Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
The ndcrpaid Wan In The
" hiir House

White House
AT H73.o0o per year, President
Truman i the poorest paid man
in til" United States, any and all
Iu the contrary. Jonathan Daniels.
1orm"r White House press sccrcta-
ry, contends in an illuninatin-
article in Golfers ma2azint
IN The daIS when President Tu1t
resided in the White Housc-our
nation '-itut bOardinv house" lie.
hGast"d OI saNiH" %luO.0 600 in four
years from his $75,o0o annual stip-
end, Daniels rctatrS. But EXPENSES
obviously have risen sine, then
and blow ol blows there IS now
Il heavy income tax.
OuJ Of his S75, 400. President
Truman has To pay approximately
%l6,0o0 Yearly in income taxes.
leaving $29.uUo, accoriin9 to the
olIicl $ article. At Il minimum. the
cost OF running Tire White House
over and above "Nprnse> paid hl
III" tHNptNcls is said to be $2a. 900
hls leaves $1,000 yearly.
lI"#idrul Truman's nome State
OF Missouri then taxes him about
,"oo. leaving him only s.. 800.
WITH which h" must pay his insur-
1nc" It"miumS, keep up an rXtcu-
sly" wardrobe. contribute to the
Democratic Party. respond to an
lcaIS from charity institutions.
buy War Bonds. etc.
If President Truman lived as
Tait did, payin" the same for gro
Ccrirs and other necessities. the
lest lie could de- would he to leave
Tia" White House $lUo. GOO in debt :.
Daniels reports For Harry :.
Truman will have to pay in Il fuur
year term nearly $2uU.U0U in State
and Federal taxes which did not
exist When Ta!t counted his luck
and thrift"
Under the circumstances. now
HAT President Truman has recon-
mendcd salary increases for Con-
"rcss. it's not beyond the realm OF
possibilities tllat Congress itself
will say tit for tat and raise the
Presidents salary
It's Il biz job. the greatest in the
world, and any man in the post
;huuld certainly be liberated of
personal financial worries
Your Shoes May Be Your Career
That old saying that reads some
thin2 like "A lesson we'll learned is
ard to forget" is particularly APP
rlicahle these days to the upkeep
OF footwear. Just when the evolu-
ton of shoe styles changed from Il
mere covering protection from the
weather to a beautifyin2 part of the
costume is not known. but il dates
Lack as tar as the dawn of history
III Egypt And since that time WO-
men everywhere have taken partl-
cular pride in their shoes and in
keeping them tLat way.
Not only is we'll kept footwear a
llatter OF personal satisfaction, if
/, often Of vital practical impor-
tancc. It's a point that some negli-
sent people overlook and has re-
Eliltcd m many Il person losing a
Job, merely attributed ON an appli-
C@tiun blank to "Carele5S groom
in%." And noN that jobs will be
more and more men and women
Will be seeking employment, il
would he we'll if applicants became
aware of the warning that Best
oud,, manufacturers of Shinold,
advances in its advertising Your
shoes are show in&."
TO be sure, shoe ratiOnin% is a
thing OF the past. but good groom
Inc viii always be with us. We
learned to keep our footwear III
good condition during wartime
iatiOnin2 because We had to pre-
H'rve it, let Us now keep it SO not
ONLY h"cauSe ITS smart to be
thrifty but because we're Il nation
ui we'll @ruUmpd citizens
Advice l. Cheap
TtrOn" domestic market made
NJ Of American consumers is the
hackbune of our National prosper
ny. calculated in all terms from the
factory 80 the soil. At the present
iiine &"IicGlturc and industry are
not on sound fuotiuSS, III view OF +
IN" ldct that hundreds Of thousands
"i Industrial workmen have sepa-
rated themselves from their en-
ploEln"nt, and ohrycd the orders OF
political labor leaders who have
h'"n iomcntin@ strikes The Fede-
RAJ Government has been advising
everybody To 20 back TO work but {
!tSultS seem To prove that "advite
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