April 10, 1973 - Bill introduced in MN House that would prohibit busing of school children on the basis of race, creed, religion, national origin, or sex. Bill co-author Bradley Piper (R-Burnsville), says majority of Minnesotans are against busing. The better solution is to upgrade inner city schools and to ?protect the neighborhood schools as we know them?. Co-author Joe Connors (DFL-Fridley) says forces busing creates a threat to freedom of man (bite: welfare of state and nation best served by policy that declares state not distinguish between its citizens on the basis of race in administering its laws) He cited studies since 1966 Coleman report that he said show school integration hinders rather than helps black children, MN Commissioner of Education Howard Casmey says he doesn?t think bill would pass but if it did it would completely negate all work of St. Paul, Mpls and State Board of Education for the past 5 year. (bite: State Board has been collecting data for 5 years, hours of public hearings, thousands of hours of research vs. one presentation this morning for 40 minutes. Can?t conceive of Legislature passing legislation without a great deal more testimony. Also today Mpls/St. Paul public schools celebrate Desegregation Day, Today?s testimony this morning contrary to what is being celebrating, very sad.) Larry Heron Supt of Urban Affairs for Mpls School system, also said if passed the bill would harm progress. Bill referred to subcommittee.
April 10, 1973 - Audio from tape recording of hearing about Wounded Knee disarmament process. AIM and government dispute about when disarmament agreement would be signed, before or after the meeting. Once signing took place, next step would be a preliminary meeting with the White House and about how and how to implement dispossession of arms. Speaker questions how to resolve the arms situation. Speaker is possibly Richard Helstern, Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
April 10, 1973 - Agreement between AIM leaders and the government concerning disarmament process of Wounded Knee is in dispute. At the House of Indian Affairs Subcommittee, both sides presented their cases. The government said a call would be made by AIM leader Russell Means to his comrades to tell them to disarm before the meeting. Means said he would make the call only after he had concluded a meeting with White House officials and determined they are in good faith about the agreement. The agreement has no timetable to set down arms. Richard Helstern, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, claims the AIM is reneging on the agreement.
April 10, 1973 - Dr. Philip Stern, author of ?The Rape of the Taxpayer? talks about tax inequities. Wealthy individuals and corporations pay little tax due to loopholes. He talks aobut the oil industry and says we?ll be hearing more about the energy crisis and the need for a tax subsidy; however a study shows massive waste factor in drilling programs. He says the oil subsidy is misdirected and cites Gulf Oil. The companies know their risk because they drill so much. Small wildcatters should be getting the subsidy. He talks about joint filing for married couples and how it discriminates against all but the richest couples. This loophole costs more than Nixon?s talking about Congress overspending. If someone proposed a Welfare system that paid $720,000 a year to the richest couples and only $16 to the poorest and neediest we?d be out of our heads. We have this system, it?s not called Welfare, it?s called the Internal Revenue code. When asked why loopholes aren?t closed since this would benefit the majority Stern says the average taxpayer thinks he won?t make a differenceby himself. Another factor is financing of political campaigns and campaign spending. We won?t get tax reform until we have sweeping reform of campaign financing. Tax laws have amendments written for specific corporations. Municipal bonds are a misdirected subsidy; the interest on the bonds is tax free and doesn?t have to be listed on tax returns, Congress treats this as fictional non-existent income. He talks about Robert Short?s purchase of the Washington Senators baseball team for $1000 in cash and by borrowing the rest of it saved 4 million dollars in taxes.
April 11, 1973 - EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus says today?s decision was his alone and he was not pressured by White House. George Allen of the EPA talks about issues the agency took into account concerning claims and fears from the auto industry and catalyst suppliers. He says by challenging conventional engine technology to its limits the government permits the marketplace to possibly come up with a better solution than catalysts to meet emission standards.
April 11, 1973 - Goldwater talks about Nixon?s refusal to allow witnesses and comment himself is beginning to hurt the Republican party. He?s hearing concerns from high level party officials, and ?fat cats? aren?t interested in giving money to the party until this thing is cleared up. He wants Nixon to let the American people know what he knows about this whole affair (Watergate).
April 11, 1973 - Senator Sam Ervin talks about his role in upcoming Watergate investigation hearing and how he would handle recalcitrant witnesses. Sen. Gurney talks about executive privilege and the political process. House Republican John Anderson reacts to yesterday?s testimony by Attorney General Kleindienst . He says extension and expansion of the doctrine of executive privilege offered byt the attorney general threw down the gauntlet to Congress to legislate and move faster than it thought.
April 11, 1973 - Interview with (first name unknown) Stern about the need for a "no loophole" tax system. This would benefit people who get income from wages and salaries, which is most everyone. Their taxes would be reduced. Right now Congress allows rich to manipulate income in tax system they pay zero tax. Mythology exists about capital gains tax rates.
May 5, 1973 - On this Radio Free Saturday, MPR’s Marvin Granger and Pual Gruchow interview Phyllis Kahn, Minnesota state representative. Kahn shares her critique of the University of Minnesota leadership.
May 11, 1973 - Wounded Knee and coming up with bail money. Bail bondsmen won't write bail for Indians, and AIM can't afford any of the bails set, which range from $125,00 for Russell Means, down to $1,000. Rumors of money coming from celebrity supporters are reported, but so far they are just rumors. AIM Will ask for change of venue for all trials. Kevin McKiernan, reports.