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...biggest and most justified complaint of small businessmen is that the present revenue law, which taxes all corporate income profits over $25,000 at the same rate, keeps the small enterprise from growing and competing with big business. Small companies traditionally have financed expansion by plowing back earnings. After surrendering 52% of his profits over $25,000 to the tax collector, the small businessman today has proportionately far less than the big company to invest in research, cost-cutting equipment and plant expansion...
...editorial entitled "Father Halton's Legitimate Complaint," the Princetonian, in less vehement terms, agreed with Halton that "the religion department is, in fact, made up of men committed to a definitely non-Catholic position, men, who, because of their very strong commitments of faith, would be bound to be lax in presenting a fair view of the Roman Catholic standpoint...
...point up to the University how "woefully inadequate" the present facilities are, the council committee has sent questionnaires to 70 club presidents asking about their needs and complaints, Johnson reported. He expects the clubs' most frequent complaint will be their overcrowding and lack of office space, and hopes that the answers will show how greatly all the clubs' rooms are spread out around the University...
...once the U.S. moved to keep faith with the gallant rebels by offering economic aid "very fast" if requested, by placing before the U.N. Security Council "the situation in Hungary." In-extraordinary Sunday session the Council voted 9-1 (Russia) with Yugoslavia abstaining, to put the complaint on the agenda for prompt debate...
Professionally, Callas is just as ruthless. This year she broke with the maestro who helped her first and most, Conductor Serafin. Her complaint: he recorded Traviata with another soprano. Her decision automatically eliminates Serafin from his old job as conductor for her opera recordings and the old man is finding that other singers are now mysteriously unable to sing under him. Says he: "She is like a devil with evil instincts." Says La Callas: "I understand hate; I respect revenge. You have to defend yourself. You have to be strong, very, very strong. That's what makes you have...