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Safem, Oregon, Tuesday, January 29, 1957 THE CAPITAL" JOURNAL' SectioH I Pa"gB 8 1 NEWS FROM THE LEGISLATURE Lawmakers Open Sessions On Hot Issue of Sales Tax By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Members of the house taxation committee, composed of six Dem ocrats and three Republicans, were urged Monday not to vote down the proposed sales tax pack age until a careful study had been made o( tho report submitted by the legislative interim commit tee on taxation. Sen. Rudie Wilhelm, Jr., Port land, chairman of the intetim committee, ,madc the request pointing out that $.10 million of the revenue from the sales tax during a biennium would -"me from both incorporated and ui::n corporated businesses. Exempted From Tax "Food consumed off the prem ises, rentals and medicine have been exempted from the sales tax," Wilhelm explained at the first meeting held on the measure by the house committee. "This means that this sales tax will not strike the low income tax payers any mofg than thosfeearning high er wages," he said. Wilhelm said that he was well aware that the sales tax has had a rough time in Oregon and that it is not a popular tax. "But," he added, "any substan tial increase in income tax rates will not be popular either and will likely be subjected to the referen dum." RepOfalican Rep. Wayne Giesy, a member of the house committee, asked when the Democratic tax program would be presented but Chairman Clarence Barton de clined to answer the question, say ing that the hearing was called to consider the soles tax package of four bills. Property Tax a Burden Sen. Lee Ohmart, K&irion coun ty, also a member of the interim committee, declared that tho sales tax would not prove to be a pan acea but property tax had reached Basin Compact, Libel Repeal Bills Offered A bill calling for ratification of tire proposed Columbia River Com pact was introduced in the Oregon Legislature Monday. There is little chance it will be approved. Democratic Gov. Rob ert D. Holmes apposes it as do many of the Democratic-controlled House. Under the compact, states in the Columbia Basin would develop the basin's water resources. The measure was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Lee Ohmart (R), Salem, and Rudie Wilhelm (R), Portland, and in the House by Rep. George Annala (D), of Hood River. A bill to repeal the 1955 inadvert ent libel law was introduced in the Senate Monday by three Republican senators. They are Philip S. Low ry,' Medford; Warren Gill, Leba non; and Carl H. Francis, Day ton. The law provides that when a publication commits, accidental Teamsters to Defy Edict on Invoking '5th' Beck Says Ouster Rule On Baity Witnesses Is All Wrong By NORMAN WALKER MIAMI BEACH, Fla. W)-The giant teamsters union stood defi ant today of a new AFL-CIO pol- jj-y against union leaders invok ing me r inn vmcnumeni iu avoiu testifying in labor rackets probes. The AFL-CIO policy, written by Federation President George Meany and endorsed by the AFL CIO Executive Council, orders affiliated unions lo oust any union official taking the Fifth Amend ment "for his personal protec tion" in investigations. "The policy is loo per cent wrong," said Teamsters Union President Dave Beck. "It will come back to haunt . the labor movement." Reck issued a statement saying the teamsters will continue letting their officials "invoke the privi leges of tlic Bill of HisJits, with out, by such act alone, subjecting themselves to trial or disciplinary action by our union. "The action taken by the Exec utive Council of the AFL-CIO does not in any way alter our position." This appeared to loss the mat ter back to Meany and the AFL CIO council. But council members said re gardless of Beck's position the council would make no move until some teamsters' union oflicial in vokes the Fifth Amendment with out his union acting to remove him as required by the new policy adopted here yesterday. Meany made it clear to news men that any breach of the new , policy would subject the non complying union to possible ex pulsion from the AFL-CIO. The teamsters are the biggest AFL CIO affiliate, claiming l'i million of the total 15 million AFL-CIO members. Refusal of some AFL-CIO union officials to give testimony by in voking the Fifth Amendment at recent preliminary Senate hear ings into alleged labor rackcteer inc is what prompted the new AFL-CIO stand. . In Washinston Son. McClellan (D-Arki, whose Scnala investiga tions of alleged racketeering in labor unions brought the issues to a head, told newsmen: "I applaud and congratulate the council for the action it has taken." libel.' damages can be limited only to actual damages provided there is a retraction. Punitive damages can't be collected. Lowry said he wants the law repealed "because it is unconsti tutional, unci because there have been abuses commited." A bill lo eliminate as legal holidays Washington's birthday, Lindoln's birthday and election days was introduced in the Senate Monday by Rep. Rudie Wilhelm R., Portland. He said that nobody observes those holidays except public of fices and public institutions, and that it costs tho state and county governments lots of money to close up for them. He also introduced a measure to provide that every employer must give his workers at least four hours to vote on election days, with no loss of pay. Measures to create two interim committees were introduced in the Senate Friday. One, sponsored by Sen. R. F Chapman (R), Coos Boy, would study employment problems of persons between the ages of 45 and 65. The other, by Sen. Walter C. Leth (R), Monmouth, would in vestigate the migrant . worker problem. A new domitory and exhibit build ing would be constructed at the state fairgrounds under a bill in troduced in the Senate Monday by Sen Francis H. Ziegler (R), Cor- vallis. The building, to cost $.100,000, would be for 4-H and Future Farm ers of America organizations. a saturation point white personal income taxes were becoming a heavy burden on Oregon taxpayers. While Ohmart said he was not too enthusiastic about a sales tax he fojt that if the Oregon tax struc ture was to have flexibility, be adequate to provide needed reve nue, and also be equitable, a sales tax must be a part of it along with the income tax. Sen. Philip B. Lowry, Medford. a member of the interim commit tee, predicted that there were rough days ahead in Oregon in regard to taxation. He said that'even though the in terim committee's proposals were rejected at this session, many of them would be adopted in years to come. Lowry said the interim commit tee report should not be considered on a partisan basis, that it repre sented is, months of work on the part of committee members. He said tha'. adoption of a sales tax would not bring about any great relief to the property own ers and that it would be a mi6take not to be frank with the public on all aspects of the tax situation. Hits Increased Spending Increased state spending is alarming, according to Rep. Allen Tom, Republican, who advocated that the only way to bring about economy in state spending was not to provide the money. Tom, who said that he favored the idea of ,i sales tax, is opposed to the present proposed sales tax law. "Why not start out with a sales (ax of one per cent," he asked. "In addition, property should have more relief. I would favor giving one-half of the sales tax revenue to local governments for tax re lief." Chairman Barton announced that the hearings on the sales tax woidd continue at 1 p.m. Wednesday aft ernoon when opponents of the- measure will be given first chance to testify. Africa Moving To Smash Bus, Beer Boycotts Authority Test Looms Between Whiles and Voteless Negroes By ARTHUR GAVSHON JOHANNESBURG, South Africa W South Africa's white- suprem acy government is determined to smash a spreading bus and beer boycott by tens of thousands of Negroes in the restless slum towns that ring Johannesburg and Pretoria. A trial of strength appears im minent between white authority and the Negro people in the indus trial heartland of this British Commonwealth country. The bus boycott is in its fourth week. It began as a protest against a penny increase in fares for the nine-mile ride from the Negro townships to the city. The buses, run by the Public Utility Transportation Corp., are segre gated by races. The protest seems aimed solely at the fare increase, not at seg regation. Negroes who work in the city laborers, housemaids and laundresses are walking the long distance to their jobs rather than patronize the buses. The boy cott has cut bus .revenues. Yesterday Negroes also began a boycott of the main municipal beer hall in downtown Johannes burg in sympathy with the bus boycott. The movement is expect ed to spread to other municipal beer halls, which earn for the city nearly three million dollars a year. Just how the government in tends to break the movement has not been made known. But a spokesman for Prime Minister J G. Strijdom's government said the boycotts must be smashed. As a result, the Johannesburg City Council and employers groups shelved moves for a com promise settlement. The obvious fear of the Strijdom government is that any conces sions might enshrine the boycott technique as an effective political weapon for the voteless nonwhites Confessed Thief Reveals He's Exchequer Chancellor's Butler LONDON MV-A thief who con fessed helping to steal 53,ooo pounds ($158,400) in cash and jewels disclosed (oday he if butler to Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thornoycroft. An accomplice in the big theft landed a similar post with Dr. Carlos Echague, the Argentine minister in London. Dr. Echague is in the market for a replace ment, though; his man is going to jail. Donald MacLeod, 43, 1 told re porters he confessed his part In (he robbery of (he Duke and Duchess of Sutherland's home in 1952 to Thorneycroft, who knew his family. "He advised me to tell the po lice," MacLeod said. "I turned Queen's evidence because of Mr. Thorneycroft's advice. He told me then he would look after me if 1 were truthful. He has kept his word."" Because he testified against his accomplices, Mac Leod was freed Victor G. Sparkcs, the duke's butler at the time of the robbery, drew a five-year jail sentence. Dr. Echague had employed him as a chauffeur-butler-valet. A third man who took part in the theft, Arthur Burley, was sen tenced to seven years in prison m m. 9 GE- &AGUETIC DOOR coses automatically . . . John Rankin, 7.. Dies in Portland PORTLAND (Ji John II. Ran kin. 75, a .Multnomah County com missioner in 1924 died at his home here Monday, apparently from heart exhaustion. Rankin, an insurance man, was active in Shrine activities and helred establish the Dc Molay or ganization in Oregon. Soviet General Dies MOSCOW i The Soviet press Tuesday reported the death of (Jen. Gcurgi F. Zakharov. com mander of the Soviet 2nd White Eujsian Army in World War II. PRICE! RIGHT! BIG lO-Cu.-Ft. 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