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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03
Do You Want To cut
Your Federal Taxes?
Slash Government Cost

If your personal or business ex-
penses go up and your income and
efficiency come down this year at the
same rate as that of the Federal Gov
eminent. you will be in the hands Of
the sheriff at an early date.
Workers. farmers, and businessmen
from Maine to California know this.
The answer is in the Report Of the
Commission on the Organization of
the Executive Branch of the Federal
Government. This twelvc-man, b.
partisan Commission was unanimously
created by Congress with the approval
of the President. At the suggestion
of Mr.. Truman, former President
Hoover was made its Chairman and
Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
Vice Chairman. The late president
Franklin D. Roosevelt long had ad.
vocated such reorganization Of the
government.
There is a two-fold purpose behind
the effort to reorganize the Executive
Branch of the Government: One-the
elimination of the inefficiency caused
by overlapping and applications; two
this should lead to reduction of your
taxes. If our Government can save
from three to four billion dollars a
yea. by moro efficient methods of con-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03
Internal Revenue
Collector Explains
Tax Procedure

Since January Is, the final date
that farmers and ranchers could
file their estimated income tax
returns for t h e year 1919. has
passed, t h o e who did not file
such returns by that d a tie are
now making inquiry as to their
present status, Tom Robinson,
Collector of Internal Revenue
said.
In order that there be no mis-
understanding as to the applica-
ton of the law with regard to the
filing of estimated returns and
final returns by farmers a n d
stockmen. l would like to explain
the provisions of the statute, as
follows.
Because it is impossible for
farmer to estimate his income be-
fore the close of the taxable year
in question, the law permits him
to file his estimate on or before
January 18th. following the close
of the calendar year for which he
is accounting. If the farmer does
file hi s estimated return on or
/ before January 18th, he then has
until March 18th to file his CON-
pleted return for the same tax.
able period. However, if the tax
payer fails to file h i $ estimated
r turn as of January 18th, he
must file h is completed income
tax return on Form 1040 on or
before January 3lst in order to
avoid being subject to penalties.
Therefore,, continued h e
Collector. ANY taxpayer W h o
received more than two-thirds Of
his total income in 1919 from
farming or ranching operations,
and who failed to make an esti-
mated return on or before Janu-
airy IS, 1850, should make his
completed income tax return on
Form 1040 before the c os e Of
business January 81, 1885,"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03

Quoting our business, failure to act IS
stupid short-,ightedness.
Action, however, depends upon the
President and Congress. The Presi-
dent has already submitted a number
Of reorganization recommendations.
The Congress has adopted several OF
these. most important having to do
with the housekeeping of the armed
forces, which save the taxpayer more
than $500, 001G00 year. But these
are only firsst steps. There will be
more ahead if Congress is made to
realize Mr.. and Mrs. Taxpayer want
more tax-saVing economies. Congress
men and Senators will vote for just so
many Of the Commissions recommen.
dations as you. their constituents.
demand.
What can you, rs an individual. do
about it? TfY. answer is to write your
Congressman and Senators. Tell them
you want the Recommendations Of the
Commission on the Organization of
the Executive Branch Of the Federal
Government made the law Of the land.
Join the uos,-partisan Citizens Com.
,mittee set up to obtain the necessary
action to make the Commissions
report work. Write to the Citizens
Committee for Reorganization Of the
Executive Branch Of the Government,
1921 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 2.
Pennsylvania, for more information
about the Commission Report. Tell
your neighbcrs about it. Make
speeches! Make your representatives
IN Washington act-now!
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03
CARD OF THANKS

We take this means of express
ing our deep thanks to our friends
for their deeds of kindness and
tokens of sympathy in the illness
and death of our beloved wife,
mother and daughter, the la e
Mrs. Edna Wagner. We also are
appreciative of the patient min
istrations and medical service of
the Blackfeet Hospital medical
staff.
Clarence Wagner and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Colbert.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03
Letters To The Chief

The Chief is in receipt Of a very
interesting letter, including sew
eral kodaks, from Ray Schepp,
who is in the border patrol sta
toned at Falfurrias, Taxas. 1t is
so warm in his section, he says.
that some of Brownirg's rigid
weather would be most accept
able to neutralize the Texas tenn
perature. He also complains about
mosquitoes, explaining that they
are very fond of Yankee blood.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03

Pfc. Edward r. Flamand, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E d W a r d
Flamand of Browning. has re-
ported to the Keesler a ir force
base at Biloxi, Miss. to begin
training in the radio operators
school. He will attend the school
for SO weeks.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03
Methodist Church

Saturday 10 to IL rummage at
the parish house.
Sunday, 9:45, Sunday school;
classes for all ages.
Morning worship at II; SER
mon by the pastor; theme: Our
Faith in Love"
Junior Methodist Youth Follow
ship Wednesday at q p. m.
Senior Methodist Youth Fellow
ship at z p. m.
Edgar Smith. Pastor.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03

The Chief is in receipt of let
ter from the Olinger couple, who
have arrived at Scottsdale, Ari-
IONA. The temperatures range
around rs during the day an d
drop down to So at night. At the
low temperature the people there
are almost froze to death, Olinger
writes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03

AS the result of the blood-suck-
ing, Texans have a tendency to
be dried up, he jokes. Ray and
his wife wish to be remembered
to all Browning friends.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-02-03

Cat and dozer for hire. Call for
Sumerlin at the Clack Station.
Evening star., 1950-04-23

HOLLYWOOD Director George
Ill Sidney possesses unique and
private collection of more than
10000 'candids" and offbeat photos
of movie people at work and play.
They were taken by him during 18
years in the movies, with a hidden
camera built into his director chair.
Some have won prizes at amateur
Evening star., 1950-04-23
HOLLYWOOD ALBUM

exhibits in this country and abroad.
THIS WEEK Magazine hopes to
dip into his collection from time to
time for surprise shots of Holly
wood and incidentally examples of
first-class photography. The pic
lures on this page were taken during
the filming of annie Get Your
Gun" -Lk.H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
Threat to Justice

OyerShadowing the conviction OF SnagS
Lewis and two gambling racket associates
is the shocking disclosure of an alleged
attempt to reach" the jury in the case.
District Court Judge Holtzof's urgent
request that the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation join in the inquiry into the
-tampering reports is fully justified.
Obstruction of justice is a violation of
Federal law as well as Of the District code.
1t is, as Judge Holtzoff aptly said, crime
that Strikes at the very vitals OF our
institutions" All available investigative
resources should be put to work when such
q threat to the integrity of our courts
arises.
Only foolhardineSS born of desperation
could account for an attempt to subvert
justice, in view of the vigilance of the
courts and the stern penalties provided
for those who dare to take the risk. Stiff
penalties were imposed by Chief Judge
Laws in the sensational Warning jury
tampering scandal more than decade
ago, when not only Emmitt Warning
gambler but deputy marshal and juror
were jailed. At that time, Judge Laws
made statement which covers the pres
ent case as well as the Warning trial "It
is the solemn duty" he said "of the judges
and lawyers who are part of the courts,
and of the citizens who are litigants,
jurors and witnesses in the courts, to de-
mand that rugged honesty shall be main
tanned by all engaged in deciding disputed
issues. If the time comes when confidence
in the administration of justice is lost,
when litigants despair of fair trial in
their tribunals, we shall confront one of
the gravest menaces which might affect
our community-even our country"
The situation as described by Judge
Holtzof in the Lewis case has implications
as serious in the eyes of the courts as those
which prevailed in the notorious Warning
case, although fewer persons appear to be
involved. 1t is to be hoped that the cur
rent mess will be cleaned up as promptly
and as effectively as was that in the 1899
investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
Old but Not Wise

According to the latest estimate-as
published in the annual report of the
Smithsonian Institution-the earth is
$3.50, 900 years old. The authority for
this is Doctor Arthur Holmes of Edinburgh
University. He is one of the worlds fore
most experts on the subject, and he is
reasonably certain that his calculations
are approximately accurate, even though
others have figured that our planet has
been spinning around for as long as
5,000,000 900 years.
But billion years. one way or the other,
make little difference. No matter how we
look at it, this earth of ours Is tremen-
dously aged thing on which the human
being is mere newcomer. Long before
our kind came to inhabit it, 1t was ancient
"a Scared veteran of innumerable adj
ventures and commissions within itself.
There was time, presumably, at the very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27

ever, it appears that the robberies were
not faxed. But the victims, always reticent
with police, steadfastly have refused to
cooperate in solving the crimes.
1t is an old axiom that crime breeds
crime. This is true even when the crime
which does the breeding is so relatively
an inoffensive one as numbers or book
making. The thought arises that If the
police were as determined to stamp out
professional gambling as they seem to be
to clear up the holdup series mystery, the
chances are that gambling Golfers would
cease to attract stickup men of the type
who apparently have been having field
day here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
DR.. Hayes VuIedictory

There always is something sad about a
teacher retiring. BY curious, yet natural
contradiction, the zeal for teaching in
creases with the passing Of time-among
teachers truly worthy of the name; and
1t often happens that they come to the
moment of stopping just when they them
selves feel most able and most anxious
to continue to teach.
So it has been with DR.. Carlton j. H.
Hayes, Seth Low professor of history at
Columbia University. Last week he gave
his last classroom lecture. 1t was a review
of the world as he sees it in 1850, the world
as he visions it after two global wars and
countless revolutions. No stranger, paus-
ing at the door and hearing his words,
would have guessed that he was saying
good-by. Only at the final clock-tick did
he express an emotional reaction. Then
he quietly said that he had learned that
understanding the present and future is
contingent on understanding the past
That observation was not new. Other
men at Columbia-his colleagues William
r. Shepherd, Charles A. Beard, James
Harvey Robinson, Parker T. Moon among
the number-have had the same thought.
They all have believed in continuity, in
natural evolution, in progress by growth.
Whichever they have had opportunity they
have pleaded for the philosophic conception
of life and living. DR.. Hayes once more
testified to his faith in human governance
of human circumstance What does not
change, he told his young listeners is
stronger than the changes. Then he
smiled and added: 81 don't want anybody
to commit suicide over the state of the
world" few minutes later he went
home-not to vegetate or to rust away,
but to write another book.
Washington knows and esteems him
highly. DR.. Hayes work at Columbia from
1900 onward brought him into close touch
with the State Department, the War De-
partment, the Pan American Union and
the Library of Congress. He was Anbas-
sador to Spain from 1892 to 1945. Several
Presidents counted him among their
advisers. Both directly and indirectly he
has left his mark here, and it should be
O durable mark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
Baltimore Parkway Prospect

The announcement that public hearings
will be started within a few days on a
bill for Federal completion of the southern
part of the Washington Baltimore park
way is good news for those who travel
U. S. Route between the District and the
Maryland CITY, The old pike has the un-
savory reputation of being one of the more
congested and dangerous highways in the
East. Now that President Truman has
approved inclusion of a three million
dollar item in the national budget for the
parkway link, there is real hope that the
alternate route will be available within a
few years.
The hearings, planned by Chairman
Fallon of the House Public Works Com
mittee, will be on bill by Representative
SasScer to have the uncompleted portion
of the parkway added to the National
Capital Parks system. Construction of the
six-lane divided highway would be under
taken by the Public Roads Administration.
The parkway, started during the war as
an emergency project, was designed to
provide a better connection between Fort
Meade and Washington. Maryland has
u,
from Baltimore to the Hanover road, and
is working on four-nile stretch extend
ing to Fort Meade. The Federal Govern
ment will have to build the link between
the fort and Washington, a distance Of
about eighteen miles Part of this link
has been graded.
The President estimated in his budget
message that about fifteen million dollars
will be required to finish the Federal por-
ton of the parkway. The initial appro-
priation this year would be used to
complete clearing and regarding, with
additional appropriations planned as the
work advances. The National Capital
Park and Planning Commission has ap-
proved plans for the parkway and all
Federal agencies are in agreement as to
its Importance as traffic relief measure.
In view of the support which sponsors of
the project can muster, there is every
reason to believe that Congress at last
will give favorable consideration to the
parkway. legislation, once the House Com
mlttee gives it the green light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
Unreported Crime Wove'

No wonder the Police Department has
been developing a bad case of the filters
OF late. 1t is hard enough to handle crimes
that are officially reported, without having
to deal with series of mysterious UNI
reported crimes What makes the thing
particularly embarrassing is that the I'M
reported crimes, If they actually occurred,
provide proof that professional gambling
on major scale has been going on here
under the noses of the police-just as
District Attorney Fay limited when he
launched his own drive against gambling
last year.
: Nearly every time Police Chief Barrett
picks up newspaper these days he finds
headlines about stickups of gambling head
quarters here, there and the other place.
They are not smalltime jobs, either.
Alleged victims Of the holdups include such
well-known members of the local sport
ing" fraternity as Emmitt Warning, Little
Joe" Scheve, Robert Schulman and Johnny
Williams The hauls are said to have
totaled from forty-five thousand dollars
upward-the amount depending on which
unofficial version one prefers to believe.
Police are naturally reluctant to talk
with reporters about this strange crime
wave. Chief Barrett has special squads
scurrying about here and in other cities
trying, first. to verify the unofficial reports,
and, second, to run down the culprits in
the event the crimes are. not fictional.
There is always the possibility in such
cases, of course, that "holdup" of a.
gambling kingpin may have been staged
to cover losses suffered in other ways
losses which could cause him to welsh on
his customers. From what little the police
have disclosed in the recent cases, how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
Homstrinqinq the Druft

If extension of the selective service law
beyond the June 80 expiration date will
contribute to national security-and the
Defense and State Departments insist that
this is the case-then it is hard to find
any merit in congressional proposals which
would preclude immediate use of the draft
in an emergency. The suggestion has been
made at the Capitol that draft extension
might be more palatable if inductions were
conditioned on prior congressional APP
proval. The Joint Chiefs of Staff is under
standably reluctant, however, to accept
such risky condition.
1t is risky because every moment counts
in war of survival such as might develop
IN an era of atomic era. AS General Col
Inns, Army Chief of Staff, pointed out to
the House Armed Services Committee, in
such war Washington would be con-
sidered prime target and an attack here
would probably disrupt the ordinary proc
esses OF Government, including the legis-
lative. The safe way would be to have
ready for instant use in wartime the facili-
ties available for defense, without necessity
OF special action by Congress to reinstitute
induction machinery.
Defense Secretary Johnson. with the
concurrence of the Joint Chiefs, has agreed,
however, to modify his original request
for draft extension, in view of growing
opposition in Congress to any further ex-
tension of the law. The modified proposal
would permit either Congress or the Presi-
dent to invoke the draft in some future
military crisis. Thus, inductions could be
ordered by joint resolution of Congress or
by executive order, issued after the Presi-
dent had consulted with the National
Security Council.
The compromise plan is much safer than
the .one which would delay the start of
inductions until Congress could meet and
pass the necessary legislation. The delay
might not be very serious If our enemies
were considerable enough to give us plenty
of notice of an impending attack, but all
the evidence points to the probability of
sudden, paralyzing blow that would mean
a dangerous delay in the legislative process.
General Bradley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs and Secretary of State Acheson
properly emphasized another aspect of
draft extension which should not be over
looked. This is the psychological effect
on Russia (our only potential enemy of
extension of selective service, without de-
bilitating amendments, at this particular
stage of the cold war. General Bradley
said that the previous extension of the
law, two years ago, had most "sa1utary
effect" at Moscow. If we let the law die
next June, or If we SO amend it as to ham
string its operation, the news will be
interpreted at the Krenlin as a sign of
Western vacillation and weakness and the
repercussions could be grave indeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27

beginning, when it was without life of
any kind, an inanimate globe whirling
about in space, covered with seas and
mountains that have since disappeared,
spotted with primordial swamplands that
are continents now, silent except for the
sounds of its unrecorded storms and
cataclysmS, waiting-milleniun after mil
lenium-to receive man.
In relation to his planet of course, man
is still very young but he has been here
long enough to multiply in prodigious num-
bers and become the master of nearly all
the elements around him. He has con-
quered the sea, the sky, the jungle. Ee
has uncovered some of the innermost and
most forbidding secrets of nature. He has
built, he has invented, he. has wrought
great wonders. With each spin of his
world, he has advanced little materially,
he has learned bit more, he has added
to his vast and almost measureless store
of knowledge, and to his creativeness. In
many ways, off here by himself in this
corner of the cosmos, he has carried on
magnificently enough to take fair meas
ure of pride in his works.
Yet, despite all this, man today is afraid.
He is afraid of himself. His knowledge
which is knowledge of good and evil
is immense, but his wisdom is not i'm
mense. 1t is not yet equal to his learning,
and his learning, in'that circumstance, can
be dangerous, as he knows only too well.
His problem is to master himself lust as
he has mastered his environment. but there
IS no evidence that he is solving it. This
is the heart of his crisis in the age of the
atom. Unless he learns the secret of living
at peace with his fellow man., he may
literally destroy himself and restore his
Old, old world to its original state of spin
ming lifelessness. Perhaps his fear of this
is good for him. 1t may be the one thing
capable of driving him to the measures
necessary for his survival. ssa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27

put us on the dole? What legal processes
have prevented our getting the coal that
exists, and that we are willing to buy, the
dealers eager to SELL the miners ready to
dig, the transportation companies anxious
to haul? Who is the personif1ed bottleneck?
John L. Lewis is the dog lint the manager
character who insolently stands between us
and mental, physical and financial COM
fort Skilled lawyers ought to be able and
willing-nay compelled-to sort out and ex-
punge the laws that permit this interference
that manages to be legal and yet is as i'm
moral basically as anything could be-
The country wants and needs coal 1t
has coal. You know it. John L. Lewis
knows it. There is law to cover the issue.
Who's afraid to invoke it?
STRICKLAND GILLILAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
Gentle Meeting

Men made me dread to meet
God but ] found it sipeet,-
I tDho had disobeyed
The ldtDs men said He made.
But from Him lDas no, "Yonl
You 1Dretcb, for mercy suei
You aoicked sinner!" Rather,
Just like a gentle father,
"Son, hop your garden growsi
lone that yellotD rose;
And that f,arcissus seems
Come from q land OF dreams.
For the fine york yon've done
I'm proud OF you, dear son."
ARCHIBALD RUTLEDG