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Lancaster county now has three
tremendously promising vocational -
technical schools.
"They were dreamed, they have
been built, they are in use and they
officially have been dedicated.
One is at Brownstown, one is at
Willow Street and the third is at Mt.
Joy.
What seems important is that vo-
tech officials believe that as many as
40,000 people vsited the three schools
on the occasion of their dedication on
three successive weekends.
People swarmed to every one of
them to inspect the facilities, to have
a look at the entire layout and to ask
hundreds of questions.
Such a turnout of people is cause
for speculation. For, after all, 40,000
people is a tremendous crowd to at-
tract to any public activity, whether
it be a sports event, a public enter-
tainment or any kind of situation you
want to mention.
So, we ask the question, “Why did
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state or federal representatives in Har-
risburg or Washington? Here are their
addresses:
FEDEHAL
Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room 260, Sen-
ate Office Building, Washington, D. C.
20515. :
Sen. Richard S. Schweiker, Room
4317, Senate Office Building, Washington
D. C. 20515.
Rep. Edwin I). Eshleman, 416 Cannon
House Office Bldg., Washington, D. C
20515..
STATE
Senator Richard A. Snyder, Box 21,
State Senate, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120.
Sen. Clarence F. Manbeck, Freder-
icksburg R1, Pa. 17026.
Rep. Harry H. Gring, Reinholds, Pa.
17569. ;
Rep. Sherman L. Hill, 201 Manor Av.,
Millersville 17551.
Rep. Jack B. Horner , 23-A S. Market
St., Elizabethtown 17022.
Rep. Marvin E. Miiler, 501 Valley Rd.,
Lancaster 17601.
Rep. Harvey C. Nitrauer, 125 South
Street, Myerstown, Pa., 17067.
Rep. John C. Pittenger, N. West End
Ave., Lancaster 17603.
Or, Call the Mayor -
MAYOR
Henry R. Zerphey
Call 653-2289
so many many people make a special
effort to visit one or the other of these
three schools—all of which are very
much alike?”
These 40,000 people tock time, en-
ergy and braved the headaches of
traffic and parking not because they
felt obligated. No one said that they
should or must attend. They went be-
cguse they wanted to attend the open
house.
Were they curious? Probably some
of them were. But it takes a lot of
curious people to total 40,000.
Were the people bored and looking
for something new to see? Yes, prob-
ably there were some who were kill-
ing time, walking through the build-
ings because they had nothing better
to do for a couple of hours.
Were the people concerned about
spending of tax money for schools?
Yes, there may have been a few. But,
the way the votech schools are fin-
anced, relatively little local tax mon-
ey is involved. State and federal mon-
ey is carrying the load.
Why then?
Votech people would like to think
—and so would we—that the people
were interested in the new votech
program, which is designed to better
equip boys and girls to face a compe-
titive future.
It would be nice to think that the
general public feels that votech will
be a total benefit to the community
by providing capable, trained and in-
_ terested skilled workmen to serve the
area in which we live.
Perhaps the true test of the public
interest will come a little later when
adult classes are being organized at
the three buildings.
At present, the potential looks
promising. Daily, votech officials re-
port, there are queries about “When
will classes begin?”, “What courses
will be given?”
The questions do indicate that ad-
ults are interested in improving or
enlarging their skills and that after
the first cf the year there will be in-
terest in the expanded program which
has been part of the votech plan from
the very first.
We feel that the votech school is
a tremendous thing which has hap-
pened to Lancaster county and that
Mount Joy will be fortuitously
benefited by the location of wn
tiie northwestern building.
ABSOLUTE TRUST
All a child's life depends on the
ideal it has of its parents. Destroy
that and everything goes—morals, be-
havior, everything else is the essence
of education. —E. M. Forster
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1970
‘WASHINGTON REPORT
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman
16th Districi—=Pennsylvania
Should candidates be per-
mitted to buy their way into
public office? This is a ques-
tion which needs an answer
from the Congress. The issue
of campaign financing has be-
come quite serious, particul-
arly since the spending spree
in many Senatorial and Con-
gressional races this fall.
Congress passed legislation
earlier this year designed to
halt the excessive use of
money in political campaign-
ing. The bill was admittedly
narrow in scope because it
dealt only with expenditures
for radio and television. But
I voted for this narrow effort
as one step in the right direc-
tion.
The legislation struck Presi-
dent Nixon as being only a
token attempt in an area de-
manding broad-based reform.
He vetoed the campaign fin-
ancing bill and asked Con-
gress to consider a more far-
reaching program to limit
political spending. Recently,
when the Senate upheld the
President’s veto, there was
an indication that Mr. Nix-
on’s criticism will be heeded
in the future. The next legis-
lative effort, hopefully in the
near future. should encom-
pass all facets of campaign
financing. A bill should be
passed that abolishes the en-
ormous advantage which big
campaign spending gives to
men of wealth. It should as-
sure that campaign costs do
not afford an opportunitly
for special interests to “buy”
a candidate.
There has been far too
much tokenism already in the
business of political spending.
The Federal Corrupt Prac-
tices Act, which now requires
candidates for Federal office
to file financial reports, has
become a farce. It is a mod-
ern farce because it was not
strong enough medicine in
the beginning. Candidates
who spand hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars on their
campaigns legaily can report
no contributions or expendi-
tures under the law’s provis-
ions. On the other hand. the
law actually discourages a
candidate from disclosing the
complete story about his
campaign finances.
I can use my own experi-
ence as an example. I intend
to be open and above board
about contributions and ex-
penditures made on my be-
half as a candidate. In other
words, each year I make a
full disclosure of where my
funds came from and for
what they were spent. But,
because of the way the regul-
ations are stated, I must file
a technically questionable re-
port. In strictly literal terms,
my disclosures are improper
because they go beyond the
scope of the law. But in
terms of self-satisfaction and
the public interest, I think
my financial statements are
correct and justifiable. Per-
haps, if Congress responds to
this national problem, by the
time the next filing of cam-
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