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Show PAGE TWO SUGAR HOUSE, UTAH THURSDAY JANUARY 21, 1960 INDEPENDENT Juvenile Court Uses Hall For Waiting-Roo- m contVpt 1 II I I ' I . I kmc : n II j t v I o( s ) i 1 H 1 ' " " Tgai.?- SSsfS,re Above is a view of the fifth floor hall in the City and County Building at 4th South and State. Dye to lack of space youngsters and their parents must wait here before they are called into the Judge's Chambers at the Second district of the Juvenile Court of Utah. To the left are stocked printing supplies. This "lobby" serves for under age traffic, misdemeanor, and delinquency violators. iiiaiisi3iE2Mn33i3isr'ir Nixon "Nixed" Free Bargaining Early in December President Eisenhower declared, "I do Delieve that the day we abandon free and collective bargaining, it is going to be a sad day for the United States." Free bargaining was abandoned when Vice President Nixon and Labor Secretary Mitchell intervened in the steel strike. Perhaps they didn't dictate the terms of the settlement but they forced labor and management to come to terms. There certainly must have been some threats expressed such as reprisals from Congress in the form of new laws. Cheers for Nixon and Mitchell in getting the strike settled somewhat die out when thought is given to the inflationary aspect of the terms. It is a fairly safe bet, however, that steel prices will not rise until after the election this fall. More dangerous than the inflationary results is the use of Federal power to force the issue. Monroe Doctrine A Work-A-Da- y Pattern of Living Americanism Merle Riche Another summit conference is in the offing. Just what can come of it remains to be seen especially in the light of past results with the broken pro-mises that in-evitably follow. It seems to be that people are so thorough-ly confused by the actions of the international. politicians that they do not know whether to pay attention to words or to deeds. And at the slightest protestation of good faith all experience is laid aside for the calculated risk of the present. The only thing a summit con- -. ference can do is to raise the prestige of Khrushchev. Every purpose served will be a Communist purpose. Can anyone be blamed if he has strong sus picions ? Have Americans not been warned enough? It is now about five years since one of the summit conferences took place. Khrushchev signed a most interesting agreement at that time' and all the conferees concurred. A paragraph from it reads like this: "The reunification of Germany by means of free elections shall be carried out. in conformity with the national interests of the German people and the interests of European security." Yet since that time Berlin has been used as a club with which to beat Americans over the head, to knock concessions out of them and to keep them in a state of perpetual quandary as to when and for what purpose the club will be wielded again and again and again. It is about time that Americans requested their top prize-fighte- rs to get out of the international ring as no amount of sparring will . win the fight, and there are no rules upon which certainty can be exercised. And we are not part-icularly used to clubs for weapons. Each day brings fresh reports of the disparity between Com-munist words and deeds. A hate compaign of lies and abuse is still being waged against us. A compaign of' sweetness and light is being spread before us. The division which comes about between those who accept one or the other approach as being the true one weakens all America. Our weakness does not just happen. It is time we saw the common sense of 100 per cent Monroe-Doctri- ne Americanism. Quit Sulking by Arthur M. Richardson How many times has some person come up to you and asked, 'What's wrong?" In nine cases out of ten nothing big has happened to us from the outside but we had just lost control from the inside. And, if it is from the inside we must regain control. So many of us are moody and we can so easily slip into our down moods. Hunger can do it. Fatigue can do it. So many things can make us sulky and peevish. Hubby comes home all sweaty from work and wants to be greeted with a kiss but cutie-pi- e wifey turns her face the other way so spurned hubby turns on his heel and 'won't speak for a week. Loving wifey sports a new hair-d- o but thoughtless hubby fails to notice when he comes dragging in from work so petulant wifey grabs a book when he comes to bed and if hubby gets sore too, then the next day it's twin beds and the parting of the ways has begun. Maybe at work you were overlooked during the introductions to some important person that came to the office and so you' re sulking it out. These simple cases are not just imagination. It's always the little things that are allowed to grow into the big things that cause all the trouble. A sulk represents inertia- - -- standing still. To shake it off is a real job for any person. Here are two questions that you can always ask yourself and if you do the answers may help you get off dead center. Ask yourself "Who's getting hurt anyway? And then ask, "What would I admire some other person doing in a like situation." But if you should happen to be one of those folks that's born with a sulky disposition a personologist can soon tell you and give you a sure fire way to get over it once and for all. I : X. : "A I Staff Photos gin 1 Here ts the reason that there is such an "abominable entrance" to the Juvenile Court, as Mr. William M. Dale, Probation officer describes it. Cubicles had to be made in the original lobby for con-sulting rooms such as this. In this particular office, unventilated, as the vents neither pull in or blow out, there is only a small lattice-work ventilation in the door. The room is 9' square, approximately, and must house the officer questioning the youngster and his parents. Some of the clients are strangers to ordinary sanitary procedures'. When one realizes that one half the juvenile cases are handled for the State of Utah in these quarters it becomes a tragic situation. Other judges are needed but there is no room for them. 1960, will be under the new system. Those already on the pension rolls June 30, 1960, will not be affected unless they choose to come under the hew system. They can make , this choice at any time but once the election is made, the pensioner can never revert to the old system. Q. Does the new law affect those drawing compensation or service-connect- ed benefits? A. No. Compensation for service connected disability will not be affected. Q. Does the new law affect service pensions? A. No. Service pensions are paid only to Indian War, Civil War and Spanish American War veterans, and will not be affected. Q. Are eligibility requirements changed under the new law? A. Not basically. Ninety days active wartime service and an honorable-typ- e discharge are required. The veteran must also be permanently and totally disabled. There are important changes in the income limits under the new system as well as some changes in the methods employed to compute the pensioner's annual income. Under the new law the veteran's estate or "worth" will become an eligibility factor. Q. What factors determine "permanent and total disability?" A. The degree of disability may vary according to the age of the veteran. Generally, he must have a disability which at his age prevents him from getting regular, full-tim- e employment. This disability must be such that doctors do not expect it to improve materially. Q. What are the changes in a veteran's income limits? A. Under the old law, a veteran without dependents could not draw a pension if his annual income ex-ceeded $1400. Under the new law, he may receive some pension if his income is as high as $1800. Under the old law, a veteran with depend-ents was ineligible if his annual income was over $2700. Under the new law, his annual income may be as much as $3000, and he may still be eligible for some pension. New Pension Law From the thousands of questions asked about the new perision law slated to go into effect July 1, 1960, the Veterans Admin-istration has selected the most pertinent, together with the appropriate answers. Following is the first of a series of these questions and answers. Q. When will the new system of pension payments go into effect? A. On July 1, 1960. The first checks under the new system will not be mailed before August 1, 1960. Q. Who will be affected by the new system? A. All veterans of World War I, World War II and the Korean conflict and their dependents who qualify and begin to receive non-servi- ce pensions after June 30. taxed all over again at the in-dividual level at rates ranging from 20 per cent on the smallest taxable incomes to a high of 91 per cent. Thereafter, if the stockholder sells his shares in the corporation and makes a profit, he is subjected to, a capital gains tax of 25 per cent. Yes, progress in a free country is dependent on private capital. And our tax system imposes a heavy drag on both the accumula-tion and the investment of capital. pediments to economic progress which stand squarely in the way of industrial expansion. In his words, "All progress is dependent upon capital, which must be saved out of current income, and the existence of 'reward' incentives. It is the tax rates which restrict capital accumulation, and restrain incentives." In this connection, it should be noted that virtually all economists are convinced that much more individual investment in producing enterprise will be needed if the ever-growi- ng work force is to be provided with good jobs, and the general standard of living is to continue to rise. The need is particularly great for increased investment in common stocks--- a kind of investment that gives in-dustry a far greater flexibility than is true of debt financing. But the investor, under our existing tax system, is heavily penalized at all turns. First of all, profits are taxed at the corporate level, at a rate of 52 per cent for companies of any size. Then whatever is left, and is paid out in dividends, is PROGRESS AND CAPITAL A tax expert recently told a House committee that thorough-going reform of federal individual income tax rates should boost annual personal incomes by at least $40 billion the amount of the current individual income tax bill- - within eight years. 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