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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, February 12, 1957 Page 2 Section 1 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL House Group's Surtax By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Rep Wayne Gicsy IR-Monroc) for the second time failed in an attempt Monday to have the Ore- gon house tax commitlee consider two bills designed to repeal tne 10 per cent surtax. Gicsy, at a meeting of the com mittee, asked the commiltec to set a time (or hearings on House Bill No. I, introduced at the request ol Gov. Robert D. Holmes, and House Bill No. 361, presented by the Itepublicans. The vole on his motion was five against and three in favor wilh iiep. ncn cvk. ....-Manias join- , , ' ,, . ' sidering the two hills. Vote Against Voting against Glcsy's motion were Democratic Heps. Vernon Cook and William A. Grenfell, Jr., both of Portland, Richard Kymann. Eugene, Guy Jonas, Salem, and! Clarence Barton, chairman, oft Coquille. Giesy, after the vote, asked Chairman Barton If he had plans tor considering the two bills. The chairman answered wilh an emphatic "No," whereupon Giesy said, "that seems to be all on this matter today." After the meeting Giesy said he would make another attempt Wed nesday to have Ihe committee set a date for hearings on the bills. "If that attempt also fails," he said, "Rep. Allen Tom IR-Rufus) will request Ihe house lo vote lo recall the bills from the tax com mittee. Pledged Iteprnl "Democrats and Republicans Board Favors St ate TV Net For Education The Slate Board of Higher Edu cation recommended Monday that a state educational television net work be constructed at a cost of $1,122,000. The board's report, submitted (o Gov, Holmes, recommends tel evision transmitter at Portland on Channel 10, and at Corvallis on Channel 7. There would be studios nt Oregon Slate College, the University of Oregon, and Portland. About two million persons would be within range of the two trans millers. The network would cost $249,001) R year to operate. The network would not reach eastern and southern Oregon, but the system would make films available lo commercial stations I in those regions. The report was prepared at the request of the late Gov. Paul Pat terson. The report says Ihe proposed network "can add another dimen sion to the educational and cul tural resources" of the communi ties of the state. Prngranls would be designed for .every age group. The syslem would opernlc lour hours a day, five days a week. Forrester Gets Senate's Okay The Oregon Senate Monday un animously confirmed the appoint ment of J. W. Forrester Jr., Pen-' dleton publisher, lo the state Board . board's order to the courts or to of Higher Education. j the Tax Commission. Gov. Holmes appointed Forres-1 Wnvne Woodmnnsee, leader of a tor on Jan. .10 lo fill the unexpired group of protesting home owners, lerm of Ihe late Bernard Main-1 also said lhal the board had no waring. Salem publisher. This , figures for business properties term ends March 2, hul Holmes when it issued its order, said he would reappoint Forrester Karl Gregg, representing Ihe In a six-year lerm. ! Progressive Business Men's Club In asking the Senale In confirm ; Portland, told the committee Ihe appointment, Sen. l.eander j and Ihe 400 spectators lhat If the (Juiring (Ri. Ilermislon, said: Legislature impos ps now tnxos, lie The Rovernnr has made an : will help in n referendum move excellent choice, because Mr. For- nienl to kill them, rrsler is very well qualified. -Your defiance is unwise and "tor years, hr has taken an will he retained," Cre said, in itimr itiii in i-(iiicminn hi uir in- nl level and in higher echelons. 1'c knows education problems from top to bottom. "His character and integrity are beyond reproach." DOX OFFICE O TICKETS NOW ON SALE THE ST. OlAF CHOIR TIlt'RS. I'i:n, 14th K:I5 P.M. Res. Seats 1.2S it 2.00 VIENNA CHOIR BOYS FRI. MAR. m :IJ P.M. Res, Seals 2.40 tt 3.20 Portland Svmphonr Tues., March ii, 8:1.1 I'. M, Willamrlte University Auditorium For Reservations Dill KM 4 2224 JF.WfXF.RS SILVERSMITHS Certified OmnlngUt Amrrlrsn dem Society Repeal Bills Bottled Up alike pledged during the. recenl campaign that the surtax would be repealed outright as soon as the legislature convened," Giesy said, ' can't even get the tax commiltec to set a lime to con- House Bill No. 1, lies the repeal ol the surtax in wilh changes in the tax rates and restoring the ex emptions on personal income tax payers from $.'iO0 to $000 a year. H.B. 361, introduced by Republican members of the legislature,, calls for outright repeal of the surtax without any strings. Members of Ihe lax committee acltrifl thn clln Inv Nimmiccinn slaff members to bring in data I concerning the earnings of tax lower income tax , This request was made while Ihe commitlee was considering H.B. 1 135, which would double the 'DODGED PROPERTY TAX' Assessor Accuses Senator Wilhelm A meeting called lo hear any protests taxpayers might have con cerning the properly tax assess ment program in Oregon all but burst into flames here last night when an assessor accusscd a tax payerand slate senator of for getting lo report personal property of his company for assessment purposes in 1051. Wiley W. Smith, Democratic Multnomah county assessor, told Ihe Senate Taxation Commitlee in a jampacked session that the Rudio Wilhelm Warehouse Co. of Portland, operated by Sen. Rudic Wilhelm Jr., Portland Republican, had failed to report some personal properly for assessment purposes. Sen. Wilhelm, a member of Ihe Senale Taxation Committee, re torted: "That was a matter of gasoline in storage for use by trucks. Nobody considered it per sonal property for tax purposes and nobody paid taxes on it be lore." Sen. Monroe Sweetlnnd of Mil- waukie, himself Democrat, ob- Home Owners Blast Tax Value Increase The Senate Tax'Committee heard grievances from Multnomah Coun ty home owners Monday night, but said it had no power to do anything about their plaint. The home owners bitterly as sailed Ihe Multnomah County Board of Equalization order in- creasing the assessed valuation oflPscs hardship on all home own homes 35 per cent, a i ci ..u r.. nriiHiiii oiicwiiiii ouui 1117 1 in ,1.. I ,t a t . il . Owners Assn., testified thnt (he order, designed to bring home as sessmenls in line" with those of business properties, was illegal. He said the hoard admitted It didn't know Ihe values of busi ness properties, so it would he impossible lo make home value rales equal lo those of businesses. He said the order was discrim inatory, but agreed thc Legisla ture has no power to change it without also changing thc law, I Shevarh agreed wilh committee remedy lies in appealing from the PHONE EM ENDS BRAVE MEN STARTS TOMORROW RICHARD EGAN DEBRA PAGET and introducing ELVIS PRESLEY F.XCITIM. IDW1IDL MM! tCH f JtM'w at awa ww r, mil V Bm? MU 1911ft 5-3 Vote Keeps emplions for persons over 65 years Estimate I.oii Alter tax commission staff mem- hers estimated a loss of $1,400,000. if the double exemption was al lowed. Rep. Giesy suggested that me exemption oc jimiica to tax payers with incomes of $3,500 a year or less. Action on the bill was delayed until more informa tion is available as to the effects of the proposed exemptions. Action was also delayed on H.B. 225, which would repeal the hard ship exemptions allowed by the iii'm legislature in connection with the surtax adoption. H.B. 136 and 146, allowing farm ers to include as expense, exempt from taxation, money expended in , llllllOVII,ILMl IIMIli: lO IllUH-m 1 flood damage on farms, were re I ported nut with "do pass" rccom ex-'mendations. jecled to Smith's assertion regard ing the Wilhelm company, hut Sen. Wilhelm, the color mounting in his cheeks, said: "Let him go on. The farther along he gels, the more he gets his foot into it. I'm beginning to think he doesn't know a damn thing he's lalking about." He told Smith: "You're coming down here without any facts." At the conclusion of the meet ing. Sen. Wilhelm, returning to his usual calm, smiled "I'm sorry I used the naughty word." Smith, also concluding the eve ning in calmer tone, said, "Sen Wilhelm, we assess you the same as everybody else. The exchange between Smith and Wilhelm occurred after the M ultnomuh county assessor ac cused the Stale Tax Commission, which has been carrying on a statewide property assessment re appraisal program at direction of the Legislature, of being dicta torial. what appeared lo be a reference lo general spending policies. lie also called for an end of the stale Tax Commission's reap praisal program, and said high taxes are a threat to good gov ernment. The board's order, he said, im- ers. At a similar hearing a week c l'u,,,..! 1 K"t .nrwnii, iiimiiiimi in the Tax Commission, said Mult nomah County's high taxes arc thc result of bond issues and high er tax basps which the people voted on themselves. W. .1. O'Hnra, Salem, said that commercial truckers arc paying so little taxes that "they are lax consuming instead of tax paying." There Is n shipworm which causes millions of dollars worth nf , damage each year, says the Nat ional Geographic society. It hns a sharp shell which mines through thc wooden timbers of ships. i WORLD FAMOUS ST. OLAF'S CHOIR THURS. NIGHT ONLY 8 P.M. Willomeffe U. Audit. All Seals Reserved Tickets 1.3.1 tt 2.00 on Sale at Slevrns A: Son 4-4713 1 TON IT E fa life Are Plus Cartoon & News Q3B mm ft) FKA II KK . 1 GO I1IJU.I.I.W 'mI iniJ L lTi!FMpl llptlt" -IijI tlVX kJJ.Xlllt On U.S. Plan For Pullbacli .IKfil'SALKM Ml Israeli For eign Ministry officials had no comment on Ihe new V. S. pro posal to get Israel's troops out of the Gaza Strip and Egyptian terri tory along the Gulf of Aqaba. A Foreign Ministry spokesman Haiti lhr nrnnncnl mjidn Mnnrl, hv Serroiaru f 'siam nnnc , lsrcy, Ambassador Abba Khan, had ..,,( bc(,. r-n,,!,.,,,! (!. cially by his government The spokesman added no offi cial reaction would be available until Khan's report of the Ameri can offer had been received and studied. AMMAN. Jordan Ml Prime Minister Suleiman Nabulsi said an interview Tuesday the Arab slates will ' use military force' to drive Israel out of the Gaza Strip and Sharm el Sheikh If the United Nations fails. The premier said Jordan, Leb anon, Kgypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq have already agreed "to take military measures" against Israel if she refused to budge. The Arab stales, he added, agreed lo do this last November at their summit conference in Beirut, French Test 'Fastest' Jet PARIS 11 French plane build er Marcel Dassault said Tuesday nis company s new delta-wing jet fighter has already traveled more than l'i times the speed of sound, and may turn out to he the world s fastest military plane. In I otic Hnrino l)wt f,,... days, the Dassault Works said, the I needle-nosed "Mirage 03" has reached a ground speed of more than 1.000 miles an hour in level flight with a full military load. The plane has not been stripped down and pushed wide open for a speed run The present international sneed record is 1.132 m.p.h., established by a British Fairey Delta last spring. The U. S. Air Force X2 has flown more than 1.D00 m.p.h., but that plane is a research, rocket- powered aircraft, not Intended forjwith the cluh pro, John Walter. combat. CHAIN IIKAltINt; SET The Stale Department of Agri culture lias scheduled a meeting in Klamath Falls Wednesday wilh Klamalh County grain growers seeking a local grain inspection office. HJhrl'IU HELD OVER rius- -.Short Subjects News Tom & PRIIE-WINNIN6 SUGE COMEDY u Mi wui! i m r mm v m m vai NUI'MH STARTS WEDNESDAY 2ND TOP PATTERNS OF lhal ihokl till R5R Wfld f "big montf" lilt !k. ' en 0ftniHiln VMFIIL ' PATTERNS'. Jv ...or powmi r MEET THE LEGISLATORS SEN'. ANTHONY YTURRI Senator Anthony Yturri lii), Ontario, knnwn far and wide as Tony, represent, the wide-open spaces in Grant, Harney and Malheur counties, succeeding former Governor Elmo Smith who for many yearn was sena tor from this district. He Is Ihe first senator of Basque descent to be elected to the upper house, and cc.ne to Salem with an Impressive record of public service on a local lev el. He was born In the Jordan Valley, October K 1914, attend ed schools there and graduated from University of Oregon law school, receiving a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. Following graduation, he went to Ontario to practice with Judge M. A. Brlggs. On Feb. 14, 1943, he married Rcmc Jayn of Rolsc. He served as city attor ney of Ontario without Interrup tion since 1!-18 except for time served in army. Sen. Yturri has been member of Bar Association Board of Examiners. In army he served In counter intelligence corps and In Judge Advocate General's department and held the rank of captain. Sen. Yturri Is a .nember of the Elks, Klwanls, Chamber of Com merce and Calhnllc church. He was first exalted ruler of On tario Elks lodge, and is past district exalted ruler for Oregon, northeast. Ike Sharpens Up Golf Came THOMASV1I.I.E. Ga. IB Pres. ident Eisenhower switched from I quail shooting to golf Tuesday and banged a crowd-pleasing 225-yard ! 'drive off the first tec. The vacationing President, in a jovial mood, teamed up at the Glen Arven Country Club course They were matched against James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, and George E. Allen, long-time friend of Eisenhower and his neighbor at Gettysburg, Pa. The President came to Thomas ville last Friday for about a 10- day stay The Crowds Demand we hold This over. For Your Conven ience Matinees from 1 P.M. "South of Himalaya Jerry Cartoon KNIhS TONITK "American Pastime' "Iron Petticoat" j Y- CHARLTON ANNS firf HESTON -BAXTER rVl 7 GILBERT TOM ROIAND'TRYON fCtttSl WW l MM M h turn f in I HIT PASSION gray Hound 'ii f REP CLARENCE BARTON Rep. Clarence Barton (D), Coquille, Is another newcomer to (he 1955 Oregon house. He has been named chairman of the house tax committee, where all revenue measures must orig inate. He is an attorney but on being mustered out of military serv ice In 1946, joined his brother in acquiring and operating a title Insurance business. Rep. Barton served on Coquille city council for four years, one year as pres ident of the council. He also was city attorney for a time and prior to entry Into the army In 1942 was justice of the peace. He served chiefly in security in telligence service and was staff sergeant when mustered out. Rep. Barton s past command er of American Legion and past president of Eagles lodge and Lions club In Coquille. Current ly he is deputy district governor of Linns, a member of Elks, Ore gon' State bar and Episcopal church. He was born In Coquille, Oc tober 20, 1910, attended Coquille grade and high schools. He spent three years at University of Oregon, the same .number at Willamette university l$w school and graduated with LLR degree. He was in practice of law until entering army. He married Mae Groshens, na tive of Hcppner, In 1917. They have no children. He has long record for work on public and civic bodies In his home town. Bill Asks Union Label On Printing by Slate A bill to permit use of the union label on stale printing was intro duced Monday by Sen. Monroe Sweetland ID), Milwaukic. Tlic label could be used when requested by the head of the de partment ordering the printing. The state printer uses union em ployes. 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DIDN'T WAST CHAIR Spinster Orders Bandit Out Of House, He Gives UpBattle sheriffs officers Monday night With Turner was Joyce H,tch- cy to bu gosol.ne. after a 73-year-old spinster or-icock, 17, of Helena, Mont., who Police patrolman Stephen Smith, dered him out of a parsonage 1 told officers she was forced to ac-j who had been alerted Monday where he had fled during a blaz-! company him on a four-state trip night to watch for Turner s car, mg gunbatlle after he abducted her at gunpoint : sa,d he tried to stop Turner as "I didn't want lo see him shot," I last Thursday. I he drove into Kingman Afler hs Miss Louise Freeland said. "He Mohave County Sheriff Frank. curbed the car Smith said Tur probably would have bloodied up L. Porter said Turner admitted ner suddenly flashed a .38 pistol my favorite chair." I in a signed statement that he kid-;ad began firing at him. Sheriff's officers identified the j naped the girl, Miss Hitchcock. an, Thc girl dropped to Ihe floor of man as Charles E. Turner, 34, an j aitractive brunette, told police ;the cari sjPPcd out the door and escapee from Ft. Leavenworth I that Turner raped her on the sec- ran lu a ncfirby house. - federal prison last June 4. He lold ond night ot nis iour-siaie ""'! officers he had been sent to Lcav'She also said Turner committed Pilgrimage Made to Abe Lincoln's Grave SPRINGFIELD, 111. (UP) Abraham Lincoln's 148th birthday anniversary was observed here to day with wreath laying ceremo nies at his tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery and a joint memorial session of the Legislature in which he once served. Col. Richard D. Boerem, senior Army adviser to the Illinois Na tional Guard, placed a wreath at the tomb on behalf of President Eisenhower. Court Blocks S.F. Cable Car Track Pull-out SAN FRANCISCO vn 'A court order halted wrecking crews four hours after they had started tear ing up abandoned sections of thc Washington and Jackson streets cable car line Monday. .Tndoe William T. Sweieert is sued a temporary restraining'or der slopping the $190,000 project on a 'complaint filed by attorney Morris Lowenthal on behalf ol six Pacific Heights residents. They charged that abandonment of the line west of Hyde Street was illegal, that approval of a 1954 cable car renovation program was won bv an election campaign hased on "fraud." and that rents dropped and business suffered be cause people don't like buses that have replaced the cable cars along the Pacific Heights loop. "This suit is entirely without merit," said Dep. City Atty. Thomas O'Connor. Only a few of San Francisco s cable cars still - operate. --feWw:fiSf-J!tWfiWJSft5 .-.V' it HOURS: 12 NOON to 9 P.M. 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. 7.98 BLOODIED American Legion units headed bv National Commander W.U Daniel and Gov. William G. Strat ton'made the Legion's 23rd annual pilgrimage to the tomb of the Great Emancipator. Mrs. Carl W. Zcller, national legion auxiliary president, and Harold A. Cummins, Illinois le gion commander, also took part in the pilgrimage and wreath lay ing ceremonies, along with state commanders from Indiana, Mis souri, Connecticut and .Virginia. Lincoln's home was in Spring field, his children wcrc born here, and he practiced law and served in the Legislature here. The President, his wife and three of his children are buried here. ' I Hatch Draws 12 -Year Term THE DALLES, Ore. Wi - Eu gene Calvin Hatch, convicted of manslaughter in the death of Wal ter Freeborn last October, was sentenced to 12 years in the Ore gon state prison Monday. Hatch, 21, had been charged with second degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his 75-year-old employer after a fight in a house trailer. The jury found him guilty of the lesser crime. Defies Red Quizzing ! VIENNA Wi - Gen. Pal Malc ter, a leader of Hungary's October revolution, was reported Tuesday to have withstood Communist se cret police questioning without breaking. I 4-N . - li V u1; nt r'i"4':, Smin cnascd the gunman on fnn er ran i)l0 thc Tl.inily Episcopal Rectory, occupied by Miss Freeland, a sister of the resi. dent minister who died about a year ago. "The only thing lhat worried me." Miss Freeland said, "was that he was sitting in mv favorite, chair. That really made me mad." OntciHe notice and sheriff's of jcm wcrc shouting to Turner to give himself up. "He was dirty and incoherent and he waved a pistol in the air," Miss Freeland said. Miss Freeland said she scolded him for barging into the rectory and ordered him to give himself i, up. She said Turner meekly agreed, walked to the door of the rectory, threw out his still-cocked pistol and surrendered. $185 a Week Pay by '77? DETROIT, (UP) - American factory workers will be earning an average of $185 a week in 1977, according to Washington economic analyst Austrin Kiplingcr. Kiplinger, who spoke at a De troit Town Hall meeting Monday, said "in 1977 this nation will have a population of 225 million and the real standard of living of these citizens will be double what it ii today." 100 VIRGIN Wool Shirts Plaids, checks and patterns. Popular brands, formerly 10.95. 895 OPEN SATS. ALL DAY KAY WOOLEN "MILL STORE 260 S. 12th St. r f v. v