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4 The News-Review, Roteburg, Ore Tue., July 19, 1949 9bc 3tews-ltcvtew Published D illy Except Sunday by the Newt-Review Company, Inc. . Catered as second elui matter May 1, 19'ie, it the pott efflee al Boseburf, Oregon, under eel ( March i, 1873 CHARLES V. 8TANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor .0- Manager Member of the Aisoclated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Bepresentrd bT WFST-HOII.inAV CO., INC., elflres In New York, Chlcafe, San rrancUoo, Let Angeles, Seattle, Portland. St. Lonls. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Oreron By Mill rer Tear S.0, tls month! SI.9S, three meothe S2.A0. Br City Carrier Per year 110.00 On advance), leu than ne rear, per month 11-00. Outilde Oreion Br Mall Per jrear 10 00. els oiontha lt.l.r. three month! S'i.74 CVA AND TAXES For Better Or For Worse By CHARLES V. STANTON The pending Columbia Valley administration bill guar antees county government, schools and the welfare program nothing but financial misery, Forrest E. Cooper, public lands legal counsel for the western region, is warning county courts. Cooper, who succeeded to the position vacated by Guy Cordon of Roseburg when the latter was appointed to the office of United States Senator from Oregon, represents 12 western states in matters pertaining to public domain. He is, particularly interested in protecting tax interests of the counties he serves and currently is deeply concerned with the prospect that the pending valley authority bill will com pletely wreck the tax structure of states and counties of the Columbia Basin. In a statement to state and county officials Cooper points out:.-1- -. . The most dangerous thing about section 13 of the CVA bill Is Its Introduction Into the basin of the benefit-offset theory of taxation of federal property. In other words, the benefits flowing from the property, as computed by the authority, may exceed the liability. The alleged purpose of the CVA Is to confer a benefit. Seoretary Krug recently . estimated the federal government ought to pour $200 million a year into the CVA program, much of which will be used to buy private property. As of this date Uncle 8am Is the No. 1 taxpayer In some of Oregon's most populous counties as well as In some of the cow countries and In numerous school districts, thanks to federal timber taxes. Cooper reports that when the Tennessee Valley authority act was passed little or no attention was given the subject of taxes. , "The Congress slipped while counties and school executives slept," he says. , It took seven years to obtain an adjustment in the tax section of TVA law. "Public finances are in such a delicate balance today in the Columbia Basin that the counties, schools and public welfare program could not function very long at present standards if the CVA bill impaired existing revenues," -Cooper warns. He adds: ' ' Since 1940 the federal government and the states have been operating a taxing partnership on federal power In the TVA region. About one-half of the tax Is supplied by by the Congress and the other half by the state legislatures. The two now provide a 10.6 gross proceeds tax. Our pre : llmlnary studies Indloate that local government In the ' Columbia Basin performs more services at a consequent higher cost than Is being performed In the TVA area. There fore, preliminary studies seem to Indicate that the federal power to be produoed by the CVA will have to pay oloae to a 25 peroent gross prooeeds tax, at the federal or state level, or both, In order to keep the books balanced. 8uch a tax la now being paid by the federal government on national forest lands. The contrast between the amount of services and the cost thereof between the two valleys is borne out by the fact that Congress Is currently being asked to provide $300 million per year for federal aid to education, the lion's ' share of whloh Is to be spent In the states where the TVA has been operating for 10 years. Cooper gives further warning that: The executives of. the TVA were not able to have their benefit-offset theory Incorporated Into the TVA act or Into the MVA bill or Into the Connecticut Valley authority bill but Its presence In the CVA bill Is like a dagger aimed at Oregonls school and publlo welfare systems as well as at the counties themselves. It Is unfortunate that some Oregonlans have already been captivated by this novel theory of taxation because the executives of the TVA have filed a report with the Congress urging that Its application be extended to Oregon's federal timber lands. Those of us who sow dandelion seed are going to reap dandelions that spread Just like good dandelions should. Wk ?m -"N .jd- fa M W'M P W) Ul egg S3 3H- Improved Phone Service At , Drain Ready To Start New and larger telephone office will go into service in Drain to morrow, following several weeks' work of installing new equipment, according to R. J. Henwood, man ager for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. The actual change-over from the old to the new office will come at a moment when the old switch board is free of calls and will be 1 completed in a matter of minutes with no interruption of service. I Cables connecting the old and J new offices are "half-tapped" to : make them "hot" at both loca-1 tions. At the moment of change-1 over, workers will jerk out pro- i tective devices known as "heat coils" to kill equipment in the old ' office. Simultaneously wooden ! plugs will be removed from jacks in the two switchboards installed In the new office, making them I come to me. In addition to the second switch board and more spacious business office quarters, the new telephone office on Drain's C street has been equipped with public tele phones in the vestibule for use at all hours of the day or night. Owner Of Picketed Store Aslci For Texas Ranger The strike began TEXAS CITY, Texas, July 18 UP) The owner of a store being picketed by strikers has asked aid from Texas Rangers. Dr. L. E. Lake, owner of the Gulf Coast Bargain market, said today he has sent the appeal to Gov. Allan Shivers. He said local police have not given him enough protection. juiy o. Lake also said he has asked Galveston County Attorney Ray. mond E. Magee for a grand jury investigation. Lake said the strike, called by mei.ibers of AVL Teamsters local 940, was called after negotiations for higher pay broke down. GUTTERS AIR COOLERS Authorized Dealer For LENNOX ond KLEER-KLEEN (Utility basement) (Floor Units 29" deep) FURNACES ROSEBURG SHEET METAL HEATING Your Phone 941 Center . 850 E. 1st St. Phone 100 If you do not receive your News-Review by 6:15 P.M. call Harold Mjbley before 7 P.M. Phone 100 Bank With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal . Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank By ViaJinett S. Martin i 7 Pointing out tlint states in the TVA have been forced to adopt sales taxes, Cooper warns grange and labor organ izations that they had better forget their prejudice against sales taxes or do some studying and make efforts to amend proposed CVA tax proposals. Local government, he states, "cannot afford to get en thusiastic and swap a horse for a rabbit and then spend seven years, as did local government in the TVA area, try ing to wiggle out of a bad situation." Truman Gives Congress Armed Unification Plan WASHINGTON, July President Truman Monday sent to Congress a reorganization plan designed to tighten unification of the armed forces and strenglhcn the hand of Secretary of Defense Johnson. 1 He said he was submitting the plan in order to "take action by all means at my command" to obtain prompt unification of the services. Secondly, he said, he wanted to provide "a sure means whereby nil memberi of Congress will he able to vote" on improving the defense - organization "in the event that adequate legislation is not developed in Congress, By sendinp up the plan, the president assured himself of two chances of getting the changes he wants In the defense establish ment. He first asked for loglsla Hon making the changes. His re organization plan will go Into of , feet In 60 days If, meantime, nei ther the Senate nor House disap proves it. The Senate has passed legisla tion along th. lines the President . asked. The House armed serv ices committee sent to the House floor a measure providing only for tightened military budget and accounting practices. After n brief debate, the House passed Its measure. Salmon Poisoning Of Dogs Studied By Specialist CORVAI.L1S, July 19--r On the track of a remaining mystery In salmon poisoning of dogs. Dr. Klchard Shope, a national virus specialist from New Jersey, came to Oregon State college to got some of the fatal fish. Oregon State veterinarians were the first to Drove some years ago that the dog killers were not the salmon as they come clean from the ocean, but para sites that attack salmon after they return to fresh water. While they found the cause, and a rea sonable cure, no one vet has ac tually Isolated the poisonous sub stance. Dr. Shope obtained some sal mon Infected with the parasites from the Alsea river hatchery "If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ... , (Longfellow) Since I have been In Oregon the thought has come to me so many times how closely the Psalms describe so much of our scenery In Douglas county! The springs, the hills, the brooks, the rivers, the Bheep . . . the green pastures, the still waters and the fast-running mountain streams. Turn to almost any Psalm and see how easy It Is to illustrate" a verse with a memory picture, or even look out the window there It Is! Even the city people have the hills! Words can never tell what the beauty of Douglas county has meant to me, to us! , We came here "worn and hard beset" from long years In the city, and the strain of war, and the emptiness of a home In which we missed the sound of noise and laughter and shouts and banging doors. I never knew the day would come when my heart would ache for a door to bang and a voice to ask hopefully, "What's to eat, Mom?" I missed their friends, too all In uniform. Three didn't come back. We couldn't 'see' any further than that we wanted to live in the country ... for the first year we w o r k e d In unaccustomed ways, really overdid the thing. Then our little life-craft righted Itself and we knew that all was well with us. We had 'found' our selves here In the woods. , Like a clogged spring some thing precious began to flow again as the "rubbish" was clear ed away. It was Inspiration. Each In his own way. "The Mending Basket" and other writing was my way. Yesterday It began Its second year here in Oregon. It is my hope, as I say thank you for friendly letters and spoken comments, that nothing written in this column will leave a read er, whatever the race, creed or color, less happy for having read the Scrap for the day. In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) Is a workmanlike hide-hanger. He hns the knack for It. He has been having some trou ble with his own 81st congress, and so It seems quite reasonable that he should revert now to the strategy that worked so well Inst autumn. No one can hold that against him. UT, In all seriousness and with complete good wilt, I should like to offer this comment as an Individual: Mr. President, I think you're wrong in your views on spending. I'm a business man. Like most business men, I've been In bad business trouble more than once. Always It has been because I had spen: too much in relation to wnat I was taking In. I've tried YOUR way of getting out. 1 ve snld to myself that the way to make money Is to spend money recklessly, It need be. It NEVER worked. It Just got me deeper Into the hole. I know It sounds good, but It Just doesn't seem to work. The only way I've ever been able to pull myself out of a bus iness situation that was beginning to go sour has been to tighten up on my spending, to see to It that each dollar goes farther than It has been going In the past In a word, to SPEND LESS THAN I'M TAKINU IN. That way works. The other way, tin spend it with both hands In an effort to play even" way, Just DOESN'T seem to work. I think most American business men have had this same experience. I think. In your Insistence on spending and your somewhat biting references and Is flying them east for sttidv HIS Visit here Was CUl short bv llln tho iwinnv-nlnrhnrt u-hn want hurry-up call from Washington , j l. ,. , ,h to a tend a foot-and-mouth dls. ,0 lnd lcs!l' oure " on thc seas meeting. 'wron foot. HOPE, Mr. President, that you I won't lake amiss what I'm say ing. I like you. I'm FOND , of you. We owe It to those we like to speak plainly in an effort to help Ihem. Plain speaking nearly al ways does more good than lally gagging. You were a business man your self In your younger days, before you got into politics. If I'm not mistaken, you got Into bad bus iness trouble like a lot of the rest of us,. You went broke, as I recall it. I think, Mr. President, that If you had had the right kind of advice, and had TAKEN It If some tough old bird who had been through the mill had convinced you In time that the thing to do was to cut down your spending until it was LESS than your In come you might have escaped the harrowing experience of go ing bankrupt. AGAIN, please, don't get' me wrong, Mr. President. There is nothing discreditable about go ing broke AS AN INDIVIDUAL eiipecially when, as I under stand you did, you pay up all your honest debts so that NO ONE ELSE suffers hy your lack of bus iness acumen. Many a good man has gone broke and has come back better than ever. But here is something I feel I must say to you, and I think you will agree that I am right: Tile difference between run ning an Individual, private bus iness Into bankruptcy and RUN NING A NATION OF 150 MIL LION PEOPLE INTO BANK RUPTCY Is as wide as the dis tance between our earth and the farthest tiny, twinkling star In the solar system and that dis tance has to be measured In mil lions of light-years. An Individual who goes broke can come back. The NATION that goes broke NEVER comes back. Greece and Rome point that moral for us. The sorrow, the suffering, the grinding poverty that ensue when nations go broke i are beyond description. ! I don't think you want to be re-! sponsible for anything like that, Mr. President. But when you talk I of spending more than we take In I In a time like this when our debt i Is already physically greater than ! any nation's debt ever was before, ! you're steering our boat into a j rapid at whose lower end lies a destroying cataract. I hope you'll pardon me, but I Just couldn't help saying this to you as a friend. PROMISE YOURSELF: To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best. tKSr Roseburg Funeral Home. The Chapel of the Roses Oak and Kane Street Roseburg. Oreei Funerals - Tel. 600 Ambulance Service A mm ctivmea Shell Premium is the most powerful gasoline your car can use! Activation makes the difference Shell iplirs molrculrs: Shell icientittt ukt thc ftnc ft atailihlff crude saira" the raolcoilel by splitting- them end rearranging the atomi according to Shell's formula for a perfect ly hetanced gasoline. 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