WednMdtT' April I, 1931
Friday Set as Goal for Senate Committee Decision on Income Tax Measure
X fOAMOK) MAR, TMBUHE
Changes Expected
To Help Solve
Revenue Problem
By BILL FORCE
United Press Correspondent
Salem (U.R) Friday of this
week has been set as the goal for
th Senate Taxation committee
to reach a decision on how it
will revise, amend, or rewrite
the income tax bill sent from
the House last week.
Sen. Rudie Wilhelm, Portland
Republican, left no doubt at a
hearing on the income tax meas
ure last night that changes
would be made in it. At the
close of the two hour meeting
he summed up the committee's
early thinking on the revenue
problem with the statement that
"we will assume a need by the
state of $35,000,000 and then
will try to reach that amount
by equitable adjustment in the
vehicle sent us by the House."
Wilhelm said the House Taxa
tion committee made no pretense
that its tax program was any
thing but a stop-gap program to
balance the budget for the 1955
3957 biennium and that it actu
ally would create new problems
for the 1957 legislature.
Problem in 1957
There was feeling among the
Senate committee members that
a permanent and long range so
lution should be reached this
year, but Wilhelm pointed out
that the Senate is not permitted
to originate revenue measures.
It must accept or reject what the
House has given it adding any
amendment it feels necessary.
The legislature could return
In 1957 to find itself faced with
a $20,000,000 deficit, assuming
no new increases in state operat
ing expenses. Wilhelm said.
Still an unknown factor in the
complex money picture ii the
building program. Sen. John
Hounsell, Hood River Republi
can, chairman of the building
subcommittee in the Joint Ways
and Means committee, said last
night that he believed the pro
gram would require more mon
ey than the $10,000,000 estimat
ed by the House Taxation com
mittee. He said his subcommittee
should complete its work by the
nd of the week.
Bond Issue Proposed
The board of control has asked
Sot more than $10,000,000 for its
"must" building alone and the
State Board of Higher Education
has requested more than $7,000,-
000 for new building. Hounsell
urged the committee to consider
proposing a building bond issue
to be presented to the voters at
a special election that is being
mentioned more and more fre
quently in the legislative halls.
The House Taxation commit
tee has assumed a $3,000,000
underestimate in the anticipated
revenue on the part of the State
Tax commission. Commissioner
Ray $mith told the Senate com
mittee last night that there was
no ground for that assumption.
He said the state's tax experts
could see no reason for changing
the original estimates which
were adjusted upwards by the
House committee.
Sen. Howard Belton, Canby
Republican, co-chairman of the
ways and means committee, urg
ed Wilhelm's committee to ac
cept the tax commission's fig
ures rather than, the House estimates.
Chinese CSed Slackening off Formosa Propaganda Watched
Washington (U.R) The
United States and its allies are
giving closest attention to signs
that the Chinese Communists
have slackened their propaganda
campaign in support of their
threatened "liberation" of For
mosa, it was disclosed today.
Red broadcasts aimed at the
Chinese people were said to be
stressing less threatening themes.
There is evidence, for exam
ple, that Formosa propaganda
fed the Chinese has dropped
from a peak of 20 per cent of
broadcasts last November-December
to about five per cent
today.
This reduction in Formosa
propaganda has prompted inter
est in Washington, London, New
Delhi and other capitals on the
prospects of reducing tension in
the Formosa Straits area.
To date, however, diplomats
said behind-the-scenes efforts by
Britain and India had not pro
duced any paralleling soft tone
in Red China's "tough attitude"
against Formosa-offshore island
truce moves.
Red China, informants said,
still rebuffs truce overtures by
Battle for Air Control Expected
To Precede Any Chinese Assault
Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Au
thoritative Nationalist Chin, e
sources said today the Red Chi
nese have the "capability'' to at
tack Matsu or Quemoy isjands
immediately. But the Informants
said they are confident a battle
for air supremacy over the For
mosa Strait will precede any
major Communist assault.
The sources said they felt that
a Communist military campaign
against Formosa and its off
shore island outposts will not
be a sudden allout attack but
rather a gradual buildup of mili
tary pressure.
In background interviews with
high ranking authorities, the
United Press was told:
. 1. The Communists will even
tually attempt to take the off
shore islands by force, probably
moving against Matsu first.
Theories that Moscow will re
strain the Red Chinese are "ab
solutely wrong."
2. The Communists have had
forces i position to attack Que
moy for some time. They are
now rapidly building un forces
Zion Lutherans Set
Holy Week Services
Zion Lutheran church, Fourth
st. and Oakdale, ave., will ob
serve Holy week with services
on Maundy Thursday and Good
Friday evenings.
The Holy Thursday service at
8 p.m. will be for the reception
of new members into the con
gregation, and for the order of
public confession preparatory to
the Holy communion. The title
of Pastor G. H. Hillerman's ser
mon will be, "In Christ's Pres
ence." The choir under the di
rection of Oscar Bjorlie will
sing, "Jesu, Word of God In
carnate," by Mozart
All members and friends of
the congregation are invited to
participate.
MURDER CHARGED
Pasco, Wash. (U.R) Charges
of first degree murder and first
degree assault were filed yester
day against Richard Petersen, 16,
who shot and killed a policeman
and , wounded his father and
grandfather in a wild shooting
spree late Friday afternoon.
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Pear Blossom Parade
Entries Due Before
April 21; Rules Told
Two weeks remain in which
entries can be made in the Pear
Blossom festival parade, April
23, festival committee members
reminded residants today.
Plans for the parade call for
the largest possible number of
entries, they said, and for small,
simple, and inexpensive but col
orful floats.
Parade rules are that floats
may not be self-powered. They
may.be mounted on youngsters'
wagons or similar vehicles. No
pets larger than a St. Bernard
dog can be entered, and all pets
must be controlled by leash,
harness or cage.
The parade competition Is lim-
Selling Techniques
Said Contributing
To U.S. Prosperity
Techniques of sales promotion
have kept pace with America's
fast inceasing standard of liv
ing and have been important
contributors to making U. S. ec
onomic level, five times higher
than Europe and ten times that
of Asia, according to Dr. Newel
H. Commish, Eugene, consultant
in management, selling and buy
buying, in an address Tuesday
before the Medford Rotary club.
Dr. Commish, who has serv
ed on the faculties of several
universities and colleges, includ
ing California, Utah, Pittsburgh,
Oregon and Oregon State, spoke
at a luncheon meeting at the
Jackson hotel. He will conduct
a series of lectures in sales pro
motion for Medford firms.
Describes Changes
The evolution of selling meth
ods, from the days when ancient
man made a living by spearing
fish and trapping game, was out
lined by the speaker. As man's
economic welfare improved, he
said, the science of selling was
developed and expanded, cov
ering advertising, display, dem
onstration and salesmanship and
today, salesmanship is project
ed into every phase of life.
There still remains the great
weakness of inadequate train
ing of those who deal with the
consuming public. Dr. Commish
pointed out. Surveys indicate
that the effectiveness of sales
personnel can be increased from
100 to 600 per cent through pro
per schooling in modern selling
techniques, he said.
Clifford J. Hanson, Rotary
program chairman, introduced
the speaker.
TAKES UP REINS
New York (U.R) Frank H.
Bartholomew today became
president and general manager
o! the United Press. His election,
announced last Dec. 10, was ef
fective today, the 20th anniver
sary in the presidency of his pre
decessor, Hugh Baillie, who ad
vanced to chairman of the board.
ited to youngsters 12 years of
age or younger. There is no
entry fee.
Deadline April 21
Application blanks for par
ade entries may be obtained at
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, and must be submit
ted to the chamber on or before
Thursday, April 21.
There will be five divisions:
commercial floats; organization
al floats, individual floats, cos
tumed walking groups, and veh
icle decoration.
The winning float in each of
the first three divisions will
receive a prize of $25. Second
and third prizes are $15 and $10.
There will also be grand sweep
stakes awards for "best of par
ade" floats, with $50 for the
best design, $50 for best theme
portrayal and originality and
$50 for best comic float.
Cost Small
Since the cost of floats Is
nominal (a sample was con
struced recently by Herb Ellis
of the fire department at a cost
of $1.98), it is hoped that many
will be entered.
Twelve entrants for queen of
the festival have been accepted,
the chamber office reported this
morning. Voting on the contest
ants will start next week. All
are 6 years of age or under.
Klamath Prisoner
Ends Hunger Strike
Klamath Falls (U.R)
James Quinton Anderson, recent
ly convicted of second degree
murder, breakfasted hearitly on
hotcakes today, ending a 43-hour
hunger strike.
Anderson, 31- year- old Kla
math Indian held at the Klam
ath county jail here pending an
appeal to the State Supreme
Court, had gone without food
since noon Monday because he
was unable to communicate with
his 19- year- old wife, Marcia,
serving a 60-day sentence for
drunkeness. - " ,
Sheriff Murray Britton said
the prisoner's hunger strike was
in protest to a trustee's refusal
to carry notes to Anderson's
wife.
The sheriff said Anderson had
no comment when he broke his
self-enforced fast. "He was hung
ry," he said.
About 75 per cent of all the
natural deaths in the U.S. are
caused by heart and blood dis
eases and cancer.
Dead line for Sunday Claaaified is
at noon Saturday.
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around Matsu.
3. The Nationalists at present
hold absolute air and naval
supremacy in the Formosa
Strait. This was not the case
at Tachen and Nanchi which the
Nationalists abandoned earlier
this year.
4. The offshore islands are
valuable as a block to Com
munist coastal shipping and as
radar warning points. Once the
Communists clear Quemoy and
Matsu they will be able to move
"entire field armies" into posi
tion opposite Formosa at will,
it was claimed.
5. The Reds are expected to
repeat the strategy which forced
the Nationalists from Tachen
and Nanchi. That was a gradual
buildup of superior forces, gain
ing of air superiority and the
eventual isolation of the islands.
blaming the United States and
Nationalist China for tensions.
Britain and India were said to
be regarded by the Beds as
United States "stooges" because
of their truce efforts.
Authorities are not convinced
they know why the Chinese Red
regime is talking less to the Chi
nese people about Formosa these
days. There are several ideas, in
cluding:
1. The Reds may have discov
ered that any hopes they had of
using the Formosa crisis as a
spur to homefront activity has
boomeranged. Negative reactions
may have developed over war
fears.
2. Formosa drum beating may
be dropping in advance of this
month's big Afro-Asian confer
ence in Indonesia. The Chinese j
Reds may be trying to get wider
support for their anti-American j
policies.
3. Britain and India may have
had some success in quieting the
Red propaganda campaign on
Formosa. If so, the Reds may be
a little easier to deal with later.
Dead line for Sunday Classified Is
at noon Saturday.
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Sunday school at 9:43
FLEEING TO ENGLAND because his homeland is "becoming
more and more a Soviet colony,'" Czech diplomat Richard Sed
lecek, his wife, Helena, and their 5-year-old son seek political
asylum. He was assigned to Lebanon and Syria. (International)
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yooTl find your best meat value at
Safeway! For example: Each rib
roast you buy at Safeway is aged so
yon taste its full natural tenderness
and flavor. To assure you properly
aged meat, Safeway built in this
area a million dollar Central
Meat Plant. Here Safeway meats are
held in air-conditioned aging rooms,
at controlled temperatures,
the exact number of days required
to develop peak goodness.
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CLOSE-TRIMMED, TOO! Each rib roast
you buy at Safeway is trimmed (trimmed before
weighing, so you save money) to give you more
tender center-portion roast meat Sketch here
shows you rib roast as Safeway sells it with
the end section of short ribs removed (these
are sold separately at a lower price per pound)
...and the heavy chine bone removed (this bone
is replaced by a lightweight layer of fat
which seals in meat juices). Safeway meat
trimming means better eating and better value!
...AND TOP GRADES ONLY! Each rib roast
you buy at Safeway is from U.S. Government top
grades of beef (actually, only meat of the top grades is
improved by aging!). This tender, juicy meat is packed
in sterilized boxes at our Central Meat Plant and
delivered to Safeway stores by refrigerated trucks.
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