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4—THE NEVyS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Spring*, Texas, Thursday, April^4 1980.
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In our opinion ^
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Motorists are due
gift from President
Already painful prices of gasoline
are due to advance at least 10 cents a
gallon more next month.
Unlike previous increases, this one
cannot be attributed to OPEC, inflation
or greedy oil companies. It will come
as a unique gift to the American people
from their President.
Mr. Carter recently slapped what he
called a “gasoline conservation tax” of
$4.62 a parrel on imported oil, which
accounts for almost half of all U.S.
consumption,
The results are due to be reflected at
the retail gasoline pumps by May 15.
Estimates of the cost range as high as
14 cents a gallon, although most
forecasters are settling on the ten-cent
figure..
Critics estimate that the Carter tax
will cost the average motorist $150 a
year. The total cost to Texans is placed
at about $800 million a year.
The administration contends that the
tax will reduce gasoline consumption
by about one percent. sCritics claim
that this would make the ail saved the
mast expensive in history.
Mr. Carter invoked long-existing
authority to invoke the tax on imports.
Still coming up for the future are the
effects of the falsely labeled “windfall
profits tax,” . which is actually an
excise tax on domestic oil and, which
eventually must be paid by consumers.
A lot odf prime political oratory is
likely to fill the air next month when
hard-pressed motorists discover what
has been done to them, but there is no
dodging the responsibility for this one.
It belongs exclusively to Jimmy'
Carter.
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Anderson: still a contender?
WASHINGTON (NEA) - If Rep John B Anderson, R-Ill.,
pursues his tentative decision to mount an independent cam-
paign for the presidency, his announcement Will come during
the fourth week of April. —----.
Anderson hinted at that schedule when he told reporters at
an April 7 press conference that he would decide within sev-
eral weeks" whether to abandon his bid for the Republican
presidential nomination in favor of an independent candidacy
But behind that vague reference', according to campaign
insiders, is a very specific timetable revolving around a fast-
paced series of events that will occur between April 22 and
April 24 ,
On April 22, Pennsylvania holds its Republican and Demo-
cratic, presidential primaries, but Anderson failed to qualify
for a oiace on the GOP ballot because of a foul-up on the part
, IN WASHINGTON
■ Robert Walters
of his supporters in the Keystone State.
As a result, Anderson's effort there is limited to a difficult
write-in campaign that is virtually doomed to failure But the
outcome of the Democratic contest in that state could be of
critical importance to his future
That’s because a substantial amourft of, the,congressman's
support in the primaries held to date has been coming from
Democrats disenchanted with President Carter but also
unwilling to vote for Sen Edward M Kennedy. D-Mass,
If Kennedy is victorious in Pennsylvania it would not only,
keep the senator’s lagging campaign alive but give it a consid-
erable boost A defeat, however, would go a long way toward
dooming Kennedy’s effort and leave disaffected Democrats
more susceptible than ever before to an Anderson candidacy.
Anderson is anxious to retain his status as a Republican
contender through April 23. because he wants to remain eligi-
ble to participate that day in the third of four Republican
presidential forums being sponsored by the League of Women
voters, to be held in Houston.
Televised nationally by thb Public Broadcasting System, the
debates offer Anderson an exceptional opportunity to display
his considerable rhetoric skill. He first attracted substantial
public attention, for example, as a result of his performance
in a newspaper-sponsored debate in Des Moines in early Janu-
ary
The pressure to publicly proclaim his changed status on
April 24. the day after the debate, stems from the fact that it
is the official filing deadline to be assured of a place on the
general election ballot in New Jersey, the nation's ninth most
populous state.
During a weekend-long series of strategy meetings in Cali-
fornia earlier this month. Anderson and his closest advisors
also tentatively decided to launch an independent rather than
a third-party candidacy
They concluded that the latter approach could be. in the
words of one senior aide, "too threatening to too many of the
people we hope to reach."
At the Los Angeles press conference; Anderson said he
wanted "to give the American people a real choice in this next -
election." bqt said he had not interest "in establishing, in an
institutional sense, a new party "
Finally, the congressman and his strategists believe they
' can offer a compelling rejoinder to one of the criticisms they
expect to hear most frequently during the autumn campaign
that he will serve only as a "spoiler" who will deprive one
of the major party candidates of the votes needed to win
The president's, campaign would be the most likely source
of that complaint because some analyses have suggested that
Andersoq draws more support from would-be Carter voters
than from potential suppoiters of Ronald W. Reagan, the lead-
ing contender for the Republican presidential nomination
But Anderson's strategists are heartened by recent public
opinion surveys that indicate those voters to whom he most
strongly appeals are almost evenly divided between Republi-
cans and Democrats and between disenchanted Reagan and
Carter backers.
i NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN i
Help in time of need
brings out best
The spirit of concern for fellow
citizens appears to be best exemplified
in rural communities and smaller
cities in the state. There have been
many occasions in recent past years
that area residents have solidified
their efforts to help friends tem-
porarily needing assistance, thereby
tiding them over personal disasters
due mainly to health problems.
Some of the major efforts gain the
attention of news people, such as the
big Good Friday fund-raisers for the
Gary Swanson family at Como-Pickton
Sulphur Springs Needs....
•Cooper Reservoir
•Broader Vocational Education
•More Downtown Parking
•Continued Industrial Development
•A More Prosperous Agriculture
Jack Anderson
and the more recent benefit pancake
supper for the Lisa Smith fund, but
there are countless smaller projects
that bring support and assistance
during trying times. . v -
Concerned friends helping neighbors
and community acquaintances is a
way of life in Hopkins County. Ex-
pressions of heart-felt concern are not
unusual.
The good people who live, prosper
and share their concerns with others
have made Hopkins County a great
place in which to live. There are
examples to be seen every day.
•A City-County Health Unit
•City Beautification
•Enthusiastic Citizens"'
•Minimum Housing Standards Code
•Improved Streets & Drainage
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, April 24,
the 115th day of 1980. There are
251 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1898, Spain
declared war on the United
States, after receiving an
American ultimatum to with-
draw. from Cuba, v
Also on this date:
In 1704, the first American
newspaper printed regularly —
the Boston News letter — was
published for the first time.
In 1877, federal troops were
ordered out of New Orleaas,
ending northern rule in the post-
Civil War South.
In 1918, Ireland’s Easter
Rebellion broke out in Dublin.
In 1967, Soviet Cosmonaut
Vladimir Komarov was killed
when the parachute straps of
his spacecraft got tangled
during the landing attempt.
Ten years ago: Nationalist
China’s Vice Premier Chiang
Ching-Kuo, Chiang Kai-Shek’s
son, escaped an assassination
attempt in New York uninjured.
Hostages still held in Tehran:
would U.S. allies boycott Iran?
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - The
Central Intelligence Agency
has determined that Iran
can be brought to its knees
"within a matter of weeks"
if U.S allies will agree to
boycott the country It is
possible that such a move
would secure the release of
the hostages being held in
Tehran
Iran’s supposed oil-supply
stranglehold on Western
Europe and Japan is actual-
ly no more than a minor
inconvenience, the CIA has
reported Japan's and
Europe's need for Iranian oil
is far less than Iran's need
for foodstuffs bought on
credit
Ayatollah Khomeini and
the Revolutionary Council
insist that Iran is self-suffi-
cient, but this is hogwash
Iran must still import vast
quantities of food, and many
of the countries that supply
the needed food are not par-
ticularly friendly to the Ira-
nian government. They are
likely to cut off credit any
day, according to intelli-
gence sources.
What makes matters
worse, from the Iranians'
;point of view, is that the
^country’s food imports
depend on its oil exports -
-and many of its biggest oil
Customers don’t need Irani-
-an oil just now.
Iran’s biggest oil custom-
er at present is Japan, which
Imports 520,000 barrels a
day But what the ayatollah
doesn’t realize is that Japan
lias been buying oil from
other producers to the point
where it could last more
than 110 days if it didn’t get
another drop of petroleum
from any source.
Another big Iranian
customer, West Germany,
lias stockpiled enough oil to
last three months, according
to CIA sources. In fact,
Germany, Japan. France
and Italy are now getting a
total of 1.4 million barrels of
oil a day above their normal
consumption.
As a measure of Iran's
sticky situation on oil prices,
a recent report from Tokyo
noted that Japan rejected
Iran’s recent price hike of
$2.50 a barrel ~ and
away with it.
The important point is
that Iran’s economy depends
on its oil exports. It must
sell 1.6 million barrels a day
just to stay alive - and most
of its sales are to U.S, allies,
according to intelligence
got
aty:
"I'll
here's no way they
could buy adequate amounts
of food if credit isn’t extend-
ed,” a CIA analyst told my
associate Dale Van Atta. In
fact, he said, -a boycott of
Iranian oil would "bring
Iran to its knees in less than
two months unless they get
charity from Arab
countries."
What Duts Khomeini in
such a vulnerable position -
undeniable even by the Arab
oil moguls - is that there is
now a worldwide glut of oil.
The surplus hasn't brought
any price reductions, but it
does give Iran far less clout
in its dealings with the
nations that buy Iranian oil.
It’s not a buyer’s market as
far as price is concerned,
but the oil-consuming indus-
trial nations don’t have to
fear ruination from a cutoff
of Iranian oil supplies.
Even the oil producing
countries' chief spokesman,
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani,
the Saudi Arabian oil minis-
ter. recently admitted as
much in a little-publicized
speech in London
"Many of the energy prob-
lems from which the world
is suffering today did not
result from a shortage of
supplies,” he said. "Energy
supplies, particularly petro-
leum, have always been
more than adequate. This
was true through 1979 An
observer has only to look a
little carefully at the oil
stocks hoarded in extraordi-
narily large quanitites in the
consuming countries to see
this for himself."
Yamani added: “The free
world's oil supplies in 1979
increased 4 percent over
1978 despite the fact that
one of the major Middle
Eastern oil-producing coun-
tries (Iran) reduced its pro-
duction that year."
In other words, as expert
sources have concluded, the
circumstances couldn't be
better for a squeeze on Iran.
TOO OILY: Although Jim-
my Carter's people claim
Ted Kennedy's challenge is
already dead, they’re still
not going to give him any
live ammunition. At a recent
Energy Department staff
meeting, for example, a reg-
ulation was proposed that
would mean more money for
oil refiners. Hazel Rollins, a
presidential^ appointed
official, decreed that the
politically risky proposal
would be shelved "until
August" - when, coinciden-
tally, the Democratic
National Convention and
Kennedy’s bid will be over.
DON’T CALL US: The
Robert A Fletchers, a
retired couple in Chelten-
ham, Md., have a problem
that's unique to the Washing-
ton, DC., area They keep
getting phone calls intended
for a member of Congress
The trouble is that their sub-
urban home's phone number
is similar to one in the
government's internal tele-
phone system As a result,
when people try to call Rep.
Howard Wolpe, D-Mich., at
his Federal Telephone Sys-
tem number - but from a
phone outside the system -
they get the Fletchers
instead.
WATCH ON WASTE: Gov
brnment bigwigs have a
selection of government-
subsidized hideaways they
can stay in when the pres-
sure of paper-shuffling
grows too great.
White House staffers,
members of Congress, Cabi-
net officials and employees
of the Interior Department
can choose among five
National Park Service prop-
erties: A sunny apartment
on the Gulf of Mexico, a
cozy cottage near Camp
David in Catoctin Park, Md.,
a lodge in Wyoming’s Grand
Teton National Park, a
house at Cape Hatteras,
N.C., and a rustic hideout in
the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Virginia.
Although the big shots pay
for their accommodations,
the Park Service pays about
$27,000 to maintain the
places.
Copyrtfki l M0,
United Peatnt* Syndicate. Ik
Pensions in jeopardy
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"I'm trying not to make it scarier than it is," says Robert
Nagle, executive director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corp , the federal company charged by Congress to make sure
that people who have a right to pensions get them.
Nagle is talking about the condition of the country's so-
called "multi employer” pension plans — those set up under
umon-negotiated collective bargaining agreements. The plans
cover an industry or segment of an industry in a geographic
area. They’re usually run by trustees drawn equally from
employers and unions. *
In the United States today 2,000 multi-employer plans cover
eight million workers. That could mean you
PBGC’s function is to take over and administer pension
plans from businesses that have gone broke so that the work-
ers will still get their pensions.
But Congress made only coverage of single-employer plans
mandatory when it set up PBGC six years ago. In its wisdom
Congress deferred covering multi-employer plans — union
plans — until Jan. 1,1978
„The single-employer plans, funded by employers, pay $2.60
per employee yearly to PBGC to assure their workers get
pensions But the multi-employer plans pay only 50 cents
yearly per employee and PBGC has only "discretionary" pow-
er to bail out a busted multi-employer plan. That 50 cents a
head doesn’t create a big enough pool of money to bail out
many plans
THEU.S.ANDYQU
William Steif
Berry's World
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I'm foolin' kinda old. I just heard that the Bar-
** bio doll is 21 this year."
Note that l said the multi-employer plans were to come
under PBGC Jan 1, 1978 It didn’t happen. Congress deferred
the takeover date. The latest date is May 1, 1980, to give
multi-employer plans mandatory but inadequate coverage
Listen to Nagle: "If existing provisions of law go into effect
as many as 10 percent of multi-employer plans, covering 15
percent of eight million workers, might find it advantageous
to terminate the plans in the foreseeable future.”
That means 200 union-employer plans covering 1.2 million
workers are in jeopardy because employers in shaky indus-
tries don't want to be liable for pensions. Sometimes even
unions will pull out of shaky plans and hope single employers
or PBGC will assume the pension liabilities.
The best exmple of that is the New Jersey milk drivers,
picked up by PBGC under its "discretionary" authority. PBGC
also picked up New York City millinery workers and Chicago
electrotypers.
But it hasn’t got the bucks to pick up hundreds of thousands
in threatened businesses. Nagle specifies some of those indus-
tries: maritime construction, apparel manufacturing, parts of
the building industry. The problem is acute in snow-belt cities
with declining populations.
Everyone from the AFL-CIO Construction Trades Depart-
ment to the National Association of Manufacturers agrees
something can be done. The trouble is that the Senate Finance
Committee isn’t paying attention.
What can be done is to cover multi-employer plans, manda-
torily, and make therti contribute! to the coverage at the same
rate as single employers. Legislation introduced in Congress a
year ago would quickly raise the multi-employer plans’ con-
tribution to $1 a worker yearly, and continue to raise it in 40-
cent increments every two years until the $2.60 level is
reached.
Two House committees have approved and the bill is ready
for House passage. The Senate Labor Committee has
approved, too. But there’s been zilch, so far, from the Senate
Finance Committee, headed by Sen. Russell Long, D-La. The
man who’s supposed to push the bill in Long’s potent commit-
tee is Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas.
If nothing happens, the takeover date could be deferred
again — ana more workers in multi-employer plans could lose
their pension protection.
Write Long, Room 217, or Bentsen, Room 242, both in the
Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, and
tell them these two million workers need protection.
How would you feel if your pension were jeopardized?
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN)
BARBS
Turn over a new leaf and
you’ll find the first tomato
worm of the season.
If yoo can remember when,
chances are yoall get the date
— and even the decade —
People who can’t afford
allergies get hay fever.
Fellows who complain they
were roped into marriage for-
get that they had to stand still
long enough to let the lady
drop the loop.
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