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Show Page Two FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1961 THE SALT LAKE TIMES ' jeltind tlte JJeadined Then why the delay in getting the legislative machinery in mo-tion? Congress has taken time to organize itself. There was the lengthy fight over the power of the potent Rules Committee in the House which delayed con-gressional activity. Congress, rather than origi-nating much legislation or even reviving old solutions to all our national problems, was urged to await the "bold, new" recom-mendations of the fresh, young Kennedy administration. It took time, understandably, for the new Administration to assemble itself, familiarize it-self with problems and functions of the Executive branch of a complexity President Kennedy himself admits he never imag-ined. There has been a burst of cre-ative activity from the White House, while study teams pre-pared legislative recommenda-tions. But the delay of about a month in launching a drive be-hind them in Congress allowed the sense of urgency Kennedy brought to the Presidency to slow down. There was less and less talk of another dramatic "Hundred Days," similar to the burst of legislative activity FDR brought to his first term in 1933. Many of the nation's problems are the same FDR found on entering the Presidency, but Kennedy's in-itial approach is more conserva-tive, the stress on careful study, rather than the New Deal's trial and error approach to Govern-ment. The pressure, both velvet-glove-d and heavyj handed, that President Kennedy is putting on Congress to get his legislative program moving is beginning to pay off. Congress and its committees are beginning to act at last on his controversial "New Frontiers" legislative program. This certainly does not assure his housing, health, education, farm, anti-recessio- n, urban re-newal and tax ideas, etc., of passage. Many hurdles and pit-falls lay ahead. The costly, con-troversial Kennedy proposals in the end may be torpedoed, passed as is, enacted in unrecog-nizable but acceptable form, or Congress may so amend the Ad-ministration's original proposals that the President may in the end prefer to veto and reject them and carry his case to the people. Right now, however, there is at least some action in Congress on the Kennedy legislative pro-gram where there was none absolutely none a week ago. There have been many and varied reasons for the unnatural, frustrating delay in a House and Senate that seem to move tortise like anyway. The processes of democracy are often excruciat-ingly slow, the endless hearings, debate and delay agonizing to be-hold, and tradition accepts the slow pace to progress and legis-lation. But even Congress has taken unusually long this session to organize, name committees and sub committees, schedule hear-ings and debate new legislation and many of the eager young New Frontiersmen are asking why? Unemployment and the reces-sion, the gold crisis and social welfare demand have approached depression levels, for example, but there is none of '33's sense of urgency now. Critics said the White House also side-track- ed the Cold War to the UN to avoid further White House turmoil, Republicans, for their part, are not only unwilling to help put steam behind Kennedy's leg-islative plans in Congress. The GOP is so split into Nixon-Gold-water-Rockefel- ler factions, each with no clearly defined program of its own, that it couldn't help much if it wanted to. Republi-cans are trying to torpedo Ken-nedy's legislative program by reviving the traditional South-ern Democratic-GO- P coalition. Southern Democrats still are split following the Kennedy-Raybur- n drive to control House Rules Committee. The Admin-istration's narrow 5 vote Rules fight victory has forced White House to go slow in pushing action on controversial legisla-tion until support is assured. The Kennedy Administration Is stepping up its public rela-tions. It is hoped that his live TV appearances, good press and all the publicity showing a busy President at work will win pub-lic support and establish Presi-dent Kennedy as the leader in dealing with Congress. Unlike most Presidents, he entered the White House with a razor thin vote margin and no clear mandate from the people in dealing with Congress. He will have to accept slower roads to his "New Frontiers" than he had originally intended. Historically, senators and rep-resentaiv- es seem to feel that they have a right to go slower with legislative recommendations as made by a President who is one of their own kind from Con-gress itself. Mr. Kennedy in his first presidential appearance be-fore the Senate and House from whence he came, declared in his State of the Union address that he would be tolerant of the leg-islative processes and privileges. Now, however, President Ken-nedy appears to believe that Congress has been allowed to set its own pace long enough. Many in the White House fear that the Kennedy program is in a very real danger of losing momentum and bogging down, and many bewildered observers outside the Executive ask, if indeed, this is so, why has it happened with the President's own Democrats in control of the House and Senate. If this is not what has happened why does it seem that way? Ordinarily any Congress as-sembles with mountains of left-over legislation to attend to that have remained unenacted from the previous session. Before the end of the last Con-gress, however, both parties had sought to wage their presiden-tial campaigns on the records they had made in Congress. Vice President Nixon worked behind the scenes to pass legislative pro-posals through Congress favor-able to his candidacy, while his successor, Vice President Lyn-don B. Johnson, while Senate Democratic leader, rammed laws through aimed at aiding his and the Democratic party campaign for the Presidency. Much was undone. A few items have been carried over. But, despite the usual criticism, the congressional session preceding the current Congress left its dockets fairly clear. I Home Accidents Top Working Mishaps Kennecott Discovers Be it ever so cozy, there's no place like home for accidents. At least this is true in a com-parison of accidents on and off the job during 1960 for the ap-proximately 7,000 employees of Kennecott Copper Corporation's Utah Copper Division. Kennecott employees were al-most 12 times safer on the job last year than they were at home according to statistics released by E. K. Olson, Jr., director of safety. Lost-tim- e or disabling injuries suffered on the . job last year totaled 39 for all plants of the Utah Copper Division, but 451 employees were off their jobs because of injuries suffered in home accidents. The 39 accidents on the job resulted in the loss of approxi-mately 2300 working days. The 451 home mishaps produced 5900 lost working days. Five Kenne-cott employees were killed in home accidents last year. About one of every 20 Kenne-cott employees suffered a dis-abling injury off the job last year. The national average is about one out of 25, according to the National Safety Council. This record was made despite a substantially greater potential for accidents on the job. Ken-necott- 's operations include high voltage electricity, blasting, the handling of molten metal, heavy machinery, acids, chemicals and numerous other potential dan-gers. The difference in safety ac-complishments is attributed to better control of dangerous situ ations by industry and by more alert steps by employees to avoid hazards on the job than in the home. "When we are peacefully set-tled at home we are less aware of safety and hazards," he said. An education campaign is planned this year to inform Utah Copper Division employees of home safety, to help reduce off-the-j- ob accidents. This campaign also will aim at paring serious injuries to dependents of Ken-necott employees. The number of injuries suffered in home ac-cidents by dependents is not available, but the total undoubt-edly exceeded that of employees. Emphasis of safety last year contributed largely to the estab-lishment of the best record in the history of the Utah Copper Division. Its frequency rate, based on the number of disabling injuries for every million man hours worked, was 2.87. This qualifies the division and its plants for 10 awards from the Natoinal Safety Council, includ-ing the highest prize given by the Council, the Award of Honor, to both the mine and smelter. Similar awards are anticipated from the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Home accidents are behind only motor vehicle crashes in the cause of accidental deaths in the nation. Approximately 285,- - 000 persons died from injuries suffered in home accidents dur-ing the decade ended in 1959. Falls are the leading factor in home injuries, and these are especially hazardous for elderly persons. Director Outlines Tax Deductions Deductions for state and local taxes on federal income tax re-turns are permitted under cer-tain circumstances, Roland Wise, director of Internal Revenue for the Salt Lake City, Utah District, declared this week. He said: "You can deduct personal property taxes, state income and real estate taxes, which are im-posed on you. You can also de-duct state or local sales taxes and state gasoline taxes if the tax is imposed upon you, the coisumer. Auto license fees and state poll taxes are also deductible. "Cigarette taxes are deductible by the consumer in only a few of the states, but not in Utah. He added, "If you had state income taxes witheld from your salary, or if you made estimated state income tax payments under a pay as you go plan, you can deduct such amounts only for the year in which withheld or paid. '"If you are a tenant stock-holder in a cooperative housing or apartment corporation you can deduct your proportionate share of the real estate taxes paid by the cooperative. "In most cases, you cannot deduct special assessments for pavements or other local im-provements, including front foot benefits, which tend to increase the value of your property. Nor can you deduct Social Security taxes paid on the wages of your maid or other domestic help." Mr. Wise said you may not deduct customs duties or federal excise taxes on articles acquired by, or on services rendered to you, for personal or family use such as automobiles, jewelry, cosmetics, telephone, air, rail or bus tickets, etc. A Utah state sales tax table reflecting average sales tax pay-ments by district residents has been issued by the Internal Rev-enue Service. This table may be used as a guide by district tax-payers in claiming sales tax de-ductions on their federal tax re-turns for 1960. He suggests that the sales tax table be clipped and placed with your income tax working papers so that at the time you prepare your return the information is readily available. Taxpayers who have questions on this subject may get help at Room 366, Federal Building. I ON (-MO-RE Where H's A OA 0 V i . IF n All the Time THE NEW KMMl 1230 On Every Rcdio Zemo Great for Minor Burns, Cuts Zemo, a doctor's formula, liquid or ointment, soothes, helps heal minor burns, cuts, bruises. 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