Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1942, Page 11

Women's Conference On Nafional Defense Opens Here Saturday 34 Organizations to Take Part in 17th Annual Meeting The 17th annual Women's Patri- otic Conference on National Defense will open at 2:30 p.m. Saturday with a pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld will dedicate his message during the morning WJSV radio service of the ‘Washington He- brew Congre- gation to the conference. Formal meet- ings, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Elsle How- ard Newell of Memphis, Tenn., “ national presi- dent of the United Spanish War Veterans' Auxilliary, will be held in the| g Mayflower Hotel, | Mrs. Elsie H. Newell. with 34 patri- otic organizations participating. Guest speaker at the evening gession will be Lynn U. Stambaugh, | national commander of the Ameri- can Legion. Other speakers at the daily ses- sions will be Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A. retired: Brig. Gen Robert L. Dening, Marine Corps; Capt. Charles Emery Rosendahl, | U. S. N.; Lt. Col. Arthur 1. Ennis, | Air Corps; Mrs. Dwight Davis, di- rector of voluntary service of the| Red Cross; Daniel W. Hoan, chief of field operations of the Office of Civilian Defense: Mrs. Harper Bibley, United States Organizations for National Defense: Miss Alice T. McLean, American Woman's Volun- tary Service; the Rev. S. Arthur Devan, director general of the Com- mission on Army and Navy Chap- lains, and Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche, commandant of the Coast Guard. State Senator Joe R. Hanley of New York, head of the United Spanish War Veterans. will be the | guest speaker at the Sunday night | banquet. i Montgomery Unit fo Weigh Charter Plea Submission | Action on a resolution calling for | the circulation of & petition through | Montgomery County for establish- | ment of a charter form of govern- | ment will feature the January meeting of the County Civic Fed- eration at 8 pm. tomorrow at the Bethesda Elementary School. The resolution originally was pre- sented by Allen H. Gardner, chair- man of the federation's Committee on the Brookings Institution sur- vey of the county government, at last month's meeting. Mr. Gard- | ner a‘ked, however, that action be P oned to give the federation | members time to study it. Such a petition requires the sig- natures of 20 per cent of the regis- tered voters. Joseph B. Matre, president of the federation, yesterday emphasized, however, that the resolution to be acted on is concerned merely with circulating the petition and does not carry with it any advocacy of s council and administrator as rec- ommended in the Brookings report. The federation also will hear s ‘progress report by Albert E. Brault, executive director of the County Civillan Defense Council. Threat to Dynamite Cement Plant Charged By the Associated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. 10—A threat to dynamite a Washington County cement plant was disclosed today by E. A. Soucy, agent in charge of the Baltimore office of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, who announced the arrest of | 8 23-year-old workman accused of | attempted extortion. Mr. Soucy said the workman, James Gibson Trenary of Security, Md., had admitted writing letters to executives of the North Ameri- can Cement Corp. at Security, threatening to dynamite the plant unless he was paid $5,000. The Security plant, one of '.hei largest cement plants in the coun- try, is engaged principally in manu- facturing cement under national | defense contracts, agents said. Crisfield Youth Killed In Action in Philippines By the Acsociated Press. CRISFIELD, Md., Jan. 10.—Notice of the death of Norman Lawson. jr., Army Air Corps mechanie, killed in | action in the Philippines, was re- | ceived today by his parents from the War Department. Lawson, who was 22, had been | stationed in the Philippines for 18 months, his father sa A graduate of Crisfield High School. he was the first Somerset County casualty reported in the present war. The brief War De- partment aotification said he was “killed in action at Nichols Field in| ]t.lggl Philippine Islands December | British Princesses Raising Poultry Britain'’s royal princesses, Eliza- | beth and Margaret, have registered as ‘“back-yard” poultry keepers. | ‘They have applied in London for | ration coupons for the “balanced meal,” which is supplied to keepers | of under a dozen hens. So far they | have half a dozen birds each. There was great jubilation when the first hen—one of Margaret's— | laid an egg. sey- Institutiona) trestment for ired b climinate Write or cell for fres booklet Centrolled, vised by 3:'.'-3‘ %m Greenhill Institule 3145 16th St. N.W. Phone Day or Night—CO. 4754 Reluctant Atiention | “I've been for it all the time, THE BSUNDAY STAR, : WASHING TON, PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.—PRODUCER MARRIES ACTRESS— Joseph H. Pasternak, 40, Hollywood movie prodicer, and Dorothy D. Hallenbeck, known as Dorothy Darrell, 21, were married here Friday. pictures. Mr. Pasternak produced all of the Deanna Durbin —A. P. Wirephoto. Turned fo Sales Tax To Meet War Budget House Ways and Means Committee Members Say Levy May Be Necessary By the Associated Press. Members of the House Ways and ! Means Commtittee, searching for | $7,000,000000 in new general reve- | nue, appeared to oe giving increas- | |ing though reluctant attention yes- | «y am favorabe to it at the present | terday to a general sales tax. A poll of the 25 members showed only a few were willing at this time | to commit themselves to that method of obtaining new funds to help pay | for 1942's $56.000,000000 war pro- | gram. But' many others said they | regarded it as a comparatively pain- | less tax that “we may have to come around to.” In asking $7,000000000 of new general taxes, in addition to $2.000,- | - 000,000 of new social security levies, | President Roosevelt said that in the | past he. had opposed general excise | and sales taxes but added: “In the face of the present finan- cial and economic situation, how- ever, we may be compelled to recon- | sider the temporary necessity of such measures.” k Treasury Suggests Increases. | Preliminary suggestions advanced | by the Treasury, it is understood, have made no mention of a sales tax and have involved chiefly in- | creases in present taxes. | One Treasury suggestion. mem- | bers of Congress said, was that in- come tax exemptions be lowered | from $1,500 to $1,000 for married | couples and from $750 to $500 for single persons. Others involved in- fmare creases in corporate taxes and ex- cise levies such as those on liquor, tobacco and gasoline. that these proposals would not raise suficient revenue, | Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio, said it was becoming evident that | to meet the President’s budget Con- | gress would have to resort to a sales | tax or a withholding tax whereby the Government would take a per- centage of each pay check. He added that he would prefer a payroll tax, possibly of 10 per cent, “because it would be less inflationary | in its effect than a sales tax.” Not Ready o Indicate Rate. | No member of the House Ways and Means Committee was ready to say what the general sales tax rate | should be, if one were enacted, and | all emphasized that decisions on any levies would be deferred until after extensive hearings on all revenue- | raising proposals. Committee Chairman Doughton and Representative Cooper of Tenn- | esee, Duncan of Missouri, Buck of California, Boland of Pennsylvania. Treadway of Massachusetts, all Democrats, and McLean, Republi- | can, of New Jersey, would not ex- press any opinion on a sales tax, though Mr. Boland conceded that “it looks like there’s a trend to-! ward it.” | Among comments of other com- | mittee members were: Disney. Democrat, of Oklahoma— | But | it might be difficult to pass such a bill which would exempt nothing.” Gearhart, Republican. of Califor- nia—“I think it should be thor | oughly investigated before we turn AN OUTSTANDING COAL VALUE At its present price, stove siz¢ DUSTLESS POCAHONTAS value. It s regardless oughly screened all lump, &‘,f from dirt, chemically coal is an outstandin al! the heat you n treated to prevent dust ... than please you. Try a ton on our morsy-back guaran- tee if not satisfied. Immediate Dalivery te City and Suburbe A. P. WOODSON CO. COAL—FUEL OIL—DELCO BURNEES—8LIAY. MATERIALS 1313 H St. N.W. ‘one knows vwhat we may have to | our back on it. It's & popular form of taxation in our State.” Hill, Democmt, of Wi “I'm opposed te it. I don't think we have yet touched the extreme profits that big industries are making. I look on it as a last resort.” McKeough, Democrat, of Illinols— “I'm opposed to it, but we might have to come 1o it.” Boehne, Deriocrat, of Indiana— “I'm against it, but we may be forced to it from a revenue stand- point—not thst we're for it.” Careful About Exemptions. Robertson, Democrat, of Virginia ~—“I'm for it. But we've got to be very careful asout exemptions.” Reed, Reputlican, of New York— ““There’s quite a little sentiment for i{t—we may have to come to it.” Ford, Demosrat, of Mississippi— time. It appears that it is the only solution.” Carlson, Republican, of Kansas,— | This is a ta~ that we're going to | have to studv and probably will have to enaci. A manufacturers’ sales tax would be my choice. Farm organizations have always opposed a sales tax bu: I don’t believe they'd | object to any necessary tax fairly | administered. They like to pay as 0. Jarrett. Republican, of Pennsyl- vania,—“I'm for it, but I would pre- fer a manufacturers’ excise tax.” Prefers Manufacturers’ Tax. Woodruff, Republican, of Michi- gan,—“I would much prefer a manu- | facturers’ sales tax to a retail sales tax. It's easly collected and the chance for in:fliclency in collection | N The flelds of taxation have been preempted already by the States” Healey, Democrat, of Massachu- setts—“1 don't want to go to & sales tax until we have to. I still believe in the old theory of taxation based on ability to pay.” Murder Charge Lodged In Well Death Case B7 the Associated Press. ROCKY MOUNT, Va. Jan. 10— Pranklin County suthorities todsy piaced s charge of murder against Uriel Stanley, 22, in eonnection with the mystery death of Wilcle Young, 33-year-old farmer, his brother-in- law of four months. 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