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SECTION 2- PAGE S - PLAINDEALEB - WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1170 > PLA1NDEALER -- -?==ss=atB= Editorial Opinion Unemployment Myth The unemployment myth continues-as an excuse for spending bureaucrats' money. Headlines earlier this month reported unemployment slightlyup at she percent lWs will mean more unemployment checks, plus much gnashing of teeth by those who think the government must provide jobs for everyone. The true picture concerning unemployment is seldom explained candidly by the bureaucrats (who justify their jobs and importance by expanding the system) or politicians, who capture votes by supporting give-away programs. A six-point percentile really means little. Many families today contain two, three, or more workers; thus little hardship is felt if one is laid off temporarily. Today, many youngsters living at home work. If they're sometimes unemployed, there's no true hardship. What is needed is a meaningful figure, discounting non­ essential jobs and hardcore loafers who never work, but prefer to draw government checks, food stamps and whatever else they can get Almost anyone can find work if he really wants to-look at the want ad columns-but many don't work because they haven't found the particular job they want. A Real Bargain? Again this year more and more people are turning to wood stoves. They are the answer to soaring fuel costs for many- but not all. While recommending the idea, we nevertheless call attention to the humorous experience of one new owner. After the first year's use, he totaled up pluses and minuses like this: Cost of stove and installation-|458., chain saw- $149., gas and maintenance for chain saw-|44., 4-wheel-drive pickup--$8,379., maintenance for pickup-$438. Replace rear window of pickup-$300., fine for cutting unmarked trees-$400., 14 cases Michelob-$126., littering fine- -$50., tow charge from creek-$50., doctor's fee, removing splinter from eye-$45., safety glasses~$49., safety shoes-$49., new living room carpet-$800., paint walls and ceiling-$llO., chimney brush and rods-$45., log splitter-$l50., fifteen acre woodlot-$9,000., divorce settlement-$33,000. Total first year's cost-$50,000 plus. Savings in conventional fuel, first year- $62!! S5ST" SHOPPE m wwer Legislators Reporting Service For Business Terms Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) Washington - Here's how area Members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes in the days before the llianksgiivng recess. HOUSE Controlling Hospital Costs--By a vote of 234 for and 166 against, the House killed proposed federal ceilings on hospital costs. This vote substituted a voluntary price-watching mechanism for mandatory federal price controls. It created a 15-member presidential commission to oversee and reinforce hospitals' voluntary efforts to slow the rise in their bills. The bill (HR 2626) was sent to the Senate. The mandatory controls scuttled by this vote would have been triggered when hospital costs nationwide rose by a certain percentage. In 1960, for example, a hike of more than 11.6 percent would have activated the ceilings. Hospitals in violation were to have been heavily fined The Carter administration favored the plan and the American Hospital association and American Medical association opposed it Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., who led the move to kill mandatory controls, said the presidential commission will "keep even more pressure on hospitals to keep their voluntary program going, to improve it, to make it better." Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., a foe of the voluntary approach, referred to the commission and said: "I submit that no member in this House can go back home and suggest that the question of the increased cost of hospital care needs any further study." Members voting "nay" favored federal ceilings on hospital costs. Rep. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "yea." Rep. John Anderson, R-16, did not vote. Solar Project--The House passed, 201 for and 146 against, a bill to spend $25 million this year on research that could be one small step toward developing solar-energy satellites. The research would be in addition to a $16 million study due to be completed in 1980. Such satellites would gather energy from the sun and convert it to a major supply of electricity on earth. The bill (HR 2335) was sent to the Senate. Advocates say solar satellite development is a high-risk, high-promise venture that the nation must seriously consider if it is to achieve energy-independence. Foes like the concept but caution against rushing headlong into the most expensive military or civilian project ever undertaken by the government - a $70 billion research and development venture, according to the Office of Managementand Budget. Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Kans., a supporter, said nuclear power should not be the nation's only long-term energy alternative, and added that "it would be negligent for us not to at least explore" the energy potential of solar satellites. Rep. Bob Carr, D-Mich., an opponent, said the House "should not panic in a way that haste makes waste," and should wait until the ongoing $16 million study is completed before beginning more solar-satellite research. Members voting "yea" favored the bill. McClory and Anderson did not vote. SENATE Windfall Profits--The Senate rejected, 32 for and 58 against an amendment to cut from 75 to 60 percent the tax rate on "windfall profits" from so-called old oil. Such profits accrue to oil companies as a result of the ongoing removal of federal controls from the price of domestic crude oil. Old oil, discovered before May, 1973, accounts for about one- third of domestic production. It was selling at $6 per barrel before gradual decontrol was begun this year. Now it is rising toward the world market price, which is $23 and rising. The amendment, offered to an oil-taxation bill (HR 3919) still undo* debate, was favored by the oil industry and opposed by the administration. For Your In format ion ' Dear friends, Tho book WIDOW by Lynne Cain* Morrow- ono woman's story of facing the doath of hor husband. Hor major message, "If I had known tho facts of griof boforo I oxporloncod thorn, it would not havo mado my griof loss Inten* so...But I would havo known that one* my griof was worfcod thru, I would bo |oyful again. Not my old self. I am anothor woman now, and I liko this woman bottor." Rospoctfully, PETER M.JIJSTEISI & SON FUNERAL HOME McHINRV, Il l inois 385 0063 Offer Radiation Hotline Slate Senators Jack Schaffer (R) - 33rd. ' 56 N. Williams St Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone 45&0309 Springfield Phone 217-782-6528 r> Karl Berning (R) - 32nd. . 625 Deerfield Road Deerfield, 111., 60015 Phone 312-945-3200 - State Representatives Thomas J. Hanahan (D)- 33rd. 4801 W. Route 120 McHenry, 111., 60050 Phone 385-3427 Springfield Phone 217-782-6476 Calvin L. Skinner, Jr., (R)- 33rd. P.O. Box 908 Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone 459-6060 Springfield Phone & 217382-8005 - The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce is now offering a 50-state legislation reporting service to Illinois business firms. . _ "Bill-Trac" is a customized, computerized system that enables users to f follow legislation on, a wide variety of issues in any or all 50 states. 1 The user's own desk-top terminal gives him prompt access to concise and timely printed reports. It is available through special arrangement bet­ ween the Center for Business Management, an ISCC af­ filiate, andSAFA Reporting Services, Washington. For more information, contact Patrick Glynn, Center for Business Management, an ISCC af­ filiate, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 (312-372-7373). Pork Power _ A pork state prepared in the Oriental manner makes an ex­ cellent charcoal-grilled entree whether served hot or cold. Another Oriental pork special­ ity is vegetable and pork stir- Donald E. Deuster (R)- 32nd. f7 Szechuan style, meaning Oa fl THE mtllS PUMP An independent group of specialists in radiation protection has been operating a hotline since Sept. 8 to answer questions about radiation. Michael Howe, a health physicist with the group said, "When we started the hotline we expected more questions about nuclear power, but that simply has not happened. Illinois has more nuclear power reac­ tors than any other state, but less than three out of a hundred calls are about nuclear power. Most have been about medical uses of radiation. This is very en­ couraging," he said, "because a 1972 report by the National Academy of Sciences found that medical diagnostic radiology ac­ counts for 90 percent of the total man-made radiation to which the U.S. population is exposed and that this could be reduced considerably without loss of medical in­ formation. "The next largest category of questions are about radiation from con­ sumer products such as microwave ovens, color TV, smoke detectors, luminous watches, etc." "We receive calls from a wide spectrum of people, housewives, young mothers, mechanics, physicians, retired persons, teachers, truck drivers, technical w r i t e r s , l a w y e r s , salespersons, etc. Some callers need information and* reassurance while others need to be cautioned." Elwyn Dolecek, another helath physicist with the group said, "Our reason for the hotline is to give people accurate unbiased in­ formation so they can gain perspective about radiation and make informed decisions. In our high technology society we could become so burdend with anxiety about risks that we lose the advantages tech­ nology could give us. The public has to be able to put the small risks in per­ spective and deal decisively with the large ones. It would be unfortunate to waste our efforts trying to reduce small risks while leaving large ones unattended. On the other hand, we must know enough not to accept any risk, even small ones, without weighing the benefits." Dolecek, said further that the group feels they have a responsibility to provide? the public with person-to-person i n f o r m a t i o n . H e a l t h physicists specialize in protecting man and his environment from the harmful effects of radiation while encouraging its best use for the benefit of mankind. The Illinois group is keeping alive the tradition that started the health physics profession. It began with the concern of some physicists for the health of people working on the first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago in 1942. They took on $be assignment of coping with the radiation hazards |uid were called "hep}th physicists." The hotline group hm 15* volunteers who take tons answering calls. Most ofjrthe calls come on weekday mornings. People who call during off-hours can leave their name and phone number with an answering machine. A health physicist calls the next day at the time requested. "Most of the callers seem to be satisfied with our answers," Dolecek said. "We have at our fingertips: references, phone numbers, addresses, and contacts that could take years to assemble. We hope to con­ tinue the hotline as long as the calls keep coming." Funds for the phone service and mail are provided by a grant from the Health Physics society, a not-for-profit organization which has a worldwide membership of about 4,000. Anyone in Illinois can call the toll free number 800-942- 9440 and talk directly to a health physicist. 510 N. Lake St Mundelein, 111., 60060 Phone 312-566-1972 Daniel M. Pierce (D) - 32nd. 580 Roger Willaims Ave. Highland Park, 111., 60035 Phone 312-433-2551 Betty Lou Reed (R) -Wk 927 Holly Court Deerfield, 111., 60015 U.S. Senators Charles H. Percy (R) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3859 Chicago, 111., 60604 Phone 312-353-4952 Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3960 You may be entitled to property tax relief in 1980. Will you get it? The answer lies with local taxing bodies. The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce says it has received a number of reports that some local taxing bodies in Illinois have failed to take into account personal property tax replacement revenues in levying property taxes to be paid in 1980. "They may inadvertently- or intentionally-program an unnecessary tax increase," said State Chamber President Lester W. Brann, "Jr. "The result for the business ^taxpayer is a double whammy--a real estate tax increase, coupled with « an excessive replacement tax." Brann said the State Chamber is concerned because some local Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kans., the sponsor, said: "The question is, how much should the tax be? should it curtail our production? Should it make us more dependent on OPEC sources of oil? The senator from Kansas believes it should not." Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., an opponent said both the Energy department and Congressional Budget office conclude that production of old oil will be about the same under a 75 percent windfall-profits tax as under a 60 percent rate. Senators voting "nay" favored the higher windfall-profits tax rate. Sens. Charles Percy, R, and Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "nay." Trade Funds--By a vote of 71 for and 19 against, the Senate doubled the staff and budget of the president's Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. The measure was part of a funding bill (HJ Res. 440) later approved and sent to President Carta-. The trade staff was increased from 59 to 116 and the budget from $4 million to $8.5 million, to consolidate international trade functions in one office. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, D-Conn., a supporter, said the increase would create "a strong central trade agency rather than the current chaotic dispersion of responsibilities." Sen. Harrison Schmitt, R-N.M., objected to the last-minute timing of the request, saying: "We should not throw the normal procedures of the appropriations process into a cocked hat." Senators voting "yea" favored doubling the size and budget of the trade office. Percy and Stevenson voted "yea." ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? ^SSSSSSSggSSSSs Do You Know Someone New? 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NATIONAL RUN-AWAY SWITCHBOARD Illinois Phone: 800-972-6004 (For confidential conversations on problems dealing with run­ away children ) MOVING HOTLINE Phone 800-424 9213 (Complaints about interstate moving by companies, buses or trains. Sponsored by Interstate Commerce commission) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION PHONE 800-638-2666 (For questions or complaints on products ranging from toys to ovens) . - -- - " NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION '» Phone 800 424-9393 (Answers questions about automobile safety defeats or wheather a particular model has ever been recalled. Valuable for those interested in buying a used car) ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF ,!y CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES Child Abuse Center McHenry County (312)546-2150 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 800-638-2666 (Operates five national lines. Answers inquires about, or repor­ ting on, the safety of products from kitchen appliances to children's toys.) NATIONAL SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING INFORMATION CENTER 800 523-2929 P.O. Box 1607. Rockville. Md. 20850 (Dispenses information on solar systems for heating and cooling to anyone from architects to home owners looking for a sun- powered hot-water system) CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION 312-793 3580 . Chicago, ill. BIRTHRIGHT Pregnant? Need Help? Counseling Service. 385-2999. 24 hour Answering Service. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 4719 W. Elm St.. McHenry Phone: 344-3240 24-hour Crisis Intervention and Confidential Counseling for youth and families Are you concerend about your angry feelings toward your children? 24-hour Parental Stress Line. 344-3944 ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217-522-5514 Answer to questions on government regulations. spicy hot. Serve it with a fish or shrimp dish that is on the mild side for a pleasing con­ trast in seasonings. Tax Relief For 1980? governmental units have increased their real estate tax ievies in anticipation that the Staate Supreme court would not uphold the replacement taxes. "But now that the court hfes upheld them, these local taxing bodies must, without fail, reduce their levies," Brann said. While most taxing bodies have already submitted their levies for 1980, Brann reminded that reductions can still be achieved through the abatement process, if concerned taxpayers con­ front their local government and school officials as soon as possible. "The state of Illinois cannot afford to allow a tax windfall to local govern­ ments, especially at the expense of the public," Brann concluded. Chicago, 111., 60804 Phone 312-363-542Q •*"" •» U.S. Congressmen' John B. Anderson (R) 301 W. State St Rockford, 111., 61101 Phone 815-062-8807 Robert McClory (R) 326 N. Genesee St. Waukegan, 111., 60085 Phone 312-3364554. 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