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y V PAGE II - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. MAT 1*. IMt PLAINDEALEHTN Editorial \ I Opinion MCHS Graduate Views U.S. Economic Slump The Language Problem Secretary of Education Terra! Bell hat announced that the Reagan administration would not attempt to impose on local schools the rule-dreamed up in the itiid-seventies-thst children must be taught in their first tongue. This idee was, from the first, nonsensical. It was the exact opposite aoproach to getting the job done-teach all Americans the national language. In many U.S. schools today children speak half a dozen languages. It's impossible for local schools to accommodate them all, in their own languages In addition, doing that postpones their learning English, which they must know to understand the history, democratic institutions and functioning of the nation, and its laws. This is a perfect idea of a generous notion that doesn't work out in practice. Nor does the federal government have any business telling local schools what courses they must teach. But, this approach has been pushed. Now it has been found that children who must grow up and live In American society are better served by being taught English in the beginning. Common sense ought to have made that plain from the first It would seem we're on the right track in ending bilingual education as a requirement. It can still be offered, in special areas and special cases. Hope For The Obese The newest hope-and it's only that at this stage-is discovery of a drug that would reduce fat by burning off calories. Three U.S. firms are known to be investing heavily in such an effort and one is now testing a drug that seems to achieve most of what's desired-on animals. may be several years away from availability. The news and this is a new way to combat obesity. Until now. diets and a reduction of calories and exercise have been the only accepted But the druj significance of the effort is that from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK DATES ADO EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS May 20, 1S30--Baltimore and Ohio Railroad publishes first railroad timetable. May 21, 1927--Charles A. Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis land at l.e Bourget Field in Paris, completing first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight. May 22, 1972--President Richard M. Nixon becomes first president to visit Moscow, capital of the Soviet Union. For Your In fo rmat ion Door friends. Especially tragic It Hi* deetli of « parent with young children. The remaining ipouie, deep In grief. may find It difficult to be helpful to the children. Yet the children must be ' helped to confront reollty-they should be pert of the funeral service. Psychiatrists emphaslso that If Sooth Is net« talked about, accepted, and grief worked thru In childhood, behavioral and omotlonol problems may arlsa later. (TheFlaindeeler feelsits readers will be interested in the detailed analysis of the current eoonodUc slump as related by J. Aftin Anderson, Jr. Bent and raised to McHennr, Anderson, Is a graduate of Harvard Law echoot, now residing in Colorado. He returned to his home community last wwk to aeeepl a Distinguished Graduate award from High School District in. Anderson graduated from the local high school in l«M). "If we can identify some of the causes, it will be easier for us to identify cures. "We must abandon the paid professional economic gms who pontificate from their ivory towers, and return to the basic considerations of economics to which we were expoeed when we were introduced to th e subject in high school or in college. We were taught, rmy simply, that if capital waa used by labor to •ource, a product would remit satisfactory to the < in the <* of his f the reduced level of of important powers given to the operation of treatment for weight reduction. One company, however, has found that a drug it is testing reduces the weight of animals who have taken it several weeks. They suffer a slight fever as the calories burn off. There may be other side effects. And it wfll be. probably, vears before such a drug is available. Even then, its use will have to be monitored, and side effects carefully checked. But if such a drug is indeed on the horizon, even a few years hence, it is a major health hope for millions of obese Americans. Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) Washington - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes between April 29 and May 5. HOUSE ? Repairing Dams--By a vote of 212 for and 140 against, the House adopted an amendment requiring those who benefit directly from federally built irrigation dams, such as agricultural interesta, to pay a share of the cost of repsirs. Historically, the U.S. Treasury has paia the entire cost. The amendment, favored by the Administration, was attached to a bill (HR 3206) authorizing up to $650 million for repairing 56 federally built dams, most of them in the west The bill was later passed and sent to the Senate. Sponsor Gerald Solomon, R-N.Y., said that "economic efficiency as well ss fundamental fairness will be sacrificed if we continue to subsidize the users of water and power from federal dams." Opponent Don Clausen, R-Calif., said that "when the government has designed or built an unsafe structure...it should be required to make safe that dam which everyone concerned had a right to presume wss ssfe to begin with..." Members voting "yea" wanted direct beneficiaries of federally built irrigation dams to share the cost of repairs. Reps. Philip Crane, R-12, Robert McClory, R-lS, and Lynn Martin, R-16, voted "yea." SENATE ...Nuclear Waste--By a vote of 52 for and 40 against, the Senate killed an amendment making it easier for a state to block the location of a nuclear waste repository within its boundaries; a suite's objection would stand unless both houses of Congress voted to nullify it. Later, the Senate approved softer language that allows a state's veto to stand if either house votes in favor of the veto. The vote occurred during debate on a bill (S 1662) providing for permanent storage of radioactive waste from nuclear utilities and weapons factories. By 1964, the government would pick three potential sltee, with Washington. Nevada, Utah, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi leading candidates because of their rock or salt formations. By 1966, the first repository would be selected, and by the mid-1990's it would be in operation. The bill was psssed and sent to the House. Nuclear waste currently is stared temporarily near the utility or weapons plant. i • Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., who supported killing the amendment, said that when it comes to solving the nuclear waste storage probelm, "Everyone wants to proceed but they want the other fellow to take the waste. It's sort of like, 'Don't tax me. Tax the fellow behind the tree.' " Sen. Howard Cannon, D-Nev., who sponsored the amendment, called it "the most equitable balance between state and federal rights in the resolution of a truly national problem of intensely local concern." Senators voting "yea" wanted states to hove less power to reject s federal nuclear waste repository. Sen. Alan Dixon, D, voted "yea." < Sen. Charles Percy. R, voted "nay." Delay--The Senate killed, 63 for and 27 against, an amendment to delay for three years the 1964 target date for selecting three locations for the permanent storage of nuclear waste (see preceding vote). A survey of suitable geological formations throughout the nation is due to be completed in 1906, supporters of the delav noted. The vote occurred during debate on S1662. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., who favored killing the amendment, said the measure "would substantially delay the repository program. That Is the bottom line." ? Sen. John Stennis, D-Miss , who sponsored the amendment, noted that nuclear waste remains radioactive for a long time, and he aaked: "After all. what is a delay of three years as compared to a program here for 10,000 years? Senators voting "nay" wanted to delay selection of waste sites until more geological study of the entire nation has been undertaken. Dixon and Percy voted "yea." Interim Storage--By a vote of 47 for and 43 againat, the Senate retained a section of the nuclear waste bill providing for interim storage of radioactive material at federally-built sites until the geologic repositories sre operational The provision was advocated by the utility Industry, for It would enable utilities whose storage pools sre overloaded to send their waste elsewhere. South Carolina, New York and Illinois are among states that could provide temporary enhance a resource, „ . , would pay sufficiently for it to repay labor and capital adequately for their contributions and would reimbuige the owner of the reeouroe to encouragg him to make further contributions of his resource to the common good. If any of the contributors-labor, capital or resources-sought to exact more than its fair share of the income from the finished product, it woukL to that extent, tend to price itself out of the market by demanding a reward in exceee of what the consumer deemed die product to be worth for what he could afford, with the raeult that the production of goods for consumptive use would be slowed down or terminated. "The foregoing suggests reasons for the high unemployment rate in the • automobile industry. IJntil recently, st least, a General Motors worker on the line in Detroit was receiving $36,000-646,000 pef year phis generous fringe benefits, including a grant of eight additional holidays of the worker's own choosing. The worker was making cars for the market that had given great support to purchase of the output, namely, by the consumers who were in the range of 615,000-6125,000 per year income. Many of those who have lost their jobs in the automobile Industry because of the sharp decline in the sale of their product, must be starting to realise that a worker in Detroit cannot expect to' receive Rolls Royce compensation to make automobiles for the Ford and • trade. (same tendency to be prlceAout of the market because of the excessive demands by labor, capital or resources for s share of the end product may be found in many other fields of economic activity in the United States. "The same tendency of labor to push its monopoly of s field of employment suited to its union power, is found in all the building trades organizations. They are, with high coets of capital and materials, the cause of the slump in house construction. How can a young couple hope to buy the little white cottage of their dreams, when the only bouses available were built by labor receiving the pay of those who leisurely build mansions for the affluent-out of lumber and other materials provided by labor and capital which have no curb on their greed to get the maximum return for their respective contributions-but, again in so doing, eoeterg of our economy!* the increasing abase of U them by federal law. Tms abuse can be curbed by die Taft-Hartley Act and all other labor laws in the Relations Act of 1974 in all states having sn unsmploymsnt rate of 4 percent or more nntll six months after the rate has declined to 4 percent or ISM. This program a strong incentive to improve the economy and Chevvy i "This i to manageable proportions. An able, unemployed person seeking work does not get any benefit from s closed shop. r. "But capital and resources to produce cpneumer goods also share with labor die blame for pricing economic products out of the reach of great numbers of the vast consumer-public upon whom we most depend for the coneumption of die floss national product of a prosperous society. "One measure to cure this mMuse of "t*1*1 or reaeuroee is to ttmtt tax- exempt interest to a 10 percent yield and to tax the inns over 10 percent according to a ecbeduieprovfclng for a rapidly eecala ting rate. The category of «Kuritipe eligible for tax-free treatment should he expanded to encourage iriVate capital to channel funds Into a sluggish economy to fuel its recovery. "In addition a plan should be enacted to tfre tax-free status to dividends up to 10 percent distributed by small businesses to encourage the growth of the supply of venture capital. The exceee over 10 peroent of annual distribution should be euMect to an fscalatlng echedule of modest tax ratee sufficient to avoid a glut of investment in this field of private enterprise. "Another factor contributing to the dUocatkn of our economy coneists of the demands of our defense requirements. The government is a captive customer in the field of armament procurement If our defenee officiate decide another nuclear-powered submarine is needed, there is only one supplisr. The price ie 62,000,000,000 without any opportunity to negotiate die price to aeeure cost- efficiency in the production ana delivery of the submarine. . "I wss mayor of Sorimzfield. Mass., during World Wsr.II. The Sprtagfleld Armory, run by the government, was very efficient in producing rifles and other weapon for the armed forcea. It might be well to give thought to nationalizing the suppliers of aircraft, tanks, sea veeeds and other armaments for our huge defenee system, because our government is a captive customsr procuring needed items of defenee from arms dealers who have a monopoly of from a satisfied they have priced themselves out of the market as the suto workers did. 'Labor unions serve s useful purpose when everyone is working-they secure for labor its fair shore of the economic rewards flowlnf consumer-public. But, the unions hsve little to offer wt overtakes their members. Unions do not make work or prov mission of capital. The only work made by unions are the jc officers and members of the staff. The union officials sre and are, therefore, not sensitive to the pains, fears, anguish, grievous phases of the plight of the members just laid off without any promise of an early return to wore. "Measures to reduce the number of the jobless can be pursued In several ways. One ready, willing and able to work should be willing to accept a 20v storage. The vote occurred during consideration of S1662 (see preceding votes). re, R-ldaho, said that in the event utilities cannot the sources of supply. The President and the Congrees will have to start |_ leashes on the defense dog before it crowds out the eodety and way muzzles and of life it is sui upposed to defend. "The foregoing is sufficient to suggest the perimeters of the problems I set out to address. sugge the President and the Congrees sre striving with our government to help us, the thesis I have nut the ball in the government's court Let's finish the ga feeling that we are all winners the part of Drawing upon a tennis analogy, if we people sve laid out abovehas game with a happy Supporter James McGure solve their storage problems through advanced technology it is 's last-resort, away-from-reactor storage capability..." Institute On Drug Abuse ry to Opponent Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., said the lure of temporary, short-term storage should not be provided "when we should be focusing on a permanent solution to nuclear waste storage." Senators voting "yea" wanted to provide the away-from-reactor storage that the utility industry has asked for. Dixon and Percy voted "nay." PLAINDEALER"^ Letter to the Editor _ Public Pulse (Tka !«»(••« tfc« pwMlc »• m (Mt at m ml tto4> »ltwi •" •< |mmI !«• In community Our o«ly n^wtl It H>«» <*>• writer* «W* rifn«twr«. Ml (Mini mn4 »*»•« «•«*•' *»• ••It too tfcat on* individual «•» »'H« tm tK» WM mit Ifcwt •*«• • m*ntfc rt§M H faltti an, malarial wfckfc m can,i4ar llbalam at In afefactlanafela tatta ) I * CITY GOVERNMENT "To the Editor: "The Woodstock-McHenry League of Woman Voters voted at their an­ nual meeting Thursday, May 13, to expand the scope of the 1961-62 local government study. "In the first year study the local league assembled background In­ formation on the forms of government found in the villages and cities In McHenry county, foe 1962-63 study will focus on. city manager-Mayoral council form of government. , "The League of Woman Voters does not take action or circulate petitions until a study is finished and consensus is reached. We regret any misun­ derstanding of our proposed action. Leai 'CarolSfk, President 'Woodltock-McHenry [Woman Voters" T h e I l l i n o i s Dsngerous Drugs commission will sponsor the snnual Illinois Institute on Drug Abuse May 24-27 at Bradley university in Peoria. The annual drug studies conference focusee on issues of drug sbuse trestment, counseling, prevention, education and program management, and this year includee special seminars for parents and teachers, ss well ss for doctors, nurses, end employers. The conference will be opened by Governor Jamee E. Thompson the afternoon of Monday, May 24, and the Institute will be highlighted by a banquet and keynote speech Tuesday, May 25, by Dr. Joseph A. Pursch, psychistrist snd syndicsted newspaper columnist on slcoholism snd drug sbuse. Dr. Pursch scquired s national reputation in the treatment of chemical dependency while of the Alcoholism while Chief unit at the U.S. Naval Medical center at Long Beach, Calif. The Dangerous Drug* commission's Thomas B. Jr., streeeed the im­ portance of special institute sctivitiee for parents, teschers, and medical personnel. "Theee groupe hsve more direct contact with young people than anyone dee in our society," Kirk- pa trick said. "As a rasttlt, they have die power to control drug abuse within their familioo. Hwob. communities. Their help Is Essential If we are going to have an impact on drug problems, and the In­ stitute will provide thsm with much of the in­ formation they need." Anyone interestiAjn attending the instittffte should contact ythe Illinois Dangerous Drugs commission st 312-622-6660. Tornado Safety Brochure Could Be A Life Saver The 1962 tornsdo sesson, which hss csused millions of dollars in dsmsges again this year, is far from over, but Tornsdo Ssfety, a brochure publlaned^ by the In­ surance Information institute can help minimise damagee and perhape save lives The brochure is a handy reference guide that providee valuable tlpe about what to do before a tornado strikee, as well as during the storm, to meximize personal and home safety. It is slso In- formstlve on how to wstch for potentlsl hazards In the after­ math of a twister. Tornadoes this year have already struck dozens of atatee, damaging millions of dollars worth of property. In early April, tornadoes hit North Texas cauelng some 665 million In damagee and claiming nine llvee. Additional copiee of the brochure can be obtained by writing the Insurance Information Institute, 175 W. 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