2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, April 29, 1954
LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C
AN IN D E PE N D E N T N EW SPA PER
T he H ouse is in recess over the
E a s te r w eek-end and u n til M on­
day th e 26th of April M eanw hile
thè S e n a te will continue w orking
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
since it is now som ew hat behind
WILLIAM G. PH ELPS, E ditor
By
th e H ouse in handling the bills
CLIFFORD
P.
w
hich
m
ust
he
com
pleted
this
SU B SC R IPT IO N R A T ES:
One Year !n ad van ce (tn Curry County»
ROWE
session.
T
he
difference
betw
een
One Year, In ad van ce (outsid e Curry C ounty) ......................................... f t.50
th e H ouse and S en ate tim e-tables
N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E
is accounted for by th e fact that
My a tt ntion w as draw n r e ­
m ost of th e m ajo r legislation of cently to a h e a rt-w a rm in g pic-
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
P hiladelphia
Detroit
Chicago
this session thus fa r has had to do j tu re, p rom inently displayed or,
N ew York
w ith e ith e r tax es or ap p ro p ria­ li he front p ace of a m etro p o litan
NEW SPAPER
N A T IO N A L
J D I T O R I A L tions. Such legislation orig in ates daily, of two happy m en, one
in th e H ouse and is first acted , young and one m (Idle aged. The
T
PU B LISH ER S
as T o c Í t Á ti / Í n
upon there. T hen it is sent over I caption read “ Happy to have vou
ASSOCIATION
to th e S en ate. A nother th in g | back G eorge!” Both were sm il-
A C T IV E
M EMBER
w hich m akes it ea sie r for the j ing so even the uninform ed could
H ouse to com plete action on legis­ readily recognize th at here was
lation is th e fact th a t all d ebaie a joyous occasion.
tim e in th e House is controlled,
O ne’s n a tu ra l guess would have
w h ereas th e d eb ate in the S en ate
On the ballot in the M ay p rim a ry will a p p e ar a m easu re
been
th at here w as a young hero
is g en erally unlim ited. T his dif­
teeen tly re tu rn e d from the w ars
w hich, if passed, will give a u th o rity to th e C ounty C ourt to have
ferì nee in procedure is due to the
C u rry C ounty reassessed.
fact th a t th e m em bership of the who was being given .public a c ­
H ouse is so large, 435 m em bers, claim or perhaps a young m an
T h e m easu re provides for a serial bond levy to provide the
as to m ake unlim ited deb ate im ­ who had m ade som e m ajo r con-
c o u n ty ’s sh are of the necessary funds, w hich a re sh ared jointly
trib u tio n to civic e n te rp rise and
p ra ctical.
by s ta te and county.
was
being honored for his a c ­
T h e H ouse has com pleted its
Once before th e citizens of this co un ty had an o p p o rtu n ity to
com
plishm
ent.
action upon all of th e m ajo r a p ­
v o te on such a m easure, and they d efeated it. T hey did so, we
W
hat
an
incentive, I th o u g h t,
p ro p ria tio n s bills except the one
a re convinced, because they did not u n d ersta n d its purpose, and
this
would
give
young read ers to
for th e D e p artm en t of D efense
fe are d that a reassessm ent m eant an a u to m a tic raise in taxes.
T hat bill I un d erstan d , will com« see thus rew arded a young m a n ’s
T hat is not true. W hat this reassessm en t is in tended to do is
to th e floor im m ediately following endeavor. Such inspiration could
to bring present assessm en ts into line w ith p re sen t p ro p e rty
the E a s te r recess. T he com pletion well s ta rt hosts of o th e r yo u n g ­
values. M any p ro p e rtie s have grow n in v alu e in th e last few
of its heavy schedule of hills by sters to w ard sim ilar w o rth y u n ­
y ears, w hile o th e r p ro p e rtie s have stood still o r declined in value.
the first of May will c o n stitu te dertakings.
But, alas, such d ream s and
som ething of a record for speed
W ith o u t re assessm en t, som e p ro p e rtie s a re paying fa r m ore th an
on th e p art of th e House A ppro­ asp irations would have been d ealt
th e ir sh a re of taxes, and o th e rs are paying fa r less.
a deadly blow by the reading of
p ria tio n s C om m ittee.
B rookings had an o p p o rtu n ity to observe this fact a few y ea rs
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th e in form ation below th e p ic­
ago, w hen th e co unty A ssessor ask ed th e s ta te to m ake a spot
ture. F or th e young m an w as a
M
any
E
ugene
people
will
re
­
re assessm en t here . . . and p len ty of people here, we a re told,
m em ber Don Z im m erm an whose crim inal, apprehended for ro b ­
w e re ap p reh en siv e about in creased tax es. They found out th a t
hom e w as on 11th S tre e t out near bery, who had since tw ice e s­
som e of th em had th e ir ta x e s increased; som e w ere dcreased
th e U niversity. He atten d e d the caped from the custody of th e
but th e to ta l tax for the a re a rem ain ed th e sam e.
E ugene public schools and the
It sim ply m akes com m on sense, th a t p ro p e rty should he taxed
U niversity of Oregon. He w as aj
acco rd in g to its w orth in relatio n to o th e r properties. And, in
pointed to th e M ilitary Aeademv
fa st-g ro w in g C u rry C ounty, valu es assessed a few y ears ago
at W est Point and has enjoyed a
distinguished m ilita ry career, most
sim ply do not have validity today. T his co u n try changes too ra p ­
of w hich has been as an of licer
idly.
in th e A ir Force. I have known
No one w a n ts to pay m ore th a n his sh are of tax es, and no
Don since college days, alth o u g h
one should w ant to pay less. T his reassessm ent should help to
he e n te re d th e U niversity some
m ake*it possible for everyone to pay his ju st share.
tim e a f te r 1 did.
C ounty officials who ad m in iste r o u r p ro p erty tax es, as well
T h e o th e r day B rigad ier Gen
a s s ta te officials, a re unanim ous in th e ir belief th a t th is assess­
c ra i D onald Z im m erm an w alked
m ent is needed to co rrec t in ju stices in o u r tax load. It deserves
into m y office and we had a good
to pass.
visit I had not seen him in a long
tim e and shortly discovered the
reason why. He has been statio n ed
in J a p a n for four years.
• IIEAK — RADIO BROADCAST
I m ention him and his visit
now because in last w eek’s le tte r
1 gave som e inform ât on re g a rd ­
ing the new Air Force Academ y
K.IEM 8:15 I’.M. EVERY SUNDAY
w hich will begin o p eratin g next
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sum m er. F o rm e r E ugene resi­
dent and Unix « rsitv of Oregon
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TV L a
fTfrAb’
Cph
stu d en t. G eneral Don Z im m erm an
will he D ean of th e Faculty of
th e new ‘ W est Point ol the A i r ”
E ntered a« secon d -class m atter, at ttie p o sto fflce at B rookings. Oregon.
M arch 7, 1846, under the Act of M arch 3. 187»
THE COUNTY ASSESSMENT BILL
law’.
F or th ese deeds he had been
given precious space on the front
page along w ith a sto ry th at de­
scribed in d etail his exciting
c a re e r since escaping, including
new robberii s. T h e p icture, then*
was th a t of a conceited crook back
again in th e custody of a rig h tfu l­
ly happy sh e riff from whose jail
he had first escaped.
I shu d d ered w hen I thought of
th e in flu en ce th is glam orized pic­
tu re and sto ry could have on our
youth. W here w as th e lesson of
“crim e does not .pay” which we
have preach ed fo r so m any y ea rs?
On an inside page of the sam e
paper, but w ith o u t a p ictu re w is
a n o th e r sto ry about tw o young
bio-chem ists anno u n cin g a pos­
sible cu re for diabetes. F o r those
who look to th e press for the
p ro p er balan ce of values in life,
th e m oral w as th e re for even the
most ig n o ran t to read.
R E T U R N TO AREA
T he m any friends of George
and M arge C um m ins will be glad
to know th e y ’re nearby, if no, in
B rookings. T he C um m ins’ are now
living n e a r C rescent City.
Cooked
FOOD SALE
SATURDAY, MAY i
Brookings Flower &
Gift Shop
10 A M. to 3 P.M.
Sponsored by th e S enior class to
ra ise m oney fo r “S enior Day.”
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Then» is quite a little talk
about s ta te prim ary
elections
these days In th e next six weeks
or so th e re will be prim aries in;
New Je rse y A pril 20th; A labam a,
F lorida, Indiana, New Mexico, and
Ohio May 4th; P ennsylvan ia May
18th; O regon May 21st; N orth
C aro lin a May 29th; N evada and
S o u th D ak o ta Ju n e 1st; Iowa
Ju n e 7th; and C aliforn ia and
S o u th C arolina Ju n e 8th. O th ers
will follow th ro u g h o u t the su m ­
m er. ending w ith Rhode Island
p rim a ry S ep tem b er 29th Maine
holds its general election Sept< m-
ber 13th. All o th e r general elec­
tions will be on N ovem ber 2d.
• • •
T he W ays and M eans C om m it­
te e of the H ouse has been h old­
ing h ea rin g s for the last several
w eeks on th e Admin stratio n -
sjxm sored bill to am end th e S> -
eial S e c u rity Act so as to m-
• c re a se 1»enefits, and to bring ten
m illion additional Am rieans
m ost lv fa rm ers and pm fessu >nal
t»eople
u n d er Social Seem •itv.
T h e hill is not expected to tv
J the F lo >r of th e H ouse for .'OU-
sid éra tio n u n til la te in May
ea rly Ju n e.
Our Philco Factory-S uper­
vised S ervicem en re p a ir
any m o d e l, a n y m a ke ,
and do the right job at the
j. right price.-
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