EIGHT MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, March 3, XSSI
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Withholding Tax
Increase Grabs
Pari of Spotlight
By BILL FORCE
United Press Correspondent
Salem (U.PJ The sales tax
bill went on trial here yesterday
when the House Taxation Com
mittee took testimony on the
measure before an overflow audi
ence, but income tax grabbed
part of the spotlight.
At an executive session the
tax committee voted to recom
mend an increase in payroll de
ductions from the state income
tax from one to two per cent.
vould also be collected from
payrolls of farm employees and
would catch transient laborers
now exempt from withholding
taxes.
Kill Introduces Bill
Appearing in favor of the sales
tax bill, introduced by Rep. Earl
lull (R-Cushman), was the Ore
gon Farm Eureau Federation,
plus more than a dozen Individ
ual farmers and several spokes
men for Oregon industry. Op
ponents included the Oregon
Slate Grange, the Oregon Farm
ers Union, the CIO, the AFL,
longshoremen, Streetcarmen's
union, and the Oregon Institute
for Social Welfare.
Hill appealed to the commit
tee to give his bill full considera
tion. He said the people of Ore
gon deserved the courtesy of
being allowed to vote once more
on a sales tax proposal.
He explained that it was de
signed to go exclusively for
support of schools and that it
vould act as a property tax off
set on the local level. He de
scribed the state gasoline tax
as a 30 per cent sales tax for
tenance. Hi3 general sales tax
highway construction and main-
would be three per cent. It
vould hit, Hill said, everyone in
the state instead of the few.
Cost of schools must be spread
to all the people who benefit
from them, not just to the prop
erty owners, Hill told the com
mittee. Pressure Mentioned
Argument mentioned most
frequently by supporters of the
bill was the increasing pressure
of property taxes. H. B. Gillins,
a Polk county farmer, said
property taxes were so high now
that farmers were buying back
their farms every 10 years in
taxes.
R. E. Kerr, speaking for the
Oregon Farm Bureau Federation
said there was a danger inherent
in that part of Oregon's voting
population with little or no tax
responsibility. He called them
freeriders. He said 32 states
and the District of Columbia
now have a sales tax and that
to his knowledge, no sales tax
had ever been repealed once it
was enacted.
Mrs. Harry Bryant, Sherwood,
and W. R. Robinette, master of
the Holly Grange 325 at Sweet
Home, denied that the Grange
was solidly opposed to the sales
tax. Robinette said his organi
zation was on record in favor
of such a revenue measure pro
vided it was earmarked for a
specific use such as schools and
did not go directly to the gen
eral fund.
Said Inequitable Tax
P. M. De Laubenfels, repre
senting the Oregon State
Grange, admitted his organiza
tion was not 100 per cent op
posed to the Hill measure but
he said it would oppose any
sales tax as a regressive and in
equitable tax based on necessity
to spend rather than on ability
to pay. He added that Hill's tax
plan was a bad one and would
not help finances on the state
level unless some state expenses
were thrown back on the coun
ty property tax. It would lower
county property taxes for cor
porations who would pay no
sales tax, he said.
George Brown, executive sec
retary of the Oregon CIO, testi
fied that a sales tax would re
duce sales of consumer goods
by the amount taken out of in
comes and that it would en
courage extravagance in state
government spending.
Tom Scanlon, speaking for
the AFL and the railroad broth
erhoods, asked the committee to
look at the experience of Wash
ington state which he said was
in a more serious financial di
lemna than Oregon despite the
sales tax in that state. Income
is the only true source of rev
enue, he said, adding that the
sales tax would not tap any new
source.
The committee voted unani
mously to double the state with
holding tax and members indi
cated they might depend on in
creased personal income taxes
as part of the method of balanc
ing the budget.
Yesterday's crowded hearing
schedule included sessions on
state permits for exclusive serv
ice by utilities for sale of nat
ural or manufactured gas; on
unemployment compens a t i o n
coverage for firms employing
less than four persons, and on
o rnmspH state oarks commis
sion and Columbia Gorge com-
Favorable ComsndeiratDOiD off Recreation Resources Urged
Salem (U.R) Fuller use
of Oregon's recreation resources
was the aim of three bills dis
cussed here last night at a hear
ing before a ways and means
subcommittee headed by Rep.
Francis Ziegler (R-Corvallis).
Purpose of the three bills, all
introduced in the Senate, was
to create a State Park commis
sion separate from the highway
commission, to provide funds for
the Columbia Gorge commission
for land acquisition and admin
istration and to create an office
of state recreation director.
Sen. Pat Lonergan (R-Port-
land and Rep. Alfred Corbett
(D-Portland), authors of the
parks commission bill, urged the
committee to give favorable con
sideration to their measure
which would take control of 52
state parks from the highway
commission and give it to a sep
arate agency. They would have
the Legislature give the propos
ed parks commission $3,500,000
in highway gas tax funds to op
erate. The highway commission's
present state parks department
now uses about $1,000,000 in
gas tax money to maintain the
state . park system.
They said a separate system
was needed to develop park sites
not necessarily contiguous to
state highways.
Opponents of the measure
were the highway commission
itself and Alfred Collier, Klam
ath Falls, a donor of park sites
to the state. Collier said the
highway commission was doing
an adequate job of park de
velopment and had given the
state a system of parks superior
to any other state in the west.
The highway commission,
through a letter, said it feared
a separate parks commission
would duplicate present serv
ices and cost too much for ad
ministration. It warned, too,
that the state could not afford
the diversion of more money
from its highway construction
and maintenance fund.
Mrs. Gertrude Jensen, chair
man of the Columbia Gorge
Commission, appealed for $59,
000 worth which to buy lands
in the gorge to preserve them
for public use. She said the
commission was particularly
anxious to acquire the sites of
six waterfalls in the gorge which
were in danger of destruction
as public attractions. Mrs. Jen
sen charged that the highway
commission had defaulted from
its responsibility of protecting
the beauty and cash value of the
gorge as a scenic attraction.
The proposed recreation de
partment that would be created
in a bill authorized by Sen. John
Merrifield (R-Portland) would
serve as a clearing house for
recreation information in the
state and act as a consulting
service. The bill would appro
priate more than $34,000 for the
department's activities during
the coming biennium.
Levy of 50 Cents Urged
On Telephone Poles "
Austin, Tex. (U.R) Rep. T.
W. (Buckshot) Lane has pro
posed that Texas, now operating
at a deficit, levy an annual tax
of 50 cents each on telephone
poles in the state.
He said he couldn't estimate
how much revenue it would
raise, but noted "there are jil
lions of telephone poles in Texas"
One tiny leak in your horns
can waste precious water at
the rate of 200 gallons a day
more than 72,000 gallons a year.
Buy
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38 ACTS FOR WHICH OUR BUYERS WILL NOT WIN OSCARS!
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22 PAIR WOMEN'S
2-SNAP GOLOSHES
Only
Our buyer thought you ladies would
"snap" these right up. However, before
you could do that, they went out of style
(about 10 years ago.). They're marked
$2.64, but we could be Sit flfl
pursuaded to part with them for . V "WW
32 PAIR OF MEN'S LIGHT-WEIGHT
DRESS RUBBERS
Sizes 6 to 101,4. -No one apparently wants
to pay us $1.98 for these so-o we have
finally seen the "light," and you can have
a pair of these light-weight
rubbers for ..
$1.00
15 PAIR OF MEN'S
DRESS OXFORDS
These "pups" have been tried on so often they are
getting run down at the heels, and need half soles.
Your choice of both black and brown styles. Sold for
$9.95. Good buys if you only use them to
throw at yowling cats. Now only .
$4.99
17 PAIR OF GIRLS
WHITE GYM OXFORDS
Believe me, we sure got "gymied" up on these! Sizes
13 to 3. We've sold lots of them at $2.89. Why the
girls didn't buy these, we don't know; in fact, we
don't even know why we bought them, CI Eft
but you can sure have a pair for only . V
30 BOYS
COTTON UNION SUITS
Short sleeve knee length. We had hundreds of these,
and frankly, we don't sell many of them, but the sales
man who sold us sure sells a lot of them. Sizes 8 and
10 only. We tried to get $1.49 for
them. Can we interest you at
SPECIAL!
OUR FEATURE ATTRACTIONS
26 PAIR LADIES BROWN & WHITE
SADDLE OXFORDS
Ladies, do your feet hurt? Are you tired from walking
all day? Then come in and get in the saddle. We got
saddled with too many of these saddle oxfords. Sizes
5V2 to 9 in AA and B widths. They were SyiAA
$6.95, but you can lead them away for ftgi
12 PAIR MEN'S WORK
SHOES and OXFORDS
The salesman told us these would sell like hotcakes, but
these lazy loafers have just been hanging around, taking
up shelf room. We'd like you to put them to work. $7.95
is the price, but if you want a pair, we'll 5&V344
part with them for only ffjQt
22 PAIR GIRLS
PATENT LEATHER STRAPS
Sizes 8 to 3. No one seems to need these at
$4.95,, so we'll try and get rid of them for
$99
(And girls, if your name should happen to be "Great Scott,"
we'll have it engraved on these shoes free of charge!)
IADIES'
FAMOUS MAKE BRAS
Just 16 left in white only. Size 40 in. B and C cups.
Reg. $2.95 values. These are terrific! They've got
everything, including a little dust and dirt. C I Eft
Very up lifting. Now only V
FAMOUS MAKE BRAS
15 left in this group. Sizes S4 to 40 in B and C cup
size.' Reg. $1.50 values. These are a happy bunch of
bras (shelf-happy that Is!) Won't you take
them off our hands for only. .. ........ ....
88
15 each
11 SUEDE KNIT
SKI PAJAMAS FOR MEN
Made by a famous maker, but these sure aren't the
ones that made him famous, by a long shot. We
couldn't sell them for $4.95, and we can't
eat them, so how about. ...
$2.99
BOYS REVERSIBLE
WARM-UP JACKETS
Sizes 4 to 18, in bright satin or fancy check. Reverses
to water repellent poplin. Our buyer was really on
the ball on these. They were very good at CQ MM
$6.95, and are really a steal at VWi1?!
BOYS
NAVY BLUE CORDS
Just 24 pair left in sizes 4 to 10, not all sizes however.
Another extra hot item. Nothing wrong with 0 1 QQ
these. Were $3.98. While they last. V w3P
9 Men's Linen and Dacron Mix
SPORT COATS
Our buyer thought these were knock
outs, and we've been knocking ourselves
out trying to get rid of them. These
sporty sport coats were $19.95. Won't
you be a sport and take them CIO QQ
off nnr hands for '
7 MEN'S HORSEHIDE
Flight JacketsI
Sizes 38 to 44. These are quilted
lined and are really warm In
fact they are too HOT for us. If
you are planning to spend your
vacation with the Eskimos, these
are just the thing. These flight
jackets were $29.95, and we're
Uingthey'llflyout$8i66
Children's Bolta-Tex Plastic
Western Jackets
Our buyer bought 14 of these, but
unfortunately, he only has four
children (so far) so we have 10
left. These were $8.98, and we're
sure any child between the ages
of 2 and 8 would be tickled with
one of these. We'd be tickled too
if you would take these CC QQ
off our hands at
9 Boys Letter-man Style
Coat Sweaters
All wool .... and we sure got the
wool pulled over our eyes when
we bought these. Sizes 6 and 8
only. So if you have a 6 or 8
year old that made his letter in
football or basketball, you'll sure
ly need one of these we 9
hope! Cut to
6 Boys Red Plastic
Rain Jackets
Sizes 14 and 16. Well, they're rain
jackets, so all you have to do is
buy one, wait for it to rain and
see . . . they have two sleeves and
zip up and down the front. If
we'd known enough to come in
out of the rain we wouldn't be
stuck with them now! C I Eft
Reg. $2.69 Now V W
8 Men's All Wool
Sport Shirts
Sickly yellow mustard color.
Strong men pale when they see
these sickly woolly freaks. Ladies,
if you want to really scare your
husband, buy him one of these.
We couldn't sell them QM QQ
for 7.95, so how about
12 Boys Suede Knit
Ski Pajamas
Size 6 only. Reg. $3.49. Oh yes,
we have several different colors,
but all we can see is RED, when
we look at them. These are all
cotton, guaranteed moth proof for
5 years, and won't rust M AM
er tarnish. Cut to Vfci1"
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5 SMALL SIZE
ROLL-ON GIRDLES
Ladies, if your husband is having trouble making ends
meet, come in here, we'll hlep support you. We've had
these little beauties long enough. Now we'd like you to v
take them off our hands. They were $1.95. C QQ
20 FANCY
Rayon and Nylon GOWNS
These gowns have hung around till they're hanger
happy and we're getting slap-happy thinking about'
how crazy we were to hang them up in the first place.
They were $5.98 to $9.98. J 98
(2 for $7.97 You don't lose a cent by buying two)
POLISHED
COTTON YARDAGE
Yards and yards of the doggone stuff, and frankly
we're getting awfully tired of polishing the stuff.
Orchid, green, blue, grey, chartreouse, and red, the
same color as our buyers face. We thought we could
get 98c a yard for it, but won't you EC v na Uf
help us out at w pBl JfOi
120 CHILDREN'S
COTTON ANKLETS
I don't think we bought these. We inherited them.
Our buyer cringes at the sight of them, and customers
pass them by like they had smallpox. Small sizes
4 to fi, and we've knocked the price down I Cc
from 39c to lr
12 FANCY COTTON
CHALLIS NIGHT GOWNS
Fancy printed and plain colors. These are night
gowns, and it must have been an awfully dark night
when we got stuck with these! They're marked $3.98
but you can have your choice CI QQ
for only .. .. V
10 LADIES
BLACK CREPE SLIPS
Boy, our buyer sure slipped up here, or else some
slippery salesman slipped these slips to her when she
wasn't looking. They're really not too bad though,
and although they didn't sell at $3.98, they 4 MM
surely ought to go for only Ait
Hey, Look This Is Important to Us!
DON'T CALL US We'll Call You
(No Phone Orders)
REFUNDS? Nope! EXCHANGES?
How You Talk!
ALTERATIONS? Sure, But We'll
Charge for 'Em
C.O.D. Goodness, No! WILL CALL?
Will Call Who?
SELL for CASH? now you're talkin'I
mission.