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“Low Down”
FROM THE
Congressional
Record
By JOE CRUMP
(A Column /or Roadere Who Haven't Time to
Review the Congreeeional Record Dotty)
To the Congress of the United
States: (Excerpts)
“I am transmitting to Con-
gress today legislation titled
the "Local Government Fiscal
Assistance Amendments of
1060. “This legislation authori-
zes a five-year extension of the
general revenue sharing pro-
gram for local government. It
amends and extends the cur-
rent authorisation for the gene-
ral revenue sharing program
which expires on September
30. 1960.
“In my January budget, I
indicated that I would support a
$6.9 billion extension of the
General Revenue Sharing pro-
gram with full participation by
the States. Since that time,
inflation has accelerated consi-
derably and it has become
imperative that we restrain
Federal spending and balance
the Federal budget. I therefore
am proposing today that the
revenue sharing program be
extended only for local govern-
ments.
“When the general revenue
sharing program was first
enacted in 1972...many States
Rites Are Held For
Mrs. Bromlett Wimberly
Funeral services for Mrs.
Bramlett Janet Wimberly, 61,
of Lumberton were to be held
at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
First Baptist Church of Sour
Lake with burial in Rosedale
Cemetery.
She died at 5 p.m. Monday in
St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She was a clerk for Bells 7-11
No. 18.
Survivors include a daugh-
ter, Barbara A. Hatcher of
Lumberton; and a son, Abner
H. Wimberly Jr. of Sour Lake.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
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... yy r - :k
Possibility Of Temporary
Food Stamp Cutoff On Agenda
A possible temporary cut-off
of food stamp benefits to more
than a million Texans will be
one of the major items discuss-
ed on May 14, when the
three-member Department of
Human-Resources Board meets
in Beaumont at the Ramada
Inn, 1296 N. Eleventh St.
The meeting, which is open
to the public, will begin at 8:80
a.m. in the Ramada Inn ball-
room.
Chairman of the board is
Hilmar G. Moore of Richmond.
Moore said that anyone who
wishes to address the board on
issues relating to DHR services
will be allowed to do so.
Other members are Raul
Jimenez of San Antonio and
Terry Bray of Austin.
When Congress funded the
program for fiscal 1960, a limit
of $6.18 billion was set. This
The cut-off of food stamps
could happen on June 1,
according to DHR officials,
unless Congress appropriates
emergency funds to extend the
program through September,
the end of the federal govern-
mentVSscalyear.
limit, according to federal offic-
ials will be reached on June 1.
In the 16 East and Southeast
Texas counties administered by
Region 10 of DHR, as many as
40,000 persons could be affect-
ed by a temporary food stamp
cut-off.
Other items scheduled to be
taken up by the board include
DHR’s 1961 Legislative Ap-
propriations Request anda re-
port on DHR programs in
Southeast Texas.
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HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell Wiliams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
IRS Suggests Check Of W-4
To Correct Withholding Tax
and localities faced growing
demands for services, which
they were unable to finance
with their tax resources...
“Today the economic situa-
tion is quite different. Most
State governments are strong-
er fiscally than they were just a
decade ago. State government
revenues have grown sixty
percent faster than the Gross
National Product. Some States,
as a result have accumulated a
substantial budget surpluses....
“I am proposing that the
States no longer receive gene-
ral revenue sharing assistance..
“I am proposing that $600
million be added to the local
share of general revenue shar-
ing in each of the next two
years. This $600 million is
intended to help local govern-
ments adjust to reductions in
State aid resulting from the
discontinuation of revenue
sharing for the States.
“I am proposing that local
governments that receive re-
venue sharing aid be audited
every two years. This provision
will facilitate continued im-
provement in local government
financial management praeti-
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vDUim
Jimmy Carter.
The White House,
April 16.1960
CRUMPS GRASS
ROOTS COMMENT
President Nixon pushed
through a Revenue Sharing Bill
that he signed into law on
October 80. 1978. The Sharing
to be retroactive to Jan. 1,
1972. The signing took place
with great ceremony at Inde-
pendence Hall in Philadelphia.
Any program designed to
share revenues, while the Fed-
eral government feces deficit
spending, is open to question.
AUSTIN — Presidential
politics arrived in Texas last
Saturday and all other issues
took a back seat to the pri-
mary election.
Besides stumping done by
home state Republican can-
didate George Bush, his pri-
mary opponent Ronald
Reagan, and Democratic
candidate Sen. Edward Ken-
nedy, the President himself
traveled to Texas—his first
real venture out of the White
House since the beginning of
the Iranian hostage crisis six
months ago.
President Jimmy Carter
flew to military hospitals in
San Antonio early in the
week to visit and pay re-
spects to the injured com-
mandos of the ill-fated hos-
tage rescue mission. After
talking at their bedsides, the
President said he was im-
pressed by their bravery and
patriotism: every man had
expressed his willingness to
go on a second rescue mis-
sion.
Although billed as a non-
political visit. Carter’s en-
trance into Texas on the eve
of the state's presidential pri-
mary obviously had its po-
litical benefits. The Presi-
dent was here and back to
Washington, D.C. in a jiffy,
leaving frontpage coverage
and no political faux pas in
his wake.
Kennedy Visits Wounded
It worked so well, his pri-
mary opponent, Ted Ken-
nedy, tried to copy it.
The Massachusetts sena-
tor shifted his campaign
schedule to spend about 30
minutes with the wounded
commandos the day after
Carter visited their ward at
Brooke Army Medical Cen-
ter.
Kennedy tried to play
down the politics, some said,
by refusing invitations to ad-
dress a crowd, and by telling
reporters he was supportive
of Carter’s mission to rescue
the hostages.
tuner civ iTtmams
Both the Democrats and
the Republicans held presi-
dential primaries Saturday,
but the mechanics were dif-
ferent.
The Republicans held a
binding primary, which
means the presidential dele-
gates had to be apportioned
according to the percentage
of popular vote each candi-
date received in the primary.
The Democratic primary,
on the other hand, was sim-
ply what party regulars re-
fer to as a "beauty contest.”
It was non-binding and not
tied to apportionment of
delegates.
The balloting was simply
the appetizer to the delegate
selection process which de-
velops in three phases.
The first phase began IS
minutes after the polls closed
Saturday when Democratic
voters assembled in more
than 6,000 precinct conven-
tions across the state to vote
for either Carter or Ken-
nedy. Each precinct selected
delegates on an apportioned
basis to attend the county
and senatorial conventions
next Saturday.
Those conventions will se-
lect delegates to the June 20-
21 state convention in San
Antonio where participants
will select 1S2 delegates and
77 alternates to the August
national convention in De-
troit
Clayton and Brflab
May 19 is the day Speaker
Bill Clayton will learn
whether he will be indicted
by a federal grand jury in-
vestigating whether he ac-
cepted a bribe or peddled his
legislative influence last No-
vember.
Throughout the investiga-
tion and during his appear-
ance and testimony before
the grand jury, Clayton has
kept his spirits fairly high,
even poking fun at his pre-
dicament.
Last week he topped all
previous quips during a spe-
cial committee meeting on
higher education funding.
When the issue of increas-
ing tuition for law students
was raised, committee mem-
ber John Lindsey comment-
ed:
"Legal fees have increased
almost as much as the price
of a house."
“I share your concern,”
said Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby,
chairman of the committee.
“I can, too,” said Clayton
before he burst into laughter.
Clayton has hired expen-
sive legal counsel to clear
him of the Brilab troubles
which many believe have
killed his statewide political
ambitions.
County Mixed Drink
Tax Rebate Check
Totals $845.40
Hardin County’s 16 percent
mixed drink tax remittance
check came to $846.40 for the
first three months of this year,
a report from State Comptroll-
er Bob Bullock.
This is the county’s share of a
total tax revenue of $6,696.97
collected during January, Feb-
ruary and March. In compari-
son, the state's sale of mixed
drinks during this period total-
ed nearly a quarter billion
dollars, Bullock said. Counties
and dties will share more than
$6.4 million in rebates from the
state’s mixed drink tax during
that period.
AUSTIN-Taxpayera who
were hit with an unexpectedly
large tax bill or who received a
large refund niay want to file a
new Form W-4 with their
employers to adjust the amonut
of tax withhold from their
paychecks.
Robert M. McKeever, IRS
District Director, said that
cases of insufficient withhold-
ing most frequently involve
two-income families. “This
happens because withholding
rates are baaed on the project-
ed taxes due from each indivi-
dual wage earner,” he explain-
ed. Working couples find that
when they combine their in-
come at the end of the tax year
on a joint return, the combined
income places them in a higher
tax bracket, he pointed out.
On the other hand, taxpayers
who pay alimony, have large
Remised deduction, or are
eligible for tax credits, may
find that too much is being
wRhheld from their paychecks,
resulting in an unusually large
refund.
To correct for eRher of these
situations, employees should
request a new Form W-4,
"Employee’s Withholding
Allowance Certificate,” from
their employers. If not enough
is being withheld, taxpayers
may claim fewer allowances or
request that the employer
withhold an additional amount
from each paycheck, or if
married, indicate that they
wish to be treated as a single
individual for wfihholding pur-
poses.
If too much is being withheld,
additional withholding allow-
ances may be claimed baaed on
payments of alimony, large
itemized deductions, and tax
credits such as the credit for
child care expenses. The com-
putation of the additional allow-
ances is explained on the Form
W-4.
More information on this
subject can be found in IRS
Pulbicarion 606, “Tax With-
holding and Estimated Tax,”
available free at local HIS
offices or by calling the IRS
number listed in the telephone
directory. If more convenient,
R can be picked up at most IRS
offices.
Bill Would Pay Hostages
From Iranian Assets
Washington, D.C.--Senatar
Lloyd Bentsen on Wednesday
introduced legislation setting
aside $1 billio in frozen Iranian
assets to compensate U.S.
hostages up to $600 for every
day they are in captivity.
Bentsen wu joined in offer-
ing the legislation by Senator
Sam Nunn (D-Ga.).
“One means of increasing the
pressure on the Iranian govern-
ment and militants and, at the
same time, give some degree of
comfort to the hostages and
their families is to use a portion
of the frozen Iranian assets to
compensate the hostages,”
Bentsen said in remarks ac-
companying the bill.
“Eligible recipients of Iran’s
money would also include fami-
lies of those brave and dedicat-
ed servicemen who died while
attempting last week to release
the hostages from captivity.”
The Hostage Compensation
Act would establish a fund
under the Secretary of the
Treasury containing $1 billion
in blocked Iranian funds. Each
hostage or other U.S. citizen
detained in Iran-induding aqy
who may be hiding in that
country-would receive $800 a
day from the fund from the date
of capture through the effective
date of the Act. For any period
of time after the effective date
of the act, they would receive
$600 daily.
The Secretary of the Trea-
sury would pay a sum, set by
the President, from the fund to
the family or estate of any
U.S., servicemen killed while
performing duties related to
the hostage situation.
“The Hostage Compensation
Act, coupled with decreasing
oil earnings, should put an
increasingly effective strain on
Iran's economy. The bill is
designed to increase compensa-
tion after it is signed into law,
thereby sending the Iranians a
message that any further delay
in release of the hostages hurts
them even more,” Bentsen
said.
“The fact, as reports from
visitors have attested, that the
hostages can remain reasonably
(ShAimH Sec. 1, Fo*# 3)
CAPITOL
UPDATE
0 U.S. SENATOR for TEXAS
142 RUSSELL OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
When I speak of the urgent need for our nation to
rebuild its national defense system, I sometimes am asked if
it wouldn’t be better to spend that money to help our
nation’s poor. But the people who ask that question
apparently don’t understand what would happen to the
poor if our nation should lose ability to protect its vital
interests.
What happens to the poor people if we can’t import oil
to fuel our industrial machine? What happens to the poor
people if our supplies of vital materials - ranging from
rubber for tires to bauxfte for aluminum - dry up? Many of
these items are available only from Communist or Third
World nations.
If we lose the ability to protect our sea lanes, jobs will
dry up by the thousands. If supplies of important industrial
materials are disrupted, manufacturers all over the country
will shut down, sending unemployment soaring. If our
economy is in shambles, the government won’t be able to
provide even the most minimal assistance to the needy.
The Soviet Union has never departed from its intention
to dominate the world. To the leaders of the U.S.S.R., the
only question is die degree of risk involved. There is clear
evidence that, as our national defenses, and the perceived
strength of our national will, have declined, the Soviets have
grown bolder.
Before December, they never invaded a country outside
the Communist block with their own troops. Now they stand
in Afghanistan within striking distance of the Persian Gulf.
The only way to keep them from making that leap is to
convince them we can and will block such a move.
The Preamble to the Constitution tells us one of the
primary functions of our government is “to provide for the
common defense.” That is a job our Founding Fathers
knew could not be performed by any person, any agency, or
any state government. .i. ... t
- Except perhaps for delivering the mail, national
defense is about the only thing our federal government does
that could not be done by somebody else. Free enterprise
and private philanthropy can help the needy, support the
arts, and provide the economic engine that translates into
schools, fire departments, and all the other things that
make society run smoothly. Cities and states can build
roads, provide law enforcement, and administer health and
safety standards. But only the national government can
defend our vital interests in the world.
So as Congress and the executive branch set about to
apportion money among the various responsibilities of the
federal government, we have an obligation to remember
that an adequate defense system must be at the top of the
list. We must constantly remember that national security
means more than just protecting against military attack -
though obviously that is the ultimate threat. “National
security” also means providing security for our commerce
and our way of life.
I might note that defense spending does provide jobs,
jobs that are important to our economy. But in a larger
sense, everybody’s job depends on how successful we are in
keeping our defenses strong.
For too long, too many of your representatives in
Washington seemed to lose sight of that fact. 1 have hope
the tide is turning .^ut we must continue to work dilligentiy
to restore our nation to a level of security that will allow us
to be confident of our ability to meet the needs of all our
citizens.
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