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Several reasons why signatures were so
easy to gather on the '63 tax referral
Surprise was expressed In some
quarters that It appeared to be so
easy to gather the necessary number
of signatures to refer the tax pro
gram of the 1963 legislature to a
special vote of the people. Such
surprise is not warranted. It's a rela
tively easy Job to get people to sign
fetltions which are, in effect, pro
ests against high taxes. One sus
pects that mixed In with the tax
protests were some expressions of
opinion which did not reflect too
favorably upon actions of the 1963
legislature In granting Itself a whop
ping pay Increase and sending a
large number of Its members to
Honolulu at state expense.
Still, this was the first time In
.ecent history, at any rate, in which
so much opposition was expressed
to a possible referendum at the time
petitions first started to circulate.
LSbor, management, and education
groups, in particular, were vocal In
Urging their members not to support
the drive. By the same token the
relatively small number of signa
tures needed to refer a measure in
Oregon made the effort not too dif
ficult. So the battle lines have been
drawn. An education group already
has formed to raise funds and carry
on 4 fight prior to the Oct. 15 elec-
, tlon. Labor groups have indicated
their opposition will be aetlve. As-
. soclattd Oregon Industries has in-
: dtcated more than a passing interest
! in the proposal.
The reader might well ask
what, specifically, will happen If the
. tax measure Is defeated. And at this
stage of the game there Is no defi
nite answer to such a question. The
governor may be able to make the
resulting $60 million cuts In the
state's biennial budget, but it is
considered unlikely that he will
undertake such a responsibility on
his own. Far more likely is the call
ing of the legislature into special
session.
The legislature, as we see it,
could do one of several things. It
could slash state expenses dras
tically. Since so much of the state's
budget goes to education and wej
fare expenditures, these two Items
would take the heaviest beating.
Local schools then could either re
duce expenditures to match the de
cline In revenues from the state
treasury, or levy considerably great
er property taxes in an attempt to
make up at least part of the cut.
The legislature's other real
choice would be to come up with a
new tax program. This is rather un
likely; the men who run the two
houses of the legislature don't see
eye-to-eye on taxation matters, to
put it mildly. They fought the long
est session In the state's history to
come out with the program now
under attack. There is no reason to
believe that in the shorter time of
a special session they would come
up with anything better.
Still another possibility is the
levy of a state property tax, one
which has not been used for nearly
25 years. But this state is forbidden
by terms of the constitution to op
erate at a deficit. And the state is
ordered by the same document, and
statutes based upon it, to levy a
state property tax if other receipts
are not enough to pay the bills.
The Bulletin does not favor all
of the activities of the state's gov
ernment. But on the whole, Oregon
Is a well-governed state, and a rela
tively frugal one. We do not like all
the aspects of the tax program pass
ed by the last legislature. But under
the strained circumstances of its
birth it could have been worse. Con
sidering the alternatives, it should
be retained.
And he's a Democrat
President Kennedy, In a recent
' press conference, glibly assumed the
; members of the extreme right In this
' country all belong to the Republican
' party. But the President erred. Per
haps the most active person in the
United States in financing propa
ganda activities of the extreme right
is a Texas oilman named Hunt. And
he's a Democrat, Mr. President.
Bending the rule just a bit
In one Important respect foreign
students studying in America are
very much like American students.
They sometimes fall in love. And
then they marry. And then they
have Children.
In another respect they are
very different. The mother or the
father is subject to deportation. The
family must choose between being
split up and going back to the home
land of the boy or girl who came
here to study.
In recognition of this tragic sit
uation, the State Department is
working out a means to ease the
threat of deportation. Each case,
however, will have to be decided
upon Its own merits.
Most foreign students are here
Mrm iansky ac,,on
Bulgarian premier believes has NOYOtfiy
US, Russ, hold peace keys jn (jeep trouble
E-?Sly-NickeFs Worthed
By Drtw Pearson
VARNA, Bulgaria My inter
view with Premier Todor Zhivkov
of Bulgaria took place at a tea
table in a shady spot on the pal
ace lawn of the former kings
of Bulgaria. Tea in Bulgaria is al
most a banquet. It consisted of
caviar, two kinds of sausage, two
kinds of cheese, nuts, ice cream,
cake, and coffee. Premier Zhiv
kov sat relaxed in shirt sleeves
and no necktie.
I told him that I had once
learned his language from a Bul
garian corporal named Zhivkov,
one of 100 Bulgarian prisoners al
lotted to a unit of the American
Friends Service Committee after
World War I to rebuild Yugoslav
villages burned down by the
Bulgars.
After saying this, I almost
wished I hadn't, because relations
between Yugoslavia and Bulgar
ia over the years have been very
bitter. However, the prime minis
ter passed the matter off pleas
antly. He said Zhivkov was about
as common a name in the Balkans
as Smith in America.
Perhaps the most important
question we discussed was wheth
er Red China was likely to start
a war, in view of its opposition to
co-existence between the United
States and Russia. I knew that
until about a year ago Bulgaria
was still in the Stalinist camp
and leaned toward Red China.
''I am not worred about China
for two reasons," Zhivkov replied.
"First, it took twenty yeats for
the United States to perfect the
atom bomb and China is not going
to get nuclear weapons easily.
Second, world opinion against Chi
na would be too strong."
"Now that President Kennedy
and Khrushchev have agreed to a
test ban treaty," I asked, "what
should be the next step in im
proving relations between the
United States and Russia?"
"Disarmament," Premier Zhiv
kov replied without hesitation.
"Even if there Is only partial dis
armament, it will be an import
ant step. We have to begin."
Serious Tea Party
"The small nations like Bulgar
ia don't count when it comes to
preventing war," he said. "But
you and Russia have the power
within yourselves to keep the
peace. If you stand together, 1
am not worried.
"Bulgaria can't start a war but
we are concerned about war. We
have been through too many of
them. I asked our scientists the
other day to give me a report on
the results of nuclear war and
they reported that it would take
1(100 years to decontaminate the
earth after such a war.
"Pardon me for talking so ser
iously at a tea party," said Zhiv
kov, pouring another cup of cof
fee not tea "but there are
things we all have to worry about.
".No one can win a nuclear
war," he continued, "if the so
cialist countries throw the first
bomb, we'll reap the same kind
of destruction you will reap. And
if you throw the first bomb, you
will suffer just as much as we do.
"So we hope relations between
us will improve. If they are left
to us, this will be."
I asked the Bulgarian prime
minister what he thought of the
current Soviet policy of co-existence
and how it jibed with Khru
shcev's one-time statement that
he would bury us.
"When Khrushchev said he
would bury you," replied Zhivkov,
"he was speaking in a rhetorical
sense. He didn't mean war. This
statement was greatly misinter
preted. The fact is that we know
we can't change you from being
capitalists and we don't want to.
And you know that you can't
change us from being Commun
ists." Women in Bulgaria
Mrs. Pearson told the prime min
ister that we had watched a wom
an boss a gang of Bulgarian men
in laying a macadam pavement
on the docks that morning.
"She seemd to be getting the
job done faster than men," Mrs.
P. remared. "Does this kind of
work by women happen in Bul
garia often?"
I protested that the question
was unfair to men, but Zhivkov
gave a lengthy reply on the ad
vancement of women in the new
Bulgaria. He also paid tribute to
Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, the U.S.
minister to Bulgaria, but com
mented: "When it comes to improving
relations between the United
States and Bulgaria, Mrs. Ander
son is always preaching cultural
exchange. That's all right, but
why not get down to brass tacks?
The real way to improve relations
is through trade and political re
lations. Of course," he added,
"Mrs. Anderson is acting under
orders from the State Depart
ment." The conversation under the
trees on the shore of the Black
Sea touched many other ques
tions, ranging from religion, re
garding which Zhivkov said his
mother was a devout believer, to
Balkan friction, regarding which
he said that the ticklish Mace
donian problem had now been set
tled by putting the Macedonians
under Yugoslavia as a republic.
This, for a Bulgarian, was a very
important concession.
Finally I asked whether other
Bulgarians could be counted on
to follow a policy of peaceful co
existence. "Only five per cent of the people
in the Bulgarian government are
of my age," replied Zhivkov, who
is 52. "The others are younger.
And they are unequivocally for
peace."
The Lighfer Side
He confused euphoria' with
'Ethiopia at recent hearing
on visas which say they must return
to their homelands for a minimum
of two years before they can applv
to re-enter the United States. They
know that when they come here.
The State Department realizes that
some might find themselves hus
bands and wives just so they
wouldn't have to go home. So it
can't make the policy of forgiveness
too broad, providing loopholes for
the unscrupulous.
Yet, there are some real hard
ship cases. And the choices can al
ways be expressed in human terms.
Will Uncle Sam sentence an Ameri
can girl to a lifetime in Outer Im
pala or will Uncle Sam bend the
rule so her husband can stay here?
(Eugene Register Guard)
By Dick Wo
UPI Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Dur
ing recent Senate hearings on the
test ban treaty, a couple of wit
nesses cautioned that there was
some danger it might lead
to "euphoria."
At first, that part of the testi
mony didn't make much of an
impression on me. That was be
cause I had euphoria confused
with Ethiopia.
I thought the witnesses were
warning that Ethiopia might start
nuclear testing. Which didn't
seem very likely because Ethio
pia had already signed the treaty-
Besides that, I wasn't aware
that Ethiopia had any nuclear
weapons to tost.
Atmospheric Condition
Upon reconsideration, I con
cluded that euphoria must be
some kind of atmospheric condi
tion: that when you tested you
got fallout, and when you didn't
test you got euphoria.
Curious to know whether
euphoria was as harmful as fall
out, I consulted a dictionary and
learned that the word means "a
feeiing of well-being." That con
firmed my worse fears.
Since then I have been keeping
a close watch to see U I could
detect any signs of creeping
euphoria. My vigilance may have
hit pay dirt.
Assuming that I can recognize
euphoria when I see it, then Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson
scattered some of it around in a
speech before an AFL-CIO con
vention at Houston, Tex., Monday.
"I feel good today," Johnson'
said. "Our nation was never
stronger. Our economy was never
healthier. 1 am here in my home
state. My friends are in this
room. It rained last night in the
hill country. And tomorrow's my
birthday."
Its Full Effect
If Johnson has that much
euphoria even before the treaty
is ratified by the Senate, I shud
der to think how well he will feel
when it is in full effect.
Clearly, some soil of counter
measures are called for before
euphoria begins to run rampant.
Let it never bo said that I'm not
doing my part to stem the tide.
I feel lousy. Also apprehensive.
The lace bugs are ruining my
azaleas. Over the weekend my
son, who is home from college,
banged up the car.
It hardly rained here at all this
summer. Then came a flood and
washed away nearly everything
that wasn't killed by the drought.
The rest undoubtedly will suc-
cumb to an early frost.
There is blight on the tomato
plants and mildew in the base
ment The furnace needs fixing
before cold weather comes. I
think the house has termites.
In short, the way it looks now
1 will be able to stave off euphor
ia indefinitely.
By Phil Nowtom
UPI Staff Wrlttr
When the gallows ended the life
of former Czech Communist party
secretary general Rudolph Slan
sky on Dec. 3, 19S2, one of the
most enthusiastic of those in the
cheering section was Antonin No
votny. Both had been members of the
Czechoslovak Communist party
since its inception in 1921.
Both had participated in the con
spiracy which led to the downfall
of the Czechoslovak republic of
Eduard Benes and the Commu
nist takeover. But the two were
bitter enemies, and when Slan
sky's downfall came Novotny had
a hand both in his arrest and in
his execution.
It was perhaps coincidental
that the pace of Novotny's own
rise to power as president of
Czechoslovakia and first secre
tary of the Czech Communist
party quickened with Slansky's
downfall.
And it may also be coincidental
that a review of Slanksy's case
finding him innocent of the con
spiracy charges for which he was
hanged also could be a sign of
trouble for Novotny.
Withheld New Program
In any case, as "de-Staliniza-tion"
has spread through the So
viet Union and the satellites and
it has become fashionable to "re
habilitate" party members execu
ted in the bad old days, Novotny
has shown a marked reluctance
to initiate any such program fo
Czechoslovakia, and particularly
so in the case of Slansky.
In fact he renewed his denunci
ations of Slansky in various
speeches in 1961 and 1962 and
again last June.
When Slansky and 10 co-defendants
were executed in 1952, the
list read like a who's who
of Czech communism. Besides
Slansky there were Vladimir de
mentis, a former foreign minister
and a handful of former deputy
ministers of defense, national se
curity, finance and other high of
fices. As demands for their rehabili
tation mounted within the party,
an outstanding voice in these de
mands was that of Rudolf Barak,
a deputy premier and minister of
interior who also was beginning
to challenge Novotny for leader
ship. Against Barak, Novotny carried
out a stroke of Communist
genius.
Got Barak Impriionod
Novotny ran Barak out of of
fice in 1961 on charges of embez
zlement and other state crimes
and got him sentenced to 15
years in prison. To this he added
the further charge that Barak
himself had obstructed ths de
Stalinization program by hiding
evidence.
By this twin stroke it appeared
Novotny not only had eliminated
a rival but also a potential threat
to all old-time comrades tainted
with Stalinism.
But it appears that Novotny
has not been able to rid himself
of all opposition.
Slansky was hanged for con
spiracy and spying for the United
States.
The fact that a review has
cleared him of these specific
charges over what must have
been Novotny's opposition now is
being interpreted as indicating a
deep split within the Czech party.
In Vienna, close observers of
the Czech scene are claiming
that the Kremlin has intervened
directly to chart the course of
Czech de-Stalinization.
Other pens . . .
Paragraphs
The congress is proving all over
again that tax reform means tax
increase. For tax gatherers the
perfect tax would be one that took
a definite percentage of all money
earned, all profit, interest or any
other money. A simpler method
as far as collection is concerned
would be a sales tax that takes a
percentage of all money spent al
though there are usually excep
tions to that also.
The eullelln welcome conlrllmtlont
to llila column Imnt lu reudent. let
ter mutt ,-onUitn the corn-.-! nitnwt
and eddreM 01 the tender, wlilch ni
be withheld at Uie neutwtia'r's dis
cretion, letter nwy be edited In i';il
term to the directive! of ladle end able.
'Our troubles iimple
says Sister's resident
To the Editor:
Yes, it's a fact 1 am 48 years
young in Central Oregon not
only 48 years young in Central
Oregon, but 48 years in Sisters,
Oregon.
I have watched Bend business
men for quite some time and have
found them very intelligent and
progressive. I have thought of one
It's Another World
Either the words
or society are
getting confused
By Ellzaboth Chonoweth
In this day and age. the words
feminine and sexy get confused,
or maybe society is getting con
fused. It is very important for a girl
to be feminine looking just as a
boy should be masculine looking.
Nowadays it seems that teenage
girls worry more about looking
sexy than anything else.
Today you are called a square
if you don't weat extra short,
tight cutoffs, long, tight pants, or
tight bermudas. Your dresses are
supposed to be just above the
knee, almost to your waist, and
very tight. You are suppose to
wear big sloppy sweat shirts that
just reveal the right tilings.
Not all of us teenage girls wear
these things, but for some reason
some of us think that these and
similar outfits are attractive.
Well, they're not! They are just
worn to catch a boy's eye. Of
course we do want boys to notice
us, but not for these reasons.
Now don't get me wrong. . .1
am not saying that it is wrong to
be sexy looking, because it's not.
It's just not right to overdo it.
We should tone it down a little and
keep some self respect.
If you ask the boys, they will
probably tell you that they like
the way we dress nowadays, but
they're only human and the more
indecent we get the more they
like it.
Remember, you can be femin
ine and be sexy, but you can be
sexy and not be feminine.
It seems like Bend picks up now
fads in a hurry. New hair does,
new clothes, and new music seem
to come to Bend and start burn
ing. What I mean is that hero we
overdo the new fads more than in
other cities in Oregon.
When we get a new kind of
hairdo, it becomes three times as
big as it was. When there are new
clothes, instead of slowly moving
into them, we leap! With music
all you have to do is play a record
once, and it is popular.
Not all teenagers and adults do
this, but those that do show up.
Let's paint these fads a few
tones lighter and consider them a
while longer before we catch on!
It will benefit us all the way
round.
Official quits
defense agency
SALEM (UPI) Oregon's cut
down state civil defense agency
will lose its communications chief
today, State CD Director Robert
Sandstrom said Thursday.
Joseph P. Vogt is resigning to
take a job with the Alaska com
munications division.
This will leave the state CD
agency with only two persons,
Sandstrom and a secretary.
The 1963 legislature slashed the
state's 18-member agency to a
three-person staff.
Sandstrom said there was a pos
sibility a radio technician could
be transferred to civil defense
from another state agency.
TOO MUCH LEARNING
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. (LTD
Ralph James Brunei, 45. Frank,
fort, Ind.. put to use the lessons
he learned in a short course In
printing.
Brunei pleaded guilty Thurs
day to printing $1,712,700 worth of
counterfeit $10 bills.
The Bulletin
Friday, August 30,1963
An Independent Newspaper
Robert W. Chandler, Editor
Glenn Cushman, Gen. Manager Jack McDtrmoM, Adv. Managoi
Phil P. Brooan, Asieelate Editor Dal Usatlman, Clrc. Manager
Loron E. Dyor, Moch. Sup't. William A. Yatot, Managing Ed.
entered ei Sennd L'utl Metier leruare 4. lilt at Ult rt t'fflct It bert.1 urer-n.
tfi.tei Act of March a. UTS. Published daily except Sunday and certain bonders or
The Bend bulletin, Inc.
other thing, though the Influ
ence and pressures of Chamber
of Commerce have caused man:
a sacrifice. For example, theri
was the influence of the chambe
in having an airport built oi
Reath Ridge at Pendleton insteai
of the flatlands of Hermistoii
This has caused the loss of live
because of fog on the ridge. Simi
lar pressure now is being exerte
in Bend.
What would happen, say, If
bus load of children soma cole
icy morning dropped over a dil
beside the Deschutes RiverT
Could it be that Bend's Ion
range building program is lool
ing for us to help by payin
through millage in assisting ther
in building? When the high schot
was built. Bend constructed onl
an auditorium and gymnasiui
and children now are being trani
ported from one school to anotl
er by bus because of lack of clasi
rooms.
Has it ever been thought n
might be interested in consolida
ing with Black Butte School i
Camp Sherman, or, in oth
words, the Madras district? '.
that should come to pass, distant,
probably would be so great thi
buses would be eliminated ar
Madras would help us keep ot
school up to standard. Redmor
also is a possibility, especially
it were in an administrative di
trict.
Has anyone thought of the fa
that the severance tax will ke
growing until it reaches a hig
level again?
I was talking with a man at
he slated that Bend had to ha
the Central Oregon College b
cause it was the same as a lilt
industry to them. He said thi
they would fight to get it, ar
they did. Unequal distances fi
students of Central Oregon to tr,
vel was not considered.
Is Bend trying, because Siste.
is rich in recreational resource
to set up another little industri
suburb to Bend?
Well, generally, the people o
here are interested in famili
first, .then schools second not
the almighty dollar for busine
reasons.
The editorial in Bend patent
gave the Bend angle, with a co
elusion to suit Bend the Bei
point of view with only a Jumbli
view of the feelings of the peop
of Sisters or the arguments f
joining up with Redmond.
Bend should not judge sides
trouble because they are in tro
ble with building facilities. Oil
troubles are simple and can 1
worked out in the democrat
way.
You may have heard that stoj
about the spider and the fly, whi
the spider invited the fly Into h
fine, new beautiful home. Whi
the fly entered, he was stuck.
Pete Leithauser
Sisters, Oregon,
August 27, 1963
GETS BACK AT THEM
MOBILE, Ala. (UPI) -Ligl
ning not only struck three Urn
in the same place Thursday h
the target was the local U.
Weather Bureau station.
"It kind of shook everyone up
said a veteran weatherman, w
reported no injuries and min
damage.
Barbs
A doctor says women who cc
tinually diet to get a thin figu
eventually grow melancholy. B
duccd to tears.
The best tip to drivers of nt
cart is drive so that you dot
tip.
This and That
The smartest lay-away plan
the one applied to spare mom
It's a good thing that worn
don't stop to think that th.
hair Is jut last year's trlmm
over.
Answer to Previous Purzlo
Everyone hopes, we suppose,
that the Russians and the U.S. get
along well together and come 'o
no war. Whether the test ban will
help or not cannot be foretol.1.
The president said it would not
stop all tests, would not permit a
decrease in armaments. Maybe
that's important, anyway.
Postmaster General Day has re
signed. After the ZIP number deal
it seems appropriate.
What's so grand about making
it easy to borrow money? Make
it easy and profitable to save
money. That's better.
Photography is the art of tak
ing some very difficult pictures
of things and people and finding
i place to store them away.
If we sign a treaty with Russia
over atomic bomb testing the
next step may be to start loaning
her money, forgetting, of course,
what we loaned during the war.
"The devil finds work for idle
hands to do" says the ixion. And
what a wealth of material.
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12 Major-domo
13 Tranquillity
14 Harem room
15 Introduced
17NRaUveword
1 Chi Irs
19 Clothier!
21 German naral
commander
23 Disfigure
24 Vulgar fellow
27 Uncommon
29 Deep incision
32 Excuses (coll.)
34 Whist term
36 Enumerate
37 BucbiU pitcher
35 Masculine
nickname
39 Laver (dial.)
41 Ore in the
Nether lands
42 Wile
44 Highlander
46 Beginnings
49 Fabricate
53 Blackbird of
cuckoo famile
54 Made tender of
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peasant
87 Ireland
5fi Tooth stump
59 Light source
60 Italian city
61 Foot part
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2 Enrage
3 Notion
4 Arboreal homes
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6 Rait
7 Sailing
8 Becloud
9 Meritorious
10 Smell
11 Baseball dobs
16 Sprightly wit
20 Kind of brew
22 Artist's frame
24 Cavil
25 Nautical term
26 Steno'a work
28 Moral
30 Arctic vehicle
31 At this place
33 Coffin stands
35 Final race
40 Classify
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