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FRIDAY. JULY 13. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
A CLEAN. SIMPLE. BROAD TAX CUT FOR 19S2
A tax deduction that would cut our taxes now, in 1962,
must be simple a "quickie," in short. Otherwise, it couldn't
get through Congress at this session.
It must be an across-the-board cut for individuals and it
must cut corporation taxes too. Otherwise, it wouldn't pro
vide sufficient stimulation to individual and business spending
to give our economy the forward thrust it is daily more
obvious that it needs.
It must be a truly substantial reduction, leaving enough
extra billions in the pockets of individuals and the cash
registers of businessmen to do the job. Otherwise it could
fail to provide the spur of our economy, and the power of
tax policy as a weapon to influence the economy's trends
might be discredited for years.
It must be timed right so that an already prepared Con
gress can get the bill as soon as the President proposes it
and passage can be relatively smooth. Otherwise, it might
get lost in Congress' labyrinth, with most unfortunate po
litical as well as economic consequences.
It must be passed on the basis that it will be replaced in
1063 by a sweeping overhaul of our tax system. Otherwise, the
chances for significant reform of our burdensome tax struc
ture might be badly set back,
Finally, It must be mad clsar to all Americans that
against today's soggy economic background, tax reduction
and big federal budget deficits are not going to set off
new inflation spiral and that our foreign creditors aren't
afraid that it will, The sophisticated Central Bankers and
flnancers of Europe have assured our top officials that they
thoroughly approve of a tax cut to strengthen our economy
and as long as we slick to relatively orthodox monetary
(credit and interest rate) policies while we're running our
big deficits, they'll not attempt any massive withdrawals
of the dollar balances they have in our country.
Can a clean, simple, straightforward broad lax cut be
put through before this Congress adjourns? Yes.
Should it be put through? Yes.
Will it be put through? That depends on whether to
day's mix of Congressmen with their wildly assorted eco-
nomic-financial-political viewpoints can be pulled together
into a majority that will vote the cut because they under
stand that the longer this economy slides along as it is, the
harder will be the job of reviving it.
Although President Kennedy is waiting for more sta
tistics before he proposes a tax cut, he's also undoubtedly
delaying a move until the trade bill is law and he's surely
testing Congressional sentiment too. He's too politically
shrewd to propose this sort of bill without being certain it'll
pass. Incidentally, as the business .figures come out this
month, they'll enhance the case for a tax reduction. The
economy has been flatcning, is even slipping in some vital
areas now. And there's no new stimulant on the horizon
except this one a tax slash.
What form might a quickie cut take? Fitting the require
ments of simplicity, sicze and breadth could be any number
of combinations.
For instance, individual tax rates could be cut three
points in each bracket dropping the top rate from 91 to
88 per cent and the bottom from 20 to 17 per cent. Each
point cuts taxes $2 billion a year, so this would amount
to an annual slash of $6 billion. The corporation rata also
could be cut three points from 52 to 49 per cent, saving
businessmen SI. 6 billion. The total slash would be $7.6
billion. And in individual terms for a married couple
with two children, an income of $10,000 a year, assuming
tax deductions equal to 10 per cent of the Income the
three point rate reduction would save almost $200,
Or while Individual rales were cut three points, the
corporation rate might be returned to its pre-Korean level
of 47 per cent, saving businessmen $2.6 billion a year. The
total slash then would be $8.8.
Or while the corporation rate was cut to 47 per cent, In
dividuals might be allowed a straight 10 per cent reduction
meaning your weekly withholding tax would be reduced 10
per cent. This would cut taxes $7.2 billion on a yearly basis.
There arc differences In impact as an illustration, the
rale cut would favor the lower income brackets while the
10 per cent cut would favor the upper brackets and there
are many other simple plans too.
The point is to get a quickie, temporary tax slash through
in time to add vigor to our economy now and pave the way
for the big overhaul in 11163.
Selma Youth Killed
In Crash With Car
By United Press International
Two youne men died in I
Oregon traffic accidents
Thursday night, one in South
ern Oregon and the other in
Lane county.
James W. Clouser, 20, of
Selma, was killed when his
motorcycle collided head-on
with a car on U. S. Highway
109 three miles north of Cave
Junction. State Police said the
car, driven by 17-year-old
George H. Martin of Cave
Junction, had pulled out to
pass another auto on the two
lane road.
Clouser was discharged
from the Army only recently.
Harlan John Wolfer, 22, of
McKcnzie Bridge died on
U.S. Highway 126 about 46
miles east of Eugene in a one
car accident. Police said Wolf
er's car failed to negotiate a
turn one-half mile east of the
Cougar Dam road. .
The car left the road, struck
a rock, and threw Wolfer
inlo a small creek.
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Buddies Save Lives
Of Marine, Wile
Camp Pendleton, Calif. -(UPll-A
young Marine and his
wife are alive and in Navy
hospital at Camp Pendleton
today because a pair of bud
dies worried when he didn't
show up for work Thursday
morning.
Doctors here credit Sgt.
Harold D. Baldwin, Memphis,
Tcnn., with saving the lives
of Pfc. Preston E. McGraw,
19, and his wife, Dequcta, 18,
by applying mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation after he and
Cpl. E. Browning 1714 High
way 101, Coos Bay, Ore.,
found the couple unconscious
in their gas-filled house trail
er. Camp authorities said the
couple was overcome when
the pilot light in their heat
er failed.
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DECLARES CANDIDACY - Welfare Secretary Abraham
Kiblcoff told an audience al Hartford, Conn., ' I place my
future in your hands" as he announced his resignation from
the cabinet post and declared his candidacy for the Connecti
cut Democratic nomination to the U. S. Senate. (UP1)
Ribicoff Leaves
Cabinet Job With
Criticism, Praise
Editor's note: When the
Kennedy cabinet took office
18 months ago, there were
predictions that Abraham
Ribicoff would be one of its
brightest stars. The following
dispatch, based on interviews
with Ribicoff and his critics,
explores how well he has
lived up to these forecasts.
Bus Spills Human
Cargo on Roadway
Belleville, Ind. - (UPII - Two
persons were killed and near
ly 40 were injured early to
day when a Greyhound Sccni
cruiser en route from SI.
Louis to New York was rip
ped open and spilled its hu
man cargo over the country
side after colliding with a
big semi-trailer.
Many of the passengers
were asleep when the crash
occurred on heavily-traveled
U.S. 40 near here.
Some of theme were hurl
ed outside as the right side
of the huge bus opened up as
if it had been sheared by a
giant can opener.
Indiana state police said the
accident apparently occurred
when the bus tried to pass
the truck.
By LOUIS CASSELS
Washington - lOT - Abra
ham Ribicoff is ending an 18-
month run as secretary of
health, education and welfare
with what show business calls
mixed notices.
Some criti-s say the hand
some ex-governor of Con
necticut didn't live up to his
advance billing as the smooth
est political operator in the
Kennedy cabinet.
Others say he has turned
in a very creditable perform
ance, considering the diffi
culties of his role.
Ribicoft's own appraisal is:
"I've done the be?l 1 could
. . . I've given this job every
thing I had."
Ribicoff is going home lo
Connecticut to run for Ihe
U.S. Senate. He hopes to be
back in Washington next
January lo resume, as a sen
ator, some of the legislative
battles which he was unable
to win as a cabinet officer.
A cabinet officer has two
principal functions. One is to
administer the affairs of a
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Animals Play Follow the
Leader for Protection
Children are not the only
ones who play the game of
"follow the leader;" many of
the animal species play it, but
more seriously.
For protection, as well as
an easier way of gathering
food, animals form into herds,
flocks or groups under a
recognized leader.
So far no one has arrived
at a definite conclusion as to
why or how a certain mem
ber is selected. There are
many species of animal that
follow a headman, and this
leader is not always the one
who has whipped all the
others either.
It is not necessarily the
oldest or strongest that may
be the leader, although nearly
all creatures recognize the
fact that actual experience,
gained by years of living,
gives an advantage that
should not be completely over
looked. Followed Faithfully
The "boss of the outfit" sel
dom, if ever, has to resort to
force. He or she rules with
out spoken word, and the de
cision always seems to be
faithfully followed by all the
subjects.
There are many examples
of animal actions performed
under directed authority; ele
phants, caribou, crows, herds
of deer, especially in the win
ter time when the snow is
deep, schools of fish, herds of
porpoises, all act under the
supervision of a boss-man.
The so-called blackfish, a
species of whale also known
as the pilot-whale, come to
public attention frequently
when they come ashore on an
ocean beach to die. It is
known that these animals
travel and live under the di
rect command of a leader. It
is suspected that these leaders,
for some unknown reason,
sometimes come ashore and
the entire herd follows, in
what would appear to be a
mass-suicide.
Toe leader of the whale
herd may be a male or a fe
male; may be old or middle
aged, but all members look to
him or her to guide them
safely across the trackless
waters of the world's oceans.
It is believed by many sea
faring folks, that the leader is
selected and holds this exalted
position for years.
Leading to Destruction
No one can say for sure
what happens when that se
lected one decides to run
ashore followed by the faith
ful. Naturally we would sup
pose the members of the
group would be pretty stupid
to follow a leader to certain
destruction.
But, because the crowd fol
lows one who proves to oe a
false leader, does not mean
the individual members are
all dumb. Man himself, who
claims to be very intelligent,
has been known to follow a
dictator to destruction.
Of course, the rodents most
ly "go it alone," every one
for himself. None of the rep
tiles have a leader; no single
one of these creatures has any
confidence in anyone except
himself.
Most insect species, except
bees termites and ants play a
lone hand. To them leader
ship is for the birds, and no
single one desires his or her
head to "lie uneasy because
it must wear a crown."
major federal department.
The other is to help shape
the administration's legisla
tive program, and then push
it through Congress.
It seems to be generally
agreed that Ribicoff has done
a competent job of adminis
tering the vast Health, Educa
tion and Welfare Department,
Wiiich has 70.000 employees
working on 110 separate gov
ernment programs.
Critics center their fire on
his record as a purher
through of legislation. They
note that one of the major
programs for which he was :
responsible - federal aid to i
education - was clobbered in
the House last year. Another
-medical care for the aged
under Social Security - still
is languishing in the House
Ways and Means Committee,
with little prospect of pass
age at this session.
A Disappointment
"Ribicoff has been a disap
pointment here on Capitol
Hill," said one key adminis
tration Democrat in Congress.
"When it comes lo getting
things done in Congress," said
another, "Ribicoff has proved
to be the least effective mem
ber of the Kennedy cabinet."
Ribicoff's defenders con
tend it is unfair to blame him
for the defeat of the educa
tion bill, which became en-;
tangled in religious contro- j
versy growing out of Roman i
Catholic demands for inclu
sion of parochial schools.
They say that Ribicoff's abil- j
ity to maneuver was severely
limited by White House ap-i
prehensions about the politi
cal effect of any compromise
which might be regarded as j
a concession to the Catholic
hierarchy.
As for the medical care
bill, Ribicoff supporters argue
that he succeeded, through
his pitched battle with the
American Medical Associa
tion, in stirring up wide pub- j
lie interest in the issue. They
are convinced that this in-1
tcrcsl will pay off, perhaps
next year, in enactment of the
bill.
The debonair, 52-year-old
political veteran tries to
shrug off the criticism of his
legislative record.
"You won't find Abe Ribi
coff bring a cry baby." he
said. "In this business you
take your lumps and go on
from there."
But a moment later he
spoke, with more than a trace
of bitterness in his voice,
about the usefulness of "scape
goals" in politics. And he
said, only half-humorously:
"If you work out a pro
gram that passes, the senators
lake the credit. If your pro
gram doesn't pass, the secre
tary is a bum.
"They ought lo call this the
department of controversy.
There are powerful, well-organized
interests which op
pose nearly every program
we administer. I feel sorry
for the guv who succeeds me
in this job "
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Negroes Promised
Fight for Freedom
Albany. Ga. - Hit - Martin
Luther King Jr. promised
i more than 1.000 Negroes Jt a
j mass meeting Thursday night
, that he would aid them in
their ficht against segrega
tion "until you are all tree "
i The Negro minister ad
j dressed the orderly crowd
several hours after his unex
pected release from jail,
where he was serving a 45
day sentence for "parading
without a permit'' during an
anti-segrrgation march last
December,
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