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Washington Report:
by CMgKHBU
Walter B. Jones
Since many of you have
written this office regarding
your opposition to the imposi
tion of a withholding tax on in
terest and dividends which is
scheduled to become effective
July !, you will be happy to
know that last week the
House, by an overwhelming
vote of 382 to 41, voted to
repeal the implementation of
this tax. Previously the
Senate had voted on this same
question, but their action
postponed the initiation of this
tax for three years. Since
there has been so much op
position to this tax, it is ex
pected that the Senate will
agree with the House and
completely repeal the entire
matter. By way of explana
tion, what this legislation
would have done would be to
require banks and Savings
and Loans to withhold and for
ward to the Treasury at
regular intervals during the
calendar year, a percentage
of their interest and
dividends. Currently, all in
vestors are provided a W-2
form at the end of the year,
and I am convinced that most
people pay their just and fair
taxes.
In other legislative action,
the House voted to increase
the Veterans Appeals Board
membership from 50 to 65.
This was necessary due to the
many increases in numbers of
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~m~ The JIM HUNT Record
Jim Hunt Out-of-state campaign
Jim Hunt Did: Organized a PAC to raise
Thoma* R. Mathews, Hunt Fundraiser
W hat did leading Democrats say:
Jim Hunt’s first “hate Jesse” letter mailed around the U.S.
drew die following response:
. . When read (he contents of the Another member of the committee,
letter, Ervin [former U.S. Senator Sam Hodges [former Democratic Candidate
Ervin] said -I repudiate that letter. for U.S. Senate Luther Hodges],
and I may have to withdraw from that president of the National Bank of
committee if this is their approach.’ Washington, saidhewas’embarrax^
tv News and observer >o-2i-82 by the letter’s content and tone”
The News and Observer. 10-2142
"■ ■ ■ There’s a streak of meanness
and intolerance in the campaign to
T l get J Helms that has no place Jn
Americans politics and that
shobld be disturbing to all regard- *
less of party label or Ideology/’ '*
Editorial The Augusta Chronicle. T-1543
Ask Yourself?
, WHY ARE THESE
OUT-OF-STATE GROUPS PLANNING TO SPEND MILLIONS
TO ELECT JIM HUNT?
‘ • PROPAC (closely allied with AFL-CIO N # FUND FOR A DEMOCRATIC MAJOR-
Union Bosses) >-* Hi (Ted Kennedy’s PAC) *
# INDEPENDENT ACTION (left-wing • BLACK PAC ( Ultra-liberal Julian
, PACJ J Bond's PAC) ‘
1 Asheville Cit.aen »V*2 ' • ll lfifiii i Tl II
2. Newt and OUerw WTT/M S. In These Times V34/C3
J Campaigns and Elections. Spring HU l AlWea Cornttufen J/2/*I
Democrats for Jesse ... A Man of Character
! r*W lor by Helms tor Senate. Mark Stephens. Treasurer
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veterans claims which find
their way here to Washington
i to the Board of Appeals. 1 cer
; tainly felt this action was
- justified, as our Congres
sional office alone has cer
i tainly noticed an increase in
> the workload of veterans’ ap
i peal cases which we handle
! over the past few years.
Also during the week, the
> House approved the
authorization funding for the
U.S. Customs Service and
U.S. Trade Representative.
The amounts involved were
6627,759,000 for the Customs
Service and $11,897,000 for the
U.S. Trade Representative.
It might be of interest to
know some of the demands of
this office are almost as im
portant as casting votes on
the House Floor. A good ex
ample of this was last week
we learned that this Ad
ministration, at the White
House level, was planning to
get legislation introduced
which would permit the diver
sion of several thousand bar
rels of our Alaskan oil per day
to be shipped to Japan on
Japanese ships. This would be
a serious blow to our
American merchant marine,
to say nothing of our need for
this Alaskan oil in the event
we should encounter another
oil crisis. I protested
vigorously to the proper
White House official, and
assured him that I would do
everything possible as Chair-
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man of the Merchant Marine
Committee to defeat said
legislation if it was offered.
Other Members called also,
and I am happy to report that
at the meeting on Thursday,
May 19, the Administration
abandoned all plans to divert
the Alaskan oil. I mention this
to show that Anally I am
beginning to believe that the
White House is willing to
negotiate with the Congress
on some controversial
measures which had not been
Artillery Unit Plans Ist Reunion
The mighty 36th Field Ar
tillery roar back to Fort
Bragg for their fust full blown
reunion on October 8 at Moon
Hall, on the Post.
Full details concerning the
reunion may be obtained by
writing: Danny Tanous, 36th
F.A. Association, 25 Knowles
Rd., Watertown, Mass. 02172.
Two organizational re
unions have already been an
nually held at Hyannis, Cape
Cod, Mass., in ‘Bl, and at Arl
ington, Va., in ‘B2. However
this will be the first fully
organized reunion in October
of this year.
The 36th was first organiz
ed as a regular army unit
August of 1918, at Ft.
McClellan, Ala., and after a
short life was demobilized
following the end of WWI on
February 8, 1919.
Yet to write its name in
glory, the 36th was reac
tivated in 1939 on October 10
at Fbrt Bragg and outAtted
with the old 155 mm. GPF
guns left over from WWI.
Amid horsedrawn and mule
artillery the 36th was dubbed
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
,loJ - yd' ,
true *jring the first two years
of » the Reagan
Administration.
Many of you are concerned
about the tobacco support
program, and in an area of
compromise we have ten
tatively come up with an
agreement which still needs
to be refined and changed to
some degree. Upon the final
approval and the consensus of
all farm groups, I will report
the details at a later date.
a “cosmoline outfit" and
made the Louisiana and
Carolina maneuvers of 1941.
At last outfitted with brand
new 155 mm. ‘‘Long Tom”
guns, the 36th shipped out of
Fort Bragg on a bright and
hot August day to blaze its
way through North Africa,
Sicily, Italy, France, and Ger
many, with its 1500 men and
officers.
Campaign credits were
given the unit for Tunisia,
Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio,
Rome-Arno, Southern
France, North Apennines,
Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace,
Central Europe, and Po
Valley. France awarded the
36th with the Croix de Guerre
with Palm.
Spring Concert
The Cultural Arts Depart
ment of John A. Holmes High
School will present its annual
spring choral concert on
Thursday, May 26th at 8:00
P.M. It will take place in the
school auditorium. Admission
is SI.OO for adults and fifty
cents for students.
Featured on the program
are: Mixed Chorus I, Mixed
Chorus 11, Treble Ensemble,
and the Concert Choir. The
program is under the direc
tion of Shelby Strother. Hie
public is cordially invited to
attend.
To we Winner
RALElGH—Elizabeth
Towe of Perquimans County
High School in Hertford won
first and second plane honors
in therecentTar. Heel Junior
Historian program.
She won first place for
photography of houses and se
cond place for architectural
detail.
. Another Hertford winner
was Tammy Lane whose
‘ ‘Model of the Newbold White
House” earned her a three
way tie in the Individual Arts
division.
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Bobby Joe Lewis
Lewis Joins
I Lindot Realty
[ Lindot Realty announces
. the association of Bobby Joe
■ Lewis as an associate broker
| with the North Carolina Office
, at 100 South Front Street,
Hertford.
Bobby Joe is currently an
associate professor of biology
at Elizabeth City State
University.
Lewis is a professional real
estate broker.
Lewis graduated from
Commercial College, Cham
paign, 111. and the College of
Albemarle, Elizabeth City in
Real Estate.
Vital Role
Every employer in this
country - large or small,
public or private - has a stake
in a strong national defense
and a vital role to play in en
suring its continuation.
Understanding the role of
U)e National Guard and
Reserve and the vital mis
sions they perform in main
taining a strong defense
posture is important for all
employers as citizens. There
are many who make a direct
contribution to the effort -
those who have members of
the Guard and Reserve work
ing for them.
Employers can provide
positive support for their
citizen/military employees in
many ways:
* Sign a Statement of Sup
port for the Guard and
Reserve and display it proud
ly and prominently for afl to
see.
• Formalize personnel
policies concerning participa
tion in the Guard or Reserve.
Include provisions for
military leaves of absence ex
clusive of earned vacation
time and job opportunities
and benefits equal to those for
employees who do not
participate.
* Encourage employee par
ticipation in Guard and
Reserve programs, recogniz
ing that their dedication,
training and commitment will
enhance their performance
on-the-job.
'Recognize in internal com
munications the ac
complishments of Guard and
Reserve employees for their
patriotic part-time activities.
'Seek immediate resolution
pf job/military training
Conflicts.
Without the support and
cooperation of their civilian
employers, members of the
Guard and Reserve often en
counter problems in their ef
forts to perform a patriotic
duty. With support, our na
tional defense will remain
strong and ready.
Since 1973, this nation has
met its military and person
nel requirements without the
aid of a draft. The National
Guard and Reserve Forces
have been assigned increas
ingly important roles in all
volunteer total force and are
the primary source for
augmentation in any
emergency requiring rapid
and substantial expansion of
the active forces.
Because of this increased
reliaqpe, the training and
reacHmss of the Guard and
Reserve Forces must be
maintained at the highest
possible level. They are being I
provided with more modern I
equipment, aircraft, vehicles I
and armaneot, and steps are I
being taken to make I
citizen/military service both I
attractive and challenging I
However, much of the success I
in obtaining and maintaining ]
a strong Guard and Reserve I
depends upon this nation’s I
employers. I
The National Committee I
for Employer Support of the |
Guard and Reserve I
(NCESGR) asks all I
employers to sign a State- 1
ment of Sqpport for the Guard I
GFaham Notes Gas Discount Regulation
RALElGH—Service station
operators and employees, and
the general public need to be
aware of the requirements
when selling or buying sud for
which a discount can be given
for cash payment, said
Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Graham.
‘‘The management and
owners of service stations of
fering discounts for cash
should be aware that they are
required to give that discount
each and every time a
customer pays cash for
gasoline,” Graham stated.
“However, the customer also
has the responsibility to make
IRS Rules On Reporting Tbs Clarified
GREENSBORO—The In
ternal Revenue Service
clarified new rules for the
reporting of tips required by
certain bar and restaurant
employers under the Tax
Equity and Fiscal Respon
sibility Act of 1982.
Glenn Jones, IRS public af
fairs officer, said. “A com
mon misunderstanding is that
this is a new tax on tips. It is
not a new tax - tax on tip in
come has been in effect since
1913. Since 1965, workers
receiving monthly tips of 620
or more must report these
tips to their employer for
withholding purposes. This
has not been changed by the
new law."
Noting that some
employers are withholding
taxes on tips their employees
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sure that he or she gets what
she ha*- cash for-in this
case, «i iunt.”
State " julations require
alsoth- ' station offering
cash discounts post prices on
a per gallon basis for cash
sales as well as credit card
sales. In addition, any condi
tion or qualification that must
be met in order to receive the
cash discount must be clear
ly posted.
At service stations where
cash discounts are offered,
any employee or operator not
giving the cash-paying
customer that discount is
violating the Weights and
never received, Jones
remarked, “This stems from
a misreading of the require
ment that an employer
allocate tips when the total
reported by the employees is
less than 8 per cent of the
establishment’s gross sales. ”
As of April 1 of this year, the
employer must subtract the
reported tips from 8 per cent
of the gross sales, with the dif
ference being allocated
among the employees. The 8
per cent allocation is for infor
mation purposes only, Jones
said, and this amount will be
shown and the employee’s
W-2 form separately from the
wages and reported tips. It is
not subject to withholding.
Jones added that it is also
untrue that a worker who
reports more than 8 per cent
Thursday, May 26, 1983
Measures Acts of the General
Statutes of North Carolina.
The first offense is punishable
by a fine of not less than 650
and not more than 6500, three
month’s imprisonment, or
both. The second offense
could mean a fine of not less
than 6100 or not more than
61,000, one years’ imprison
ment, or both.
Persons having problems
receiving cash discounts at
stations offering these dis
counts should contact the Con
sumer Standards Division,
N.C. Department of
Agriculture, at (919) 733-3313.
of gross sales could be
allocated tips if other
employees report less than 8
per cent. Reportedly, some
workers are getting “zero”
paychecks because of the new
law. This happens because
some employers have
withheld income tax on
amounts that include the
hourly wage plus the
employee’s share of the 8 per
cent gross sales. This is clear
ly a mistake on the
employer’s part, Jones said.
A p«anut. some say, it tech
nically not a nut but is a
legume.