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Evening star., 1962-08-14
Review of Progress

I have been in office now for
q year-and-a-half-8l weeks.
When I came into office in
January, 1861, this country
was in O recession. We have
made q recovery from that re-
cession, but what we are con-
cerned about now is where we
have been, where we are now
and what we must do in the
future.
First, where have we been:
Tonight, looking back over the
last year-and-a-half, we can
take some heart from these
statistics and these gains which
have been made. The gross ma
tional product, which is the
story Of all the things we pro-
duce-that has gone UP 10 per
cent, over $50 billion in addi-
tional goods and services. The
second chart, industrial pro-
duction. which is the output Of
our factories, has gone up 16
per cent in that period Of time.
The unemployment rate, and
the unemployment rate is still
too high. has gone down % per
cent in the last year-and-a-
half. About a million people
who were unemployed now
have jobs.
The disposable personal in
come, which Is the amount Of
income we have after taxes, has
gone up $50 billions per cent.
Wages and salaries have gone
up 10 per cent-$27 billion
and corporate profits after
taxes since January, 1861, have
gone up $40 billion.
So this is the story Of our
economic recovery. The pace
thus far this summer, which
not as good as all of us would
like, has still brought further
gains. Economic in dicators
which have been reported to
me for July, which are just
coming in, do not warrant the
conclusion that we are entering
a new recession. q
PessimiStic predictions to the
contrary, the actual facts for
the month Of July, far from
justifying a crisis atmosphere,
show another new record high
in industrial production, q new
reduction in unemployment and
a significant rebound in de-
partment store, automobile and
other retail sales.
Employment and income
have also continued to rise.
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Basis for Confidence

Looking ahead, moreover,
there is every reason for con-
fidence by the American peo-
pie in the American system.
American families are still
spending a steadily increasing
share of their personal income,
which Is steadily rising, to buy
new cars and new homes and
to enjoy a higher standard of
living while continuing to put
more money in the bank.
Our businessmen are invest
ing more than they did last
year, though not as much as
we would like. While the sharp
decline in the inflated stock
market prices touched many
homes directly and aversely, I
think the stock market today
rests on a sounder basis be-
tween the price of stocks and
their earning potential than it
did at the end Of last year.
Our research laboratories
are turning up new techniques
and leading to new industries,
and soon that crop of war
babies, the boys and girls who
were born during the war-the
Second World War-and at the
end of the war will be going
to schools and colleges and
founding their own homes and
buying their own cars, and
helping to build our own pros
perity.
Initiation. which is the arch
enemy Of consumers an d
housewives, has not wiped out
these gains. We have had in
the last 18 months the best
record Of prices and stability
that we have had since the end
of World War II, and the ad-
ditional $50 billion we have
here in this country in the last
18 months has not been robbed
in any sense by an increase in
the cost of living.
Initiation, therefore, remains
no longer serious threat. ]
think we can be proud also of
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on welfare and Federal help
which has been made available
to reduce their dependence.
One hundred thousand men are
retiring every year under So
cial Security at 81 instead of
IS, therefore providing jobs for
younger men, more than 26,-
000-and this program I think
can be more important in the
coming years, aged couples and
individuals are getting help for
housing, especially designed for
the elderly. Railroad and busi-
ness and excise taxes have been
repealed and other measures
have been taken which will
help our urban renewal pro-
gram, our housing program and
our small business,
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uals and as a nation help US
make the most Of our economic
resources.
The leaders Of both Houses
and the chairman Of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee. Congressman Mills,
have assured me Of their CO.
operation in steering such a
bill through the legislative
mills with sufficient speed to
make the January / date ef-
fective and make it possible
and meaningful, and I am GER
tain that such a measure will
be supported by the clear-cut
economic evidence by Ameri-
cans in all walks of life and
by a majority Of both Houses
Of the Congress.
Let me emphasize, however,
that I have not been talking
about a different kind Of tax
cut, a quick, temporary tax
cut. to prevent a new recess
sion. Under the right circum-
stances, that is also a sound
and effective weapon. but like
many weapons, it should be
fired only at a period Of maxi
mum advantage.
Timing Is Of the essence,
and In the absence Of a clear
and present danger to the
American economy today, I be-
lieve the American people are
willing to bear the burdens of
freedom and progress, to face
the facts Of fiscal responsible
ity and to share my view that
proposing an emergency tax
cut tonight, a cut which could
not now be either justified OF
enacted, would needlesSly un-
dermine confidence both at
home and abroad.
But let me make this clear
If time should prove that this
kind Of a tax cut is necessary
later this year. I will not hesi-
tate to request it and to call
Congress back into session il
that should be necessary.
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Cost-Cuttinq Slated

I want to make it clear that
We are not talking about Fed
eral spending getting out of
control. On the contrary, we
are attempting to provide a
dollar Of service for the dollars
that we spent to close down
those installations and activi-
ties that are not essential.
Secretary Of Defense McNa-
mara has estimated that he
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The tert Of President Ken

The teIt OF President Ken
nedy's talk last night on the
Nations economy, tolloiDs:
Good evening, my fellow citi-
zens.
The Constitution of the
United States states that on
occasions the Presidents shall
report to the Congress on the
state of the Nation.
I think it Is also important
that the President Of the
United States also report to
the American people because he
is. with the Vice President, the
only American official elected
by all Of the people in all Of
the so States.
Tonight I am going to talk
to you about the American
economy. I know that many
Of you have eyes fixed in space
and are interested and con-
cerned about the extraordinary
accomplishments of the Soviet
Union in that area. I have
said from the beginning that
this country started late in the
1950s. We are behind, and we
will be behind for a period in
the future, but we are making
a major effort now as this
country will be heard from in
space as well as in other areas
in the coming months and
years, but tonight I want to
talk about our economy.
I know that statistics and de-
tails Of the economy may some
times seem dry, but the econ
omy and the economic Statis-
tics are really a story Of all Of
us as a country, and these sta
tistics will tell whether we are
going forward or standing still,
or backward. They tell whether
an unemployed man can get o
job or whether a man who has
a job can get an increase in
salary or own a home or whether
he can retire in security or send
his children to college. These
are the people and the things
behind the statistics.
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high as to weaken the very es-
sence Of the progress of a free
society, the incentive for ad-
ditional return for additional
effort.
For these reasons this ad-
ministation intends to cut taxes
in order to build the funda-
mental strength Of our eco
nomy, to remove a serious bart
rier to long-term growth, to in
crease incentives by routing
out inequities and complexities
and to prevent the even greater
budget deficit that a tagging
economy would other surely
produce.
The worst deficit comes from
a recession, and If we can take
the proper action in the proper
time this an be the most i'm
portant step we could take to
prevent another recession.
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can save So billion a year in
the Department Of Defense by
new economy moves, and other
departments are going to make
similar efforts, and all requests
for funds are going to be very
sharply Judged in this office.
I am urging the Congress,
moreover to end the postal de-
ficit Of $500 million a year.
That bill has passed the House:
it is now in the Senate. To
save 81 billion a year on farm
surpluses, of which we already
have today So billion stored
away while maintaining. the
farmers income and to close
those tax loopholes enjoyed by
a comparative few that will
otherwise cost the taxpayers OF
the United States a billion dol
lars annually.
The true test Is, are we spend
ing the least amount that is
consistent with our necessary
national goals. I take some
pride in the fact that we kept
last years deficit well below
that incurred in the recession
Of 1858, and reduced the actual
burden Of the national debt in
relation to the Nations output.
This chart shows that be-
cause our wealth has increased,
the percentage of our debt to
our wealth has substantially
gone down since the end Of the
Second World War and is being
steadily reduced.
In 1945, our national debt
was about 100 per cent of our
wealth. Now this country's econ
omy has gone forward so fast
that 1t is so per cent and it
will be steadily reduced in COM
parison to our gross national
product.
The administration increases
In expenditures have been pri-
marily in the field Of national
security, defense and space and
human welfare and no in.
creases are planned beyond
those we have submitted to the
Congress, but those are impor-
tant, and I want to make II
clear that we will have no hesi-
fancy in doing whatever must
be done to meet our obligations
to the Nation.
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Program for Congress

Therefore, I'm asking your
help, the help Of the Congress
and the American people in
pushing the enactment before
adjournment Of those measures
which I think would speed up
our economy, which are de-
signed to give us more jobs and
more growth.
There is still time to close
this gap, and close it we must.
Specifically, I think-before
the Congress goes home in
SEPTEMBER think we should
enact these measures: We need
enactment Of the investment
tax credits, which would slim
ulate outlays for modern ma
chinery, the kind Of taxes they
have used successfully in West
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Highest Standards

Finally. I think that you and
I may have confidence in the
long run strength Of our econ
omy because it is solidly built
on the largest output Of the
highest wages and profits ard
most bountiful standard of liv-
ing that any people have ever
known.
Since the dark days when
Franklin Roosevelt entered Of
flee, we have constructed the
strong safeguards against de-
pressions, against bank fail
ures, against substandard
wages and watered stocks, and
widespread farm foreclosures.
We know now much more than
we did in the past about re-
lieving the hardships Of unem-
ployment and about cushion
ing employment against the
business cycle. Every con-
sumer and businessman in
America listening to me to-
night knows that he can safe
ly spend and invest tomorrow
with real confidence in the
long-range future of the United
States Of America.
Nevertheless, Of course, we
cannot be complacent. I am
satisfied with a good deal Of the
progress that has been made
but I don't think it is sufficient
and ] think you don't, either
I think we must strive to ex-
pand our economic expansion
for the fact Of the matter was
that the economy in January
OF last year was sick, and it was
sick not only because Of the
1960-6l recession. but also be-
cause Of the recession Of 1858
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Showdown in Growth

The fact Of the matter Is that
there has been q showdown our
growth, and therefore in our
employment. and therefore in
our use Of our present facilities.
Really, since the beginning Of
1857. we have had q five-year
period where we have been
more or less standing still eco
nomically. at least in compari-
son to the countries of Western
Europe and Japan. We have
therefore been obliged to re-
cover not only from the recess
sion Of l960-61, but also from
the recession of 1858. Now we
must be concerned with the
foreward movement Of our
economy. The level Of our econ
omy as I pointed out today, is
high, but. considering all the
resources which this country
has. it should be higher. It
should be at least $50 billion
a year higher If we did not
have unemployment and II we
were using all the productive
facilities that we have, $50 bill
lion more we could produce.
Since January Of 1861, that
gap has been narrowed. but 1t
could be and must be closed
altogether. We will not find
full employment, we will not
find our factories producing at
full blast, we will not find
businessmen investing in new
factories, until we make bet
ter use of the work force
and the plants we now have
= until we have cleared away
the effects, not only Of two
recessions, but Of five years
Of showdown. Employment, in
come, profits, construction and
investment must all move up
more quickly than they have
been doing this summer, and
the greater wages and profits
which full capacity could bring
to all our American citizens,
but soon replace the most ex-
travagant ways. which is to
have men searching for jobs
which they cannot find, and
factories which have a per-
centage of their machines un-
used.
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Text Of Presidents Speech on Tax Cut and the Economy

balancing our international
payments. at least the progress
that we have made, but we still
have some distance to go.
This is the amount Of dol
lars in gold we lose, which
affects our ability to maintain
our security and commitments
overseas.
You will see in the last three
years-195S, 1859 and 1860
the United States has lost in
dollars in gold $12 billion. In
1861 that figure was cut
sharply. The first half of 1862
we have cut it still further,
and we hope by the end Of
1868 to bring our balance Of
payments into balance. Con-
fidence in the dollar viii be
restored when we do this. and
! think it will be obvious in
the next IL to 18 months, as
7 believe it is today, that the
dollar is as good as gold.
All these things, Of course,
have been done by you and
the support has been given by
the American government. But
the major effort has been
made in the local communities
and in the States across the
country. We have attempted
to assist this recovery through
new tax depreciation sched-
ules so that business will in
vest more, to make more Jobs,
to maintain industrial peace
and collective bargaining and
we have had overall an ex-
traordinary record in labor
peace in the last 18 months,
and to encourage the increased
participation in urban renewal
and all the rest Of the pro-
grams which bring prosperity
a.
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ern Europe to stimulate their
economy.
AS we produce more, business
buys more machines and with
depreciative allowances should
put US in q better competitive
position.
Secondly, we need enactment
Of the bill to step up help to
focal and Federal works, in
creasing the yearly building in
parts Of our country which most
urgently need them where many
of our fellow countrymen are
out Of work and there is still a
good deal to be done. That bill
was passed by the Senate and
I hope 1t will be passed by the
House.
Third-and I think this Is
most important-we need en-
actment Of the bill to provide
for our employment opportuni-
ties. You know that in this
country today we have one
million boys and girls out Of
school-out Of work. In the
last eight years Of this decade,
according to some predictions,
we are going to have eight
million boys and girls who are
going to leave school before
they finish and they are going
to be around looking for work.
They are going to be unskilled
and they may have trouble find
ing jobs. The youth employ
ment opportunities bill would
give them O chance to work in
our forests, In our parks, and
I think 1t is better than having
them standing on street corners
without hope. That bill awaits
final action before both Houses
OF Congress.
Fourth, we need to renew
temporary Federal backstop to
unemployment compensation
There are 100000 men who
want to work and cannot find
q job, but who every month
exhaust their employment COM
pensation benefits. They have
to look to public assistance to
support their families and
themselves.
I think that this bill should
be carried out before this Con-
gress goes home.
Fifth, we need to enlarge ouI
export markets through the
trade expansion bill so we car
sell abroad. so we can get into
the great Common Market
which is being built up, so we
won't have to have our money
going abroad to invest ir
plants overseas but invest here
in this country.
Then we need q bill to assist
our schools and universities, 9
bill particularly for higher
education. There are going tt
be twice as many Of your son;
and daughters trying to gel
into college in 1870 as 1860, IL
million to 8 million. Oul
schools and colleges can't take
all Of them unless they begir
q tremendous building pro-
gram, and I think the nationa,
Government should play its fan
part. Educated young men anc
women are our most precious
asset. It is the key to our eco.
nomic and social advance, anC
I think that this is a most i'm
portant piece of legislation.
Evening star., 1962-08-14
To Protect Economy

My fellow Americans, this
administration is pledged to
safeguard our Nations econ
omy. 1t is a vital matter to
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08

People will believe anything
that you tell them, if you whi-
Sper it. - The News Bridge
vile, Pa.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
OBITUARIES
Elizabeth Brunskole
Rites Saturday

Mrs. Elizabeth Brunskole,
48, of sos North st. died Wed
nesday at Lakeside Hospital,
Cleveland, w h e r e she has
been confined with illness.
She was born in Cleveland
on Feb. II, 1914, and resided
in Chardon the past five
years. Prior to that, she lived
in Cleveland.
The former Miss Elizabeth
KovSca became the bride of
DR.. JOS ph Brunskole %
years ago in Silvercreek, N.
Y.
She was a member of Char
don st. Mary'S church, the
Geauga Democratic club and
the w o m a ms Democratic
club.
Survivors include her hus-
band; a daughter, Miss Pat
ricia Ann BrunSkole, a stud
ent at Mercer College, Mer-
Ger, Pa; a brother, Frank
Kovsca, of Parma and her
mother, Mrs. Julia Kovsca, OF
Cleveland.
Funeral services were at
am. Saturday at st. Mary's
church with Rev. James Wal
Sh pastor, officiating. Burial
was in All Souls Cemetery.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
Mrs. W. Bowers
Rites Saturday

Mrs. William Bowers, "a, of
1856 Court St., here, died Thurs
day afternoon at the Miller
Convalesent Home, Munson,
following a lingering illness
Mrs. Bowers was born or
Feb. /, 1867, in Bristol, Eng
land. She came to the United
States when she was %.
She married Joseph Burgess
of Lake County in 1899. He
died in 1925. Mrs. Bowers lat
er married William Bowers
She was a member of the
Chardon Methodist church.
Prior to moving to Chardon
Mrs. Bowers had been a re-
sident of Cleveland and Men
tor.
Surviving are her husband,
William Bowers; a stepson.
Loren Burgess, Chardon, and
two nieceS, Mrs. Andrew Han
son and Mrs. Nettie Beckwith
both of California.
Services were held Satur-
day at 2 pm. at the RitondarC
Funeral home, here. Rev. Au-
'brey K i r b y, pastor of the
Chardon Methodist church Of
ficated. Burial was in the
Chardon cemetery.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
1874 Enroll
in Night
School

1874 adults are enrolled in
the night school courses in
Chardon, n OF counting the
course on Law for the Lay
man" for which there is no
charge, according to Robert
ellison in a report to the
school board this week.
Tipping class, taught by Mrs
L. Foti, is the most popular
with 81 enrolled. Next come
the sewing and welding class
eS, conducted by Mrs. JeSSy
Collister and Mr.. R a p b
Combs.
The report indicated the
night school courses would be
self supporting through the
tuition payments even though
it just started this year.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
IA 4>H'ers
Receive
Recognigtion

Fourteen Geauga county f.
H club advisors will be among
the LAO from the state Of
Ohio who will receive recog-
milton at the annual All ad-
visors reception at Ohio State
University on March %.
Those honored will be per-
sons who have completed 5.
10.15, 20, 25, 80 or 35 years of
service to All.
The group from Geauga in
clude: Mrs. Thelma Ferry,
Mrs. Clara Koerlin, Mrs. Yer
non Howard, Mrs. George
Gockel, Miss Barbara Jandt,
Mrs. T. J. Thayer, Mrs. Ell
roy Rode, Mrs. Samuel Pat
terson, Mrs. Albert T. Perry,
Mrs. David KicE, Mrs. Mary
Brown, Mrs. Audre Blair
Mrs. Marcel Kimak, and Mrs.
Marie Patchin.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
Wes Radcliffe
Rites Today
to the kitchen.

CHARDON-Riites for Wesley
K. Radcliffe, 10, life resident
of Chardon, who died from a
lingering illness in Geauga
Community hospital Saturday
were held at 2::30 pm. today
in the Burr Funeral Home.
Rev. Aubrey Kirby, pastor
of Chardon Methodist church
of which Mr.. Radcliffe was
a member, officiated. Burial
was in Chardon Cemetery.
Mr.. Radcliffe resided at 229
S. Hambden st. He W a born
in Hambden on Nov. II, 1882,
the son of William and Mar
garet Radcliffe.
For several years he was a
clerk at the King Grocery
on Main Street. In later years
he was custodian in the Char
don Schools system; retiring
in 1855.
He a t t e n d e d Chardon
schools, la ter graduating
from Oil City Business Col
lege. He also was a member
of Chardon Chamber of Com
merce and Chardon IOOF
Lodge. He never married.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs
Margaret Gates, of Chardon
and several nieces and nep-
heWS.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
Ross Armstrong Joins
Operation Drug Store

offers a wider choice of pro-
ducts. You can be sure of
finding the brand you want
not just a few of the faster
selling items--when you rely
on a real drug store.
Further, only in a real
drug store do you get the help
and advice of professionally
trained personnel, people who
take a personal interest in
you and the health of your
family"
ReminiScing about his %
years as a druggist, 8 Of them
in the Rexall store at Char
don, Mr.. Armstrong continu-
ed: "As a professional man,
the druggist is forever add
ing to his store of knowledge.
He is the trusted partner of
your family physician. His
idea of service is not limited
either by store hours or dol
lar signs. The products with
which he stocks his store are
chosen a gain S t the back
ground of his pharmaceutical
knowledge and training, and
your satisfaction with them
is of personal concern to him.
For he and his store are part
of your community. His hop
es and his future are tied to
yours.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-08
News from Montville

Hoffman. Her many friends
hope for a speedy recovery.
Mrs. R a l p h Burnett has
been i'll for several days at
her home here. She was plac-
ed in Geauga hospital Satur-
day evening where x-rayS are
being taken on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Les
lein became the proud par
entS of a baby boy born at the
N.E.O. hospital in Madison
last Friday.
The many friends here Of
DR.. M. NJ. Stetson of Will
loughby are very sorry to
learn that he has suffered a
heart attack and is now in
Richmond Hts. General hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Skin
ner called on Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Morley in HuntSburg,
Sunday afternoon.