The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 10, 1953, Page 4

~ THE WATCHED POT Friday, July 10, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Poge 4 i OH é pane jen saa 2438 5 By 4 i ; saat et ie Hip ae a 233553 Part feud Are 3 flail “iy ee ip ial Blek Hic Hee < if fl pel gil uaa AL. ily lia 1 ie ; ih g iis iil TH it if FI ; Tal cil He civ il at i tr ETS i #338 a*t ee a8 cite f Sig ‘il: hd Hin A athsdgt | ee i ie i he i a i a i Hh a jit Ra HC aa Bit i mh fiat aie ri tibial aniiiailt TT Te Lae a oH ip a8 Hi ena ih <a iy ey ea il ah i ify af ik fe li jul Bis a3e5528 $ | a3? bai alee is hea! it a ley He Hee Sr, + ail iy au uy a ; Z F if alt 8 ‘agg indi: Fr el iit | = 3s ii am z if a a eee vote 2 a Hit! Halen By PRESTON bi etdag iS, Greece Wh — salt dagge fi J Greeks § soul wing jon, venty- pen- ho were either military In view of these facts, the House sub-committee ac- tion is long overdue and we hope that it is translated into law as the first step in cutting out the fantastic waste which has become a racket in the and pension payment program. nd od |gt and ad- medical history for many | As the reader probably knows, the ae _) Pension payment racket in the veterans —— compensation the long haul! «’ ertain, though we . The committee acted after its staff reported that many compensation and pension payments to veterans © amounted to recently mov- bility whatever. percent reduction in a limit on combined between from all Federal sources, elimination of m: payments for fifty, se disability. Many of these TELEPHONE. 2-5661 and 2-5662 “tax-free gifts to the beneficiaries where the veteran had no service-connected “ disa! The staff also. recommended a thirty nonservice pension cases. It proposed the MOVE.TO CUT VETERANS WASTE A House Appropriations sub-committee ed to cut some $300,000,000 from Veterans’ payments, Whether this cut will survive Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Mater partial service-connected disability pensions, ‘vocated a review of pre-service ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION compensation cases, much as several hundréd dollars a month from the. Gov- Subscription (by carrier) 25e per week, year $12, by mail $15.60 ' grown to considerable proportions and. is the i through which excay:eideserving vetetans are drawi ernment. Many veterans who:are able to fill_full-time granted a pension for medical conditions which have cleared up or which existed when they entered service. and thus earn a good living and profits, are still dra high monthly compensation five or ninety percent Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida through both houses of Congress is unc sions go to Veterans who never saw combat and who highly commend the action. addvd @ubished here. iu were re- te ne erat Hn AE i 4 le i German ai established, a ae i iH ae st get (For Sam Dawson) our Eye NEW YORK «#—Signs of a busi- oo glenn by WALTER BREEDE JR. g28 FE i335 rT > oh ae ial é H. D. MacPherson, enian merchants. gang up ager of the feeble government .until the 25th|in Salonika by such skififul devices the most patient stay on. can businessmen Alex. ‘November ming majority in}Company in Athens, i gh i teal pabeer «sg one, under Prime ander Papagos, Western Europe 4 iit PTE te ail : 5% ni ie tial = 3 : hit i ii ii i rT ge a¢3 ih 8 i ej Faia’ ai & CORN COUNT » Suddenly swerve over the center =i 2 They rency has brought greater prob- lems but businessmen here, American officials whose advice was asked beforehand, believe the budget, cure inflation, and the government, were necessary steps. sure just where owners and foreign also the towns, ir to start. directo: American. Farm School in Salon-| Recently, SRLS ika, and his father before him, gos and hi: right-hand steps being tak have been trying to remedy this Mackosiais: have such of problems to solve that om be in overworked land. Charles House, to’ farm well. The school, iit latter by teaching young Greeks how to £ 90,000,000 FEWER INCOME TAX RETURNS ha te akin sen aeons ee - The suggestion made by Commissioner of Internal |" _ Revenue Coleman Andrews, that those people who only @ possibility, is to reduce the tremendous work-load |” on the Internal Revenue Bureau, and cut down on the paper-work and time required of some thirty to forty mill- jon salary and wage-earners. eae er: out from the curb as you go. by. Taxes would still be paid by the millions of salary and wage-earners, although the Internal Revenue Bureau 4843 ast 1 ne tilt ij ia aii i sae a Hi Te il ull) Ha ial tet il uae Atal Z.asn Sed ad 9 us $83 $idZ dd i el ul i traf. gh oy = # Weave dangerously throu; For protection — 3 a & rate there has caught almost everybody by sur- Even at the new prise. course for peasants and a four- year course for teachers and farm If the plan is ever put into effect, we think it would remove many millions of hours of conscience-searching, year, the millions who have been filling out forms each mathematical tabulation and worry on the part of the » year could forget that time-honored headache. The Gov- ernment ‘would merely send a refund, or a bill, for addi- that Social Security taxes were paid. At the end of the tional taxes to the individual. would work with employers to compute the taxes. The Socia! Security Board would also enter the picture to see , a Sd dadd sade aye a if 3 HUT millions of taxpayers involved. For these millions, if a mis- take were made, it would be made either by the ment or the employer, and this would eliminate Religion in business is preferable to business in shoulders the responsibility for accurate returns, jority of salary and wage-earners will, no doubt, endorse the proposal. ) ear isa fi ul The speaker who tells you what you like to h lousy speaker. Mul i Suk ales Ha hola ‘ligt ase 8 gcd ene, itt ful Bs Business seldom expands by magic—it usually grows because somebody with brains is working. Unpleasant as it usually is, people must be pushed if . they-are to work hard, a Me ay i The French make a business out of dissolving govern- ments, apparently on the premise that none is any good.