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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-07
MRS. BELL.
CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Minnie Bell. OF Goodson
avcnne. shared the celebration OF
her birthday SATURDAY July 81
with an elaborate dinner to which
she invited number 81 her
friends All guests had a delight
fGl time and enjoyed the nice
ihines TO eat which were served
buffet style
Those enjoying Mrs Bells hos
pitality included Mrs. Gertrude
Moon Mr. and Mrs. Pat Patter-
son. Mrs Dolly Bell and daughter.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-07

The Ole Tymer Whist tourna-
meni held Wednesday. July 2S
featured some OF the most formid-
able card tossers OF the Motor City
Elks.
Champions Black and Taylor
gladly yielded the honor under the
Severe flashing handicap OF Curtis
and Holloway; Wilson and Johnson.
w. Jones and stafford; Clark and
Jones; johnson and Matthews .
Bradley and Jackson were partici-
pants,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-07
AKAs Initiate Margaret Matthews,
Former Fisk Students Into Sorority

Bets Ma and NJ chapters Of
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority made
substantial contributions 10 Alpha
Rho Omega chapter according 10
basileus Benlah Brewer who am
nonnsed during lull in The in
itiaiion activities last Saturday
sight that number Nof sorofs
would affiliate with the graduate
chapter IN September They are.
Farctie Norris and Jennie Young
who received Il S degrees from
Nayne T.; Cordelia White. Fan
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-07

MISS Esther Bell; Mr.. and Mrs
Joe Bell George Bell and Quin-
lola. Solomon Bell. Miss Dorothy
bell. Mr.. and Mrs Charles Ross.
Miss Thelma Woodbcrry James
Rell Oui-ofto guests were
Mr. and Mrs Guy Goodnight. both
of Louisville Ky.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-07

NEW YORK, ny A4bge, Pan.
hey. baritone and neiiy ymneea
contralto. TWO DISTINGUISHED sliisa,
will give a volunteer concert re.
cital at the Aberdeen psoy.rE
Grounds in Maryland on Aar. {
under the auspices 8, tS0.canp
Shows.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-07
Ss1aas Close Season With Banquet at Cocktail Lounas
Two Receive Wayne Scholarships,
Mrs. Cragg Named Outstanding

The club room of the Paradise Lounge was tho sc
of much activity last Monday evening when members ~
Sigma Gamma Rho sorority closed their seasons aeira
with banquet At this time Misses Margaret LIobr
and Barbara Ruth Jean. June high school gradnans ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-07
Thunder on the Social Front
BY The Little Corporal



hg oohg socially because Is summer W ell, somebody
wrong because me Little Oorpora has gathered enough
thunder on ne social front t. satisfy an army.
oNi a NsdW est Country club last Sunday. here
Almost enepgn fol r. 20 form squadron You know Mid
Nest situated on the banks overlooking Little Pleasant
"hs across from Green PASTURES camp The cots
We're: Ms Il campbell Miss Rose Campbell Mr. and
MY ; ffktns ar ana MIS- Ben Moody. Chester Moody
Ruth Alexander clftop Chidress, John Armstrong
ans M"Skafei Maxwell, Atty Joe Brown and family Mr.
and ATS iaNrenct laNor, MI and Mrs George + Tay-
los lon spencer Miss Naoa Nutall Mr. and Mrs Tony
Vance alN r. and Mrs
Thomas ]a'n,S Fields Mr. and Mrs j. Z Mccall. Mr. and
Ms SanAe nomas and Their small hdren- Dr. and Mrs
Az gnsss AIRS arrie hapna and others They walled
away ta tne win fishing swimming, rowing. bowling
ana other i~>tine>
Tt, several 5n1.ll.l n this payt, reall, had i hall
And lee hfemn r alo.tN Years Of age held the spot
ign' o we het WIZ ms remarkable feat Of swimming
buH4 irsF1s ine tNeft two-month-od little son 81 Sam
and Mnfatsei Thomas. wore Write wool bathing suit
which S greAtAi,t Mrs NerA Thomas, had knitted for
hn RoS AND tsso Youngsters OF abou, ieq whose
surname Ne taied So Secefe could also swim like fish.
As mentioned above, Ross Campbell is spending
cation WITH her no.tsr Mrs Il Campbell and her
ier aau iioh'f-ln-la" Pr and Mrs William Pickes al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Roosevelt Asks
Early Study of.
Wartime Pay

Early study by the new Congress
of permanent war pay legislation
for Federal employees was urged by
President Roosevelt today in his
budget message. The recently
enacted law expires April 80 and
congressional leaders are planning
a new measure.
The President repeated the state
ment he made when signing the
present law-that "the pay increases
should be met largely by reducing
the total number of employees
proportionate to the increase in the
work week." which has been uni
formly fixed at 48 hours, with time
and a half overtime being paid after
40 hours.
I'm the present appropriation re-
quests and expenditure estimates
for the fiscal years 1943 and 1914,
no allowance has been made for
any cost increase resulting from
the adjustment in Federal salaries, ?"
the President said. 1.-THE problems
of Federal salary administration
need further study in the early days
of the new Congress for the enact
ment Of more permanent legislation
for the duration Of the war"
President Roosevelt also reiterated
his recent statement that more than
1900 600 Federal employees, or more
than three-fi Of the total force
are engaged directly in war produc-
ton, citing these figures in answer
to those who contend the Govern
ment Is overstaffed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Civil Service 10 Get
Increase Of S70,000,0 900

The Budget Bureau estimate Of
$193 ,416,500 for the Civil Service
Commission for the next fiscal year,
is nearly $7o,000,00 over the current
appropriation. the increase being
due principally to the addition to
the retirement fund for which
SITS ,l04 900 is allocated as COM
pared with $105, 1853, 900 in 1913.
The Government has been bolster
ing the retirement fund in recent
years to make up for long period
during which no appropriations were
made for this function.
Fer ordinary expenses of admins
tration, the Bureau recommended
IS 500, 900, the same amount availa-
BILE this year. For defense recruiting
and related activities, the sum CT
$11 ,178, 900 is proposed, cut of ap-
proximately $3.50, 900 under this year.
Illustrative of the recruiting task
confronting the commission is the
situation at the General Account
ing Office, which, according to bud
get estimates will need about 5000
more employees next year because of
the accounting work involved in the
tremendous war expenditures. The
GAO now has about $500 employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11

NIT to encourage greater produc-
ton Of the crops essential to the
war effort. This fund will not
be used for restriction of pro-
duction except Of less needed
crops. Payments will be made
only to those producers who COM
ply fully in their paintings with
the stated war production goals.
For expectation and domestic
consumption of agricultural COM
modities the budget includes
only the permanent annual ap-
preparation of 80 per cent of
customs revenues provided by law,
plus reappropriation of unobh-
gated balances. The food stamp
plan. which is a major item Of
the current program. will be dis
continued shortly. Although 9TH
er items such as school lunch and
school milk projects and the di-
rect distribution OF surplus COM
modities are somewhat expanded,
WbA NC I'LL OfCl .dll
ton OF about 30 million dollars.
Provision for operations under
the Farm Tenant Act and for
loans, grants and rural rehabili-
tation are continued on about
the same level as for the current
year. Small farms, like other
small war plants, must be en-
couraged to make a maximum
contribution to the war. I hope
the Congress will give as much
sympathetic consideration to
these smaller and poorer farmers
as 1t has given to the smaller and
poorer industrial concerns.
Because no one can immedi-
ately foresee all the needs we
may encounter in fulfilling our
essential war requirements for
agriculture, various loan and
purchase operations, involving
contingent liabilities which can
not be exactly predetermined,
may be necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Civilian Controls

Total war requires nothing less
than organizing all the human
and material resources of the
Nation. To accomplish this all
out mobilization speedily, effec-
lively and fairly we have had to
adopt extensive controls over
civilian life. We use the Selective
Service System to man the armed
forces. We are systematizing the
movement Of labor to assure
needed manpower to war indus
tries and agriculture. We regu-
late prices, wages, salaries and
rents; We limit consumer credit:
. we allocate scarce raw materials,
and we ration scarce consumer
goods-an to the end Of provid-
ing the materials Of war and
distributing the sacrifices equi-
tably.
Such regulations and restric-
lions have complicated our daily
lives. we save rubber, metal, fats
everything. We an out forms.
caEry couponA, answer question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Preparing for TotoI
Victory

Preparing for total victory In
cludes preparing the base on
which a happier world can be
built. The tremendous produc-
tive capacity of our country, of
all countries, has been demon
strated Freedom from want for
everybody, everywhere, is no
longer Utopian dream. 1t can
be translated into action when
the fear of aggression has been
removed by victory. The soldiers
of the fighting forces and the
workmen engaged in military
production want to be assured
that they will return to a life of
opportunity and security in a
society of free men.
The economic sterilization pro-
gram, although born of war ne
cessity, will greatly facilitate
postwar reconstruction. A de-
termined policy of war taxation
and savings will aid in ma, ng
postwar problems manageable
by reducing the volume of adj
ditional borrowing and support
ing the sterilization program.
Because of the unavoidable MAJ
nitude of Understanding dent.
taxes probably will never revert
to the pre-war level. But sub
stantial reduction from the war
level will, nevertheless, be pos
sible and will go hand in hand
with a greater human security
II the underlying fiscal struc-
ture is kept sound.
shall be happy to meet with
the appropriate committees of
the Congress at any and all
times in regard to the methods
by which they propose to attain
the detectives outlined in this
message. We are at one In our
desire quickly to win this war
and to avoid passing on to fu-
ture generations more than their
just share of Its sacrifices and
burdens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Calendar
Is Confusing to
President, Too

President Roosevelt gets lust as
mixed up as you do about this fiscal
year and calendar year business.
He told press conference at
which he was explaining his budget
message to Congress that he thought
1t would be an awfully nice thing
II Congress would pass a law max
ing the Governments fiscal year
the same as the calendar year.
That was after considerable con-
fusion over trying to get on strictly
comparable basis his estimate that
about $500 worth of goods and
services would be available for the
average civilian during the next
fiscal year, this being a Is per cent
reduction from the l94l calendar
year.
The fiscal year on which tho
budget is based is for the IL months
beginning July /.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he had s,1p-
gested to Congress many times that
this be changed to January 1, but
didn't know what might be done
about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Sterilization Program

We must assure each citizen
the necessities Of life at prices
which he can pay. Otherwise,
rising prices will lift many goods
beyond his reach just as surely as
If those goods did not exist. BY
concerted effort to stabilize
prices, rents and wages we have
succeeded in keeping the rise in
the cost Of living within narrow
bounds. We shall continue those
efforts, and we shall succeed. BY
making effective use of all meas
ures Of control, We shall be able
to stabilize prices with only a
limited use of subsidies to stimu-
late needed production.
Some would like to see the con-
trolls relaxed for this or that
special group. They forget that
to relax controls for one group
Is an argument to relax for 9TH
er groups, thereby starting the
cost-of-Hving spiral which would
undermine the war effort and
cause grave postwar difficulties.
Economic sterilization for all
groups-not for just the other
fellows the only policy consist
ent with the requirements of to-
tai war. I have read of this bloc,
and that bloc, and the other bloc,
which existed in past Congresses.
May this new Congress confine
itself to one bloc-a national bloc,
Sterilization goes beyond ef-
fective price control. Under war
conditions rise in profits, wages
and farm incomes unfortunately
does not increase the supply of
goods for civilians; 1t merely in
vites the bidding up Of prices Of
scarce commodities. The stabi-
lization Of incomes and the abb
sorption of excess purchasing
power by fiscal measures are es-
sential for the success of the
sterilization program. am con-
f1dent that the Congress will i'm
plement that program by ade-
quate legislation increasing tax
alton, savings, or both. Thus,
we will help to pay as we go''
and make the coming peace
easier for ourselves and our chill
dren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11

officials decided about three years
ago, the President said, not to build
new hospitals to care for the in
creasing load anticipated.
The plan was, he explained, to
crowd the veterans into existing IA
cilities on the theory that after l945
need for hospital care would begin
falling on and 70 leave no use after
short time for any new facilities
that might be built.
OF course, he added, the present
war has knocked that plan into a
cooked hat. with increasing need
Tor veterans care inevitable for
long time now.
He said that as q result he Is
having studies made about the feast
bility Of making use Of the greatly
expanded wartime camps and
training stations for veterans care
after the war.
Also. he said, there has been some
discussion Of using some OF the
buildings In Yellowstone National
Park during the war as recuperation
centers for wounded members Of
the armed forces. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11

financial burdens on the lower
and middle incomes unless the
taxes on higher and very large
incomes are made fully effective.
At q time when wages and sala-
ries are stabilized, the receipt OF
very large net incomes from any
source constitutes . gross In
equity undermining national
unity.
Fairness requires the closing
Of loopholes and the removal OF
ineouities which still exist in our
tax laws. / have spoken on these
subjects on several previous oc-
casions.
The Congress can do much to
solve our problem of war finance
and to support the sterilization
program. In the past, wars have
usually been paid for mainly by
means Of imitation, thereby shift
ing the greatest burden to the
weakest shoulders and inviting
postwar collapse. We seek to
avoid both. OF necessity, the
program must be harsh. We
should remember, however, that
it is a war for existence, and not
taxation, which compels us to de-
vote more than one-half Of all
our resources to war use. An
effective program of war finance
does not add to the total sacri-
fees necessitated by. war, but 1t
does assure that those sacrifices
are distributed equitably and with
minimum of friction.
We should remember. further
more, that helping to finance the
war is the privilege mainly Of
those who still enjoy the receipt
of incomes as civilians during
the war. 1t is a modest contri-
button toward victory when we
compare it with the contribution
Of those in the fighting forces.
BY the end of the current
fiscal year the public debt will
total 135 billion dollars. BY June
30. 1914, 1t will be about 210 bill
lion dollars under existing reve.
nue. legislation. Before the pres
ent debt limit OF 125 billion dol
lars Is reached, the Congress will
be requested to extend that limit.
To do this is sound, for such a
debt can and will be repaid. Tho
Nation is soundly solvent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
'Non-Wur'
Expenditures

I am making recommendations
in the usual detail for so-called
"non-war" appropriations for the
fiscal year 1914. This classical
ton includes the same items as
in former years.
Actually, the "non-war' CLASH
fication now has little, If any,
meaning. Most of these expendi-
lures are related to the war effort
and many are directly occasioned
by it. This "non-war" category
includes. for instance, expendi-
lures for war tax collections, for
budgeting, disbursing and audit
ing war expenditures. and for
statistical and scientific services
to war agencies. 1t includes also
such items as the control of white
pine blister rust, which I recently
discussed Expenditures for con-
trolling this threat to our timber
resources are necessary to avoid
possible loss of millions of dollars
in lumber from trees which re-
quire more than so years to reach
maturity.
All counted, there are less than
100000 civilian employees of the
Federal Government, including
the Postal Service, who are en-
gagged in these so-called NON
war" activities.
A few weeks ago I transmitted
to the Congress a comprehensive
report on 'non-war" expenditures
during the past decade. This
document demonstrated the i'm
portant reductions which had
been made in these expenditures,
especially since the start of the
defense program.
The following table summarizes
reductions analysed in the report,
to which it is now possible to add
revised estimates for the fiscal
year 1943 and estimates for 1914
as developed in this Budget.
"Non-war" expenditures, fiscal
years 1894 (exciuding interest
and statutory debt retirement).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Financing TotoI
War

Financing expenditures which
will exceed 500 ,000, 000,0 is a
task of tremendous magnitude.
BY meeting this task squarely we
will contribute substantially to
the war effort and clear the
ground for successful reconstruct
ton after the war. An adequate
financial program is essential
both for winning the war and for
winning the peace.
Financing total war involves
two main fiscal problems. One
problem is to supply the funds
currently required to pay for the
war and to keep the increase in
Federal debt within bounds. The
second problem Is caused by the
disbursement of 500, 900, 600, 900
a year to contractors, war work.
ers, farmers, soldiers and their
families. thus adding many bill
lions to the peoples buying power.
at q time when the amount of
goods to be bought is declining
steadily. A large portion of this
excess buying power must be re-
covered into the Treasury to pre-
vent the excess from being used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Civilian Consumption

In spite of a 100 billion dollar
war program, civilians can be
supplied with an average of about
$500 worth Of goods and services
during the next year. This i'm
plies an average reduction of
almost Is per cent in civilian
consumption below the record
level Of the calendar year 1941.
Even then most of us will be
better fed, better clothed and
better housed than other peoples
in the world. Do not let us as
sumo from that statement, how
ever, that there is no need for
great improvement in the living
conditions of large segment Of
our population.
1t is the responsibility of the
Government to plan for more
production Of essential civilian
goods and less of non-essential
goods. Production and distribu-
ton of goods should be simplified
and STANDARDIZED; unnecessary
costs and frills should be elimi-
mated. Total war demands SIM
pliflca ton Of American life. BY
giving up what we do not need,
all Of us will be better able to
get what we do need.
In order to distribute the
scarce necessities of life equit-
ably we are rationing some COM
modities. BY rationing we re-
strict consumption. but only to
assure to each civilian his share
of basic commodities.
The essentials for civilian life
also include a good standard of
health and medical service, edu-
cation and care for children in
wartime as we'll as in peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Roosevelt Explained
Budget to Reporters

Because they had to write stories
attempting to explain the Govern
ment's budget to the public, the
Capitals newspapermen had an ad-
vantage over members Of Congress
to whom it was submitted by Presi-
dent Roosevelt today.
He held press conference, which
he called q seminar and ct which he
performed much like q school teach
er trying to make an involved algebra
problem clear, well In advance Of
the reading Of his budget message
In Congress.
This was in accordance with an
nual custom. To assist the Presi-
dent making clear. any technical
points, Budget Director Harold D.
Smith and Assistant Director Wayne
Coy sat beside him.
Kidding the male correspondents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11

to bid up the price of scarce goods
and thus undermine the stabiliza-
ton program by breaking price
ceilings, creating black markets
and increasing the cost of living.
We cannot hope to increase
tax collections as fast as we step
up war expenditures or to absorb
by fiscal measures alone all ex-
cess purchasing power created by
these expenditures. We must,
therefore, provide substantial
portion of the needed funds by
additional borrowing and we
must also use direct controls, such
as price ceilings and rationing,
for protection of the consumer.
Nevertheless the more nearly in
creases in tax receipts follow in
creases in expenditures the bet
ter we safeguard our financial in
tegrity and the easier the admin
istration of price control and ra-
tioning. All Of these measures are
interrelated. Each increase in
taxes and each increase in saw
ings will lessen the upward pres
sure on prices and reduce the
amount of rationing and other
direct controls we shall need.
The revenue acts of the past
three years, particularly the
Revenue Act Of 1912, have con-
tributed greatly toward meeting
our fiscal needs. In the fiscal
year 1914, total general and spe-
cial receipts under present law
are estimated at S35 900 900 900,
or almost six times those of the
fiscal year 1910. But the increase
In expenditures has been even
more rapid.
I believe that we should strive
to collect not less than $4,000
100000 OF additional funds by
taxation, savings. or both, dur
ing the fiscal year 1914.
On the basis of present legisla-
ton, we expect to meet "a per
cent Of total estimated Federal
expenditures by current receipts
during the fiscal year 1914. II
the objective proposed in this
message is adopted, we shall meet
approximately so per cent of ex-
penditures during the fiscal year
1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11

The table shows a reduction Of
36.7 per cent in "nen-war" expen-
ditures in the next fiscal year
compared with 1899. In apprais-
ing these reductions, 1t should be
borne in mind that large items,
such as veterans pensions and
social security grants. are con-
trolled by legal or other commit
ments. In fact the outstanding
increase for the fiscal year 1914
ID for the Veterans Administra-
ton, for which expenditures are
estimated at $87o, 000, 900, or $685.
600 900 higher than IN the current
year. Most Of the increase is for
insurance for our fighting forces
In the present war.
The most important reductions
recommended for the coming
year relate to work relief and
general public works. Because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Need for q Balanced,
Flexible Revenue System

hope that the Congress In
working out the revenue program
will consider that the fiscal meas
ures must be designed not only
to provide revenue, but also to
support the sterilization program
as we'll by lettering luxury or
non-essential spending. The cost
Of the war should be distributed
in an equitable and fair man.
ner. Furthermore. care should
be taken that the fiscal measures
do not impair, but actually pro-
mote, maximum war production
Finally, it is more important than
ever before to simplify taxation
both for taxpayers and for those
collecting the tax, and to put
our taxes as far as feasible on a
pay-as-you-go basis.
1 cannot ask the Congress to
impose the necessarily heavy