University ,of Cincinnati N E W:;S,.·,R':E'·e:O· R Published Tuesdays and Fridays during the Academic Year except as scheduled. Vol. 55 "Ch·, IOlce '68"' I Hel:11erSeeksUS TaxShar,in,gPlan The former Chairman of the Council of Executive Office of the President since and that "no state has a decent standard Polls. Campuses Economic Advisors under two presidents '1965. , of living." called for federal tax sharing as a means Originally an advocate of the federal tax H 11 tt k d "Ohi ' I ff ts" UC's campus elections next Tuesday and of 'soIvmg· the sttla e- ocaI fIscaI problem _ creditI f'or mcome tax palid to thestates, e".er a ae e . 0 s meas y e or. s Wednesday, April 9 and 10, will possibly and urban crisis. Dr. Walter W. Heller Heller turned to tax sharing for two rea- and Its failure to utilize the most sensible have a slgnificant bearing on the national spoke to the Robert A. Taft Institute of sons: the lack of equalization in the tax tax of all- the income tax. He cited the scene as well as university leadership as Government Saturday at the University credit; and the fact that a third of the "miserable standards of public welfare in students add the "Choice '68" ballot to Center. states, including Ohio, do not have an in- this state" and also' the statistics that Dr. Heller a political economist. at the come tax. Ohio spends less on education in proportion their considerations. University of Minnesota, was the chief Not understanding why any state would to its public income than any other state _Besides enabling voters to fill major un- economic advisor to Presidents Kennedy not advocate the adoption of an income as evidence that the "state would benefit dergraduate offices, the two days of elec- and Johnson from'1961-1964.A vocal and tax, except for constitutional reasons, from his program "if enlightenment ever tions will offer them a special opportunity influential advocate of the "New Econo- Heller claimed that ail state and local strikes Ohio." to participate in the nationwide collegiate mics," he has served, as Consultant to the governments are hardpressed for finances His tax-sharing plan would set aside a Presidential primary, which is of par- fixed proportion of the federal income tax ticular political interest since President · Id D · E - ' ••..•t W t base for distribution to the' states, primari- FIe' ,5 . rain - nergy ...• ~o, a er'~ ly according to population.' The economic Johnson's surprise withdrawal from the , .Inequality among states would further be race for presidential nomination Sunday reduced by allocating 10'1r of the fixed evening. amount for distribution to the poorest Sponsored by Time Magazine as .a pub- states. ,lic service, "Choice '68" will serve as a The states' share of the tax money would measure of student opinion regarding the immediately be put into a trust fund with an automatic pass-through to local govern- Presidential election as well as pertinent ments of at least 50'ft. There would be a ' national issues, and will render a view of , wide latitude in the spending of money, the immediate influence youth will exert in with the probable exception of highways. American politics. There would be no airtight way of dealing UC will be one of the first universities with dishonest states and Heller admitted to bring the ballot before its students, for that he worried "a little about Mississippi most of the 2,400 major colleges in the' and maybe Alabama." However, there program will present the ballot Aptil24} would be an audit' of funds and all states ,the date scheduled' lor administration would be' forced to comply with federal across the country. Results of the, opincn- <law. naire on this campus will remain secret • An effort' index would be' established to until the primary day in order to insure insure that states do not decrease their greater national impact of the collective own taxation. For example, the amount findings. 'Ohio received would be based partly on the The ballot, structured to allow for the ratio· of its efforts at taxation to the aver- .fullest and widest possible expression of age national effort. opinion, will include a slate of 13 candi- Under the 1967income tax base, Heller dates who could be considered for the said the states would 'receive $6 billion United States' Presidency, from which from the 2'ft, proportion he suggests. By voters will select three top' choices. Three 1972,when the"income tax base would be referendum issues, two dealing with the $425 billion, the states' share would be Our photographer caught this worker taking time out from his work, laying drain country's current involvement in' Vietnam $8.5 billion, he predicted. tile in the baseball field, to catch a 'few rays. Wait! What's that? They're putting 'drain and the third considering the priorities of Heller, recognizing that Vietnam knock- tile in the baseball diamond. The Administration told us it didn't need drain tile. What's government spending for urban crises, will ed out his tax-sharing plan, stated that an offer students responses covering a broad the story? (See editorial Friday ••. ) increase in taxes is very necessary at this photo by John Sedgwick spectrum of opinion. time-to finance the war. He added that the Although UC's campus .elections will de- surcharge should be labeled a war tax so termine strictly undergraduate posts, the that people could see some of the costs, national "Choice'68" election .ballot speci- ACLU,~Views 'Protesters' although only a minor portion; of the war. fies eligibility for-all students enrolled in by Margie Babst to a law considered immoral." The actual Speaking on "State Responsibility for an American college or university, includ- law being contested cannot be violated. Metropolitan Problems," State Senator ing graduate, part-time, and foreign stu- The wave of civil liberties violations per- Demonstrators are not violating draft Stanley Aronoff (Republican, Cincinnati) dents, as well as those studying abroad in taining to the Vietnam War protests was laws; they are violating trespassing laws. took issue with Heller's unfriendly re- American branch universities. discussed and clarified by three spokes- "In a case of true civil disobedience, ferences-to Ohio's financial situation. Aron- men for the Cincinnati Chapter of the participants do not expect immunity. If off mentioned the large tax increase en- American Civil Liberties Union at a public they protest, they expect to be punished." acted in this year's session of the Ohio ~~~~w:m~::~:::::~:::~::::::::~:}iHl~f*~:~~~~:H::~m:~§;~:::::I::~::§H:::I~::::~:~~:~M:::::l.~:~::::::::::::::::::::~:~::~~M:~:~lmeeting held at St. John's Unitarian The ACLU "does not defend law viola- Church on March 28 at 8:00 p.m. General Assembly, as well as greater ex- tions unless there is a constitutional issue penditures by the state for education and Fred A. Dewey, Cincinnati ACLU Chair- involved." The function of the ACLU "is welfare. He said that reports show that man and a .professor of law at UC, pre- to maintain civil rights and civil rights sented ACLU's position on civil disobedi- acts as stated in the Constitution. There is the sales tax is the most responsive tax ence. David L. Sterling, ACLU attorney no civil liberties case if a valid law is in Ohio; He predicted that Ohio will have and Board member, (explained the con- an income tax sometime in the future-not ~I violated." troversy in the Union over the Spock in- David Sterling considered it his task now-but there must be an "overt need." f'"'1 dictments. Allen Brown, ACLU attorney "to wash the ACLU linen clean." The con- At the luncheon' session, two Ohio Con- r and Board member, spoke of his personal troversy in the Union over ACLU's positicn - gressmen, Chalmers P. Wylie (Republi- involvement as the Union's representative regarding the Spock, Coffin et. al. indict- can Columbus) and Thomas Ludlow Ash- in Hie Antioch student resistance in 1942 ments "makes definition and classification ley ~(Democrat, Toldeo), addressed the after Pearl Harbor and again in 1968fol- necessary.' , lowing the students Dec. 7 sit-in at the Institute on "Congressional Responsibility At the Jan. 12 ~eeting, the National for Metropolitan Problems." Wylie em- Federal Building. - Board of Directors voted 11-5not to act as phasized the legislation passed by Con- (,.) Once the capactty crowd (approximately counsel for Ferber and Goodman. "If the •.:~ 125 persons) was seated, the three legal gress in the fields of poverty, housing, and iJ.. (\* Union entered the case directly, it was !I;/": minds proceeded with detailed and candid felt that issues Iike the illegality of the urban renewal. He said that the federal Oi!(::'" presentations of their cases. z Vietnam War or the draft could be legi- government spends a -comparatively small 0: ;::, Fred Dewey first eliminated from con- timately raised, but there were tangential amout of money on the urban crisis and ..•.•. .... sideration those violations of law that are to the free speech questions in the case." added 'that although the budget must be >- (f) ~- ~ "t not considered civil disobedience. These They' voted unanimously not 'to defend cut, there should be an increase in funds 00( >-- ~,- include traffic violations, Sunday closing ~ ••..•... u Spockand to enter Ferber's and Good- for the cities. tQ Cl j..::o., laws, gambling laws and felonies. man's cases' only as a friend of.the court. u, -·~t Both Congressmen favored a tax sharing .i,J He went on to say, ,"If a person feels This January 12 Meeting was "the most U) 0 ,;tt ,that a law on the statute books is uncon- plan, but Ashley said that the states must - -J ~~, critical period in the history of the organi- <; , ,- stitutional,· the only way he can contest reform their.