European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday february 6, 1950 it it $ ii Snyder details tax proposals of president Washington feb. 5 a the Truman administration has pro posed a 10 per cent tax on television sets and a Rise from 38 to 42 per cent in the top Sevy on business income to go with the cute it has recommended in sates  of the Treasury John a. Snyder went before the House ways and Means committee to outline with specific figures the changes president Truman sketched Only in Broad outline in his recent tax message to  Here and raising there the net result of the program would be to give the government about $1,075,000,00 More income. As touts in the excise or sales taxes Snyder s proposals were closely inline with forecasts 1cut from 20 to 10 per cent the retail taxes on furs Luggage women s handbags jewelry an toilet preparations. 2cut from 25 to 13 per cent the charges on Long distance Telephone and Telegraph charges. Nothing Wassail about the 15 per cent charge on local Telephone service. Travel tax Cut 3cut from 15 to 10 per cent the tax on rail bus airline and ship passenger tickets. 4repeal outright the 3 per cent tax on freight charges. Snyder proposed repealing All taxes on baby oils powders and lotions now subject to the 20 per cent toilet preparations tax. This cutting program ignored entirely Many taxes hiked sharply during the War. Such As those on movie tickets and photographic supplies. Snyder figured the cuts he pro posed would Cost the government $695,000.000 in Revenue. A stick Hetter an knife but gis indifferent about including them on menus it. Meade md., feb. 5 a Here Are the first returns from the army s great Black eyed peas elec Tion. About As Many soldiers like them As Don t like them but More than twice As Many Don t care enough either Way to fill out a questionnaire. The election came about As the result of this directive from Washington attention of the quartermaster general has been directed to the possibilities of the use of More Bjacek eyed peas in station menus. They have not been included in the master menus because experience factors do not place them among foods Ehat have nationwide consumer  this Means a lot of people Don t like Black eyed peas particularly people from North of the deep South. It Meade was one of several army posts throughout the coun try directed to serve Black eyed peas then count the likes and Don t  Southern style the mess sergeants served them up typical Southern style said one from the South with Salt pork and chopped onions. At e co 3d Cav regt 135 men partook 47 answered the question. Score likes 23, Don t likes 24, replies also indicated 10 of the 23 likes had never eaten Black eyed peas before. Seventeen of the 24 Don t likes had t either most men in the outfit Are from North Ern . Under the heading of remarks the army Learned they stay on your knife  to stick to Sweet  i be been stationed in Alabama. I m tired of Black eyed  an official observer noted How Ever that no Soldier left any Black eyed peas on his plate and some came Back for seconds. Besides Black eyed peas yester Day s lunch menu included Swiss Steak and Gravy mashed potatoes buttered Kernel Corn hot Rolls chilled peaches and Coffee the army also asked soldiers ii they had any ideas on How Black eyed peas taste Best suggestions for  do not replied one i pre pare any   gratitude for Aid it. Knox ky., feb. 5 up the it Knox soldiers who went to Vin Cennes ind., two weeks ago to help fight floodwaters there did t for get the Ham sandwiches and hot Coffee served them by the Salva Tion army As they worked. The 948 men graduating trainees of the 67th a in 3d army div returned the favor in the form of e $1,000 Check. The presentation was made to salvation army capt Myron j. Johnson at exercises marking the end of Basic training for the men. Lucky9 former lithuanian Gen Olivas Plechavicius onetime commander in chief of Lithuania s entire army today is an Ordinary worker Tat the Carnegie Illinois steel Plant in Chicago. He cays tie is Inck to be in she . 1np Lowan claims he has made a bomb Ackley Iowa feb. 5 ins research scientist Here has written the atomic Energy commission that he has a Model Hydrogen bomb which could be activated in 12 hours the inventor or. Ralph Lucas offered the Pilot Model of the bowl to the dec provided the govern Mem would  for testing it. He said he had spent 135,000 in develop ing it and had no More Cash Avail Able for the tests. Mrs. Lucas said her husband Hac written Lewis Strauss of the Abc about she matter. In a broadcast Over station who in Des Moines the proposed bomb was described As using argon an Hydrogen Gas and a vacuum zing process letter for Truman copies of the letter describing the invention were made for presid a Truman and sen. Bourke b. Hicken Looper a Iowa member of the congressional atomic Energy com Mittee. Lucas 58, described himself As a graduate cd new York University in 1931 and said he received a be d. Degree. He said he was queried about his work in 1940 by amt org the soviet trading Agency and an unidentified country. He said he had answered their questions because there was no secrecy restriction on atomic data then. However he said he had Noti fied the dec of his actions when the commission was set up. Says he got Patent the scientist reported that he had obtained an atom Energy Patent in 1939 on the process of disintegrating atomic material and atomic fission. He said the process led to the development of the idea for the h bomb. A Des Moines attorney William Riley reported he had talked with Lucas about a possible claim against the government charging that the atomic Energy Laws enacted after he had obtained what he called the Basic Patent in the Field pre vented him from developing commercially an atom Energy powered Turbine for new York Central rail Road locomotives. Lucas had what he said were Patent office photostat of his bomb or the mechanism which would produce the bomb. Lucas mentioned the figure of $5,000,000 in the possible suit but Riley said he had not taken the Case yet because he is not sure if the scientist has a claim. Sexiest hair3 a Ore talks suspended Washington feb. 5of the Tri Power uranium talks were suspended but . Official sources said they will resume this week  probably continue throughout that entire period. Belgium and Are other Powers involved. V Susan Hayward Bas the sexiest head of hair in town according to Hollywood Hairdresser Marte Clark. He gave Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr Madeleine Carroll Greef Garson Norma Shearer Loretta Young and Joan Evans honorable mention. Acme Stalin not against every War letter he wrote reveals new York feb. 5 a a letter from Premier Joseph Stalin explaining that Russia is not against every War has been published in Moscow after 20  letter written in 1930 to Maxim Gorky the russian author explains Stalin s views on War and the communist Campaign of self criticism the letter was in reply to one from Gorky which has not Bee published. Apparently the author asked about a special Magazine on  Stalin War stories must be printed wit great selectivity. On the Book Market there is a mass of artistic stories depicting the horrors of War and arousing repulsion of any  Are Bourgeois pacifist stories having no great value. We need Uch stories As Lead the readers from he horrors of imperialist War to the necessity of overcoming imperialist governments which organize such wars. Besides we Are not against every War. We Are against imperialist War As a counterrevolutionary War. Bui we Are or a liberating Anu Imperi Ilist War notwithstanding the fact hat such a War As is Well known not Only is not free from the horrors f bloodshed but even abounds in  Berle s wife seeks divorce new York feb. 5 up Joyce Matthew wife of comedian Milton Berle left by plane last night for puerto Rico in route to the Virgin islands to obtain a divorce. Mystery9 car seen on night rentier shot Detroit. Feb. 5 up two teen Aeed boys testified that 3 Maroon car raced away from Walter Reuther s House seconds after the United Auto workers Cio Leader was shot in Lewis it histone 15, and Joseph Gerards .8, said that they reached their Home Only seconds after hearing the Shotgun blast and that the car either a Ford or Mercury careened around a Corner As they approached. They testified in the trial of Carl Bolton. Former local official Bolton 39-year-old convict no serving a 15-20 year sentence for armed robbery is charged with at tempted assassination of Reuther april 20, 1948. Bolton is a former vice president of a Law local Union. The two boys agreed with Reuther s earlier testimony that the assault came about 9 4j pm. Bolton attorney Joseph Louisell has questioned that  said he will prove Bolton was in a restaurant 10 Miles away at 10 10 on the night of the shooting making it almost impossible for him to have attacked Reuther.  $87.50 to $166.50 Detroit feb. 5 up Hudson motor car co. Chopped j87.5q to �166.50 from the factory pric of some of its cars. The Hudson announcement came on the heels of an across the Board Cut by Stude Baker that slashed s82 to $135 from its entire 1950 line. The cuts coming in the face of higher steel prices and probable higher labor costs raised speculation that further reductions May be in the offing by other Auto firms. The Hudson Price slash was on its More expensive cars. Prices on the company s new Shorter car the pacemaker remain unchanged. Price tag on the super six two door Sedan now is $1,925, Fob Detroit the super six convertible $2,456. Eight Cylinder supers were trimmed $87.50 to $100, custom com Moore Sixes from $100 to $10, and e three Commodore eight models 100 across the Board. 4mo skipper navigator face inquiry court Norfolk va., feb. 5 map the battleship Missouri s command ing officer and navigator were named the defendants before a naval court of inquiry into Why the ship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay. They Are capt William d. Brown of Frostproof fla., and it cmdr Frank g. Morris of new York. At its Brief opening session the court heard one witness and admitted in evidence a dozen exhibits including the Missouri s navigating and operating charts and logs. It adjourned Lor an inspection of the ship in dry Dock then adjourned until tomorrow. Judge advocate it cmdr Malcolm Bradbury announced that if the court finds that offences were committed or serious blame incurred it will make recommendations for further action. The court announced that it will sit with doors open until such time As information is introduced which might be bad for the United states  Senate delays forces Bill Washington feb. 5 a objections to $16,500 houses for Mili tary personnel has blocked Senate action on a Bill authorizing ?5qo, 000,000 for military Public works. The objections were raised by sen. Paul h. Douglas Diu after chairman Millard a Tydings d my of the Senate armed services committee had asked the Senate to approve them Loasure speedily and Send it to the House. Tydings noted that the Senate has had a military Public works Bill before it since last aug. 13 he said some of the projects including a number for research and development purposes were considered urgent by defense authorities. Tydings introduced a substitute for the aug. 15 Bill which Cut about $100,000,000 out of the 600,000, originally sought by the defens department for Public works f the army Navy and air Force. After much argument it was agreed to defer further consideration of the Bill until tomorrow. The Bill would authorize a ceiling of $14,000 for construction of Mili tary houses plus $2,500 for site development the Cost could be doubled when Homes were constructed outside of the Continental . Or in Alaska. Douglas said he thought to amount was too much. . Reporter says unionists beat him Carlsbad . Feb 5 up Dick Wilbur 33, a reporter for  Carlsbad current Argus said was beaten when he entered til Headquarters of the mine Mill smelter workers Union Cio Here. Wilbur with cuts on Bis lips and jaw broken glasses and a Kornsa Frlj said he was sent to the Union Hafle to investigate reports that a uncool official had been involved in fight tuesday night. Services Honor 4 chaplains Philadelphia feb. 5 up memorial services were held for four heroic army chaplains who ave their own life preservers to other men aboard a torpedoed troop ship and then went Down Pray ing with the ship. The four chaplains representing Siree faiths died when the is Dorchester was sunk by a German Marine in the North Atlantic seven years ago. As part of the ceremonies a Wreath was Laid at the Entrance of the Chapel of the four chaplains erected in Honor at the Baptist Temple her i the chaplains were the Rev. A v. Poling a reformed minis from Schenectady . Rev. J p. Washington a Catholic priest i Newark . Or. Alexander go 1 of York pa., a jewish rabbi Rev. George i. Fox a methodist minister from Massachusetts