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Thursday, Jan. 30, 1969
(Griffin Dally News Staff Photo)
Nearly 50 well-wishers were on hand Wednesday when Andrew Whalen, Jr., of
Griffin was sworn in as judge of the Griffin Judicial Circuit. Judge Whalen, the cir
cuit’s district attorney for many years, was administered the oath of office by Gov.
Lester Maddox. Among the dignitaries, who attended the ceremony, were state
senators, members of the house of representatives, Georgia’s attorney general, city
and county officials from throughout the district, fellow lawyers and judges, and
many law enforcement officers from Spalding, Upson, Pike and Fayette counties.
House Judiciary Committee, in
its secret search toward a
unique new constitution, Is
studying “things which trans
cend Georgia and Georgia poli
tics,’’ sources say.
“It’s going to take a lot of
guts and a lot of blood will be
spent,” one source said Wednes
day. “There will be no sacred
cows, absolutely none.” He
said the outcome might be a
proposed document unique in
the nation.
The committee closed the
doors on its consideration of a
proposed constitutional revision
commission early in the week,
sparking controversy and ru
mors.
But one member explained,
“there are no pre . commit
ments, no time limits and no
lobbyists. This Is why we’re
having executive sessions.”
Hie study, the result of which
might be recommendations for
a constitutional revision group
to use as a base plan, has en
compassed research on new
charters approved in other
states.
It also includes Georgia’s own
1964 proposal for a new consti
tution, thrown out by a federal
court who said the legislature
then was malapportioned, and
other materials from private
and state government study
groups.
Some members hope the re
sult will be a concise, short doc
ument that might stress home
rule, but in any case would re
form the state’s present un
wleldly constitution.
Reports were circulating
Wednesday that House Speaker
George L. Smith flew to Chi
cago during the weekend to con
sult with officials of the Council
of State Governments about a
“model” constitution drawn by
that group, but Smith denied
the story.
“What we’re doing, we’re
doing ourselves,” said commit-
tee chairman Rtfjin Harris
when asked about the Smith re
port. “It (the study) didn’t or
iginate with the Speaker and he
didn’t promote It.”
One source said the commit
tee’s work so far was "ex
tremely encouraging. Ev en
words aren’t sacred.”
The study coincided with Sen.
Julian Webb’s proposal to set
up a 33-man revision commis
sion comprised of legislators,
governor’s appointees, and rep
resentatives of various groups
and professions—lncluding local
governments, the Judiciary and
the press.
Webb’s measure brezzed
through the Senate before the
two-week legislative recess be
gan, and Harris has predicted
the proposal would pass the
committee with some minor
changes In membership.
Georgia’s present constitution
is basically a 1945 amendment
to the state’s 19th century docu
ment. It has been amended hun
dreds of times for local and
general changes.
Dulles Dead;
Ex-CIA Head
WASHINGTON <UPl)—Allen
W. Dulles, 75, former director
of the Central Intelligence
Agency, died late Wednesday
night. Death was attributed to
complications from influenza
and pneumonia.
Dulles served as head of the
CIA for eight years, from 1953
to 1961. Almost all of this time
was during the two presidential
terms of Dwight D. Elsenhower.
First reports of Dulles’ death
came from the CIA. A
spokesman said he died at
Georgetown University Hospital
of "complications of the flu and
pneumonia.”
Dulles resigned as CIA chief
in late 1961, several months
after John F. Kennedy became
President. He later served on
the Warren Commission which
investigated the assassination of
Kennedy. He firmly subscribed
to the commission’s major
finding—that Lee Harvey Os
wald was the lone assassin.
Dulles, brother of the late
John Foster Dulles, who was
secretary of state during the
key years of the Eiseimower
administration, also fulfilled
some special assignments for
President Lyndon B. Johnson.
One of these came In 1964
when he went to Mississippi to
look into the slayings of three
civil rights worker*
Dulles, as head of the CIA,
was in the forefront of the cold
war against communism. He
appointment by Eisenhower in
January, 1953, placed him in the
position of helping to guide
American foreign policy behind
the scenes while his brother
fought communism openly as
secretary of state.
155 Persons Earning More Than
$200,000 Each Paid No Income Tax
Major Overhaul May Come
By MICHAEL POSNER
WASHINGTON (UPD-
Congressional taxwriters laid
groundwork today for what
could be the first major
overhaul of income tax laws in
15 years. The results might
close loopholes for millionaires,
lighten the tax load for average
Americans—and perhaps head
off extension of the 10 per cent
surcharge.
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, D-
Ark., said the House Ways and
Means Committee will launch
tax reform hearings Feb. 18 by
investigating possible abuses in
the 30,262 tax-free foundations.
President Nixon has not yet
submitted a tax reform pack
age. In the last Congress, the
Rebel Students
Get Own Medicine
STANFORD, Calif. (UPD-
Radlcal students at Stanford
University got a taste of their
own medicine Wednesday dur
ing a noon rally designed to
“bring business as usual to a
halt.”
Student for a Democratic
Society (SDS), which has 25
members on the campus, called
for a rally that drew 600
persons, including 50 members
of the Young Republicans and
Young Americans for Freedom.
The latter groups chanted,
“Pigs off campus, pigs off
campus”—and there wasn’t a
policeman in sight. A majority
of the onlookers cheered.
They also carried placards
which read: “If you like Hitler,
you’ll love SDS,” “Prevent a
student police state,” and t’SDS
is revolting.”
After nearly an hour of
sustained heckling, the SDS
members marched to the
Applied Electronics Laboratory
and then to the Stanford
Research Institute in nearby
Menlo Park. Each time they
were blocked by the chanting
students.
The SDS members hoisted a
Viet Cong flag outside the
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Ways and Means Committee
asked President Lyndon B.
Johnson to submit tax reform
proposals by Dec. 31, 1968.
Johnson did not submit legisla
tion, but turned over Treasury
Department suggestions to Nix
on.
Mills said he did not expect
all-encompassing tax reform
until possibly 1970.
Numerous congressmen said
closing tax loopholes could bring
enough revenue to prevent an
extension of the surtax when
that measure expires June 30.
The surtax is designed to bring
into the Treasury $1 billion in
its first year.
Rep. John W. Byrnes, Wis.,
senior Republican on the tax-
university post office Tuesday
to protest the Institute’s receipt
of a $l.B million contract
involving Thailand. They de
manded that such research
contracts be ended.
In a statement issued Wednes
day, President Kenneth Pitzer
rejected as "unacceptable to
me” the SDS’ demand that
trustees and faculty bring about
a withdrawal of the contracts.
Pitzer said the SDS was
interfering with "individual
freedom of choice of trustees
and faculty.”
BARBER THIRD
PALM BEACH GARDENS,
Fla. (UPD—Miller Barber’s
$13,500 payoff for winning the
rain-abbreviated Kaiser Interna
tional Open has pushed the
Texan into third place in the
1969 Professional Golfers Asso
ciation of America tournament
money-winning standings.
Barber, who has earned
$14,030, ranks behind Charlie
Sifford ($20,000) and Bruce
Devlin ($14,408). Billy Casper,
leading money winner on the
tour last year is in sixth place
this year with $6,314.
writing committee, in a speech
prepared for the New York
State Bar Association’s Tax
Section, said reform legislation
should be passed "by this
Congress.”
“A review and reform of the
(tax) code is essential,” Byrnes
said. He suggested Congress
should simplify tax forms and
eliminate abuses whereby 155
persons earning more than
$200,000 paid no taxes last year.
Discussing this group, includ
ing 21 people who earned over
$1 million, Byrnes said "No
matter by what device, no
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matter how laudable the nature
of the deduction or exclusion
that produces this result, the
fact remains that there is no
justification for these indivi
dual being non-taxpayers.”
’ '.ills said the committee also
wi” consider changes that
i would help middle income
taxpayers. For example, the
> panel will go into the possibility
i of raising the standard 10 per
cent deduction, for the 57 per
• cent of all Americans who do
■ not itemize their charitable,
i medical and other tax-exempt
• payments.