Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1964 — Page 8

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"War On Poverty" Launched In Earnest By Government

United Press International > WASHINGTON <UPI) — The war on poverty is now underway in earnest and "from here on out, we’lf be moving ahead very rapidly,” Sargent Shriver said today. Shriver is director of the Office of Economic- JOpportunl y (OEO), a new fedeal agency which Congress established to coordinate nine programs intended to alleviate basic causes of chronic poverty. The OEO has $784 million to spend Gy ’ next June 30. Sp far, Shriver has allocated sll7 million of it to 212 different projects. He said in an interview with UPI that hundreds of additional projects are already in the mill, and all of the money provided by Congress will be committed before the end of the fiscal year. Q. Is there any truth to the published reports that President Johnson is dissatisfied wi h the pace of the anti-poverty program. and has been prodding you to get a move on? A. No, that is not true. 'Hie President- told me personally that he is totally satisfied with the way the program has been managed, ahd he has never implied anything to the contrary. — Q.- Do you feel the program has been slow getting underway?

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A. On the contrary. I’ve been told I hat no major new federal program has ever been geared up in such a short time; You must remember that it has been only 11 weeks since Congress gave us our appropriation, It would pave taken som ■ doing josU. to’pu’ together a functioning agency in that ) ■ <l. But we've already got some projects underway, and will have dozens more going lulo action during the next few weeks. The projects already underway include se'ting up 62 job corps centers — three big ones near cities and 59 small ones in rural areas — at which unemployed youths will receive basic education and vocational training to prepare them for jobs. Shriver sajd he hopes to have at least 150 of the centers in operation by next summer. They will be able to enroll about 40,000 young people during ‘he first year, and up to 100,000 a year thereafter. The rural renters are located in national parks and forests and youths enrolled in them will work on conservation projects. The urban centers are being established a* former military bases and will concentrate on equipping youths with skills marketable in an industrial economy. - '■ Community action programs comprise a third major fiont of

the war on poverty. Shriver said 48 such programs have been approved to date and “hundreds of other , applications are being processed.” Many of the community ac--tion projects will be staffed in part with volunteers recrui ed by VISTA, a domestic version of the Peace Corps. For example, 23 VISTA volunteers have already been assigned to migrant farm worker communities in California. They will give pre-school English training to Spanish-Speaking children, and stimula e self-help projects in migrant camps. Shiiver's, office is authorized to recruit up to 5,000 VISTA volunteers by June 30. More than 4,000 applications have already been received — along ■with 3 000 requests for VISTA personnel. Indiana Cities Accused Os Water Pollution INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Eightee Northwest Indiana municipalities and 34 businesses today received letters from the Indiana' Stream Pollution Control Board a,< a first step in tracking down water pollution in l.ake Michigan and its tributaries. The state issued the letters after Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Anthony J. Celebrezzi summoned Indiana and Illinois pollution agencies to a meeting March 2 in Chicago. The meeting was called to determine causes of pollution of the Grand Calumet, IJttle Calumet. and Calumet Rivers, Wolf Lake and Lake Michigan. Blucher Poole, secretary of the Indiana pollution board, said that, obviously, Indiana municipalities and industries are contributors to the pollution as were similar towns and industries in Illinois. Poole said Monday night several Chicago area newsmen called him and implied the pollution was all on Indiana's side. “I wouldn't agree with that. But perhaps we are a major contributor to the pollution at the southern end of Lake Michigan,” he said. The letters went to Chesterton, Crown Point, Dyer, East Chicago, East Gary, Gary, Griffith, Hammond, Highland, Robert, Munster, New Chicago, Porter. Schererville, Valparaiso, Whiting, Portage and Merrillville. In addition, a 19th letter may go to Michigan City if further investigation indicates it is close enough to be involved in the pollution of the waters under s udy. Poole's assistant, Robert Hyder, explained the cities, towns, and industries to whom the letters went are expec ed to halve representatives at the March meeting. The letter advised them to be prepared to “go in'o some detail on your own pollution abatement and plans for the future.” Hyder said the conference called by fededal officials could bd a' preliminary to a later hearing an official orders but at present, the question was who and what is polluting Lake Michigan and its tributaries.

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SocialSecurityQuiz

1. Q. — For several years I have worked as a hired man on a farm and fire owner took care of paying the social security. Early this year I bought my own farm. How can I get social security credit for the work I'm now doing? A.— A self-employed farmer gets social security credit when he files his income tax at the end of the year. You must complete a Schedule F. which lists your farm income and expenses and show your net farm profit. There is also apace to figure the amount of your, social security tax and to show your social security number. The Schedule F and the selfemployment tax is sent along with your other income tax papers to the District Director of Internal Revenue. >-• 2. Q. — I am sel'-employed and almost 65 years old. I have been paying social security since 1955 when I started my business. How can I be sure I have enough quarters of coverage to get social security if I sell my business now? How many quarters will I need? A.— As a self-employed person you get credit for four quarters of coverage each year you report. To see if you have enough quarters, you should get a statement of your earnings. Your social security office has a postcard form to use for this purpose. It is a little difficult to answer your second question because you did not give your age. A man Who becomes 65 in 1964 needs 13 quarters of coverage. If you count the number of years after 1950 and up to, but not including, the year you reach age 65 <62 for a woman), this will give you the number of quarters you need. However, no one is insured with less than 6 quarters. Leaflet No. 855, available at your social security office would give you more information on this subject. ’j 3. Q. — I have heard that selfemployed farmers can get social security credit even if they have a loss. Is that true? A— Ye*. There is a special rule that applies only to farmers. A self-employed farmer may get social security credit if his gross farm income is S6OO or more for a year — even if his net earnings

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are less than 1100. The amount of credit he gets depends on this gross income. If his gross is between S6OO and SI,BOO, for social security credit he would show % of the gross. If the gross is over SI,BOO, he would show $1,200. 4. Q. — How often should a selfemployed person check his social security account? A, — It is a good idea for anyone working under social security to check his account every three years. It's much easier to correct errors that have occurred within the last three years than it is to go back and correct errors that occurred five or ten years ago. All corrections must be based on records. Very often the records are not available if the mistake took place a number of years ago. 5. Q. — May T apply for social security benefits before I retire? A.— Most certainly you may, and you should. Anytime within 3 months of your expected retirement day, you may complete your application. When you do you will be told what records you will need such as proof of your age or marriage, and you can get these records with plenty of time to spare. This way your retirement checks will start on time. 6. Q. — Is it absolutely necessary for me to inquire about social security before I retire? A.— This is about the same thing as checking to be sure a car isn't coming before you back out of your driveway. If you want to take chances and just hope everything will be okay, drive away. But ddn’t be surprised if you have an accident. By the same token, there’s a lot more to applying for social security benefits than meets the eye, so you should check at least 3 months before you retire to be sure everything is in order. Just byway of checks don't come until the first part of the month after the month you completely retir'd? Pouring Aid Hold a common lead pencil across the open end of a bottle to provide a spout for pouring a fine stream of liquid. The liquid will follow the pencil and flow evenly off the point.

Marion County GOP Chairman r Says Republican Party Alive

By EUGHNE J. CADOU United Preaa International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— The Republican Party is not dead, H. Dale Brown, Marion County GOP chairman, said in a letter to Indiana officials of the party today. But it must discard extremism and stress “common-sense conservation ” in the future, Brown maintained. Brown, who also is 11th District chairman and a former state chairman, and Robert E. Gates, 4th District chairman, seem to be heading a revolt against state Chairman Robert N. Stewart. Along that line, Brown wrote: “The Republican national campaign, as well as the state campaign, were amateurishly handled. This bungling denied us victory.” Taxes Brought Defeat Brown maintained that Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine trailed the GOP state ticket in the November election because he supported the higher tax program enacted by the 1963 General Assembly. "TTie voters remembered the tax increases, just as they overwhelmingly defeated Welsh-al-lied Democrat candidates for mayor last year and then registered their indignation over Welsh — particularly in Lake County—in the primary election last May," Brown wrote. Attractive candidates who believe in a realistic Republican program are needed, according to Brown. “The Republican Party was founded as the great champion of the Middle Class,” Brown wrote. "It made no direct pitch for regional victories but went out to demonstrate that a all levels of government it stood for constitutional law and order, individual rights and human dignity, the free enterprise system, and the peace, progress and prosperity of the entire nation. With that truly national appeal we won many limes. And we can do it again.”

More Taxes Coning? More taxes are In store, according to Brown, who wrote: "Governor Welsh, in his lameduck message to the 1965 Legislature, will propose another deficit budget—calling eventually for many millions more in new taxes. “This amount will be in addi- _ tion to all of the new 1963 taxg monies presently being collect-" ed by the state. If this budget

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passes—and this time there is an all-Democrat legislative majority—‘More Money Matt’ may be able to impose another new tax increase on his successor by 1967." Brown said that Bobby Baker, Viet Nam, the Berlin Wall, inflation, labor crisis, solving of civil rights problems, and even ; a business recession “are all ■ possibilities haunting the White House and all Democrats.”