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Kennedy Calls for \n Early Cut
In individual and Corporation Taxes
NEW YORK l?1 — President
Kennedy replied to congressional
critic of his 1963 tax cut plan by
arguing that lower taxes, tied to
curbs on rising federal spending,
offer the best chance of producing
future budget surpluses.
Going before a black-tie audience
of business leaders, Kennedy Fri
day night called for an early cut
in both individual and corpora
tion income taxes — without say
ing just how soon he would want
the reductions to become effective.
Omission of his earlier Jan. 1 tar
get date seemed well-calculated.
The chief executive also urged
a cut large enough “to do the job
required” — to boost purchasing,
production, employment, invest
ment and economic growth in
general. Again, he was not specific,
saying he would rather wait until
next month to give details.
We Can Afford io Cut Taxes
Addressing some 3,000 members
and guests of the Economic Club
of New York, Kennedy declared:
“This nation can afford to reduce
taxes — we can afford a tem
porary deficit — but we cannot
afford to do nothing.”
In this fashion, he took direct
issue with those congressional con
servatives of both patries who
contend that tax reduction next
year would lead to a dangerously
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large federal deficit.
Presenting the contrary view,
Kennedy said, “budget deficits are
i not caused by wild-eyed spenders
j but by slow economic growth and j
i periodic recessions.” And he said 1
! the present tax system must bear j
much of the blame; that it “ex- j
erts too heavy a drag on growth,” j
Kenndv's audience was formally |
polite at the outset, applauding at 1
what he must have considered the j
wrong places: His references to |
federal penny-pinching rather than !
his arguments for lower taxes.
Atmosphere Changed
The atmosphere changed dra
matically, however, as the Presi
dent moved into a 30-minute ques
tion and answer session following
his address. At this juncture, he
began drawing enthusiastic ap
plause with arguments against
such controversial ideas as easier
credit and cutbacks in foreign aid.
In discussing taxes, the Presi
dent said little that was new or
startling. But he did serve notice
that he would directly challenge
the arguments of those taking a
go-slow approach to tax reduction.
“It is increasingly clear,” Ken
nedy said, “that no matter what
party is in power, so long as our
national security needs keep rising,
an economy hampered by restric
tive tax rates will never produce
enough revenue to balance the
budget — just as it will never
produce enough jobs or enough
profits.”
He said the choice is between a
no-tax-cut “chronic deficit of
inertia” and a transitional tax-cut
deficit reflecting “an investment in
the future.”
Rill of Rights a
Matter of National
Character & Pride
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press Notes Analyst
Just 171 years ago the Unitec
i States brought to an as-yet unsur
passed apex the codification of the
rights of men in a free society
an apex toward which the English
speaking people had been working
for 500 years.
With adoption of the first If
Amendments to the Constitution,
which we now call the Bill of
Rights, the last of the former
colonies joined of the United
States.
The character of a nation had
:'ivn r>uiui:Miru. 1 ntc wmii.ii
had been working since the Magna
Charter of 1512 had produced a
loaf.
The French followed 18 years
later, and since then the ripples of
expanding freedom have touched
men everywhere.
The goals of the Bill of Rights,
in a written constitution such as
no nation had before and few
have achieved since, have not all
been attained. Some will not be
until man himself achieves an in
tellectual and moral level for
which he is still only reaching.
But they remain, revered though
sometimes disputed, a part of the
American code not only at home
but also abroad, and a matter of
national character and pride.
They also represented, in 1791,
an effort to establish compromises,
written compromises, under which
men would submit their lesser in
terests to the common good with
out diminishing their own innate
dignity.
A relatively few years later
there was a great dispute over the
meaning of these things, and the
community of the whole was
threatened. The great federation,
and the vastly greater future of
a human ideal, were preserved
only through great travail.
But they were preserved. The
Bill of Rights not only stands, but
also, 10 years ago, it was very
largely incorporated among the
goals of a still larger community
of men, the United Nations.
The working of a yeast is a
tenacious thing, and there are men
who still are learning, as King
John learned at Runnymede, that
it is not likely to be stopped even
in 700 more years.
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Scanning of Venus
May Unravel Many
Sought Seerets
J WASHINGTON UP — Mariner 2,
! a miracle of U S. space science, has
* given man his first close look at
another planet.
For 42 minutes Friday it scanned
Venus, flashing back 36 million
miles the information that may un
ravel the secrets of the "Veiled
Lady of the Universe.”
It was an incredible feat and
; excited scientists rejoiced.
The historic flyby came at 3
I p m. after a 109-day, 132 million
mile jounrnev which began at a
Cape Canaveral, Fla., launching
| pad.
21,1000 Miles from Venus
[ At its nearest approach to Venus,
! the space laboratory was 21.100
! miles from the planet, relatively !
| at its doorstep.
Special monitoring devices be- I
gun to probe the cloud-covered !
surface at 1:55 p.m. and were j
switched off at 2:37 p.m.
Then the craft was speedin ;
toward the sun, after having come
closer to the planet than any ether
space vehicle.
| Mariner is expected to send
periodic information about inter- j
| planetary space from as far out as j
j 72 million miles from the earth, i
| That’s twice the distance it was
[ from earth Friday after a long
j journey plagued by frequent
| troubles and even cliff-hanging
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rno Ala-!vans Awarded
Rhodes Scholarships
B;/ The Associated Press
! Two A 1 a s k a n s have been
| awarded Rhodes scholarships.
At Portland, the Pacific North
j west District Committee named
i Sam Wilkins Westbrook III, an
Air Force Academy student from
Ebnendorf AFB. Westbrook is the
number one cadet at the academy.
At Pasadena, Calif, Joseph H.
Romi.g, a student at the University
of Colorado, was awarded a scho
larship. He is the son of Dr. How
ard Romig of Anchorage.
$75 In Return
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student loan fund of the Method
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a $2.) loan. In a letter the unidenti
fied borrower said he received the
loan m 1897.
doubts on the final dash.
■he spacecraft’s final destination
veil 1 be an orbit around the sun.
each lap taking 4(H) days, never
coming closer than 41) mdlii'n miles
from the earth.
Will Take Time to Analyze
It will take days and possibly
weeks for scientists to analyze and
evaluate just what was found out
by the electronic eyes of the 447
pound, gold and silvei plated space
messenger that rocketed from the
earth Aug. 27.
But they hope, and expect, to
get at least some clues to help
resolve such vital questions as
these:
1. Is Venus a vast, arid desert
swept buy dust storms, or a sea of
water or oil, or a jungle teeming
with some forms of life?
2. Is it surrounded by danger
ous radiation belts, such as the
c'arth has, thus demanding special
precautions in any attempts to
land men there?
3. How strong is her magnetic
field, and how is her cloud
shrouded environment affected, if
at all, by gaseous solar winds that
carry particles from the sun at
speeds up to 450 miles a second?
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