LETTER FROM GOVERNOR
Dear Murray
I have just finished reading with
a great deal of interest your news
paper column, Capital Parade, un
der the February 22 dateline. I want
to compliment you on your cover
age of the status of state funds, ap
propriations' and tax matters. Partic
ularly was I interested in your com
ment and observations concerning
what the future may. hold.
. I made an address in Salem re
cently at which time I called atten
tion to the increased demands for
state financial support on the part
of our political subdivision as pre
sented to this session of the legis
lature. The counties are demanding
additional state support. The" cities
represent that they are facing an
acute situation, as well as do school
districts througrout the state. All of
this, of course, is separate and apart
from the requests for new buildings
and improvements for the schools
of higher learning under the Board
of Higher Education, as well as the
several state institutions. All of
these, of course, are worthy and de
serving proposals. The important
point is, however, how is the state
to carry this increased load in the
future if and when the present rate
of large collections resulting from
a rather abnormal condition, dwin
dle and fade? It seems to me that
one of the three things must be
done or perhaps a combination of
two or more. These three things are:
1. Carve to the bone and cut out
expenditures drastically.
2. Provide for subtantial increas
es on property taxes, increasing the
load of the already overburdened
taxpayers.
3. Develop some other means of
raising revenue sufficient to meet
these increased demands.
As you ably and effectively point
ed out, it is timely to look for the
light of "caution". This year we
shall probably collect over 20 mil
lions of dollars from income and ex
cise taxes without the discount.
Yet, we must not forget that back in
1934 there was collected only about
a million and a half from these same
sources. Serious concern over these
matters prompted me to suggest a
thorough study of our entire tax
structure, as well as problems in
volved therein and attendant there
to. More articles such as yours on
this subject would contribute much
'toward bringing about a general
realization and appreciation of the
problems involved.
Very truly yours
Earl Snell, Governor
LOW PHYSICAL FITNESS
More than 25,000 men or 41 per
cent of all Oregon men inducted
into the armed forces, have been
rejected for physical reasons, says
Col. Elmer V. Wooton, state direct
or of selective service. Col. Wootin,
speaking at a hearing on a bill to
require physical fitness programs in
all high schools, said most of the re
jected men were between 19 and 29
years old. He said, however, that
Oregon's rejection rate was below
the national average.
NEW GAME OFFICIAL
Dr. George A. Cathey, Portland,
a native Oregonian and a past pres
ident of the Isaak Walton league of
America, has been appointed a
member of the state game commis
sion for five years by Governor Earl
Snell. He holds a pharmacy degree
from Oregon State college and a
medical degree from the University
of Oregon medical school. He also
held the world's archery record for
distance flight.
CAPITAL SHORTS
After feeling tribute to George
Washington on the house floor Re-
presentative William B. Morse,
Prineville republican, arose compli
mented the speaker and then said,
"One of the finest things Washing
ton did not do was to run for a
third term.". . . . The 50 house re
publicans cheered. Reprsentative C.
H. Francis was conducting a fruit
less search in the house for a Bible
when Representative (Call me Joe)
Wilson, Lincoln county member,
came to his rescue with what prov
ed to be the only copy of the Holy
Bible available. . . Friday it took
?four hours of debate to kill two
bills. . . . Governor Earl Snell an
nounced Monday the reappointment
of Dr. C. C. Newcastle, Portland, as
a member of the state board of
medical examiners.
,. 12TH AAF FIGHTER-BOMBER
BASE IN ITALY S. Sgt Lester L.
Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Cox
Jr., who reside in Lexington, Ore.,
can now wear the third Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Distinguished Unit
badge, now that his unit, the 27th
Fighter Group, a veteran P-47
Thuderbolt air support outfit, has
become the first AAF unit in the
Mediterranean , theatre to be cited
four times in war department gen
eral orders.
"When word of the latest citation
arrived on Dec. 12, it was cause for
a triple celebration for the 27th,
which is now commanded by Lt.
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT
Col. William R. Nevitt, Montgom
ery, Ala., for that was the date of
the group's second anniversary in
the Mediterranean Theatre of Op
erations and it was also the eve of
its 2,500th combat mission against
the Nazis.
The citation covers the day of
the Salerno invasion, Sept. 10, 1943.
On that day, the 27th then flying
A-36 Invaders and commanded by
Col. Dorr E. Newton Jr., Fox Hol
low Farms, Malvern, Pa., in the
words of the citation, "set itself
above and apart in other similar
units ... in the same engagement
when it completely neutralized the
combat effectiveness of three Axis
Panzer divisions."
"In a grueling daylong assault,"
the general orders stated, 'the 27th
Fighter Group, coordinated with at
tacks of other units of the Allied
Air Forces, prevented the transfer
of overdwhelmingly powerful rein
forcements and contributed in great
measure to the successful estab.
lishment of the Salerno beachhead
The citation particularly laudy
the "skill and devotion" of tin
ground crew.
The group had previously been
cited for its gallantry in action on
Bataan and Java and in the skies
over Australia in the early days of
the war with Japan.
Sgt. Cox is a graduate of Lexing
ton high school and entered the
army in Octoer 1941.
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TUESDAY IN PENDLETON
Mrs. R. C. Lawrence took Mrs. W.
P. Mahoney to Pendleton Tuesday
to see Mrs. Mahoney's new grand
daughter, Shannon.
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Dan Mascon's cousin, an honest-to-goodness
artist, came to our
town. And when he heard we
were having a weenie roast, he
asked could he come and bring
his paints.
After he got through working
on his canvas ... ho had as nice
a picture of us enjoying our
selves as you could ask for...
complete to the last littlo detail
. . . from Molly Burtle's dimples
to the foam on Ed Carey's glass
of becr.
"I'm calling it a portrait of
America," Dan's cousin says.
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I K S U e I CORPORATION
Mrs. Hubert Galey spent Wednes
day moving from the Case apart
ments to her new home in the
Jones apartments.
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been promised. But the retirement
people want big back payments in
order to start the deal and will pro
bably go home sadder and wiser.
1 sit Joe Marsh
America Has its
Portrait Painted
And from where I sit, ha
couldn't have a better title.
Whether it's a weenie roast in
our town or a square dance on a
Wisconsin farm, it's all a part of
America -a part of our neigh
borliness, our love of fun and
pleasant living.
Because our right to enjoy a
Temperate beverage like beer is
a part of our American heritage
of personal freedom.
1 945, United States Brewers Foundation