The Daily Reporter from Dover, Ohio • Page 4

Bill Mauldin Predicament of Newsman By Harry Yockey Developments at this week's Dover dty council meeting indicate that the "honeymoon," if one existed between that legislative body and the administration of Mayor C. Le- Moyne Luthy, Is over. One must read between the lines of Tuesday's report on the council session and its call for Mayor Luthy to take a position on municipal improvement programs and a city income tax to finance them to fully understand what is transpiring. Politics, of course, is involved, or so it appears. Before delving into what precipitated Monday night's exchange between council and Mayor Luthy, It Should be noted that a city income lax is imminent.

And if one is enacted, New Philadelphia undoubtedly iwdtrfd fjHow suit. A catalyst for a city income tax (more than 200 Ohio municipalities have it) popped u0 this week when a binartisan select committee tax revision of the Ohio House of recommended, after- an 18-month study, that the General Assembly, among other things, Institute a 1 per cent Local Government Income Tax (LGIT), which would be collected locally and divid- edamong governmental units with- county. fifttiiteipalfties having an income lax would not be affected by LGIT. That means they would keep whatever revenue is collected, whereas the rest of anv county revenue would fro fnto the county treasury for redistribution, Now back to Dover and the controversy which erupted this week. Starting last January, council has Comprised 5 Republicans and 2 Democrats.

Another Republican, Charles Deeds, is president. Mayor and his service director, Ar- are Democrats, as is Corsi, city solicitor. Council, however, has ignored partv affiliation in its efforts to establish a sound operational program for the city. In this respect, there hasn't been one note of disharmony, although there have been dififer- of opinion. It is the general concensus of Council that the city is at a standstill.

Residential growth in the last year isn't enough to mention. There has been expansion bv some of its Industries, but several more downtown businesses have disappeared and little has been done in the way of municipal improvements. do with it, thereby establishing a campaign appeal for a Democratic- dominated council in the next nicipal election. Several other things indicate that's the way the wind may be blowing. The 2 Democratic councilmen, Kenn Hofacker and Gail Walters, reportedly have been "catching it" from sonic party Quarters for putting aside their affiliations and working closely with the Republicans.

And Solicitor Corsi has been absent from most council caucuses called to discuss financial and reve- Mayor Luthy takes the position that council should initiate the municipal programs and told it Monday that if it provides the money "we (the administration) can spend it." However, council feels his position is no different than that of a governor or U.S. president, both of whom submit to their respective legislatures proposed programs and suggested financing. If the mayor does not respond, council apparently is determined to move ahead. It has spent most of this year studying the city's many problems, working with a citizens' committee on them and investigating sources of revenue. Council committees made their recommendations to the finance committee and it, in turn, presented a list of priority programs.

Now council wants Mayor Luthy to take a firm position on the suggestions. Harmony Is Needed Eugene Bowers, councilman-at- large and chairman of the finance Committee, reminded the mayor Monday it is his responsibility to submit a balanced budget for 1969 and asked if he is going to wait until next January to do it. Bowers raised that issue because the budget submitted to the county budget commission earlier in the year shows appropriatJons for 1969 total approximately $100,000 more than anticipated revenue. The appropriations cover only normal operating expenses and the increase stems from raises in wages, materials and equipment. Unless a city income tax is enacted, department budgets will have to be trimmed.

And, one or the other, must be accomplished before 1969 operations begin. Reneges on Sessions At Monday night's session, it developed that in July the mayor was asked to submit 5-year departmental development programs. These were sought in council's efforts to determine what the city will need in revenue and how it can be raised. Mayor Luthy said that, to date, he has no such programs but will submit them at the next session. It also developed the mayor had agreed, in a session with councilmen, he would call 3 special sessions for passage of the 1 per cent city income tax.

Then he reneged and said "friends" advised him to let councilmen (it takes 3) call the meetings. Councilmen say he also agreed privately that an income tax seems the best solution to the city's financial plight but refuses to take a public position on it. This gives councilmen the impression the mayor is playing politics, preferring to let the OOP-dominated body enact the income tax on its own. Then he could say, according to their thinking, that his Democratic administration had nothing to Page 4, Saturday, November 23, 19G8 Published daily except Sunday at 350 Reporter Dovei, 0. -14622 Mansfield Journal Co.

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These include a citywide street lighting project, the first phase (downtown) of which was completed several years ago. A water development program calls for metering of all homes, installation of 15- inch mains and another reservoir in the east section. An auxiliary sewage package plant is needed near Schneider's Crossing and a secondary treatment facility at the main sewage plant will be necessary (state requirement) by 1972. And by Jan. 1, a landfill program for garbage and trash must be in operation, also by state requirement.

In addition, street improvements are a must and development of recreational facilities, including a swimming pool, has been proposed. Then, of course, there is the urban renewal program. It has been fice has been established and some federal money has been received. But, as Councilman Richard Reifert stated Monday, it is time to take the people in downtown Dover "off the hook" and proceed with the project, if the city it going to have one. It is estimated a 1 per cent city income tax would produce about annually.

Based on Dover's tax valuation of some $51 million, it would take at least an additional 7-mill real estate tax to realize that amount. That kind of a levy would double the current city millage of about 7.5 mills. All in all, the next few weeks will be decisive ones for Dover. The general well being of the city is at stake and whatever political pressures may exist should be ignored. Mayor Luthy is conscientious and should take a firm position and let the chips fall where they may.

Then, hopefully, his administration and council can harmoniously move the city forward. First, I Had To Tell Him It Was Round. The Lighter Side By Dick West WASHINGTON (UPI) As if there weren't enough issues dividing the nation already, this week yet another controversy arose. The point of contention is whether members of Congress should reside in the District of Columbia or out in the suburbs of nearby Virginia and Maryland. Calling attention to the fact that "the district is a direct responsibility of Congress," 3 House members wrote letters urging their newly-elected colleagues to settle in Washington.

That view was promptly challenged by Rep. Joel T. Broyhill who represents one ef the suburban areas. He assured the freshman lawgivers "you need not live in the District of Columbia in order to perform your constitutional obligations to it." BROYHILL IS TECHNICALLY correct. There is rothing in the Constitution that says a congressman must have courage enough to live in the U.

S. capital. But I find myself on the side of those who believe senators and their relatives should dominie themselves in DistrM. One of my reasons is personal. happen to live irr the suburbs myself and I am not especially keen about having the-neighborhood become overrun with congressmen.

Bevond that, there is a moral or ethical that can be stated as follows: Is it fair for a ronoressman to have a hand in tin the laws that govern District if he is unwilling to share the hardships that such laws might create? A FRIFND OF MINE who has a home In the citv describes congressmen who dwell in the suburbs as the "Viet Con- gj-pt-r "Members of the Viet Congress infil- trate into the District during the day and hit it with a few sneaky tricks; such as holding up funds for the subway until they have enough bridges and freeways to commute on," he complained. "Then, when darkness falls, they withdraw back into the Demilitarized Zone." I said, "Well, you'll have to agree with Broyhill that there is an 'unfortunate law and order situation' in the District." "That's true," my friend said. "It takes a lot of guts to live in Washington. But the element of risk adds zest to life. Who wants to live forever?" "Congressmen 1 do," I said.

"If they get killed they lose their seniority." mmmwf? Your Legislators As a service for Times-Reporter i readers who may wish to write their i Ohio or U.S. legislators, following are their addresses: State Rep. Robert Evans (31st Dis- trict), 922 S. 16th Coshocton, 0. I 43812, or Ohio House, Broad and High.

Columbus, 0. 43215. State Rep. William E. (32nd District), 835 Harcle.sty av NW, New Philadelphia, 0 44(563, or Ohio House.

Broad and High, Columbus, 0. 43215. State Sen. James Leedy District), Citizens National Bank Wooster, 0. 44691, or Ohio Senate Broad and High, Columbus, 0.

43215. State Sen. John (30th District), 1347 E. State SalPm, 0. 444HO or Ohio Senate, Broad and High, Columbus, 0.

43215 U.S. Rep. Wayne Hays, Flushing, 0. 43977, or U.S. House Washington, D.C.

20515. Sen. Frank J. Lausche, U.S. Senate Washington, D.C.

20510. Sen, Stephen M. Young, U.S. Senate Washington. D.C.

20510. By Drtw Pearson WASHINGTON Several of my editors have been complaining that I should have written the account of Mr. psy- chotherapeutlc treatments In the column before the election, not given it after the election a the National Press club. Under the circumstances, I owe them and my readers an explanation. The problem of news confirmation and its timing is exactly what I was trying to illustrate last week at the Press Club, of which I have been a 40-year member, and which was kind enough to give a luncheon In my honor.

During the question period at the eon, I was asked the criterion for putting news in the column. Was it "the inane," "the spectacular," "the unconfirmed," or what? I replied that naturally I selected "the inane and spectacular." I then told of the report that kept cropping up during the campaign that Mr. Nixon when vice president had undergone psychiatric treatments, and that finally I had obtained the name of his doctor, Arnold Hutschnecker of New York, and had called him at about 9 a.m. on Oct. 31'.

I now find upon checking my calendar I called him on Oct. 29 and that the time was nearer 10 a.m. I told the doctor I understood he had been giving Mr. Nixon psychiatric treatments and had been concerned as to whether his former patient was the right man to have his finger on the nuclear trigger. DR.

HUTSCHNECKER confirmed that he had treated Mr. Nixon, said that it was a delicate matter and that he was reluctant to talk about it. He had a patient with him, he said, and asked me to call back at 4 p.m. I immediately asked Jack Anderson, my associate, to telephone Nixon's communications director, Herbert Klein, and tell him that we had information that Nixon had received psychiatric treatments from Dr. Hutschnecker and ask for comment.

Klein flatly denied Nixon had ever consulted a psychiatrist. At 4 p.m. I telephoned Dr. Hutschnecker a second time. This time he stated that he had treated Mr.

Nixon for a brief period when he was vice president but only for problems involving internal medicine. In view of Dr. Hutschnecker's statement, I killed the story I had written on Mr. Nixon. The kill was in no way prompted by a telegram Klein sent one day later to several hundred editors denying what he called a Pearson story about Nixon's "health." Klein's ambiguous telegram may have encouraged more research into Nixon's mental health, because several newspaper editors telephoned me about it.

Echoes of Yesteryear 10 YEARS AGO It was reported Gene Lighten, Dover bowler, posted the season's top single game score in Boulevard Lanes. He came within one pin of a perfect 300. A total of $3047 was received for the Sharon Moravian Church building fund at dedication 1 services in the new Christian education building. Dr. Edwin Kortz, former pastor, was speaker.

20 YEARS AGO Postmaster D. W. Gerber appealed to area residents to mail Christmas cards as early as possible in December. Dover businessmen announced they would stay open Wednesday afternoon's in anticipation of Thanksgiving the following day. 3(1 YKARS AGO A total of $33,463 to repair and make Chief Says Some Ohio schools are forced to close because voters won't approve tax boosts to finance them.

Sometimes what vox pop- uli says doesn't make much sense. Christmas toys for the needy and repair shoes, clothing and small household equipment was allocated to Tuscarawas County. Dover and area residents reported to police that items such as dog houses, gates, rain barrels and garden fence were missing from their properties. Police found most of them on a Dover bonfire to be burned prior to the Tornado-Quaker football game. 40 YEARS AGO County commissioners ordered the River st.

bridge at Newcomerstown reopened, after it had been ordered closed by Surveyor George Fiedler. Four men were hired as guards-, to warn motorists they would cross the bridge at their own risk. Uhrichsville of held a rabbit supper prepared by Pythian Sisters from rabbits shot by 2 teams of lodge members. Bible Thoughts But this man (Christ) after he had offered one sacrifice for slas forever, sal down on the right hand of God. Hebrews 10:12.

The sacrifice of Christ for our sins is complete and eternal but it must be accepted. II lo mo strange Ihnt Nixon should go all the way to New York to consult well-known Park av. psychotherapy specialist concerning his internal medical problems when some of the best Internists In the United States are located at Walter Rood Hospital and Bcthcsda Naval Hospital where Nixon as vice president could have had their services on the cuff. Perhaps I was derelict, but at that time I did not pursue the matter further. SUBSEQUENTLY, and toward the very end of the campaign, further information came to my attention that Dr.

Hutschne- cker had told friends he received a telephone call from Nixon's office between jny morning call and my 4 p.m. call on Oct. 29, which had led him to change his earlier statement to me. We also learned from one of Dr. Hut- schnecker's friends that he had definitely been concerned about Nixon's reaction under pressure; second, that he had received a call from Mr.

Nixon in 1900 requesting him to come to Washington for consultation. According to the dates given me by Hutschnecker, this was long after he claimed to have stopped treating Nixon. In addition, I was told by Dr. Hutschne- cker's receptionist that she had handled a call from Nixon as late as 1961. She informed me that at that time, and for 3 preceding summers when she had been r.

Hutschnecker's receptionist, his patients had been given 50-minute appoint- each, which indicated psy- chotherapeulic treatment. Furthermore, Hutschnecker's book, "The Will to Live," on psychotherapeutic problems, was copyrighted in 1951; yet the doctor says he was practicing Internal medicine in regard to Nixon in 1953-56. Some of this information, I admit, was learned during the closing days of the campaign, and I could have published it at the last minute. But, as I explained at the Press Club luncheon, I decided it was unfair to use it so late. It was one of those difficult decisions a newspaperman has to make.

Perhaps, as I told the Press Club, I was cowardly. However, I continue to be convinced that a president or candidate for president should make all the facts public regarding his health, mental or otherwise, just as Dwight D. Eisenhower did after his heart attack; and that there should be no covering up of the facts or blatant denials such as issued by Ron Ziegler, Nixon's press secretary. Personally I sympathize with Nixon and the mental strain under which he has labored. He deserves credit for getting help with his problems.

A president has to undergo terrific pressure, as readers of Bobby Kennedy's book, "The Cuban Missile Crisis," are aware. Powell's Court Case David Lawrence WASHINGTON When it was announced this week that the U.S. supreme court would hear the case of Adam Clayton Powell, who has just been elected again to the U.S. House, all sorts of inferences began to be drawn. Some observers took it for granted the high court would rule in favor of the Harlem minister and affirm his right to a seat.

Others assumed the court naturally could not afford to ignore Powell's appeal as it raises a constitutional question, and felt obliged at least to listen to what his lawyers had to say before making a final ruling. An examination of the record, however, will show that the House in March 1967 when, by a vote of 307-116, it passed a resolution denying Powell his seat declared that he was guilty of "gross misconduct." The special House committee which investigated the Powell case found that as a member of Congress he had "wrongfully and wilfully" used public funds totaling $44,934 a part of which was salary for Mrs. Powell, presumably a member of his staff although "she performed no congressional duties." THE REMAINDER of the funds, according to the committee's leport, used to pay for domestic help at Powell's residence on Bimini Island in the Bahamas and for 7 airline tickets for his son and personal friends, none of whom was traveling on official business. The committee said it found that Powell had "falsely certified" for payment certain vouchers for travel by other members of his staff and that he had made false reports to the House concerning Hie expenditure of other funds. The argument of the Powell lawyers is that the Constitution merely requires that a representative shall be at least 25, a citizen for 7 years, and an "inhabitant" of the state from which he has been elected.

But there are 2 other provisions in the Constitution which read as follows: "Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members "Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member." I'OWKU'S MIS US of funds was, moreover, formally defined by the as "disorderly behavior." The federal judiciary has consistently refrained from interfering with either house of Congress in determining the rules and qualifications of members. So the supreme court would be creating a precedent if it now tried to tell Congress how to make its own rules. The Powell case has been in the courts since March 1967, and the U.S. Court of Appeals last Feb. 28 upheld the lower court ruling that, under the constitutional doctrine of "separation of powers," federal courts had no jurisdiction to hear his suit.

An appeal then was filed with the Supreme Court. The high court could have acted many months ago, but permitted the appeal to' rest in its own docket until after Powell was re-elected Nov. 5. One reason for this perhaps was that his attorneys had argued that his exclusion applied only to the 90th Congress, which adjourned Oct. 14.

The House in January will have to vote on the seating of Mr. Powell. The Supreme Court may not get around to hearing the case before February, and the decision could conceivably riot be rendered until some time in May or June. It could happen, or course, that Powell would make up his mind to reimburse the government for all the funds he had improperly spent, and this might cause some members of Congress to vote to seat him. The question then would be whether a member of Congress can misuse government furrfs and violate the laws of the land and go free of punishment by paying back the sums he has taken.

Portraits By JOHN METCAIF THIP AHEAD Very soon I shall be going On a journey far away To a spot along the ocean Where a week I'll stay Though I know upon this journey I'U have lots of work to do It will be a change and pleasure Under skies of blue And I'm really looking forward that distant little place Where the sun the azure heaven All the day will grave And I'm sure there will be moments For a little bit of fun When with moonbeams in the nighttime To the sea I'll run Very soon I shall be going To a change each day and night And my heart despite my duties wiU a ud.