis, to Miami, where he will en-
ter officers training school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Mitchell
OF Silver Spring have been spending
the past week in Philadelphia,
where they visited their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
ston Stevens, and in Haworth, N.
j., where they were entertained by
another daughter, Mrs. Leon Sou
dant, and her husband. Mr.. Mitch
ell Is returning here today, but
Mrs. Mitchell will remain for sew
eral weeks in Haworth with Mrs,
Soudant.
Pvt. Glen Boyee of Camp Shelby,
Miss, has arrived in Takoma Park to
spend furlough with his wife and
family.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Takoma Park and Silver Spring
Mr.. and Mrs. Heizer Entertaining
At Tea for the Formers Mother

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald M. Heller
of Silver Spring are entertaining
at tea this afternoon from until
o'clock at their home in honor
of Mr. Heizer's mother, Mrs. R. M
Heizer of Winter Park, Fla, who
is visiting here. About IS old friends
and neighbors of the honor guest,
who with Mr.. Heizer made her
home in Silver Spring for many
years before going to Winter Park
! several years ago, have been in
vited to the tea.
Assisting in the dining room will
be Mrs. Malcolm Chandler of Lin
den, who is Mrs. Heizer's daughter,
and Mrs. James Heizer of Woodside
Park, a daughter-in-law of the
honor guest. Mrs. Heizer has been
dividing her time between her chill
dren and is also making short visits
with her mother, Mrs Mabel Mann,
and sister, Mrs. Charles Clark of
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Hutchison,
jr.. were hosts at dinner and bridge
last evening at their home in Ia
koma Park in honor of Mrs. Charles
w. Thompson of Takoma Park, who
celebrated her birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Anton Auth of Four Corners
gave bridge party Friday evening.
An interesting party of the past
week was a fireplace supper which
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Koepfie gave in
the garden at their home in Wood
SIDE Park for Is wounded soldiers
from Walter Reed Hospital who
have returned from the fighting
fronts.
Mr.. Roy Tasco Davis of Forest
Glen left this week on an extended
trip to South and Central America
as director of the Association OF
American Schools in Latin America.
Mr.. Davis was president of National
Park College before it was taken
over by the War Department to be
used as q convalescent home for
wounded soldiers last year.
Mrs. Robert Kemp of Woodside
is spending several days with her
husband. Pfc. Kemp. who is sta
toned at Drew Field, Tampa, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. George Stern of
Silver Spring, with their children,
Diane and Kenneth, are leaving the
latter part of this month to make
their home in Palo Alto, Calf.
where Mr.. Stern has accepted a po-
sition. Residents of Silver Spring
for the past six years, Mrs. Stern
has been prominently identified
with the child care group under the
Office of Civilian Defense and in
nursery school work. She is return
ing this week end from New York.
where she made a brief visit to bid
friends there good-by before leaving
for the West Coast.
Miss Helen Cavanaugh, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Leo M. Cavanaugh
OF Takoma Park, has arrived in Eng
land to carry out her duties as hos
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Miss McIlvdine
To Wed Ensign

Capt. Frederick v. Burgess, U. S.
M. c. r., and Mrs. Burgess OF Bur-
lington, VT, announce the engage
ment of Mrs. Burgess daughterrMiss
Catherine McIlvaine, to Ensign John
H. Mcdonald son of Mrs. Cecil A.
Mcdonald of Tulsa, Okla, and
nephew of Miss Eula Mcdonald Of
this city.
Miss McIlvaine is the daughter Of
Mr.. John H. McIlvaine of Bryn
Mawr, Pa, and is graduate of the
Masters School at Dobbs Ferry,
N. Y. She now is attending the Juil-
lizard School of Music.
Ensign Mcdonald was graduated
in June from the U. s. Naval Acad-
emy and is now on active duty.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Constantine
Lozupone announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss
Mafalda Frances Lozupone, to
Mr.. Barnard A. Fitzgerald of the
Army Medical Corps, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William r. Fitzgerald.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was graduated
from Catholic University and is a
member of Phi Eta Sigma, Phi
Beta Kappa and the Senator's
Club. He now Is attending the
Georgetown University school Of
medicine.
No date has been set for tho
wedding.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Rej0ins Husband

Mrs. A. H. Thiessen has rejoined
Maj. Thiessen at their home in
South Arlington after a weeks visit
with their son and daughter in law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Thiessen, in
Cambridge. Mass.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Senator Returns

Senator Millard E. Tydings of
Maryland and Mrs. Tydings have
returned to Washington for the
winter and are making their home
in the Wardman Park.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

The Chesterfeds your coo Think Of the dozens Of ways
you'll wear it. and the dozens Of Places Over
dresses, over your SUITS for business school, evening
eoietes! For it's in perfect toste everywhere
you couldn't be better dressed And you couldn't be
wiser than to select YOUR Chesterfield at L.
Frank Company where adorable young Chesterfield styles
have been perfectly tailored to the Nth degree!
And from materials that simply tho lost word In ex-
ceence!
Evening star., 1943-06-28
WASHINGTON D. c., MONDAY 2s 1e4s

5000. In 1943 he went into the
Army as an officer, and receives q
service pay Of $2,400.
His final 1943 tax liability would
be computed as follows: He would
figure the tax on his 1943 service
pay, after excluding from considera-
ton the first $500 thereof under
the provisions of the new law. The
resulting 1943 tax would be approx
imately $50.
Recomputes Tax
He would then add to his 1943
tax liability the excess of the 1912
tax over the 1943 tax, after de-
Quoting from such excess the
amount by which the 1912 tax was
increased by reason of the inclu-
sion of the first $4,000 of the
amount Of the learned net income
in 1912. He finds that the 1912
tax exceeds the 1943 tax by $6,720
($6,800 minus 500. He recomputes
the 1912 tax to see how much of
this excess was due to the inclu-
sion Of the earned" income q. e.,
from wages or salary up to $4,000
Subtracting from the 1912 income
all salary income not in excess of
$4,000 would leave $1,000 Of the
salary income and the 5000 Of in
vestment income, or a total of
5000, on which the tax would be
approximately $1,000.
This shows that the 1912 tax was
increased by $500 (the excess of
$500 over $4,000 by reason of the
Evening star., 1943-06-28

Members Of armed forces exempt
from paying on higher year under
certain conditions.
66. Question. What is this special
treatment for members of the armed
forces?
Answer. Members of the armed
forces do not have to pay on the
higher of the two years, 1912 or 1943,
with respect to that portion of the
1912 tax which is attributable to
earned" income q. e. from wages
or salary not in excess of $4,000.
Thus, If a soldier earned $1,000 in
1912 as civilian, mourning a tax
liability Of say $500. and has no tax
liability on his 1943 service pay, he
would not be required to increase
his 1943 liability by the excess of
the 1912 tax over the 1943 tax. In
effect, his 1912 liability is completely
abated.
On the other hand, II part OF the
servicemen's 1912 tax was attributa-
BILE to earned" income, and part
to "unearned" income q. e., income
from investments or wage and sal
ary income in excess OF $4,000, the
1943 tax will be increased by the
amount by which the tax on the
''unearned" portion Of the 1912 in
come exceeds the 1943 tax.
For example, suppose a single
man had a civilian salary Of SIS, 900
in 1912, and had income from rents,
dividends, and interest amounting
to $1,000, on which the total tax was
Evening star., 1943-06-28

inclusion Of the learned" income
up to $4,000. Therefore, the
$500 is subtracted from the $6,720
excess Of the 1912 tax over the
1943 tax, leaving balance Of
81 ,120, which is the amount to be
added to the tax on 1943 income
in computing the final 1943 liability
Of the serviceman In question. His
total 1943 liability, therefore, would
be $50 (the tax on his 1943 service
income) plus $1,120 (the excess Of
the 1912 tax attributable to "un-
earned" income over the 1943 tax
or a total of $1,000.
This is the amount he would in
clude in his declaration of esti-
mated tax for 1943. In this in
stance he still pays on the higher
Of the two years after eliminating
from the 1912 income all wage and
salary income up to $4,000. (The
serviceman in question would also
owe the unabated portion of the
lesser years tax, Is per cent Of the
basic 1943 liability of $50 in this
case, or $50. See question 72.)
Special Provision Covering Joint
Returns Of Husband and Wife.
81. Question. Where a man and
wife file joint return for either the
taxable year 1912 or 1943, but not
for both years, how Is it to be de-
termined whether the tax for 1912
was greater than for 1943?
Answer. 1t Is provided in section
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tax would be $1,000 (the tax on
1943 income) plus $500 Othe excess
of the 1912 tax over the tax on 194S
income), or a total of $2,50O.
So. Question. Must this additional
liability for 1943, where the 1912 tax
was higher, be taken into considera-
ton in filing the declaration of es-
timated tax for 1913?
Answer. Yes, it is considered a
part Of the 1943 liability for purposes
of the declaration of estimated tax
Does Not Operate After This Year
"a. Question. 1t Is true, is it not
that this requirement Of paying on
the higher of the two years, 1912
or 1943, will not apply after this
year?
Answer. Yes.
IS. Question. Does this provision
apply to all taxpayers, regardless of
the amount of their income, and
whether they have any income at
all in 1913?
Answer. 1t applies, regardless of
the amount of 1943 income, but
special treatment is given to men,
bers Of the armed forces.
Evening star., 1943-06-28

6 (d) Cd that for the purpose Of
this provision, the taxes of the
spouses for the taxable year for
which a joint return is not made
shall be aggregated In such case.
Furthermore, If the taxable year
for which joint return is not made
Is the taxable year 1943. any addi-
tional liability because of the higher
tax for 1912 is to be joint and sev-
eral.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Two Killed, Four Injured
In New Jersey BIust
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CARTERET, N. j., June 28.-Two
men were injured fatally and four
others were hurt in an explosion
early yesterday at the plant of the
United States Metals Refining Co.
The six victims we're taken to
Railway Hospital at Railway. Joseph
Krystosiak, SO, and John Nitro, 50
both of Carteret, died there.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
PART vi. FINAL 1943 TAX BASED
ON HIGHER INCOME OF 1924

PART vi. FINAL 1943 TAX BASED
ON HIGHER INCOME OF 1942-43.
81. Question. Is the 1943 tax liza
bility of individuals based on the
1943 income in all cases?
Answer No. In order to prevent
any advantage accruing to taxpayers
by reason of the shift to a current
collection basis, it is provided, in
effect, that the current 1943 tax
liability shall not be less than the
1912 liability. This means that If
the tax on 1912 income was $2,50O,
for example, and the tax on 1943 in
come is only $1,000. the final 1943
liability shall be $4,000 rather than
$1,000.
For administrative reasons, what
is actually done under the law is
to tax the 1943 income in all cases,
and then increase the 1943 liability
by the excess of the 1912 tax over
the tax on 1943 income. Thus in
the above example, the final 1943