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News.
By
Frank Jenkins
From Washington:
Living costs edged up to a new
high m October, but spendable
earnings and buying power alto
went to new records, the Labor
Department announced recently.
Compared with a year ago,
spendable earnings were up by
$X70 week, or almost five per
cent. But because the price index
has gone up less than one per
cent over the year, the buying
power ot factory workers' pay
checks has GAINED FOUR PER
CENT over the year.
EDITORIAL PAGE
4 Tht News-Review, Ro.eburg Ore. Thur., Not. 30, 1961
TAX LIMITATION
By Charles V. Stanton
The Oregon Legislature nt its last session authorized
a commission to study the Oregon Constitution with revi
sion in mind. The study Is in progress. Already it has
run into some snaggy problems.
One of the decisions before the commission is wheth-
DEAR ABBY
Abigail Van Buren
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Ta
Dai7v Bible Reading
Menage By
Roseburg Ministerial
Attn
Count Your Change, Bub!
Seriptum: Ptalms 19:114
The firt six verses of Psilin 19
state that all of the universe gives
testimony to the glory and power
of (rtxl. In every area of the world,
there is no one or do thing that
can deny this power exists with'
DEAR ABBY: Recently a mar-ia hurrv whin K
. . . i vuuic eauu ia biijkic- in a ii i out na uiu m in ar nr wnn yu
er or not to retain the SIX per cent tax limitation provi-i decided to join together and buy a can't bring yourself lo kid him shutting their eyes to the truth.
weddina Eift for a mutual friend ihau, hi. h. I i verse tnree stales uiat mere is
niifn u rame time tor snaring ine rorgtt ?,
a differ
sion voted in the form of an amendment in 1910.
This amendment nrovides that each governmental df-
vision must prepare a budget. This requirement fits school icost ' the S'". wo had
districts, fire, sanitation and water districts, city councils,
county courts and all other governmental departments au
thorized bv law to levy a tax.
A budget is limited to not more than six per cent IN
DOLLARS over that of the preceding year. And that's
the rub.
The dollar angle is something many people overlook
as they consider this limitation law. I
Many of our areas require far more than six per cent
tax levy increases in dollars.
Taxes Behind Growth
no speech, no language where their
vnif i tint harrl " Rninint 1 90
ialso bears out this truth. The in-
. v -ivisioie unngs 01 mm luoui ueing
disappointment clear,y 5een by the thiniis tnat
could write
A school district, for example, may grow very rap
dly. We've experienced that situation here in the Rose
burg district. Not only do we get more pupils, forcing
more teachers, more facilities, more maintenance expense,
but we must also keep boosting salaries in reasonable pro
portion to salaries paid in other lines of business and in
dustry. Consequently essential district expenses may go
up 20 per cent or more, but the law permits a tax levy
increase of only six per cent.
Or a city may grew in size. It must hire more police
men, more firemen, more street workers. It must have
more police cars, more fire engines, more trucks and trac
tors. Perhaps the co'-t of maintaining municipal services
advances 10 or 15 per cent. But taxes, according to law.
can go up only six pe- cent.
The law provides that voters may authorize a new tax
base. The six per cent limitation then would apply against
the new base. But a tax base voted this year might be
insufficient next year.
Voters also may approve, at a special election, a levy
As our wages go up our cost of m excess of the limitation.
Let's put it another way.
Compared with a year ago,
spendable earnings of the average
factory worker has gone up only
about 80 cents a week.
So
You see
The average (employed) factory
worker, assuming that these fig
ures are accurate, is about $2.90
a week better off now than he was
a year ago.
H so.inds good, doesn't it?
As of NOW, it is good. Nobody
ran even attempt to deny that. A
net gain of J2.90 a week in BUY
ING POWER for the average fac
tory worker is good, period.
But
There's a catch to it.
Here's the catch:
ence of opinion as to what the fair DEAR ABBY:
share for each of us should be. book about what
Aly idea was to count the heads my marriage has been. We are so ' de eve n II I. eternal mwer
ee'Cco'onle'f H charge . b !nmpa',ble couldn't begin to ! 1 ZllTXlFl
three. The couples idea was that,, list our differences. We have been , im mai.irf hav n.. .,e,..
married almost three years. I am for turning av ay from Him be
21 and my husband is 22, and we; cause of His revelation of Himself
have two babies already, which iu in Aatinn
ried couple should pay half the only reason I am sticking with I However. Fsalm 19 and all other
Ii i m man' ,h"M Py him. I scripture is plain about this, be
half. WJio, in your opinion, was Abby, 1 don't deserve any sym ; cause of Cod's love for us, also
correct? pathy because my parents prae- His powers and faithfulness. He
"COUNTING HEADS") tically got down on their hands' gave to men more comprehensive
DEAR COUNTING: A married and knees and begEed me to wait and tangible evidence of His eter
couple may have two heads, but before marrying this bov, but I nal power and Godhead than that
since they were a married couple.
they should tie considered "one.";
In other words, they the mar-!
tht have only one pockttbook,
so they were correct to assum
that in sharing tht cost with you,
they should pay half and y e u
should pay half. Your mistake
was in not having a clear under
standing beforehand.
production goes up and as our cost
of production goes up our PRICES
go up.
As a result of this spiral, our
prices are gelling higher than
KOHEIGN PRICES, thus making it
possible for more and more for
eigners to sell more gooas in me
I mted Stales and at the same
time making it less and less pos
sible for us to sell more goods
abroad.-
As that happens, JOBS DE
CLINE here in the U S A. and we
have MOKE AND MORE UNEM
PLOYED whom we have to sup
port by a dole. The dole has to
come out of taxes, and taxes are
levied on all ot us.
Our unemployed problem is
growing. The total is larger than
it has ever been before in any
thing like similar circumstances.
It is much larger than the unem
ployed total in Western Europe.
It is causing us a lot ot wurry.
One of our worries Is automa
tion. As nur costs of production go
HIGHER in proportion to foreign
costs of production, we try to
meet ths problem by means of
automatic machinery. As we use
more and more automatic ma
chinery, we dispense wilh more
and more workers.
As we dispense with more and
more workers our unemployment
totals grow and the cost of sup
porting the unemployed becomes
greater. One of the unfortunate
facts of life is that nobody has
ever yet found how to lift himself
by his own bootstraps.
Negroes Attacked
At Bus Terminal
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP)-An un
easy quiet sellled over this south
east Mississippi railhub today aft
er a gang of white youths at
tacked five Negroes at a bus sta
tion. One city official, who asked to
remain anonymous, said hs ex
pects federal marshals to be sent
in as they were after racial dis
orders at Montgomery, Ala. if
another outbreak of violence oc
curs. The FBI already has been asked
to investigate the attack.
McComb has become a center of
racial disturbances in strongly
pro segregationist Mississippi
since the "Freedom Rider" cam
paign waned in Jackson, the
stale capital.
Nearly loo Negro pupils were
dismissed from MeComb's Berg
lund High School earlier Una fall
after they repeatedly demonstrat
ed against segregation practices.
The five Negroes, all members
of the Congress of Racial Equali
ty, left McComb late Wednesday
night under heavy police protec
tion. They arrived in New Orle
ans without incident.
In most areas this latter alternative is used. As a re
sult special budget elections must be held every year in
each school district, each special district, or each munici
pality which exceeds its legal budget.
And therein lies n grave danger. People are very re
luctant to grant budgets in excess of the legal six per cent.
Often budgets must be submitted several times. There al
ways is the possibility that voters will flatly refuse to ac
cept a budget. Few of our taxing bodies in growing areas
now have a tax base that would permit levying enough
money to give any sort of operation.
Consequently a strong demand is being made upon the
commission considering revision of our state Constitution
to eliminate this restrictive provision.
Controls Desired
But there also is n strong feeling on the part of most
taxpayers that the six per cent limitation Is a good thing
and should be retained. Some check is needed, they con
tend, to keep taxes under control.
In fact, the six per cent limitation law, many declare.
has some drawbacks in that It lets governmental units add
six per cent even when not needed.
When there Is no growth, and no real necessity for
more spending, then there is no need to add to the budget.
Yet some units have been known to add the six per cent
merely for the purpose of keeping up a tax base with the
expectation that the larger base might be needed at some
future time.
Those who would do away with the provision limiting
the rate of tax increase point out that budget committees
are composed of freeholders who are just as much inter
ested in keeping taxes low as is any other taxpayer. But
then comes the other school of thought contending that
members of budget committees usually are especially in
terested in the particular department of government they
are serving and would run away with taxes if not con
trolled. Perhaps there is some formula whereby the percent
age of growth or loss of population, assessed valuation,
service demand, etc., could be estimated and this percent
age, either up or down, applied ahead of the six per cent
limitation. Creation of such a formula would be extreme
ly difficult. But maybe someone will come up with some
thing. At this time there is strong demand being made on the
commission to eliminate the amendment, but I am person
ally of the opinion that Oregon taxpayers are not about to
give up the existing law unless a workable substitute is
devised.
was "in love," and nobody could His creation. He gave to us a
tell me anything. I'll stay mar-jwr',len record, in which He has
ried because of my children. but'revcaicd 10 us purpose for us
it isn't going to he easy with a and tne world. In this book of
gambling, lying, abusive husband lbo01" e ,md ,he llv'n revelation
Pass on my hard earned experi-!0' illmse" 10 men- Hl onlv n'
ence to other girls under 21 Iis 'Jesus chrisl- Th" ls the ne ho
ten to vour Barents. Thev love "V '""""""J
19-year-old boy
you more than
who has nothing to offer but prom
ises.
AN' OLD LADY AT 21
Everybody has
W'hat's yours? For
ply, write to Abby. Box 3:165
a problem.
personal re-
Bev-
with His shed blood at the cross
In the next part of this Psalm,
Verses 7-11, God as He does in
many places throughout the Holy
writ, establishes the authority of
His written word and the revela
tion it gives concerning the Godhead.
As one studies these verses, he
DEAR ABBY: What do you
think of a husband who sends his
wife a birthday card which reads.
"TO MY SWEETHEART ON HIS
BIRTHDAY" and on the inside
it says, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
FELLA!" I was never so hurt in
all my life to think that my hus-
,n 77 hV , J r aooui me eriy Hm talf Knc,0Jp lis contronted wiln ms own need,
to read the card more rarefu vlj .jj j F ,. i ,u
Ifectness of the law of God. which
vs-nv vrtv or A"0' booklet. "How To reveals the need of our soul being
ERY VERY HURT Have A Lovelv WcrlHinff " .nti Si i converted. The kev to true wisdom.
Hills, 1 rejoicing and purity. Reading this
I Psalm in the attitude of prayer we
progress to the end, verses 13 and
14. where our own heart enters
into the true purpose of this Psalm,
and we say with the Psalmist.
"Let the words of my mouth and
the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord,
my strength, and my redeemer."
Rev. Glen A. Goddard
American Sunday School
Union Missionary
before he sent it. What should 11
do?
HURT: Come on, now I to Abby, Box 3365. Beverly
your husband might have been In Calif.
James Mario w
JFK Following "Big Stick'
Policy Of Teddy Roosevelt
WASHINGTON (AP)-President , ilate" to act aeainst communion
Kennedy, an admirer of President I in Cuba lo protect its own sccur
Theodora Hoosevelt's policy of .
soft talk with a big stick, is be But when the crunch "ame
ginning lo follow it in foreign af- when the rebels were beins
Asia and Europe to slaughtered on the hcir-he.
not only didn t intervene, he did
fairs from
Latin America.
Kennedy, since becomim? Pres.
ident. has never stated this as
his policy In so many words. It
seems to have developed slowly,
and emerged into view slowly, as
crises piled up on him. But he
has made it clear by action.
I Editorial Comment
HOW ABOUT FALLOUT SHELTERS
Pendleton East Oregonian
We can't recall seem; in recent years such an awakening o!
public interest as we arj seeing in survival under nuclear attack.
It was only I few month ago when any attempt to discuss fall
out shelters got nothing but yawns. Civil defense authorities were
getting no more public response than a crew of refrigerator sales
men would get at the North Pole.
Suddenly, everything changed. Perhaps tlw new boldness of
Khrushchev did it. Perhaps it was President Kennedy's statement
that qualified men in his administration esUmated that proper civil
defense measures could save as many as 60 000.000 Americans under
sttack who wilhout protection would die. Whatever it was, nation
wide interest in survival alter nuclear attack is thoroughly evident.
As you well know, opinion on this subject is not running in
one direction. There are as many persons violently opposed to
"holing up like rats" as there are people who think they owe it
to their nation to make every possible effort to survive.
A group of students in the University of Oregon's School of
Journalism recently conducted I survey of public opinion on fall
out shelters. Telephone calls were made to persons whose names
were taken at. random from the Eugene city directory and 87 were,
interviewed.
Of all the respondents, 67 per cent indicated their interest in
civil defense had increased over the past three months.
There was a high correlation between men and women in
their answers to all of the questions.
Although 80 per cent of the sample believed the Eugene area
would be affected by fallout in a nuclear attack only 49 per cent
thought they should have a fallout shelter. And, just 13 per cent
had actually made plans to have one, while a mere 4 per cent
had them already.
The 51 per cent who thought that they didn't need a shelter
were asked to explain why. '
Four main reasons were given: 7 per cent believed there would
be no war; 35 per cent thought the world wouldn't be worth living
in after an atomic war; 23 per cent wanted government supported
community shelters; and 33 per cent questioned the effectiveness
of shelters or else objected to them on the basis of the expense.
In regard lo what a shelter costs, 44 per cent of all those
asked said they had no idea. The remaining answers varied from
S100 to $3,000 with most estimates falling in the J100 - $500 ranqe.
Only 24 per cent had basements, but 66 per cent said they
could build on or convert an extra room to a fallout shelter.
The sample was also classified as to marital status, children
or childless, and owning or renting groups.
Approximately one-half of the sample was married, with chil
dren, and owned (or were buying) their home. Most of these v. era
women.
We don't know in which category of the Eugene respondents to
those questions you belong.
We have decided that if we could contribute noUiing during the
time this country was under nuclear attack we'd move into the
basement. If there was something we could do in such a tima
of emergency we'd do it. We'll just have to wait and see.
False Teeth Boost
Milk Production
not even give them American mil
itary support. The failure was a
colossal American
ment.
CHICAGO (AP)-A dentist who
embarrass-1 l(.etn for cows wa, cre(1ite(i today
I U.'ith KStlt n 1 milL- niwliin.l
Just because this whole episode ! -ion per animal as much as 48 6
was so half baked, it seems sals I per cent. I
to say neither Kennedy nor his i n.. w.'ni r vk .
k m ,. P .u m'''l'TI?.uv'!''T naa inougnt tneir way ; pel. Neb., dentist has a bovine
buildup after the Berlin crisis be- through at that time to a policy j tooth crown exhibit at the 1961
gan; the nudge to Premier I they followed later, the Roosevelt international Livestock Exhibit. I
Khrushchev not to begin a war Policy. , Havne, in eharce of the
he couldn't win: pressure on the' Then came Khrushchev's em ad a patient indued
Vietnamese government lo start threats on Berlin. Kennedy re- "eweomb n 19W t "do some fi
reforms; use of the Navy to stop 'spondee! to that w.lh a military l,hZ for he cow, in that vn
a Lal,.A,er,ca revolt. buildup. In term, of manpower J Lve'Sn abra" !
Kennedy, during the second TV 1 11 was more psychological than ;...., Th:. ,.lh . ,,.
debate with Vice President Rich - P1' s.,n,ce "'-v l33?00I men in about 10 jears. They couldn't'
ard M. Nixon in the 1960 presi. , were added to the armed forces. ra( propol.y s0 thejyr wei "
dential campaign, said "in myije V"' st"k was in warning ( Han(j tn.r m.ik Drod,1(
judgment we should follow the I Khrushchev not to push his luck. ,,on sUi inoed
ails ice of Theodore Roosevelt: lie
strong, maintain a strong position
but speak softly."
What Roosevelt actually said
he said it repeatedlv, as governor
of New York and later as presi
dentwas "speak softly and car
ry a big slick. You will go far."
He also warned
Haynes said Newcomb has de
veloped a set of steel tooth
crowns that run from $20 to $35
per animal and extends their
milk producing years.
MAKING RESTITUTION
Then came South Viet Nam
where the Communists, hy terror'
and persuasion, are taking over
more and more of the country
which is extremely poor hut is
run by President Ngo Dinh Diem
and his family like a dictatorship. :
This country is pouring aid into!
,, . nam. uu-s uieic 'e If
gainst boasting', .t. i unnvmr t ov
that isn't harked lin 1 K'W'K n-ni9 Millie i..u.iu.iv, I . inri nu
mai isni DacKia up. tangible reason for not acccpling 11 year-old grade school youth ap-
Kennedy had to learn that the communism pacifically it seei.s proached the football ticket boolh
hard way and. as further events certain the country will go down at .Meadville Hieh School and hand
showed, like a man gradually the drain. , ed the ticket seller $2.50.
feeling his way toward a fixed Kennedy didn't say anything! "That's too much money." (he
position. about U.S. pressure on the Vict-j ticket seller said. "You only have
On April 20. three days after namese government to begin ra-ito pay oil cents."
anti. Castro rebels tried lo invade I forms. But in the past week the "No." the youth replied. "The
Cuba with American help but government-controlled press there ; 50 cents is for tonight's game. The
were stopped cold. Kennedy said I began lo complain about Ameri-1 S2 is for the other times 1 crawled
the United States would "not hes-'can pressure. under the fence."
Hat Boxle
YOU CANT PLEASE EVERYBODY
Pendleton East Ortaorrian
Gov. Mark Hatfield got a little taste last week of some medicine
that editors are forced to take in large doses. We take no pleasure
in seeing somebody else get any of the abuse that is heaped on
editors but we have the thought that It probably Is well for the young
governor to learn early in his career in government that you are
darned if you do and darned if you don't.
No Oregon governor within our memory has associated himself
as closely as Gov. Hatfield with the churches and all that the
churches stand for. He attends church regularly and participates
in church affairs between Sundays. He speaks to many groups ot
many denominations. Whei he and his driver are on long trips they
stop at the side of the road to pray. The governor reads the Bible)
daily.
All of this must have beer, known to some 40 women who called at
the governor's office last week. They disregarded it. One of the
women told the governor "we are getting away from moral and spir
itual values," and it was plain she thought the governor had a hand
in leading us away from those values. Another woman told the
governor he didn't read the Bible. Another said, ' You can't be a
Christian and support the United Nations." The governor is an ar
dent supporter of U.N. He was told by another woman that that
support would mean the end of his political career.
Along the way the governor's patriotism was cuestioned because
he had not issued a proclamation last month on United Slates Day.
(We must make a note to look into that. We didn't know there was a
United States Day. What is its purpose?)
We are sure the governor will continue to he a deeply religious man
in his own good way. And he will continue to do those things which he
thinks a patriotic American should do. But he will do them know
ing that it won't satisfy those women. He would have to change his
basic beliefs to please those women and he isn't going to do that.
It is because they disagree with him on some basic issues that they
question his patriotism and his devotion to God., That's the way
it's done hy the extremists these days. If they disagree with a man
'.hey don't stop there. Thev attack his character.
You can't please everybody, governor. So please don't try lo
please those women. You will displease us if you do.
Middle-Aged Man Isn't Sure
What To Believe Any More
NEW YORK (AP) One of theNow love of country is a sign of ;
The Cartoonist Says:
What Price Victory .
POLITIC DECISION
penalties of middle age is that a
man hardly knows what to believe
any more.
the quest for certainty gets
harder and harder.
As a youth one is taught certain
truths and values that are sup
posed to be enduring and guide
you all through lite. But as you pretzel.
grow oilier yuu iiuu inai many
things you were taught as facts
when you were young are now re
garded as errors or supersti
tions.
nationalism, and nationalism
held to be the greatest obstacle i
lo world peace and umly.
A dancer prided himself on his!
ability to do a graceful waltz. Now I
you're wallflower unless you're
willing to get out on the floor, roll
your eves and twist yourself into a
You were taught that a wise
DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (APVman neer bought anything unli
1.1. Gov. Wilson Wyatl noticed he could pay for it in cash. Now
the sky was about to drench his it you aren't in hock up to your
audience at an outdoor gathering, i ears with a loan company you are
He made quick decision that i regarded as threat to the na
showed one reason he's a suc-itional economy.
cessful Bluegrass Slate politician. Many
"I have just decided to cut my.hii crops until the moon was right
one hour speech to two minutes."' Now he never plants at all unless
he said, "l'l give the speech to the wind is right from Washing
the local newspaper and you can ton.
read It there." i It was patriotic to be patriotic
The News -Review
ybliik.a' ky Ntvl-Ratww vliihln( Ce.
S4S S. I. Mai Sf gout,,, OrifM
CHARLES V. STANTON
Editor
GECRGE CASTILLO
Managing Editor
Uember of the Associated Press,
Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation
Entered as second class matter May 7. 1920. at the pr-t office at
Roseburg, Oregon, under ert of March i, 187J
Subscription Rates on Classified Advertising Page
A father was a symbol of family
authority and the recognized head
of the house. Now he's the mousy i
fellow wbo comes home once a '
week with his paycheck in his i
. ' mouth but isn't supposed to open '
1 k.- ..... .k.... t. l
?k wui iiw iiic pmie is
run. ,
An atom was some kind ot a lit
tie mystery you read about in
your high school physics or chem-j
a farmer never planted. , ..." ' ... ' : . . -
.,.1 .. u, mi irnmra iiic iiuir Human
race.
If you were 10 pounds under
wright you wiinird about geliinc;
tuberculosis. Now if you're in
ounces nverweishl you worry j
about getting a heart attack
If ynu were 10 minutes Lite In
work the boss threatened tn fire
you. ow ii ne noesn t give voti
two 15. minute coflee breaks a dav
j you threaten to report hnn to the
. union.
j If a man drank in public he was
retarded as a virlim of vice Now
doclors lell nu a couple of rock
tails before dinner are good for,
what ails you. 1
What ran a middle aged person
i believe in?
i Well, there's always motherhood
I and the need for a larger federal
' highway program; and death and
taxes and that's about it. i
ADDYE WRIGHT
Business Monogfr
DON HAGEDORN
Display Adv. Mgr.
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
1 JL 5
REALISM IN THE DIRT HEAP
Klamath Falls Herald and News
The American theater is sensibly acclaimed as one of the last ref
uges of realism in ait. But the heavy spate of plays dealing with
ex and its abnormalities suggests that some of our playwrights may
have their "realist ic" ev out of focus.
The other night in Washington, at a signal from an evidently star
tled high school principal. 146 students marched out in the middle of
a new play about sex. The protest of their shuffling feet even inter
rupted the drama. Newspaper reports of the incident lead one to
believe that the principal came in for a bad time from the theater
management and some of the adult palrons, but she stood her ground
and foujht back, bless her heart.
From what I see of the newspaper ads. movies aren't much belter.
On a r?cent jaunt lo the wicked city. I noticed four of the largest
advertisements in the newspaper were called "shockers" and carried
a punch line about "recommended for mature adults only" or some
such sucker rome-on. 1 can only assume that the management fig
ures that "mature" mrans an individual who can apply some of the
sociological principles and other hooey that one is supposed to glean
from the sexpots.
Perhaps it is time fur the writers and producers to perk up their
ears. Thev hae a risht to press their quest for truth wherever they
wish. But "realism" does not demand that tiiey always find it in a dirt
heap
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