Fadeley: Alter tax
SALEM (AP) — Sen. Ed Fadeley, one of the most vocal
sales tax foes in the Oregon Legislature, called Monday for
major changes in the sales tax package approved by the
House.
In an appearance before the Senate Revenue Committee,
the Eugene Democrat said the Legislature should refer a 2
percent sales tax to the voters — not a 5 percent tax like the
one passed by the House.
Fadeley also said the sales tax should be submitted to
Oregonians in a vote-by-mail election, and that the
Legislature should be blocked from trying to make any
changes in the sales tax for 10 years.
His comments came as the Senate revenue panel con
tinued its work on the House sales tax plan.
Fadeley, who was Senate president in the 1983 session,
said although the sales tax plan being considered by
lawmakers this year is different from last session’s version, it
is still flawed.
“I oppose this bad tax. It is not fair,” he told the commit
tee. “I would urge a ‘no’ vote by the people.”
A 2 percent sales tax could be crafted so that
homeowners and renters would get as much property tax
relief as they would under the 5 percent sales tax approved by
the House, Fadeley said.
That could be accomplished by using the sales tax money
to provide property tax relief only to homeowners and
renters, rather than giving across-the-board relief to both
residential and commerical landowners as is proposed in the
House version, Fadeley said.
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Reagan terms MX program
vital to security, arms talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Ronald
Reagan pressed Congress on Monday to move
ahead with the MX missile program, arguing it is
vital to America’s security and the success of
U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms talks next week in
Geneva.
“Without the Peacekeeper, our chances of
reaching an equitable agreement with the Soviet
Union to reduce significantly the size of our
nuclear arsenals are substantially lowered,” said
Reagan. “Peacekeeper” is the nickname he gave
the long-range nuclear missile.
In a report on the missile, Reagan urged Con
gress to release $1.5 billion in funds frozen last
fall for 21 new missiles. Those missiles were ap
proved by Congress two years ago, and they are
scheduled for deployment early next year.
Reagan’s report warned that if Congress
delays or eliminates the program on the eve of the
Geneva talks, “the impact could be far-reaching,
extending not only to the failure of the strategic
negotiations, but (it) may affect the broader East
West relationship as well.”
The report cites an increased Soviet military
buildup during American debate on the MX pro
gram as well.
In a speech to the National Association of
Counties, Reagan called the Geneva talks “the
most important set of arms discussions this na
tion will likely conduct in this decade.” And he
said the House and Senate votes on the MX “will
directly, perhaps dramatically, affect the outcome
at Geneva.”
“fust as a strong bipartisan congressional
vote to move ahead with Peacekeeper would send
a signal that America comes to Geneva united and
resolute.” Reagan said, “so a negative vote in
either house would undercut our negotiators and
send a message to Moscow that America is an ir
resolute and divided nation whose divisions can
be exploited at Geneva. That must not happen.”
The president's report will be followed by
the introduction of a resolution in Congress that
sets a timetable for a series of House and Senate
votes on the issue shortly after the talks begin in
Geneva. The votes are expected about March 20,
White House officials say.
National security adviser Robert McFarlane
told the American Legion convention that the MX
was necessary “so the Soviets can see that the
American people are firm in their resolve to main
tain their security interests whatever the sacrifice
required may be.”
The MX, with its 10 warheads and
8,000-mile range, provides a dramatic improve
ment in accuracy compared with the existing
Minuteman missile force. But the MX has been
challenged because it would be based in silos that
are now considered vulnerable to a Soviet first
strike.
Student killed
in traffic mishap
(AP) — A cold front that
swept through the state has
been blamed in the traffic death
of a University student Sunday.
Holly Henderson, 20, a
physical education major from
Kingstown, R.I., was killed
Sunday after the vehicle in
which she was riding skidded
on icy Highway 58 about 60
miles east of Eugene. Oregon
State Police said the westbound
car crossed the center line and
crashed into another vehicle.
Court reinstates
Oregon ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a ease involving an Oregon
burglary’ suspect, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that
a suspect’s confession to police after he was advised of his so
called Miranda rights can be used as evidence even though an
earlier confession was obtained without advice of rights.
The 6-3 decision reinstated Michael Klstad's 1 OH 1
burglary conviction in Polk County. The nation's highest
court said Klstad’s first incriminating statement to police,
made without his being advised of his right to remain silent,
did not taint his subsequent confession.
Writing for the Supreme Court. Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor said. “A suspect who has once responded to un
warned yet uncoercive questioning is not thereby disabled
from waiving his rights and confessing after he has been
given the requisite Miranda warnings.-'
The Oregon Court of Appeals had reversed Klstad's con
viction alter ruling that the initial police questioning
unlawfully tainted the subsequent confession.
Oregon Attorney General Dave I'rohnmayer expressed
satisfaction with the ruling. “In our judgment, the court pro
perly recognized that a voluntary confession given after full
warnings should be admitted to help determine the truth."
he said in a statement released Monday in Salem
The decision “delivers a potentially crippling blow to
Miranda and the ability of the courts to safeguard the rights of
persons accused of crime," justice William Brennan wrote in
a dissent for himself and Justice Thurgood Marshall. Brennan
said the decision “threatens disastrous consequences."
The Supreme Court's 1306 Miranda decision requires
police to warn all criminal suspects in custody that their
answers may be used against them and that they have the
right to remain silent or have a lawyer present during police
questioning.
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