Chamber Group Backs Sales Tax
As Means of Solving Problem
A unanimous recommendation
that the sales tax principle with
certain exemptions be adopted
by the Oregon legislature to
solve the state tax problem was
made yesterday by the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce's
legislative committee.
A report of the action taken
at the committee's regular week
ly breakfast session Monday was
.made at the Chamber's round
table noon luncheon yesterday
by Attorney Frank Van Dyke.
No Specific Proposal
He said that the committee
-did not adopt any specific tax
proposal, but believed that "ev
: erybody enjoying the benefits of
government should contribute
directly to that government's
support."
Van Dyke also gave his per
: scnal opinion that citizens all
over the state should arise and
support the sales tax principle,
rather than increased income or
real taxes. He cited what he be
' lieved were the dangers of leav-
" ing such a proposal to refer
endum and stated the legislature
' should initiate a sound measure
during this session
He explained that a referen
dum would allow some small
group' to word the bill, which
might be objectionable, but ad-
' opted as a last recourse.
Believes Future Poor
Robert Root, another Cham
ber committee member on leg
islation and former state repre
sentative, said that, in his op
inion, the sales tax future in
the present legislative session
was "poor." He added, however,
that if the people were properly
informed on the subject, they
would favor it. Root also said
. that the adoption of a stiff real
property tax or state income tax
would probably bring about a
referendum by the next general
.election for a sales tax.
Root described the state's pres
ent economic status, which he
said calls for drastic financial
action to solve a deficit. He fav
ored a general 3 per cent sales
tax to solve the situation, with
persons earning below $6,000 ex-
jemot from a state income tax.
In discussing proposed mea
sures to raise additional reven
ues. Root said that a six-mill
property tax would bring about
$30,000,000 revenues to the
state. Such a tax would increase
Jackson county millage by 11.2
mills, or an average of 16.7 per
cent in taxes.
. In sneakincr nf state inpnine
taxes Root said that he had fig
ured out that 80 per cent of
uregon iammes pay less inan
the $80 necessary in basic school
support money to maintain one
child in school.
In conjunction with the tax
discussion, Root recommended
support of a permissive average
inventory bill (HB 46), which
will be helpful to Oregon's lum
ber industry in allowing a
monthly inventory average for
tax purposes, instead of a Jan
uary check when their stock
piles are greatest.
The members of the legisla
tive committee of the Chamber
invited all Chamber members
who could to attend next week's
session, which will concern wa
ter resources and pending legis
lation. ,
Next Monday's roundtable
session, which is open to Cham
ber members and newcomers
here, will concern a report on
retail promotion in the area and
the coming spring opening un
der the direction of Howard
Boyd.
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
My reference of several
months ago that "Dazzy" Vance
was 31 when he pitched his first
major league victory was ques
tioned by many subscribers de
manding stogies. They said all
the record books had it that
Vance was 29 at the time. I re
fused to retract, adding I did not
pay off on record books. This re
ply inspired much indignation
In a recent interview, Vance
said, "I am two years older than
the record book say. When I
won my first major league game
I was 31." As you know, we
Brooklynites are modest, retir
ing fellows not inclined to boast
about or crow over a triumph. I
merely mention this matter be
cause I have been receiving a
number of stogies not carefully
wrapped. May I ask that sub
scribers who have lost stogies on
this Vance argument please mail
them in aluminum containers to
avoid breakage?
Horses & Women
The helpful hints on wife
training offered by our Horses
& Women department are of no
use to a timid man. Only hus
bands of firm character can hope
to profit by them. For example,
take a husband who is trying to
streamline a wife so he will be
proud of her appearance in a
a bathing suit. He has to make
his orders stick as to diet which
is the most important factor in
weight reduction. He should
weigh his wife on the bathroom
scales daily. Her weight for that
date should be recorded on a
chart. In this way her progress
in achieving a streamline figure,
or the lack of it. can be ac
curately checked.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. When
a wife is wild about Gregory
Peck and keeps raving about his
looks, charm, sex appeal, etc.,
don't you think it is a mistake
for her husband to take it seri
ously? Shouldn't he take it
lightly? A. When a married
woman raves about a Hollywood
heart throb in the manner you
describe, it has certain implica
tions as to her life as - a wife.
Taking it "lightly" is not ex
actly the way a husband should
be expected to view the situation
Let us say he should view it
philosophically.
Woman For President
If, and when, a woman runs
for President of the United
States, will the candidate for
Vice-President also be a woman?
When Victoria Claflin Woodhull
was named the presidential can
didate of the Equal Rights Party
in 1872, her running mate for
vice-president was a man named
Frederick Douglass.
Sidelights
Oldest royal house in the
world is that of Haile Selassie
of Abyssinia. He says he is a
descendant of the Queen of
Sheba . . . The question as to
who wrote that perennially pop
ular ditty titled "California,
Here I Come," has baffled quite
a few subscribers. Answer is, Joe
Meyer, Buddy De Sylva and Al
Jolson. Joe Meyer also wrote
"If You Knew Susie," which has
become Eddie Cantor's theme
song.
Asides
Are you an Irish stew enthu
siast? How about lamb stew?
How does your charming wife
handle the stew situation? I sup
pose she knows that all stews
should first be cooked, then let
get cold and reheated again be
fore serving . . . When can a
boy rightly say, "Now I am a
man?" In most states in this
country a boy legally reaches
his majority at 21. However, ac
cording to nature, a boy becomes
a man at 15.
Art
A New Yorker claims he has
a "genuine Rembrandt" in his
art collection. I hope he is right.
There are over 10,000 paintings
in the United States attributed
to Rembrandt, though according
to the records of his life he only
painted 700.
Please Note
. Note a reference to "Jenny
Lind, the Swedish Nightingale.
The term nightingale applied to
a feminine singer is incorrect.
It is the male nightingale that
sings. "Band Canary" applied to
a feminine vocalist is also er
roneous. It is the male canary
that sings.
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Measures in Oregon Legislature
Salem U.R) The question,
said Sen. Gill to Sen. Ziegler, is:
Will the telephones in the re
frigerator locks be pay phones,
and, if so, will there be dimes
or nickels there in case a cus
tomer finds himself locked in?
Sen. Francis W. Ziegler of
Corvallis arose on the Senate
floor to explain a bill which
would among other things, pro
vide that in each refrigerated
locker plant in which there is
no full time attendant on the
premises when the plant is open
to patrons, an extension tele
phone must be installed in each
refrigerated room.
It was, thought Ziegler, a sim
ple bill. But before he was able
to take his seat, half a dozen
senators had asked him about a
provision for reduction in li
cense fees on the phones.
To the query of Sen. Warren
Gill of Lebanon about pay
phones," which brought chuckles
from the senators, Ziegler re
plied "No. They are extension
phones."
A final round of laughter came
when Ziegler, asked by President
Elmo E. Smith of John Day if
he wished to make a closing
argument, said with a sigh of
relief: "No!""
Then the measure was unan
imously passed.
Salem U.R) A bill is being
drafted for the House Food and
Dairying Committee which
would establish a minimum pro
ducer price on milk.
Sponsors of the measure said
the bill would help prevent any
possible price war on milk.
The minimum price would be
based partly on the "average
paid farmers in the three neigh
boring states rather than on the
cost of production.
Distributors would set up pro
ducer pools and negotiations
would be made for an annual
contract on a base quota for
fluid milk. At the end of the
year new quotas would be set
up based on production during
the four lowest shipping months.
Salem U.R) Oregon's trou
bles with her sister states in
negotiating industrial accident
claims in cases where jurisdic
tions of other states collided
with those of Oregon is the sub
ject of a bill brought before the
House State and Federal Affairs
Committee. .
The proposed measure would
allow. th Industrial ArrirJent
Commission to negotiate the
compensation controversies on
its own authority and would
give it more authority to act in
such cases as the one that arose
Resigned Liquor
Officer Seeks
Public Hearing
Portland U.R) -An Oregon
Liquor Control Commission
hearing officer, who resigned
under fire last week, has asked
the commission to set aside his
resignation, confront him with
specific charges and hold an
open hearing on any charges
against him.
Karl F. Glos of Portland was
asked to resign after Gov. Paul
L. Patterson made public a spe
cial report which accused a com
mission employee of gross mis
conduct. Gov. Patterson did not
name the employee. '
Glos asked the commission to
rescind his resignation, which
he submitted last Thursday.
Glos said he "had been given
information by good authority"
that he was not eligible for a
hearing before the Civil Service
Commission because he had re
signed. He asked for an open hearing
"where I can be faced by my
accusers and cross-examine them
after , I have been appraised of
any specific charges."
Glos said no specific charges
have been served on him. He
said he was asked to resign by
Lester Ireland,, commission
chairman, and that he complied.
The report to the governor
was prepared by Robert Ma
guire, a Portland attorney, who
headed an investigation of the
commission. .
PHILANTHROPY RISE
New York 4U.PJ Gifts and
philanthropy in the United
States reached new high levels
in 1954, according to an index
based on a study of publicly an
nounced giving in 10 large cities
made by John Price Jones Com
pany, Inc. The total in 1954 was
$603,047,382 as against $495,
039,966 in 1953.
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when four workmen were killed
last year in an accident at Bon
neville dam.
Since the boundary between
Oregon and Washington some
where in the Columbia river
has never been definitely estab
lished, liability for paying the
claims of the widows of the four
men has been lost in a legal fog.
Oregon has paid the survivors'
claims, but has complained that
the state of Washington has re
fused to meet Oregon even half
way: A similar lack of reciproc
ity has plagued the state in its
dealings with California.
Salem U.R) A bill permit
ting the State Department of
Education to refuse teaching cer
tificates to persons convicted of
crimes of moral turpitude has
been approved in the House and
the Senate.
The House passed unanimous
ly a Senate-approved bill raising
the jurisdiction of small claims
departments of justic courts to
$100. Another bill would make
transient labor camps subject to
the same sanitary regulation
which now applies to tourist
courts
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Greenwich, Conn. U.R) The
1,000th Connecticut enlistee in)
the Army since the Air Force
undertook a separate recruiting
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