The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 February 1972 — Page 9

JThc L PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat 1888) Syracuse-Wawaaee Journal (E*L 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

What Tax Relief? - Whatever tax relief is obtained either at the local or national level will be more than wiped out by social security tax increases. A bill now before Congress would, as a bulletin of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States comments, mean an “oppressive ■”*’ tax burden.” The bill provides for a five per cent across-the-board increase in benefits effective also provides for automatic increases in benefits and in the amount of “exempt” annual earnings under the retirement test. The Chamber bulletin reports too that the bill would mean “. .. an oppressive Social Security-Medicare tax •' burden on workers and employers. In

Monster Polluter Vandalism has risen to such heights that the new John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC., has asked Congress for an “emergency” $1.5 million appropriation to keep the Center open for tourists. Visitors to the Center — between 6,000 and 20.000 everyday — have removed or defaced everything within reach and more guards are needed to make people behave. Reportedly, crystal chandeliers have been stripped, pieces of rugs and curtains snipped away; faucets pried from bathroom basins. Not only do the tourists steal everything moveable, but they leave souvenirs of their visits in the form of cigarette bums and smears of

Don't Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill. When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit — Rest if you must, but — don’t quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns And many a fellow turns about When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don’t give up though the pace seems slow — You may succeeed with another blow.

Rhode Islanders Sign Declaration

Revolution and Evolution The Bicentennial Year March 5 thraagh March 11 Editor** Note: This column recall* events tn the history of the nattoa, and of the wyM, M*. IM, and 1M year* ago. 1772 —two delegates to the Continental Congress from Rhode Island signed the Dec* laration of Independence in 1776. They were Stephen Hopkins and William Ellery. Hopkins had been active in public life since his election to the Rhode Island General Assembly at age 26. Later chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas at Providence, at 32, he was Governor of Rhode Island for seven years, between 175$ and 1768. From 1774 to 1776 he was a delegate to the Continental Congress, during which time he not only signed the Declaration of Independence, but played an important role in the formation of a naval force. For 50 years prior to his death m 1785, at 78, he was engaged in public affairs, including a long term as Chancellor of Brown University, which had been established

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at Providence in 1764. Ellery, a graduate of Harvard, and a lawyer at Newport, served m the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1785, except for intervals in 1780 and 1782. He signed the Declaration and was active in financial and maritime affairs within the Congress. In 1785 he was named chief justice of Rhode Island, but did not serve. For 30 years, however, from 1790 until his death in 1820, at 92, he was collector of customs at Newport. 1822 — President James Monroe sends message to Congress at this time advising recognition by the United States of Latin American republics that had gained their independence of Spain. Congress was to respond through a House resolution in late March calling for such recognition, and with a formal act in May to provide for the establishment of diplomatic missions in the new states. Between June of 1872 and May of 1826 such formal recognition was extended to Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, the Federation of Central American States, Peru, and also to Brasil, in-

1972, taxes on workers and employers would be increased $4.2 billion. The cumulative tax increase over the next six years would amount to $57 billion.” Meanwhile, in the past 21 months, Congress has increased the social security benefits twice —by over 25 per cent in the aggregate. The future of social security and social security taxes is more than an economic question; it is a political question. Granting social security ipcreases is an increasingly irresistible political vote-getting tactic. The accompanying tax increases will be played down as much as possible. As for “tax relief,” only the most naive will accept such a myth.

candy and chewing gum. This kind of destruction of public property makes something of a joke out of public concern for the environment and public interest in natural beauty. Perhaps it is true that a very small percentage of the public is made up of vandals and litterers, but the fact remains that the public is environmentally destructive. Left to its own devices, it is a monster that makes the alleged industrial exploiters of old look puny by comparison. In reality, much of today’s disregard for environmental aesthetics is the result of a general lack of respect for the rights of other persons and their property.

Often the goal is nearer than It seems to a faint and faltering man; Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the victor’s cup; And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out — The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are. It may be near when it seems afar; So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit — It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit. Anon.

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dependent of Portugal. ... Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (1797-1828), writes “ his Eighth Symphony, the socalled ‘ unfinished symphony.” 1872 — Connecticut presents to the U.S. Senate statues of Roger Sherman, one of its signers of the Declaration of Independence, and also of the Articles of Confederation and of the U.S. Constitution, and of Jonathan Turnbull, last governor of the colony (17691776) and first governor of the state (1776-1734), both now in the National Statue Hall in the Capitol Rotunda, in Washington. ... Guiseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot and revolutionary who figured in Italy's unification, dies at 67. ... In London, Florence Nightingale, 52 and long in poor health as a result of her exertions in organizing proper care for soldiers during the Crimean War period (1854-1856) and in undertak-jpg-work in army and civilian 'hospital improvements, at the behest of Queen Victoria, both in the United Kingdom and in India, retires as director of the world’s first training school for nurses, which she had established in 1860 at London's St. Thomas Hospital. Her activities there during more than ten years marked the beginning of modern nursing practice. She was to live until 1910, aged 90. — Robert Desmond

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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.

Teacher Tenure

There has been great interest generated recently in education circles concerning teachers’ tenure. This vast and complicated legal subject is coming under critical examination from the perspective of both teachers and administrators. In Indiana, teachers who teach in either school city or town corporations are entitled by statute to acquire by virtue of law permanent teaching positions. This is to be distinguished from that type of tenure which college or university professors can obtain which is normally based upon a contract between the institution and the professor. Any licensed public school teacher, supervisor or principal of a public school corporation, or any 1 school superintendent in such corporations, who so act for five 1 or more successive years thereby

SPECIAL REPORT FROM WASHINGTON By JACK ANDERSON Raise Funds For Garmatz; Decides He Won't Run

WASHINGTON - Rep. Edward Garmatz, D-Md., the House Merchant Marine Chairman, is retiring this year, which will give him plenty of time to ponder what should be done with the roughly 815,000 the shipping interests raised for his campaign. The money was collected at a cocktail party in a Baltimore hotel last October before the Maryland Democrat announced his retirement. Each guest paid 850 for his admission ticket. About 400 people, most of them representing various shipping interests, showed up to honor Garmatz, who for years was one of the least famous but most powerful men in Congress. His committee controls a multi-billion-dollar government subsidy program that has helped keep many of America’s troubled shipping lines afloat. Throughout his career, Garmatx.was never at a loss for campaign funds. In 1970, the shippers raised about 837,000 for him although he was running without opposition. Last October, they dug into their pockets for him, although he now won’t be running at all. The chairman of the committee that organized the October party, Warren Leader, told my associate Brit Hume that, after expenses, the affair cleared about 815,000. Leader said be had given no thought to what would be done with the money now that Garmatz is retiring. He referred questions to the treasurer for the fund-raising event, Frank Noya. Noya, however, said be knew nothing about the money because he had been taken ill at the time of the party and had left things in the hands of a Garmatz aide, Lou Hofferbert. Hofferbert told us he knew nothing about the money, then reversed himself and acknowledged he had helped set up a bank account for it He refused, however, to say how much was on deposit or where it was being kept He said the decision on what will be done with the money is to the cocktail party committee. Hofferbert did not rule out the possibility

become permanent teachers in our school system by operation of the Indiana statute. This law grants to the permanent teacher the right to a continuous contract which will remain in force until the teacher has reached the age of 66 years or the signing of a new contract, or the contract is cancelled for cause. This last provision is the quintessence of all teacher tenure laws or contracts. That is, once the teacher has reached tenure status, he can only be removed for a specific cause by his employer. Our state law also provides for the fixing of annual compensation from year to year of permanent teachers through schedules adopted by the school corporation and such salary schedules become a part of the permanent teacher’s contract. In order to cancel the contract

of a permanent teacher in our school systems, the employer must follow very specific statutory provisions for notice, process and hearing. Cancellation can be founded only upon the causes of incompetency, insubordination, neglect of duty r immorality, justifiable decreases in the number of teaching positions or other good and just cause. A permanent teacher’s contract cannot be cancelled for political or personal reasons. The historical precendents that have caused the enactment of these stringent requirements before a permanent teacher can be discharged in Indiana is to support continuing academic freedom to enable a teacher to be free to teach without fear of outside pressure being brought to bear upon his employer because of the nature of his classroom conduct. Contrary to the popular belief currently prevalent, tenure teachers can be removed upon proper hearing and proper cause Shown. The purpose of tenure is to protect the teacher from arbitrary and capricious action thereby interferring with the teacher’s freedom to express himself in his classroom. These provisions are so deeply rooted in Indiana law it is vary improbable that tenure provisions will change very much until a better system of protecting academic freedom can be constructed. Copyright 1972 by John J. Dillon

the money would simply be given to Garmatz. He did rule out one thing, though. He said there was no chance the money would be returned. CHINA REMINISCENCES While President Nixon is touring China, he can hardly avoid the people who make up this so-called people’s republic. He will find them everywhere, a sea of tawny faces, staring, smiling, grinning. For 18 months, I was surrounded by these friendly, frankly curious faces in the Chinese hinterland. They are a proud, hardy people who could eke a living out of the sparsest piece of ground. I saw stalks of corn growing out of cliffsides. Every inch of soil that could be tilled was utilized. I travelled with Chinese guerrillas behind Japanese lines during the last days of World War n. They marched in sandaled feet, single file, along trails that wound through mountains and rice paddies. The officers wore faded, olive-green cotton uniforms, the men fragments of captured Japanese uniforms. The only items that matched were homemade bark helmets, covered with a black, tarlike substance. Their weapons had been taken from the enemy. The guerrilla chieftan, Chang Shang-chi, straddled a scrawny jackass with comic dignity. But there was nothing comic about him. He was stern, hard, unsmiling. I was strictly a military liability, riding tall in an ornate, weathered wooden saddle. Split down the middle, the saddle alternate! pinched and stabbed me with splinters. My mount, captured from the Japanese, was still loyal to the Emperor. It dumped me twice, kicked me once in the back. I was a witness to the war that continued after World War II ended. I was with nationalist guerrillas, who battled the communists for control paints which the Japanese were abandoning along the Nankow-Peking railroad track.

Congressional Comer : John Brademas Reports From Washington

Congress Acts On Three Important Measures Last Week

Congress, over this past week, acted on three important measures — one, to strengthen the antipoverty program; two, to extend the Federal attack on job discrimination; and three, to provide more muscle in the battle to curb water pollution. Let’s take the last one first. By overwhelmingly voice votes, both the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed to a compromise version of the Federal Water Pollution Control Bill and sent the measure to the President for his signature. CONGRESS STRENGTHENS WATER CLEANUP EFFORTS The Congressional action continues through mid-1972 the work of the Environmental Protectian Agency in assisting states and municipalities to develop effective programs for cleaning up the nation’s waterways. The money for these programs was approved in the previous session of Congress, so no new funds are involved. The measure provides S3O million to be granted to Federal, state or local agencies for research, investigation, training and information programs about water pollution. The bill also authorized $1 million for construction of water pollution-control facilities and sll million to aid states in developing comprehensive water clean-up plans. One of the main aims of this legislation is not only to protect the beauty of America’s waterways, but to dramatize the primary responsibility of each state to protect its citizens from the dangers of dumping thousands of gallons of industrial pollutants and human wastes into our lakes and rivers. SENATE BOLSTERS EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY In another difficult area, the Senate last week voted to follow the House lead to strengthen the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC. The Senate action gave the EEOC greater powers to investigate job discrimination complaints and to take employers who discriminate on grounds of race, color, religion, sex or national origin to court. ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM GETSPUSH The third issue on which Congress acted was a bill to

UNNOTICED WAR The world took no notice of this warfare; the dispatches I wrote never got through. The feeble cry of our battered, hand-cranked transmitter was drowned out by the joyous news of peace which filled the air waves. But the crack of our rifles was to explode into the thunder of civil war. I can never forget the day that our crackling, wheezing, handpowered radio brought the news that World War II was over. But me communists, without pause, were already beginning the conquest of China. We headed up tne Nankow-Peking railway for Kung Chu-iing, a mountaintop fortress overlooking a vital stretch of track. Although the fortress was surrounded by Red , guerrillas, the Japanese refused to surrender it to them. Chang’s hardy commandos, pushing the communists back 13 miles, battled their way almost to the edge of the eagle’s nest. The Japanese commander consulted his protocol and concluded that our nationalist guerrillas, not the communists, were the proper representatives of the Chinese government. He turned his post over to us. Next morning, the Reds ambushed one of our patrols and killed four men. But Chang pushed them off the mountain. I saw little of the action. Every time shots were fired, I was hustled to the rear. It did no good to explain that correspondents were supposed to observe the fighting. Chang was adamant. I was a guest at their war. They would lose face if anything happened to me. Chang knew bow to use the country, how to melt into the mountains. He had friends everywhere, among the herders on the hillsides and the farmers wading in their rice paddies. He stayed on the mainland, I later learned, after the communist takeover. I have often wondered what happened to him and his rugged, ragged mai. Now that President Nixon has lowered the bamboo curtain, maybe I can find out

strengthen the Federal Antipoverty program. This legislation was drafted in the House Education and Labor Committee, of which I am a member. The measure the House passed last Thursday is a modified version of the bill President Nixon vetoed last year. The new bill contains sections that would: — First, broaden eligibility for participation in the Head Start program to include the children of working families as well as the poor. The Head Start program has, for the past several years, provided educational, day care and other services for thousands of American children. Non-poor families participating in the program, if this measure becomes law, would pay on a sliding scale based on their ability to pay. The poor would participate, as they have in the past, on a no-cost basis. Head Start would be funded for SSOO million for $972 and $1 million in 1973. — Second, the bill would create a new Environmental Action program to provide paid jobs for low incane people working on projects combatting pollution and improving the environment. — Allow near-poor persons to get medical services at facilities sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity, also with charges on a sliding scale based on their ability to pay. — Extend the overall Economic Opportunity Act for two years and fund it with $2.3 billion for 1972 and $3 billion for 1973. — Create an independent Legal Services Corporation. — Greatly increase efforts to find jobs for rehabilitated alcoholics and drug addicts. — Authorize a new Rural Housing Development Rehabilitation Program. — Establish a Youth Recreation and Sports Program to be conducted by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to provide disadvantaged youth with recreation and physical fitness instruction. — The measure also broadens assistance to migrant and seasonal farm workers by directing them toward available government employment or training programs. The Senate will probably be considering a similar measure sometime in this session of Congress.