Show Vol 72 No 28 Utah State University Logan Utah Wednesday Dec 4 1974 12 Pages Columnist says the rich get welfare from the poor number-on- The present tax incentives which the oil industry and other elements of the business world number-on- get are nothing dicated columnist Jack An- derson Because of loopholes in- centives and other technicalities business and the rich are not paying their share of taxes y Anderson told a audience at the FAC Monday If tax incentives are increased for big corporations the amount reduced in their taxes must be made up by raising the taxes of the middle class he said “The middle class is already paying more than its share of taxes” Anderson said “If taxes are increased again the middle class will pay it not the rich” Anderson a Washington newsman who specializes in big near-capacit- JACK ANDERSON spoke at government on economy Photo by Ken Sink USU Anderson talks on role of the press by Richard Brady editor pressures “I’m a nobody from no where” said after he had just spent over an hour answering questions on everything from US domestic policy to the high price of sugar The nobody is Jack Anderson syndicated columnist the no where Cottonwood Utah he For more than a quarter century Anderson has been digging into the federal government for news His stories have covered everything from minorities to congressional spending to the highest federal involved in officials And for the quarter-centur- y Anderson has dealt with critical public officials and has had to deal with their criticisms and pressures Most of the federal pressure received by Anderson is subtle he said Anderson who specializes in investigative reporting said governmental pressure usually takes the form of a personal friend telling him that the government is displeased with something he has written or plans to publish Anderson said he ignores such The people in govenment are sophisticated and it shows in the types of pressure they bring to bear he said It has taken 25 years to develop the sources which he now uses to put out his daily column (which he says is second only to the cartoon “Peanuts” 'in the United Features Syndicate in the number of papers which it appears in) Anderson said For sources he said he “seeks out people who are idealists people who believe in the government and in the country” “The problem isn’t finding people who believe but finding people who have the courage to speak out” he said Concerning a free student press Anderson said a students press should be confronted with the same pressures which are faced by the professional media “You should fight any form of censorship” he said “You have to cope with this and fight it” For being a “nobody from nowhere” Jack Anderson has turned into one of the foremost investigative journalists in America and he himself admits that he has had input through his work into many national policies DC changes its mind WASHINGTON (AP) — The US attorney has cancelled his order not to prosecute persons with small amounts of marijuana in the District of Columbia The order to go to effect Monday had been the subannounced three weeks ject of controversy since it was ago by US Atty Earl J Silbert The plan would have barred prosecution of persons found in possession of five or fewer marijuana of marijuana cigarettes or less than one gramdistrict police officials The plan had been opposed by and by Atty Gen William B Saxbe problem” e “Everything we do to fight inflation puts us deeper into a more than recession” Anderson said welfare for the rich said syn- NEWSMAN e problem but for the last three months I’ve been reporting that recession is the by Richard Brady editor national the tax insuch said government centives as those given to oil companies for exploration are welfare He said that because the oil industry has lobbyists in Washington DC the word “welfare” isn’t used “Only the poor with no lawyers or lobbyists have to use the word welfare" Anderson said The U of U graduate and Utah native also said that in his opinion the major economic trouble facing America is recession not investigating inflation “The economic problems of the country seem fairly simple to me” he said “For the past three months President Ford has been telling us that inflation is the that the major cause of the country’s present economic headaches is artificially rigged prices for oil “When the country became hooked on oil the oil producers quadrupled the price of oil” Anderson said America paid $20 billion more for oil this year than last he said “We are paying in the form of higher prices for everything” who said he is Anderson philosophically opposed to welfare stated however that he would rather see welfare go to the poor than to the rich He said that while the poor would probably spend the money they receive it is likely that the rich if given “welfare” would “put it into Swiss bank accounts” “If I had my choice I’d rather see the old eat rather than give welfare to the rich” Anderson said Anderson said there are a lot of people who are hungry people who have worked all their lives and now have inadequte pensions and people who work hard but for low wages Anderson said he thinks the American people are willing to sacrifice to end the present economic woes but said he would like to see the oil companies Anderson indicted “chip in a little” Anderson said that Exxon had net profits of $65 billion last year and paid 55 percent tax on it He also said that last year’s profits were up 53 perceirT'OV’er the previous year Anderson added that Mobil profits skyrocketed 84 percent last year Amoco profits went up 106 percent and Phillips Petroleum Co profits went up 159 percent The average corporate tax is 48 percent he said yet none of the major oil companies paid even 10 percent on last year’s profits he said “Let’s call it what it really is — welfare” also discussed the Anderson and administration former president compared Richard Nixon with other Nixon presidents “The idea spread throughout the country that Nixon’s only crime was getting caught” Anderson said “But other presidents have not been like Nixon Only Nixon committed crimes in the White House Past presidents haven’t done so” He also discussed the role of the press in a democratic society “The founding fathers understood that power corrupts” Anderson said “They determined to have a watchdog over government in the form of a free press This is a guarantee for the people a guarantee of an independent report” He said that during the Watergate “horror” both the official version from Nixon and former press secretary Ronald Ziegler and the independent reports of the American press were available “The first act of a dictator is to seize the press” he said “On the day the government gets control of the press on that day you lose your freedom” Congress overrides veto new Gl Bill will aid USU vets If by Mike Donahue for Student Life Ray Henderson 24 is a forestry major at USU and a Vietnam veteran He lives in a one bedroom apartment in Logan which costs him $65 a month Henderson got out of the Marine Corps after two years on active duty in 1971 a corporal and since then he has been going on the GI Bill student a fulltime single For with no dependents Henderson gets $220 a month He is eligible for this because according to the bill he is “a veteran of at least 181 days continuous active duty any part of which occured after January 31 1955 or who was released from active duty after d January 31 1955 for a ttrdwral crease the benefits to veterans lias been under attack from a number of areas that the money 227 per cent among other things new the was just not adequate These In addition under be would veterans bill attacks maintain that even proposed nine additional an for though the bill is only supposed to eligible work of months undergraduate supplement the income of bill the vetoed Ford veterans using it the amount is President month not enough last Most veterans however feel Congress however is expected the new bill would be a large that to override the President’s veto If so the new bill would raise the improvement Henderson said he felt a person entitlement to 45 months from the could get along all right on the old original 36 months as bill long as he “remained A question that many have on the campus and lived single asked is why should Henderson to went campus functions” who has only or any other veteran was extremely he He said to been in the service get money go to school? He got paid while he was in the service didn’t he just like any other job? According to former President Nixon “These benefits reflect but a portion of the thanks you (veterans) have disability” The bill further states that the earned from every American In conditions under which he ter- a real sense” he continued “we minated his service must be can never adequately repay you for the service you have given other than dishonorable the US Congress your country” Recently In recent months the GI Bill passed a bill which would in service-connecte- Richard M disappointed that President Gerald Ford vetoed the new bill Tuesday Cynthia L Brackett the Veterans Administration for Northern 950 veterans are Utah said there USU on the campus The the Vietnam from are majority are who receiving benefits era Bill GI the through representative (Cont on page 4) |