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s Request For No Tax ' Reduction1
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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AMERICAN MOTOR SALES CORPORATION
2012 N. W. Vaughn St. Portland 9, Oregon
Is Exclusively Represented in Jackson County by
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LEONARD BRAND appliances will also be serviced as outlined above by JOHNSTON STORES