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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C m DREW Secret Tax Conference T HE 81st CONGRESS, despite much constructive legislation, will probably be known as the con gress which increased the working man’s taxes by as much as 20 per cent while refusing to tax the war profits of big corporations. The most important debate on this was not in public but in the closed-door session of the senate and house conferees where house members battled savagely to gain a few concessions for little taxpay ers. One of the battlers was Demo cratic Congressman John Dingell of Detroit who at one point de manded: ‘‘While we are making all these concessions to upper-bracket tax payers and war piofiteers, we should at least repeal some of the excise taxes on working people. “Instead of plugging loopholes that benefit*the oil industry and stock-market speculators, you are making the loopholes bigger—and more of them,” Dingell angrily chided the senators. “As long as you are in the mood to throw away money, why not make some conces sions to the working girl and man with four or five kids?’ However, the Michigan Demo crat’s demands that the excise on baby powder and oil, etc., be lift ed fell on deaf ears. Finally, Ding ell turned to GOP Sen. Eugene Mil- likin of Colorado, a stanch defend er of tax benefits to big bracket- eers, and half jokingly asserted: “Gene, if you don’t support me on this—woe to you when you go back to Colorado to campaign this year.” Millikin chuckled, but said noth ing. Gen. Bradley Rebuffed Dingell then hurled into the teeth of the seators a letter Gen. Omar Bradley had written congress, urg ing that the excise tax on G.I watches be recinded. *T want to see how much faith you have in General Bradley— how xnbch weight his letter car ries,” the Michigander challenged. “How about it?” This time Millikin didn’t laugh. Neither did granite-faced Sen. George of Georgia anftalbe architects of the bill that war profiteers. The sen- at mom and defiant There Was another bitter blow up over the proposed witholding tax on stock dividends. This was aimed to capture an estimated 160 to 170 million dollars which Uncle Sam loses each year because stock holders fail to report dividends in e-tax returns. in the senators held back, house conferees Bob Dough- of North Carolina, Jere Cooper Tennessee, Wilbur Mills of ansas and Dingell strongly sup ported the withholding tax on divi dends. George, who consistently battled for the top-bracket taxpay- -ers in every other phase of the bill, made the amazing argument that the dividend clause would dis criminate against “poor widows.” “The government doesn’t withold taxes on wages under $500 a year,” sermonized the Georgian. “Why tax the dividends of widows and I people of moderate circumstances, which in many cases amount to less than $500 a year?” “That argument doesn’t hold water,” hit back Dingell. “The ob ject of this amendment is not to hurt women of small incofhes, but to compel the reporting in income returns of about a billion dollars a year in dividends that escape tax ation. Failure to report these divi dends is a violation of the law. “Furthermore, despite what you say, working people with wages under $500 a year sometimes are taxed. A Detroit auto worker may work only one week in a year, but a portion of that week’s wages is nonetheless withheld by the gov ernment.” GOP Rep. Dan Reed of Dunkirk, N. Y., sided with the senators, however, and the big-bracket tax payers had a majority. Note.—Other senate tax conferees were Byrd of Virginia and Con- nally of Texas, Democrats; and Butler of Nebraska, Republican. Of them, only Senator Connally fought for the little taxpayer. f. Combats Communism ■WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Congress Overrides Truman Veto Of Tough Communist Control Bill; United Nations Forces Take Seoul (KDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these eslnmns, they are these of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) The race of U.N. forces from the Inchon and Pusan areas to cut South Korea into two sections and isolate thousands of Commu nist troops in the south went forward at such a clip correspondents were unable to keep up with the advance. The two spearheads made a junction north of Taejon, trapping about 160,000 Commu nist troops in southwestern Korea. Arrows indicate the directions the converging advances took. essional witch-hunters who smear innocent people could take sion from an “American way” paign which the Veterans of Wars has launche*d against unism. The V.F.W. cam- t stresses “community serv- edmbat conditions on which “isms” thrive—poverty, un- ent, illiteracy. V.F.W’s new commander, C. Ralls of Seattle, ex- to President Truman the : “The best way to lick is to get at the roots te it. And those roots chiefly poverty and ignorance, we see to it that there are no children or impoverished in this country, we don’t to worry too much about n M the proper approach,” nm»n “Communism is of mind that is aggravated KOREA: Three Bloody Months After three bloody months the war in Korea appeared near the end with the capture of Seoul, 500- year-old Korean capital, and the junction of U. N. troops from the Inchon and Pusan beachheads. The war seemed to be in the last of three stages. The first began with the invasion of Communists troops and their capture of Sqoul and the general retreat of Ameri can and South Korean troops to the narrow beachhead at Pusan. The second was that period when U. N. forces maintained their beachhead while troops and weap ons for an offensive were being built up in Japan and near Pusan. The third and final stage began with the Inchon invasion and a general attack from the north and south to Isolate the invaders below the 38th parallel and thus destroy them. - The breakout from the Pusan beachhead came suddenly and in force. Troops landed at Inchon captured Seoul and headed south. The two forces were within a few miles of each other at last reports and thousands of Communists were doomed to isolation and destruc tion in the final phase of stage three. Military commanders were quick to report that bloody fighting would go on for some time as mopping up operations continued. They ex pected guerilla warfare in the moun tains for a long time since many Communist units were expected to resist to the death. One important question remained unanswered. Will U. N. troops cross the 38th parallel into North Korea? NOBEL PRIZE: To American Negro Dr. Ralph Bunche, U.N. media- toi who brought an end to conflict in the Holy Land, was awarded the Nobel peace prize for 1950. Dr. Bunche, grandson of an Amer ican Negro slave, is the first of his race to receive the peace prize. It will be presented to him Decem ber 10. He will receive $23,000 and a gold medal. A member of the U.S. state de partment, Dr. Bunche was loaned to the United Nations in 1946. He succeeded Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden as the U.N. mediator in Palestine after Bernadotte was as sassinated in 1948, effected an ar mistice and ended the bitter clash between Jews and Arabs. When informed of the award, he paid tribute to his predecessor for laying the essential foundations of the Palestine agreements. “At this moment, I cannot for get that Count Bernadotte and 10 other members of our team gave their lives in the effort to restore peace to Palestine,” he said. Dr. Bunche is the eleventh Amer ican to win the peace prize. Others were President Theodore Roose velt, Elihu Root, Woodrow Wilson, Charles G. Dawes, Frank B. Kellog, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Jane Addams, Cordell Hull, John R. Mott, and Emily G. Balch. BUSINESS: Buoyant Economy The business boom flourished on aQ fronts during September, sup ported by a buoyant civilian econ omy and increased spending for the rearmament program. Virtually every one of the stand ard measuring devices that tell the state of business at any given time showed gains, and in some instances new peaks for recent years. Where there were no ad vances. indicators held steady. Headliners “Let as not, in cowering and fool ish fear, throw away the ideals which are the fondamental basis for our free society,” President Truman said in his 5,500-word mes sage roundly denouncing the Com munist control bill. “I don’t think there Is going to be any war, but I think there will be many occasions of great anxiety on til the East-West Impasse is bro ken,” Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, winner of the Nobel peace prize, said in an interview. “We have a word In Rossian which yon shoold know. It is ‘nichevo\ It means 'don’t worry— things will torn out all right',” Jacob Malik told delegates white chatting with western delegates in the security council lounge. Did he mean all right for the Russians or for world peace? Diplomats won dered. CONGRESS: Home for Elections The 81st congress which will be praised and condemned, according to individual political views, came to a dramatic pause with a filibust er and a vote to override a presi dential veto. The congress will re convene November 27. The filibuster was unique in that both supporters and opponents of the tough Communist ^control bill, the issue in question, participated in it. First, six senators teamed up to filibuster for 19% hours against the bill in the hope that popular opion- ion and last-minute presidential ap peals might tip the scales in the administration’s favor. Then, when the six finally gave up, supporters of the bill continued to talk until several advocates, in cluding Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio could arrive for the final vote. Among its sweeping provision, the bill requires the registration of Communists and Communist-front organizations, authorizes the mass roundup of suspected subversives in time of war or national emergen cy and provides stiffer penalties for espionage and sabotage. President Truman said he vetoed the measure because: (1) Aid potential enemies by re quiring publication of a complete list of defense plants. (2) Require the justice depart' ment and the FBI to waste “im mense amounts of time and energy attempting to carry out its un workable registration provisions.” (3) Deprive the U.S. of “great as sistance of many aliens in intelli gence matters.” (4) Antagonize friendly govern ments. (5) Put the U.S. in the “thought control” business by regulating sub versive literature and propaganda. (6) Make it easier, instead of harder, for subversive aliens to be come naturalized American citi zens. (7) Give federal officials vast powers to harass citizens in the exercise of their right of free speech. For the first time in history a single-engine jet fighter plane, re fueled as it flew, crossed the At lantic from England to the United States. Piloted by Col. David C. Schilling, the F-84 Thunderjet averaged 330 miles an hour in the 3,300 mile hop. A second plana failed to complete the distance when it ran out of fuel. The pilot. Lt CoL William Ritchie, bailed out safely. UNITED NATIONS: Vote Down Red Move Again the Soviet Union’s cam paign to seat Communist China in the United Nation’s met defeat. The defeat was significant in that a vote was taken within four hours of the opening of the fifth session of the general assembly and was the first time the assembly ever tackled a major issue before dis posing of routine organizational problems. The motion to seat the Commu nist government of China was intro duced by India and led to an im mediate clash between Russia’s delegate Andrei Y. Vishinsky and the U.S. delegate Dean Acheson. The U.S. secretary of state said in his speech, "Vote on it now and vote it down.” He reminded the as sembly that 43 of the U.N.’s 59 members recognized the National ists as the true government of China. The vote was 33-16, with 10 abstentions. Political observers speculated tnat the Soviet foreign minister might walk out after the vote. He con tented himself, however, with de claring the assembly’s action “il legal and incorrect.” A Canadian proposal to set up a seven-nation committee to study the question of Chinese representa tion and report back to the assem bly when its recommendations was adopted. ' Whatever the report, observers believed Russi*^#mij$jContinue its campaign to ^at Rda Cnina.-It was only a matter of time until the question was brought up again. RUSSIA: What New Game FRENCH VISITOR ... The 15,000 ton French Carrier Dixmude, her deck bare Of planes, steams under the Golden Gate bridge. At Alameda (Calif.) naval air station, she'll take aboard a cargo of American-made war planes for French Indo-China. For general or unidentified stains in the sink, put the stop per in the drain and fill the sink at bedtime with a mixture of vinegar and laundry bleach. In the morning pull the plug out and the chances are the stains will go down the drain with the liquid. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BUILDING MATERIALS DRAIN TILE Manufacturers Ac Distributors throughout the South, MeOUihery Fsel Cel, 11* Soetli 58 Place. Phsne S-H<». , BUSINESS A IN VEST. OPPOR. Woedlawn-CafeterU fer male. Doing * 0 *** business. Oldest restaurant location In B’ham. $12,000 worth of equipment. «.000. *erma. see Mr. MMis, MSt 1st. At#., N. FARMS AND RANCHES f .. •>: • mm m mm WIN PLACE AND SHOW . . . Pat Patterson, Houston, Texas, (bot tom) chosen national sweater queen of 1950, poses with the girls who won second and third in the contest at Central Park’s (New York City) Tavern on the Groetu J In the center is Paulette Hendrix of Savannah, Ga., who wowt second place. At top is Norma Bartlett, N&w • York City, who won third. . , - , World diplomats ''hi*** wondering what new game the Russians are playing. j * fe The first clue of a new Soviet attitude was evident with the open ing of the U. N. general assembly. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, the Russian foreign minister, and his coUeagues on the Soviet delegation were af fable. Their speeches were almost soothing, in comparison- * to what they used to be. They were making a deliberate show of reasonable ness. Later, Jacob A. Malik declared he favored a meeting of top lead ers of the U. S. and Russia to ne gotiate for peace. He said also his government would pledge not to be the first to use the atomic bomb. He also favored general disarma ment. Malik made his views known in answer to questions submitted to him by a Maryland committee for peace. The Russians are always careful in answering questions and never do so unless the questions have been cleared and approved. With this thought in mind diplo mats were wondering could it be possible the Soviet realizes what a narrow escape the world has had from a general war? 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Left to right are Manager Eddie Sawyer, Eddie WaUkus, Mike Goliat, Granny Hamner, Willie Jones, Andy Seminick, Del Ennis, Ritchie Ashburn and Jack Mayo. These were a group of players 'who had their eyes on the world series against the American league. Daw Gerdon Stoel P redacts. P.O. Bex PR. 4-11SS BARGAINS IN PIANOS E. K. FORBES A SONS PIANO, CO. Has used pianos front $9t — - Some of these pianos have beeo and almost as good as new. pianos as low as $496. Yc money If you see Forbes . you buy. If you can’t prices and catalogues. Bt . bams. Stores also at Anniston - s c: Promotion 1 ,<-*■ President Truman (right) pins a fifth star on Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, making him a general of the army at a White House ceremony. WAR-TAX BILL: Congress Approves Congress approved the $4.7 bil lion emergency war-tax bill that boosted taxes from - 12 to 20 per cent on individual incomes. It was significant that the senate shouted its approval of the bill with out a roll call and the house passed it 328 to seven. And even while the vote was still ringing in the two chambers, the house ways and means committee called a meeting to begin drafting a second tax in crease bill. The two measures together could boost taxes by $12 billion, to almost $50 billion a year—higher than any collections in World War EL MUMPS: , .. A Commercial Vaccine • Development of a commercial vaccine against mumps has been perfected. Dr. Karl Habel of the National Institute of health said that limit ed human trials showed the vac cine, while “not 100 per cent pro tective,” appears to give a three fold reduction of mumps cases among vaccinated people, at com pared with thdsa who ware not vac cinated. BIO BOOTS FOB LITTLE GIRL ... A Parisian tot sits happily In a pair of enormous boots an die-' play at the “exposition of leather,” which eonuneneed recently. 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