4 Th Newi-Rvtw, Roseburg, Ort. Mon., July 21, 1952
Publlihid Daily Incept Sunday by the
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THIRD VOTE
By Charles V. Stanton
Roseburg's complicated budget situation will be
brought before the city's voters tomorrow for the third
time. 1
Two previous elections attracted only a handful of vot
ers. Less than 10 per cent of the registered vote was
polled at each election.
Just what will happen if a third rejection is exper
ienced is difficult to calculate. The city was supposed to
have its budget certified by the county assessor by July
15. The second rejection prevented certification by that
date. The city secured an extension of time to July 24.
Possibly the assessor would grant time for a fourth
election should still another revision of the budget be
required. He could, however, refuse an extension. The
city then would be' limited to the amount permitted under
its bax base of $61,000, in round figures.
Limitation Law Confusing
Technically we are voting tomorrow to allow the city
irovernment to exceed the six
not, in the legal sense, voting to approve the specific
amounts of the budget. We are voting to permit the city
to exceed the limitation set by
977.92. Actually the amount
that sum, as a compromise
to hold salary increases to
by the budget.
We find that many people
ation of Oregon s six per cent limitation law. Thus con
fusion results concerning the real issues.
The law says that any political subdivision having the
right to impose a tax may increase the total sum to be
collected in taxes by only six per cent per annum. Certain
funds, such as bond issues, continuing levies, special sink
ing funds, etc., set up by vote, are not subject to the lim
itation. It also is possible, if more money is needed than is
obtainable through the six per cent addition to the bud
get, to secure authority from the people to exceed the
legal increase. But this permission must be voted every
year. The tax base remains unchanged. .
In 1942, ten years ago, for instance, Roseburg had a tax
base of around $35,000. To this base we have been able
to add only six per cent each year. Last year the base
had grown to $58,318.90. This year, by addintr sir r cent,
we have a base of $61,817.
Valuation Does Not Affect Base
The law has no provision for community growth. Rose
burg has more than doubled both In population and tax
able value in the past 10 years. But our tax base has in
creased only 60 per cent.
In 1942 the city had taxable valuation of $4,389,630. The
last valuation was $9,965,465. Assessments now being pre
pared are expected to bring this figure well over $10,
000,000 for the fiscal year of 1952-53. But, regardless of
the rate at which assessed valuation grows, we still can
add only 6 per cent annually to the tax base.
The fact that we have grown so rapidly still does not
permit us to increase our budget by more than six per cent
per year. Obviously we can't operate the city on the amount
of money obtainable under this outmoded law, so the city
must go to the voters every year to obtain authority to
raise more funds.
In this connection, it is interesting to' note that in
1942, with an assessed valuation of $4,389,630 and a tax
base or around $35,000, the rate of levy for citv purposes
was 19.5 mills. For the 1951-52 fiscal year, with a valu
ation of $9,965,465, the rate of taxation, including the ex
cess amount authorized by the city's voters, the millage
rate was 19.9 mills. For the coming year it is estimated
that the rate will be comparable with last year, although
the exact rate cannot be compiled until the final budget
figures are available and the new assessed valuation cal
culated. At any event, the increase could not be more
than about two mills. Thus, despite our growth and the
fact that the city is spending more than four times as much
money as in 1912 to maintain municipal services, the cost
to the individual taxpayer shows very little increase.
Following Tuesday's election, the budget committee
will hold a public meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.. PST at
the City Hall. ' '
If voters grant permission to exceed the six per cent
limitation, the committee then will proceed to adopt the
budget in its final form. It has the right to eliminate any
item but can Increase only in an amount not exceeding
10 per cent as shown in the published budget. It has
been pledged that cuts shall be made in published sal
ary items. No increases arc contemplated. Anv inter
ested person has a right to speak at the public hearing.
Should the city be denied the right to exceed the
legal limitation, it is anybody's guess what will happen
next.
1 j :
Bjr the time this Is in print we
shall have had a good look at the
Devil's Backbone and have decided
if wb think it is all that it's crack
ed up to be. Undoubtedly it is! 1
have just been reading the hi.itnry
of Crater Lake hy Francois K.
Matthes, on the back of the Crater
Lake map (U.S. Geological Sur
vey, forty cents and worth it!) and
probably, as 1 am smitten with the
wonderment that greets the sud
den view of the deep blue lake, I
shall feel as stunned as the rest,
and mutter, "1 don't believe it!"
It must be quite a sight!
air. Alatthcs gives us a few sta
tistics: "The lake is almost clrcu-
ar, 6 miles across, completely sun
rounded by cliffs and rock alopcslcral thousand feet, readily appar-
COMING UP
tier cent limitation, we are
law by not more than $123,-
will be considerably under
agreement has been reached
less amounts than specified
fail to understand the oper
MEI1DIHG
BASKET
from 500 to 2.000 foot hlph. . .the
largest and most beautiful of its
kind known. . .an immonA ieu-ni
of deepest ultramarine blue, shad
ing into turquoise at the borders
Its depth. 2.000 feel, exceeds that
of any other body of fresh water
in the I'. S. It is the si?e and
depth of the huge pit that holds the
lake, as well as the riddle of its
origin that arouses the wonder and
curiosity of the scientists."
". . .The broad platform of the
volcanic range is entirely of vol
canic origin. . .built up layer upon
layer by successive flows of lava
and volcanic mud that issued from
many irregularly disposed 'vents'
total thickness of layers is sev
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Fulton Lewis Jr.
rap
CHICAGO Democrats
convention here have an overwhelming precedent for select
ing presidential nominees from the sidewalks of New York.
Out of the twenty-odd conven-
(ions held so far since 1800. the
Democrats have picked New York
ers 14 times. The only candidate
of consequence from that state to
day is w. Avercll Harriman, the
ostensible choice of President Har
ry S. Truman. Before the week has
ended Harriman may make it 15
Dominations.
Georgia has never produced a
Democratic president, but the
home state of Senator Richard Rus
sell is responsible for a vice presi
dential nominee in 1860, Hcrsclicl
V. Johnson.
The home state of Senator Estcs
Kefauvcr, Tennessee, on the, oilier
hand, sent two successful candi
dates to Democratic conventions.
They were Andrew Jackson in 1832
and James K. Polk in 1844.
The Democrats have never se
lected a presidential or vice presi
dential nominee from Oklahoma,
the home state of Senator Robert
S. Kerr, a candidate for the nom
ination at Chicago now.
Convention histories reveal that
the Democrats also have shied
way from Kentucky in selecline
their presidential nominees. The
party, however, has elected vice
presidents from the home state of
Vice President Alben Barkley,
himself a presidential possibility
this year.
President Harry S. Truman, In
cidentally, was the third man from
Missouri chosen for the vice presi
dent by the Democrats, but the
only one ever selected for the pres
idential nomination from that stato.
Not since 1924 have the Demo,
crats engaged in a prolonged wran
gle over their choice for president.
That was the year an all-time rec
ord of 103 roll calls was set he
fore John W. Davis, of West Vir
ginia and New York, was selected.
Four years prior to Davis' nom
ination 44 ballots wore required to
nominate James M. Cox of Ohio.
The Democrats have nominated
presidential candidates by accla
mation seven times since 1832. The
late President Kranklin D. Roose
velt was accorded this honor on
three out of the seven occasions.
No one expects the nominee to
be named this week by acclama
tion. In fact, tiie opposite is antici
pated, although not even the most
pessimistic party hack expects the
1924 record to be broken.
In general, the Democrats have
consistently alternated between the
Midwest and Muth for their num-
bor two man whenever the piesi-
denlial candidate resided in the
tast. ine major exception was
ent in the deeper valleys which the
streams have carved in the range.
Even the gorges of the Columbia
and Klamath Rivers, which are the
deepest, reveal nothing but lavas
of different types and consisten
cies: they do not reach down to
the nonvolcanic roiif of the earth's
crust upon which the lava flowed
out.
After listing the heights of many
Cascade peaks, the author ranks
the boforc eniption height of Mt.
Maiama (Crater l.akel as at least
as high as Mt. Rainier, 14,408 ft.
or Mt. Shasta, 14.161 ft. Mt. Hood,
for comparison, is 11,253 feet. In
an explanation too long for this
space to condense, two possibili
ties are discussed. Did Mt. Ma
ram blow up, and outward? or
did it blow up, and collapse inward
ly? Geologists believe it collapsed
inwardly and left the caldron on
crater which rain and snow over
the centuries have filled with w-
ter to a depth of 2,000 feet! I
- l'll Sit, This OnelOcir
rWiVnaKOBBRfl
2j
opening their 31st national
the selection of Barkley as a run
ning mate for Mr. Truman. Both
are from border states generally
considered to possess Southern
leanings. Republicans, however,
admit that this had little effect on
elections returns in November of
1948.
The Democrats have never gone
to the West Coast for either a pres
idantial or vice presidential nom.
inee. This Is a constant source of
irritation to the party's Far West
ern representatives, and the usual
complaints will be heard from to
day on. There seems little pros
pect, however, of anything being
done about the unbroken record of
ignoring the West. In fact, the
Democrats have never ventured
beyond Nebraska in selecting a
nominee for either top office. But
the party has been generous with
that state, choosing presidential
candidates from it in 1896, 1900 and
1908. However, on all three occa
sions it was the same man, Wil
liam J. Bryan.
In addition, Charles W. Bryan,
of Nebraska, was the vice presi
dential nominee in 1924, There are
no likely prospects for either of
fice from the state this year, how
ever. The convention opening today Is
the eighth Democratic shindig
since 1932 to be held in this city.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was suc
cessful in Chicago three out of four
times. Philadelphia was a charm
ed city for him in 1936. Mr. Tru
man was successful in Philadel
phia in 1948 for top spot on the
ticket, and in Chicago in 1944 for
second place. He will he in Chi
cago again this week, but not as
a candidate, he says.
Hear Fulton Leiuis Daily
OnKRKR, 9:15 P.M.
B j n i
onager Leroar wrgea
To Halt Rise In Taxes
ROSKBL'RG This letter is ad
dressed to the taxpayers of Rose-
burg as a call to vote again on
the city budget . in an effort to
again vote it down, domewhat
a lesson against a continual rise
in taxes. An increase of between
S65.0O0 and $100,000 in one year
is an item not to be lightly con
sincren,
Comparisons are odious, but
compare the county budget with
our city budget. The county judge
who has supervision with the com
missioners of spending over $
000.000. receives SS.OOO. (And don't
answer by saying he is underpaid.)
The new city budget has allotted
57.500 ror our city manager
who is going to spend approximat
ely one-tenth of that sum.
The county clerk receives $4,600
and the city recorder will receive
54 500. Our sheriff salary is $4-
600
and the police chief $5,400.
Deputy sheriffs receive $4,020 and
our police the same. The county
parks superintendent receives $,V
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900 and the city park superinten
dent $4,740.
All of these men knew in ad
vance that their salaries were to
be so much. Yet they elect to take
the positions but after taking them
immediately start to cry about
how poorly paid they are. These
salaries are on a 12-month basis
and compare very favorably with
all the highly paid loggers who
are allowed to work about six or
eight months of the year due to
strikes and weather conditions. If
these men don't like the job or
pay, for heaven's sake let them
quit and stop crabbing.
With $30,000 left in the airport
fund why spend it all on a build
ing for the airlines. No one in
Roseburg except private capital
built a bus depot for the bus
lines or a terminal for the freight
truckers.
We need many things here In
Roseburg, among them a city hall,
sewer systems, street stop signs.
Let's get together and fight for
some of these instead of raising
taxes all the time. That is a pe
culiar expression as we can't have
things without paying for them,
but, if we can't pay for them, let's
get along without them.
Unfortunately, I cannot vote on
the budget and I hate destructive
criticism. But I still feel that con
cessions could be made by the
budget committee and the council
which would reduce this budget
by more than the proposed $9,000.
B. R. SHOEMAKER
Roseburg, Ore.
(Editar's Nola Tha Council
and Budgat Committaa hava
agraad to limit salary incraasei
to five percent, instaad of tha
amaunts specified in tha original
budgat, which would raduca tha
budgat about $18,000 in addition
to tha $9,000 cut . praviously
made. Theta cuta also would
bring salarias down considerably
from tha amounts usad for com
parison by tha abova writer.)
Western States
Bloc Outlines
Platform Ideas
By B. L. LIVINGSTONE
CHICAGO AP An aggressive
western state bloc made clear
Monday it is prepared to dictate
its own ideas about the western
plank in the 1952 Democratic plat
form. The western states conference
comprising delegates from the tl
western states. Hawaii and Alaska
shouted approval Sunday night of
recommendations for a "liberal"
platform policy covering western
issues, and named Sen. Waanen G.
Magnusnn of Washington to lead
the fight to incorporate them in
the platform.
Among other things, western
delegates endorsed more federal
aid for development of the west
resources. government incentives
for mineral exploration and stock
piling, statehood for Alaska and
Hawaii, and public construction of
power transmission lines.
There also was new evidence
that the western states, as an or
ganized bloc, was ready to make
its weight felt in the convention
itself.
Calvin W. Rawlings. conference
chairman, told delegates that the
western bloc should hack a presi
dential candidate "favorable to
development of our western re
sources." He reminded the group that the
western states represent 210 pre
sidential electors, "within 50 of
being enough to elect a president."
"In solidarity there is strength,"
he declared.
Calling the Republican platform
"generaliied." Magnusnn told the
westerners "you re going to have
a Democratic platform that isn't
going to equivocate on anvthing."
In a last-minute move, the con
ference also endorsed a proposal
to include in the platform a pledse
to amend the "anti-Democratic"
rules of the senate on filibustering.
The recommendation, made by
Oregon National Committeeman
Monroe Sweetland, was aimed at
Senate rules which permit southern
senators to block civil rights legis
lation by unlimited debate.
In The Day's News
y FRANK
(Continued from Pigs One)
decision not to run because, says
D'Alesandro to Truman:
"YOU ARE NEEDED . BAD
LY." That's the "indispensable man '
theme. It has worked in the past,
and it might work again.
A Chicago dispatch says:
"The. merry-go-round among
.the Democratic candidates al
ways seems to come back to the
reluctant Stevenson, who seems
to have some of the politicians
almost beside themselves with
frustration.
"But after a conference with the
Illinois governor, one of the Demo
cratic powers Jake Arvy, Chicago
boss says that if there is a con
vention deadlock he is certain Ste
venson will accept the nomina
tion." The will-he-or-won't-he talk turn
ed out to be a wonderful builder
upper of interest in and sentiment
for Ike. Maybe the Democrats are
doing a little copy-caying.
President Truman's convention
alternate, Thomas Gavin of Kan
sas City, says he's' been GIVEN
THE WORD on how to vote on the
first ballot. Gavin won't say whom
the President favors, but Senator
Maybank of South Carolina claims
a reliable informant has told him
the President wants Averell Har
riman. It isn't any of my business, be
cause I'm going to vote for Ike
anyway, but I'm getting person
ally fed up with these silk-stocking-
rich who go into politics and
start hob nobbing with the over
alls to GET VOTES.
There is no indication of progress
In Korea as this is written to
ward settling the truce-blocking
issue of exchange of prisoners. At
the moment, the tempo of the
fighting on blood-soaked Old Baldy
has been stepped up sharply.
It's off-ag'in, on-ag'in so far as
a Korean truce is concerned. I
expect that's the way it will be as
long as the master minds in the
Kremlin can make us dance every
time they call the tune,
I wish we could "find somebody
smart enough to call the tunes and
MAKE THE KREMLIN BOYS
DANCE. I have a lot of faith that
Ike could and would build tip a
state department capable of doing
just that. .
Speaking of foreign policy, what
do YOU want first and most of
all?
Me, I want PEACE. Not peace
at any price. Wise and just peace.
A peace that will enable the world
to move forward toward new and
better things instead of slipping
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back toward ill that is old and
outworn and bid.
If there is to be peace of that
sort, the United States of America
will have to LEAD THE WORLD
TOWARD IT. We're the only na
tion on earth with the resources
of men and materials to do the
job.
If we are to Induce our kind of
people throughout the world to ac
cept our leadership willingly and
cooperatively, we must BE OUR
SELVES again. We must make
people like ui and admire us ss
they did when we were the un
questioned champion of liberty
throughout the world. We'll have
to quit just making faces it Rus
sia, which is ineffective and DE
STRUCTIVE, and start all over
again winning friends who will
like us FOR OURSELVES instead
of merely honeying up to us in the
hope of getting more of our money.
A foreign policy of that sort
would be CONSTRUCTIVE and ef
fective. If we're going to GET that kind
of foreign policy, 1 think we'll have
to change our leadership at the top
and make a fresh start.
I think Ike is the man who cab
do it, and that's why I'm for him.
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