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one or more manufacturing pro
cesses before calculating depletion.
The Treasury maintains this is not
lustlfiable and wants a law which
stipulates that depletion applies
only to the value of the raw ma
terial
This in effect would amount to
legislative confirmation Of current
Treasury regulations, and would
put an end to the tendency Of the
courts to hand down decisions
authrlzing higher valuations for de-
pletlon purposes. Nh. Lindsay said
that pending claims for refunds,
covering the tax years 1951-1957,
amount to 1927 million.
One Republican member Of the
Committee said that in his opinion
the court decisions were in har-
mony With the law and that it
is the Treasury which is out Of line.
Another Republican member raised
the question Of how it is possible
70 determine the cutoff point for
the determination Of depletion IN
less the rate also is considered,
which the Treasury is not doing
AND q Democratic member ham
nered hard oh the idea that if the
Treasury suggestion were followed
there would be increased confusion
and probably discrimination as be-
tween companies within the same
industry
All Of this related to industries
other than oil and gas which have
depletion allowance rights. The
rates involved IN these industries
range from per cent in the case
Of clay and sand to % per cent il
the case Of bauxite, which is raw
material used in aluminium. The
rate for oil and cav is 81 ~ per
cent. Senator Paul Douglas has in
PRODUCED a bill proposing the lat
ter bc reduced to Is per cent
AS stated at the outset it does
not appear probably that a change
in the present laws will be made
BY this Congress. And certainly it
should not be made without in
dostry having ample opportunity to
present its case Depletion allow
ances are not q tax loophold and
there Is not sufficient evidence to-
day to justify the conclusion that
current rates are too high.
l3-lO-594
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

Depletion allowance. which is the
term used to designate the charge
permitted against taxable, income
by extractive industries. is recelv-
ing serious attention in the Con
gress. At the moment it appears
unlikely that there will be legisla-
ton this year, but certainly there
will be a lot Of debate and con
siderable heat.
The subject is Of real Importance.
70 many persons it concerns only
the oil and gas Industries which,
however, is something far from the
truth. Scores and scores Of indus
tires are now permitted under the
law to make depletion charges. and
the rate varies from to q IL per
, cent Of gross income.
The t h cory underlying these
charges Is comparable to that for
depreciation; that a business. or an
individual. should be permitted to
recover his capital outlay without
taxation
The difference Is that in the case
OF capital investment in a build
ing or machine there is a definite
/ monetary amount involved, III the
case Of natural resource the CAPT
I tai involved may be almost lmpos-
slble to determine.
IN depreciation therefore, there Is
a ce a IN sum which may be
charged off. and once that amount
has been reached there can be no
further deductions, In depletion
there is not, and cannot be, any
such fixed amount. The net result
is that depreciation continues for
! only stipulated number Of years
while depletion can continue in
definitely.
There also IL another difference
between the two In the case Of
depreciation the amount to be
charged each year is deflnlte-de-
pending upon the presumed life Of
the facility, in the case Of deple
ton there is no presumed life and
the yearly charge is subject to sub
stantlal variation depending upon
how the value Of the natural re-
source is determined At present
there are well over a hundred
cases in the courts on the issue Of
value determination. and the Ad
ministration has offered legislative
proposals designed to eliminate this
confusion.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee has been conducting hear
ings on these legislative proposals.
David Lindsay, Assistant to the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury. was the Ad
minlstration spokesman. He at
tempted to convince the Committee
that revision Of existing statues
is necessary, but the Committee
members, both the Democrats and
the Republicans, were hostile.
Mr.. Lindsay built his argument
upon the fact that in many in
stances there is no determinable
value for natural resource when
it is taken out Of the ground and in
consequence many industries add
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Double Check

Frogs are holoWering but the
wind blows so you can't hear them
Spring is coming, candidates are
rowing the country Revivals
almost know spring is right
here.
National and International news
is beginning to break all our
wars start in the spring. There is
much to talk over conferences
that We never win war we
never lose. So keep your ear to the
| ground, your nose is on the grind
stone in case you don't know where
I it hurts.
\ Khrushchev speaks for the Rus
SLAMS, Macmillan for the British,
Eisenhower speaks for himself, we
are a whipped people even
our freedom has got the flu.
Camp David, that's funny. why
should they go dar? ASK Doctor
4 Whitaker, mabe he tell He told
about the pebble that David used
and how Ike" took the little rock
and killed the COP. How well do
we know
Babson discussed Berlin now
there is a crisis =. even a Japan
csc, has more freedom Now we
have Honalulla, soon we won't be
needing no foreign aid. There is
stars in our flag and stripes on oul
backs nabe we should take in
Europe There is more to this Der
lin question than what shows or
the surface. Any peaceful with
draWal Of Allied troops spells vic
tory for Russia. President Eisen
hover stated the facts in his Mon
day night speach- hope you
heard it.
Yours and thanks for reading
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
BoIIsviIIe Items
Mrs. Agnes Laws
Returns From Norfolk

Mrs. Agnes Laws has returned
home after lengthy stay with
her son. Virgil Laws, in Norfolk.
Mrs. Charlie Nichols was an
overnight guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Spears Blankenship. of Mosely
Saturday night
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Netherland,
of Richmond, Mr.. and Mrs. W. C..
Page. Of Lynchburg. were Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. G. Netherland Satur-
day. Mr.. Netherlands birthday was
celebrated. Mrs. Page remained
overnight.
Mrs. w. T. Mcdonald. of King
William, was a dinner guest Of
Mrs. H. H. Hurt Saturday S b G
later visited the Blantons at Blen-
helm.
Mrs. Eula cambridge. Of Rich
mond, arrived Sunday TO spend
some time with her son. T. M
cambridge.
The friends Of Gray Nichols are
plea sed TO hear he has returned
home from the hospital and is able
to bc lip and around. We wish for
him speedy recovery.
Mrs. j. A. Jeter and Mrs Earl
cambridge, of PoWhatan. and R. j..
Lester were shoppers in Richmond
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. A. Saunders and
daughter. Ann Douglas. Of Smith
field, visited at Blemhein and
Belnhen Springs over the week
end.
Mrs. r. j. Lester. Willie and
Cindy visited Mr.. and Mrs. W. r.
Micho.S Monday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

be taught BY the elders Children need guild
ance. They have no fears. they have no
pref udices; they have no sense Of RESPONSE
bility. These things must be taught The
responsibility for teaching lies primarily in
the parent. Our trouble is that parents, so
busy with everyday living. OF seeing to
their own pleasure, overlook the RESPONSE
bility. The church, the school, or the COM
munity playground as beneficial as these
are, can not discharge the responsibility of
training the child or the juvenile.
Children fortunate enough to grow up
in small urban centers, or better in the
country" live nearer to nature, learn the
true value Of life, and find outlets for their
energies under more wholesome environ
ments. There the families, naturally have
closer ties. Youngsters have more chores
Regardless Of the environment parental
love and direction are necessary to bend
the twig' in the proper direction
Parents can provide he necessary
checks ~ by buying books or basketbals
instead Of guns" concludes Judge Braude
With this we agree, but child learns life
at his mothers knee
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
John Temple Graves
OAR. True To Principles

Here once the -embattled farm
ers stood
And fired the shots heard round
the world !"
Tuscaloosa, Ala. = The Ameri-
can revolution goes on. It's object
is liberty, but there are complica-
tons.
In i'll will writer in The New
Yorker offers what he calls The
Case for and Against The OAR"
The for is hard to find, but the
against" is largely mathematical
adumbrations to show how m ny
American women are just as able
As the Daughters to trace ancest-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
PUBLIC APPEARANCE

Ashby-de-la Couch, England - A
fireman tapped on pretty young
wife's bedroom window-but b Al
refused his rescue offer because
she had not powdered her nose.
A fire was raging on the ground
floor Of the building and the fire
man, wearing breathing apparatus,
had climbed a 4O-foot ladder.
Mrs Flora Golfer. %. looked at
herself in the mlrroW and told the
firman she preferred to stay up
stairs with her husband
Beating the suffocation problem
by leaning out Of their window
while firmen brought the blaze I'M
der control. Mrs. Golfer explained
later: II had been off work with
influenza, wasn't feeling very
pretty and I hadn't even bothered
to powder my nose. wouldn't 90
down that awful ladder. II wouldn't
have been dignified
Schwartz asks inquiry into Ha-
pat-ty, aorn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

Quite a few people who do not favor the
overall plan of destroying racial purity are
being duped by few leaders into taking
stand against private schools, without stop
ping to study the ultimate objective 1t is
surprising, for instance, to note that sew
eral Warren County missters have signed
a statement which reads, I'VE believe that
to maintain private schools only would be
serious backward step in a democratic
government
All the denominations with which we are
familiar maintain private schools and col
leges and most all churches contribute to
private education in one form or another
10 say for instance that Randal ph- Macon
Military Academy or any other properly
conducted private school is not democratic
or is inferior to public schools is incorrect
and imprudent to say the least
We cannot believe that our friends in the
ministry and clergy would knowingly pro-
mote the plan Of the NAACP which will so
obviously result in the detriment Of our
young people and of the white race.
A favorte trick of the race mixers is to
cloud the issue. Those who fear for the vel
fare of their children in this school struggle
may rest assured the State Of Virginia will
not lose sight OF the welfare of the school
pupils and the loyal school faculties
Virginia = entire school problem would
be quickly resolved if the NAACP wou]d
Withdraw from promoting forced school in
tegration
Let those who are sincerely concerned
ABOUT the welfare Of our children advocate
an obvious, certain, and simple solution.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Cause Of Delinquency

JUDGE Jacob NJ. Braude, circuit Judge of
Cook County, ILL.,, rates destructive toys
and games as the No. cause Of juvenile de-
llnquency. He speaks from ten years exper-
fence in presiding over Chicagos Boys
Court.
From early childhood guns cowboy suits.
Indians, soldiers fireworks, have been
playmates ever since we could remember.
Today, atomic weapons, tanks, rockets, and
what-not have been added to the list Some
Of the destructive type toys are close to
reality.
Judge Braude expresses an opinion that
he would have laws against destructive
toys" We have more laws now that can be
enforced and we do not see this as an eff
fective means of controlling this prime
cause Boys always have played cowboy
and Indians in childhood, and ring-a-lee-bo,
follow the leader and other juvenile games
for ages. They will come in contact with
these things in world which has not seen
peace for half century, and war has
come periodically through history.
The young mind needs more than prohi-
billions. The proper use and handling of
guns, or other destructive weapons have to
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Changing Attitude

THERE are some signs of Federal courts
changing their attitude toward h e
rights Of the people. In Montgomery, AL
ALBANIA recently a federal Judge ruled that
charges of racial discrimination could not
be pressed against two members of the Ma
con County board Of election registrars aft
er they had resigned
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

rles to the American revolution.
The writer missed a point Il is
not only ancestries which are sup
posed to trace back but hearts,
minds for the meanings of this
country, programs for a progress
unceasing but under principles I'M
dying.
when MS. Roosevelt left the
OAR ranks it was a proper depar-
tlre.
She was qualified in ancestry but
not dn programs.
The programs. it seems to me,
call not only for eternal constitl-
tionalism but for modern common
sense.
Our Alabama DaughterA in con
vention here. are leading ilN both
and in reach for the minds ard
hearts of youth
They have denounced the SUI
preme Courts aggressions against
other branches of the Federal Gov
eminent and against the great
agreement with which we put this
nation together - that rights not
given to the nation should remain
in the states. And unhesitatingly
they have identified these aggres-
sions with the desegregation de-
cision which has created a consti-
tutlonal crisis and cold war.
They have denounced the sending
of troops to Little Rock
They have declared for Federal
income tax reforms but not for an
impractical abolition. They are for
a constitutional limit that will pro-
tect enterprise and remove the
! ability of a Congress gone berserk
to enact socialism by making the
tax 100 per cent.
With $50 billion of the nation
s83 billion of Federal receipts com
ing from income taxes. abolition IS
such folly that proposing it re-
moves the proposers from the
mainstream of realities. But limita-
ton IS increasingly common sense.
They are not for taking the UN
seriously as government. it
seemed, but for keeping it as a de-
batting and damning society. a place
of public appearing and exposing
and letting off-steam, a place for 1t
least speaking to each other, ard
for settling at least the little wars
nobody wants
They know Mrs Roosevelt has d.
parted not only from the OAR bit
from UNESCO. and with her tie
annospheres of One World Social
/ ism
Alabama Daughters are leading,
too, IN noble education on noun
| taintops at Guntersville where tie
national OARS Kate Dunca n
Smith School reasons high.
\ There is nothing in my biography
Y ItClteu mere ABOUT winch am 10
! happy as that Kate Duncan Smith S
granddaughter. who is Lucille
Smith Earle's niece - married me.
| Those boys and girls are beng
4 taught that freedom is still the
talisnan Of our land. that il IS L
thing for which qualification in
character, knowledge, intelligence
and heart is ever more required.
And there on that mountaintop
they are increasingly aware Of
sometime 'hat TOPS the nlofntai'2s.
antedates the hills They never for
get that freedom wont work with
out armament. an eternity to
stand on.
There where stars above the
wales below confirm it, youth Of
| America is being told there Is
eternal America as well as America
4 in eternal revolution.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

of japanese, Hawaiian, Filipino and Chi
nese and these are rapidly losing their
identity through intermarriage Some IS
per cent Of Hawaiian marriages in 1856
We're interracial
The clamor for statehood for Hawaii, as
It was for Alaska, has not been from the
natives OF the Asiatics, but from American
citizens who migrated to those areas in
search Of profitable financial operations,
or lucrative positions.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1859
Everybody Wants Public Schools

NORTHERN Virginia Daily, published at
Strasburg Va, published the editorial
quoted below Had this been from South
side Virginia a tag of die-hard segregation
lists might be placed on it, But from the
Valley it shows the determination which
has characterized the people OF Warren
County to stand its ground with a deep
insight.
We quote
Advocates of race mixing are attemp-
ting to create a smoke screen by melting
a dispute between supporters of public
and private schools. Everybody who has
the best interests of their community, state
and nation at heart, would like to have good
public schools in which the students are
given the best possible instruction at the
lowest consistent costs, and where the
purity of the races can be safeguarded.
1t is the NAACP's forced invasion Of
the public schools which threatens to make
them an undesirable melting pot for their
avowed plan for the mongrelzation of the
races, which changes the picture.
The issue today is not between public
and private schools. 1t is whether forced
Indignation will be adopted in the Common
wealth of Virginia as an educational policy.
supported by tax funds
The relentless invasion of the rights Of
Nirginans by the NAACP and other COM
munist inspired race mixers is to be greatly
regretted. The strife. turmoil and tensions
between erstWhile friends is only beginning
1t is all part of the diaboical communist
plan to disrupt American life and reduce
the white race to impotency
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Invited to Join Union

DESPITE the misgivings Of Southern SEN
atorial and congressional leaders, it is
apparent the Flag Of the United States will
soon have fifty stars. President Eisenhower
signed the bill on Wednesday,
There are approximately 100000 people
in Hawaii and Of this population 100000
are non-whites. The non-whte races consist
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Spring And Flu

CPRlNGL1kE weather has proven pleas
- ant but "Old Man Flu" has struck a
hard lick. Some schools have closed due to
the epidemic, and almost every business
has one OF more out with the ''24-hour flu
which disrupts everything. Those on the
job have to exert double effort
The FLU bug strikes when you least ex-
pect it, and even those Of the stoutest de-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
The Gross,
Lesson for March ~, 1859

IN A POPULAR novel of some
! years ago, dealing with the time
of Jesus and afterwards, the
Roman officer who had to cruelty
Jesus is represented as being quite
shocked by the whole idea, having
seldom if ever seen a crucifixion.
This is a historical slip ON the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

authors part;
for in the Roman
world, a far more
brutal one than
ours, fatal flog-
gings and cruel
fixions w re
pretty common
aft airs. T ey
were so common,
in fact, that al
though we have
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Berlin Crisis

NO ground warfare in the Berlin crisis,
~ says Ike. In spite Of the Soviet threats,
Ike is standing firm on his armed forces
budget figures.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

termination fall before its onslaught. For
tunately, most cases last only short while
but they leave one rather limp listless and
weak. For while YOU may think you are
going to die, then don't care if you do, but
soon you get better. Most Of our readers
understand this editorial because they have
experienced it Watch the flu don't get you.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

four gospels each telling about the
crucifixion Of Jesus. not one gives
any details at all about the actual
crucifixion itself. Such details were
not necessary; most readers Of the
gospels in those days had seen such
things and did not need to be re-
minded.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

Into Infinity

Just how far out is outer space
Of which So much We hear;
This space where all the planets are
Beyond the strotoshpere2
Ny humble mind cannot conceive
How endless space can be;
This space So vast, it stretches out
Into infinity.
What light years mean, ! cannot grasp
Nor con | Comprehend
This universe in which we live
That seems to have no end
And then | think about our earth,
A dot IN space, 50 small
That in the universe 50 vast
It hardly counts at all
And what Of man upon our earth,
A speck upon sphere,
Thot God should Of him mindful be,
The while he tories here2
-. D. WHITAKER
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
MARKS or SUCCESS

Mabel was all dressed up for a
date with successful man.
How do you know he's such a
success?" her girl friend wanted to
know.
We'll, his, name is on every
sucker list in the country" Mable
replied, the government take S
most Of his income, and he has two
Ulcers
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

Plan 70 develop Algerian
ecc..c.cy srE.ra.
St. Paul recorder., 1959-01-02
SenseIess DestruetiXeness

= a n survive,
fight against desegregation stopped
The blowing school buildings which handful of Negro
pupils practical
desegTegaton. OF government
only principles vitality
principles without which such
impossible first of these principles that must be accepted
the ruling and that who not like the law must
destructive violence resort to everything that undemocatc and
ant-democratic.
Although the strongest democracy
the daily problems controlling who like the cOmmun
democracy doing
undermine l. We also have whose pdces
democratic those Of dictator auoat We also have people
whose Of other interfering
Democracy stay strong only
keeping such people line and forcing them their
destruction selfshness
Any reasonable knows of that school buildings
necessary TO the social welfare of any community whether thew shell
Negro children destroy damage
these buildings merely wealth community
does not solve any problem or settle any dispute
Rather II creates two problems.
problems provide education
segregated unseegsd when the shelter for the educational
has been destroyed
provide budngH dynamitsrsH They should
do IT, but they hiding they probably insignificant
hRte-mongers with neither decency resources
Should community replace expensive
ties out Of its
less destretveness generated from outside its territory
own people?
government way money for pr-
clearly federal functions the
law triggered ignorant and brutal counter-attack
should public anpathy
destucveness
democracy capacity survive re-
gardess brutaity3
problems is punish the
dynamers degeneration
federal laws bringing namters under the federal thumb dnap
brought defiance and
came unbearable, that is what should do
however can make
the striking
foundation of American democracy to
sabotage that they cannot have their by vOnceLO
Haven pal Express
St. Paul recorder., 1959-01-02

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