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Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House is
preparing to pass a bill extending
1975 tax cuts into the new year. But
Americans may see their taxes in
crease on Jan. 1 unless the lawmak
ers can override a presidential veto.
The House was expected to pass
the six-month tax cut extension to
day, sending it to the Senate for swift
approval. But President Ford is
ready to reject it because it lacks a
ceiling on federal spending for the
1977 fiscal year.
“The issue now is whether tax
payers get a big tax increase in
January,” House Ways and Means
Committee Chairman Al Ullman,
D-Ore., said Tuesday.
A quick veto could return the bill
to Congress in time for an override
attempt before the year-end recess,
expected to begin later this week.
In what amounted to a test vote on
whether the anticipated veto can be
sustained, the House refused Tues
day night to rush the bill through to
the Senate under a legislative
shortcut proceduxe.
The bill’s backers fell 22 votes
short of getting a two-thirds majority
required for passage under this
quick-action procedure, thus casting
doubts on the possibility of muster
ing a similar two-thirds majority
necessary to override Ford’s ex
pected veto.
The vote found 256 in favor of pass
ing the bill under a process known as
suspending House rules and 160
against.
Ullman did not seem to feel that
the procedural vote indicated a lack
of House ability to override Ford’s
veto.
After the House vote, Ullman told
reporters, “I think we are in a better
position now to appraise the chances
of overriding a veto. ... I expect an
all-out effort by the Democratic
leadership and the Democrats. ... I
think we will have more Republican
votes than we had today.”
When it comes to the issue of
“whether the constituents get a big
tax increase, there will be some
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS CONDEMNED ZIONISM
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS NOT CONDEMNED JUDAISM
On November 10^ 1975, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted to condemn Zionism, not Judaism, as a
form of racism and racial discrimination.
The Zionism that this resolution speaks about is a concrete political ideology, articulated by a concrete political
organization and which manifested itself in concrete practices, which had the effect of excluding some people on the
basis of their being non-Jews and including others on the basis of their being Jews — Jewishness being defined
officially by Zionism as an ethnic and not strictly a religious definition.
IT IS ZIONISM, NOT JUDAISM THAT IS ON TRIAL TODAY
We in the Arab world welcomed and showed hospitality to the Jews who came fleeing from inquisition and
persecution in Europe when European anti-Semitism was driving them into our arms; we welcomed them to come and
share our lives and share our limited resources and to have as much freedom as we ourselves had, because we were
receiving them as individuals of Jewish faith. It was only when the Zionists came, and instead of the Jews saying, I should
like to live with you, the Zionists said, I want to live in place of you. It was only when Zionism became a hostile force in
our midst, that, despite our hospitality to the Jews, we showed hostility toward Zionism.
IT IS ZIONISM, NOT JUDAISM, THAT HAS BEEN CONVICTED BY THE WORLD BODY
To insist on the identification of Zionism with Judaism is to insist that all Jews are Zionists, and, by implication,
attribute “eternal” political loyalties regardless of time and place. Is not that the essence of anti-Semitism, which
objectifies the Jew, rather than see him as an ordinary human being rooted in his history, and who is likely to espouse
any political position? The civil rights of the Jews are “sacred” insofar as human rights are sacred, but there is nothing
inherently sacred or profane about any political ideology, even if it is Zionism, or any State, even if it is Israel.
# It is Zionism, as a political ideology and a political
movement, that was responsible for the expulsion
of two million Palestinians from their homeland.
• It is Zionism that promulgated a Law of Return
granting citizenship to any Jew who landed in
Palestine, denying the same to a Palestinian who
was born there.
• It is Zionism that is adamantly refusing to
implement United Nations resolutions which
would help lay the foundations for a just peace in
the Middle East.
• It is Zionism which was condemned at the
International Women’s Year Conference in
Mexico, July, 1975, by the Organization of
African Unity in Kampala, July, 1975, and at
the Non-Aligned Conference in Lima, August,
1975.
• It is Zionism which is denying the people of
Palestine the exercise of their inalienable right to
national self-determination in their homeland.
• It is Zionism that has been responsible for acts of
terrorism at Deir Yassin (1948 massacre of 254
unarmed Arab villagers by Irgun and Stern Gang
terrorists) and Kafr Kassem (1956 massacre of 47
inhabitants of an Arab village by Israeli border
guards) and the systematic obliteration of 385
Arab villages from territory occupied by Israel,
between 1948 and 1967.
• It is Zionism that manifests itself in militarism and
territorial expansionism, occupies territories by
force, indiscriminately bombards Arab civilians
and refugee camps, schools and hospitals.
• It is Zionism which is systematically destroying
the Arab character of Arab territories occupied in
1967 and distorting the aesthetic, historical com
plexion of Holy Jerusalem.
If criticism of Zionism is criticism of the Jewish people and of Judaism, does it then follow, by Zionist standards,
that criticism of nazism is criticism of the German people and of Christianity?
There are many Jewish individuals, groups and organizations within Israel itself and in this country who are
opposed to Zionism, Jews who are non-Zionists, and Jews who are anti-Zionists. In fact, the first objections and
opposition to the doctrines of Zionism as a political ideology were aired by prominent Jewish intellectuals and
prominent Jewish organizations. We reject the claim of Zionism to be coextensive with the Jewish people. And
therefore we reject the claim of Zionism that to be anti-Zionist is to be anti-Jewish and anti-Semitic.
ZIONISM HAS NO IMMUNITY
ZIONISM DESERVES CONDEMNATION!
Sponsored by Arab Information Center, Dallas and Organization of Arab Students, Texas A&M Chapter.
changed votes and we have a good
chance to override, ” Ullman added.
Here is what the bill means to
some typical taxpayers with average
personal deductions of 17 per cent of
income:
• A single person making $17,500 a
year would pay $3,145 yearly in taxes
if the bill is not passed. Under the
temporary 1975 tax cut law he will
owe $3,115 next April and under the
congressional compromise legisla
tion would owe $2,965 in April 1977.
• A married couple with two chil
dren and a $17,500 income would
pay $2,156 yearly in taxes if the bill is
not passed. Under the temporary
1975 tax cuts, the couple will owe
$2,036 next April and under the
compromise bill would pay $1,976 in
April 1977.
The tax cut, enacted this year as an
economy boosting measure, expires
automatically on Dec. 31 unless ex
tended by Congress.
The congressional compromise
terms were reached at a public tax
drafting session of Senate-House
conferees. Traditionally, where the
final version of tax bills is produced,
have been held behind closed doors.
I Here’s what you’d pay |
Associated Press
HOUSTON — A Texas Air Con
trol Board official says Houston area
plants have reduced their vinyl
chloride emissions more than 80 per
cent since the end of 1973.
Lloyd Stewart, head of the board’s
Houston office, said Tuesday he
doubts emissions from area plants
are anywhere near as high as new
proposed limits announced this
week in Washington by the EPA.
Stewart said the board will begin
checking local vinyl chloride levels
soon but “my feeling is we won’t find
anything near the proposed limit.”
The proposed level is 10 parts per
million in air and water.
Stewart said the rate of discharge
was 13,138 tons in 1973 compared
with last month’s estimated annual
rate of 2,424 tons.
Associated Press
The following tables show the po
tential impact of the congressional
compromise tax bill approved by a
Senate-House conference commit
tee Tuesday.
The figures in the table are com
puted assuming typical deductible
personal expenses of 17 per cent of
income.
The “Income” column refers to
adjusted gross income.
The “74 law” column refers to
taxes due in April 1975 for each in
come group under the permanent
1974 tax law. If no tax legislation is
enacted, taxes due in April 1977
would be at this rate.
The “75” law” column indicates
the amounts that will be due in April
1976 under the current Tax Reduc
tion Act. Special tax credits for low-
income groups and new home buy
ers are not included.
The “76 S-H” column refers to the
amount of taxes that would be
due in April 1977 based on tax law
SINGLE PERSONS
Incm 74 law 75 law 76 S-H
$ 3,000 $ 138 $ 63 $ 43
5.000 491 404 364
6.000 681 594 534
8.000 1,087 1,007 905
10.000 1,482 1,452 1,331
12.500 1,996 1,966 1,816
15.000 2,549 1,519 2,369
17.500 3,145 3.115 2,965
20.000 3,784 3,754 3,604
25.000 5,230 5,200 5,050
30.000 6,850 6,820 6,670
35.000 8,625 8,595 8,445
40.000 10,515 10,485 10,335
MARRIED COUPLE
Incm 74 law 75 law 76 S-H
$ 3,000 $ 280 $ 0 $ 0
5.000 322 170 130
6.000 484 326 284
8.000 837 674 608
10.000 1,152 1,054 948
12.500 1,573 1,513 1,395
15.000 2,029 1,969 1,849
17.500 2,516 2,456 2,336
20.000 3,035 2,975 2,855
25.000 4,170 4,110 3,990
30.000 5,468 5,408 5,288
35.000 6,938 6,878 6,758
40.000 8,543 8,483 8,363
MARRIED COUPLE
WITH TWO DEPENDENTS
changes approved in the Senate-
House compromise if the changes
were made for one year. Although
the compromise plan is just for the
first six months of 1976, figures be
low are on an annual basis for com
parison purposes.
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74 law
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1,261
1,699
2,156
2,660
3,750
4,988
6,398
7,958
75 law
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347
709
1,141
1,579
2,036
2,540
3,630
4,868
6,278
7,838
76 S-H
$ 0
0
0
294
651
1,114
1,519
1,976
2,480
3,570
4,808
6,218
7,778
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