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DEWEY'S DODGE
Governor Dewey, in demanding that Congress
license the New York State Power Authority to build
and operate a proposed tax-free hydroelectric power
project at Niagara Falls, may be setting a far-reaching
precedent.
The governor’s principal reason for seeking Niag
ara as a public power project is to give users of this
electricity a tax subsidy, such as is enjoyed by custom
ers of all government-owned electric projects.
If Governor Dewey is so concerned over this
inequality of tax treatment, as between consumers of
public power and those who purchase power from
private companies, why doesn’t he ask Congress to
remove the taxes on all electric power in New York?
Certainly, one American citizen is no better than
another; nor should Congress grant the great Empire
State privileges not accorded all other states. It’s a
trite phrase, but—What’s sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander.
Let every other governor, and every person who
believes that all Americans should be treated alike,
advise their senators immediately that if they persist
in granting this special tax privilege to a comparative
handful of New Yorkers at Gov. Dewey’s demand, they
had better start revising the entire tax structure to
eliminate taxes on electric power for all U.S. citizens.
This tax dodge must be stopped in its tracks !
STAMP LICKS GAMBLER
Last year the Supreme Court declared the Fed
eral gambling tax stamp legal in all states. And now,
the U.S. Court of Appeals has followed in its big
brother’s footsteps to say it’s constitutional in the
District of Columbia. #
A municipal court found that the stamp law vio
lated that famous Fifth Amendment that protects a
citizen against self-incrimination. Thus, the higher
court’s action can only mean that it’s alright for a
Commie to pull this constitutional cloak around him,
but a bookie musn’t—even after he has paid Uncle his
50 bucks!
“The government alone can neither create pros
perity nor overcome depression. Only the American
people themselves can do that.” —Benjamin F. Fairless,
Chairman of the Board, United States Steel Corp.
Russia Retaliates to U.S. Ouster
Of 3 Spies by Charging 2 American
Military Officers With Espionage
WASHINGTON, WV-'Three Rus-<
sian diplomats—one of them at
tached to the Soviet delegation at
the United Nations—have been
thrown out of the United States
during the past six months on
charges of spying.
The Russian government, the
State Department claims, has now
retaliated by making espionage
charges against two members of
the U.S. diplomatic mission at
Moscow and forcing their with
drawal.
The two Americans are military
officers, as were the two Russians
ousted from the embassy here.
The State Department declined
to disclose any of the evidence
against the Soviets, but Press Of
ficer Henry Suvdam said “We got
the goods on them and out they
went.”
The two Americans whom the
Russians accused of having en
gaged in “espionage work” are Lt.
Col. Howard L. Felchlin of New
York City, and Arlington, Va.,
who was assistant military attache
at the Moscow Embassy, and Maj.
Walter McKinney, of Santa Cruz,
Calif., the assistant air attache.
The Soviets declared them “per
sona non grata,” or unwelcome,
on July 3. The United States re
jected the charge as “baseless” in
a note Monday, but it informed
Russia they would be withdrawn.
Maj. McKinney is on vacation
outside Russia and will not re
turn; Col. Felchin will leave the
Soviet capital Thursday. He will
fly to Berlin with Ambassador
Charles E. Bo'hlen, who is going
on a month’s leave.
A letter published in the Soviet
Yachters Startled by
Judges’ Cannon Fire
BOSTON, W—'When Francis Le
Blanc’s yacht Glee won a race in
the South Boston Yacht Club’s
holiday regatta Monday, the judg
es’ boat fired a small cannon in
salute—and the wad encasing the
powder charge went right through
the Glee’s sail.
LeBlanc said the wad missed
him and his two-man crew by
inches and “scared the life out of
us. We’ll probably have to buy a
new sail.”
He said the mishap occurred
because the cannon had been
pointed across the finish line in
stead of away from it.
THAT'S A LOT OF HAY
NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pa., tffl—
Glenn L. Smith says he probably
could find a needle in a haystack.
Fifteen days ago, while bailing
hay, he lost his wallet containing
$490.
Yesterday he found the wallet
after opening and sorting through
403 bales.
HOW TO LIVE TO 101
SACRAMENTO, Calif., OB—Isa
dor Bagdzaian of Freeport cele
brated his 101st birthday Monday
and had this advice on how to live
long: “Don’t worry about things.
It doesn’t do any good.”
Lung cancer, which is increas
ing faster than cancer of any
other site, took 22,000 lives last
year. Help combat this menace
by giving to the American Cancer
Society Crusade. ^
British railroads are using
freight cars with rubber buffers
and springs to carry fragile car
goes.
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trade union newspaper Thud on
March 25 said the Americans had
left behind on a train, after a trip
to Vladivostok, an intelligence re
port on the main cities and sta
tions between Moscow and Khab
arovsk. The U.S. Embassy at Mos
cow declined comment at the
time.
The three Russians whose oust
er from the U.S. was disclosed
were named by the State Depart
ment as:
Cmdr. Igor A. Mosov, assistant
naval attache, Soviet Embassy,
who was declared personally un
acceptable last Feb. 3, and who
departed Feb. 10.
Lt. Col. Leonid E. Pivnev, assis
tant air attache, Soviet Embassy,
ordered on May 29 to leave this
country. He left June 6.
Pivnev’s name made the news
papers on at least two occasions
during his stay in the United
States, once when he attended the
1951 Detroit air races and last
April when he attended a meeting
of the Baltimore chapter of the
American Rocket Society to here
a discussion of the possibilities of
atomic-powered flight.
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To Get Trafriing I
Fi*bm U.S. Fliers
CAMP MATUSHIMA, Japan, Iff) 1
—Former Japanese air aces—in 1
uniform again—stood shoulder to
shoulder Tuesday with American
fliers who will teach them to fly
sleek jets of the atomic age.
About 100 Japanese airmen
stood at attention with U.S. Air
Force men at ceremonies opening ,
a new Japanese Air Force flight :
school here.
Daylight poured through hun
dreds of machinegun bullet holes
in the big old Imperial Navy han
gar where the ceremonies were
held. The holes were punched by
strafing U.S. Navy planes a dec
ade ago.
Japan’s new 6,000-man air j
force, which came into existence |
only last Thursday, is equipped
with 60 light trainers and heli
copters. But the Japanese expect
the United States to supply Sabre
jets and other modern planes later
this year.
The first flight class of 16 for
mer Imperial captains, majors and
lieutenant colonels includes some
of Japan’s leading Zero aces of
World War II. Among them are
Kanshi Kishkawa, credited with
19 American planes, and Shige
hisa Yamamoto, who claims 15
U.S. kills in the Pacific.