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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23

| per-income receivers of dividends and
interest as automatically as it re-
ceives the withheld taxes of low and
middle-income salaries, the Treasury
would be richer by at least $500 mil
| lion each year.
Other types of tax moves which
provide relief for upper incomes in
clude capital gains provisions, stock
option provisions, laws about family
partnerships and the exemption of
interest on state and local bonds.
S. Determination Against Small
Business: Even lower income corpor-
atoms have not been treated fairly
in terms of the tax structure. When
the tax rate was increased from 47%
to 529o at the time of the Korean
conflict, it was possible to exempt
the first $4,000 of income from the
increased rate of tax and apply the
extra percentage points to all in
come above $4,000. But the Con-
gress decided to place an extra and
unnecessary burden on small corpora
lions whose incomes would be hit the
hardest because their total profit was
the smallest.
In the face of all these concessions
to upper-income taxpayers and to big
corporations, it is about time for the
Congress to give serious considera-
ton to reducing taxes on the mass of
American taxpayers.
In the judgment of the CLIO, the
best way to achieve fair tax relief
for those long-ignored, lower-income
groups would be to increase indi-
vidual income tax exemptions from
their present level of $500 per person
to at least $500 next year, and even
tually to $1,000.
INCREASED EXEMPTIONS v.
RATES:
Some consideration, of course, has
already been given to tax-relief for
the low and middle-income taxpayer,
but the proposal is to grant a flat,
across-the-board percentage cut in
taxes rather than to increase exemp
tions. This is merely another way 20
give the greatest proportion of the
tax cuts to upper-income taxpayers.
A quick look at the comparative eff
fects of increased exemptions versus
decreased rates shows why the low
income taxpayer would not get his
fair share if the rate decrease were
granted:
A total tax cut of S2H billion (our |
example, not our goaD could be
granted either by increasing indi-
ridual exemptions to $500 per per-
on (S100 rise) or by cutting indi-
vidual income taxes flat 80 across
he-board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23
INSECTS TAKE BIG TOLL

insects destroy crops equivalent
to one acre of each 10 planted@ins the
United States" the Twentieth Cen
fury Fund reports.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23

The minority members of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
the 10 Democrats, reported in 1854
that this provision alone would cost
the federal Treasury the enormous
sum of $40 billion in tax revenue
over ii years. While the anticipated
loss would be only 1915 million the
first year, the loss would increase
rapidly in succeeding years, as indi-
Gated by the following figures:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23
trate its major impact on the low
income groups.
BUDGET OUTLOOK

! BUDGET OOILOOk
Each time such tax cuts-or any
tax cuts-are proposed, there IS a
wave of concern over their effect on
the budget of the federal government.
Fiscal responsibility becomes a sane
timonious rationale for refusing to
grant reductions in taxes, especially
when the proposed tax relief will
benefit those who need it most.
In 1854, however, when the Repub-
lican Administration and the Repub-
ican Congress were considering tax
cuts amounting to more than So bill
lion, the expected deficit in the fed
eral budget was slightly over So
billion. The estimates of the follow
ing years budget showed an expected
deficit of another So billion by June
80, 1855.
In spite of these estimates, the Con-
gress cut taxes on dividends and
changed corporation write-offs. The
result was $41s billion deficit at
the end of fiscal 1866, instead of the
So billion that had been estimated.
None the less, when proposals
were made for tax credits amount
ing to $40 per person in 1855, the
Republicans spoke ominously about
the Fiscal irresponsibility" of
granting further tax cuts.
This year, the revised Administra-
ton budget estimates for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1856, show an
expected deficit of SIT billion. Ac-
cording to the November 6, 1866,
NEW YORK TIMES, the rise in cor
porate profits and personal income
may increase revenue enough this
year to wipe out even that SIT billion
deficit. We may, therefore, hope to
have balanced budget for the cur
rent operating fiscal year.
In the light of an expected deficit
of SIT billion, and a possible deficit
of 0, it seems impossible that anyone
would argue that in 1856 fiscal re-
sponsibility would prevent tax relief
for lower and middle-income taxpay-
ers. Even in topsy-turvy world, it
would be hard to convince anyone
that it is responsible to grant tax
cuts when faced with So billion de-
ficit and irresponsible to grant them
when faced with a lesser deficit or
perhaps none at all.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23

Beginning in the middle of next
year, then, in the fiscal year 1856
1867, the Treasury will lose ST. $780,
100000, and the amounts will in
crease each year until the peak of
2,200,000,000 is reached in 1860.
The total sum of $19 billion is quite
a gift to the corporations in 1 A years.
But, even if the losses were averaged
out over this period, they would
amount to $1.3 billion every year
quite concession to the corporations
in the year 1854 when nothing very
much was done for the tax problems
of millions of low and middle-income
Americans
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23
OTHER SPECIAL PRIVILEGE

The records of previous Congresses
show the same inclination to favor the
upper and higher-income individuals
or corporations illustrated by these
two major concessions Of the 83rd
Congress in 1854. Some outstanding
examples of these gifts are briefly
reviewed here:
/. Split Income: The Republican
80th Congress enacted a provision
which allowed married couples to split
their incomes, but no couple with
two children) earning less than $10,-
900 year got much benefit from it,
and those with less than $4,000 a
year got nothing. If this provision
were eliminated from the statute
books and mandatory joint return
were substituted, the federal Treas
ury would be enriched by at least So
billion per year.
2. Depletion Allowances: Other
Congresses over the years have con-
tinually given unnecessary tax relief
to wealthy individuals and corpora
tions which engage in mining for
minerals or metals or drilling for oil,
in the form of depletion allowances.
These vary from a 271a % allowance
against gross income for oil drilling
to a $50 allowance against gross in
come for coal mining, shale opera
tions, etc. If these excessive deple- |
ton allowances were removed from |
the statute, there would be an in
crease of at least $500 million in |
revenue each year.
3. Estate and Gift Taxes: Over a |
long period of time, nothing has been |
done to improve the estate and gift |
tax structure, but many, many loop |
hole provisions have crept in. If these
loopholes were closed particularly |
the one dealing with life estates-and |
If the exemptions for estates and gifts |
were combined and lowered substan-
italy, the gain for the Treasury
would be over 81 billion.
a. Withholding Taxes on Dividends
and Interest: Before World War II,
taxes on wages and salaries were
withheld by special provision, so
that the government would not have
any problem in collecting its legal
due. But much of the income from
dividends and interest still goes I'M
taxed, because the recipients do not
report it. There is no withholding pro-
Vision for such income. If the govern
nent could collect taxes from the up
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
New OH Pastor
Installed 10Th

Sunday evening at 8 o'clock,
Rev. Carl w. Bormuth will be in
stalled as pastor of st. Pau's
Church at Oak Harbor.
Rev. Emil H. BaSsler, president
of Northwest Ohio Synod, has been
appointed on the Synodical install
lation Committee the following:
Rev. H. C. Kellermeyer, pastor of
Second Evangelical and Reformed
Church in Tiffin; Rev. Harvey j.
Zuern, pastor of Grace Evangelical
and Reformed Church in Toledo;
Rev. George C. Wayman, pastor OF
First Evangelical and Reformed
Church in Fremont; and Edgar
Cross, chief-elder of the local con
gregation.
Rev. Zuern, who served for four
years with Rev. Bormuth on the
Ohio Junior High Camp Staff, will
speak. Rev. Kellermeyer, secretary
of Northwest OHIO Synod, will
serve as chairman of the inStalla.
ton committee. Rev. Wayman and
Rev. Bormuth served neighboring
congregations in Southeast Ohio
Synod.
The public is invited to attend
this service.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
Rural Women's News
BY RITA cUMMlNS

News on TV-
Home agents, Agricultural agents
and associate agents appear on Jim
Nessle's 1900 noon WSPD pro-
gram. On Tues, June 81 Fred
Grimm will tell about Keeping
Birds Out Of Corn" and on Thurs
day, June %, Gladys Spear will
present consumer marketing in
formation. If you have any COM
ments to make on Miss Spears pro-
gram send them to me and / will
forward them to her.
4-H Trip
Will really be exciting this year!
It's scheduled for June 80 and if
there are 800, we will be able to
go by train. This opportunity is
open to ANYONE who wants to go
to Pittsburgh with the group. You
do not need to be a 4-H'er, or ad-
visor to be able to go with us. SO
come one and all The cost is
$10:50 which includes everything.
5.H Party
On Saturday June 18, at 7:30, the
All Barn will ring with laughter
as the 5-H open party gets under
way. The party is being sponsored
by the 5-H Club for the enjoyment
of the teenage community. Come
for fun filled evening of games,
refreshments and dancing. Come
and meet YOUR friends. Several
All advisors will be chapero1es.
Lettuce
Either head or leaf that is the
lowest price per pound is the best
buy the quality being equal.
You get S servings of lettuce per
pound from either head Or leaf.
Lettuce is the second leading
vegetable ii the amount eaten per
person. Potatoes are first. We eat
nearly twice as much lettuce per
person each year as we did in 1920.
The greener the leaves of lettuce,
the larger amounts of nutrients
present. Lettuce is very low in
calorieS. This contributes to its
popularity.
Cottage Cheese Special
Save the half grapefruit shells
from breakfast to make this
Scoop out the membranes and line
shells with a generous amount of
cottage cheese. Heap the center
with fresh Strawberries or any
other ii season or canned fruit
Top with your favorite fruit salad
dressing. Strawberries and pine
apple are the best fresh fruit buys
this week.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
M-Sgt. F. c. Fisher
With 1st Division

1ST DIV, GERMANY : M@Sgt.
Franklin c. Fisher, 80, son of Mrs.
Henritta Barbara, Autoway dr.,
Port Clinton Ohio, is a member
of the 1st Infantry Division in
Germany.
Sergeant Fisher, member of
Clearing Company of the 1st Med
ical Battalion, entered the Army
in February 1858 and completed
basic training at Camp Robertson,
Ark. His decorations include the
Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart,
and the Korean Service Ribbon.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17

Mrs. William Nicholson, Harold
Schiewe, Joan Vargoy Andrew
Zura Jr., Robert Anderson Sr.,
Mrs. Howard Brokate, Mrs. Ida
Hineline, Jack Park. Anniversaries
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lorentzen, Mr..
and Mrs. George Bly,, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Drusbacky.
June %: Mrs. George Sperber,
Glen Williams, Mrs. Reuben Fill
more, Mrs. Clarence Cooley, Mrs.
Andrew Zura Jr., Helen Kipke,
Eugene Vollmer, Mrs. John West,
Grace Hoover, Emil Selgo. Ami
versarieS of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Zelms, Mr.. and Mrs. William Rof-
kar, Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood Man
nisto, Sheriff and Mrs. Merriam
Budd, Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. Freder-
ick.
June %: Mrs. Robert Babcock,
John Papcun, Vance Wright, Mrs.
James A. Hopfinger, Susan Jane
Stevenson, George Dellinger, Edna
Mackey, Kenneth William Beucler.
Anniversaries of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bankey, Mr. and Mrs. Err
vim Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Cooley, Judge and Mrs. Peter Gu
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
BIRTHDAYS.
ANNIVERSARIES

June II: Ernest Everett, Mrs.
Phoebe Cover, Ethel Wilkins, Mrs.
Otto Steffens Sr., Carolyn Brown,
Joan Kott, Norman Fulton, Roger
Snider, Betty ange, Mrs. Sam Hell
ler, DR.. G. P. Chapman, Mrs. AL
OchS, Mrs. Harry Sample. Ami
versaries of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Clemons, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold DAN
klefSen, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Lam
bert, Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Lambert.
June ID: Frank Kozlok, Harold
Boggs, Charles Guth, Maybelle
Wahlers, Ruth Won Eitzen Bly,, Cell
Winston, Fred Guggisberg, Dorothy
Heiks.
June 10: Robert Englebeck, Sally
Kramb Hopfinger, John Sorensen
Sharon Diane Ostling, Catherine
P. Grover, Dorothy Millinger.
June 20: Mrs. Arthur Disher
Donald Armbuster, William Eaton
Frederick Windisch, Betty X. Gay.
dos, Henry A. Dress, Thomas War
rem, Mrs. Elizabeth Nehls and
granddaughter Elizabeth Ann Stroh
of Parma, Judy Allan, Wendell
Druyor, Robert Cupp. Anniver
saries of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ried
maier Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Pettibone, (their 25th), Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Parman, Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Parker, Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam Moon, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Robert Belt, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
White, Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Muggy
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Calm.
! June 81: Mrs. Edgar Christensen
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
SORORITIES AND TB ASSN
HAVE PARTY AT OAK RIDGE

Oak Ridge sanitarium patients,
whose ages range from nine
months to SO years, had a gala
evening of entertainment Thurs
day night at bingo party spon-
sored by the Ottawa County TB
and Health Association with Delta
Chi and Epsilon Eta sorority men,
bers of Elmore and Oak Harbor
providing the prizes and assisting
in arranging the event.
Yvonne Darling, Delta Chi, and
Dolores Hemminger, Epsilon Eta,
were in charge. Eight Ottawa
county patients are at Oak Ridge
and joined in the fun.
The social affairs at the sani-
torium are part of the rehabilita-
ton program carried out year
round which emphasizes vocational
and occupational therapy as morale
building therapy. Oak Ridge has
the lowet percentage in the state
of patients who leave without per-
mission of their doctor, and the
rehabilitation program shares with
the excellent administration and
improvements in getting credit for
this percentage factor.
The entire program is another
of the services made possible by
the purchase of Christmas Seals.
Your county TR and Health Assn
will welcome offers from any or
ganizationS interested in being co
sponsors for this type of enter
tainment at Oak Ridge.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
Albert Fall Heads
Lake Erie Chapter

Albert L. Fall has been elected
High Priest of Lake Erie Chapter
No. 1879, Royal Arch Masons.
Others named were Henry Myer,
King; Gerald Daupe, Scribe; Geo.
Tewers, treasurer; Richard Coyle,
secretary; Burnell Gates, Captain
of Host; Clifton Kirk, Principal
Sojourner; Myron Miller, Royal
Arch Captain; William Donahue,
Master of First Veil; Cecil King,
Master of Second Veil; Irving Gar
Der, Master of Third Veil; Rudolf
Starkloff, Tyler.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17

Tractors are like horses or
mules in more ways than one.
They can be pretty tricky if you
don't handle them right.
Too many tractor accidents
happen because of carelessness.
The day grows hot and drowsy,
the job grows monotonous and
bingo! Someone forgets to throt-
tie down when making a turn, or
something, and there's a bad spill.
Credit Slim Hartman's missus
for the fact that there's never
been tractor trouble on their
place. Midway through every
morning and afternoon she
brings him snaclxs. Hell stay on
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
NOTES FROM OTTAWA -
COUNTY AGENT
FRED GRIMM

Our thanks to Jack Parks and
Walter Krupp, editors of Ottawa
county Exponent and Port Clinton
Herald for their excellent help in
training our All reporters to do
their job. Nearly 200 young peo-
pie and advisors attended the
training schools held at LaCarne
and Rocky Ridge. Al Genres, as
Sistant state All Club leader help
ed with the program.
Dying elm trees are the serious
concern of many people at the
present time. Even the writer's
one elm is dying. AS near as we
can determine it is Dutch Elm
Disease which has ravaged most
of the elms in Ohio. Dutch Elm
diseases well as phloem necrosis,
a similar disease of elm, is spread
by insects. There are complicated
spray formulas that will help con-
troll the disease by controlling the
insect. However, they are costly.
We can supply you the spray mix
ture to us if you so desire. Most
people are resigned, however to
cutting down the dead limbs or
entire tree and burning it.
Carl Bensch was not satisfied
with hay silage in the above ground
trench last year, he tells us, so
he did not make any this year.
June 20 is the landscaping and
forestry tour planned by the coun
ty Keep Ohio Green group. Ex-
perts Forest Dean of Ohio Agricul-
tural Experiment Station and San
dusky nurseryman ]. L. Strickfad
en- will help with the tour.
Flea beetles are causing damage
to corn, potatoes, tomatoes and
some other crops. DOT will dc
the job and is readily available as
$50 liquid emulsion. On corn
use quarts per acre in 5 to 1C
gallons of water. Sweet corn gets
Stewards disease from these tiny
black beetles so spray sweet corn
too.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
JOBS OPEN

EOD announces that positions
for electronic equipment Installer
and repairer, salary ranging from
S1.71 $1.81 hourly; warehouse
man leader, ard foremen, salary
S1.79 $227 per hour, are open.
Full Information may be obtained
from the Board of U. S. Civil Serv-
ice Examiners at EOD.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
From where I sit .. by Joe Marsh
Handle With Care

the alert" she says. "if I get him
off the tractor for ten minutes"
From where I sit, carelessness
can cause plenty of harm in our
Off-the-job personal lives, too. For
instance, suppose a neighbOr pre-
fers a glass of beer with supper.
You might not share this particu-
lar preference with him-but if
you're careless about protecting
his right to choose, your own
freedom of choice is in danger of
being "plowed under"
&e fMu4<
m
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
The JEWEL
BOX
BY JUEL REED COVER

Flew over. IL says. harry Is 1eel-
ing fine" The former PC Theater
exec is due to take over his new
Hollywood, Fla, theatrical position
in a few weeks.
He'll Do II, Too
We know guy, one of the few
at the poorly attended open meet
ing of the Board of Education last
Thursday night = to discuss the
all-important building program =
who wrote down the name of every
Port Clintonite present.
when and if l hear any criti-
cism about the Boards decision on
the building program" he says
grimly, ''I'm just going to haul out
this list and check to see whether
the complainer was there"
TWenty-three people Gncluding
three teachers and one reporter)
isn't very many people to SHOW up
for meeting as important as that
was.
Heart Tug
Nina Green KranStuber, former
Port ClintOnite whose 17-year-old
son Danny died May 28 with leu
kemia, was in town the other day
from Chagrin Falls to visit her
brother, Mayfield Green, and sis
ter, Mrs. Alvin Mienke. And she
told an incident that is pretty
heart-Warming.
After their junior-Senior prom,
the Saturday following Danny's
death, all the kids from Danny's
school went together to visit his
grave. He was a football player
and a popular member of the
junior class.
SCATTER PINS
New address of the Arthur
Minasy family is 1849 Delmars
Boulevard, Long Island, N. Y. :.
The Anthony j. Hawkings are new
owners of the Warren McDougallS'
former home, at lib Alice-st
And Warren and Evelyn, settled
in their new home in Fremont, are
adding breezeway there :. bort
and Denny McDaniels' new eff
cheney apartments at Gem Beach
are due to open July l Norm
and Flora Willbond and the sons
are working top speed to get their
new Rock Ledge nome remodeled,
and will be in it this summer
Sylvia and Jerry Nakrin will switch
apartments with the Willbonds'
moving to the downstairs spot
when the move is made A
prominent Port Clinton profes
sional woman will be bride OF
early-July Bill Moons illness
brings sympathy from such a big
circle of friends that the guy
simply HAS to get we'll quick
Newspaper women from all ovei
Ohio will come to Ottawa county
this summer to see, first-ha1d, how
our famous fruits are harvested
and marketed. And County agent
Fred Grimm's the boy who got the
idea for such good promotion.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17
HuT-SKIP DRIVER

A parked car owned by James
Ashton, SIG Fulton-st, was damaged
by a hit-skip driver Saturday at
$40 am. A left rear fender was
torn off.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17

JAMES J. BARTON, former
House member from Cuyahoga.
is the new publisher of The
Berea Enterprise. weekly.
ONE of the foxiest members
of the Assembly is Rep. Bishop
Fitzpatrick (D., Warren) who's
credited with getting an exemp.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17

lau, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter l.. Bur
dorf, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lud-
wig, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard N. Be-
yer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17

Among the Sanitarium patients
who thoroughly enjoyed last
Thursdays party sponsored by
the Ottawa County TB and
Health Association aided by Oak
Harbor and EImore sorority
members at Oak Ridge were
vorys Collier, former Gypsum
school teacher, who has been a
patient there since December.
Pictured below is Mary Jean
Brockbrader, EImore, as she
helps some of the child patients
at fhe Sanitarium participate in
games.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-06-17

tion for moving vans from the
axIe-mile fax.
MOLLY B. LATER, one of
Cleveland's COP bigwigs. is in
censed over the attorney gen.
erals juvenile delinquency bill
says he's playing politics
with serious issue. =.