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SECTION 2-PAr.K 2 - pi AINDEALER - FRIDAY- MARCH 21, I960 PLAINDEALER Editorial Opinion Tough Tax Talk A Free Ride Japan is spending only about one percent of its national income on defense, depending on the armed forces of the United States, should an emergency arise. Meanwhile, Japan's industry is expanding steadily, taking over U.S. markets, threatening the existence of U.S. steel mills, auto producers, etc. Simultaneously, many U.S. goods are barred from the Japanese market by quotas and tariffs-and in recent years the balance of international trade between the two countries has therefore been heavily in Japan's favor. Some believe it's time, when the U.S. Government goes into the red each year and when not enough money can be found for defense, for straight talk from Washington to Tokyo. Japan might take over a larger share of the defense of democracy in the Far East. She might contribute more, as West Germany is doing, to the cost of maintaining U.S. forces in her part of the world. She could agree to open up more markets to U.S. foodstuffs, and to buy much of the U.S. grain surplus. In short, Japan could act to share the U.S. responsibility for defense and also vigorously support the faltering dollar. The cheap ride has lasted long enough. Learning Basics In the post-war decades, too many U.S. schools-following unproven and often unsound theories-graduated students who couldn't read, or write well. In recent years we've suffered from the results-college graduates who can't speak good English, can't write a decent letter, can't add or multiply. Business failures, drop-outs, misfits, disillusionment etc., are the dividends. Mercifully, the pendulum has begun to swing the other way. More emphasis is now being placed on the basics. It's now been realized once again students can't be very good in anything unless they can read well enough to comprehend, and write well enough to express themselves accurately. Helping in this direction are the Postal Service and the National Council of English teachers. They set aside a recent week as national Letter Writing week. Schools, post offices, business and trade organizations took part. Museums and public libraries were asked to display famous letters, letters which affected the course of history. Anything which encourages Americans to write better English, to spend more time perfecting grammar and self- expression is good. Clear, descriptive writing benefits any individual, and any business or promotional endeavor. It can also give considerable pleasure to readers, preserve worthwhile memories and, occasionally, even change a mind or shape public opinion (as in newspapers). That capability is an art, business, cultural and communications challenge, and achievement, of the highest form. Respectfully, 'i «* / cX * '*"* • • PETERM JLSTtN & SON ftNtRAl KOMI Facts At Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes Feb. 28-March 5. HOUSE Federal Spending--By a vote of 220 for and 176 against, the House approved a $257,449 increase in one part of the House Rules committee budget for 1960. This is a 72 percent increase over 1979 for this section of the committee budget. Overall, the Rules committee expects to spend more than $1.2 million in 1960. The vote, on H Res 552, was one of a series that raised budgets of 21 House committees by $5.3 million over 1979 levels. Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, D-N.Y., a supporter of the increases, said: "If we do not have the manpower and technical resources to keep an eye on the bureaucracy, then we are simply not doing the job." . c» Rep. William Dannemeyer, R-Calif., an opponent, said the House must "set an example for the American people to demonstrate that we really are concerned and sincere about reducing the cost to the taxpayers in government any place we can find." Members voting "yea" favor a 72 percent hike in one part of the 1980 Rules committee budget. Rep. Robert McClory, R-13 voted "nay." Rep. John Anderson, R-16, did not vote. Election Fraud--The House voted, 241 for and 153 against, to dismiss a complaint that Rep. Claude Leach, D-La., won his seat in 1978 because his supporters bought votes. The vote, on H. Res 575, was virtually along party lines, with Democrats voting for and Republicans against. Leach's Republican opponent, Jimmy Wilson, says the congressman's 266-vote victory should be ruled invalid because of charges that $5 payments were made to more than 400 voters. Leach was acquitted of vote-buying charges in federal court; 22 other defendants have entered guilty pleas. Rep. John Burton, D-Calif., who supported dismissing the complaint, said there is no proof that enough votes were bought to affect the outcome of the election. Rep. Samuel Devine, R-Ohio, an opponent, called rejection of the election challenge "another example of the majority party sweeping allegations of wrongdoing under the rug." Members voting "yea" favor upholding Leach's election. McClory voted "nay." Anderson did not vote. Refugees--By a vote of 207 for and 192 against, the House approved the conference report on a bill (S 643) raising from 17,500 to 50,000 the minimum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. The impetus for the bill is the surge of people fleeing Indochina. Under the bill, which was sent to the White House, a president can permit more than 50,000 refugees into the country after consultation with Congress. The conference report omitted House-approved language permitting a "legislative veto" of any presidential effort to go above 50,000, and this omission caused many members to oppose the legislation. Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., a supporter, called the bill "(me of the mo6t important pieces of humanitarian legislation ever enacted by a U.S. Congress." Rep. Caldwell Butler, R-Va., an opponent, said the F o r Y o u r I n f o r m a t i o n ' Dear friends. Your funeral director hat b»«n trained by •ducatlon, apprenticeship, and experience to perform hit mission with calm assurance • to counsel, to help, to reassure the bereaved family. There are decisions about the funeral service that only the family can make • the director can only offer professional advice when requested. Psssst. . .want a hot number? Try 800-252-8972. It will get you something important at this time of year - cool clear answers to your Illinois tax questions. That toll-free number (or 641-2150 in Chicago and 782- 3336 in Springfield) will connect you with one of 25 Illinois Department of R e v e n u e t a x p a y e r assistance operators. "Chances are excellent the operator who answers your call will be able to handle your question on the spot," according to Ernie Prosperini, manager of the Taxpayer Information division. "They have an amazing amount of knowledge at their finger­ tips." V If not, she (or he, if you get the lone male in the ranks) will know who can help. In addition to en­ cyclopedia-like knowledge of department operations and state tax regulations, the operators have another talent - the ability to keep cool. That ability is tested daily. Tough or complex questions can't throw them - they've heard most of them before. Nor can callers who don't speak English. A Spanish-speaking operator is on duty and bilingual Department of Revenue personnel -- who speak Polish, Indian and Viet­ namese among many other tongues - are called upon when needed. Questions outside the department's jurisdiction are all in a day's work. Many people - especially the elderly -- feel taxpayer assistance includes any assistance a taxpayer might need. The operators regularly field calls from people who need help deciphering utility bills, applying for federal aid or, in one case, setting up a tax- exempt organization in Utah. As state employees, the operators can't spend a lot of time on such calls, but they help out whenever they can, often referring the caller to another source, said supervisor Marjorie Ap- penzeller. Even run-of-the-mill rudeness can't make an operator lose her cool. In fact, according to Ronda Kincaid, there is a special satisfaction when a caller begins the call swearing at the operator and concludes with thanks for the help and an apology for the rudeness. And a pleasant caller can make an operator's day. Some callers blame the operators for the whole tax system, and some are furious because their refund hasn't arrived (often through their own error). Sexism abounds. If an enraged caller demands "to talk to the boss", any male voice will do, the operators find. Alan Jacobs, the lone male operator, handles many such calls. Jacobs is not immune to abuse, however: one caller, who thought he was taking too long in looking up an answer yelled "What are you, blind?" "Yes, I am," answered Jacobs, who is. Reference materials in braille and a talking calculator help him handle his share of calls. Most angry taxpayers can be reasoned with and calmed down. Then there are the others. Heavy breathers and smut freaks get a quick dial- tone in their ear. And there are the - well, the little old lady who used to call daily, haranguing whoever answered, accusing the department of being staffed by Communists; the man who identified himself as a minister and called in early every morning in an inebriated condition; the inmate of a mental in­ stitution who called 30 to 40 times a day before his telephone privileges were taken away. '0* rrmrmrrn KNOW YOUR ARIA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST The hardest to deal with are the lonely - usually the elderly who call, sometimes on pretext of asking a question, but really just to talk to someone. Sometimes, the most satisfied customers are the most difficult to deal with. They ask the operators for dates, invite them to lunch, send them gifts ~ all of which must be refused. One woman was invited on a trip. Another was sent an ex­ pensive calculator. The sender wouldn't take it back, so it became state property. , Certainly, the life of a Department of Revenue t a x p a y e r a s s i s t a n c e operator is never dull. But the oddball calls are just distractions from the business at hand: providing quick, accurate answers to your tax questions. More of those questions come each year. Last year, calls totalled more thin half a million, an increase of more than 20 percent over the previous year's total. And the service is getting better than ever, Prosperini said. Operators are receiving intensive training and five more operators will be added soon for even quicker service. So if you have a question, don't hesitate to call. Here are a few hints for quickest possible service: Lunchtime may seem a logical time to call, but it also seems logical to about half the other 2,000 or more daily callers. You'll get through faster any time other than 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday and Tuesday^ are the busiest days - Friday the slowest. Operators are on duty 5 days a week, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hours will be expanded as the tax deadline ap­ proaches. Phone lines will be open Saturday, April 12. In a d d i t i o n , t a x p a y e r assistance operators will be available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on both Monday, April 14, and deadline day, Tuesday, April 15. Illinois 100 Years Ago St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Grant, and the Puzzle Illinoisans were somewhat handicapped in their ob­ servances of the two big days of March, 1880-St. Patrick's day and Easter. Ireland was suffering from one of its famine periods and, as the Chicago Evening Journal expressed it, "the (Irish) societies have very sensibly decided to do away with the street parade and to devote the money Which would otherwise be devoted to fuss, feathers and music to the relief of their starving fellow countrymen in Ireland" Peoria and Rock Island also cancelled their parades. (There was a parade in St. Louis, but half of the city's societies decided not to participate.) Although the parades were cancelled, high Mass was celebrated at the Catholic .churches and there were n u m e r o u s l e c t u r e s , banquets, and balls. The St. Patrick's society banquet at Chicago's Grand Pacific hotel included the drinking of 12 toasts, and Gov. Shelby M. Cullom presided at the "grand entertainment" of the Hibernian Rifles at the E x p o s i t i o n b u i l d i n g . Proceeds from these and other celebrations in Chicago as well as those in Rock Island and Peoria went to the Irish relief fund. Overflow crowds attended the state's churches on Easter Sunday,- although Springfield's Illinois State Journal complained of the "unfavorable" weather. There were services prac­ tically all day in most churches-several in the morning, the children's Sunday school programs in the afternoon, and an evening service. The chicago Journal noted that at Grace Episcopal church "the services were long and i m p r e s s i v e , l a s t i n g f r o m 10:45 till nearly 2 o'clock." Typically "the floral decorations were lavish and beautiful." Among other stories that claimed the attention of Illinois papers during March a hundred years ago, ac­ cording to a random check of the newspaper files in the For Compliance Checklist legislative veto should have been kept in the bill because "it would restore to the Congress...control of the number of refugees, and that is where the Constitution places it" Members voting "yea" want more refugees allowed into the U.S. McClory voted "nay." Anderson did not vote. SENATE 'Feds' v. States--The Senate passed, 55 for and 36 against, a bill giving the federal attorney general authority to file suits in behalf of persons allegedly mistreated in state mental hospitals, prisons and other institutions. Federal intervention would be justified on grounds that an individual's constitutional rights had been violated. The bill (HR 10) was sent to conference with the House. Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., a supporter, said the bill would benefit "those people who do not have anybody to bring a suit for them," such as "children tied to their beds...choked to death...adults wrapped up in restraints, straitjackets, for months at a time." Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., an opponet, said "the federal government had better clean up its own institutions before they go calling upon the states and trying to control the institutions in the states." Senators voting "yea" want the Justice department to be able to initiate suits in behalf of persons in state institutions. Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "yea." Sen. Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "nay." Unemployment Benefits--The Senate rejected, 23 for and 69 against, an amendment to allow a person to receive unemployment compensation at the same time he or she gets a pension based on work for the former employer. Left standing by this vote is a new prohibition against simultaneous receipt of full jobless and pension benefits stemming from service with- the same employer. The prohibition, due to take effect March 30, does not affect pension benefits from jobs unrelated to the unemployment claim. The vote came during debate on a bill (HR 4612) dealing with federal benefits for disabled children and the unemployed. The bill was sent to conference with the House. Sen. Jacob Javits, R-N.Y., a supporter of the amendment, said it was "the height of inequity to deprive (individuals) of unemployment compensation to which they are rightfully entitled..." Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., an opponent, said "it is not right for that person, who just retired, to go down and then draw unemployment compensation" Senators voting "nay" favor the prohibition due to take effect March 30. Stevenson voted "yea." Percy voted "nay." ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? * sessssssssss Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL XUUI SAIL 3K-5418 LORRAINE HONAHAN 3S5-5475 The newly-revised 1980 edition of EEO Compliance Checklist has been published by the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. The 20-page booklet, containing the latest c h a n g e s i n e q u a l e m ­ ployment opportunity rules and regulations, is a must for every manager who deals in hiring, training, promoting and firing em­ ployees. Included are the EEOC's SERVICE LINE McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 385-4300 FAMILY SERVICE t MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. 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BIRTHRIGHT Pregnant' Need Help? Counseling Service. 385-2999. 24 hour Answering Service. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 4719 W. Elm St., McHenry Phone: 3^4-3240 24 hour Crisis Intervention and Confidential Counseling for youth and families Are you concerend about your ongry feelings toward your children' 24 hour Parental Stress Line 344-3944 ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217 522 5514 Answer to questions on government •i equlolions MENTAL HEALTH 1 800-892-8900 (Crisis Center Line for AAcHenry Co. 24Hour Emergency number °nd professional staff will onswer your call. Sponsoring ogency- McHenry County Comprehensive Mental Health Service System. Illinois State Historical library in Springfield, was the trip of Gen. U.S. Grant from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to Galveston. The ship ran into several storms and some reports expressed fears that it may have been sunk. A Chicago Inter Ocean reporter wrote that "no sooner had the steamer stood out on the Gulf than a most terrific sea was en­ countered and a norther set in with a vengeance. Nearly all the passengers were deadly sick and very much frightened." That was on Thursday night and on "Sunday night all the demons of the wind were let loose again. Monday saw but little improvement and that night the roaring of the wind and the lashing of the waves was simply terrible." But the ship, City of Mexico, arrived safely at Galveston at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday to a tumultuous welcome. The fad of the month was a puzzle best known as "13-15- 14" but also called the "Gem Puzzle," "jBoss Puzzle," and the "Brain Cracker." The Chicago Journal said, " 'Mathematical delirium tremens' is the scientific expression for an over-dose of 13-15-14." The puzzle consisted of a square box filled with 15 numbered blocks. The blocks were arranged four to a row-top row, 1-2-3-4; second row, 5-6- 7-8; third row, 9-10-11-12; and bottom row, 13-15-14- thus l e a v i n g o n e s p a c e f o r maneuvering. The blocks were to be slid around (not lifted out) and the object was to line up the bottom row 13- 14-15. The Springfield Journal headed one puzzle story "An Infernal Invention-The Latest Mania that Has Af­ flicted the Country." The Rock Island Daily Union carried a detailed description of the actions of a man in Erie, Pa., who had been driven insane by the puzzle; other papers had abbreviated versions of the same story. But no paper published a solution or said whether there was one. T w o L i n c o l n - r e l a t e d stories appeared in the March, 1880, Illinois papers. One concerned the death on March 7 of Robert L. Wilson, who had served in the Illinois legislature with Lincoln as a member of the "Long Nine." 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