Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
AUTUMN SNEAKS UP

cially, by the calendar. This year. it seems
it has moved in little early, but then this
cooler air might change again to summer
heat
Whether this turns out to be true or not
autumn always means change in living
habits, in the outdoors, in sports, in eating
etc.
To take full advantage of the fall, one
should plan at least one trip to the noun
tains, or the country, where natures spec
tacular show can be enjoyed for day or
two. In southern chimes, outdoors activities
in autumn are better than in summer
AS Bryant remarked, the shades of sun
light change in fall:
"On woodlands ruddy with autumn The
amber sunshine lies -
The fall months are pleasant because
the earth contains much more stored up
heat and does not get as cold as later in the
year-making the nights more pleasant than
in early spring. The earth's heat also is re-
sponsible for much ground fog, which is a
characteristic of this time of year-espe-
cially in some foreign countries like Germ
any, but also in the United States.
To some there is something ominous
about fall, because it brings the first hint of
bitter weather, because it is the season
when the growing dies, and because it means
shorter days and longer nights.
But to others the weather of fall is the
years finest; more clear days, crisp wea-
Their, energy producing weather, is the nor
NAL menue for most of the early fall, in
most parts of the country
1t is a season which should be enjoyed.
We suggest this year you take full advan-
tage of it. Fish, golf, hunt or hike as much
as you can. The nation is at peace and most
of us are free to live our own life Next
year it could be different Or you may not
be able to enjoy it. If you can, now, get out
of your chair and do so.
ADMINISTRATIVE ABSOLUTISM
Should legitimate and honest criticism
of legislative and related matters be sub
jected to heavy tax?
There's hardly citizen who wouldn't
say "Nor' to that question. To many, the
proposition would seem absurd on its face.
But the fact is that such criticism and COM
ment is being puntively taxed now
A rule issued by the Internal Revenue
Service in 1859 provides that expenditures
for the promotion or defeat of legislation,
or for efforts to influence the public with
respect to the desirablity or undesirabiity
of proposed legislation, is not deductible as
business expense, even though the legis-
lation may directly affect the taxpayers
business. This heavy tax penalty, let it be
emphasized, was never enacted by Congress
1t is entirely the result of an administra-
tive act by IRIS.
prime target in this case has been the
electric utility industry, which must fight
the government ownership movement in the
interest of actual survival, and the preser-
walton of billions of dollars invested in the
industry by private citizens 1t is literally
a life or death issue. But the impact of the
ruling has not been confined to large indus
try. For instance, the editor of the Hope,
Arkansas Star conducted a vigorous cru
SADIE to secure a vote by the people on a
question of state sales tax. He felt that
his community and his newspaper would
suffer loss of income if the tax were enact
ed, because buyers would take their bust
ness across the nearby state line. His ex-
pense. some $4,000 was disallowed by Inter
nal Revenue. The Tax Court also held
against him.
If such precedents are allowed to stand
our constitutional guarantees Of freedom of
speech and freedom of the press will be-
come hollow reeds indeed We will have
censorship by taxation and administrative
decree