Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1963 — Page 10

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Property Tax Relief? There has been much talk about the need of property tax relief, and how to achieve it. Very little of this has been at all realistic. A property tax is unfair principally because it is regressive —that is, it does not tax in keeping with the taxpayer’s ability to pay. An elderly, retired lady with no regular income but who owns her own home assessed at $3,000 would pay more prop- — erty tax than a young man and wife earning, between them some $7,000 a year, but living in a rented apartment. Several suggestions have been made that the rate of taxation be limited by law — say, a maximum property tax rate of $6.15 per hundred. This is quite unrealistic. It makes no provision for assessment, the key to the actual amount of tax paid. By this we mean, simply —a tax rate of $6.15 per SIOO assessed valuation means nothing. A good example is right here in Adams conuty. A $6.15 rate under the Decatur assessment is quite different in De-catur-Washington and Decatur-Root, because of the different evaluations by different assessors — and the variation grows as we consider each township. _ Thus, a farmer owning 12 identical farms, each worth exactly the same if he were to sell them today, but located in 12 different tax units in Adams county, would pay 12 different taxes, even if the basic rate were $6.15, because of assessment variations! This is certaihly not at all fair. _ Then why must we have a property tax? Because it is one of the very very few taxes which a large corporation pays to state or local government. Corporations are legal persons, but very special persons! They have special rights. They have inter-state sales, and states by the constitution are limited on their inter-state taxing abilities, which make it very difficult to require large, profitable “legal persons” to pay their fair share of the tax burden. Property tax, paid on property owned in the state, real or personal, is, as we pointed out, paid by these large, inter-state corporations who make large profits in this state each year. But these same corporations pay gross income tax only on items sold within the state — and, while the Democratic party has favored legislation taxing the out-of-state sales, many feel that the U.S. Supreme Court would hold the tax un-Constitutional. What the state really needs is a Constitutional amendment to provide for a net income tax surcharge a simple tax to administer, and a tax that would be fair to the wage-earner, and to the merchant, who now pays a transaction tax on his sales, not on his profit. This tax could be administered by the state, returned on a per-capita basis to local units, and the ~ property tax be kept, but with two important changes —a SIO,OOO per-person tax exemption on assessed valuation, and assessments made on a nonpartisan basis with an actual state-wide assessment made under the same rules, by a non-partisan state agency, rather than by locally elected or ap- - pointed assessors more interested in the votes and influence of certain property owners and groups than in fair, equal administration of assessment. The exemption would remove every average individual from the property tax roll, leaving principally those who now avoid other taxes. _

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decatur catholic high By Iris L. Hobble The Decatur Catholic high rifle team, the rt Hotshots. com-flf peted in the IV fl fl 1962 Mississippi fl gy Valley cham- J pionship junior fli Jfl pistol match. of ' national signifi- | cance drew 128 teams and 679 entries. The Hotshots placed 20th in their division. The following boys, coached by Danald Gage and Mark Colchin, competed in the match: Jerome Geimer, the highest scorer, Fred Schurger, Michael Reynolds, Alan Converse!, Steven Colchin, and Thomas Foos. The Hotshots’ next match is with the Fort Wayne Junior Rifle club January 15 at the local range. The team members are presently improving the range by extending the shooting facilities. — D.C.H.S. — The Commodores were victorious over Monroeville Friday January 4. Many Congratulations to you Coach Waning and team. Let's hope that this will be a cue as to your performance in the county tourney. All the luck in your games especially the first, when you play the Monmouth Eagles. We’ll be rooting for you, so go get them, Commodores. — D.C.H.S. — The students returned to their classrooms Thursday, January 3, to find that quarterly and semester exams were coming in the future, January 14 to January 18. This news had various effects on the students. Many are studying seriously because they know its the only way to merit those coveted A’s and B’s. To the teachers this means not only papers to correct but also enjoyment of some fruits of their untiring work in our behalf. It is certain that everyone will survive these hard days. Good luck with those exams, teachers and students. — D. C.H.S. — The senior girls will present a skit for the student body at the next pep session before the tourney. The skit promises to bring a lot of laughts to everyone who attends. Fay attention, students, the seniors say. You may learn something. — D.C.H.S. — decatur high By Donna Bixler After enjoying ' ' . wonderful Christmas tion, D H. S. stu-flr dents started the flgJJk Jflwnew year rightfl 9b classes 2 to continue j by returning to < their search for an education. A- yaS successful ’63 is • byanticipated for everyone. — D. H. 8. — On the opening night of the annual holiday tourney, which was held in Bluffton’s gym December 27 and 28, the Jackets defeated Hartford City’s Airedales, 59-56. Friday evening the Jackets then fought for the championship title when they went into action against Bluffton’s Tigers. The Tigers came • out on top with a 75-66 victory. - D. H. 8. — Last Friday afternoon the Commercial club voted for its officers. Colleen Kelly was elected president, vice-president is Alice Schroeder, Donna Allison is secretary, and Janet Fugate was elected treasurer. — D. H. 8. — Last Friday, following dismissal, the student body met in the gym for a short pep session. Talks were given by Coach McColly and senior Candy Johnson concerning school spirit, which actually hasn't been up to par this season. The “speeches,” which were completely true and to the point, must have “soaked in” because that evening at the Decatur-New Haven game, everyone was there and really backing the Jackets with a spirit that was feared by many to be lost. The cheerleaders wish to congratulate all the kids who were at the game and hope that they will continue to keep up the good work. Although the Jackets were defeated, 65-56, the quintet put on one of the best performances segn this season. — D. H. S. — Following the game Friday evening, Mrs. Houk’s home ec. classes sponsored the dance, “Snowflake Fantasy,” which was held at the Center. — D. H. 8. — The Yellow Jackets have two away games scheduled for this week Tuesday night the team traveled to Huntertown and Friday evening the boys will go into action at Auburn. — D. H. S. — MONMOUTH HIGH By Kay Schaffer Congratulation are in order forfl * our varsity bas-fl ketball team andflcoach for J turing the pionship in theflg Fort Wayne noli-fl day tournamentfl by first defeat-■ ing Butler andj then’ Bishop Luers. Nice going, team. Let’s keep that fighting spirit for the county tourney, too. - M. H. S. - The results of the drawing for the

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county tourney to be held January 10 and 12 have Monmouth playing Decatur Catholic in the first game Thursday night with Adams Central and Geneva in the second. The winners will play in the first game on Saturday with Hartford and Pleasant Mills closing the afternoon session. The county championship will be decided Saturday night. Good luck, and may the best team win! - M. H. 8. - Eighteen members from our music department will be participating in the N. I. S. B. O. V. A. instrumental contest in Fort Wayne January 26. Several members will also be going to the vocal contest to be held the following week. — M. H. S. — There is an adage that goes something like, “a word to the wise is sufficient,” so just a word to the affect that the first semester ends January 18. — M. H. S. — Grades seven through twelve met for class meetings Tuesday. - M. H. S. - For the benefit of those who have not yet ordered their year books, annual sales will continue until the end of this week. — M. H. S. — The school gymnasium was the scene of two thrilling basketball games played before record crowds last weekend. Friday night the Eagles hosted the Geneva Cardinals and defeated them by a score of 82-73. Saturday night Bishop Luers invaded Monmouth seeking a victory after losing the Fort Wayne holiday tournament title to the Eagles. However, the Eagles quintet sent them home emptyhanded after again defeating them, this time by a score of 79-53. _ M. H. S. — Thanks go to John Sheets for providing the music for the student council record hop held Saturday night following the Bishop Luers game. — M. H. S. — We wish to extend our sincerest congratulations and best wishes for the future to our English teacher and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rhodes, who were joined in holy wedlock December 30. - M. H. S. - PLEASANT MILLS HIGH Sylvia Buettner The student enjoyed their va-flf^ , iiSj»*»f/.' cation and Christmas pro-fl gram. The ele-Mfe.. |gf' mentary W 6 and choir put on : the program. P.M.H.S. Ky Some of . the ' t students a r e practicing for the contest. The students that are to play instruments are Cheryl Smitley, Harold Miland, Anita Girod, Rita King, Gale Riley, Mike Dotson, John Brunner, Rita Bailey, Cheryl Cook, Diana Stetler, Janet Hanrick and Katy Hindenlang. They are playing Saturday evening, January 26 in Fort Wayne. The students who will sing are Dick Sprunger, Tom Brumstrup, and Ronnie Mefferd. They will sing February 2 at Adams Central. _ P. M. H. S. — In the county tourney we drew Hartford Gorillas. We will play them Saturday afternoon at Adams Central school. We are behind you 10Q per cent! Let’s go, fight, and win! - P. M. H. S. — Writer Working On Disposalism Theory By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD — During the recent holidays, I did a lot of work on a new economic theory that I have been putting together down in my basement workshop. The theory I am working on is called “disposalispi ” AU of the pieces aren’t in place yet, but I think it will be truly cataclysmic. It is founded on the premise, that mankind’s basic economic motivation is in the process of reversing itself. Up to now, our chief interest and concern has been in acquiring things. Right? Well, it is my theory that from now on the emphasis wiU shift to getting rid of things. In some areas, the change already has occurred. Faces Problem To cite one familiar example, the government has accumulated vast amounts of surplus farm products but has never satisfactorily solved the problem of how to dispose of -them. To cite another, the disposal of radioactive waste materials has become a major problem in the development of atomic energy. “Disposalism” also has trickled down to the average American household—at least, it has to mine. There have been times when we have been without heat or lights and gotten along very well. put let, the garbage disposal unit go on the blink or the trash coUector be a day late and panic sets in. The significance of “disposalism” was particularly impressed upon me at Christmas. We were virtually inundated by our own trash. In fact, I accidentally threw my son in the box his wagon came in. Outweighs Value Using approximate figures, I

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Mexico Now Stable Political Picture

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press International MEXICO CITY (UPD — There was a time when a man who took the oath of office as president of Mexico automatically became a poor insurance risk. Assassination was such an accepted way of changing administrations that one chief executive, with a sharp instinct for self preservation, sized up the and quit after a tenure in office of 47 minutes. The measure of the fast turnover is that, while John F. Kennedy is the 35th president of the United States, Adolfo Lopez Mateos is the 66th president of Mexico. The revolving door stopped spinning early in this century and today Mexico has a stable political structure patterned roughly on that of the United States. What happened was that eivililans finally got the army under control. In the middle years of the 19th century every army officer who could muster 100 men considered himself a potential president. Little dictators sprang up all over the land and Mexico broke up into cells of governments making their own laws and levying their own taxes. It was not considered unusual when the municipal District of Cuernavaca seceded from the state of Mexico and the District of Yautepec then seceded from Cuernavaca. Checks And Balances Today the army has only about 50,000 men, the president, is a civilian and generals concentrate on military strategy rather than political tactics. There is an effective system of checks and balances which prevents any branch of the government from becoming dominant. Mexican presidents are nominated at party conventions, serve six years and cannot run for re, election. Officially, Mexico has a multi-party system but every election since 1917 has been won by the Revolutionary . Instituional party. There are two houses in the parliament. Two senators are elected for six year terms from each state. Deputies are elected for three-year terms in the lowcalculated that the value of the gifts exchanged among and received by members of my family was outweighed by the trouble it took to get rid of wrapping paper that encased them. The theory of “disposalism” can be used to explain why a number of magazines are losing circulation. Things have reached the point where the reading pleasure they provide is cancelled out by the task of disposing of the back issues. This, of course, is not true of old newspapers, which cap still be used for wrapping fish. Eventually, I hope to show how the theory of “disposalism” can be applied to our entire society, but I may never get it finished. I am kept too busy carrying out the trash. , [SAVE 50% ON KOOM ACCOMMODATIONS J m WIEKIND , ! ( Siundar lhn> 2- Ony ) , jWtTH THIS COUPON UPON KEGISTBWW ■ r • 1 fl fIrWWWPWfII ’• MaoiNotViH evßYtooM. . ‘J MS CHttOl FOP CMLOSCN UNOS M « t Ham pf Aa Mferld - Fmomp * Swiss Chalet* a f * A * » «P ’ J BANDOLPH of LA tAllßh Inurt •> too* . t Far S—»M— S tilai—A—- ■ C MHI. WSMAItCK HOtn, *m» A ■jl tgtfliwiilw,,”,.! 1 Offer Expiree March 11, 1863

er house with each one representing roughly 150,000 voters. The president can veto a bill and Congress can pass it over his veto. The president appoints a 21-man Supreme Court subject to ratification by the Senate. The Supreme Court is divided into separate panels of five men each specializing in penal law, civil law, administration and labor. The entire court meets regularly under the supervision of a chief justice elected by the membership. A president appoints a cabinet whose members hold the traditional offices. One distinctive feature of the Mexican cabinet system is that the secretary of the interior, a comparatively minor job in the U.S. cabinet, is a powerful man. He controls the relations Jietween the federal and state governments, the police and the immigration services and has jurisdiction over all matters not specifically given to other cabinet officers. Tough On Communists There seems to be a widespread belief in many places in the

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world that Mexico is headed straight toward communism. This misconception probably derives from the fact that the government is constantly expropriating big farms and ranches and dividing them up among the peasants. It also may stem from the fact that the National Revolutionary Party (PRI) is firmly in control of the political situation and usually polls around 70 per cent of all the votes. • « There are two reasons why communism is not a serious factor in Mexico. The government has moved to the left so far and so fast that Marxism has little to offer that Mexico already has not achieved. The second factor is that, while there is separation of church and state, Mexico is more than 90 per cent Catholic. Mexico is tough on Communists. In 1959 the government jailed 29 Communists for fomenting wildcat strikes. They are' still in jail. Two Russian diplomats have been expelled. There is no hesitancy in seizing the Soviet diplomatic pouches if the government suspects there is some monkey business going on. Three Freedoms Mexicans enjoy freedom of speech, prestr and religion. The constitution has gone through several changes since 1824 and can be amended any time by a two-thirds vote of both houses of parliament. Women Won the right to vote in 1853. Persons who are

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married can vote at the age of 18, all others at the age of 21. To say that Mexico is not communistic does not mean that it hasn’t borrowed ’ some-Ideas from the Marxist book. The government believes in the principle of the nationalization of iridustry and among others, new owns, the railroads, the telegraph company, the electricity and Water systems and the petroleum industry. Labor laws, are strict and the unions are powerful. Management is compelled to negotiate with labor. Contracts run for two years and in the past the wage increases ran as as 25 per eent on each new contract. Now they are down to around 12 per cent. There is a social security system’ supported by equal contributions by labor, management a# the government. A worker can retire at 68 at 60 per cent of his salary for the last five years, and the social security system provides hospitalization and medical care. Taxes Paid Monthly Income taxes are paid monthly and persons earning 840 or less per month are exempt The scale then starts upward from 16 cents a month to 81,952 for a person earning 85,600 per month. Corporate taxes vary considerably according to the type of business, but usually are around 33 per cent maximum. / continued on page 3-A < - - ———