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A 16 THE COURIER.JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KY. MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1965 'Farmer Corps' Is Urged To Help Starving Nations fy' Johnson Faces Tax Dilemma Over Viet War By JIM ADAMS in part from our successful experience with the Peace Corps," Church said. The farmer corps, he explained, is part of a four-part proposal for an agricultural foreign policy that also includes higher American production, expanded food-for-peace programs "as weapons in the Cold War," and a "crash program" to develop underdeveloped countries. "Food could easily become our most precious weapon for peace," Church told a newsman. "It is hard for me to envision that we can maintain extensive farm programs designed to cut back production at home while hunger stlaks much of the rest of the world." Earlier, in a talk to a civic club, Church said it is "better to unleash the American farmer" than to continue paying him for not producing.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) An American "Farmer Corps" a Peace Corps-like program to help starving countries learn to feed themselves is being proposed by a group of Democratic senators. "The world is faced with the spectre of spreading starvation," said Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho. "I can see a role for the farmer to play in implementing our foreign policy." The idea, Church said Saturday, is to send agricultural science graduates, retired farmers and any others who can spare the two years into underdeveloped countries to teach modern methods for higher production. Food Most Precious Weapon? Church said he, Sen.

George McGov-em, former director of Food For Peace, and several other Democratic senators are describing the proposal to constituents in between-session speeches. mmmm im n- mmM Brazil President Takes Chance RIO de JANEIRO (AP) Brazilian President Humberto Castello Branco and his military advisers have joined forces to buy a ticket in the Christmas lottery. Sources say Castello Branco and his friends put up $67.50 in the hope of winning $900. The proposal, he said, has been discussed informally with the administration, but it is in the exploratory stage and there are no immediate plans to put the idea before Congress. "It is exploratory now, but it emerges Continued from First Page domestic issues in the coming congressional session.

Boggs, who is close to President Johnson, said tax increase might well become necessary, and suggested the possibility of imposing an excess profits tax. Others have suggested a one-year rise In personal and corporate income taxes. A one-point increase on all tax rates, for instance, would produce about $2.8 billion in additional revenue. There is, as yet, no certainty that an either-or choice will have to be made by the President Informed sources said yesterday, for instance, that new estimates of the gross national product suggest the possibility of revenues higher than anticipated. Therefore, it was suggested, Johnson might yet find enough cash in hand, at present tax rates, to support the war in Viet Nam and to keep the Great Society programs moving ahead, if not at full speed at least at only slightly reduced momentum.

These sources said that, in any event, it might be well into the spring before the situation would be clear enough to force Johnson to come to a decision. They emphasized that the President does not have formally before him the question of a tax increase, but conceded that "all possibilities" would be ex-: amined in the budget-making process. Revenues May Balance Spending The question of a tax increase arises because of the size of the federal deficits now anticipated for fiscal 1966 and fiscal 1967. The current economic theory of the administration and others is that, with the economy near full capacity and unemployment down, the deficit for 1967 should not be allowed to rise above that of 1966; if it did, inflationary trends might get out of hand. The deficit for fiscal year 1966, which ends next June 30, is currently estimated in the administration at billion.

It is also estimated that increases in the gross national product will produce j'im mmmmmt mmr immmm Auociattd Prtu Wlrtpholo Home For Christmas After Space Rendezvous Thomas P. Stafford returned to Houston yesterday, saying of their space flight in which they rendezvoused with Gemini 7, "It was a great trip. It was fun." WARM WELCOME "Jingle Bells" played as Gemini 6 pilot Walter M. Schirra Jr. was greeted by his wife at Ellington Air Force Base near the Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston.

He and France Reelects Be Gaulle planned to serve out the full term. Before that it had been believed that he would step down after two or three years, whenever he thought that his policies on Europe and the Atlantic Alliance had become irreversible. Now the general has gained at least a two-year breathing spell, until the next legislative elections, to push through his main objectives: a reform of the Common Market to make sure that France can keep its veto on policy decisions, and a revision of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to eliminate the present integration of forces. Continued from First Page the tough, unbending old soldier. In fact, the results indicated that De Gaulle had captured the greater part of the 3.6 million votes which were cast Dec.

5 for third-running Catholic Centrist Jean Lecanuet. And, Lecanuet, only last week, had appealed to his supporters not to vote for De Gaulle. But Lecanuet had not told them to vote for Mitterrand. The Mitterrand camp claimed not to be disheartened. A spokesman, said, "We still consider this a great victory firstly, because we forced De Gaulle into a runoff ballot and, secondly, because we added substantially to the votes we won in the first round.

This is only the beginning of our struggle." The next decisive political test for De Gaulle will come with the elections for the National Assembly in the spring of 1967. Possibly the first voter in France yesterday was General De Gaulle, who surprised a tie-less mayor of Colombey les Deux Eglises by turning up at the polling place at exactly 8 a.m., when it opened, accompanied by bodyguards who had had just time to pull their trousers on over their pajamas. The flustered mayor had another bad moment when the metal flap, which automatically closes the slot in the ballot box after, each vote, stuck after the general had voted, making it impossible for Madame De Gaulle to deposit her envelope. The mayor finally got it open with his penknife and the first lady then voted. In one small town, a voter dropped dead from a heart attack just after he had placed his ballot in the box.

As the election officer had already intoned the ritual formula, "Mr. so-and-so has voted," the ballot was valid. Mitterrand, who has served as a sena-, tor or a deputy several times and held ministerial posts in governments before De Gaulle's Fifth Republic, voted at Chateau-Chinon. When De Gaulle announced his candi. dacy early in November, he said he UK Signs Up First Negro In Conference Your V- 538 I Precious Linens deserve Spalding's care $8 billion or more in aaamonai revenues, at current tax rates, for fiscal 1967.

If domestic spending were held at present levels, the resulting deficit, even after Vietnamese war costs, would probably be acceptable. If Great Society expenditures were allowed as originally programmed, however, the 1967 deficit might rise substantially above that now predicted for this year. The costs of the Viet Nam war, rising well above predictions from the administration last summer, will have to be met No formal price tag has been set but administration sources were suggesting a figure of about $2 billion yearly some months ago. At the same time, Republicans like Rep. Gerald R.

Ford, Mich-, and Rep. Melvin R. Laird, were predicting that war costs would be nearer $5 billion a year a figure that now appears to be close to the mark. That is one political embarrassment inherent in the situation. Many Republicans have been saying lor months that the nation would have to choose between "guns and butter" and urging cutbacks in Great Society appropriations.

Consequences Concern Democrats In terms of domestic politics, those who prefer a tax increase to a spending reduction, make a number of points. They say that to eliminate or reduce such programs as aid to education and the antipoverty campaign would alienate many expectant beneficiaries and dissipate the momentum gained by Johnson's successful legislative program last year. They argue that a temporary tax increase would be fiscally responsible, that it would not materially affect individual prosperity and that "good economics is good politics" in the sense that the spending programs and the tax increase would most nearly keep the nation prosperous and the economy expanding without inflation. Moreover, they point out that a sharp cutback in domestic programs would play into the hands of two opposing forces the Republicans, who would claim that they had been right all along, and the peace movement, which would gain a powerful additional argument for withdrawing from the war in Viet Nam. Democrats who are wary of a tax" Increase say that it would be misunderstood by the public, particularly in view of the recent Democratic emphasis on tax reduction as a stimulus to the economy.

A tax increase, they say, would appear to be a reversal of recent party pro-' grams and would open Democratic dates and the President to charges of uncertain and irresponsible management of the economy charges Republicans usually make in election years anyway. How President Johnson would view the political pros and cons if the question of a tax increase had to be decided is not known. One source familiar with Johnson's ideas, however, said, "My guess is that he is not going to strangle the Great Society and the war Is not going to strangle it either." ij V- '4y Continued from First Page ship and the situation "ought to be corrected." A number of other schools, including West Point, had expressed interest in him but Northington said he narrowed the choice to UK, the University of Louisville and Purdue University at Lafayette, Ind. "It was kind of hard at first to make a decision," he said, "but after I realized Kentucky offered what I wanted, it was easy. I am very happy and proud to have an opportunity to play for my state university.

"The competition will be harder and there will be a lot of adjustments to make." No Problems Foreseen He added that he didn't expect too many problems as the first Negro to play in the SEC. "I am really pleased," coach Bradshaw said. Northington, he went on, "is well qualified in the academic field and as a football player to be an outstanding success at UK." UK has attempted to recruit Negro athletes since 1963 when it polled SEC Linens that are family heirlooms, or are destined to be, deserve Spalding's Precious Linen Service. Your Irish, Damask or Madeira linens will be washed with pure mild soap in rain drop soft water and hand ironed to a smooth satin finish. If you request our Precious Linen Service for any of your linen articles give them to our routeman separately, wrapped in heavy paper.

Be sure to notify Spalding's of the valuation of your linens so that proper insurance may be arranged. Mail Orders Accepted. FIRST AT THE POLLS President and Mme. Charles de Gaulle were the first voters at Colombey les Deux Eglises and possibly in France yesterday. They were on hand right at 8 a.m.

to cast their ballots in the presidential, election in which De Gaulle defeated leftist candidate Francois Mitterrand. PHONE JU 4-6161 Daily service io Louisville, Jeffersontille, iew Albany and Frankfort. Pope Urges Viet Yule Truce schools concerning their attitude toward playing integrated UK teams. Both Bradshaw and basketball coach Adolph Rupp have said they wanted the first Negro to sign with the school to be a Kentuckian, and the school had contacted basketball stars Westley Unseld of Louisville and Butch Beard of Hardinsburg and football star Garnett Phelps of Louisville. Phelps is attending the University of Missouri and Unseld and Beard are students at the University of Louisville.

Disagreement Mild A mild tug-of-war broke out between UK and UL in Beard's case. Kentucky ceased its efforts to recruit him only after becoming convinced that he had already legally signed a grant-in-aid with UL. George Boone, assistant football coach at UK and the man who recruited Northington, said, "He is just the kind we are looking for. He is a fine football player and a tremendous student. "He is a cool-minded kid, knows what he wants and does it, as is shown by his academic grades.

"This was a big decision for him to make," Boone said. "He is the first boy with the courage to stand up and do this thing." Northlngton's high school principal, William D. Bruce described him as "consistently good in whatever he does. I would like a whole school-full like him." In addition to his athletic and scholastic achievements, Northington is president of the school Beta Club, a service organization and, last year, was vice president of the Junior Optimist Club. At UK he will enroll in the School of Commerce and major in business administration, he said.

LAUNDRY. DRY CLEANING Continued from First Page months on the increasing seriousness of the conflict Southeast Asia, although last summer he had spoken out at numerous audiences on the grave threat building up there. He said that as Christmas nears he could not remain silent. "Our soul is full of sadness for so many divisions, struggles and antagonisms which trouble all humanity in many places and especially in Viet Nam," he said. The 68-year-old pontiff spoke solemnly at this point and warned, "The war in Viet Nam is graver and more bloody." He said that the number of militants, the number of victims and the number of refugees were all growing and with them "grows the danger of a vaster war." "Where is peace and where is the Christmas spirit?" he asked.

He said he had heard numerous tions would hurt any existing chances for negotiations. "I think we would continue to hope that this matter will be transferred from the battlefield to the conference table so I do not feel discouraged." Goldberg also said the United States rightly released the correspondence because the credibility of its desire for unconditional negotiations had been questioned in a newspaper story reporting that it had rejected a North Vietnamese Peace feeler. Goldberg said the story created "a crisis of confidence" with the public. "We would have preferred to carry on this discussion in privacy," Goldberg said. "But nevertheless, if there is a genuine desire on both sides to negotiate, that desire will surmount whatever the difficulties are of disclosure." Goldberg expressed hope that North Viet Nam's denial of any peace feelers would not be a final rejection.

reports of efforts to reach some solution. "We know about a certain proposal for a cease-fire, at least for Christmas Day," he added. Vatican sources said his words did not refer to any special diplomatic knowledge of secret negotiations, but that he was only referring to the generally known efforts to reach some kind of a solution. He did not directly refer to reports of the latest peace feeler in which Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani and other Italians were intermediaries. "We applaud those who work loyally to end the conflict," he said.

He then made his appeal for acceptance of the Christmas cease-fire. Goldberg said said in the broadcast interview that he did not believe disclosure of an indirect U.S.-North Vietnamese exchange through Italian intermediaries over possible peace negotia 7 convenient drive-in stores 12th Breckinridge Streets Barret Oak Streets Ruad Hikes Lane 3rd Oak Streets 1967 Brownsboro Road St. Matthews on vine iia. at wikes Point Chenowpth T.ao "Nobody Can Launder A Shirl like Spalding's" HUM".