Hfcgvf-!, y>„ ESTABLBHED 1936 f EDWARD A. YUZIUK - EDITOR & PUBLISHER 1 -> 9 CAROLYN R. YUZIUK - ASSOCIATE EDITOR ARCHIE BALLEW - PHOTOGRAPHER & PRESSMAN j MBS PATSY BRIGGS - OFFICE MANAGER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY f YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNSVILLE,N,C. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1970 NUMBER EIGHTEEN I SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00/YEAR I CUT OF COUNTY $5.00/YEAR SENATOR f% i SAM IRVIN Budget Battle On WASHINGTON - There is deep concern abroad in the land about the way problems are being handled by the Federal Go vernment. This concern shows up repeatedly when individ - uals express themselves. Generally, such worries relate to money problems and the belief by most that too many power over our lives gravitate toward this Federal City. These frustrations show up in many ways. With the con stant rise of the price of goods and services, many refer to their chief concern as the "pocket-book pinch". It is no se cret that millions of Americans are more careful about how they spend.a dollar to be sure that they can cover taxes,bills, and find; enough extra to educate their children. As usual, there is more interest in the cost t>f govemmmt at this season of the year because most Americans have just filed their income taxes. Tney are acutely aware of the feet that a large share of their income goes toward the costs of government. Indeed, one might be hard-pressed today to find an individual who does not harbor the feeling that'there is too much government." Expressed in "pocketbook" most believe that somewhere in the S2OO billion-plus bud - get submitted by the Administration for fiscal 1971, there ought to be room to cut the cost of government. I find myself in sympathy with this feeling since I believe that government should not try to do for people things that they can best do for themsives. Unfortunately, a majority of the Members of Congress do not always adhere to this opinion when certain groups press for the passage of a new program. Moreover, once a Federal program is established, it be comes almost impossible to eliminate it. Oftentimes, it is equally difficult to hold the program's budget at anyth i n g like its original level. The new program's bureaucracy al - ways finds many reasons to persuade a majority of the Con gress to increase its patrimony in succeeding years. Thus, the battle of the budget is a constant one. All of 1 this relates to the problem that Congress has in dealing with inflation, governmental spending and taxes at this session.. 1 What was predicted as a "balanced budget" with a sl. 3 bil lion surplus four months ago when the President deli\erei his "money requests" to Congress was always based more on semantics than hard facts. That tenuous balance now appeers even more questionable in the light of subsequent Administ ration requests for new expenditures. The prospects are clear that unless some holding of the "budgetary" line begins soon, the next fiscal year will end up with a deficit of se veral billion dollars. Should this occur, three alteratives ae likely. They ares more Treasury borrowing with the ris k of more inflation; a Presidential "freeze" on certain funds which may pose mo any hardships; or a demand for new tamv The other major concern seems to lie in the incre a s i n g controls by the Federal government over our personal lives. This is best expressed in the current frustrations arising out of the "busing of school children" to achieve "racial bahnad' Congress has considered legislation dealing with this probfan several times at this session. The latent action was taken on April 14 when the House adopted a new anti-busing provishn in the HEW appropriations bill. *That bill now comes to the Senate with prospects of a new battle over this issue. Hopefully, the Congress this time will forbid forced busing and I expect to continue to press for such a legislative solu - tion to remedy this vital matter. 11 " -T ' "1— ' ■ 1.1.1. i ' strstigliT By Tom Anderson ■w TENNIS, MONEY AND GRAPES South Africa has been barred from Davis Cup tennis. That’s quite an honor! Davis Cup tennis, and “amateur” tennis in general, is one of the most sickenly dishonest activities in a sickenly dishonest world. Led by Grate Britain, most of the hypocrites of the world voted to bar South Africa because the American Negro, Arthur Ashe, was not allowed to compete in South Africa. South Africa believes in separation. Britain be!ieves in mixing—for everybody but Britain. Britain has barred further immigration by blacks. The British are bloody hypocrites. • • • The University of Pennsylvania has hauled down the American flag and put it into storage. The officials “feared a confrontation with stu dent war protestors.” The flag is red, white and blue and the officials are yellow. • • • The Federal Government is now spending $6,116 a second. Getting your money’s worth? • • • U. S. News and World Report says that one Senator, who feels that members of Congress should make full disclosure of their personal wealth, is having his own survey made in sup port of his contention that “there are-51 mil lionaires in the Senate.” It is irrelevant how many millionaires are in the Senate. What is relevant is how many mil lionaire Senators were millionaires before they became Senators? Every political office holder should have to make full disclosure of his personal wealth. be