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Sen. Talmadge Comments On Revenue Sharing
WASHINGTON, D.C.--U.S.S
enator Herman E. Talmadge, a
lthough stopping short of total
endorsement of federal revenue
sharing, said last Tuesday that
if the plan is implemented it
should apply to areas where
assistance is needed the most.
The Georgia Senator, a rank
ing member of the Senate Fin
ance Committee which has been
working on the revenue sharing
bill for the past several weeks,
charged the House of Represen
tatives with sending the Senate
legislation giving “the least aid
to the poorest states and local
governments and the most aid to
the richest states. New York and
California and the bie industrial
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states and financial centers wo
uld get the most aid.”
In a radio interview program
broadcast over more than 100
stations throughout Georgia, S
enator Talmadge said the Sen
ate Finance Committeee was ta
king the opposite approach.
“We are changing the formu
la. It wiU be predicated princi
pally on giving the most aid to
the poorest states and to the p
oorest units of government,” he
declared, adding that he haa
“mixed feelings” about the leg
islation in the first place.
"I think that as a matter of
general policy those who spend
the revenue ought to raise it,”
he said. However. Senator Ta
lmadge asserted that extremely
costly federal programs have
been “forced” on states and lo
cal governments, and he predi
cted that Congress would adopt
a revenue sharing plan in this
session.
On other subjects, Senator T
almadge called for a “real
istic” United States trade poli
cy to slow down the flood of
foreign imports and stop “put
ting hundreds of thousands of
Americans out pf work.”
Also attacking excessive Un
ited States spending programs
that put the United States in the
position of “banker, Santa Cl
aus, and policeman” for the w
orld, he called for bringing t
roops home from Western Eu
rope, ending the war in Viet
nam as soon as possible, sta
ving out of foreign entangleme
nts wneic U.S. security is not
directly involved, and stop for
eign aid programs.
The text of Senator Talmadge’s
remar ks on tnese issues
follows:
SENATOR, THE UNITED
STATES CONTINUES TO BE O
UT-TRADED ON THE WORLD
MARKET. MULTI-BILLION
DOLLAR TRADE DEFICITS
HAVE BECOME A REGULAR
OCCURRENCE... WHAT ARE
THE PRINCIPAL PROBLEM A
REAS, AND HOW STRONGLY
SHOULD CONGRESS ACT TO
GIVE THE UNITED STATES
A BETTER OPPORTUNITY ON
To the voters of Forsyth County:
Do you want a tax commissioner of Forsyth County—who will work with
the people of Forsyth County?
Do you want a tax commissioner who will treat each and every person
with kindness ana respect?
Do you want a tax commissioner who will help you with yith your tax
problems?
Do you want a tax commissioner who will stay open all day Saturdays
to serve you?
Do you want a tax commissioner who will rotate lunch hours and keep
the office open?
Do you want a tax commissioner who will keep the tax office open extra
hours during tag and tax season, , to serve you?
Do you want a tax commissioner who will collect back taxes, that, are
several years delinquent, by all legal means required?
Do you want a tax commissioner who will see that everyone who is entitle<
to homestead exemption, single and double receives it?
Do you want a taw tax commissioner who will cut out long tag lines
by setting up:
sub stations, if feasible
—phone-in service
—open extra hours during rush season
I, Bobby Gene Gilbert will do all this as your tax commissioner.
Your vote and support appreciated.
THE WORLD MARKET-PL
ACE?
Well, as a matter of fact,
every time we go to a trade
conference our idea is to get
an agreement, and if we have
to throw in Washington's Mon
ument to get the agreement,
well, they think it has been
successful from our point of
view. All the countries of the
world talk about free trade and
no one practices it. The Uni
ted states does more free tra
ding than any nation on the face
of this earth. And that is one
of the reasons why these cheap
foreign Imports have been flo
oding our country and putting
hundreds of thousands of Amer
icans out of Work. I think we
ought to be more realistic in
our trade problems with other
countries. They ought to be re
ciprocal in fact and if they are
not reciprocal in fact, we ought
to correct it. .
WHAT OTHER STEPS DO Y
OU THINK COULD BE TAKEN
TO SLOW DOWN THE DOLLAR
DEFICIT AND DRAIN UPON
UNITED STATES GOLD RES
ERVES?
As a matter of fact, in addi
tion to being out-traded on the
world market throughout the w
orld, we have also tried to act
as a banker, Santa Claus, and
policeman for the rest of the
world. The first thing we ou
ght to do is to correct our trade
problems and practice the same
sort to trade practices that for
eign countries do with us. Se
cond, we ought to bring about
half of our troops in Western
Europe home. They are costing
us sl2 to sl4 billion a year.
Third, we ought to wrap UP
this war in Southeast Asia just
as rapidly as we possibly can.
Fourth , we should not get in
volved in any more wars any
where around the world unless
our national security is direc
tly Involved. Fifth, we ought to
stop this foreign aid program
that nas cost us s2ET>iUi«u
since the conclusion of World
War n.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
OF WHICH YOU ARE A RANK
ING MEMBER, HAS BEEN HO
LDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
TO MARK UP THE REVENUE
SHARING BILL. CAN YOU GI
VE US A GENERAL OUTLINE
OF THIS BILL, AND YOUR A
SSESSMENT OF IT?
It authorizes about $5.2 biU
ion a year for a 5-year per
iod for local and state govern-
Athletic Boosters To Meet
The Forsyth County High Sc
hool Athletic Boosters will hold
its first meeting of the season
Thursday night, Aug. 17, at 7:30
in the high school library.
New officers wiß be elected
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ments. That bill came over from
the House. We have been hold
ing extensive hearings on it.
We have also been in the pro
cess of hodlng executive ses
sions, trying to mark it up.
Unfortunately, the House pass
ed bill gives the least aid to
the poorest states and the po
orest local units of government
and the most aid to the rich
est states. New York and Ca
lifornia and the big industrial
states and financial centers get
the most aid. The Finance Co
mmittee doesn't approve of that.
We are changing the formula.
The formula will be predicted
principally on giving the most
aid to the poorest states and
poorest units of government.
I have mixed feelings about the
bill. I think that as a general
policy those who spend the re
venue ought to raise it. We
have forced federal programs
on them that have virtually b
ankrupted states and local g
overnments, and I don’t think
there is any doubt that a bill
will be passed in this session
of Congress to share our re
venue.
for the coming year.
All parents Interested in the
athletic program and the youth
of Forsyth County are urged to
attend this meeting.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-AUGUST 17,1872 -
Census To Conduct-.
Survey In This Area
A number of households in
this area will take part in a
nationwide survey on employ
ment and unemployment to be
conducted the week of Aug.
14-18 by the Bureau of the
Census, Thomas W. McWhlr
ter, Director of the Bureau's
Data Collection Center in At
lanta, announced.
The survey is taken monthly
by the Bureau for the U.S.
Department of Labor. The ho
useholds interviewed are sci
entifically selected to repre
sent a cross section of all
households.
Statistics on conditions in
the labor force from month
McConnells Visit Exhibit
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. McConnell from Ca
mming visited the world’s lar
gest space exhibit during a
recent trip to Huntsville, Ala
bama.
The Alabama apace ana rac
ket Center is designed to let
the visitor be the astronaut.
The Center contains many ed
ucational exhibits that permits
involvement in rocketry and sp
ace travel.
The McConnells viewed sp
aceships usea by astronauts.
to month provide a continuing
measure of the economic health
of the country. In June, for
example, the Nation's unem
ployment rate dropped to 5.5
percent. The decline, from 5.9
percent in May, brought the Job
less rate to its lowest level
in more than a year and a
half.
Information supplied by India
vlduals participating in the sur
vey is held confidential by
and is used only to compete
statistical totals..
Among interviewers who Mn
visit households in this arßß‘
is Mrs. Edith Gwen Jones, AQ
19 Frontier Drive, Buford. _ _
saw a full-size moon rocket
close-up, and walked on a siitß
ulated moon crater. They sn
acked on space food,
rocket engine, operated a lunaf
landing computer, and vlew3B
\ futuristic space station mocjc-v
up.
The Alabama Space and Roe*
ket Center features the worlds
largest collection of rocke&j
missiles and space vehicles.
The Center is located five mi-'
les west of Huntsville, Alaban&u
on Highway 20, and is openJa.
the public everv day.
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