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Show in iiJ The Utah S' NWis; No-a- ' WW M O 3H ggsawSK jiVCig tP h P) O A Weekly Newspaper Devoted To Good Government & Friday, March 27, 1959 Salt Lake City, Utah Sen&ft&onsiders Passage Benson, Bennett and Dixon Return To Utah From Washington, 0( Dole Legislation sinister Governor Clyde Reviews Meeting by Senator Wallace F. Bennett There is something sounding about the word dole." Most Americans instinctively react against the idea of unlimited government handouts to everyone who is unemployed, regardless of the reasons. Yet this week I learned that a group of 18 Senators would like to see the United States adopt a dole system, and have introduced a bill which would have that effect. After sitting through many hours of hearings on this bill in the Senate Finance Committee, I am convinced that this proposal would be very much like the dole system of England. And I am sure it would help to undermine the both of individuals and of the various state, and would be one more step toward socialism. Now, theres a difference between a dole and unemployment compensation. I believe the idea behind unemployment compensation is a sound one. But this bill, S. 1323, goes much farther. Unemployment compensation was set up as a program to be administered and controlled by the States, in accordance with their individual needs. Last year, gress passed and the President approved a bill to provide Federal funds to be loaned to States which chose to provide additional unemployment compensation after their regular compensation had been exhausted. We are now considering a bill to extend this program for 90 days more, since all the funds appropriated for the purpose last year were not used up, and a problem still exists in certain areas. But the 18 Senators I mentioned earlier would prefer to substitute a new program, a program of outright Federal grants, not loans. They estimate the cost would be $875 million in the next year alone. llie present unemployment compensation program operates on the basis of an insurance program instead of a relief program. That is, the present system provides for prepayment of premiums" against fture liabilities. The proposed dole program would be financed instead out of general revenues. And if the British experience with the dole is self-relian-ce any criterion, the institution of the proposed program might well lead to a permanent dole in this country, although it would be passed in the guise of an emergency measure. The leading witness for the advocates of this dole program was Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers. Democratic governors of a number of the large States also supported it. Will Americans never learn from the mistakes of other countries? Federation Tells Progress Leaders For Coming Year and they governor conference with President Eisensower on the federal governUtahs top Republican officials ments role in setting minimum returned to their home ground last standards for unemployment comweek bearing full briefcases, plenty pensation was successful. All felt of smiles, and much comment on compensation should continue to be exclusively a state function. This current Washington events. Arriving in Salt Lake, the foursome was composed of Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, Senior Sen. Wallace F. Bennett and Rep. Henry Aldous Dixon, and Gov. George Come did Home Joe," . . . Dewey Clyde. For Sec. Benson, his arrival in while Utah was just a stop-over by Richard M. Nixon Mr. Mikoyan left these shores just a few weeks ago. Americans have disagreed and still disagree as to the ultimate results of his unusual tour. Some have stated strongly that his coming was definitely harmful to the best interests of the United States. Others are equally firm in their view that there was a net gain for the cause of freedom. on his way to the coast to address State spending authorizations Californians at the Easter Services from the General Fund and the Uniin Bowl in Hollywood Hollywood, form School Fund totaled $160.9 Calif. million during the forthcoming durSen. Bennett was back home Three women who have long been ing Congresss spring recess and 1959-6- 1 biennium, according to a Foundation Utah financial analysis associated with the National Fed- was returning to his home state recent of the Utah Legislative seseration of Republican Women are with Governor Clyde who had been sion. This compares with state a Governors conference among 44 members named to the "attending from these two funds of session with President Eisenhower. spending 1957-5- 9 biformed Commitnewly Republican Rep. Dixon is also back in Utah $129.4 million for the ennium and $101.3 million for the tee on Program and Progress. during the Congressional recess. 1955-5- 7 biennium. on agriculture, Sec. Commenting Utah Foundation analysts point They are Mrs. Bertha Weiloff, Benson stated that Modern laws Lewistown, Mont, President of the are needed for modem agriculture; out that total general fund approMontana Federation of Republican laws are based on agricul- priations (including a $9,000,000 Women; Mrs. Webster B. Todd, present tural practices of several years ago, transfer to the Uniform School Oldwick, NJ., former President of and even hark back to the depres- Fund) are slightly in excess of esNew Jersey Federation of Repub-- , sion timated general fund resources duryears. The best crop year lican Women, and Mrs. Oliver the coming two-yeperiod. (1958) in 25 years dramatizes the ing Presidente Rowe, Charlotte, N.C., School Fund Uniform correct the will obligations need for laws that of the Mecklenburg County Repubduring the next biennium are exproblem." surpluses lican Womens Club. Sen. Bennett pointed out that pected to exceed nonproperty tax Establishment of the Committee inflation is still thq. nations num- resources by approximately $15.0 was proposed by Republican Na- ber one domestic problem. Its very million, the study continues. An tional Chairman Meade Alcorn with disturbing to hear so many say it estimated state property tax levy asthe express endorsement of Presi- doesnt exist, or to hear so many of 5.6 mills ($5.60 per $1,000 sessed valuation) will be needed dent Eisenhower. Its purpose is to say it has to exist. index cost of the during each of the next two years living Though e examine and clarify polimake up this diference. h to a down is of it point, tical objectives of the Republican is inflation mean that dead; Although the state property levy party. Committee Chairman is doesnt been hidden. 1959 and 1960 will be higher in Charles H. Percy, Kenilworth, Illi- its just to learn that than the 1.0 mill imposed in 1957 Someday weve got nois, President of Bell & Howell we cant spend money we haven't and 1958, it probably still will be Co., Chicago. got. The national budget has been below the 8.9 mills imposed in 1958. The Committee will define the balanced only five times in 29 and 8.5 mills levied in 1947. The report notes that a reduction in the challenges and responsibilities fac- years. no Bennett has relatives state levy since the early years of Senator all in the Republican party ing areas of political activity, and iet on his payroll. His average office the school program has been made will suggest the paths which we expense for eight years has been of the state supported school should follow into what could be 85 per cent of his allowance. He program. The Foundation analysts observe one of the most bountiful ages of has no front porch at home. Gov. Clyde said that the eight- that several new and increased tax mankind," chairman Alcorn stated. - ar long-rang- one-tent- , In resolving this controversy, I think it would be useful to examine the visit first in terms of what it did not do. There has been no change whatever in the positions previously taken by the United States and the Soviet Union on such major policy questions as Berlin, suspension of nuclear tests, trade. Mr. Mikoyan and East-Wenew no approach to these brought problems, offered none and did not recede in any respect from the rigid and dogmatic Soviet positions on these vital issues. And we on our side, with our allies not present, would not and did not suggest any changes in the policies which had been previously agreed upon. Let us turn now to the negative aspects of the visit. First there was the considerable concern that developed in some allied capitals to the effect that this visit might mark an opening step toward eventual meetings which would be designed to settle the problems of the world. On this score, I believe the results of the visit to which I have just referred should serve to reassure our allies that we reject the arrogant view that we should speak for them without consultation, much less dictate to them. A second negative aspect of the two-pow- er visit is its possible effect on the millions of enslaved people in Poland, Hungary, and other satellite countries. Mr. Mikoyans meetings with American officials will no doubt be played up as an indication that we have resigned ourselves to a continuation of their captive status and are about to forget them. I can state categorically that nothing could be further from the truth and that we continue to support the cause of freedom and indpendence for people everywhere. A third negative aspect, considerably less serious than the first two, is that Mr. Mikoyans charm may have lulled some of our people into a false sense of complacency. We shall certainly have to admit that he did an expert job of salesmanship considering the wares he had to sell. But I doubt if any significant number of the Amer is particularly important in Utah, where there is much agricultural seasonal work. The governor also conferred with Washington officials on reclamation and agricultural research projects in Utah. Utah Foundation Tells Of $160 Million Fund The Lesson of the Mikoyan Visit st H ican people allowed the charm of his personality to obscure the Soviet record of the past which he helped to make. What Mikoyan Learned About Us Having in mind, as we should, the negative aspects of the visit, let us turn now to some of its positive results. On the plus side, I would place at the top of the list what Mr. Mikoyan learned about us in his two weeks in this country and what we in turn learned about him and the cause he represents. I believe that it was most useful and important that a top Soviet leader should have an opportunity to get firsthand knowledge about the American people, our system of government and our way of life. There is no question but that a great deal of misunderstanding exists among Soviet leaders about the United States. es will help to balance state revenues with financial requirements during the two years ahead. Included among the tax changes are an increase from 1 to 2 in the oil and gas occupation (severance tax, the extension of the sales tax to services, extension of the corporation franchise tax to foreign companies engaged soles in interstate business, and imposition of a general witholding tax. These new and extended tax measures are expected to produce. $7.2 million in new revenue for the State. Utah will have used more than $20 million in previously-accumulate- d state balances- and surpluses - to balance its 1957-5- 9 and its 1959-6- 1 biennial budgets, according to the Foundation study. Aproximate-l- y $10.4 million will be used to balance the current 1957-5-9 budget, with $10.3 million required teo balance the 1959-6- 1 budget. Finally, the study shows thaet much of the increased expenditures during recent years have been due to an expanded capital outlay program and increased state aid to the public schools. The Legislature appropriated $18.9 million for buildings and other capital outlay in 1959-6compared with $10.8 mil1957-59 and $7.8 million in lion in 1955-5The States share of the public school operating costs has risen from $41.9 million for the 1955-5- 7 biennium to $60.6 million and $75.7 million for for 1957-5-9 1, 7. 1959-6- 1. Part I In the first place, they do not understand our freedom of speech and our willingness to debate foreign policy in public. It is inevitable therefore that when they hear criticism of our current foreign policy from Americans travelling abroad, or in public debate here on such issues as Quemoy and Matsu, Lebanon or Berlin, they tend to conclude that we are far more divided than we are and that there is much stronger public support for a softer line toward world Communism than is actually the case. Second, those whose mental processes have been mesmerized by the dogmas of Karl Marx invariably tend to underestimate the basic strength of the American economy. To them every dip in our economy signals the beginning of the end of capitalism. (Continued next week) |