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GOOD CITIZEN
Taxes You Kick About Paying
Finance Your Conveniences
This to the fifth ef a eeriee of ten
articles from the booklet “Good Cltl-
sea“ published by The American
Heritage Foundation concerning the
rights and duties of an American.
T HE FOURTH promise of a good
citizen: I will pay my taxes
understandingly (if not cheerfully).
Yes, it’s human nature to squirm
when the government (even though
it’s your government) strikes at
your pocketbook nerve through
taxation.
But it’s also human nature to
demand the conveniences, improve
ments and protection that you want
for your fam
ily, your com-
4 P-S— munity and
r^Q£v your country.
What paves
the street in
front of your
house and
throws a net-
w o r k of
smooth high
ways across
the country?
What keeps police cars cruising
v the streets, and maintains an army,
a navy, an airforce and the F.B.I.?
What supports the farmer’s
friend, the county agent, and sends
consuls and ambassadors to pro
tect our citizens and interests in
foreign lands?
* » *
T HE ANSWER, obviously, is taxes
—the tried and proved method
of everybody chipping in to pro
vide the things which all of us
need and none of us can pay for by
himself.
The weather forecast you read in
the paper or get on the radio is
made possible by a tax-supported
organization.
Your tax money and the other
fellow’s protect the purity of the
water you drink and insure full
weight and wholesomeness in the
food you buy. Taxes make possible
By INEZ GERHARD
M ICHAEL RABIN, 14-year-old
violionist, will probably make
August 10th a day to remember, when
he makes his network debut on
The Telephone Hour. Rodzinski,
directing the Havana Philharmonic
when Rabin made his world debut
last April, said “He is marvelous,
fantastic. He has a tremendous fu
ture!" Jascha Heifetz and other
famed musicians have also advised
and encouraged this young genius.
Not that Michael thinks of himself
as one; his bicycle is one of his
most priced possessions, he likes to
awim and collect stamps and play
ping pong, looks forward to having
a car. That he may be one of the
world’s greatest violinists is no con
cern of his.
The U.S. State Department has
endorsed the Walter Huston Memor
ial International Scholarship now
being set up to finance the educa
tion of two English speaking stu
dents from Trikkala, Greece, at the
University of Arizona.
the public schools, the public lib
raries, the public parks, the pub
lic fire department and the public
everything from the street light on
the comer to the lighthouse at sea.
Every hour of the day and night
your safety, your health, your
security and your valuables are
protected by public servants paid
for by your taxes.
Taxes represent the cost of our
government doing business. They
are determined by the people we
elect to office. We give these peo
ple the right to do a lot of things
with our money but hold them ac
countable to us.
If we feel they are spending it
unwisely or too freely we can
“turn the rascals out.”
‘Tn this world,” wrote Benjamin
Franklin, “nothing is certain but
death and taxes.” But isn’t our
method of taxation with represen
tation an improvement over the
confiscatory system of the dictator
who sees what you have and takes
as much as he wants?
Taxes are levied by four levels
of government — federal, state,
county and municipal. To become
law, a tax must be voted upon and
passed by the elected representa
tives of the people.
There are three general tax clas
sifications:
A HIDDEN TAX—A hidden tax
is one which is not apparent to the
eye, and is usually part of any
thing you buy. For example, the
price of a loaf of bread includes
all the taxes which have been im
posed from the time it is raw
wheat until it reaches you.
A DIRECT TAX—A direct tax is
one directly paid by the person on
whom the ultimate tax burden
falls. In other words, there is no
middle man between you and the
government. Examples are proper
ty, income, and inheritance taxes.
AN INDIRECT TAX—An indirect
tax is one which is paid by some
one other than the person who will
finally pay it. In other words, it
is a tax which is passed on to
someone else. The manufacturer of
an imported product pays the cus
toms duty, and indirect tax because
he will pass this on to the con
sumer by increasing the *price of
the product.
• • •
TWO OF the most important
bodies which the public may come
into contact in relation to taxation
are the tax commissions and the
tax court of the United States.
Tax commissions are state fiscal
bodies, consisting usually of three
appointive or elective members,
which supervises local tax officials,
assesses public utility and other
property, collects most taxes not
collected locally.
If you consider your tax assess
ment unfair you may appeal to a
tax reviewing board.
The federal government knows
mistakes can be made in the taxes
claimed from you. That’s why we
have the United States Tax Court.
You can contest before that court,
before you pay, certain taxes which
the commissioner of internal rev
enue claims you owe.
From the decisions of the tax
court you may appeal to a higher
court.
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THE
FICTION
CORNER
ANNETTE PASSES OUT
By Richard H. Wilkinson
I N SEPTEMBER Bill decided he
wasn’t in love. He told himself it
had been a summer romance. He
regretted it. He couldn’t walk out
and leave Annette flat. He had to
otter some sort of explanation.
The wind whipped in their faces
as the roadster sped through the
night. Annette
snuggled c o n-
tentedly at his
shoulder.
He swung the
roadster off the
bumped • along a
highway. They
wagon road, presently emerging in
to a clearing. Bill stopped. Toward
the north the horizon was illumin
ated by a dull glow. Lights from the
town.
Bill turned. Annette
said: “Oh,
Bill, I’m so glad we came out here.
It was here you first told me you
loved me. Remember?"
“Sure. I remember.”
“Say it now. Bill. Say you love
me!”
Bill had Intended to say just
the opposite. Without knowing
why, he pitied her. He spoke,
but what he said was: “Of
course I love you. You know
that." It was as if she impelled
him to say ft.
“Kiss me, Bill. Kiss me and say
it again.”
He kissed her, repeating the
words, cursing himself for doing so.
Why did she have to cling to him
so?
He got a grip on himself. He
formed the words in his mind.
“Bill, I’ve got a surprise for you."
“Surprise?"
BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
Bng Bewitched, Bothered OverMeetingMet Problems
By BILLY ROSE
A New York paper recently carried the following dispatch
from Paris:
Rudolf Bing, new general manager of the Metropolitan Opera House,
said today that he had come to Europe on the biggest talent search in op^
eratic history.
Asked about the offer last year of Billy Rose, Broadway producer and
columnist, to take over the Met and make it pay, Mr. Bing asked*
“Who’s he?” —
When reminded of Rose’s identi
ty, the impresario laughed and
wdded:
“The problems of the Met will
never be solved by
Broadway m e t h-
ods.” ,
Judging from the
above, it’s evident
that Mr. Bing has
a sense of humor
as Groucho
Marx once said, if
there’s anything I
like in e man or an
opera director it’s
a sense of humor.
But Ion the ott-
chance that some folks may have
missed the hilarious overtones of
Rudy’s remarks, perhaps I ought
to translate them and let every*
body in on the joke.
Billy
FIRST OFF, our Viennese friend
wants us to know that he’s in
Europe on what he modestly calls
**the biggest talent search in op
eratic history.’’ An admirable un
dertaking, but seeing as bow the
Herr Direktor recently put Kirsten
Flagstadt on the Met payroll, the
natural question is whether the
talent he’s looking for is in the
tonsil or treason department.
A second question, equally
natural, is why Mr. Bing doesn’t
case this country for talent be
fore taking bis eyes and ear
drums to the Continent. After
all, when a gent with thread
bare spats is imported to boss
our So. 1 opera house and band
ed plenty of steak and salary for
so doing, it would seem the part
of good public relations for him
to first give the borne talent a
careful look-listen.
It may very well be that the
larynxes In Filadelfia, Germany,
are superior to those in Philadel
phia, Pennsylvania, but you can’t
prove it by Marian Anderson.
Next we come to Rudy’s side
splitting “Who dat?’’ when asked
about me. When you come right
down to it, there’s no reason why
Mr. B. should ever have heard hiss
or hosannah of an American pro-
ter of a century in the entertain
ment business.
After all, it wasn't until recently
that this Dapper Danubian had
either time or incentive to keep up
with theatrical news According to
the record, he has spent a good
deal of his adult life as amanuen
sis and assistant to various assis
tants, but nowhere do I find any
mention of his having produced so
much as a necktie—although, come
to think of it, he did sell a few of
them when he clerked in a London
haberdashery during the war.
ACTUALLY, UNLESS he suffers
from a slapsy - lapsey memory.
Brother Bing was only kidding
when he said, “Who dat?" The
fact is that he’s made two tries in
recent years to strike up a nod
ding acquaintance with me—both
of which left me nodding. Once in
London and once In New York, he
did his darnedest to fast-talk me
into backing some party venture he
was fronting for, and each time I
shooed him off with the polite ex
planation that my policy was,
“Neither a borrower nor a sucker
be.”
There is, of course, an outside
chance that this joker no longer
remembers trying to put the
bite on me — in which event
wire even because l didn’t know
who be was when the Met an
nounced bit appointment.
For a long time, I thought the
Bing in question was Herman Bing,
the baggy-pantsed Dutch comedian
—who else would hire Flagstadt and
fire Melchior? Who else would
substitute the grunt-and-groan Ger
man operas for the melodic Italian
ones?
The final jest is rollicking Ru
dy’s statement that “the problems
of the Met will never be solved by
Broadway methods." Mebbe so,
but it seems to me that this carpy
contention doesn’t quite jibe with
his much publicized efforts to sign
Garson Kanin, Margaret Webster,
Danny Kaye and Oscar Hammer-
stein IL If any of these limes
Square tots ever set foot or aden-
noids in La Scala, then I'm a
monkey’s uncle and Mr. Bing la an
opera impresario.
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“I’m going back to Belfast with
yon," Annette Said. “I’ve got n
job there for the winter.**
“I’m going back to Belfast with
you. I’ve got a job there for the
winter. We’ll be together all win
ter, Bill, Isn’t it grand!"
Lord! Now he was in for it. He
hadn’t expected that. Well, he’d
have to be blunt, cruel. He’d have
to tell her once and for all.
##*5lLL!" There was terror in her
^ tone. He turned quickly. She
was looking away from him toward
the horizon where the dull glow had
been. The dull glow he. had thought
to be town lights had developed in
to astonishing brilliance.
“Fire! The whole ridge is ablaze.
Say, we’d better get going!"
He jammed his foot down on the
starter. The motor whirred, and
that was all. Bill swore, yanking
out the choke. There was a sput
tering whine, a cough, silence.
Bill opened the roadster’s door.
“Come on! Engine’s dead. We’ll
have to run for it.”
He yanked her out of the car,
started running along the wagon
road, dragging her behind him. He
hadn’t realized that fire could be
like this. The speed of its approach
amazed him.
“Bill! Wait! You’re going too
fast.”
Bill turned just as she fell for
ward. He knelt beside her. “Try
and get up. We’ve got to keep go
ing. It’s our only chance.”
Pitifully she tried, sank to the
ground, moaning softly. He stooped
and lifted her in his arms.
“Bill, don’t! You can’t! Go on
and leave me. There’s no use in
both of us—"
He went on blindly. Behind
him now he could hear the
crackle of flames. The road
ahead was alight from the
brilliance of the fire. It required
no effort to move.
Then suddenly, ahead, he saw the
main highway. There were Ughts
there. The lights from automobiles
and trucks.
Bill lay sprawled in the r back seat
of a joggling touring car. He opened
his eyes and saw Annette. Behind
her the sky was dull red.
‘BUI, why di$ you do It? Why
In’t you leave me t
didn’t you leave me there when—
when you knew **
He said: “Say, what do you take
me for? Leave behind the girl 1
love!"
“Oh, BUI, I’ve known for a month
you didn’t I wouldn’t let myself be
lieve I was losing you. I wouldn’t
give you the chance to tell the
truth."
Bill swallowed. So that was it?
So that was the reason she had
Suddenly he lifted her in his arms
“Annette," he whispered, “say you
love me. Say it and kiss me, dar
ling."
‘Once Over Seedbed
Operation Cuts Cost
New Method Eliminates
Extra Tillage Steps
Giving the soil a “once-over”
seedbed preparation can help cut
down crop production costs by elim
inating extra tillage steps while still
maintaining high yields, according
to Michigan State College agron
omists.
The agronomists found that plow
ing, packing and planting in one op
eration produced as high yields of
small grains, sugar beets and corn
on soil of good tilth, as did con
ventional seedbed preparation that
included double disking and spike-
tooth harrowing.
The “once-over” method permit
ted quicker planting, because less
ONCE-OVER** 601L PREPARATION
I PlOW |
Illustrated above Is the “once
ever** method of plowing, pack
ing and planting that can save
many farmers high production
time was needed to get seed into
the ground. It means a saving in
time, labor and tractor fuel Two
disking and two harrowing opera
tions were eliminated. Another ad
vantage was that the soil had great-
ar water storage capacity, for tha
tilth was not broken down by ex
cessive tillage.
Maintaining tilth is vital in crop
production, these agronomists say,
because loose, grainy soils give a
good contact between the soil and
the seed, 'that makes it easier for
soots to reach plant nutrients, sir
and water.
X-Disease Appears
Among Illinois Cattle
A comparatively new disease,
hyperkeratosis, or x-disease, has
been recognized In 37 or more
states, the journal of American Vet
erinary Medical Association re
ports.
Reports indicate that, in some sec
tions, herds have been decimated
ami dispersed because of the ef
fects of the disease. This has hap
pened in few instances in Illinois,
but in the southern states the
disease apparently has assuzned a
more malignant fonp and consti
tutes a more serious problem than
elsewhere.
The morbidity, while unpredict
able, may be high. Young cattle ap
pear to be more susceptible than
older ones and the death rate
among them is higher. While in the
U. S. bureau of animal industry re
port, beef cattle were more fre
quently involved than dairy ani
mals, the disease has been seen
almost equally among the two types
in Illinois.
The cause, as indicated by the
name “x-disease", is unknown.
FARM POPULATION. 1910*1950
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The U. S. department of agricul
ture reports a decrease in fai
population from 1910 to 1950 of ov<
four million. From 1916 to 19!
the number of persons living
farms decreased each year except!
during the recession years of thsj
early 1920’s and during 1925.
In the depression of the early 30’i
farm population rose rapidly, toti
ing 32.0 million in 1933. The pi
cipal reason for this increase was a]
cutting down of migration* away]
from farms. After 1933, the num
ber of persons on farms decrease!
yearly through 1945.
During World War H the rate
decrease grew as large numbers
people left farms tor the cities
went into the armed forces. By 1!
only 25.2 million persons lived
farms.
After the war, farm populatio:
increased substantially for two
years, but since then, the changei
have been slight. Farm population
appears to have leveled off abou
half-way between its prewar size
and the wartime low.
Electric Water Pump
Saves Many Pump Pains
on admini*j
to lighting,
The Rural Electrification
tration reports that next
water pumping is possibly the mos
valuable farm use of electricity.
On many farms, five cents worth od
electricity will pump and deliver
1,000 gallons of water to Its place
of use.
More and more farm families ar
realizing how much time is spem
pumping water and are conv
to the use of electricity.
MIRROR
0/ Your
MIND
'How Are You?"
Is Just Polite
By Lawrence Gould
Should you take “How are you?” literally?
Answer: As s rule, No. When the
tverage person asks about your
health, he’s merely being “polite"
and you’ll surprise and annoy him
if you go into details about how you
are feeling. Of course, if you’ve been
111 and it is a friend who asks you,
that’s another matter. But even so,
telling someone that you feel bad
when there’s nothing he can do
about it does you no good and
makes him needlessly uncomfort
able. Keep your aches and pains to
yourself even with your family, un
less it is necessary to explain why
you are not your usual self.
showed a less realistic view of life
than would be normal for children
of twelve to fourteen. To face and
accept life as it is, while worth the
effort, requires the full use of all
our mental powers, and when these
decline, we become children again.
Are there different ways of
reading?
la it easier to be childish than
to be adnlt?
Answer: Yes. And one proof Is
that as our mental powers decline in
old age, we tend to revert to child
ish ways of thinking. Psychologists
Wayne Dennis and Betty Mallinger
report that seventy-five per cent of
inmates of homes for the aged gave
answers to test questions which
Answer: Yes, says Dr. Emmett
Albert Betts, Director of Temple
University Reeding Clinic, Phila
delphia. In a well-balanced reading
program, a child should be taught
to “skim" material at high speed to
locate ideas: to “read rapidly" to
get a general impression of an
author’s meaning, and to do “study-
type reading" to think problems
through and organize ideas. The
old-fashioned notion that you should
read every word of every type of
reading matter both makes you
waste time and may discourage you
from reading at »1L
LOOKING
RELIGION
^ME ONLY RRRT KING JAMES PLAYED IN PRODUCING THE
C/ TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE WHICH BEARS HIS NAME UtfS
TO APPROVE THE SUGGESTION THAT A BIBLE .BE PREPARED
AND NOMINATE A BODY OF 54 TRANSLATORS TO DO THE WORK.
I KEEPING HEALTHY 1
Adding to the Working Life Span
By Dr. James W. Barton
[ ECAUSE THE AVERAGE LIFE
expectancy has increased al-
selves, medical journals, maga
zines and even newspapers are
now published for the elderly.
In “The Journal of Geron
tology,** Dr. E. C. Clagne shows
that while life expectancy has
been steadily increasing in re
cent decades, there have been
no corresponding gains in the
working life span. Modern in
dustry and occupational trends ‘
have had the effect of not
lengthening the working life
span; in fact If anything, they
tend to shorten It, because
there has been ns increase in
the kind of work elderly men
mnd women are able to de.
“A program for extension of
working life is needed as an alter
native to a steady increase in the
period of old age dependency and
in the corresponding economic bur
den," Dr. Clague writes.
During the depression period •
we are told that the British
workers preferred to work for
30 shillings rather than remain
idle and collect 25 shillings a
week from the government. The
same applies te the elderly,
who greatly dislike the thought
that employers consider them
unfit for wort: when they reach
a certain, age.
To keep elderly people happy,
employment tor which they are fit
should be provided by the com-'
munity. Dr. Clague states that “this
will require concerted community
action.
Group games conducted by com
petent supervisors in civic play
grounds cost a community consid
erable money, but no other invest
ment pays such large dividends.
Early ambulation may be prac
ticed after operations on appendix,
stomach, large bowel, bile ducts,
kidneys and male and female or
gans.
An individual can be changed
from an accident-prone driver to
one with fewer accidents.
After six months, babies prefer
to sleep on their faces with their
knees drawn up.
Unilateral prefrontal lobotomy ia
an acceptable measure for the re
lief of intractable pai&.
Smart Kid
“Here boy." said the man
the boy who was helping 1“
drive a bunch of cattle, “hold
bull a minute, will you?”
“No," answered the boy,
don’t mind bein’ a director in ti—
company, but I’m darned if I
want to be a stockholder.**
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Find yourself
through faith
cOme to church
this week
BING CROSBY SAYS:
“Looking about, it is easy to
see the most truly happy people
are those who have found peace
of soul in religion.”