2—Port Orford New«, Thuiadsy, A p ril 15, 1965
Speaker Says Sales Tax Not Needed;FinancesGood Trout Planting
Begins In State
by M onty M ontgom ery
Salem Scene
by Robert L. Dernedde
With the ever Increasing need
fo r a more skilled work force,
the House Labor and Manage­
ment committee has sent to
the flo o r fo r action this week
a b ill which provides for ex­
tensive revision of the state’ s
apprenticeship training pro­
gram .
The b ill (H.B. 1167) is an
outgrowth of a technological
employment Interim committee
study w h ic h concluded that
m ore Job training is needed,
In d u stria l unions and employers
should have an equal voice In the
program and the Commissioner
o f the Bureau of Labor should
have more authority over the
conduct of the program .
Presently cra ft unions(AFL-
CIO) and employers v irtu a lly
co n tro l the state’ s apprentice­
ship program with domination
o f the Apprenticeship Council
and control over the director.
A fte r an exhaustive investi­
gation, the in te rim committee
discovered that under present
law and present administrative
practices the program is not
fu lfillin g the o v e r-a ll needs of
the state.
The committee found there
were a number of occupations
fo r which the Apprenticeship
Council had standards but no
trainees enrolled, p articularly
In the non-building trades. The
dropout rate averaged 23~, and
the number of graduates only-
averaged 335 annually during
the past five years.
It is also discovered that
there was a lim ite d availability
o f apprenticeships f o r non­
white youth as evidenced by
the fact that only seven non­
white youths have been enrolled
in the past five years.
The rig id ity of present pol­
icie s w h ic h precluded some
program s, the few- p r o g r a m s
fo r industrial plants and the
d iffic u lt tangle of administra­
tiv e responsibilities for devel­
oping and supervising approved
program s led to the conclusion
that extensive revision was ab­
solutely necessary.
Proposed changes, however,
opened a split in the ranks of
labor which has caused a b itte r
s t r u g g l e for control of the
training program .
The b ill i t s e l f would e lim ­
inate control by the craft unions
and employers and give indus­
tr ia l representatives an equal
voice on the expanded and re­
named A p p r e n t i c e s h ip and
T raining Council. Thus, indus­
tr ia l unions would have three
employee representatives and
three employer representatives
and craft unions would have
equal representation on the 12-
member council.
A uthority to h ire and fire
the d ire cto r would be taken
away from the council and given
to the Labor Commissioner who
is to supervise the program .
The council would then make
policy and the comm issioner
would be responsible fo r c a rry ­
ing out that policy.
Additionally, the b ill directs
the council to establish com­
mittees on local levels to fos­
te r training program s in the
non-apprenticeable fields. It
also provides fo r pre-appren­
ticeship t r a i n i n g programs
which could be credited toward
Journeyman status.
Sen. Don W illn e r (D -P o rt-
land), co-sponsor of the b ill
and chairman of the Interim
committee which investigated
one of the ways in which Ore­
gon can help provide for stable
employment is to “ make tra in ­
ing available to more Oregon
youngsters.’ ’
W illn e r pointed out that a re­
cent P o r t l a n d Metropolitan
Manpower Resource Study pro­
jected that 10,000 skilled Jot'S
would probably go begging by
1969 while the number of un­
employed in the area would be
near 25,000.
He declared that revision of
the apprenticeship program Is
Just one of a number of things
which can be done to “ create
a s k ill adaptable work force’ ’ ;
but to meet the challenge of
technological change, it is the
responsibility of the individual,
private enterprise and la lo r ,
local communities, state gov­
ernment and the federal gov­
ernment in that order.
District Court
Jury Panel
Jurors for the second quarter
t e r m of D is tric t Court, Curry
C o u n ty , beginning March 30,
1965, are as follows:
BROOKINGS: O d o m E. Ford,
M att H .D oll, Robert LL Kim ble,
Leroy Weideman, Edna P. Hed-
berg, M a r ia n Gadberry, L. G.
Twohy, Doris J. Eason:.
HARBOR: Laura Gardner,Reg­
inald J. Vanderhoof.
SIXES: K e ith M. Nodine.
LANGLOIS: A r c h i e Aldropp,
Walter J. Sabin, Jr.
PORT ORFORD: A lic e P. Leer,
Stephen J. Spoerl.Andrew M a d i­
son. Edna M.Straughn, Harold L
Robinson.
GOLD BEACH: Disa Ingersoll,
R u th M. Buffington, Verma L
Ward.Donna M. Halcumb, Grace
E. Middleton. Geraldine K iel-
land, Kenneth M. T helin, R. F.
M ille r, Hanna Leu-Lane.Jack G.
Nichols.
WEDDERBURN: Pearl W. Pur­
din.
DENMARK: Stanley (^lig le y.
March Traffic
Cases Highest
T ra ffic violation convictions
in March set a new a ll-tim e
record for a single month with
28,723 reported to the Depart­
ment of Motor Vehicles by the
state’ s courts.
Despite the March figure, the
67,687 convictions for the year
to date are running slightly
below the fir s t quarter of 1964
when 68,093 convictions were
tallied.
So far this year the Depart­
ment has s u s p e n d e d 12,000
d r i v e r licenses fo r varying
periods of tim e. Nearly 87'
of the suspensions were issued
under mandatory provisions of
the law, most of them In con­
nection with the financial re ­
sponsibility law.
Included in the mandatory
suspensions w e r e 1,008 for
convictions of d rivin g under the
influence of liquor.
Of the 1,494 discretionary
suspensions so far this year,
393 have involved an unsafe
driving record and 426 have
been based on recommendations
of a Judge to the department.
During the same period re­
Jurors for the regular A p ril
Term of C ircu it Court for Curr, ported, the agency reinstated
6,188 licenses a fte r d riv e rs
County are as follows:
BROOKINGS: Roland E. Sul- had complied with provisions
teen, Donald G. Behee, Edward of the law o r completed sus­
H eikla,C atherine Doherty.Her- pension periods.
schel B.McGrew, Leona F. Brum.
Dona d A. McCarton, A rthur O.
JUSTICE COURT
Bollinger, Gordon R.Olsen. Dale
Cases appearing before Justice
L. Chapman, Glendale C. Holte,
L illia n L Thomas, W illia m R. A r t h u r F. Niem ann in Justice
Court since last report were:
D arnell, K e ith R. Weeks.
Alton Leland Strain, A p ril 1,
GOLD BEACH: L e o ra Snell.
Robert W. Adams, Alm a E.Holds- VBR, S40 fine, S10 suspended;
claw,James R.LeClair,Clarence Jack Laurin Smith, A p ril 2, ov-
Edmond Green,Dorothy Birdsong. er .idth,S10;W illiam Earl Wood­
M ina Devoe, Sidney Bales, Edna ward, A p ril S, discharge gun on
M . Freemantle, Dorothy Christ­ highway, S25 fine, $4. 50 court
ian, Robert Pershing Crump, Sal- cost, St 5 suspended;George Ed-
garM cLellan, A p r il9, VBR, plea
lie L. Stewart.
PORT ORFORD: V iola L Spen­ not guilty; Jack W illia m Stew­
ard,Jr. , A p ril 9, no vehicle l ic ­
cer, LesterE .H ill,M arian L,G ib-
ney, Fred V.Kitselm an. Dorothy ense, S5; Harry Robert Mentzer,
M . Branham, Gordon R. Crom ­ A p ril 12, obstructed vision, S10;
w ell, Edgar J. Seelye, Wanda F, Robert Bruce Russ, A p ril 12, VBR,
S25; Lewis C. Bright, A p ril 12,la r­
Neely, Kenneth R. Fromm.
LANGLOIS: M a r y O. Britton, ceny by purchaser under c o n d i­
Raymond E.Deels,Clacy V.Bell. tions sale. Appeared for pre­
lim in a ry hearing and ask for
PISTOL RIVER: S a m u e l M,
tim e to secure an attorney. Case
Hayes.
continued u n til A p ril 20, 1965,
WEDDERBURN: Fred Lowery.
the methods of p rinting the b ills
saved nearly $10,000 of tax­
payers’ money in the firs t 30
days of the legislative session.
$10,000 ts not a lot of money,
hut it adds up.
The House has passed tiy a
vote of 31 to 27 the Capital
Gains Gax Reform. Long sought
TO THE EDITOR
tiy Governor H atfield, this p ro ­
posal gives Oregon citizens a
It is always a pleasure to visit
break on th e ir capital gains In­
w ith the young people w ho w ill
come. B a s i c a l l y , this b ill
be the future leaden o f our com ­
adopts the Federal capital gains
m u n ity and State. Therefore, I
provisions which allow an In­
was m uch appreciative 01 the
dividual to pay a reduced tax
v is it on Friday, A p ril 9, of the
on the s a le of sleek or a
eighth grade o f the i’ort Orford
home o r property, If the Item
Elementary School to the 53rd
sold was held for longer than
Legislative session in Salem.
six months. Supported by 30
I know this is a long distance
Republicans .uul one Democrat
to travel and a great responsi­
this b ill would provide re lie f
b ility on the part of Miss Hop­
to the “ middle Income” group
kins and chaperones in charge
in the State. S ixty-fo u r percent
o f the group, but visit* such as
of those with capital gains tn
this are tlw things tliat w ill per­
Oregon have an Income of uniter
petuate the democratic proces­ To the E ditor:
$10,000 annually.
ses by le ttin g our young people
One of Governor H atfield’ s
see our government in action.
major recommendations tn the
Students of the Theatre of
Mrs. Back and 1 were doubly the Absurb must have w ritten
tra ffic safety ftetd was adopted
appreciative, not only for the the scrip t for State Represen­
by the House. Called the “ Im ­
v is ito l our young people, but a l­ tative Jason Hoe of Douglas plied consent” I 'lll It provides
so for the lo \ ely dinner Thursday County when he Introduced his that anyoite arrested for d riving
evening at the Senator Hotel to b ill (HB 1848) before the Na­
under the Influence of liquor
w hich the group played hosts.
tu ra l Resources Committee In h a s automatically given his
consent to take a balloon chem­
Salem Iasi Saturday.
Sincerely.
Representative 11 oe played
ical test of his breath. If a
Carl Back
the role of Defender of the person refused to take the test,
State Representative
the arresting o ffic e r flie s a
People and Champion of Ore­
Coos and Curry Counties
report stating the conditions of
gon although his b ill could give
the federal government con­
the a rrest and the d riv e r has
To The E d ito r:
tr o l of Slate beaches anywhere 20 days to ask for a hearing
from A storia to Brookings. His o r hts license ts suspended.
An appeal is Iwlng made at
curious argument was that if T w e lv e states have s im ila r
this tim e to the Public U til­
we didn’t give the In te rio r De­
legislation.
itie s Commission in Salem in
partment an easement to use
The House passed Wednesday
regard to the West Coast Tele­
the beaches in the dunes area the F a i r v i e w budget afte r
phone Company serving this
im m ediately a worse fate might lengthy floor arguments. Op­
area with three different ex­
ponents of the budget, w hotrled
befall us.
changes instead of one.
But to those out front who to re fe r It back to committee
P e o p le feel that Bandon, knew Rep. Boe to be an avid and fin a lly voted against It even
L a n g l o i s and P ort Orford
supporter of the dunes par!, on final passage, argued alxxit
should be on one exchange and project and a close p o litica l the level of services offered,
this change should come about
ally of Congressman Robert p a rtic u la rly In regard to F a ir-
at the same tim e the company
B. Duncan, who is waiting in view Home, the State institu­
switches to a seven-digit num­
the wings to introduce his dunes tion for the mentally retarded.
ber in September of this year. p a r k b ill, th e performance,
Supporters of the b u d g e t
The 2CJ school d is tric t Is a th o u g h smooth enough, w as polnttxl out It was an obvious
consolidated d is tric t which rea­
p o litica l move by the Demo­
hardly convincing.
ches to a few m iles south of
The fact that M r. Duncan may crats to em barrass the Reput>-
Bandon. Some of the teachers
be our Governor and could then 1 leans. The facts cle a rly show
in the d is tric t are living in
o ffe r Rep. Boe a star part in that this budget provides a high­
Bandon. Students are obliged to the drama of State governmen' e r level of service and more
c a ll long distance as well as suggested a secondary plot. In adequate care fo r the patients
the school d is tric t. The school
short, Rep. Boe’ s motivations of Fairview than illd the bud­
board favors a Bandon, Lang­
get adopted by the Democrats
are not above question.
lo is and Port O rford exchange.
The able representative from
In the last session of the le g is ­
People In Northern C u rry are
Lane County, Ed E ld e r, In op­ lature.
served by the C oos-C urry'F or­
posing the Boe Measure, point­
The Inidget provides fo r an
est Protective A s s o c ia t io n .
ed out that It was prem ature, o v e r-a ll Increase of $1,334,8 3 3.
This branch office is located to say the least. He stated that I -, provides more than 90 addit­
south of Bandon to serve the nobody knows where the bound­ ional staff p o s i t i o n s , an In­
ru ra l people for fire protection
aries of the dunes park b ill w ill crease of 18 over the budget
and it does not seem right that eventually land (providing there adopted by the Democrats In
people have to make long dis­
is such a park) and t h a t It 1963. It increases the co st-p e r-
tance calls to reach them.
would be unwise fo r the State patlent from $160 a month to
Churches and other local o r­
Legislature to s t a r t giving $197 per month. It significantly
ganizations have memberships
things away. E lder cautioned I m p r o v e s the staff-patient
from all three towns and this
his fellow members that they ratio.
is all lone distance calling. had better watt and see what
C ertainly any a m o u n t of
Businesses of a ll kinds are
it is all about.
money can be spent on state
employing many men and are
His stand against the b ill institutions, but Oregonians can
h a v in g greater expense than was supported by six other be proud that this budget in­
need be because of the long speakers. No one spoke tn fa­ creases the level of services
distance calling in this area. vor of the Boe b ill which was and care, and It provides for
Once before the people tired probably Just as well fo r It ts Fairview H o m e the highest
fo r a consolidated “ exchange”
doubtful if an understudy could level of services tn the history
here and failed. The towns are have played the part.
of the institution.
growing together, so to speak,
Citizens of Oregon who do not
One of the "h o t potatoes”
and depend on each other in want to start turning over con­
of the session is In the Senate
many different ways.
tro l of th e ir beaches to the Education Committee. It ts a
Individual people as well as federal government had better b ill that woulc ie q u lre man­
groups are asked to appeal to te ll thetr representatives In datory unification of school dis­
the Public U tility Commission Salem to ring down the curtain tr ic ts . Opposition to th e b lllh a s
in an effo rt to get Bandon, Lang­
on this odd performance.
already brought about the re­
lo is and Port O rford a ll on one
moval o f the mandatory “ you
Western Lane Taxpayers Assoc must unify” fea” 're s , but a
exchange.
Si ncerely,
$4,000,000 incentive fund has
NEONTA HALL JOHN S. PARKER, chairman
been established to replace It.
Florence , Oregon
Sixes, Oregon
“ We have lived w ithin our in­
come this session; we don’t
need additional revenue. Con­
sequently 1 oppose the move to
pass a sales tax re fe rra l this
session.
Even with the sales taxquest-
ion lurking in the background,
a steady (low of b ills has been
considered by the House this
week, I'he Ways and Means
Committee Is completing con­
sideration of the I'udgets of the
large agencies now, and the
le gislators a re occaslonall:
heard talking of what they are
going to do after the “ sine
d ie ’ ’ Resolution brings final
adjournment.
Comparative cost f i g u r e s
were made available this week
on an innovation of the Republi­
can leadership in the operation
of the Legislature. Changes in
lh e unification law w o u ld
bring grades from 1 Io 12
under a single achool d is tric t,
elim inating separate elemen­
ta ry and Intermediate achool
d is tric ts tf unification Is ap-
proved by voters In the d is­
tric t« Involved. An amendment
would permit the question to I *
resolved by an o v e r-a ll ma­
jo rity vole within the union
high school d is tric t.
I'he proposal calls for yearly
elections on the Issue of con­
solidation and provides that
those d is tric ts which support
unification w o u ld receive a
s h a r e of the $4,000,000 In­
centive fund tn proportion to
the »mount they receive from
the basic school fund.
The House Education Com­
m ittee has had more construc­
tive proposals than compulsory
unification to consider. II re­
ported out this week a pro­
posal that would provide nearly
, >00 to: i ’ii! l i ’
hnol kin­
dergartens in Oregon, Present­
ly over 10,000 children attend
kindergarten« In 24 O r e g o n
school d is tric ts , and this I 'lll
p h a s e s tn over a five-year
period additional aid to schools
fo r kindergartens.
I'he House Education Com­
m ittee also sent to the Ways
and Means Committee a b ill
establishing the level of basic
school support fo r the second
year of the 1963-67 biennium
at $152 per census child, the
l e v e l recommended by Gov.
H atfield. The fir s ! year of the
biennium has a lr e a d y been
1 ast, r.mini.1, Diamond, Ft Ine-
each.
COQUILLE STOCKED HEAVY
In the s o u t h w e s t legion,
la k e s and stream s w ill tie
storked with 290,000 b o u t d u r­
ing the summer. H e a v ie s t
plants here w ill be made In the
Rogue River ami the North and
South Umpqua. TheCoqullle w ill
1.. ..1," ked f i l l I) b. .ivy, with
bout distributed on the North,
I ast, Middle and South fo rk »
A total ol 18 abeam a and 11
lakes are scheduled for trout
plants in this region.
v tlle R e s e r v o i r , Thompson
PRAYER MEETING TONICHT
Valley and others are not stock­
the Christian Church prayer
ed with catchable-alzed trout.
The fishery In these lakes and m eeting usually held on Wed­
re se rvo irs Is supported by fin ­ nesday evenings, w ill he held
gerling plants mudeby theg.ime tonight, April 1 5, 7i3J p. m. , at
commission during the spring, the home of Warren Strycker in
and fa ll. F i n g e r l i n g plants Bandon.
have not produced satisfactory
angling In the lakes and re se r­
Be Cover-« the
vo irs scheduled fo r storking
•stabUshad u the #1 2 level. with catchables.
s s r r wa
The present level Is $133 per
Heaviest plants of large trout
census child.
w ill l>e made In the heavily fish­
In other Senate committee ed northwest region which takes
action the Alcoholic Control In the W illam ette drainage and
Committee sent to the Ways the north coast stream s und
and Means Committee a b ill lakes. Total plants fo r the area
t h a t would abolish Oregon’ s number 1,165,000 trout.
annual $1 liquor p e rm it. This
N o rth
coast la k e s and
b ill, which died in previous stream s w ill be stocked with
sessions, involves a revenue
loss of at>out $690,000 to the clde to have the office fille d
by appointment or election.
State.
au to in s u b a n «
Two significant b ills await­
The o t h e r m ajor problem
ing floor action are the re­ pending Is tile sales tax quest­
n ite
IN S U M A N «
vised Constitution and the sales ion. A cigarette tax b ill has
tax question. The House Judic­ been reported out of committee
ia ry Committee has reported w it h a ” do pass” , a n d an
out a revised Constitution sim ­ attempt is Iwtng made to attach
ila r to the one passed by the a sales tax to It. Five Democrat
House of Representatives in leaders In the House called for
1963. Under the House plan, adoption of a sales fax re fe r­
Judges would tn* appointed for ra l. They Included tile f o u r
thetr firs t term and then stand members of the House Taxation
fo r election without opposition. Committee ami Rep. Rosa M or­
The a p p o r t io n m e n t p ro ­ gan, the D einocial floor leader.
s roti j FH(r
visions would l>e unchanged, and Polk C o u n ty Republican Joe
It would perm it the State gov­ Rogers Is also supporting tin-
-RO (-«BOI
Red M cW lili.
ernment to be group'd into 20 sales tax.
agencies, thetr adm inistrators
Many Republican m e m b e r s
appointed by the Governor. I'he have voice opposition to the
controversial provision ts the sales tax, saying we have lived
election of only one statewide w ithin our revenue this ses­
executive o ffic ia l. It also pro­
sion, and we need no new taxes.
vides for an office of c o n tro lle r When we d o ,' ertstn ly we should
to be selected by law, which look at the sales lax, but we
means the legislature couldde- have no need for It now.
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Gume comm ission lib e ra tio n
trucks began ro llin g this week
as the annual task of stocking
Oregon’ s la k e s and streams
with catchable trout got under­
way tn readiness for the In­
vasion of anglers when the gen­
e ra l t r o u t season opens on
A p ril 24.
According to th e stocking
schedule, 2,130,000 legal Ol
catchable trout w ill be stocked
fo r the rod this summer In 143
streams and trib u ta rie s , and79
lakes. These fish w ill be d is­
tributed at intervals throughout
the season.
The n u m b e r of catchabb-a
this year Is about 17,000 less
thun lust year, the result of
flood losses at a number of
hatcheries. Some of these los­
ses were overcome by addition­
al egg-takes this past winter.
The total plant, however, Is
s till 20‘" below production of
the previous biennium. Lack of
funds prompted reduced pro­
duction In 1964 and 196".
Anglers a re reminded that
most of the la rg e r lakes such as
«0,50» tro u t, while the central
coast p o l l io n w ill le re lve
83 000 calchable tro u t. Most of
the fish w ill be cutthroats at-
though some plants of ralnlow s
w ill ln> made.
A total of 803,000 rutrhable
11 out have been allocated for
streams and lakes In the W il-
lumetle Hasln. Heaviest plants
in this aiea are to la - made tn
the uppel W illam ette system,
the McKenzie, S a u l la in and
Clackamas. Detroit R eservoir
is s c h e d u le d for plants of
100,000 calchable tro u t, and
C lear Lake on the McKenzie
w ill be stocked with 30,000
tro u t. Cougar and Dorena res­
e rv o irs sre also scheduled to
receive 30,000 calchable bout
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