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TAX REDUCTION IN 1953?
It is interesting to note that the chief Republican
spokesman on taxes in the House, Rep. Daniel Reed,
of New York, and the new Speaker of the House, Rep.
Joe Martin, of Mass., have both designated a bill low
ering taxes ‘H.R.I.’ That means H.R.l is slated for
early action in the lower body of Congress, as the first
bill in order of business.
This bill, sponsored by Rep. Reed, would lower
income taxes about eleven per cent for most people at
the end of June 30, 1953. In addition to this tax-lower
ing bill, many other tax reduction bills have been
introduced, though the Reed bill is certain to be con
sidered by the House.
There has been much speculation, from both Re
publican and Democratic sources, on the question of
tax reduction this year. Spokesmen for both parties
have claimed that tax reductions in 1953 were not
likely because of huge defense expenditures already
planned and tentatively approved. On the other hand,
there are some members of the House and Senate who
feel that tax reductions can be effected this year, if
economies are invoked in the necessary places, with
the necessary vigor.
CAA LISTS AIR TOLL
The Civil Aeronautics Board recently announced
that about 1,000 civilians were killed in air accidents
in 1912. Interestingly, the toll taken in private flying
accidents was much greater than that in scheduled air
line accidents.
The Board estimated the number of persons killed
in private flying accidents during 1952 at between 600
and 650. Compared to this, it estimated the deaths
resulting from commercial transport operation (sched
uled, non-scheduled and cargo lines), at 200 passengers
and 25 crew members. Nineteen persons were killed
on the ground in these accidents.
The total of 245 deaths was significantly lower
than the 1951 total, which was 328 deaths. It is thought
that the number of deaths caused from military air
craft accidents increased during 1952, although the
Defense Department says figures on accidents, deaths,
etc., are secret. Until the Defense Department releases
information to show otherwise the impression will re
main that military flying accidents increased consider
ably during the year.
Key Passages from
Pres. Eisenhower’s
Inaugural Address
WASHINGTON, — Follow
ing ore key passages from Presi
dent Eisenhower’s prepared in
augural address:
“At such a time in history, we
who are free must proclaim anew
crur faith ... in the deathless
dignity of man, governed by eter
nal moral and natural law.”
“ ... It is proper that we assure
our friends once again that . . . we
Americans know and observe the
difference beween world leader
ship and imperialism; between
firmness and truculence; between
a thoughtfully calculated goal and
spasmodic reaction to the stimu
lus of emergencies.”
“ . . . We hold it to be the first
task of statesmanship to develop
the strength that will deter the
forces of aggression and promote
the conditions of peace. . . We
stand ready to engage with any
and all others in joint effort to
remove the causes of mutual fear
and distrust . . . and so to make
possible drastic reduction of arm
aments. ' The sole requisites . . .
are that . . . they be aimed logic
ally and honestly toward secure
peace for all, and that . . . the}
provide methods by which ever}
participating nation will provv.
good faith . . .”
“ . . . We shall never try to
placate an aggressor by the false
and wicked bargain of trading
honor for security.”
“ . . . Only a United States that
is strong, and immensely produc
tive can help defend freedom in
the world.”
“ . . . We shall never use our
strength to try to impress upon
another people our own cherished
political and economic institu
tions.”
“Assessing realistically the needs
and capacities of proven friends
of freedom, we shall strive to
help them to achieve their own
security and well-being. Likewise,
we shall count upon them to as
sume, within the limits of their
resources, their full and just bur
dens in the common defense of
freedom.”
“ ... We shall strive to foster
everywhere, and to practice our
selves, policies that encourage
productivity and profitable trade.”
“In Europe, we ask that enlight
ened and inspired leaders of the
western nations strive with re
newed vigor to make the unity
of their peoples a reality.”
“ . . . We hold all continents and
peoples in equal regard and hon
or. We reject any insinuation that
one race or another, one people
or another, is in any sense inferior
or expendable.”
“Respecting the United Nations
as the living sign of all people’s
hope for peace, we shall strive to
make it not merely an eloquent
symbol but an effective force.”
“We must be willing, individu
ally and as a nation, to accept
whatever sacrifices may be re
quired of us.”
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Eisenhower’s First
Day As President
WASHINGTON, UP — President
Eisenhower started his first work
ing day in the White House today
by receiving his attorney general
designate, Herbert Brownell, Jr.,
wrho called to talk “official busi
j ness.”
Dawn had just broken when a
sleepy-eyed Brownell showed up
at Eisenhower’s White House of
fice. The time was 7:47 a.m., six
hours after the new President got
home from yesterday’s inaugural
festivities.
Brownell told reporters he
“couldn’t discuss” whether it was
the congressional controversy
over Eisenhower’s choice for De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wil
son, that prompted the visit.
Brownell told the Senate Arm
ed Services Committee Monday
that he would study the facts in
the Wilson case before coming up
with a public statement of his
views on the situation.
Many senators have balked at
approving the prospective appoint
ment of Wilson because of a law
which prohibits government of
ficials with contract-making pow
ers from holding financial in
terests in companies holding gov
| ernment contracts.
Wilson, who resigned as presi
I dent of General Motors to take
| the top defense job, has declined
to- sell his 2Vfe million dollars
worth of GM stock because it
would mean a heavy financial loss
under present tax laws. General
Motors is the biggest defense con
tractor the government has.
Jeep, Plugging for Road
Nenana-Fairbanks, Foiled
In Try at Wilderness Drive
FAIRBANKS, UP—A five-man
“safari,” foiled in its first attempt
to drive a jeep through the 60
mile, unbroken wilderness from
Nenana to Fairbanks, was back
yesterday ready to “saw their
way here.”
The expedition, sponsored by
the Nenana Chamber of Com
merce in an effort to prove that a
highway link between the two
cities is feasible, set out from
Nenana Saturday morning.
The group, led by Harold An
derson, Nenana chamber presi
dent, vowed it’d be in Fairbanks
by Sunday. Instead, their jeep’s
radiator was punctured in the
dense forest the first day out and
the men had to sleep out Satur
day night in sub-zero weather.
They detoured to the Alaska
Railroad, caught a train and ar
rived here Sunday. Then Monday,
they chartered a plane to make
an aerial survey of the route,
bought a power saw and returned
Monday night to try it again.
The Nenana chamber long has
sought a road link with Fairbanks
and the Alaska Highway system.
Gruening Has Nothing
To Say On His Return *
From Washington, D.C.
SEATTLE, UPl — Gov. Ernest
Gruening returned to Alaska to
day with “no comment” on how
long he would stay in office.
The Alaska Democratic gover
nor, due to be replaced under the
new Republican national admin
istration, stopped here briefly en
route from Washington, D. C.,
where he attended the Eisenhow
er inauguration ceremonies yes
terday.
Gruening’s term as Governor
ends in April and there has been
political speculation on whether
he would step out earlier, either
voluntarily or by request.
He declined comment on the
question and on a query about
reports he might become presi
dent of the University of Alaska.
Eisenhower To Hold
Weekly News Conferences
WASHINGTON, 'The White
House announced tqday that
President Eisenhower will hold
news conferences regularly, pro
bably once a week.
James Hagerty, press secretary,
said they would be conducted in
the same fashion as were the
news conferences in recent Demo
cratic administrations — that is
with impromptu questions from
the reporters present.
There had been some published
reports that Eisenhower might re
quire that all questions be sub
mitted in writing in advance.
Hagerty also announced that
Eisenhower is thinking about es
tablishing a custom of periodical
reports to the nation by television
and radio.
IKE'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS
WAS OF AVERAGE LENGTH
WASHINGTON, WV-Dwight D.
Eisenhower’s prepared inaugural
address is approximately 2,250
words long, which is about aver
age.
The shortest was just 133 words
long, the longest about 10,000.
George Washington authored
the briefest when he took the oath
the second time March 4, 1793, at
Philadelphia.
The longest inaugural speech
was delivered here by the ninth
President, Gen. William Henry
Harrison, hero of the frontier
days, on March 4, 1841.
York Wilson, Kotzebue rein
deer herd owner, is in town as a
witness in a pending court case.
Wilson states that he now owns
over 300 deer in his own name,
having returned to the govern
ment the 500 deer which were
loaned to him to start his herd.
He said that a year ago he lost
quite a few deer to wolves but
this year, with better herding, he
has been able to save his deer
and hopes to show a bigger in
crease.
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