The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-10-10
OUR DOMESTIC POLICY

open to inspection and with penalty
of one thousand dollars fine or six
months in Jail or both.
There is now some discussion about
allowing husbands and wives to make
separate reports on income, which, of
course, would only favor the rich or
moderately so. My idea would be
joint return and allow a deduction for
both man and wife of $1,000 each and
$500 for each child SO the principal
burden of taxation will fall on those
most able to pay. In other words, get
/ the money where it is because you
can't get it where it amt. We spent
almost $500 billion during the war
period and venture to say over three
fourths of this money or credit is still
within the bounds of the United States
and could be extracted through a rea-
sonable system of taxation.
Something should be done to elimi-
nate the black markets. First I think
a penalty should be imposed and en-
forced and besides there is too much
money in circulation. People should
be forced to do more business through
banking institutions where books and
records would accompany transactions
tending to eliminate black markets
and there is really no use for any bill
larger than a $40 denomination.
Personally, dislike all dictators and
the United States has not been i'm
mune from this type of individual. A
few examples are John D. Rockefeller
and Joseph Cannon. If these men had
been eliminated 40 years before they
died, this country would not be in the
shape it now is. Another example,
only of a different type, was Huey
Long. His elimination from the pic
ture was no great loss. Then we have
two outstanding individuals who would
like to be dictators and run the show
namely John L. Lewis and Henry
A. Wallace.
What our country needs is repre-
sentative government that is not con-
trolled by pressure groups like the
National Association of Manufacture
erS, Chamber of Commerce, labor
groups, farm groups, silver groups, cot
ton groups and real estate groups, be-
cause the way our congress is now
run these various groups bring pres
sure on other groups to get their legis-
lation passed. In other words, each
scratches the others back to get what
they want All lobbyists should be
required to register state fees OBJ
tanned, money spent and for whom
they are working. They should also
be allowed to appear before commit
tees or subcommittee to state their
cases and then be required to leave
Washington. Thus our elected repre-
sentatives could be allowed to pass
laws without interference from out
side groups.
Of course, if we want real democ-
racy, we will have to establish the four
freedoms under the Atlantic Charter.
Next step would be setting up a bank
IF the United Statesmen to go into
he banking business in general, but
% do business with individual and pri-
7ately owned banks. The complete
tboliShment of the Federal Reserve
system and the elimination of all in
erlocking directorships under a pen
llty for corporations of a certain CAPT
alization. Should any business, cor
,oration or organization control over
u percent of the business of the
United States, it should be considered
monopoly and subject to rules and
regulations of the United States gov
Soon we would have the
country filled with small corporations
for business in a demo-
ratio way, which, to my mind, is the
Aviation of our present civilization.
Very truly yours,
E. B. COOLIDGE.
Great Falls, Montana.