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tlefieldswherethe greotest wor in history is being decided-tribute is being poid to o giont. The fighting spirit, the spirit of cooperotion thot is Uncle Som, is living up to its press notices. And the Axis heods ore rolling where they moy! Much of Uncle Som's bottle must be fought here ot home. Moteriols must be pr:ovided for wor industryplonts, giont wor construction projects, for shipyords, oircroft plonts, hospitols, borrocks, militory instollotions of oll kinds. The George E. Reom Compony is in the fight. Wherever construction is o port of the wor effort its "vitol victory moteriols" ore speeding the doy of complete ond losting victory!

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And then there was the boss who called the good-looking new steno in and told her he thought the clothes she wore to work were what might be described as "too little and too late." He suggested that she do something about them. She answered: "A woman's charms are her best weapons in the battle of life." He said, "O.K. Sister, but you'll never be arrested for carrying your weapons concealed." ***

Col. Robert L. Scott, in a new book he has written about ffying with that American hero of heroes, Chennault, in China, tells this priceless tale. He remarked to Chennault one day what a pity it is that we can't just press a button that will kill every Jap on the face of the earth, all at one time. Chennault said: "We don't want to do that. Think of the fun we have killing them slow."

When press reporo U*r*. ln. ,it.,"tion in Germany grows rapidly worse and the Nazis are revolting, someone always questions the truth of the report. I never do. They've always been that way to me. ***

?he barefoot dancing man who got so much painful pub. licity and lost his government job, had many critics, but also some defenders. Someone said: "What if he did dance? King David danced before the Ark of the Cove- nant." Sure. And King David did many other things, such as murder and wife stealing. Which proves what?

Another good argument against predicting a long, long war, is based on sound economics. Millions of our war workers make a great deal more money now than they ever did before. If they thought the war would end in the near future it might be an incentive to them to save their nloney, buy bonds, and get out of the spending line. Whereas if they thought the war was going on indefinitely it would be human nature to say: "Let's spend this year, and save next."

Speaking of economics (and who, in these days, does not?) the pay-as-you-go income tax brings up numerous interesting situations. For instance, the Treasury Department has furnished employers generally a booklet explaining the tax, and also containing quick reference tables showing the employer at a glance how much to take from the pay of each employee. These figures are not in all cases exact, but are to be equalized at the end of the year when the employee makes out his annual income tax report. However, they do some queer things at the moment. The employee informs the employer of his exemption status regarding marriage and dependents. The employer simply turns to the

(Continued on Page 11) book, looks at the table provided for a person of that status, and the table tells him how much to deduct from the employee's pay. Most employers, esPecially large ones, use this book.

I read the other day where several employees of a firm had petitioned the employer for a REDUCTION of salary, claiming that under the system of pay-as-you-go deduction used they would get more money, net, at a slightly lower salary scale. So I looked to see if this could happen, and sure 'nuf, it not only can but frequently does, no doubt. Take the case of a married man with no children who gets $200 a month. The book says take $23.20 a month from his check, leaving him $176.30. But if he got a salary of $199 a month instead of $20O, the deduction called for ii $tS.zO a month, leaving him $183.80 a month, or $7 more than if his salary was a dollar a month more. While the income tax paJment at the end of the year would adjust this, it is readily understandable that the average employee to whom it happens looks upon the system with dislike, if not suspicion.

A sawmill man reported to me that one of his employees came to him deeply puzzled. He had figured it out that if he had worked one day less in July than he did work, he

Frank White Retires

Announcement is made by the Hammond Lumber Cornpany, San Francisco, of the retirement, effective September 1. of Frank H. White.

Mr. White, who has been with the company for the past 25 yearc, has been in poor health for some time and finds himqelf unable to continue with his work. He is retiring to his home in Alameda. where he will be available for consultation when occasions arise where the company wishes to make use of his knowledge and experience. His many friends will wish him an early recovery.

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would have made more money, net. His conclusion was that he should keep track of such situations, and not work that other day. ft is reported by various employers that their employees are learning to adjust their working time to fit the "deducks."

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In the Southern cities there is recently reported a considerable increase in the number of men looking for work, particularly Negroes. Come to find out many of them have quit high wage industrial jobs because they don't want to pay the pay-as-you-go deductions. I read in a paper a statement by a Treasury man who said various employers reported to him that many men quit the first pay-day the pay-as-you-go deductions started. Employers report that many men seeking work have figured out what their exemptions are, and do not propose to earn a single dollar more than that, so that no deductions for income tax will be taken from their pay. They are rating themselves to stay under the tax level. Soms of them seek only day work for that reason. When they come to the income tax level, they figure they've worked enough for that week.

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And if you don't believe there are worlds of men who would rather make $24 a week and pay no tax than make twice that much and pay it, then you just don't know the psychology of these folks.

Lost Your Keys Mr. L. A. Lumberman ?

Larry Turnbull, the tall young man who represents the Shevlin Pine Sales Company in Los Angeles, phoned in to THE LUMBER MERCHANT office to report that a key container with the Shevlin name on it and two keys inside of it have been found and turned in to his office. He takes it for granted that some lumberman lost it, because of the Shevlin container. So, Mr. Lumberman, if you own the lost keys, phone Turnbull and get them back, courtesy of that young man and THE LUMBER MERCHIANT. Y.ou're welcome. kind sir.

From trees to plcrnes-one oI the mcrny mqrvels oI the lumber industry. The lull story will be told one dcry, crnd when it is we shqll be proud ol the part the industry hcs hcd in the war effort.