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. \ <?r ~ > . i-AUIS MiAlWUKALKK - WKUNUSUAY , JAINUAK* 2, 1WW plaindeAler ditoriaf »• Rolf Call Report (Your Congressmen^ Vote) IM AINDtALl K' L Coding Of Food Despite excessive government regulation in many fields, the public is still often unprotected in the grocery store, when it comes to the dating of foods. ^ Americans are probably better warned than most, and recently the dating of perishable foods like milk has been required. Yet in many states a vast array of perishable foods remain undated. Eggs, for example, are often undated. Perhaps the worst exploitation of the public by grocery chains and producers is the coding system used to date foodstuffs. That system hides the very information dating laws art supposed to provide. It gives the store manager that information; but who wishes to rely on all stare managers everywhere to remove stale food from all shelves promptly? Every packaged food item sold in grocery stores with no exceptions, should have a date stampedClearly on the outside of the package specifying when thecontents will be stale-and this'vital data should not be hidden from buyers by a code. Aid To The World One of the most trite and over-worked pitches for persuading Congress to vote billions in foreign aid has been- over the last thirty-four years-the warning that unless we Americans give foreigners more, they might not like us. As worn out and discredited as this line is today, after more than three decades of lavish aid all over the world (to the tune of about $250 billions of dollars), with Uncle Sam widely unpopular, the old refrain comes again from the Commission on World Hunger. The commission recommends Congress double U.S. non- military foreign aid in the^pming years, so that Ahaerica will not be criticized for not doing enough to avoid a wofld hunger crisis.. £ The irony is that the world's hunger problem steins directly from the disproportionate emphasis among nations on arms and industrial production. Ru which is this year herself 46,000,000 tons short of food is out-arming every other nation in the worl producing enough food for home consumption. The United States is already one of only three countries in the world today with annual grain surpluses fpr export (Canada and Australia are the others). All are democracies. None of the communist countries, with their huge armaments programs, do much to help. k? What the world needs is unity and concerted action on the part of the democracies and third world countries, working through the U.N. and other world agencies, in a humanitarian demand that the,communist world do its part to avoid a worldwide hunger crisis in the years ahead. Washington could, in fact, mount a major propaganda and public relations campaign in behalf of that goal. The American taxpayer is already doing his share. American food aid might well be increased, as military aid is decreased. But the solution is not more and more U.S. aid as the communists continue to arm to take over the world. It is insistence by the non-communist world that communist nations accept their responsibility and act in a humanitarian and statesman like fashion-to help feed the hungry. WASHINGTON: Here's how area Members of wore recorded cm major roll call votes in the days before the Christmas break. HOUSE Chrysler Aid--The House passed, by a vote of 271 for and 136 against, a financial aid package for Chrysler Corp. The company says it will collapse without massive federal aid. The bill (HR 5860) sent to the Senate would provide $1.5 billion in loan guarantees over the next three years if the company raises $1.9 billion onjts own. The loan guarantees mean that Chrysler will borrow from the private sector but the U.S. Treasury will have to pay bade the $1.5 billion if the company is unable to. 5 - Rep. Thomas Evans, R-Del.s a supporter of the plan, called the risk to taxpayers "pale in comparison to the costs to federal, state and local governments if Chrysler were to go" under." Rep. Richard Ichord, D-Mo., an opponent, asked: "Why should the government subsidize the production of goods that the public has alreSdy rejected?" v-,.- Members voting "yea" favored the Chrysler bail-out. Rep. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "yea." \ John Anderson, R-16, voted "hay." r ~ Chrysler Workers--By a vote of 107 for and 296 against, the House rejected an effort to make Chrysler Corp. workers provide a larger share of the financial aid package for their employer. The amendment, proposed to the $3.4 billion Chrysler aid bill (see previous vote) would have required union workers to give up $697 million of the $1.3 billion in wage and benefit increases they are scheduled to receive over the next three years. Non-union workers would have foregone $243 million in increases. The bill later passed by the House required union workers to give up|197 million and non-union workers $100 million. ). Dan Quayle, R-Ind., sponsor of the amendment, said it Let ters to t lu» Edi tor 0 (TllcPlaindMlfl| invites the public to ut* thii this column ot on tKprot«i«>f] .of . fhtlrVitwi on sobjoctt.iof general interest in our community. Our only roquott is that the writers give \tignofure full address and phone number. We ash too. that one individual nol pn the same.subject more than once eoch month.^ We reserve the right to deleftr any; material which we consider libelous or in objectionable toste.) V J Inflation Hits Hard Users Of Food Stahjps Overall income in the -- United States increased five times faster than incomes o food stamp householder over the past four years, according to Carol Tucker F o r e m a n , a s s i s t a n t secretary of agriculture for food and consumer services. While overall incomes in- --cpeased 40 percent during this time, incomes of food stamp recipients went up only 7 percent, she said. As a result, food stamp households are being especially hard hit by in­ flation. According to a recent survey, food stamp households havg an average monthly "income of about $320, compared to an average monthly household income of about $1,500 in the general population. Moreover, the poor have little to fall back on. Sixty percent of people on food stamps have no liquid assets, and 95 percent have assets under $1,500, Foreman said. The cost of necessities has risen faster than the cost of other items-rising by 34 percent over the past four years, according to a price index for necessities. During the first nine months of 1979, the cost of medical care went up 9 percent, food by 9.6 percent, housing by 15 percent and energy by 45.5 percent. The needy spend 90 per­ cent of their income on necessities (food, shelter, 5/ medical care and household utilities), while other Americans sperid only 60 percent of their income to buy necessities. According to Donald West State stamp costly of Washington niversity, food shoppers buy less more economical cuts of mteat, fewer bakery products and about half as many \snacks as other shopper Despite automatic cost-of- living increases in food stamp benefits, food Stamp users have suffered from inflation in recent years--and they have suffered, more than the general population, Ms. Foreman said Cut Food Costs You can cut fo&4 costs if you_, watch for sales, "take advan­ tage of specials, buy fresh items during season. Shop carefully. Compare prices at different stores. Chech one name brand against an­ other. • * Read labels carefully. Look r for freshness codes, packaging dates, expiration dates. •Compare prices of non-food items yoL pick up at the super­ market with cost of the same items elsewhere. You could be paying more than necessary for health and beauty aids, kitchen and laundry supplies and similar items. Use prepared and con ience foods sparingly. TH _ more expensive and inc your total food bill. Third Time's A Charm Americans usually answer their phones on the third ring. Rep. is only fair for Chrysler employees to "show some sacrifice if the government is going to come to their assistance." Rep. James Blanchard, D-Mich., an opponent, said the amendment asked too much of the workers and would "gut the opportunity to help Chrysler and its tens of thousands of employees." v •ecuy / Members voting "yea" wanted Chrysler employees to pay communist more in return for having their jobs saved. especially, McClory voted "yea." >- Anderson voted "nay." Aid For Citie8--By a vote of 184 for and 153 against, the ouse lowered from $250 million to $150 million the amount of economic aid to be allocated to the nation's most depressed communities under a special "targeted" economic recovery program. Large cities with chronically high unemployment will benefit most. The aid is to be released next spring in the form of one-shot-only grants. The vote came during debate on HR 5960, an anti-recession bill that the House will take up again in 1980. Rep. Clarence Brown, R-Ohio, a supporter of the $100 million cut, noted that the targeted aid will be released "during the thick of the presidential primary season, and added that "Harry Hopkins (of the FDR administration) once said that the key to success in politics is to 'tax and tax, spend and spend, and elect and elect.' " Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, D-N.Y., an opponent of the cut, said the nation's "most distriessed cities, counties and rural areas" need the targeted aid, and that the full $250 million is needed to "help local communities prevent layoffs and cuts in essential police, fire and sanitation services." Members voting "yea" favored reducing the outlay from $250 million to $150 million. McClory voted "yea." Anderson did not vote. SENATE Chrysler Bail-Out--The Senate passed, by a vote of 53 for and 44 against, legislation rescuing Chrysler Cocp. from its , predicted bankruptcy. The bill (see House votes above# headed for conference with the House and President Caller's signature." The Senate's $3.6 billion Chrysler aid plan includes federal guarantees for $1.5 billion in private loans. The company would have to raise $2.1 billion on its own, with $525 million coming from wage and benefit concessions by unionized employees and another $150 million from non-union workers. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., a supporter of the bill, said: "The costs of letting the company fail far outweigh the benefits of strict adherence to an economic principle." Sea Gordon Humphrey, R-N.H., an opponent, said: "If Chrysler is bailed out, there will be no end to corporations lining up outside our doors demanding similar treatment." Senators-voting "yea" favored the bail-out. Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "yea." Sien. Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "nay." UAW Concessions--By a vote of 69 for and 28 against, the Senate required unionized Chrysler employees to contribute $525 million to the government rescue package for their company (see previous votes). This amendment was a compromise between those who wanted union workers to forego at least $800 million of the $1.3 billion in wage increases they are due to receive over the next three years, and those who wanted to limit the union sacrifice to $400 million. The amendment also increased the value of federal loan guarantees for Chrysler, reduced the contribution required of non-unionworkers, and decreased the amount of stock the company would give its employees. / Sen. Paul TsOngas, D-Mass., a supporter, said' the amendment "provides the sacrifice necessary by the UAW and by management" to deter other companies from seeking Chrysler-style bail-outs. Sea William Proxmire, D-Wis., an opponent, said allowing employees to receive wage increases "shifts the responsibility from the people (workers) who should provide credit" to the taxpayers. Most senators voting "nay" favored a greater union sacrifice. Percy voted "yea." Stevenson voted "nay." Windfall Profits--The Senate passed, 74 for and 24 against, a bill <HR 3919) to tax a large chunk of the profits U.S. oil / For Your * In fo rmat ion ' Dear friends, It is important for. husbands and wives to share information on savings and ch*clci«a ac­ counts, life insurance policies, stock and Wtad certificates - all investment matters, pensiOT plans and death benefits owing. The surviving widow can be in deep financial trouble unless she knows of all such assets and benefits she must apply for. Respectfully, t ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? ssssssssssss 0o You Know Someone Now? * ' ' -*•» WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEN0 A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CAU JOANITULL 385-5418 < PETER M.JISTEN . & SON FUNERAL HOME v« sj*> 4c : ~ 'Wy\ 40, %r, % rrmmirrn Mc'HiNRY, IHINJOI ' KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST OUR RESPONSIBILITY "Dear Editor: "Animals being abaiu doned or neglected bespeaks "an irresponsibility that is ominous in ouF 'civilized' society. McHenry Plain- dealer stories that thave appeared recently about the castration and burning of cats and poisoning of dogs areshatteringly scary. I am, indeed, an animal lover and a believer that we are all God's creatures pnd that only He has the right to detecmifie the fate of, all. Hopefully, our superior intellect as humans would lead us also to feel a responsibility to animals less endowed. Beyond this, I know, professionally, that cruelty to animals is usually symp­ tomatic of deep intrapsychic disturbances in older children and adults, and that statistically, abuses of animals often go on to be abuses or murders of humans. It's time that we all take the problem very seriously. Animal abuse, as child abuse, needs to be promptly reported and stopped. It won't just go away by itself and will mushroom into terrible tragedy for someone sometime. None of us are imnffrne. - "Sincerely, i "Mrs. Eleanor M. Rusin" ' ..ON VOTING "Dear Editor: "As we are approaching this year's end, and for that matter the end of the decade, m I believe it would he helpful to look at the new yfear and --the new decade and, fit­ tingly, a new campaign and presidency. Who are the men looking to be our leaders? What can we look forward to? "Well, there are three: our present man, Jimmy Carter. A man we always wanted to ~ run, but didn't. Now he wants to but we don't - Ted Kennedy. And finally, a man who was the matinee idol for millions. * "Who should we pick? Certainly, the man we pick has large problems to face: to bring unity to a divided Country; to bring economic stability to a country discouraged and frustrated by economic disaster; ancfto~ bring keif respect to people, embarrassed in front of the whole world, people who feel unable to control their own future because their energy is bought from people as money hungry as our own big business. ^ "Who do we have to choose from? The man who cer­ tainly has seemed to unite this country but only from an error in judgment. The same man who told the auto workers that he could correct the economy without the expense of their jobs. He now sits helpless as our auto industry is falling and thousands are laid off. Or a man who once could ^have united the country but now seems frail and un­ trustworthy. Or, finally, a man who seems to think he knows what we need. "What got us here in first place? I think it was going into things bliridly and paying for them later. "Was it our own greed for wealth pushing people into doing anything for high profit, or, was it the rich What is "the solj. "We are, asj always, the only ones who can correct.it We have to suffer - wie wrong people paying lor other's mistakes. But, werre the ones who allowed^I think they call it over­ industrialization; making things we cannot control. J "Our money is being controlled by heartless money markets because terms. Now, adl we can do is try and finjMomeone who'll reduce federal ^&p«<uiii We'll just have tVSsceptl lowers wages for more productivity and suffers just like-tnir ancestors did the TTfeltr^ .iSybe this time, after the smdke clears, we'll learn from4our mistakes and we'll take our time. One person cannot make a difference it , seems, but start-adding up . the people acting as if they don't care. 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We won't make it resources and progress only without you. wms to work in infinite * "Paul Davis" Nutation, Training Fun The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $975,476 in a grant available to Illinois to teach-children, teachers and school food service personnel about nutrition., Monroe Woods, midwest regional ^administrator; Food and Nutrition Service, USDA said, "The grant ws& made available through the nutrition education and training (NETf) program that was enacted into law two years ago. Illinois will use the grant to develop and carry out nutrition «vhieation and training programs in schools, and for projects that provide information on the important re lat ionship between nutrition, food and health." Congress recent ly provided $20 million in the Agriculture Appropriations act for f i sca l year 1980 (P .L. 96-7) . The grants wi l l provide 40 cents for each child enrolled in schools and child care institutions. Each state will receive a grant and no state -will receive less than $75,000. companies will reap as a result of the ongoing removal of federal controls from the price of doi^tic crude oil. The bill would raise about $178 billion in taxes over the next 10 years - about one-third of the windfall profits al cM"pw"iw are expected to get (after subtraction of other taxies) as a result of decontrol. The tougher House version of HR 3919 would raise about $277 billion over 10 years - about one-half of the oil companies' anticipated windfall profits. The bill is now in a House-Senate conference. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., a supporter, said theSenate has passed "the largest single tax bill ever approved by the Congress. It is a bill which will produce energy. It is a bill which, above all, is fair and equitable to the American people." Sen. 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