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Evening star., 1943-02-25
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

LONDONDERRY (By MaiD -
Found by British patrol plane
after eight days at sea in an open
lifeboat, lost again in storm
found again four days later, and
rescued the next day by a destroyer.
Such were the narrowing expert
ences of IT survivors of torpedoed
American freighter in the North
Atlantic last month. All now have
neen released from the United States
Navy Base Hospital here except
Seaman John A. Smith of Yonkers,
N. Y, who told the story.
For the most part the men were
at the mercy OF the angry seas.
Rowing was impossible. They were
able to rig up a sail to keep the
craft moving generally in an east
erly direction towards the coast of
Ireland several hundred miles away.
They subsisted on emergency ra-
tions Of biscuit and chocolate and
FOR the first four days had plenty
Of cigarettes. Not dreaming of what
was ahead of them they squandered
these, Smith said.
Then came days OF helpless, al
most hopeless, drifting. The men
were drenched all the time in the
face of the winter gale. On the
eighth day, like an answer to pray
ers, an RAF plane appeared over
head, circled about. and dropped q
note saying that they were leaving
to pick up the first United Nations
ship in the locality.
But hardly had they flown out of
sight when great storm arose fol-
lowed by low-lying fog. The plane
did not appear again and no ship
came. Then the shipwrecked crew
began to lose hope. So overjoyed had
they been when the plane first ap-
oeared that they had drunk up next
to their last keg of water. The
remaining keg was husbanded care
fully, although there was constant
temptation to finish it for the men
thought death certain anyway.
On the fourth day after the storm
two other planes appeared. They
mad been seeking the drifting life
boat. This time they nursed US.
They kept circling above us and
when they began to run short of
gas they communicated with shore
and two others came out to take
their places. The told us help was
coming. When it failed to show up
hour after hour we thought it must
be coming from South America, but
at last British destroyer came
over the horizon and few minutes
later we were safe on board.
After the first terror of being at
the mercy OF the sea in a frail boat
wear away, Smith said, one becomes
'numbed to fright" He said he
could clutch rope in one hand,
iay down in the bow with the waves
Evening star., 1943-02-25
Allied Unity Urged
As Vital in Pacific
Gen. Hsiung Calls for
Definite Strategy
Ev the Associated Prese-

Ey the Associated Press,
LONDON, Feb. 25.-Gen. Hsiung
Shih-fei, head of a Chinese mill
tary mission, told a press confer
ence today the frs& thing necessary
in the strategy Of attacking Japan
sis for the United Nations to get
together and settle on some definite
plan"
He said he did not know whether
this had been done either at the
Casablanca conference or at parleys
in New Delhi and at Chungking
attended by 1t. Gen. Henry H
Arnold, chief Of the United States
Army Air Forces, and Field Marshal
Sir John C. Dill of the British
Army
The japanese Navy, through
distribution of hundreds Of island
bases, is in a better position right
now either TO launch an offensive
or TO fight a defensive campaign
than the Allied Nations" he said.
Any popular idea that a con-
certed assault on the japanese can
wait for destruction of Germany is
mistaken, Gen. Hsiung declared.
Asked if he was satisfied with
conversations in Washington, where
he headed a military mission be-
fore coming here, he replied:
Until final victory is achieved,
nothing is satisfactory"
Evening star., 1943-02-25
House Members Call
Conference Saturday
On Farm Problems
Senators Press Fight
On Roosevelt Order on
Benefit Deductions

A meeting of all House members
interested in farm and food prob
lens has been scheduled for 1890
am. Saturday as a result of two
hour, bipartisan conference last
night of about IS Representatives
from farm States. The meeting Sat-
urday will be held in the House
Agriculture Committee room.
Representative Lemke, Republican.
of North Dakota, said that Congress
was determined not to stand idly by
and see the Nation wrecked by hav-
ing its food supply destroyed"
Meanwhile, amid hints of an ad-
ministration compromise. the farm
bloc carried to the Senate today its
fight to kill that part of President
Roosevelt's stabilization order of last
October which requires that Gov
ernment benefit payments be de-
Quoted in establishing agricultural
price ceilings.
Bankhead Seeks Action.
Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Of
Alabama sought to call up his
measure specifically providing that
no deduction shall be made by an
agency of the Government" for any
subsidy, parity, conservation, in.
centive or other payment in calcu-
lating farm price ceilings.
Senator Russell, Democrat, Of
Georgia, supporter Of the measure,
said it was his guess that the Presi-
dent would not veto the bill If it
| passes Congress. Some Senators be-
lieved the administration might be
willing to bow to passage of the
Bankhead measure If it felt 1t thus
could stave off action on a House
/ bill offered by Representative Pace,
Democrat. of Georgia
That measure would require the
inclusion of all farm labor costs
| in parity formulas which are used
! in fixing agricultural price ceilings,
a move which administrator leaders
say would cause IL per cent In.
crease in food prices.
| Saturdays session is expected to
center on these two approaches:
The calling of conference at
which all the top Government off,
cials concerned with the various
/ aspects of the farm situation, such
as manpower and farm machinery,
so that immediate decisions can be
reached among officials without in
tervening red tape or buck passing"
| A request to Mr.. Roosevelt that he
invite group of members of Con-
gress to meet with him and discuss
the farm problem.
Tough Food Czar Urged.
Mr. Lemke said that If these did
not work, then there will be some
legislation passed" to meet the grow
ing food and farm crises.
Representative Dirksen. Republic
can, of Illinois, from the floor of the
House yesterday, asserted "a good,
tough food czar" is needed to solve
the food problem, and called on Sec
retary of Agriculture Wickard to
stand up toe to toe and slug it out"
with other officials interfering with
the food program.
Stop-gap measures, such as detail
ing soldiers to farms for several days
of work at time, or sending school
boys and girls into farm labor short :
age areas, he said, are not practical
because of the need for skilled farm
workers.
Mr.. Dirksen's complaints that So
cial reformers interfere with tho
food program brought a suggestion
from Representative Gavin, Repub-
ican of Pennsylvania, that "about
300 of us" call on Mr. Wickard and
demand that he get rid of these
| halfWitS,"
Evening star., 1943-02-25

OF sending out scouting parties later
to catch it in barrels. buckets, cups
spoons and eye-droppers at scattered
points along the distributing sys-
tenn.
Of course, some wealth comes out
of the sea and even a little from
the air. but this is trifiing matter
compared to what comes out of the
land, so 1t was on the land that
Henry George proposed to levy his
famous single tax.
Maybe Henry George was right
Anyway, he wrote a wonderful book,
Progress and Poverty" setting forth
MS Ideas. Even man who Is baffied
by economic theories can find enjoy-
ment In the literary quality of this
book.
Opposite Extreme.
The suggestion in this corner, a
secondhand, lower r-case, single tax
proposal. is so far from the genuine
Henry George single tax proposal
anchored firmly to the land that it
goes to the opposite extreme. It's
suggestion to tap wealth not at
its source but at its disappearing
points, its ultimate disposal mar
kets. In short, it's scheme to cover
all public expenses by a sales tax.
Just one taxa sales taX-and put
1t as high as necessary to meet Fed
eral, regional and local needs, each
department taking it's required
share.
Then what about the rich fellows
who can't begin to spend what they
make in a year, compared to the
poor man who has hard time max
ing both ends meet with every dol
lar he earns? Patience, fellow
workers! The rich mans dollar
or his million-is worth nothing to
him until he spends 1t. If he doesn't
spend 1t, his sons or grandsons or
his heirs, assigns, executors and re-
siduary legatees will take care of
that little matter in the course of
time.
And the Government agencies will
get their share at that time. Re-
member that Government isn't in
stituted for taxable year. 1t is
in business to stay--or so we hope
for our form Of government 1t will
catch its share Of every dollar spent
sooner or later. And what are dol
lars for If not TO spend one way or
another?
just think of sales tax to end all
other taxes. It's a pay-as-you-go
plan on wheels. No home bookkeep-
ing. No tax blanks to fill in. No
questionaires. No summonses to
explain deductions. Like the gaso-
line sales tax, we would pay it, roll
ahead and that would be the end
Of It,
(Reisassd b. Ban svnAieatS, ns1
Evening star., 1943-02-25
Race Track Crowd Sees
NovyPIone Crash; Z Die
q the Associated Press.

Ey ire hSSOCldbtQ FTtbs.
SAN MATEO, Calf. Feb. 25-A
plane overhead was nothing new
Patrons at Bay Meadows race track
had seen aircraft in the vicinity
many times. They gave their at
tention to the start of the sixth race
yesterday.
The plane spun through number
of gyrations over the track. then
suddenly went into a dive. An esti-
mated $500 spectators watched 1t
crash outside the track inclosure and
burn. The sixth race went on with
out interruption.
Two bodies were recovered from
the wreckage of the training plane
from the Alameda Naval Air Station.
Names Of the victims are to be an
nounced after notification of the
next of kin.
Evening star., 1943-02-25
u. 5. Planes Repe|
Jap Air Attack
On India Bases
Six Enemy Bombers
Shot Down, II Others
Probably Destroyed
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 25.-united
States fighter planes of the 10th Ali
Force, rising to challenge 30 Jap
anese bombers and fighters which
struck across the Burmese noun
tains against Assam air fields, shot
down six, probably destroyed II and
damaged others today.
None of the American planes was
even damaged and the few bombs
which fell exploded harmlessly, q
United States headquarters com
munique said.
The action was one of a series OF
air and ground operations cutting
into japanese strength in Burma
The raid was the second directed
against one major airport in three
days, the first also having failed to
cause material damage.
Village Attacked.
Raiders from Marshal Sir Archi-
bald P. Wavell's ground forces at
tackled a small Japanese occupied
village so miles southeast of Akyat
three nights ago and destroyed all
installations of value to the enemy
a British communique said. The
raiders suffered no casualties.
United States Fighters, doubling
as light bombers, were reported in
the United States communiuue tc
have knocked down spans of two
bridges of value to the japanese, the
200-foot railroad bridge 10 miles
west of Myitkyina and a 150-foot
steel bridge 6 miles northeast of Pin
baw. The raiders emerged un-
scathed.
These were but q few more in the
series of one-sided successes the 10th
Air Force has scored against the
japanese over India, Burma ano
China.
Port Of Akyab Raided.
The British raid was, in effect, an
attack on the rear of the Japanese
defending the small port of Akyab
on the Bay of Bengal coast.
Since December 20 the British
have made little progress from their
positions near Rathedaung, Is miles
north of Akyab, after starting linn
tied offensive into Burma from the
Indian border on December 10.
Formation of RAF Blenheims
bombed Rathedaung yesterday, the
communique said, and fighter planes
made an offensive patrol over the
Kaladan River and attacked Japa-
nese water transport. Other bomb
ers dropped explosives on the rail-
way station and nearby sidings at
Thai and on Akyab.
Evening star., 1943-02-25
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Office OF War Information
has stepped into ne,o field OF
enterprise, arranging a press
conference With Representative
Luce, Republican, of Connecticut
exclusively for foreign corre-
SpondentS.
EdWard Weintal, OWL contact
man tor the foreign neWsmen
and 1Conlen, explained that he
had made arrangements Nth
Mrs. Luce for the meeting after
receiuin9 requests to do so from
four or fDe OF the group.
The tollotoino account OF the
conference yesterday Uas ,Dritten
by the Washington correspond
ent OF the Associated Press OF
Great Britain.
BY FLORA LEWIS.
The United States must make
reciprocal air commerce agreements
with Great Britain and other foreign
nations, and "the sooner the better, ;
Representative Luce told reporters
yesterday.
Replying to questions about her
speech in the House in which she
denounced freedom of the air as a
policy for the United States, Mrs
Luce said she did not mean that
this country should take control Of
the air over any other nation.
Mrs. Luce gave her definition OF
freedom of the air as "a policy in
which every nation has a right to
fly over every other nations air and
use its bases"
Issue Called Domestic"
While she acknowledged that this
policy is nowhere in force at pres
ent, she declared that there are sup
porters of the idea for the postwar
world. She refused to name them
however, calling the matter "a pure
ly domestic issue"
Sovereignty of the skies, Mrs. Luce
said, means that foreign planes have
no access to nations airports with
out its permission.
Every nation has sovereignty of
its skies. That policy should be used
as basis for liberalizing the air."
she said, emphasizing that the lib
eralization should be by means of
bilateral treaties.
Britain would be a good country
to start the debate with" she added.
When reporters asked whether she
believed the problem Of control of
the air could be solved by collective
agreements among the United Ma
tions, she replied that negotiations
must begin with other nations, one
at time. or there would be chaos
when peace came.
In reference to the part of her
House speech in which she had said
Britain might use lease-lend planes
to expand its commercial air serv-
ice after the war, Mrs. Luce said, It
Evening star., 1943-02-25
BY CLAUDE A. MAHONEY.

BY CLAUDE A. MAHONEY.
If you are an airplane spotter and
have been worried recently about
plane overhead that looks little
like japanese Zero. your worries
were well founded. 1t probably was
a Zero.
One Of the famed and much dis
cussed Zeros (Mitsubishi 90 to the
engineers is at the Naval Air Sta
ton at Anacostia and has been
given several varieties of tests by
flying officers there. The Navy
pilots, particularly the tall ones, had
a little trouble getting down into
the tiny seat made for the pint
sized Japs. but they cramped their
legs and flew it anyway. Their ver-
dict, which they guard with bay
onet-like answers to most Of the
questions, Is in general that it Is a
pretty effective ship.
1t Is not the wonder ship they
first thought 1t to be. The boys in
the South Pacific found that out
when the Navy set the Grummans
after them. But 1t is light, all
purpose fighter that does 300 and
perhaps more miles per hour and
at 200 miles per hour is feather
light on the controls. 1t shows to
best advantage in a dogfight where
tight turns make the really high
speeds impossible.
Flutters in Dive Speed.
This particular Zero, one shot
down in the Aleutians, develops a
flutter and vibration at $50 in a
Give, but the engineers suspect that
this may be due to the fact that
the Zero made really rough land
ing when it was shot down. One
worker on the ship said it wouldn't t
have been rebuilt If it had been an
American ship, but the Navy wanted
Zero that would fly and so the
machines went to work.
1t was reaSSenbled with nlen+v
Evening star., 1943-02-25
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclated Press.
Senate:
May consider Bankhead bill to
exclude benefit payments in fixing
farm price ceilings.
Agriculture Subcommittee calls
Commodity Credit Corp. of1icials in
synthetic rubber inquiry.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
tinues manpower inquiry.
Civil Service Subcommittee studies
Federal pay raise legislation.
House:
Begins debate on s6,2eS ,oOo, 900 de-
flciency appropriation bill.
Foreign Affairs Committee drafts
report on continuing Lease-Lend
Act.
Agriculture Committee studies ad-
visibility of selling additional wheat
for feed.
Evening star., 1943-02-25

family budgets. For the ordinary
wage Garner there is the social
security tax, the victory tax, the
income tax "a State tax added to
a Federal tax in some areas, luxury
taxes, amusement taxes and, for
many sufferers in various districts
real estate taxes and assessments
poll taxes, sales taxes and emer-
gency taxes of all kinds. AS for a
man in business, he is faced with
more special taxes than the many
handed Briareus could shake a
stick at.
Since it all adds up to a definite
sum to come out of a workers wages
or a householder's annual budget,
why can't they put it on one bill and
let it go at that? A single tax
maybe big one or even a stunning
one-would at least have the merit
OF simplicity.
Brutal Method.
This method of nicking the victim
first in one spot and then the other
for this and that from January to
December is not only brutal but the
ineff1ciencies and Implications in the
system are costly and add an extra
tax that the worker must pay.
Out of sincere respect to the
memory Of Henry George. who was
the eloquent exponent of what is
known as the single tax. it must be
hastily stated that this Is some
thing entirely different and no in
fringement Of copyright with malice
prepense.
The only thing that can be taxed
is wealth-as the economist defines
wealth-and Henry George was for
taxing wealth at it's source. Since.
roughly speaking all wealth has its
origin in the soil or under it, the
Henry George proposal was to tap
the now Of wealth at the spring
from which the stream dows instead
Evening star., 1943-02-25

Of new parts, on the West Coast Of
the United States, and then flown to
Anacostia after it had been painted
the Navy colors and identified by the
Navy star. AS early as October 9 the
Navy announced It's intention of
flying the enemy craft across the
continent, and sent out warnings to
watchers. The ship arrived safely,
although there are tales of ground
loop layover at Southern post
where the ship is said to have done
what any small ship will do when it
hits the ground too hard.
The little ship represents now a
rather confusing combination Of
American and Japanese labels. insig-
ne, and instructions. Not far from
purely American sign saying mo
step there are Jap characters that
say something the American pilots
don't understand. The radio mech
anism boldly bore an American trade
name when the ship was captured.
Pilot Unprotected.
The aspect of the plane that in
terests Navy men particularly is the
vulnerability of the pilot of Zero
He slides into a small seat and even
the back of the metal seat is full of
large, round holes, hardly defense
against anti-aircraft guns. Further
more, there isn't an iota of armor
on this plane. Its fragile sides and
cockpit cover are easily penetrable
as has been demonstrated by the
heavy toll of Zeros taken by our
ships since the American airmen
learned the Zero's weaknesses.
AS an added incentive to an
instantaneous explosion in event of
almost any kind of a hit on the
fuselage, there is the little fuel tank
under the pilots left knee. Anything
that hits that would set the whole
ship aflre. Main tanks are in the
wings, conventionally, and a ply
wood belly tank is slung below.
Evening star., 1943-02-25


it? And Oscar
Wilde said that
the only way to
G e t rid Of a
temptation was
to yield TO it.
Here goes!
1t is no longer
possible for man,
woman or beast
to ignore taxes.
The tax problem
is hanging over
humble h o m e S
these days and
C o m plic a ting
pra C t ically all
Evening star., 1943-02-25
$50 Went to Lunch, Too?

SALT LAKE CITY GP).-A new
garage employe left a note explain
ing he had gone to lunch. His boss
waited for him to return. He's still
waiting Also he's looking for $50
he discovered was missing from the
till.
Evening star., 1943-02-25
One Small Voice BY John Kieron
Suggesting Something Close to the Perfect Tox Plan

The voice over the radio invited
listeners to come forward with their
own suggestions for solving our
great national tax problem. It's a
Evening star., 1943-02-25
Navy Flyers Testing Jap Zero
Find 1t Effective but Limited

CAPTURED ZERO READY FOR TEST-Wth 1t. Comdr. r
Sanders Marion Ill., the controls captured japanese
Zero fighter plane is shown ready for takeo for first test
flight The plane shot down battle Aleutans
Official S.
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lutely stringless at all stages of
growth scoring again over Ken
lucky. The market growers will well
come the fact that the dark color
of the seeds helps to keep the pods
green and fresh in appearance fer
some time.
Tomato Jubilee, say it's sponsors,
answers long-felt want. In their
opinion there was need for a heavy
bearing, main-crop yellow variety,
with the solidity and quality of the
best reds but with richer-colored
flesh and juice than any yellow vari-
ETY. heretofore introduced. Jubilee,
they have decided is it. The fruit is
smooth and globe-shaped - which
makes for economical slicing-ripens
and colors uniformly and is wholly
free from cracks. The flesh is a
deep tangerine-orange in color and
the skin orange-yellow. Jubilee an
swers the call for yellow vegetables
with their extra vitamins.
Be sure to look for All-America
varieties for 1943 in your seed cata-
logues and in the stores. Remem-
Der that you need the very best OBJ
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tainable for your Victory Garden
next year.
Ethel M. Eaton.
in Christian Science Monitor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-01-21
Townsend News
BY Anna SteinbOrn,
(Dist. Council, Pine County,

(DlSt. Council, Pine County,
Minnesota placed fourth in rails
ing funds for the National Publicity
campaign Of the Townsend plan.
Send your donations to Townsend
Headquarters, $50 E. Ohio ST., Chi
cago, ILL.,, or to the district council,
Hinckley.
The new Townsend bill provisions
are % Retirement compensation to
all citizens 60 years of age immedi-
ately upon passage of the bill.
(2) Compulsory spending provision
postponed until six months after the
cessation of hostilities between the
United States and one or more of the
Axis powers.
(3) Deductions on personal incomes
only, rather than on both business
and personal incomes of $1OO per
month or $1,000 per year.
The last bill permitted business and
personal deductions of $3.50 per
month.
a. New provisions to extend bene-
fits for three months after death of
annuitant, such benefits to be used
for burial expenses and payable to
heirs.
(5) Taxes raises from 2 to per
cent.
co. Persons under 60 who are
incapacitated for employment, such
as blind, physically disabled, men,
tally disabled, not in an institution,
and the chronically sick will receive
benefits equal to those paid persons
past 60 as long as such incapacity
exists.
CD Widows and deserted mothers
with one or more children will be
eligible for benefits.
(8) The clause setting a ceiling of
5000 month for each annuitant is
removed entirely. It should be un-
derstood, however, that removal of
this clause does not set anys lower
limit. The annuity may 60 as high
as the tax revenue permits.
Subscriptions for the Townsend
weekly have been sent in by dona-
tons from clubs. These subscrip-
tions are to be sent to the Mime
sofa legislators, Governor Stassen and
Lieutenant Governor Ed Thye and
others who could help pass better
| OAA legislation if they would.
/ There would be no need for slum
clearance legislation of we had the
Townsend plan.
Tiffin Reed Missouri; John A. john
| son, Minnesota; the youngest state