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/ t PAGE 14 -PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9,1972 EDITORIALS The War On Crime In the last three years indictments of criminal syndicate figures have increased by 63 per cent, according to John Hushen, director of public information in the Department of Justice. This is a result, Hushen says, of President Nixon's specific in­ structions to the department - to wage an all-out effort to loosen the grip organized crime has fastened on many parts of the nation. Henry Petersen, head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, recently agreed the federal government is now winning its war against organized crime. The beginning of the current major effort dates to 1954 and the effort got into high gear in 1961; the last three years, however, have seen the peak in eighteen-year war, Petersen says. The number of arrests of crime's higher ups is so high today the organization is certain to be depleted if the same <bll continues in future years. The major new weapons in the war are grand juries' power to use court-authorized wiretap evidence, the new authority to grant immunity to implicated individuals who testify and the recently- received power of law officers to compel witnesses to testify (despite the Fifth Amendment) if they are guaranteed such testimony will not be used against them. The concentration on law and order has obviously produced results, which is heartening to most Americans. Future Of Lotteries Interest in lotteries continues to increase in the United States; Connecticut, which inaugurated a state-run lottery only five months ago, is reportedly preparing to establish a million dollar prize as an innovation to increase interest. Other states are con­ sidering establishment of state-xun lotteries. Proponents of the lottery argue that a certain amount of gam­ bling is inevitable, and has long been going on, with organized crime enjoying the profits. State-run lotteries redirect that money into the state treasury, eliminating the necessity of new taxes in some cases, and guaranteeing the lottery customer a fair chance. Proponents also point out that state-run lotteries are no less a gamble than farming or many other professions. Of course, some churches and many moralists and idealists have long opposed state-run lotteries on principle and in many states chances of enacting a lottery are almost nil. Nevertheless, the idea is spreading and gaining adherents. More and more people feel its merits outweigh objections. Pollution Solution The Federal Trade commission, which critics claim has slum­ bered peacefully through recent years, recently took a timid action in the acutely serious field of water pollution. It proposed that soap manufacturers include a warning on detergent boxes that phosphates cause water pollution. While this would be better than nothing, a little better, it is almost certain to have little corrective effect on a water pollution problem growing by leaps and bounds almost monthly. Though soap manufacturers attacked the proposal immediately, after which a hearing was announced--three months later--it seems this federal action is at least partially aimed at protecting the manufacturers from really effective and vigorous (and perhaps costly) anti-pollution action. Already one county in New York State has announced a ban on the sale of detergents, and other counties and state governments are considering action. Thus a warning label and a hearing - as the federal response to the pollution problem ~ is certainly nothing revolutionary and not likely to achieve much in the way of results. P McCLOR Y REPORTS From Washington The Constitutional rights of freedom of speech and assembly are challenged by a proposed federal law intended to protect ambassadors and other foreign officials against picketing and other demon­ strations. A District of Columbia ordinance already prohibits congregations of individuals within 500 feet of embassies and other foreign offices in our nation's capital. However, no comparable protection is/ffrovided for the representatives of foreign governments serving at the United Nations in New York, or in consular offices in other cities. In endeavoring to prevent embarrassing and sometimes violent protests such as those which have been mounted by the Jewish Defense League against the Soviet Mission to the U.N. in New York, the Congress proposes to outlaw parades, picketing, and otlter activities designed to in­ timidate, threaten, or harass foreign officials, and to prohibit two or more persons from congregating for such purposes within 100 feet of any such , foreign office or premises. The need for new laws to protect foreign officials and those representing in­ ternational organizations was raised recently by the State Department when it was discovered that existing Federal statutes are wholly inadequate to protect these representatives against murder, kidnapping, or assaults. In providing a prompt response to this legislative need, the House Judiciary committee has recommended enactment of "An Act for the Protection of Foreign Of­ ficials." Such a federal law would expand the foreign of­ ficials' protection against every type of offensive conduct Ma-- let me see your half of onuVi INCREASE co/mNoe including threatening demonstrations within a distance of 100 feet of the buildings or premises used or occupied by foreign govern­ ments and officials for diplomatic or other official purposes. Many Americans might like to display their antagonism toward the Soviet Union by picketing every building and residence where Soviet Union representatives have their residences or offices. Other Americans might like to display similar hostility toward the governments of Rhodesia and South Africa where policies of apartheid prevail, or even the government of Greece where it is alleged that con­ stitutional government has been replaced by a "govern­ ment of the colonels." It is clear that a statute which would prevent an American from parading or picketing againfct another American individual or business would be a violation of the Constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and of assembly as contained in the First. Amend­ ment. However, the United States Supreme Court has given its approval to identical conduct when directed .against foreign diplomats and foreign embassies. .The principle involved in the pending bill can be traced to the earliest . relations between nations where, even in the time of war, the bearers of flags of truce have been accorded complete protection. Certainly, with respect to those nations with which we have friendly relations, the premises and personnel of such foreign nationals are entitled to respect and protection in accordance with the traditional law of nations. The proposed amendment to the United States statutes will PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this col­ umn as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only re­ quest is that writers lim­ it themselves to 300 words or less - signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We re­ serve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in ob- jectional taste.) "Editor: "As an 18-year-old who has been given the privilege to vote, I am totally disillusioned and discomposed with our present political situation pertaining to the coming presidential election. "The sympathy should not go to the candidates or their parties, but rather to the voters. Two choices, neither of which is worth much, face the public as their future leader. Do you stay with the ex­ perienced failure or gamble with an inexperienced one and hope by some stretch of the imagination he might do something magnanimous? "After all the primaries, debates, conventions, speeches, promises, and political deals - I now wonder whether I was granted the privilege to vote or the chore to help decide who will be the next American Fiasco! "Reid Alderson "2008 N. Ridge Road "McHenry" (Editor's Note - The writer's letter is printed only in part. Mr. Alderson also expressed negative opinions on both political candidates. The Plaindealer is eager to have viewpoints expressed on issues, but does not want the Public Pulse column to become a forum for debates in favor of, or in opposition to individual candidates. While the writer's column was unbiased for any individual (it expressed a negative attitude throughout) , it very well might have evoked friends of either candidate to take up the fight, with a politcal debate resulting. Politics is big business and it is paid. We feel efforts in behalf of candidates belong in the paid columns of the newspaper.) require the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and assembly to yield to the need which the Department of State has recommended. In upholding the supremacy of the law of nations, and earlier Federal court sustained "• the proposed Congressional restriction upon the freedoms of speech and of assembly by declaring that such restrictions are applicable "only when such offensive conduct is committed upon the public streets im­ mediately adjacent to em­ bassies, legations, consulates, and other buildings used for official purposes by such governments." Resort to the streets may be tolerated to influence a political convention - or even as a 'protest against policies of our own government. However, as a means of taking over the conduct of our foreign affairs, such tactics must be rejected. The Congress is attempting to give effect to the law of nations in the passage of the bill to protect foreign officials. Children begin bylovihg their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. -Oscar Wilde. SOCIAL SECURITY by John K. Watkins FuXD REPRESENTATIVE Today's questions are ones frequently being ask­ ed of our representatives by the people of McHenry county. The Social Secur­ ity office at 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, re­ minds McHenry county residents that it has repre­ sentatives meeting people at two locations in McHen­ ry county on a regular ba­ sis. The representatives are at the Woodstock Pub­ lic Library, 414 W. Judd, Woodstock every Wednes­ day from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Harvard city hall from 9:30 a.m. to noon on the first and third Tues­ day every month. If you have a question you would like answered onSocial Se­ curity in this column, then please forward it to Social Security Administration Question and Answer Col­ umn, 2500 Grand avenue,- Waukegan, Illinois, 60085. Give your full name, ad­ dress, and Social Security number. If you do not want your name to appear, please indicate this and we will use only intitials. Many people who have medical insurance under Medicare do not understand how Medicare acknowledges their claim for reimbursement of medical bills, according to Allen K. Joy, Social Security district manager. Medical insurance primarily covers doctors' services. If you are covered by medical insurance and send in a claim, you will receive a statement from Medicare showing a record of your use of medical insurance benifits. This statement is called an "Ex­ planation of Medicare Benefits." It is nota bill. It is a statement of the action taken on your Medicare claim. The "Explanation of Medicare Benefits" statement will show you how much of your expenses have been credited to your yearly $50 deductible^ It will also show you the amount of the benefit payment bfeing sent to you, if any, as a result of the claim you submitted. If payment is due, the bottom portion of the statement will be a check from Medicare made payable to you. This is your reimbursement of medical expenses: you should detach the check and cash it. If your doctor agreed to be paid directly, the bottom portion of the statement will be a copy of the check sent to your doctor. This is non-negotiable. The "Explanation /Of Medicare Benefits" statement is important to you because you can use the latest one to show your doctor and others when they want to know how much of the $50 deductible you have met. You can also kgjp it as your record of Medicare payments you have receive You do not receive an "Explanation of Medicare Benefits" covering hospital expenses processed by Medicare. If you are hospitalizes, the hospital files the claim for payment and you will receive an expla^tion of your use of hospital benefits on a form called "Medicare Hospital Insurance Benefit Record." It is one of my rules in life not to believe a man who may happen to tell me that he feels no interest in children. -Charles Dickens. ± sT Hi Economic Stabilization Questions and' Answers flwvto* What are the ominous dir­ ection for winds to blow from? Can useful weather information be obtained from the use of a wind vane only? The worst weather in the United States often follows winds out of the east or north. Yes, it's possible to detect valuable clues about the weather using only a wind vane. If one will com­ bine the vane with a baro­ meter, the accuracy of pre­ dictions will be raised many times. H o w e v e r , w i t h o n l y a wind vane, be suspicious of a wind change from the east to the north. If the sky looks threatening (or a barometer reading shows pressure fall­ ing) you might well be in for a bad storm. Likewise, a wind changing from south to east is often a bad omen. Remember that bad weather systems in this country (low pressure areas) move counterclockwise, and move eastwards. Wind changes often reveal what s e c t i o n o f t h i s c i r c u l a r movement you are then in. Why does high humidity in the summer make us un- confortable? The relative humidity (percentage of moisture iq the air) has a noticeable ef­ fect on us because the body perspires constantly, the amount varying on activity and other factors. On days when a high pres­ sure system is above us, with its usual dry, cool air, we feel good. The drier air causey rapid evaporation of perspiration, and clothes do This column of questions and answers on the President's E c o n o m i c S t a b i l i z a t i o n Program is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service. The column answers questions mqst frequently asked about wages and prices. Q. My lease doesn't expire until November, but my lan­ dlord has sent me a notice claiming that Economic Stabilization regulations require an immediate 2.5 percent increase. Is he correct? .- S. No. Rentals under lease cannot be increased until the lease expires or comes up for renewal. Tell this to your landlord. If he still plans to increase your rent, call your local Internal Revenue office. Q. I understand that lan­ dlords are now required to include some more information in the notice they send to a tenant announcing a rent in­ crease. What additional in­ formation should the notice contain? A. In addition to all other information required by the rent regulations, a landlord must include the following statements in a notice of rent increase: 1) That the tenant, after WHO KNOWS? 1. Where was the watermel­ on first grown? 2. What per cent of the world do t£§. oceans cover? 3. Which is the largest ocean? 4. Name the largest island. 5. What is the result when hydrogen is burned? 6. Who is credited with say­ ing,"We need a sense of urgency we do not have"? 7. What part of a mile is a furlong? 8. For whom did Jackie Rob­ inson play baseball? 9. Name the Kansas state flower. 10.When was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima? Aaswtrs to Who Kmws '•S*6l '9 ish8nv*0l •jaMOiJuns aqx "6 •sjaapoa ujCjjioojh '8 • a n u i b j o m q 8 j a - a u o ' L •^uapisaij aotA anUM 'uoxitf pjteqora *9 •suijoj J3*BM 'S •saixui aj^nbs 0 0 0 ' 0 * 8 ' p U B i u a a j Q - f r •sanui ajBnbs 000'008*e9 "S •sqjua} uaAas *Z •boijjv ' I What maintains one vice would bring up two chil­ dren. •Benjamin Franklin. meeting with the landlord, may contact the District Director of Internal Revenue and give him a copy of the rent increase notice and a written statement of why the tenant feels the increase is illegal. The landlord also must provide the local IRS address in the notice. 2) That the proposed increase will take effect on the date specified in the notice. But if all or any part of the increase is later found illegal, the landlord will refund the overcharge within 30 days after it is found illegal. \ 3) That it is illegal for the landlord to take retaliatory action against a tenant who asks or complains about an increase and that the landlord will not take any retaliatory action. Q, How will the new price controls on unprocessed food products after the first sale operate? A. After July 15, the selling price of an unprocessed food product, such as fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, fish and raw seafood, may be increased over the base price only if the cost of the product has increased to the wholesaler retailer. The wholesaler or retailer may increase the selling price by applying his customary initial percentage markup to that increased cost. \ Under Price Commission regulations, a customary TriitiaT percent markup m one<®e seller tfst applied to the invoice cost of a product before Nov. 14,19711, or the markup he applied during his last fiscal year ended before Aug. 15, 1971. . For items selling above base price, if the cost of the product to a wholesaler or retailer decreases, the selling price to the customer must be decreased accordingly yonder existing regulations^prices must be reduced as costs are reduced to at least bfcse levels. Q. Is a farmer now subject to {Mice controls when hesells his produce? A. No. The new price controls on unprocessed food products apply at the retail and wholesale level. They do not affect the first sale by a producer or grower of raw agricultural or seafood products and do not change the present exemption for the sale of live animals. Q. Do you have a booklet that explains how retroactive pay increases may be granted? A. Yes. Write your Internal Revenue district office and ask for a copy of Publication S-3013, "Retroactive Wage and Salary Increases". If s available at no cost. oNA1-rtssi fO*V ir£c not become wet or sticky. In addition, low pressure (which often accompanies high humidity) acts> on our blood vessels with #hat is V&o..-°tiiii*.> n depressing ef­ fect. Tnua physically and physiologically high humid­ ity directly affects our com­ fort. OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 X. Green St *eet McHenrj^ (Closed WecMwsdz; ) Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact Lenses Mrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. t» 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - K: >0 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses fitted 1303 N. 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