Milford chronicle., 1943-03-12

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It takes both two fingers to
give the Victory sign. 1t takes both
-. War Bonds and Taxes to make
that Victory come true. Continue
your purchase of War Bonds, at
least ten percent of your income.
Pay your Victory Tax and your in
come tax cheerfully and gladly.
Both are in lieu of an Occupation
Tax to Hitler. U. S. Treasury Department
Courtesy Industrial News Review
1t will take the utmost effort
from all of the people to save this
country from total initiation and
collapse. The spectacle of endless
wrangling over adoption of pay
as-you go tax plan certainly adds
no strength to that effort. A plan
of such a nature will inevitably be
put in force for the simple reason
that it is the only way that the
government will be able to collect
the heavy taxes now being levied.
and to be increased in the future.
To put it bluntly. we have a choice
between pay-as-you-gO plan and
chaos. Huge assessments against
earnings already spent will result
in mass of tax delinquents which
could easily threaten the stability
of government itself.
A policy of too little and too late
with regard to tax measures would
be just as fatal as a lack of battle
equipment on the war front. We
are spending hundreds of billions
of dollars in matter of months.
No ordinary mortal can conceive of
such ii sum. But it is clear that
with every passing day the prob
lens of financing the war grow
greater. While the experts"
wrangle over small leaks in the
Ruml plan. the debt food rises.
A pay-as-yOu-go tax should be
passed without delay. Taxation
must be put on a pay-as-yOu-eaT /
basis levied against current in
come. Until that is done. the full /
effort of all the people cannot be
drawn upon TO pay for the war. for
many will never ray otherwise.
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AS bureaucracy expands. abuse
of public authority expands in di-
rect proportion. The latest example
comes from the state of Washing
ton. where war emergency powers
have been used by Federal officials
to further the cause of socialized
electric power.
Recently, the Washington Water
Power Company of Spokane, offer
ID to supply power to two new war
Establishments in its territory.
However. h e Federal Power
ION the request of the
Power Administration
las ordered the Washington Water
'Ower Company to transmit Bonnie ,
lille power over its lines to the ,
wO war plants. at greater cost to {
he government than if the energy
we're supplied by the private COM !
amy, says Kinsey Robinson, presi-
ent of the company. .
By this action. the scope of pub I
ely operated electric power has
cen further broadened, a contract {
ntered into in good faith by the |
Washington Water Power Company s
18th Bonneville has been violated $
h contract provided specific I
under which Bonneville c
over would be distributed by the a
'ashington Water Power Coz, and h
ost important, the public has
zen given another clear cut dem
of the potentialities of n
regulated bureaucratic author =
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When officials of a private COM n
my indulge in questionable acts. N
ey are accountable to local regu- n
tory agencies. Far different is n
e situation under government 81
The Washington case in
wolves the question of money y,
SIS to taxpayers. II makes lit in
2 difference whether the loss is m
900 or 1000. 900. The taxpayers in
n do nothing about it. in
Local regulatory authorities have by
jurisdiction over Federal bu-
aus. And in this instance. two
'deral bureaus are working to-
ther to promote Il socialized pow al
program under the palpable sd
Use of furthering the war effort. III
Unbridled centralized authority ~
er local communities is some pc
mo neu, in tbis countrv rho all
,snact of ~. con,ir,,ira ,,ncbocL- vic
is frightening. 1t is no wonder II
1t in recent poll in Washington
d Oregon. opinion was II to l in me
'or of the public ownership ques- lh'
II being decided by a vote of local 'al
affected, instead of by VII
ngress. lh'
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70 tales of fuel shortage have tri
IN brought back from the fight inc
, fronts. In spite of disruptions sul
the transport system and the of
S of priceless oil fields to the sci
smy in various parts of the world wo
ether with shattering changes wo
production methods, the oil in ers
itry has managed to produce the tia
and lubricants needed by the thr
ned forces. Not a single tank, Wit
ne, ship or truck has failed to "es
We for lack of fuel. This fact toll
uld give comfort to every citizen is
oil is vital to victory. And the Z
erican oil industry has proven is
t it is equal to the demands of er
itary necessity. suf
output of 100 octane age
oline stirred Secretary of the its
erior Ickes to remark: 81 wish the
I might make public, as a tri- DOS
2 to your industry. the present tori
iuction of 100 octane, because ruI,
epresents near miracle, the 9th
portions of which cannot. an Z