The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 April 1970 — Page 19

(. I i ■. * PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Est 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15. 1952 _Z — DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

The Fourth Astronaut There were four astronauts in Apollq 13 as she made her way home last week — at least that’s the way John L. (Jack) Swigert Jr.’s father put it in a news interview and we aren’t about to doubt his faith in God’s help for one minute. I' Millions of people all over the world turned to God to ask his help in bringing the crippled spacecraft’s crew back to earth safely. Those same people said a big AMEN Friday afternoon as the three spacemen landed in the Pacific ocean and were taken to the recovery ship Amen is a short but very meaningful word. It is used by Christians to conclude their prayers. It means to come to a conclusion or termination. It also means agreement and is used to express solemn ratification or hearty approval. What better word could a person choose for Jhe end of this journey home from the moon than AMEN — A hearty approval for a complicated job that has come to a conclusion. You might say — A is for the All Mighty who flew back to earth with crew and was the Fourth Astronaut. Printers vs Obscenity An interesting dispute is spreading across the United States, which could lead to far-reaching results. It seems that more and more printers are refusing to reproduce the frequently obscene and hate-America material brought in to them by college “newspaper editors.” It is reported that the filthy speech advocates are finding it more and more difficult to get their stuff printed—at any price. A friend near Washington. DC. passed on to us a story told him by a local job printer. One day. three babyfaced youths appeared at his shop with copy and “art” for a so-called “underground press’’ campus paper. The printer, by nd means unaware that life has its seamjy side, took one look at the material ana didn’t know whether to blush or turn pale, so vile it was. Rather than get into an argument over the matter, he decided to use an easy and quick way out; he would quote such an outrageous price that the students would go elsewhere. After calculating, on pad and paper, his cost and normal

'Equal Rights For Women Amendment' Long Overdue: Bayh

WASHINGTON. DC. - As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. 1 recently called hearings on an amendment whose passage 1 believe is long overdue—the Equal Rights for Women Amendment. The hearings are scheduled for May sth, 6th and 7th in Washington What is the Equal Rights for Women Amendment’’ It is an amendment to the Constitution which would forbid denial or abridgement of guaranteed rights because of sex. The amendment reads i “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress and the several states shall have power, within their respective jurisdictions, to enforce this article by appropriate legislation" Theoretically, of course, women should already be entitled to “equal protection" under the Hth Amendment to the Constitution, and to “due process" under the sth Amendment But at the present time, the extent to which women may invoke the protection of the constitution against laws which discriminate ch the basis of sex is unclear. And such laws do exist In many states, a woman cannot handle or own separate property in the same manner as

EDITORIALS

her husband. In some states, she cannot engage in business or pursue a profession or occupation as freely as can a member of the male sex Women are classified separately for purposes of jury service in manystates Community property states do not vest in the wife the same degree of property rights as her husband enjoys. The inheritance rights of widows differ from those of widowers in some states Restrictive work laws, which purport to protect women by denying them a man's freedom to pursue employment of women by making it burdensome upon employers Such protective restrictions hinder women in their competition with men for supervisory, tecigiical and professional job opportunities Until we define the legal status of women on the Constitutional level, we shall have no means of preventing its varying interpretation from state to state, as is now the case. And until then, we will have no means of wiping out the many vestiges of ancient rules of law which treat women as inferiors This amendment has alreadyhad a long history. It has been before the Congress for 47 consecutive years—since the 19th Amendment to the Constitution extended voting rights to women. In recent years, resolutions proposing this amendment were reported

M is for the men of Apollo 13 — James A. Lovell, Jr., Fred W. Haise, Jr., and John L. Swigert, Jr. Three determined, capable, dependable men who never lost their “cool” and never forgot their training during their successful trip home. M is also for the men of NASA who solved problem after problem that arose after the explosion which ripped the service module and crippled the spaceship. These men gave their “all” to insure the safety of the men of Apollo 13 and bring them back to earth: E is for the earth — this small planet from which they left and to which they returned safely. N is for the nations whose people joined together to wait, watch and pray ’ throughout the long hours as the crippled ship and its crew headed home. Those same nations who are too busy fighting the cold war most of the time to do anything for each other joined together to offer what they could to the United States to help in the return and recovery of Lovell. Haise and Swigert. Nations whose people joined together in tears, applause and prayers of thanks on Friday afternoon as the three men landed safely.

profit margin, he then doubled the price, and announced it to the "editors.’’ “That’s o k.,” said the youths. “Cash,” added the printer. “That’s all right, too.” "In advance.” Whereupon, the printer reported, the youths reached into their pockets and pulled out a roll of bills “large enough to choke a horse.” With his back literally to the wall, the printer finally said: “Nothing doing. I wouldn’t touch that stuff with a pair of tongs.” Some might ask. “Why not? It was a chance to make some easy money.” Fortunately, the printer displayed more courage than some college boards and uifiversity presidents who apparently don’t have the moral stamina to stand up to rebellious students and say "No.” W r e are glad to learn that there are other printers like him. Seems to us we’ve heard of another craftsman who showed us. by example, how we should live. Wasn’t He a carpenter? —Hoosier Democrat

favorably by the Committee on the Judiciary in the 80th. 81st. 82nd. 83rd. 84th, 86th and 87th Congresses In the 81st and 83rd Congresses, the amendment passed the Senate with a floor amendment, but it was never acted ; upon by the House of Representatives. The last hearings on the amendment were held in the 85th Congress—some 12 years ago. With the demand for equal rights growing and support for the amendment becoming more widespread, it appeared it was time to bring the issue out into the open again. The new hearings I have call**d. therefore, will attempt to bring Congress up to date on the amendment by getting specific, comprehensive answers to two major questions: What discriminations against women still exist? And is constitutional action the most effecient way to eliminate these discriminations’’ I might note that the amendment has already received a great deal of support It is sponsored by 72 Senators, including myself, and 223 Representatives in this session of Congress. Presidents John Kennedy. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon have endorsed it. Both major political parties have repeatedly supported the proposal in their national party platforms. Ten state legislatures have petitioned Congress for its adoption. And an impressive list of national organizations have registered their support of it. I am hopeful that this year, after 47 years of considering the proposal. Congress will at long last act on it.

SPRING FEVER I RIH Vmf

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.

Spring is here again and thousands of Americans, including a good many Hoosiers, will start thinking about far-away places* with strange sounding names. Often forgotten in the excitement of planning a trip abroad is the necessity for a passport and sometimes a visa. A passport may take anywhere from two to six weeks to get depending upon the time of year in which the application is made. June, July and August are the months in which the passport office is swamped with applications. While fora special fee it is possible to get a passport much quicker, it would be wise to apply for your passport now. It would be wise to apply for your now even if you are not sure about your taking the trip abroad. A passport is valid for five years. A passport is a document issued by the United States government which identifies you as an American citizen. It requests foreign governments to protect you and

Special Report From Washington

WASHINGTON — The investigation into presidential sleuth Clark Mollenhofrs access to tax returns ought to go beyond the White House Not only tax returns but other government files, loaded with raw information about individuals, are made available to investigators for the most frivolous reasons. With a minimum of ceremony, snoopers from a long list of federal, state and local agencies can pry into almost anyone’s financial secrets at the nearest Internal Revenue office. Most government agencies traffic in information about the sexual habits, financial affairs, personal friendships, political and religious beliefs of job applicants. The Defense Department alone has accumulated more than 14 million life histories in the course of its security investigations. These are loaded with derogatory comments — true statements, deliberate lies, idle gossip — whispered into the ears of eager gumshoes. The Civil Service Commission keeps in its secret files another eight million dossiers on people who have applied for federal jobs These files hold the darkest secrets of manypersons who may have at some time in their past committed improper or questionable acts. TRAFFIC IN ALLEGATIONS The traffic in unproved allegations is snockmgly promiscuous. Not only are the dossiers widely circulated, but most of them carry’ a low security classification. This gives an alarming number of government employees access to derogatory information about fellow citizens. A certain small formality is required before Internal Revenue will show tax returns to

'Passports*

give you what assistance they can. Passports are not needed to travel to territories which are subject to United States jurisdiction, such as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States. Nor are passports required for short tourist trips to Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas. Bermuda. Barbados, k Haiti, Trinidad and the West Indies. / A visa is technically the advance authentication of your passport by the country which you wish to visit. In other words, some countries will not let you enter without advance permission. Visas are gotten by applying directly to the United States office of the country you intend to visit. Almost every country has an embassy in Washington and some countries have consular offices in major United States cities. Generally, tourist visas are not required for the countries of Western Europe. Visa and passport requirements can be obtained from the United

States State Department or the Passport Office and the consular representatives of the foreign governments you are going to visit. Instead of visas some countries require that you apply for a tourist card. These are usually easy to apply for and sometimes may be secured through your airline or travel agent. They usually require photographs. If you are leaving on a trip and think that you might later decide to visit a country which requires a visa or travel card, it would be wise to take along a half dozen or so passport type photographs as you can often apply for a visa through that country’s embassy in a foreign country. A passport may be applied for through the Federal Court Clerk’s office in Indianapolis. Terre Haute. Evansville. NewAlbany, Fort Wayne. South Bend and Hammond or through the county clerk in your county. The State Department also has a Passport Office in Chicago. The passport application fee is $12.00, plus a $2.00 clerk's fee. Besides filling out a short twopage application form, you must show proof of United States citizenship and provide two duplicate photographs (color or black and white) taken within the last six months. The photographs cannot be larger than 3x3 inches nor smaller than 24 x 24 inches. It is also possible to get a s&gle passport fir the entire family. The passport picture would then be of the entire family. A smallpox vaccination is required for re-entry into the

outside agencies. But the red tape is routine, the access easy. In some cases, individual and corporate returns are taken back to the agencies for further study. The only real rule seems to be that the sleuths should be careful not to tip off the taxpayer. The IRS has issued strict instructions that -the taxpayer should be given no indication that the national office or other federal agency is interested in this matter." The tex returns of every presidential appointee are carefully checked before his appointment is approved. This practice was started in 1961 by the late President Kennedyafter two of his appointees, the late James Landis and Frank Reeves, turned out to be tax delinquents. In the case of presidential appointees, however, the raw returns aren’t turned over to the FBI. The IRS merely summarizes the tax information on what is called a Ty pe X report. Not even the mails, apparently, are inviolate. Almost any agency can ask the Post Office for a mail check to find out who’s writing to whom. Federal snoops have even been caught poking into people’s garbage. A few years back, a Washington woman happened to notice through the window that her trash was segregated and hauled away in a burlap bag. After it happened twice she made inquiries that led to an investigation. It turned out that the garbage collectors of the District of Columbia had a list of 50 persons whose trash was set aside and delivered in burlap bags to a special room in a government buildyig. Here unidentified men would come in the night to spirit away the bags for scrutiny.

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

Congress Has Very Busy Week

Congress has had a very busy week, and I would like to report on some of our activities. The House of Representatives appropriated funds this year, the first time in several years, for the Congressional Student Internship Program, This is a program which originally I sponsored in 1965, but for which the House has not voted funds in recent years. I am delighted to see that these monies are now available. They enable young Americans to serve in offices of Members of the House to gain first-hand knowledge and experience in the workings of our Federal Government. Other good news for our area came this week with House passage of the Appropriations bill for the Post Office Department, which contained $5,685,000 for construction of a new Post Office in South Bend. Also this week, I had an opportunity to deliver an address to the National Convention of the Mobile Housing Association of America. I pointed out to the mobile home manufacturers dealers, and others concerned with mobile homes that the State of Indiana provides over onesixth of the nation's mobile homes and that Elkhart and Kosciusko Counties are the basis of much of Indiana’s mobile home production. Mobile homes are playing an increasingly important role in enabling Americans to become home owners. However, the mobile home industry is more than merely a bright spot in the otherwise gloomy housing picture. For, there is good evidence that the mobile home industry today may well offer the only opportunity to many Americans to become home owners. Today, mobile homes constitute 80 per cent of all new housing units produced costing under $15,000. For the first time in history, mobile home sales this year may match or exceed sales of new, conventionally constructed onefamily homes. I hope that the mobile home measure which I sponsored in Congress this year — and which President Nixon signed into law United States, and is also required for entry into certain other countries. Failure to be so vaccinated might result in your being quarantined upon your reentry into the United States. Typhoid and tetanus inoculations are also recommended. The Passport Office has a booklet in which your doctor can enter his vaccination certifications. The booklet even provides a place for your eyeglass prescription. It would be wise to cohsult with your doctor about other medical precautions. This is particularly true if you have special medical problems such as a heart condition, diabetes or require prescription medicines.

SNOOPING IN TRASH It was explained that the trash was segregated “to determine from typical household units the characteristics of refuse for statistical and design purpose.” It was left unanswered, however, why the trash for this solemn study should be collected only from people about whom some official agencies had a special curiosity. For some time, our federal uncle has been developing a Big Brother complex. He may not be watching everyone at the moment, but he can concentrate an infinite variety of eyes and ears — electronic, mechanical and human — on anyone who stirs his suspicion. In the not-too-distant future, both the spying devices and intrusive interrogations may be brought together in eternal union. That day, which could extinguish forever the right of privacy, may come if the government approves existing studies for a national data center. The idea, still vague in its specifics, is to set up a computerized master file on- all Americans. All-knowing, never-forgetting electronic machines, crammed with all the information even divulged by or pried from private citizens, could produce at the press of a button a person's life record from cradle to grave. • Advocates of this idea claim that a master file could provide the government with speedy and accurate information needed to solve national problems. They say the data would be used for statistical reference, not personal prying. Yet the very existence of such a computer file would encourage fact-finders to introduce even more revealing questionnaires.

not long ago — will enable the mobile home indus ry to contribute more in helping meet the grave shortage of housmg for low and middle-income families. My proposal will now alJqxV FHA insurance on loans up to SIO,OOO over a maximum 12 year period for individual families to buy mobile homes. I have just introduced a similar bill in the House of Representatives that is aimed at providing insurance for mobile home purchases in rural areas. In Elkhart last Friday, I had an opportunity to talk to a group of persons concerned with early childhood education. The group was composed of teachers and parents of children who attend the Montessori School in Elkhart. I was pleased to point out to them that prospects for Federal legislation to provide broadly based early childhood programs have markedly improved Another good sign in respect to the possibilities of developing support for early childhood education came with the action of the House this week in considering President Nixon’s Welfare Reform bill, which has a day care provision for the children of working mothers. Also. I was very glad to note that, only a few weeks ago, a group of my Republican colleagues on the Education and Labor Committee introduced a day care bill along the general lines of the bill which I earlier had introduced. Although I think the Administration’s Welfare Reform bill is an important first step in that it recognizes the need for early childhood programs for the children of working welfare mothers, I do not really think the measure goes far enough. There are some 5 million preschool children who have mothers who must work while daj- care is available for less than 15 per cent of them. I believe we must consider the needs of working mothers above poverty line as well as those below the poverty line. Finally, last Thursday, I had an opportunity to put questions to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert Finch and the U.S. Commissioner of Education with respect to the prrpfisals of the Nixon Administration in the field of higher education. I told the Secretary and the Commissioner that I am especially concerned that the Administration’s higher education proposals could triple the cost of college education for students from middle-income families. I made that point because the Administration’s recommendations call for eliminating present programs of interest subsidies on bank loans to students, which thousands of middle-income students now receive. The Administration also would phase out the eligibility of middle-income students for National Defense Education Act undergraduate loans.

By JACK ANDERSON