University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 30, 1974
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Inflation, overspending big problems, Winn says
Reporter
By MARY ANN HUDDLESTON
Controlling inflation is almost impossible, Congressman Larry Winn, Republican candidate for the 3rd Kansas Congressional seat, said in a campaign speech here yesterday.
Winn said the only way President Gerald R. Ford could be really effective against inflation was to set an example himself by cutting back on his staff and expenditures.
The problem of inflation is not limited to the United States, he said, explaining that "this is an international, worldwide inflation."
If Ford cuts back, Winn will he will have the right to go to Congress and put a finger on its overspending. Then, if Congress and the executive get together, they can go to the people of the United States, he said.
State requests audit report
Representatives from the attorney general's office yesterday requested information from the University's auditors to follow the program in a meeting with KU officials.
The audit was prepared by the University after allegations last April that some employees of the Follow Through Behavior Analysis Program at Woodland Elementary School were being paid for trips they worked on program at Woodland has since been denied. The general's office has been conducting an independent investigation of the matter.
The representatives were checking whether the alleged payments had been received by anyone, according to Michael Davis, University attorney. Davis refused further comment.
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Winn said there were very few government agencies in which spending couldn't be increased, and the "meat ase approach" to cut spending. He mentioned the Defense Department, the space program and the Department of Energy, which are agencies in which spending could be cut.
Wage-price controls are a possibility, according to Winn, although he said he didn't think they were necessary. If controls are needed, he said, both wage and price controls will be required to avoid "a game of chase inflation up the ladder."
Winn also cautioned against "putting the bases on too fast and causing high jumping."
In response to a question about his constituents' reaction to the five per cent surtax proposal, Winn said those who opposed it had paid more outspoken than those who favored it.
"I don't think Congress will adopt the five
issue asstext as presented by President
Pearl
He said he thought Congress would raise the tax to hit the higher income brackets.
Winn said the Congressional Ways and Means Committee was working on a new tax reform bill. However, he said, difficulties arose when the committee tried to plug up some of the loopholes and stepped on people's toes.
The big oil companies and corporations have advantages under the present law,
Winn said. But he reminded the audience that the companies were still operating under the law. On the opposite end of the income scale, he said, the number of people with low incomes who don't pay income tax is amazing.
Asked about the possibility of a veto-proof Congress, Winn said. "If the Democrats stick together, they could override most any veto."
However, he said, the President can go to television at any time and plead his case to the people, saying that Congress rejected his proposals.
One reason Congress won't stick together, Winn said, is that there is "a definite split" in the Democratic party between the conservatives and Southern Democrats and the liberals.
According to Winn, the Democratic miniconconverse has a chance this Democrat will be interesting to follow.
"You'll see how badly split the Democratic party is with its different elements," he said, referring to such groups in the Southern Democrats and the Black Caucasus.
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Winn mentioned the Tallgrass Prairie Park bill as an example of a bill he is co-producing.
Fewer than 15 people, most of whom represented the press, and a few individuals and crowds at the
Winn explained that even on bills he had originated, he could only be called a cosponsor because the controlling publiceric would give Democrats credit for the bill.
Winn acknowledged that campaign contributions from individuals in middle income brackets ($10,000 to $15,000) were down, and this created a dangerous situation. These individuals think their $10 or $15 contributions don't help, he said.
This group fo contributors has been turned off by politics and is upset about Watergate, he said. Winn predicted that the group would walt up the political situation and bring up at the polls, and he said that he didn't have heavy voter turnout for the election Nov. 5.
Winn's Democratic opponent, Sam Wells,
has charged him with never being able to
get a bill through Congress with his own
name on it.
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