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The Queen will just have
Seventy thousand pounds a year
And if the Prince gets married
His wife will just have
Thirty thousand pounds a year . . .
Now the King
Has so little
He will just wear
A loin cloth
Like Gandhi. . . .
Comparisons. In the U. S., observers mulled over the new taxation figures and made little tables to show the comparative burdens of British and U. S. taxpayers. Most striking case is that of a married man with two children and an income of $4,000 (£823). In the U. S. he pays no Federal income tax; in Great Britain he must pay $708.20. Other examples:
Income British Tax U. S. Tax
$1,500 (£309) $83.83 $0.00
$10,000 (£2,058) $2,208.87 $83.25
$20,000 (£4,115) $5,462.64 $588.75
Parliament Sidelights. As the doors opened for the emergency session Lady Nancy Astor captured her favorite seat for the session, a comfortable corner bench in the third row. Moon-faced Winston Churchill, no member of the Cabinet or leader of the Opposition, had no seat in the front row. Arriving late he could not even find a place in the back benches, had to squeeze in uncomfortably on the steps in the aisle. Finally some M. P.'s moved over, allowing arch-Conservative Churchill to squeeze into the seat occupied in the last session by bobbed-haired James Maxton, Labor's most fiery Left winger.
And Now? Almost perfunctorily, after an unexciting day of debate, the House of Commons passed the Economy Bill on its second reading: 310 to 253. Next, it was expected, would come discussion of a tariff. Reported leader of the movement was Liberal Sir John Simon, who had been wavering for many a month. Should a tariff eventuate, first to resign his job would be little Philip Snowden, stout free-trader.
*Exchange: $4.56=£1.
*Vacationing in Canada last week that ancient tennis player, Rt. Rev. Arthur Foley Winnington Ingram, Bishop of London, announced that he would be glad to give up Fulham Palace and live in a smaller house.
"My official income is $50,000," said he, "and my taxes, even before the new budget, have been $34,000."