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Ford, Dems differ over distribution Ol raw mm do ten billion, This sum is to be returned to the economy later, reportedly through future reductions in individual and corporate tax rates and till LA. 1 it- V- 8 1 WASHINGTON (AP) Early enactment of an antirecession tax cut appears certain because President Ford and the heavily Democratic Mth that such astep is necessary; -although they appear died 'over how much of tie reduction should go to lower-and middle-income taxpayers. During a nationally broadcast speech Monday night, the Pres-p idont proposed an across-the-board tax rebate of up to $1,000 on 1974 fcix payments. Most key Democrats reacted to Ford's tax proposals by saying they favor a tax cut about equal to the $16 billion reduction in personal and corporate income taxes that the President urged. But they said the details of the President's tax cut plan, combined with his proposed $30 billion in oil tax increases expected to raise gas prices up to a nickel a gallon, will fail to ease the economic burden on many Americans or to curb reliance on foreign fuel.

Republicans generally backed Ford's proposals. The President took his $46 billion program "to put our domestic house in order" to the nation in his speech from the White House library a few hours after House Democrats outlined their economic proposals and two days before he was scheduled to address a joint session of Congress for his State of the Union speech. The key points of the Ford program include: Some $12 billion in immediate tax relief by giving individuals a 12 per cent cash rebate on their 1974 tax payments, up to a maximum of $1,000 per taxpayer, plus $4 billion in corporate tax relief. Higher taxes oh foreign and domestic oil, natural gas and windfall profits of oil producers, which would bring in an added $30 A one-year moricwiuin flew federal spending programs to -hold down the anticipated $40 billion federal budget deficit next year, and a 5 per cent limit on increases in federal salaries and pension benefits paid by the Treasury, such as Social Security and veterans benefits. Rep.

Al scheduled to become chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the tax-writing panel will move Immediately toward a major tax reduction somewhere near the magnitude of the President's recommendations." However, Ullman called for "sizeable alterations" in Ford's specific plans, saying "any rebate on 1974 taxes would have to focus on low-and middle-income groups and should be combined with more permanent tax reductions for the low-income taxpayer." Rep. Henry S. Reuss, a senior member of the House Banking Committee, accused Ford of "Robin-Hood-in-reverse economic policy. "The oil price hikes sock it to the moderate Income customer while the 1974 tax rebate lets the rich get richer," he said. However, Sen.

Bill Brock, called the President's plan "dramatic, well-balanced and comprehensive." Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott, said Ford made clear "he intends to offer a detailed and specific program to deal firmly and actively with the problems of energy and the economy." (Turn to QUICK-Pagc 2A) -e jw- il vi -i hiiiim ft tnrimtn urn hhw mam "mit Tuesday, theloiirnal -jliiqes President Ford was the center of attention at Sears Monday Journal Timet Photo by Arthur P. Haas night as shoppers stopped to hear his message on the economy. 3 i1' i from which and to which students proposed desegregation plan are on change also would send 25 students from Goodland to Fratt. five of them kindergarteners. Closing of Garfield School, would send' those 241 first through sixth graders to North Park.

Janes and Jerstad-Agerholm Schools, along with some shifting of boundaries among those schools. North Park School would receive 93 Garfield Students, while Jerstad-Agerholm would receive 105 and Janes School 43. In addition, 20 kindergarteners and 113 first through sixth graders from North Park School would be reassigned to Lincoln 32 Pages 4 Sections 15a Jan. 14, 1975 634-3322 ml; I i but some schools, such as Stephen Bull with 93.5 per cent, Franklin with 79.9 per cent, Garfield with 86.8 per cent and Jefferson with 86.6 per cent, rJn extremely high minority populations. At the same time, some schools particularly Bartlett, with 1.8 per cent.

Franksville with 2.1 per cent, and Schulte with 1.1 per cent minorities, were imbalanced the other way. If approved, the plan would obtain overall district elementary school minority populations of 17 to 25 per cent, Supt. C. Richard Nelson explained to the board. It would result in the removal of Garfield.

Stephen Bull and Franklin Schools from the roster of regular elementary schools and distribute their current student loads to other schools. i ti 4 I Uf fd 'esegre Racine, Wis. Caildv l''nutkM tin- By Sean Devlin Journal Times Staff Unified School Board members received their first look at a plan to desegregate elementary schools in the district and immediately referred it to the Feb. 3 Committee of the Whole meeting for public comment. About 110 persons attended the board meeting Monday night, many of them specifically to hear the outline of the plan, which calls for the reassignment of 2.186 elementary school children.

The plan was developed by the administrative staff after the School Board passed a policy last summer calling for desegregation of the district's elementary schools by a redistribution plan. School District minority population runs at about 20 percent. Maps showing specific areas would be transferred under the Page 5.V For example, the 370 students in grades one through six who would normally attend Bull in the fall would be reassigned to six other schools. Sihulte School would receive 102; Sturtevant, 49; West' Ridge, 59; Hansche, 49; Mitchell. 75, and Winslow, 32.

Students who would have attended Franklin School, 318 in all, would also be sent to six other schools, with Goodland School receiving the highest number, 64. In addition, Fratt School would receive 42; Franksville, Trautwein, 46; Bartlett, 36 and Winslow, 85. A boundary t' il I w' Point) I JirvLid- mrholm HiiiKts Crefk ij If -s- A IM 'j 111'' xTa HI Hipiujifii () 1 1 B.irlku limn' HD- ffv sJjidA ClfW 'O In L- Mllrhrll f- 17; Riihard (j LI School, while 107 Janes School first through sixth gradersVould shift to Roosevelt and 100 would change from Roosevelt to Janes. In addition 18 Roosevelt kindergarteners would go to Janes School. Janes School also would give up 37 first through sixth graders to Wind Point School.

Jefferson School, would reccivr76 "students: from the Crestview area and in exchange transfer 62 students up to Crest-, view. In addition, Wadewitz School would receive 107 Jefferson students and McKinley School, 52, all first through sixth graders. Lincoln School, besides receiving 20 kindergarteners and 113 first through sixth graders from North Park School, would transfer 69 students to Caddy Vista School and receive a total of 25 students from the Western Complex, five of them kindergarteners. Caddy Vista School also would receive students from the Western Complex, including 74 first through sixth graders and 12 kindergarteners. Winslow School would send 30 students to Jones School, 22 to Johnson School, 25 to Giese School and 51 to Knapp School.

Knapp, in addition would receive 31 first through sixth giaders and 5 kindergarteners from Mitchell. Nelson said that all reassign menls 'were done on the basis of boundaries, in all cases involving whole neighborhood groups, rather than random transfers. He added that the plan opens the way lor fuller development of alternative educational systems through the availability of Stephen Bull. Franklin and Garfield Schools. The plan calls for the location of the Academy at Garfield School and placing of the Alternative High School.

Walden III. and the Red Apple Optional Elementary School at Franklin, along with development of an alternative junior high school program as well. Stephen Bull School, Nelson suggested, could be used as a magnet school offering one or more specific optional, approaches. Some of tho-e suggested are a fundamental "3 Rs" program, a school for gifted, children, individualized instruction, a fine arts school, bilingual-bicultural (Turn to DESEGREGATION Pae 5A Area panel. on crime has recommended more courts for Racine County, including a lull time juvenile court.

A report issued by the panel also calls-for the remoa! of most traffic olfenses from the courts and the elimination of plea bargaining. Story on Page 3A. A Unified School District desegregation proposals involve public elementary schools. Chrysler to cut costs as move to insure profit The bargaining committee of Municipal Employes Local 67 staged a sit-in at a City Hall conference room Monday to await negotiators or a new city offer. A session with state mediators began at 7:30 breaking up at 3:30 this morning.

In the sit- in were Iitcal 67's president, George Bartley, at bead of table, and Marianne Piojda, at right, Racine Education Association staff member working with Local 67 in the negotiations, Journal Timet Photo by Arthur P. Haas Impasse continues in municipal strike By Robert J.Herman Journal Times Staff What's uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitpiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiin Where Business News 6C Classified Ads Page 8C Death Notices Page 3A Opinion Page 6A Local News 3A Obituaries Page 7C Regional State 4C' Sports Page 1C the Inies Ann lenders IB Bridje 3B Comics Page 3B Crossword Page 4B Dial for Help Page 4B Horoscope Page 3B The Weather Forecast on Page 2A 2 He did say, however, that most reductions would come in fixed-cost categories, including such jobs as factory managers, foremen and supervisors. They're in the plant that day whether the plant builds 300 cars or 600 cars, and-it's this overhead we are working structurally on reducing," Townsend said. He said his first duty is. to make Chrysler operate at a profit Chrysler is the hardest-hit of the nation's four largest auto makers.

Five of its six assembly plants were closed from Thanksgiving to Jan. 6, and three of them remain closed this week. More than 62,000 of the company's hourly blue collar work force is on either temporary or indefinite layoff this week and more than half of its 39,000 white collar employes also have been furloughed. The company has attempted to spur sales with a five-week plan that offers rebates to customers buying selected models. There are also special deals on selected trade-ins, such as this week's offer of an additional $100 to customers who trade in a Ford Pinto or Chevrolet Vega.

(Story on Page 6(t DETROIT (AP Chrysler Corp. plans to trim its fixed costs by about one-third as a means of insuring it will operate at a profit, Chairman Lynn Townsend jiays. Townsend said in an interiew that the company is preparing structural cutbacks in anticipation of, over-all annual domestic auto sales of about six million cars. About 8.8 million cars were sold in 1974, down from an all-time record of 11.4 million in 1973. "We are not going to permit ourselves to go on rosy forecasts of the futureJownsend said Monday.

"Our long-range goal is to bring the overhead down in line with a six-million-car market "I can't commit myself managementwise to -take this company into deep, deep trouble," he said. "So I have got to plan on a substantially lower level of sales for our industry and plan the company that way." Chrysler sales for 1974 totaled 1,203,636 units, 21 per cent below 1973 sales. Townsend would not outline his program in detail other than to make the one-third reduction estimate. He declined to say how many people might be affected. strike which began Jan.

Tlieir-jobv are in the city's public works, parka, cemeteries and other departments. Bargaining sessions with state mediators resumed aizain at 7:30 in. Monday, breaking up al 3:10 this morning! The next sessions have been scheduled for Wednesday of next week. Schwartz, atjaraefor -Local 67, said negotiators and medfaTorsfelt that "until this thing settles in some-more, there will be no movement." Schwartz will be in Pittsburgh and San Diego but available by telephone, or on five hours call. He is due bark on Sunday, three days before talks an- rurrently scheduled to resume.

A key issue is whether cost-of-living increases should be added to the base pay after one year, as (Turn to IMPASSK Page 3 i A restraining order was dissolved Monday. 10 wastewater plant employes are back at work and bargaining remains stalled in the dispute between the citv and striking Municipal Employes Local 67. The restraining order, issued last Tuesday, had called for 33 wastewater employes to end their strike. The order was dissolved with an agreement Monday that the union would provide 10 employes over three shifts at the wastewater plant. A court hearing set for 5:30 today was canceled but the city's action remains on file with the court.

The 33 wastewater employes are among 245 members of Local 67 who are in the 12th dav of a.