Evening star., 1951-04-27
Wilson Urges Tax Rise
To Stop 'Cancerous
Growth Of Initiation
BY the Assoeiaied Press

NEW YORK, April 27.-Defense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson last
night called for higher taxes to
help stop what he termed can
cerous growth" In imitation which
will prove fatal unless it is quick
ly cut out"
He said wage and price con-
trolls got only at the symptoms of
imitation, and that more taxes
were needed to get at the roots
Of "this dread enemy, >,
Already our casualties inflicted
by this dread enemy can be num-
hered in the thousands of tanks.
guns and planes" he said in an
address before American news
paper executives and broadcast
over the Columbia and Mutual
network.
20 Per Cent Imitation Loss.
For every $40 billion appropri-
ated by Congress for rearmament,
we have lost 50 billion worth of
weapons of defense through in
flation costs. That is a casualty
loss of 20 per cent"
Mr.. Wilson said President Tru-
mans proposal for $40 billion in
new taxes will not only con-
tribute to the pay-as-you-go prin-
ciple but will help enormously to
relieve inflationary pressures." /
It will do this. he said. by drain
ing of purchasing power that is
now causing an excess of demand
over supply during the present
defense -buildup period.
The defense mobilizer was the
speaker for dinner of the Bu-
reau of Advertising of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation at the Waldorf astoria
Hotel. The dinner was the final
event of newspaper week here.
Foresees Production Rise.
While he took aSgriin view OF
the stabiliZation picture, Mr.. Will
son foresaw mounting United
States production that by the end
of 1853 will enable the country to
be ready for war. and simultane-
ously preserve its pre-emergency
civilian economy.
And if war doesn't come by then,
he said, the increased productive
capacity can be used for an even
better economy. for q better
standard of living"
For the next three years, how
ever, he said, the county must go
through an intensified period of
accumulating the weapons of war
and augmenting production.
After that, he said, 1--WE will be
able to meet the demands of all
out war. if need be. out Of our
production line"
Production then, he predicted.
will have climbed from the cur
rent $500 billion annually to $365
billion.
This, he said, sis high enough
to provide for all the needs of de-
tense mobilization while, at the
same time, preserving a civilian
economy at or near pre-Korean
levels"
During its final session yester-
day the ANPA elected Charles F.
McCahill of the Cleveland News
president and George C. Biggers
of the Atlanta Journal and Con-
stitution vice president.
Labor relations held the spot
light during yesterdays session. A
report by the ANPA's special
standing committee said negotia-
tions with employe unions "are
becoming increasingly difficult"
because local unions are bossed by
international unions.
Each year the international
laws and policies of most interna-
tional unions further restrict the
freedom of local bargaining" the
committee said. 1t added that
this "is especially true" of the
AFL international Typographical
Union.
THE newspaper is a local in
sti:',tion," the committee said,
Z" the average union is q local
glolp manifestly controlled by an
international institution.
This outside control by parent
unions keeps local unions from
adjusting negotiations to local
situations, and thus obStructs
sound labor relations, the report
said.
The committee, headed by
George N. Dale of the ANPA's
Chicago Office, added, however
that there were only 18 strikes
called against newspapers last
year, compared to 81 the previous
year.
Few American industries have
o better no-strike record thar
the 1850 performance of news.
papers," the report said.
Arbitration Settled Disputes.
It added that a record number
Of 81 newspaper disputes were
settled by arbitration. Their.
were only 90 arbitration case!
last year.
While predicting continued
strikes by ITU unions, which
called Is of the Is strikes las
year. the report said most unions
are expected to continue to set
tie their differences with news
papers through conciliation O.
arbitration"
The report noted that 12S news
papers, five more than In 1916
had greements with the CI(