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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRES s Request For No Tax ' Reduction1 ng With ogress Friday, January 6, 1956 Will Go Ale o Some Hold Hope Of Possible Cut Later in Year Washington (U.R) Congress will go alone with President Eisenhower's request to keep federal sales and corporation taxes at their present levels for tj another year. Key lawmakers in both par ties and both houses today were agreed on this. They said there will be little or no difficulty in extending business taxes thus saving the treasury S3, 000, 000,000 as requested by Mr. Eisenhower in his state of the Union message Thursday. Excise Taxes To Continue This means excise tax rates on such items as liquor, gaso line, ciearettes. cosmetics and furs would continue at their present rate after April although they originally were scheduled to decline then. The tax rate on 1 corporation income would con tinue at 52 per cent. As for personal income tax, most lawmakers agreed with the President there can be no reduction immediately. But some held out hope that another look at the government budget in the spring can yet open the way to a reduction either on July 1 or next January. Mr. Eisenhower, in his con gressional message, ruled out, as far as he is concerned, any reduction now in income taxes. And he said he won't go along tviib a cut in the future until the budget can show a surplus even after some payment is made on the national debt. Election Year Quandry Not everybody in Congress was as wed to the idea of debt reduction as Mr. Eisenhower. Suppose he takes a look in May or June and still can't see a tax cut? Would Congress, in an elec tion year, approve a reduction anyway? The way most members in both parties were talking today the answer was no. But there wa a feeling that the closer members get to election day, the warmer will wax their sym pathies for the taxpayer. Other key proposals made by Mr. Eisenhower and the congres sional outlook on each: ' School construction Mr. Ei senhower did not say, but some congressional sources reported he will ask later for $350,000, 3 000 in federal grants yearly for five years to finance his pro gram of help in building public schools. Some such school bill has a good chance to pass. Early House action is expected on a committee approved measure carrying larger grants about $400,000,000 yearly for " four years. The big question mark is a pro posed amendment to bar aid to states which continue to main tain school segregation. If ap proved in the House, this could kill the bill in the Senate. Farm The President said he would ask in a special farm message later for a "soil bank" plan for taking some farm acre age out of production and for stronger measures to dispose of surpluses. Congress probably wiU give him most of what he wants and a lot that he doesn't want, including a bill to pro vide for a return to at least a modified form of rigid high price supports. Highway Battle Forseen Highway construction The President renewed his bid for a big new federal highway pro gram. He did not say how he wants it financed whether by new taxes, bonds, or from cur- g rent revenue. Some highway program almost surely will be passed, but on financing, a long fight is ahead. The Senate already has passed its bill, with no new taxes or bonds author ized. The House will start work on its version soon. Public housing Mr. Eisen hower asked 35,000 new units Democrats 'Greatly Disappointed1 in Ike's Message; Republicans in Unanimous Applause Washington U.R) Middle-of- the-road Democratic leaders, who gave President Eisenhower a friendly hearing for three years, will throw political brick bats at him in the campaign year of 1956. If their attitude has changed toward Mr. Eisenhower, they said, he gave them ample cause in yesterday's State of the Union message to Congress. "To those of us who have at tempted to cooperate with this administration in matters affect ing the nation's interest, the po litical overtones of this message are the subject of deep disap pointment and great regret," Senate Democratic leader Lyn don B. Johnson said. To Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), the message was "a medley of New Deal platitudes with strong political overtones." Damage by Flood In Stale At Over Figured $4, Salem (U.R) Damage was es timated at more than 84,000,000 in Western Oregon counties hit by the recent Holiday floods, Gov. Paul Patterson said today. Gov. Patterson said reports by civil defense agencies placed public property damage at S2,- 062,245. Private property dam age was $2,180,000. Jackson Hardest Hit Damaged by the floods were bridges, roads, culverts, dikes, sewage systems, power and tele phone lines, homes, farm build ings and equipment, soil, live stock, household goods, drainage systems, and railroad tracks. Jackson county was the hard est hit, with damage amounting to $500,000 in private property and $364,000 in public property. Coos county suffered $300,000 public damage and $400,000 pri vate damage. Other losses, by county, with public property damage listed first, are: Benton, $37,750. and $5500; Clackamas $100,000 and $115,- 000; Clatsop $50 to private prop erty only; Columbia $100,000 and $50,000; Curry $26,000 and $8000; Douglas $243,000 and $300,000; Josephine $175,000 and $350,000; Lane $250,000 and $100,000; Linn $50,000 and $4000; Marion $25,295 and $15, 000; Polk $142,000 and $278,000, and Washington $250,000 and $5000. Bids for Pendleton Air Unit To Be Called ' Pendleton (U.R) Bids for the base construction of the pro posed air defense unit here prob ably will be called for before next fall, according to Capt. Henry Freniere, liaison officer. Capt. Freniere said 18 months would elapse between letting of construction contracts and the arrival of military personnel for the filter installation. this year and next. Democrats believe this will pass if the Pres ident puts pressure on reluctant Republican members. Key House Republicans will insist the program be restricted by the President, to communities with slum and blight clearance pro grams. Flood insurance Congress was still studying this compli cated plan to help property own ers shoulder the risik of flood damage. Members said somethng along this line will be passed. Foreign aid The administra tion wants a $4,900,000,000 ap propriation, an increase of $2, 200,000,00. This wll be cut by the House Foreign Affairs Com mittee and may be cut again by the House Appropriation Committee. i is m ! Tn ii ffl ' -, In i Buying a car? MY BANK PLAN MAY SAVE YOU $100 ON FINANCING AND AUTO INSURANCE Lynn Colby - Before you buy that car, just tell me on the phone the total eoti of Ae car, the financing and the insurance. Within five minutei I'll call you back and tell you what it will cot you to buy, finance, and insure the same car through my Bank Plan. Chances are, for exactly the same deal, it'll be $100 less! I know it's hard to believe but it's worth a phone call, isn't it? Thert u no obligation. ITATI MIM INSUIftNCI It pays to know your STATE FARM Agent JOHN A. CARTER - VIRGIL R. WILKES LYNN CARTER 133 South Central Phone 2-9322 Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La.) said the President made "a great number of general suggestions that sound good but do not mean much when you get down to specifics." But in the face of critical re action from Democrats, there was unanimous applause from Republicans on the overall Ei senhower program. There were a few GOP dissents on some of the President's specific recom mendations. Private Comments There were some private com ments among Democrats - and public ones from a few Republi cans that Mr. Eisenhower's mes sage sounded like that of a can didate for reelection. - Although this has been a sub ject of much speculation since the President's heart attack Sept. 24, Mr. Eisenhower did not mention his plans, his illness or that 1956 is a campaign year. But Rep. Dewey Short (R-Mo.) said the message confirmed his belief that the President will go for. a second term because "it didn't come from a sick man." Rep. Hamer Budge (R-Ida.) said the message indicated rather clearly" that Mr. Eisenhower will be a candidate. ' Johnson's statement was ap proved by the entire nine-man Senate Democratic Policy Com mittee. It said most Americans know that the domestic situation is not as rosy as the President indicated and that the foreign situation causes deep concern. Ally Maple Reelected Head of Local Union Ally Maple .was reelected president of the Medford Musi cians union local Jan. 2. He has been president of the organiza tion for the past three years. J. Vernon Marshall was re elected secretary-treasurer and business agent for the 14th con secutive year. Reelected to of fice for delegate to the Central Labor council for the third con secutive time was Herb Alford. Other officers . elected are Kenney Brew, vice"- president, and Barney Garrett, sergeant-at-arms. Appointed by the president to also serve on the 1956 executive board were Dale Newman, chair man, and Robert H. Padgett, subordinant member. The local union was organized in 1942 with 15 members, and now has 151 active members. During the past year members have taken active part in drives Portland Has Second Traffic Death of 1956 Portland (U.PJ Portland recorded its second traffic death of 1956 today after And R. Chaf fee, 52, was injured fatally in a two-car accident yesterday. Chaff fee was superintendent of drivers for the State Laundry and Dry Cleaners. He died last night about 3V hours after the accident. to help crippled children and health work. J JOWL 2 31 EAST SIXTH 5T. BEEF I BEEF BACON ROAST Lb. STEAK 39 Lb. SLICED BACON Lb. THUMBING WAY TO NEW YORK, Mrs. Mary V. Cummings and her daughter, Mary Lee Cummings, Glendora Cal., dem onstrate technique as they prepare to sail for Europe where they plan extensive hitch hike tour. (International Soundphoto) A Nkhol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Prai fmttun Vi.r Washington (U.R) Most ev erybody in the Air Force was glad that Henry R. Spicer was aboard to wel come 1956. A dozen years ago, the odds Airman Spicer being around in 19 5 6 seem ed pretty long. Brig .Gen. Spicer is the new chief of staff of the Air Training Com- w- - W5hu m a n d with headquarters at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, across the river from St. Louis. In 1944, Spicer was an Air Force colonel stationed in Eng land, and had been credited with shooting down several of Hitler's planes. ' One day, on a combat mission, his own plane was badly dam aged by enemy ground fire, and he was forced to bail out into the English Channel. After he had bounced about for two days in a rubber dinghy, both feet frozen, he hit. a friendly wave and was brought ashore on the French coast into unfriendly hands. . Sentenced To Death The Germans clapped Spicer into a prisoner of war camp at Barth, Germany.' After he'd been behind barbed wire for several months, Spicer felt called upon to make' a little pep talk to his fellow prisoners to fire up their' morale. It did, all right. In fact, it nigh caused a riot. And it drew Spicer a death penalty. He was tossed into solitary confine ment to await the firing squad. Luckily, the very day that Spi cer was to face his death, ad vancing American troops came to the rescue. And there began a bright new day. Since then he has been a pio neer in jets. He started out fly ing the P80 Shooting Stars, the first U.S. operational jet fighter The new chief caught on fast and in 1948 he led the first jet combat wing of 84 F80s to Eu rope. He Loves Jets His first love is fighter air craft, but he has flown about every operational type of jet the Air Force has on hand. In all, the young general, he's only 46, has spent more than 7000 hours in the air, and some 1800 of those hours have been in jets. As a matter of fact it is noth ing for the general to chit-chat with some base commander in Arizona, California or Texas on the phone in the morning from his Southern Illinois base. And then be sitting across the desk from the same fellow that same afternoon. Via jet. But the general never forgets that he wouldn't be here to jockey jets if it weren't for those foot soldiers who burst into that POW camp at Barth in .the nick of time. So every New Year's he raises a toast, not to the Wild Blue Yonder, but to the infantrymen who liberated him. SPEC mi repa r Shu is- FOR ALL OWNERS OF FLOOD DAMAGED IKIEIL MPJPJL "ffflDIR ARMEIES Do you own a flood-damaged KELVINATOR or LEONARD REFRIGERATOR, RANGE, WASHER, CLOTHES DRIER, HOME FREEZER or other product? Call your nearest Kelvinator or Leonard Dealer today. He will help you restore it into operating condi tion with a minimum delay at a minimum cost to you. QEgjgjQlti make the difference! ' - Earn extra interest. . - iT niti savings 4rtmi flfn eg (3331m EfTUS 0332335 Medford Branch FIRST NATIONAL BANK TMiiuat -if rs Hat Of eg on roofttatr If Your Appliance Is Insured! Call your Kelvinator dealer to determine whether or not your, appliance- is insured. All Kelvinator and Leonard appliances being purchased through our ReDisCo Finance Co. are pro tected by property insurance (1) on your unpaid balance, and (2) on all money paid in. This protection provides for the repair ' or replacement if not repairable on your flood-da maaed Kel vinator or Leonard appliance WITHOUT COST TO YOU. If Your Appliance Is Not Insured! Even though your Kelvinator or Leonard appliance is NOT insured, your local dealer will be pleased to render you any help you may require in returning your appliance to serviceable condition. . The Kelvinator Factory in co-operation with American Motor Sales Cor- poration and your Kelvinator Dealer, are offering trained assistance to helpvflood sufferers. TO OUR DEALERS: Adequate parts for reconditioning all Kelvinator and Leonard appliances will be available at Kelvard, Stockton, California. Arrangements will be made to handle your call at the earliest possible moment. REFRIGERATORS In the majority of cases, late type refrigerators with sealed units can be renewed and put back into good operating condi tion. All refrigerators that have been submerged will require new insulation. In those instances,' complete disassembly of cabinet and door will be necessary. While the control mech anism and starting relay may operate, we recommend new parts to avoid future trouble. ELECTRIC RANGES The expense of reconditioning electric ranges can be considerable particularly if the range has been com pletely submerged. These ranges will, in most cases, require new wiring, new thermostats, and new insulation. 4 THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE SERVICE MAN ARRIVES (1) DISCONNECT ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (2) WASH OFF SILT AND DIRT (3) DRY AND AIR OUT (4) GUARD AGAINST RUST. Cover all areas that have begun to rust with household oil or vaseline Kelvinator and Johnston Stores are sincerely interested in helping you to again enjoy the same dependable operation and trouble-free service you have come to expect from your appliances. KELVINATOR DIVISION AMERICAN MOTOR SALES CORPORATION 2012 N. W. Vaughn St. Portland 9, Oregon Is Exclusively Represented in Jackson County by o HN STO Phone 3-3619 NT 112 South Riverside, Medford LEONARD BRAND appliances will also be serviced as outlined above by JOHNSTON STORES
