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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
FRIDAY. JULY 27. 1962
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Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
WHAT A PERCENTAGE TAX CUT WOUD MEAN TO YOU
When income taxes are cut across-the-board for Individuals
and corporations - and the question is not "if" but only
exactly "when" - the impact on you, as an individual tax
payer, will depend, of course, on the way the cut is worked
out.
Early this week, I reported in precise dollar terms how
you would be affected if the tax reduction should take the
form of a three-point cut in rates in each bracket. This pro
posal has considerable support as a quick, simple, substantial,
broad reduction and if this were the form, the largest per
centage benefits would go to lower-income families.
Under another popular plan, there would just be a per
centage cut in tax liabilities across-the-board and this to is
favored as a quick, simple, substantial, broad teduclion on
which the Congress might compromise.
Tha impact on you of this perctnlagt tax cut would ba
considerably different from tha imact on you of a point re
duction in lax rates, for a percentage cut would primarily
favor the higher income brackets.
To be specific, here's how a 12'j per cent reduction in
tax liabilities would affect married taxpayers with two
children and with taxable incomes -' meaning incomes after
all deductions and exemptions have been taken - of the fol
lowing amounts.
Your
Taxable You You Would You Would
Income Now Pay Pay Savt
; 3on $ en $ 52 $ 8
1,20(1 420 368 52
2,100 240 210 52
3.000 BOO 525 75
4,800 S76 854 122
6,600 1,372 1,200 172
11,100 2.486 2,175 311
15.600 3.800 3.325 475
20,100 5.318 4.653 665
42,600 15,976 13.979 1,997
87,600 44,724 39,134 5,590
447,600 356.956 312,336 44,620
897,600 776,456 670,649 95,807
Until Congress actually goes home, the tax reduction
Specific Research Inconclusive
On Size of Classes in Schools
story for 1962 will not be completed. The situation is
changing not only from day to day but also from hour to
hour. The sides for an against are not nearly as inflexible
as daily headlines suggest. The economic statistics which will
be coming out as Congress plods toward adjournment will be
adding to pressures for a bold move to avert the next re
cession. As fluid as the timing at this stage is tha form of an In
dividual tax reduction. The corporation tax reduction -would
ba simple. The present top corporation tax rat is
52 per cent. It would be reduced at least to 49 per cent,
quit possibly to 47 per cent - with each point reduction
amounting to an annual lax slash for corporations of ap
proximately a half-billion dollars or a total cut of from
$1.5 to $2.5 billion.
But on the' form of the individual cut, there is much
disagreement. In addition to the point and percentage re
duction plan- are these proposals.
(1) The Chamber of Commerce plan. Under this, the top
Individual tax rate would be cut from 91 to 65 per cent; the
lowest rate would be cut to 15 per cent on the first $1,000
as against 20 per cent on the first $2,000 today; rates in be
tween would be scaled down proportionately. Within the
Administration, there is important support for this plan.
(2) The plan for a $200 increa.se in the per capita ex
emption. This is favored by labor groups because it would
concentrate the benefits in the lowest income brackets.
(3) The plan for a five-point reduction in the first bracket
only. This too would concentrate benefits in the lower in
come groups.
At this writing, the odds are the Administration would
accept almost any tax cut Congress would vote. If Congress
says "no" and our economy moves from this faltering advance
into a downslide, those of us who have closely followed this
story will know where to place the blame - and no amount
of political buck-passing will cover the truth.
Sewing Machine
To Stitch Shces
100 Years Old
New York - tUPD - For most
nf us, except a few barefoot
backwoodsmen, next month
should be one to observe as
a pleasant centennial.
It was in Auus., 1862 - a
time when the massing of the
greatest armed forces the na
tion had known to that time
had in itfclf created an un
precedented demand for
footwear - that a Boston civ
il engineer and industrialist
commercially launched what
became known as the McKay
sewing macinhe.
The National Shoe Institute
said that for the first lime
the upper and the sole of a
shoe could be sewn together
by machine.
Before that time, many
shoes had been assembled in
homes, where the parts were
farmed out by shops. Often
the sole was attached to the
upper by pegs or by nails
and there was a minor supply
industry of about 35 mills
and shops whoc chief func
tion in the early part nf the
last Century was turning oul
shoe pegs.
With the McKay machine,
output got to 600 pairs a day
In 1862; by the end of 1863.
about 200 machines were in
use, turning out 2 S million
pairs for the year.
Those figures were amaz
ing then.
Now, the approximately
B50 manufacturers in the U.S.
shoe industry produce 640
million pairs a year, or about
30 per cent of the world's to
tal outpul of leather-type
footwear. The American pub
lic openris about $4 6 billion
year for them, with a rhnirc
nf inO.000 new shoe styles
and patterns
But shoe manufacturers
need to be speei y The insti
tute says that the public buys
on in average well over 3
million pairs a day.
Salem-'ITI'-The State Board
of Aeronautics said Wednes
day that ripped wing re
suited in the crash of a light
plane at Lebanon July 4.
killing two Albany residents
and injuring third.
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Repeal of Gas
Tax Law Urged
Hazel Dell, Wash. - WH
Rep. Norman Howard ID-
Portland) here Thursday urg
ed the repeal of Washington
tax laws "which result in the
double taxation of Oregon
truck drivers."
Howard made the statement
at a meeting of the Oregon
and Washington interim leg
islative committees. He head
ed the Oregon delegation.
He was referring to tax
laws which require fees on
truck fuel purchased outside
of Washington but used with
in its state's borders.
The Washington gas tax is
712 cents per gallon as com
pared to the Oregon gas tax
of 6 cents per gallon.
By DAVID NYDICK
UPI Education Specialist
Your child's class assign
ment in the fall will be an
important concern to him.
yourself, and school officials.
The school staff has spent
many hours developing a
philosophy for grouping chil
dren most effectively lor
learning.
School population and size
dictate the number of students
in each class and the number
of classes possible.
The number of students as
signed to each teacher has
many implications for instruc
tion. Most educators feel that
an elementary teacher can
handle 25 pupils quite ade
quately. When the number
rises above 30, the quality of
instruction may suffer. In the
secondary school, the suggest
ed number varies with the
subject. A laboratory class
needs close supervision while
a lecture class may be quite
large.
Program Dictates Siia
Specific research does not
appear to be conclusive. The
proper class size depends
upon the type of instruction
and is closely related to the
aims of the curriculum pro
gram.
You often hear reference
to homogeneous or hetero
geneous grouping. Homo
geneous grouping Is the ar
rangement of classes with em
phasis upon sameness, chil
dren with similar ability and
performance are placed to
gether. Those in favor of this
method believe the teacher
can, more easily, reach the
group. She will adjust her in
struction to the level of each
section. Opponents believe
there is a lack of stimulation
in slow groups.
Heterogeneous grouping Is
a mixed type in that classes
are arranged to include stu
dents with a variety of ability
levels. Those in favor of this
method indicate that the situa
tion is life-like and important
to social adjustment. Oppo
nents believe that the vast
differences are most difficult
for the teacher to handle.
In reality there are many
logical arguments on both
sides.
Where does this leave you
as a parent? The philosophy
which the school chooses is a
professional matter. Your in
terest, in either case, is natur
ally the proper placement of
your child. Your altitude to
wards the teacher and the
group Is an important factor.
Don't Accent Competition
In the homogeneous group
situation, it is important that
you don't emphasize the com
petitive angle. Neither you
nor the school should attempt
to hide the level of the group.
You could indicate to children
in the slow groups that this
will give them an opportunity
to learn more easily. An atti
tude of confidence on your
part will go a long way to
wards providing security to
the child. The students In the
top groups should realize that
with their ability goes respon
sibility. Your continued em
phasis of pleasure can create
an unhealthy competition.
In heterogeneous grouping
situations these same attitudes
should exist. You will find
that most teachers will group
by ability within their class
reading groups, etc.
Encouragement and secur
ity are important. You should
be realistic. You or the school
can not hide a child's ability,
or lack of it, from himself.
On the contrary, the well ad
justed child recognizes his
ability and learns to cope
with himself and competition.
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John Glenn's Orbital Flight
Said Proof 13 Not Unlucky
By DICK WEST
Washington aw - Most
of the scientific information
obtained from astronaut John
H. Glenn's
space flight
has now been
c o r r e 1 a ted
and evaluat
ed. Among oth
er things, the
first U. S. or-
ital mission
cr e d i t e d
with shatter
ing the superstition that 13 is
an unlucky number.
At least, that is the inter
pretation placed on the flight
by the Anti-Superstition So
ciety of Chicago.
The society, which makes a
practice of defying evil signs
and portents, empowered one
of its members, Senate Re
publican Leader Everett M.
Dirksen, to hold a special
meeting here in Glenn's hon
or. Dirksen accordingly reser
ved the Senate conference
room for the hour of 10:13
a.m. Wednesday.
Then, having called tha
meeting to order by break
ing a mirror, ha praientad
Glenn with a watch whona
dial markings show tha fig
ure 13 rather than the uiu
al numerali.
The ceremony wa- in rec
ognition of tiie fact that the
space capsule in which Glenn
rode around the earth was
the 13th to be launched by
the United States.
The society seems to feel
that because Glenn got safe
ly up and down in the cap
sule there is no need for the
rest of us to worry about the
number 13 bringing us bad
luck. But is that the valid as
sumption? The way I see it, all that
Glenn proved was that 13 ap
parently has no malignant
powers in upper, or outer
space.
It may ba that tha radi
ation belt encircling tha
earth neutralizes the num
ber's malevolent signals.
Or it may be that a iinx
can't operate in a state of
weightlessness.
Whatever the explanation,
I believe it would be folly to
assume that 13's quiescent
behavior in orbit means that
it bodes no malice on the
ground.
And here's another thing
thai should jar the Anti-Superstition
Society's compo
sure: Glenn, in accepting the
watch from Dirksen, com
mented that 13 was his lucky
number.
In my view, it is Just as
superstitious to feel that 13
will bring you good luck as
it is to feel that it will bring
you bad luck.
It would therefore appear
that the society may have
been premature in conclud
ing that 13 was not a factor
in the flight.
Future astronauts undoubt
edly will provide more data
on the question of supersti
tion In space. Until then, bet
better keep your finger
crossed.
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