Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, April 21, 1955
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The legislature's masterpiece
could be titled "Raise What Taxes
to Raise How Much for What
How?"
Their job of balancing the bud
get is still open at both ends
the income and the outgo. Appro
priations are still going out but
incomes are not set to come in.
On the 100th day of the ses
sion, Tuesday, the stark- financ
ing problem stared defyingly
back into the bleary eyes of the
day and night shift working
members of taxation and ways
and means committees. The
slashing axe still has cobwebs.
Late reports add up a $62,000,
000 deficit.
Most of the income avenues
will have to be selected by the
people at the polls at a special
election.
It's too complex for 90 men to
solve in 100 days.
INTERIM COMMITTEES
The current legislature may set
a record for interim committees
with record appropriations. Four
teen such committees have been
proposed and are under consider
ation by the ways and means
committees which you may
have heard are considerably dollar-minded.
Appropriations, specified in the
14 proposals total $1,493,216. The
1953 legislature set up 12 interim
committees.
Members receive no payment
for their services but in some in
stance;:', funds are alloted to re
imburse committee members for
traveling expenses and other
actual and necessary outlays in
curred in discharging' their offi
cial duties, and for compensating
authorised assistants.
Following Is a briefed list of
committees and appropriations:
For a study of traffic problems,
$8,000. Study plans for observing
Oregon's centennial anniversary,
February 15, 1959, $5,000. Study
work for inmates of penitentiary
and other state institutions, $5,.
000. Study corrupt practices, $15,
000. Legislative pay increase
and voters' pamphlet with esti
mated increase in costs of $479,
000. Control of salmon by inter
national treaty and control har
vest in California, Oregon, Wash
ington, British Columbia and
Alaska, $50,000. Study sanitary
problems of fringe metropolitan
areas, $50,000. Study state high-
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way practices in acquiring rights
of way, $3,000. Workmens com
pensation laws as compared with
other states, $20,000. Forestry
tax study, $50,000. Military
studies, $5,000. Correct defects in
statutes, $5,000. Electric utility
study, $692,833. Study audit sys
tem for state and county fairs,
$5,000. Local government coor
dination of cities and counties,
$25,000. Sex crime prevention
studies, $3,500. Study motor
transportation facilities and
study separation of state park
system from highway depart
ment, $25,000.
HEADS TAX WORKERS
"Former Speaker of the House
Ernest R. Fatland (1939) was
elected president of Oregon 'Busi
ness and Tax Research Inc., at a
meeting of the board Friday in
Salem.
Fatland left Saturday for
Washington, D. C. to attend a
national conference of state tax
payer organizations executives.
He was accompanied by Robert
Lister, Prineville cattleman who
was elected vice- president at the
state-wide meeting in Salem.
TIMBER BEAST BUST
The largest of the big legisla
tive parties of the current session
roared until midnight last Fri
day to the enjoyment of 450 in
vited, costumed guests who dined
and danced at Salem's Legion
Hall on the hill overlooking the
Capitol.
The senators, representatives,
lobbyists and timber operators
of the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict picked up the $2,200 check.
AT HOME TO THE PRESS
Governor and Mrs. Paul Linton
Patterson entertained members
of the legislative press and their
wives Wednesday evening at
their Salem home.
DELIGHTFUL ANTICIPATIONS
Japanese Consul Nozoru Imajo
and Mrs. Imajo have sent invi
tations to a reception in observ
ance of the birthday anniversary
of His Majesty the Emperor of
Japan.
The hour will be from 6 to
7:30 o'clock, Friday evening
April 29 at the Capital Room of
the Senator Hotel.
CHAMPION PARTY SKIPPER
Nobody kept count of the many
and varied legislative parties
given this session. Nobody can
guess the number that have been
given in the past 37 years since
that venerable and forthright
capital reporter, Wayne Pettit,
has been representing the Ore
gonian here.
In those 37 years he has never
attended a legislative party of
any kind. This is not because he
did not receive an invitation. He
has received hundreds and- has
kept them to frame.
When asked why he never at
tended these parties he said, "Oh,
I just got started that way". And
then he made a prophecy. "The
House of Representatives in 1957
will have a Democratic majority."
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FALL ELECTION MAYBE
Present indications are that
Oregon will have a special elec
tion some time next fall. The
House tax committee is working
on a proposal that such an elec
tion be called if its tax program
Is attacked by the referendum.
It seems to be a foregone conclu
sion around the capitol that the
cigarette tax imposing a levy of
three cents on every package of
cigarettes will be referred. Labor
and 'farm groups have said that
they will oppose this tax if it is
referred. Furthermore there have
been open threats of a referen
dum against the new income tax
measure which is designed to
carry the brunt of the increase
necessary to balance the state
budget. If a special election is
called plans are under way for
submitting an alternative plan
of revenue raising to the voters.
This would involve a state tax
with the proviso that if this
measure were approved exemp
tions under the income tax act
would be increased so that per
sons in the lower income brackets
would pay no income tax.
VOTING DATE CHANGED
Primary elections in Oregon
will be held hereafter on the
fourth Tuesday in June instead
of the third Friday in May if the
House follows the lead of the
senate which this week passed
the bill by a vote of 23 to 6.
Principal opposition to the mea
sure in the senate was based on
the fact that June is a vacation
month and many voters will be
away from home at that time and
unable to take part in the elec
tion. Another objection was
raised to the fact that the bill
provides for election of precinct
committee members at the gene
ral election which will require
that voters reveal their party af
filiation at that time as well as
in the primary election.
BASIC SCHOOL FUND
Two bills which propose a new
formula for distribution of the
basic school fund were the sub
ject of a lengthy hearing before
the senate committee on educa
tion Monday. Both bills provide
a substantial increase in the
equalization factor of the form
ula under which this fund is dis
tributed. Supporters of the bills
argued that it is the responsi
bility of the state to provide edu
cation for its youngsters and that
under this theory the money
should be taken from these areas
in which the greatest wealth
exists and distributed where the
children live. Opposition to
these measures comes largely
from Multnomah county and
from eastern Oregon counties
with high assessed valuations in
proportion to their school popu
lations. NO STRAWBERRY BOARD
A heavy frost nipped the pro
posed strawberry board at a
meeting called by a small num
ber of growers, packers and ad
vertising agents here last week.
There were too many growers
who didn't want any truck with
such a board and were willing,
Boardman News
Continued from Last Week
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mallery
and sons Gerry and Jimmie, of
Seattle, Wash., visited at the
home of Mrs. Mallery's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Coats, from
Wednesday till Sunday. Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Mallery went to
Richland, Wash., to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Bell, returning here
Saturday.
Mrs. Oscar Veelle returned
home Thursday from Estacada,
where she has been the past five
weeks caring for her niece, Mrs.
Donald Sturgis, who was ill with
yellow Jaundice.
The Wives club met Tuesday of
if necessary, to put up the money
to defeat such an organization.
They claimed they would be
taxed to pay all the advertising
bills to sell the finished product
marketed by the processers.
Proponents of the scheme said
the opposing growers were un
informed concerning the propos
ed board and efforts to organize
will be started again next year.
Opponents answered that they
would be prepared to fight such
an attempt as they were informed
as to how similar boards operated
in other states and with other
products.
PRESS ROOM YACK
"How come reporters?" queried
a legislator in the senate press
room between sessions this week.
He seems naive. His question
was an encroachment upon a re
porters Socratic premices to ask
questions.
He started a crossfire with
reporters and lobbyists, who were
newsmen once upon a time. What
they revealed and they'd bet on
it, was that more than half of
all newspaper men got the urge
to become reporters from writing
for school papers.
Also that 50 percent of all re
porters have only a high school
education; 25 percent have
graduated from schools of Jour
nalism and the other 25 percent
are college graduates. That 70
percent of Western editors shy at
hireing graduates from journal
ism schools. When looking for a
reporter they scout for one who
writes what the late Joseph Pulit
zer called "newspaper english."
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last week at the home of Mrs.
Thurman Johnson, with Mrs. Al
Morin as co-hostess. There were
10 members present, and two new
members were taken in, Mrs.
William Bowsher and Mrs. Al
Kunhenn. The club planned the
Easter egg hunt held Saturday,
and planned for an outing to
Pendleton for dinner and a movie
on April 17.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Community church met for an
all day meeting at the church on
Wednesday of last week. There
were 12 present. The day was
spent cleaning the church yard
and rolling bandages for mis
sionary work. Mrs. Florence Root
was elected secretary to replace
Mrs. Hugh Brown, who resigned.
There was a sack lunch at noon.
Mr .and Mrs. Bob Miller and
Miss Zelma Cowan went to Port
land on Wednesday of last week,
returning Thursday evening.
Mrs. Emmett Rogers and son
Duane went to Hood River last
week to the home of her sister,
Mrs. Oscar Johnson. The two
spent the weekend in Tort Ange
les, Wash., at the home of Rogers'
aunt, Mrs. Jack Kruger.
Recent visitors at th? home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Sicard, were
Sgt. and Mrs. Bob Ennis, Moses
Lake, Wash., where Sgt Ennis is
stationed at Larson Airforce base.
He was on furlough.
Jim Flock, Myrtle Creek, visit
ed last week at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Flock.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lilly, La
Grande, were weekend visitors at
the home of Mrs. Lilly's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely. Sunday
visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Ely, Hermiston, Ora Ely, Pendle
ton, and Newell Vaught, Richland,
Wash. Jimmie and Janet Lilly,
who visited at ttie Ely home last
week, returned home. Mrs. Ely
also went to La Grande, return
ing home Monday.
Mrs. Clyde Tannehill returned
home Sunday from Good Shep
herd hopital in Hermiston, where
she has been for nearly four
weeks following a heart attack.
Stie will not be allowed visitors
for three weeks.
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