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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1957)
8-(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Thur., Mar. 21, '57 Farm Employers Hit Plan for 'Pay-as-You-Go' Income. Tax By ROBERT E. GANGWARE City Editer, The Statesmaa. The House tax committee started .work Wednesday on a law to put the state income tax on a pay-as- you-go basis, and immediately met resistance from employers of farm labor. Part of a worker's state tax is now paid through the 2 per cent withholding from his pay as re- auired by a law enacted in 1959. This covers farm laborers making over $100. Withholding tax " would be in creased to it covers virtually the entire state income tax a worker will owe. under a bill (HB 8) soon- ored by Rep. William A. Grcnfell Jr., Portland, or a similar meas ure drawn by the Tax Commission (HB 234). , Either bill would result in a withholding of state income tax similar to the federal withholding tax. Rep. GrenfAl, a member of the tax committee, said such a with holdingwould avoid the big lump sum tax payment now lacing most workers in April every year. SERIOt'S BURDEN David J. Weid. Jeffcf son farmer and attorney who has prepared tax returns for many other farmers, said the change would impose a serious .burden on farmers because of the bookkeeping involved. Farmers also opposed the 1 per cent withholding tax at the last session, but the legislators includ- Traffic Group Opposed to Legislation 11m Oregon Traffic Safety Com mission Wednesday went on record 1b opposition to a bill before the current legislature which would . eliminate mandatory suspension of driver s license when he or she it convicted of driving while in toxicated. - Also opposed by the commission is a bill which would open acci dent reports to investigation by in terested persons. The House has passed this bill and sent it to the Senate. The commission based its oppo sition to the latter bill on reports from staff members that to impair the confidential nature of accident reports would eliminate the only purpose for their existence to provide data for enforcement, en gineering and accident analysis work. "If these reports are open for investigation drivers would have a greater tendency to hedge on their remarks describing the cause of accidents, the commission aid. The commission approved a bill to ban use of parking lights when a vehicle is in motion. This bill has already been approved by the Senate and has been sent to the House. ed them in the law on grounds they were required by federal law to keep social security records on part-time workers who made more than $100 anyway. Weed said he believed most farmers could handle the with' holding tax on a straight percen tage basis, but would be handi capped if they had to use tables and -charts to compute the with holding, since much of the harvest labor is paid right in the fields. SMALL PAYMENTS Rep. Vernon Cook ID), Gresham said berry picking involved so many small payments, made on the spot, that bookkeeping isn't feasible. When Weed noted that some farmers lost their migrant labor to other farms where the with holding was "overlooked," Rep. Guy Jones (D), Salem, suggested an amendment to cover even those laborers earning under $100 under some simplified system. Other objections eame from busi ness. Howard Ross, attorney rep resenting Oregon Railroads Asso elation, said the withholding change would require an expensive conversion of machine records. He proposed that the Oregon withhold ing tax be based on a set percen tage of the federal withholding, for ease of computing. CONTINUED STUDY The tax committee will continue study of the bills on withholding. including a probable change to a $150 minimum earning for farm labor, to meet the new figure in federal law. In other business Wednesday, the tax committee continued its push to clear its desks of many minor bills before plunging into the new revenue program to cover what ever budget is decided for the next two years. Several measures were tabled. including one to give the State Tax Commission supervision over she riffs in tax matters (HB 201) and mother i-HB 222) to require an appointed tax "conservation com mittee in every county. They also tabled a measure to exempt all property of fraternal and similar organizations from taxation and a bill to change the I ' . jinn irmnii" jj inr Vti - . 1 V ' H Rep. William A. Grenfell Jr. (D), Portland, sponsor of 1)111 to have all of work er's state income tax with held from his pay. Rebel Fleet Said Waiting Cuban Attack MEXICO CITY, March 20 lAV- A source in the Mexican Interior Ministry said today a fleet of 12 fishing boats, manned by armed Cuban rebels, is waiting off the Mexican coast for a possible in vasion of Cuba. ' The government source said the boats were bought in Florida with funds reported provided by for mer Cuban President Carlos Prie Socarras An attempt by rebels in Cuba to seize or kill President Fulgencio Batista last week was beaten down by government troops with more than 40 persons killed. The rebel fleet was reported lying off the coast of Quintana Roo. - Ultimas Noticias, a Mexico City newspaper, said it had informs Solons Request Closer Study of Education Fund Higher education salaries again occupied ways and means com mitteemen Wednesday, with two Republicans entering a proposal that the Oregon Legislature keep closer eye on how the higher education budget is spent. Rep. Allen Tom, Rufus. and Sen, Anthony Yturri, Ontario, proposed at a ways and means subcommit tee meeting that salary funds be earmarked so they cannot be di verted to other purposes. They also recommended that the $3.6 million salary increase a- mount recommended in the Elmo Smith budget be set up with $2.4 million of it for across-the-board raises and the remaining $1.2 mil lion for salary adjustments needed during the biennium. The recom mended budget has it the other way around. IMMEDIATE RELIEF This would make possible im mediate relief of the low salary complaint, said the legislators pro posing the move. At the subcommittee session. Chancellor John Richards said use of some salary adjustment funds for other purposes in the past had had the approval of legislative committees. Dr. Meredith Wilson. University of Oregon president, urged higher salaries so this state could com pete with others for faculty talent. CABINET MAKERS HEARD Also discussed at the meeting was a bill offered by the Oregon Cabinet Makers Association which would restrict the higher board of education in construction of build ings and parts of buildings with its own labor and materials. Only repairs and improvements costing less than $1,000 are ex empted unlcr the bill. Upon suggestion of Rep. Robert Steward, co-chairman of the joint ways and means committee, the cabinet makmg plant at the uni versity of Oregon will be inspected f by the subcommittee Thursday at-1 ternoon. At the Legislature .. Fall Overage by the Statesman Statehoaso Staff aaa Associated Press Railway Opposes Plans To Limit Service Changes Southern Pacific Railroad won't object if the Public Utilities Com missioner is liven power to pre vent a railroad from eliminating any passenger service, Frank Mc Culloch, Portland, S. P. attorney, fold the Senate commerce and utilities committee Wednesday. But he said the railroads object strongly to two bills which would give the PUC power to atop any change in freight and passenger service. He-raid It would be all right with the S. P. if Oregon adopted a law similar to that of California. That law permits the state rail road commission , to stop reduc tions in passenger service. i McColloch's statement appeared to take care of the principal ob jections of Southern Oregon resi dents, many of whom are angry because the S. P. stopped passen ger service between Eugene and Ashland more than a year ago. Former Public Utilities Commis sioner Charles- H. Heltzel attempt ed to prevent the abandonment of that service, but the Marion County circuit court ruled -he didn't have such power, Sen. Phil S. Lowry (R). Mod- ford, author of the two bills, told the committee that the Southern Pacific in Southern Oregon has the largest monopoly area in the United States. The recurrent car shortages and abandonment of passenger service show its general disregard for the public in that area. McColIoch and several shippers testified that his bills-would keep industry out of Oregon. They said they would prevent emergency service changes, particularly in freight transportation, because any service change would have to be submitted to the PUC 30 days be fore going into effect. . Lowry charged that the South ern Pacific deliberately discour aged people from riding on pas senger trains in Southern Oregon so it could have an excuse to aban don the run. Frank J. Van Dyke. Medford lawyer and former Speaker of the House, said that an S. P. agent in San Francisco told' him there was no passenger service to Med ford. This was before the daily train was taken off the run. Duke Shows He Knows Geography GODALMING, England. March 20 un A pupil tried to stump Prince Philip on his tour of the ancient Charterhouse School for Boys. Was the - princt familiar with the Scilly Isles? Yes, replied Queen Eliza beth's husband. The tiny islands off Britain's southwest coast are part of Cornwall. His son. Prince charles, nominally owns them as Duke of Cornwall. . Senate Learns " . Resolution Slow To Leave Capitol The Oregon Senate heard Wed nesday that a resolution it adopted two years ago lauding the Turkish government for its military assis tance in the Korean War hasn't been delivered yet. Sen. Warren Gill (R), Lebanon said the resolution was adopted m April, 1955. It directed the Sec retary of State to transmit the Senate's expression, but the docu ment never left the Capitol, Oil! said. i Gill's disclosure followed adop tion of another resolution express ing sympathy to the Philippine government in the plane crash death of President Ramon Mag- saysay on Cebu Island last Sun day. Gill suggested a liaison system between the legislature and the Secretary of State's office to see that resolutions to foreign coun tries are transmitted promptly. Egg Inspection Hearing Friday .House Bill 459 on egg inspec tion will come up for discussion at a public hearing held by the House food and dairying commit tee in Room 326 at the Capitol Friday at 8 a.m. Discussion will center around amendments presented by Barry Brownell of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation. ' , Rep. Richard Groener, sponsor of the bill, holds consumers should have a means of - finding out if eggs are freshly laid or are cold storage eggs. His bill has had con siderable opposition. - This it the second hearing on the bill. Proposal Urges School Release for Guardsmen A bill to excuse national guards men from, high school when they are ordered to emergency duty was Introduced Wednesday by Sen. Dwight Hopkins (D), Imbler, Baker County. He said that during the recent flood in his area, some nigh school students were called to do emergency duty with the guard but aome schools refused to ex cuse them. A bill to establish state poet laureate was introduced in the House by 33 representatives and seven senators. - The governor would appoint the poet, on recom mendation of an advisory committee. Legislation to give the state fire marshal more authority over fire prevention and protection in hos pitals, nurseries - and nursing homes was introduced by Rep. Norman Howard (D), Portland. The bill, requested by the fire marshal, would let him regulate the maximum number of persons in each institution, fire escapes, construction, wiring, and warning and extinguishing devices'. Rep. George Aimala (D), Hood River, introduced a proposal to appoint an interim committee to study regulation and taxation of all forma of public transportation. A tagged male market crab, from which ctmes commercial crabmeat, recently traveled 35 miles on the ocean -floor in 10 weeks, the California Fish k Gam Department reports. tiIS- . THB ARDEN CONTEST '5,000.00 in prizes get your entry blank at YOUR ARDEN STORE Will Liquor Use Up NEW YORK, March 19 W -;l New York staters are drinking tion from Cuban exiles here that i more liquor, the State Liquor Au- thev were also ' operating an air-! thoritv savs. In its annual re- lamount oi money minors may field near Belacan, hi Tobasco, ' port, the authority says this add- earn aim sua ue a cepenurm. Mex., and had a training centered Imbibing produced nearlv Several other bills were passed in Quintana Roo similar to one ; three million dollars in additional onto the House floor with the com-1 seized by the government near , revenue lor the state through mittee's endorsement T IChalco some months ago. . - . I taxes .and fecs.- -- nn ITU wihite glove special! NEW 1957 LAUNDROMATS as low as $7995 CLOTHES DRYERS as low as 4995 Other States Hiking Taxes The State Tax Commission had no encouragement to offer the Legislature or the Oregon public Wednesday. It reported that information re ceived here from 39 states indi cates 32 of them are increasing taxes this year. The others are Just holding the line. In a report of Oregon income tax collections for the past eight months, the commission said total take from individuals and corpora tions was 171.1 million compared with 139.6, million for the compar able period a year ago. Full effect of the 45 per cent surtax accounts for the big boost, It was said. , Whales Frolic At Depoe Bay DEPOE BAY. March JO I - Gray whales,- on the annual mi gration northward from California to Aleutian waters, have been playing in the ocean off the harbor here. Residents yesterday saw from two to a dozen whales almost hourly. Two kept bumping against the bell bouy less than a mile off the bay entrance, causing inter mittent ringing and attracting a large crowd on shore. Progress Dooms Old Roundhouse WENATCHEE. March 20 (1 The .end of the line (Great North ern) was in sight today for the "Appleyard" roundhouse. As operations began to flatten the Great Northern fixture, Tom Brennan, assistant superintendent here, said: "With no steam locomotives left west of Williston, N. D., there . just Isn't any further use for it." He also said the Appleyard Ho tel, a stopping place for employes nearby, will be sold. Wenatchee was a switching point for trains heading over the Cascades until the electric en gines were supplanted by diesels last year. Chee?e Survives , V. THE HAGUE, March 20 Url ! Duteh Edam cheese carried to the 1 antarctic by the ill-fated Scott expedition was found re cently by British polar explorer . and sent here. 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