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I 1 delegat County 8A JTljf AnnUJton filar Thursday, Jan. 11,1971 How to stop not simple, get committee posts to ft Wallace in new home Gov. George C. Wallace sits with bis daughter, Lee, and his son, George in the den of his new home. Wallace moved Wednesday from the governor's Legislators drawing $25 a day more now mansion to the accommodate his Rep.

Tony Harrison of Birmingham introduced the pay raise resolution in the House, saying it was "time to face the reality that we also have been victims of spiraling inflation. Robertson tried to get the Senate to 1 postpone consideration of the salary hike until Tuesday's session, but his proposal was voted down. After the Senate approved the resolution, Robertson said Wednesday was "a black day in the history of the Alabama Senate." He said three senators were ready to speak against the pay hike in a continuation of his filibuster but they were not allowed to take the Sen. Cordy Taylor of Prattville argued that voting for the pay increase would be, no way to restore the confidence of the people in the Legislature Urging the Senate to wait on the pay hike "until we have accomplished By MICHAEL PUTZEL Associated Presi Writer WASHINGTON (AP) In another 15 years, the government hopes it can tell people bow to quit smoking and how to avoid getting hooked in the first place. For now, It admits, it still doesn't know what works, although there seem to be some clues.

"There have been a number of improvements, particularly with the introduction of behavioral techniques," said Dr. Ovide Pomerleau, one of the au- thors of the latest Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. Among those techniques, he cited one in which smokers inhale a puff every six-seconds, keeping it up until they can't take any more. But that idea has drawbacks for some smokers such as heart patients and doesn't always work 'anyway. Researchers haven't found anything close to a final answer, Pomerleau said.

The report, officially released today, said, "It is hoped that in another 15 years we will not have to say, 'We still don't I know what 1 The problem, as set out by Health, 'Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. in his forward to the new report, Is that despite all efforts, more young people are taking up smoking now than before. And 90 percent of the people who smoke "have either tried to quit smoking or would probably quit, if only they could find an effective way to do so." The voluminous report, compiled by Surgeon General Julius Richmond and released on the 15th anniversary of the first such report, says a wide variety of anti-smoking programs has been conducted in schools in recent years. "Yet, even with the vast proliferation of programs, we still do not know what kinds of educational experiences are effective in keeping young people from moving from merely experimenting with cigarettes to becoming habitual smokers," the report said.

There are few experiments that compare various special treatments to determine which ones work, and those that do "usually compare a program in which something takes place with one where nothing takes place or, more likely, where nothing is known about what takes place," it said. The report called for the immediate launching of research programs to determine how to convince students not to smoke? Pomerleau, who wrote a chapter on the habit of smoking, noted that this Is the first surgeon general's report to include a section on the use of behavioral techniques to help people stop smoking, "The next, one will be considerably more optimistic," he predicted in a telephone Interview. The chapter on the smoking habit reported that fewer than one in seven smokers who try to quit using traditional, nonbehavioral techniques such as the Seventh-day Adventists 5-Day Plan succeed in kicking the habit over the long term. The use of behavioral techniques in the last five years has doubled the percentage of longterm abstainers, said Pomerleau, who heads the Center for Behavioral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. But be conceded, "The numbers are still pretty small." Among the techniques he said have been most successful Is one in which smokers are required to puff until they, can't tolerate any more smoke.

Re-peated sessions tend to kill the desire to smoke, the report said, but they also may be dangerous for heart patients, described as "those who most need help." Pomerleau said he and his associates in Philadelphia have developed a technique that involves careful monitoring of the factors that lead people to light up, gradual interference with the smoking 1 pattern and a reduction of the number of cigarettes smoked until the smoker is asked to quit about a month into the program, there are repeated follow-up sessions during the course of a year. But even the most advanced techniques have a long-term success rate of only 33 percent, which the report said leaves "considerable room for improvement." Evidence something thewould like to do away with the subterfuge es committees. Ron Johnson of Sylacauga, a nharmacist. will be a member of the Health and the Commerce and Transportation committees. SENATE COMMITTEE assignments are to be announced next Tuesday after Lt.

George McMillan takes office Reportedly, Sen. John Teague of Childersburg is to head the Commerce, Transportation and Utilities Committee. Sen. Donald Holmes of Oxford is to head the Local Legislation I Committee. In other House committee assignments made Wednesday, state Rep.

Thomas Reed of Tuskegee, who is awaiting a ruling by the state Supreme Court on whether he is eligible to remain in the Legislature, was named chairman of the House Welfare Committee. Reed was one of 17 committee chairmen named by Speaker Joe McCorquodale Wednesday during the Legislature's organizational session. Circuit Judge Joseph Phelps ruled last month that Reed is no longer eligible to serve in the Legislature because of his 1977 misdemeanor conviction for attempting to offer a bribe to another lawmaker. REED, WHO ALSO is state president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appealed Phelps' ruling to the state Supreme Court. The tribunal reinstated him pending a final decision on his appeal.

McCorquodale picked Rep. Walter Owens of Centreville to head the Ways and Means Committee and Rep. Rick Manley of Demopolis as chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Manley also is speaker pro tern. Named to chair the state Administration Committee was Rep.

Phil Kelly of Guntersville. Rep. Jack Biddle of; Gardendale was tapped to serve as; chairman of the Rules Committee. Here are the other House committee" chairmanships: and Labor Tommy Ed-Roberts of Hartselle. Health Joe Carothers of Dothan.

Banking Bob Gafford of Birmingham. Insurance Gary Cooper of Mobile. Education Pete Turnham of Auburn. Agriculture Charles Whatley of Opelika. Conservation John McMillan of Stockton.

Constitutions and Elections Jack Venable of Tallassee. and Transportation Jimmy Holley of Elba. Local Government William Edwards of Ft. Deposit. Military Affairs Joe Ford of Gadsden.

Highway Safety Charles Gilmer of Vernon. We Service Zenith TV Sets Which We Sell! TJS P. 1 From Staff, Wire Reports MONTGOMERY None of four Calhoun County House members got a coveted place on the powerful Ways and Means Committee when Speaker of the House Joe C. McCorquodale Jr. announced committee assignments Wednesday.

All four had said last week they would like to be assigned to the committee which considers the state budgets. Former Rep. Hugh Merrill of Aniston was chairman of the committee from 1974-78. Rep. Gerald Dial of Llneville, a four-year veteran of the House, was assigned to Ways and Means.

Rep, A.J. Blake of Pell City was assigned to the Business and Labor, State Administration, and Local Government committees. REP. JIM CAMPBELL of Anniston got a position he had requested on the Judiciary Committee. Campbell is a personal friend of the chairman of Judiciary, Rep.

Rick Manley of Demopolis. Campbell, who narrowly defeated Merrill in the autumn Democratic primary, was also named to the Education Committee. Campbell was opposed during the primary by the Alabama Education Association. Rep. Bobby Crow of Coldwater was assigned to the Business and Labor and Conservation committees.

Crow is vice president and legislative chairman of the Communications Workers of America Local 10901, vice president of the Anniston Labor Council and district vice president of the Alabama Labor Council. Rep. Gerald Willis of Nances Creek has more assignments than any other member of the Calhoun County delegation. Owner and operator of a lumber is vice chairman of the Conservation Committee and a member of the Banking, Agriculture, and LocalGovernment committees. NORTHEAST ALABAMAlawmakers also got assignments.

Dial placed on the Education Committee in addition to the pros Ways and Means post. Bill Adams of Piedmont, Rt. 3, will serve on the Banking and Agriculture committees. He represents Cherokee County and a portion of eastern Etowah. Wallace Shoemaker of Childersburg will be a member of the Rules Committee, along with Ways and Means.

Shoemjkis also vice chairman of the State Administration Committee. Richard Laird of Roanoke will serve on the Business and Labor, Local Legislation I arid Commerce and Transportation Solid State Color Sentry W-. Automatic Fine-Tuning Control 26,000 Volts of Picture Power Chromatic One-Button Tuning VHF-UHF Deluxe Spotlite Panels Super-Screen Picture Fine Furniture Styling We Deliver Set Up TVs We Sell. mum. SAVE UP TO 500 WITH TRADE akfea house, that wheelchair.

was custom built to legislators are in Session. The expense allowances are regarded as reimbursement for food, lodging and other expenses the legislators have while in session. An additional $300 per month boosted to $500 Wednesday is paid whether the legislature is in session or not. First provided in 1967,. this allowance is regarded by lawmakers as compensation for Clerical assistance, postage and other expenses incurred, particularly when not in session.

Lawmakers were granted one round-trip payment per session at 10 cents per mile in the 1901 Constitution. That mileage payment was established before modern transportation made it feasible for legislators to commute to Montgomery many times during a legislative session. Some legislators, including Campbell and Holmes of Calhoun County, say they. increasing the expense allowance while leaving the salary at the unrealistic $10 per day. Both say they would like to see a salary set in the new constitposedution which is to be prop next month by Fob James, and voted on in a statewide referendum in June, if approved by the Legislature.

Now In Our 42nd Year Downtown Zenith Dealer! Staff, Wire Reports MONTGOMERY Calhoun County lawmakers, as well as all the others, are drawing $25 more daily than they did Tuesday, and $200 more per month in expense allowance even though four of the six Calhoun lawmakers say they voted against the pay boost. On the second day of their organizational session, both the House and Senate approved increases in pay from $50 daily while in session to $75, and from $200 per month to $500.. The vote in both chambers was by voice. Gov. George Wallace signed the resolution into effect shortly after it reached his desk.

Accountability 'is impossible on a voice vote. The Legislature Wednesday adjourned until next Tuesday, when it will bear- Fob James' first official address auer ne taxes omce on Monoay. Calhoun County lawmakers Sen. John Teague of Childersburg and Rep. Jim Campbell of Anniston said they voted for the pay increase.

Reps. A.J. Blake of Pell City, Bobby Crow of Coldwater and Gerald Willis of Nances Creek said; they opposed the resolution when it passed the House. Sen. Donald Holmes of Oxford said he opposed the measure in the Senate.

Teague successfully ended a filibuster against the increase in the Senate by moving to take a substitute resolution offered by Sen. Edward "Big Robertson of Northport. Robertson had talked for an hour in an attempt to block the increase. The pay hike was approved despite criticism that it would violate the anti-inflation guidelines set by President Carter. Sen.

H.L. "Sonny" Callahan of Mobile' said Carter did not honor a request he made last week for a copy of those guidelines, and, said Callahan, since the president "didn't get involved before the fact, he can stay the hell out after the Reaction (Continued From Page 1) City, said the Legislature was "taking advantage of the poor people. "Instead of upping their pay, I think they ought to be helping the Elston said. THE LEGISLATURE, on a voice vote so the individual votes would not be recorded, approved an increase in daily pay from $50 a day when it is in session to $75 a day. And the lawmakers jumped their expense account pay from $300 a month to $500.

Reaction in Anniston was overwhelmingly unfavorable. "These politicians just wizard their way into office," get people to vote for-them, then take care of themselves," said Ruth Griggs of 319 Walnut while shopping on Noble Street. Mrs. Griggs, who is looking for work as a companion to the' elderly, said legislators "get in there, on false pretense, promising to help us. Then they help themselves." Charmaine Carson of 205 Smith Anniston, also unemployed, at the moment, said she "wouldn't have voted for those people" if she knew they would -vote themselves a raise.

Mrs. Carson also objected to the voice-vote method used by the legislators to vote on the pay hike. 1 "I think people have a 'right to know how each one voted," she said. The Legislature is "setting a poor example," according to Sam Stewart manager of Stewart Tuxedo Shop. "WHEN THEY ran in the election, they did so based on that salary," Stewart said.

"If the election were held again, some of them would spend the next few years in Anniston. It was pretty sneaky of them to do it by voice vote, too." Stewart said he is disappointed "mostly because I didn't expect them to do it right off the bat. "I'm sure some of them are pretty hard lawmakers will be in a position of telling state officials who ask for additional "appropriations that "we can't give1 it to you, but we gave to Rep. Larry Dixon of Montgomery told his freshman colleagues that "not one of us got elected on a campaign promise of raising our pay." Although admitting that fome legislators might not make enough to cover their expenses, Dixon said nonetheless that "you knew the rules Of the game when you decided to play." Amendment 57 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901, ratified in 1946, set up a $10 per day salary for legislastors while in session. Lawmakers have chosen to increase that figure, by addition of expense allowances which are approved by the legislators but not voted on by state citizens.

The allowance of $40 per day in addition to the $10 salary was set in 1975. The $50 per day total compensation which was jumped to $75 per day Wednesday is paid every calendar day while the to raises up for money, considering how! much some of them spent during the campaign," Stewart said. "You'd think -some of them here in Anniston were running for a job.11-; Not all were against the raise, Mrs. Ruby Champion of 3-B Norwood Homes supports two sons on an $89 monthly welfare allotment and a Supplemental Social Security check. She agreed the legislators "probably i needed a raise, as high as things are 4 now." rV- Joe layior of 1206 Crawford a stock clerk at Electrik Maid Jakery, agreed.

"Maybe they shouldn't get one right now, but I don't blame, them Jiecause J'd like a raise jnyself we're all greedy like that." ONE BLAMED the voluntary nature of President Carter's anti-inflation guidelines more than the legislators. "We have to understand that what the president is attempting to do simply will not work," said Mark Allen of Saks. "All of us are greedy enough to take care of ourselves. Carter would do it himself if no me would know he voted for it," Former legislators in Northeast Alabama said today the raises probably are justified. "A legislator who goes down there and does an honest job, it's going to cost him to serve," commented attorney Phil Smith, of Talladega, who was a state representative from 1966 to 1974.

"I had to get out of the House because I couldn't afford it anymore." -1--: Another former legislator, Tom Shelton of Jacksonville, said the pay raise was justified. "If they do not increase pay, they cannot Keep-quality people," Shelton "If they want poorly qualified people, pay them a small amount of money, "People expect a lot of service from legislators, nal dedication," gheltpn added. "Sometimes they get lt whether they pay for it or not, but you can expect more if you pay people to do the work." of .1 (Continued From Page 1) overall mortality rates that are slightly higher than those of nonsmokers, but at rates substantially lower than those of cigarette smokers," Smokers of low tar and nicotine cigarettes run lower risks of lung cancer and coronary heart disease, but "may in fact increase Ihelr hazard if they begin smoking more cigarettes or inhaling more deeply." Youngsters who smoke may suffer Immediate harm in. the form of lung damage and respiratory problems. -90 percent of the people who smoke "have either tried to quit Smoking or would probably quit, if only they could -find an effective way to do so." Citing soaring lung cancer rates-among women and risks posed to fetuses and newborn babies by smoking mothers, Richmond said the "report's findings have grave public health implications for women of all ages." The report suggested it may be harder for women to quit smoking, perhaps because they worry more than men about gaining weight..