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r' A4 Eau Clair leader-Taltgram Thursday, July 6. 1972 No Opposition BERRY'S W0RLD Automakers Stall in Refunding Tax EAU CLAIRE LEADER -TELEGRAM 1 "Congratulations! VbuVo a "il ra Inside USSR fd Arms Pact ii- ra By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of car buyers are still watting for those "tax-refunds that Detroit promised right away on their new cars. Millions of dollars remain unpaid. An outpouring of angry letters and impatient phone calls have failed to. move the mighty moguls of Motor City to open up their purses.

After the tax bill was signed Into law last December, the Innocent buyers began to expect the 300-orso rebate they had coming under law and had been promised by auto company advertisihg. But six I WASHINGTON extent, American Motors were still fiddling while their customers burned MERRY-GO Typical was the ex-1 perience of Sydney ICronish of ROUND by Jack Anderson North Miami Beach. He bought a shiny new Oaraice on Aug. By RAY CROMLEY WASIENGTGN (NEA)( Despite published reports to the contrary, internally at least, Leonid Brezhnev teems to be running against no important opposKJoa oh the strategic arms limitation agreements (K tiated with President Nixon. 1 From all that can be gathered In Information reaching the U.S.

government to with in the U.S.S.R. the agreements are popular In the highest echelons of me party, government and military, where the power lies. Kremlinologisls this reporter has 'talked to say that while there was a great deal of hard bargainiogx during the negotiations; once agreement was reached 'the Soviet establishment seemed to be convinced thai the arrangements were very good indeed. Lower Confusion There is, apparently, a great deal of confusion at the lower party levels, primarily, it is believed here, because this is 17, 1971, and got ar note from GM in eariy 1972 promising a check in three weeks. "My wife has started attending conscionsnejwaislng sessions.

I-expect ihell be leaving me any day now!" sip! VOICE QF THE Kronish waited for two months. Then he wrote GM, but never heard back. He phoned GM's tax refund officials In Detroit and was promised a refund that week. -v But still no money arrived. On MayJLJie called Detroit a second time and again he got a promise of an immediate refund.

On May 17, there was still no money, and he took to the telephone again. But he got nowhere. i Kronish followed up with several more calls. He even had his dealer wire and phone Detroit. But GM even ignored its own dealer.

Finally, Kronish wrote; generar manager: "Now, what's going on, Mr. General itefund Six Months JLate EDITOR'S NOTE: Litters to Vole ot ttw op ir limit to 4H wordi. Thty mutt tear th nam and addrtu of Hit writar although a fictitious lignatura may bo usad for publication axcaot for lattart directing criticism at public officials or orhtri. In theso cases namta must te publishsd with tnt lattart. Th odltor rastrv th right to odlt and short an zone fare one way to attract the rider going six to 10 blocks? Just what is available in federal and or state aid? What could, downtown businesses and services do to support bus riding and help the company? The fact is that the League Supports Hospital Effort To the Editor: The League of Women Voters local study for 1971 on Health Care was undertaken because of concern among our mem Editorials Features entire community needs Hospital Merger Hope Gone bership-about thedeliveryand dependable bus services-least- '-1 -1- 1 111- on week oays and during A few days after sending copies of his letter to us and Ralph Nader, Kronish got his money six months late." The Treasury Department, which is supposed to oversee the excise tax rebate, has permitted the auto makers Instead to delay refunding the money.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has complained to Senate Means Chairman Wilbur Mills, D-Ark. Footnote: Detroit's Big four all admitted to my reporter Mark Mclntyre that refunds were outstanding six months after the law went into effect. They blamed it on resold cars, bad addresses, buyers moving and failures to return refund forms. and our own spot checks, however, indicate the cause for the delays was more often the fault of the auto firms and the Treasury Department. No Fault Fight aAmerica'sJrial lawyersare fighting furiously against no-fault insurance, which would cost them $1 billion a year in auto accident and ambulance chasing fees.

Under the no-fault bill now awaiting Senate' action, policyholders would be paid "after an accident no matter who was at fault. This would eliminate the costly court cases that have fattened the bank accounts of trial lawyers. The prospect of losing all this lucrative business has got some iawyers screaming like fishwives. For instance, the distinguished chairman of the American Trial Lawyers Legislative Section, Howard "McKissick, has called the bill "a bastardly thing" and 6ne of its authors a "madman." McKissick, who doubles as a state legislator in his, native Nevada, let loose these expletives in a letter to Nevada Insurance Commissioner Richard Rottman. McKissick singled out for attack Lynn Sutcliffe, a hardworking Senate aide who specializes in insurance.

"I just can't fathom how a madman such as Lynn Sutcliffe could have captured the thoughts of (Senate Commerce) Chairman Warren Magnusos to get (the bill) reported out." wrote McKissick scathingly. avaiiaoiwy ol aeajui services ui Eau Claire. Cooperation among the providers of health care services was one of the needs brought to our attention by this study. We are encouraged by the efforts being made on the part of the hospitals and physicians to provide Eau Claire and the surrounding area with the' best available" health care at the least possible cost. Certainly the elimination of unnecessary duplication will help to achieve this aim.

It. is. the League's hope that a operational agreement can be reached between our two" hospitals for the benefit of all. VICTORIA HARTZELL President, League of Women Voters oi Eau COiaire Despite the placebo in the form of a joint statement by the boards of Sacred Heart and Luther hospitals, all hope of a single first-class medical center for Eau Claire is dashed. On July 12, Luther Hospital, directors will approve a $7 million expenditure for additions and alterations to the present hospital.

The step is Irrevocable and when completed the last nail in the coffin of a joint medical center will be driven. Sisters of St. Francis, operators of Sacred Heart and 13 other hospitals in the United States, found "the, total "amalgamated board of directors impractical or impossible for Sacred Heart Hospital to accept." Apparently "'alternate proposals by Sacred Heart were "not practical for Luther." In plainer language the Sisters of St. actively advocated a merger of the hospitals. Many doctors and other persons of good will looking to the future generations of Eau Claire also advocated an amalgamation.

Today's Voice of the People column carries the League of Women Voters' hopes for sensible agreement. There is a trite remarks about light at the end of a tunnel. There is no light at the end of this tunnel. Despite the innocuous phrase Issued by the boards about a "coordinated system of health care" for the area there is no evidence based on past performance to justify any optimism. When one hospital started in one field, the other followed suit.

Costly emergency departments in each hospital arejak example. The two hospitals have been unable to agree on a joint method of doing laun- the first time the public and the lower party bureaucracy had. heard the details on strategic arms "and the problems at issue. Men who watch Soviet newspapers carefully say the press stresses repeatedly and endlessly that these agreements are good, that they represent the party line and that everyone must back them as though the papers were attempting to convince people who were not at all clear on what the agreements are all about or who might have some nagging doubts after all these years of propaganda. But the work of explanation seems to be progressing smoothly.

Strong Complaints Not so at points in the international Communist world. Strong complaints are already in from Red groups in Italy, the Netherlands, Burma, New' Zealand, North Korea, Australia, Peru, Guatemala and North Vietnam. "Castro was especially loud in Warsaw and in Bucharest in eastern Europe. In parties and factions mentioned above, the Soviet Communist cause in its own interests. The strength of the opposition shows up clearly, in vehemence of Moscow's defensive arguments which claim in essence, as one U.S.

government Soviet analyst put it, "What's good for the Soviet Union is good for World Com-" munism." But Brezhnev is finding it difficult to sell that concept in some places in the Red world. No Retreat The Soviet radio and Soviet officials and diplomats have been busy telling Castro and other Communists worldwide that the Nixon visit and the arms agreements do not represent a retreat mat wars of national liberation will continue to be supported heavily by the Soviet. Union and that the fight for a Communist worldwide victory will continue. Francis will never agree to a joint board -dry. They ask us to believe they ca -AUlwugh-we-till's-fathered-byuchstmguished- orffectors which they do not entirely daylight hours.

What the bus company needs is more steady riders. As a starter it must be recognized that many residents won't be won to mass transit use by half fares. Some people wouldn't use the bus even ii rides were free, a proposal made recently by one economist who figured such services would pay off in less traffic congestion and less air pollution. The test, will be this: whether enough people like bus service with its freedom from parking worries and the 'like to change-their transportation The forces or a change in transiportaticn priorities are gaining strength as air pollution, urban sprawl and. traffic congestion increase.

If a good share of the people of Eau Claire rode the buses a couple of times a week the company would be helped a lot and city streets would have many less cars 'and therefore less carbon monoxide in the air we 1 You pay more for -parking meters and you also have the worry of parking. Please, won't all of you heb? MAGGIE BESSETTE First Amendment Protects Rights "To the Editor: I found your campaign asking for a demonstration of quite Ironical. In fact, if one did not know better, your campaign might be in terpreted as a civic effort to relieve us of the summer agree on a "coordinated system of health care." Hog wash. There is only one pleasant thing about knocking' your head against a stone wall. It feels so good when you stop.

control, no matter how well their hospital is represented. Luther Hospital refuses to become a complete subsidiary of Sacred Heart. This newspaper for over two years has Summertime Diversion senators as Phil Hart, Frank Moss, D-Utah, and Magnuson, McKissick called it "a bastardly some kind of Communist conspiracy." Now 'Mad Genius' As part of his campaign against no-fault; 'McKissick is also circulating the pre-written betters for his fellow trial lawyers to recopy and mail to senators. One letter has been prepared for "other than close contacts or close friends of the senator," another letter for lawyers who "should be much more knowledgeable and much more detailed." We reached McKissick in Reno and told him we had obtained a copy of his intemperate, letter. "Don't take me down the tube too far," he pleaded.

"It was misappropriate to call him (Sutcliffe) a madam. I meant only that he is a mad genius." Then McKissick tried another tack. "IU give you a weekend at Caesars Palace or the Dunes. We can talk it over when you get to Las Vegas," he. offered.

We declined the invitation. From out of grim, grey Carandiru prison in Brazil, a group of prisoners have sent us a poignant message through a network of intermediaries. They learned in early June that they would be split up and transferred from Sao Paulo's Carandiru to other prisons thrtnTglfout Brazil. Because they had dared to- protest against inhuman conditions in the prison, they feared they were being transferred to break up.their group and to kill them quietly and individually. (EDITOR'S- NOTE See today's editorial on the collapse of merger talks and plans to proceed with separate hospitals and facilities).

Why Don't More Ride on Buses? To the Editor: a good share of us used the bus even a couple of times a week the company would have no problems. But the fact still remains that-other thousands, the young, the elderly who don't drive or can't afford" a car, the wife in a one-, oar lamiliy; are completely dependent upon bus service for mobility. The taxicab is not a practical substitute for reasons that include cost and further traffic congestion. Can the routes be improved? Is a lower, inner Summer's silly season is jn.full bloom. Enjoy? enjoy.

Bobby Fischer of the U.S. may yet compete with Boris Spassky of the U.S.S.R. for the world chess championship. If he does, it's bound to be the anti-climax of the year. Despite the fact that 99 per cent of the citizens of this country can't describe the difference between a rook, and a pawn, the buildup for the world chess title has swept McGovern, Vietnam, plane hijackers, and the price of meat aside on many front pages.

All the world loves a loser. Fischer has been hard at work demonstrating' that the reverse of that old axiom may also be true. Fischer hates to lose. He has played Spassky five times and lost every time. Although some observers feel be may be ripe for victory, Fischer displays little enthusiasm for the challenge.

First he wanted the championship matches to be conducted in Belgrade, Yugoslavia instead of Reykjavik, When that ploy" failed, he missed his plane connections and the opening date of play feigning illness. Then he held out for more money which a generous British chess Tan finally posted. Meanwhile on the scene in Iceland Spassky said, "I came to play." That resolve melted however when Fischer finally flew to the tiny North Atlantic island. By he time Fischer's yearning for the long, green rustle of money had been satiated Spassky discovered that, Mother Russia had been insulted in the grubby process. So- he said he wouldn't play unless Fisher is punished for his delays.

Chess, it is said, is an affirmation of personality which requires imagination and creativity the ability to see, or jense, possibilities hidden to less refined minds. That could very well be. But to prove it, somebody is going to have to "play somebody else sometime soon. It does take your mind off the heat, though, doesn't it? Lavelle Case Troubles Sen. Hughes By MARQUIS CHILDS WASHINGTON unauthorized military action which left the government with no way to Japanese Army Precedent John Toland, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rising Sun, and other historians writing oh the basis of documents available only since the end of the war trace a discretion in Indochina.

Presidential Control Weakened "Whatever tactical benefits these decisions have had," Hughes said of Lavelle's action, "they have also "contributed to the erosion of presidential control over the military aspects of the war. This erosion of control led to the situation where one commander could FROM OUR FILES CALLING 1 Marquis Childs disastrous pattern of military insubordination that was to send his pilots on unauthorized strikes at the very time that leave the civilian government secret and delicate peace talks a hollow shell. Real power was were under way." finally taken over by the 10 YEARS AGO The Illinois public safety director, announces the suspension of 16 state patrol, officers, including a battalion commander, for taking bribes from trucking firms. The bribes, which ranged from $400 to $1,000 annually, were received from some 90 companies for as long as 20 years. Anton J.

Miller, 1242 Graham announces his candidacy for assemblyman from the first District of Eau Claire County on the Democratic ticket. He will oppose Republican Thomas BarLand, who presently holds the seat 15 YEARS AGO a Washington, D.C., hearing on firearms control, Wisconsin Rep. Henry S. Reuss says proposed legislation will "impose an unwarranted penalty on hunters" and "dealers will be penalized by being forced to keep permanent records." The proposed law would require a description of the gun, identification of the purchaser, and, the purchaser's signature to be kept on file. E.L.

Dexter, 715, Sixth is appointed to the Eau Claire City Council to fill the council seat vacated by Aleron Larson, who recently resigned to accept an out-of-state position. 25 YEARS AGO Speaking on the network radio program "Meet the Sen. Joseph McCarthy says 'We are now actually at war with Russia" and that "Russia is winning this war at a faster rate than we." Selected as co-queens of Jhe Green Light- Jubilee are Jean Roholt, Eau Claire, and Mary Jane Rada, Chippewa Falls. Runnersup are Mrs. Evelyn Lee, Mary Ethel Guthrie, Lois Ohnstad, and Betty Hokenstrom.

40 YEARS AGO doldrums with a little political comedy or satire. There are at least two reasons for reaching this conclusion. First, it seems a bit strange that you would ask the citizens of Eau Claire to reaiirm their loyalty to the United States and their opposition to demo n-strations by reaffirming the Declaration of Independence. Surely the signers will recognize that the Declaration was a justification for rebellion and signalled the beginning of something far short of tranquility. Secondly, your campaign asks citizens to show their patriotism through registering opposition to a fundamental part of the U.S.

Constitution the First Amendment's protection of the" right to peacefully assemble and petition our government for redness of grievances. Thus, it is extremely Ironical for the Leader-Telegram to ask us to engage in an act which seems to express opposition to one of the most significant differences between our society and those of a totalitarian nature. I am certain that in countries such as the Soviet Union, China, Greece and Spain no one would conduct a -earn- paign to stop demonstrations of opposition to government policy. Perhaps a more appropriate way to assert our patriotisms-would be to indicate our support of the right to express one's opposition to any government policy. LEONARD GAMDRELL Chairman, Chippewa Valley Civil liberties Union i i aides have been reportedly persuaded-that the bombing, kicked over the peace attempt.

A Kissinger spokesman says there is no knowledge of such a view. But as Hughes points, out, when the war machine and the peace machine are moving in contrary directions the peace wHI surely be 1 The great embodiment of the freedoms we cherish, the Constitution of the United WASHINGTON While top brass in thej'entagon wish that it would dry up and blow away the Lavelle affair is, likely to make more headlines in the future than in the recent past. It could even' become a campaign issue as one aspect of a war raging out of control. Thanks to a concerned Air Force sergeant in Thailand it became known that Gen. John D.

Lavelle, commander of the 7th Air Force in Vietnam, ordered up to 147 sorties flown against North Vietnam contrary to, top command, orders specifying only "protective reaction" Reports of these sorties in Lavelle's private air war' were falsified. And they coincided with the efforts last November of Henry Kissinger, the President's national security adviser, to get highranking North Vietnamese to the peace table. Sea Hughes Pursues Case 1 Sen. Howard Hughes of Iowa Is determined that this Violation of civilian command not be glossed over. A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he called on Chairman John Stennis to hold, public hearings on Lavell's nomination -v permanent rank as lieutenant general and Stennis has agreed.

Relieved of his command after disclosure of the unauthorized sorties, Lavelle was given a slap on the wrist military, Toland and other historians believe this was perhaps the decisive factor in Japan's war with China and ultimately with the United States. In one of the first Incidents, in 1928, staff officers of the Kwantung army in Manchuria blew up a train carrying a Chinese war lord, Chang To-lin, whom they; considered uncooperative. The civilian government, 'backed by the emperor, demanded that they be punished. On the grounds that this would damage by an order demoting him to major general on retirement. The charges against Lavelle are tied in with the nomination of Gen.

Creighton Abrams to be chief of staff of the Army. When Lavelle appeared before the House Armed Services Committee he indicated that Abrams, overall, commander of American forces in knew of the unauthorized air strikes. Both Lavelle's promotion and Abrams') nomination to the Joint Chiefs of Staff must be confirmed by the Senate. In two Senate speeches Hughes, who was a combat infantryman in World War IL compared the falsification of the records to the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 when allegedly North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked: American naval vessels. That episode, challenged later as false, was the basis for a Congressional resolution adopted almost unanimously giving President Lyndon B.

Johnson authority to use the armed forces at his States, places the military under civilian Violation Jhe-Racine Park-Commission rules that- BAUCLAE of that control is aauseJorprestige. andmorale the army LEADER -TBGRAM the gravest concern as the refused. men's bathing trunks are indecent attire for bathing beaches there after radio baritone Jules Skulta is ordered off the beach after appearing in trunks. The commission alsff decides that womens two-piece "brassiere-type" swimsuits are also improper for the city's beaches. Robert Conley, Robert Hellis, Hester Schultz, Jack Fkherty, and Niles Brook.

of Boy Scout Troop 35 start a barge trip down the Chippewa River-to the Mississippi. Dean Victor Hoag is in charge of tte expedition, jLavelle affair now shows. 'suggests a bit of history that led up to World War If. the 1930s Japanese officers in Manchuria and China, operating at the end of the line in Japan's conquest of empire, repeatedly defied civilian authority In Tokyo. Super-patriotic staff officers precipitated Incidents and took No one would suggest an analogy between the defiant Japanese who ultimately usurped complete authority and the single Lavelle episode.

But that episode is" a warning of the perils in an undeclared war where civilian control is uncertain to say the least. (Copyright, 1172, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED MESS t- Th Associated Press is entitled exclusively ta -She use for republication of all 'he local news printed In. this newspaper, as welt as ail AP news dispetcfe. Member Associated Press and United Praia interMtienat -y Member Audit BJreao of Ctrculelwna ADVERTISING EPREseTATIVES renham-Maioney let Madison Aver New Yor. Y.

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