Rutland Daily Herald from Rutland, Vermont • 10

10 RUTLAND DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 15 1969 LBJ Our Delegation Assesses President Johnsons Speech Mabel Stafford Ensures Ralph Keeps His Old Job The new Prrsldont may meet the ehftllAngei In a different wav "It nwevor Pre Bident lolmona figures Indicate a aUniflcAnt move in the right direction There may be a small anrnhia (Me year nd another Aurpln next year Is a posslblli-IV Till would be a major move fit curl) Inflation and protect the dollar from further attacks" charmvNIrihl Urn a "very mmih aM nehlimnhlAl torevnell trow thw OwtWVint (he aewuiviriil It ut think nnn hs Wt nf Bwt aa far a the per'h (laoU vronf "The pal tWhtent aiv av piwpelately noted onto of the triumph amt ome nt the rhallenge he ha faced and which tie ahead hot- Mr Nixon 1 But Mrs Mabel Stafford Ralph's wife didn't like the idea of her husband being moved off the Highway Committee Ralph didn't like it much either So over the weekend Mrs Stafford a tough politician in her own right got on the teleohone and made sure that her husband remained on the Highway Committee Committee Mrs Stafford called many prominent Republicans in and out of the Legislature to gather support for her husband Mrs Stafford's persistence paid off House Speaker John Burgess kept Stafford on the House Highway post It was another political victory for Mabel Stafford who as a former state senator and vice chairman of the Republican State Committee has won most of the political contest she has been involved in nouncemcnt he will recemmwhl a $42500 annual aalary fw member of Congroaa "especially when he alo reeem mends expense Sen Winston Prouty ahl: It was a very aemtmental speech bv a man who ha loved Congress for year and la leaving It for the last time President Johnson pursue the philosophy of many politicians of the past" declared Prouty It Is that legislation and appropriations will solve any problem I disagree strongly with this concept" Proutv said "It is not enough to pass legislation and provide monev Programs must be administered efficiently and effectively" Sen Prouty predicted that this difference will represent the real contrast between the Johnson and Nixon administrations Nixon and his ceople are going to be -pragmatists" asserted the Vermont junior Senator "They will find out if programs are working If they are they will expand them If they are not working the programs will be abolished For Lyndon Johnson I think tonights speech served a useful purpose He is a highly emotional guy and I think it gave him a lift he needed Had I been the retiring President I would not have been here Rep Robert Stafford House (Continued from Psge One) ped down from his chairmansip Rep Hackett R-ll-1 of South Burlington was named chairman of the Appropriations Committee succeeding Sanborn Partridge of Rutland County who was elected to the Senate this year Rep Royal CutRs R-72 of Townshend was named chairman of the Natural' Resources Committee succeeding Rep Gibb who moved on to Ways and Means Speaker Burgess chairs the five man Rules Committee with Rep Hancock the vice chairman Rep Ralph Leduc R-28 of Pittsfield was named chairman of the Fish and Game Com-mitiee replacing Leyland Wood of Randolph who did not seek his district's House seat this election The complete list of committee assignments issued by Speaker Burgess includes: Agriculture: Rep Eurich chairman Rep Roland Lawrence R-71 of Albany vice chairman and Reps Renfrew Gallagher 5-3 of St Albans Town Hoyt Burt D-48- of Enosburg Falls Harry Lawrence R-26 of Lyndonville George Ridlon R-33 of Clarendon Dwight Burnham Sr R31 of Waltham Herbert Callan D-5-4 of Sheldon Donald Cook R-38 of Fair Haven Archie Cota D-54 of North Troy and Raymond Nolan D-19 of Highgate Cofljr appropriations: Rep Hackett chairman Rep Henry Carse R-61 of Hinesburg vice-chairman and Reps Mrs Erma Puffer R-66 of Vernon Harold Billings 6-1 of Springfield Anthony Buraczynski D-4-1 of Brat tleboro Hermand Hoyt F-10-2 of St Johnsbury Peter A Joseph D-50 of Island Pood Mrs Evelyn Jarrett D-l-6 of Burlington George Little Jr R-145 of Burlington Perry Merrill R-9-1 of Montpelier and Marshall Witten R-33 of Bennington Commerce Rep Putnam OFF TOPCOATS JACKETS SUITS SPORT COATS SLACKS SPORT SHIRTS PARKAS CAR COATS and all BOYS' WEAR WILSON'S RESERVE THE MONDAY THRU THURSDAY OPIN AT 10 FRi 4JLAT OPEN AT 9 FOOD MARKET frying (glfflOflCKHKI ANY WAY YOU WANT THEM WHOLE CUT-UP SPUT OR QUARTERED ALL ONE PRICE (Continued from Page One) without losing benefits be in creased to $1800 per year He suggested a minimum pay ment of $100 a month for per sons who have been on Social Security rolls for 20 years To broaden the tax base he pro posed that Increased taxes be placed on the first $9000 of an nual Income instead of the present level of $7800 Johnson took occasion in what for him was a relatively brief State of the Union mes sage to call for continuance of the antipoverty program which has been under fire in Congress and which Nixon has indicated he may readjust I believe the Congress will want to Improve the adminlstra tion by reorganizing the anti poverty program and continue it until we have broken the back of poverty in our land Johnson said Johnson said he Is recom mending $218 billion in appro proations for the program The President said he had In eluded funds in the new budget for construction of a half million homes for needy families in the next year He proposed an ur ban development bank he char tered by Congress to provide loans to communities at reduced Interest rates for schools hospi tals parks and other public fa cllities Point to the enactment of three civil rights laws within the last five years Johnson said he thinks Congress should extend both vital provisions of the Voting Rights Act for another five years Aides said that in eluded a provision barring liter acy tests of voters where fewer than CO per cent of those eligible have gone to the polls in the jaast election This provision would expire in 1970 unless re newed The President said he was proposing a $300 million expend iture to carry out the Safe Streets Act passed last year Saying that this was an essen tial contribution to Justice and moral order Johnson said It was only a small jpart of the to tal effort that must be made chiefly by local governments to reduce the toll of crime As I leave office he said one of the greatest disappointments I carry with me ts our failure to secure passage of a 1L censing and registration act for firearms In order to reduce the incidence of crime I believe Congress should adopt such a law Johnson said he hopes the recommendations of a commission on executive legislative and Judicial salaries will be per mitted to become law by Con gress He said he will suggest in a message later In the week an in crease in pay for members of Congress from the present $30000 annually to $42500 He added he will suggest that mem bers be given adequate allow ance for official expenses so that members will not be required to use their salary in crease for essential official business The President said he was re submitting to Congress a proposal for a fair and impartial random selection system for the draft" adding that he thinks It Is an essential reform He was glad to announce the President said that there would be a surplus In the troubled baL ance of international payments for the calendar year of 1968 Aides said the surplus is likely to be around $150 million Johnson said that in the International field he believes the united States should resume talks with the Soviet Union about limiting offeslve and de fensive missile systems He called for Senate action on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty The President said that last year Congress had cut the for etgn aid program below the level of safety for ourselves and humane regard for our fellow man He said he was calling In the budget for adequate funds Johnson closed his report by telling members of Congress he wanted a few personal words with them lie said he had ac cepted the congressional leader ship invitation to deliver his message personally thus etch big his name in history as the first president to do so since John Adams tx-cause of two reasons One was philosophical he said I wanted to give you my judgment on some of the Issues ixdore our nation as I see them The other was sentimental Most of my life as a public off I cial was spent in this (Capitol) building For 38 years since I worked here as a doorkeeper in the House of Representatives i have known its hails and most of those who walk them I know the questions they face the con filets they endure and the Ideals they seek to serve Referring to the five de manding years he has spent in the White House Johnson said: President-elect Nixon will need your understanding just as I did He is entitled to have it the President said the burdens he will leur will lx borne for all of us Fach of us should try not to By VONDA BERGMAN WASHINGTON (Special) In assessing 'President Johnson's sixth State of the Union message Tuesday evening Vermont's three-man congressional delegation each noted different aspects but the overriding reaction was to the speechs sentimental appeal "Lyndon always reverts to his old ways when he gets before Congress said Sen George Aiken R-Vt "Some might call it hamming it up" he observed "but I call it Lyndons way' "It wasnt hard to agree with the Presidents expressed objectives Aiken continued I agree with what he said we ought to do No one can object to treating people decently and getting rid of wars "Of course therp could have been a delay in spreading of potential wars around the world through the sale of arms "Naturally the President wants his administration to look good He has done a lot of things right People may forget the mistakes he has made "I cant put much stock in his deficits and surpluses" observed the Vermont senior senator because they all depend on which pencils he uses In his new budget which we will know more about tomorrow I do think President Johnson has done all right by the Farmers Home Administration in almost doubling previous grants to help rural areas and rural people "He is a little high on salary" said Aiken referring to the Presidents a n- Carrier (Continued from Page One) In the Gulf of Tonkin several times The destroyer Rodgers the frigate Balnbrldge heticopters and Navy and Coast Guard airplanes began circling the seas near the Enterprise searching for survivors or bodies There was no word of any being found as of 7:40 EST- 2:45 Honolulu time The extent of the damage Is undetermined because the radio transmitter antenna was dam aged Lt Cmdr Jim Eaves deputy public affairs officer of the 14th Naval District told a news conference Communlca tions have been limited He said the nuclear power plant was not damaged and the Enterprise was returning to Pearl Harbor at normal cruising speed The fire and explosions raked the after portion of the flight deck and hangar deck at 8:10 am Honolulu time 1:10 pm EST It was brought under con trol at 9:30 am The Navy immediately called for blood donors civilian and military In Honolulu Helicopters took off soon after the explosions bringing 16 doo tors to the Enterprise They flew back to Tripler Army Hospital with 30 injured men one of whom died en route "There Is no information on the number of planes that were lost Eaves said The ship nor mally carries about 100 planes The Enterprise ws 75 miles southwest of Hawaii when the disaster struck Its planes were to have taken part In exercises over Kahoolawe an uninhabited Island In the Hawaiian chain tt is used as a bombing range The exercises were in prepar ation for deployment to the Western Pacific A Honolulu photographer said a plane carrying photographers to the carrier was shooed away by a Coast Guard plane The ship was commissioned Nov 26 1961 She Is under the command of Capt Kent Lee 40 His present address Is Pled mont Calif UNNATURAL DISASTERS? MANILA (A )- i 1 deaths In the Philippines reached a new high last week the Philippine News Service re ported Its ILst showed 64 dead against an average toll of 40 Increase them for the sake of narrow personal or partisan ad vantage KEY BISCAYNE la (AP) President-elect Nixon said Tuesday night he supports Pres Went Johnsons recommenda tion that the 10 per cent income surtax be continued Nixon Issued a statement say Ing he still feels the tax should be ended as soon as the Viet nam war the budget and eco nomic conditions permit But he said in the statement that until hts administration and Congress determine that the economic facts permit expi ration or reduction he will sup port Johnsons position Nixons statement on John sons farewell State of The un ion message was Issued as the President-elect worked and re laxed at his Key Blscayne re treat It was Issued with no elabora tion (Vermont Press Bureau) MONTPELIER -Whatever Mabel wants Mabel gets One of the quiet little dramas in House committee assignments here Tuesday was the placement of Rep Ralph Stafford R-33 of Wallingford Stafford has served for some time as vice chairman of the House Highways Committee Rep Walter Kennedy R-35 of Chelsea Highways Committee chairman made some discreet attempts to have Stafford moved to another committee Stafford was offered the vice chairmanship of the House Agriculture Committee and a ranking membership on the prestigious Ways and Means Committee Kennedy was thinking of moving up Rep Joseph Caracciola R-3-1 of Bennington to the Highway vice chairmanship Graf (Continued from Page One) of Bibles Bob we didn't have a thing to do with it" Moulton insisted sweating slightly Graf stalked out still not completely satisfied and he has never been a man to forget mortal insults easily Bets were being placed Tuesday night as to how and where Graf would get his revenge Nominees (Continued from Page One) hearings were Melvin Laird of Defense Robert Finch of Health Education and Welfare David Kennedy of Treasury and John Mitchell slated to be attorney general itchell formerly a ew Yorlt Partner Nixon pledged If confirmed to make use of wiretapping and electron tc surveillance in warring against crime But he added he felt the tools that Congress provided In the crime control act of last year should be used carefully I think you are going to make a very fine attorney gen eral and I am going to vote for 32 of Wilmington and Morris Perry R-34 of Bradford Institutions: Rep Conlin chairman Rep Harold Whitaker R-59 of N'ewfane vice chairman and Reps Joseph Maua Sr D-14-3 of Colchester Doris Alexander R-28 of Irasburg Maud Devereux R-27 of Mount Hatty Mr Lucille Morinaroli R-7-1 of Barre City Rene Berard D-11-2 of South Burlington Rhodes Bucklin R-30 of Charlotte Bradford Denny R-21 of Northfield John Murphy D-27 of Ludlow and Russell Sholes R-15 of Mid-d'ebury Judiciary Rep Salmon chairman Rep Martin DeUiveneri R-2-2 of Rutland City vice-chairman and Reps Stephen Martin R-7-2 of Barre City Charles 0 Greene D-52 of St Albans George Vansantvoord D-3-3 of Bennington Charlotte Jones R-2-1 of Rutland City John O'Brien D-l-2 of Winooski Frank Bunting R-29 of Brandon Arthur A Mooney R-17 of Newport Timothy OConner D-4 3 of Brattleboro and Wayne A Richmond R-12-1 of Essex Junction Municipal Corporations: Rep Costes chairman Rep Giles Dewey 20 of Stowe vice-chairman and Reps Arthur Morrison R-56 of Wateford Francis Hathorn R-3-3 of Hartford Sadie White D-l-5 of Burlington Robert Kearns D-3-2 of Bennington Francis Gallagher 2 2 of Rutland Lew Kedroff R-6 2 of Springfield Francis Betit D-3-2 of Bennington and John Thorp R-60 of Woodbury Natural Resources: Rep Cutts chairman Marshall Hutchins R-43 of Lincoln and Reps Edward Crane 10-1 of St Johnsbury Robert Graf R-57 of Pawlet Lyle Rice R-2-3 of Rutland Maurice Stack D-13-l of Rockiniam Liliam Carlisle D-l-5 of Burlington Robert A Coons R-45 of Richford Kelton Miller D-42 of Shaftsbury Emerson A Peake R-2-5 of Rutland Town and Joseph Steventon R-65 of Rochester Ways and Means: Rep Gibb chairman Rep Francis Peisch R-l-6 of Burlington vice chairman and Reps Lawrence Jackman R-35 of East Corinth Thomas Candon D-2-4 of Rutland Clarence Leclair D-l-4 of Burlington Mrs Helen Franco D-16 of Barre Town Vaughn Boyce R-41 of Proctor Melvin Mandigo R-28 of Glover Har-ry Carter 32of Pownal Lee Davis R-6-1 of Springfield and Lawrence Gauthier R-9 3 of Montpelier Rules Committee: Speaker Burgess chairman Rep Hancock vice chairman and Reps Hackett Salmon and Gibb GOVT INSPICTID I WED ONLY RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES Gibb (Continued from Page One) shape by the time it was reported to the House "With the financial situation as it is so many things depend on the governors tax package being approved that were trying to get it out as soon as possible so the Senate wil have at least a month to five weeks to study it" Shunning impartiality on the major legislation to come before his committee Rep Gibb made it clear that the administration has picked a solid sales tax supporter to carry the governors program through the House The push shown by Reps Gibb and Peisch for the governors tax program will spill out to the floor of the House where the leadership Speaker John Burgess and Majority Leader Peter Giulisai have not expressed themselves definitely on the prospect of a sales tax you said Mississippi Demo crat James 01 Eastland chair man of the Judiciary Commit tee Congressman Laird a Repub lican from Wisconsin told the Armed Services Committee: we will alway negotiate from a position of strength With his wife sitting behind him In the crowded committee room Laird pledged to stretch the defense dollar as far as we can" because of many nonmili tary demands In the federal budget On hand with his future boss was David Packard the multimillionaire California lndustri allst appointed deputy secretary of Defense Chairman John Stennls gmlss said the hearing will continuel Wednesday The earliest possible end to the 10 per cent Income surtax waspledged by Kennedy a Chi cago banker who appeared be fore the Finance Committee Kenned Indicated he would noj be alarmed by a brief rise in unemployment We have overemployment in some trade areas at the present time he said Finch also appearing before the Finance Committee said the cutting edge of his Job at HEW would to try to estab llsh new approaches to the de partments overall problems Nobody he said is happy with the present welfare sys tern Most of the first round of questioning was mild with none of the appointees having to step beyond the bounds that Nixon drew last monlta Court (Continued from Page One) plaintiffs are justly and legal entitled The case was brought against the Brotherhood of Raolway Carmen of America and the St Louis -San Francisco Railway Co oi Birmingham Ala by a biraclal group oi 13 union mem bers They said they had qualified by experience to do the work of carmen Ixit had been classified for years as helpers and had not been promoted The US District Court dismissed the suit because the rnen had not exliausted all grievance procedures spelled out in their contract and through the Na tlorial Railroad Adjustment Boa rd The Supreme Court sent the case back to 'district court for retrial The men cliarged ttiat going through the NRAB would be completely futile where the company and union were work ing hand In glove The same reasons Black said apply with equal force to any remedy administered by the un ton by the company or both to pass on claims by the very cm ployes whose rights they have been cliarged with betraying Home of Fine Furniture GODNICKS The inter chairman Rep Giuliani vice chairman and Reps Michael Broutsas R-4-4 of Brat-tleboro Wendell Eaton R-51 of South Royalton William Burns D-l-7 of Burlington Sidney Smith R-67 of Marshfield Oreste Valsangiacomo D-3 of Barre City Hilton Marcy R-64 of East Berkshire and Frank Wilson R-13-2 of Putney Education Rep Hunt chairman Rep Foley vice-chairman and Reps Carey Howlett R-70 of Bridport Carl A Anderson R-34 of Tbetford Ernest Goodwin R-3S Hyde Park Amos Colbv R-63 of Lunenburg Mrs Lorraine Grahaq D-l-3 of Burlington George Sloan D-2-3 of Rutland City: John Grenier R-22 of Waterburv Mrs Arlene Mariell D-I4-1 of Georgia and Harry Montague D-4 2 of Brattleboro Fish and Game Rep LeDuc fchairman Rep Henry Manchester R-36 of Johnson vice chairman and Reps Mrs Doris Barrup R-46 of Morgan Henry Hicks 53 of Weathersfield Clarke Dixon D-S-2 of St Albans Francis Kennedy D-l-6 of Burlington America Galli D-7-4 of Bar-re CJiy John Orzell D-39 of West Rutland and Raymond Poquette R-62 of Alburg General and Military Affairs: Rep Alden chairman Rep Shea vice chairman and Reps Mildred Hayden R-21 of Berlin: Dudley Leavitt 24 of Pomfret Francis Esposito D-2-4 of Rutland Neal Lunnie D-58 of Richmond Norman Reed D-83 of Hartford George Branch R-14-2 of Milton and Edwin Free 22 of Waterbury 4 Government Operations: Rep Hancock chairman Rep Howard Lunderville R-30 vice chairman and Reps Flora Coutts R-17 of Newport: Orrin Beattie R-25 of Manchester Edwin McIntyre R-23 of Randolph Arthur McLeod D-16 of Graniteville Richard A Myette Jr D-ll-2 of South Burlington William Orcutt R-44 of Chester Martin Powell R-12 2 of Essex Center Paul Sevigny R-55 of Danville and Leon Wagner R-3-1 of Bennington Health and Welfare: Rep Gould committee chairman Rep Graham Newell R-102 of St St Johnsbury vice chairman and Reps Homer Ashland R-2-1 of Rutland Esther Cohen D-l-3 of Burlington Viola Fortin D-l-4 of Burlington Arthur Martel D-19 of Swanton John Kelty 1-1 of Winooski Harry Boutweii R-47 of Castleton George Paine R-23 of Morrisville and Robert Simpson R-23 of Randolph Highways: Rep Kennedy chairman Rep Ralph Stafford 33 of South WaHinfrod vice chairman and Reps Joseph Caracciola R-3-1 of Bennington Daniel DeBonis Jr 37 of Poultiey Kathryn Heitman R-68 of Shoreham Everett Miller R-8-2 of Hartland Lawrence Tomasi 18 of Windsor John Zampieri 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