The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 50, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 January 1969 — Page 9

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Remember Ben ...

One of the most important founders of this country will be honored Friday when the Poor Richard club of Philadelphia honors the birthday of Benjamin Franklin with its annual graveside observance. Franklin, remembered for his kite and key and Poor Richard, was born January 17, 1706, and died April 17, 1790, after giving many of his 84 years

, Space Milestones...

With the historic flight to the moon and the usual debriefing sessions behind them America’s three spacemen, Borman, Lovell and Anders, are being given the royal “welcome home” they so richly deserve. It all began last Thursday in Washington, D.C., where they enjoyed a 12 hour day that included a White House ceremony, a reception, talks before a joint meeting of Congress and a televised news conference. It continued with a ticker-tape parade in New York cn Friday and the Super Bowl Sunday. Actually the flight of Apollo eight is just another space milestone which began back in 1957 when the USSR sent Sputnik I into orbit for temperature and pressure measurements. One month later the Russians sent a dog into space to measure radiation. It wasn’t until January 31, 1958, that the U.S.’s Explorer 1 went into orbit and discovered the Van Allen radiation belt. A few months later Vanguard I was orbited and the “pearshape” of the earth was established. And so it has gone through the

Solution To Poverty

Christian leaders who fail to endorse certain socialistic measures allegedly designed to solve the poverty problem are sometimes accused of having an un-Christian attitude. There can be no doubt that compassion is a primary attribute of godly people. The wise King Solomon wrote, “Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry" himself, but shall not be heard” (Prov. 21:13). Certain real poverty should be a matter of concern to all. Christian churches and relief and welfare agencies of jail kinds have in the past two centuries established records unparalleled in the field of welfare. Many missionary agencies have emphasized medical, dental and educational work which tends to alleviate human misery and assure a better way of life for the individual. Nobody is more concerned with the misery and squalor of abject poverty than is the Christian. For precisely this reason many Christians oppose socialistic measures which are sold to the public as poverty cures. In July, 1967, an organization known as the Committee on Pc'itical Education of the AFLCIO printed a map of the U.S.A, featuring the amount of “poverty war” funds to be allocated for each state. According to this master plan, 11.7 million people were to be aided and the total price tag was $7.2 billion. Alleviation of poverty according to this plan is to

CAPITOL COMMENTS With SENATOR A < VANCE hartkeM / 'i: Indiana *

Hoosiers Should Applaud Barr In Treasury Post

On the second day of the 90th Congress, I had the rare honor of presenting the name of a fellow Hoosier, Joseph Barr, before the Senate and gsking my colleagues to approve his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury. Barr, who represented Indiana’s old Eleventh Congressional district from 1£53 to 1960, will serve in the important and prestigious post as director of our nation’s financial system for 27-and-one-half days until Richard Nixon becomes President. Secretary Barr was appointed recently to the treasury post by President Lyndon Johnson, in recognition of his fine work as under - secretary of the treasury

EDITORIALS

department. Usually when the President appoints a Cabinet officer, the Senate ■ Majority presents the name to the full Senate to obtain the necessary approval of that group. But this time because I am a senior member of the Senate Finance committee and Joe Barr is a fellow Hoosier, I had the rare honor of placing his name before the Senate. Barr is the 57th American to hold the top treasury post since Alexander Hamilton. Only two Hoosiers have held the office before Barr. They are Hugh McCulloch. who served under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson from 1865-1869 and later from 1884-1885 under Presi-

to the service of this country. Franklin did his share of the work during the revolution and although he never served as President of his young country he left his mark in history. It is good that some Americans remember Ben each year. It would do all good to remember him and his dedication to America. A little of his dedication would help all of us.

years with the U.S. and Russia vieing for the leadership in the space race. With Apollo eight the Americans once again took a commanding lead. Remember back to January of 1961 when the U. S. recovered the largest animal from space ? Ham, the chimpanzee, successfully transmitted signa’s for which he had been conditioned by electric shocks. A few months later Alan Shepard, Jr., was projected 115 miles into space in suborbital flight, reaching a speed of over 5,000 miles per hour. Virgil Grissom followed in July. John Herschel Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth on February 20, 1962. He made three orbits. Scott Carpenter followed him, also making three orbits. Major Gordon Cooper orbited 22 times in May of 1963. The Gemni program with its spacewalks, complex rendezvousing exercises and automatic re-entry plus the twoman crew followed and now the Apollo with its three-man crew, moon flights and eventual landing on the moon, all part of our future in space.

(Guest Editorial) be achieved by forcible taxation of the wealth of some and redistributing it to others. Receipt of such benefits without earning them is unlikely to stimulate initiative and resourcefulness on the part of people whose greatest need beyond immediate sustenance is to work hard for a better education which will enable them to improve their opportunties and ultimately to enjoy the selfrespect of those who support themselves. Viewed in the long-run perspective, socialistic anti-poverty programs invariably deteriorate the human spirit, create dependency and insult the dignity of man. Such programs are a oneway street to a form of spiritual poverty from which return grows increasingly difficult. \ The only true answer to povens is to be found in the human spirit. Programs designed to arrouse that spirit to action and self-betterment will achieve a solution to poverty much more readily than will programs which tend to undermine self-respect and dignity and to stifle initiative. Dynamic Christian forces find a solution to poverty in two ways—by means of welfare and relief for the helpless and by the application of the Gospel message to the spiritual needs of men whereby dignity is restored, integrity is renewed and a new spiritual dynamic for living and achievement is instilled. LaGrange Standard

dent Chester A. Arthur. Walter Q. Gresham of Indiana also served briefly during 1884 under Arthur. Joe Barr and I arrived in Washington at the same time in 1958. In the House of Representatives, then Congressman Barr was recognized for his knowledge and background in economics. After being defeated in his bid for re-election in 1960, he was named an assistant in the treasury department by President John F. Kennedy. Later he served almost two years as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation before being named Undersecretary of the Treasury by President Johnson in April, 1965. A native of Vincennes and a graduate of DePauw university, his independence and forthrightness are a trademark of both his personal and professional character. Look for an excellent performance by Joe Barr during his brief time as head of the treasury department. Also, start watching for those dollar bills with Joe’s signature. Because of his limited time of service, the bills with his signature could become collectors items.

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Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney General

This is a public service article explaining provisions of

Indiana law in general terms.

'Sign On The Dotted Line'

Buying on credit or making time payments is more the custom in our society today than the exception. Every person is faced with charging items either on an account which is payable in 30, 60 or 90 days, or by signing some kind of an instrument to make installment payments. Each person must understand when an instrument is placed before him, and he is told to sign on the dotted line, that certain legal machinery is started- in motion that is very difficult, if not impossible, to stop. It is incredible to the average lawyer how quickly persons making important purchases will take a document and sign it without even reading what it says. Further, people will sign a credit document without even having the blanks filled in as to dates, times and amounts of money owed. The first thing a person should understand is the difference be-

HOOSIER DAY News Column Cun Be A Grind By FRANK WHITE

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tween an open charge account which gives up to 90 days credit to the buyer without any finance or carrying charges added on, and an installment sales contract which has finance charges and other charges added on to the basic balance owed for the purchase. If you are signing an installment contract, make certain that you read the terms of the contract, that you understand it and that the blanks are filled in with reference to the dates and the amounts of the payments you must make. Also make certain you understand the total cost of financing the purchase by this method as you might find that it is cheaper to go to your bank or credit union and make a loan at regular interest rates and thus pay cash for the goods and avoid the finance charges. Also make certain that you are privileged under the terms of the contract to make a lump sum payment at any time

BY LETTER and in person, readers ask about my source of livelihood, writing newspaper columns. No. 1 question is, “How far ahead do you write Hoosier Day?” I dream of getting columns ahead. When I get a couple ahead, I am apt just to dream and not do a darn thing until they are used. As a reporter, from long habit, I write against “deadlines”. I rush to mail at the last moment. “Where do you work?” I tried office downtown, one being free of charge in recesses of the State Hous? for newspapermen. It did not work. I was never in when someone tried to find me. In my tome, in the woods, 15 miles north of Monument Circle, on old U.S. 37 highway, I built an office in the upstairs of my home I have air conditioning, and city telephone. Also I have a 1250 Offset press using paper plates and electric typewriter. “Where do you get material for six daily columns and one weekly per week?” It does take a whale of a lot of copy. Each column is some 600 words in length and since it started the total is in excess of four million words. That is equivalent to at least 50 novels. Column writing is a full time job for me, with no outside entanglements. I have time to do more reading than any ordinary editor or reporter. I scan some 15 Indiana newspapers, U.S. News and World Report, Time and Newsweek magazines, the Daily Congressional Record,

on the balance thereby receiving a remission of the finance or carrying charges. It is essential when you sign a written document that you understand clearly what it means. Take your time, read everything in the document, including the fine print, and if you are confused about any phrases in the document ask the person making the sale to explain these to you. Remember that this explanation cannot change the words of the document hut a reliable merchant will be more than happy to explain the exact nature of the document which you are signing. Finally, when you sign a contract of any nature or description, demand to be given an exact copy of the paper you are signing. No legitimate business person will refuse to give you a copy of any document they require you to sign. If after all of this, and you are considering a sizable purchase, then take the document to your attorney and have him examine it and explain in detail the rights and obligations flowing from the contract. YOU AND SOCIAL SECURITY Q — I was recently married but have not had my named changed on my social security card. Am I supposed to inform social security about my name change even though I am not receiving benefits'? A— Yes. Until you have your card changed, your ' - employer should continue to report your wages under your maiden name.

some 30 publication, and listen to the television documentaries and news reports. My mailbox bulges with publicity releases. All this is scanned for germs of ideas and background that can apoly to Indiana. BUT THE MOST valuable source is people. I hear discussions at luncheon at the Press club. I make the state house news beat at intervals and cover press conferences of notables. I have built up many friends who are news sources. I have tape recorder and interviews with notables help much. For instance, before me is a tape cut on new Second District Congressman Earl Landgrebe and one on U.S. Senator Birch Bayh, Jr. There is no substitute to talking to people involved at the grass roots for the lowdown on anv subject. There is constant temptation in a column to present a hodgepodge of subjects. I have deep conviction that what is needed is more reporting in depth. Needed is a discussion so that when a reader has finished a column he feels he has learned a lot about the subject discussed. Some six reader surveys have shown the Hoosier Day columns in readership lead everything in the paper but biggest local news stories. Ideas and issues are most potent. RE.ADERS WANT to know you are sincere and writing what you believe. I worked for one paper that bragged it never made a retraction. I am not so good I don’t make mistakes. And to acknowledge forthwith that you

A IMPORTANT PART — An important part of winter driving, says the Chicago Motor Club — AAA, is LEARNING TO RECOGNIZE ROAD SIGNS BY THEIR SHAPE. Sometimes, signs become covered in a snowstorm, or passing traffic may splatter them with mud and blot out the words. EIGHT-SIDED SIGNS always mean a FULL STOP; diamond shaped signs indicate danger; and circular signs give advance warning of railroad crossings. ♦ ♦ » REVENUE COLLECTIONS UP — JAMES E. DALY, district director of internal revenue service in Indiana, has announced that internal revenue collections from ALL SOURCES in Indiana for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, were $3,860,905,000, as compared to $3,309,770,000 for the previous fiscal year which ended June 30, 1967. ♦ ♦ ♦ NEW RECORD — An estimated 1,857,200 persons held NONFARM JOBS at midDecember, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE in the STATES HISTORY. December was the fourth month in 1968 in which Indiana’s employment reached record totals. Last month’s employment was. about 7,800 over the November figure and approximately 48,400 higher than the December 1967 total. ♦ ♦ * DATES FOR THE MONTH — Important dates to remember this month include, the birthday of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN on January 17, the Congress of America’s 10 Outstanding Young Men, and JAYCEE WEEK on January 19-25.

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Revenue Collections Are Up

ROBERT E. LEE’S birthday is January 19 and is celebrated in the southern states. World religion day is also on January 19. Inauguration day is January 20 and on that date RICHARD M. NIXON will become the 37th PRESIDENT. The anniversary of the first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, will be January 21 and GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR day is January 26 WILLIAM McKINLEY, 25th PRESIDENT of the US was born on January 29, 1843, and FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT was born January 30, 1882. Mrs. Weinhold Leaving County Mrs. Katheryn Weinhold, extension home economist in Kosciusko county, has announced her resignation from this position effective January 15. Mrs. Weinhold has accepted a position as area extension home economist with her office in Connersville. She will be responsible for all extension family living programs in Fayette and Unton counties and will serve as specialist in foods and nutrition for four eastern Indiana counties. Coming to Warsaw from Kansas in 1965, Mrs. Weinhold has been responsible for extension family living programs in the county and has directed the organization and programs of 75 county home extension clubs of about 1,500 members. Her work has included the supervision of 30 girl’s 4-H clubs with a membership of over 700. She was one of the organizers of the Packerton Community Improvement Association and served as a consultant to that organization. She has been associated with numerous civic and professional women’s groups of the community.

erred, or have had time to read more and think more, and changed your position, is healthy. I have s°en governors suffer because they would not admit a mistake. MINE IS a “one man” operation. Mv most valuable helper is my G.W. (Good Wife) who reads proof when she is not awav on some of a score of unpaid jobs. She is mv bookkeeper, keeping me out of jail. Among my most caustic and valuable critics are junior fry of our family. When I go out in the state I am treated like a V.I.P. (very important person). It is sometimes embarrassing to be paid so much attention. People write to me most anquishing problems, that they do not wish to discuss with anyone in the home town. I have no power of attorney. no investigative authority, and fe?l so helpless in the face of their unhappiness and anguish. When tired out, with a heart attack, flu, or what have you, I have still turned out a column a dav. Sometimes one fe?ls he is writing when half - conscious, or unconscious. But when you look over the product next day, after a rest, it doesn’t look as bad as it could be.

YOU BURY ALL affronts, slights and rebuffs each night and start anew next day. You have to be impersonal and allow for the opinions of others who may disagree with you. If you harbored hatreds they would destroy you. My editors and publishers and loyal readers, are the most wonderful people in the world. ,