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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 17, 1957
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The Governor's Program
Oregon's new governor, itouert D. Holmes, in
his inauguration speech Monday, handed the
states legislators about the biggest handful of
hot potatoes any governor has presented to the
assembly in quite a while. His speech consisted
largely of his program for governing the state and
among his numerous points were many which
have considerable merit, but on the other hand
he submitted several which may well cause even
the Democratic members of the legislature some
concern.
One thing that should be obvious to anyone
who who read the lengthy list of recommenda
tions made by Governor Holmes is that when he
pressed for the "Forward Look" in state govern
ment he made it plain that the people can look
forward to an increasingly heavier income tax
bill if his program is carried out. He called for
elimination of the distasteful surtax; asked for
increases in school aid and higher education
teachers salaries; more money for school build
ings, etc., to name Just a few, then asked for an
increase in income tax rates to offset the loss of
income from the surtax. Maybe we're a little
thickheaded, but we can't quite follow the gov
ernor's reasoning. If, for example, over a given
period the present income tax rate with the sur
tax nets the state $100,000,000. Suppose then the
surtax is removed (a loss of $45,000,000 to the
state) and the tax rate boosted to make up the
difference or even bring in more Income, Just
. what is to be gained? It all adds up to the same
number of dollars that we are going to have to
pay, and we can't see what difference it makes
whether we pay It as a surtax or as an Increased
income tax. It might be different if the tax bill were
spread around a little and some of the money
was derived from a sales tax, for example, but
the Governor has definitely turned thumbs down
on any such proposal.
He called for a more aggressive program for
attracting industry to Oregon, then in the next
breath asked for an Increase In income tax rates
for corporations the very thing that many well
informed persons In the state have claimed is
driving industry away from Oregon and into our
neighboring states. Looks to us like a case of the
right hand not knowing what the left hand Is
doing.
The governor's program also called for numer.
ous changes In the makeup of Oregon's govern
ment. He asked for the elimination or consoli
dation of many boards or commissions and the
re-establishment of many of them under the di
rect control of the governor. Some of his proposals
were good, but the overall Idea behind such a
wide spread plan.'as we see it, is to eventually
develop strong top-seat command over a large
portion of government that Is now under the con
trol of the legislature or other elected officials.
Oregon's government has never been a "one-man
proposition," and it has been much the better be
caues of its diversity of authority. Such Is true
whether the administration is Republican or
Democrat.
If the published statement that the new gover.
nor plans to play politics with the state police
by removing that departments head for no ap
parent reason other than a political one, is found
correct, that move could prove to be very damag
ing to Holmes's prestige and Judgment It Is to
be expected that a change in administration will
bring with it a change in numerous department
and board heads political payoffs are generally
accepted practice but the police system of the
state, above all others, should remain outside the
realm of politics. It has been immune from, such
disruption since its formation in 1931 and should
remain so. If the governor has some reason other
than political for the removal of Mr. Maison, he
should make it known quickly and back it with
facts.
The Governor offered other recommendations
that are useful and, we believe, wise such as the
creation of a lieutenant governor, a full-time pa
role board, further development of flood control
and power projects, and others. The legislature,
of course, holds the key to the governor's program
and truly, its members face a monumental task of
.trying to give the governor what he asks for, yet
'keep the voters reasonably happy by not increas
ing taxes too much nor making any particularly
radical changes in the system in which we have
become accustomed to having our government
operate. Our legislators will have a truck-load of
headaches before they get through this session.
Printing Makes Us Free
The Nation is now observing Printing Week,
appropriately, since it coincides with the anniver
sary of the birth of the most famous of American
printers, Benjamin Franklin.
Printing is worth more than a casual thought.
It was the invention that did most to free the mind
of man in the mass. It gave men easy access to
the ideas of others. It opened the discoveries of
others to minds capable of building up them.
It is not too much to say that the capacity of
mankind for advancement remained in a strait
Jacket until the device of printing became com
mon. The ancient developed ideas and made a
considerable quantity of scientific and mathemati.
cal discoveries but the records of them, locked In
a few hand-written manuscripts, were accessible
to only a few, and these not always the right per
sons, Printing, by broadcasting these records,
made it easy for them to fall under the eye of
those who could and would put them to use.
The destruction of the library at Alexandria,
the greatest collection of books in the ancient
world, was a blow from which civilization did not
recover for centuries. Its manuscripts were not
easily replaceable, if at all. Destruction of a mod
ern great library, while regrettable enough, would
be no such loss to the world. Apart from senti
mental values, practically everything exists in
plenty of printed copies elsewhere and can easily
be reproduced.
As a result of all this, springing from the art
of printing, man enjoys whatever measure of free,
dom is his today. In this respect his enemy today
is the suppressor of printed things, the fanatic
who bars print to all but the ideas his narrow
mind approves.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From files of the Gazette Times
Jan. 20, 1927
With the second semester be
ginning January 17, and with an
increased enrollment In both high
and grade school, school district
No. 1 of Heppner Is faced with
a hard situation, and the school
authorities have been puzzling
their heads as to Just what to do
with the new students.
The snow storm struck Heppner
Tuesday night and continued all
day Wednesday, lasting approxi
mately 24 hours.
Dallas wara or Lexington, a
senior in the school of vocational
education at O. A. C, has been
initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, na
tional honorary fraternity,
APPLIANCES
REDUCED
DURING OUR CLEARANCE
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Last week at their annual meet,
ing the Oregon Dairymen's Asso
ciation gave its offieiaWamirnval
to the proposed 1957 Oregon
uariy rroaucts Commission bud
get. From the looks of the bud
get which amounts to almost a
quarter of a million dollars the
dairy people will get a lot of
work done this year. The money
is raised by a self imposed tax by
dairy producers. They voted to in
crease the 1 cent per pound but
ter fat tax to a 2 cent per hun
dred weight on all milk shippers
and M cent per pound butter fat
on all cream shiDDed. The cost
for the dairy men is less than 4
tenuis cents per cow per day.
This is a good example of what
a commodity group can do to
advertise their products in a
voluntary program.
Members of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League executive com
mittee which includes a chair-
man from each county wheat as
sociation will meet Thursday at
Pendleton. The meeting is a
work session to get programs
under wav for the new vear.
Those attending will review the
work that has to he dorm frnm
resolutions passed at the annual
meeting held n Portland in De
cember. From the looks of the
agenda there will be a lot of
important business transacted af
fecting the financial welfare of
the wheat grower.
will get under way at 10:00 a.
m. and will be through by noon.
It will be held at the club house
at the fair grounds. Everyone in
this age group is invited to attend.
Frank Anderson, Eightmile
registered Hereford breeder is
spending this week at the West
ern National Livestock show in
Denver. Frank left for Denver
last weekend to look for a new
herd sire to add to his top herd
of Herefords.
As lambing time grows near
the nutritional requirements of
the ewe go up rapidly. Most of the
fatal growth takes place in the
last six weeks of pregnancy, and
results in a small capacity for
food. This necessitates feeding
more concentrated rations. Silage
may be fed it not more than
two pounds is fed per day. Feed
all the good quality legume hay
the ewes will clean up as well as
V-i to 3i pound of home grown
grain per day. Keep a mineral
mixture of steam bone meal and
salt in front of the sheep at all
times.
In our neighboring county of
Gilliam livestock feeders have
become interested in the use of
Stilbestrol and Synovex injec
tions in cattle for high daily
gains. Some work was done in
1956 which showed exceptional
gains were resulting from palate
injections in feed lot cattle. This
year over 2,000 head have been
palated in that county. In look
ing over the tests in one herd,
that of Marion Weatherford's,
harmone injected animals are
making a considerable increase
in gain over the control. Twenty
showed an average daily gain
head injected with Synovex
showed an average daily gain of
2.9o pounds for a 60 day period
in comparison to a 2.78 pound
gain in Stilbestrol treated ani-,
mals and a 2.53 daily gain in the
control group. Arrangements have
been made for Injecting approxi-;
mately 200 head in Morrow
county as sood as weather condi
tions are more favorable.
AdsJUfliiT"
All young men and women the
ages of 14 to 21 are invited to
the organizational meeting of a
4 H Junior leaders club on Sat
urday January 19. The meeting
NEXT SENATE DEMOCRATIC
Is Republicanism in Oregon
losing its shirt or has it already
lost it?
At the Nov. 6th election the
GOP lost the House and enough
Senators to the Democrats to as
sure a 4 to 1 chance of getting
political control of the Senate
at the next session, 1959.
The Democrats now have 12
holdover Senators whose terms do
not expire until 1961. To secure
political control of the 1959 Sen
ate they will have to elect only
four of the 15 Democrats who will
be running in 1958.
The Republicans have only
three holdover Senators. In order
to get control of the 1959 Senate
they will have to elect 13 of the
15 Republicans who are running
in 1958.
Sen. Phil Brady of the 1957 ses
sion is not a holdover, nor is Sen.
Monroe Sweetland. Sen. Brady
has been a consistent winner in
his county, Multnomah, for the
past 20 years. He says he ex
pects to run again in 1958.
Sen Monroe Sweetland who won
his seat in the Senate by a wide
margin expects to run for re
election.
LEGISLATIVE SEESAW
The 15 Republicans and 15
Democrats in the Senate at this
session of the legislature will
work some good for the people
and put a halter on party-promoting
groups in both houses.
Any bill the 31 Democrats In
the House pass for a party build
up will get 15 negative votes
and fail to pass when it reaches
the Senate.
Going the other way, any bill
the Republicans manage to squ
eeze through the Senate by one
or more votes will be killed by 31
Democratic votes when it reaches
the House. Then thre will be a
Democratic governor reaching for
his veto pen whenever anything
too Republican reaches his desk.
LEGISLATIVE PARTIES -
Chumming through the state
after the inauguration of Gover
nor Robert D. Holmes Monday
afternoon was Salem Chamber of
Commerce manager, Stanley
Grove just adding the personal
touch to the formal invitations
sent by the chamber to members
of the legislature for a Salem
C of C reception and dinner Janu
ary 29th at the Marion Hotel.
HOLMES, WIFE TO SEE IKE
. Governor Robert D. Holmes and
his wife will attend the inaugu
ration of President Eisenhower
Jan. 20th. They will fly to Wash,
ington, D. C. Jan. 19, returning
immediately after the inaugura
tion. SPACE SHY IN CAPITOL
Every other year space around
the Capitol is short. Departments
are crowded together to make
room for legislative committees
and attaches. Space has to be
rented at high rent because of
short term leases.
Secretary of State Mark Hatfield,
who also is custodian of state
buildings, urges arrangements for
the next gubernatorial inaugu
ration to be held in a larger place
than the State House of Represen
tatives. He said he had no specific sug
gestions but felt that better ar
rangements could be made for
the 1959 Inaugural if planning
starts now.
Mark may not have heard it
and that again maybe, but there
has been much talk that he
should be the Republican candi
date for governor in 1958,
O. S. E. A. SALARY REPORT
A hospital survey analysis and
salary report of 93 pages will
be presented to the legislature
this week by the Oregon State
Employees Association.
According to the report there
has been an employee turnover
of 41.8 per cent in the biennium.
Continued on Pae 5
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Among those from Heppner In
Pendleton to attend the wool-
growers convention were Pat Ma-
honey, John Kilkenny and Frank
Monahan.
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Sun., Mon., Jan. 20-21
The Opposite Sex
June Allyson, Joan Collins,
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