Eshleman Seeking Public Opinion
Congressman Ed Eshleman’s annual questionnaire for
constituents of the 16th District appears below. Residents
are urged to fill out the form and return it to:
Congressman Ed Eshleman, 2244 Rayburn House Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515.
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. To conserve petroleum, do you favor: (Choose one)
A. Mandatory rationing
B. Raising the tax on gasoline only
C. Raising the import tax so that all petroleum
products go up in price.
2. If rationing was imposed, could you get by on the
predicted allotment on nine gallons per week? YES—
— NO
To encourage the manufacture and use of smaller,
more economical automobiles, would you favor a tax
on new automobiles based on the number of miles-per
gallon the vehicle is capable of traveling? (I.E.
automobiles that travel the fewest miles-per-gallon
would be taxed the most; automobiles with the better
gas mileage would not be taxed) YES NO- -
Which of the following two economic programs most
closely reflects your idea of what the nation needs:
(Choose one)
A. Try to hold the line on Federal deficits, no
new spending programs, broad-based tax cuts, fuel
tax increases, incentives to business to increase
production and cash payments to low income people.
B. Major new Federal spending programs, tax
reductions aimed at lower income groups, fuel
rationing, increased public service Jobs, government
financed aid to depressed industries and lower interest
rates.
5. Legally, we have generally agreed that a person’s life
stops when the heart stops beating. Therefore, it is my
. feeling that life should be considered started, for
purpose of law, alien the heart starts beating. This
occurs approximately 6-6 weeks into pregnancy, so
would you agree that the legal limit on abortion should
be only that period of time before the heart starts
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beating except in those cases where the life of the
mother is endangered? YES NO
6. A National Health Insurance Program:
A. Is not needed.
B. Should be operated and controlled completely
by the Federal government (Approximate new cost to
the government - $6O - billion)
C. Should allow private insruance companies to
continue to furnish policies but require the policies to
meet Federal guidelines. There would be government
aid for the poor. (Approximate new cost to the
government - $9.3 billion)
D. Should require employers to furnish all
employees with a Health Insurance Policy that meets
Federal guidelines with a government administered
policy for the self-employed, employees of small
businesses and the poor. (Approximate new cost to
government - $6.5-billion)
E, Should provide a plan to pay the costs of
catastrophic illnesses only. (Approximate new cost to
government - $4.4 billion)
Do you favor President Ford’s proposed 5-percent limit
on Social Security Benefit increases? YES NO
There is widespread agreement that the Social Security
system is facing future financial difficulties which will
require more money. In order to raise that money do
you favor:
A. Higher Social Security withholding taxes
B, Dipping into general tax revenues to sup
plement revenues from Social Security taxes (This
would probably mean higher income taxes)
C. Financing the Social Security program
completely from general tax revenues (This means no
Social Security tax but much higher income taxes)
9. Would favor cutting back Federal spending for
domestic programs even if popular programs like
Social Security, aid to education, housing, etc., might
be adversely affected? YES NO——
10. Should we continue indefinitely the 55-mph national
speed limit? YES NO
11. m your opinion, should national anti-trust laws be
expanded to cover labor unions? YES NO
12. Do you think the revenue sharing program which
returns Federal tax revenues to State and local
governments for use in locally planned projects should
‘ be continued? YES NO——
13. As one way of meeting future energy needs, do you
favor building more nuclear power plants? NEW
14. Last year Congress cut $3OO-million from previously
authorized aid to South Vietnam. Because of recent
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong military activities,
President Ford has now asked congress to provide
$3OO-million in financial assistance and military
supplies. Do you believe the aid should be given?
YES NO
Soybean
Pres.
to Mexico
W. B. Tilson, President of
the American Soybean
Association, will head a
soybean market study
mission to Latin America,
March 3-15. The 40-person
mission will include
presidents of state soybean
associations, the executive
committee of the A.S.A., and
members of the farm press.
Sponsor of the mission is
Elanco Products Company,
manufacturer of Treflan
soybean herbicide.
In Mexico, the group will
study progress of an A.S.A.-
originated program to enrich
the protein content of staples
such as tortillas with soy
flour. The group will also
visit with Mexican govern
ment officials and soybean
processing leaders about
U.S. soybean supplies and
quality.
Meetings in Colombia with
government and industry
officials will be aimed at
increasing the use of U.S.
soybeans there.
In Brazil, the 40-man
mission will observe soybean
production methods in both
established and new soybean
growing areas.
Tilson, a soybean grower
from Plainview, Texas, is in
his second year as head of
the association representing
the $lO-billion U.S. soybean
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