Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 1943 Page: 6 of 6
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Tur.floy, February 9, 1043
Ruml Explains His
Taxless Year And
‘Pay-As-You-Go’
Flashes
From Life
SECOND INSTALLMENT
The second bn tad puri* »sc for
this income-tax relorni rests on
personal and humane L.roumn On
the first of January under our
present system some 39.000,000
citizens were in debt ’ the fed-
eral governmnt fm income tax
If we estimate one or more per
sons back of each taxpayer, we
have more than 75,000,000 people
involved in the hazard <.f income
tax debt It is inevitable that
every year, even in 1943, "me
small percentage of our taxpayer.*
will suffer loss of income from
one or another cause Even d as
few as 3 pet cent were so affect-
ed, this would mean nr re than
a million taxpayers in trouble
because of income-tax debt. What
are the reasons that might make
for lower current income for the
individual income-tax payer? Men
are called into the armed services,
others go into government work
at lower pay, men and women are
displaced from peace-time indust-
ry by war-time dislocation, some
suffer sickness and accidents,
others must retire becauce of ad-
vancing years. All of these Unci
that now with the new high tax
rates their income-tax becomes
an intolerable hardship, wiping
out savings that have been accum-
ulated over the years. And for
the hundreds of thousands that
have already been injured, mil-
lions of us are in danger, because
we are each subject to the same
hazards and the same inevitable
loss of income.
Income tax debt has become a
modern form of peonage that
locks men and women into their
present work and lev el of income.
They cannot afford to lose their
jobs, to become sick or to retire.
I stress this second reason for
the reform, the personal and
humane reason, because it tends
to be forgotten in discussions ol
taxation. But it is a reason to
which the individual taxpayer is
acutely sensitive The American
citizen distinctly does not like
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worms. Dema
debt is als' simultaneously pay-
able. Time is no escaping the con-
clusion that the income lax on
1942 inc me must be either drop-
ped or deferred.
1 he present system is a bad
system for all of us, and it should
and can be corrected. It is clear
that the government cannot con-
tic.. •• f< r long to be the creditor of
some 39,000.000 taxpayers and
their families in debt for income
tax, particularly when there is
no question of revenue involved
in assessing this year's tax on this
year’s income and getting the
whole country on a current pay-
as-you-go basis.
In order to accomplish this de-
sirable objective of getting our
income taxes on a current basis
1 suggested to the Treasury in
March of last year and to the
Senate Finance Committee in July
a plan which I called the Pay-
As-You-Go Income Tax plan. This
plan is to be applied to individ-
uals, not to corporations.
The reason that the plan was
not presented to the Ways and
Means committee last year is be-
cause conversations with the
Treasury continued until after the
public hearings of the Ways and
Means Committee had closed.
1 shall limit mv discussion of
the plan itself to its one prin-
cipal feature, namely how to get
our personal income taxes on
a current basis without paying
two veais’ taxes in one year.
The answer is as simple as day-
light saving. Let u.s turn our tux j
clocks ahead one year. The taxes J
v. ( have paid last year out of our I
1942 inc. me: au taxes assessed j
on our incomes received in 1941. j
We can best solve the problem i
now by recognizing these 1942
payments to be taxes on 1941 as
tsey really are; and by beginn-
ing 1943 bv paying on 1943, there-
by dropping out the year 1942]
a a year of assessment from the j
tax calendar forever.
I want to stress particularly
that the essence of the plan is I
this error it we think of the plan |
as a change in the method of
a « ment. a the turning of the;
tu\ ' lock ahead, not as the stopp- |
mg of the clock,
The use of the term "for- ,
giving'' has also caused needless!
confusion in another way. The
n in apt '.1 ’forgiving" thas mean- j
ing onlj i( we recognize that i
the re is one who forgives’’ and ;
one who is "forgiven.” Such a ,
concept m the realm of taxes is
foreign to democratic institutions j
.iiiii i ei.re i illative government, j
'I here i no source from which we
can petition or receive largesse.
Taxes are levied on the people ;
by the people acting through j
C iign - . and. as to amount, kind, j
and method of assessment, the |
people acting through Congress
will determine lrom time to time
.. \ . [ij Lc in the j
common welfare.
(To Be Continued)
ard Donovan, chief of the eighth
ci vile command, spoke at a civil-
ian defense dinner—and received
an orchid corsage.
Mrs. William 1 McCormick, a
Red Cross Motor Corps captain,
ent it because she couldn't attend
Th<* general accepted. Hi* said
he'd give it to his wife in Dal-
las.
TOPEKA, Ka.s.—The cat gut to
see the mayor—eventually.
Mayor Frank J Warren stopped
his car to rescue a cat with its
head stuck in a tin can.
He couldn’t, until a neighbor
came to help. One held the animal,
the ether wielded tin shears and
finally they freed it.
CHICAGO
three squad:
a man who
Alter a half-hour
detectives, aided by
i ol police, subdued
allegedly had struck
a detective attempting to ques-
tion him.
The man carried on his per-
son a 22 caliber rifle, 46 rounds
of ammunition, a dagger, an axe
and a straight razor. He wore
shoes with steel cleats.
engaged by American gunners,
who shot down one and damaged
others, it vias said. All the Unit-
ed States planes returned to their
base:. the communique reported.
• The Berlin radio broadcast a
Tokyo dispatch saying that nine
of the United States planes which
attacked Rangoon yesterday were
either destroyed or damaged).
Germans
Attack
England
KANSAS CITY, Kas.—Fire de-
stroyed the home of Ernest White,
packing plant employee, but he
saw with some cheer that one
closet remained intact.
He rummaged through it and
pulled out $200 worth of war
bonds.
BYRNES TO TALK
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9—UP}—
The office of war information
today announced "an important
address on the war against infla-
tion" will be broadcast tonight by
James F. Bvrnes, director of ec-
onomic stabil i zation.
Byrnes will speak from 9 to
9:30 p. m„ central war time,
over the Columbia Broadcasting
sy stem.
RUBBER SUPPLY SIGHTED
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9——
A steady, although slow, import-
ation of natural rubber, and the
development, of synthetic rubber
plants, says President Harvey S.
Fires! no. jr., of the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Co., should as-
sure ui hr cement of 1943 pro-
duction schedules.
SAN JOSE, Calif. —The Santa
Clara county board discussed her
for an hour and finally voted to
promote the county dental nurse
to a position on the county health
ol fleer's stall.
Clerk Ralph Dethelfsen asked
her name, for the record.
No one knew, not even the man
Forts
Blast
Rangoon
NEW DELHI, Feb. 9. — </P>—
The largest number of United
States bombers ever sent against
Rangoon in a single day blasted
the docks and railroad facilities
of the important Burma port yes-
terday only a few hours after
RAP' bombers had dropped nearly
30 tons of bombs on the city, a
communique from United States
headquarters said today.
One formation of the American
bombers took the docks for tar-
gets and the communique report-
ed that all bombs fell in the tar-
get area. Another formation at-
Admiral Proud
Oi Showing Made
By Warships
| Aboard the Destroyer Farenholt
I in Pearl Harbor, Feb. 6—(VP)—
j 'Delayed'— (/P) —“Unlimited ad-
! miration and gratitude for the
performance of our cruisers and
I destroyers in the battle of the
j Pacific” was expressed today by
I Vice Admiral William L. Calhoun,
; commander of service force, Pac-
ific, in presenting awards to 44
i officers and men.
Shipfitter Louis D. Bonin, USN,
i Baytown, Texas entered a smoke
and fire-filled compartment in
his ship and tried to put out the
1 fire in adjacent compartment,
| despite exploding ammunition.
The distinguished flying cross
i was presented to:
Ensign Robert J. Ney, USNR.
Eagle Lake, Tex., who was pilot
j of a patrol plane in the night
i torpedo at the battle of Midway
! last June 3-4.
LONDON. Feb. 9—i/P)—A brief
air raid alarm, followed quickly
by the all-clear, sounded in Lon-
don today.
The city’s sirens screamed at
the approach of a small number
of German planes which took
advantage of a thick cloud cover
to cross the coast and penetrate
some distance inland.
There was no anti-aircraft fire
here and there were no reports
of bombs being dropped.
The raiders bombed some local-
ities in the southeast coast and
machine-gunned a crowded Lon-
don-bound passenger train.
The train was nearing a tun-
nel when one raider let loose
with his rapid fire. The engineer
put on steam and the train sped
into the safety of the tunnel. No
one was hurt.
Early last night, it was reported,
one enemy plane was destroyed
during activity off the southeast
coast of England.
The same bad weather that gave
the German planes their cover
presumably kept the RAF bomb-
ers from operating in force over
enemy territory last night.
BABY QIRL
FOUND ON PORCH
S1LSBKE Feb. 9 l/P)—Perfect-
ly healthy and normal, a newly
burn babv girl was found on the
porch i f Herbert McAdams early
yesterday. Deputy Sheriff L C.
j, j j, j H.iidiu county reported.
The child was wrapped in a
woman s sup.
McAdams lives on the Charlie
Oliver farm near Saratoga com-
munity. Oliver took the child and
said he would keep her until
she was called for.
War needs have greatly acceler-
ated the use of coal as a chemical
raw material.
The first petroleum well in the
United States was opened at
Titusville, Pa., on Aug. 27, 1859.
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MORE GOOD NEWS FROM THE PRODUCTION FRONT
(letnetnbeA—
It Takes Both
WAR BONDS
AND TAXES
To Win Victory
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you tan do to
get more help
for your eyes!
Production, Production
and More Production!
GENERAL MOTORS REPORTS ON ITS FIRST
FULL YEAR OF WAR ACTIVITIES
FIRST, AN APPRECIATION . . .
While the figures and statistics shown below
are impressive, they do not tell the full story.
They do not show, for example, the coopera-
tion we have had from Army and Navy
officials at every step of our progress toward
the record production already achieved. Nor
do they indicate the fine spirit of cooperation
shown by our suppliers and subcontractors,
on whom we rely for so much of the work.
They cannot convey an adequate picture of
the eagerness of hundreds of thousands of
General Motors men and women to back the
courage and determination of our fighting
men with an ample supply of the most effec-
tive fighting weapons in the world. They
cannot give even a hint of the initiative dis-
played by our engineers and mass-production
technicians in effecting manufacturing
economies and efficiencies which have
resulted in the saving of critical war materials
and manpower, and which have already
made possible price reductions amounting to
hundreds of millions of dollars.
These are the practical results that come
from encouraging individual effort and initia-
tive—the American way of getting the job
done. Machines alone cannot win the victory
—it will he won by free men working and
fighting together for the only kind of future
worthy of America.
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Your eyes neeil all the help they
can get. Don’t handicap them
with too little. Clean reflector
bowlsand bulbs frequently. You’ll
gel from 25-30% more light.
1940 and 1941 were years of defense produc-
tion and of planning for the possibility of war.
Pearl Harbor found this defense production well
under way. With the declaration of war and the
call for “all-out” war effort, General Motors
concentrated its entire organization and all its
facilities on war production.
The tremendous job ahead at the threshold
of 1942 called for the “know-how” of all our
engineers, designers, mechanics and man-
agers, skilled and experienced in mass produc-
tion. It required the retooling and rearranging
of all our plants for maximum production of
war products. It meant designing and building
new machines, and tools to make them—train-
ing skilled hands to perform new tasks, and
teaching the unskilled—building employment
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ing and enlisting the support of our network of
thousands of suppliers and subcontractors. It
also meant establishing and operating training
schools to teach thousands of men in the armed
forces how to properly service and maintain
General Motors-hullt war equipment.
Now at the beginning of 1943 these basic tasks
have all been accomplished, and during their
accomplishment General Motors plants made
and delivered a mighty, rising tide of war
materials. That tide continues to rise with
mass-production technique swinging into full
stride.
Thus General Motors answers our govern-
ment’s call for “Production, production—and
more production!”
GENERAL MOTORS' WAR PRODUCTION
GENERAL MOTORS' EMPLOYMENT
GENERAL MOTORS' PAYROLLS
GENERAL MOTORS' PURCHASES PROM
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We regret that for military reason* we cannot re-
port the number oi dun*, tanka, planes, shells
armored cars, trucks, Diesel engines foi
marines and other uses, airplane instruments and
dreds of other items made and delivered by
era/ Motors. We can say that in dollar value
In June 1941 factory emp
an all time high Since the
have been made, larf
tone into the armed >
en, 3U.000 replacements
have been made, lartely to replace men who have
ices, and 49,000 additional
ave
workers employed in June 1941
added. At the end of 1942 Gene,
>ach
employes have been hired. To the 54.000 salaried
n
ed 370.000-
mei
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ace n
d 49,000 additions
in 54,000 salariei
17,000 have been
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General Mot
66,000 above
ors' employ -
the previous
is anticipated that 100,000 will be added.
General Motors' payrolls, like Genera/ Motor*’
eniployment figures. are at an all-time high in our
immunities and 13 states—and
■ da. The December 1942 payroll
us was 45% more than the peace-
time peak in June 1941 The total General Motors
payroll for 1942 wai JSJ9.000.000— 28% more than
in 1941—the highest previous year.
The fastest, most effective way to distributa war
work among the greatest number of producers is
primarily through larger industrial organisations
who have technical staffs available and who are
accustomed to working with suppliers and sub-
contractors. Purchases from subcontrsuitors end
suppliers in the fourth quarter of 1942 were $334),-
000.000, compared with the peacetime peak oi
J288,000,000 m the second quarter of 1941.
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 1943, newspaper, February 9, 1943; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth772326/m1/6/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.