The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-15
Inside
Washington

SNNIe tdTy Nor.
genthau's new tax program sinani
at the white collar worke 1',iVo
going to tinker with new tav -
gram between now and Chris =, ''
There is some speculation on raos
tol Hill that Congress nav NapI,
pass new tax bill at all br+ NJ.
least 1t is going to try. wv d
There is real need for NOV.
revenue to help finance The '' M
and combat initiation, most wal war
gressmen believe. Therefore 'i''
unpopular as higher taxes w., aS
in the shadow of the 1914 no1itio os
year, there is reasonably ooas
prospect that congress win SO Nv
crease taxes to some extn,,+ ' AZ
for no other reason. simply to saw w.
it's face. save
But-congress will write i4s 1884,.
bill. 1t will not adopt the +r orH
ury program to increase incon..
taxes in the middle income brooi'
cts so to 60 per cent and 70 r ',iN,
an additional 10 billion $50 mil
loin dollars of new revenue a va.r
Inc program is as good as dead
Washington tax experts agree
The upshot of the present t.r
discussions undoubtedly will h.
vindication of the Byrnes. Vine,
viewpoint as contrasted WITH %a
treasury viewpoint. Both War Nh
billzer Byrnes and Economic ST.
bilizer Vinson have argued i, fa,'
or of trying to work with conoros
sional tax leaders instead of tbrom
ing in their faces something tber
will have no part Of.
| Byrnes and Vinson favor INN.
kind of forced or induced savi1aS
plan. There is some chance
such a plan will be adopted
When the history Of World Va,
II is written, the blunders nsSa
by the japanese high command
should get plenty of space How,
ever, unless the Jap strateois.s
tell on themselves. the world NAV
never know how or why these mj'
takes were made. y. S. miIitar,sts
haven't been able to figure out.
Why the Japs failed 10 take
strategic points in the Hawaiian is.
lands after Pearl Harbors sneak
attack. The islands were vulner.
able for several weeks after that
time.
Why the Nips did not bypass
Wake island and hit Midway earl.
Ter in the war before the strength
of the garrison could be built Up.
Why the Japanese Navy turned
tail and made no effort to protect
a troop convoy heading for Guadal
canal in November, 1912.
Why the enemy failed to invade
India when British, American and
Chinese forces were disorganized
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 were be.
ing pushed back by the Germans
and 1t looked as though Victory
were within grasp of the Nazi
hordes.
A Moscow announcement that
slipped almost unnoticed through
the American press was snatched
up and avidly studied by Washing,
ton officials concerned with post.
war negotiations with Russia. Tho
Russian broadcast grimly asserted
the Soviets consider "the whole
German Army just as responsible
for the war and atrocities against
Soviet citizens as are the Nazis.'
The statement apparently dis.
PEELED rumors that the SovIels
might conspire with German gen,
erals to get rid of Hitler and as
gang. Since any announcsnear
verbal or printed, has 10 clear
through rigid Soviet government
censorship, great weight was at
tached to the evident pledge OF
Stains adherence 10 this pivotal
Anglo-American pledge
Peace and postwar planners in
Washington heaved sigh Of relet'
Senator Joseph OMahoney d.
believe it or not, has produced
Wyoming, discloses that Congress-
some documents that belong IN
the best seller class They we're
published BY the Temporary Ma
tional Economic Committee
| CTNEC) of which O'Mahoney was
chairman, and cost about two MI
lion dollars to produce The SUD-
ject: TNEC's exhaustive invest
cation of monopolies, monopolstlc
practices and related matters.
When it folded up in March, l94l'
TNEC had published 81 documents
"a veritable library on economies
! O'Mahoney believes.
The payoff-O'Mahoney discov'
cred that the government pT.F
ing office has sold more than IVY
900 copies of TNEC's documeaN
and has realized from these SAFE
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