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of March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1944.
TAX PLANNING
CONTINUES
Government and civilian
tax experts are continuing
their discussions of specific
tax proposals, and are pre
paring for further meet
ings on federal finance.
They exchange views in
formally on important fis
cal considerations, applica
ble first of all, after vic
tory is won in Europe, and
next, final closing of the
Pacific struggle.
The immediate thought
is to prepare for a new rev
enue bill early in 1945, in
laying the ground floor for
post-war changes, project
ed on the national screen.
The questions before the
experts are many and cov
er a wide range in possible
changes in present legisla
tion governing revenue in
tax form.
Those portions of the tax
laws relating to corpora-!
tions, individuals, payrolls,
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excises and gifts will be af
fected.
Even the war debt, the
perplexities concerning the
course of the war, will be
discussed, in the matter of
attempting to straighten
out the tax mess, feasible
and consistent with a well
rounded out post-war pro
gram.
Both Congress and
business executives have |
recommended to the tax
l
i 3xperts, changes they be
I lieve necescsary.
We sincerely hope some;
|ood and sensible tax laws
will be forthcoming.
BAROMETER FOR
SALESMEN
If half the present plans j
for new products and new
kets materialize the call
for salesmen promises to
keep unemployment at a
pretty low level. That ex
aggerates the prospect, of
course, but until the shake
down comes and the faulty
enterprises fold up, sales
men obviously will enjoy
their heyday. A lot of men
who never should have
tried selling will be in it
regardless, to the disadvan
tage of their employers as
well as to themselves.
However, they won’t be
hired by the Bryant Heat
er Company, of Cleveland,
one of the Dresser Indus-?
tries. This concern is pre-j
paring a standard test for|
utility companies as well!
as its own distributors to
pre-determine whether the
job candidate can sell gas
heating equipment for!
home use. To set up the
test, staff members of the
Personnel Research Insti
tute of Western Reserve
University collected hun
dreds of interviews with
men of established selling
ability in 15 cities.
Lyle C. Harvey, presi
dent of Bryant and also of
the Association of Gas Ap
pliance and Equipment
Manufcaturers, explains
that this is believed to be
the first attempt on a na
tional scale to pre-deter
mine ability to sell a spe
cific line.
As an interesting side
tight on the test, Dr. Jay L.
Otis, Director of the Insti
tute, tells of an auditor who
made a high score on the
tests and will probably
change his job after the
war for much higher in
jcome in a sales career.
“In contrast, a door-to
necktie salesman rat
ed high on general tests
but not on the special apti
tudes for selling fairly
large items of a mechani
cal nature such as a gas
furnace. He is the type who
needs the stimulus given
by continuous small suc
cesses.”—(Nation’s Busi
ness).
ALONG MEMORY
LANE
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Dfecember 15, 1934)
V. Steffansen, noted explorer,
looks on Alaska as the most ef
fective military base in case of
war with Japan. These frozen
Arctic regions are America’s new
frontier, an economic empire in
peace time and a fortification in
time of war, he says.
Funds of the Community
Christmas Tree are being collect
ed and although only business
houses will be solicited, it is
hoped that everyone will help as
it is an all-out community affair.
Harry Longley, dog-team mail
man for the Kougarok, arrived
from the north yesterday. He
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brought word that there had
been a fire at the roadhouse
there, belonging to Isadore Fix.
Pete Curran, Jr., mail carrier
from Golovin, is in Nome on his
regular run and will leave with
the Christmas mail soon.
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