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Show A $40 Billion Question! ,imnMm pay monthly wages for all mothers at home has stirred a hot controversy child-car- e nile delinquency, broken families." Dr. Gil is aware that his proposal raises many complex issues, one of which is that when a husband is working and his wife stays at home, shell collect mother's pay, but when a wife is working and husband stays home because of joblessness or expenses, such as housekeeping and baby sitters. On the other hand, the former director of the U.S. Women's Bureau in Washington under President Lyndon Johnson is hardly enthusiastic Mrs. Mary Dublin Keyserling agrees that no family should be deprived of a minimum annual income, but "I don't want to see payment made for rear- illness, he won't collect "father's pay." Another problem is the program's ing children, which I think is the greatest $40 cost. out-of-wo- rk believe that emphasis should be pi&ced solely on a woman's contribution. It would be like paying one half of a team for a job accomplished by Ol benefits, and even the $40 billion estimates may be on the high side. For example, Dr. Gil points out, husbands will no longer be able to claim wiv-i- as s dependents, meaning more income-ta- x dollars for Uncle Sam. In both." addi- tion, some mother's pay will be returned to, the Government in taxes, and the more affluent families will return a larger share proportionally because of their high tax bracket. Finally, Dr. Gil would enrich the tax coffers by plugging up the loopholes through which the Government loses vast sums Clark W. Blackburn, general director of the Family Service Association of America, also casts a negative vote for the same reason. "To me," he says, "the plan puts too much emphasis upon the woman and too little on the needs of the family. In some minority groups the male is the one who needs to be built up in terms of job training and job opportunities. Any plan that omits annually. Joseph ft has a quipk''and ;. oint plan for the corn - crispiest clilclcsn i c-w- - . 3-- p IT COSTS ZZZL More than three pounds of chicken. Shaker bag included. senior vice president of rTS the National Industrial Conference Board. "The tax burden is bound to be oppressive and, besides, we will still have with us plenty of other problems such as inadequate housing and education, juve- - ar However, an or ill husband does collect various welfare pleasure in the world." She adds: "Both parents have equal responsibility in the home. Both rear the children. I do not considerathis over-a- ll tion would tend to further weaken family life." Several economists interviewed winced at the expense of the program. "Where will the money come from?" asks Dr. Martin R. Gainsbrugh, chief economist and billion-a-ye- KSPIEL are in J) y IT'S Kellogg's it No frying-j- ust Com Flake Crumbs bake. U5TIEJ. Coating is flavored with special LAWRY'S Seasonings. Get new Kellogg's Corn Flakt Crumbs Bag and Bako-m- i!d mako the or robmt-a- nd chicken, one, two, three. quick corn-crispie- st it KltU Company 170 by MKoff Company (Ml Rights Rnwvwi) W, Barr, Secretary of the Treasury in President Johnson's cabinet, said just before he left office that the total revenue loss from these loopholes tops $50 billion yearly. Society, Dr. Gil believes, has a vital stake in and a deep responsibility for the rearing of children. "We rely upon them for nothing less than the continuity and survival of our way of life," he declares. "The least we can do is pay the people who bring them into the world and prepare them for a place in it." |