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PAGE 20 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I, I960 ------ PLAINDEALbR Kdilorial Opinion A Sane World? We strive to believe there is a high level of sanity in our mod&n world But events often make us wonder. In a recent boxing match a young fighter earned over 10 million dollars in one night. That night-in Montreal-one fighter on the same card suffered a critical brain concussion. Another of the boxers on the card that night had recently sent an opponent to a hospital with a critical concussion. In short, much of the public likes to see fellow human beings knock each other about, down and out. And the fact that a number of boxers are killed each year is undisputed. Yet no headgear is worn by professional boxers (that wc reduce gate, and profits) and the mauling and continues merrily-except for those mauled and killed. It's somewhat up the ladder from the Roman coliseun not far enough up. Labeling Problem After "studying" the so-called problem for almost 10 years, the Treasury department is now about to make a timid step forward in the direction of providing the consumer vital information on the labels of beer, wine and alcoholic spirits. The Treasury, it's reported, may instead allow producers to provide an address where consumers can write to get this information. That of course, would be ridiculous-another stall- The industry has protested that providing consumers a list of ingredients would be costly. This is a transparently weak argument; studies have shown that the inclusion of a list of ingredients on labels would cost only a fraction of a cent at most. Not only should Treasury require all producers of alcoholic beverages to list all ingredients in each product, but it should require that the alcoholic content of beer, wine and spirits also be prominently displayed on labels. No doubt there will be objection to this also, from the industry. But consumers are entitled to know not only the ingredients but also the alcoholic content of what they drink. That could be vital or even life-saving information, in some cases, should it involve unsuspecting drinkers who are driving or who underestimate how much alcohol they are consuming. How the Treasury has managed for all these years to do practically nothing in this direction is one of the best modern examples of an ineffective bureaucracy stymied by a powerful, lucrative industry. Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes after returning from the GOP national convention recess. HOUSE Grain Embargo--By a vote of 135 for and 279 against, the House rejected an amendment whose intent was to end the embargo of U.S. grain sales to Russia. President Carter imposed the embargo in January in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The amendment sought to deny the Commerce department funding to enforce the embargo. It was offered to an appropriations bill (HR 7584) later passed and sent to the Senate. Rep. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D., the sponsor, called the embargo "an embarrassment both at home and abroad," and estimated it has cost farmers $10 billion in lost revenue. Rep. Thomas Foley, D-Wash., an opponent, said the amendment was futile because even if it became law the commerce department could enforce the embargo by denying export licenses. Members voting "yea" favored the anti-embargo amendment. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "yea." Rep. John Anderson, R-16, did not vote. Helping Homosexuals--The House adopted, 290 for and 113 against, an amendment to prevent the Legal Services corp. frotfn "promoting, defending or protecting homosexuality." The vote came during debate on an appropriations bill (HR 7584) later passed and sent to the Senate. Rep. Larry McDonald, D-Ga., the sponsor, said it would be wrong for Congress "to venerate certain conduct by spending money to defend wholly unacceptable behavior," Rep. John Burton, D-Calif., an opponent, said this was "one of the most outrageous amendments ever proposed on the floor of the House" in part because it singles out for punitive treatment people "who are citizens of this country, who pay taxes in this country." Members voting "yea" were opposed to the Legal Services corp., acting on behalf of homosexuality. McClory voted "yea." _ Anderson voted "nay." \ Fringe BenefitSBy a vote of 217 for and 159 against, the House voted to end a financial benefit House members have received since 1866. If the provision becomes law, members no longer will be able to collect a one-shot annual payment equal to 20 cents times the round trip mileage between Washington and their districts. The payment is in addition to reimbursements for vouchered trips actually made to the district and back. Members need not submit vouchers to get the one-shot payment, and many members legally pocket the money. Rep. Clarence Miller, R-Ohio, the sponsor, said it was time to do away with an, archaic law that yields an undeserved fringe benefit. Rep. Frank Thompson, D-N.J., an opponent, said the $210,000 saved annually by the amendment "would be nothing more than cosmeti^, miniscule, and would actually have the 1 rkf inKi Ki • i r%rt ' ' w nrvt V\At*0 * MUtVAflAtlta fi An AMlttHfllAVltfl members' representation of constituents, yea" wanted to eliminate the special effect of inhibiting Members voting payment to mem McClory voted Anderson did not SENATE Oil Income--By a vbte of 24 for and 73 against, the Senate rejected an effort to limit a new tax break for oil well royalty recipients to persons \ with incomes below $40,000. The For Your Information Dear friends, \ •» Some tag** are riyw theorising that there may hava bean oarlibr civilisations an earth that attalnad scientific achiavamants, avan spaca traval, superior to our own, and woro then obliterated by a catoktrophy of thoir own over-raaching folly. Now that wo ara tam­ pering with nuclear power Aoxtremely toxic chemicals, hereditary factors, etc.• prerogatives of the Creator alona - ara wo cbllously dam­ ming our civilisation and environment as wellf PETER M.JUSTEN A CDM FUNERAL HOME Legislators State Senators Jack Schaffer <R> - 33rd. 56 N. Williams St. Crystal Lake, III., 60014 Phone 455-0309 Springfield Phone 217-782-6525 Karl Berning (R) • 32nd. 625 Deerfield Road Deerfield, III., 60015 Phone 312-945-3200 > State Representatives Thomas J. Hanahan (D) 4801 W. Route 120 McHenry, III., 60050 Phone 385*3427 Springfield Phone 217-782-6476 Calvin L. Skinner, Jr., (R) 33rd. P.O. Box 308 Crystal Lake, III., 80014 Phone 459-6050 Springfield Phone 217-7824000 Donald E. Deuater <R>- 32nd 510 N. Lake St. Mundelein, II!., 60060 Phone 312-588-1972 Daniel M. Pierce (D) • 32nd 580 Roger Willaims Ave. Highland Park, III., 60035 Phone 312-433-2551 Betty Lou Reed (R) - 32nd. 927 Holly Court Deerfield, III., 60015 U.S. Senators Charles H. Percy <R) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3859 Chicago,illl., 80604 Phone 312-353-4952 Adlai E Stevenson (D) 230 S. Dearborn Koom 3%0 Chicago, III., 60604 Phone 312-353-5420 U.S. Congressmen John B. Anderson <R> 301 W State St. Rockford. III.. 61101 Phone 815-962-8807 Robert McClory (R) :*26 N. Genesee St. Waukegan. III.. 60085 Phone :ti2 :n«-4r>fV4 This Newspaper Made No •One Mad ilpate diem (The following article, which'appeared in a recent issue of the Ptibllsher's Auxiliary, originally was in the Monroe Journal, Wfitten' by Steve Stewart). (If all printers were determined not to print anything 'till they were sure it would offend nobody, mere would be very .little printed.--Benjamin Frank­ lin, printer.) It was 6 p.m> Tuesday in the offices of the Weekly P r e t e n d e r , w h i c h maintained a strict policy of never knowingly making anyone angry. Editor Pollyanna Penn waa very pleased with the way things had gone since the newspaper's first issue three weeks earlier. There had been a couple of complaints about stories, but Fqllyanna was satisfied that she< had done everything humanly possible to anticii complaints and head off by not printing the potentially offending itema. Pollyanna's reporters, Bubba Booster and Sally Cynic, filed into the editor's office for the semiweekly editorial conference about Thursday's paper. "Bubba," Pollyanna began, "I believe you have s o m e t h i n g a b o u t Consolidated Conglom­ erates' plans to build a $50-million whatzit factory here. That sounds like a good, non- controversial story. It'll be nice to get some solid information in the paper because the rumor's been on the grapevine for six months. "That's right, boas," said Bubba. "This thing came up in this morning's city commission meeting. They talked about it for half an hour, and I got a lot of information. Only thing is, the mayor said the amendment was offered to a tax bill (S 2939) later passed and sent to the House. Royalties are paid to property owners by oil companies. They normally are 12.5 percent of the value of the oil extracted. As passed by the Senate, the bill would give individual or family royalty recipients a one-year tax credit equal to the first $1,000 in additional "windfall profits" taxes they are required to pay. Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., a sponsor of the amendment, said the tax break "should go only to those who truly are needy and' not to individuals who make more than $40,000." . Sen. Russell Long, D-La., an opponent, said,the royalty recipients hurt by the windfall tax include "so many little people, so many old people, so many widows....with no other income except a small royalty check..." Sena tors voting "yea" favored limiting those eligible for the tax credit. Sen. Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "yea." Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "nay." OSHA Warns Employers discussion waa off the record There irefe 2t people there, and they were very curious about the plant, but they all agreed 4t shouldn't' be m the paper. Conaolidated fears that jf it* competitors find out it plans to enter the whatsit market, they'll file an anti-trust suit and derail the whole project. The mayor did promise that at the] appropriate time, he woald make a big announcement. He said this would probably be a week or so before the city election. "- "Guess we ihavap t<* scratch that story for now, aaid Pollyanna. "What's next?" "They've had a rash of vandalism at Community High," Sally said. "Three classrooms were burned down, and--" Pollyanna cut her short. "We can't uae that The principal already thinks we're biaaed against Community High because of other stories we've done. We didn't print it when the kids at City High ripped a blackboard off the wall, and Community High will just think we're picking on them if we rim this story now." "Hare's one that ought to make Community High happy," Bubba offered. "Their pingpong team won the national championship and will be making a diplomatic trip to Iran. They say this coida be the key to solving the hostage crisis. If I can just get Coach Hideout to return my calls, it'll be a terrific story." "The folks at City High already think we give Community High too much sports coverage," Pollyanna sirid. "Last week we had four Community High sports stories and only two about City High. We'd better hold this one until we can even things out." The telephone rang, and Pollyanna answered. "Miss Penn? This is Mrs. Crook. • You know my daughter Ima? She's been arrested. It's all a misunderstanding, and it's the first time she's been in trouble. If her father finds out, he'll hit the ceiling. Judge Buckpass said he couldn't keep it out of the paper, but you could." Pollyanna put the call on hold and turned to Sally. "Do you have something from the sheriff's office about Ima Crook being arrested?** "She's charged with robbing the Convenient Food Store," Sally explained. "A clerk was killed, and two customers were wounded. Ima'a uncle is a suspect, too, and he's still at large. He'a supposed to be aipied and dangerous." "Tell you what," Pollyanna aakl to the-caller. "Weill , wait 'till the trial. Once it's over and she's been acquitted, you call/ us back ana well put it in the pepeyhen. Thanks for "No# tell me about yesterday's county Arts and Culture board meeting," Pollyanna said to Sally. "The * bo/rd voted to double, the _ executive director's salary and let him hire his wife and daughter for office help. The family's some was tripled in one swoop." "Yeah," said Pollyanna, "but the board chairman called and asked us to sit on the story 'till two of the other employees get back from vacation and can be informed of the changes. He doesn't want them to read it in the paper first. And he doesnn think we should publish the salaries at all. He says infon that's personal formation." « SaHy had heard about all she could take. i "Forgive me, Pi she said through teeth, "but I had the naive notion that the public ia better off with facts than with rumors or ignorance. "What about the it to know what kredoing tax money ia spent? What about the public's interest in the economic weU-bting of the community and the health and safety of homes and schools? What about the public's desire to know and share news of the fortunes and misfortunes of friendi and neighbors? "What about our own credibility -4 will the public have any confidence in our news coverage if they know we'll leave something out at the first hint of a complaint?" Pollyanna bristled. "The public, Sally? The see no reason public into this! Who do you think we're nutting out this newspaper for, anyway?" Nobody could answer that question, so they went on with toe meeting, crossing off stories one by one. When they finished, there were no stories left--which meant the Pretender did not pubUah that Thursday. But at least it dkki't make anybody mad. THf HAtKlT r nauea. in® rhe public?! I to bring the ! Who do you ECONOMICAL CARROTS ARE GOOD ANYTIME ' f Even though the prices of other vegetables go up and down, the price of carrots stays reasonable throughout most of the year. Their deep yellow color indicate! that they are an especially good source of vitamin A. . They also contain other nutrients in lesser amounts and are low in calories. One-half cup of cooked carrots contains ody 24 calories. When buying carrots, look for ones that are firm, crisp, smooth, dean and without surface blemishes. Carrots can be used as an appetizer in soup or juice; as an entree in stews, souffles or meat loaf; as a vegetable, either stewed, creamed or glued; or in salads as a part of coleslaw, in a relish tray, or grated with pineapple and raisins. They are also good in quick breads and in such desserts as spiced pud­ dings, pie, cake, cookies or custard. Relief from Rising Prices? Br in 1HEB SoPEmawKCRS •off shtoptem normaL GASOLINE The Occupational Safety • and Health Administration (OSHA) is advising local business operators to be suspicious of any person or group which attempts to sell OSHA materials. According to Ronald McCann, acting OSHA regional administrator for Region V, small business operators throughout the midwest are being ap­ proached by various groups which seek to sell them materials from OSHA which employers can get at no charge from the federal safety and health agency. One group in particular, according to McCann, is said to be telling employers that they must pick up a C.O.D. package which contains information on OSHA. The package costs $29.50. "That particular group calls itself the Occupational Safety and Health Club of America," McCann said. "OSHA is in no way con­ nected to that club, and furthermore, any materials employers need are available free from OSHA." , McCann asked employers ?•* approached by the Oc- i. cupational Safety and Health ( Club of America to report those contacts as soon as possible to the nearest OSHA area office. -1 Employers may call OSHA toll free in Illinois by 800-942-3174. 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