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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-08-13
HOwdy Folks:


There is a note of optimism felt
in the tone of talk of all the home
town lassies these days. Optimism,
that maybe the war won't be too
long drawn out affair after all. Me-
thinks some of those lassies who
are formulating a welcoming
Committee" to be on hand to well
come the boys home are a little
premature. Well, we can't stop the
girls from hoping, can we? Any
way, it's more cheerful to talk to
a group of gals who are gaily plan
ming for "After War FrivOlities"
than to talk to a bunch of sOured
femmes who think that life's at
standstill Just because of the war.
TIDBITS HERE & THERE:
Just heard a rumor that JACK
RYAN and MARY JOHNS are en-
gagged to be married in the none
too-distant future. :. JIMMY and
FRANCES KIRK land of course
baby Gabriel) are housekeeping in
bungalow in St. Paul. E. Did you
know BUD KELLY is joining the
Merchant Marine and he'll be leav-
ing for New York soon? EVA
LEE BAXTER is quite a busy
young lady this summer attending
the University of Minnesota. q.
FRANCES FAIR, former Girls
Worker at Wheatley House, was in
Mpls. this past week visiting
friends. Frances is now a hostess
at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky.
Uncle Sam has upped and
nabbed handsome FARRELL
PHILLIPS. Farrell will be leaving
town soon for one of the U. S.
Army Camps and he plans to enter
the U. S. Army Air Corps. =. Did
you know that popular couple,
CONKLIN and LILLIAN SMITH
Gillian Tyler) are expecting visit
from "Sir Stork" come winter
time? (Conklin's so happy he's al
ready purchased cigars to give out
on the "Big Event" day. &. Just
received a mighty fine letter from
SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ROY
AUSTIN who is stationed "Some-
where On a Small Island In The
Pacific" Roy is getting along
mighty fine too, but he really miss
es the good OF U.S.A., and espe-
cially Mpls., and its fine chicks. He
pals around with another Mpls. lad,
CLARENCE T. THURMAN, who
also sends his best regards to his
many Twin City friends. Did
you know that Pvt. and Mrs. Percy
Hughes, Jr., are the proud parents
of bouncing baby boy? E.
SONGS OF THE WEEK:
Those two mellow songs, you'll
Never Know" and Its Always
You" are still holding the limelight
round the two towns. -.
Our story this week revolves
round a rather attractive st. Paul
lass who's been engaged now fol
over eight months. Her entire ex-
istence seems to revolve entirely
around her fance who is a rather
sophisticated "big business man
about town. Our heroine" doesn't
know it, but her fance is having
the time of his life laughing about
her behind her back and telling
everyone "he's not thinking of mar,
rying the little fool" The young
lassie has a war job and is work,
ing her head off buying a beautiful
extensive trOuSSeau Because al
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is abnormally large in relation to
the amount of the contractors own
capital and company y-owned plant,
and where such production is made
possible only by capital and plant
furnished by the Government
Would Weigh Prewar Profits.
"(e) That in determining what
margin of profit is fair considera-
ton should be given to the CORE
spending profits in prewar base years
of the particular contractor and for
the industry, especially in cases
where the war products are sub
stantially like prewar products. 1t
should not be assumed, however,
that under war conditions a con-
tractor is entitled to as great a
margin of profit as that obtained
under competitive conditions in
normal times.
"t That the reasonableness of
profits should be determined before
provision for. Federal income and
excess profits taxes.
"(g) That contractors right to
a reasonable profit and his need for
working capital should be distin-
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orator, not as conqueror, If they
were to set foot on Italian soil.
According to usually reliable
sources, even the Nazis have no
illusions about Italy. Their lack
of confidence in their ally has
reached such a point that in the
task of erecting an impregnable
fortress in Europe, Italy is not
taken into account.
According to reports, the Bren-
ncr Pass is considered by the
Nazi high command as the first
stronghold intended to stop an
eventual Allied invasion from the
south.
Italy has become a drain on
the Reich. In order to keep
Premier MusSollni and a few Of
his remaining henchmen in pow
er and also to avoid an imme-
diate revolutionary outbreak, the
NaZlS have been compelled to
draw on their lardcr and send a
few essentials to the starving
Italian people.
This they can i'll afford, but
the action must betaken to avoid
outbreaks, calling for the use of
German forces in Italy.
Prominent Fascists Out.
Any idea the Germans may
have of surrendering, if neces-
Sary, Italy to the Allies does not
apply either to the advanced posts
in the Mediterranean-the islands
Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria
or the Adriatic coast, which until
1919 was portion of Austria and
is now considered by Adolf Hitler
as part of Greater Germany.
With the exception of II Duce
himself-Who is now being de-
scribed by many as prematurely
senile-none of the forgers of the
AXIS, Count Dino Grandi Count
Galeazzo Ciano and many other
old-time Fascists, plays a lead
ing role in Italy any longer.
Their personal ambitions or
their lack of acquieScence to Ber-
lin have forced them out of their
leading positions. They are now
obscure individuals either some
where at the front or in retire
ment." The OVRA-the Fascist
Gestapo-has been "rejuvenated'
by Berlin with men who can be
relied on by Heinrich Himmler,
who has spent much time in Italy
in the last month.
Italy written Off"
This organization is able to re-
port truthfully about the situa-
ton in the country and its re-
ports are said TO have led the Nazi
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guished. A contractor should not
be allowed to earn excessive profits
on war contracts merely because he
lacks adequate working capital in
relation to greatly increased VOL
ume of business
Up to the end of January. Chair
man Maurice karker of the War
Departments Price Adjustment
Board had renegotiated prices and
profits on contracts totaling about
$500, 100000 and had arranged the
refund of $1,045 900, 900, or about II
per cent of those contracts. The
other departments also are able to
show some 1912 refunds, but the
l943 figures probably will be sub
stantially larger. 1t isn't always
the amount of the refund, but the
insistence on principle of equitable
profit, which represents the chief
endeavor of the four Government
agencies engaged in renegotiation
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The Great Game of Politics
Hope for Sound Tax Measure Lies With Senate,
With Public Prompting Rewriting Of House Bill

seems possible. One certain thing
is that the committee bill behind
which the administration had placed
itself 100 per cent" is dead. The
compromise probably will be along
the lines of the Robertson bill which,
though it makes much more sense
than the committee bill and adopts
the pay-as-y6u-earn principle, lacks
the simplicity and practicability of
the Ruml-Carlson proposal.
The hope is in the Senate. There
the real bill will be framed and it is
possible that public sentiment will
make itself felt in such a way as
to compel a rewriting of the House
compromise into really sound
bill.
1t is interesting to note that every
test of popular sentiment has shown
not only that the public is behind the
pay-as-you-earn proposal, as laid
down in the Ruml bill, but that it
is more strongly favored by the
middle and low income groups than
by those in the higher brackets.
Perhaps some way will be found
before the fight is over by which
this trenchant fact can be more
effectively brought home to Demo-
cratic members of Congress.
Advantageous to Republicans.
Looking at the situation from the
political angle, as things stand the
Republicans have clear advantage.
They not only have identified them
selves as party with the soundest
tax policy, but the most popular.
They succeeded in rejecting an
utterly indefenslble bill and came
very close to passing an exceeding
ly good one in a body where they
are in minority.
If the Republican leadership in
the Senate makes the same kind of
fight, there is reason to feel that
sensible and satisfactory result may
yet be achieved. 1t depends upon
how effectively the people who
favor the Ruml plan communicate
their views.
In any event, there can be no COM
fort for the administration in either
the present situation or the final
outcome. Its position is a sorry one.
Not only will its ideas not prevail,
but 1t hasn't as yet had any ideas
on an issue of overwhelming i'm
portance to the winning of the war
and the welfare of the Nation.
May Redeem Itself.
Of course, the Immediately tragic
part Of the whole business is the
delay. This means that it is now
impossible to put into effect by July
l the collectiOn-at -at-the- source sys-
tenn involved in the withholding tax,
which not only would bring in large
revenues to the Treasury. but be
of tremendous aid in the fight
against imitation.
Altogether it has been as discredit-
able an exhibition of confusion and
lncompetency as has been seen in
long time. Congress, through SEN
ate action, may yet partially redeem
itself. But it is too late for the
administration to do so and too late
to undo all the damage done by the
time lost.
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to say these things again and
again.
The spectacle of a tax bill,
brought out on the floor by the
Ways and Means Committee, and
supported 100 per cent" as Secre-
tary Morgenthau declared, by the
Treasury (which means the White
House,, being rejected by House
in which there is clear party ma
jo11ty, is without precedent in our
history The Ruml-Carlson bill,
supported by the Republicans, was
killed by vote of 2l5 to 1913, but
the committee bill, supported by
the President, was rejected by a
vote of 248 to 168-an adverse
majority Of 80 in a body where the
Democrats have majority of IA
over all
No one can recall an adminis-
tration defeat of such a character
on so vital an issue.
Tax Leadership Faulty.
Any honest effort to explain why
this happened must reveal as the
basic reason the utter failure of
the administration to evolve or
propose at any time anything re-
Sembling a comprehensive, adequate
and sound tax program. 1t, OF
course, is true that tax measures
must originate in the House, but
that does not absolve the Executive
from the duty of supplying the
leadership in taxation matters
which the legislative branch needs
and has always had.
In this instance the leadership
that came from the White House
and Treasury was so feeble and
faltering as to make use of the
word leadership" seem ridiculous.
Toward the end, the Treasury
found itself in position where,
after favoring the principle of put
ting individual income taxes on
a pay-as-yOu-earn basis, it was in
opposition to the only simple, fair
and practical method of doing so.
Its opposition to the bill embodying
the Ruml plan was inspired by the
President, and appeared based on
the thoroughly demogogic and un-
sound ground that it favored the
rich instead of the poor.
The opposition held to this
ground despite the incontrovertible
proof that the argument was wholly
unfounded. Having once taken this
position, however, the administra-
ton could not abandon it without
loss of face and ultimately was
forced into support of the mon
strosity which Chairman Doughton
brought out of his committee, only
to have his bill hurled back by a
resentful House.
Compromise Probab BILE.
What ultimately will come out of
the House will be a compromise
which is bad, but nothing else now
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regarded as Oof''ns Ano"pS'"'
acts of God-elementary events,
like the eruption of volcanoes
beyond the power of men to
control.
But today every knowledgable
person understands the cause
and cure of imitation. Senator
Bankhead also understands it.
Yet that does not prevent Sena-
tor Bankhead, an American pa
triot, and majority Of Congress,
also American patriots, from de-
Gliding on a course which can lead
to disaster. The President is
correct in saying that the Bank
head bill is an inflationary meas
ure. He is correct in vetoing it.
His arguments as set forth in
the statement accompanying his
veto are unansWerable.
The passage of this bill Is the
result of pressure group action,
who do not know what is in their
own long-range interests. Their
long-range interests are exactly
the same as those Of every other
group in America. The interests
of the farmers are ineXtricably
joined with the interests of work.
men, managers, professional men,
employees and merchants. The
interest of any American is to
bring about economic stabiliza-
ton during the war. Unless that
is brought about, increases in
income will be completely ephem-
eral. A dollar is worth what it
buys, that and nothing more.
Picture Generally True.
The Presidents s figures on the
present state of farm income
are incontrovertible, as an over
all picture. That the picture is
not true for every farmer, is ad-
mitted by the President. No
picture is wholly accurate for
every one. But the Bankhead
bill has not been urged by the
marginal farmers, who are suf-
fering worst. 1t is urged by the
associations of the big farmers,
who are certainly as we'll off,
relative to any norm, as any
group in the country.
The President points out that
except for normally substandard
groups, no one can expect to
improve his living during this
war No one has a right to
profiteer on the war. Actually
there is lot of profiteering, and
the Presidents attempt to put
a ceiling on high incomes was
part of his attempt to put CELL
ing on wages.
I believe the measure he pro-
posed was not the right one.
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will guide them
in renegotiat-
ing billions of
dollars Of war
orders.
The War and
N Wy Depart
ments, the Mari
time G M
mission and the
Tr e a sury De-
partment h av e
set forth the
code to aid busi-
neSSmen in ad-
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This Changing World
Italian People Long for Allied Invasion,
Bringing Food ond Liberation From kuzis

high command to decide to write
Italy off its defense list.
Some units of the Nazi forces
which have been located in Italy
for the last II months already
have been shifted to Mediterra-
mean island cutposts where their
task will be to hold out as long
as possible against an Allied in
vasion. These forces, the Allied
high command believe, will be
sacrifice forces" just as the ROM
mel divisions are in Tunisia.
All available reports, even
those based on conversations of
neutrals with Nazi agents living
in the few remaining non-bellig-
erent countries of Europe, confirm
the fact that the Italians are so
fed up with the war in general
and with Nazi domination in par
ticular, that they are fervently
hoping that they will be freed by
the Allies this summer.
Even ardent Fascists who have
followed Mussolini right along
would rather see an Allied army
in occupation of their country
than experience the prolongation
Of the NaZi domination.
Empire Hopes Fade.
Moreover, while they realize
that the dreams of a trans Med
iterranean empire must now be
forgotten and that Libya and
T'ripolitania will not be returned,
they hope that the section of
Italy which formerly was AUS
trian and had been given by the
Allies to Italy after the World
War will not be lost.
These men know that if the
Germans are victorious the en-
tire eastern coast of the Adri-
attic will remain in German
hands. This area, with Trieste
as its principal town, is now
almost entirely under Nazi occu-
patton and while civilian Italian
officials are still permitted to
function, they are completely
subordinated to the Nazi military
command.
The Italian people themselves,
who in the last 18 months have
lost all taste for an empire across
tine Mediterranean are very anx-
ious to keep that portion which
before the World War was known
as Italia Irredenta. Having to
choose now between the empire
in North Africa and keeping
lands which are eminently 1tal-
ian, they prefer the latter.
dltH III OUOU VIII.
The Italian fighting men, who
are not always as excellent
sprlnters as they have shown
themselves in the African cam
paign, are disgusted with the
Nazis because of their overbear-
ing attitude, They all want to
go home and return to civil life,
regardless of whether Italy is
defeated.
The masses in Italy seem to
have implicit faith in the good
will of the American and British
people toward Italy and hope for
a severe but just peace.
But according to reports from
Europe, the main reason the Ital-
ians are SO anxious to finish the
war quickly is their hope that
food for the people will accom-
pany the Allied forces, if and
when they enter Italy.
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Farm Pressure for Infotionory Bonkheod Bill
Held Contrary to ong-Ronee Interests Of All

6uL al O1 us KNOW Oh peTSOIlS,
executives and managers, who,
on the basis of war orders, have
upped their salaries way above
what they earned before the war.
Others, in the same category,
with the same talents, who are
not directly engaged in war
work, have lost income as a re-
suit of the war. In justice, there
should be an excess profits tax
on personal income, to peel off
that part which is a direct re-
suit of the war and constitutes
a personal profit on it.
Farm Manpower UnsOlved
Congress, which has devised
and passed this fantastic bill,
has not found the time and
energy to pass, in both Houses,
the agricultural appropriation
bill designed to equip the appro-
pirate agencies to deal with the
farm manpower problem. The
bill has been under considera-
ton for we'll over two months.
1t provides among other things,
for the Nationwide organization
of high school youth for seasonal
work on farms, and for intro
ducing from Mexico certain
quotas of farm laborers, and
raising manpoWer from other
sources.
With all the experience of
Britain with its highly successful
Women's Land Army, nothing has
been done in this direction. The
mobilization, selection, pre- train
ing, placement and supervision of
youth and women should have
been started at the latest last
fall; now it will be started in
April, at the earliest, in Nation-
wide, planned and integrated way,
and being started so late will be
obviously organized and doubt
fully successful.
The farm bloc is not greatly in
terested in all the measures which
have stood the test of experience
in other warning nations. They
believe everything can be solved
by money-that is to say, by
price. But soaring prices will
not help the farmer because they
will injure the entire economy, of
which the farmer is a part.
Bill Defies Objective.
The Government is criticized
because 1t has not stabilized
prices more effectively. But it is
impossible to stabilize prices with
a Congress that Systematically
undoes everything the adminis-
tration is trying, at least, to &C
complish. The administration
may be criticized for it's lack of
energy in these directions. But it
cannot be criticized for its OBJ
jective.
The Bankhead bill dehes the
objective.
We must help the farmer in
every technical way. We must
find labor for him from untapped
sources. We must rationalize
marketing. We must RATIONAL
ize the distribution of farm ma
chinery and parts. We must give
farmers priority on gasoline for
personal cars, recognizing their
isolation otherwise from the COM
munity. In other words. we must
focus our entire attention upon
the increasing of production, and
not on the increasing of income.
And if this is done, the farmers
will support us.
Released by the Bel! Syndicate, Inc)
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ish military
q u a I t e I S
W h i c h are
not induleing
in WiShful
thinking.
There is,
however, a
u n a n ! nous
a & r e C m enl
that Italian
m or lie is
gone and that
Allied forces
would be re-
ceiVed as lih-
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the capacity of
e i t h er t h e
Roosevelt ad-
ministration or
the Democratic
m a jority in
c on eSS to
function intelli-
gently in a great
ma tional crisis.
Yet, if public
sentiment is to
pull us out of
an almost in
credible mess, it
seems essential
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the week END at
Sheffield, Al a.,
that when the
G e r m an war
machine begins
to crack, a great
part of it may
go at once, and
t h e end m a y
come more sud-
denly than some
of us thought six
months ago."
Right here it
should be en-
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wise pncy.
AL men are
fallible, a n d
mistakes W-
cur out of ig-
n o r a n c e.
There was a
time when
imitation and
OenaLlOn ana
all the social
and economic
disasters at
tendant on
t h e m were
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HE opinions OF the 1Uers this page their oUn
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars effort to all sides of questions of interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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On the Record
By DOROTHY THOMPSON.

There is nothing more dis
couraging about the human race
than the observation that knoWl-
edge is not enough to lead to
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By CONSTANTINE BROWN

The question of whether-and
when-the morale of the German
people will break is being widely
discussed in American and Brit
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BY FRANK II. KENT.

There are several things to be
said about the House tax detacle,
none of them pleasant and none
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Code Guides
War Plants
On Profits
Reneeotiotion Put on
Uniform Bosis by
Four Federal Agencies
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

-Four Government agencies con-
eerned with eliminating excessive
profits from war contracts have
agree on a set of principles which
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Crockup
OfNuzis Nav
Be Sudden
HoIifox Sees Breok,
But Warns of Bitter
Struggle for Allies
BY DE WITT MACKENZIE.

Viscount Halifax, British Ambas-
sador to Washington, who speaks
what he thinks very freely, made
the interesting prediction during
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Compromise Probable.

What ultimately will come out of
the House will be compromise,
which is bad, but nothing else now
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Conservation Plan 10 Close
100 German Newspapers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
More than 100 German daily
newspapers and more than 300 per-
iodicals either will be closed or be
merged with other publications as a
result of a new government measure
to release manpower and material
for war purposes. the Berlin radio
said yesterday in a broadcast re-
corded by the Associated Press in
New York.
A new measure provides that Ger
man cities with less than 100000
population may have only one news
paper, and that outside of Berlin
there henceforth will be no Sunday
sports sections and no papers on
Monday.
The radio estimated that one
sixth of Germany's $50 newspapers
would be affected by the 100000
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Retired Physician Freed
After Arrest as Fugitive
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, March 13-Dr
Walter F. Nolen, 81, retired Marine
physician, was at liberty today after
his arrest. Prosecutor Thor Toilet
son said, on Portland, Me-, warrant
charging him with being fugitive
from justice.
The prosecutor recommended DR.
Nolen's release because of his health
Mr.. Tollefson said he was informed
the doctor was wanted for failure to
account for about SAC, 900 from the
estate Of Gertrude F. St. Clair, for
which he was trustee.
The prosecutor quoted DR.. Nolen
now a Tacoma resident, as saying
the woman had given him wide dis
cretionary power to use her estate
for charitable purposes. DR.. Nolen
told Mr.. Tollefson farm for home
less boys was a financial failure,
but denied any personal profit.