The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-08
CONGRESS RETURNS TO THE JOB
BY j. e. Jones


BY j. q. Jones
Washington, D. c., Oct. 1-Sena-
tors and Representatives have been
talking over public affairs with their
neighbors and constituents for sever
al weeks. According to the latest
Gallup poll the majority of our peo-
pie are opposed ito the drafting of
fathers.
There are plenty of differences be-
tween the leaders at the two ends of
Pennsylvania Avenue, but there is
a united front on the question of
carrying the war to terminals in
Berlin and Tokyo.
Naturally there is wide disagree
ment between the White House and
Members of Congress over a great
many questions relating to the home
front. But these differences are no
greater than exist in the Congress
itself where every phase of public
opinion is expressed among the $50
Senators and Representatives.
Manpower! WOmanpOwer!
The balancing of manpower with
military, war production, farm, CT
william and necessary family needs
and conditions has not been accom-
plished under Government controls.
The Baruch- Hancock report contains
a particularly interesting observa-
ton to the effect that we cannot get
enough of everything and there is
nothing to spare.
Estimated United States popula-
ton shows almost equal numbers of
males and females, about 81 million
of each. Shortage of manpower dis
cussion usually gives scant notice
of the part womanpower is adding to
production. The majorities of work
ers in some airplane factories and
many other industries usually are
women. If the men in military uni
forms were all taken out of Washing
ton your Capitol City would show the
greatest massing of womanpower in
history. Even though it may never
have been printed the fact is that
more soldiers, sailors and officers in
Washington are helping to wash the
family dishes than at any time since
Sergeant Molly Pitcher took over
her dead husbands cannon in George
Washington war. The wives of most
men in the Service spend their work
ing hours-not in their homes, but
at Office desks and all forms of en-
ployment Servants and house maids
are also doing service for their cOun-
try, because next to manpower our
womanpower has become the great
est force in this global war Long ago
Alexander Pope asked the question:
who shall decide when doctors dis
agree, And soundest casuists doubt,
like you and me?"
It is fair to assume that the wo-
men and girls who are the woman
power of rationing, WACSing, WAV-
ing, the Red Cross, nursing, and tax
ing manpower jobs by the millions
are answering the question of the
heads of our government and mill
tary "doctors-at-war." These doctors
seem very slow in finding out that
has been proved-resulting in the
established fact that equality Of the
sexes and its operation has been one
of the finest demonstrations of the
global war. Needless to observe there
will. be surprising postwar improve
ments in which the female Of the
species will continue to become still
greater force for good in the progress
and affairs Of her country.
Stiff Increases LIN Taxes
1t is no news to most people that
the pay-as-you-go tax plan means
more taxes than they expected to
pay when they made out their 1912
income tax returns. Agents of the
income tax division OF the Govern
ment in Washington very. frankly
told income taxpayers that "expec-
fancy returns for the current year
calculated on the basis of their re-
turns for the past year would mean
more and heavier taxes.
1t is already understood that the
Social Security levy to take effect
on January /, will be automatically
doubled under the authorized pro-
vision Of the present law.
The general revenue question is |
already in the hands of the Ways
and Means Committee of the House,
and the White House wants IL bill
lion dollars of new revenue. Even |
If that amount is cut there must be
q heavy boost that taxpayers will
have to pay. The cost of the war
has been q million dollars since you
read the headline on this article /
When this war is over the soldiers,
and sailors are not going to be turn
cd loose to fight their way through
chaos and confusion at home, or
march with bonus armies into WASH II