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SUPPORT FOR SALES TAX
By Charles V. Stanton
Editorial Writers throughout the state are expressing
surprise at the action of the Oregon Farm Bureau in en
dorsing a sales tax proposal. The Bureau went on rec
ord at a meeting in Medford recently as favoring a sales
tax earmarked "for education purposes and property tax
offset." ',.
The action is somewhat surprising considering the
fact that the farm population has been credited with being
the chief factor in beating sales tax proposals in five pre
vious elections, the last in 1948.
! The Oregon State Grange has opposed a sales tax con
sistently. In late years, however, we have heard a good
many- grange members express the opinion that they had,
as art organization,' been "sold a bill of goods."
- s In the beginning the Grange formed a political alli
ance! with organized labor. Labor always has fought a
sales tax. Labor's opposition is understandable. It is
more 'difficult, however, to comprehend why farmers
should be on that side of the fence. ..
-When'a sales tax first was proposed in Oregon the
timber industry was just beginning to hit its stride. Labor
in mills and woods, although highly organized, was trans
ient to a very marked degree in those days. The timber
industry was constantly on the move.
Industry Mora Stable
The rule was to "cut out and get out." Few woods
or mill workers owned property. They seldom remained
long in one place. They paid no property taxes, except
indirectly. . '
Wages were low so they paid little or no income tax
es. Passage of a sales tax would have moved them into
the taxpayer class, a position they preferred to avoid.
Back in those days organized labor was not as strong
politically as it is today. Oregon was an agricultural
state. The farm vote was of much influence. Municipal
ities, however, were growing. The farm vote was threat
ened with loss of its commanding position. It was only
natural, therefore, that farm and labor leaders should get
together on political matters. A combined opposition to
creation of sales taxes was organized.
But conditions have undergone a great change since
Oregon first started talking sales tax. There even has
been much change since the last vote in 1948.
1 The lumber industry no longer is transient. There is
no place left to go. Only a small minority of the worker
population remains migratory. Woods and. mill workers,
for the most part, are Tiroriertv owners today. They must
pay- property taxes. These taxes are increasing steadily.
They, also paylncome taxes, being among the beat paid
workers. .
Farmers Would Benefit
A good many laborers have changed their minds about
sales taxes. Labor leaders, ' we believe, can no longer
. deliver a solid labor vote against a sales tax.
'At the same time, many farmers aw reviewing the
traditional stand of their organizatons 'in opposition to the
tax measure. The action of the Farm Bureau points up
thisrchanging sentiment.
The farmer is the one who suffers most as property
taxes keep going up and up. Either he has been drawn
into consolidation with abig school district, constantly
pressing for ..more money, "or is contributing to the cost
of an uneconomical, and often inadequate, small school.
S . Pressed between mounting taxes and a rate of income
normally below average, the farmer takes a beating. He
would pay considerably below the average in sales taxes.
If a sales tax were to be used chiefly for educational pur
poses and as an offset to property taxes he would be the
one to benefit most.
Oregon must raise more revenue from some source.
Unless new methods of taxation are devised, the Mow will
fall heaviest on property, which can least afford the addi
tional burden.
NEW YORK UP) - Tup, I had lunch with Gary Cooper.
Nope, he didn't bend my ear much.
But it isn't true that the conversation of the screen's
strong silent man "the cowboy's cowboy" is limited to
such expressions as "Yup" and "Nope."
"That idea got started yean ago I
when I used only those two words , ., ,;j ., .
in a gag radio interview with Ed- ' 'he WJ?,0W or w" " her
gar Bergen and Charlie Mc- m?,l,gaRe?
Carthy." said Coooer. irinnin ! ,V.P"- n ""P" co-starred
ann running nis enm
Actually, Cooper likes to talk as
wen as me next man-provided '
the next man isn't the kind of a !
guy who just opens his mouth for
tne pleasure or making sound
waves. He slmnlv believes that
waves. He simply believes that
actions really speak louder than
words, onscreen as well as on
The rrienn,,. ni rii. !,, ih.,
has made him one of the most' ntsu'e'
durable successful film stars!, "0n if J'ou hang around for a
comes naturally. I long time, people just get used
"In a stage play, where you are 1 10 'u." he said, then hesitated
umuca in scone, you have to re v
on dialogue largely to tell the plot.
But in movies action tells the
siory. '
"The best dialogue is tic short
est. I feel the same thing is true
In literature. Take Lincoln's Get
tysburg Address. It isn't long -
htll tt'a trrnaf "
"Coop," as his friends call him,
is ono of the most highly con
scious artists in the film indus
try, but he doesn't act like an
artist. After 30 yeara before the
cameras, he still is quiet, friend
ly, hard-working. None of Holly
wood's flamboyance has affected
him.
He learned range life as i boy
in Montana, and starts) his ca
reer as a $50-a-weck stunt man!
"fighting Indians and eharfiins
me enemy.
"I Oniv ;ilawrf ltlf villain nnr ' I
he recalled. "It was in a two-lot his films have been top box
reel quickie made on poverty r"w. office draws,
t played th heavy who set firs "Sure you can make mistakes,"
Of. Man., Doc. 13, 1954
i with Burt Lancaster in "Vera
if111'" hJs boeVi moie th,n "2
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15,ml" on " Industry sources
!"e . 1,15 lncome . "J01!?
7.::' t ,, T ln
Jf""? hands over to hupodncr,
the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
How has he managed to stay
on top for so many years? Cooper
Mu ":u;
"But there is such a thing as
keeping up with the parade.
There's an awful lot of luck in
it. Getting established in the right
roles is good but you have to
stay beyond them too, so you
don't become monotonous.
"I think, for example, it would
be a mistake to do nothing but
Westerns."
Although many fans think nf
Cooper chiefly as a cowboy hero,
he has played an amazing variety
of comedy and romantic roles. He
is one of only three male actors
who have twice won academy
awards. He received his Oscars
for "Sergeant York" and "High
Noon."
Kor the last 20 vears CooDer
has shown astute iudsment in
I picking roles he felt were right
fop him mnii m Utah iu.Mnla
It's Good Exercise But Is It Good
DAILY BIBLE
READING
Message By
Roseburg Ministerial Assn.
Today's Text
John 10
Today you are probably won
dering what life can possibly con
tain that makes people believe it
is a gift of uod. if not today, it
was not very many days ago that
despairing thoughts conquered us.
wnat can me noia? wnat can me
give? What can life be made of?
To people with the same prob
lems, some even worse than ours,
came a Man to give a Way ot Life.
He spoke of hope and people could
not turn a deaf ear. He made them
believe in Him. Somehow after
knowing and listening to Him, their
attitudes changed and lite was
viewed with new brightness and
enthusiasm. Thoughts of despair
did not pass away entirely, but He
caused them to fade so that beams
of hope might shine through.
He is the Good Shephard offer
ing hope. "I came that they may
have life and have it abundant
ly." The hope He offers is faith
with a future. It docs not look
for the impossible to happen, bt'.
meets whatever life may take or
whatever life may give. Our faith
in His guidance and care project
ed into the future is our hope. Such
a hope endures all things and stills
all fears.
He is the Good Shepherd for
all of life. It is through Him one
enters into and enjoys the peace
which passes all understanding. It
is through Him one gains that joy
that is our strength. It is through
Him that one attains to life that
is life indeed. All of which is sum
med up in the triumphant shout
of Paul. "Thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ." ,
-DONALD R. OSCARSON
Faith Lutheran ChuSoh
Thalia Players Request
More Members To Join
ROSEBURG Hear yel Hear
ye! Ciliicns of Roseburg. Know
ye that within your gales dwells
an organization, Thalia Community
Players.
We are a small but verv en
thusiastic group. The fact remains ;
that we need more such members. I
Some of us believe in a dream I
that of bringing Little Theater to
Roseburg. Small hamlets and,
large cities have their civic the- j
atcrs. Can Roseburg say the
same?
We feel Uiat acivic theater adds
culture lo a city and that Rose
burg needs us. Will you help make 1
the dream come true?
There is no age limit; no exper
ience or ability asked of you. al
though it helps, of course. Every
one is welcome. If you are inter
ested, please contact bv telephone
Mrs. Dick Ogden at her home,
or "Chuck" Reinhart at Radio Sta
tion KRXL.
THALIA COMMUNITY PLAYERS
By Mrs. Dick Ogden
Publicity Chairman
he said, ruefully rubbinu his chin.
"And i made a dilly. Once 1 had
a chance at a part that really
inerestcd me. bijt I was snarled
up with other commitments and
it wasn't altogether certain at the
lime the picture would be made.
Nope, it really wasn't."
Later Clark Gable took the role.
It was in i little picture called
"Gone With The Wind." tho big
gest money maker in history.
Yup.
- feeler cLon
WASHINGTON . (NEA)
With the announced purpose of gel
ting rid of everything not consid
ered absolutely essential for ef
ficient government operation, the
first full inventory of Uncle Sam's
real estate holdings is now ncannu
completion. The inventory must be
turned over lo the Senate Appropri
ations Committee before March 1,
1955. .
Detailed property surveys are
now being made by the 10 major
government departments and eight
other independent agencies in
whose names nearly all U.S. prop
erty is held. These surveys are
being turned over to General Serv
ices Administration, which is Un
cle Sam s housekeeper, for. assem
bly in a master inventory..
Then for the first time, Uncle
Sam will know for sure just what
he really owns and what it's worth,
or at least what it cost. ..
THE NEXT TASK WILL bE to
determine which of these proper
ties are no longer needed by the
government as "excess" and which
can be disposed of as "surplus."
The purpose here is twofold.
First is to reduce government
costs by cutting the expense ot
maintaining property it doesn't
need. Second is to transfer back
to state and local government tax
rolls such surplus property as is
now carried tax free because of
federal government ownership.
To shape up policies for this pro
gram, a Surplus Real Property Dis
posal Project was set up in the Bu
reau of the Budget last "Decem
ber. In July David II. Brill, Chi
cago real estate lawyer, was
made administrator of the project.
Mr. Brill says he hopes to make
a final report by next October.
There has been some misunder
standing and misrepresentation of
this project. It has been looked at
somewhat askance, as the open
ing wedge for a great give-away
or bargain sale of public lands,
national forests, reclamation proj
ects, Tennessee Valley Authority
dams, or even Atomic Enercy
Commission installations. That
isn't in the picture at all.
SPECIFICALLY EXCLUD
ED from this program are the pub
lic domain, the national forests,
national parks and all properties
leased by (he government or held
under mixed government-private
enterprise ownership, such as de
fense plants. Also, the survey is
limited to the continental United
Stales, which excludes the vast
government land holding in Alas
ka and the Panama Canal.
The best estimates now avail
able are that some 13.500 prop
erties wilt he reported by the GSA
inventory. Four thousand of them
will be under Army, Navy and Air
Force ou'nohin and management.
The other 9500 are largely owned
and managed by 17 other agencies
Post Office department buildings.
Department of Commerce airfields
and lighthouses. Federal Housing
Administration hosoil.ils pnd so on
THEIR COMBINED ACQUISI
TION COSTS arc very roughlv put
at $30 billion to S40 billion.' How
much of this volume might ultimat
ely be disposed of. and at what
savings or what tax benefits to
lnral government, no one can now
estimate.
If the number 13,.r)A0 seems
small, it It explained that the 90-
U.N. Assembly Fund
To Pay Discharged Men
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Ifl
The U.N. General Assembly's budg
etary committee has voted Thurs
day night to set un a fund to pav
179.420 in indemnities to 11
Americans discharged from the
United Nations last year. The em
ployes of the secretariat were
fired after they refused to tell
U.S. investigalors whether Ihey
were Communists.
The committee at the same lime
threw out a U.S.-backcd plan to
provide a system of reviewing de
cisions by the U.N. administrative
tribunal, which had made the in
demnity awards.
tor the Elephant?.
mile-long Hanford, Wash., atomic
energy plant is listed as one in
stallation. An Army base with a
hospital, housing development and
research center is counted as 'on
installation.
Eighteen bills were Introduced
in the last Congress to transfer
government property to local tax
rolls. None passed because no
body could agree on what was nec
essary property for government op.
eration, and what was surplus or
excess.
Tho Brill project studies hope to
change that situation and get some
ground rules established for reduc
ing Uncle Sam's property inven
I tory in a big way, by removing
i red tape roadblocks.
Gen. Van Fleet
Has Broken With
Sen. McCarthy ;
AUBURNDALE, Fla. Ufl Gen.
James A. Van Fleet has broken
with Sen. Joseph McCarthy over
the Wisconsin senator's statement
against President Eisenhower.
Van Fleet, who was a member
of the committee which went after
10 million signatures of persons
backing McCarthy in his fight
against censure before the U. S.
Senate, sent McCarthy a telegram
yesterday renouncing his support.
ine telegram said:
"I am shocked by your bitter
attack against the President of the
United States, a full copy of which
. I have read today on arrival home.
I "In the past, I have supported
: you in your light against interna
' tional communism but never have
i agreed with your methods. This
last attack on our great President
causes me to withdraw all sup
! port."
Van Fleet, former commander
I of the 8th Army in Korea, said
i he considered McCarthy's talks
1 during the censure hearing "insult
! ing and blistering."
i He said in a interview that Mc
1 Carthy had done some good.
"I'm against communism. He's
: against communism. So that basis
i alone gave him my support. But I
! cannot stand for his attack on the
I President."
Payrolls Of Firms
Show Decrease
During First Half
SALEM W Payrolls of firms
covered by the Oregon unemploy
ment compensation law decreased
2.56 nf r cent in the first half of
this year, compared with the simi
lar period of 1953.
The Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission said the payrolls
of the 18,000 employers totaled
$(06,298.467 in the first six months.
The total was $622,206,355 in the
first half of 1953, and $593,539,441
in ihe first half of 1952.
Payrolls in the logging and lum
ber industry were $162,423,654,
about $11,000,000 under the pre
vious year. Construction wages
totaled $40,337,337, a drop of $2,-
ooo.ooo.
Food processing payrolls were
$25,579,200, a gain of two per cent.
Payrolls in the metals, paper
products and textile industries
weie higher.
Thirteen counties had larger pay
rolls. Most of these were, in East
em Oregon.
Counties with the biggest in
creases were Sherman, up 23.7 per
cent; Curry 21.2, Gilliam 18.7, and
.Morrow 15.2.
Multnomah County, with a six
month payroll of $278,758,991, had
46 per cent of the state total. It
was down less than one per cent.
Clatsop, Hood River. Polk, Tilla
mook, Umatilla. Wheeler and Yam
hill counties had declines of more
than 10 per cent.
I.ane County had the second larg
est payroll. $51,598,479. This was
a drop of $2,400,000 from a year
earlier. .
IN THE DAY'S NEWS
By FRANK
inz us ii that scientific progress
can bring GREAT GOOD to hu
manity. How does the Salk polio vac
cine work if it works? '
That's a highly technical sub
ject. Let's see if we can simplify it.
Our bodies are wonderful ma
chines. They are renewed and re
paired by substances in the blood
stream. But the bloodstream car
ries destructive substances as well
as protective substances. These
substances WAR against each
other. When the destructive sub
stances win, we die. When the pro
tective substances win, we LIVE.
These destructive substances
are called germs, viruses, etc.
Some of the protective substances
are called antibodies. These anti
bodies have specific jobs. They
fight specific viruses and such.
When certain viruses, such as
the polio virus, vastly outnumber
the antibodies that fight them, the
victim in whose bloodstream the
battle is being waged dies or,
as is often the case in polio, sur
vives with terribly crippling handi
caps. Once that fact was established
by Jong and patient research the
problem was to INCREASE the
number of antibodies whose job
is to fight the destroying virus.
Dr. Salk and his associates think
they may have learned how to do
that.
That is the long and the short
of it.
The job of research is to FIND
OUT FACTS.
It is a strange and wonderful
job.
Each step, when it is accomplish
ed, points out OTHER steps that
may be taken.
For example:
When it was learned that th
polio virus (maybe) can be fought
and destroyed by certain specific
antibodies and that these anti
bodies, when lacking in sufficient
numbers in the bloodstream, can
be stimulated and increased by
certain devices, it became 1 appar
ent that the next logical step was
the stimulation of antibodies that
fight the viruses that cause com
mon colds, influenza and such
human ailments that so far have
defied successful control.
That is what Dr. Salk means
Associated Press Names
Two Assistant Managers
NEW YORK Ifl Appointment
of Wes Gallagher and Harry T.
Montgomery, as assistant general
managers pf The Associated Press
has been announced by General
Manager Frank J.' Starzel.
Gallagher,, a general executive
ince 1951,. will continue in ckarge
of the personnel department, AP
Newsfeatures and Wide World
Photos,, the latter a AP subsid
iary. i ; , . :
Montgomery, traffic executive
since 1951, has responsibility for
newspaper membership relations,
communications and business af
fairs.' Starzel said the promotions re
flected -the "broadened scope of
their assignments."
Gallagher .and Montgomery
joined the AP in 19.17
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