Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 33

'Y fe fh. lt FUROH IN FRANCE STATE JOURNAL (Lonsing, Mick.) Thursday; AM 141955 33 Little Three9 -1 .1 Home Brew Report Gains ollown lstiiienesiuay me ain mcnt takes 540 francs (about $1) to This margin between the homebrew and legal price on liquor Js attractive enough la Induce large- 1 InProduction 1879, their number has grown to more than three and a half mil- lion. Temperance advocates point out that the tax exemption allowed on home-brew liquor represents an annual loss of 20 billion francs ($5,714,285) in excise revenue. In addition, they say, there is an incalculable amount of tax revenue lost as a result of illegal practices. A liter (about a quart) of home brew liquor.

NCDAA officials de PARIS (INS) One of France's Committee for Defense Against Al conousm claims it nas collected favorite barnyard 'pastimes dis nshinii scale "moot to 10 million signatures on a voters' tilling home brew may be on its petition calling for the outlawing of "boullleurs de cm." or itinerant are the! people who drink -the, most alcohol on It si not uncommon for French maw to start his day with a shbt of; liquor or. a -glass of wine before breakfasCJust s'an Englishman has his early cup ot tea. "Then at 11 a.m. he has his aperitif then wine at. lunch followed by Uquor.

By p.m. you will find bars crowded with people having their evening drinks. This ritual may well last for two hours. And then comes the wine at dinner, -followed by a nlghtcamp be-foresgoing to bed." way out DETROIT The auto Industry's Uttlt Three" American Mo-ton, Studebaker-Packard and Kaiser Motor are- Improving their stills. lent of 10 liters (about 2K gallons) of pure alcohol.

This means that virtually every orchard or vineyard owner, in France may make about five of grap-brahdy or applejack each year without making any tax. returns. TAXES LOST i If French temperance advocates the crest of a sweeping anti-alcoholism campaign sparked by milk-drinking Premier Pierre Mendes-France, have made the banning of home-made hootch the first target of their offensive against excessive' drinking. v', Under French law, anyone growing fruit-is entitled to distill for his own use- a yearly amount of Andrewt Monnier, director for NCDAA. who himself wont turn down, an occasional glass of wine, said the committee does not aim-to bring prohibition to France; FIRST TARGET These stills travel from farm to have their way, the time-honored farmers' privilege of making tax- pnraucuon standing.

Whether" thev hv their "onm. clare, costs approximately 150 back" well under way is yet to be "What we are trying to do Is farm turning fermented fruit juices into potent hearthslde free liquor for personal use will become a sure path to the village pokey. francs (42 cents) to A liter bottle of applejack hi sold In stores at 775 francs (about aewrminea, out they report en From 90,000 persons taking ad- to break the Frenchman from his habit of needing alcohol several times a day," he said. couraglng reaction to the lust -com The privately-financed National The temperance people, riding tax-free liquor up ot the equiva vantage, of this legal provision in 82.20), out of which the govern- pieted Introduction of their new 1933 models. HaU doxen different makes of ears come from the assembly lines the "Uttle Three." They in clude Mash, Hudson, Rambler, Studebaker, Packard and Willys.

Kaiser has not yet built a 1955 model on Its assembly UP Jt PERCENT The smaller companies got 4.1 percent of last gear's production volume. So far this year they have accounted ior better than live percent of. the Industry total. Last week's volume came to 6 percent vsv ui wu me uuipui 01 American Motors (Nash-Hudson) and Studebaker-Packard. The heads of these two com paniesGeorge Romney and James J.

Nance-rare', exuding optimism. Romney recently told stockholders ne expects at least a 25 percent increase inhls company's car sales this That would mean approximately 170,000 retail deliv Nu.ce has said Studebaker-Pack ard will aim at the production and sale of something like 300,000 units in 1955. Its average so far thi year Is somewhat short of that figure, but It has only Just recently swung urn voume output of new models. TWO-WAT RATTLE Kaiser Motors has Indicated it will rely chiefly upon its utility vehicles, mainly In the Jeep line; for its 1955 volume. Thus, in many respects, the battle for volume passenger car sales by the smaller companies rests between American Motors and Studebaker-Packard.

What lies ahead of the smaller eompanies this year still is causing considerable speculation in trade quarters. Some sources say their prospects now are much better than they1 were six months aeo. wimgcfl mm i uBiMyis mmm ixmtm Others say that, despite the facturlng economies resulting frjom the mergers that created them, American Motors and Studebaker-Packard yet will; get together as one company. But the talk about a merger of these two concerns Isn't nearly as persistent as it was late last year. It is being said now that If such merger is In the making it win not come until after the results of this year's competitive effort have been up.

KNOW WHAT'S AHEAD Neither Nance nor Romney un- deresti mates the Job ahead. If they build up their operations to the point where they can account fori substantially more than their present percentage of the market, they wui nave to make their gains at the expense of General Motors and Ford. Chrysler, too. Is trying to cut into the slice of the market now absorbed, by (LJtVf-? Ford. Pro-, ductlon and sales reports indicate1 Chrysler has made some gains.

Its production volume Is better than, twice that of th comparable peri od last year. Its various divisions j( -a yia- xxiyv report steadily mounting From whatever angle the "Lit nr XI I 17 I J(q tie Three" prospect Is viewed at terrific battle appears to lie ahead. I r- oj A v- I LA One thing to be remembered in any study of their effort Is that 6 or 8 percent of the 1955 car market runs Into a lot of unit and dollar II I 1 I UULTUt-J ti U' iw lil II A I 1 volume. The industry probably will i 5.750,000 cars this year. With their newly effected economies American Motors and Studebaker-Packard I could make money on percept of that total.

Don't Worry Return In By MERROfAX SMITH mlvi Aifvi v- sJ yy i ANGUSTA, Ga, April 14 (UP) -Backstairs at the White House In case anyone wants to investigate. President Eisenhower got his income tax return in well ahead of time. He relied heavily on his military aide. CoL Robert Schults, who handles the presidential exche ivM Mil ill ii i i ii tr' -i. rtwv8Sttffl quer.

Good guess among presidential Hell go overseas this I Sslm, 1111 kSTx IW I I xaKt7m6l 11 1 8 year. Big four or an. Inspection rmm task It was touch and go' for a time on whether the president would come to He was thinking about canceling his trip and stay I -1 II iV IV; II sl ing at Gettysburg with his wife who is busy with the myriad de I I I II rs-Jk I I (X I tails of decorating their house. Mr. Elsenhower ran Into a lot of political friendship when 'he was in Charleston, S.

last Tues day, but he also heard some criti 1:1 II II II I cisra not personally, but some of the South Carolina party bosses told him they -did not like his i izi( iK.y.n ii YjI i i i i i I -4 i k. i iai.iij i uiui a rii i federal highway program. i iniviii it i i km ixi ii 1 1 -i ii vwrvwyvi km zju i South Carolinians who could get next to the president were not critical of. his highway objective; I I CrXrXJ 1 i 1 11 t- Jfe' I I I I m. I I I I aT-e wA sssl 1 I they Just didn't like his plan cfj tapping the federal jgas tax to finance the road program This objection' Is not peculiar to South Carolina.

"It is heard ver much of the CM A OKO KK Could be that Mr, Eisenhower f- 7 will take some step to pat the back of Sen. Walter F. George chairman of the senate foreign relations -committee', who has announced that hell be avail' able for re-election. George is certain to encounter hi the opposition of Herman Tal- I. II II II I -madge, former governor of Georgia.

George also has the praise ana gratitude of the president for not attempting to upset admini-stration foreign policy during a touchy period. i ii ii So, what happens? If Talmadge the younger attempts to damage George materially, there may be an oblique answer from Mr. Eisen hower possibly lMce having George appear with him in pub CC IMC o)7 AKmniv A. FUANDOIl lic Mr. Eisenhower would have loved to have been here for the Masters tournament, but I he dktn't dare.

If he had shown up, he'd been a bigger gallery drawing card than Cary Middle- i.