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reports from the united states senate
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THE TAX REFORM ACT of 1969 is now pending before the
Senate Finance Committee on which I serve. It contains the most
sweeping tax reform in the history of our country, and this bill
will be the prime order of business for the Committee and the
Senate for the remainder of this year.
The bill. 368 pages long, has been passed by the House of Rep
resentatives. some say rather hastily because of a desire to speed
through the If) per cent surcharge. In addition, we have the
Administration’s proposals which differ in many important respects
from the House bill.
In general, the Administration calls for reducing taxes for low
and middle income people by some $4.8 billion, for taking some
extreme low-income people off the tax rolls entirely, and for in
creasing taxes on business and wealthy individuals. The Nixon
program would give less relief for low and middle income tax
payers and a smaller tax increase on business than the House bill.
The net loss of revenue to the government under the Admin
istration plan would be $1.3 billion, compared to a $2.4 billion
reduction voted by the House.
NONE OF US IN THE I'inanee Committee have had an op
portunity yet to become totally familiar with all the proposals
and their far-reaching ramifications. Hearings are still underway.
But there is no doubt that reform of the federal income tax
structure is long overdue. I concur with the President that loop
holes in the law permit far too many Americans to pay less than
their fair share of taxes, and too many others are carrying too
much of the load. This needs to be corrected, and we need to do
everything possible to install a new tax system that is more equi
table for everyone concerned. 1 will do my best on the Finance
Committee to write such a bill.
THERE IS ONE ASPECT however of the Administration
plan that 1 cannot support. This is the proposal to eliminate the
gasoline tax as a deduction on federal income tax.
We have an extremely mobile society and many low and middle
income taxpayers who must use automobiles to get to their jobs
would be greatly penalized by doing away with the gas tax
deduction.
1 would hope that this proposal will be struck from the
Administration program.
(not prepared or printed at government expense)
SIDE GLANCES By Gill Fox
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QUOTES
By United Press International
COLUMBIA,S.C.—Sen. Strom
Thurmond, R.-S.C., commenting
on charges by Life magazine
that he was involved in a real
estate scandal:
“The charges (of influence)
are false, malicious and un
founded and I deny any
impropriety or wrongdoing.”
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—HEW
Secretary Robert H. Finch
attacking the proposition that
the federal government should
assume all welfare costs:
“We simply do not have at
present the resources for the
federal government to take
over all of welfare and still do
what it must in the areas of
health and education.”
LONDON—A spokesman for
the leftist faction within North
ern Ireland’s civil rights
movement:
"I do not want violence ...
but history tells me that the
ordinary people will have no
choice but to fight for what is
ours.”
LONDON—A spokesman for
the London Commune, the
professional squatters group
which disavows the hippies who
recently invaded a mansion:
“Hundreds of places in
central London have been
earmarked for squatting. We
feel it is our right to squat in
any building that is empty.”
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Saturday, Sept. 27,
the 270th day of 1969, with 95 to
follow.
The moon is between its full
phase and last quarter.
The morning stars are Venus
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercu
ry, Mars and Jupiter.
On this dav in history:
In 1825 in England, George
Stephenson operated the first
locomotive to pull a passenger
train.
In 1939 after 19 days of
resisting heavy air raids and an
artillery bombardment, the
defenders of Warsaw surren
dered to the Nazis.
In 1940 Germany, Italy and
Japan signed a 10-year mutual
aid pact, forming the axis
powers in World War II against
the allies.
In 1961 Syria broke away
from the United Arab Republic
in a revolt led by army
officers.
A thought for the day:
American cartoonist William
Mauldin said, “Look into an
infantryman’s eyes and you will
tell how much war he has
seen.”
THOUGHTS
"Denounce him! Let us de
nounce him!” say all my
familiar friends, watching
for my fall. "Perhaps he will
be deceived, then we can
overcome him, and take our
revenge on him.”—Jeremiah
20:10.
♦ ♦ ♦
Revenge does us more
harm than the injury itself.
—John Lubbock. English
naturalist.
Are city, county
keeping up?
Georgia's population growth is thought
to be about 17.7 percent which is above
the national increase of 12.6.
Are Griffin and Spalding County keep
ing up?
The census to be taken in a few months
will show the official head count, and we
will have to wait awhile to know how
many of us Griff inites, Spalding Countians,
Georgians and Americans there are. In
the meantime, we can do some speculating.
The 1960 census showed Spalding's pop
ulation was 35,404. Griffin's was 21,735.
If Spalding grows at the same rate of the
Georgia average (17.7 percent) the 1970
census should turn up 41,671 people in
Spalding, an increase for the decade of
6,267 people. If the county has grown only
at the national rate of 12.6 percent, there
should be an increase of 4,461 more Spald
ing Countians for a total county popula
tion of 39,865.
If the population inside the city limits of
Griffin has kept pace with the state aver
age, the census should count a total of
25,582 Griffinites, an increase of 3,847
during the ten-year period. On the other
hand, if Griffin has kept up with the nation
al average only, there should be an in
crease of 2,739 people ,making the total
city population 24,474.
We have no way of knowing what the
population is today, or what the census
population will be when taken in 1970. We
do know, however, that primarily because
of our proximity to the metropolitan area,
we should be growing rapidly. This is a
growth area, and we have been growing
some without much effort on our part.
It will be interesting to learn how we act
ually do compare. The Griffin Daily News
does not think that we in Griffin are doing
nearly as well as we should. There is too
much negativism.
Never Enough A-l Teachers
The teacher shortage that has plagued the nation’s
schools since the World War II baby boom kids came of
school-going age is now over.
In fact, reports the National Education Association, with
a record number of new teachers—27B,ooo—entering class
rooms for the first time this year, there may actually be an
excess of 38,000 teachers.
This is for the nation as a whole. Shortages remain in
certain categories: Geographically, in rural areas; aca
demically, in the subjects of math, science, industrial arts,
special education, vocational-technical courses and women’s
physical education. Many schools are also short on libra
rians and guidance counselors.
Another catch is that the 38,000 excess is based on the
barest minimum standards of teacher qualification. If all
schools were to be brought up to “desirable standards,”
says the NEA, another 224,400 qualified teachers would
really be needed.
So the teacher shortage isn’t over after all—nor is it
likely that it ever will be. as we continue to raise the level of
what we consider to be an adequate education for America’s
children.
Mini Is Long on Safety
The miniskirt, while it may fall short in some respects,
has won the praise of an insurance company as a safe driv
ing costume.
The miniskirt gives a woman greater leg freedom for
easier braking and acceleration, especially when worn with
low heels, says Aetna Life Insurance and Casualty.
The actuaries now join millions of male pedestrians who
have long been giving nods of approval to miniskirted
motorists—usually when viewed from a high curb as they
stop for a light or round the corner.
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With Ye Editor S;
The expressways sneed up everything, including death
when one drives carelessly on them.
••• • •
“Money saved for a rainy day buys a much smaller
umbrella than it used to.” — Jackson, Miss., Clarion-
Ledger
••• • •
We hear about mini-this and mini-that, but we haven't
been hearing much lately about Minnesota.
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BERRY’S WORLD
1969 by NEA, Inc. (| •
"Haw'd y'all like to lease some of this here land to
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No Faith
I would like to be a
Christian and lead a Christian
life but I have no faith. How do I
get it? J.L.
You say you have no faith, but
I have never met a person
without faith. Faith is some
thing we exercise, not only
every day, but every hour of the
day. It takes faith to drive a car,
to walk down the street, to order
from a mail order house, or to
do as simple an act as to get up
in the morning. It takes faith to
open a can of food, for you must
believe that it is what it is
represented to be before you
consume it.
Faith in Christ is human faith,
something we all have, lifted to
the highest level. The Bible
says, “Lay hold on eternal life”.
We take the faith that we ordi
narily put in the common
everyday things and direct it
toward Christ. “This is me
eternal, that they might know
thee the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast
sent,” said our Lord and Savior.
And when our faith rests in
Him, and Him alone, there is no
wavering or disappointment.
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
One of the forgotten tales
of WWII is the tragic death
of the renowned “Desert
Fox,” German Field Mar
shal Rommel. He was re
covering from a wound at
his home when visited by
two members of the Ger
man High Command on
Oct. 14, 1944, The World
Almanac notes. He was ac
cused of complicity in the
plot against Hitler and
given the choice of death by
poison or trial by the Peo
ple’s Court. He took poison
and died near Ulm. Ger
many. later that day.
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Man Again Master
Os Nasty Computers
Few frustrations in this modern life are better calculated
to reduce even the most mild-mannered person to a seeth
ing jelly of impotent rage than to find oneself in a letter
writing duel with a bill-collecting computer.
The company lias made a simple error. One has receipts
and canceled checks to prove it. It could easily be ad
justed. But the computer blithely ignores all protests and
continues to grind out statement after statement.
There is, fortunately, still time for man to assert his
mastery over the machines he has made, and at least one
state has taken a step in that direction.
In Maryland, a newly passed law states that if a custo
mer does not get an answer “in clear and definitive terms”
within 60 days after making a written inquiry about the
status of his account, he is not liable for any service
charges that come due from the time the creditor receives
the inquiry until the matter is finally straightened out.
The law applies to any kind of bill with a finance or serv
ice charge on it—department store revolving account, gaso
line credit card, bank card, check-credit, etc.
Good as the new law is, it could be even better, suggests
Consumers Union.
One useful amendment would be to take aim at credit
departments that not only ignore letters pointing out errors
but compound the situation by sending out a sequence of
nastier and nastier collection notices. In penalty for un
warranted dunning, the creditor would be required to for
feit the principal along with the interest.
Also, a really tough law might make it a criminal act for
a creditor to send a false delinquency report to a credit
bureau if it was based on a billing error which he made.
Most Americans, however, would be content to go along
with the Maryland law as it now stands—happy to know
that, at least to some extent, human beings are being put
back in control of the computer.
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