Askov American., 1943-11-04

that the tax bill we are now working
on will not carry any additional
taxes. This situation wouldn't be so
bad were it not for the shameful
waste in the spending of the taxpay-
er's dollar, and I use the word
shameful" advisedly. The average
American is neither niggardly or
picayunish. On the contrary, he is
liberal and big-hearted but it burns
him up to see how his money is be-
ing wasted.
At the outset of the hearings on
the new tax bill l was authorized by
my Republican colleagues on the
Ways and Means committee to an
nounce to the country that there will
be no further increase in taxes until
all government spending has been
streamlined. We propose to maintain
that attitude and thus force the Ad-
ministration to put into immediate
effect economies that will prevent
national and individual bankruptcy
There is very active group in
this Administration, headed by Vice
President Wallace, that seeks to re-
distribute the wealth of the country.
They believe that we can raise those
in the lower brackets by pulling down
those in the higher brackets and they
fervently believe that because an in
dustry is big and successful it must
of necessity be corrupt, while small
unit that is unsuccessful because of
poor management must of necessity
be honest. We didn't build this coun-
try to its present proportions by prac-
ticing any such philosophy.
Personally, 1 believe that Henry
Ford is one of the great benefactors
of this age. He created good paying
jobs for millions, expanded markets
for raw materials and made it pos
sible for the humblest wage Garner
to have his own car. When l think
of the happiness that he, and others
like him, have conferred upon the
American people 1 feel profoundly
grateful. Yet, there are those who
would tear the Ford empire to pieces
and give everybody chunk. How
long would America last under such
a program? Yet this is exactly what
; many New Dealers are working for.
Blind Bureaucracy.
Butter in storage is piling up at
a disturbing rate and if the present
upward trend is continued it will soon
be difficult to find sufficient storage
space to take care of the enormous
accumulations.
On September l of this year butter
stocks were 231 million 543 thou
sand pounds, 79 million above the
1912 figure and SO million 800 thou
sand pounds above the 5-year average
1938-42. The government is not buy
ing this butter and does not need it
yet butter is being rationed and in
order to discourage its consumption
the ration stamp requirement was re-
Gently raised to 16 points as compared
with only points for a pound Of
oleomargarine. This confirms what
1 have been saying for two years
that there is a clique in this Admin
, istration that is out to build up the
oleo industry at the expense of but
ter because of the enormous profits
| l.
Dairy leaders and many Senators and
!, Representatives are doing everything
in their power to reverse the situation
but so far have met with little sue
, cess.
What About It?
, According to Department of Labor
? statistics there were 1888 strikes in
, 1912. From January to June 1943
{ we had 1855 strikes involving l mil
, lion 974 thousand workers and mil
lion $50 thousand lost man-days. Not
withstanding that we are at war the
, Administration is doing little about
, it and as a result there are serious
shortages of just about everything
on some of the battlefrontS. We near
ly lost the battle of Salerno for the
want of a sufficient air force and at
that very time workers were striking
in several aircraft plants. Thousands
> of coal miners are out on strike in
southern bituminous fields yet we
are short millions and millions of
tons in our winter supply. Now the
railroad workers are threatening to
strike. Railroad employees were re-
Gently given an increase of four cents
an hour which they term an insult.
There never was time in all his
tory when labor earned as much as
it does now q am excepting, of
course, the white collar class and
others who have been injured rather
than helped by war prices). The
Treasury estimates that the national
income this year will be 157 billions,
of which 96 billions will go to those
receiving $4,000 and less per year.
This is pretty sizeable income when
we stop to think that 10 years ago
the total national income was only
, about 40 billions.
Many strikes have been called for
most trivial reasons - to determine
whether the AFL or CIO should be
the bargaining agent, whether men,
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