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SECTION 2 - PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY f ' Pl.AINDKAI.F.R 17, 1979 Editorial Opinion Learning History Americans are often inclined to learn their history through novels, films and even gossip columnists-who explain everything, including U.S. history, when asked. Good books, by respected authors, are rarely sought out by most of us. We listen to those completely unqualified to discuss various issues and questions, gain a semblance of historical background from novels, and get a vague, sometimes manipulated idea of U.S. history through television. Accurate knowledge can't be gained so effortlessly. The individual who puts his mind in the hands of unqualified and specially-motivated sources will never be fully informed on either past history or the issues of the day. He'll believe what propagandists want him to believe, which is, in effect, a shirking of the responsibility of citizenship. Losind Values ± ng cha Felex G. Rohatyn, retiring dbairman of New York's Municipal Assistance corporation, the volunteer leader of an operation that has so far helpki New York City escape bankruptcy, has had it up to here with politicians. He thinks the whole country is in the same crisis the Big Apple was in three years ago and that it's time to say so. "Our economy is out of control," he warns, "our currency is in danger, our institutions of government are unresponsive or inept. We are at war today--with inflation, with unemployment, with lack of education. We are, furthermore, not winning. If we lose, our system of government may not survive." In comparing .the national situation to that of New York, he cites increasing deficits papered over by accounting gimmicks, more reliance on borrowed money to finance the deficits, big liabilities which are not readily visible in the forms of unfunded pensions and Social Security, and the loss of jobs in the private sector because of high taxes and low productivity. To attack all this, he proposes something like wartime austerity and even a coalition government, calling on the President to "mobilize the country's dreams as well as its muscle, and demand that the people and Congress support it." "If the President loses this fight," Rohatyn warns, "if, collectively, we cannot create the climate to help him win, the result will not be noteholders with a moratorium imposed on them or a wage freeze on end of a form of g< Revolution has done ever invented. Then history of another nation lions (as in New York), but could be the lent which since the days of the French for more people than any other system no winners or losers then, simply the it... lost sight of its values." January, 1979 There is snow on the window pane Framing my room And the trees are heavy With frosty bloom. •Anne Lawler. January, one of the two months added to the calendar (then ten months) long before the birth of Christ, is the first month of the year of the Gregorian Calendar (dating from Pope Gregory XIII in 1582). Caesar had set the length of the year at 365 days centuries earlier; German Protestant states made^tjie change in 1700 and England and the American Colonies in 1752-by act of Parliament. January is the first full month of winter, sometim^ the coldest month of the year (if February isn't) and, in America, the month of football bowl games. The 1st is New Year's Day and also Emancipation Day-dating from 1863. (Lincoln didn't actually set free slaves in Union states on that day but the slaves in Confederate states, where his proclamations often had little effect.) Washington won an important victory at Princeton, N.J., on the 3rd in 1777. The first boat traversed the Panama Canal on the 7th in 1914. letters to the Editor Public Pulse (Th« Ploindoolor invitti th« public to ui« this this column at on oxprostion of thoir viowt on tub|oct« of gonorol intorott in our community. Our only roquost it that th« writert givo • signature, full oddratt and phono number Wo atk too. •hat one individual not write on the tome tubject more thon onco ooch month. We reterve the right to delete any materiol which we contider libelout or in objectionable tatte.) COUNTY TRANSPORTATION "Dear Editor: "In these days when government bureaucracies, including the Regional Transit Authority, are talking so much about cost effectiveness, here are some interesting figures on the operation of the RTA in McHenry county, which costs us $5>? million ('+) annually. "Averaged over the year, we are paying over $450,000 per month in taxes for less than 125,000 rides (not riders) per month on RTA busses and the RTA-subsidized Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.- "This might not be so bad if that amount of money were to be used for the improvement of transportation within McHenry county -- but - it is not. "Less than a fourth of this money is used in our county because more than $350,000 of it, our tax money, goes directly to the CTA. For Your Information D»or friends, Some who hove studied bereavement and grief cay that thara it therapy in doing things and having responsibilities in tha funeral arrangements. If tha funeral datails hava baan praarrangad and prafinancad by tha dacaasad, this could laava tha survivors with littla to do at timo of octual baraavamant. So you can saa, thara ara pros and cons on tha subjact of pradrrangomont. Raspactfully, PETER M.JISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHtNRY, ILLINOIS - 385-0063 Assist In Solid Waste Problems The Midwest office of the U.S. Environosental Protection agency is announcing a newly established program that will provide technical assistance to state and local governments to deal with solid waste management problems. The program is part of a national effort to provide in­ formation on and improve methods of .solid waste han­ dling. Its several dimensions can be tailored to a com­ munity's n« For instance, a city is con- ClrcutP Breaker sidering a recycling program as an answer to its disposal problems. Information may be needed on whether or not the recycled material produced would be locally marketable. Or, a township may have an open dump that is filling up to its capacity and they want to create a sanitary landfill to satisfy new federal regulations. A geologically sound site would be needed that wouldn't affect the community's water supply. EPA can provide information and assistance to these com­ munities and others that are working to solve their solid waste problems. For a com­ munity to be eligible, EPA must determine that there is a real need, and that technical assistance would be a sub­ stantial help to the community. One method EPA may use is a new program called Peer- Matching. This program allows public jinficials to meet with others from across the country who have successfully handled the same problems. EPA's own specialists, supplemented by a private consulting firm, also are available to provide technical, marketing and financial ex­ pertise. Any state, county or other local governmental agency may apply for assistance. For further information contact Robert L. Duprey, Regional Technical Assistance Panels, U.S. EPA Region V, 230 Sj. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.,v 60604. Second Chance For '76 Grants Senior and disabled citizens who did not get their ap­ plications in for 1976 Circuit Breaker grants before the Dec. 31,1977, deadline have a second chance to submit those ap­ plications. A law recently passed by the General Assembly and acted on by Gov. James Thompson extends the deadline for such applications to March 31, 1979. The state's Circuit Breaker law makes tax relief available to persons with annual household income of less than $10,000 who are 65 years of age or older or who are disabled. Under the 1976 program, property tax relief grants of up to $500 and additional grants of up to $100 were available to citizens who qualified. A person may qualify for one or both grants. The amount of a property tax relief grant is dependent on the person's income and the amount of taxes paid. For persons renting their homes, thirty percent of the rent is figured as Woperty tax payment. Additional grants are based solely on the individual's income. Persons who have already received tax relief grants for the 1976 tax year are not eligible to receive grants again. The Illinois Department of Revenue, the state agency which administers Circuit Breaker, reports that 390,781 applications for 1976 grants have already been processed and 174.4 million in tax relief grants have been distributed to senior and disabled citizens. Department statistics show that 247,879 persons recieved property tax grants for 1976 averaging $176.24 and 387.270 received additional grants averaging $79.32. November figures released by Revenue show that $359.2 million has been distributed to senior and disabled citizens since the inception of the program. Applications (form IL-1363A) are available from any Illinois Department of Revenue office, the Illinois Department on Aging and its affiliated agen­ cies, the Lt. Governor's Senior Action centers, area legislators" offices and at various senior citizen centers. Citizens also may obtain applications by calling the Department of Revenue toll- free at 800-252-8972 (Cook county residents should call 641-2150), the Lt. Governor's senior Action line 800-252-6565, or calling DIAL (Disabled Individuals Assistance Line) collect at (312) 793-5000. A TTY machine is available at DIAL for the deaf and hearing im­ paired. Perspective McGovern Visits Rhodesia By RONALD REAGAN "This use of our money for Chicago riders should be no surprise tb us because RTA board members warned us openly at hearings held in our county that we have no claim on the taxes from our county which are siphoned into the RTA operating funds. These statements were made long before the gasoline tax was inaugurated. "The over $1million (projected) of gasoline tax money from our county is mandated by law to be used by the RTA for transportation for McHenry county residents - but -- a simple calculation, 12 (months) x $100,000 (the dif­ ference between $350,000 and $450,000), will demonstrate that we are not receiving even that amount. "The money amounts quoted in this letter are based on statements to the McHenry County Citizen's Tran­ sportation committee by the Can George McGovern bring peace to Rhodesia? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. Consider this: For months the Carter ad­ ministration has stubbornly stuck to the notion that the slightest sign of support for the "internal solution" of Prime Minister Ian Smith and the three moderate black leaders would be seen as "racist" and would somehow draw the Russians and Cubans directly into Rhodesian intervention. Carter, Andrew Young and the State department all in­ sisted that the only chance for police lay in bringing the terrorist leaders, Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, into an "all parties" conference to negotiate a settlement. They carefully ignored the fact that these two had been invited in by Smith and his colleagues last spring but had refused for the simple reason that the deck was not stacked in their favor. Neither could win a free election - and knew it ; and both have indicated that if they once get inside they will do everything to annihilate the opposition. This U.S. policy has had lj to do with the realiti Rhodesia and a lot to do with American domestic politics and a mistaken tie-in with memories of the civil rights movement in the South in the early '60s. The British government took a similar policy position, but for different reasons. For many British leaders of both parties Smith's "U.D.I." - Unilateral Declaration of Independence of 1965 from the crowri - sticks in the craw. budget bureau and other of­ ficial state offices in Springfield. The ridership figures are furnished by the RTA. "Sincerely yours, "C.W. Coons, Chairman, "McHenry County Citizens' "Transportation Committee, Inc." 1 little es of Where does George McGovern fit into this picture? As chairman-prospective of the Senate Foreign Relations committee's African sub­ committee, he was in Africa this month on a fact-finding trip. Far from restricting himself to the various • autocracies, oligarchies and totalitarian 1 states facing Rhodesia, McGovern went straight to Salisbury. There, the senator was in­ terviewed over breakfast by a local newspaper writer who filed a story that has not received much outside at­ tention. Marion Duncan wrote, "On the touchy subject of an all-parties conference, he (McGovern) said, 'It is not essential if the Transitional Government could work out some kind of formula to have an election that would draw the participation of the Patriotic Front people as well as the internal forces.' "But even without the par­ ticipation of external nationalist leaders the senator felt there was a possibility of international recognition for the newly independent Rhodesia. 'If the election is held and Mr. Smith steps down as he has said he is going to do and a black government comes to power, there is a possibility - I stress the word possibility - that sanctions might be lifted.' " 'I have gained a new respect for the complexity of the situation during my visit here. And I have a new...sharper understanding of the limitations of outside in­ tervention in Rhodesian af­ fairs. The notion that somehow a handful of Americans and British could come in here and settle this thing is long gone, I think. Beyond that, I came here highly skeptical that Prime Minister Smith woul^ follow through with his commitment to majority rule or elections. I now think he will probably do both.' " For quite some time American conservatives (and many< British conservatives) have been convinced that Smith ARE YOU NEW IN McHeniy Area? S6S688S88S88 Do You Know Someone Now? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 5̂̂ ' 'v/°* EZZZZEZtiZ73 KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME 00ESIY BEST *0 % '«te meant to do both and that the issue was no longer white- versus-black rule for Rhodesia but rather a struggle among various black factions for leadership. Though you would expect Americans to support moderate, democratically- committed leaders such as Muzorewa, Sithole and Chirau, the fact they are in coalition with Smith seems to have caused a mental block among liberals. George McGovern may provide the long needed breakthrough. His views ~ if repeated back here at home ~ may not only make it respec­ table for the American liberal "establishment" to reconsider the issue, but may also inspire a shift in the official White House position. Other developments suggest a shift away from the tacit support of the terrorists which the fierce American and British opposition to the internal solution has amounted to. British Prime Minister Callaghan has appointed a moderate parliamentarian, Cledwyn Hughes, as his per­ sonal emissary to southern Africa to see if a solution could be found. This takes the matter out of the hands of Foreign Secretary David Owen who, along with Andrew Young, has been strongly identified with the present Anglo-American policy. At the spiffs, time, National Security Adviser Brzezinski and his staff are said to be reassessing the administration's options. The administration may be too deeply imbedded in its present - and potentially ruinous -- policy toward Rhodesia to come around to reality, but if Sen. McGovern will lead the liberals on Captiol Hill, and with the conservatives a already aboard, we may yet be able to give peace a chance. Service Line McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 3854300 FAMILY SERVICE ft MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. 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Most of the recently popular growth stocks and other leading issues met resistance but the Dow Industrials and the Advance-Decline Ratio put on a good show and were positive all four days of last week. The momentum of tape action was better than we had anticipated despite a generally poor news background. Under certain conditions, this would cause us to hop on the bull train but this time it looks more like a trap than a pleasant trip. Last week was made possible by institutions letting a little year end cash flow trickle over into stocks but in the market. Other than for day or two scalpers, we must look ahead not back. The big picture remains a mess. Inflationary pressure are not slowing, the economy is not slowing, and both short and long term interest rates still seem on an uptrend which shows few signs of weakening. Yes, new bulls can start before interest rates peak, but they classically lag the peak. And yes, new bulls can start before a recession even gets under way, but usually we need some idea of what the valley is like before the market will look beyond it. Institutional cash is big and may decide it has heard enough of this bearish talk and buy stocks anyway but will they with 10 percent returns and rising available on 30-day commercial paper? We do not think so. < / Now about tomorrow's news. Our guess is that the next big economic shock wave will come when President Carter's 7 percent wage guidelines is blown out of the water. The Iranian Oil impact is another future very serious problem. Energy Secretary Schlesinger is starting to talk gas rationing and the House Energy Sub-Committee chairman says Iran will have a significant impact and much larger than anticipated. Looking ahead at interest rates, our fear is that they go higher and then level off and not drop back like the optimists project. Well, it's still a market of psychology and with last week's move over 828, the bulls will probably try it again despite Monday's decline. We think the odds favor major strength but not a lot and not for long and not exploitable. We would continue to sell strength and stay defenseive as we do not believe either fundamentally or technically that a new big move is upon us. Al Goldman Wyoming Women Wyoming has historically led the way for women's rights in the United States. In 1869, Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote and hold office. A year later, the nation's first woman justice of the peace was elected -- in Wyoming. Wyoming also elected the first woman superintendent of schools (1894) and the first woman state representative (1910). It also became the first state ever to elect a woman governor (1924) when Nellie Taylor Ross got the nod to succeed her late husband. 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