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farm production, but also to the
roll back" of prices of some
foods.
Subsidies were invented by the
administration in the days of
depression. There were subsi-
dies-direct and indirect-for
the farmer and for the worker.
Farmers were paid to curtail or
to plow under crops. Federal
works of many kinds were under
taken to give employment, and
to keep wages up. Today the
farmers are urged to produce to
their utmost-and are doing so.
Today labor is employed as never
before-with wages higher than
in the history of any people in
the world. And still the admin
istration demands subsidies.
This time the subsidies are to
assure greater production Of
farm crops and at the same time
are intended to prevent in
creases in prices which the in
dustrial worker must pay for
food. They are urged in the
name of anti-inflation and advo-
Gated to prevent great advances
in the costs of fOOdStuffS.
CIO Backs Program.
1t is not without interest that
the principal advocates of these
subsidies, outside of the admin
istration itself, particularly for
the roll back" in the price Of
food, are to be found among the
officers Of the CIO. A warning
is issued by the labor leaders
that If these subsidies are not
granted there will be an increas-
ing demand all along the line for
higher industrial wages. Such
increases in wages would be re-
fiected in higher prices for all
kinds of goods that both the
farmer and the industrial work.
er and all the rest of the people
must buy. The administration at
the same time says that 1t will
be impossible to hold the line"
and to maintain the wage stabi-
lization formula of the Little
Steel" agreement.
1t looks like a squeeze play,
through which the industrial
wage earners are to get a con-
cealed boost in pay. The roll
back" price subsidies work ex-
actly in that direction. They are
supposed to make it possible for
the consumers to purchase foods
at lower prices. The other sub
sides are to make any further
increases in foodstuffs unneces-
sary.
The administration and Con-
gress-largely through the influ-
ence of the administration at the
time-failed to deal firmly with
price control at the start. 1t re-
fused to go along with the advice
OF Bernard M. Baruch, which was
to write an overall law to con-
troll prices Of labor, food, services
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ever made to give Rhode Island
equal political power with New
York, those same liberals who are
for equality among the nations
would denounce the proposal as
the creation of a rotten borough, as
denial Of effective voting strength
to many millions in New York, and
SO on.
The proposal to give Britain and
Luxembourg the same power in an
international organization is not
proposal to do justice to Luxem-
bourg; 1t is a proposal to infiict
injustice on Britain and on all
other large national agglomerations.
Those liberals who have been
speaking along these lines are, of
course, afraid Of big-nation power.
They have reason to be. And SO,
though their proposal takes the
form Of a suggestion that the power
Of small nations be increased, their
actual desire is to see the power of
the big nations decreased. They
say they want to raise Ecuador up;
they really wish to cut Britain,
America and Russia down, in world
political terms.
Power Regarded as Evil.
Morally, they take the position
that power is evil in itself. Their
postwar thinking Is along the lines
Of hobbling power, curtailing power,
binding power with thin but strong
cords. The squirrel is not as big
as the elephant. but they want the
world to say he is. to pretend he is,
to act as If he is. But power is
reality. Power really exists. Even
after you give the squirrel a Ger
tificate which says he is quite as
big as any elephant. he is still going
to be smaller, and all the squirrels
will know it and all the elephants
will know it.
These thinkers find power hate
full, of course, only during a time
Of peace. In time of war they do
not object to big-nation power; they
are glad 1t is available: they make
grateful use OF it to win the COM
mon objectives of all of us: they
depend upon the existence of big
nation power to bring about a world
in which, they hope. there won't
be any more of it.
In other words, power is good now,
but is going to be bad tomorrow.
1t seems to me that those who are
thinking along these lines are think
ing in terms that are too formal;
they are falling into verbal traps.
Power is not evil Wrong use of
power is evil. To curb power is not
political program. To use 1t for the
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This Changing World

shipping out troops from Rabaul.
Large Japanese submarine trans
ports, reported to displace some
1000 tons, and motorized sam
pans were used for this purpose.
As soon as the Bougainville
and Gilbert operations are COM
pleted, the American command
ers will prepare for the main
job Of taking Rabaul itself. In
some quarters 1t is hoped that
the American and Australian
flags will be hoisted there early
next year.
But 1t is pointed out that the
expulsion Of the Japs from the
entire area must not be con-
sidered a death blow or the be-
ginning Of the end of Japanese
power The real battles are still
to come and the losses suffered
by our forces so far in kicking the
Japs out of areas which they
had occupied in 1912 practically
without resistance are small COM
pared with the battles when we
began to tackle the enemy far
ther west in the Philippines
sector.
Enemy Closer to Bases.
There the Japs are closer to
their home bases and have con-
centrated large and better forces
than in the Solomon and New
Guinea areas.
The South Pacific command is
anxious to clear the Solomons of
the last Jap chiefly to obtain
more freedom of action for the
ground forces under Admiral
Halseys command. The bulk of
his men are still maintained in
the southern areas extending
from New Caledonia to Guadal-
canal for defensive purposes.
So long as the Japs still have
their Rabaul stronghold, Admiral
Halsey can take no chances. He
must keep strong garrisons in all
these islands to prevent Japa-
nese surprise attack.
But when the japanese are
compelled to withdraw to their
bases much farther to the
northwest, several Marine and
Army divisions which now are
used exclusively for defensive
purposes can be moved to
strengthen Gen. Macarthur s
forces for a real offensive against
the main Japanese theater of
operations.
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~sAAAN 40 oAAAJ '" -
one Of the several slated in the
South Pacific this year.
Naval observers here emphasize
the fact that these actions, while
engaging sizable force and
which may prove costly in some
instances. are only preliminary
operations.
At present the principal OBJ
jective is to complete the circle
around Rabaul by obtaining as
many air bases as possible before
the combined forces of Gen.
Macarthur and Admiral Halsey
can attack that most powerful
Japanese stronghold in the Solo,
mons area.
Whether Rabaul Is as strongly
garrisoned as 1t was some months
ago is a question. At one time
last summer no fewer than 10000
Japanese were reported on New
Britain Island. Fortifications at
Rabaul were considered weaker
than only those at Truk and the
Truk naval base is described by
American naval officers to be
stronger than Hawaii.
japanese Lose Island.
The continued hammering at
Rabaul, linked with the recent
daring attack of Admiral Halsey's
carriers against the harbor, is re-
ported to have moved the Japa-
nese high command to consider
the possibility of losing the
island.
At repeated intervals in the
last three months information
was received that the Japs were
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Minnesota COP Backs
Stossen for President
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Nov. 23.-For-
mer Gov. Harold e. Stassen of Min
nesota, now lieutenant commander
IN the Navy. was unanimously in
dorsed yesterday by the Republican
State Central Committee for the
1914 Republican nomination for
President.
Mrs. Helen Boppel of Shakopee
Scott County chairman. presented
the motion of Endorsement after
several Republican leaders had de-
clared that Mr. Stassen was def
nitely a serious contender for the
presidential nomination"
In seconding the motion, State
Representative Leonard Dickinson
OF Bemidji declared that Harold E
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Id Ruther Be Rioht'-

right ends is q program. The duty
Of liberals in the big power nations
is not to try to make national power
fade away, but to. insist on using
1t for the right objectives.
Should , Mouse Weigh 4 Ton?
That may turn out to be quite a
struggle. 1t is always easier to
reach for a verbal and formal solu-
ton than to engage in a meaningful
struggle. But We are supposed to
be fighting for more democratic
world. The creation of a council
OF confusion, on which the toothless
pretend to have teeth. while the
toothed pretend to be bare-gummed,
may not be the same thing at all.
1t may turn out to be merely an
unhappy equilibrium of great forces
gone stale, making 1t quite possible
for a wicked small nation (there
have been suchD to veto the will of
q progressive big nation, and then
where are you?
The fight for democracy is a fight,
indeed; it is to be won by enlisting
and using all possible weapons, not
by bunting them and dulling them.
The formal and legalistic solutions
which have been proposed show
more fear than fight.
To ask whether the small nations
ought to have equal power with the
big is a meaningless question; it is
like asking whether a mouse should
not weigh ton. The small nations
ought to have equal rights of self
development. That is another mat
ter, and in the fight for that all
the power in the world could well
be enlisted.
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cow d e c ! q r a.
tions. The an
swer Is that they
don't h We it,
cannot have it,
and never " i'll
h a We it, a n y
m o r e tn a n
Rhode Island is
E er going to
h We equa /
power with New
York.
AS a matter
of fact, II the
SllnnaSfion nrnro
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not lead to un-
warranted hopes
of an early de-
feat Of Japan.
The offensive
h a t has been
started will not
b ring disa p
pointment II 1t
Is viewed in its
proper perspec-
tive. For the
movement just
begun may pos
sibly reach its
rlinaY in the
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m 1 nistration
and its argu-
ments against
the pending
a n t / subsidy
bill which the
House Is ex-
pected to vote
t o d a ", you
W ia SdblACI
t h a t Is the
c a S e. Th e
subsidy pro-
gr m looks
not on ly to
l n CT e g. s e d
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all checked their
cloaks and dag
gers In the hall.
I came in late
and, as u S u q !,
didn't know who
was in the room
and what 1t was
all about, 50 I
sounded of with
t h a t complete
abandon of cau-
ton and sense
that endears mo
to hostesses.
Evening star., 1943-11-23

Allies in 1941
and 1942--in
some instan-
ces without
firing a shot
are being
reoccupied by
American and
A u S t r a liam
forces.
The most
recent clean
ing up action
against tn e
Gil bert Is
land iS On1v
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BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Are subsidies the only way to
prevent an inflationary increase
IN the cost Of living in the United
States? II you listen to the ad-
Evening star., 1943-11-23
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

I have been asked whether the
small nations should not have equal
power with those large nations
which have agreed upon the Mos
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BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The Navy Is continuing its
laundry" operations in the Pa
cific, where certain japanese
strongholds captured from the
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Pacific Ruids
Only Part Of
Big Offensive
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The spectacular raids by the
United States Navy and by our
Marines and Army forces in the
Gilbert and Marshall Islands should
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McEvoy
Tells Why Men
Leove Home
BY J. P. McEvOY.

A lot Of us were talking at q party
IN Washington the other night
practically everybody there was In
the hush-hush business but they had
Evening star., 1943-11-23

Stassen is the one man the New
Dealers are afraid of more than any
other in the United States"
Evening star., 1943-11-23

The opinions OF the Drtters this page o,pn not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
Stars effort to otue all sides OF questions OF
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
W. H. Harker
Called by Death

William II. (Bud) Harker, as
year-old Tacoma accountant, died
suddenly Wednesday in the family
home. 2216 No. Union ave. He
was a native of Seattle and had
resided in this city II years.
He was well-known on the Pa
cific coast for. his interpretations
of modern music. Harker, with
his own orchestra, had played
throughout Seattle and Tacoma
clubs during the early hey-day of
jazz music. Following his re-
tirement from music he worked for
o. II. Brasier as accountant from
1925 to 1881 in American Savings
g. Loan Co. Interested in many
things, his hobby was jul jitsu.
He taught this art for quite some
time in Tacoma. Harker, until
the first of November. 1912,
worked for County Treasurer Paul
Newman.
Surviving are his wife, Geneva
of the home, and one sister, Mrs.
Cathleen Davis of Port Townsend.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday at 3 a. m. at st. Patrick's
church: cortege leaves Tuell's at
s:45; burial in Calvary cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
People,
In the News

Billie Boze Manville, sixth wife
of Tommy Manville, who is in
Reno establishing residence for a
divorce from the asbestos heir,
said that If her husband had an
office or something that would re-
quire at least two hours of his
time out of each "a he'd be able
to stay married." adding, "for my
money, he's terrific" -.
President Franklyn b. Snyder
of Northwestern university has
announced the school will receive
more than SIC. 600, 900 for its tech
biological institute from the estate
of the late Walter r. Murphy, rail-
way supply manufacturer -.
Adeline kwich, wife Of
Ceorgia's all American. Frankie
Sinkwich, has turned down
screen contract because she said
she preferred to be near her nus
band until he joins the marines IN
MAIL
Rep. Earl Wilson, r.. Ind, and
1t. Wesley Jones, public relations
officer at Camp Atterbury-which
is in Wilson's home district
traded charges and deniais that a
camp food buyer had ordered 1O0,-
900 pounds Of pepper from Chi
cago firm
George NJ. HOLE, 10. who enlist
ed in the marine corps and served
in the South Pacific before his su-
periors learned his real age and
gave him an honorable discharge,
mas arrived In Hollywood 70 play
the leading role in Warner Bros
Fighting Baby Marine" -.
Fay BANTER was given the role
Of Capt. Marsh in the forthcoming
M-G-M version Of Cry Havoc. ("
co-starring Joan Crawford and
Merle Oberon -.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Liquor Profit
Is S8,396,l94

The state liquor board made a
net profit of Ss.se6.1e4 from
operating the liquor monopoly In
the state during its fiscal year
ended Sept. 80, the board an
nounced Thursday.
Total profits the preceding year
were only s6.590.146. Liquor sales
the past year were S25.o46, 55s
compared to S1s,112,16s the year
before. Income from sale of indi-
vidual purchase permits jumped
from s194.s 1851 to S247,722.
Revenue from sale of licenses
to beer parlors and other dealers
dropped from Ss1e.02e to $780,
$40. The beer tax income jumped
from $685. s2 10 S917 .676 and the
wine tax went up $4,000 TO
S156. 346.
Liquor drinkers bought $40
721.3 2s worth during the year
from So state stores and $4,303,-
TO from the 134 agencies in
smaller towns.
Tacoma's A St store was third
in sales, taking in a total of
81. Abs The South Tacoma
store took in 1854 ,2se, and Ia
coma store No. 2. $517 .259.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Don't Forget 'E
License Siickers

Pierce county motorists seemed
10 share Thursday In q statewide
lack OF fear of the state patrol
which In all set 10 start Fridny on
q roundup Of motorists whose cars
do not show the isls license stick
ers.
There was only = mild rush al
the various Pierce county facilities
for obtaining the stickers Thurs
day. County Auditor 9. Clifford
Davis noted.
All cars are required by law TO
show the new licenses beginning
Friday. New Years day. but not
even half Of Pierce county's car
owners have yet obtained their
stickers.
Al Olympia. Thomas A. swayxe.
state director OF licenses. esti-
mated SOC. 900 ''lswbrcsksrs" will
be riding thu state highways and
city streets on Friday. He said
only about 100000 owners had %
far bought their licenses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Becomes Effective December 81
Part Of Victory Tax
May Be Treated as
Post War Credit
Deduction Plan Explained
Deduction Plan Explained

WASHINGTON The victory
taxa five per cent levy on ali
Income over S12 a week goes
into effect at midnight.
All individuals receiving income
from wages and salaries will nav
the tax by five per cent deduc-
uontion each payday from earn
ings over S12 a week, S24 every
two weeks. S26 twice a month. $50
a month, and 1924 a year. Per-
sons not on salaries pay the tax
in the year after it accrues.
This deduction plan introduces
the principle of tax collection at
the source, which many congress
sional leaders advocate for regular
income tax and which might be
adopted during 1913.
Part of the victory tax will
be treated rs a postwar credit
n the taxpayer chooses, or.
under certain conditions, may
be used as a credit In the filing
of 1943's regular income tax
In March, 1914. No part of
IL may. be credited TO this
years income tax when re-
turns are filed next March.
The total credit allowed is 25
per cent of the tax, or not more
than 500 for a single person; 40
per cent of the tax or not more
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01

than 81 900 for a married person.
and two per cent or not more than
500 for each dependent. The
amount OF the credit which may
be taken in the filing Of 1e4s's in
come tax returns on March Is,
1914. will be based upon amounts
paid for war bonds. life insurance
premiums and repayment OF debts.
Any unused balance of the total
credit viii be repaid to the tax
payer after the war.
The internal revenue bureau
now h providing employers
with forms on which they are
required TO furnish their en-
ployes with receipts for 1s4s
victory tax reductions on or
before Jan. 81, 1914.
Forms are provided also for en-
ployers to report to the bureau
amounts deducted from their en-
ployes pay. II these forms dis
close that the amount deducted is
larger than an employees victory
tax, the balance may be deducted
by the employee when he pays his
regular income tax. II the deduc-
ton is larger than victory and in
come taxes combined. the balance
will be refunded to the taxpayer
by the collector OF internal rev.
enue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
British Plane Builders
More Serious Than Those
In U. S., Says Boeinq Head

Plant working conditions In
Britain on the average are In
ferior To those OF America, but
there Is a more serious-minded
attitude among workers towards
their production Job. according 10
p. C. johnson. president of the
Boeing Aircraft company, Seattle.
In an article In the Boeing
News. house organ of the Flying
Fortress factory. johnson report
ed on his recent tour OF British
aircraft plants as a member OF a
special commission sent by the
war production board TO study
British production methods.
I'VE can learn something
from the British" johnson
declared. They have been
through almost all Of the
problems we In America are
now encountering - material
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
10000 Homeless
In Flood Areas
BY UNITED PRESS

Flood swollen rivers at the head
of the Ohio valley watershed be-
gan a slow recession Thursday
after making more than 10000
persons homeless, inundating cities,
highways and homes in a dozen
states and closing many war
plants.
The first abatement Of the prin-
cipal flood waters, which had been
rising for three days. came at the
juncture of the Allegheny and
Monongahela with the Ohio at
Pittsburgh and meant the begin
ming of the end of the second
worst flood in western Pennsyl-
vania history.
The water began to recede
one-tenth of a foot an hour
after exceeding the flood level
by more than IL feet.
The crest was still to be reached
down the river later in the day in
hard-hit Ohio, West Virginia and
Kentucky, but the recession at the
headwaters promised respite for
evacuees and resumption Of pro-
duction for the halted or curtailed
war industries.
The flood waters extended from
the Alleghenies in New York state
as far west as the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers above and below
st. Louis. The American Red Cross
modified in the stricken areas to
care for the homeless, $500 of
whom were evacuated from Wheel
ing island in the Ohio alone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
National Laundry Institute
Honors Tacoma Business Man

by laundry operators through
out this country and Canada
and h recognized ~ one Of the
most efficient industry ASSOC
Citations In existence.
Meyers selection at this time In
a tribute 10 his record as an eff
cient operator and leader. since
the work of the institute has
doubled In significance with the
coming of war. The nations laun-
dries are faced with a huge prob
lem in keeping American clean
while the people work and fight.
and their record no far 10 outstand-
ing In view Of the manjower and
equipment troubles which came
hand in hand with the big task.
Meyer has been active In the
Pacific Northwest Laundry asso-
citation and In 1928 served M presi-
dent Of that organization. He IL
married and resides at 520 No.
Stadium way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01

In the laundry business. the last is
of which have been spent in Taco
ma in his present position. II was
in 1926 that he sold his interests
In one of seattle's leading laundry
establishments and came 10 Taco
ma where he organized the Home
Service Co. OF which he IL presi-
dent and general manager.
In his new position he VIII be
one Of II directors from the United
States and Canada directing poll
cies Of well-known laundry insti-
tute. The American Institute Of
Laundering is famous for sponsor
ing research in laundering methods.
The institute Ia maintained
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Women Pedestrians
Struck by Automobiles

Limited visibility Wednesday
resulted in two women pedestrians
being struck by autos at down
town intersections.
Mrs. Luella simchen. 40. Of 1871
East Spokane St, was struck al
18th and Broadway at z:55 p. m.
by a car driven by o. c. Custaf-
son Of Brenerton. Mrs. simchen
was taken to the Northern Pacific
hospital by police Ambulance. She
was still confined In the hospital
Thursday with a sprained back
and bruises
Ars. Louis Mexican. II. Of 1iOziz
Tacoma ave, was hit At the cor
ner Of 18th ri. and Tacoma ave.
by a car driven BY A L. Barnes,
IS, of 81 East Wright st. at tbs
.. m. She was treated at ST. Jo-
seph's hospital for minor bruises.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Graham Is New
Head Of SIS Dept.

Continued from Page One)
to a director of social security in
the Rocky Mountain states, but the
offer was turned down unless the
position was placed under civil
service. Other reports were cur
rent the governor was looking for
a man who was financially indie
pendent in his own right and would
be willing to take on the job.
Graham will be the second
man to head the department
since it's creation In 1888.
Ernst was a Clarence Martin
appointee and was under con-
slant fire from relief re-
cieptents from the day he took
office. Ernst resigned shortly
after Martin was defeated in
the 1910 primaries. Both Dill
and Langlie had promised to
fire" Ernst, should they be
elected.
The new director will head one
of the states most expensive de-
partments. The welfare program
is expected to cost more than
500. 100000 for the next two
wears. most of the money going
for old age assistance. Graham's
appointment will have to be ap-
proved by the 1913 senate.