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PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON ..THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949 THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS The Bend Bulletin (weekly) IWH f lltSt The Bend Uutletln (Dally) Bit 1U16 Published Every Afternoon Kxuept Sunday and Curtain Holiday by The Bend Bulletin 78ti - TM Wall Street Bend, UreKon Entered M Second Claw Matter. Junuury fl, 1017, at the PonUifffce at Bend, Oregon . Under Act til March 3. 18TU. ROBERT W. 8AWYER Kditor-Manairer HENRY N. FOWLER Aasoclate Editor An Independent Newspaper Standing- for the Square Deal, Clean Buiineu, Clean Politic , , and the Bent Inten.U of Bend and Central Oretron " ( " - MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OK CIRCULATIONS By Mall By Carrier ' . One Year T.0Q One Year $10.00 Six Months , $4.00 Six Months $ 6.60 Three Months $2,60 One month f 1.00 All Subscriptions are DUE and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Please notify us of any change of address or failure to receive the paper regularly. NULLIFYING THE SAVING , Quite ppssibly some minor tinkering may still be done on county expenditure items which now stand as tentatively ap proved in the budget for 1949-50. This not infrequently occurs as long as budget committee meeetings are being held, even in the final session when computation of cash on hand and esti mated receipts is made against the charges which are to be authorized for the coming fiscal year. But, in the main, the budget as it now stands, just short of a half million dollars for general, public assistance (relief), county school, county library, school library and county road funds carries the fig ures which, with deduction of estimated receipts and cash on hand, will give the amount to be raised next fiscal year by taxatipn. , Budgets are interesting things. We wonder sometimes why taxpayers do not attend the meetings .at which they are put together. This one is, if anything, more interesting than the average but the only visitors Tuesday night when it . was . taking final form were those who sought special additional expenditures. When decision had been made on these requests the visitors went away. The budget as a whole, which is the basis for taxation, did not seem to concern them. , We have Baid that this budget is more interesting than the average. We found it so particularly in the manner in which new expenditures and added expenditures made their appear ance to overcome the opportunity for saving which was of fered by the completion of the old folks home and the conse auent non-recurrence of the 840,000 construction item which had been added for the budget of the current year. On the face of it, there was reason to Suppose that the. expenditures in 1949-50 could be $40,000 lower as a result. Instead, what with legislated increases in salaries of elected officers, legisla tion and a supporting court ruling giving the welfare admin istration power to dictate county contribution for relief (higher, of course), more children of school age as the base for the mandatory $10 per capita county school fund levy and a miscellany of increases for departments and personnel, the advantage was pretty well nullified; '.':'. The net result of this and of a weaker cash position will be a levy approximately $7,000 higher than that currently being collected, quick calculations indicate. It can still be $5,000 within the maximum possible under the six per cent limitation ' unless new demands at present unforeseen, should come in. And, with any appreciable increase in assessed valuations, the millage or rate of taxation may remain unchanged from that now used. , . That, we suppose, is something to be thankful for. If there should ever be an actual reduction of taxes and a lowered tax rate, however, we could be really jubilant. In all this discussion of budgeting and funds and taxes, we have made no mention of the proposed expenditures for county roads. In this department, as has come to be the cus tom. Jnidjrtitinir was done in reverse order. Cash on hand, for est revenue, automobile license and gas tax participation, re funds on gas taxes paid, fines and miscellaneous receipts are expected to amount to $202,550. So expenditures are set up to amount to $202,550. If there isn't that much to spend, it simply will not be spent. It may not be anyway. This year ex penditures were overestimated $44,000, as is indicated by the estimate of cash on hand at the end of the current fiscal year. But at least the road budget for next year achieves a sort af balance by the device wo have described. Also, it will require no direct property taxation. The Brannah Farm Plan UMiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiii IMII)IMIMMMIIIIIIM(MIIIMMIM1MMMIIMnuilllllllll1HltIIIMIinUMtM11MIIIIIIMIIIItlllllll1IIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilltfl1 WASHINGTON COLUMN jtiHiiuuiMiiiiniimtiinmmiiMiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllittilltllllillliiluuiiuiiiiinmtitiimiutiit immirmtii i miimiiiiiiiiiniii.i iium By Peter Etlson (NBA Wellington . C-orrropimtlt-nt) Washington (NEA) House for eign affairs committee hearings on ITO the International 'ti ado organization arc under way for a probable three-week run. Favor able house action on the ITO char ter is possible this session. The senate may not get around to con sidering it till later. Considerable opposition will then come from Colorado's Sen. Eugene Millkln et al. Whether his forces aro strong enough to block ITO Is doubtful, but ll will be a lovely battle. In a sentence, what the ITO charter seeks to do Is set up ground rules for the future con duct of world trade. That Is over simplification, of course. The charter Is 106 articles and 30,000 words long, with 17 annexes and 43 additional notes. It Is a highly complicated and technical docu ment. Hut experts like William Adams Urown of Brookings Insti tution, who has made a caretul, comma-to-comma study of It, in sists it is a closely-knit, workable arrangement. Representatives of more than 50 nations have worked on it lor more than two ycrs. The fact that they were able to agree on anything Is something ot a mir acle. They all had the common inter est and knowledge that there had to lie some order in world Irade relations to govern tariffs, cus toms, cartels, commodity agree ments, quotas, nondiscrimination, state-trading, guarantees to lor eign investors, development of backward countries and raising the world standard of living. Opposition to the ITO In the United States is of three princi pal kinds. All will be heard at length during congressional hear ings. Knst are representatives of those U.S. Industries that lavor high American tariffs for protec tion from foreign competition. They are the wool, textile, pot tery, glass and chemical Indus tries. Second are the pei fectlotiisls. There are some points nlnrnt the present charter they don t like. They therefore eondemn the whole I'lO Idea. For Instant?, the charter would give the U.S. only one vote In ITO. The one-vote-per-country principle Is well estab lished In United Nations nroce- UuiB as Violection twr smaller countries. Critics think the United States should have voting strength proportionate to its per centage of world trade. The third kind of opposition to ITO comes from those who do not like present world trends toward nationalization of industry and state -trading. People who view this trend with alarm think that I lie way to heal It Is for tho United States to band with other like-minded nations and get tough about It to impose their free en terprise; ideas on the rest of the world. When all this opposition to the ITO charier is brought together, it amounts to spokesmen tor half a dozen sperlal Interests: Nation al Association of Manufacturers. American Tariff league. National Association of Wool .Manufactur ers, America's Wage-Kartters Pro tective league narked by a few A.K. of L. unions In tariff-protected Industries the U.S. cera mics Industry and the DuPont en terprises, 'there is a much larger group ot American business interests, civic bodies and labor unions who favor ratification of the ITO chap ter by congress. Under W illiam L. Batt, Will Clayton. L'rncst Kunz- ler and a number of other big bus j Inessmen, they have formed a committee to lobby for ITO just as the others lobby against it. I Supporters of Ihe 1 ro charter look upon it as the proper .and Ihe only method to promote world peace anil promote American j trade. They seek to cooperate with the rest of the world instead of trying to force American ideas !on oilier ruuntrlcs by economic ! 'coeii'lou, as Hitler (iermany did' and Hitssia is trying to tlo. I ! No one says that the ITO char-! : ter Is a pel ted document. Hut its 1 defenders claim it is as good a 'document as can be pirpmi'd at . this time antl it can Ix- amended. U.N 15 CANDIDA!'!'; Past masters of the Masonic lodge will he In charge of de gree work at tonight s meeting and will Initiate a candidate. The uulleiin was In error yesterday in staling that eight candidates were to be initiated. The lulti.i- lion will he in connection with the annual past master's night of the Ilend lodge. puUetlil ClassUleus Cling Iicsulls COMMUNICATIONS Communications are Invited on mat teres of current and local interest Let ters should not be over 400 worda In length, on only one side of the paper and, if potmible, typewritten. Letters or manuscript submitted for publl cation will not be returned,, DOG POUND CAGES . Bend, Oregon, May 10. 1949. To the Editor: The first of dog tie-up season for this year there was a fine picture in the paper about how the dogs In the pound this year were to have separate cages. However, it has been brought to my mind most forcefully that- a lot of tho dogs are just thrown in there together. I live right across the tanal from the pound and when I go out in my yard to work I can -hear them fighting over there. You can't expect to throw a bunch of strange dogs into a single space and expect them not to fight and possibly kill one another. The picture of the separate cages was very nice, but I for one would like to see the cages put to use and If there isn't enough, then 1 suggest building a few more. Some of us have dogs wo think a lot of and should they be caught and put in there we wouldn't care to have them killed by some other dog before we could get them out. Mrs. Miriam R. Fulton. Stockman Lists Two Vacancies Congressman Lowell Stockman of the second district of Oregon will have two vacancies at the U.S. military academy, West Point. N.Y.. for the class begin ning July 1, 1950. He will also have one vacancy lor the same class at the U.S. naval academy, Annapolis, Md. Applicants for these vacancies must be residents of the second district of Oregon. He will have competitive exam inations conducted by the "fclvll service commission on Monday, July 11, 1949, to aid in the selec tion of the nominees for both aca demics. Candidates id the military academy must be between the ages of 17 and 22 years at the date of admission (July 1, 1950). Candidates for the naval acad emy must be not less than 17 years of age nor more than 21 years of age on April 1 of the cal endar year (1950) in which they enter the naval academy. These ago requirements are sta tutory and cannot be waivetl, ex cept in cases of candidates who have served honorably for not less than one year in any of the armed forces of the United States during world war II. In such cases, a candidate may enter the military academy provided he has not passed his 24th birthday on the first of July in the year dur ing which he would enter the mili tary academy, and he can enter the naval academy if he is not more than 23 years of age on April 1 of the calendar year in which he enters that academy. Applicants must be unmarried, should be high school seniors, or graduates of high school, or col lege students, and In perfect phy sical condition. : All boys who are interested and qualified should write immediate ly to Congressman Lowell Stock Ulan, house office building, Wash- ow In Circuit Court Salem, May 12 IIP) A complaint was filed in Marion county circuit court here Wednesday charging that an initiative measure passed last fall to ban fixed-gear fishing is unconstitutional. The Columbia River Packers as sociation and other fixed-gear fishermen asked a temporary re straining order pending outcome of the suit. Their complaint also requested that the statute be de clared null and void. The complaint of the Columbia river packers charged that the ballot title of the act was limited to taking salmon from the Colum bia river with fixed-gear, although the act contains provisions that also make It unlawful to catch steelhead or salmon trout, and bans operation of any drag seine. The act also bans use of whip seines and fish wheels despite the fact, according to the complaint, that they have been illegal since 1923 and 1927 respectively. The complaint set forth that the act is unconstitutional because it deprives the . plaintiffs of the right to follow their usual occu pation, takes their property with out just compensation, and ex empts Indians, giving them a privilege which is not granted to other citizens. TEST PILOT KILLED Moses Lake. Wash.. May 12 'IP' Edward Scott Osier, 41, Boeing test pilot, was killed when a pi lot's canopy became partly loos ened on a huge XB-47 Boeing Stratojet he was flying and struck him in the head, Boeing officials announced today. . The accident occurred over the Moses Lake alrforce base during a test flight yesterday. The co pilot, James A. f raser, brought the plane in safely. RETURNS FROM TRIP Prlneville, May 12 H. H. Schmitt, local real estate dealer, returned this week from a 2,000-mile trip through south eastern Oregon counties and Ne vada. He reported that April and early May drough conditions have left stockmen of those areas suf fering because of lack of moisture for spring pastures. Rain now is badly needed. said Schmitt, "in the Burns and Lakeview areas of Oregon and in the Winnemucca and Elko dis tricts of Nevada." incrton. D.C. so that thpv mav rn. ceive additional Information and be admitted to the examination.: Biittoo- can cdewtpym c&tifay The result may not be obvious, but hidden soil and grit particles get in their licks, too. Our Sanitone service, used at frequent intervals, will help clothes last out their normal life and will contribute to your clothes con- mmm servation program. Call us today. mmmi City Cleaners & Dyers Marlon Cntly Frank Woisir I 'W'J Wall Phone 2111 Lucky Buys for and for Saturday Take Your Choice for Children's cotton panties, 2 to 12 4 pairs Rayon Hose, full fashioned 2 pairs Cotton or Rayon Anklets, all sizes 5 pairs $ Boys' Cotton T-Shirts only 69c Sizes 1 to It Shorties or Topper Coats to order! Mntlc lo your exact fit, from a choice of new wool fabrics, just arrived. Cost less fit and look better! cargcaomiVuISe 707 Columbia Phone 1487-W No Jobs Open Yet At Prineville Prlneville, May 12 W. T. Bird, of this city, business agent for the Central Oregon labor council, reported yesterday that recently a number of families of workers, disappointed in not find ing employment at the Detroit dam operations, had come here, attracted by prospects of obtain ing jobs on the Ochoco dam re habilitation project. Bird said that no openings are as yet avail able for such work. ' Bira reporiea mai every eiiort Is being made by employers and the labor unions to utilize workers of Central Oregon before calling for outside help. He cited that Prlneville was unable to fill the need for carpenters on the new Pioneer -Memorial hospital, now under construction here by Riv erman & Son, Portland builders. The needed men, however, Bird stated, were obtained from Bend and Redmond. Use classified ads in The Bulla tin for quick result Just Arrived! Complete Assortment of Men's and Ladies' Helbros Watches 24.50 to 69.50 Liberal allowance for your old watch Come See Them! CASCADE 'JEWELERS EXPERT WATCH REPAIR REGISTERED WATCHMAKER 839 Wall Street Phone 879 fa'" 0)U i 8 cubic foot r t a i S31 ' THE NEW FOOD FREEZER , tr jS More usable storage "TfA -"it sPace (hlds 280 pounds). '".-J Famous Thnftmaster unit assures dependable year- round freezing and storage. 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