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o G Punean Urges Constituents To Write Giving Views on Upcoming Legislation l&anorg not: Thii li an . ether In a serin of report! en the 49th session of the Oregon tat legislature, written by members of Ackion county's delegation.) mm 4 1 that the high dam at Hell's Can- both hopeful and confident that By REP. ROBERT DUNCAN Salem The pace in Salem has quickened considerably. Meeting follows meeting from early morning till late at night. The newspapers must be read, cor rrsDondence read and answered, "'"''SI.'? I'WI and manv Deo- ple consulted each day. Eve ry bill which is up for con sideration must be studied care fully so that one's vote rep resents as near ly as possible a tuHff mnt wj baaed unon Bob Duncan consideration of all sides of a question. When bills come up about which no one has written, I must make a definite effort to secure opinions from interested people. I urge that you follow the intro duction of legislations and write Mr. Lowry, Mr. Littrell, and my self concerning it and giving us the reasons for your opinions. It Is difficult to persuade or to be persuaded by opinions unsub-! atantiated by facts or examples. Three controversial issues have reached the floor of the House. The first was a memorial re questing the Congress to enact some sort of federal aid to edu cation. I believe that the prin ciple of equalization of educa tional opportunity for all young sters is a valid one, whether on a county, state, or national level, and therefore supported this memorial. Dam Memorials Next came memorials urging federal construction of John Day rlan and a high dam at Hells Canyon. The 'iohn Day Memor ial passed without a dissenting vote. Republican or Democrat. The Hell's Canyon question disturbed me greatly, and I studied evidence assembled by the F.P.C. Hearing Examiner far into the night. I feel that it is unfortunate that river develop ment to s become an emotional end political issue. Neither pub lic nor private power are ends in themselves. Both are a means to an end, which is the maximum development of our national resources. I became convinced yon would provide maximum benefits, even taking into consid eration the economic waste in volved in flooding out the works already constructed by Idaho Power company. This waste (and it is waste, regardless of where the loss falls) bothered me most. I regret exceedingly that Idaho Power elected to commence con struction when the fate of its projects had not been finally determined, either judicially or congressionally. Sales Tax Finally, the Sales Tax bill came to the floor with a recom mendation from the Taxation Committee that it "do not pass," which was adopted after a pro longed debate. As I said many times during the recent cam paign, I am opposed to the prin ciple of a sales tax but am aware that the alternatives may be even more objectionable. I pre ferred to keep the Sales Tax bill before the committee until we had an idea of the amount of money which we must raise and until an alternative program based upon the principle of abil ity to pay had been worked out. Therefore, I supported the mo tions to re-refer and to delay consideration of the bill for a period of time. I was one of four Democrats to vote in favor of re-referring, and the only Democrat voting to postpone consideration. Being sales tax will be unnecessary, I voted to support the commit tee's report when all means of keeping the measure before the Hous had faild. e Seeks To Pare Budget I am interested in paring the budget of the State to the barest minimum consistent with intelli gent, progressive government. I am on three Ways and Means sub-committees which will re view the budgets pf many of our state agencies in detail. As a member of the Joint Ways and Means Committee, 1 will con sider all the rest in lesser detail. It has been my experience thus far that demands for state expenditures know no political party, but reflect, rather, our business, social, and avocational interests. I am trying to save a few thousand here, and a few thousand there. It is most diffi cult, because those who most want to spend are working hard for their appropriation; while those who mast want to save are seldom heard from, and then, only in generalities. Write and tell me what specific govern mental services you think we can cut or dispense with en tirely. We cannot afford not to spend for some things: schools and mental health are counted here. Some pay increases for state em ployees are long overdue. Many other proposals are, in my opin ion, for tnings wnicn would De desirable but things which we just cannot afford. I should like to have your ideas on such things as the State Mental Hospital, Basic School Support, 4-H Club dormitory at the state fair grounds, the Board of Health' home safety program, child guidance clinics, meat inspection (which promises to cost half a million dollars .for the next bi ennium) and many others. . I am pleased to announce that one of the smaller budgets which Ways and Means has reported out was cut by approximately $7,000; below the level for the past biennium. This isn't much compared with the total expend itures of the State, but every little bit will help. One other item on which I would appreciate hearing from citirensHif Jackson county is the tree tax problem about which you have read so much over the past few years. This will be a legislative problem, and I ask that you advise me whether you think the value of orchard trees and other domestic perennial plants should be taken into con sideration in arriving at the true cash value of he land on which they grow. The work is hard, but it is stim ulating. My youngsters would prefer to be with their friends in Medford but are nevertheless en joying the change and being with their grandmother. Congressmen Flooded With Mail Urging Cut in Federal Spending Washington U.R) Congress was getting a bagful of mail to day and it wasn't all valentines. More and more of the folks back home have been writing in say ing "Let's reduce government spending. Rep. Clarence Cannon (D-Mo.), chairman of the House Appro priations Committee and on the receiving end of more than his share of the letters, said he thinks this time people mean it, and that maybe Congress will listen. Some other members weren't so sure. "It's the trees in some body else's yard that everybody wants to cut," said Rep. Gordon Canfield (R-N.J.). "not those in their own yard." By this Canfield meant what1 members of Congress discovered long ago: That many people wno favor economy in general aren't so sure when you get real spe cific. To oversimplify the matter somewhat, nobody from Louisi ana, as far as it is known, has yet written in suggesting that government maintained levees be abandoned on the Mississippi river. Sudden Start What set off the current letter-writing boom was President Eisenhower's plan to spend in the new fiscal year S71.8 billion, a record high budget for a non war year. Or possibly it was the fact that a number of people in high places, including Cannon and Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey, announced in OAKDALE MARKET Prices Effective Thursday Evening, Friday, Saturday STEAK ROUND 59s T-BOM SIM 11 Beef USDA Good or Better (Boneless) HORMEL ALL BEEF WIENERS 45V U.S. Good HIND QUARTER Cut Wrap 45 lb. niORTHERNj f WE RESERVE THE I RIGHT TO LIMIT Ship a Hoy Breaded SHRIMP J&V BORDEN'S MAYONNAISE, .qt. BORDEN'S Salad Dressing. . .qt. 59' 49' Rainbow Napkins 2 25' JEWEL O "TTF SHORTENING O u, UPTON'S TEA.. V4 lb. 37 FINER FOODS ALBACORE FLAKES 3 for TinalS6 Bulk Tomatoes loud voices that this was more money than ought to be spent. Cannon, in his first comment on the matter, said mournfully that it began to look as though nobody much cared. Right away he got a round of letters from every state in the union straight ening out this misconception. And the mail hasn't quit yet. "I've never seen the time when congressional correspond ence from businessmen, labor, every segment of the population was so uniformly demanding a reduction in spending," said Can non. "I think the Appropriations Committee is more disposed to cut this year than ever before." Hands Off on Mail Humphrey's office said he had received heavy mail on the bud get, but reporters weren't al lowed to see it even if they agreed not to use the letter writers' names. Hence there was no way of telling whether the mail was favorable or unfavor able to the treasury secretary's economy views. Most of the letters apparently were going to members of the House, where appropriations bills originate. Of half a dozen senators checked who usually take moderate stands on spend ing, only one reported any un usual increase in letters about the budget. This was Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.), who said he had re ceived "a lot of mail" on the budget. He said, however, that it has "not been as heavy as that produced by the Truman budgets between World War II and the Korean war, although it is the heaviest of any year of the Eisen hower administration." Decree Directed for Mrs. Cornelia Pierce Salem (U.R) The Oregon Supreme Court yesterday held that Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce, widow of the late Gov". Walter M. Pierce, was not a trustee in a half interest of a sum of money and a ranch in Union county. The high court order reversed a Union County Circuit Court decree in favor of Pierce's four daughters by a prior marriage ana a decree lor Mrs. Pierce was directed. The plaintiffs had claimed that their father and Mrs. Pierce had entered into a mutual agree ment to pool their earnings and other income, and thaf Mn Pierce had agreed to hold all of sucn properties in her name. Mrs. Pierce, who had been ill for some time, died in a Salem hospital Tuesday. Washington Fishing Charges Rejected Portland (U.R) The chair man of the Oregon Fish Com mission said today that "the claim of Washington sportsmen that their state department of game is propogating substantial number of winter steelhead for the benefit of commercial fish ing in the Columbia river is not supported by facts." John C. Veatch made public a letter he had written earlier to the Oregon Wildlife Federation in which he made the statement. The statement by Veatch was the latest development in the controversy following the joint conference of the Oregon Fish Commission and the Washing ton director of fisheries last month. That meeting resulted in refusal to prohibit commer cial fishing for steelhead in the Columbia during February. McDonald Unofficial Union Vote Winner Pittsburgh (U.R) David J, McDonald was in line for his second four-year term today as president of the 1.2 million-mem ber United Steelworkers Union. An unofficial tally of the union's first contested presiden tial election Tuesday showed McDonald won handily, but he was presented with a surprising ly strong protest vote. His only opponent, Donald C. Rarick, a rank and file steel- worker who campaigned m a limited area for only four months with hardly any organi zation and with funds donated by men from the ranks, received an unexpectedly good sized vote. The latest United Press tabula tion of unofficial returns from about 750 of the union's 2,700 locals gave McDonald 148,515 votes and Rarick 63,330. Large Oranges AV 10 lbs. Red Potatoes 43 Green Peppers 23 lb Onions Radishes Bunch High Court Reverses Tax Refund Verdict Salem U.R) The Oregon Su preme Court yesterday reversed a decree by which Jennie D. Keyes of Bend recovered a re fund of $9,344 in state income taxes. These taxes were assessed by the State Tax Commission on the basis of the gross amount of divi dends declared on certain shares of stock in a Canadian corpora tion held by Mrs. Keyes. Under Canadian law the cor poration was required to with hold a Canadian income tax of 15 per cent and Mrs. Keyes con tended that she was entitled to credit the amount of the Can adian tax against her Oregon taxes. The Tax Commission asserted that under the tax law such credit could be allowed only with respect to taxes of the for eign jurisdiction upon net in come. The court reviewed the Can adian tax statutes and held that the Canadian tax was in fact a gross income tax and according ly the taxpayers was not entitled to the benefit of the Oregon tax credit statute. Army Limits Alcohol Consumption on Posts Washington (U.R) The Army has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages on military posts to reservists and national guards men under 18'j years of age who are taking six months' active duty training. The prohibition, effective im mediately, also applies to 3.2 beer sold at post exchanges. - It was ordered after Rep. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.) complained at a House Armed Services Com mittee hearing that youths were drinking on Army posts. Jack Benny Signs Las Vegas Contract Hollywood U.R) Jack Benny, the miser of television, today joined a list of performer lured to the glittering desert re sort of Las Vegas by big money offers that even the famed comedian couldn't pass up. Benny Wednesday inked his name to a contract calling for him to make his night club debut at the Flamingo Hotel at an esti mated $50,000 a week in June. Thus opened a new chapter in the veteran comedian's life. Benny launched his career in radio, and tried his hand briefly at the movies but enjoyed his greatest success before the tele vision cameras. Benny was a strong advocate of the dwindling group of enter tainers opposed to appearing in bistros. Breach of Promise Charges Com late Ujiie, Japan (U.R) Toicbiro Fukushima, 72, was in jail to day, charged with threateninf Mrs. Musu Kuroda, 75, with a Samurai sword for "breach of promise." Fukiihima a e e u d the ' widow of breaking their en gagement and eloping with another man 50 years ago. Search Party Works Way To Plane Wreck Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo. 'U.R) A search party worked up through heavy snow drifts- today to reach the wreckage of a pri vate plane which crashed into the side of a 9,500-foot peak last Friday with four persons aboard. The plane, carrying employees of Mountain States Construction Co., left Ogden en route to deli ver shortly before noon Friday. It was not heard from again. A Civil Air Patrol plane spot ted the wreckage of the twin engine aircraft on a mountain side 19 miles south of Hot Sul phur Springs Wednesday. The plane carried the pilot, Howard Nelson, 47; Harvey Kite, 40; A. J. Parker, 35 and Paul Keen. All resided in the Denver area. 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