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OOQUILUt. OREGON. TBUMDAY, JANUARY »7, 1M4.
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Washington, D. C, Jan. 22, 1844—
The question of how beet la pillUi
• V#te for those in the armed forces
is the hot issue in Congress as this
is written. 1 mentioned this prob­
lem in a weekly letter back in No­
vember when the Lucas-Green fed­
eral ballot bill first appeared.
After six days of debate, the Sen­
ate rejected the Lucas Mil. Press
and radio commentators were ^gen­
erally unfair in their report of the
Senate action,.- claiming republicans
-had* united with southern democrats
to defeat the bill. As a matter of
fact, the parties divided sharply. Of
the senate republicans present whtn
the roll was called on the bill, 12
voted for it and 18 voted against it.-
The democrats were divided about
evert.
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The substitute bill passed by the
Senate was hastily drawn. It had
several outright errors tn it and was
bo th.Incomplete and inadequate. The
bill'the Senate passed was definitely
open to criticism as to detail but was
correct in principle. It reeognteed
the fact that the Congress does not
have the right to over-ride.state elec­
tion laws. The Lucas-Green propos-
al, which the Senate rejected, simply
ignored the plain language of the
Constitution of the United States
which denies the right of Congress
Even before the Senate* acted, the
House Committee on the Election of
President, Vice President and Sena­
tors and Representatives in Congress,
of which I am a member, had this
legislation under consideration. A
companion bill to the Lucas-Green
Senate bill had been Introduced in
the House by Eugene Worley of
Texas, the chairman of our elections
committee.
Our committee tabled
hie bill and it was-evident that it
would not report out a federal ballot
bill. That was early in December.
Consequently Chairman Worley simp­
ly refused to call the committee to­
gether.
When we were about to
force him to do so, he called the com­
mittee and presented what was sup­
posed to be a revised version of Ms
bill with, as he said, all of the ob­
jectionable features removed.
He
must have been joking because it
seemed to me his “compromise" bill
Statement By Oregon
Highway Commission
downward revision, that taxes must
be cut so as to keep them below-a
I confiscatory or punitive level.
the House
uscaiory as to preclude maximum en­ I Strange to say, Vice President Ways and Means Committee, assures
couragement to private enterprise.-
Wallace has apparently, at long last, the taxpayers that immediately the
The Minnesota congressman es­ begun to make a study of sound econ­ committee lias disposed of the Rev­
timates that fixed federal govern­ omics. Recently, he made the fol­ enue bill, its next piece of business
ment expenditures in the postwar lowing remark which seems to co- will be to do something about simpli­
era may well reach 17 billion dollars ; incide wtih the views of the Minne- fying tax report forms. This will
annually. In arriving at this estimate,1 sota congressman: . “Our wholA tax come too late to avoid the headaches
he figures four billion dollars annu- ' structure, including individual in- that some 50 million of us are going to
ally Tor the Army and Navy, and has 'come, capital gains and corporate encounter on next March 15, but it
allowed a leeway of several billion taxes, will heed revamping to stim­ is good to know that congress is plan­
dollars for unemployment and agri­ ulate maximum production and em­ ning to give us an aspirin for future
cultural relief, rehabilitation of our ployment.”
tax-filing dates.
Armed Forces and other relief meas­
The statements of Vice President
ures.
Wallace and Congressman Knutson
See Schroeder's Jewelry Store in
To meet this staggering peacetime
are in themselves grains of comfort. Coquille for Diamonds and Watch
budget, Mr^Knutson considers a na­
tfs
tional income of WO billion dollars There is also another solace looming Straps.
inc mu oi vjici cruukcu riuiu,
Curry county’s historic bull*elk is
Meanwhile, I had been working
ended. The old monarch fell a vic­
with several members of the com­
time to a huhter the past season and
mittee to endeavor to improve and
his death was mourned by many citi­
perfect the Senate biU (S. 1285).
zens of Curry county, inasmuch as
Tuesday after Congress reconvened
he was gentle to the extreme, placing
following the holidays, our amend­
trust in man, who at the first op­
ments to the Senate bill were taken
portunity betrayed that trust and
up and Friday of that week our com­
sent the old fellow to an untimely
mittee again tabled Worley’s bill and
death.
reported out the Senate bill with
Slaying old Crooked ( Hom may
amendments.
easily be compared to shooting down
the family milch-cow.. What a thrill
Then the real fireworks began. The it must have been! How proud the
annually is necessary which sum^n-
curtain was drawn aside, so to speak, man must feel who did the staying
cidentally is higher than this nation
and the real form and nature of the and how proud the state” game com­
opposition and its plans were re­ mission must feel to have such ani- has ever achieved in peacetime. He
feels that this unprecedented goal
vealed. *
mate as old Crooked Hom slain, by can be reaetted however if there is a
For some reason, the President ai inU opening
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them
the season on them.
downward7 revision of taxes thtis en­
his organization are wagiqgtn all-out
For years after the elk season Was couraging venture capital to develop
drive to block the passage of the closed many years ago, elk were sel­
new industries created by the war
state voting bill and to force the pas­ dom seen close to civilization, but
undi.to expand old ones. Says Mr.
sage of the federal ballot plan. Our ’gradually the herds drew closer and
Knutson "These __________________
potential new indus-
committee has been smeared and
.closer to habitations, their trust in tries can easily take up the full em-
slandered. Every trick in the book
man being finally restored to the payment slack which will resullt
has been used and some new ones in­ extent that they would pay visits to1
from the conversion from wartime to
vented. The rules committee of the lookout stations and farms in outly­
peacetime economy."
House has been orderd to stall the ing districts. And the big herd at
Xes, Mr. Knutson holds out no
bill and prevent its consideration on Hunter’s Head would stand beside the
hope
tor drastic reductions in taxes
the Boor. Them has been some hot
road watching the passerby without whpn the guns cease firing, but he
debate on the floor about this delay expressing the least tear. Men on
does make it quite clear that if the |
these last few days. The hope ap­ lookout towers in the Forestry Ser­ federal government is to be able to 1
parently is that enough heat has been vice, would feed the big animals in
raise sufficient revenues to cover |
put on the Senate to make it reverse different districts until they were
postwar budgets, there must be a,
action and pass the federal ballot as tame as a herd of milch-cows. The
plan—and they wanted that done elk began increasing in numbers and
before the House had 1 chance to vote
gradually worked in closer to civili­
on the original Senate bill. My guess zation, depending upon man for pro­
is the vote in the House will be dose.1 tection against their natural enemy,
the oougar, which is death on calf elk.
The last half of this week has been
The animals were really getting a
devoted to the consideration oi the fine start toward a come-back, after
United Nations Relief and Rehabilita­ having been almost exterminated at
tion agreement and authorization for one time,. So, instead of encouraging
appropriations up to one billion, throe
their propagation, as was the wish of
hundred fifty millions for that under­ every self-resepetlng hunteY in Coos
taking. The plan te called UNRRA
and Curry counties, the game com­
(pronounced unrah).
mission declared an open season on
The Congress was invited to take
them, with the result that the cream
part in making the aegreement. 1^
of the herds were either killed, or
was worked out in several state de­ wounded and left to rot in the woods
partment and executive conferences —the finest big bulls exterminated,
and signed.
Now the Congress te
as the ease of old Crooked Horn.
asked to approve it and provide the
Such elk as Crooked Hom should
money. This method ef handling the
be roaming their favorite haunts to­
problem te resented by a great many
day, and they would be too, if the
members of Congress but that is the
proper men had been at the helm of
way it was done and it will have to
state game affairs—men who would
be passed to back up the word of our
lend an ear to the wishes of the citi­
officials in their dealings with other
zens instead of selling the poor old
,, elk off at public auction of 85.00 each
—the price of a aperial elk hunting
patient and cooperative with the log­
tag—in order to enrich the coffers of
ging industry and that in addtion to
the game commission.
the statute tolerance of 5,400 pounds
The whole thing smells to high
given a logging truck in gross weight
heaven and leaves a stench in the nos­
and 1,000 pounds on axle weight, the
trils of true sportsmen and self-re­
Highway Commission on its own mo­
specting residents of Coos and Curry
ffMt Check»,
tion and within Its discretionary pow­
counties that will linger for years to
er, as granted by statute, has in­
come. Personally,
would be ticked
creased tffe tolerance weight of 54,000
pink to see a petition circulated to
pounds, plus the tolerance of 7,000
pounds, ¿ving 8LOOO total gross load, recall each and every member of the
present game commission, with the
as the maximum that the highway
exception of Capt. Chas. McClees
bridges and pavOmenta will stand
Charley is one member we have con­
and that operators should be able to
fidence in, and he alone. However.
load so as not to exceed a tolerance
Capt. McClees is not a member of the
of 9H tons.
commission.
Pursuant to a statute enacted in
We are sincerely hoping and trust­
the Forty-second Legislative Assem­
ing another fall sees the season closed
bly, the Highway Commission has
on elk in southwestern Oregon and
given special wartime emergency per­
that the noble animals be given a
mits to commercial carriers permitting
chance to propagate in peace for years
an increase in length of the vehicle
to come. If such a closed season is not
to 00 feet and an Increase in weight
forth-coming, it simply means that
from 54,000 pounds to approximately
the elk pre heading the way of the
71,000 pounds, when the operators
use equipment having an over-all buffalo.
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Raqges
‘ >15.00 UMtaS
Class I grade, guaGHiteed in
good condition.
Buffet
$1%W
Gasoline Ranges
$18.50 to $42.50
Wool Rugs
T1
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$7.50
$25.00.'*
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WANTEQ
Electric Ranges
Wood Ranges
Chairs
Bed Springs
Bedsteads
Mattresses
Every item in Class I is guaranteed, as marked Class II is
not. Cash for anything used in the Hqme.
Brooks Osed Furniture, Phone 119L
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Fashion-Right and Rightly Priced
Following a conference held Toes-,
day, January 18, in Salem, With the
State Police, the Public Utilities Com­
missioner, the Office of Defense
Transportatipn and the Office of
Price Administration, the State High­
way Commission adopted a new poli­
cy for the control of overloading of
logging and commercial trucks with­
out subjecting the industry to undue
penalties during the war period.
Hereafter, Instead of recommending
to the Public Utilities Commission
, the cancellation of permits of offend­
ing operators, the Commission will
insist that overload truck» be stopped
and be required to take oft the over-'
load and the State Police will, under
its statutory authority, enforce this
requirement.
The Commission hap had numbers
of conferences with dperators of leg­
length of 00 feet equipped with ad­
ging trucks and feels that at least 85
ditional axles so aa to reduce the load
per cent of them are co-operating
concentration. The Commission feels
sincerely to preserve ths highways
that in granting this additional privi­
(By George Peck)
from the damage from overloads.’
lege the commercial haulers must
However, Its records show that a
tn case anyone may have developed
stay within the llmtfa set forth and
minor percentage are persistent and
the idea that the coming of peace
wHl likewise insist that overloaded
chronic Violators and are overloading
will bring with it a considerable sur­
commercial trucks be stopped and
consistently beyond the statutory lim- f
cease from the back-breaking taxes
required to take oft the overload and i
its and above the 7,000-pound toler­
we are now paying, he Is due to re­
the State Police will, under its sta-
ance which the Commission is allow- .
ceive a rude shock. There will be
I tutory authority, enforce this require­
ing.
some reduction but we will be paying
ment,
The Commission’s experience 1a
The Commission feels that the over-, high taxes for a great many years
that the nominal fines which have
solved if We
war «• ended- Uxe* much
been imposed by justices of the peace
f
Bre to last for tl>e ! hl«her than any we have ever before
Post-War Taxes
upon Violators is no deterrent to the
and aft« con- P«'*'“>
practice since the profit from the i
Washington authorities I Representative Carl Knutson (re­
overload more than pays the fine and
m|ich or publican of Minnesota), ranking re-
e°'t*
more oXeratlon with the truck
'n’™b*r £ *• »«•“
permits has In numbers of cases tm-
posed a very «vers penalty rinpe
the pmnlt la tsr’W’t ** ** ***
fleet of an operator rather than to
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Money wanted at once to put
nelahborin« state 1a ,and Means Committee, and who will
J, ¡become chairman of that committee
ADOLF HITLER
<Wf OF BUSINESS
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ffflW teur next
o aanlDOrtation to expedite ¡November, .has forecast a huge fed-
sjxxtss ’. x
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whole operation instead xs
of just £
the
unmindful of its duty to X«*«
■but cannot be 1
offending driver and truck
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citizens of this state in protecting
Now, we have been accustomed in
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The Commission questions that it the public’s targe investment
r in high- .wo‘
* hearin® and readin«
has. authority to permit overloaded
about large federal budgets, but these
I reports have emanated from the New
trucks to continue over highways and ’
bridges after the weighmasters have
'
, Deal wing of the democratic party.
determined'the overtop. Therefore^ Nancy Bbles Member Of Vetted Therefore. it is a bit off of the beaten
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true Bto’puii orr the whffrw*y* «w
Among a group or 39 Tins tTmsen
the overloads be removed.
for vested choir on the University of that particular republican stands bet­
Moreover, the Commission will Oregon campus last week was Nancy ter than an even chace of becoming
chairman of the House Committee
hereafter ¿end a record of violations Boies, junior in education.
Mias
to the OPA which la very much con­ Boles is a member of the women’s so­ which has all to do with fixing tax
cerned over the effect of exceerive rority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. She is revenues.
speeds and weights upon tirite-and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. i ' Mr. Knutson definitely advocates
postwar reductions tout asserts that
gasoline. The violators will, there­ Boles, Coquille.
they must be so scheduled as to car­
fore, be subject to the addition« pen­
ry an unavoidable but highest peace­
alty of having rationing boards re­
Arthur Hooton is back on the job time
._____ budget
. _ in the history of this na-
fuse tires if, in the judgment of the
OPA, the offense warrants such in the electrical wiring and repair tion. “Present tax rates have passed
business He can be found north of the point of diminishing returns,” says
drastic action.
ball park on Fairview road: phone Mr. Knutson, and adds by way of ex-
The
1 11« public
PUIHK may not realize
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planation that individual and cor-
• Highway Commission has been quite HzR.
Lets
all BACKl
^ATTACK!
*8 all pitch in and help wipe Hitler off the map without
delay—and then do the same thing with Tojo.
It mu be done—and it w»7f be done—if everyone h»cit tbf
¿»tech by investing to the limit in America’s Fourth War Loan
right now.
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THB STUDEBAKER CORPORATION
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