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Evening star., 1943-08-03

vi war pui dCliS
that would ever be necessary or
practicable could be accomplished
by the excess profits tax.
1 hope I shall not be understood
rs being opposed to the excess profits
tax. The war policy advocated here
by me could not be effectuated with
out it. 1t was intrinsic in my rec
ommendation But must emphasize,
In all earnestness, that Except for
all that goes with them imitation is
the most destructive of the conse-
Quences of war.
As / have maintained before and
shall more clearly demonstrate later,
1t Is imitation that doubles the cost
of war, imposes the severest hard
ship on our people and. through in
evitable def1ation. burdens the future
with constantly increasing debt
and long period of painful and Bit
ter readjustment such as we see
today.
Would Increase Imitation.
Excess profits taxes-standing
alone-have no effect whatever to
check imitation. Their only effect Is
to increase it. Thus 20 per cent of
100000 profit is 100000 and 20 per
cent Of 100000 profit is 100000.
One way to increase $500000 profit
to 81, ,000,000 profit without increased
risk or effort is to double the price.
For this reason, there is more incen-
tive to increase prices-and there
fore profits-under an 80 per cent
excess profits tax than there is with
out it.
Indeed, the main result of such a
system is to induce rapid price in
crease to absorb the tax. Precisely
because 1t accelerates and In no wise
checks imitation, the excess profits
tax-without' more-offers no cure
at all for war evils. On the contrary,
1t aggravates them.
In the colloquy above it seems to
be assumed that the sole purpose
Of the excess profits tax is to equal
lie between low and high-cost pro-
ducers. That Is one purpose but
1t Is far from being the only pur-
pose.
Sa2SAOCiy lOl cAdIliplc, tIle SlIIlple
case Of company capitalized for
$1,000, 900 worth Of goods annually,
making 20 per cent gross profits, or
$500, 900, on its turnover and having
100000 for expenses of admins
tration and selling, leaving a net
profit Of 100000, or 10 per cent on
both It's normal turnover and its
capital.
Profits $50 Per Cent
Suppose, also, that 10 per cent OF
its costs Of manufacture, or $500, 900,
are fixed overhead charges -depre-
citation, maintenance, supervision,
taxes, etc. Then its costs for ma
terial and direct labor are $4,000
for every million dollars worth of
goods 1t sells. Now suppose that
war comes and we need the full
capacity of that plant. We give it
orders for $4,000, 900 worth OF goods
to be delivered in a single year. 1t
has no increased selling and gen.
eral administrative expense because
the demand is so great that no such
EFFORT Is required.
Neither do the fixed overhead
elements of its manufacturing costs
Evening star., 1943-08-03

structure and high excess profits
tax there will be huge war profits.
(b) 1t Is both futile and unneces-
sary to try to stimulate production
by high prices-relying on an excess
profits tax to recapture these profits.
(c) The excess profits tax-stand-
Evening star., 1943-08-03

ing alone-as a means for equalizinR
the burdens of war and eliminating
the profits of war is fatally defec-
tive because 1t aggravates imitation
and therefore fails to protec. us
against the most destructive phe-
nomenon of modern war.
tReleased BY The Bel syndicate. rnrl
Evening star., 1943-08-03
BY BERNARD M. BARUCH.

we CdIl uluuCS
extraor d i n ar y
effort by holding
out hope of ex-
ira avagant profits
and then later
fr-ustrate that
hope by an ex-
cess profits tax
which shall re-
capture 90 per
cent Of such
profits.
Other Witness
es seemed to
think that all
the equalization
l.
Evening star., 1943-08-03
Excess Profits Tax for War
No Cure-AN, Boruch Holds

This is the sepenth OF q series
OF articles compiled from Bernard
M. Barnch's American Industry
in War" tDritten in 1881 and re-
published in part non because OF
the applicability OF some OF its
basic principles to the present
situation. In this article, Mr..
Bdruch, adpiser to War Mobilisu-
tton Director Byrnes, discusses
the excess profits tar.
BY BERNARD M. BARUCH.
Senator Swanson has brought out
by questions to nearly every witness
an opinion by some that, by letting
prices rise to magnificent heights
Evening star., 1943-08-03

Above, is picture of typical wartime crowd
at the Union Station in Washington.
Travel is almost TIMES as heavy as in 1899,
yet the railroads have nowhere near the equip
ment to accommodate it comfortably that they
had in that year
That is because half the Pullmans-and at least
third the coachcs-are now on the 90 dav and
night moving troops
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04
LINE FORMS ON THE RIGHT

OKLAHOMA CITY-An Ari-
iona man wrote Mayor r. A.
Hefner asking the mayor to find
him a nice Oklahoma girl for a
bride.
He described himself as:
Good. %all-around man
nice, dependable job $500
a month ~. good-natured
would make good hus-
band
What he wants: Nice house
keeper not a barroom fly"
What he offers: Everything
she needs 10 keep her happy
groceries delivered to
door nice new car
dancing, hunting, boating, fish
jng she'll never get lone
some
The MAYOR said he's looking
everywhere.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04

NEWARK, n. J. - A paiama
clad figure walked into the
home of Mr. and Mrs Theodore
Cash and announced
Hey. ma, I'm home"
II was their 10-ycar-old SON.
Miller, who had been under
treatment at City Hospital for a
head injury suffered in a fall
from q tree
Recovery seemed long and
tedious. I hen homesickncss
struck.
He slipped out of bed. he re
lated, walked out OF the hos
pital and one mile TO his home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04
BY
NEA staff Correspondent


NEW YORK. NOV. e. The
world creates; postwar Sky
ways dopo, where You hop a
I00-passeneer plane for Europe
any hour ou tho hour. Is taking
shape right hcre-roW
Somewhat on the @ T., this
city has bought and built land.
laid il out. and almos' finished
the groundwork Tor a civilian
air sea base that viii make L5-
Guardia Field, now biggest on
earth. just a busy local station
on the siobal sky-map
Airmindcd Mayor r Il la.
Guardla has been stcanroiIIug
the new terminal az IdIcwIld.
Long Island for two years and
Sying nothing much about g.
Plans are complete 90 H%c.lcouicr-
tax and bus parking lots They
have been redraWH lately 10
catch up with wartime aviation
advances Meanwhile. actual
enginecrIng work has been done
on the ground and In The water.
Now. scarcely noticed even by
the local ciiizcnry, the main
seaplanc channel IS just about
all dug BY spring, The builders
Will be ready 10 pour concrete
runways for SOC. 900 pound pas
senger ana cargo expresses
This puts New York out front
for postwar business. experts
say. Every great International
air crossroads London, Paris.
Berlin. Moscow. as well as New
York-has outCroWn its prcWar
sirportS. London is planning
one 10 supplement Croydon. SO
far as IS known here, the pro
ject az ldleWild is the only one
so far advanced that, should
there be a sudden break I'm the
war in Europe within a year. rc-
sulting commercial traffic could
be handled with postwar eff
Cheney on the ground and i'm the
water.
Overseas Weekends and tree
ripened fruit fresh off the cargo
express from the tropics thus be
come a future certainty for the
average New Yorker Mayor
LaGuardia has said the air borne
banana viii be cheaper TOO.
FIELD CITY IN ITSELF
The tranSCOntincntal and
t%ransoccan traveller VIII step
out of his plane onto a built-iu
gangplank leading into The adj
ministration building II is in
the middle Of the base which
will be a city in itself II VIII
have a bank beauty shop. gen
eral ticket offices Of the air
lines, and other modern faCIli-
ties for the traveller and the 30
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04
LETTER PERFECT

WICHITA. Kas. Capt. w.
d. Butler, Wichitan in North
Africa. took his silver identified
ton bracelet to an Arabic silver
smith 10 have il shined.
Neither spoke the others
language so Butler wrote out,
please remove tarniSh,' think
ing the Silvcrsmith would have
a friend translate it,.
Several days later the Arab,
smiling and nodding, handed
over the still dingy bracelet
with these words neatly cngrav-
ed on the back. please remove
taruIsh."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04
Ballet Wins
Place on
Broadway
By IRWIN
Up Features Writer

NEW Ballet dancers
arc rushing the traditional Choir
us gal right off Broadway.
OF the eight current or recent
musical successes on Broadway,
SIX include ballet routincs,
ranging from a single speciality
number, as IN The Student
Prince. TO "a fun ballct-chorus,
as I'M the fabulous money-maker,
Oklahoma and tho new sell
out, "Onc Touch or Venus.
There's NO rule that a musical
show has 10 have a ballet, but it
seems 20 help.
How did ballet escape from
the cltadels Of culture 10 the
popular thcator?
BEGAN IN 1885
This calls for a flashback 20
1885 when Reuben Mamoulian,
am Armenian with Ideas, was
named 90 direct the Negro folk
opera. Porgy and BeSs It
gave Mamoulian a chance TO test
a theory. which he had summed
up like this,
Dance and drama, both be
ing movement, we're united in
thc early days Of the thoatcr. and
should still bc. Their ways
parted only during later periods.
In "Porgy and BeSs, Mamou-
Liam made dance and music Sus-
tain the drama instead Of divid-
ing il, as I'm the standard musical
show. =
One of Namoulian's tricks
started with a Negro sleeping on
the stage. snoring in time with
an off-stage measured beat of a
hammer. One noise after anoth-
or was added, until 1T built up
TO a full noise symphony Of 60
people with household nipple
mentS Mamoulian had TO fight
10 keep the idea i'm the show. but
il turned into ono Of the dram
attic hiEhSpotS He used the same
principle in the dances, building
entire sequences around the
symbolism Of a single dance.
A year or so later. a couple
OF Grade-A b%allerinaS, Vera Zor-
ina and Tamara Geva, popped
up in the Broadway musicals. Il
Married An Angel and "Louisi-
ana Purchase"
Ballet really put over a hay
maker in the crop Of new shows
Ii started with "RoSalinda," a
slightly modernized version of
the Strauss operetta, Die Fled
crmauS preached It's peak with
"OklahonHhs' which Mamou-
liam directed - and continued
undiminished in The Merry Wi
dow Early To Bed, and "One
Touch Of Venus
Top honors for choregraphy
i'm the seasons ballet sweep
stakes 90 TO Agnes DeMllle, a
niece Of Hollywoods c. b. She
made her mark in ballet a few
seasons back with the all-Ameri-
can "Rodco. and created the
dances this year for both OK
lahoma,' and "One Touch OF
Venus
AUDIENCES ANALYZED
To transfer ballet TO musical
counpdv ebp fret auaIv1nd MI
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04
AUDIENCES

To transfer ballet to musical
comedy, she first analysed au-
dicnceS, discovering that the
ballet audience would accept the
slow, but more subtle dance
forms. while musical comedy au-
dIenccS demanded that you de
liver right on the nose, every
minute
There is. in this seasons mu-
steal shows, a great deal Of fan
taSy, out-of-this-World stuff that
meets the demand for escapism
i'm a world at war. This is espe-
cially true in lone Touch OF
Venus a story Of a statue come
10 life Here, ballet is used to
bridge the transition from real
ity 10 fantasy, and back to real
ity again.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
RED CROSS OCTOBER REPORT

The South Lincoln County Chap
ter of the Red Cross carried on its
regular October business Monday
evening at the Community room.
A letter from the Montana Soldiers
home at Columbia Falls in reply to
some clothing sent, indicated that
it was much appreciated.
Mrs. Letha Sauer reported bal
ance in the bank and savings to
credit of the chapter of Sl764.l8
She asked to be released from her
position as treasurer of the Chap
ter because of lack of time and Mrs.
Charles Gildea accepted the posi-
ton and was handed the books.
Miss Carolyn Westvelt has been
appointed the Junior Red Cross
chairman for the Chapter in the
place of Mrs. Irene Stevens, re-
signed.
The Home Service chairman, Mrs
Sherman Noel, stated that she had
spent S18.73 in home service work
covering SO cases.
| Mrs. Clay Parker has accepted the
Craftsmanship of the Red Cross War
Fund drive to be held in March.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
LOCAL |
HAPPENINGS

County Commissioner Hoisington
was. visitor in Libby Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hafferman
left Monday to spend few days IN
Spokane.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
COOKING Hints

Americas homemakers, keyed to
a-t~few high measure Of wartime
economy, have developed numerous
ways and means of solving the
number one family food problem
how to make the meat go further.
One of the most important and
effective ways of making meat go
further is by using the proper cook
cry methods-either dry heat or
moist heat. Roasting, broiling, and
panbroiling are cooking by dry heat
while braising and cooking in water
are moist heat cookery.
Regardless of the cookery meth
cd however a low temperature
should always be used.
There are a number of advan-
tages in low temperature meat
cookery. Most important is the fact
!, that meat shrinkage is reduced, re-
sulting in an increased number Of
/ servings. Although cooking time is
/ longer, less fuel is consumed. Adj
ditional advantages are:
/ II meat has greater palatability
i. e., is better favored, more tender
and juicy, and more attractive in
appearance; % it is more uniformly
cooked and easier to carve, 81 in
roasting, time is. saved because
basting is unnecessary, scattering
in ovens and broilers is eliminated,
and meat does not need constant
watching.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14

where he and the members of his
crew after months of training were
to be given chance to get even
with the Japs for their bombing of
Pearl Harbor.
His crew of nine men made SIS
bombing missions over enemy held
territory and had we'll over 200
hours of actual combat flying.
While taking part in such a num-
Der of successful bombings, Engel
and his crew came through their
trips without a single scratch or
mishap Of any kind
In fact, listening to the young
Ottawa gunner, one could almost
picture these trips as just nice
pleasure jaunt if only that contin-
ed questioning did bring out the
fact that on most of their trips
they ran into plenty of anti-aircraft
fire and three times were jumped
by Jap Zeros.
Attacked Jap Convoy
1t was on their mission of Nov
20 when they bombed Jap convoy
in the straights off New Guinea
that they were awarded the Oak
Leaf Medal which had been award
ed to them previously.
While located in New Guinea, En-
gel often visited with Maj. A. Schinz
as well as Johnny Melting, also of
Ottawa. When asked about Schinz,
Engel said, boy, that Al sure is a
flying fool! He's one of the best
While in Australia, shortly be-
fore coming home, he met Pfc. Will
liam Clark, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
d. Clark of East Main street.
Members of Engeps crew were
from all sections of the United
States and were together as a group
on all of their missions but one
They were Capt David A. Adams
pilot, South Brewer, Me-; co-piloi
Capt Robert Brown, Whitman
Tex; navigator L. Rufus Fairchild
New Rochelle, N. Y; Master Sgt
Carmine Racioppo, Brooklyn; Tech
\ Sgt. Joe Di Silvo, East Boston; Tech
Sgt. II. F. Elsasser, Omaha, Neb
Staff Sgt Roy Baker, Blue Field
West Va, and Charles r. Jackson
Hannible, Mo.
After his furlough, Staff Sgt En-
gel viii report to the Replacement
center at Salt Lake City at which
time what he terms the luckies
crew in the war will be broker
up for the first time with all of thu
men being kept in this country a:
instructors.
| Perhaps then he will be able II
catch up with the medals and rib.
bons that have been awarded tx
| him and that he had been far tos
busy to bother about for the pas
IL months.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
SCHOOL NOTES

Mrs. Leta NJ Berges, director of
the School at War program, an
nounces the goal of her stamp and
bond statesmen to be the purchase
of the three units of the Treasury's
new land-sea-air jeep campaign.
This triple threat program includes
the former land jeep at Sll65 and
its two famous cousins, the amphi-
bian jeep or "Quack" at $1,000 and
she flying jeep or "Grasshopper
Plane al $4,000. To finance all three
will require sales of S6,255 before
Christmas.
A high school student forum last
Wednesday discussed the live ques-
ton of recreational program for
the youth of the community A
committee of two members from
each class was appointed with Gers
aid Neils as chairman to study ways
and means and to report back to
the parents group.
The Civic club gave its annual
alumni dinner last week with Mrs
Wood, Joyce Daggett, June Hunter
Mary Lenore Martin and Virginia
Petrusha as guests. Letters from abb
sent alumni included encouraging
messages from DR.. Millet Keller
Harry Karnes, Swanee Quenemoen
Don Olson, and Eugene Butt. Tht
club has now completed its three
| year old program of building ;
trophy case and is looking for an
other project to sponsor.
Fire Chief George Wood and hi
men surprised the volunteer schoo
firemen on Monday by turning il
/ a practice alarm. The building wa
emptied in about one minute with
out confusion. The grade building
were also. visited by the city fire
men on their inspection trip. Nev
safety measures and procedure de
tails were discussed by the city an
school firemen in joint session a
the close of the drill. The schoc
I appreciates the supervision of tn
experienced city crew and Schoe
Chief Jerry Neils says that he ex
4 poets an increasingly improved pei
formance in the weekly runs c
the school firemen.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
Index of Merchandise
Joqueth &
ChornhoIm
HARDWARE

ASBESTOS PAPER you tell
'em
AUGER BITS or 3 sizes
AXES-yes
BALLS-Base, Tennis
b. B. SHOT-uh huh
BIKES--no
BLADES-Hack saW--yes
BOILERS-yery few
BROOMS-98 center
BRUSHES-Scrub, Paint, Steel
BULBS-House and Flashlight
| CANNERS-nay
| CHAM little; now mostly
used for anchors
| CORY--makes good coffee
CHORE BALLS-gone to war
CLOTHES LINE-rope
| COMBINETS-some times
CRESCENT WRENCHES out
for the duration
DISH PANS-nOt too many
| ELECTRIC IRONS - gone bye
| bye
| FILES-fIat and saw
FLUORESCENT BULBS-sure
FORKS-hay, manure, barley
GARBAGE PAILS-the answer
is no
GARDEN PLOWS--n0pe
GALVANIZED PAILS--now and
then
GLUE--it sticks
GREASE-Axle and Gun
HOSE-Ladies, no; Lawn, yes
IRONING BOARDS-yes
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LAMPS-oil, one
MILK PAILS--nOw and then
MOPS-Dust and Polish
NAILS-for Hitler's coffin
OIL-paint and motor
OIL CANS--nothing fancy for
I5c
POULTRY FENCE-ask some
body else
PYREX WARE-T00 much-bet-
! ter help us out on some OF this
PAINT--Lots OF it
REPAIRS-Donrt wait too long
before you buy
TWINE--buy now!
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
EMPLOYEE LEAVES

Miss Betty Wood, who had spent
much of the summer here visiting
her aunt, Mrs. E. P. Woodwork,
and who had been a valued en-
ployee of this newspaper for the
past eight weeks, left Monday to
return to her home at Mankatoi
Mimi
Miss Woods position with the
Western News has been taken by
Mrs. William Baeth Mrs. Baeth has
had considerable experience in
newspaper work, having had en-
ployment on a paper at Superior
Mont, her former home.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
Worship services at 7:30 p. m,
conducted b ythe Rev. r. j, Prem
tice of Kalispell
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
GALS TO GET BOBBIE PINS

Twice as many bobbie pins and
hairpins, necessary feminine
items, will be produced during
1914 as at present, under recent
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14

Primo Paolini of Warland was q
visitor in Libby Tuesday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-10-14
Has Thrilling
Experiences
Fighting Jops
Continued from Page u

to Pearl Harbor, hoping to learn
whether Herman Koeppe and
James McCarrens were safe. He was
informed that they were among
those reported missing. It wasn't
until many months later he learned
of their death.
On Bombing Missions
From Hawaii the paths of war
took him to Australia, almost all
of the more important islands of
that sector held by the allies and
finally into the New Guinea area
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20
INVITATION TO BID

February Ia 1898.
Sealed bids addressed to the state
of Connecticut for the following;
Item No. 1-Repainting OF al"
ministration and Dormttory Bldg.
State Teachers College, Danpury'
Conn.,,
Item No. 2-Painting and Re-
pairs OF Various Rooms at the
State Office Building, i6b Capitol
Ave, Hartford, Conn.,,
will he received In the office Of the
Public Works Department, State
Office Bldg, Hartford, Conn., until
2 o'clock .. m. y. w. r., on the Ath
day OF March, 1913, and Immediately
thereafter on said day publicly
opened and read aloud In said ofnee.
Plans and specifications may pc
ieth. 1898 and may be obtained
without cost. The performances and
labor and materinlnlen bonds 70 be
furnished by the bidder awarded
the contract shall be IN an amount
not less than 1905 Of the contract
price. The Commissioner Of Public
Works reserves the right 70 waive
technical defects OF 10 reject any
and all bids, Each bidder must DE-.
post with his BID . certified. check
drawn upon state Bank and Trust
Ia the state 81 Connecticut 90 the
order Of the Treasurer Of the state
81 Connecticut IN an amount not less
than Ggs 1T the bid. Ma bidder may
withdraw his bid unill after the
contract shall have hean awarded,
nEuhdE u huhkE, coMsln.
TIE STATE OF coNAEcf.lyf =.
AsSHeAt - - -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20
TWO COMMITTEES
MEET TOMORROW
Earbenders to Arrange
Banquet, Club to Hold
Minstrel Show
Washington Hill

The Earbenders at their weekly
card party held last evening, had
the following scores: Lally 10, Muir
ply 20; Joyce 10 and Conway %.
Tomorrow afternoon the commit
tee for the annual banquet Of the
Earbenders and their friends, will
meet at the Washington Park Com
munity House at o'clock. Presi-
dent Tom Conway hopes everyone
on this committee will be on hand.
Some of the committee have reports
to make, but there is so much to
be done, Mr.. Conway wants to get
everything lined UP and real &C.
ton started.
The committee Is as follows: Ar
thur Dulac. Edward Leach, Ralph
Ruggles, Thomas Driscoll, Thomas
Reynolds, Henry A. Hayden, MI
chael Kelly, Thomas Conway, Fran
els joyce, John B. Cuddy, Roger
Conner and Edward GogginS.
The Washington Park Community
club minstrel committee will meet
tomorrow afternoon at the Com
munity House at 8 o'clock. Any
one wishing to take part in this
show, who was unable to be at the
meeting Friday night. is asked to
be at the Community House sun
day afternoon. George Casey IS d.
recting the show and Miss Mar
guerite Tierney is chairman Of the
committee.