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...nation at war that such a revenue bill was conceived. That it is extensive and the largest on record is no tribute to its name. A country that sets for itself the double goal of developing into a world arsenal and defending itself from two relentless enemies needs maximum financial support if the home front is to withstand the shock and the arsenal to become a reality. The trouble is the measure is not strong enough. The Congress after seven months of dilly-dallying and haggling has given the country a half-baked, business as usual, partisan tax bill...
Said Senator Walter F. George, chairman of the Finance Committee: "The bill represents perhaps the maximum direct taxes which can be imposed during the war, but it does not go very far toward checking inflation. The Finance Committee does not claim that, and it was for that reason we provided for a joint committee to study plans for compulsory savings to make recommendation to Congress...
...ample precedent. In Britain the frequency of elections is set not by the Constitution but by law. This was the third one-year extension vote since World War II began. In the World War I period, the House of Commons had repealed the statute giving it a five-year maximum life, had voted itself in continuous office from 1910 to 1918. An Act of Commons extending its own duration is the only one still subject to absolute veto in the Lords...
...when clamor for a second front has given rise to serious questioning of the strength and integrity of our Russian allies, a film like this carefully prepared and intelligently presented account of the U.S.S.R.'s struggle against the Nazis is welcome fare. With a minimum of bravado and a maximum of restraint and straightforward presentation, "Moscow Strikes Back" paints a graphic and moving picture of heroic proportions about the struggle in which the Red Armies and the Russian people are now engaged. Every scene is packed with action, action that wasn't prepared in advance by scriptwriters and directors...
Last season about 200 men came out for House football but compulsory exercise requirements are expected to raise that number a bit. The House squads are usually limited to 30 players, the maximum manageable number...