26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9, 1972
Health-Safety Act Places
Heavy Burden on Business
“The first year of the Occu
pational Safety and Health
Act corroborates the fact that
it has had a tremendous im
pact on industry operations
and has been burdensome in
many respects,” L. Glenn
Dewberry, Jr., chairman, Em
ploye Health/Safety Com
mittee of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers,
told the House Select Com
mittee on Small Business.
"While this was antici
pated,” he observed, “and is
true of all companies, it is
particularly true of the
smaller business organiza
tions ”
Mr Dewberry stated that
small businesses are more
susceptible to the costly and
time-consuming burden of
complying with the massive
regulations and bringing
work-sites into compliance.
He explained that the small
employer in many instances
hicks the staff capability for
analyzing, interpreting and
implementing the thousands
of standards promulgated
since the measure became
effective
Technical Aid Urged
The National Association
of Manufacturers believes
that some way must be found
to assure the continued pro
tection of employees but at
the same time insure that the
bm den imposed by the Fed
eral go\ eminent does not
place the employers’ business
or the employee’s iob in
jeopardy
One of the obvious aids
which could be employed is
that of amending the Occupa
tional Safety and Health Act
to pnnide technical assist
ance and consultative services
to an emplmer at the work
site without the peril of a
mandatory citation and pen-
alty for a discovered hazard,
Mr. Dewberry suggested.
“In addition,” he recom
mended, “some way should be
found to enable an employer
to remedy violations without
imposing a financial obliga
tion which would jeopardize
his ability to continue in busi
ness and provide sustained
employment."
The NAM also recom
mended that a method be
found to acquaint employers,
particularly the smaller ones,
with the obligations and re
sponsibilities the measure
imposes. He said that there
should be a simplified appeal
procedure which is capable of
being understood and pur
sued by a layman rather than
requiring the expense of em
ploying an attorney.
Microfilm to Speed
Olympics Information
The newsmen covering the
summer Olympics in Munich,
Germany, will have one of
the fastest information filing
and retrieval systems known
today.
The 4,000 sportswriters
will have nearly 200,000 doc
uments on microfilm that will
supplement the information
services of the press informa
tion center’s electronic data
processing system.
The Eastman Kodak Com
pany will provide facsimiles
from the images appearing
on the screen for immediate
scrutiny and future refer
ence.
Since early this year cen
ter workers have been gath
ering the needed documents
and microfilming them to be
ready to answer the report
ers’ questions.
by MARY LEE THOMPSON
In this time of political
oratory and financial prob
lems tax reform has become
a major topic of discussion.
No doubt changes should be
made in our tax system, but
we need to make calm, objec
tive appraisals of the revi
sions being suggested.
Too often people take one
small part of our complicated
tax laws and either blow it up
out of proportion to the ac
tual data or distort it en
tirely. So it’s wise to check
facts carefuly.
For example, some politi
cians are charging that tax
laws and regulations since
1969 have favored the rich,
that our whole tax system is
unfair, and that wealthy peo
ple just don’t pay taxes. Much
of this talk grew out of a re
port that 100 high-income
people did not pay any fed
eral income tax in 1970.
Here are the real facts
from the U.S. Treasury De
partment. Its statistics show
that in 1970 there were
15,300 persons with adjusted
gross incomes over $200,000.
All but 106 of them did in
deed pay individual federal
income taxes averaging out
to $177,000 each, or a total of
$2 7 billion. This, according
to tite Treasury, is an effec
tive rate of 44.1 per cent of
their adjusted gross income.
As for the 100 who did not
pay an income tax, this is ac
counted for by deductions for
foreign, state and local taxes
they did pay, charitable con
tributions they made, inter
est payments, etc.
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4-H Calendar
Saturday, September 9
Boots and Saddles 4-H Horse and
Pony Club meeting, home of
Donna Rousseau, Penn Grant
Rd., Lancaster.
Tuesday, September 12
Saddle Cinches 4-H Club Roller
Skating party.
Thursday, September 14
7 p.m. Elizabethtown-Donegal
4-H Club doggie roast,
meeting, Wayne Miller’s.
Saturday, September 16
District 10 4-H Horse Roundup,
Ludwig Square.
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