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'All I Said Was, 'We Must Put Our Differences on the Table!"' FFT The Cdit Editor's Corner . v. :v. 10 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Game Regulations Designed For Friday, the Oregon State Game Com- mission will announce the big frame hunt ing regulations for the next season. The regulation 'net will be - based . largely on findings during the past year by the commission and on desires of the public. A hearing was held last month in : Portland to give the public its say on the . matter. If the sentiment of the public through nut the state is anything like it has been in Douglas County, this might be the year for some big changes in hunting regula tions. Opinions have been expressed that only a few deer are left. Many people in this area say the deer population isn't what it was "in the good old days." The Game Commission has come in for criticism both in its studied of wild life and its game management practices. It has been said the commission shouldn't allow killing of dees and that the total deer take allowed is too high. Some have even said the management program in general is wishy-washy. In a pamphlet published by the com mission, which is available to the general public at the district office in Roseburg, a run-down on the deer management pro gram is given. It states objectives of the program are to maintain deer hunting forever as a form of recreation. This does not mean raising the maximum number of deer each year, regardless of other factors. Another objective also requires balanc ing deer numbers with other land uses. When damage problems and other con flicts arise, they must bo faced square ly. Often, harvest of offending animals is the only practical solution. When an over population of an area oc curs, and food becomes scarce, the deer Rtart coming down to cultivated areas and harassing the farmers. Also taken into consideration is the loss of deer during winter hardships. Nothing has been released as yet on this year's hearings. At the 10G2 public hearings about 60 persons presented oral : testimony and approximately 75 letters ' and petitions from individuals and organi THE LIGHTER SIDE: By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPl) Capitol Hill is major tourist attraction, but I doubt It would currently bo recommended by tbo U.S. Travel Service. Six officials of the service made a trip up the Hill recently to tes tify bofore a House appropriations ubcommitlce. Judging from the transcript of the hearing, which was released this week, I Imagine they now regard tbo placo as having some thing In common with the Black Hole of Calcutta. The Travel Service, created within tlio Commerce Department to attract foreign visitors to the U.S.A. is seeking a $4.2 million appropriation to cany on this i work In fiscal 1!M!4. J However, there appeared to he I tome question in the minds of the subcommittee members as to whether the program thus far had operated with optimum results. Questions Coma Early Service director Vail Gilmore was barely two paragraphs deep In his prepared statement, or travelogue, before he was inter rupted by subcommittee chairman John J. Itooney, a far-flung Dem ocrat from New York. Did Gilmore, asked Itooney, spend $00,000 to open an office in Tokyo after being advised by the U.S. Fmbassy there thaljiroi peels for increased Japanese trav el abroad were rather slim? "Yes, sir," said Gilmore. And did the number of Japanese (raveling to the I'nitcd States (hen drop from 19.872 to 17,972? Gil- more confirmed that It did. The subcommittee next trod heavily and at length upon an $1,800 carpet purchased in Hong Kong for the Tokyo office. "Is (his carpet red?" Inquired Ronncy "It sounds like a real red carpet." The color was not established, hut since it was selected by an interior decorator, who received u s. ma St. Rotrbvrg Ofreon TalapNwie ORchard J-ttll Fnterad ai ia,una clan maltar Mir t. l Iht m,r olota at fteifburs, Ost eon. undf acl e'.Marct, ), U1J. Publlihad pally Ettaal SimvIby by newsrtview Publishing co J. V. Branntr Puolllhar Tha Nawa-ftavlrw, li a mambar af tt Umlro Prm Iptarrtallonal, NE Sarvka. Audit Buraau 01 deviation a-wl IM Oragon NawiMpar Publiihatl AlMXiahon. ' Nalkmal Advancing Raprata.itatUa tl Nevttpapar Adva'tiline Service ta Run undine, San Pranrlsco Calif. tuaSCPIPTION DATES Carntt ana Ratabura P O. aevat 1 moftlri, IVIlj a month, $10 SO? I yaat. Ill OA Rr Mul. . In Oraeon: I mortlh, H7S, 3 : I yar SUM, OulilOa of Oram,: 1 monm, lull I iMntht, 11 J! t morthi. IIO.JOi I yaar tJl.Oo. Capitol Hill Not Tourist Interest a $:ia,MII fee, we may assume that II blended well with (he other furnishings. Still Unstained Rep. Frank T. Bow, R-Ohio, wanted to know whether anyone spilled champagne on the carpet at a reception marking the open ing of the office. Gilmore assured him Unit it was unstained. It next developed that the (rav el service printed SO manuals of operations, 2.S In gold-stamped binders, at a cost of $202 per copy. They were sent to overseas di rectors, but Gilmore conceded thai some had never read it. The subcommittee likewise took a keen interest in the 200 sets of $10 cuff links that the service pur chased for good will gifts to per sons of Influence abroad. Hooney figured out that If the expenses of the travel service were matched against (he Increase In foreign visitors It would amount to $.11) a person. Perhaps It would be better, be said, just to give them $33 apiece and let them spend It themselves. As this is written, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena say they have made ra dar contact with Mercury, t h e smallest and the hottest of the plan els (in the solar system, there are nine planets. Including the earth.) It is believed that Mercury al ways keeps Its sunny side toward the sun. The temperature on Its ! sunny side Is estimated to be be tween .VK) and 770 degrees rahren- i licit hot enough to melt lead ! and tin. That seems to head off any pro posals to put a man on Mercury 1 ! which should be good news for the i taxpayers. Still, you never can tell. .Mercury s gravity at the surtare is about one-fourth of the earth's gravity. So. . .a man weighing ISO pounds on earth would weigh only 40 pounds on Mercury. Somebody might sell the present free spcndiiig administration on the idea that Mercury would be a fan tastically attractive place to start a weight reducing salon. . . thus increasing vastly our national phys ical Illness. In Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. President Sukarno accepts an of fer from his congress that he KKF.P HIS JOB FOR LIFE. The wires add that he then took off lor a month long vacation among the bright lights of Tokyo, Rome, Vi enna and Paris As he departed, he left this mes sase for his people: "Do not ex pect the government and MR to In The Day's News- By FRANK JENKINS - 1 THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963 Present, Future zations were received.-A, large part of the . testimony presented criticized past hunt ing seasons for failure to alleviate land ' iise conflicts or reduce deer numbers to range carrying capacities. With the exception of the southeastern ranges, the available evidence to the commission indicated that most other herds were capable of supporting equal or greater hunting pressure than was ex perienced the year before. In the south east section the harvest of antlerless deer was cut down when it was found that two years of drouth had limited fawn produc tion. With the establishment of the buck ' only law in 1923, most hunters have grown up with the idea that bucks only should be taken. The feeling is that one buck will breed many does. On the surface it looks good, and the idea works. It worked so well in fact, that in the 19.'50's in the east ern areas the "bucket" was filled. Deer had increased to the capacity of the win ter range and the surplus was slopping over. Buck hunting could not remove the annual increase and old mother nature came forth to lake her toll. When the Rhrubs were gone the deer died, with fawns usually leading the parade. In answer to the criticisms leveled at the Game Commission, it should he noted that little decline in mule deer numbers has been evident in the last several years, As proof, range conditions remain critical, and deer damage in Western Or egon continues to increase. The need, for a more efficient harvest still remains'! The commission is confident of the ef fectiveness of its deer management pro gram. The program has been recognized as one of the most comprehensive in the nation. It would seem some of the people are mainly concerned with only a few of the areas in game management. But the reg ulations here are based on facts gathered by competent men In the field, who do not rely on hearsay. We feel the commission and its staff of experts have done a good job in the past and are sure to do so in the future. The Almanac By Unltod Prais International Today is Thursday, June , the I57lh day of 1963 with 20S to follow. The moon Is approaching full phase, The morning atari ara Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star Is liars. On this day In history: In 181(5. ten Indies of show fell in New England beginning the so called "year in which thcro was no summer." In I9IW, a motion picture "drive In" theater, the first or its kind, opened in Camden, N.J. In 1944, D-Day began, the great pal IntliKtnn thn u.,,-U 1. seen, under the command of Gen. uwikiu u. mscnuuwer, ' In 1962, lenders of the Secret AmiV (Vffiini-rnlmn in AIha.-Ib called on their followers to resume iciriiiisi aciivuics against inde pendence groups. A thought for the day French author Rabelais said in his will: "I owe much; 1 have nothing; I give the rest to the poor." Now You Know By United Press International The pre historic Tyrannosaurus Rex, the largest meat-eatini! ani mal that ever lived, weighed nearly 10 tons and achieved a length of 50 feet, according to the American Museum of Natural become Santa Claus, YOU MUST WORK HARD." (The Indonesians will have to work hard to pay Sukarno's bill. A gay time among the bright lights doesn't come for free.) This Sukarno isn't dumb. For years, he has been playing Ihe U.S. against (he communists In Moscow and Peking. From us, he has received somewhat more than $700 million in economic aid. His aid from the Soviet Union is estimated at around a BILLION dollars, along with a slew of MICs him to keep his Indonesian Repub lic going. This dictator racket Is a pretty good one. Then There'a this fellow Duvalier, president of Haiti. His term expir ed several weeks ago. hut he didn't let that bother him. He seems merely to have said to his people: "Oh, you guys, "I'm IV again." He thus eliminated the BIG prob lem of holding public office which is HOW TO C.F.T Kl.K.CTF.D AGAIN. No electioneering None of the grief of raising campaign funds. No tiresome $100 to i.MH) per plate dinners. It's a wonderful system. Hut It spells Ihe end of democracy History is rather pnsitixe on that point. i : ... , .. . mil By PHIL NEWSOM One of (he chief reasons for the optimism that at the end of August a new Malaysian Federa tion will be born out of former British holdings in southeast Asia is a sheet of paper about four Inches long, colored green and yellow. 11 is the Malayan dollar, worth about 33 United States cents. It gives businessmen and poli ticians alike confidence that Mal WASHINGTON WINDOW Goldwater Should Launch A Vote Raid In The South ' By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International - Sen. Barry Goldwaler's strate gists could do worse than to book their man into Deep Dixie to give Southern voters a chance to sound off their political sentiments. 1 his would he a good idea be cause President Kennedy is just back from a Southern swing. Ken nedy took a big chance in booking himself for personal appearances in an area where Democrats are reported in rebellion against the administration. But Kennedy got away with it in fine style. A disturbing thought could be upsetting Republicans just now a suspicion that they have over estimated the Southern hate-Kennedy movement. Kennedy packed his charm and his presi dential prestige for his journey in to Deep Dixie. They wero his sale conduct along with one or (wo other amulets. Southern Welcome Politicians will not agree on Kennedy's reception in Tennessee and Alabama, on what it did or did not signify. Rut one point was clear: The President was received with an abundance of courtesy and with much enthusiasm. No boos or Bronx cheers. United Feature Syndicate's acutely observant Mary McGrory somewhat discounted the warmth of the Alabama welcome. She wrote: "President Kennedy's two speeches were delivered on feder al properly before crowds that are beholden to the federal govern ment for their jobs and their live- Local News Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hull have left for Montana to enjoy a vacation trip. A rummage sale will he sponsor ed by Ihe PNG Club Friday, June 7, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the basement of the IOOF Hall. Bob llliion, student at U'us and Clark College In Portland, has arrived home to spend the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ellison. Vlnce Wroble has returned to his work as director of voluntary serv ices at the VA Hospital, following a trip to Palo Alto. Calif., to at tend a two-day conference of vol un(ary directors, after which he went on to San Diego to visit his mother, Mrs. Mary Wroble. Captain and Mrs. Robert Platan- ber9 and sons. Craig. Knk. Mike and Je(f. are spending two weeks here visiting Mrs. Platcnberg's mother. Mrs. Ray l arnco, and Mr. Carrico. They have been living in Colorado Springs. Colo,, where the former was stationed and his next assignment will he Tvndall Air Force Baic. Panama City, Fla Mrs Platenberg is the former Don na Mearj of this city. Federation Aided By Hard Currency aysia will become a reality de spite the vehement opposition of Indonesia and the somewhat les ser opposition of the Philippines. The Maylayan dollar represents the surest way to buy rice in southeast Asia. It is the region's hardest currency and already is in use throughout the Malaysia territories. x Singapore, for example, will gain little politically from mem bership in the federation and lihood." That Is a valid stipulation to be considered in any estimate of the political import of Kennedy's jour ney. Hut it does not apply to Ken nedy's appearance in Nashville where 180,000 cheering citizens lined the curbs. His Vanderbilt University speech was well re ceived despite the fact that he talked race relations to citizens whose city just had emerged from a period of shocking street violence. Needs Dixie Votes Enthusiasm for Goldwater is enormous in the Republican party and it appears to be increasing. Rut even the most enthusiastic make no claims that their man could carry such big, fat stales as New York and Pennsylvania. The Goldwater strategy would be to raid the South for enough electoral voles to offset the loss of New York and Pennsylvania and others to Kennedy. They make a pretty good mathematical argument that Goldwater could lick Kennedy that way. I The southern states are vital to conservative Republican plans to nominate and to elect Goldwater or any other plainspoken opponent of basic Democratic party princi ples. Hundreds of invitations to speak come lo Goldwater every week. How would it be if he signed for a sequence of three or four Deep Dixie appearances? Republicans almost unroofed Georgia in 10 when Richard M. Nixon showed in Atlanta. Georgians should be given an early opportunity to show whether they can do as well or better for Barry Goldwater. Toktn from the Nlfl I 40 YEARS AGO June 5. mi i A former lumberjack from I Rcedsport talked freely today iu j confessing Ihe robbery of the Glen 'dale Stale Hank, lie was captured I at the mouth of Whiskey Creek, a tributary of the Rogue Ricr by ! Deputv Sherilfa Frank Hopkins and jW H, Branham. The ;t year-old ' : robber wa charged with robbing the hank of St. 148 A long drawn-out meeting of the ! Roseburg City Cotiocil last night : featured a discussion of the Alex ander Bridge. It was pointed out that the "dark and dangerous" footpath leading to it had Ix-en the scene where hoboes accosted youn; : women and girls It was reported that two girls had been kissed hy hoboes recently. A petition was i entered asking the council to open up the crossing over the tracks Maor Rice said action would be taken immediately 55 YEARS AGO June s, ms It was annmiiurd today that a .summer program of directed play will be inaugurated in Roseburg .'- ' might even lose some revenues to the federal government. Seek Protection But Singapore's Chinese, mak ing up 75 per cent of the 1.75 million population, look upon the federation both as protection from the instability of Indonesia and from the ambitions of Red China. Businessmen of the Borneo ter ritories of Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo echo the same sen timents. The result has been that even with the short rebellion in Brunei to build u 'on, the anti-Malaysian forces have had little success. The man whose brain-child the federation is, is Malayan Prime Minister Tcngku Abdul Rahman, noted for tough talk screened by soft words. In Malaya, the British left be hind a going economy based on tin and rubber. Under Prince Rahman, the Malayans have expanded these facilities and sought means to di versity Iho economy. Roads have been built, jungle lands cleared, health and irrigation programs un dertaken. Foreign reserves are equal to nearly $900 million. In Tokyo last week. Prince Rahman met with Indonesian President Sukarno in an effort to bring a halt to the Insults which for months the two nations have been exchanging. Note Dissimilarities Newsmen were quick to note the dissimilarities between the two men of such similar back grounds. Both speak a Malayan tongue and both are Moslems. But Sukarno is attempting to lead his nation along a confused path of "guided Democracy" which includes nationalization of industry. He proclaims neutrality but frequently seems lo lean heav ily toward the Communists. He charges that the new federa tion is an attempt by former co lonial powers to surround Indo nesia. Prince Rahman believes frank ly in capitalism and that Malay sia's future lies with close cooperation with the West, Co-existence with Communism, he be lieves, would he to invite a Red Chinese take-over. His hopes for federation rest primarily on Malay's stability and relative prosperity. Despite Ihe soft word., nf the final com munique, Indonesia remains his creates! threat. It is unlikely that Sukarno's appetite for terri tory has been satisfied hy his success acainst the Dutch in New Guinea. i of The Ncwl-Review ; this year for the first time under 1 the sponsorship of the Roseburg ! School Board. A supervisor will he provided to organize baseball, ten nis and a general program of sports tor both children and adults. , The program is being conducted in cooperation with the Work Prog ress Administration and Lmpqiia pot n( the American I.eiion. Rob ert (Bob) Kidder, a graduate this year from the University of Ore gon physical education depart ment has been named as supervi sor. 1 It YEARS AGO June 5, H53 j Truce negotiators assemble at Panmunjom. Korea, tomorrow tor ! a (atctul meeting that might bring 'an armistire by next week. The Korean pemniisula has been rack ed by three years of war. j This year's abnormally wet 1 spring may be dealing some of Douglas County's farm crops a damaging blow. County Agent J. Roljnd Parker said today the situ ation for the hay crops is "criti ical." Also in danger are canta loupes and com. 6y Charles V. Stanton Amacher Feels 'Let Down' By The Forestry Industry John Amacher, Roseburg, state game commissioner, re cently expressed an opinion that the Game Commission had been "let down" by the forest industry, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other agen cies connected with the growing of our forest crop. The Game Commission, he explained, held a number of regional meetings over the state of Oregon. The purpose was to give all interested persons an opportunity to be heard. Criticism of the commission's policies on management control was most vigorous. Organized groups heatedly pro tested killing of does and fawns as a means of keeping population within range capacity. Organizations connected with forest growth and use, how ever, are pleading with the Game Commission to help pre vent damage from wildlife through population controls. Yet, according to Amacher, these groups did nothing to help take the "heat" off the Game Commission. . ' The Forest Service, Bureau of I Land Management, some of the larger companies, the Western For estry and Conservation Association, and others have been very active in urging the Oregon Legislature and the Game Commission to adopt policies affording some re lief from wildlife damage. These same agencies are seeking popula tion control policies in hunting reg ulations now being compiled for the coming season. But. while thev appeared before the Legislature at Salem, and be fore the Game Commission in Port land, they were totally absent from the regional meetings where the Game Commission suffered much abuse, Amacher reports. They didn't put their problem before the public when opportunity offered. One can't blame Amacher for feeling "let down." Now that the Game Commission is preparing to set up new regula tions, which probably will include a compror. ise with presently dis satisfied fc-oups, the Western For estry and Conservation Associa tion, representing some 25 private and public members, has come out with a vei;y attractive booklet. "There's Trouble in the Woods." Animals Kill Trees This booklet points out that ani mals in the Pacific Northwest each year kill enough youni; trees to build 20,000 homes, had Ihe trees grown to maturity. Rodents, they say, do even more damage than the larger game animals'. Mice and birds eat seeds, rabbits gnaw at seedlings, deer and elk browse young trees and leafy shoots, old er trees are killed by porcupines and bear. While all this is going on, ani mal populations are increasing. Tax Increase Faces Referral To Voters SALEM (UP1) Discovery of an error in the legislature's $60 million tax package as it awaited the governor's signature bolstered charges that it was "a paste pot and scissors job." Lawmakers were so convinced that voters would reject the pack age that they set aside $300,000 and an October date for a refer ral election. Senators feared the package would not raise enough money to finance the $404 million spending program for the next biennium. House members claimed the bill was so poorly drawn it would raise more than fanned. Senators insisted a une shot speedup nf withholding tax collec tions be held in reserve for emer gencies. House members added t pro vision that if there was more than a $10 million surplus the excess would be used to offset property taxes. The package included a 28 per cent hike in the state personal income tax to raise an additional $48 million, a liberalized capital gains law, and increased corpor ate excise taxes. The new law was not what the governor, house or senate wanted. Gov. Mark Hatfield recommend ed a net receipts "tax reform" program, and called for a 4-cent a pack cigarette lax. The House Tax Committee, aft er 2.V) hours of hearings, recom mended nearly the governor's plan, and the one-shot feature. Senate Changed Things The Senate Tax Committee threw out the net receipts and cigarette tax. revised the present law and raised the rates. The House wouldn't buy it. A 14-day deadlock on Ihe revenue program was the result. The third conference committee came up with a "compromise" pretty much ihe Senate plan. The House grudgingly accepted, hut retaliated by killing a Senate measure to submit a sales tax to the voters in November of 1964. The battle finally ended min utes before the legislature ad journed when the House w.s forced to bow lo a Senate couo which trimmed funds from the in terim tax committee, and made appointment of a senator as com mittee chairman mandatory. House Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery termed the tax pack age a "paste pot and scissors job." Ihe need to increase taxes haunted the session. The state's surplus had run out. There was no way to avoid a tax increase. F.eryone snoke in terms of a referral election. Legislators be gan talking of referral even be Harvest of old trees is followed by an upsurge of new growth which attracts more rodents and animals. Ranges soon become overcrowded. Hungry animals turn for food to young trees and destroy potential material for economic operation. Then, after much damage has been done, the surplus dies from starva tion. Adding to the - problem is the widespread and unregulated des truction of animal predators. We're learning that Mother Nature is a little more skilful in regulation of population than men. Mother Na ture provided that coyotes, hawks, snakes and other predators would live off rabbits, mice, and various rodents, . Bounties Uied But stockmen put bounties on coyotes, wolves, hawks and oth er predators. In parts of the North west as a result, much damage has been caused hy an overpopula tion of mice and rabbits. Soma !)reas even have imported and re leased coyotes recently to help con trol pests. Forest conservation and forest industry organizations are much concerned with tha heavy losses they suffer. At the same time, some groups of hunters are vocif erous in demanding more game and a cessation of population regu lation. Unquestionably there must be a compromise between these groups and the controversy they repre sent. But it's apt to be difficult to obtain a compromise when one side fails to express itself in the places where it could be doing some good, helping in the shaping of policies it feels are essential. fore the tax hike was drafted. The war over the tax increase wasn't a Democrat versus Repub lican affair. It was every man for himself. Each remembered xthe night mare of 195.'i when Ihe Republican-dominated legislature adopt ed a 45 per cent surtax. The voters reacted so violently that Democrats were swept into office, gained a 15-15 split in tha Senate, and a strong working ma jority in the House. It was a lesson I hat no law maker can forget. Special Session Seen On the final night of the session, Sen. Walter Pearson. D-Portland, voted against pay hikes for state employes and educators and f ' warned his colleagues "it's about time we shed a few tears for the taxpayers. They are the ones pay ing the bills. "We have passed a tax increase the voters will not accept. We will be back here (In special session) in October." So many different tax proposals were dialled that most taxpayers had no idea what the final result was except they know their taxes are going up. The following table was pre pared by the Tax Commission to show what the out-of-pocket in crease would be: $1,000 income: Single person up $2. couple up $10, family of four up $10. $.1,000 income: Single un $17. couple up $9, familv of four up $18. $5,000 income: Single up $33. ! couple up $28. family of four up ;$28. I S'.ooa income: Single up $43, couple up $43, family of four up , $55. 59.000 income: Single up Sis, couple up $38, family of four up $74. i $15,000 income: Single up $gt. con ile up $S3, familv of four up $115. i The House and governor wanted ; "tax reform" and "base broad-eia-:" based on tile ability to pay : theory. Toe Senate demanded a' pro gram which included base broad cninT. but aha bit hard at lane ; families on the theory that edu cation accounted lor more than half of the state's spending. ! The voters have until Sept. J to make up their minds. If 23.I8J of thr:n ign a petition. ;a special election will be held in Octooer. If the tax program is turned down, the state would be about Seo million short or the amount needed to balance the budget. A special session would have to be called. ! Many lawmakers are convinced they will be back in Salem next i October. I
