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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-19
DAVID LAWRENCE

1t looks as if every dollar
saved in Federal taxes by a
reduction in the tax rates
OF corporations will be off
set by another dollar in in
creased expense due to new
tax laws and regulations.
American business may not
choose to invest vast sums in
plant and equipment when it 2
cannot tell for anothe. year
or two just what extra levies
are to be imposed by the So
called tax reform" laws.
The Governments continu-
ing policy Of trying to make
up through new tax rules
and regulations what it per-
mits corporations through a
reduction of their tax rates
from So to AZ per cent will
interfere with planning in
private business.
Take as one example of in
creased costs a proposed
Treasury regulation dealing
with expense accounts. 1t has
been widely proclaimed that
the Treasury plans to re-
quire a receipt for every
expenditure Of $40 or more
when a salesman, for in
stance, takes to breakfast,
lunch or dinner a customer
or prospective customer or
anyone else related to his
business transactions. Even
tips would have to be listed
and a record kept.
Already the credit-card
clubs are advertising that
they give receipts for meals
and other services charged
by their customers in particle
pating restaurants and hotels.
But what of the big percent
age of persons who pay cash
for their meals? Will they
ask the restaurant and the
waiter, too, to give them a
signed receipt itemizing the
payments made? One hotel
manager in Chicago has Just
announced that he will pro-
vide tape recordings to help
prove that the conversation
was of a business nature, and
he promises that one of his
walters will be a notary
public to witness signatures
on restaurant checks and
other documents. Will a sales
man have to make an affi-
davit that the man he
lunched with is of help to
him in business? Will a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-19
yENKIN LLOYD JONES
The Rising Sun Cities of America

ment. New Mexico was close
behind.
Once upon a time, when
territories were about to be-
come States, towns fought
over State institutions. First
prize, of course, was the cap
ital. Second prize was gen.
orally the State penitentiary
which, everyone felt, would
have an assured population.
Third prize was the uni
versity.
Now universities are the
hottest of civic assets. Com
panies like to be near edu-
cational institutions where
research projects are under
way and moonlighting por-
feSsors can be hired for Spe-
cial work. Albuquerque and
Tucson have State UNIVERSE
ties and Phoenix and Ell Paso
large State colleges.
What is the lesson that
these cities hold for us all?
Only Florida, California and
South Texas have competi-
lively mild winters. But most
parts of the United States
have their own natural as
sets. If we can't have sun
cities we can have fun cities.
If the desert could water its
thirsty land artificially we
can clean up our dirty rivers.
If it could build sparkling
reservoirs in dry arroyos we
can make new recreation
lakes from our plentiful rain
fall. If the newness of the
Southwestern towns is at
tractive. even the dismal mill
cities of the Northeast can
be renewed. If a college is
now more important to a
city's growth than the gas
rates we can support and ex-
pand our colleges.
The mobile American peo-
pie are shopping around for
good places to live. There is
a new type of competition in
the air. It's going to be a
fine thing for America.
(Copyright. 1862
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-19
WILLIAM S. WHITE

The long armistice in d.
rect Republican presidential
politicking which has per-
sisted since election night
Of 1860 has now ended.
In the political calendar
a new year already has
opened, as of the morning
after the November 6 con-
gressional and State elections.
Already there is a stirring
among the hackers of the
various 1864 Republican
presidential possibilities
which those elections broad
ened with the triumphs of
Cows. -elect William Scrah-
ton in Pennsylvania and
George Romney in Michigan.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller Of
New York still leads the list
of these possibilities. But his
old stand-out position has
been compromised both by
the successes Of Scranton
and Romney and by the fact
he won reelection much less
handily than his managers
had predicted.
The defeat Of Richard
Nixon for Governor in Cali
fornia has removed him from
real consideration for the
presidential nomination itself.
1t seems increasingly doubt
full, however, that it has
erased him as a major figure
in the 1864 G. o. P. presi-
Dental convention. Califor-
MAS delegation to that con-
vention will be immensely inn
portant-and it is far from
certain that even in his de-
feat Nixon will lack influence
over which way this and other
delegations will go.
The Nixon haters, the
most implacable band in
American politics, have not
been content simply to see
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-19
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

One unhappy stamp collector says he now can identity
1.-THE Good Old Days" They the who didn't be-
come Postmaster General
Q-What autumn leaves?-What they give the foot
ball coach after the team loses six straight games
**&*
Collectors rush to buy the stamps
The New Frontier proves it's fscaly sound-by becoming
the first administration in history to capitalize on its own
mistakes.
Progress note: The auto industry has along so far
that you can get fender Strengthened in 1862 for the
amount of money it took to buy new car in 1882
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-19
Americas Most-Wanted Bourbon Gift*

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Dad its familiar bottle
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By more than hUo oone
Evening star., 1962-05-22

who can meet and discuss
problems once a month. and
suggest and formulate possible
solutions to crime problems,
he said.
On other matters, he said
the Commissioners right by
legal authority to Danish segre-
cation in housing is now being
studied.
Awards were presented to
Captain George E. Causey.
John c. Larmans. Paul Fried
man and the Reverand John A.
Franklin.
Junior awards went to Mon
talyn Sheppard. William Tay-
lor and Francel Trotter.
A life membership was pre-
Evening star., 1962-05-22
Tobriner Defends
Police in Talk to
CupitoI View Unit

Walter N. Tobriner, president
Of the board of Dictrict Com
misSioners, last night told men,
bers Of the Capitol View Civic
Association, that the District
police force is "a good police
force"
At a banquet celebrating the
associations 36th anniverSa-
~, Mr.. Tobriner said lack of
understanding in what the
police force is trying to do is the
reason for misconceptions about
law enforcers by citizens.
A small cabinet of citizens
of both races, should be formed
Evening star., 1962-05-22
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u. S. Matching Funds
Asked for D. c. Roads

The Interfederation Council
last night urged House and
Senate Appropriations Com
mittees to make available
Federal matching funds for
projected District highway
construction.
They stipulated, however.
that every possible safeguard
be provided" to prevent road
ways from pre-empting lands
which might later be needed
for construction Of mass tran
sit facilities.
Evening star., 1962-05-22

sented for the organization to
the NAACP.
Also participating were the
Reverend Eugene Farrell,
Bruce T. Stewart Sr., Mrs.
Crayce Williams, Charles Lee,
]. Nelson Logan, Mrs. Doris E.
Talbert, Walter R. Mitchell,
Charles H. Jackson, Mrs. Isabel
Belt. Mrs. Catherine Allen, Mrs.
Tealye Snowden, Carver Leach
and John Hawkins.
The banquet was held at
Westbrooke's Restaurant, 4414
Benning road NE.
Evening star., 1962-05-22

Discussion of the motion
centered on the "vagueness" Of
present highway budget pro-
poSals.
I'VE as citizenS-even those
Of us who consider ourselves
well informed-are at a very
considerable disadvantage" in
trying to find out exactly what
such appropriations ARE sup
posed to cover" said Col. VIII
liam L. Roberts, a delegate
from the District.
Action Asked on Dams
Another action proposed that
further hearings on the Army
Corps of Engineers plans to
dam the Potomac "be conclud-
ed as rapidly as possible, and
recommendations be submitted
to the Congress"
The recommendation "pri-
Evening star., 1962-05-22

stresses the urgency Of
need for action on the prob
lem," said Col. Roberts. and
is mot necessarily an indorse-
ment of any particular plan"
Julius U. Hoke, president Of
the Montgomery County Civic
Federation, introduced a mo-
ton to support the Fairfax
County Federation in its recent
disagreementS with the Fairfax
Board of Supervisors.
Witness Role Defended
The council indorSed unani-
mously "the inalienable right
of its member federation to ap-
pear before governmental
bodies in public hearings for
the purpose Of presenting evi-
dence and testimony"
The action grew out Of Incl
dents in recent public meetings
Of the Fairfax Planning Coun-
Gil and Board of Supervisors in
which Fairfax Federation men,
bers were publicly criticized
for their criticism of the Off
cials actions, said Mr.. Hoke.
Helen A. Corcoran of Oxon
Evening star., 1962-05-22

Hill was appointed last night
to fill a vacancy on the coun-
ellis Health and Welfare Com
mittee.
The council met in the Dis
trict Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10
Americans at Meeting Face Task
OF Securing More Allied Support

This may turn out to be a
critical week in the life Of
the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, that great
but cironically incompleted
shield Of the West.
In a meeting Of the NATO
ministerial council in
Paris, American representa-
tives will spend one more in
a long series Of efforts to
persuade its other major
members to make those
proper contributions to its
military and political
strength which they have so
long refused.
There is, unhappily, little
confidence here that this
attempt will be any more
fruitful than have been so
many others. If this fore
cast turns out TO be the mel
ancholy truth, there will be
no public crashing Of teeth
in Washington. But such an
outcome will move forward
the day when the United
States is at last required to
re-examine its whole policy
toward an organization
which has done much for the
West but which so very
easily could do so very much
more. ..~
The words "agonizing re-
appraisal" used by the late
Rep ublican Secretary Of
State, John Foster Dulles.
with their implied threat Of
q United States military
withdrawal from Europe. are
not precisely applicable here.
The Kennedy Administration
does not wish to speak, or
even yet to think. In quite
such sharp and Somber
terms. 49,.
All the same, our Euro
pean Allies can ignore only
at their peril the existing
realities within the American
Government. Washington is
more than q little tired Of
the chronic refusal of others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10
Reform of Law Is Long Overdue
And Politicians Will Keep 1t So

depreciation Of what Con-
greSs wrote into law.
But what is q fair tax
law2 Books galore have been
written on the subject and
many legislators have con-
scientiously struggled with
the dilemma for decades. It
may come as a surprise to
the younger generation Of
today, but before 1918 1t
wasn't constitutional to levy
any Federal income tax at
all. Yet the Nation made
wonderful strides in the 1877
years between 1776 and 1918.
1t will be Immediately ar
gued that the population
wasn't as big prior to so
years ago as 1t is today, but
it is hard to concede that
unfairness becomes logical
as the quantity Of population
grows. It's like saying the
Constitution or the Ten
Commandments are out
NODDED today and that equity
and morality vanish when a
nation gets to be over 100
million in population.
Yet the present system Of
taxation-Federal, State and
city-is inequitable and I'M
fair to many people, and
everyone who knows taxa
ton comedies 1t. Equal
rights for all" seems to dis
appear when you consider
that, by living in one State.
you avoid certain taxes which
you would have to pay in
another.
Discrimination" is the
accusation flung these days
at any violation Of equal
rights" as in housing or in
the use Of public facilities.
Much is heard about "the
equal protection Of the law"
but somehow there is no
equal protection when taxes
are levied. The Constitution
gives the Congress power to
levy taxes, but 1t is doubtful
whether a convincing argu-
ment can be made that the
other provisions Of the Con-
stitution-including the one
about due process Of law
have been at any time re-
pealed just to allow taxes
to be imposed arbitrarily and
disproportionately.
Another discrimination
hardly ever discussed in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10
DAVID LAWRENCE
No Equal Rights in Taxation

perspective Of constitutional
rights Is the exemption from
certain Federal taxes enjoyed
by citizens who own the
bonds and notes Of States
and cities. Yet the Federal
Government has to raise tax
money from everybody to
defend the military security
Of those same States against
foreign enemies. Also, the
income from interest on Fed
eral bonds is not exempt from
taxation by the United States
Treasury.
Tax reform" is long over
due, but the chances are it
will continue to 60 untouched
except by the politically
minded who come forward
with schemes for fragrant dis
elimination.
II by chance all exemp-
lions, for example, we're re-
moved and taxes were levied
not on incomes but as an as
sessment measuring the BEN
efits received by the citizen
and his family from the Fed
eral government. everybody
would have to pay something
for himself and family. A
scale Of levies would cover
government expenses without
putting too much Of a burden
on anyone. A plan like this
would come closer to equal
taxes for all than any scheme
used thus far.
But there isn't a chance in
the world that any equitable
plan will ever be adopted be-
cause the only rule followed
nowadays is plainly political.
1t can be summarized thus:
low taxes for more people and
higher taxes for the enterpris-
ing and talented few. The
majority do not create Jobs or
create sources Of wealth. 1t is
the minority who invent new
methods and have the initia-
tive to keep the economy go
ing. They are compelled to
be content, however. with
whatever residue the govern
ment may choose to allocate
to them from their earnings.
: This system could anesthe-
tie the economy some day,
but the politicians aren't as
yet worried about that con-
tingency so long as deficit
spending" is considered a
virtue and equal rights for
all" is accepted as popular
in everything else but taxa
ton.
(copyriEht, 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10

company. Two years as q
power house operator In Cor
pus Christi. Sentenced one
to five years on February is.
1861, for bad checks from
Deming. N. M. Completed
basic electric course in pris-
on. Qualified typist. U. s.
Army service from February
10, 1913, to october Is, 1914.
Honorable discharge.
I stared at the paper. 1t
was interesting, not so much
for what it contained as for
what It didn't. What could
you read between the lines
without indulging in unfair
speculation?
That honorable" Army
discharge nine months before
VI day. They weren't CIV
ing honorable discharges then
except for physical disability
or some personality quirk
that made a man unsuitable.
You'd want to know more
about that Army record.
And this Observation-Disclosures
stuff. moving from driver to
cook to clerk to construction
worker. and all the rest. You
smell liquor there. But may
be he was just restless.
And about this hot check
charge. They don't often send
a man up on first offense.
What went on during those
Is years which 1904 admits
he wasn't proud Of?
You try to conjure up a
picture Of him. Weight ITO
pounds, so he's a skinny little
guy. And smart. This was
not the letter Of q stupid
man, although in its labored
sincerity 1t could be the work
Of a calculating one. Some
Of the biggest rascals put on
the best act before the parole
board. But it's unfair to
damn a man for sounding
good.
And then there's the ques-
ton Of a twist Of mind. Like
the editor Of the prison news
paper at McAlester. Okla,
well-educated, courtly, a
sharp writer. But every time
they let him out he'd get
potted. and then he'd write
rubber checks until he was so
drunk he'd start signing his
real name. And everybody
remembers Willie Sutton,
the actor" He would have
been a great M. I. T. profess
sor or a top figure on the
stage. Yet way down deep
there was something rotten
In Willie. Even Willie knew
1t.
But there are some happy
stories, too. Like the wife
murderer I know. He spent
years on death row while the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10

Equal rights for all" prob
ably would get the highest
percentage Of public approval
ever recorded In any CAL
lup poll because theoretically
everybody Is for the principle.
But, actually, nobody con-
nected with government to-
day really believes in the idea
when dealing with the tax
life of the Nation.
II, for instance, you are
efficient, resourceful and en-
terprising, you pay consider
ably more taxes than If you
are incompetent, inefficient
and lazy.
II you give away your
money when you are still
living, you can avoid heavy
taxes that otherwise your
estate would have to pay
when you die.
II you entertain someone
at lunch who may buy goods
or services from you. a deduc-
ton from taxes Is authorized.
but II you take a man out
to lunch who might be able
to help you locate a job. or
even give you one, this isn't
a business expense at all in
the eyes Of present-day law.
If you travel for your
company on business, the
company is entitled to tax
deductions for your expenses,
but II you travel every day
so miles to and from your
home in the suburbs and
your office in the city, you
do this at your own expense
and get no tax deductions
for It.
Nobody is justified in
cheating the government by
violating the tax laws, but
there's a difference between
evasion and avoidance. You
can legally avoid taxes but
you can't legally evade them.
1t might be thought that
equality can be achieved
merely by assuming that
everybody is honest and by
assuming, too. that the
Treasury Department also is
always honest when it writes
tax regulations interpreting
the law-though the courts
for years have been strug-
Cling to find out when a
regulation is really a fair in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10
Could He Be an Eloquent Schemer,
Or VIII His Be q Happy Story?

Who wants to take a
chance on 1904?
No. 1904 is not a lottery
number or a policy ticket. He
is a human being.
He has sent me a letter In
neat, precise handwriting
from the New Mexico State
Penitentiary at Santa Fe. He
Says-well, let him tell it:
"Sir:
IF I seem presumptuous,
please forgive me. However, it
has come to the point where
/ must be presumptuous Ito
the least extent possible) If
I am to ever make any prog
reSs.
II was granted a parole
last September but must have
employment before I can be
released. 1 am anxious to
make a home and q new start
where ! am unknown snd
could possibly fade into OBJ
security as an average mem
Der Of the community. I don't
wish to become q burden ncr
to continue my old ways but
somehow manage to restore
a degree Of the integrity I
once knew.
II have tried numerous
. firms which were listed in
your paper but, discouraging-
ly, I received only one mega
tive reply. Now I turn to
you in hopes that you might
lead me to some good soul
who might take an interest
and a gamble on the sincere
convictions Of one who
wishes to return.
ITO be honest, there is
little In the past IS years
which I would brag Of, but
I have learned q few things
which might benefit the one
who could use me. ! am
quite familiar with an office
(short OF accounting), have
done appliance repair, fry
cooked, driven q truck and
tractor, waited tables and
even worked q grain harvest.
IF / could make q choice,
/ would prefer the solitude Of
a farm where I could both
live and work. However, I'd
be more than happy in any
thing ! could do and I'm not
too proud TO do anything
honest. Could you offer a
helping hand to one Of the
lowest limbs Of society who
wants to burn this one last
bridge behind him2"
He signed his name behind
"Humbly yours" and gave his
penitentiary number. He also
inclosed a Job application.
Age 81. White. Separated
from wife. One year pre-en-
cheering Texas College Of
Mines. Two years as chemi-
cal analyst for a smeltering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10
JENKIN LLOYD JONES
Who'll Chance Hiring a Convict?

courts wrangled and we edi-
torial writer's demanded his
scalp. But he wiggled into
life Imprisonment, eventually.
and a long time later got out
altogether. Now he clerks in
a small town store. Every
body likes him. He sends me
Christmas cards.
There's the famous comic
strip artist who once did time
for robbery. There's the in
surance salesman In a dis
tant town, q deacon in his
church and a pillar of the
chamber Of commerce. Every
body sympAthizes with him
for the hunting accident that
cost his left arm. Even his
kids don't know that the safe
wasn't quite ready when the
nitroglycerin went off. oh,
yes. The prison editor who
wrote bad checks while he
was drunk. He seems to have
kicked it, at last. Last year
he brought his new wife in
to see me. He's in the pub
fishing business in Texas.
So here's No. 1904. A
schemer? A clever player-for-
sympathy who may have
written identical letters to a
lot Of editors? An alcoholic
who can't wait to get at the
jug again2 Or a poor guy who
knows he has loused up his
life, who understands the
hour is late enough, and who
doesn't want to be thrown on
the ash heap at 81?
Who wants to take q
chance?
Copyright, 1882
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-10

to supply their fair share in
troops to a supposedly Allied
military force designed pri-
marily for their own security.
The plain and unpretty
truth is that among the prin-
cipal members Of NArO only
two, the United States and
Turkey, have delivered on
their promises. French con-
tributions are, to all practi-
cal purposes, absent, even
though French troops have
long since been brought
home from the witches cal
dron which was North Africa
before France at last sub
mitted to independence" for
Algeria.
West German contribu-
tons are ungenerous, and
there is strong suspicion here
that they are ungenerous
mainly because the Germans
are reluctant to find and
spend the necessary money
for this common and ur-
gently necessary enterprise.
The explanation about fl
nancial embarrassment is not
deeply moving here; what
country really enjoys the
drain?
British contributions in
troops are negligible-and
Britain, moreover, is develop
ing extreme sensitivity to
any criticism. Former Secre-
tary Of State Dean Acheson
was not speaking for the
American Government in q
recent address urging Wes-
tern Europe to pull up its
socks and do right by NATO
and thus by itself. The Bril-
fish got into an extraordi-
nary pet at this plain speak
ing. There was even talk
that this notably pro- British,
provost statesman was
somehow now "anti-B British"
But If Acheson was not an
official spokesman. three
vital points should be under
stood by the British and