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4 Th Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri., Dec. 16, 1966
TAX POLICIES
', By Charles V. Stanton
''' The nower to tax. we are told, is the uower to destroy.
V It seems to me that the Oregon Tax Commission rapid
ly' is gaining that foothold over Oregon people, Oregon in
dustrv. Oretron business, and Oregon organizations.
;;, Is the Commission getting "too big for its britches?"
', More and more power has been placed in the hands of
the Commission. County assessors, who once had a meas
ure of judgment in the levying of taxes, today are little
tfiore than clerical officers, buffers between the Lommis
sion and the Dublic. ,
j . The Oregon Supreme Court last year applied the term
arbitrary" to the Tax Commission in a case originating
fl Douglas County a case that was costly to the county
4ud disturbing to taxpayers. But, apparently undisturbed
b.V the court's findings, the Commission is back as big and
- imperious as ever proposing to impose taxes on o u r
lodges, granges, unions and other group owners . of non
profit property, while somewhat belligerently resenting the
demands of log owners that valuations be based upon ac
tual rather than arbitrary values.
Taxation Big; Problem
Possibly there was good reason why county assessors
should be stripped of some of their powers.
Assessors had, and have, varying ideas concerning
property values. There is a' complete lack of uniformity
among counties concerning, assessed valuations. Utilities,
holding property in several counties, were unfairly treated
until the state took over the matter of adjustment. The
State Tax Commission now fixes the assessment on utility
property as it relates to the Commission's interpretation
of the true cash value of other forms of property, then
specifies the tax to be paid by utilities. ;
There also have been cases where assessors paid off
political debts, or gave benefits to friends or relatives, in
the levying of taxes.
In the interest of producing a better level of uniform
ity the Oregon Legislature has steadily given more and
more authority to the State Tax Commission.
At the same time, it seems to me, we have been fran
tically seeking new sources of' tax revenue.
We have given approval to big government. Govern
ment has been adding services, many of them socialistic,
requiring largo and expensive bureaus, . agencies, adminis
trations and authorities. Each must be paid through taxes.
The tax burden has oppressed : numerous activities
activities both of individuals and corporations. The cost of
taxes is stifling business. Private enterprise is losing in
centive because potential profits are absorbed by taxation.
Yet. to support the demands of big government, both
the federal and sUtte tax agencies seek to add to the sources
of income. ; i ' , ' -. . ... ..
Business Needs Help
Many people feel our Oregon Tax Commission has been
pushing them around in the matter of taxation.
It has been demanding that actual cash value be sub
stituted for assessed Value, for example.. When taxes in
Multnomah County were changed to actual cash valuation,
agencies permitted by. aw to issue bonds in proportion to
property valuation immediately sold more bonds.' Then,
when aroused Multnomah County taxpayers elected another
assessor, and the old system of valuation was restored,
these agencies' found themselves greatly in excess of legal
limitation.
The heavy tax load imposed upon business and indus
try is a detriment, to private investment, business expan
sion, and creation of jobs. ,
An example is found in the Commission's recent order
boosting valuation of logs by lo per cent. ." . . "
Many of our lumber concerns took advantage of good
fall weather to accumulate more logs on cold decks than
usual. As few companies have money to cover the invest
ment in logs, they warehouse the raw supply. That, is, they
borrow money, using the logs as security, paying for them,
with interest, as they are used.
Now that the bottom has dropped out of the lumber
market the logs aren't as valuable as they were when the
mills were getting good prices. Most of our mills are work'
ing on slow bell, if at all. : ,
If they must add to their tax costs, without being able
to sell their logs at a profit, they will be forced to make
further cutbacks in production or to cease work altogether.
It seems to me that this factor should be considered
in the matter of taxes and that industry should be given
a reduction in tax costs rather than an increase.
Hal Bovle
In Winter Suburbanites
Emerge As True Heroes
NEW YORK (AP)-This Is the
season of the year when the sub
urbanite earns his liood Conduct
medal.
He emerges as America's true
civilian hero, the pioneer of its
last frontier.
In winter weather good old Ron
ald Halfacre, the typical U.S. sub
urbanite, could well be mistaken
for Daniel Boono himself except
that he doesn't pack a squirrel
gun.
11 lakes Ronald from two to
three hours to Ret to the olfice.
and after he arrives it lakes him
another Hour lo undress down lo
Ins ordinary work garb. j
He looks like a walking lnven-1
tory of an Army and Navy store j
from his khaki muffler lo his I
reconditioned Korean rombat!
hoots. When the temperature)
plummets toward lero. Ronald be
comes civilization's worst dressed
man.
To protect himself during the
long pilgrimage from home to
Work desk, ho rion nvlluno.
and evcrything-ln the closet tliO
in nun.
Despite all this padding, Ronald
enters the office blue-cheeked with
cold and with a nose that mem
oirs an overripe tomato.
"Where did you park vour sled
nogs. a comfort-loving city
dweller asks him.
Ronald pays no heed as, with
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS E
With certified election result! in
from 49 slates (Rhode Island's cer
tification is still out as this is writ
ten, but is expected to be complet
ed before the day is over) Senator
Kennedy holds a thin lead of 113,
498 in the Mpular vole over Nixon.
Here is the tabulating based on
complete unofficial retails from
Ilhtnle Island aad official returas
from all other stales:
Kennedy 34,231 ,M
Nixon 34,U7.5M!
Others - 505,6:
Total vote 06,4,34
Let's take a look lew at per
centages. Of the total voles cast for Presi
dent, Kennedy got 49.715 per cent.
Nixon got 49.550 per cent. Others
(meaning scattering minor can
didates in the various stales) got
0.735 per cent.
Which is lo say: Kennedy got
less than half of the total votes
cast. But Nixon's percentage of
the total voles cast was a trifle
SMALLER than Kennedy's.
Let's look now at the total TWO
PARTY vote.
11 amounted to 68,348,682. Ken
nedy got 34,231,090 votes. His per
centage of the total two-parly vote
was 50.083. Nixon got 34,117,592.
His percentage of the total two-
party vote was 49.917 a record
low percentage difference of 0.166,
or about one-seventh of one per
cent.
In other words, by a hair-thin
margin, Kennedy got MORE THAN
HALF of the total two-party vote
cast which means that he won the
POPULAR vote as well as the
electoral vote.
It was a narrow squeak so -far,
that is, as the popular vote was
cosceraed. But let's accept it with
good grace and call off the dogs.
This is worth remembering: In
ao other major country on earth,
witk Ike probable exception of
Great Britain, could the changing
of the guard he effected with so
small a margin WITHOUT TROU
BLE. That is something worth
while.
It is true that in these modern
days our electoral college system
looks a bit odd. But, all in all, our
system of choosing a President is
pretty good. Let's not start tinker
ing wilh it yet.
Mr. Kennedy is our President.
Difficult days lie ahead of him -especially
in the field of foreign
policy. Let's all get behind him
and give him all the help we can
in that tricky and dangerous area.
He'll need all the help he can
get.
James Marlow
Kennedy Must Face Both
Changes And Challenges
shaking hands, he removes his top
layer of Y.M.C.A. gym socks,
then peels off a sweat shirt hear
ing the Insignia. "Fort Dix Stock
ade," a poignant reminder of his
war wilh tho Army.
Methodically he removes his
red deer hunting cap, and silently
massages his fror.cn ears.'
"How is life out there In the
wilderness?" Ihe city dweller in
quires, -
This Is an error. Nobody within
hearing distance now ran get any
work done before lunch.
For RonalH launches into saga
of one man's stmgsle against Na
ture. He tells of the lonely two.
mile trudge through snowdrifts,
the epic wait at tho rail point for
a train, where shivering suburban
ites set fire lo their newspapers to
keep warm, the ordeal of being
stuck in a tunnel later . . . and
the final mtish to the office.
Hail to Ronald Halfacre, 20th
Century pioncerl ,
PARTIES SCHEDULED
The adult Sunday School class of
the Melrose Community Church j
will hold a party at the Art Inick
walter home Saturday. The
Men's Fellowship of the church Is
planning a Christmas party with
wives as guests Friday at 7:30
p m. A gift exchange and pro
gram is planned at Ihe church.
Associated Prass News Analyst
WASHINGTON (AP) In his in
augural address on Jan. 20, 1953,
the new president, Dwight D. Ei
senhower, spoke of "this century
of trial.''
It has been more than a lime
of trial. It has been a century of
fantastic changes and of chal
lenges without precedent, even in
Eisenhower's eight years in the
White House.
No one has more reason for con
cern about them than President
elect John F. Kennedy, since he
must face both the changes and
the challenges. Just to note a few,
in the first 60 years of this cen
tury: The rise of communism in Asia
and Africa, the disappearance of
almost all the monarchies, the
emergence of dozens of. new na
tions from colonialism in Asia and
Africa, the changing concept of
war to missiles wilh hydrogen
warheads thai can be fired across
oceans or from under them.
This is the world Kennedy in
herits and must cope with.
The changes came in a rush in
Eisenhower's prominent years.
As Allied commander in Eu
rope in World War II he could
have smashed Nazi Germany in
a couple of weeks if he had had
an alomic bomb. But he didn't.
There wasn't any.
Yet within a few weeks after
Germany gave in the United
States developed enough alomic
bombs two of them lo cod the
war wilh Japan. At war's end this
country was Ihe richest and,
thanks to the bombs, the mosi
powerful.
Most of the rest of the world
was broke and prostrate. Yet, by
the time Eisenhower took office
in 1953 America's complete dom
inance had started fading.
The Soviet Union hy then not
only had developed its own atom
ic bomb, ending America's mo
nopoly on the newest kind of war,
hut within a few months after El
senhower's inauguration had the
hydrogen bomb. too.
Out of tho ruins of war the So
viet Union leaned ahead amazing
ly in industry, science and influ
ence. Western Europe, thanks to
American help, came up out of
poverty.
And by 1955 all over Asia and
Africa new nations, determined to
have a life of their own, had be
gun shaking off colonialism. Nolh
ing illustrates this bctler than one
example. "
In the United Nations the Afri
can section in 1946 had only three
members: Egypt, Liberia, and
Ethiopia, plus the white-governed
Union of South Africa. Now it
holds more seats than any other
area: 25. sixteen Alncan nations
have been admitted to the United
Nations in the present session
aionc.
So the' problems facing Kennedy
uiuHu win uc vasuy muie mm
plex than those confronting Eisen
hower when he first took office.
For example, just to pick one:
How in these next four years to
induce those new African nations
with all their separate and diver
gent problems, to line up with the
West instead of with the Soviet
Union.
When Eisenhower took office
there was turmoil primarily in
two places: the war in Korea
which the United States was fight
ing; the war in Indochina which
the French were fighting. Roth
were wars against communism. .
Both wars are over now. But
the world is in turmoil, and in
more places, even though this
country isn't involved in shooting.
There is chaos in the Congo,
civil war in Laos, fighting on a
vicious scale between the French
and Moslems in Algeria.
Right in the American back
yard, in Cuba, there is a dictator
ship which calls the Soviet Union
a menu and me united Males an j
enemy. There is endless turbu
lence in parts of Latin America, '
where many people have grown
to hate the United States. I
Opinions From Readers
Theatre Manager Seeks
Cooperation Of Parents
To The Editor:
A situation exists that I believe
should be called to the attention
of parents, particularly now that
the holiday season is coming and
children will be on school vaca
tion. As a theater manager, I am re
ferring to the fact that too- often
children are left on the street" for
a considerable period of time after
the close of a snow while waiting
for the parents to call for them.
We know that many sex cases
have been reported from all parts
of Oregon. We have had one dis
turbing local situation.
Children often must wait a half
hour or more before thev are nk-k.
ed up, which creates hazards of
various kinds. Tbo often, folks are
prone lo let the youngsters wait
until it suits their own convenience.
Not only does this happen at the
matinee shows, but also at night.
Our last shows usually end around
11:30 at night, but many times
children have not been called for
until after midnight.
Now I'm sure we would not be
condemned too greatly if, at the
end of the show at night, we locked
Ihe doors after the theater was
cleared and went home. I'm also
sure that most everybody knows
we would not could not do
this while children are still wait
ing for their parents. Consequent
ly, we wait until we are sure they
have been safely picked up. And
sometimes we have found it neces
sary to take youngsters home aft
er waiting to no avail.
It seems to me that, with rare
exceptions, parents could arrange
to be at the theater at the proper
lime to avoid making their chil
dren wait overly long. I'm happy
16 say most of them do so. It is
to those who do not that this letter
is directed. The theater schedules
are posted in the box office win
dows where everybody may see
them and a telephone call will
give the information to those who
may have missed them.
Also, while on the subject of chil
dren, there is another matter
that should be of concern to even
more parents. That is the matter
of safety of the youngsters. And
this is particularly true on Satur
day afternoons.
Each week, at the end of the
show, we stress safely to the
youngsters, releasing them in sec
tions to avoid congestion, roping
off the curbing to eliminate any
sudden dash into the street, re
minding the youngsters not to
cross the street in the middle of
the block but to use proper cross
walks, etc. Invariably there will
be those adults who will literally
drag their children across the
street in the middle of the block,
even while our talks to the kiddies
are still fresh in their minds.
Far be it from me to attempt
dictating to parents, but I'd cer
tainly hate to see any of my Ut
ile mends get hurt. And now that
winter is upon us and streets are
so often wet and slippery, it should
behoove all of us to eliminate any
hazardous mid-block crossing, es
pecially on the part of children.
Eino Hemmila
Roseburg Theater Co.
P. 0. Box 311
Roseburg, Ore.
Senate President Row
Draws Reader's Comment
To The Editor:
I, like many other Oregonians,
have been sitting back and watch
ing the obvious split in the Demo
crat party in Oregon initiated by
the ultra-liberal segment of t h e
party fronted by State Democrat
Chairman Robert Straub. He is
well on. his way to separating the
men from the boys, or rather I
should say, tho Democrats of prov
en fiscal and political responsibil
ity from those who propose new
spending schemes ana increased
government influence over our
daily lives.
In an obvious attempt to build
up Democrat support around Ihe
state through pressure of publicity
and hand - manipulated endorse
ment from several , controlled
county central committees, Straub,
posing as the hatchet man for the
left-wing of the party, has attempt
ed to create the impression that
his group represents a vast ma
jority of the Democrat party. In
trying to axe the election of Demo
crat Senator Harry Boivin as pres
ident of the Senate, he has been
doing his utmost to create this
impression.
What Straub and his ultra-liberals
do not want, is for the public
to realize that even though t h e
Democrats control 20 of the &
seats in the new State Senate, Al
fred Corbett, the candidate the left
wing of the party proposes, has
only 11 supporters among the 30.
Knowing this, Straub has attempt
ed to exnloit the ooinl that sup-
! nnsprflv 11 Democrats favor Cor
bett to 9 who favor Boivin. An
other point Straub does not want
his party members to recall is
that if Lew Wallace had not died
a few weeks before the election,
the Democrats would be split even
ly in the Senate, 10 to 10.
This leaves the issue quite de
nuded of all Ihe cover up and pub
licity pounding of Mr. Straub, and
we find that the real reason he is
against Scnntor Boivin is the fact
that the Republican members of
the Senate have pledged to vote
for Boivin as Senate president.
Straub. therefore, is appealing for
party discipline as against the pub
lic interest and the actual major
ity of the Senate.
What Straub really is proposing
is that a minority group of t h e
Oregon Senate (11 Democrats)
elect the new Senate president
over Ihe desire of the majority of
the Senate (19 Democrats and Re
i publicans), Straub may consider
' himself the leader of the Democrat
j party machinery in Oregon, but
what he proposes is not very demo
cratic and I doubt that a majority
'of Democrats in Oregon would
I subscribe to this theory of power
j politics proposed by the left-wing
I of their party. To be specific,
j Straub is just the front man for
the real ultra-liberals, Alf Corbett,
Monroe cBweetland, and Vernon
took.
It should also be noted that
Straub, already critical of Gover
nor Hatfield's proposed budget for
the next biei.nium, would like noth
ing better than to maneuver an
ultra-liberal in as Senate president
so that the free-spending liberals
could harass the Governor's pr
gram for the next two years. Yet
little more than a month ago the
voters of Oregon, both Democrats
and Republicans, endorsed over
whelmingly Governor Hatfield's
two appointees, Secretary of State
Howell Appling and State Treas
urer Howard Belton who both ran
on a record of fiscal responsibility.
It's apparent then, that the will
of the majority or the interests of
the people are at least second best
to Mr. Slraub's political power
thinking.
Wilbur Bishop
10590 S.W. Cook Lane
Tigard, Oregon
VFW Party Planned
Glenn A. Cripps Post 944 VFW,
Riddle, will hold its annual Christ
mas party Thursday at the Riddle
.Masonic Temple, reports . Erma
Best, correspondent. .
The party will begin at 6 p.m..
wilh a potluck dinner, followed
by a Christmas program by the
children. After the program there
will be a tree with Santa Clans
and treats. . , -,
Daily Bible Reading
( Message By
Roseburg Ministerial
Assn.
Scripture: Isaih 61: Ml 1
The speaker in this chapter of
Isaiah is plainly thrilled wilh the'
assignment the Lord has given him -
and wilh the wonaertul things'
which will consequently come lo
God's people. Who is he? Evident-!
ly the same person to whom lsa-1
lan . reiois eisewnere oz:j3, lor
instance) as the servant oi Je
hovah. '' I
That this Servant is none other,
than our Lord Jesus Christ, speak-1
ing here personally through the
tongue and pen of His inspired,
prophet, is established beyond!
doubt by the fact that Christ spe
cifically referred to this prophecy
as being fulfilled in Himself when)
Ho preached in the Nazareth syn-i
agogue. (Luke 4:21) j
If Christ thrills in anticipation
of the first Christmas, must we
not be thrilled also as each sue-!
ceeding Christmas reveals God's!
grace, love,, and faithfulness
again? We, loo, are the bene-1
ficiarics of the grace He was thrill- I
ed to bring. We are still enjoying
"tho accentable vear of the Lord." I
which is nothing else than the !
time while "the Lord Is near, while
He may be found." Though we are
strangers (Gentiles), we are new
erlheless permitted to share in
Israel's privileges, and to render
joyful service to the church of God.
In verses 10 and 11, God's peo-l
pie give their loylul response to
the Servant's gracious message. :
may u ua jn an siucei uy our re
sponse too. Nothing is so pleasing
to God as our thankful acceptance
by faith of His promised forgive
ness and blessing. From such faith
will flow glad obedience to His
will. Righteousness and praise will
spring forlh before all the na
tions. There is no substitute for Christ
at Christmastime or any other'
lime,
D. W. Hinrichs, pastor
St. Taul's Lutheran
Fish Group Proposes
Change In Crab Dates
PORTLAND (AP)-The Oregon
Fish Commission Wednesday pro
posed a rhange in crab fishing
dates, providing the state of Wash
ington agrees. Otherwise, the
dales will remain the same.
The proposed new regulation
would open the Southern Oregon
season Dec. 1. instead of Nov. IS,
and the season north of Cascade
Head Jan, 1, instead of Dee. 15.
Earlier, the slate of Washington
said it wanted a Jan. V opening
set for Ihe entire coast.
Commission biologists have
said, however, that crabs in
Southern Ore-gun coastal waters
rearh the proper condition lo lie
taken at a different tune than
those in the north. .
In addilion, the commission pro
posed the same rules for fishing
for estuary erabs in the Colum
bia River, where there now is no
closed season.
TV Networks Urge
Shorter Campaign
WASHINGTON (AP)-Two big
broadcasting networks have
joined in a proposal that presi
dential campaigns be shortened to
about six weeks.
The heads of the National
Broadcasting Co. and Columbia
Broadcasting System also urged
the equal time restrictions on
broadcasts of candidates be lifted
permanently.
Doth statements were made at
hearing of a special House Com
mittee investigating campaign ex
penditures. Robert W. Sarnoff,
board chairman of NBC, testified
in person. A letter from CBS
President Frank Stanton, express
ing his views, was read.
A member of the committee.
Rep. John F. Monagan, D-Conn.,
said campaigns should be limited
to 60 days or less. Present cam
paigns are too costly, too exhaust
ing for the candidates and arc
conducted in the atmosphere of a
three-ring circus, he said.
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