The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 September 1969 — Page 9

I L PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Est. 1888) Syracuse-Wawaeee Journal (Eat 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Income Tax Illegal?

Anyone who has been around for a few years may recall Miss Vivien Kellems, the Connecticut industrialist, who for years has cafried on a long battle against the inequities of the national income tax. By and large, it has been a losing battle. But undaunted at 72 years of age, she is again standing up for her convictions and her rights. She is fighting for the return of more than $73000 which she feels is due her as a result of taxes collected illegally from her because she has no husband. | Says Miss Kellems, “There is no law that says single people must pay at a higher rate than married people. Con-

Encourage Your Child

Encouragement appears to be essential to progress and if you want to help your child progress in school, encouragement is the best help you can give him. Jean Zimmerman, Purdue university extension human development specialist, offers the following thoughts for parents: Comparing children as to interests in school or grades tends to cause difficulties between the children. It may also cause the “lesser” child to feel inferior and consequently affect his performance in all areas. When praising one child for excellence, do so without belittling a second child. Remember that all children, even in the same family, do not have equal ability. -

Schools Without Walls

A new kind of extension education, including one project for a “school without walls,” is being tried under grants from the Ford Foundation. The “no walls” experiment will mean no schoolhouse at all in the traditional sense. Instead, 250 Philadelphia volunteer students from grades 9 through 12 will use such “classrooms” as the Franklin Institute, a scientific center; the Academy of Natural Sciences; insurance and other businesses and manufacturing plants. Students will be picked at random, so there should be a good representation from all income levels. The study groups will acquire basic skills of language and mathematics, with the institutions and businesses supplying experts for courses in their areas. An insurance company, for instance, will teach statistics, the natural sciences academy a course in

CAPITOL COMMENTS With senator A VANCE hartkeM ; Indiana *

Hearings To Investigate Problems Os Rural Elderly

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Indiana Senator Vance Hartke announced today that hearings will be held in September in four midwestern states to investigate the problems of the rural elderly. Hartke, a member of the Spe-

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cial Senate Committee on Aging will conduct the study of Older Americans in lowa, Arkansas, Kentucky and Indiana. In each state the committee on Aging will probe into a different aspect of rural America. Hearings will be held in the

gress never has, nor does it dare pass such a law; even the Supreme Court woul3 have to declare it unconstitutional. If you can tax me because I am single, you can tax me because my eyes are gray, my hair is white, or I am 72 years old. I have no more control over these conditions than I have over my marital status. How many eligible single men, age 72, or thereabouts, do you know ?” Miss Kellems has raised an issue that will arouse the sympathy and support of a great many taxpayers. As the Turlock, California, Journal says, “We salute a brave fighter for a cause she believes to be right.”

Let your child know that you appreciate his efforts. A child needs definite clues that his parents care for him regardless of his academic achievement and academic interests. Do not expect your children to have genuine enthusiasm for certain subject matter because it happened to be your favorite or relates to your job. Extracurricular activities may offer an opportunity for your child to develop his talents. If he has a knack for art hnd you wish he Were a sports enthusiast, why not expand your scope of interest to include art? Let your child be an individual. Encourage him to be creative and act upon some of his ideas. Don’t be upset if his efforts should fail. Instill in him the courage to try again.

evolution. Another project will take New York children into the streets, to stimulate their interest in their environment. In Portland, Ore., the Willamette river will become an outdoor laboratory, to provide early science education. In Boston, the Massachusetts Audubon society will bring environmental education to heavily Negro schools, using a guidebook to natural and man made features of the city as a text. Such experiments go beyond the traditional field trip, more often a welcome lark than a learning experience. Wisconsin educators, who have seen thousands of youngsters head for the Trees for Tomorrow camp, and who have pioneers in conservation education, will be watching results of the new ventures into environmental awareness. — Milwaukee Journal

following cities: September 8 — Assembly Chamber, State Capitol, Des Moines, lowa. September 10 — Auditorium at Marion Hotel, Little Rock, Ark. September 12 — Boone’s Fork Community Center, Fleming, Ky. September 16 — Robert E. Lee Motel, New Albany, Indiana. In Indiana .the committee on Aging will listen to Farm Bureau and Farmers Union views on the problems of farmers from age 50 and up, statements by a panel of retired or near retired farmers, a panel on OEO projects, and a panel on new careers and the development of tourism. The hearings will end with a statement by the director of the State Division on Aging. Hartke said that the field hearings on aging have four major purposes: “To explore unique problems encountered by those elderly who live- in rural areas, including economic or other pressures that may cause withdrawal from such areas. “To determine whether Federal programs and services intended to serve older Americans are as effective as they should be in rural areas. “To gather information that will supplement another committee study, ‘The Economic of Aging: Toward a Full Share in Abundance!! Thus far, relatively little testimony in hearings on that subject has been taken on the rural elderly. “To seek recommendations for Federal action.” Hartke said, “We too often assume that the majority of our elderly live in large cities. A great number of forgotten older Americans live on farms and in small towns.”

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Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney at Law

This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

Wage Garnishment

One of the most commonly used methods of collecting debts in Indiana is by wage garnishment. That is, the creditor exercises his right through the courts to take part of the debtor’s weekly wage. This is a practice which is increasingly coming under investigation in many states because the statutes are so harsh as to leave the debtor with insufficient funds to live on. The methods used in the attachment of a debtor’s wage have also been questioned as to whether or not they provide due process of law. This is because in some states garnishment proceedings can be instituted without the

Special Report from Washington

WASHINGTON — Ho Chi Minh, the dead Vietnamese leader, was a hero to many people, a villain to others and a legend to all. The legend was a phony. No one knows all the facts of his life. He changed his name many times to keep these facts from becoming known. There are those who knew him under the name of his birth, Nguyen Sinh Cung, and the name of his youth, Nguyen Tat Thanh. He became Nguyen Ai Quoc when he went to France in the closing days of World War I, fell under the influence of the Russian revolution and decided to become Nguyen “The Patriot.” In China, where he operated as a Russian agent between the wars, he used at least five more names. He was known by still other names in Russia. Not until 1942 did he become Ho Chi Minh, or Ho The Enlightened. In every phase of his life, he was remembered for his burning zeal, which pushed his fragile body beyond its apparent strength, and his ability to overcome personal attachments in favor of advancing himself and his program. One of the first victims of Ho’s ambition was Phan Boi Chau, the real George Washington of Viet Nam, who fought for Vietnamese freedom and independence from the French. In order to unite the forces against the French, Phan made an alliance with Ho and his communists. Ho immediately hatched a plot and agreed to turn over his nation’s foremost hero, Phan to the French for between 100,000 and 150,000 piasters. In

debtor ever being given a chance to raise questions about the validity of the debt. Fortunately, Indiana has a Wage Garnishment Law that is not nearly as harsh as those of other states. During the heighth of the depression, the Indiana Legislature put very severe limitations on wage garnishment procedures in Indiana. A creditor, in order to avail himself of this remedy, must first obtain a judgment against the debtor in a court which has jurisdiction over him. The debtor is therefore served with a summons which gives him an opportunity to go into court and resist the

those pre-inflation days, this was a staggering sum. As Phan stepped off a train in Shanghai, he was literally shanghaied. The elderly patriot was instructed to go to an address that Ho had given him, just inside the French concession area. French police waited for Phan there and brought him back to Viet Nam for trial. The treachery and the trial enriched Ho and destroyed Phan as a political rival. Phan’s nationalists, unaware of the perfidy, continued to cooperate with Ho’s communists. Together they operated a training school for revolutionaries in Canton — the Whampoa Academy. Recruits, before they were admitted, were required to submit two photographs of themselves. During the training, Ho and his cadres tried to win the students over to the communist cause. After graduation, those who remained loyal to the nationalists inevitably were arrested by the French as they crossed the border back into Viet Nam. The French, strangely enough, were always armed with photos of the young rebels. Ho Chi Minh, whatever his real name was, was a complex man — the kind of man who came out of hiding after the Japanese surrender in 1945 wearing white shorts and a pith helmet and smiled at the young revolutionaries who knew him only by reputation, then amazed them by lighting up an American cigarette. He continued to smoke Salems, a constant fire hazard to his wispy beard, while he plotted against the United States. Now, nobody knows what es-

tendering of a judgment against him if he feels that the claim is unjustified. If the claim is not resisted, or the court after hearing all of the evidence still finds for the creditor, then a money judgment is entered against the defendant debtor. It is only after this proceeding that a wage garnishment can commence in Indiana. At this point the creditor must start a proceeding upon the judgment he has obtained to in effect bring still another action against the employer of the debtor to require him to pay over part of the employee’s wage to satisfy the judgment. In this proceeding, the creditor is limited to taking only 10 per cent of a debtor’s wage above the statutory exemption of sls. This is arrived at because the statutory exemption provided by the Legislature requires that only 90 per cent of a wage earner’s income is subject to garnishment after the sls exemption has been granted. This means that if a wage earner has income of SIOO per week, only $8.50 may be attached to satisfy the creditor’s judgment through garnishment proceedings. In addition to this, because of the interpretation put

sect his death will have. He was a hero to the people of South Viet Nam as well as North Viet Nam; without him, the communists of the North and South will have new problems. Ho had such stature not only in Viet Nam but the entire communist' world that neither Red China or Russia could push him around. No successor will have that stature. CIA BLOOPER Central Intelligence director Richard Helms is in hot water for failing to maintain security on a background briefing to which he invited half a dozen select reporters. He gave them the CIA version of the notorius Green Beret Murder case. Under the rules, they weren’t supposed to reveal who had given them the information. Helms made the mistake, however, of not inviting Ben Welles of the New York Times. Welles learned about the background briefing and was so furious over being left out that he wrote a front page story identifying Helms as the mysterious source of the pro-CIA stories. This has been so embarrassing for Helms that some White House aides believe his usefulness has been compromised and he should be dropped as CIA chief. COAL MINE SAFETY The House Labor Committee will hold hearings this* month on the most far - reaching mine safety bill in history— and the first really adequate one. The hearings have been scheduled despite the fact that a subcommittee has already approved the

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

Japanese Economic Growth Soaring

TOKYO, Japan — This week I am reporting to you from Tokyo, where I have just arrived to participate in the Japanese American Assembly, to be held at the port city of Shimoda. Japan is a country whose economic growth in recent years has been so extraordinary that people no longer think of the Japanese as “transistor salesmen”. Japan’s scholars, businessmen, and government leaders now travel around the world and receive considerable attention, for they represent a nation of 100 million people with an annual rate of economic growth that is phenomenal In Shimoda this week some 35 American leaders in politics, business, and the academic world are meeting with a similar number of their Japanese counterparts to review the entire spectrum of problems in Japan-ese-American relations. Among the problems we will discuss at Shimoda are these: What are the forces making for stability and instability in Asia? What will be China’s role in Asia in the 1970’5? What direction is Soviet policy in Asia likely to take in the decade ahead? What will be the shape of post-Viet Nam Asia? What is Japan’s present role in Asia and what should it be in the 1970’5? In what ways can the United States and Japan work together to promote Asian stability and growth in the 1970’5? What are the major issues of conflict in Japanese - American relations? How can these issues —including the future status of upon our exemption statutes in wage garnishments by the courts in Indiana, only one garnishment proceeding can be pending against a debtor even though he may have several debts or judgments outstanding against him. In view of these restrictions Indiana’s law is much more humane than the laws of other states which allow much larger amounts or multiple judgments to be, collected against a wage earner’s income. Nevertheless, many employers resent very much garnishment proceedings because they are named as a garnisheement defendant in the proceedings and must, through , their bookkeeping department, take the necessary money out of the employee’s wages and in effect become the bookkeeper and collector for the creditor.

Okinawa, the U. S. - Japan Security Treaty 9md commercial relations between the two countries — best be resolved? THE STATUS OF OKINAWA One of the issues which any American visitor to Japan must confront is the Okinawa question. Since the end of World War 11, the U. S. has exercised full powers of administration, legislation and jurisdiction over Okinawa, where we maintain our largest military base in the western Pacific. Japan now wishes to regain full sovereignty over Okinawa. The United States today has major responsibility for the defense of the free nations of Asia, including Japan. This is the reason we need flexibility in using our base on Okinawa. We understand Japan’s political concerns, however, and are hopeful that we can work out arrangements which will meet both the requirements of defense and Japan’s political needs. Many of the people with whom I have spoken here, however, point out that this is a subject of great concern, especially in the United States Senate. They draw particular attention to Japan’s insistence on the so-called “Prior Consultation Formula”, by which Japan would need to agree in advance to any United States military operations undertaken from Japanese bases, and by which Japan would exclude nuclear weapons from these bases. This could be a serious stumbling block if Japan and the United States cannot agree on interpretations of the formula. THE SECURITY TREATY Another problem that is much discussed here in Tokyo is the United States - Japan Security Treaty which was concluded in 1960. This treaty permits the U. S. to station troops in Japan to help maintain international peace and security in the Far East. The treaty has indefinite duration, but in 1970 it becomes subject to termination upon one year’s notice by either party. Both we and the Japanese government expect the treaty to continue indefinitely. But the left wing in Japan hopes through massive demonstrations to stir up sentiments against the treaty and to bring about its termination.

By JACK ANDERSON

bill _ an unprecedented procedure. The bill would provide for tighter federal inspection of all coal mines, some on a daily basis. It would also increase the current force of inspectors in the Bureau of Mines from 250 to 400 and would require that some 400 gassy mines throughout the nation, which have been plagued for years by explosions, be inspected daily when in operation. This provision was sponsored by Sen. Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania. About 100 of the dangerous, gassy mines are located in his state. k The chances are excellent that the House will approve the Senate measure with little or no significant change. The coal mine industry will have to lobby on its own against the legislation, without the backstage cooperation of the United Mine Workers union, which has been a secret ally in recent years. Tony Boyle, the vocal but ineffective Mine Workers president, has been sitting on his hands for a long time regarding rigid mine safety legislation. However, he has now been frightened by unfavorable publicity and rank-and-file outrage to endorse the mine safety bill. The only objections to the bill so far have been raised by John O’Leary, the able director of the Bureau of Mines, in closed - door testimony before the Sen ate committee. O’Leary, who speaks for his bureau and not the coal industry, expressed doubts that Congress would provide funds for the additional inspectors that would be needed for daily checks of gassy mines.