Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 257, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1958 — Page 9

FRIDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1958

Both Labor And Corporations Spend Freely Both Are Spending Freely In Present Election Campaign By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) — When the returns from next Tuesday’s election are in, there is likely to be a lot of Republican talk but no action about the Big Labor’s campaign spending. Section 304 of the 1947 TaftHartley Act prohibited unions, banks and corporations from making contributions or expenditures in connection with a federal

We Pledge To the People of Adams County: Good Government and Sound Laws . . Administered by For the Benefit of ALL the People! I For CONGRESSMAN from the Fourth Indiana District. RICHARD D. LEWTON is being presented by the Democratic Party as a candidate sSkßw Y ~ for the above office for a second four-year term. His record has been such that ne I ROBERT FLEMING, of Fort Wayn . .$ hj hl recommended for this position. Well known, a good administrator, fr*en - . . ..„ „„„ n t Fnrt Wavne- he is a former U. S. Commis- , ly, and ready to do acceptable service to all the people, regardless of political Mr . Fleming is ° f parents reside at Portland; affiliation or station in life. He is honest and efficient, and will continue to render MM J| Wn he° n h e as lO proven himsef cap® public servant. ready to represent such service satisfactory to aU.__ thc Fourth District in Congress in an and effective manner. ‘ ’¥>;}■'"’W-f ML MUIBUMMEMIM iwwww—--IMB RICHARD D. LEWTON W. ROBERT FLEMING 7 F° r COUNTY SHERIFF: E- _ DOfkCFCIITINn ATTORNEY: MERLE AFFOLDER, is a candidate for re-election to the office of County Sheriff, For PROSECUIINv Al I VfflTi which office he has served the past four years. He has no opposition for this SEVERIN H SCHURGER. of Decatur j >’ wIHHI office, as a number of others are unopposed. Sheriff Affolder has given excellent _ • u cAnror S a nativ? and hfe-long resident of Adams County; he is an 1 service; h is activity for law enforcement and good order in our county has been artive”attorney B has''served the people of the county in various capacities both J jt •• very evident. Many improvements have been brought about under his efficient Hcal wnd rtvic " a former Prosecuting Attorney; has served as special judge on V leadership. He deserves your support. inions He is wt» to serve the people of Adams County again ■ ; in the office of Presenting Attorney. MERLE AFFOLDER . nluT CT*™ »r»»rwMT*TiVF VERIN SCHURGER For COUNTY ASSESSOR: FOP JO NT f WALTER KOOS is a candidate for this office, one of the most important offices in Pm* A Jam* anri Wall* Counties* the Courthouse. During the four past years he has ably given service to the Pe°P‘ e fe/ For Adams and wells counties. as a conseientious officeholder; he has applied the Golden Rule and lived by it & BURL JOHNSON, of St. Mary’s Township; a former sheriff of Adams County; He knows the work of the assessor’s office; never have been any complaints also a state official in the service of the Excise Dept, of the State of Indiana; now about his work. Mr. Koos is deserving of your whole-hearted suppoit. B^'«i9| a farmer, well acquainted with the problems of Adams and Wells County people. Will make a capable and good representative in the State Legislature. 5 4 I JB WALTER koos BURL JOHNSON nr rue ikiniANA APPELATE COURT. For JOINT STATE SENATOR* For JUDGE OF THE INDIANA APPELATE COUNT, 7 "MB For Adam., Wells and Blackford Counties: Mr Service to th e People Democratic Countv Chairman. He is capable, honest, and is able to * et things done * n th<? lnd,ana kß ‘ da on this tiijh Court hccording to b. and In manner reflecting credit and integrity in every way. WBBHIBB v ° n jBI For COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Third District: G REMY BIERLY LOREN HELLER, of French Township is presented by the party as a W Vr.ivr.mi Din candidate for the above office. We consider ourselves fortunate that Mr. HeUer is W _ maiiaiw /*/>UBRICCmNFD First District* willing to serve the people of the county in that capacity. He is a former town.h p JsUjh “*«*s**» T ifßl jB For COUNTY COMMISSIONER, First District. trustee, as such served on the Berne-French School Board, a farmer and excellent • S K’S £ Mi&oul w“k; at he f knows l of lhe'publieTkm« S OeVCryVOer ‘ Citizen His record of the past is an indication that he will render good service for „ ’ t bc P eo P' e °f Adams County. / .'|| Additional County Candidates Deserving Your Vote and Support ' for township trustees RS B Hartford-Ralph M. Miller Blue Creek-Frank Myers Kirkland-Theodore S. Heller # S’ H. Brener Preble-Robert M. Kolter LOREN HELLER HUGO BOERGER It is however not only a duty, it is the priceless privilege of the . m .• 4k j .„ t whiu tk.ro ; c nonnitv M American citizen. It will help to maintain our liberties. The Da Dieva Ta llala Alt K*lof*tlAli Rolf f ★ vote .A ß . °! C f - 4’ Vft fo it i« Uft tn tho con citizens of a hundred nations would be glad to have free elecBe Sure TO lOte Uli tieciion uay I f«r omitting and neglecting to vote, It is left to the con- withheld from them. Therefore we can truly w * science of every one to perform this duty. say: “ :a “Vote, You Lucky American!” Vote Democratic THE ADAMS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE D8.H4.8T8. HBBBLB, Ch.Ub., 0. W. T. MACKUN. Prt. Advt. MBS. EDITH BEER. VlerEluirinin MRS ' BOTH MER RIMAN. SrrrHirr

election. Section 304., although a part of the Taft-Hartley Act, actually was ?n amendment Jo a long standing statute, the Corrupt Practices Act of 1907. Both labor and corporations, however, are spending in this campaign with considerable freedom and liberality, the sums being reported and on record in the office of the clerk of the House of Representatives. If this seems to reflect a confused situation* in which the known facts seem each tp contradict the other, that is correct. Key Word: Expenditures • There is a confused situation which came about like this: The hottest, fastest and most successful labor challenge to the Taft - Hartley Act was directed against Section 304. Malcolm C. Moose, who is now one of President Eisenhower’s speech writers, explains the events leading up to the current confusion in a book, “A Grammar of American Politics,” which Moose wrote jointly with Wilfred E. Binkley. Key word in the controversy

over Section 304, Moose relates, was the word “expenditures." The section forbade both expenditures and contributions. Moose continued; "The inclusion of this word (expenditures), according to union arguments, not only forbade making contributions but it actually prohibited making any expenditures whatever. Under this interpretation union spokesman argued that the mere hiring of a hall to discuss politics, buying radio time to broadcast political views, printing or circulating a newspaper with a political opirfion, and circulating handbills, were all barred by the word "expenditures." On such grounds CIO President Phillip Murray moved immediately after’the TaftrHartley Act was enacted to test the constitutionality of Section 304. Murray used union money to publish in “The CIO News” the ClO’s support of a candidate in a Maryland special U.S. congressional election. The CIO candidate won. The Justice Department obtained a grand jury indictment of Murray and the

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CIO. Must Clear Dilemma A U.S. District Court in March, 1948, declared the expenditures part of Section 304 to be unconstitutional and the Supreme Court affirmed that ruling the following June. The suit against Murray and the CIO was dismissed. Neither court, however, passed on the larger question which Moose, says was as follows: "Can labor unions contribute funds directly to a political campaign? I( "Thus, Congress must still act. Moose believes, "to clear up the dilemma which the provision (Section 304) has created. "The weight of public opinion appeared to be behind the judgment against Section 304, but the question of the right of a union to subsidize directly political parties in a campaign is still far from settled and it promises to be a problem of continuing importance in American politics.” It is a problem, right enough. On a head-tax basis of cents a month, as in Michigan, 15 mil-

lion dues paying AFL-CIO mem- ! bers could be tapped for nearly 12 million dollars a year, all available for political “expenditure" if not for “contribution.” Church Donations Increase In U. S. Average Protestant Boosts Donations By LOUIS CASSELS United Press IntetMationai The average Protestant’s contribution to his church has increased 40 per cent over a five year period. That ■is the most significant news contained in the latest report on giving, published today by the National Council of Churches. The report shows that total con- ; trfbutions to 52 Protestant de- • nominations reached an all-time

high of $2,206,593,817 in 1957. ’ But this grand total is not as meaningful as the average contribution per church member, which rose last year to $63.27. That’s an increase of 40 per cent over the $45.36 per member contribution for 1953. This substantial jump cannot be attributed solely to inflation. The percentage increase in church giving is nearly eight times as great as the .tise in the cost of living index and nearly four times as great as the rise in personal incomes over the same five years period. Respond To Stewardship The only explanation seems to be that Americans are responding to the “stewardship" education programs underway in nearly every major denomination. Stewardship is an ancient Chistian concept. It means that each person is in effect a "steward" or trustee of whatever material wealth God has enabled • him to acquire. Instead of having a “right” to spend his money ■ as he pleases, he has a duty to

use it in the way he believes God would have it used. . Some churches leave it up to the individual’s conscience to apship. The new statistics show that ply this principle. But a growing number now recommend the Biblical standard of tithing — giving 10 per cent of your income to church and charity — as a sort of minimum yardstick for stewmost Protestant bodies are still a good distance from the ideal of every member tithing. The average per member contribution of $63.27 figures out to 3.6 per cent of the average per capita income of Americans, after taxes, in 1957. But this represents considerable progress since 1953, when the figure was 2.8 per cent. Are Churches Giving? If individual members are taking their stewardship responsibilities more seriously, what about I the churches themselves? Are • they giving a larger portion of ’ their total income to the overall > work of the Kingdom of God,

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outsjde of their owp' ccwjgregational boundaries? The answer, from the council’s new report, is no. In 1953, the average local church kept for its own congregational expenses four dollars out of every five contributed by its members. The other dollar went to home and foreign missions and other “benevolences.”

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