The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 August 1978 — Page 14

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., August 16,1978

Congressman Floyd Fithian

Reports

Across the country, as in the cloakrooms of Congress, the performance of Jimmy Carter as president is being questioned. To his credit, the president has taken? on many tough issues which previous administrations were unwilling to tackle. He has initiated efforts to control rising health care costs, eliminate disgraceful tax loopholes and reduce regulatory overlap. He has worked hard to exert American influence toward a Mideast peace settlement and his firm stand on human rights has brought America renewed stature in many parts of the world. But I am concerned by this administration’s frequent failure to provide the sound leadership this nation needs if commendable legislative goals are to be met. All too often, President Carter’s approach to issues has followed two equally inadequate paths; either he offers Congress a complicated and politically sensitive proposal which he fails to effectively promote after tossing it toward Capitol Hill; or he brings the administration into action on an issue too late in the legislative process to really effect any solution. Last week’s House action on the tax cut bill was indicative of the administration’s problem. After months of deliberation, the Ways -and Means Committee brought a $16.3 billion middleincome tax cut bill to the House floor. If differed substantially from President Carter’s earlier proposal for a tax reform bill including a $19.4 billion taxsscut, but the president had not worked with the committee consistently to shape a bill which both he and Congress could support. Just four legislative days before the House was to consider the bill, the administration announced its support for a compromise proposal which would have shifted more of the tax cuts to those earning $15,000 or less. It was a proposal which I supported, because I believe that those families need tax relief. But .many representatives already were committed to backing the committee bill, and some were angered that the president had waited until the 11th hour to try to influence congressional action. Carter’s compromise failed on a rather close 225 to 193 vote. Speaker O’Neill observed afterwards that if the administration had put forward its proposal five months ago, it would have been approved easily. It was a case of too little, too late. Similarly, the administration’s agriculture proposal amounted to a program that was implemented too late to be effective. Many

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farmers waited week after week to hear whether or not a set-aside program would be announced to boost farm prices, and many had already made their planting decisions by the time USDA announced its limited program. When one of my subcommittees was considering a bill to extend the life of the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions — an important agency which oversees grain futures trade -H we looked forward to the administration proposals for changes. But the administration position was finally presented one day before our subcommittee completed weeks of work. Again, too little, too late. President Carter has failed to exert effective leadership even on the most important single issue confronting us for the remainder of the century, the energy problem. After summoning the nation forth to do battle on a level which he called “the moral equivalent of war,” President Carter dropped the ball. During the critical early months of congressional action on the energy bill, the president allowed opposition to his legislative package to mount, behind strong oil company lobbying. As a result, some observers doubt that Congress will finish work on an energy bill at all before recessing in October. Any legislation which passes will be significantly watered down from the admirable proposal first presented by the White House. Congress must share the blame on this, of course, but the leadership needed simply hasn’t been provided. President Carter has not been without significant successes, but his record is blotted by a series of failures which can only be blamed on ah absence of firm and organized leadership. I think individuals of all political views deeply regret this apparent inability to effectively wield the considerable influence of the White House. America does not want an iron hand at the helm, because that type of leadership does not reflect the diversity with which we speak, but we do need effective leadership that is capable of accomplishing its goals and all too often, that has been lacking under the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Goshen man booked for Syracuse theft A Goshen man, Gary Lee Griffey, 27, was booked last Friday in connection with the June break-in and theft at the summer home of Milton Miller of rural Syracuse. He was released on his own recognizance. Griffey is charged with stealing an Am-Fm stereo and eight-track unit valued at SSOO and a 12-pack of beer. Entry was gained to the residence by using a knife to cut a screen on a window, and an accomplice assisted. The stereo was found last week in a trailer owned by Wiegert Veenstra of Goshen, who is being held in an Evansville jail on a charge of unauthorized control over a motor vehicle.

United Way fund raising opens with ball game

United Way of Kosciusko County is opening its annual fund raising campaign with a girls’ basketball game consisting of All Star girls from local high schools competing against a mixed team of local men and women. The game is set for 7 p.m. August 16 in the Warsaw High School gym. Lorene Spearman, Cathy Welch, Chanda Kline, Anita Folk, Cindy (Ross) Knepper, Teresa Carpenter, Bea Carvajal, Judi Warren and Cathy Folk will team up for the girls. The opposing team consists of: Rita Price, Jim Webster, Joyce Harman, Janice Soyez, Mary Hurley, Bill Dickerson, Tom Swenson and Robin Hartman. Jerry Franks and his Dimensions in Brass will provide

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music during the game and at half time. Tickets are available from the State Bank of Syracuse, First Federal Savings and Loan in Syracuse, the United Way office in Warsaw or at the game. All proceeds will go to support the 21 agencies of the United Way. Film to be shown Aug. 22 A film, “Growth and Development of the Child”, will be shown when members of the Noble County and Kosciusko County Right to Life organization hold a meeting and open panel

discussion. The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, in Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church, r 4 Syracuse. The public is welcome and encouraged to participate. Right to Life is becoming a more explosive issue in recent months, according to Michael Hayes, local member, due to the exposure of the facts regarding abortion and euthanasia, child abuse and the use of children in the making of pornography. Also making the news, he said, are the arrests of individuals in California and throughout the United States who have been operating a child slave market which has transported children from two years and older across the U.S.-Mexican border who are sold to individuals in the United States for purposes of exploitation sexually, culminating in the torture and murder of the child.

Vandalism continues at Syracuse Two vandalism reports were made by Syracuse residents to Kosciusko County police. Terry Siri, r 4 Syracuse, said the left front door of her auto received $75 damage when it was kicked in at about 3 a.m. August 5. The accident happened in front of the Doug Mayberry residence, Syracuse, police said. Late Sunday night, Aug. 6, a vehicle drove through the lawn and garden of Mr. and Mrs. George Stidams, 206 W. Main St., Syracuse, at the building home site on CR 600 N, east of Webster Lake, also tearing insulation off the site. County patrolman Jeffrey Bronsing investigated.,

bounty students attend annual music clinic

Ten Kosciusko County students attended the Mid-America Music clinic at Ball State University the fore part of August offering secondary school music students the opportunity to spend a week on campus studying with members of the university music faculty. Areas of study included individual performance, jazz ensembles, chamber music, percussion ensembles and voice ensembles. Those attending were: Leesburg — Sabrina Lawson, flute; Cindy Moore, oboe; and Desiree Neibert, saxophone North Webster — Carla Eastlund, flute; Sheryl Eastlund, cornet; Mike Shock, saxophone; Kris Walgamuth, trombone; and

Mary Walgamuth, French horn. Syracuse - Lisa Clever, Violin Warsaw - Sunny Boggs, trumpet Syracuse man charged after firemen called Syracuse firemen were called at 12:55 a m. Sunday, Aug. 13, to 601 S. Main St., Syracuse, wherq Wilbur Hicks, Jr., fell asleep while smoking and the cigarette fell into his house slipper, setting the stool afire. Smoke caused about S3OO damage to the house. Hicks was charged by police with public intoxication. Three fire trucks answered the call.