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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
New State Tax Law Plan Would Hike Percentages in All Income Brackets
Thursday, March 24, 195S
Barrington
On Classification of State Employees' Pay
Salem 'U.R; Told that the
Earrington report on state em
ployees salaries and classifica
tions was unrealistic, Carl Rob
inson, vice president of Barring
ton Associates of New York,
agreed today to review the re
port compiled here by his sub
ordinates. He also agreed to hear com
plaints of the Civil Service Com-
All-Time Record
Barley Crop Forecast
Portland (U.R; An all-time
record high barley crop for Ore
gon. Washington and northern
Idaho was forecast today by" the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's
crop reporting service.
The USDA forecast the crop at
1,954,000 acres, 11 per cent over
last year's production.
R. . Hile, statistician in the
local crop reporting office, said
reason for the large crop is that
small grain producers intend to
plant barley on most of the land
in excess of their smaller 1955
wheat acreage allotments.
Because most of the 1955
wheat allotment was fall sown,
the USDA said Northwest grow
ers plan to sow only 355.000
acres, some 32 per cent below
last spring.
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Official Agrees To Review Report
mission and to meet with Gov.
Paul L. Patterson, members of
the Legislature and members of
the Civil Service Commission.
After the meeting a decision
is expected to be made as to
what disposition will be made of
the Barrington report, made to
the state at a cost of $50,000.
Robinson was summoned from
New York to Salem by members
cf the legislative ways and
means subcommittee on salaries.
Phillip A. Joss of Portland,
chairman of the Civil Service
Commission, said the commis
sioners, sitting as a review board
Billy Graham Draws
Capacity Audience
Glasgow, Scotland (U.R)
Billy Graham drew a capacity
audience for the third straight
night last night while a British
minister was warning against
preachers who might try to imi
tate the American evangelist.
Thousands of persons had to
be turned away after Kelvin
Hall's 15,000 seats were filled
for the third meeting of the
American revivalist's six week
tour. Another 317 persons made
"decisions for Christ" at the end
of the meeting, making the three
day total of converts 1160.
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for employees under civil ser
vice, had heard again and again
"that the structure of the Bar
rington report reversed the out
line contained in the preliminary
report" made by the New York
firm in that it reduced the salary
schedules for technical workers
although those workers now are
underpaid in relation to private
industry.
Job Not Completed
Charles Terry, Oregon civil
service director, said the Bar
rington staff had not completed
its job, had failed to complete
specifications and also had not
included necessary data in its
notes.
Robinson said the Oregon
project had been well planned
and experienced and capable
men assigned to it. He said that
in such a large project, involv
ing 17,500 employees, some er-
Radioactive Cobalt
Missing in Portland
Portland (U.R) A small
amount of radioactive cobalt
was reported missing from its
storage place here today and
owners who offered a S100 re
ward for its return said it was
capable of causing serious in
jury if improperly handled.
The cobalt, which was kept
in a lead container 6-by-6-4 inch
es in size, disappeared from the
American Pipe and Construction
company where it was used to
examine metal welds for defects.
It belonged to the Industrial X
ray company which obtained it
from the Atomic Energy com
mission. William E. Steel, production
manager for American Pipe, said
prolonged exposure to the sub
stance would produce deep
burns similar to those produced
by over-exposure to X-ray mach
ines. Smith Doesn't Expect
Sales Tax Legislation
Portland (U.R) Elmo
Smith, president of the Oregon
Senate, predicts that the Leg
islature will not enact a sales
tax this session.
But Smith stated that the leg
islature was sure to come up
with "a severe tax increase" to
meet the state's budget deficit.
Speaking to a county Repub
lican meeting here yesterday,
Smith stressed the need for an
emergency clause on tax bills
so that a tax program could be
adopted without being vetoed
by a referendum vote.
The public will have to be ed
ucated to the need for more tax
es, Smith said. They sould un
derstand that increased taxes
stems from "a growing social
responsibility of government re
gardless of party."
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rors were bound to creep in.
Gov. Patterson told Robinson
frankly that he was disappointed
in his attitude. He said that in
fairness to Robinson he should
be allowed sufficient time to go
over the report, hear some of
the complaints and then return
and give observations.
Another Tactical
Weapon Added to
American Arsenal
Las Vegas (U.R) The United
States today added another tac
tical weapon to its atomic arse
nal, a small, highly portable A
bomb which can be planted by
demolition crews to wipe out
bridges, dams and troop concen
trations. Army Engineers buried one of
the newly developed pocket
bombs in the Nevada desert yes
terday and touched it off at
12:30 p.m. PST.
Fire Ball Winks
The ground erupted with vol
canic force and a bright red fire
ball winked briefly over the
proving grounds. A dirty brown
cloud, much wider than usual,
boiled up to 10,000 feet before
its own weight caused it to settle
back, blanketing a 10-mile area.
It was the first underground
shot since 1951. The AEC an
nounced the bomb was as
sembled and planted by the
Army Corps of Engineers and
ordnance troops, rather than
AEC scientists. Some 280 troops
watched the blast.
Explosion Not Heard
Observers on Mt. Charleston,
45 miles from the test site, did
not feel a shock wave or hear
the explosion. They estimated
the "satchel" bomb was equi
valent to 1000 tons of TNT, con
siderably smaller than previous
shots in the 1955 test series.
No nuclear tests were sched
uled for today.
Tri-Hi-Y Members To
Talk World Service
An assembly of Medfcrd Tri-Hi-Y
members, and others inte
ested in the world service pro
gram of the YMCA, will be held
at 7:30 p.m. today in the Metho
dist church.
Speaking at the meeting will
be William P. Coston, who for
the past three years has been
YMCA world service man in
Korea. He will show slides of
that country, and discuss the
world service program of the
PORTLANDER CHAIRMAN
Olympia (U.R) Ellis Hatt of
Portland was elected chairman
of the Columbia Basin Inter
Agency committee at a meeting
of the CBIAC here yesterday.
Less Exemption,
Surtax Approved
By House Group
Salem (U.R) A new personal
income tax law that would hike
percentage rates in all income
brackets and cut the dependency
exemption from the present
S600 to $500 won th grudging
approval of a majority of the
House Taxation Committee late
yesterday.
In addition to the lowered ex
emptions and the higher rates, a
surtax would still have to be
superimposed on the basis tax
to raise a needed $24,500,000.
The plan which finally drew
enough favorable votes in the
committee session to be placed
in the tax program was the work
of Rep. C. Allen Tom (R-Rufus).
It met vigoous opposition from
Rep. Pat Dooley (D-Portland)
who said it would place a dis
proportionate burden on low in
come classes.
Two phases of the Tom plan
the lowered exemptions and the
increased rates would bring in
about 520.000,000 in new reve
nue to the state. The surtax
would be used to raise the other
$4,500,000.
Passage Far Off
The plan a compromise of
committee ideas was still a
long way from final adoption.
It must be put into bill form
and will face more argument in
committee. It will tlren have to
go to the floor of the House. If
it wins approval there, it will
move over to the Senate where
another taxation committee will
hold hearings and offer amend
ments. The Senate version
would then go to the floor of the
upper chamber and, if it is pass
ed, would have to go back to the
House for adoption of the Sen
ate amendments.
The tentative committee
agreement simply meant that
chairman Loran Stewart (R-Cot-
tage Grove) had a program to
show the House at a special
meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. to
day.
At the beginning of the legis
lative session, the taxation com
mittee estimated it had a mini
mum of $55,000,000 to raise
Cutting that down to the point
where only $24,500,000 would
have to be raised through the
income tax, meant wiping out
the utility exemption from the
corporate excise tax and pro
posing a 4 per cent tax for two
years; approving a three-cents a
pack cigarette tax; raising li
quor prices 30 per cent; increas
ing the withholding tax from
one to two per cent, and taking
back into the general fund
$1,000,000 appropriated last
year to start an intermediate
penal institution.
Would Cover Budget
Most of those plans are still
on thin ice. Stewart said he was
only assuming that the joint
ways and means committee
would drop plans for building
the intermediate institution in
the next biennium. That would
mean that the unspent million
could then be used for other pur
poses. The total Stewart plans to
raise with his program would
total $210,720,000. It would cov
er the governor's budget and
provide $10,000,000 for a build
ing program. It also would as
sume $2,000,000 in savings
achieved by the ways and means
committee on budgets.
In addition to the meeting
witn the tax committee today,
the House calendar included 24
bills up for final passage, prob
ably requiring an afternoon ses
sion to complete. In addition, 16
new pieces of legislation were
introduced and were up for first
reading.
The new bills included one
that would prohibit the retailing
of milk of less than 4 per cent
butterfat, and another bill that
would prohibit, selling milk of
less than 3.8 per cent.
Freight Bill Tabled
Another bill to raise legisla
tors' salaries was introduced by
Rep. G. D. Gleason (D-Portland).
His plan would raise the pay
from the present $600 per year
to $2400.
The Senate Commerce and
Utilities committee headed by
Sen. Lee Ohmart (R-Salem) vot
ed 4 to 3 late yesterday to table
House Bill 121, which would
give the public utilities commis
sioner control over a reduction
as well as an increase in freight
rates proposed by railroads,
trucks and barges. Truck and
barge line operators favored the
measure and the railroads op
posed it.
The Senate ha.d nine measures
up for final action today, includ
ing Senate Bill 266. It provides
that the power to impose taxes
based upon income or receipts
is reserved exclusively for the
state and no city or county in
Oregon may levy such a tax.
A LA CARTE
Sioux Falls, S. D. (U.R)
Alden Johnson, a milkman,
found this note tucked into an
empty milk bottle on his route
here: "Please pour about a cup
ful of milk out of one of the
quarts into the dish in the entry
for the kitten! Thanks a lot." . '
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WARNING REVEALED Lt.
Gen. Donald Putt, chief of
Air Force Research and De
velopment (above) warned a
House appropriations sub
committee in secret meeting
that Russia has the know-how
to develop a surprise weapon
within a few years which
could tip the balance of mili
tary power in favor of the
Soviets. His statement has
just been made public.
Scientists Refuse
Washington Lectures
Seattle (U.R) Seven promi
nent scientists from eastern
United States have refused to
participate in a medical sympo
sium at the University of Wash
ington because of the Univer
sity's refusal to permit Dr. J.
Robert Oppenheimer to lecture
on the campus.
It brought to 10 the number
of scientists who have refused
to lecture at the university.
Washington officials said to
day they received a "round-robin"
letter signed by the seven
scientists who earlier had con
sented to attend the symposium
on "enzyme action" April 7-8.
The program had been plan
ned by the university's medical
school for about a year.
The recent decision to bar Dr.
Oppenheimer as a guest-lecturer
was made by Dr. Henry Schmitz,
university president. Schmitz
was supported by the univer
sity's board of regents.
Negroes Should Help
Run School Districts
Chicago (U.R) Negroes as
well as white persons should
help run school districts, two
high school principals said to
day. They took part in a north
south panel discussion on racial
integration at the 60th annual
meeting of the North Central
Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary schools.
S. H. Thompson, principal of
Sumner High School, Kansas
City, Kan., said "policy making
bodies to whom education of
children is charged" should com
bine the thinking of members
of both races.
John Q. Clark, principal of
Attaucks High School, Carbon
dale, 111., said civic, political and
religious groups must assume
leadership in such a move.
Bill Would Limit
Butterfat in Milk
Salem flJ.R) Reps. Elmer
Deetz of Canby and Thomas R.
McClellan of Neotsu said today
they are ready to introduce a
bill to limit butterfat content of
milk.
The measure would provide a
minimum of 4 per cent butter
fat for all milk sold at retail.
Another butterfat limitation
bill, readied by Rep. Joe Rogers
of Independence, would set a 3.8
per cent top on butterfat.
Nonferrous ores, valued at
$14,977,062, were the fourth
most important import commod
ity received through the San
Francisco Customs District in
1953.
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