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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-11
Taxable Income

We have pointed out that if the Treasury s
proposal of $4,000 OOO0o0 in new taxes were
adopted, there still wculd remain some $780,
600, 900 of war-bred income above the total
tax take-and yet we have argued that, under
present tax methods, the people can not pay
another So 500, 900, 900 without acute distress.
How can that be? Simple enough.
In ordinary times the i.come tax is de-
signed solely to raise revenue with a mini
mum of burden on taxpayers Therefore it
bears lightly, it at all. on those with small
income, and presses heavily to the point of
virtual confiscation upon those with large in
come.
While war tax bills have reached down to
pull in smaller taxpayers, they have contin-
ued to lean heavily upon the ability-to-pay-
without-distress philosophy
But most of the So. GOO, 900 0Co in new ma
tional income has not gone to the wealthy
1t has gone to the poo1-huge gobs of it to
persons whose incomes were negligible before
the war, or even non existent
BY the Treasury's own figure. four-fifths of
the national income now goes 10 persons re-
ceiving less than So 0Cc veal
So we are torn between two Understandable
desires-frst, to take our taxes where they
will hurt least and second, tc take them
where they will best relieve the pressure upon
scarce consumer goods We can't do both
If present taxing methods are used to raise
further $4,000 000O00 year O. any major
part of it, a redistribution Of wealth will re-
suit The bulk of the money will come out
of war bond purchases It viii not cut the
commodity purchases OF the middle classes
The desired money can be raised onlv by
taxing increases in income due tc the war.
This the Treasury rejects or the ground that
it will discourage workers whose. output is
needed to win the war
1t WILL if it is raised by methods such that,
by refusing overtime and atsenting them
selves from work, they can avoid taxation.
1t will, that is, by traditional tax raising
methods.
But are such methods sacrosanct? We think
not. We believe that Congress and the Treas.
ury could, if they would. find a way out by
going back to fundamentals ano bringing our
taxing machinery up to date ir the light of
the task it is supposed to be performing.
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u.s. he put his finger en- the secret of effec-
tive fire prevention. The enemy, fire, cannot
be routed by an army of planes and tanks.
II is not that simple. It cannot be seen and
smashed once and for all like Panzer di-
vision No squad of parachutists is needed
to subdue pile of oily rags in ,dark. corner
merely the attention OF one person. person
alert to the deadly menace of combustion.
''Al of u.s. working in thousands of small
often unobserved ways. can prevent most I'M
controlable fires before they start. That was
the lesson that was hammered home during
Fire Prevention week. We mus not forget it.
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Don't Forget This Lesson

Every year the nation observes Fire Pre-
vention week. This year the week, proclaimed
early in October by the President, took on
new significance. Because, while we have
taken the offensive against the Axis, we are
till on the defensive as far as fire is con-
cerned.
That fire prevention should be made a 50.
week program was graphically illustrated bv
Gov Thomas E. Dewey OF New York when
he recently said: TT is a matter of record
that fire loss in the United States, during the
year 1892, amounted to $3l5, 600 0oO Thus in
our first war year, We lost $4,000, 900 more
by fire than normal. 1t is also matter Of
record that in two years the Nazis with all
their bombing, inflicted damage on Great
Britain amounting to $780, ooo, very little
more than our loss by fl e Tin one year,.
Our nation must make every effort to avoid
losses which injure our wal effort and delay
victory. It is the duty cf all Of us to be
vigilant against such aid to the enemy"
Wasn Governor Dewey appealed to "all 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-11
An Old Fallacy

One phase of the Wagner-Murray bill now
before Congress, to broaden tne Social Sc
curity Act, of which not too much is said
by its supporters, is cost OF the proposal
The old fallacy has been encouraged that a
magnanimous government stands ready to
give something to the people once the meas
ure is passed Provisions for medical and
hospital care contained in the lii are heavily
stressed with the inference that they, too
will be free.
Such hlgh-presSure sales tactics are fraudu.
lent. The government will never give anv.
thing away because it can give nothing until
it first takes it from the people If the Wag-
ner bill is made into 'aW, the government
will begin Immediately to coiec, additional
billions Of dollars in taxes to pay for the.
benefits it will later hard out. As a doctor
recently told patient: IF you earn 5000
month, your social security) bill will be SID
a month, six times more than is now taken
out of your pay checker S144 year, Yo,,r
employer will pay like amount which means
that your bread, your car, your refrigerator.
and everything else you buy would have more
hidden taxes wrapped up in il . If VOL,
are self-employed, you deduct Per cent. ,.
Every time deduction is made from the
salaries and wages of the people and turned
over to government. the power of the gov.
eminent over the people grows accordingly
During wartime the people accept necessarily
high deductions, together with unprecedented
official domination over their pei sonal affairs
This should not be taken any indication
that they will tolerate a perr.aner halter
on freedom in peacetirne, even in the form
of the Wagner bill
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The Literary Guidepost

der" This is a discussion of Eng.
fish prose writing, complete with
horrible examples to show how
badly most of us use the languafg.
It would have been more effect
i've if the examples had included
some samples from the product
of the two authors: Robert Graves
and Alan Hodge.
"Plowman's Folly" is an anom-
ally, farmers book that is as in
teresting to an urban reader as
to farmer. Edward H. Faulkner
is the author, and it is his thesis
that the modern plow is curse:
that we should only tickle the
surface of our land, and that if
we don't stop doing more, we
shall someday starve. Not even a
city man likes to starve.
Perhaps Gladys Hasty Carroll
has somewhat exaggerated the
popular interest in her ancestors
and her birthplace, but Dummy
brook is good picture of Maine
Just the same. 1t reads like fic-
tlon' but it is fact. And for those
unconventional persons who seem
10 ind their way in small quanti-
aes INTO every family, there is a
sWlshlng, dashing something or,
other called Roughly Speaking"
Louise Randall Pierson wrote it.
ABOUT herself :
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Daily Prayer
FOR OUR ALLIES

Thou hast leagued together in
great Cause, O Ruler of the uni
verse, many nations which have
laid their all upon the altar OF
liberty and justice. We give Thee
thanks and we pray that the
ties which bind us together in war
may be strengthened and purified
in the era of peace for which we
do battle. We pray that Thine
enabling power and comfort may
be extended to all the allied ma
tions-to Great Britain, to Russia
to China and to the peoples who
now suffer under the expressions
of tyranny. May they all, with us,
discern Thy great purposes in this
purging of the world; and may all
of us together have a clear vision
of Thy will for us in the good
days to come. Quicken our sense
of unity and of brotherhood; and
make us, in peace as in war, help
ers of one another. We are CRATE
full for the courage and idealism
and sacrifice with which our COM
rades afar had borne the burden
and heat OF the war until now;
Withhold not Thy reward from
them, and from us. Amen-W.T T. E.
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Biddle Aroused

Acknowledgement Biddle is angry because
Governor Dewey of New York charges the
federal government with protecting Louis
Gepke) Buchalter against hanging for muir.
der.
Well if Mr.. Biddle is aroused, he has onlv
to follow the traditional procedure and have
the President grant Lepke a pardon for mar.
cotics dealings, conditional upon New Works
hanging Lepke and revocable if New yorL
does not go through with the hanging.
That would settle the matter onca .,s
for all
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QUOTATIONS

There is one price you can be certain will
drop shortly-that on l943 calendars.
Cutting remarks we don't mind hearing
two points from the ration value OF pork.
No, the quick death OF some popular songs
can't be blamed on fresh-alr 1lenos'
Shoppers are finding out you can't have
Christmas funds and Christmas tun' too.
When you have bad dream Jump out OF
bed and write it down. lot OF them are
used for movie plots.
Money spent for cosmetics Is all awful slap
at the handiWork Of nature.
Some congressman say a niue lntlau C.3,
wouldn't hurt. They're getting along party
full Of wind themselves. Z
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BY JOHN SELBY
ooks not easily classified

There are always old people tc
be bought for at Christmas, and
plenty of books not in the usual
classifications to be chosen from.
John Roy Carlson's Under Gov
err" is without question the book
of the year. AS most of us know
it is a directory of subversive ac-
tivity in this country, containing
the names and dosiers of innuner-
able people who have consciously
or otherwise helped the enemy
More than 100000 have been print.
ed, and it is selling at something
like 10000 copies weekly.
1t. Col. Gordon Seagrave,s "R,,r-
ma Surgeon" is a war book a
missionary book, and a doctor, 9
book. 1t is also one of the 1900
attractive chronicles to come out
of the Far East, and a nerf 49, ~
mans gift: So is Francis Marteps
''Petain: Verdun to Vichv !" WIZ sia - >
is both a1 biography and history "li and
the most lucid explanation IT. a pn
tain,s traitorous conduct " h re.
read to date. e' l nave
SO some ne place on your list t,srs
may may De literary person. "a and dI'f far
.arha VI nef there is a book called
header Over Your Shout.
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Raymond Clapper Says:
COP Is Taking Interest
In u. S. FOREIGN Affairs

as he once did about serving Out
his four years as governor of New
! York and he is being coyly silent
over the sure-fire nomination pre-.
dicted by Landon after talking
with him.
Considering that the Republi.
cans are almost certain to take
over Congress after the next cleo.
ton, it is significant that the
House Republicans have chosen
Rep. Charles Halleck of Indiana
as their chairman OF the Republi.
can National Congressional Cam
paign committee.
Charley Halleck is a likeable
young Congressman who has plen
ty of courage, as he showed wher
he stood up against the Townsend
movement crackpots who had in
Inundated most Indiana politicians
Charley Halleck- is several cuts
above the rul of mine. being ex'
ceptionally alert, and one of the
most popular men personally in
Congress.
Although Halleck made the 1916
nominating speech for Willkie.
they cont think alike Halleck vot.
ed against Lend-Lease, vot e
against SeIective Service, voted
against an authorization for n ad'
fct he voted against practically
all of the measures designed tc
strengthen the Allied side in the
desperate days when the Nazis
were close to winning the war.
The Republican leader of the
House, Representative Martin Of
Massachusetts, voted against most
of those measures also. although
not against Selective Service. He
is likely to be speaker a year
from anuary. HaLeck may be-
come Majority Leader of the
House.
Those are signs that indicate the
wind drift Republicans who be-
lieve that the Administration has
on the whole been wise in its for
eign moves, are likely to find their
party back in the hands of those
who hate Willkie, who hate the
British, who hate the Russians,
who think, as Landon still does,
that Lend-Lease made it inevitable
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that we should get into the war.
International collaboration such
as is being carried Gu now would
be impossible with such men in
control of this Government. 1t is
a situation that should cause the
deepest concern among Republi-
cans who believe that our peace
and security depend on working
with other peace-loving nations,
and not returning to the period of
anarchy and mutual ill-Will that
preceded the last two wars.
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By RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON. Republicans
who have little or nc sympathy
with much of the Administration
foreign policy are getting on top
of the heap in the party now.
Former Governor Landon OF
Kansas has gone among Republi.
cans in the east talking up crit.
cism of the Moscow conference
and emphasizing d'strust of the
Soviet government. We know no.
thing of what really happened and
that provides perfect breeding
ground in which Lardon and 9TH
ers can plant seeds of suspicion
and disunity.
Numbers of Republicans have
supported most of the foreign poll
cy moves of the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration. Some of the strong
est support in Congress on mat
tiers connected with the war has
come from Republicans like Aus
tin of Vermont. Wadsworth of New
York. and Eaton of New Jersey.
Outside of Congress Wendell Will
kie and many large Republican
newspapers have ignored partisan
politics to endorse international
policies and give them the nation
al backing necessary to make
them effective.
All of that mas given the i'm
preston that the Republican par
ty is cooperating tc provide unity
on the large policies connected
with the war. But Republicans
who feel that way about it had
better watch out. The Republican
party is being taken away from
them. They are rapidly becoming
rump crowd with no influence
in their own party. Willkie, who
has symbolized Republican party
support Of collabors ton with 9TH
err nations is becoming a party
outcast. Landon, anG others, are
travelling around the country talk
ing mistrus+ of the Administration
foreign moves as political issue.
The Republican pcliticos think
they have pretty well ditched Will
kie. Landon is talking Dewey on
the first or second ballot. Inciden-
tally, Dewey is NO longer talking
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Two Laundry Driuers
Are Convicted Here
Of Larceny Charges

There seems to be a wave O.
thefts among truck drivers in the
city, officers of the New Hanover
County bureau of identification re
ported.
Steve Pearsall, who was a driv
er for the Ideal Laundry com
pany, Was arrested and convicted
in Recorders court of the theft
of a 21-jewel Elgin watch from
T. E. Ikner, Ills South Seventh
street.
Clyde Hewett, formerly a driv.
er for the Dixie Laundry com.
pany, was convicted on two counts
OF larceny and receiving and was
given four months on the county
farm. He was, however, allowed
III days stay, and bond for both
charges amounted to $500.
1t was reported that Pearsall
entered the house of T. E. Ikner
with the intention of collecting
the laundry and soon after, the
watch was discovered to be miss
ing.
Police apprehended the laundry
driver at Fifth and Ann streets
soon after, and the watch was
found on his person. He stated
that it was found in the pocket
OF a pair of trousers, however,
police checked the laundry list and
found that there was no trousers
within the bundle.
Judge Winfield Smith taxed
Pearsall with the costs Of court
and ordered that he make resti-
tuition to Ikner.
Judge Smith gave Robert Lee
1arner and Delbert Joseph Muse
ootn slx-month suspended SEN
tence for tampering with an auto
mobile. Upon remittance of costs.
sentence was suspended upon their
good behavior for the next two
years.
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LEGATIONS UPPED

OTTAWA, Dec. 10 III l,,
Minister Mackenzie King ahil0u@ :.
ed today completion OF a IRA =
ments to elevate the Canadl@r@ =,
cations in the Soviet Union o'. ~
and Brazil to rank Of em0a, -,
The legations of these coulla N,
in Ottawa will assume the S''
status.
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CONVICTION is MADE

In Recorders court Nv, ~,
morning Norwood Moreaa! oo,t
found guilty and taxed VIVA . r
for smoking in open on the s' !r,1,
of the. city during the pan [,
Thursday night. At the time I'd,
was arrested, Moready was sl'
ing while the red signal "s'
affes$
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FUR TUDAY
Feeling fine"-I hope he'll stay
All his threescore hathaway,
Lettin' his demeanor be
Sech as you could have. or me
Eff we tried, an went along
Spiliin' little drops o song
Lettin' roesbuds sort O. Irvine
Ger the thorns, and 'feeIin fine.
James w. Foley
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long program without iiternission or missing
a beat Which when all is said and done was
quite a feat, proving that the clothes do not
make the man, though, as we remember Doc
tor Kinder, they help little.
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Fair Enough

CEditoris Note.-The Star and the New, ....r,. ~.
ie.p'n:ioity for the personal views of MI Pesler.
Ills readers. His articles the good purno.s At
making people think "
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DevenS, on August 14,where he
had been stationed with the
366th Infantry since entering
the Army under the Enlisted
Reserve Plan on March II, 1919.
While in high School in Cam
bridge, Mass. Ray Guild was the
State Champion in the 100 yard
and 300 yard dashes and on the
varsity football team. Enter
ing Harvard in September, 1889,
Guild made the Freshman foot
ball team and excelled as a half
back, and on the track squad.
In his sophomore year he Sus-
tanned serious leg injury,
which did not keep him from
playing, but reduced his shift
ness for which he was known.
A Romance Language student,
he went into the Army half way
his Senior year and was sta
toned with the 366th Infantry
at Fort Deyens, Massachusetts,
commanded by Colonel Howard
D. Queen, when his leg injury
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Attucks Chorus at Tent-Last Rites for Pearl James
Liberty Ship
To Be Named
For R. |. Vann

The Maritime Commission
announced today that a Liberty
Ship, assigned to South Port
land, Me. shipyard, will be
named for the late Robert L.
Vann, lawyer, and founder and
editor of The Pittsburgh Cour-
ire.
The ship, fifth in a series
named for outstanding colored
Americans, will be launched III
late September or early Octob-
er in the South Portland yards
of the New England Shipbuild-
ing Corporation.
The first three ships of this
series, the SIS Booker T. Wash
ington, the SIS George Washing
ton Carver, and the SIS Freder-
lex Douglass, are now in active
service, two of them with col
ored captains with mixed crews.
The fourth, the SIS John .Mer-
rick, was recently launched at
Wilmington, N. c. A warsh'p,
the Destroyer Escort Leonard
Continued on Page A.
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Air Raid Warden
Headquarters
Dedicated Aug. "A

The new Air Raid Wardens
Headquarters Of Precinct 3-Sec.
So at 800 fremont st. will hold
dedication ceremonies Tuesday
evening, Aug. "a. at 8 o'clock.
Deputy Precinct Warden Will
liam F. Johnson has spared no
pains in making this a very at
tractive place for Wardens to
hold their meetings.
The guest speakers will in
clude His Honor Mayor M. j.
Tobin, Capt. j. Hinckly of Sta
ton 6, Supervisor of Air Raid
Wardens; Capt, Thomas Dug
gan Station No. 10; Officer
Stephen o'Meara, Station 10;
Division Warden Osborn r.
Freeman; Deputy Div. Warden
Lawton G. Meredith; Deputy
Div. Warden Edwin Mosher and
a few others.
1t is hoped to enroll new
wardens to this Sector, also all
women CT this Sector are asked
to join up with the men.
Warden Mrs. Josephine Pitts il
in charge Of the Women Of this
Sector. There is need Of col
ored women to do service at
the Report Centre. Come in
and have the wotk explained 20
you. Open evenings, except
Thursday and Saturday. Pre-
cinct Warden Frank Dupree is
in charge.
Per Deputy Precinct Warden,
WILLIAM JOHNSON.
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Evading The Issue

The simple truth of the mat
ter is that trouble in Harlem
and trouble in Detroit has been
brewing for years. The fact that
"hoodlums" may have spear
headed the recent outbreaks is
only a secondary matter. In
Detroit it was the white hood
lums'; in Harlem it was the
Colored. More citizens we're
killed in the fracaS started by
the white "hoodlums" than was
the case in the recent compare
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PEARL JAMES
LAID TO REST

Largely attended and impress
Sive funeral services were held
last Monday afternoon, Aug. 16,
from Columbus Ave. AM.E. Zion
Church for Mrs. Pearl Belle
James, beloved wife of Thurlow
w. James of 10 Claremont Park.
In i'll health for over a year, she
became seriously i'll at her home
in June, took to her bed on July
z and on July Is entered Boston
City Hospital, where she passed
away, Thursday, Aug. IL, 1943
The church was filled to cap
acity with friends and asso-
ciateS of Mrs. James who was
prominent in Phyllis Wheatley
Temple and other civic and So
cial circles. The remains reposed
in a handsome crush velvet
mulberry covered casket, open
couch style, and was literally
buried in a mass Of beautiful.
floral pieces, one of the largest
displays ever seen hereabouts at
a funeral. Among them were
pieces from Boston Public We'll
fare, Boston and Albany r. R.
fellow employees of husband,
from G. E. R. Wilson, P. Wheat
ley Temple, and DIR. members.
Rev. James E. Crichlow, neigh
Dor and close friend of the fam
lily, read the scripture lesson, de-
livered the sermon eulogy and
made the closing prayer. Rev,
E. E. Perry, pastor of the church,
acted as master Of ceremonies
and spoke words of consolation
CONTINUED on Page Four
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At The Big Tent

Last Sunday Rev. Rowe of
New York, accompanied by his
beautiful and talented wife were
guests at the Community Pavil-
ion on Warwick ST., the Rev. as
preacher and Mrs. Rowe as So
olist. The latter delighted a full
tent with two selections, the
second, 1.-THE Holy City," being
Illustrated by beautiful colored
views on the screen. When Rev.
Rowe finished his eloquent dis
course few could contradict the
End Adventist doctrine of the
proper day to observe the Lords
Day.
Tomorrow at $3.50 P. M, the
special feature will be the pres
entation of the Attucks Choral
in one of their famous pro-
grams. 1t will be in a new set
ting and all may anticipate a
most enjoyable treat.
At 7:3O there will be a talk
ing picture on world affairs
and the sermon at 8 P. M. will
be on "Seven Awful Plaques
Coming" Every Christian and
Christian should hear this
sermon. A special feature will be
the presence of the Glover Leaf
Quartet.
Every evening next week Rev.
Clark, the director, promises a
talking picture as special fea-
ture. All are cordially invited.
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HARLEM, DETROIT INVESTIGATIONS
JUST PURE N0NSENCE
MORE THAN MERE "ROODLUMS"
INVOLVED IN RACE ISSUES

lively minor riot in New York.
Thus when we relegate these
tragic outbreaks to a mere
"hoodlum" status we are not
getting anywhere towards any
solution and there certainly is
no more of a smear" on the
Colored race than is on the
white. 1t is now all too obvious
that current investigations" and
solutions are not getting at
the roots of the evil. Unless we
do so there is practically no use
in wasting our collective efforts
any further. ....