B—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 10,1974 it" He said initiatives to meet # # f \ taxpayer needs and ease lIIi I discontent have been an nounced by IRS but “no mat f f ter how highly they may trum pet these initiatives, they are # I Lf no more than cosmetic re forms ” attacks IRS WASHINGTON (AP) Taxpayers can be victimized by an Internal Revenue Ser vice quota system that re wards agents for harshness and penalizes them for leniency, the head of the IRS employes union said yesterday. Vincent L. Connery, president of the National Treasury Employes Union, also told a Senate ap propriations subcommittee that many IRS shortcomings stem from inadequate pay and training plus “extreme production pressure.” Kaufman's Great Anniversary Sale Sale now going on Thank you Centre County WE OFFER UP TO 25% OFF on All Spring & Summer clothing on All Famous Brands of • spring dresses • tops • spring coats • blouses • prom gowns • pants • coordinated sportswear • skirts • accessories • swimwear EXTRA SPECIALS: CIRE jackets value to 8.50 5.50 Spring tops value to 9.00 5.00 Spring pants value to 16.00 9.50 Spring wedding gowns up to 'A off Doors open 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. today and tomorrow, Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Hurry for the finest values in town. Open a Kaufman's Charge Account. Kaufman's 11 6 E . College Ave. Downtown State College Connery said revenue of ficers often are forced by management to initiate levy or seizure proceedings against a taxpayer rather than permit him to enter into an in stallment payment arrange ment because of the time consuming paperwork and legwork involved in ad ministering part-payment plans. “No matter what anyone may say or how many direc tives are issued by the com missioner, production goals and quotas are the name of the game,” Connery said. “Employes who fail to meet management’s performance expectations are either denied promotions or, in all too many instances, faced with disciplinary proceedings,” he said. Connery quoted from a memo he said was written by Robert J. Mailly, an IRS group manager, dated Jan. 11, in which Mailly told his agents that: “Enforcement activity was light during the month of December due to leave and the charitable inclinations of most of us during the holiday season. The holiday season is past, it’s a new year firm enforcement must replace acts of charity.” Connery said that the most important thing to the collec tion division of IRS is the num ber of cases closed “with little or no regard to the effects of their orders on the individual taxpayer. “Revenue officers are of tentimes rewarded for seizing a taxpayer’s assets and severely disciplined if they permit him to remain in business and repay his debt to the federal government: part payment plans do not close cases,” Connery said. During official funeral ceremony World leaders honor By PETER ROGGEN Collegian Staff Writer On Saturday an official ceremony for Georges Pompidou, the second president of the Fifth Republic of France, was held in Paris. The representatives of most of the world’s big nations joined the memorial for the dead president in the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Among the participants were President Nixon, Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Britain, Chancellor Willy Brandt of Germany and president Nikolai V. Podgorny of the USJ>R. Georges Pompidou, who died last Wednesday at the age of 62, was buried Friday with a simple private ceremony near his country home in Orvilliers, a suburban town near Paris. No official medical bulletin has News analysis yet been issued from the Elysee Pal ace, the residence of the French president, stating the cause of his death. Since the middle of 1973, however, reports had circulated that the president was suffering from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. He knew about his illness but he for bade any official confirmation, although his poor health became in creasingly visible duringhis last year in office. At his rare appearances his face looked bloated and puffy, a probable side effect of cortisone treat ments. Pompidou succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France. 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After the German occupation of France from 1940 to 1944, he joined de Gaulle’s movement and became his adviser and trusted aide. From 1946, when de Gaulle resigned as president of the provisional government, to 1958, when he returned to power, Pompidou served the Gaullist movement as a leader behind the scene. In 1954 he was hired by the Rothschild bank and after two years became director general and second in command to Guy Rothschild him self. After de Gaulle’s triumph in the 1962 referendum on Algerian in dependence, Pompidou was appointed premier. He held this position until he was dismissed by de Gaulle after the 1968 parliamentary elections. This brought a reassertion of the Gaullist power, following the crisis of the student and worker revolt. The reason for his dismissal is un certain, but some say it was caused by de Gaulle’s jealousy or the fear that Pompidou’s stepping out of the General’s shadow could challenge his own power. 'J In 1969 Pompidou was elected president after de Gaulle’s resignation. The five years of Pom pidou’s presidency were charac terized by a more cautious and pragmatic policy, without the glory of de Gaulle’s era. There were no big challenges, but Pompidou opened the doors for Britain’s entrance into the Common Market, which had been shut by de Gaulle. Pompidou’s presidency was frequently criticized as having no con cept or policy of its own. Some said he was only an administrator of the presidential position, not a real politician. His European policy in the begin ning was new and open. It altered, Campus student ; WDFM, a campus radio station, now is providing an op portunity for students to talk to the people who make decisions affecting their University life. On Monday and Wednesday afternoons WDFM is presenting Open Forum, a one-hour talk show hosted by Nelson Smith Next to the Flick Theatre Closed Sundays HHHi . . . air, noise and emotional pollution crime-risk areas talk show to provide administration feedback By JOE NAPSHA Collegian Staff Writer All These Features Under One Roof • Washer-Dryer Area • Pinball Machines • General Store • Indoor Heated Swimming Pool • Basketball-Tennis Courts • Maintenance Man Living on Premises • Individual Thermostatic Control for Heal and Air Conditioning • Ampie Free Parking Almost Twp Car . | Spaces (or Each Apartment • Large, Bright Airy Rooms Laid out for : Maximum Livability • Efficient, Modern Kitchen • Wall to-Wall Carpeting • Esthetically Landscaped injo the Woods, Directions: Free bus from campus North on 322 (1 mi.), right on Suburban at Miller- McVeigh Ford, veer left of Y, continue to sample house ******* * ** • Z APPLIANCES? 2 jK/CT) GENERAL ELECTRIC * however, during the last months when he became an uncompromising ad vocate of a closer European- American policy. Pompidou’s death hit France in a time of great and unsolved problems, increasing inflation and economic un certainties. The political confusion now is in creased by the wide-open question of Pompidou’s successor. On Saturday A frequent criticism of his presidency was that he did not have a concept or policy of bis own, that he was only an administrator of the presidential position and no real politician. the French Cabinet fixed May 5 as the date for the new election. The two top vote-getters from this first round of voting will go into the second vote on May 19. Voters probably will have a choice of three candiates professing loyalty to the principles of de Gaulle, a can didate of the left wing in French (I2th-speech and broadcasting). The show aims to get administrators and student leaders closer to the student environment, stressing the idea of having constructive feedback. Smith said. “The audience can ask questions of people they won’t meet personally,” Smith noted. He said he wants to use the program as a catch-all for any student or town resident who wants to express an opinion, gripe or problem. The idea of a talk show began Winter Term, with former program director Steve Ruben, former music director Steve Colterman and Smith deciding to present this type of show. The show was run by Colterman for four weeks with good response and was “very successful,” Smith said. This term Smith said he has kept the show similar to the previous ones, while expanding on some of the basic ideas. Some shows will have no guest and open topics, Smith added. Working with a guest format, Smith said he does research into the person’s background and prepares a rough outline of topics to cover. It is basically a discussion between the guest and the host, with callers phoning in, Smith said. “It is mostly spontaneous,” he said. Smith said attempts are made to keep the calls to a maximum of five minutes and names are not used, adding the show will try to satisfy as many people as possible and touch on an unlimited range of topics. Since the show is recorded on a loop tape, there is an eight second delay from the time a comment is made until it is aired. This enables the station to cut out any questionable comments and obscenities, Smith said. A critical factor in the program’s success will be the amount of publicity it receives among the listeners. Smith said students need to be aware of the program’s existence through more than just advertising. The weather affected the response of last week’s shows. Smith said. With the program on from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., less people will be inside listening to the radio on fair weather days. However, the time slot will not change unless necessary, Smith added. “Right now we are a novelty and not knojvn too well,” Smith said. Today’s guest will be Undergraduate Student Government President George Cemusca and Vice President Marian Mientus. Smith said he probably will talk to Cemusca about his political philosophy, the campaign issues and im plementation of his platform policies. |fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiu^ .iiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiiii^ Pompidou politics and at least 10 other can didates with only tiny fpllo wings. On Sunday the Gahllist party an nounced there will be no single party candidate, which means a sharp splin tering seems inevitable. The most important competitors for the French presidency will be: —Jacques Chaban-Delmas, the mayor of Bordeaux since 1947 and a wartime residence leader. He was Pompidou’s premier until 1972, when he was dismissed because of a tax scandal. The Gaullist party decided to support him without claiming him as the party’s candidate. Chaban- Delmas has strong supporters in the. Gaullist party and is popular for his innovative and pro-European policy. —Edgar Faure, the 66-year-old president of the National Assembly and a two-time premier before de Gaulle returned to power in 1958. —Valery Giscard d’Estaing, present finance minister. He is a well known orator and economic specialist, and the head of the In dependent Republicans, the junior partner of the Gaullist government. —Alain Poher, president of the Senate and the interim president of France. He lost against Pompidou in the 1969 presidential election. —Ranged against these Gaullists will be Francois Mitterand, the secretary general of the Socialist par ty and France’s most prominent leader of the left. The most decisive question for French policy is whether one of the Gaullist candidates will win the elec tion or Francois Mitterand, who is supported by an alliance of the Socialist and the Communist parties, will be president of France. But this question cannot be an swered before May 19. Open Forum Guest - George Cemusca telephone talk show Wed. afternoon 1-2 p.m. on Stereo 91 WDFM
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