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Fight over Oregon fax bill seems
fo be a baffle befween extremes
Oregonians go to the polls Oct
15 to either support or turn down
the tax program designed and passed
by the 1963 legislature. Present indi
cations are that it will be defeated
by a considerable margin, in spite
of a campaign to save it. Opponents
of the tax measure would have us
believe this is Ihe worst tax pro
gram ever foisted upon the people
of an American state. Proponents
are trying to sell voters on the idea
that the state will come to a screech
ing, grinding, halt unless the legisla
ture's program is upheld. Neither,
of course, js true.
Oregon, on the whole, has en
joyed good state government over
the years. Most of its offices have
been filled on merit, and officehold
ers have, by and large, given the
state its money's worth. At the same
time there is hardly a citizen of the
state who cannot see some state
program, some activity, with which
he does not agree. Opposition to the
tax bill this time seems to bo com
pounded of those who see a chance
to shut, off some activity or project
they don't like.
State finance, In Oregon or any
other state, is a very complicated
business. Many of the state's citi
zens know little or nothing of the
"mix" from various revenue sources
which goes to make up the state's
income. Few realize the constitution
al hazards which face writers of tax
legislation. The bulk of the state's
revenue is set aside for special pur
poses, and cannot be shifted to other
programs without approval by the
people. These factors in themselves
have further complicated the prob
lem for thinking residents of the
state.
Opponents of the measure have
been guilty of misrepresentation, or
lack of knowledge, or both. One
leader in the fight suggested the
state could get some of its revenues
from the sale of hunting and fishing
licenses. He knew, or should have
known, that funds so received must
be spent for the management of fish
and game resources, and for no other
purposes.
'Another nofe
There has been one unfortunate
sidelight to the campaign for and
against the legislature's tax bill.
This has been the feeling, expressed
by a few, that various state agencies
are "thit-oiening" the people of Ore
gon with all sorts of dire consequen
ces .should n "no" vote prevail.
What has happened is this:
A legally constituted state
authority asked various state agen
cies what those agencies would do
If their budgets were to he cut in an
amount made necessary by the loss
of SliO million in state funds during
the next two years. The agencies
have responded, as they are bound
by law to do.
The responses are not threats.
They are simple statements of fact.
The state's Department of Finance
Those who would save the tax
measure have been equally guilty of
overpainting the picture. Various
state leaders would have had us
believe there Is no alternative to
approval of the legislature's pro
gram. Without such approval, we
have been warned, all sorts of hor
rendous things would happen.
And they might. But whether
they do or not is going to depend
in large measure on a group of 90
persons, the members of the Oregon
legislature, who will have to go back
fo Salem in special session if their
earlier effort, is rejected by the vot
ers. About 20 per cent of the addi
tional revenue gained by the tax
bill under discussion can be saved;
some other sources can be located.
The danger Is that too many
persons may have set. their minds
upon new methods of taxation as a
way out of the current mess. Partic
ularly, those Oregonians who favor
cigarette and sales taxes may be
misleading some of their fellow citi
zens. The possibility the legislature
would pass a sales tax is miniscule
so long as Clarence Barton is Speak
er of Ihe House and Dick Eymann
is chairman of the House committee
on taxation. Roth men have their
minds made up. No acceptable
sales tax bill will come out of the
House in a special session.
If, by some miracle, a sales tax
were passed by the legislature, it
would almost certainly be referred
to the people. Chances are good it,
too, would lose out in a referendum
election. A modest cigarette tax
might escape referral. But a ciga
rette tax of one cent per package
would only raise about a million
dollars in a b i e n n i u in . Three
cents is about the highest tax which
has been proposed. This would raise
only three million dollars, a far cry
from the SIS million which would
be lost by a predominantly "no"
vote Oct. IX
The Bulletin feels the legisla
ture made some mistakes. But. on
the whole, its tax bill is not unbear
able. Oregon would be best served
by a "yes" vote Oct. 13,
would be derelict in its duty if it
did not attempt to make plans in
case the tax measure goes down to
defeat.
It is true, as noted above, there
have been irresponsible statements
made by each side in this whole
matter. But suggesting that Chan
cellor I.ieuallen. for example, is
"threatening" the people of the state
is clear out of line.
By Phil Newt-am
UPI Staff Wrlttr
Notes from the Foreign News
Cables:
No Boat-Rocking:
The British Laoor Party is con
fident it already has won the
next election and now doesn't
want to rock the boat. There
fore, its annual conference this
week at Scarborough is expected
to be devoid of fireworks unless
party mavericks decide to press
(or clear-cut statements on con
troversial nuclear and nationali
zation issues. Strong elements
within the party would like to de
clare Britain neutral and to abol
ish altogether Britain's nuclear
weapons. These same elements
would push nationalization of in
dustry much further than the
present leadership wishes to go.
Britiih Elections:
Political prognosticatora In
Britain now do not expect Brit
ish elections until next June.
They must be held no later than
October and June is about the
latest date to allow for cam
paigning and such intangibles as
a dip in employment or the na
tional economy both of which
would work against Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan'g Con
servatives. By June the economy
could be expected to pick up
again after any winter recession.
Love Match:
After the recent meeting be
tween Soviet Premier Khrush
chev and Yugoslav President
Tito, West Cterman diplomatic
observers expect increasing con
tact between Yugoslavia and
Warsaw Pact nations. They think
first step may be a visit of
a Yugoslav military mission to
Moscow. Poland already has in
vited Tito to visit Warsaw. Best
bet for the next visit seems to
he Hungary.
Ecumenical:
Despite steps taken by Pops
Paul to liberalize the Roman
Curia, governing central body of
the Roman Catholic Church,
sources close to the Vatican say
conservatives within the church
cannot he written off. The con
servatives still make up more
than one third of the church hier
archy and are in a position to
block approval on specific sub
jects as they come up for a vote.
Thus they are in a strong posi
tion to tone down what they don't
like in the way of liberalization
and to force compromises. Pope
Paul is moving to decentralize
the authority of the curia, which
now is made up mostly of Ital
ians, and delegate greater au
thority to bishops in their own
territories.
Silent Partner:
Japanese Premier Hayato Ike
da dismayed many Japanese of
ficials when he offered to medi
ate tlie dispute over Malaysia
and as a result has been play
ing it down ever since. Both the
Philippines and Indonesia have
refused to recognize the new fed
eration, and Indonesia has said
it actively will train guerrilla
fighters opposed to it. Since
World War II, Japan has tried
to steer clear of Asian disputes
and lkeda's offer seemed to vio
late a traditional role.
Symingfon report on stockpiling another
attempt at type of political knifing
By A. Robert Smith
Bulletin Correspondent
Washington The recommend
ations of the Symington report on
ths nation's strategic materials
stockpile have been lost in a flur
ry of partisan squabbling which
attended their unveiling.
At the heart of the squabble is
the attempt by Sen. Stuart Sym
ington, D-Mo., to indict a handful
of Eisenhower cabinet officers as
though they were cut from the tat
tered cloth of Harding's "Ohio
gang." Nothing in the investiga
tion makes this a believable de
termination, even though it is as
serted by Symington and two
Democratic colleagues who serv
ed on tlie investigating commit
tee. The loud dissent by the com
mittee Republicans would not
have been possible had Syming
ton's report been more tolerant of
the problems faced by the stock
piles of the past and less hypo
rritical about who was applying
political pressures to influence
policy.
For example, the report seeks
to indict Arthur S. Flemming, as
director of the Office of Defense
Mobilization which regulated
stockpile purchases under policies
of President Eisenhower; the
lata Douglas McKay, who had
left the cabinet to run for tlie
Senate in Oregon: and Felix
Wormser, one of McKay's assist
ant secretaries at the Interior De
partment. Flemming, now presi
dent of the University of Oregon,
was head of ODM from 1953 to
1957, after which he served in the
cabinet.
The report cites the following
episode in the government's pro
gram to stockpile chromite mined
in Oregon:
In 1956 ODM was evaluating
whether to extend the chroma
program, begun in 1951, beyond
its 1957 deadline. A Flemming
aide recommended against exten
sion because the minimum goal
had been reached and domestic
ore in Oregon was costing the U.
S. $110 per ton compared with
$45 per ton if it were bought on
the world market. Flemming ask
ed Wormser, who was in charge
of minerals at Interior, for his
opinion. Wormser on March 19
agreed it should be stopped:
On May 14 Flemming asked
Wormser to reconsider. By this
time McKay was running for the
Senate. Termination of the pro
gram would have meant closing
the government's chromite pur
chase depot at Grants Pass. On
June 18 McKay asked Flemming
to extend the program. This time
Wormser recommended exten
sion, and on June 25 Flemming
wired McKay that the chrome pro
gram would run another two
years. The Symington report
says:
"When confronted with this flip
flop in his opinions, Wormser in
dicated that he had written the
second letter because he had been
pressured to do so by members
of Congress from the western
states."
McKay's letter was cited as
"evidence of political pressure."
The report noted that the
chrome acquisition program
brought 199.961 tons into the
stockpile at a cost of $18.5 mil
lion. It contends that because the
price paid for Oregon chromite
was 2 to 2H times the world price,
the "paper loss to the govern
ment. . .was $11.5 million."
The Republicans are entitled to
cry "foul" when a report takes
such pains to mention prominent
Republicans but carefully avoids
naming prominent Democrats in
Congress and among the Wash
ington lobbyists who also applied
pressure. Pressure, delivered in
written or verbal requests for fa-
vorable action, is a chief ingredi
ent in the way democracy func
tions here. Yet the Symington re
port treats it like a snake at a
school picnic.
Congress is not only entitled but
duty bound to examine the defects
of the stockpile effort which fol
lowed the Korean war. It should
insist on tough administration in
the face of pressures; and if it
rebukes weak - kneed administra
tion, it should likewise rebuke
senators and congressmen who
try to subvert the purposes of a
program to favor interests in
their home states.
On the whole, it is hard to sus
tain a convincing case against the
stockpilers, with all the costly de
fects of the program in the past,
when the charge is that they
bought too much at the expense
of the taxpayers. The stockpile
was and still is a kind of national
security insurance and nobody
could know just how much was
enough. In fact, nobody today
knows that answer.
The Eisenhower policy was to
set stockpile quantity goals based
on the needs of the nation in a 5
year war. The Symington report
claims this produced a "Maginot
line complex."
Nevertheless, the Kennedy ad
ministration bases current stock
piling on a 3-year war assump
tion. The report calls this "an
anachronism if not an absurdity"
because the "NATO alliance as
sumption for a conventional Euro
pean war is one of 90-days' dur
ation; and there has been consid
erable discussion to reduce this to
30 days."
Obviously, the Kennedy admin
istration doesn't want to reduce
the stockpile that drastically, and
take the risk of getting caught
short, any more than did Flem
ming and his colleagues in the
Eisenhower administration.
My Nickel
Worth ,
"When men differ in opinion,
both sides ought equally to hava
the advantage of being heard
by the public." Benjamin
Franklin.
Brown commended
for 'standing up'
To the Editor:
Sometimes we wonder why peo
ple hositnte to stand up and he
heard. 1 would like to thank Mr.
Brown for doing just this. Your
paper has showed just how hard
it can lie on one of these persons.
Your articles seem to make him
out tlie villain. I do not agree with
this. . .tlie investigation closed
the school for the boys' own wel
fare. Mr. Lincoln Tfeiffer stated that
Redmond was Ihe only home in
Ihe state he hnd received com
plaints num. if Litis is true then
the boys will lie belter off in these
new areas.
This is the most important part
isn't it?
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gwen Bootlie
Redmond. Oregon.
Sept. 27. Wxl
HE HAS PROBLEMS
GKKAT BEXTLEY. England
U'Pli David Lee. 37. charged
with chopping down 18 apple
trees, was ordered to receive
medical inspection Monday after
he told police. "I have to do
something to keep my mind occupied."
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Time of year
doesn't effect
a mans ulcer
By Delos Smith
UPI Staff Writer
NEW YORK (UPI) - Statisti
cal proof is now offered that the
season of the year does not in
fluence a man's ulcer. The medi
cal scientists who produced it
hoped it would kill a common be
lief among ulcer men and even
their physicians that there are
seasons when ulcers get worse.
Drs. Syed Z. Ahmed, Martin
Levine and Rodman B. Fink
biner solved the difficult measur
ing of when a peptic ulcer is
worse by using only the ultimate
worsening. That is hemorrhaging
or perforation, and when either
happens it is too grave to allow
for statistical error.
The scientists work In the gas
trointestinal research laboratory
of the Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia. With punch cards
and a bookkeeping machine they
analyzed 411 completely docu
mented cases of hemorrhaging or
perforation treated in the hospit
al during the 10 years from 1949
to 1958.
In each case the presence of
an ulcer crater in either the
stomach or duodenum had been
proved either by X-ray or in sur
gery or by autopsy. The season of
the year of drastic worsening was
established in the hospital rec
ords, of course.
Autumn was taken to begin
Sept. 21. winter. December 21,
spring. March 2i. and summer.
June 2t. Statistically 29 per cent
of the worsenings occurred in au
tumn, which was the highest. In
summer 21 B per cent took place.
But the occurrences In winter
and spring were 24.6 per cent
and 24.8 per cent respectively.
No matter what statistical check
ing formula you apply, there is
no statistical significance in those
differences and the scientists
were emphatic in saying so.
In the morbid chit-chat among
tlie high-pressure ulcer men in
American life, tlie belief is that
spring and autumn are the "ul
cer seasons" and summer is the
season when a man is least like
ly to have a flare-up.
Not only did the over-all statis
tics disprove that; It was proved
again when the scientists broke
the statistics down for year-by-year
analysis in the hope of dem
onstrating repilar cycles if such
cycles existed.
In two of the 10 years summer
had the highest incidence of se
vere worsening and it had the
lowest in only three years. Au
tumn had the lowest incidence in
one year and was tied for lowest
in another vear.
.. JVias Wngton Mei-go-round
Idaho sol on suggests sending
tobacco rather than wheat
Quotable quotes THE BULLETIN
T tli ink they are 1'otli so f,ir
alone, so committed, it would bp
It a rrl to withdraw now. Former
Vice President Pichard M. Nixon, on
the r.pparent candidacies of (low
Rockefeller and Sen. Goldwater for
the GOP presidential nomination.
?,,
Tuesday, October 1, 1963
An Independent Newspaper
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By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON Though some
congressmen are chary about in
dorsing the proposed sale of sur
plus wheat to Soviet Russia, there
was significantly little opposition
when Cabinet members discussed
the idea behind closed doors with
members of the House Foreign
Affairs and Agriculture Commit
tees. Only one House member. Ralph
Hardin, D-Ida., seemed adamant
ly opposed. He commented with a
macabre touch: "Why not sell the
Russians our surplus tobacco?
They might contract lung can
cer." Republicans Frances Bolton,
Ohio, and H. R. Gross, Iowa,
also asked some acid questions.
Inquired Mrs. Bolton: "Aren't we
playing into their hands by feed
ing them? An army is said to tra
vel on its stomach. If we sell
wheat to Russia, isn't this indi
rect military help?"
"We are now concluding a nu
clear test ban treaty with Soviet
Russia," said Gross. "If we sell
them wheat to help them econom
ically, doesn't that practically
mark the beginning of the end of
the cold war to protect our own
economy? I would want to give
this step a long, hard look before
we take it."
However, two other Republi
cans, Robert Dole, Kans., and
Robert Barry, N.Y., approved the
proposed wheat shipments, with
reservations. Declared Dole:
"If this will help our farmers and
won't hurt the country, I am for
it."
Both Dole and Barry agreed
with Bill Barrett. D-Pa., that it
shmld be a "hard cash" deal of
"wheat for gold" with little or no
long-time credit.
"It's as simple as this: We have
a surplus of wheat and Russia
has a surplus of gold." declared
Barrett. "Their gold will help our
imbalance of payments, caused
by our outflow of American dol
lars. If we make a Yankee deal
on this basis, I don't see how we
can lose. But I want to see the
contract that is drawn up before
agreeing to support it."
Farmers Are Favorable
Secretary of Agriculture Orville
Freeman said that the adminis
tration asked no more than tills,
adding that President Kennedy
wanted only to "sound out" Con
gress. The President himself had
not made up his mind about a
wheat deal with Russia, nor had
the Soviets as yet made any of
ficial overtures to the U.S., he
said.
"About two out of three farmers
I have talked to favor unloading
this surplus wheat." reported
Freeman. "I think they fear that
the surplus plus the recent lining
of mandatory controls on produc
tion may drive the price of wheat
down to perhaps as low as $1 a
bushel That would be rubous "
Secretary of Commerce Luther
Hodges, wfw also attended the
closed door meeting, said that
American business men. as well
as farmers, probaby would ap
prove a wheat contract with Rus
sia if it improved our interna
tional balance of payments.
"As a former business man, I
feel it is better to sell this wheat
now, when we can do so at a pro
fit, rather than risk a future in
ventory loss on the 1-billion bushel
surplus." declared Hodges. "We
are in an advantageous position
and can push a good bargain.
"Russia is desperately in need
of this wheat. They had a bad
crop this year, due to weather
conditions. The United States may
as well get this business, rather
than stand by and see Russia deal
elsewhere."
Hodges added that we now sell
non-strategic exports, such as ma
chinery, etc., behind the Iron Cur
tain and that wheat would fall
within this category.
"I can't imagine how this
would hurt the American image
abroad, but we can get hurt do
mestically if we continue to hoard
huge wheat surpluses," comment
ed the Secretary of Commerce.
Both Hodges and Freeman in
sisted, however, that they were
not trying to sell Congress, but
only "sounding out" the commit
tees to guide the President. Nor
did they indicate how such a deal
might be handled, except to say
that it probably would be trans
acted through private shippers,
rather than the govenjnent.
They estimated that the total
amount of wheat we could ship
would be between one-third and
one-half of our billion-bushel surplus.
Now just what
does that word
mean, anyway?.
By Dick West
UPI Staff Writer
WASHINGTON UPI One of
the favorite words that the pun
dits use in describing the New
Frontier is "pragmatic."
As seen from the ivory tower,
the Kennedy administration takes
a pragmatic approach to just
about everything from nuclear
fallout to public school dropouts.
When this word first began
turning up in the editorial page
columns, a lot of readers weren't
sure what it meant. My wife, for
instance.
"Can you explain to me the
meaning of pragmatic?" she
asked me one evening.
"Of course," I said. "It is a
type of automobile transmission."
"Well, what does this columnist
mean when he says President
Kennedy's approach to politics is
pragmatic?"
Not Entirely Accurate
"That means that he runs his
campaigns in overdrive," I ex
plained. I have since learned that my
explanation may not have been
entirely accurate. Pragmatic can
mean just about anything you
want it to mean, but there is
some doubt that its jurisdiction
includes auto gear boxes.
Perhaps the best way to ex
plain what pragmatic means is
by example. By coincidence. I
happen to have a good one handy.
Recently a girl Marine sta
tioned at San Diego. Calif., be
came engaged to a fellow Leath
erneck. They wanted to get mar
ried in December, when his en
listment would be up.
But he had been promised a
job in Nebraska and she would
not have completed her tour of
duty by that time. So she wrote
to Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin, D
Calif., to inquire if the congress
man could arrange for her to be
discharged early.
Regulations Are Strict
"Military regulations are strict,
and properly so. in regard to
duration of service." Van Deer
lin replied. "After exploring the
question at some length. I learn
there is just one condition under
which the regulations can be
waived.
"Second only to its tradition of
patriotism, the Marine Corps re
veres motherhood. The corps goes
to any length to spare expectant
muhcrs from tlie rigors of mili
tary service. So great is this con
cern, I find that the corps im
mediately separates them from
service.
"And so. while I regret that
the regulations cannot be altered,
I am moved to hope that Die
Marine Corps will ha,-9 opportun
ity to uphold its high traditions
in regard to your enlistment."
That is what is known as prag
matic advice.
Barbs
People who stayed too long in
the sun found out that summer in
starting to burn itself out.
The world has an opening for
everyone and some folks have
been in the hole for years.
Motorist's Yarn
Most folks bitten by mosquitos
develop an itch to keep screen
doors closed.
You're old when you don't care
where your wife goes as long as
you don't have to go along.
BACK TO SCHOOL
CARLISLE. England 'LTD -Englewood
Junior School here an
nounced today it is offering a
course for parents in how to do
homework.
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