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PPppJKi!-. - <:• ’ 'v;y' "t - • ' ■v':-': ^ .1 - v ■ ' ' THE CHKONICLE > Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable / i ' 1 If You Don't Read THE CHRONKIE. You Don't Get the News Volume XLII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 28, 1942 Number 22 NATIONAL SCENE; As Washington Sees It Special to The Chronicle. Washington, May 26. — Major changes in the gasoline rationing! plan now in fbrce in the East are ex-| pected to be made in July due to, the general dissatisfaction with the present method. -—t- Congressmen are being flooded with. complaints in which these ob jections are most numerous: (1) Many people who have no right to them have X cards (entitling them, to an unlimited supply of gasoline); (2) gas station attendants are giv ing more gasoline than ration cards call for to their friends and are re fusing to sell tO strangers; (3) many people are embarrassing honest gas station owners by trying to persuade them to give two rations for each punch of a ration card; (4) ration boards are -playing favorites; (5) congress itself set a ruinous exam ple for the. country as a whole by insisting that all of its members were entitled to necial favor. === Officials here who have analyzed the situation feel that the many schemes used to circumvent ration ing do not indicate an unwillingness on the part of the people to co-oper ate, but are more indicative of the public’s quickness to sense that the system is impractical and cannot possibly bring about a fair distribu tion of sacrifice. They point out too that the action of .congressmen, WPA workers, state and city officials and politicians in general to exempt themselves from rationing set an example which led to people feeling that their own in fluence was measured by the type of card they were able to get. Many lion dollars, is beginning to take the greatest problem is the billions unspendable income must be drained war saving bonds seems to be in the of bonds can be built up to the point people were made to feel that it was shape although it is still doubtful if .of extra income being paid to war off by taxes or by enforced savings, cards, although, at the request of. where mandatory saving will not be • mark of social inferiority—sort of!congress will agree to act on it un-iworkers which is far in excess of the otherwise inflation is bound to set in Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau. necessary, but most authorities fa- like living on the wrong side of thejtil after the November elections, value of goods which will be avail- in spite of price fixing. lit probably will not be considered miliar with the figures on bond sales railroad track—to be limited to an!Each suggested form of taxation able for purchase by the consumer.! \ p i an to deduct ID per cent of all’until July. The treasury department are not very hopeful this will work Clinton High School Graduating Class of 1942 / brings protests from the groups Therefore, they point out, this extra,! wages at source for investment in ( still hopes that voluntary purchase out. which it would hit hardest and the compiittee large faces Jm ex task in determining A card entitling them to the mini mum supply of gasoline. The Office of Price Administration is'studying the flaws in the present • tremely diffic rationing system and is expected what forms of taxation would be soon to announce a revised plan; fairest to the majority of people, which will overcome the many pres-1 Labor groups are protesting against ent weaknesses in gasoline ration-' decreasing exemptions on personal 1, ing. It is expected that the new plan' income tax to include more people j wul be more stringent and will put; of low income and the committee, fears that it would cause new labor 1 disturbances if this was done or if a sales tax, hitting the lower income groups, was put through. Those with higher incomes expect in the East, the greatest damage be- {to pay more taxes but feel strongly 1 ing caused by • the U. S. senate vot- i that the lower income groups, which ing, with only two dissenting votes, have increased their wages consider ably as a result of war work, should , be subject to higher taxes. less responsibility for its success on the shoulders of gas station owners. It is believed that the many abus es of gasoline rationing have brought about a definite set-back to morale; against a resolution to ration the gas oline of congressmen themselves. The new tax program, aimed at subject to higher macs. , Furthermore, it is pointed out by* new taxes totaling almost nine bil- those who are fighting inflation that, HOT CASSEROLE to take on a picnic , by Dorothjr Greig E VEN though we all work like fury from now to the end ol the war, we'll still have free time now and then to sniff the flowers, lase in the sun and go on picnics. %M|:: H m ( w* as plank main Klah. And when w. picnic, whether in MP <nm Udqrard or fei efleid, we can here really avnetiziu food. Hot food, each ee tin Mlow, hot eat or soup to ha carried along to Ok right m the spot—It's simple to pack a fresh last hatter and asr- — dn-ee.HMtSjn^^ a right e«t of aalada "to ha la ^ ha aa aoertahlag, astoaiotoea! aaa wall hytwkd aad Inviting aa tay ether naaL It tost takas a bit of managing. Now far the hot oaaaorolo. Tho trick hue la to oook It at homo. Thon slip tt, hot from tho wren. Into thicknsssss of heavy paper. Wrapped qalddy and thieUy this way, tha diah stops hot Jar savsral tows. Or. 4f raw twee takad It to ■ in f'.'c.rlc r.- taka it aSoag right tin tho i.j&sr. > add the tomato soap, hosoa. Mix the floohtd mi with the totoktowaat . . tot toto a caaaerok dish. tot tote a mod- _ , tor 30-40 minntao to cat casserole and spaghetti larvae kf. Miss Kathleen Crow WHO WILL CONDUCT THE CHRONICLE’S COOKING SCHOOL NEXT WEEK, says . . . / 'The mattress you sleep on is just as important as the ingredients you put in your cake." * FlUFfY CHANNELLED PILLOWS ATTACHED TO BOTH SIDES OP A COMPLETED KARPEN INNERSPRING MATTRESS UNIT. i m-o-stsT a lAcao by a i»< yias comstsucdon AlANTH AMO fUSMUMn MOW FAMOUS SWUTAltOM The KARPEN ... is something really super, deep and luxurious, of proven durability. Comfort is economy, enabling the household to rest better and thus work better. The Pil-O-Rest is backed by a ten-year construction guarantee, x / Rediscover You'll be spending more time there now because of the auto mobile, tire and gas restrictions. KEEP UP THE HOMES WE'RE FIGHTING FOR. WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO MAKE THE HOME ATTRACTIVE AND COMFORTABLE. In war time aa In peace, the bent furniture values obtainable are fea tured in our large aaaortments of furniture that stand up at prices that stand out for value. Yotar inspection Is invited. zBfos.sdp*- Clinton—Two Stores—Laurens ■anmm tMmsmima