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By SYLVIA PORTER
Cepyrif k, Hall SwalkM. Inc.
'FLAGELLATION OF THE BOOKKEEPERS
Congress has completed the spring rite of "flagellation
of the booKKeepers," tne U.S. Treasury now has permission
to borrow money to pay tne bills Congress itself has run ud.
en "unthinkable" national financial crisis has been averted
at literally the last minute, and the mess won't become front
page news again until August
To put it in financial terms: Congress has voted to hike
the ceiling on the public debt from a strangling $305 billion
to $307 billion until July and to $309 billion between July
1 and Aug. 31.
Had Congress not done this a week ago, the public debt
could have pierced the ceiling last Friday, and technically,
part of our government's debt might have become illegal.
Had this occurred, it is conceivalbe that the legality of some
of this nation's I.O.Uj could have been successfully chal
lenged in the courts and chaos might have resulted. Even
"Mr. Debt Limit" himself Virginia's Democratic Senator
Byrd admits this.
As a lid on U.S. Government spending, the debt ceiling
has been an monumental failure since it was initially placed
at $28 billion in 1918.
With minor interruptions, it has gone up and up and
the all-time record of $309 billion won't stand long either.
The ceiling must be raised by many billions more in late
summer. As Treasury Secretary Dillon cried out when he
was pleading with the lawmakers to raise the limit on time,
"let no one labor under the delusion that the debt ceiling
is either a sane or effective instrument for control of fed
eral expenditures . . ." Yes, and let no one hide from these
realities:
It is in administration which propose, th U. S. go
rnment budget, and it is in th White House that most
spending programs originate.
It is Congress which votes the spending which has
swelled our budget to th bggeit ever. Congress and Con
gress alone has the power to say "yes" or "no" to the
spending programs.
It is the state of the U.S. economy which basically de
termines whether taxes collected on our paychecks and
profits will be sufficient to cover the spending programs
Congress votes.
It is the Treasury which raises the money to finance the
approved programs. If our paychecks and profits produce
enough tax income to cover the outgo, all the "bookkeepers"
need do is use the tax money to pay the bills. If our pay
checks and profits do not produce enough tax income to
cover the outgo, the bookkeepers must borrow the funds
and thereby increase the national debt. There are no other
alternatives.
The debt ceiling is a traditional symbol of restraint on
government spending. It does compel the country to face
up to the extent to which government spending is exceeding
income and thus is forcing borrowing which raises the debt,
but it does not limit the spending. There isn't a Congressman
who doesn't know that if he wants to curb the rise in the
national debt, he can do so via his votes on spending pro
grams and taxes. There isn't a Congressman who doesn't
know that, if his votes create a deficit in the budget, the
Treasury must borrow to finance it and boost the debt.
There isn't a Congressman who doesn't know that when he
votes against a boost in the debt limit made imperative by
his own actions, he is just indulging in "flagellation of the
bookkeepers."
Here's the record of debt ceilings under the GOP ad
ministration of Eisenhower and the Democratic administra
tion of Kennedy to date. In billions.
Year President Permanent Ceiling
$275
$275
$283
$285
$285
$285
$285
$285
$285
$285
Two Wheel Safety
In City Of Cycles
Ceiling
' 1955
1356
1358
1353
1380
1961
1962
1962
1963
1963
Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Kennedy
Kennedy
Kennedy
Kennedy
"Temporary'
$281
$278
$288
$295
$293
$298
$300
$308
$307-$309
$315-$320?
Private Financing Builds Housing
Buenos Aires - (UPD - A mid-,
die -income apartment house
project, financed jointly by
the Argentine Government
and U.S. private investors,
was dedicated here recently.
; It was reported to be the
first housing development to
. be built with outside private
r capital in Argentina since the
; atart of the Alliance for Prog
;? ress Latin American aid pro
i gram.
jj Thirty -five buildings con
s' taining 1,050 apartments,
landscaped and grouped
't around a central plaza, are
scheduled for completion in
18 months. Nearoy, on mc
western outskirts of Buenos
Aires, a housing development
-..:u o inn hnmM t tn he built
W1U1 U,UUU .iv.'.v
by the same firm COVIFAM
(Constructor de vivienoas
Familiares.)
Shares in COVIFAM are
kAu v.r All stati Pronerties.
Inc.. which has constructed
living units in New York,
Baltimore, Washington and
Miami, the American Interna
linns i Hnnsinff Corporation,
private Argentine investors
and the Argentine govern
ment. More than 1,000 persons at
tended the dedication cere
monies marking completion of
ho first sn-annrtment unit.
niortne Aires Mnvor Alber
to Prebisch said in a dedica
tion speech that a nousing
ehnrtaoa urRR On Ot the City'S
greatest problems and that it
was "good" to see a building
actually completed to meet
tha cVtirtatTA
Jerome W o 1 k, executive
Radio Heyday Duo
Return in Series
Kniv Ynrlc - (UPD - An as
sociation dating back to the
heyday of radio will be re
stahlishpH in television when
comedy writer Don Quinn be
comes story consultant on
Paul Kenning' new series
which will star Bea Benaderet
on CBS-TV in the fall.
Quinn gave Henning his
start in radio by hiring him
for writing assignments on
the Fibber McGee and
Xfnllv" rariin shows back in
1937. Henning is creator, writ
nfwliirr of the DODU'
lar R.v-rlv Hillbillies"
video series, in which Miss
Benaderet is one of the prin
cipals.
I
vice president of All State
Properties, said that "even
with current difficulties,"
COVIFAM planned to con
tinue work on the housing
project.
Tourist Trade
High lii Austria
Vienna - (UPD - Austria takes
great pride in its tourist op-portunities-and
well it might.
Foreign tourist trade ac
counted for 19 per cent of the
Austrian income last year and
covered 97 - per cent of her
chronic foreign trade deficit.
The country's three greatest
festivals are among the major
attractions.
From mid-May to June 18,
the Vienna festival offers con
certs, operas and special open-
air events throughout the city.
The Western province of
Vorarlberg hosts the Bregenz
festival from July 18 to Aug,
19 with operettas and ballets
on the floating stage of Lake
Constance. ,
One of the most famous
music festivals in the world
is held at Mozart's birth place,
Salzburg, from July 28 to
Aug. 31. The event includes
opera, drama, chamber music,
and orchestra and solo per
formances by such well-
known artists as Herbert von
Karajan, Elizabeth Schwarz
kopf and Nathan Milstein.
Vienna itself is the out
standing draw. The capital is
still as full of me, -gemuei-lichkeit"
(an untranslat able
word meaning an enjoyable
atmosphere) and song as it
was under the Hapsburg em
pire, though it lies only 40
miles from the Iron Curtain.
Even In the summer months,
when the theaters and operas
close and the Viennese take
their vacation there is still
enough to see and do.
There are excellent res
taurants, ("weiner schnitzl
"Knoedel'' dumplings . . . "),
outdoor concerts and mu
Mums .
STARTED IN WEST
Tulsa, Okla. UTS Singer
Patti Page started her profes
sional career on a country
and western music show
broadcast by a Tulsa radio
station. One of her first big
hiU was "Tennessee Waltz."
Try and Stop Mo
-By BENNETT CERF-
HARPO MARX once went down to the Pasadena railroad
Stat;. in tn ru . .l.n.rl1ins frion4 . . k. f .
He was engaging in some characteristic clowning on the
nlatfnrm wk.n km mIi'u
two prissy old ladies eaz.
ins at him with undis
guised horror from the
diner of the train his
friend was hoarding im
pulsively, Harpo jumped
aboard, rushed un tn the
women's table, sprinkled
salt on their menu and
gulped it down.
The women did not re
act as he expected. One
of them calmly summon
ed the steward and com
manded. "Kinrtlv siv nc
another menu. This person has eaten ours."
The Irascible head man in a big industrial combine has a per
sonal secretary who is invaluable but also is an inveterate stut
terer. This failing often drives the head man to distraction. One
morning he exploded, "Tompkins, I've just conceived a wonderful
plan to cure your stuttering." "W-w-wh&t is it?" asked the
secretary eagerly. The head man snapped, "Just keep that big
mouth of yours shut!"
How true," sighed George Jessel the other evening, "that be
hind every successful man there stands a woman with her
attorney."
OVERHEARD:
At Penn Station: "It's thirty years today since my wife setl
she hasn't shut it since." 1
her trap for me and
O lsst, by Bennett Ce
liatributed bjr Xing Features Sradlcate
Homestead, Fla. - IUPD -
This Florida city is known as
the city of bicycles" and that
is not a misnomer, consider
ing one in every three vehicles
on its streets is a bike.
But more than being an
important place for bicycle
usage, it is a pace-setter in
bicycle safety.
Drive down any number of
streets in this Miami-area
community and you see
bright blue, rectangular signs
along the roadway. "Bicycle
Safety Route," they read.
The unique signs went up
early this year to designate
special streets where bicycl
ists - children and adults
alike - can ride with relative
ly greater safety than on
more heavily traveled, higher-speed
traffic arteries. The
bicycle boulevards, for the
most part, parallel main
streets. They lead to impor
tant commercial and recrea
tion areas and connect resi
dential areas with schools and
playgrounds.
Bicycle Safety Plan
rne nrst-in-tne-nation bi
cycle safety plan was plan
ned, promoted and financed
by the Taul Dudley White Bi
cycle Club of Homestead. The
organization hopes ultimately
to have bicycle streets from
which automobiles are bar
red altogether but it behves
the present program is an im
portant first step.
The idea behind the bicycle
safety route signs was to
mark safe routes, but city
officials noted a curious side
effect; motorists drive slower
along streets posted with the
signs, although they are un
der no legal compulsion to do
so (except normal speed
limits).
On the day the safety signs
were put up, route maps and
explanatory memos were dis
tributed to every grade and
junior high school student in
Homestead, where mere than
800 children ride bikes to
school each day. A member
of the Homestead police de
partment visited each class
room to give a short talk
about the signs and bicycle
safety in general.
Promote Sign Idea
With Mr. and Mrs. George
Fiohter providing much of
the push, the Bicycle Club
promoted the safety sign idea
and won support of numer
ous individuals and civic or
ganizations. The city council
approved the idea and 300
signs were ordered through
the Dade County Traffic En
gineering Division (not at
public expense). The more
than $1,000 cost for prepara
tion and installation of the
signs was raised in a variety
of ways by the Bicycle Club
and the Homestead Chamber
of Commerce.
The Bljycle Club is follow-
ing up the sign project with
a massive bicycle satety eau
cation campaign and, with po
lice department cooperation,
Homestead soon will have a
system of bicycle inspection
ana registration.
Prevent Accidents
Homestead Mayor Richard
J. Conley is convinced motor
ists are taking the signs ser
iously and ultimately they
may prevent a number of ac
cidents. "The short message
on each sign tells a big
story," he said.
Writing to the sponsors of
the program, Police chief Wll-
Ham S. Gillespie said this:
A program of this type has
been sorely needed in Home
stead, indeed, in every city. . .
As a police officer, and as the
father of two children, it is
my pleasure, and my duty, to
pledge my wholehearted sup
port." .
School Students Are
Juvenile Diplomats
Kansas City, Mo. - (UPD -Five
hundred thousand ele
mentary and high school stu
dents have become personal
diplomats for their nations
during the past school year,
reports People-to-People.
That's the number of
youngsters In 47 states and 60
foreign countries who are par
ticipating in the organization's
School and Classroom Pro
gram which matches class
rooms in the United States
with counterparts abroad. The
classes exchange letters, scrap-
books, tape recordings and
school projects.
Hostels Might
Spur Travel
Front Abroad
By ED. F. O'CONNOR Jr.
Beverly Hills, Calif.-IUPD. -
America's best ambassadors
are foreigners who return
home after a visit to the Unit
ed States, according to a man
who should know.
The man is Antony J. Stute,
vice president of Augustea In
ternational, Inc., a foreigner
himself - but not for long.
Born in England of Ameri
can parents and soon to be
come an American citizen.
Stute has made an intensive
study of world travel for his
firm, which operates 1,200
motor coaches (buses) In Eu
rope. "The best ambassadors for
America are people who have
been here," Stute said. "If you
could expose more Europeans
to American efficiency it
might wake them up, by the
contrast to the fact, that their
system is antiquated."
He said the average Europ
ean has an exaggerated fear
of cost about coming to the
United States.
"Europeans definitely have
the idea that everything in the
United States is abnormally
high priced," he said. "The
average European traveler is
a shopkeeper or a retailer in
the middle-income bracket.
He's shrewd. He wants the
most he can get for his mon
ey.
"We sell Europe to Amer
icans for $14 or $15 a day, in
cluding transportation, meals,
sightseeing and first class ho
tels. The equivalent cost to see
America would be about 50
per cent higher."
Stute said things have been
improving since 1962, when
the U.S. government launched
a Visit the U.S.A. campaign
and made it easier for foreign
tourists to come here by eas
ing restrictions.
But one phase of It drew
near ridicule from the Europ
ean press and seasoned Euro
pean travelers, Stute said.
"With true American en
thusiasm, but with little fi
nesse, the campaign was
launched," he said. "It was
good. But it was overdone by
saying visitors could see Am
erica on $5 a day."
Stute noted that America's
facilities are superb. "There
are no finer in the world."
But he suggested establish
ment by the U.S. government
of low cost hostels to house
European travelers while in
America.
THURSDAY. JUNE I. 1113
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nation's 17 million stockhold
ers, some 5 million are house
wives, according to the Amer
ican Petroleum institute.
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