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Show Editorial Page Feature l ime Europeans Get More Holidays, Vacation By LEROY POPE NEW YORK ilTI) With Bother summer drawing t a close, Americans who trivel - Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utoh abroad are increasingly struck by the fact that Europeans generally have longer holidays thaa they do. k the vacation that was traditional in the United States for more than half a century has lengthened to three weeks after 15 years of service SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1969 two-wee- Drive Carefully on Labor Day dirtably? Automobile makers have concentrated in recent years upon building 6afer vehicles, and apparently have succeeded better than the efforts to build safer roads and to train and persuade We approach the Labor Day weekend with the certain knowledge that despite all warnings hundreds of Americans will die in traffic accidents. Prior to each tens holiday weekend, the National Safety Council issues its usual caution and forecast of five to six hundred deaths by automobile, a dismal prospect reiterated for the coming weekend. Labor Day is a day set aside to honor the nation's working men, not to kill a few hundred of them and their families on the highways. by accretion ever the centuries in Europe is big compared with those in America. Italians get 1? such holidays and Bavarians 11 Holland, with only seven, la this generation en the average mi a fair cumber of workers with long seniority jet four weeks. But ia Europe, a three-wee- k minimum is normal. Maay has the fewest Except in Italy, vacation periods generally are prescribe by law in Europe. But the Italians are not shortchanged by the lack of vacation law. Custom and union cont-ac- ts give them anywhere from 29 to workers of comparatively little aeniority get a roonCi and the veterans often get six weeks. Holidays Increase Ia addition, the number of feast days and other single national holidays that have grown e. Sometimes it can be mighty discouraging. Like the time I named Frank Sinatra tot was watching TV when an tered into view. He looked more like an ancient soothsayer thaa the sharpest, swingingest member of my generation. If yon think I'm kidding, take a look for yourself. So, while youth is flexing its muscles and making itself so America? Not all noticeable, what do we hear of middle-ag- e that much. Older America Just quietly goes on running the machines, driving the trucks, operating the businesses, electing the presidents, mak'ng the money, and running the country. About the only time older America hears from the marketers is when it's told that what it really wants is to be young again. old-tim- er non-freew- .. With all these Squaw le ul you'll Inside Washington fs Senate Budget Cutters Hit Hard Programs regular the Pentagon and the armed services. That is a sizable sum. It represents about 2.6 per cent of the $349.8 billion In appropriations for defense purposes fiscal recommended for the 1964-'6- 9 Presidents Kennedy former by years and Johnson. During the same period, however, all the regular appropriations, totaling $671.2 billion, were cut $24.5 billion or 3.6 per cent. That means that some 1321.5 billion in budget re- absorbed Senate cuts totaling about 4.9 per cent. These titals, from a private study, set the dimensions of the current Senate controversy over military spending and national priorities. They provide statistical support forthe assertion by Pentagon critic that the Senate (and the House, too) are just rubber stamps in the annual budget process. The statistics suggest that programs, cut nearly five per cent in the six fiscal years, were hit nearly twice as hard by the Senate budget cutters as were the programs in the Defense Department money bills, cut 2.6 per cent. Budget experts say that disparity would probably increase a bit if totals for "supplemental" money bill were added to the regularly budgeted That is because the Pentagon usually gets most of its supplemental for pay, provisions and the requests while like supplemental are more readily denied. might contend that the 3.6 per cent overall cut for all regular appropriations is not really very large. There can be much argument also about what is a "rubber stamp." The totals indicate, however, that small defense budget cuts have been smaller than budget cuts, which are also small. In terms TFX, FDL AND THEN? el weapons, rather than dollars, the congressional record for cuts is similar some accomplishments, significant quests $15.9 billion, appro-priation- s. non-defen- Non-exper- se - In themselves, but less so when viewed against the overall procurement pro- F-l- ll Then there are the FDLs, the fast deployment logistics ships, floating armories and weapons depots to carry major equipment for troops to be moved by airlift. Sen. Richard B. Russell, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been able to block the FDL program so far. Some other weapon developments, such as transition to (he new Poseidon missile for the Polaris submarine fleet, have been slowed by congressional pressures. Often however, the pressure has been in the other direction. The Senate and House have prodaed the Pentagon and sometimes voted sums in excess of presidential requests. In the last six years, for example, Congress has, on a couple of occasions, called for a faster transition to nuclear power for warships, both carriers and escorts. Those speed-u- p pressures have sometimes paid off in the past. The 41 missile firing submarines of the Polaris fleet, which are now viewed as the nation's major deterrent force by some of the Pentagon's critics, would surely have been delayed, and might not now be completed if Congress Letter to Editor Problem of Indigent Care Discussed Editor Herald: Many facts relating to responsibilities of Utah County for care of indigent persons needing medical assistance have not been presented so that residents of Utah County can act intelligently relating to sale d of the Hospital." 1. The state constitution requires each county to assume responsibility for payment for health care received by indigent persons. Under this provision, Utah County constructed the Sunset Manor, reconstructed the building alter fire, renovated the building as a WPA project and allocated up to $120,000 per year for operation of the facility. Under present law and according to the opinion of the Attorney General of Utah, No. Aug. 5, 1969: "The counties have the duty of providing medical assistance under section for all indigent sick" who do not have adequate funds available to pay the cost of their care. This decision is in harmony with Attorney Gen- ... gram. There Is, in the first place, the Navy fighter, the Navy's version of the controversial TFX fighter designed to be used by all the services. The Navy plane was cancelled because of a tide of congressional resistance which originated with Sen. John L. McClellan, had not pressed for faster action by the Navy. WHAT'S TO DO? As senators are discovering in the Ion? debate over the current procurement bill, it's hard to cut - defense spending by zeroing in on individual weapons systems, however expensive. There are always persuasive arguments for the weapons, and sums are then required for men to use them. Happily there is a gradual awakening to the fact that major cuts in defense spending will requirt a better definition of what the United States might have to do in the ultimate emergency with its weapons and its men la unilor&w' addi-tion- al if youth-oriente- d eral's opinion No. Aug. In reviewing these opinions, Utah County is financially obligated whether the indigent is given care in a hospital, nursing home, or a doctor's office. 2. Articles published recently 27, 1968. in the Family Weekly section of the Sunday Herald, Parade of the Salt Lake Tribune, and Reader's Digest regarding "poor care" given in nursing homes apply to many of the nursing homes in Utah County. Nothing could be more misleading than the statement made by Lee W. Dalebout, president of Utah Nursing Home Asso. ciation, Jan. 30, 1969, in the Herald that nursing homes provide the same skilled care as given in Hospital. A study by a Provo accounting firm in 1965 stated that "a nursing home equal to the Hospital" provided meals at $20 per month. If a glass of milk were givea with each meal, how much would be left for an adequate diet needed by patients? The cost of laboratory tests alone for the Hospital exceeded the total cost of medical and surgical supplies used by the nursing home cited in the study. In a more recent study by the St ate Welfare Department which incluied the Tooele Extended Care facility, the Logan Sunshine Terrace, and the Weber Memorial Hospital for the Chronically 111, the cost of the Hospital was within "pennies" of these facilities. The cost of adequate care for patients with critical conditions is the same where the standa ards art thi same. e care. charges equate to 3. In spite of high standards of patient care of the Hospital, the State Department of Health cited several areas needing improvement. 4. Residents should know the criterion for establishing that a patient is indigent. The Hospital used the following procedures, approved by the County Commissioners: A. Amount available from patient's insurance, Medicare, Blue Cross, etc., was established. B. Reasonable amounts were expected from patient and patient's relatives based on their ability and willingness to pay. C. If funds from the above were inadequate to meet cost assistance was obtained from State Welfare, Vocational Rehabilitation, Church Welfare, etc. D. If a patient was disqualified for assistance under C above due to real estate or other assets, a loan was arranged using assets for collateral on a mortgage to cover cost of care until patient was eligible for assistance. E. After the patient met state welfare requirements and received the maximum assistance from A through D, the patient was then declared indigent and assistance was required from Utah County. 5. The State of Utah enacted 5 to make use of federal funds amounting to approxiof the cost of mately care in general hospitals and in doctor's offices. The counties in Utah were required to pay cut-rat- ed HB-28- two-thir- BERRY'S WORLD one-thir- d of the costs for care of medically indigent patients using these services to the State Walfare Department. This assessment can be up to but not to exceed one-ha-lf mill levy. An article in the Herald stat ed that Utah County could not afford this legal tax requirement, and also payment for indigent patients at the Hospital. In previous years Utah County has paid about $100,000 from poor and indigent funds to general hospitals in the county for this care which is now provided under 5 and by Medicare. During a period commencing in 1968, Utah County paid only $6,000 for these patients. Nevertheless, Utah County is legally and morally obligated to take care of indigent ill regardless of cost. They are not meeting this obligation unless two requirements are met: A. Each patient is provided care to allow optimum levels of independence mentally and physically. B. No patient should be allowed t osuffer the indignity of poor care. Each patient should enjoy cleanliness, good grooming, rea. sonable control of pain, and a motivating environment. HB-28- The above should be weighed by residents of Utah County. If right decisions are not made and improvements made in health care given by nursing homes, the sentence to "death by bed sores" will be repeated in the future as it has in the Oscar W. Walch past. 1240 Briar Ave BY JAMES O. BERRY Cut-rat- e W NEA, Ik. "Don't be so touchy! I'm your nephew your name is Ton to me you ore 'Uncle Tom'l" youth-oriente- $10,000. --Only 14 per cent of all U.S. households are headed by a "under-thirty- " market and 56 per cent are headed " market. member of the by the "thirty-to-go- Mr. Adams makes some good points and I agree that the thirty to go or less the over forty-fiv- e years of age market, still possess the greatest purchasing power in the American Marketplace. Yes sir, we "oldies" are to be reckoned with you market-eer- s. If you're looking for the secret of good health and long life, here's a classic bit of advice fvom the fabulous old Negro baseball pitcher, Satchel Paige. "Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. "If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. "Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. "Go light, very light on the vices, such as carrying around in society. The social rumble ain't restful. "Don't look back, somebody may be gaining on you." Paul Harvey Only People Have To Pay the Taxes Congress is contemplating taking more taxes from oil companies. There is no way. Whatever tax increase is lev-le- d against any industry you pay. Industry pays its higher taxes with higher prices. Only people pay taxes. Congress is presently piecing together a package intended to make our cumbersome, complicated tax system "more fair." Some of the more grotesque inequities, however, are escaping congressional attention. For example, most all of us in any form of public life have been invited by some university to make to that university's library a gift of our dead files. For the record, though requested, I hive not. El-dr- ed d marproducts, and advertising, it appears the older d ket planning, and America market has been overlooked. "Under iairty" has been the catch phrase to describe the youth market. But what about the market that has thirty years or the over forty-fiv- e less to go market? Charles Adams, president of an advertising agency in Michigan, has come up with some interesting facts about the "thirty-to-go- " market that should interest the manufacturers and marketers. For instance, the "under-thirty- " segment accounts for only about 25 percent of all spending in the U.S. The "thirty-to-go- " segment spends some 50 per cent of all U.S. dollars. Incomes over $10,000 are relatively rare Uiider thirty but nearly one in three in the over forty-fiv- e group earns more than youth-oriente- 69-0- Non-Defen- se - by Jensen As I watch television and read magazines and attend movies these days, I sometimes wonder if anybody besides myself is over thirty years of age. Today, the country seems caught-u- n in young America and has all but forgotten mature America. It seems like the advertising is obscene. people have come to the conclusion that middle age Take a look through any of the consumer magazines and study the models used in the ads. I'll bet of fifty rncJels used you'll find only two that might possibly be over thirty-fivMost of the commercials on television feature the young anything from running through fields of daisies to keeping cool and dry with a certain brand of deodorant. (Good grief, have they forgotten that we older ones sweat too?) high-spee- d By ROBERT S. ALLEN and JOHN A. GOLDSMITH Over the last six WASHINGTON the years, budget cutting action by Senate has trimmed $8.6 billion from the appropriations requested for also get a bonus of two weeks' extra pay just before going on vacation. Of course, it's difficult to say just how valuable such a bonus is ia comparison wi& American Workers' compensation. Because of the lengthening vacations in Europe, the public school calendar and many factory calendars are getting an overhauling. Why The Emphasis On Young America? Appearing before a House subcommittee in Washington recently, Rhem said that if only five per cent of the money being spent on pouring concrete for highways was devoted to improving road signs, direction and traffic control, acdramaticall. cidents would decrease painful waste that angers us and rapidly. ally But somehow, we seem to have Present controls, signals, pavetraffic the about callous grown markers and roaii shoulder ment toll, and fatalities are only a part he said, "are causing an inhazards, The record. of the miserable of accidents, benumber untold jured and crippled, damage costs, cause drivers are not able to deand heartaches are truly awful. - termine what they should do under Why does it happen so preconditions." He noted that 90 per cent of Michigan's 2,400 deaths in 1968 occurred on type roads and suggested the national pattern is similar. "It would appear that it's easier to report that the driver failed If you haven't taken the family rather than the road," he said. scenic up the Squaw Peak Trail Unfortunately, it takes time to drive to the overlooks above Utah Improve roads, plus a lot of money. Valley, we recommend you do so. Drivers cannot escape a major The view, both at daytime and share of blame, however, and ihey night, is something to see! can change forthwith. The eagerThe entire trip from ness to get where they're going can Provo Canyon to Hobble Creek excessive speed which into lead Canyon via the Squaw Peak Trail amounts to a splendid scenic and creases every hazard. Another factor is the desire to start the recreational adventure. But iy you haven't time for the return trip as late as possible and entire drive, we suggest a drive, a fatigued driver is a highway after work, to the Hope Camp- menace, as much as stop signs ground, five miles up the Squaw hidden by trees, bridges too narPeak Trail from the Provo Canyon row for two cats' to pass, and signs Highway (the road's paved that that cause confusion rather than clarity. far). We can't improve on the many for overlooks at the valley Stop a daytime view; have your picnic slogans invented to persuade each "the life you at Hope Campground, then return of us to drive safely own." be save your may surprisingly-beautifto the overlooks for a All we can say is: "Drive carenight view. We promise fully, please, if you drive at all." be delightfully surprised. t The Dutch no; only get 29 to 47 days of paid vacation time but union workers in Holland Bye Line In 1968, traffic fatalities reached a new record of 56,000 and the record for 1969 si far indicates another record in the making. It is a tragic fact that more Americans die on our highways than in the war in Vietnam, a 26-mi- 23. The Thai That Sinds safer drivers. The nation has spent billions upon the highway system but there are serious questions as to whether the roads have kept pace with the growth of the problem. Fred Rhem, general manager of the Automobile Club of Michigan, is one who blames the roads as a major factor in accidents. Exciting View On Peak Trail 17 davs leave in Addition te legal holidays. The average Frenchman got 32 days A paid vacation leave in 1966, the last year for which figures are available. to Germany, the figure was 25 to 37 days, in Belgium 22 to Frequently members of Congress and other government officials have done so. Presently I understand Hubert 89 Humphrey is presenting boxes bulging with documents from his career as mayor and senator to the Minnesota Historical Society. Lyndon Johnson is donating 20 million items to the University of Texas. These men can and presumdeduct from their ably will taxes the appraised value of these papers. Delaware Sen. John Williams calls it a "racket." He says such parties "make a profit from donating documents which are really government property." But it is such devices, regularly used by already affluent people, which make the workaday taxpayer resentful. Ha L urges his congressman to "close the loopholes." Some of the specific reforms presently under consideration by Congress are admittedly overdue. Some of those "loop- holes," however, were originally allowed for very good reato encourage important sons industries, to stimulate contributions to charity, to make it easier for states and cities to borrow money, to encourage exploration for new resources and so on. Eliminate all "loopholes" and you may do more harm than good. The oil depletion allowance is an example. Income from oil is 27.5 percent tax free. This "advantage" was allowed because exploring for oil is risky. (Only wildcats produces oil.) Also, any oil well eventually runs out of oil (depletes) the same way a piece of machinery eventually wears out or becomes obsolete. All industry is owed a depreciation allowance on its machinery; ihe oil industry believes it is similarly entitled to a depletion allowance on its inevitably declining production. There is nao company, no corporation, no industry which ever pvd any taxes or ever will. Ynu increase their taxes, one-in-ni- they'll increase their prices. Oil industry critics thing they can reduce the depletion allowance to 20 percent and collect $400 million in new taxes. But the $400 million, at a penny more per gallon of gas, will come out of your pocket. Only people pay taxes. |