The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 October 1971 — Page 9

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat IMS) Syracuso-Wawaaeo Journal (Eat 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1982 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 48587 EDITORIALS

Everyone Should Vote Once each year, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, has been set aside for elections in the state of Indiana. This year the only ballot will be for the .election of persons who will run the towns and cities in which we live for the next four years. Although these elections do not gain as much publicity as a county, state or national election they are none the less just as important as they effect the area closest home. Towns, like those in the Lakeland area, have their own election laws and

Halloween - Holiday Or Horror?

What will it be this Halloween in Indiana, trick-or-treat — or tragedy? If you’re driving your car this week end, the answer can be largely in your hands. Halloween is a popular holiday. Nearly all of the state’s approximately 977,000 elementary school children will become trick-or-treaters for a few hours, romping through their neighborhoods with little on their minds but the next treat. ; The Insurance Information Institute reminds that while it can be a joyops time for kids, it is also /potentially dangerous for them. “At no one time in the year are more children wandering through the streets at night garbed in visionimparing masks and dark, difficult-to-see costumes,” said the Institute. “We urge all motorists to think fast and drive slowly — and carefully on All Hallows Eve. The kids are bent on fun. Don’t put a morgue in their merrymaking.” The Institute offered the following safety tips to motorists and parents of trick-or-treaters we recommend you follow them:

Selection Os Career Important

One of the two or three most important decisions facing each of our citizens is the selection of his or her job or career. In years past, we assumed that this was a one-time decision to be made in youth. Often it was made on the basis of chance opportunity, or a career was chosen because it was the life work of a popular or personal hero. Today technological progress and individual mobility have overtaken all of us. No longer is it unusual to find a desirable job or position far from home, or even to discover many unsuspected job opportunities right here in our own community. With nearly 25,000 different kinds of jobs and thousands of locations all over the country to select from, it is obvious that anyone selecting a career can benefit from assistance of people who make their life work vocational counseling. Their services are not only for * youth. Many mature adults, whose jobs are made obsolete by technological

Bayh Rejects Presidential Bid

WAHINGTON D C. - (On October 12 1 made a very tough decision. Attached is a statement explaining what that decision was and why 1 felt I had to make it.) During the past several months. I have seriously considered becoming a candidate for the Presidency. I have talked with Americans from all walks of life in most of our states. I have made this effort because of my concern for the problems that confront our country and each of us as individuals. In Viet Nam. Americans still die to defend a regime where only one man qualifies to run for President. At home, more than 5 million Americans can’t find work; the seeds of division and repression and hatred are used as tools of a political strategy, and our national leaders continue to face the decade of the 1370's with

in the Lakeland towns there is no need to register to vote. All a person has to be is 18 years or older and have lived in Indiana for six months prior to November 2, the township for 60 days and in the precinct in which he is now residing for 30 days. Proof of these requirements is all that is necessary to vote. So, if you are eligible we urge you to take advantage of your American right and vote for the candidates of your choice be he Democrat, Republican or Independent. 4

To motorists — Drive slowly and warily. Watch for children darting out between parked cars. Tap your horn occasionally on dimly-lighted residential streets. Be extremely cautious while backing out of driveways. , To parents — Escort your littlest ones. If your children are going as a group, give the oldest a flashlight. Dress the kids in bright clothing or stick reflective tape on their costumes or trick-or-treat bags. Use a scissors to widen the eye holes in their masks. Urge them to look up and down before crossing. Adults who do their own merrymaking at Halloween parties are reminded that drinking and driving don’t mix. Remember that Halloween is a fun time for children. In all the excitement, they’re not likely to be thinking of safety. You — the motorist — have to do their thinking for them. If children’s Halloween antics remind you that you were a kid once yourself, drive in a manner to ensure that some child will grow old enough to say the same.

advance, have to sit down, re-study the job market, and, in some cases, re-train to qualify for good, new positions. Citizens who are disadvantaged because of lack of education, cultural deprivation, or physical handicaps now face a widening of opportunities to prepare for productive jobs in our society. Even young people who have decided on a career may come back ten, fifteen years later for help in selecting a new career to keep pace with changes science brings to our way of life. It is with all these thoughts in mind that we congratulate the National Vocational Guidance Association —a division of the American Personnel and Guidance Association —for its sponsorship of the nation’s sixth National Vocational Guidance Week, October 24-30. This is a week during which all of our citizens will have a chance to learn more about the valuable contribution counselors in schools, colleges, government and industry are making toward greater personal fulfillment of each of us.

the institutions of the ’3o’s and the priorities of the *so*s. Our exploratory effort for the Presidency, like similar efforts now in progress, has experienced its ups and downs. However. I have been encouraged by the number of people who have enlisted to help in our efforts and who have been urging an official declaration of candidacy. Active citizens organizations are now operating in Florida, Wisconsin, Nebraska. Oregon, California. New York, and my home state of Indiana. This activity, plus other indications of support, had convinced me to announce within the next few weeks my intention to actively seek the Democratic Presidential nomination. Whenever I have had an important decision to make during * the 17 years I have had the good fortune to serve in public life my

wife Marvella has always been there. But Marvella is not here today. She is not here because last week she underwent critical surgery for a malignancy. We have every reason to believe the operation was a success. However, her complete recovery may require a lengthy period of recuperation. During this time, I want to be at her side — in Miami, Milwaukee, or Los Angeles. Therefore, I am not a candidate for the Democratic nomination. I am still deeply concerned that our nation must have a new quality of leadership —a new national direction. 1 am particularly concerned over the need to restore the faith of our people in the fact that the United States is still a government of the people. Fortunately, a number of aspirants for the Democratic nomination share my concern about these issues.

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Know Your Indiana Law _ By JOHN J. DILLON JLflh Attorney at Law This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

Small Tax Case Court

The harried taxpayer will be glad to hear that the United States Tax Court has a new division directed toward the taxpayers who has a small dispute with the Internal Revenue Service. This court is known as the Small Tax Case Division of the United States Tax Court. Rules have been adopted for the proceeding in this division of the Tax Court. Rules have been adopted for the proceeding in this division of the Tax Court to enable the taxpayer, at very little expense, to dispose of arguments with the Internal Revenue Service that involve less than

SPECIAL REPORT FROAR WASHINGTON

Cambodian Aid Debated In Pentagon Backrooms

WASHINGTON — A controversy has erupted in the back rooms of the Pentagon over military shipments to Cambodia. Congress has authorized $250,000,000 worth of military aid for Cambodia. President Nixon has stressed that his policy is to provide the means for our Asian allies to defend themselves. Congress is even more sensitive about the presence of American military men in Cambodia. The generals warn, however, that millions worth of military equipment will be wasted or pilfered unless there are Americans on the spot to supervise the distribution and advise the Cambodians how to use it. The generals argued that a large delivery team should be sent to Cambodia. They finally compromised on a 100-man team. But Defense Secretary Mel Laird refused at a private meeting to go along. There would be criticism, he warned, from Capitol Hill. So he arbitrarily cut the team in half. The generals, however, are still pressing for more men to supervise military shipments to Cambodia. IN THE CLEAR Washington is buzzing with rumors that Senator Robert Byrd, who was a candidate for the Supreme Court, used his Senate staff to prepare his legal briefs and term papers for law school. It is also whispered that he used the Library of Congress to help him with his homework. We have investigated the charges thoroughly. Here are our findings: Byrd entered law school after his election to the Senate. He lacked the v allege credits for law school, but American university admitted him as a special student on condition that he maintain a “B” average. He attended classes at night and graduated in 1963 with a high “B” average. The only lawyer on his Senate staff during his law school days was Perry Wooster. The Senator used Wooster to get legal reference books for him from the Library of Congress. Sometimes, Wooster checked out as many as 50 law books in one day. But sources both in the Library and in the Senate, including Wooster. insisted Byrd did all his own research. The Senator dictated his law briefs and terms papers to his secretary, Mrs. Ethel Low, after office hours. But she also swears

$1,000.00 in dispute. Most of the major cities in the United States have already set up this procedure and practically all major cities in the United States will shortly have these Small Tax Courts. The hope is that these courts will obviate the necessity of costly proceedings for a person to contest a disputed ruling for a small amount of money with the Internal Revenue Service. Previous to this procedure being adopted by the Tax Court, it was entirely necessary that a citizen be fully prepared to engage in costly and lengthy litigation to

prove his point, sometimes on a very small amount of money in dispute. The reason for this was that the Internal Revenue Service could not permit t ruling to become a legal precedent in a tax court since these decisions wend their way into the records and become guidelines for future cases. In other words, a very small amount of money could be involved with a given taxpayer, but if the Internal Revenue Service permitted the ruling to be changed, it would affect taxpayers all over the country. The new procedure very nicely avoids this problem by requiring the informal-handling of matters of $1,000.00 or under, much in the nature of an arbitration, and with the understanding that a person who selects this route will not be faced with further litigation, since the decision of the Small Tax Court is not appealable by either the government or the taxpayer. In other words, it is very nearly a binding arbitration which will affect no other cases pending of a similar nature around the United States. The rules provide a simple proceeding wherein a fully qualified judge is assigned to

he did all his own work. His professors and classmates confirm that he was an excellent student. One professor, Louis C. James, describes Byrd as one of the two most “alert and attentive” students he has ever taught. Finally, we spoke to the Senator himself. He told us: “I will give $5,000 to the individual who brings to me any staff member of mine, past or present, who will say publicly and in my presence that he or she wrote any of my law school term papers, briefs or any part thereof. Further, if this absurd, vicious nimor be proved. I will resign my seat in the Senate." LEAD POISONING Rep. William Ryan, D-N.Y., is in a barefisted fight with the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association whose paints, he says, are causing lead poisoning in children. Ryan has amassed awesome evidence that even the allowable one per cent of lead can cause deaths. He has urged the Food and Drug Administration to ban all lead from household paints. The paint lobby, however, is fighting to keep lead in paint. Its executive vice president, Robert Roland, has accused Ryan of “flagrant abuse of congressional prerogatives.” MINORITY FIRMS Some contractors feel President Nixon is doing too good a job for minority businesses. Nine small contractors have protested to Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-Va., that they have been discriminated against by the federal government in favor of black firms. They have cited construction contracts that were awarded to minority-owned businesses without bids by various government agencies. The white contractors assert they could do the jobs, in some cases, for half what the taxpayers are paying the minority firms. FOREIGN NOTES —Hanoi has carefully concealed the amount of aid it receives from its communist patrons. However, intelligence experts have compiled a reliable set of figures. They estimate that North Viet Nam is receiving aid worth $250 million a year from Communist China; S4OO million a year from the Soviet

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

War Opposition Is Strongest In Senate

Congressional opposition to the war in Viet Nam has always been strongest in the Senate. Efforts to pass resolutions condemning the war, or calling for U.S. troop withdrawals, have repeatedly failed in the House of Representatives. This past Tuesday was no different, although peace forces in the House scored their largest vote ever on the Mansfield end-the-war amendment. The vote was 215-192. The amendment proposed by Senator Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader of the Senate, to the military procurement bill declared that it is official policy of the United States to withdraw from Indochina within six months, provided all American prisoners of war and released by then. It is clear that opposition to the war is mounting among both Democrats and Republicans. On Wednesday the House of Representatives voted to settle a hear both the government’s side and the taxpayer's side of the tax dispute involving a small amount. Only a simple statement of the position of the taxpayer need be filed on a form provided by the government. The proceedings are then handled in a very informal manner and the taxpayer is not required to hire an attorney nor worry about the formal rules of evidence in a tax court proceeding. The Internal Revenue Service is likewise allowed to present its case and the judge assigned is required to help both parties arrive at a fair and equitable decision Since judges are not bound to hard and final legal precedence in these hearings, the original cases tend to find the judge giving every reasonable benefit of the doubt to sustain the taxpayer’s decision. Os course, the taxpayer is still required to bring his records and show by some reasonable evidence that his claim is not a figment of his imagination. Once these cases are set for trial and it is obvious that no ruling precedent either way, in either direction, will be had with regard to the Internal Revenue Service, it is very possible that the tax matter in dispute can be amicably settled. Copyright 1971 by John J. Dillon

Union and S6OO million a year from all other communist countries combined. —American radio broadcasts behind the iron curtain have forced communist countries to play popular music on their own stations. They found so many of their young people were listening to the American broadcasts that they began playing bourgeois music in order to get their young people to listen. —Russia has sent out a classy, multi-color direct mailing to Americans as part of a campaign to build up the circulation of the magazine Soviet Life. In return for permitting this, the U.S. is allowed to circulate its magazine America in Russia. “Soviet Life covers an enormous range of subjects,” brags editor Alexander Makarov in the best directmail tradition. He offers, in capitalistic fashion, a “special preferred rate” of $1.95 for 12 issues. —Donald Bergus, the State Department’s man in Cairo, has assured Washington that Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat hasn’t sold out to Moscow. In a confidential report, Bergus quotes a top Egyptian leader as confiding to him that Sadat may switch his turns signals left, but that he is still turning to the right. —lntelligence reports claim that Communist China has been holding threatening maneuvers in the Himalayas. This apparently is intended to keep India’s 10 mountain divisions from moving against Pakistan. These divisions are especially trained and equipped to fight in the high Himalayas and to prevent another Chinese drive into India. India can hardly spare them for the Pakistani front as long as the Chinese are making menacing moves in the Himalayas. —Members of the American delegation has spread the word in the UN cloak rooms that the U.S. may cut its contributions to the United Nations if the vote goes against America’s two-China policy. The U.S. contributes about one-third of the total UN budget. As we have previously reported, the UN is on the brink of bankruptcy. Any reduction of American financial support would seriously cripple the world organization. Other delegates are bitter over the U.S. threat which they call financial blackmail.

104-year old account by approving a bill to give the natives of Alaska 40 million acres of land and $925 million. The award is intended to settle for all time the land claim of the 55,000 Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts whose ancestors lived in Alaska before the United States bought it from Russia in 1967. After 104 years, it is, of course, about time that some consideration be given to the rights ot these native Americans. SCHOOL LUNCHES BACKED During the week both the House and Senate approved legislation assuring fully funded school lunches for poor and needy children. The bill passed in Congress would raise the Federal contribution for all school lunches provided to both needy and non-needy children from 5 cents to 6 cents per meal. It would also prevent the Nixon Administration from reducing the number of eligible children or reducing the funds. Earlier the Administration tried to cut the average subsidy per school lunch to 35 cents from 40 cents and also eliminate 1.5 million children from the program. The new bill increases the subsidy to 46 cents and restores the previous eligibility standards. BRADEMAS DEBATES WITH SENATE MINORITY LEADER Aside from debates on the House floor, last week was also a typically busy one outside the office. On Friday I was honored to speak before the national convention of the Associated Press in Philadelphia, a gathering of over 500 AP editors from throughout the country? Appearing with me on the same platform was Senator minority leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania. Senator Scott and I engaged in some verbal sparring - on domestic affairs that was good sport for us both and I hope instructive to our audience. Over the week end I returned tb Indiana for a busy round of meetings with business, labor, fraternal, civic, and rural groups on Washington developments of interest to their memberships. I also attended the Notre DameSouthern California; football game, which I try never to miss.

By JACK ANDERSON