The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 November 1967 — Page 14

THE MAIL-JOURNAL Wednesday. November 8, IM7

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m CAPITOL fB COMMENTS k H-S-Senator V&nco Bkjfli HARTKE - cSsS * , * nr

How Social Security May Reduce Welfare Rolls; Hold Payment Lines

This is how I would update the Social Security Act for Indiana and for the nation. Note that my proposals would reduce welfare rolls. The Hartka Social Security Plan would provide a 20 per cent increase in benefits to cover the increasing cost d basic necessities of life. • • r Mv plan calls for a minimum of SIOO per month in Social Security benefits. To do less fc to do too little for our aged. I believe that those who can and wish to continue working to aid m their own support be allowed to earn without penalty. As the law stands. Social Security recipients have their check cut back after they earn as little as $1,500 per year. The earnings limitation works against the very people who need help most, applying only to wages and not to dividends, rents, interest, ect. , The Hartke Sociai Security proposal would hoid the line for both employee and employer contributions at 4.8 per cent of the first! $6 600 earned. In future years, the general tax fund would increase its share up to one-third. Precedent for treasury participation exists under eartier Social Security law We must provide for the blind and for those 72 vears and older. The blind should have an unquestioned right to disability benefits The benefit for those over 72 years must be

Installation Os Officers For County Extension Homemakers

\t the annual achievement night program held at the Shrine building recently. Mrs. Donald Boggs of Leesburg was installed as presi- . (lent for the year of 1968. Other officers install were Mrs Vktor Hillery and Mrs. Fred Kuhn. '»ce presidents; Mrs. Tim Derf, secretary and Mrs Robert Kline, assistant; Mrs Gene Messmore. er and Mrs. Harold Swihart. assistant Mt?. Richard Allen, junior i past president, was the insUuUng offictT. Tlx' Kosciusko County Choral club, under the direction of Bob Brennan, sang several numbers., They have a very fine chorus and an invitation was "extended to anyone in the county to join them. Mrs Dale Schinbeckkr of Howe, the Indiana State president. spoke of the homemakers exchange program. stating that an Indiana home maker will be sent to India in 1968 to stay for a ft** weeks. Applica-1 tions for nominations can be secured al the county extension office. She urged several wwnen to send in an application. Mrs Boggs and Mrs. Messmore gave recognition to past county presidents and gifts of milk gk&s were presented each one. There were 14 present out of a possible 3t. The 1967 president. Mrs Martin Stookev, recognized the 42 honor rfdbs and the 22 standard clubs m the county The honor cldbs include Atwood Better Homes. Crossroads. Double Dozen. Couble H, Eight Square. Et- ' na Home Economics. Forty Niners, Friendly Neighbors. Golden April. Happy Homemakers. Herscherettw Home Arts. Jackson Township. Jolly Dozen. Jolly Good Neighbors. Jolly Homemakers. Lake Township. Lampl inters. Leesburg Homemakers, live and Learn. Melody Homemakers, Mentone Home Exto-don, Merry Tones. Moderne Homemakers. Monroe Hilltoppers. Pierceton Home Economics. Prairie Township. ITogreSSive Homemakerr. Purdue Home Extension, Rural Neighbors. Sechrist 6S. Seward Township. Southern Belles. Suburbanettes. Tippecanoe Township. Tippy Lee. Warsaw Jr. Homemakers. Wawakeechie. West Wayne, and Willing Workers The standard clubs are Active Ladies. Beavar Dam Home Ec. Busv Homemakers. Cable Stitch. Charm N Chatter. Club 55. Harrison Center. Jackson Juniors, Jolly Janes. Ladies of the Lake. Merry Mixers. Merry Mollys. Monoquet Home Chiefs. Monroe Township, Odds and Ends. Palestine BusyBees. Riverview Scatter C3ii>. Silver 60’s. Sunshine. Thrifty Homemakers. Thrifty Fifty and Tuesday Afternoon. The new president was given her pin by the retiring president, Mrs. Stockey. Mrs. Katheryn Weinhold, extension agent, spoke of the work that had been acompiished and of the work that is yet to be dene. A special effort wig be made to interest young homemakers in the educational values of extension work and get them to join dubs so as to take advantage of the aAHt education that is offered. The speaker was Mrs. Mildred Loring Fitch, political science professor. retired, of Purdue university. who spoke on the crises in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Arabs. She abo touched on the war in Viet Nam and gave much food for thought as to why the United States is there and gave some answers to the current marches that are taking place over our country. Mrs. Fitch is well qualified to speak on the international situation an she han traveled extensively in foreign countrite and is

> doubled to S7O per month. Those in 1 need should be given enough help to do some good. ■ The Hartke plan of a 20 per cent i increase and a SIOO minimum wfll • “cut" the welfare rolls of some 1.4 million people. 850.000 would be completely removed from the welfare roils of Old Age Assistance, and an additional 550.000 would be partially removed. The Hartke plan would mean a direct cost “reduction" in welfare payments of $735 million annually, including $485 million in federal aid and $250 million in state and local aid. The cut in administrative expenses for the 850.000 persons removed from the welfare rolls would further reduce costs Welfare should not be away of life for old age. The group msurj ance principle of Social Security is the more responsible way for our people to face retirement needs for income. Using the established Social Security system can eliminate other bureaucratic programs. Also, the Hartke plan will lift more people out of poverty than would all the anti-poverty laws now on the books. It will raise 3.7 million people above the poverty level. It will help most those who because of age are least able to raise their incomes My concern is that we do the best job possible for the individual and the nation.

Are You Taking Advantage Os Your Vacation? Are you taking full advantage of the four months of vacation you get each year? Most of us aren’t, says the Chicago Motor C!d>A.XA. because we think only in terms of the two or three weeks of vacation we can take at one time during the year. We forget that all of us who have a five-day week have 1(M uurk days a year away from our jobs, plus the 10 or 15 u-orking days we usually think of as our vacation period. This means we have 48 or 49 week end vacations a year. There are endless possibilities for week «id vacations; You can use home as a base, returnin'' Saturday night; have the car packed and leave from work on Friday for two nights j and two days; or get an early start ! Saturday for a twoday one-night vai cation t rip And your trips don’t have to stop I just because winter is coming. There * can be a week end trip to suit anybody's bones—soothing relaxation of lieated swimming pools, mineral baths and saunas at a resort or vigorous skiing, ice skating and tobogganning. possibly at the same retort. Big city vacations, too. are fun. Easily accessible to most people in Illinois and Indiana are St. Louis. Louisville. Indianapolis. Chicago and Milwaukee. Here you <>n get a taste of the cultural season, enjoy the museums. night clubs and even take the kids for a romp at the zoo. Then there is a bit of nostalgia, if vou will a trip back to the Alma Mater for a football week end See the game, meet fellow alumni and walk the paths you once rushed along to and from classes For those wanting to take to the (Mitdoors and still enjoy indoor comforts. both resorts and lodges are within easy reach. In Indiana, for instance, is the French Lick resort with indoor heated swimming pools, sauna baths, mineral baths and >ce skating. At Pokagon State Park and lodge near .Angola are skiing, skating. tobogganning and sledchng Illinois offers an interesting contrast ranging from the Crab Orchard and Horeedwe Lake flyways of the Canadian Goose to the ChairrO-Lakes ice fishing and ice boating. At Illinois Beach State Park you can enjoy indoor swimming, ice skating, snow mobiles, toboggans, sleigh ride® and the brisk breezes along lakeside trails. Across the border in Wisconsin is a delightful area of resorts at Lake Geneva. Delavan and Fontana, ranging from modest to luxurious in their accommodations and services. A full range of winter sports are available as well as many recreational pedalties indoors. These resorts also cater to the dancing and social crowd. No one doubts the rigors of skiinc in Michigan and the state's upper peninsula or in parts of Wisconsan. However, it isn't really necessary to take a full day’s travel to reach these places Illinois offers siding, sometimes with artificial snowmakers, at the following locations: Buffalo Park, Algonquin: Fox Trails, Cary: Terrapin Ridge. Elizabeth: Norge Hills. Fox River Grove; Chestnut Mountain

ribie to intelligently observe the trends. A drawing for door prises followed the program and a social hoar with punch and cookies were enjoyed by the more than 480 women

Why Do Democrats Like Chicago? By FRANK A. WHITE WHAT DO Hoosier party members read into action of the Democrat National Committee in selecting Chicago for the nominating convention next August and setting of date for the event? Prediction of National Committee Chairman John M. Bailey was Lyndon B. Johnson will win a second term by “a big fat majority". Bailey’s words disclosed that, as far as the powerful top Democrat party command is concerned, LBJ will be the nominee for president. Bailev did not mention an assumption that Johnson’s running mate will be Vice President Hubert H. Humi phrev. It is customary more recently to' let the President have final say in a running mate. From LBJ's statement at press conferences praising Humphrey, as of now, it is logical to believe he will be the candidate for second spot. WHEN REPUBLICANS made gains of unexpected size last November, ■there was talk of replacing National Chairman Bailey. While the President has worked through close associates taking some of the chores from Bailey, talk of replacing him has died diown. While I met National Chairman Bailey once, at a French Lick breakfast table, unquestionably he is a dynamic character with considerable independence of thought. My impression is, Bailey is not fighting to keep the chairmanship that has so many headaches. I have been told he is wealthy and a matter that I have not verified, that he takes no salary. IN LIGHT OF uneasiness within the party, reflected in an effort to prescribe a “loyalty oath” requirement that delegates to the convention agree to support LBJ. the National ; Committee action was significant in another respect. The committee unanimously, by ' voice vote. went on record as endorsing President Johnson’s policies of conduct of our effort in the Viet Nam war. This is an issue growing hotter all the time. The “loyalty oath" proposal was aimed at critics within the party who I possibly might split the convention by backing a “Dove Peace Candidate". The National Convention thinking rejected anv undue concern of defection of party members who might get behind a “peace" candidate. The loyalty oath proposal was compromised to read the same as the rule governing the 1964 convention. WTH’ WAS CHICAGO selected? Financially. it is reported the Windy City outbid Miami. Fla., and another city bv contributing $900,000 which was some $50,000 more to the kitty of convention expenses. Indiana Democrats tell me there was political significance also. It is understood that the President wanted a city with a Democratic mayor and a state with a Democratic governor as the site. This party affiliation would go far to create a striking "atmosphere" for the big convention. The date was significant. Hoosier politicians believe. The convention will follow that of the Republicans in Miami, and it will be known who the G. O. P. standard bearer will be and what the Republican platform will contain. THERE IS further import as to the date in this case. It falls late in the crucial campaign year. Up until the convention President Johnson will have not formally announced. This were by chance. U. S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s friends successful in getting him to oppose Johnson, would throw them off balance by being so late and near election time. It would be difficult at such a “ninth hour” to mount a serious campaign. U. S. Senator Vance Hartke has boldly predicted Johnson will not be the nominee, will not run, and has been a top-flight Dove in attacking LBJ’s war policies. I have been studying what I believe to be Hartke’s game and plan to write a column SOCHI. HOWEVER, all Democrats contacted in connection with this column. give w hole-hearted support of the National Committee’s selection of Chicago for the convention, and the prediction Lyndon B. Johnson will win a second term. There is uneasiness and even anger over not winning in Viet Nam. but repeatedly Democrats remark to me. “critics cutting the heart out of the President over Viet Nam offer no practical alternative”. George Romney. Governor of Michigan: "I’m just a Republican and. by goUv anyone who is a Republican is a Republican, as far as I am concerned.” Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India: "I think India's voters have shown they believe in democracy. The people s verdict has been accepted." TOY IT The best reducing exercise consists in placing both bands against the edge of the table and pushing back. —Chronicle. San Francisco.

Lodge. Galena; Holiday Park. Ingleside: Four Lakes Village. Lisle; and Gander Mountain, Spring Grove. But while you are turning your thoughts to skiing, don't forget about the state parks that provide much transitional scenery between now and cold weather. Wonderfully refreshing trips can be enjoyed right into the depths of winter at most parks, including Starved Rock, Pere Marquette. Apple River Canyon, Lincoln’s New Salem and Kankakee in Illinois, and Brown County, Spring Mill. Turkey Rm and Pokagon in Indiana

We Say . best IrWmlrilM COACH KE THE SYRACUSE YELLOW JACKETS — The Syracuse Yellow Jackets posed for a Mail- C Journal photographer in front of their fighting Yellow Jacket. VXWs * Syracuse will open its season on November 11. In the front row are manager Tim Robie, Chuck Cobum, Steve Runge, Steve Conrad and man- nr ager John Yoder. 1 1 In the back are Alan Hollar, Greg Smith, Curt Stucky, Casey Kroh, Dave Webster, Rich Bell, Rob Clevenger and coach Ken Workman. 'fl VARSITY BASKETBALL M ABM lAI I AV" W Nov. 14—Fairfield Concord slI Hfl! |B tfe j||| | El Nov. 17—Wakarusa H B 9 98 |H |S Nov. 21-Mentone H M figM M W ■ ■W ™ Dec. 1-Concord W SH Ogl ■ ■ ■ Dec. 4-5 B team 4-way tourney . H IHk IKhh North Webster Z' HMHk H| aS mBB 9 'North Webster. Syracuse. A -KT I Milford and West Noble) HH Iww Wl MB £» II ■ SlOllllnll I Dee 15-Manchester H ” ■ M » OteMM M |S fl H Dec 19—North Webster VKflfl Jan. 6—Bremen \ 99 89 9919 191 Jan. 10-13—County Tourney y Warsaw . J \n\ Jan. 15-IS—Freshman 4-Way X'r Ml 0 0 Syracuse y 1 (North Webster. Syracuse, fit vl — I Milford and West Noble) 9 Jan. 19—Jimtown H Jan. 20—Waw’asee Prep H Jan. 26—West Noble (Their game*... Syracuse Jan. 27—Akron H Feb. 2—South Whitley .. Larwill 9 1 ■ bsf ? As They Begin The We want Coach Workman and his Yellow Jackets to know they | American Industries 6-W Food Products Fra Pre-finishers of Plywood 1/ • , , r Galloway Grocery Koscius Angler s Cove • ' , f . c . .. Gamble's Whirlpool Appliances Love Fu Auers Service Station , , ir . Buck's Heyde Oil Station -■ Augsburger s I6A n . , „ . ~ Hire Electric and Appliances M< Bermece s Beauty Shop Brazel Bait and Tackle Hu9hes Di " ing Pwa *_□ >. .- . Jack's DX Service Jim M Budget Investment Bud s Body Shop r r« „,. .. „ „ Harold Kline Builder f k Burkholder Rexall Drag vie i/ ■ ■■ j d Lakeside Coin-op Laundry NnrthAm Kale Island Beacon an( | d ean j n g Allied Umber Company Lakeland Janitorial Service Robert A. Craig MR s tandar( | New “ mf Connolly s Grocery and Martet McCormick-Cutter. Inc. 01 Dust and Son Decorators Ron-len Smorgas-teria Overtead D) Foo and Faye Cantonese Restaurant p r Herschell R. Coil Dr. E L Fosbrink Wawasee Bowl Petewi