Program Scheduled At Newton Creek
3teus-HoDiow
di to via I ja a
"Those Fellows Just Don't Know How to Integrate!"
The closing exercises of the Va
cation Bible School ol the Newton
Creek Church of Christ will be giv
en this Friday at 7:30 p.m. j
The church, which was organized
a little over three years aso, and j
which erected the first unit of its!
building last summer, boasts an
enrollment of 42 children, 6 teen-j
age workers and 10 adult teachers i
for its first Daily Vacation Bible j
School. I
Tin program will include songs,
recitations and pantomimes as well
as a display of handwork and
workbooks. The public is invited to
attend the program.
The church building is located at
731 Newton Creek Road. Refresh
ments will be served following
the program.
The Rev. Lloyd M. Whitford is
pastor of the church.
4 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963
The Farmer Is Beleaguered
Anyone who says, "Pity the poor
farmer." knows what he's talking about.
The farmer in Oregon as he has been
known for more than a century is rapid
ly disappearing. The reason is simple.
Unless he has a big, highly, mechanized,
farm or another job to suoplemcnt his
farm operation, he can't afford to con
tinue operating.
Some of the items contributing to this
situation are pointed out in a report on
agriculture in Oregon in 1962 by a legis
lative interim committee on the: subject.
First, U. S. Department of Agriculture
statistics show relatively low returns for
farm labor and farm capital compared
to the returns for other industries.
The' committee points out that fabu
lous production has been achieved by the
farmer in Oregon, but at the same time,
costs of production have become dispro
portionately high. ' . ' :. .
In 1061, n total $412.6 million worth
of cash crops cost the farmers $341.7
million to produce. The total net income
from all sources, including $10.3 million
in federal government funds left enough
for an average salary of $2,650 for each
of the 45,000 farm operators in Oregon.
Many other things are closing in on
the Oregon farmer to drive him to other
endeavors, the interim committee report
says. Accepting the challenge of compe
tition, he decides to practice more and
more efficiency and higher productivity.
Mis efforts succeed, production goes up,
nnd, pow the price falls because of this
high production. It's a classic dilemma.
High taxes also add their weight to the
routing of farmers. That these taxes have
proved effective in getting rid of the
farmer is shown by a 1960 survey made
in Benton County on 42 farm sales. Of
these 42, only eight were bought by oth
er bona fide farmers. The others were
listed as tax refuges for out-of-state buy
ers, hobby farms or country estates.
In some counties, property taxes on
farm lands have almost doubled in the
last decade. This is largely due to the
tremendous rise in school costs on the
local levels and the exodus to the sul
urbs by city dwellers who are demand
ing other urban services.
.The proof of the impact on the farm
er is compared in one study with that of
a professional man.
In this study, a representative farmer
In the Willamette Valley had an invest
ment of $118,000 true cash value in his
farm. It was found that for school pur
poses alone, the average yearly taxes
paid were $1,800 per farm. On the aver
age in this study, the farmer received
$4,300 as a total payment for his labor,
management and return on the capital
he had invested in his farm.
This figured out to about 70 cents per
hour for labor, providing he could credit
capital with a normal farm loan percent
age rate of interest.
A dentist, on the other hand invests
$30,000 to get Btarted in business. This
investment was subject to a deprecia
tion write-off and very quickly dropped
to a 60 per cent taxable cash value;
When these factors were all consider
ed, it was shown that the dentist was
paying about $350 in property tax for us
ing the resources in his business, while
the farmer was paying $1,800.
Of course, on the higher income of a
dentist, he was paying a great deal more
state and federal income tax. Some of
the state tax was coming back in basic
school support, but other than that nei
ther was tloing much toward defraying
the cost of local services. So the heavi
est burden was falling on the farmer
again. . 1
It's in this area the slate may be able
to give the beleaguered farmer an as
sist. Other businesses have a deprecia-:
lion allowance or some other special tax
consideration. Land, the farmer's chief
stock in trade, doesn't depreciate. Some
equitable taxing system needs to be
worked out for him, too.'
WASHINGTON WINDOW
Opinions From Readers
'What Next,' Says Reader
On School-Prayer Issue
To Tho Editor:
When I was a small boy f was
a student In a public school in a
little Southern town. The principal
of the school was a dignified man.
lie also wus a minister of tho
gospel. Everyone called him the
"Professor."
Each morning all of tho stu
dents would assemble in tho school
auditorium and we would bow our
heads in reverence while the
"Professor" recited a prayer. Wo
would then ling a sacred or pa
triotic song. After that we would
go to our classrooms. (Wo were
taught to lovo God and to love our
country. None of us believed we
were violating tho Constitution of
the United States.
Toduy the Supreme Court has
abolished prayer in our public
schools. Tho court has not abolish
ed religion from our schools. In
stead they have favored the new
religion ot atheism.
Something is radically wrong
when one or two atheists can go
tn court and thereby invalidate tho
Christian tradition of the entire
Nalion. Soon someone will want
the name of God stricken from our
coins and also make, it unlawful
to swear with our hand on the
Rlble.
fiavl Marx said: "Atheism comes
colore communism conies.
Does it seem as if wo are going
In that direction?
God bless America? Moybe, may
be notl
Frank Licning
Camas Valley Rt. Box S4S
Winston, Ore.
California!) Derisive
Of Legislative Action
To The Editor:
Tho state of Oregon certuinly
has hit upon a means of birth con
trol with its new Income lax. From
all appearances Hie moro children
you have the more tax you must
pay. This Is good for tne as I am
not married, therefore 1 like this
tax.
The defeat of the cigarette tox
was another victory for the smoker,
for If this tax had passed the
smoker would become tho clicwer
and this would necessitate the re
turn of the cuspidor and the fami
liar spots on I lie living room floor.
Now daylight saving time is one
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
The Smallest Flaw
Philatelists Like
By DICK WEST
WASHINGTON (l!Pl You
don't havo to smile when you call
a man a philatelist, but some
times it's ha id to keep from It.
Stamp collectors comprise one
of the few groups on earth that
cherish imperfection. Even the
smallest flaw in a postage stamp
will send a philatelist into spasms
of delight.
This passion for Ihe defective
seems a mite curious to those of
us who regard the postage stamp
merely as something to mail a
loiter with.
Some ot the controversies that
shake the philatelic world as,
for example, the inverted printing
of the Dag lUmmarskjold mem
orial stamp last fall are likely
to cause a non-philatelist to quiv
er with amusement.
Question ot Eyebrows
At the moment, it looks like a
major flap is shaping up over
the question of Amelia Earhart's
eyebrows.
A new airmail stamp honoring
the famed aviatrix, who disap
peared during a flight over the
Pacific in 19:17, recently was un
veiled by the Post Office Depart
ment, .
It doesn't go on sale until July
25, but already an issue has
arisen over whether R. M, Bow
er, who engraved the stamp, ne
glected to equip Miss Earhart's
likeness with eyebrows.
When I heard about this, 1
slopped by the department to
take a look t the sample and
also to Inspect a photographic en
largement o( the area around her
eyes.
Mower, who worked from an old
photograph, pictured Miss Ear
hart boyishly attired in slacks
and shirt and standing in front
ol Ihe silver monoplane in which
she disappeared.
No Comment
To me, l.er brow seemed as
barren of upholstery as that of
the Mona Lisa. Hut -when t asked
a department press officer wheth
er Bower had indeed omitted her
eyebrows, all I got was an enig
matic smile.
The ofiicial policy of tho postal
service is to he as Inscrutable as
possible. I assume it seeks to
avoid giving the stamp an inllated
value on the philatelic market, as
might be the case if word got
out that Bower hail goofed.
In addition to the controversy
over Miss Earhart's eyebrows.
Iher also has been considerable
discussion regarding her facial
expression, which 1 would de
scribe as a "grile." or a cross
between a grin and a smile
She apparently was squinting
Into the sun wnen the original
photograph was taken. Some phil
atelists say the engraving pre
sents an optial illusion in which
the ees appear open on mo
ment and closed the next.
Commenting on that, the Dress
officer said "at eight cents, an
animated postage stamp might be
regarded as one of the belter
buys of Ih year."
of the, most wonderful things that
over Happened to the Stale of Ore
gon. What is wonderful about it we
in California don't know, but, it we
havo It, it must be wonderful.'
To be able to spend the. . first
half. Of Vfllll Ipoislflf iv-A Ensimn
tllinklnff lin wavs In snenrl innnnv'
the last half finding ways to raise
money is an achievement in it
self. For f hi I snlntn vnit itiu
Stilt. Knlllte VOIt fin, I 1 am aura
your own voters salute you.
May you keep up the good workl
Anthony Sarraguso
General Delivery
Newport Beach, Calif.
Supreme Court Picked
Atheism Over Religion
To Tho Editor:
The Supreme Court of our land
has decided for atheism and
against Christianity. As a Nation
wo have grown Immensely materi
ally, hut may have become sterile
in our moral and spiritual ctforls.
This decision could never have
been made with a vital and de
cisive Christian effort being exert
ed by our people. It seems ralher
queer to me that afler two cen
turies wo have become so enlight
ened finally that we can twist the
meaning of our Constitution to con
form to any meaning we wish, de
pending upon the pressure brought
to bear.
I am sure the founding fathers
of our Nation had no such intent.
I douht very much if, with the
Supreme Court Justices we n o w
have, any law could be written
that would, or could, legally per
mit Ihe use of our Lord's Prayer
in our schools.
For years we have taught athe
istic evolution in our schools. It
is written in the children's text
books, and most teachers have
made no effort (u curtail it.
I At present we are considering
tthe 'caching of communism. This
I would be a great aid to a com
' munist teacher and should great
. ly help our socialistic trend.
I If It is wrong to teach Christian
! ity, it Is certainly wrong to teach
atheism.
I This court decision should bring
j a flood of protest from I linslians
everywhere. If It does not, it only
I indicates the extent of our falling
!away in these latter days.
I II Is time we started fighting
, for the liberties we are losing on
every side. We should be ashamed
j if we. in our generation, lose the
: very things our forefathers gave
'their lives to obtain and preserve.
I K.-nncth Kinney
Kinnev Variety Store
Myrtle Creek, Ore.
Negro
Prove
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Prist Inttrnational
Candidate Kennedy's principal
campaign bid in for the vote
of Negroes was made at a mo
ment when the attention of most
voters abruptly had been directed
to another great issue.
Kennedy's big pitch for the Ne
gro vote was made in California
in Ihe second week of September,
1960. Two days earlier a group
oi iToiesuiu ministers and lay
men had met in Washington, D.C.
under chairmanship of the Rev.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale to
consider Kennedy's religion. The
Peale group issued a statement
warning that "a Roman Catholic
president would. . .be under ex
treme pressure by the hierarchy
of his church" to go along willi
Vatican foreign policy. That slato
ment was made Sept. 7.
Emphasised Civil Rights
Kennedy was campaigning on
the Pacific Coast. His managers
distributed an advance text of a
speech Kennedy was to deliver
on Sept., .9 in Eos Angeles. Em
phasis was on civil rights. Citing
the vast area ot civil rights per-
lormanco promised in the Demo
cralic platform, Kennedy said:
"1 believe in our platform. And
in lSXil I intend to see that its
pledges are carried out. I have
asked Sen. (Joseph S.) Clark, of
Pennsylvania, and Rep. (Em
manuel) Celler, of New York, to
prepare a bill embodying all of
Ihe (civil rights) pledges of tho
Democratic platform. And this
bill will be among Ihe first or
ders of business when a new Con
gress meets in January."
Kennedy did not follow his dis
tributed text when ho spoke in the
Vote Can
Decisive
I.os ; Angeles Shrine Auditorium.
The substance of his speech was
unchanged but the language was
different. Kennedy did not retreat
from his civil rights commitments.
,lle actually said it this way:
"Let us make it very clear that
when the Democratic Party wrote
its platform in July it meant it
in September and in November
and in January. In 1961, I intend
to sec those commitments car
ried out.
"When our next president
takes office in January 1961, he
must be prepared to move for
ward in the field of human rights
in three general areas: as a legis
lative leader, as chief execu
tive, and as the center of the
moral power of the United
States."
Bid Is Successful
This all-out bid for Negro sup
port was a great success although
the attention of most voters at
tho time was centered on religion
in politics. Plans were being
made at that moment for candi
date Kennedy's Sept. 12 appear
ance before the Greater Houston
(Tex.) Ministerial Association.
There on television Kennedy an
swered and pretty well de
molished the objections of the
Peale Protestants.
Negro voters had been listening,
however, to Kennedy on civil
rights. That was fortunate for him
because Kennedy needed their
votes. Negroes had rallied to
Franklin D. Koosovelt's new deal
but Dwight D. Eisenhower tempt
ed a lot of them back into the
Republican party.
How Kennedy reversed this
trend was shown by a Republi
can analysis of the Negro vote
of 1956 and 1960. In Baltimore,
Md., for example, 55.5 per cent
of the Negro vote appears to
have been cast for Ike in 1956 as
against 28.2 per cent for Richard
M. Nixon in 1960. In Chicago, the
Republican take among Negroes
slumped from 33.4 per cent in 1956
to 19.2 in I960. In New York City
Ihe shift was from 26.1 per cent
to 18.1 per cent. In Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, combined, the
Republicans slumped from 26.6
per cent to 18.4 per cent.
The big city vote cost Nixon the
electoral votes of several states,
cost him the White House, too.
The Negro vote can be decisive.
2-DAY SUMMER
EVENT
Irwin Stern
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NIKITA ACCtPTS BIDS
i OSLO, Norway ll'Ph Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev has
accepted invitations to visit Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark next
spring, the Norwegian ttovern
ment announced Wednesday,
I Khrushchev originally planned
, to visit the three Scandinavian
J countries in 19S9. Rut he called
ioff Ihe trip because of the "un
I favorable atmosphere" created by
the Scandinavian press.
40 YIARS ACO
June 20, 121
From Mrs. Ellsbury's Advice to
Ihe Lovelorn column Dear Mrs.
Ullsbury: In wearing the Kins! Tut
or Deauville neckerchief, should
the knot be worn on the side or
in the tromr CLASSY KID. Dear
CLASSY KID - Either one is cor
rect although the side is a little
smarter. The neckerchief should be
worn carelessly,
25 YEARS AGO
June 20. IMS
Joseph P. Kennedy, U.S. Amhas
'sartor to the Court nt St .lames.
today disclaimed any intention In
;seek the ilcmocralic presidential
i nomination in two.
! He made the remark In response
' In a nui'stinrt akeri him as the lin
er in which he was returning from
Europe tame up to the harbor.
Methodist Men's Group
To Meet New Ministers
Ivan Edwards, president ot the
First Methodist Men's Club has
announced that the regular month
ly meeting for the club will be held
next Monday evening at a (ISO din
ner in the fellowship hall of the
church.
Primary interest will be to greet
Ihe new ministers of the church,
Ihe Rev. Clark En and Ihe Rev.
Tatsumasa Shirakana.
Laymen and ministers from the
Winston Dillard. Oakland and
Sutherlin Methodist churvhes have
been invited to attend.
Such an ambition for him he said,
! "would be a breach of faith" with
I President Roosevelt.
1 Kennedy said he would see Pres
ident Roosevelt at the White House
on Thursday and would report to
him on his "political and econ
omic observations."
10 YEARS AGO
June 20, 19S3
Sen. Aiken (R-Vl) conceded Fri
day some of his western Republi
can congressional colleagues are
worried about possible wheat plant
ing quotas and lower price sup
ports in 1954.
Next year is an election year and
Ihe narrow GOP margins in the
House and Senate are subject to
a test at the (Mils.
Orders for Douglas fir lumber
fell off sharply during May. ac
cording to figures just released by
the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
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