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i t o v i a I JP a 'So Jump!" 4 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Labor-Management Committee Robert Carey, president of Associated Oregon Industries, is doing 'Some strong promoting to; bring-about closer coopera tion between labor and management. ' In a speech recently to the AFL-CJO convention, be asked delegates to' work-.,, jointly , with management for a .work men's compensation reform bill to be in troduced : at ' the next legislature. : ; This plea: has been, made before, but Carey used it, as a springboard to-turn the convention's attention to his earlier request that organized labor arid, man-;' agement- ;.meet periodically to iron out ; problems, before they get out of hand..' ,;, He said the suggestion, made original ly by Rep. Ed Whelan of Portland, sec re-. tary of the Multnomah County Labor ' Council,, that the two groups get together periodically to' discuss, problems, of mu tual interest and concern, had, been well received by both labor and business lead-, ers. : ... .. .:i : . "I feel it is a-solid step in improving ; labor-managemont relations . in Oregon," Southwest Oregon is becoming an in creasingly popular place, and the slate Board of Census in Salem, has come up ;, with a , study to prove it. Its report, "Net Migration by Age and Sex: 1950-1960,'" shows .this area of the state ranks high in the number of people who moved in during, the decade. It is second only .to the , much more populous , Clackamas,. Multnomah and Washington :. counties.' '' " " ' ' " - The figures of total "net migration" are based on the number of people who Opinions From Readers State Employe Cutback Suggested By Resident To The Editor: Regarding the tax issue referen dum, on which we are to vote Oct. IS, would like to make a few real istic remarks. A couple of months ago we had to spend the night in Milwaukie, across from the State Liquor Com mission ruilding, and wo 'were in formed that we could obtain break- fost in the cafeteria there, and it uvruuuiy appoareu inai mere were at least three times as many em ployes as needed. Take a look for yourself and while you aro at tt just walk in any of the depart ments and watch the employes wilh nothing to do but try to pass uie time away. Look back a year and remember (he overpasses that were construct ed between Cottage. Grove and Eu gene on US5. They were construct ed for only two lanes the first time and not only that were two feet too low also and then when the other two lanes were to be added hud to repeat the job all over again. Look at Winchester, at present. How come we construct a bridge for two lanes, then in a year go back and do two more lanes at probably twice the cost. We are not saying a lot of employes could be discharged and all our troubles would be over but we are saying in our opinion that Slid million and another S60 million could be cut if waste was cut. Sometime on a week day between the hours of 4 to 0 p.m. park along the freeway just north of Salem and count the stale cars on their way to Portland. Our state offi cials witli their scare luetics should read in the September 1963 issue of the Headers Digest the article "Wanna Borrow A Jack." Wc are certainly going to vote NO on Oct. 15. L. C. Buck Route 38, Box 10 Drain, Ore. Writer Not Impressed By Political Pressure To The Editor: Our people here in 'Oregon arc low having a sample of the most disgusting political pressure nut on us by both Democrats and Repub licans that it has ever in my more than CO years been my dubious pleasure of seeing. In the first place, they were ask ed to put a tax on non essential products such as cigarettes, tobac co, wt foods, etc. Such a tax would hit each and every one of us in some way, but it would be tax ing some of the most vicious kill ers ever let lose on the public. H would be taxing that which all of us can, and in most cases should, have to pay a heavy tax on or do without. When it was whispered that some cranberries might, just might, $45 S. E. Main ST. Published DMy Except Sunday bv NEWS-REVIEW PUBLISHING CO. Roset-uro, Oreoon Teleohone 673-1321 Enttred ss second cleis matter May 7, 1970, at the post office at Roseburg, Ore- on. under act of March 2. W3, J. V. Brenner PublWwr The News-Review is a member, of the United Press international, NEA Service, Audit Bureau of Circulation art the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. n At ion I Adve-Msfna R eoresentatlvt 1 Is Newspaper Advertising Service Co., Run Building, San Francisco, Calif- SUBSCRIPTION RATES Carrier and Roseburg P. O. Boxes 1 month, .7il months, JtO.Wj 1 year, ?l 00. By Mall In Oregon: I month, Sl.JSi 3 months, U-SOr- 4 months.,, tf.00 1 ' war U.00. Outside of Oreqon: 1 month, si.s; 3 months, S5.2S; months, 110-30; 1 year 121.00. Southwest Oregon Becoming Popular mind you, cause cancer, tight off the cranberry growers were all but put out of business. Women would stand and talk about the danger that might be lurking in a cran berry while puffing on a cigarette that the greatest medical men of all time have proven to be a num ber one killer. Now did our lawmakers pass sucli a tax bill? No., they argued and argued but they put a heavier tax burden on the paycheck. Now we are being threatened with all sorts of punishment if wc balk well, 1 say let s DaiK every lime such slrongarmcd tactics arc used to force us to accept an undeserv ed tax burden. Voting no is my way of saying, Mr. Politician, He publican or Democrat, you can't put that sort, of thing oyer. , . A.' L. Tomison, P.O. Box. 5G5 Myrtle Creek, Ore. Chairman Of Education Board Urges Yes Vote To The Editor: We Oregon voters are being call ed upon to make an important de cision Oct. 15. Never before has there been a greater need to un derstand the real Issues Involved in an election measure. Oregon's constitution requires that expendi tures must be balanced by in come therefore a tax program hud to be enacted to produce an approximate $60 million to balance n general fund budget of $404 mil lion. The $404 million general fund accounts for approximately one- third of total state expenditures. The two-thirds is spent for high ways, game commission, S1AC, etc., and is financed from dedicat ed funds from which none of the $60 million could he taken. About 60 per cent of the general fund budget is appropriated for ed- ucation. State aid to local school districts through the Basic School auppori iunti unci irom appropri- ations for special education pro - Ki nccounc lor .13 per cem oi the state general fund. It is clear that education, because it repre sents this sizable portion of the general fund budget, has proba bly the most at stake in the refer endum. State general fund support of ele mentary and secondary education began in 1942 with educators and taxpayers alike recognizing that The Almanac Today is Tuesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 1963 with 84 to fol low. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The morning stars are Mercury and Jupiter. The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn. Those born today include World War I aviator Eddie Hickenback cr. in 1890. On this day in history: In 1923, Germany's shady post war economy produced a wave of such disastrous inflation that one U. S. penny bought more than 6 million marks. In 1910, Congress passed an act levying taxes on excess profits of corporate earnings. In 1342. the first contingent of Waves began naval training for women at Smith College, North ampton, Mass. A thought for the day The American naturalist and author, Henry David Thoreau, said: "It takes two to speak the truth one to speak and another to hear." TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1963 Idea Crowing he said. He cited the workmen's compen sation reform issue as. an excellent ex ample ! of the mutual program "which 'could be'.solved in this manner." He noted, that a great deal of conflict and friction which exists between labor and employers can be attributed to the fact that "we don't exchange our thoughts." He chided both for recogniz ing the need to "maintain a high level of communication" but being "reluctant . to exchange their thoughts and ideas with '- each other." He said "this failure to communicate has resulted in much of the mistrust and ' misunderstanding we have for each other today." . . ' ' ' ' , Carey has1 suggested a committee give employers and labor leaders the oppor tunity, not only to, become acquainted on a personal basis but an opportunity . "to strenetheri,;th08e few lines of communi cation which do exist, and, perhaps, string those which do riot." The' idea is a good one. came, in and the number who left. Sub tracting one f rom the other, the "net mi gration" for Douglas, Coos, Curry, Jack son and Josephine counties was more than 20,000. This figure includes 10,742 males and 9,958 females. The greatest in creases for both males and females was in the 30-to-44 age groups and the 10-14 group, indicating a considerable influx of young families. The Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington county area had a net in-mi-gration of 17,354 males and 19,204 fe real property could no longer car ry the entire burden of education. It was the people in 1946 who ap proved the present Busic School Support Fund. The voters in 1950 and the Legislatures since have consistently attempted to lighten the property tax burden and equal ize educational opportunity by in creasing the size of the fund. It is significant to remember that the fund was increased by $19 million in 1961 and $16 million in 1963, making a total increase of $35 mil lion during the past two sessions. This amount would have been oth erwise levied as local property tax es." i A-NO vote could be interpreted that the people no longer believe (hut the state should maintain its present level of support which is now about 35 per cent of local district operating costs. Actually, many state groups, including cdu cation, school boards, Grange, Farm Bureau, PTA and others have positions urging that the state provide 50 per cent of operating costs or more from state revenue sources. State government expenditures and particularly those for higher education and community colleges must keep pace with population trends. The citizens of Oregon have long held that education should be available to all and not privilege for the wealthy few. Enrollment in schools of higher ed ucation, including community col leges, has increased considerably eccnt years. There arc approx imately 25 per cent more high school seniors this year than grad uated in 1963, and 60 per cent more juniors this year than there were seniors in 1962-63. Meeting the ed ucational needs of this increasing number will require greater state funds. The growth of community colleges will help to educate these students at somewhat lower costs than possible in our four-year Ltin.iinnV Witli colleee funds in ioom.rdv an evcn gleater burden will be uluce( on community colleges. The question that plagues the state Legislature is now to meet com munity college building and oper ating costs without adding to the property tax burden. The 1963 Leg islature reduced the percentage of stale support for community col leges and gleater cuts would be in prospect u uie lax program is defeated. Oregon has had a tradition of stable even conservative gov ernmental finance. There has net been a major state tax increase since 1955. although property taxes have increased substantially. Our per capita state tax is ninth out of the eleven Western stales, al. though wc probably would be some what higher if total state and lo cal taxes were considered. This pattern of an orderly meet ing of the most pressing needs for stale Hinds is the real issue in the October 15 election. Our tax struc ture is reviewed everv two vcars by the Legislature, or the people may initiate change. A YF.S vote 'e will indicate that the fiti-.i.nc n( Oregon are willing to pay for the services that they have requested and that are necessary in our growing state. Eugene II. Fisher, Chair man. Oregon State Board of Kducation and member, Elkton School Board LETTER DEADLINE SET Btctust of on oxpoctod Influx of lottort to tho oditor on tho tax ref erendum meoiuro. The News-Review will try to ui ell letters re ceived by noon Friday. Since no letters on the issue miy be used Tuesday, the finel lettere will be uted Monday. mm i - News Analysis Wheat Pinned "f By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst In the Ukraine surveying the wreckage of what ' had been hoped would be a banner crop year, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev delivered himself of another of his proverbs. As long as the thunder does not crash," he said, "the peasant does not cross himself." The remark was interpreted as suggestion to Soviet planners that they might have done more to foresee tins year s disaster which has turned the Soviet Union from a .normally grain-exporting nation to one forced to. Scramble on to the world wheat market to meet its minimum needs. For this, aside from a bitterly cold winter and a long summer 9n c2) avi5 Gone i3i a Taken from the files of the News- Review 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 8, 1923 The Roseburg Chamber of Com merce today commended C. O. Gar rett of Glendale and County Agent B. W. Cooney for arranging and placing the county's exhibit at the stale fair. It won second place in the state and first in the district during competition. Although the prune market is weak, Roseburg prune plants are receiving hundreds of tons of fruit daily where they are being stored until a better market is establish ed. The Melrose Grange has voted unanimously lo support the income tux bill that has been passed by the state legislature and will be submitted to a referendum in No vember. 25 YEARS AGO Oct. 8, 1938 Monte Pearson struck out nine and yielded only five hits as his New York Yankees toppled the Chi cago tubs, 5-3, in the World Series. It was the third straight win for the Yanks. Miss Letty Whaler of Glendale today reigned as queen of Uie Douglas County Junior Chamber of Commerce industrial fair in Roseburg. Mrs. V. J. Micelli, grand Esther of the Oregon chapter of Order of r-HML-rn aiar, win attend tlie re cepuon ior uie grand associate pa- tron of Oregon in Corvallis next Tuesday The Roseburg Indians football team fell victim In an iniHrni,, ,! i rt..7?lintf a....,.. nr ........ , : : m.iu. u. iL-i:iar ami niiil- 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 8, 1953 ! Jasper James Palouse. last sur viving member of the Umpqua In dian tribe, was killed yesterday in an auto accident on the Little Riv er Road east of Glide. Approximately S30.0O0 of the $72,000 Central Douglas United Fund goal has been collected so iur. The New York Yankees, often accused of being bankers instead of baseball players, split a $290,000 melon as the result of winning their fifth straisht World sri this one from the Brooklyn Dodg- eis in six games. drought, the Soviet premier could give himself a large share of the credit, since the direction of So viet agriculture has been his own particular baby. His virgin lands project had not been a success and it ap peared he now was abandoning a previous belief that the Soviet Union's growing population needs could be met simply by expand ing acreage. Instead, the emphasis now would be on irrigation and a vast ly expanded output of fertilizer. 'Contributing also to Uie disaster were the . weaknesses which an nually plague the Soviet agricul tural economy low incentives, inadequate transportation facili ties and a shortage of farm ma chinery. At any rate, as the premier said, tlie U.S.S.H. was in a "dif ficult position." For Canada and Australia, one man's loss wus another man's gain. From Canada alone, Soviet buy ers purchased nearly seven mil lion tons of wheat in a record S500 million deal which scraped the bottom of the bins of Can ada's exportable surplus. From Ottawa, where U. S. -In The Day's News- By FRANK In this column the other day. the proposal lo sell our surplus wheat to Russia getting paid for it, presumably, with Russian gold was discussed at some length, and the opinion was expressed thai it would be a good deal all the way around because the Russians need our wheat and we need the Rus sian gold. The mail a day or so later brought a clipping oi the column with this question typed at the top of it: "Who will get the job of BITING THE GOLD BRICKS to see if they are genuine?" It's a good question: It's an especially good question because it brings out tlie suspicion we instinctively feel regarding ANY proposal coining from the So viet Union, which is a communist nation. As a communist nation, Russia's Dolicies and procedures are pre sumably ruled by the teachings of Marx and Lenin. Marx, in his day, had preached the doctrines of com munism. Lenin was the leader of the communist movement in Russia and the FOUNDER OF iTHE SOVIET UNION j Lenin explained communism to ; the nennln and devoted his life to putting it into practice, lie was me author of the grim and cynical Ten Commandments of Commu nism, which have been frequently referred to in this space. Among his Ten Commandments are these: There are no morals in politics; there is only expediency. CATS ARE ILL . LONDON" (UPI) Sir John Smyth and his wife said today they broke off their vacation on Majorca and flew back to Lon don because their two Siamese cats fell ill. "The fact that wc were at their bedside helped them to recover." Sir John said. "The Siamese is the most intelligent animal 1 have ever come across. They can very nearly talk, you know." Disaster On Khrush wheat dealers were meeting with a Soviet delegation, came re ports that the Soviets wanted still more and would buy up to 200 million bushels from the Unit ed States if the U.S. government would authorize it. Wheat has been on the U. S. list of goods embargoed against sale to Russia and such a sale re quired a major change in U.S. policy. There also was the virtual cer tainty that if the United States sold wheat to Russia some of it would find its way back to Cuba But the temptation also was great. The U.S. government held more than a billion bushels of sur plus wheat and another billion was on the way. Crop damage suffered by the Soviet Union and by much of the remainder of Europe already had benefited U.S. farmers. Analysts already were predict ing record wheat shipments and total farm exports of another record close to $6 billion. By this week, it seemed the U.S. government had made up its mind. If they asked for it, the Soviets could have 200 mil lion bushels of wheat for $380 million cash on the barrel head. JENKINS "Truth does not count unless it serves an end.' "Promises are like piecrusts; made to be broken." Question: How can a nation founded upon such cynical concepts of human be havior be trusted? That, I take it, is the question that was in the back of my anony mous correspondent's mind when he asked: "Who will get the job of biting the bricks?" It is obvious that a dedicated communist wouldn't hesitate to pay for American wheat with phony gold bricks if he thought he could get away with it. So How will we know that the gold we get for our wheat (assuming that we make the deal) is REAL? It's a logical question. Well, if the deal goes through, it will probably be handled by some big London banker, London being the big buyer of gold at the pres ent time. Here's how it will work: The Russians will use their gold to buy American dollars, and with the (paper) dollars thus purchased they will pay for the wheat they have bought. That will be the equiv alent, in practice, of actually ex changing their gold for our wheat. It will amount to the same thing because when the Russians buy American paper dollars tin Lon don or elsewhere) and use them to pay for the wheat they have pur chased from us it will mean that there will then be just that many FEWER dollars outstanding that we will eventually have to buy back WITH GOLD. Since we won't have to use our GOLD to buy back our dollars, we will have just that much more gold i Home Extension Unit will meet ! left. I Thursday at the Canyonville home i i of Mrs. Eileen Fullerton. ' So I Program for the day will be) You set ("Meals From the Freezer.' Di-1 The job of biting the gold bricks I reeling the session will be Mrs. ; to see if they are genuine will have; Mitchell Fuller and Mrs. Bill to be done by the London bank-' Abel. Hostesses at the noon pot-: nr nr thp hjnk-pre somewhere ' lurk will hp W'anrla Abel and Se- Ulse. The Editor's Corner By Charles V. Stanton Holding Education Standard Requires Increase In Taxes State Sen. Walter Pearson is claiming "misrepresenta tion" in statements from those advocating approval of the tax issue soon to come before Oregon voters. He says it is deliberate misrepresentation to say that lo cal property taxes will increase if a cut is made in the amount of aid from the basic school fund. In that statement he is correct. As he points out, people must vote in each district to determine how much the budg et shall be increased over the legal six per cent. Conse quently there couldn't be more taxes for schools if people didn't approve. But that doesn't mean, as the senator's statements would seem to indicate, that our educational' system wouldn't be badly hurt if' we cut back on the amount of money needed to operate our scnoois. A good many people feel that our schools are being run on a too costly plane. They refer to the "Little Red Sehoolhousc" and the "Three R's" and decry the so called "frills" of the modern school system. They point to great in creases in salaries paid teachers and feel that we should reduce the amounts paid. To those who hold these opin ions, the senator's statements bring much rejoicing. They should, at the same time, realize that it is thought Sen. Pearson has a burn ing ambition to become governor, that a new governor soon is to be chosen, that there is definitely a conservative trend, and that the senator's expressions at this time are quite effective in building bis "image" for future political ac tion. But, be that as it may, the controversy, it seems to me, car ries a lot of danger. Unquestionably we can take a lot of the "frills" out of our school system. Then comes the question, what frills? Shall we do away with bands and the teaching of music? Our bands cost us a lot of mon ey, fn the 'good ol days" teach ing music was the responsibility of the home. Children obtained a musical education from teachers employed by parents. Parental re sponsibility today, however, is hard to find. And, too, if we didn't have bands we'd have a good many more youngsters in the delinquent column. Shall we do away with athletics? Can't you just imagine the- roar arising from sports fans? How about the hot' lunch pro gram? Now there's a "frill" for you! Should we go back to re quiring each child to bring his own lunch? What about bus transportation? We olctimers walked to and from THE LIGHTER SIDE: By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) When administration officials appear be fore congressional committees to seek funds for the foreign a i d program, they almost always en counter a certain amount of hos tility. Why do they have so much trouble getting their points across the Congress? I believe the lack of understanding is caused by a language barrier. If the witnesses spoke Hausa and the committee members spoke Urdu, they could call in some interpreters and get along very well. But as things now stand, they both speak English. Speaking the same language can seriously impair communica tion, as we shall see as we ex amine a volume of testimony pub lished today by the House sub committee on foreign aid appro priations. As we tune in on the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Otto E. Passman, D-La., and Rep. Wil liam E. Minshall, R-Ohio, are in terrogating Brig. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua Jr. about the purchase of some airplanes for the military assistance program. Passman: How many Cessna 185 aircraft did you request last year in the 1963 budget for Iran? Fuqua: None. Passman: We want to keep the horse ahead of the cart this time. Let us see what you requested. Fuqua: There were no 185's: there were 15 180's requested last year. Minshall: How much did you pay per airplane? Fuqua: Cessna 185's cost $18, 000. Minshall: How much did you pay for the 180's? Fuqua: We did not buy any 180's. Minshall: You just said 180. Fuqua: As I pointed out just a moment ago. when the program Home Extension Group To Meet At Canyonville The Days Creek - Canyonville Uene Bui num. school. Now the youngsters ride. Because they ride we are able to transport them over longer dis tance, consolidate schools, improve educational facilities. But those so-called "frills" are not, in my mind, the most impor tant of the suggested cuts. To me the matter of salaries is an exceedingly serious matter. The quality of a school is not de termined by the architectural beau ty or convenience of its structure. It docs not depend upon the ma terials furnished. Instead, quality lies entirely in the efficiency, abil ity and dedication of the instruc tor. For many years our school teach ers were terribly underpaid. A good many fine teachers simply couldn t support families on the pay they received. Our school system lost many hundreds of experienced and capable teachers. Enrollment in our normal schools dropped dan gerously. More recently we have increased the pay for teachers to a level more comparable with business and industry. Yet we find states around with even Mgher salaries than we pay in Oregon. Some of our best teachers, for example, are being drained off by the state of California. Oregon can't afford to lower the quality of education fur nished its young people by impair ing the attraction of the teaching profession or by permitting the best of its teachers to go where ability receives better paid recog nition, I believe. So, Sen. Pearson is correct in his declaration that school budgets can't increase without consent of the people. On the other hand lo cal taxes must be increased if (and it's an important "if") we propose lo maintain the quality of education.- ' - Interpreter Was Needed At Hearing was adjusted, there were no Ces sna 180's left in the fiscal year 1963 program as of March 19. We did not put any in. We did pur chase "Cessna 185's. Passman: How many Cessna 185 aircraft did you request last year in the 1963 budget? Fuqua: None. But we did ask for 15 Cessna 180's. Passman: I am willing for you to substitute one for the other. Fuciua: We asked for no 185 s. We requested funds for 15 180's. Passman: How many did you program? 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