TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. March 22, 1953
Taxation Committee Wrestles With Proposed Changes in Income Tax Laws
Members Disagree
On Suggestions
To Raise Revenue
By BILL FORCE
United Press Correspondent
Salem 0J.P.) A shirt
sleeved House Taxation commit
tee wrestled through the after
noon yesterday over the last re
maining issue in their proposed
tax program how will the
personal income tax law be
changed so that it will raise the
millions necessary to put Ore
gon's budget in the black?
The session adjourned with the
nine members still in disagree
ment over some four or five
alternate plans. Chairman Loran
Stewart (R-Cottage Grove) has
promised members of the House
he will unveil the committee's
tax program Thursday or Fri
day. Monday's committee sessions
brought added clarity to portions
of the program. The tithing ques
tion was ordered turned over to
the joint ways and means com
mittee as a budgeting problem
more than a revenue producer.
In state government parlance,
the tithe is an assessment made
against the funds of self-support-ins
state boards, agencies, and
commissions to pay the state the
cost of keeping their books. The
tax committee was tentatively
agreed that too many funds
were escaping the tithe.
Big Gap Left
The committee also agreed
that the $800,000 per biennium
that now goes to the highway
commission from highway fines
should go, instead, to the gener
al fund for appropriation by the
Legislature. That problem, too,
was turned over to ways and
means.
Hikes in the tax on insurance
premiums, knocking out utility
exemptions, and higher prices
charged for liquor in monopoly
stores would raise millions of
dollars. But there would still
be a big gap between that in
come and the $55,000,000 the
state figures it must have to
come out even at the end of the
next biennium.
That is the hole that will have
to be plugged by the income
tax. There is still the sales tax
proposal, but that would have
to go to the people and would
not give this session of the Leg
islature its balanced budget.
Pearson's Plan Alive
Still alive in the committee
was Rep. Walter Pearson's
plan for a form of "universal"
income tax. One version of the
plan submitted by the Portland
Democrat would yield the state
$46,000,000 in new revenue in a
biennium. It would eliminate
personal exemptions and cred
its for dependents. It would
substitute a $10 tax credit for
each dependent other than the
taxpayer and spouse. It would
contain a "hardship" clause to
exempt from all taxation single
men earning less than $1000 a
year and married men making
less than $2000. The present tax
rates would be retained.
- Other plans include a surtax
simply piled on top of the pres
ent tax at a sufficient percent
age rate to bring in the requir
ed money; and reductions in the
present $600 exemptions allow
ed for dependents. The commit
tee was unable to settle on any
of the plans.
Hanging over yesterday's
meeting was the threat of refer
ral to the people since tax mea
sures cannot, in Oregon, be la
beled emergencies and must lie
inoperative for 90 days to give
voters a chance to organize a
referendum attack on them. If
referral petitions are filed, the
tax program would become in
effective until the issue is set
tled at the next general elec
tion. Labor lobbyists promised
they would not accept Pearson's
plan.
Legislature in 72nd Day
The 1955 Legislature went
into its 72nd day today. The
House, operating on a speeded
up schedule, convened a half
hour earlier to consider four
bills up for final passage.
The Senate yesterday passed
and sent to the House a bill to
take the motor vehicle division
out of the secretary of state's
department and make it a sep
arate department under the ap
pointive power of the governor.
Proponents said the purpose
was to put all departments deal
ing with motor vehicle fees and
licenses under one executive.
The Public Utilities commission.
State Highway commission and
State Tax commission already
are under the appointive power
of the governor.
Champions Chosen
At Cal-Ore Show
Grand champion heifer and
bull shown in the Cal-Ore Here
ford association's show and sale
at the Jackson county fair
grounds last week were owned
by Donald K. Nichols and Mari
lyn Bohnert, according to the
county agent's office.
Nichols' heifer was sold to N.
H. Pringle, Butte Falls, for a top
price of $360. and Miss Bohnert's
bull was sold to Wallace Rags-
dale, Brownsboro, for $1,520.
The reserve champion bull,
owned by Walter House, was
sold to E. M. Bigham, Eagle
Point, for $620. The reserve
champion heifer, owned by
John and Edyth Bohnert, was
sold to Newhope Hereford ranch,
Grants Pass.
There were 47 animals on the
sale list, and sales prices rang
ed from those paid for the
champions down to $115 for
heifers and $225 for bulls.
Salem 0J.R) Oregon vot
ers will have a chance to pass
on a proposal that the emergen
cy clause be placed on tax mea
sures at the descretion of the
Legislature. The House gave fi
nal approval to a Senate-passed
resolution for a constitutional
amendment that would remove
the present ban on emergency
tax measures. The vote was 35
to 24, with one absence.
On The Side
By E. V. DURLING
(Distributed by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
I wish I could remember the
first diy.
Fint hour, first moment of your
meeting me.
A day of days! I let it come and
go.
Ai traceless as a thaw of bygone
snow
It seemed to mean so little
And meant so much.
Christina Rossetti.
The best barbers use scissors
for haircuts. They scorn the
clippers. They say clippers are
for horses. Many young barbers
say it takes too long to give a
haircut with scissors only. That's
because they don't know their
business. The Police Gazette
once staged a contest to de
cide what barber was the
world's fastest hair cutter. Clip
pers were barred. Contestants
were permitted to use scissors
only. The winner gave a man
a good haircut in twenty-nine
seconds!
Secretarial Shapes
Can your secretary . take a
side view of herself in a full
length mirror without shudder
ing? Is her shape in need of
streamlining? If so, it may not
all be a matter of suffering from
'"stenographer's s p r e a d." It
could be because of the "coffee
breaks." Seems many of the Girl
Fridays put too much cream
in their coffee and go for a sugar
bun or a doughnut during the
morning and afternoon coffee
breaks. Consequently they are
beginning to bulge a bit. Better
have a talk with your secretary
about this. Also might be a good
idea to have a scale in the office
so you could weigh her every
day.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Who
wrote "The Prisoner's Song"
and and when? A. Was written
by Guy Massey in 1924. That
was the same yaer in which
that stirring ditty "California,
Here I Come" was popularized
by Al Jolson. Also cn that year's
hit list were "It Had To Be
You," "Tea For . Two," "All
Alone (On The Telephone)" and
"I'll See You In My Dreams."
Doesn't seem that could be
thirty-one years ago, does it?
Hard To Get
Most difficult men to lure
into matrimony are those born
under Sagittarius (Noverber 23
December 21). Even when a
girl has an engagement ring
slipped on her finger by a Sagit
tarian she never can tell. Men
born under that sign break more
engagements to marry than any
other males. Or, so say the star
gazers. Briefly
Do you consider yourself well
informed? If so, tell us quick
as half a flash how many bones
there are in the human body. . . .
Akers Brothers and Sister is
the firm name of a printing
organization in North Holly
wood, Calif. . . . The most dan
gerous seat in an automobile,
in case of an accident, is that
next to the driver. That is
known as "The Death Seat."
Slogans
A clever slogan can do much
for a product. In fact, slogans
have frequently been the major
factor in an article's success.
Incidentally, a British manufac
turer of an inflatable bra. more
commonly known as a "falsie,"
held a contest to decide on a
slogan for the article. Among
the slogans suggested was "Per
fection Without Detection." An
other was "A must for Every
Bust That Needs Helping."
Lucky Lady
Feminine resident of Detroit,
the city of champions, says she
is 55 and never has had a tooth
extracted. Still has a full set
of thirty-two teeth. Lucky lady.
Imagine never having had a
toothache. Nor never having
heard a dentist's instruments rat
tling ominously. Of all the minor
ailments, I believe a toothache
is the worst. After that a com
mon cold. Then a carbuncle. I
have never had a headache. ,
Salvation Army Relives Pioneer Religion
Chicago (U.PJ The Salvation
Army brought back "that old
time religion" Monday night in
a foot-stomping "hallelujah" re
vival modeled after the fervent
1880s.
Eight hundred persons crowd
ed the old Princess Rink to
chorus "amen" and "yea, broth
er" as the Army relived its
pioneer days.
The old fashioned revival,
staged by a cast of 100 Army
members, was in commemora
tion of the evangelistic organ
ization's 75th anniversary in the
United States and its 70th year
in Chicago.
The now-crumbling Princess
Rink on Chicago's West Side
once rocked to some d the
Army's greatest revival sessions
before the turn of the century.
The Army left the old hall
in 1900 and the Rink fell upon
loose ways. It was used as a
dance hall, a roller skating rink
and a night club before it was
abandoned.
But the Army came back and
the old rink rocked again.
The Army's lads and lassies
put on false beards and 1885
costumes. A few of the women
even painted their faces in order
to impersonate fallen women.
Such a one was "Sister Flos
sie," who stood up to announce:
"One year ago tonight I was
Coquille Man Given 20 Years
Coquille U.P.) James Harri
son Tipton, 48-year-old electri
cian, was sentenced to 20 years
in the state penitentiary yester
day for criminal assault with in
tent to rape, only 24 hours after
he was arrested for his assault
on a nine-year-old girl as she
was returning home from Sun
day school.
Circuit Judge Dal M. King
pronounced the sentence after
Tipton pleaded guilty to the
charge. The judge expressed dis
appointment that the State Su
prement court recently had rul
ed that life sentences for this
crime were unconstitutional. .
Judge King said "This is the
worst case of this kind I have
ever heard of."
Tipton was arrested Sunday
and after an all-night question
ing by Police Chief A. W. Mc
Mullen and District Attorney
John Pickett, he confessed that
he lured the girl to his lodgings
in a rooming house and assault
ed her.
One-third of the 70.000,000
drivers of cars, buses and trucks
in the United States are women.
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bound down by the chains of
sin and drink. I had no home,
no friends, no hope. Then, while
walking the streets, I heard the
music of the Salvation Army
band ..."
The audience shouted. "Yes,
sister," and things were off to
a fine start.
A sort of morality play fol
lowed, featuring the devil, a
1-usinessman, an atheist, a
drunkard and a stout-hearted
Salvation Army girl.
The devil quickly triumphed
over the businessman, atheist
and drunkard. But his wiles
came to nought when he tan
gled with the lassies.
Salvation Army Maj. Ray
Gabrielson cautioned the audi
ence that the high-jinks weren't
as funny as they seemed.
"This hall has been hallowed
by the tears of repentant sin
ners," he said. "It was here that
many of our sainted workers
prayed."
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