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.0. P. A. Asks Minute Data Of Business Forms to Be Sent Out Requiring Detailed Answers to Finances By DAVID LAWRENCE. The mo6t penetrating examina tion of the inside operations of every business establishment in America that has ever been attempted in the history of government is now in progre's. The Office of Price Adminis tration has sent out forms to oe filled out which In respect to the details asked for far exceeds ary income tax re port hitherto le quired by the Bureau of In ternal Revenue. David Lawrence. Not merely once a yeai must a comprehensive financial statement be filed, but regularly hereafter, not later than one month after the close of each quarter, must detailed bal ance sheets and profit and loos statements be filled out in the man ner specified. The O. P. A. says that all this is “voluntary” but In the same sen tence attention is called to a p u vision of the statute giving the administrator power "to issue regu lation or order requiring such in formation.” While the official order of the O. P. A. says that the informat'on Is required "tilth respect to com panies engaged in manufacturing, construction, mining ana quarry ing, and wholesale and retail trades,” there are indications that all man ner of businesses have received the forms with the request that they be filled out. Enormous Bookkeeping Task It is an Immense bookkeeping task and the small business will doubt less have to spend not less tnan a week at the end of each quarter preparing the data. Whether there are enough bookkeepers and audi tors in America to take care of this Job In war time Is problematical. The larger corporations are going to have to add to their staffs cf auditors and accountants to fill out the forms. Detailed analysis and Interpretation of significant changes In the operation of a business must accompany the financial statements. Why are all these financial re ports required? No explanation ex cept in the most general terms has been given, namely, that the ma terial is needed to assist the admin istrator In fixing prices. There are rumors that a number of chiseling Individuals have comouflaged their costs In appealing for price orders. It Is said, too, that the O P. A. be lieves it cannot tell what is a fair price unless it knows what is going on inside competing businesses. While the information will be kept confidential if a business so requests, attention is called by the administrator to the fact that even so, Congress authorized him to use his own Judgment If the withhold ing of the Information appears to him to be "contrary to the Interest of national defense and security." Thus, there would appear to be no reason why the administrator cannot hand over to the War Labor Board any data It asks for in con nection with "wage stabilization" and particularly In allowing wage Increases to bring wage scales up above “substandard” levels. Since the C. I. O. and A. F. L. are mem bers of the board they could con ceivably have access to valuable statistics for bargaining purposes. Detailed Information Asked. It is ironical that at a time when the A. F. L. and C. I. O. are suc cessfully lobbying in Congress to prevent the passage of a bill re quiring labor unions to disclose only the most general of financial data about their billion-dollar in take, the businesses of America, large and small, wholesale and re tail, are compelled to submit the most minute financial data every three months. The O. P. A. forms ask not merely for cost figures, but for the names of all executives getting certain salaries, and the names of all stock holders owning more than 10 per cent of any compary w'ho are en gaged In the management. Like wise. detailed Information is re quested by the O. P. A. on every Item of importance In the capital structure, the wage structure. The production and distribution setup, in fact, on all manner of expendi tures. irrespective of whether they are related to production itself. It would appeear that the In formation could be used to regulate profits as well as prices. It is pos sible that all this may be needed to win the war, but it is also pos sible that the making of these re ports and the use made of the In formation may depress business morale. Much depends on the dis cretion applied by the O. P. A. in utiliimg the data. Certainly the latest developments indicate that the O. P. A. Is about to excel in size anything the N. R. A. ever grew to be and perhaps may prove much more Inquisitive so far as business Is concerned than the Internal Revenue Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Ex change Commission or any of the cthPr trade agencies which hitherto have asked for reports from Ameri can businesses. 'Reproduction Rithts Reserved.) ANY WATCH Cleued end C A An Wart Overbsnled g Gssrsntsed Witch Crystals, 45e WADE'S J&22L aia i>tb at, w.w._I On the Record Hitler's Drive Bogging Down in Russia As Two Allies—Providence and Science—Desert Him By DOROTHY THOMPSON. “In a few weeks the winter will be finished in the south, and the spring will advance to the north; the ice will melt, and then we will kill them and take re venge for all those who have become victims only of the frost." —Adolf Hitler, January 30. “It was weeks earlier than any experience or knowledge gained from scientific forecasts led us to expect that winter set in upon our armies. * * • It was the only hope of the masters of the Krem lin to inflict Napoleon's fate of 1812 upon the German Army, with the help of this unprece dented weather.” —Adolf Hitler, March 15. “When I last spoke to you a winter was beginning to settle over the East such as had not been seen even in this part of Eu rope for over 140 years.” —Adolf Hitler, April 26. “Late yesterday the weather took a turn for the worse, ham pering air operations and slowing ground engagements. The storm probably brought heavy rains.” —Report from the Kerch bat tle. May 15. So you can see, it’s all a mat ter of climate. Its not the Russian armies; it's not the Russian air force; it’s not the Russian gen erals or the Russian peo ple. It's just the weather. But Who makes the weather? We thought, up to now, that It was Hitler’s personal ally, p r o v ldence. Or we thought , It was Hitler’s other per Dorothy Thompson. sonal ally, nature. For this Is the great Pantheist, the wor shiper of Odin, the follower of the whirling cross of fire, which represents the eternal power of Inexorable nature. So we must ask: Is this the beginning of the disintegration of the Axis? Are the Allies deserting? Have a quixotic providence and a whimsical nature changed sides? For nature Is, indeed, whimsi cal. According to Hitler, this satanlc nature operates only against the Nazis. Wherever the Russians stand it is fair weather, the temperature is normal. Wherever the German armies stand the climate is something terrible. Obviously this war was written by Shakespeare, who brings menace to Macbeth with forests walking and presages the fall of his heroes with thunder storms. And science. We thought the Germans had a monopoly of that. All over the world Ger man ears are to the ground and to the air, and to report the weather in the city of New York is a military secret. I recall that at the beginning of the war the Nazis boasted that they alone had mastered the science of long-range weather forecasts. Does all of science come Into doubt? Here are the mc*t re fined brains, equipped with the most sensitive instruments, who I -- - ■ - - ■ ■ ■ ■ ■— Gannett Calls for Victory Based on Way of Life By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, May 18.—America can win and yet lc*e the war “if in the winning this country ahould lose Its grip on its way of life,” according to Frank Gannett of Rochester, N. Y., publisher of the Gannett group of newspapers. Fighting the war is more than striving for victory, he told the graduating class of Oglethorpe Uni versity here yesterday. This coun try, he said, must maintain “a way of life which has led to America’s place in the world as the freest, happiest, wealthiest nation.” “Democracy,” declared Mr Gan nett, "must come back home at the end of the war unimpaired, indeed strengthened, for the grpat tasks that lie ahead. “This war must not become the excuse for establishing here some form of nationalism, socialism, com munism or any other ism.” apparently thought It was warm In Moscow in December. Why even Winston Churchill, who is not much of a scientist, knew that wasn't so. "There’s a winter, you know in Russia. For a good many months, the temper ature is apt to fall very low. There is snow; there is frost and all that. Hitler must have been very loosely educated. We all heard about it at school.” Climate Disagreeable. Now', at the risk of being pros ecuted for revealing military sec rets, I dare to write: There is also a spring in Russia. In the spring it rains. And then comes the summer, and in the summer it is hot. It is as cold in winter and as hot in summer as it is in, say North Dakota. The Russians have a disagreeable climate. It is quite different from the Ger man climate. For one thing, there is too much of it. It’s like the Russian land—there Is too much of that. It’s like the Rus sian population—there are too many Russians. It’s even like the Russian army and air force. There is too much of them. Russia is not in the temperate zone. Their birth rate is intem perate, and so is their airplane production. They have a most Intemperate capacity to die and be plowed Into the earth and rise again. An American military writer 35 years ago recorded Rus sia’s defeats and gains over three centuries. “In the 19th century, to gain control over the Cau casus and the Caspian, Russia fought two wars with Persia and a war of 62 year* with the High landers of the Caucasus.” How about victory, Hitler, in the year 2003? For thla same Caucasus. Russia’! Sacrifices. •“To secure the Baltic, she sacrificed 700,000 men out of 1.800,000; to gain the Black Sea, 7*0.000 out of 3,200,000; In the 18th century out of 4,910,000 troops, she lost 1,380,000. In the 19th century, out of 4,900,000 troops she lost 1,410,000." Yet the Russian population at the beginning of the 18th cen tury was only 12,000,000. And what Is it now? • “Russia In her progress Is concerned no more with the devastation of her wars than Is Russian nature with the havoc of her winters." We learned that in school, too. But Hltlear learned, from the depths of his own intuition, that all this had changed, because “Russia is ruled by the Jews.’’ Bismarck had a different idea. He didn’t have any intuitions. He laid it down as an axiom: Never make war against Russia. He thought it would be a good .idea*to make an alliance with Russia, in which case they would both be invincible. But there was also another Hitler around at the time called the Kaiser, who also had intuitions, so he kicked Bis marck out. We have a lot to be thankful for, to the Kaiser and to Hitler. The muddle-headed democracies almost succeeded in forcing the Blamarckian alliance upon Hitler. But Hitler undid it. Hell providence! * Homer Lea: “The Day of the Saxon." (Released by the Beil Syndicate. Inc ) Victor McLaglen Inherits Wife's Entire Estate Bt the Auoclatfd Pnu. LOS ANGELES, May 18— Mrs. Enid Mary McLaglen left her entire estate to her movie actor-husband, Victor McLaglen, her probated will disclosed today. Her property was listed only “In excess of $10,000.” She died April 2. Her will stated she had confi dence her husband would continue to provide for the care and educa tion of their two children, Andrew, 22, and Sheila, 19. Free Frenchman Named To Post With MacArthur Ft tie Associated Press. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Aus tralia, May 18.—Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters announced today that Commandant Bernard LaPorte of the Free French Army had been appointed liaison officer at general headquarters for the headquarters of the Free French High Commis sion for the Pacific. 'J'flE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s. The Great Game of Politics Administration Criticized for Delay In Accepting 'Inevitable' Sales Tax By FRANK R. KENT. As, with inexcusable slowness, the 1942 tax bill takes shape in the House committee, the inherent dis inclination of this administration to tare realities Is again being demonstrated. It Is not easy to estimate what this trait has cost in the past two vears but certainly the lass in time and money has been very great. In the present instance what the administra tion refuses to Frank R. Kent. face is the inevitability of the sales tax. That our situation makes this tax unescapable is the opinion of practically every competent econ omist in the country. Even some admlnistrationlsts who publicly op pose it agree it cannot be avoided. If it does not come this year it cer tainly will next year. .There Just is nothing else to do. Yet, the administration continues to oppose it. It also continues to shrink from the various forms of withholding taxes and 'forced sav ings (though such suggestions have come from some of ils own fiscal officials) and it approaches a further lowering of exemptlcns falteringly and with obvious distaste. Before we are through with this war. all these taxes will have to be adopted if we are to keep our heads above water— and there is hardly an informed man anywhere who does not know it. The refusal to admit the facts and to act promptly is easily under standable from ordinary politicians in normal times. Present Times Not Normal. In normal times the political in stinct is to avoid any direct taxes that bear upon the great mass of the voters and concentrate upon ways and means of "soaking the rich.” But these are not normal times. These are exceedingly peril ous times in which, for the national safety. political considerations should be pushed aside and the usual demagogic attitudes aban doned. At this moment the heads of Government, from the President down, are acutely aware of the danger of an uncontrolled inflation. They know that the basic cause for inflation is the vastly increased purchasing power resulting from the war billions, largely in the hands of the great bulk of the peo ple and untouched by income taxes. It is agreed that unless some method is found to reduce this pur chasing power, the proposed price control will be futile and disastrous results to us all are bound to follow Experience has proven that such results are always more disastrous to the poor than to the well-to-do. There is no argument about these things. Nevertheless, those in authority avoid the indicated ac tion. Pointing out the danger, the President a few weeks ago an nounced an anti-inflation program but omitted, among other things, any plan to deal with the vital es sential of reducing purchasing power, without which the other things he proposed will be ineffec tual. Both the Treasury and Mr. Leon Henderson, price control adminis trator, publicly oppose the sales tax, though certainly Mr. Hender son realizes its necessity. So, of course, do most of the others. Why. then, do they flinch from the sug gestion? They flinch, for one rea son, because, back in 1933 Just be fore his inauguration, Mr. Roose velt killed the plan of the Demo cratic Senate to enact a sales tax and expressed himself as "horri Dr. J. K. FREIOT, DENTIST PLATE SPECIALIST Plates Repaired While Yon Wait 407 7th St. N.W. NA. 0019 nIANDS! E fe with 1 ,mplete l'-:; nd. No U .quaUty | NOW. |E M JS ...— ..7^»r^a— S. ‘PJCin&e{'4 ^cm/umif 600 RHODE ISLAND AVE. N.E. THE BEST KNOWN — KNOWN AS THE BEST SINCE 1875 PHONE IlObart 1171 fled” at the Idea. Apparently he cannot now bring himself to change his position, though the arguments which justified it then have dis appeared, nullified by the war ex penditures and the inflation threat. In normal times, the two argu ments against the sales tax were— first, that it falls most heavily upon those with lowest income; second, that these need all their Income to maintain even a minimum standard of living. Both these arguments have now lost their validity. Since 1940 taxes in the upper income brackets have so risen that it Is nc longer true that a sales tax would be disproportionately borne by the lowest Income group. Nor is it true that this group now has to pay its entire Income to live. As a result of the war, millions who have never paid any income tax have had their incomes greatly Increased. The assertion now that these can not afford to pay a sales tax is nc longer an argument that we must not undermine their scale of living; it is an argument that their scale of living should be raised because of the war. The situation has com pletely changed since the days when Mr. Roosevelt was ■•horrified" Dy the sales-tax suggestion. The more clear-headed New Dealers know this to be true but, so long as the White House declines to recognize it, they are afraid to, and the fiction is maintained that the sales tax Is Just a tax on the poor. That neve’ was true. Soon or late, the sheer weight of economic realltie* will force adop tion of this tax, along with the others suggested for siphoning off the increased purchasing power of the untaxed masses. But so long as the President remains rigid, it is unlikely that Congress, on its own, will find the courage to act at this session. In another year it canr.ot be stopped. Of course, the delay greatly enhances the difficulties of handling the problem. Years hence, historians are likely to agree that the moet Incredible and inexplica ble thing about this period was the extraordinary delay in taking the obvious, logical and unescapable steps. (Ooprrlfht 1945 ) Lucas Hits Jew-Baiters As 'Fifth Columnists' By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. May 18.—Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Illinois de scribed as “fifth columnists” yester day those persons “who would spread vicious canards that our Jewish citi zens in this war are letting others do the fighting for them.” Speaking at the 47th annual me morial service of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, which was preceded by a parade, Senator Lucas said the record stands, “as incontrovertible evidence of the fact that men of Jewish faith are as val iant as their Christian brothers." John Kieran Honored MIDDLETOWN. Conn., May 18 (^.—Wesleyan University presented honorary master of arts degrees to John Kieran. New York sports writer, and Edward Steichen of Ridgefield, the photographer, at its 110th commencement exercises yes terday. Other honorary degrees awarded included Harry Clemons, librarian of the University of Vir ginia, doctor of letters. GOING TO NEW YORK? Wnkiul»llM desiring accom modations at the popular Hotel New Yorker mar now mike ad raneo reserrations kr staple pkoming HepiUle *111 (BAY OR NIGHT) Hold NEW YORKER Now York Frank L Andrewa. President *Mt Rooms from IJ U lack with Froteeto-Rir Bath* room - ■ thcr'rs nltra-rlolot rarodl This Changing World Combatting Axis Submarines Off East Coast Becomes Increasingly Important Problem By CONSTANTINE BROWN. From the Mississippi to the St. Lawrence River and from the coast of Maine to the Arctic Sea Nazi submarines are operating with increasing ferocity. The toll so far taken of enemy sub marines does not compensate tor the damage they have Inflicted on the Allies. The truth is that the slice of bread mentioned figuratively by Navy Secretary Knox is so large and the pat of butter so small that no matter how thin it is spread, it cannot cover the whole slice. Convoys to Russia and Britain Inevitably suffer losses. The es corts are about what Navy reg ulations require and the ships which are being sunk by Nazi submarines do not greatly ex ceed the expected "quota.” But the difficult problem is what to do about Individual vessels which must continue to plow the waters of the Atlantic in coastwise trade. It is Impossible to escort all these vessels. It Is equally Im practicable to make them wait until they are in sufficient num ber to be convoyed to the many points along the coast. Hence they must take their chances. Axis Subs Well Armed. Axis submarines are much bet ter armed than those we knew in the last war. So far, all those our merchantmen have encount ered on the Atlantic seaboard were equipped with 5 or 6 inch guns and had a surface speed far exceeding that of our mer chantmen. It is not rare to dis cover Nazi U-boats wnich are capable of 25 knots, about the speed of some of our older bat tleships and cruisers. Under the circumstances the chances of a merchantman even if it has one or two guns and a trained gun crew—in fight ing a submarine which conies unexpectedly on the surface are extremely slim. The Nazis have the advantage of surprise, for merchantmen are not equipped with listening devices. In many cases the guns of submarines have greater range than those placed on commercial vessels and even if they do not, the U boat can maneuver mere easily since it has much greater speed. The only way to reduce the sinkings, which have mounted alarmingly in the last few weeks, is to detect the submarines from the coast, either with patrol ves sels or planes. As fine summer weather ap proaches planes will be able to detect enemy undersea craft even when they are submerged. Past experience has demonstrated that a submarine can be seen even at 150 feet under the water. But the detection of submarines by air requires a large fleet of slow flying aircraft, either blimps or certain types of airplanes which are not useful in actual combat, either for reconnaissance or for fighting. Blimps Favored by Some. The measures to be taken against the Nazi raiders are be ing discussed now in responsible circles. Some groups favor the slow-flying blimp, which can carry a sizable load of depth charges and can be fitted wii.h full radio equipment to commu nicate with patrol boats or land based air forces. The main objection to these lighter-than-air ships is that they require a large ground crew, are expensive to build and require much rubber. Furthermore, 1*. is pointed out in competent quar ters, they are very vulnerable. If German subs have dual utility guns on board—and some have been discovered to have such weapons—the low-flying blimp can be brought down without trouble. The use of autogiros to combat submarines is sponsored by cer tain officials In Washington, but, according to all aviation experts, this type of craft is not fit for such duty. It is true that they are slow and require neither ground crews nor particular care. But they cannot carry more than two depth charges and if a radio Is Installed there is no room lor an observer. A single man must be able to pilot the plane, op erate the radio and release the depth charges. Certain regular types of planes, however, can fly slowly enough, and carry a full complement ct men and depth charges as heavy as those carried on surface ves sels. This type is regarded as ideal by many aviation experts, provided they can be built rap idly by factories which for the time being are burdened with in creased orders for actual fast fighting and bombing planes. The situation is less acute on the West Coast, where the Japa nese submarine menace remains only “potential.” Occasional raids are expected, but no large scale operations are considered likely so long as the Japanese have their hands full in the South Pacific. The main danger in the North Pacific may come from some daring "retaliatory raids’’ by the Japanese air force. The question of fighting the submarine menace on the East Coast is considered in many quar ters as important as figntlng the Axis in regular naval, air ana land battles. A solution will have to be found in the near future. BLACKOUTS, BOMBINGS AND AIR RAID INJURIES INCLUDED IN OUR HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE You telect any Licensed Hospital, your Physician and Surgeon. 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It de livers quick heat on cold mornings as soon as yon open the draft .. . burns slowly and steadily for hours and hours without attention. If you want to be sure of a cozy, comfortable, healthfully heated home next Winter, no matter what happens, fill your bin with 'blue eoaP now. Aik About Our Budget Term* (glFFITH- (ONSUMERS (OMPANY To Save Fuel—Let Us Insulate Your Home __PuwtwndtMxP.1 aw omo. New Light On Axis Morale Stories From Lisbon Strong Argument For Another Front By FRED VANDERSCHMIDT, Wide World w»r Anelnt. 5- - Out of the black night which lijes over Oermany and Italy come the first adequate and entirely depend able analyses of enemy morale sine# the Axis declaration of war on the United States: The stories of the American correspondents who have been Interned in the Third Reich and in that German province which lies south of the Brenner Pass. Walls did not a prison make for these reporters, for even with their limited contacts with their keep ers, they were able to keep » sensitive finger on the pulse of the peoples with whom they had worked. Their reports, now reaching Amer icans from neu t r a 1 Portugal, are of the ut most importance to every United Fred Vknderwbmidt State* citizen. They are required reading for any one who wants to get a clear picture of the nature and magnitude of our own task in winning the victory. First of all, these stories are ex cellent sedatives for wishful think ers, for they are careful to point out the folly of expecting riot and rebellion In nations where tha Gestapo pistol is close to every head. Argument for New Front. Paradoxically the stories are pow erful arguments for the speedy cre ation of a fighting front in western Europe, for they make it very plain that the dry rot of sullen apathy and helplessness among the Ger man and Italian people Is creeping steadily Into the Axis armed forces whose task it will be to combat Al lied invasion of the continent. The most unmistakable point of all these accounts is this: The utter weariness of the plain German arid Italian people with the war they did not want, and their overwhelm ing yearning for almost any kind of a peace. How little patriotic fervor Is left to most of the Axis folk can be r*ad In the dozens of instances which the American correspondents cite of the scheming to defeat the ra tion rules, the mushroom growth of black markets and the sinister rise of special privilege. There is a real lesson in that, incidentally, for Americans now im mersed in the first complications of the ration card. There also is a plain warning to the Allied peoples of what to ex pect from the Axis rulers as an in evitable consequence of the present attitude of the populations which they must, at all costs, attempt to hold in line. Mirage of Early Peace. "Peace," says one story from an Associated Press correspondent Just arrived in Lisbon, "is the straw which the Nazis are holding out for the na*on to clutch.” That, therefore, is the thing to remember as the Axis "peace offen sives” flicker and fade, as they are bound to do in coming months. No longer able to convince Ger mans and Italians that the decisive military victory is just around the comer, the Nazi rulers will find it imperative henceforth to keep some where on the horizon of their dark ened nations the elusive mirage of an early peace—the peace of a stale mate. That these desperate efforts will be merely mirages, completely de void of substance or sincerity, ther® can be no doubt at all. It will be increasingly Important that Americans, and their Allies, too, quickly recognize them as such. Pierce Assured House Renomination in Oregon BT tb» Associated Press. PORTLAND. Oreg.. May 18.—Al most complete returns from Ore gon's primary election today assured Representative Pierce, long-time Oregon office holder, of a place on the November ballot. After the closest contest In his five-term congressional career, the 81-year-old Mr. Pierce, noted for his attacks on public opinion polls,, held an unofficial lead of 466 votes over Charles H. Mack, his 34-year old opponent for the Democratic nomination to the House In Eastern Oregon. The count was Pierce, 7,721: Mack, 7,255. in 399 of 433 precincts. The 34 missing precincts, in remote cat tle country, do not have enough votes to change the outcome. Almost complete returns from Fri day's election failed to change other contests, in which Senate Minority Leader McNary and Represematives Angell and Mott, all Republicans, won renomination. Norman Thomas Assails Evacuation of Japanese By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 18.—Nor man Thomas, Socialist party leader, likens the Government’s treatment of West Coast Japanese to Hitler's treatment of Jews. "The same principle is involved.” he said in a speech here, ‘‘and we are building up a psychological background that will eventually make for similar practices." Mr. Thomas said that ‘‘the as sumption of power" over Japanese “is worse than martial law, because martial law is not discriminatory. • • • Our Japanese are being moved out of their home communitiea while other alien groups are not.” Lost and found columns of Toklo newspapers are crowded these day*. Every time an American buys a War bond the Japs lose faeo.