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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1958)
$4,390,000 City Manager Outlines '59 Budget Plan Here is the text of the annual city budget message, as delivered Monday by City Manager Kent Mathewson at a joint meeting -of City Council, other city budget of ficials and Salem Chamber of Commerce: The budget transmitted to you today looks toward a finer Salem tomorrow. A finer Salem made through the maximum use of inter governmental cooperation. Finan cially this budget is restricted to a set of limits that exist only on a map. Its implications however, reach far beyond to the boundaries of our total community the Mid Willamette Valley. Salem is the seat of our state government, is located in two counties and is serv iced by a school district that cuts across all of these lines. Thus the state capital, Marion County, Polk County, School District 24 CJ and the City of Salem each meet a par ticular need for our people. Yet these five govenmental units joint ly serving a total area have inter connected interests, problems and unlimited opportunities. It should be made clear at the outset that all reference herein to the state capital refers only to the seat of the state government and not to the state- government as such. This discussion as it re lates to the state capital, is lim ited to the benefits, problems and opportunities that its location cre ates for our community and the ever increasing need for mutual cooperation and understanding. Major Operation To meet the needs of this com munity these five governmental units alone will have budgets ap proximating a total figure for next year of fifty eight million dollars. Simply stated, government in this community is big business which provides large opportunities for coordination and cooperation. Each of our governmental units is staffed with well qualified tech nicians, equipped with expensive machinery and tools, having ac cess to valuable information and know-bow. A pooling of these vast resources on a cooperative basis can provide for our citizens an un matched community while saving countless thousands of tax dollars. The recommended budget ac companying this message places Salem's part in meeting the needs of our total community for next year at $4,390,000. This is $670,000 less than this year because of smaller bond and assessed con struction programs. The net bud get (gross expenditures less self supporting services, bond support ed construction and state and fed eral grants-in-aid) is $1,700,000. The separate detailed budget docu ment will be on the table for the next several weeks for public in spection prior to the public hear ing. Massive Cooperation Local Problems Much attention is being given today throughout the United States to the problems created by metro politan growth, multiple and over lapping govermental units and the suburban fringe area. Little how ever is being accomplished toward finding a solution because the remedy often suggested is the un acceptable metropolitan or super government. We are witnessing the beginning of these problems here in our com munity. Our purpose should be to find a solution while the problem is still of a manageable size. The consolidated or metropolitan type government would be even less acceptable here because our people justly take pride in identifying themselves with the various gov ernmental units. This is as natural and satisfying as identifying our life's educational accomplishments with our alma mater school or our religious life with a particular de nomination. A consolidated metro politan government would destroy or diminish county, school or city identity, thus creating the risk of loss of citizen participation, in terest and understanding. Possible Solutloa Instead it is believed that the purposes of a consolidated type government can be fully achieved here, for a good many years, with out changing or surrendering the identity or authority of the several governments of our total commun ity. Massive cooperation can solve our intergovernmental problems while building the finest commun ity for the least possible cost. This proposition of governmental coordination and cooperation is not untried in the Mid-Willamette Val ley, nor is the idea a creation of your city manager. Past experi ence simply seems to show that the future is limitless and that we should, in a carefully planned man ner, bring to bear the total force of this potential for the benefit of our community. Examples of this cooperative spirit are exem plified by the school district's lead ership in the joint purchasing pro gram that is saving thousands of dollars a year for our taxpayers. Another is the joining together of Marion and Polk counties to make possible the Mid-Willamette Valley Planning Council that has already affected favorably the develop ment of our community twenty-five years hence. On many occasions the state builders have charted their plans to coincide with those of the city, so that today we have a tremendous asset of beauty at our center. These things and many more, such as our joint health and recreation programs, serve as an inspiration for this message. State Capitol-City Relations Perhans the largest single asset of beauty, community pride and enjoyment that can ever be ours will come through the long range caoitol mall development. While the capital belongs to and is for City Budget Highlights Principal points of City Manager Kent Mathewsoa's 1958-51 city budget recommendation Include the following: Improve cooperation among all government units serving Salem citizens; form a committee to stndy the matter with aa eye to tax savings. Major street work: Widen State Street; complete 17th Street ex tension; start widening of either D Street or Roral Street. Budget of $4,390,000 Is balanced; calls for new form of taxation; keeps property tax within per eeat Increase allowed by law; in corporates $55,000 surplus from this year's operatloa. Start Laurel Springs-South Salem sanitary sewer project; com plete Cross Street line to end dumping of sewage la Sheltoa Ditch. Merit pay Increases possible for city employes nnder recently approved new Job classlHcatloa plan. Preventive medicine program for city employes. all of the people of Oregon, our community has the privilege and responsibility for providing its home. We have within our reach the chance of having a work of architecture and landscape unsur passed in this country. A develop ment of this importance is not de served without hard wotk, keen study and the most earnest of sup port. We will be making the mis take of a generation if it is taken for granted. Every effort should be made to establish and maintain the closest possible organizational ties between the state and local persons concerned with the mall development. Lighting The recommended budget makes a small contribution toward mall improvement in that it provides money to match a state appropria tion for Improvement in street lighting in the mall area. Funds are also included for improved street lighting on Court and State streets approaching the capitol from the west. 17th Street Extension $25,000 is included in this budget for the 17th Street extension pro ject through the State Fair Grounds. This added to the prev iously appropriated funds will total $48,000 which should be suffi cient to finance the entire pro gram. This improvement will mean much from a traffic stand point to the State Fair as well as to the general traffic situation in that part of the city. State-City relations have been strengthened as a result of the difficult but fruitful negotiations on this mat ter. New Fire Truck In the belief that our citizens will vote favorably on May 16 for the replacement of the 27 year old obsolete and unreliable fire truck at the North station, $24,000 has been included in this budget for a new truck. Fire protection is pro vided by the city to all state budd ings rjoin in ana out oi we city as a matter of cooperation. This new truck will stand guard over the Cooperation of Governing Units Weighed by Manager City Manager Kent Mathewson's annual budget message Monday gave emphasis to cooperation between the various government units of which Salem citizens are a part city, state, Marion County, Polk County and Salem School District. Some areas of cooperation are al ready established, some in process of development and some sug gested for possible study for the future, as indicated by the city man ager in the following charts which appear in his printed budget mes sages. City -State Relations ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENTAL Liaison Capitol Mall Planning Streets and Parking Highways Library Water and Sewer Armory-Auditorium Fire and Police Street Signs Health Street Lighting Civil Defense Traffic Signals City -County Relations ESTABLISHED. DEVELOPMENTAL Liaison Purchasing Planning Armory-Auditorium Law Engineering Enforcement Flre-Mntual Aid Streets and Roads Health House Numbering Election Procedures Civil Defense City Polk Co. Relations ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL STUDY Liaison Planning Health Law Enforcement Election Procedures Civil Defense House Numbering Streets and Roads City-Schools Relations ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENTAL Liaison Purchasing Planning Recreation Health Parks Streets Juvenile ' Enforcement Civil Defense Library Proposed for state school for the deaf, the state fair grounds and it will answer second alarms at any other state institution. The deaf school and the fair grounds are both extreme ly valuable properties, one- mea sured in young lives and the other in high risk buildings. It is good that we are able to furnisn this service. Marion County-City Relations Salem's opportunity for gracious ness as a host is twofold. Not only is Salem privileged to be the state capital but also the seat of Marion County. Its location here means a great deal to all of us and the courthouse one of the finest any whereadds much beauty to our community. Joint Programs We are dependent on the Marion County government for many im portant services, one of the most vital being health protection. This is a jointly financed program and an excellent example of how co operation can reap greater services for less money. This budget pro poses $34,100 for the city's share of next year's health program. .Its scope is wide with special em phasis now on mental health and mosquito control. Another jointly financed pro gram, but in this instance operated by the city, is the Pioneer Ceme tery. Its transition from an over grown and forgotten tangle to an historic area of pride is directly due to coordinated interest and effort on the part of the county and city. The city's fifty per cent share of the cemetery cost for next year is $2,150. Other cooperative endeavors include our vital civil defense (city share $4,000) which is efficiently directed by the county and tha communications service leased to the various rural districts by the city. This communications network is of inestimable value to our entire valley. Savings Opportunities As the county becomes more urbanized it undoubtedly will be POTENTIAL STUDY Purchasing Personnel Administration Parks Finances State Bldg. Locations Cultural Center POTENTIAL STUDY Personnel Administration Inspection Services Parks Social Services Recreation Finances Stream Pollution Dog Control Building Needs Purchasing Dog Control Recreation Parks Engineering Fire-Mutual Aid Finances Personnel - Adminttration Stream Pollution POTENTIAL STUDY Maintenance and Repair Facilities Personnel Admlnlstratloa Social Services Finances called upon to provide services that have been already established by the city. Some of these might include such things as inspection services, parks administration and the impounding of dogs. Rather than duplicate manpower and facil ities it is hoped that we can con sider the feasibility of coordinated services just as we do now in health administration. In many in stances, because of the county's size and resources, it might be advisable for the county to operate the program. In other cases the city could furnish the service, and in still other situations the opera tion could be a joint one. Circum stances and mutual understanding would dictate the final decision. The same possibility for savings might well be applied to several of our administrative services such as purchasing and personnel 'adminis tration. The step has already been taken in community planning. The cost of duplicating on an individual basis the quality of service each ol us is receiving in planning ad ministration would -undoubtedly stem prohibitive now. Our oppor tunities for action along these lines seem almost limitless. Polk County-City Relations One of the most fortunate de velopments in Salem's history was when that sizeable number of Polk County citizens voted to join West Salem to Salem proper. That act placd a part of Salem in Polk County. Hands were joined across the river in one of the most sen sible and mutually beneficial co operative actions possible. The in dustry and beautiful hills and homes of Polk County's West Salem are one of our finest assets. Area Wide Park Albert-Wallace Marine Park be ing developed by the Salem Park Department on the Polk County side of the river is serving citizens of that county far beyond the city limits. The considerably expanded facilities that will be available this summer will undobtedly draw even large numbers of persons from all parts of the community. Salem is happy with this situation. Looking to the future the Polk County court has requested the Mid-Willamette Valley Planning Council, aided by the Salem Park Department, to study the long range potential for a major expansion of the park. With a high degree of cooperation and enthusiasm this park area can bring unlimited enjoyment to our total community in the years ahead. As a cooperative measure a small appropriation is included in this budget to surface treat that unpaved portion of Glen Creek Road from Kingwood Drive west ward two blocks. Other street matters of mutual interest between Polk County and the City are under study. School District-City Relations The most worthwhile community asset we possess is our school system. Its efficient, down to earth and effective administration en joys widespread recognition. It be hooves all of us citizens and gov ernment official alike - to cooper ate with the schools in every way possible. Cooperative Endeavors School-City cooperative relations here are well above those of many communities. For example this budget recommends $72,000 for our share of the joint citychool re creation program, me comDinea use of playfields, equipment, facil ities and personnel save our tax payers a sizeable sum each year. Other examples of fruitful coop eration are the joint purchasing program, the cooperative rebuild ing and operation of the swimming pools, and our coordinated plan ning program. Drainage, Street Widening $6,000 is recommended to com plete the north-east storm drain at the rear of the Washington school play field. This is a health, safety and engineering need and is a mat ter of concern to the school as well as the city. Another long felt need of this nature is the widening of D Street beside Parrish and North Salem schools, from Capitol to 14th and eventually the entire length of D Street. In the hope that the school can furnish the - necessary addi tional right-of-way, $15,000 has been included in this recommend ed budget to finance the widening construction. This is a priority need. However, if it is not deemed feasible to attempt the project this year, there is a similar need at South Salem High School. The money could be used to widen Rur al Street from Commercial to Church and eventually extend this widening to the already widened portion of Rural where it enters 12th Street. It would seem that D Street should be given first consid eration but in either case much benefit would be realized by im proving safety and traffic conges tion at one or the. other of two principal school sites located on two important streets. Joint Relations The preceding pages have dis cussed areas of cooperative action between the City and one or the other of our fellow governmental units. These discussions were con cerned with the joining together of two units to achieve a common objective. There is also the larger potential of all five of the Units working together in joint pro grams. To date this has largely been achieved in two areas health and civil defense. These arrangements are not completely formalized but we can be thankful for the degree of progress already achieved in these two vital re quirements. Financial Study Other programs involving all or nearly all of the five government- Salem Mall Important to Salem v- 1 w This (ketch of master plan for State Capitol Group Illustrates cover of city manager's budget message issued Monday with intergovernmental cooperation theme. Manager stressed need for state-city cooperation in mall develop ment. Of special city interest is mall plan's proposed 1,650 parking spaces. al units are in the developmental stage and there are many poten tial programs that are worthy of future consideration such as the vitally important matters of stream and air pollution, airport, development and future park sites. Of the several topics for potential study involving a majority or all of the governmental units, there is One that undoubtedly would elic it particular interest. This is the subject of finances and the equity of the tax burden carried by the various units in relation to serv ices received. This is certainly an area which abounds with lack of information and perhaps in some cases even misinformation. If at tempted, this study should be ap proached slqwly, carefully and by persons with the levelcst of heads. In this connection the value of state tax-free property in our com munity receiving varying degrees of municipal service is estimated at one hundred and thirty eight million dollars. This would be equivalent to an $850,000 annual city tax yield on the current ratio and rate. This naturally gives us concern when it is realized that even though we have cut proposed expenditures next year sufficiently to remain within the six per cent limitation we may still face a one to two mill increase largely due to downtown city property valua tions in Marion County being re duced. Tax Problem No one would trade the state capitol for any amount of taxes, but when it is universally recog nized that taxes from residential property are not sufficient to car ry municipal services, then the question must be raised as to what particular segment of the commun ity is going to make up the differ ence. This matter also affects the schools and the county and seem ingly deserves serious thought and consideration. The tax relationship between the counties and the city and the school district are also worthy of inquiry and study. Perhaps the first step could be the prepara tion of a list of the forthcoming building and public works im provement needs of the counties, schools and city, followed by con sideration of the resources avail able to the community for their financing. Community Coordination - A great deal has been said in this message about the value of inter governmental cooperation. Much of its force is lost, however, without effective means of coordi nation. The finest attitude of co operation will deteriorate if the proper organizational avenues are not opened for its use. Even if no additional cooperative endeavors are attempted, time spent in per fecting means for coordination of existing programs would be well worthwhile, particularly as the pressures for service increase. In other words, it is not enough for our several governmental units to be willing to work together but we must learn how to work to getherand effectively. There are now in existence hefe two organizations, one designed to assist with intracommunity needs, with the other having an inter governmental purpose. The first is the Salem Chamber of Com merce, a citizen organization, the other the Mid-Willamette Valley Planning Council, a government body (city's next year share of cost $10,100). While other organ izational relationships are neces sary it would seem that these two complementary and representative groups with their many talents and interests could serve as catalysing agents for many cooperative move ments cutting across all of our communty lines. They together possess extremey valuable ingred ients that might be used for the creation of cooperative understand ing, development and coordina tion. Internal Affairs In keeping with the theme of this year's message, up to this point mention has been made of only those items in next year's recom mended budget that would be of interest to the other governmental City Budget sss. aaFrir i I t V fc sf " " units. There are, of course, many items in the budget that are not directly of an intergovernmental nature. Sanliary Sewer Improvements Of extreme Importance is the progress being made in the field of sanitary sewer improvements. $50,000 is recommended in order that construction may be started on the seriously needed Laurel Springs-South Salem sewer project. The program will be financed over the next three budget years 'with the construction completed in the summer of 1960. The financing is dependent on a pending federal application for 30 per cent re imbursement of construction costs. To complete the Cross street sewer project. $15,000 is recom mended. This will eliminate the dumping of raw sewage into Shel- ton Ditch. With the large amount of sewer work being done this year including the West Salem project in the area of Orchard Heights road and Parkway drive (fi nanced principally by assessments) the completion of the above two programs will remedy the most pressing problems in our collection area. The giant problem then facing us will be that of disposal and stream pollution. State Street Widening Next year will see the much needed State Street widening pro gram from 12th Street eastward to the city limits. Approximately $10,- 000 has been included for next year to supplement the more than $100,- 000 of city-state-federal money al- Outlines Plan Salem City Manager Kent Mathewson, who outlined proposed $4,390,000 city budget Monday. Budget Committee will begin study ing it Wednesday. ready appropriated. This additional money will be used for several items not subject to state or federal participation, including ex tensive improvements to street lighting from 14th to the city limits. While we will not realize an in crease in state gas tax revenues next year as we have in previous years, the care of our streets must be maintained and accordingly it is recommended that $50,000 be expended for resurfacing of streets. Water Utility Looking for a moment now at our water utility, we seem to be cautiously entering a period of financial uncertainty. While our supply is now assured for many years hence, we are not certain whether increased use will advance rapidly enough to keep pace with the debt payment schedule that Increases progressively each year after 1961. An additional payment of $50,000 is due that year, increas ing to $100,000 in 1968, and reach ing $250,000 by 1974. It is estimated now that the util ity may end this budget year with revenues exceeding expenditures by $39,000. Based on this calcu lation, $25,000 is earmarked for emergencies next year with the remaining $14,000 appropriated to V 1 lf "ft V V 1 ofcjsJWWR' fc ' I the bond construction reserve ac count. This account is designed to help meet the bond' construction payments after 1961. Should any major annexation occur in the meantime requiring sizeable water expenditures, money from the bond construction reserve could be used in lieu of issuing additional bonds. City Employes In my last year's budget mes sage an eight point personnel pro gram for city employes was urgently recommended. With coun cil's full cooperation we were able to complete six of these eight pro grams. To maintain and improve the quality and efficiency of our working force a five point per sonnel program is recommended for next year. 1. Complete the two unfinished items from this year's plan, viz: Publish an employe handbook and study the cost and feasibility of developing a retirement plan for all permanent employes. 2. Provide sufficient funds to allow merit pay increases within the minimum maximum ranges for employes recommended by their department heads as of Feb ruary 1, 1959 which is the anni versary date of adoption of the pay plan. 3. Provide for minimum adjust ments in alignment of certain de partment head salaries to be sub mitted to council in July of this year which represents a one year waiting period from the previous adjustment. 4. Authorize and assist with the establishment of an employe rec reation association. 5. Make available to our em ployes a plan of preventive medi cine. This year council provided hospital and doctor's insurance to care for our employes when they become sick. It is proposed now to take an equally if not more im portant step, by providing a plan to help our employes from be coming ill. This would be done in three ways, (a) Enlarge our Insur ance coverage to include a periodic physical inventory and medical analysis for each permanent em ploye; (b) institute a series of health training programs; and (c) develop a comprehensive industrial accident prevention program. These programs would be at no cost to the employes and the sav ings to the city in medical and compensation insurance premiums, sick leave and protection to the public would make the effort more than justified. Details with respect to the employes' physical inven tory and medical analysis could be worked out with our insurance carrier. This however, does not contemplate the ordinary physical checkup, but instead each em ploye, on an optional basis, after having completed the probationary period, would be entitled to a com plete analysis which could be re peated periodically thereafter, per haps once each three years. Salary Adjustments Any action we can take to strengthen our personnel program is worthwhile. $22,000 has been in eluded in this budget for salary adjustments if and when any are allowed. Living costs continue to climb. They have increased ap proximately four per cent since this time a year agr and recently the living cost jumped three quar ters of a per cent is one month aione. Most business men have long ago learned that cheap help is the most expensive, that trained and satisfied employes are our best asset and that high turnover is very costly. Public employment is no different. Budget Conslderatloa Next year's recommended bud get represents careful thought but it is difficult to cover such a wide field without placing too much em phasis in one place or too. little in another. The budget committee, of course, is free to accept or reject the accompanying budget in part or in whole. Careful consideration of the budget by the committee and the public at large is urged in order that the final document may represent the best thinking of all. The manager is indebted to the personnel of each department for their cooperative assistance in the preparation of the budget and especially to Mr. Howard Brand void, finance director, for his un tiring efforts in this connection. Conclusion In conclusion it is mentioned that any intergovernmental relations study should be mindful of the important role of the federal gov ernment and its agencies housed in our community. Help and coordi nation must also always be avail able to the various local govern mental districts and cities and towns in the valley. It is hoped that the suggestions contained in this message might be of some value to the Mid- Willamette Valley and its people. Friendly relations and understand ing not present everywhere- pro vide a healthy background for achievement. Accordingly, it is recommended that the mayor be requested to convene a meeting of the chief executives of the prin cipal units of government serving our total community. Such a meet ing should consider the advisability of a thorough study of intergovern mental relations, our problems, solutions and opportunities. By us ing our unsurpassed resources, a plan might be charted to assure the finest community anywhere. This would heed the advice offered by the President of the United States last year when Mr. Eisenhower spoke these words at the Williamsburg, Virginia Gover nors Conference, "Unless action is prompt and effective, urban prob lems will soon almost defy solution. Metropolitan areas have ranged far beyond city boundaries but in every instance the centers and the peripheries are interde pendent for survival and growth Statesman, Salem, Ore., Tues., May 13, '58 (Sec. II)-13 City Manager Asks More Cooperation (Story also oa page 1) One way to assure a "finer Sa lem tomorrow" is through "mas sive cooperation" among the gov ernmental units serving this city. City Manager Kent Mathewson de clared Monday in his budget mes- Henry Dunigan Dies; Former Sawmill Boss Henry W. Dunigan, 68, one-time sawmill superintendent and resi dent of the Salem area for 47 years, died Monnday at a Salem hospital. He had lived at Salem Rt. 2, Box 508. Dunigan was general superin tendent of Independence Lumber and Manufacturing Co., prior to retirement in 1952. Before that he served as night superintendent at Silver Falls Lumber Co., Silver ton, and earlier held supervisory jobs at Valsetz and numerous other mills through the valley. He was born at Watertown, Wise, Jan. 4, 1890, and came to the Salem area in 1911. Dunigan and the former Pearl Swan were married at Mill City, July 14, 1915. Surviving are the widow, of Sa lem; daughter, Mrs. June Kalb, Clackamas; sons, William E. Dun igan and Orville Dunigan, both of Salem; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Clough-Barrick Chapel. The Rev. Joe Harding will officiate, with interment at Howell Cemetery. Youth Draws Ten Days in County Jail Vincent Jasper Hunt, 19, Chilo- quin, was sentenced to 10 days in the Marion County Jail Monday in District Court after pleading guilty to a charge of larceny. Hunt al legedly shoplifted three cartons of cigarettes from a Salem drug store last Friday, officials said. Robert Joseph De Guire, 18. of 2995 Cooke St. SE. was placed on six months probation Monday in Marion county District Court on a charge of illegal possession. De Guire and three Salem juveniles, two girls and a boy, were arrested Saturday evening by snerut s deputies after found in possession of beer, officials said The juveniles were released to their parents pending Juvenile court hearings. Jim Herbert Doran, 4083 Carolina Ave. NE. was fined $25 Monday in Marion County District Court after being found guilty on a charee of reckless driving. Doran was charged concerning a two-car accident March 8 on Sil- verton Road, officials said. Two Held for Grand Jury Donald Rav French K Anme. Ville. and Harold James Franh 21. of 5085 Portland Rd. NE, were arrested Monday morning by Mar ion County sheriff's deputies after an attempted concession stand burglary at Hollywood Bowl race iracK norm oi Salem. Harvev Wietman mannupr nf Ihp track, and his police dog captured a man at uie track about I a.m. who later was identified as Donald Ray French. The man's brother was arrested later, deputies said. Several boxes of candy, cigarettes and other items were fnund near the concession stand. Both men were held to answer to the Marion County Grand Jury Monday afternoon In District Court action. Bail was set at $1,000 eacn. Wietman also liamrA in th Monday morning arrest of Garry neai airang, a, oi 3355 r airhaven Ave. NE, on a charge of larceny. Wietman called the sheriff's of fice after seeing a man removing the chrome headlight rims of r rencn s car, wnicn Had been left at the race track. Strang pleaded guilty to the charge in District Court Monday auernoon and was sentenced to 10 days in the county jail. NEW STATION APPROVED Marion County building permits were issued Monday to Shell Oil Company for a $13,000 service sta tion at the intersection of the Sa lem Bypass and Hawthorne Ave. NE, and Julius Slattum for an $11,000 house at 3962 Neelon Dr. S. sage to the City Council and pub lic. Beyond the statistics of his pro posed $4,390,000 budget for the coming year was a central theme of intergovernmental cooperation between Salem city administra tion and the state, the Marion County government, Polk County and Salem School District. Problems created by metropol itan growth and overlapping gov ernments should be solved, said Mathewson, "while the problem is still of a manageable size." Cooperation The Answer Consolidated or metropolitan type government is no answer, the manager declared, because it would tend to destroy city, coun ty, school identity and to diminish citizen participation and interest. Instead, the manager proposed expanding cooperation between governments that touch the Salem citizen directly. He gave the opin ion that if carried out this fuller cooperation could achieve the same purposes of efficiency and tax savings that a consolidated government offers. Mathewson recommended that a mayor's committee representing all five governments' leaders be called together to consider advis ability of a thorough study of in tergovernmental relations, prob lems, solutions and opportunities. Plaa Draws Interest This proposal of Mathewson drew considerable interest from his audience of 175 at a Salem Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday, and before the day was out the chamber's executive com mittee expressed its official in terest. President Robert D. Gregg said the executive committee noted with Interest the Mathewson state ment in relation to opportunities for expanding cooperation between five basic units of government in this area. He continued, "We hereby offer the full services of the chamber in any way the city might need in implementing the idea of a thorough study of intergovernmen tal cooperation." Illustrated Message City Manager Mathewson gave examples of existing cooperation in the text of his budget message and illustrated it with charts item izing how this cooperation is shaping up at present with the various other governments. He emphasized that in state gov ernment he had in mind not the government in general, but those functions pertaining to Salem as seat of government. Charles Tindall ies in Home SUteunan Nwi S'vic SCIO Funeral services for diaries Tindall, a long-time resi dent of near here who died Sunday in a Mt. Angel nursing home will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Scio Bap tist Church with Rev. Gerald Man ley officiating. Interment will be in Miller Cemetery near here. Lo cal arrangements are in charge of Weddle Funeral Home in Stay ton. Tindall was born in Schelburn, Ore., a community near here, April 8. 1876. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Simms, San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Venus Stanley, Stay ton, Mrs. Mabel Bowman, Albany, Mrs. Pearl Rice, Aums ville; one brother, Lioyd Tindall, Portland; five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. If Corner Grocer Sells Beer, Can't Give to Campaign The corner grocer, if he sells beer, can't make any contribution to a political campaign. Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton ruled Monday that liquor licensees can't contribute any money or services to any candidate for po litical office. Norman Baby Dies; Services Today Jeffery Norman, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Norman, 4494 Kurth Ave., died Monday at a Salem hospital. Premature birth reportedly caused the death of the baby, born here May 10. Surviving besides the parents are a sister. Randy Elizabeth Norman, Salem; brother, John R. Norman Jr., Salem; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ireland, Coos Bay, and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Norman, Min neapolis, Minn. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Belcrest Me morial Park under direction of Clough-Barrick Mortuary. Rev. John Cauble will officiate. Meet Your Congressman WAITER NORBLAD Today -330,o 430 AT NORBLAD FOR CONGRESS HEADQUARTERS 130 LIBERTY S.E. N. Pol. Adv. by NrbM for CMftni CwMUHiM, true Philipoi, Chairman, Stay-tort, Ora.
