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ment of machinery or merchandise.
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Phone 5110 P. O. Box 509
710 - 3rd, Fairbanks, Alaska
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LOOKING
AHEAD
by Dr. Gaorgo & Benson
DIRECTOR - NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Storey, Arkansas
A RIDICULOUS SITUATION
Every danger confronting Am
erica today, both from within and
from without, can be relieved to
a considerable extent by getting
our government on a sound, sol
vent basis. Good sound govern
ment, living within its budget and
performing efficient service at
low cost to the taxpayer, gives
the greatest strength possible to
the nation as a whole and to the
government itself as an instru
ment of the people.
This is an obvious conclusion.
Therefore there is a great deal at
stake for every citizen, young and
old, in the efforts being made to
cut government expenses, balance
the budget, establish a sensible
tax program, and otherwise bring
soundness to the governmental
operation. I do not know of a
better illustration of the unsound
financial situation in which we
are involved today than the table
of top salaries in America pub
lished by a weekly news maga
zine.
Phony Figures
A vice president in charge of
production for a big manufactur
ing company is listed as receiving
$590,000 for last year’s work, of
which he got to keep only a frac
tion, after taxes. We need not dis
cuss this man’s real worth to the
company; undoubtedly it is great.
But we do need to examine the
fantastic aspects of this salary—
fantastic because of the tax rate
upon income, and the inflation
caused by the government oper
ating on an unbalanced budget
for 17 of the last 20 years.
Just a generation ago a sizeable
manufacturing company could
have been established with $590,
000. Had its vice president been a
man of unusual capabilities in
American industry, capable of
expanding production, increasing
profits and creating more jobs, he
might have received $35,000 a
year and earned it. He would
have paid a few thousand in
taxes. In comparison, let’s see
what happens to today’s $590,000
vice president.
Fantastic Taxes
If a vice president has only
himself and his wife, and hi^ net
income is $575,000, the federal
government takes in taxes $156,
820 of the first $200,000. On the
remaining $375,000, the govern
ment then levies a 91 percent tax.
That amounts to $341,250. Thus
from this one man—working for
a salary—the government takes
$498,070. This represents about
85 cents in federal income taxes
out of every dollar of his income.
Indirect taxes and other direct
taxes hit what’s left; and so do1
the state and local taxes, includ
ing state income tax, sales tax,
and so forth.
There is something drastically
wrong with a tax program which
taxes 85 percent of anybody’s sal
ary in income taxes. There is
something fundamentally wrong
with the tax system when a com
pany must pay out the fantastic
sum of $590,000 to give its top
production executive a take-home
salary in keeping with his worth.
The company actually is paying
the executive about $7,000 a
month, and the federal govern
ment $41,500 a month for the
privilege of employing him. The
situation is ridiculous. It is dan
gerous. And it should be correct
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95.000 To 103,000
Lumber Workers Strike
In Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore., UP)—Another
3.000 or more sawmill workers to
day joined the Pacific Northwest
lumber strike which since Mon
day has had the industry in near
paralysis.
Somewhere between 95,000 and
103.000 workers were on strike—
chiefly in Oregon, Washington,
and California—by Monday. Em
ployers said the lesser figure was
correct, unions gave the larger.
Since then, the strike has grown
although there have been some
offsetting settlements. Just as on
the chief issue— a union demand
for 1214 cents an hour more pay—
and on how many were striking,
there was disagreement about the
extent of settlements.
ed. But how?
Reforms Needed
To restore sanity to? the finan
cial base of our government, and
to safeguard the financial stabili
ty of our whole national economy,
a broad program of governmental
reform is needed. Many services
and functions that in recent years
have been concentrated in the
federal government could be end
ed entirely or performed at less
cost by the states. Some tax sour
ces now claimed by the federal
government should be transferred
to the states. And at the state
level a decentralizing movement
toward local "governmental units
would further strengthen our na
tion.
Alcmg with this organic reform
must also come a reform in the
philosophy of taxation as now
practiced. We are operating on an
income tax philosophy conceived
and advocated by the Socialist
Party. This is a matter of histori
cal fact. A reasonable limit on the
percentage of tax which the fed
eral government can levy on in
come should be established, and
a start made toward abolishing
the inequity of a 91 percent tax
on John Smith, a 22 percent tax
on Jim Jones, and no tax at all
on Joe Doakes.
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Wien Alaska Airlines flights
from Fairbanks to Nome by way
of Kotzebue and back to Fair
banks are bringing many visitors
to this far northern land. While
in Nome, they enjoy the special
Q-Bus tour around town and the
surrounding area, and some take
the trip north from Nome on the
Curly-Q Railroad 14 miles out
into the tundra and hills.
Recent visitors to Nome on the
Wien flights were:
JUNE 2,1—
Rick Monsen and Jim Murphy,
Fairbanks; Beulah and John
Murphy, Lowell, Ore.
JUNE 22—
Jessie D. Lowe, Muncie, Ind.;
Milanie Doldi, Seattle; Mr. and
Mrs. Louis L. Larson, Fontana,
Calif.; Robert L. Coats, Burbank,
Calif.; Avis Lowry, Houston, Tex.;
Mr. and Mrs. Henri Revel, Oak
land, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Victor A
Mathat, Oakland, Calif.; Mrs.
Zoe Boismoreau, Oakland, Calif.;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Arnold,
Catonsville, Md.
JUNE 23—
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Reeder,
Lima, Ohio; T. W. Osterloh, Jop
lin, Mo.; Christine Davy and
Margaret Gj urasovich, Phoenix,
Ariz.; Mrs. Guy A. Moffett, Sco
tic, N.Y.; Vera S. Mason, Oakland,
Calif.; Olive A. Bledsoe, Berkeley,
Calif.
Court Compensates Woman For
Loss of Ability To Kiss Properly
LONDON, UP) — A court ruled
today that a woman’s ability to
enjoy a kiss and flash a smile
was worth 1,000 pounds ($2,800).
Mrs. Lily Green complained
that automobile accident injuries
made it hard for her to smile and
pressure on her lips was so' pain
ful she could not kiss.
A sympathetic court of appeal
doubled a lower court’s 500-pound
($1,400) damage award.
The American Cancer Society
defines cancer as an uncontrolled
growth of cells which, if not
checked, will result in death.
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