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Show 'Tho Campaign to End Poverty Has Turned Into a Giant Fiesta of Political Patronage!" Ray Cromby Viet Reds' Here's ' Price of 'Peace' . THURSDAY, APRIL Todas Editorials 24, 1965 - - - We All Pay The Same? Now that .it's over, the last thin? most people want to think about is the income tax. Not for another year, at least, unless we are among those .who must .make payment on an estimated ing illegal about it; it Is the way the tax laws are written. Those as has, keeps in a variety of ways : because of a maze of technicalities,1 through exemptions and accounting procedures, by investing in stock options and return. e municipal bonds, residing But the pain of it all is quickly abroad, up phony foundatsetting . we may forgotten. After a while, to few. a iiame ions," even be able to congratulate our"Tax loopholes," says Gore, "are selves on practicing one of the but made often innocently, quite , higest virtues of, and indispens-- once the rich" and seize powerful a necessities able for, drawn section of the voluntary taxation upon a loosly society becomes most difficult to it law, for the general good. it." We may miss the money and change to Gore, the oil and According may disagree with a lot' of the gas lobby, zealously guarding the things they do with it in Wash- -, depletion allowance that lets it ington, but'at least we know tKat write off 27 per cent of its ineveryone in the country is in the come even before it earns it, is same boat and pulling his fair load the biggest obstacle to tax reform ' -- and more. "", v :"the mostMiabolic influence at . Why, think' of the poor millionwork in the nation's capital." aire," who must part with someNo worth-whil- e tax reform until the thing like 90' per cent of his in'' come. power of this lobby is broken. Fairness in the tax law willnot be Or must he? The startling fact is that some possible until Congress and the fortunate people with incomes in Treasury and the , President are the hundreds of thousands or mil- courageous and determined enough lions pay a smaller percentage in to battle for itfc And Jhat wlf not come about, taxes than do factory workers or In one year, he says, until an informed and inschool teachers. little there were 17 millionaires who dignant public of taxpayers demands it. paid not one cent in income tax. Reciting these disturbing inequities' in a recent article in the New York Times MagazineDem-- . ocratic Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee explains.that there is noth For World . tax-fre- ng ed . ; INSIDE WASHINGTON big-payi- ng , I j Production vs. People 1 the record of the countries of the free world in raising their stan-darof living appears impressive. The figures for 24 of 'these, countries, as reported by the National Industrial Conference Board, show that industrial production zoomed 122 per cent between 1953 and 1968. This was more han double the rate for 24 more advanced countries. On paper, less-develop- ed ds growth, however, Population swallowed much of the benefit of this gain. Here again, the rate countries was in the more than double that of the developed 2.8 per cent a year as less-develop- ed against 1.3 per cent With 71 per cent of the non- Communist world's population, countries genthe erate only 17 per cent of its income. The average income of a citizen of a developed country is still about 12 times higher than that of his counterpart in a country. By ROBERT S. ALLEN and PAUL SCOTT the WASHINGTON There is a million "sleeper" hi the multi-billio-n dollar foreign aid and Congress can't do bill ng's in another star system. What is significant is not that the Russians are on the lookout lor such signs of rational life elsewhere in the universe. Other astronomers around the world are searching the reaches of space J many believe it is only a matter of time, and luck. IT! is1 - -.- . What is important is that the Russian scientists publicly rebuked Tass for not respecting its journalistic responsibilities. If such scientific devotion to the truth catches on in Russia, there may be hope for life on earth as well. Q'scindA's less-develop- ed ed Q-- What voy is the official title of the enthe Pope in foreign countries? ANuncio. hich plants? ' $622 . tiling about it Not only is this hidden $622 million outlay in addition to the $3.38 billion in new economic and military aid funds President Johnson is seeking, but it -- can't be cut, modified or chang-ed in any way. It's untouchable hy Congress. And that isn't all! American taxpayers are committed to pay this $622 million anually for from 20 to 40 years. Even if this vast foreign aid program is finally abandoned, as . increasingly demanded in Congress, American taxpayers will have to continue shelling out for this $622 million "sleep- a er." This virtually unknown whopping financial burden consists, of me difference in interest rates between what 1he U.S. is getting on the billions in loans it has made under the gigantic foreign, aid program, and what it costs the Treasury to borrow those bil- is the largest family of family. Klan Investigations Will Include Communist Probe hidden admire the gentleman's courage in defending the Ku Klux Man," sneered Congressman Pool of Texas during the spirited debate in which the House voted Activities $50,000 to its Committee for an investigation of the unwarranted risk. It seems to make no difference that we are still face to face with the Soviets in Berlin and are doing battle with Communist forces in Asia. The leftists are going to the courts in confidence of finding juries which will inflict ruinous judgments upon critics KKK. and accusers of the A U.S. Senator, a Senate subcommitNobody, of course, had "defended" the Klan, but Joe Pool's remark win do tee, a State legislative counsel, and a to indicate the hysteria of the revolunational magazine have been sued for tion in which we live. He had directed opposing the forces that support the his privileged sarcasm at Congressman enemy positions at home and abroad. And while anybody can bring a suit, the Prentiss Walker, a freshman Republican from Mississippi. Walker had pro , .climate of the hysteria is unfavorable posed that the investigation include to those who might like "to say what some other organizations which are opCongressman Walker did under the proerative In the racial field. He named tection of his office. the Committee on Racial Equality Fortunately, Chairman Willis of the CoActivities Committee Is not (CORE), the Student going to confine his group to probing operating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) the Klan alone, as Walker seemed 'to fear. Willis asked and received the and the Southern Leadership ConferHouse's specific instructions. To go ence. Walker then said: ahead without them would have left a "Since we are undertaking an inveswould be feel discrimina it I loophole that the chairman rightly legal tigation, atory Investigation and not complete- - if decided to close in advance. Willis had we did not include these four groups. . told his committee members and he repeated it on the House Floor: They have not only been directly respon"Other racial agitators are at work sible for the deaths of many Americans, but on many occasions have not denied In all parts of the country. This Comtheir organizations were infiltrated by mittee is aware that Communist influence is at work in this field. These Communists." Communists have no honest interest in of our a standards times, the By civil rights who-- ' draws a bead on the the committee Civil Rights tr'iatorf invites the charge losing sight of its jurisdiction in the area ot ummumst activities and will con-of beine a eJider of Hansmanship. tinue to investigate them." in floor the took No fellow Replies How could a committee of the Amerbehalf of newecier Walker, which is an Murder indication of he the GOP has been ican Congress do otherwise? and intimidation of individuals are denatured by defeat v' charged against the Klan. . But ComA decade ago S Republican Senators, munism stands charged with mass murincluding Knowland and Goldwater, risk der abroad and with the intent to de t their careers to vote for Joe McCar in Con- - stroy the American nation. cause. Ws Today, in hopeless thy of leftist (Distributed by McNaught grass and out, the criticism ' Syndicate,' Inc.) Ariranizatioiu and Dersons earries an C.- -"I pre-East- er i , an i. ... high-price- d point in lendaid foreign left-leani- ing. Most of the $3.3 billion bans at of one percent interest are for 40 years. Throughout that period it will cost the Treasury $165.8 million each year to make up the difference between the 5 per cent interest it paid for of one this money and the per cent the foreign borrowers are paying. loans these That is, assuming are repaid in 40 years U.S. taxpayers will have been nicked, for at least another $3.2 billion foreignaid spending, who is, in bidden interest costs. In other words, these foreign making' an exhaustive study of aid loans will have cost U.S. n this aspect of the taxpayers within $100 million of program. He cites the following $3.8 the prmcipi.of the loans significant facts: The U.S. is owed at least ' billion principal; $3.2 billion in hidden interest charges. $13.2 billion. Accurate figures ' CUT OUT THE BOODLE -Sare difficult to dig out because foreign aid operations are so enator Gruening and W a y n e Morse, spearheading the immense, confused end chaotic. This stupendous total fight in their chamber for drastic revision of the entire foreign only loans made directly NOT aid U.S. does It program, will seek to inby agencies. Include loans to foreign councrease the minimum interest rate on such loans. As a result tries by such international agenof their persistent 'battling the cies as the World Bank, Export-ImpoBank and the past several years, Congress fixed a 2 per cent minimum into which Bank over strenuous administration the U.S. has poured billions of opposition. taxpayers' money. Interest cost for the Treasury is 5 per cent. Interest rates paid the U.S. on these foreign of one aid loans range from cent. cent 5 to per per The $622 million difference is file minimum. Actually, it's a lot more. This is stressed by Senator Ernest Gruening, leading opponent of large-scal- e rt Inter-Americ- an BY JAMES O. BERRY Saigon-controlle- , tion or a inspection team to enforce the treaty with one Communist member three-count- ry neuand one weak or pro-Rtral The Communist on the team could be counted on to veto or slow down action by the team and make it impossible to bar a from heavy , flow of weapons - vHanoi to the VC. Experience in Laos, and. in South Viet Nam after the treaty which divided the country, shows that protests apinst such inspection teams and even protests by inspection team mem--' bers are wasted effort. ' Under such a treaty, Hanoi and the VC could carry on as in the past, but with greater freedom. Red krfiltration of South Vietnamese hamles would be facilitated. The flow of Red ma- -' terials, VC terrorism and VC political expansion would continue; So would radio orders from ed , Hanoi. , i Supposing these Red ideas are ' rejected? how does one stop treaty, By Hanoi from sending instructions to its South Viet Nam underground? How does one get rid of guerrilla fighters with forged identity cards? How does one eradicate the assassination-enforced Red shadow rule in a hamlet? How does one keep arms from coming south by sea and down the Ht Chi Minh trails? neutralist FORUM 'Letters from readers are Invited. They should be as concise as possible, with a limit of 350 words. Letters longer than this must be cut Typewrite if possible, double spaced. Letters must carry writer's true name and address.. Pseudonyms are not permitted. The Herald assumes no responsibility for statements in the Mailbag column. The Herald reserves the right to reject or edit letters which are too long, not In good taste or potentially libelous. Letters which deal with church doctrinal subjects or contain statements derogatory to any religion or creed will be rejected. fttel Oaf: Additional Facts Offered On Mrs. Marshall's Visit Editor Herald: With regard to the occurrence in one . of my BYU history classes which has E. Eugene Bryce "real worried," according to his letter in the April 20 issue of the Daily Herald, me Mowing additional facts are pertinent: 1. The class in question, History 577, is a graduate class on the Civil War. Twelve students heard Mrs. Dorothy Marshall talk about the civil rights movement for twenty minutes and then asked her questions for the balance of the period. Speakers of diverse riewpoints appear in many classes at BYU and every other university which prizes freedom of intellectual mquiry. 2. Mrs. Marshall also bad . n memlunch with a bers of the faculty in the BYU Sky Room. She made no speech, but opinions were exchanged in, half-doze- informal conversation 3. Mr. Bryce, a sophomore student majoring in history, was not present at either event He would not even have known that they occurred if I had not voluntered the information when he came in to protest to me about the BYU Daily Universe's carrying a notice that Mrs. Marshall was giving a talk in downtown Provo. I have " Ruth Millett Before You Jump From Frying Pan Into Job By RUTH MILLETT Newspaper Enterprise Assn. e stick to Trying to decide whether you ought to the and Join a or job paying get homemaking, ' .""SV ' " numbers of working wives? will help you figure out whether yea these questions Perhaps can successfully hold down two jobs. One. Are you (It takes a good organizer to combine homemaking and a job, and do both well) Two. If you pitch in to help him earn a living, is your husband the kind of man who would pitch in and help you with the home duties? (If your husband is helpless around the house, maybe you had better be helpless about earning a pay check.) e homemaker someThree. Do you find the life of a what dull and lacking in challenge? (If so, maybe you were meant for a career.) Four. What does your husband think about a wife's working? Does he take pride in being solely responsible for the support of his family? (It's important not to overlook how your husband . would feel about your working.) with relaxed and Are Five. your children, or do you happy -and resentful? irritable cross and make (It's much you they one who with than hired help harder to replace a good mother finds the care of children difficult and unrewarding.): Six, If you should get a job, would you and your husband use' your pay check wisely putting it aside for some worthwhile project? Or would H be frittered away on gadgets and on keeping up with the Joneses? (You should have a pretty good idea of how you and your husband would handle extra income.) Seven. Would you and your husband feel more secure If you both knew that there would be your pay check in case anything should happen to his? (A wife's earning power can mean a lot ".to both a husband's and wife's peace of mind.) '(All rights reserved, Newspaper' Enterprise Assn.) full-tim- ever-increasi- BERRY'S WORLD South Viet and in Nam areas. His underground eould frighten a sizeable num- -' ber of people d from the polls in . territory. Tt precedent is any guide, Ho would insist either on no inspec- ar . Non-viole- nt .". this ing has been that, while foreign loans borrowers can get at as low as of one per cen t, ' President wants for this proU.S. taxpayer disaster victims covers the annual ingram have to pay at least 3 per cent terest cost to the U.S. of two interest on loans running no basic types of loans: . longer than 30 years. $242 million (without figurWhen Gruening protested to ing the interest on interest on foreign aid officials' the grantinterest) on $5.9 billion in loans of a $300,000 loan to Tanga mighty ing repayable in dollars of one per cent for anyika at big IF, incidentally. 40 years, he was told that $380 million (also without country figuring the interest on interest couldn't pay an additional $15,-00-0 on interest) on $6.6 billion' in a year m interest loans repayable in the curren"They could very easily do cies of foreign countries. That retorted Gruening, . "if that," is, the UJS. will never get back you made them cut out some the $6.6 billion. Even if the luxuries. Just three Cadillacs interest on these loans is paid less a year for the Tanganyika another big W the princiwould readily take government pal is gone forever. These are care of the matter. I see utterly loans largely in name only. no reason why the American Of the $5.9 billion in loans' ' repayable in dollars, $3.3 billion taxpayer should be gouged for the benefit of Tanganyika of one per cent inare at terest. The Treasury pays 5V per cent to borrow that money. That still isn't all of the story as uncovered by Senator GruenRULES little-know- WASHINGTON, D. Mr. Scott An especially eor HOW AND WHY TAXPAYERS ARE STUCK The $622 million in foreign aid over and above the charges $3.38 billion in new money the lions. X j Mr. Allen $622 Million 'Sleeper' In Foreign Aid; Can't Be Cut New Hope Soviet scientists quickly qualified an announcement by Tass, the official government news agency, that they had detected radio signals from Intelligent bei- ... . . "'-- WASHINGTO- N- (NBA) A vague outline is taking shape of the treaty Ho Chi Minh hopes to get in South Viet Nam. From hints Hanoi officials and some prisoners let drop, K. seems Ho will seek: -S- ome key posts for Reds in tiie Saigon government Recent resignations' of South Vietnamese from Ho's government may be designed to have these men available as nominee for, Saigon posts. Norm Vietnamese now hold offices in Laos after having taken Lao names and Lao birth certificates made in Hanoi. Local (Red) for some South Viet Nam areas. (These would become bases the Viet Cong could use to prepare for future breakouts.) Incorporation of some VC' troops in the South Viet Nam army. They, would patrol the communities. Evacuation of "ail" foreign troops from South Viet Nam. If agreed to, that would mean only U. S. troops would leave. The North Vietnamese troops don't admit they are hi the south. North Vietnamese troops are still in Laos, years after the treaty, mat required them to leave, j Ho's Southern Expeditionary Force of North Vietnamese troops would get revised and remain as "native" southerners. A few might return north in a token show of and then sneak back along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Elections on unification of North and South Viet Nam. Ho's terrorists could enforce 100 per cent "ayes" in the north " no Idea who placed the notice in the school paper, but I am surprised that anyone would re' gard such a notice as improper. 4. In addition to the credentials cited in Mr. Bryce's letter, Mrs. Marshall is a past president of tiie Catholic Women's Club of Los Angeles, a former director of the Los Angeles office of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and a member of the Los Angeles Realty Board. Her husband is a former trustee and general counsel of Loyola University of Los Angeles. Mr. Bryce would have grave difficulty in estab hshffig that these people are Communists, although ihe inference ' in. his letter is quite strong. Mr. Bryce has told me personally that he has no confidence in the ability of BYU students to discriminate be-tween truth and error. I am thankful that the Board of Trustees and Administration of BYU do not share hds narrow view of the nature and functions of a university. Richard D. Poll Professor of History Brigham Young.University ',' Readers Encouraged To Voice Opinions Editor Herald: There are many ways in which, we can be better Americans. One important way is to exercise the responsibility w have for each American value. Freedom of the press is one of the greatest of these values. Even so, very few people exercise tins privilege. For this reason most people just read the editorial column and never write a letter. Too often freedoms such as this are taken for granted and no thought Is given to bow they originated. ; I would encourage any person who has an opinion on something, to write a letter to the editor and express it Tom Chandler - , full-tim- is-n- ot . JT stiff ttinli thou radio signals from oufe space com . ISSUE STAMP! - VATICAN OTTY (UPI) The Vatican post office announced Tuesday it will issue a series of four stamps on May 18 to commemorate the seventh centennial of the birth of Dante Alighieri. The issue will include 10, 40, 70 and e : stamps which will be valid until June 80, 1966. 200-lir- The opinions and statements expressed by Herald eohminists are ftdr owi and do net necessarily reflect (be views of mis newspaper. |