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Show Sy Ask Them‘Yourself § Do you feel that playing ball in Little League is harmful for a boy if he wants to be a pro Director, U.S. Mint What is meant by “seigniorage”?— Christine Roloth, Lancaster, Pa. I understand it was you whofirst “dis_ covered” Ann-Margret. How many other famous people were you first "to scout?—D. J. Sullivan, Bakers- later on?—Pete Moore, Milligan FOR MARY BROOKS, FOR GEORGE BURNS f FOR S.2YDY KOUFAX College, Tenn, @ When coins are minted, there is a “profit” to the Treasury known as seigniorage. This seigniorage is the differ- ence between the cost of the metal used = field, Calif. in minting and the face value of the @ I certainly do not. A young ballpleyer coins produced. Since roins contain their own intrinsic value, there is no need to record liability for them whenthey are issued. eneeds all the practice he can get—and Lictle League is a fine way to get it. I know because I played in the Little League myself. FOR BUCKMINSTER FULLER, architect and educator In a recent article you stated that pollution is a word meaning ignorance. If most pollution is by-products of the workk of well-educated technicians, where does ignorance enter into the picture?—C. P. Miscavish, Los Angeles, Calif. @ I said that the word “pollution” manifests ignorance. Man has found that he can sell substances which can be separated from other substances, but being ignorantof the balance of the chemistry after using them, he casts them out ignorantly into the water or the air. For example, all the sulphur coming annually out of all the chimneys around our planet equals the amount of sulphur being taken annually out of the ground to keep industry going. Those who let the sulphrr out into the sky or streams @ Actualiy I did not “discover” Ann-Margret. She was brought to my office by her agent. Shc had done someperforming but not much. She auditioned for me, and I was so impressed by her poise and talent that I took her to Las Vegas with me. This helped to open docrs for her, and in that way I suppose I did further her career. We're still very good friends. I wasalso instrumental in furthering the careers of Bobby Rydell and Bobby Darin. Darin, I remember, had made a record called “Splish Splash” that was beginning to get quite a play. Somebody suggested that I take him to Las Vegas, and I did. To this day, I still think of Bobby Darin almost as a son. manity has committed suicide. FOR BOB HOPE As the masier-hand ai p gaining laughs and » chuckles from others, f what do you find makes you laugh your- self?—Leslie E. Dunbik Bremen, Ind. @ I’m an easy audience for good comedy —whatbreaks me up is what breaks the world up. For instance, I saw Don Rickles on TV the other night, and I thought he was a riot. I love to laugh, and I love the people who make me laugh. FOR REP. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, New York City Do you think in our lifetime we shall see an American Negro as a President of the U. S.? : ) —Gyula Hoffmann, Waistary: Conn. @ No, I don’t. Racism is still too deeply « imbedded in the American culture. author of “The Making of a Surgeon” Your book is fairly critical of your profession. Aren’t you bothered by the thought that it might cause many people to lose their confidence in surgeons? —R. M. Watson, Lewiston, N.Y. FOR JAMES MACARTHUR, of TV's “Hawaii Five-O” Ts it true that you are the adopted son of _ Helen Hayes? Have _ you ever married?— , go far enough. FOR LOWELL THOMAS, author and newscaster Linda A. Phillips, In your extensive world travels, what @ It is not true. She is my real mother. Yes, I am married to Melody Patterson. country held the greatest fascination in your estimation?—J, Grady FOR MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY, sag Stene, Oneonta, Ala. - New York City What do you consider the urgent problems of New York City?— Mr.A. S. Kravits, Forest Hills, N.Y. e Whesnves any service that city govern- ment should provide does not work as well asit should, I regard it as an urgent problem. One of the mostcritical problems during the summer months is the collection of garbage and the related problem of keeping the streets of our neighborhoods swept. But, while the Sanitation Department is continually striving to increase the efficiency of its collection operation; the battle for clean streets will not be won unless the people cooperate, FOR, CLEA STEINEM, writer and women’s liberation activist Why do you feel that the Women’s Liberation Movement is a a healthy movement?— er L. L. Doherty, Green Bay, Wis. @ It’s a very healthy kind of movement because it crosses race lines, age lines, class lines, It’s a sex-role revolution; it’s not just for women. Feminism is a stage on the way to humanism.If we’re going to have a more just and compassionate society, we all have to rise up tog J. ; @ I don’t think it'll shake anyone’s confidence. My own confidenceisn’t shaken —and I know as much aboutit as anyone. If I send my kids or my wife or even myself to a surgeon, I have utter confidence in him, even though I know he’s only human. And if something disastrous happens, it’s just one of those things. and we can’t leave anybody behind. We all need each other. It was a mistake of the last feminist revolution that it didn’t Church Hill, Tenn. are allowing the valuable co..centrates to become so diffuse as to be economically unrecoverable. Conversely, the sulphur collects in human beings to the detriment of humanity. The universe, in due time, will put that sulphur into useful recirculation, but possibly only after hu- FOR WILL;:4M A. NOLEN, M.D. @ I found Tibet, as it was before the Red Chinese overran the country. by far the most fascinating place in the world. To begin with, there’s the setting, far up there on that lofty Central Asian plateau, surrounded by the spectacular peaks of the Himalayas. There’s also the fact that Tibet had gloriouscivilization utterly different than anything else on our planet. By now, I’m afraid the FOR RANDOLPH W. THROWER, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service As I understand it, doctor and dentist fees are tax deductible. Are veterinary charges for farm animals and for pets also tax deductible? If not, why not?—Mrs. Leroy. D. Collier, Kokomo, Ind. @ A farmeroperating his farm for profit may deduct all of his ordinary and necessary expenses of carrying on the business of farming. The deductible expenses would include veterinary charges for farm animals other than pets. Veterinary charges for pets, however, are personal expenses and as such are not Red Chinese have ruined it. They have been trying to wipe out the Tibetans as a race by forcing them to intermarry only with the Chinese. deductible. Want to ask a famous person a question? You can through this column, and we'll get the answer from the prominent person you designate. Send question, preferably on a post card, to Ask Them Yourself, Family Weekly, 641 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022. Don’t forget your nameand address. We cannot acknowledge questions, but $5 will be paid for each one used. hy June 20, 1971 Family Weekly The Newspaper Magazine . LEONARDS. DAVIDOW, Chairman MORTON FRANK,President and Publisher W. PAGE THOMPSON,v.P. and Advertising Dir. | MORT PERSKY,Editor-in-Chief DirtayetekyenewierSefestgrarti | REYNOLDS DODSON, Managing Ector Advertising M| Donald M. Hufford; M: lestern Adv. S: WesternActMgr:RussellSparkerChi Mgr.: Joe FiFrazer,ir;; Detroit Sales es Mgr Figen Southern Adv. Mgr.: Steven J. Publisher Relations: Robert D. Carney and te Ellis, V.P.s and Co-Directors; Robert H. 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