The Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 6

'w 4 nn l-TEIDAY EVENING Jm IIS Bill Mauldin TOM WICKER IS MERIDEN JOURNAL i 7T i Statistics on how the AH INDSnNDZNT NtWVAft maws poor Owned wv St-Wisr'? Tle VitWm wrf Compatf CeeoecficM wyiirfii eW pthRiMistif Mr MWq If ri- Sivsrfrw 55000 middlt fifth 59000 to 511000 fourth fifth 511000 to: 514000 richest fifth 514000 and over with the top per cent receiving 124000 and over The 104'miMon families in -the poorest fifth receive less gained from 515653 in 1958 to 121073 in I960 (thus the gap between them rose from 512721 to 518588 as the rich got absolutely and relatively richer) I a is who gets what wealth is who has what and tiie wealth picture ia even more Jr hi d' 4S9v £1 3 No solutions yet Gewie McGovcn'a aa lor a 51100 income grant per Amert- can citizen auffera from floppy arithmetic grandioae goal and overatatement but it neverthe-leu takea aim at the right the great maldiatributiofl 1 Of income and wealth that may well ba thf fundamental Ameri-: can todal problem Fortuitously Juat'ai Senator McGovern's apedfie program Is at ha-lowest repute' atrang t-i than per cent of total national money income or an average of iBWIutable than the income pio- 0- 53054 annually while the 104 lure- Uptoo-Lyoni atudy million families in the richest itiwu formsip1: jO' to 'busing problems fifth take over 40 per cent of Americena income or an average of ranked by wealth owned 77 per 5 £''1 statistical underpinning for the 523100 if all money inemna had of personal wealth in three times more than the attempts to integrate the idea of busing out of their Its elementary schools continue to more favorable environment minor In miniature a nation-wide dilemma v-cf 1 1 entire wealth of the bottom SO per The top 1 per cent of ifamillea and individuals receives only I per cent of personal income but C'' the blind the unemployed the tiie top 1 per cent of personal aged welfare mothers etc io- wealth-hoidera owns between 20 count for only 7 to Iper cent of end 30 per cent of all personally held wealth and haa done so for aU pwsonal hwome and over decades The aumber of Individual C-V general idea of redistributing in- W'K cmM ud wealth has appeared 1 families the average i would This is a study by Letltia Upton have been Just over 511000 in and Nancy Lyons of the Cam- 1070 pr bridge Institute the flavor of Myth to the contrary govern- which is imparted by Its opern ment 'tranafer paymenuu to big pzm-' 'There is a startling and coni' tinuing inequality in the diatrib- ution of income hi the United 1 ind thi'ovtNlI Mtten this mount (oss td Sk haPremained rirtualiy ufr dal Security recipients who not changed since WoridWar if4 their In other words tho rich are bu: who bt ataying rich and the poor are fou throughout the income ataying poor' despite rare and merely In the -low-in- highly publicized ezctiuis thu government Moreover the poor are paying ubaidy has little if any impact -relatively more la taxes while entowtns distribution tho effective tax rate on' the af-'5'- 9 percentage fluent his been declining since depletion depreciation and in- World War II £reit-chiaioo provisions mako The Uptqn-Lyons study makes Federal income tax rates less -s Arithmetically the problem looks eftsy the New York engineering firm hired last month by the educators to come up with al-tematives brought in several -TheX-: firm's figures on busing 1000 out of file' total elementary population of 5200 also showed a saving of between 530000 and 560000 It had other figures on redrawing district lines and bus routes that could also effect significant savings But! not surprising that the parents are reluctant to buy the package The- technicians: are playing a' numbers game with whatever good tions The parents are still quen-f tioning a basic philoeophical con- stock investors increased from 5 million in 1951 to 31 million in 1970 hut the proportion of cor-porate stock owned: bythe'Sj'- 1 i parents and educators who inet to discuss the problem on Tuesday night did indeed have (ie cards stacked against as one observed They were being tossed a hot potato that the Board of Education had burned its fingers oh already School Board members were working on the fimny that i 7 citizen participation and discussion i would -cool the issue There is no indication to date that things are woridng out fliat way K- Meriden's problem is a relative-1 1' vly simple one compared to others nation One acted 7 Barry has an enrollment of wealthiest 1 per cent of the pop illation increased from 095 per cent in 1953 to 71C per cent in I Herbert Gsns of Columbia University has argued plausibly that such economic "inequality major source of social in- and unrest and is even' need to "ip CinSAf tv-wuwAS postwar 'era the in- uw mp i per cenx or income- cause of the rising rates of of the richest fifth of earners in 1167 was only per crime delinquency- nod social Americas' families haa been bent and in 1962 the income pathology-elcohoUsm drug ad-more than ail tha income n- ahare of the top fifth declined diction and mental illneaa for reived by the bottom three- from 45J per cent before exampleInequality gives rise fifths'1 rincp erpMtA 1 in to 437 per cent after taxes to feelings of inferiority which come ranges have been as fed- bridle the bottom three-fifths In- in turn generate inadequacy and the poorest fifth Under creased their income share only self-hate or anger anger re-55000 secwuTfifth 65000 to i 3LI per cent before to 333 suits in per cent after taxes senselen Percentages aside the general rise in money Income and living standards in the 'United States has only broadened the abeoiute dollar gap between crime delinquency violence and-of1 course in political proteat as well? '-V that Is so redistributing in- tw- y-t cafied' disadvantaged children I state guidelines indicate desirable -hii enough so that It can falriy bfrIabeled chooL jtlA? i 2-' ''tempers and preconception of ev-- Redistricting and busing are the erybody concerned if it is to be set- tpo obvious answers to sMfting the tled at alL balance bade to a more even keeL 4 Most promising augury for the There has been no objection ftiture Is tiie imritatton tridch comr I date from tiie parents of John mittee members are extending to UOIll VtGIKIO ry students to the prospect of ei-: parents of disadvantaged children tiirir There has been considerabteC to get in on the' discussion People of both from parents especially of who talk together may yet learn to -m 't mm v3Jvri'rV-'-i'-i(-If rich and pdor families 1 ealeu- might -also reduce those social lated In 1970 dollars the lowest tensions that make Ameican fifth of' fsAiliea gained income lift more difficult even for the from 81956 hi 1555 to 53J85 inrich 4 Today will lw (he loncett day yon ever lived iiot by mud) but aometimea sounds like an improve-' 1 ment over some of the programs beard these f-v mcGbmsiEBnomimm BRIDGEPORT a plan 1 got a' plan' An the lawyer for a group ofvoter chiUun got a-congresaional ro-- pltlntiffi in tim1 4th districting pUn although Nelgher probably does 'stin tiie knsect The last minute of tween McKinney add Giaimo! strange new district the Democrats do not "recom- almost aU the way to mend Balkinizingi thaPark -X xjif tiie last hour wOl have 61 seconds '1 The 591h todc of tiie last second Fprmidde-incomesfomiyf Ten George McGovern Improvement In rear relati vt were to become -President of tho status wwwuiw iceiwwiH wn sue piaiuai T' fr VV: So it seeme at a UI Distrlct aotvpprowe shaving off a City which they still regard as hearing on the subject of Wettport But Demo- their ancestral- property last Bulrlho pietiumr xr city flection notwith-! Wednesday V'Bridgort is the arguments could not Giaim' sbdiohn Mootgan' standing But of the plans offered battlegorouna in toil morass th real battle lines have flveir ownplana-f directly' or indirectly by: tin '0 Oriftho morau ia this aU The Republican' offer two COP me would split Bridgeport TT- ha might have sakL DVltii atotnic timepteces more to- of the last minute of the last hour curate any dmnometer ever- will be omitted tonlghtWhen the' devised tiie change is being mada tock' is heard again after a to adjust to what scientists say is lapse it will be Sahirfay v-: -Mr i- We thougit you would be inter-1 about Court Wedrasday gO- lawyera' obicure oyer WWV time- keeping radio statico Around tiie dock WWV broadcasts odytocfc-f niMla imwAwm It (Mil -7 US tnd if he then could fat0 effect polidea he hu coo-a family of four earning iimwaMaawMii MMmrniiiwaim ristently and persistently favorw- BW my: 52000 this -s ultimate in pmwlation equality what might it mean to Bt Pogrom must' mean at have the nossibilities vniytyao morw TIim kmldi v1 a modest Increase in your -i SS STruttMte'K: torn oMpersomBnttt does cut vV1- Leap Yenr We want eVefYtme to five towns in pieces --Wsieost-of-livliii 3 saueeze? As a i that tha grant would bo A wake tomorrow morning with an itoiaiid the other GOP fdan cuts no Editor Journalrfev ration and ganodda in Asia and family dost hjat or bekw the to your other earn--v de4r tio iSdte Siote Kne5 but make for If Mayw Groasman returned a poverty Hne? As a homeowner the income ESngreSSw wants Si'SSSf Conferencnto croshedby arlsgajgyajMWtai trict which will maximize pj ywd kping of districts: New Orleans With a greater re- the malignancy is I revealed P1 chances of iMiectkxi and each 1 Circuit 3udge Joseph alization and tindwitending of on the local level by tha-jib a nr mtw rant political party wants an overall Smith observed that this planthe fundatoental causes of the sence articutete anti-war sen- milcj if Iny7coat of Iivin i abandons any com-Jdeterioration of this Mayor suc-TiiJf fm6y to this 512 0M' Ihaae districts need- vdtiea Meriden will havt-pro-- ceaa in revitalizing Meriden la fmn Liwer taxes or oliminA to bracket might be 550sv dto ut imwty ttxM lof ftajo na a -(r-per mkldl Tlh ralutriSS brought the two lawsuits went into effects has to consider the pride and concern Hdnoi or Haiphong" Every Ar challenging the present six districts unconstitutional almost nothing has been- heard from the defendant the state The the The court Justifiability of cutting or preserving town lines the wisdom of recognizing "communities of and other factors The -Judges gave no indication when bomb 'dropped over Vietnam leaves its1 impact right here in the United in Coo- ro01-111 Indignation at the crimi- my five-pert serin on necticut in Meridnu The dreto hnmorallly end beatial- economic policies that I A bugs portioi of Mourresources a tty of what our country is doing am tackling his most 'coo-' moner could come from human tiw sewrnof tiw to Vtetnam vtroversial of aU propo: 22 bf rn' 5W00 range to each of us would coma to more than S200 billion a year! Improvement are monumen- IndoChina? He should Hu the to which the tal tiie country is Wg compromiaing back- ft their ruling might be forthconv-ing it ironic but quite -mayor proclaimed a day of pra- bat-yrThe most maiigiiant factor for near? Ha SonM ui tracking showing how accom- i yer for peace? He should Has showing how accom- he ip a homeowner you could The problem with Bridgeport1 the mayor asked for an roodstive can he and hoar hrPly lower property morUorimn u'neutui terelypractical he is about at usual" to mount tea dead pure 1972's Presidential politics i Iha taxes and yietumeu? He shouid1 uiuler the Senatori lidtabf-' quality of leadership is butianof-thewealth plan' every ttste to ealSirt'fo? pSeSty itiS dilease of urban decay wu stressed by 'Mayor? Luken Cincinnati during the debate on -'the Vietnam issue He tied tha brutality and immorality of our 'policy of murder and destruc- a leaning heavily on a ruling early this year by the California Supreme Court are urging the three fed- oral Judgu all of whom incU DelS-! cratcontraUed stete legislature tint if ft's kept in the 4th Dis-Morplqr That product is the redistricting ict where most Bridgeport po-intenatioiial ptan' which' was passed titeb Grri Aaumbly last year and tiie 4th District ia noticeably vetoed by Republican Gov more populous than too others 'vihomu MesML If that pro-tha duct is too crude in its popular -tioa deviations tho Democrats rSbv 4 ver- 4 non for the court consider Station'" thdrBoth tions wu appropriate that the hearing should have been held in Bridgeport whkkis the Strip the congressional redistricting But no one else seems to want Bridgeport Giaimo doea Nei- ther does Monagan Fourth trict Congressman Stewarts McKinney a Republican "compromise" plan a of the op- tew months ago to which part of appear to be sympatico Bridgeport would be amputated ddls for predigious amounts of physical viet Union has around four million cheu 7 wdl mental exertion To determine payers who compete hi tournaments bow much energy is 'actually Mpendad by a cheu player la a toumamimt gome- a ttoHprie pr4mit wu conducted at Tempte Uolvereity tn 117: Pulse'-' peeirtbeat and other physkdogical mea- gurements were taken oh 13 volunteers dmjag play Hit sarprising result: Cheu no rhy11 taxing a strenuous Tted both'1' Bobby Plsdier of (tho: United States' and Boris Spassky of tlto But skeptics point out that Spassky has 1 Soviet Union are beeping their bodies to beaten Fischer to all fivt of fighting trim a they jprepare for their the United SUtes only about 25000 sun thMiMDdfkrial world cheu in the mid-ltth century wu Paul of New Orleans Since organized competition began to 1948 the Rnasiana hawihad nwrcmJv on tha title Not only that aU challengers to final rounds have been Russians tod Now Fischer is given a slightly better than even duince of dethroning Spassky' fighting trim as they jprepere for their previou meetings example it Gross- determined tion fo ImtoChiM to a growing callousness to our citizenry to-' ward the blight to our own com Dis-- munities Indeed we would be a 0 vfi V' Seymour 1454 No: Col aetsShow by the us Mayor nation of sqhizophreivici if we HJty uniiAU jnc to snd on top of our other earn- 1 i -Jl 71 inn taxes would help 1 higher income Ism deliberately shrugging would help you1 toob1 off the 'grant: McGovern has by having tha Federal govern-mentioned most often: 51J00 least oneAlrd a of public education For McGovern told Joint Sves- riates tacen ror McGovern told a Joint Economic m'tf subcommittee only a Pregrmrivo to- rfweek ago that he want to ti wmAAmA tn mm i Americans yearning tor some escape from an over-rising cost of living yon may he wedded to tha tl000 figure might he 5800 or 5100785? 'And even more to tha mint: wutoctomptanritip djeu match SST? i Iceland: starting uty-3 The er rite for their Zrdow mtch-tm T' cfoseflpped Spassky hu dacUned to re wanted Bdgfade white Spassky wesl details 4 his tiaUng favored Reykjavik A compremlu under though it la known he Vkea to play which games would be pUyed to both fA Fidiers dally wsdmen includes dties finally fen through Tha entire morning calisthenics In front of his tetof7teh conristing of a marimum of u-- ctpiuLAf Cjhncn5 Fischer must-i Every kid who ever made Hoped-for sdvsntoged vi ti win while Spassky mode airplane whose wings new wing include tite'eanto token' nofessknal foot- Bee1 21F defend his title: were slightly askew was frir jw? Rsdund noise problems be- fcaft slavers find that chess sharpens Iceland may aeem anodd choice fora tilt Add Ron championship sporting event of any mm But a chess columnist Harry GotembekC pteyers find that their mental agility -Johnsmi and Bob Dicker both of the iy ahead of hia time than anybody cause Jhe straight-wing would: a takeoff power Aviation Week A Space Tech meat only 25 per cent of that of noiogy magazine reports that swept-bsck designs ji: 1 ft i U- j1--' lie has become so accommoda from McGovem -tiva that be says he- use fT0 evta making 'JS hard dollar touts unless yretratfag on ef-J and until he becomes President oufr? The "present prooosal is not for an immediate war and a pending Ha is not Proposal is not da- 7 signed for immediate legislative ho war and a slash to military FBHuuig ni a MfcWWa i fc A lff O') tl 17 4 require-: New York Giants are engaged te a msriMhon matdi that has here to prog vess for several yearn But Harold of Tho Times of London pointed Moot curbing Infla- non via cutting tha Federal bud- get McGovern is as vy and industry re- Mszimua efficiency at any speed permitting the aircraft to V- avoid the eonic boom problem because ft could operate eco-r i-i 'nomically over land at subsonto 1 fW -1- i f- 44C-V Schonberg argues in Harperte that chess brings greater rewards: "It Is an affir x-i 4 "there Is a long tradition of tha popularity of chess in that country going right hack almost ta tha beginning of tha game to Europe" The oldest known European set of chessmen nowro display to the British Museunw ls Believed to Esrty designs for js sopersoulc have bean made to Iceland la tho 12th transport featured -wings government tearehera are taveatigating- a antisymmetric wing fosetege arrangement which like a first model hu wings that stay put "Instead It remains a idedge that If elected I would prepare a detailed plan and submit It to 'the Congress? Against the background of those remarks continulnc to uu uuia j- use outdated stetistics would be a dto- ven more of a disservice tn -r i you than to the Senator But rig- McGovern gets tho nificant lmpUcatios to you can Miami have nevertheless be dug out of this you read in eoiumtt thinking fo terms of "Inllatfon Insurance" rather than "toflaJ fnmpaign to which to mation of personality game re- quires fmtginatioa and creativity tha ability to see or sense possibilities hid- den to less refined minds Cesplto the need for brown wefl'iss train chess Is regarded wttklndiffe- renre at best by most Americans Tho gcf Is thought of as boring ahd strictly century I i Many other countries Including India' China and Spai also have contributed to tho lore of dMsa The word checkmate signaling the snd of a game comsa dartiy and add to the points to 1 i he swept forward had: oa both aides The idea a-straight" 'mounted ontop of the fuselage speeds thus snablton ft to ope: -v- -y Wlth a pivot at Its center point1! ate out of existing airports i-'v-r i 5s a- At high tyeads half the wing Seven decades after Wilbur would ba pointed more toward and Orville Wright stilt iiiim A the direction of flight and tha -ikarriag about airplanes RMnljmtM comes fo Mas-fJte-ricI half would bo trailing (NEA) XA I'fj pngruufl i 1 This analyris jtowfhtI trust will help you tort with a basic understanding nd clear perspective proposal for a minimum incoma -'guarantee As a family ctoae to the po: verty line program1 must mpaa (he elimination et Ml your tax liabilities and an Ur the cerebral elite As a result tha from tha Persian phase shah mat Ap tX'v-l States ranks about as poorty appropriately enough ft means king chess clrdes as it does ia Inter-: Is 4 tv -t S' V'fi: 5 j'" (c) Held Eotefprisei tmerprues fe ti: r- -1 1 y-.