Brown and White Vol. 81 no. 35

              lehigh university brown and white bi£o33i vol 81 - no 35 mihiwmp^wwim^iiiiiiiinii day sjg-giiinik^it i?lo shapp and casey hit tax structure by ken siege l milton shapp and robert casey democratic candidates for the peimsylvanlan governorship charged the shafer administration with instituting a state tax structure filled with loopholes and unfair to the taxpayer the candidates appeared wednesday m a political forum to address university students on their stands m current state issues and to answer questions posed by a panel of students and faculty the program and the reception following were sponsored by the leviathan the university's student political science club shapp felt the tax arrangement falls heavily on the shoulders of those who have the most trouble paying and suggested the inception of a personal income tax he also viewed the sales tax as regressive and costly casey stated that the republicans were not collecting taxes diligently 1 and that a complete reconstruction of the tax system be implemented so each person and each company would be taxed fairly . he also believes the board of finance and revenue described as the heart of tax reform m pennsylvania should open its meetings to the public he charged the board with investing m politically favored banks offering low interest rates in addition to supporting sweeping tax reforms the candidates agreed the state should establish a rigid anti pollution policy and a strict enforcement agency for its execution they further supported a state voting age of 18 powers of negotiations to striking employees and teachers and urban improvements m housing and transportation shapp pointed to the evils of patronage politics as a direct cause for the deficien cies m state government he said that the patronage system " shifts state funds to political purposes shapp believes that his own independence from the established or ganization will free him from paying off campaign debts and will enable him to appoint professional experts to the state agencies in examining his personal background as an industrial leader and his role m the department of commerce during the kennedy administration shapp asserted that as a governor with management experience he could cut the operating costs of the state agencies by 10 - 15 casey countered shapp s policy of bucking the organization as unrealistic he said it was impossible to wl n an election without the support of a we 11 coordinated political organization m a large state like pennsylvania casey also denied shapp s charge that he was a puppet of mayor tate's machine citing his reform role at the 1968 democratic convention as proof of his integrity then casey questioned shapp s sincer ity about his independence the auditor general said that shapp was only too happy to seek the endorsement of the regular organization and would come back into the party's fold after the elections when a student asked the candidates their opinions on student disorders both men agreed m the values of dissent casey said dissent is desirable and shapp stated that dissent is a wonderful thing because it indicates that students aren't satisfied president lewis sitting calmly m the front row uttered an audible harrumph when he heard the two candi dates advocate responsible dissent b&w photo by camana gubernatorial candidates robert casey and milton shapp flank moderator at wednesday's political forum arcadians urge open meetings of jcul open joint commission on university lite jcul meetings open trustee meetings ecoiogical action the arcadia dining fund and arranging buses to the wrestling easterns were a few of the points touched on by the solons at the arcadia meeting wednesday the jcul motion which was later tabled was proposed by john fields noting that the member of the " university community are entitled to have represen tatives on jcul he recommended that all members of the university community " have access ... to the undertakings of jcul 1 this initiated a debate over the merits of motion which followed a 7.6 vote which overturned a decision by the chair not to accept the motion as it was not on the agenda the discussion took into account the reaction of students to open fatuity meetings the opinions of the arcadians and the thoughts of dr w doming lewis university president the open trustee meetings were pro posed by todd tieger 71 he wanted arcadian president james kasser 71 to be enpowered to present to president lewis and dr rathbone chairman of the board of trustees the request that three arcadians be allowed to attend the april 9th trustee meeting for the purpose of discussing further student-trustee inter action he went on to emphasize the importance of the april date to those 0 who have expressed legitimate concern the motion passed unanimously the possibility of chartering buses to perm state for the eastern championship wrestling matches was also brought up a eco action group hears talk on air pollution we are going to run out of things to waste summaries r emmet doherty's talk to the lehlgh ecology action group wednesday night speaking on causes effects and control of air pollution the director of the lehlgh valley air pollution control district cited facts and figures m presenting his topic we're biting into nature's supply line stated doherty describing our failure to reuse the millions of tons of scrap produced m the united states annually he spoke of the billion dollar industry that disposable clothing will be doing m 10 years he added that it would create another problem concerning pollution in a simple year said doherty 145 million tons of toxic gases are expelled into the united state's atmosphere making 1500 lbs of poisonous gases per person per year on any given day the air over america contains 50 million tons of man-made dirt the effect from air pollution is dangerous we don't question that doherty said that although 500 million is spent annually m the united states on air pollution the damage toll resembles last year's figure of 11 billion to cope with air pollution doherty said the average man must be educated he can make a tremendous start toward preventing air pollution carbon monoxide he says is an underestimated danger since 1000 deaths were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning last year while no one was killed during the widely-publicized phosgene gas scares carbon monoxide composes 52 per cent of all noxious gases m the atmosphere 100 parts per million he continued is a sufficient quantity to cause neuro muscular slow down and air at street level m philadelphia contains 33 parts per million according to doherty carbon monoxide from exhaust can be a considerable danger to drivers m closed places like tunnels with a rising level of air pollution doherty said california m recent years lias ex perienced a 500 per cent increase m pulmonary emphesema of smokers and non smokers alike we will never eliminate air pollution 1 he said we can only get it down to acceptable levels , since human and animal respiration will always account for enough carbon monoxide to remain m a minor polluting problem regarding local air pollution ha said that due to a photo-chemical smog we'll have a little los angeles here m 8 or x years on a state-wide scale there is no source of air pollution m pennsyl vania that can't be controlled with suffi cient time and sufficient money dust m the air says doherty has a deteriorating effect on objects left exposed over a period of time this effect is most noticeable m cemetary monuments and ornamental sculpture in doherty's words the fresh air is killing them doherty also views the general ecolo gical outlook as rather bleak " there isn't a major river m the united states he said " that can't be classified as an r open sewer 1 , the damage cannot be reversed but m the future resources will have to be managed more wisely ( baw photo by sims one of the many smoke stacks m the bethlehem steel complex located m the coke works smucon valley the sign board says ' look ahead for hazards see solons pag 4