Welfare: The Giant That
Threatens To Destroy Us
The House T a s k F o rc e on
W e lfa re began h e a rin g s T h u r s
day
a fte rn o o n , w ith R o b e rt
D a v is , E x e c u tiv e A s s is ta n t to
G o v e rn o r T om
M c C a ll, and
State R e p re s e n ta tiv e S ta ffo rd
H a n se ll as the f i r s t w itn e sse s.
Rep H a n s e ll, C h a irm a n of the
House Ways and M eans C om -
F i r s t N a tio n a l
E a r n i n g s H ig h
F ir s t N a tio n a l Bank o f O r e
gon re c o rd e d h ig h e r net e a rn
in g s fo r the e ighth su cce ssive
y e a r in 1970, it was re p o rte d
by Ralph J. V oss, p re s id e n t
o f the sta te w id e banking s y s
tem .
A t the same tim e the bank
p re s id e n t re v e a le d that y e a r-
end d e p osits w e re also at a r e c
o rd high fig u re and loans had
dropped s h a rp ly fro m re c o rd
le v e ls o v e r the past tw e lve
m onths.
E a rn in g s fo r the y e a r t o t a l
ed $14,135,367, a gain o f 1.8
p e rc e n t, o v e r the y e a r-e n d 1969
fig u re o f $13,888,819. On a p e r
sh a re b a sis, th is is eq u iva le nt
to $2.66 p e r sh a re co m p a re d to
$2.61 p e r sh a re la s t y e a r.
V oss c re d ite d a co m b in a tio n
o f e ffe c tiv e c o n tro l o f expen
ses, the d ro p in the co st of
m oney and high coupon bond
purch a se s w ith re v e rs in g a
dow ntrend in e a rn in g s w hich b e
cam e evident in the second and
th ir d q u a rte rs o f the ye a r.
Statem ent of c o n d itio n fig u re s
fo r F ir s t N a tio n a l reve a le d
y e a r end d e p osits o f $1,713,-
931,144 T h is is an in cre a se
of $124,701,841, o r a 7.9 p e r
cent o v e r the 1969 y e a r-e n d
fig u re o f $1,589,229,303, and up
2.8 p e rce n t fro m the 196 8to ta l
Loans fe ll to $1,065,940,368.
a d ro p o f 8.5 p e rc e n t fro m the
1969 y e a r-e n d re c o rd high of
$1,165,101,249.
V oss s a id a c tio n s o f the F e d
e ra l R e se rve B o a rd in easing
the r e s t r ic t iv e m o n e ta ry p o li
c ie s pursued th ro u g h o u t 1969
re s u lte d in e x tre m e ly wide
sw in g s in the a v a ila b ility of
m oney and re la te d in te re s t
ra te s .
T he re m o v a l o f the in te re s t
ra te c e ilin g on la rg e s h o rt
te rm c e rtific a te s o f deposit in
June and the expansion in the
m oney supply b ro u g h t a m assive
in flo w of funds w h ich w e re used
to re b u ild bank liq u id ity , the
bank p re s id e n t e xp la in e d. T h is
com bined w ith a c o n tin u in g d e
c lin e in loan demand due to the
slowdown in the econom y and
e a r lie r e ffo rts to c u r ta il loans
due to the then e x is tin g tig h t
m oney c o n d itio n s accounts fo r
the e a s ie r loan s itu a tio n , Voss
added.
C a p ita l funds plu s the re s e rv e
fo r loan lo sse s increased, to
$137,254,901 fro m $130,067 J>82
la s t Decem ber.
D u rin g 1970 F ir s t N a tio n a l
e s ta b lis h e d new b ra n ch e s in
P o r t l a n d ' s G e o rg ia -P a c ific
B u ild in g and at M t. A ngel. New
b ra n ch q u a rte rs w e re c o m
p le te d at Oak G rove , V a lle y
R iv e r C e n te r in Eugene and
M id w a y -D iv is io n east o f P o r t
land. E x te n s iv e re m o d e lin g s
w e re c o m p l e t e d at A s to ria ,
M ed fo rd M ain o ffic e , and W ood
b urn.
W o rk w ill be fin is h e d in e a rly
1971 on new q u a rte rs fo r the
R oseburg b ra n ch w hich was d e
s tro y e d by f ir e , the U nion and
G raham b ra n c h ’ s expanded o f
fic e s at B roadw ay and G rand
Avenue in P o rtla n d , and at Gold
Beach and F o re s t G rove.
N ew ly e s ta b lis h e d branches
a re under c o n s tru c tio n at Ju n
c tio n C ity and K in g C ity , and
expansion and re n o v a tio n o f the
C edar H ills and K e iz e r o ffic e s
is p ro g re s s in g .
The ste e l ske le to n o f the
b a n k's new 4 0 - s to r y head o f
fic e in P o rtla n d 's fin a n c ia l c e n
t e r w ill be topped out in J a n
u a ry
and
th e
b u ild in g is
scheduled fo r c o m p 1 e t i o n in
m id - 1972, V o ss re p o rte d .
SHOP A T
HOME
it in to a s p e c ia l fund to take
m itte e , c a lle d the jo b fa cin g the
c a re o f lo n g te rm u n e m p lo y
T ask F o rc e an "im p o s s ib le
m ent and in the p ro ce ss ra is e
ta s k ,” but added " i t m ust be
b e n e fits
done.” Rep H a n se ll c a lle d w e l
Day noted that he w a sn ’t e s
fa re " th e g ia n t that th re a te n s
p e c ia lly happy w ith the M u lti-
to d e s tro y u s .”
S e rvice C e n te r in P o rtla n d , and
He noted th a t “ in 14 y e a rs in
c a lle d it ju s t “ a n other la y e r of
the le g is la tu re I ’ve n e ve r fe lt
b u re a u c ra ts to do what the b u r
the rese n tm e nt fro m the people
e a u cra ts a lre a d y in e xiste n ce
that I fin d re g a rd in g w e lfa re .”
should do in the f ir s t place ”
He noted that the p ro b le m o f
And he noted that w e lfa re is
ille g itim a te c h ild re n is one that
fa ilin g " m is e r a b ly to e n lis t v o l
m ust be so lved
sa ying that
u n tee r s e r v ic e s ."
" I see no rea so n to continue to
The M a rio n County m an sa id
harness
s o c ie ty
w ith th is
that a d e p a rtm e n t o f hum an r e
p ro b le m when it can be p re v e n t
so u rce s w ith lin e a u th o rity "h a s
e d .” One o f the th in g s he said
to be fo r m e d ." He sa id "W e
should be in ve stig a te d is " m a n
need a c h a irm a n of the board
d a to ry s te riliz a tio n , in the case
who is going to te ll the heads
of the r e p e a te rs ."
o f these s o c ia l s e rv ic e a gen
Rep. H a n se ll sa id that he
c ie s to get hot and do th e ir
doesn’t b e lie ve " w e can a p
t h in g ."
proach an open ended budget
Day said he fe lt th is m ay be
again th is b ie n n iu m .”
the s in g le m ost im p o rta n t step
F o rm e r re p re s e n ta tiv e D a vis
the 1971 L e g is la tu re co u ld take
was the next s p e a k e r,T h u rs d a y
a fternoon. He pointed out th a t at
a given tim e a p p ro x im a te ly 10
p e rce n t o f those on w e lfa re r o lls
w ere in e lig ib le He noted that
some o f these would be due to
fra u d , o th e rs to m ista ke s.
D avis c a lle d fo r u n ifo rm
sta te w id e approach to the e n
fo rce m e n t o f c h ild su p p o rt o b
lig a tio n s He c a lle d fo r an in
cre a se in the fra u d and in
v e s tig a tiv e u n it w ith in the A t
to rn e y G e n e ra l’s o ffic e , to give
a "re a s o n a b le o p p o rtu n ity of
de tectio n o f fr a u d .” He a lso
asked fo r b eefing up on the r e
co ve ry d iv is io n w ith in the A t
to rn e y G e n e ra l's o ffic e .
D avis sa id that he fe lt "T h o s e
who a re on w e lfa re , able to
w o rk and can fin d w o rk
should w o r k .” He noted th a t “ I
s t ill b e lie ve th e re is some d ig
n ity in being able to go to w o rk ,
and e a rn , r a th e r than be given
an o u trig h t d ole. ”
D avis
c a lle d
fo r
some
changes in F e d e ra l re g u la tio n s
. . . in c lu d in g the E a rn in g s D is
re g a rd F o rm u la . He sa id “ I
th in k th e re should be a r e a
sonable
re s id e n c y
r e q u ir e
CENTER
m e n t." He sa id that " A s te p
CUT
fa th e r who assum es re s p o n s i
b ilit y fo r h is w ife ’ s c h ild re n
. . should have h is incom e
taken in to c o n s id e ra tio n i f w e l
fa re has been g ive n the c h ild
r e n ."
And the fo r m e r E m e rg e n cy
B o a rd m em b e r noted that th e re
m ust be a stop to people being
brought in to the w e lfa re c ir c le
and re m a in in g th e re .
D avis c a lle d fo r a new look
at the p ro g ra m s fo r the aged
POCKET CUTS
and d isa b le d , and noted that
FOR STUFFING!
th e re should be fu rth e r steps
to p ro v id e them w ith adequate
p ro v is io n s .
F rid a y a fte rn o o n saw fo rm e r
sta te le g is la to r L . B Day te s
tify in g .
Day noted th a t “ ta x p a y e rs
a re fed up. and a re convince-^
- th e ir m oney is being wasteu
on w e lfa re .” He said " W e ’ve
been a p proaching w e lfa re w ith
a band aid . . . we have to change
that to a to u rn iq u e t.”
T he m a jo r th ru s t, he noted,
should be to w a rd p re v e n tio n and
re h a b ilita tio n .
Just n oting som e p o ssib le
a re a s to change the tre n d t o
w a rd m ore and m o re people on
w e lfa re . Day sa id that d iv o rc e s
a re one o f the b ig causes. He
asked i f r a is in g the m a rria g e
lice n se fee d r a s t ic a lly , and then
p u ttin g som e of the m oney in to
fa m ily
c o u n se lin g
s e rv ic e s
w o u ld n 't
help
The fo rm e r
T H IN , BREAKFAST CUT
E m e r g e n c y B o a rd m em b e r
noted that the a lc o h o lic p ro b
le m is a lso a ffe c tin g o u r r is in g
LOIN END (3 LB AV G .)
w e lfa re load.
He noted th a t "W e ju s t a re n 't
C O U N T R Y STYLE
g e ttin g at th is p ro b le m . I t ’s
tim e we a d d re ss o u rs e lv e s to
i t . " Day asked i f p u ttin g aside,
«ATM
say, 20 p e rc e n t o f the ta x c o l
le cte d in the sta te on a lc o h o lic
beverages, and then p u ttin g that
JUMBO, C H U N K
in to a fund fo r a lc o h o lic re h a b
ilita tio n , 'm ig h t not help. He
sa id that a n o th e r p a rtia l answ er
to the p ro b le m , m ig h t be to
adopt the W ashington syste m
of
u n em ploym ent tax. T ha t
would take 1 /2 o f one p e rce n t,
o r p o s s ib ly even one p e rce n t of
the in d iv id u a l's in co m e , and put
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A ttend W in ter
B o a rd M e etin g
Social Happenings
Marie Hawks, president of
the local Business and Profes-
sional Womens Club, and Betty
Bigelow, B.P.W. state treasur
er, attended the winter board
meeting held at the Village
Green in Cottage Grove Jan.
15,16,17.
Honored guest for the regular
meeting here on Feb. 2 will
be B.P.W. state president Molly
Maidenwald. other guests will
include members of the Reeds
port B.P.W. club.
The event will be held at
the Rainbow cafe and all mem
bers are urged to attend.
A T SIXES. E L K R IV E R AND PO RT ORFORD
Phone 332-2972
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PARENTS VISIT
Visiting last weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Buller and daugh
ter Bobbie Jo, were her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Crace
and son Vic, of Dallas.
SUNDAY GUESTS
Sunday, Emil Yaromaand c a r
ol Kurpies of Valsetz stopped
to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Buller and daughter.
D e spite some w id e ly h e ld b e
lie fs . m any o f the b ig redw ood
tre e s being h a rv e s te d today on
p ro te c te d tr e e fa rm s a re the
th ir d c ro p to be u tiliz e d to r
houses, o u td o o r f u r n itu r e and,
today, even paper
S ix e s I n s ta lls
New O ffic e r s
The Sixes Grange met Jan.
9 for a short business meeting.
Edwin and Phyllis Burt were
new members. After the meet,
ing the 1971 officers were In-
stalled by county deputy Don
Coe from Chetco. The lnstal-
ling team all from Chetco
Grange were Don Coe, ^ sta l
ling officer; Lillian Zumphe,
marshall; Kathryn Foster, In
stalling master; ona Norton, in
stalling chaplain; Margaret
Hurlburt, emblem bearer; Edith
Rirington, Regalia bearer; Fd.
na wiegel, musician; Doris Wil
liamson, custodian. Guests from
Chetco were Sherman Hurlburt,
Frank Rirington, Walter Norton,
Grace Coe, Joe zumphe and
ivy Webster. Sixes Grange of
ficers that were installed were
Master, R.K. Erwin; Overseer,
Robert Billings; Lecturer, Jen.
nie cannon; Steward George Mc
Donald; Asst. Steward, Virgil
Cannon;
Chaplain,
Marlon
Brooks; TTea, Ethel Montgo
mery; Sec, Clara Erwin; Gate
Keeper, Ed Seelyv ¡Ceres, Juan
ita Billings Pomona, Belva Mc
Donald; Flora, Elizabeth Skel.
ton; Ex. Comm., Clarence
Brooks, A.J. Skelton and W.L.
Montgomery; Lady Asst. Stew-
ard (absent and will be lnstal-
led at later date); C.W A.
Chairman, Kathryn Rice. After
the installation, a dessert lunch,
eon was held.
AT INSTALLATION
Mr. and Mrs. R K. Erwin and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brooks
attended the Chetco installation
at Chetco Sunday.
FRIDAY GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brocks
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ell-
lii^s were guests Friday even
ing at the R K. Erwin home.
Grange books were audited dur
ing the evening.
IN S P R IN G F IE L D
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fromm
returned last Saturday after
spending the week with their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Fromm and children,
Scott and Cheryl of Springfield.
CARDS PLAYED
The Reckless Eight Pinochle
Club met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Al Steinmetz on Jan.
9. Marlon Hubbs and Jamie
Steinmetz held honors. Guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Marlon
Hubbs, Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Gerhardt, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Peterson.
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with the Scouts
America the beautiful is in dancer of disappearing under the garbage.
Every year our citizens get rid of seven m illion cars, 100 m illion tires,
20 m illion tons of paper. 2H billion Kittles an J 4 * billion cans. Some
of it it thoughtfully disposed of, hut a lot of it is just dumped
or flushed.
T h e Scoutt do n’t have the v* hole antw er, hut they
have part of it.
Project S O A R Save O u r American Resources.
S O A R is a thought-out, thorough, year-long
program for Scouts and Cubs. I t ’s anti-liner,
anti-pollution, pro-land, pro-water, pro-air.
Th e Scoutt have the program and the
Bovpow er they need. They are now
looking to you for tome manpow er
and dollarpower.
S O A R w ith the Scoutt.
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