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SENATE BILL S. 1285.
(SERVICEMEN'S ABSENTEE VOTE)
W1AT THE CONGRESS hereby expresses itself
is favoring, and recomtnen^S| to *h*. several
States the enactment of, appropriate legislation to
enable each person absent front the. place of- his res
idence and serving in the armed forces of the United
States, who is eligible to vote in anj- election district
Or precinct, to vote by absentee ballot in any gfenerdl
clectionheld in his election district or precinct in
time of war; and in order to afford ample oppor
tunity for members of the armed forces to vote for
Federal. State, and local’ officials ,an.d to utilize the
absentee balloting proceedures of the various States
to the greatest possible extent, it is recommended
that each State, .cause, do :be printed And delivered
to the Secretary of Way and the Secretary of Navy
an adequate number of postal cards for use. by such |
absentee voters, in the. armed services in making
application for absentee ballots, and’ the Secretary
of War and the Secretary of Navy shall, wherever
practicable, and compatible with military operations
cause such postal cards to be delivered to members
of the armed forces within or without the United
States, as expeditiously as possible in order to en
able such members of the armed forces to secure,
execute, and return said ballots in. ample time to
be recorded for such election.
Sec. 2. ‘a' Jt shall, w-hereyer practicable and com
patible with military operations, be the duty of the
Secretary of War. and the Secretary .of the-Navy to
cooperate with appropriate State officers and agen
cies in the distribution, execution, and collection,
and return of such absentee ballots, and envelopes
to be used in connection therewith, as may be pro
vided under the laws of the several States for the
use of persons in. the armed services in time of war.
<bi Such ballots, and,.envelopes, qnd communica
tions in connection, therewith. . including- postal
cards, shall be transmitted, free of postage4 including
airmail postage, in the United States mails
(The foregoing is the much discusfgc bill Ion the
serviceman vote i
Your Federal
Income Tax
This is a series of short articles
relating to individual income and
victory lax returns, based on the
Internal Revenue Code. They
contain information of vital in
rerest and importance to the mil
lions of persons whose Federal
income and victory tax returns
for the calendar year 1943 are re
quired to be tiled not later than
March IS. 1944. After the pass
age of the Revenue Act of 1943.
which is now pending in Congress
and on which additional stories
will be released relating to the
declaration of estimated tax.
No. 1
OUR INCOME TAX SYSTEM
Your income tax—including
both the regular income tax and
the temporary wartime victory
tax—is a major part Of the Fed
eral government’s method of pay
ing for the war and all other gov
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ernmental costs
•"-These taxes are figured as a i
percentage cf your income, after
‘deducting various exemptions,
credits, and deductions. They are !
based on your taxable income |
fropr all sources, including wages ,
salaries, . bonuses. commisions.
business profits, dividends, inter- I
est, rents, and royalties.
The regular individual income
tax -on 1943 income includes a so
called “normal tax’ of 6 percent
and; also a ‘.‘surtax” which begins
at 13 percent and increases by
steps frequently called brackets'
to succesively higher percentages
for the larger amounts of income.
The victory tax is also an in- I
come tax. but is only for the dur- i
‘ation of the war. and somewhat.
different deductions, exemptions, j
and credits are granted than are
allowable for the regular income
tax. The victory tax is computed
at 5 percent. but an automatic
credit formerly called a “post- :
war credit”' reduces the tax by
one-fourth or more, depending on
whether you are maried or single
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POINT or AIM—PEACE
EVERY man is entitled to a job, to full time
employment, unless he is “either too young or
too old.”
Old age should be cared for by social security’.
Youth should be given all possible chance to take
his place in the world, and be of material assistance
to his own and neighboring nations of the world, in
which all parts of the globe have become, through
air travel, the closest of neighbors.
We have set an objective for ourselves, in our ef
forts to maintain our freedoms in the American way
of life.
With full employment, we can expect, not only
to use our own, great many new products, which are
today being planned, and which will be needed ex
tensively after the war, but we will also require
many products, both raw and manufactured, which
we must necessarily draw from the other nations of
the world.
We should try to utilize and encourage the use of
products which each part of the world can most
economically produce. We must not make the mis
take of trying to be totally independent of the rest
of the world.
We must endeavor to concentrate on the things j
we can do best in order to help raise the standards
of living all over the world. There must be a sol
ution to our problems in universal agreements over
economic situations arising in production, for our
future economic peace, which is the only ground
upon which a permanent peace can be founded.
Although the United States will be the leading
creditor after the war, it will also be the greatest
market of the world for all the materials which
other countries can produce.
In order to facilitate international trade, our
‘barriers", in other words, the tariffs which we have
set up against other nations, must be lowered, 01
totally eliminated in order to bring to its highest
efficiency, world trade, and the distribution of the
products of all nations to the entire world.
For economy m production, the raising of living
standards the world ovei, all countries, regardless
of importance or size, must be represented in a
"world congress” through which their problems can
be solved in international collaboration.
The United States will necessarily have to take
the lead in the lowering of restrictions to trade,
and the extreme shortages of products and material i
of all kinds, existing after the war, will lead to
the most opportune time since the beginning of our
nation to cooperate in the ‘‘barriers*' io intemat- |
iona'J trade.
World trade will give nations all over the world
employment necessary to the well-being of their
peoples, through the marketing of their goods.
The upward trend of world trade will mean
higher standards of living and more agreeable re
lations in world politics.
and on how many dependents you
support.
These .are the taxes for which
an annual income tax “return”
must be filed on or before March
15, 1944.
The requirement for filing these
returns has not been altered by
the “pay-as-you-go” collection
system, which was installed last
year.
Under the pay-as-you-go system
part or all of an individual's in
1 come taxes—both regular income
! and victory taxes—was withheid
I from his wages during 1943 and
j turned over to the Treasury by
I employers. In the case of indiv
iduals who were not kept substan
; tiqlly paid up by the wage with
holding. additional payments were
required on the basis of "declar
i ations” of estimated tax.
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However, since both of these
types of payments were only ap
proximate, it is still necessary
after the end of the year 1943 to
file a "return”—not later than
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| March 15,—in order to determine
the amount of the correct tax and
the actual amount of your pay
ments. If your payments were
less than the correct tax, you will
pay the difference. If your pay
ments were more than the correct
tax. you will be entitled to a re
fund, or credit.
Because we are still in the tran
sition period of "pay-as-you-go” ■
there will hav eto be an additional
chore in this year's return. When
the plan started, you already
owed your 1942 tax. To relieve
you of paying both years' taxes
[ in one year. Congress decided to ;
forgive a part of one year’s tax. *
Therefore, most taxpayers will
have to figure how much of that
year's tax was not forgiven and
make a payment.
The 1943 returns are due not
later than March 15. 1944, but
taxpayers will find it in the best
interests of both themselves and
their Government to file as early
5S
j The return should be filed with
j the collector of internal revenue
in the district in which the indiv
idual has his legal residence or
| place of busines. If you don’t
Jcnow the collector’s address, in
quire at your local post office.
(These tax articles should be sav
ed for reference.)
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FORT RICHARDSON, ALASKA
The Alaskan Department Provis
ional Training Unit, a composite
force of soldiers trom various
Alaskan and Aleutian bases, will
swing into a simulated assault
next week in the rugged area
north of Talkeetna for maneuvers
scheduled to continue <'or about
six weeks.
Recently reviewed by Lt. Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.,
Alaskan Department commander
at a full field inspection near this
post where the force has been in
the field for the past three weeks,
the maneuver troops will leave
Fort Richardson by train Satur
day Jan. 15, for Talkeetna. Also
present for the inspection were
Brig. Gen. Robert V. Ignico. com
mander of the 11th Air Force
Service Command, and Brig. Gen.
S. D. Downs, Jr., Fort Richardson
comander.
Various items of experimental
clothing and equipment will be
tested under arctic conditions dur
ing the war games, which will
carry the troops from Talkeetna
to a point near Mt. McKinley Nat
ional Park.
Observers already on hand for
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adian Army’s Pacific Command,
] Vancouver, B. C.; Lt. Col. Ned
W. Glenn, of the U. S. Army
Ground Forces Command; Maj.
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Ford, of the office of the Quarter
master General; and Maj. Vin
'cent F. Lapiana and 1st Lt. Mel
vin I. Berkowich of the Chemical
Warfare Service. The observers
will accompany the troops during
the maneuvers.
It was anounced for the first
time that Army cargo planes Will •
be used. They will maintain
contact with the force at least
once every three days during the
war games and will supply the
troops from the air. * ' '
General Buckner, who plans to.
visit the assault troops in the field
during the maneuvers, said after
his inspection of the maneuver
force that he was pleased with
the fine physical condition of the
soldiers and the quality of the
clothing and equipment to under
go tests.
The Alaskan Department gom
mander ' said he expected , the war
games to answer many questions
in connection with combat under
arctic conditions.
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