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Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
The Counties Are Failing
County government, as operated in Oregon
today, is an unsatisfactory anachronism.
At the general election this November Ore
gon voters will be given the opportunity to take
an important step toward changing this.
The measure, passed last year by the legisla
ture and referred to a vote of the people, would
allow counties a substantially greater degree of
home rule than at present, and thus would make
it easier than it is at present to modernize the
form of government.
HTHE first city manager government was started
in the U.S. shortly after the turn of the cen
tury. But it has taken much longer for the county
manager idea to catch on probably because the
types of problems handled by cities and counties,
up to now, have been dissimilar.
But a number of counties through the.country
now have managerships, and as nearly as we can
determine, they have worked satisfactorily. We
know from actual experience and from the ex
periences of others that city managership is a
superior form of municipal government.
The time has come in Oregon when it should
be tried out at the county level.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, President
Eisenhower has just sent his
budget message to the con
gress. It contains about 22,000
words. The book in which it
is printed weighs four pounds
I GUESS I DIDN'T HEAR ttXI THE FIPST TiMe
'CAUSE 1 kVAS ftmW FASH3? 'M SOUNDJ
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 15, 1S48 (Thursday)
Construction bids on the
proposed junior high school
addition rejected with the ex
ception of the electrical bid
by Trowbridge and Flynn, of
ficials announce.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "The
frost these days would sure be
on the pumpkin, if there were
a pumpkin in sight, any place
but the farmer's cellars."
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 15. 1938 (Sunday)
Ticket-selling organization
for the annual President's ball
announced b y Postmaster
Frank DeSouza, chairman.
More than 500 students and
their dads attended the annual
Medford junior high school
smoker.
80 YEARS AGO
Jan. 15, 1928 (Sunday)
With an increase of about
$215,000 in the assets of the
Jackson County Building
and Loan association during
the past 12 months, the con
cern starts new year with as
sets of more than a million
dollars.
Electrically powered dredge
will be used at Foots creek by
the Ludlum Engineering cor
poration of New York City,
N. Y., according to company
reports.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 15, 1918 (Monday)
Logging operations in
northern Klamath county are
assuming huge proportions
according to C. J. Claus, local
agent for Southern Pacific,
The 20th engineers, the lum
bermen's regiment, needs en-
listments for immediate serv
ice in France of 3,000 experi
enced woodsmen and lumber
men.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten carreer is tuearior:
sevan or eight it excellent; five or
six is good.
1. The science which treats
of insects is known as etymol
ogy or entomology?
2. Bible: According to Paul,
which are the three abiding
virtues?
3. Persons whose birthdays
fall between May 20 and June
21 are born under what zodi
acal sign?
4. "Hazard," "tee," and
"divot" are all terms used in
what outdoor game?
5. Name the English queen
who was born on May 24,
1819, who reigned 1837-1901.
6. Mercury is also known
as q r?
7. Omega is which letter of
the Greek alphabet?
8. Was Ralph Waldo Emer
son English, American, or Ca
nadian? 9. Which of the 13 original
states of the Union is nick
named "Nutmeg State"?
10. If served smorgasbord,
what would that be?
Answers: I. Entomology. 2.
Faith, hope and love. 3. Gem
ini. 4. Golf. 5. Queen Vic
toria. 6. Quicksilver. 7. The
last one. 8. An American. 9.
Connecticut. 10. Hon
d'oeuvres.
FIRST of all, what's wrong with county govern
Since we do not pose as an expert, let us use
quotations to tell part of the story:
"County government is facing some of the greatest
demands ever made upon it. While structures have re
mained the same, the functions performed have been
increasing. As we know, the state has taken over
many functions once performed by the counties.
This trend must be checked. Government must be re
sponsible to the people and not to some appointive
bureau that owes its existence to the man appointing
them . . . We in county government must recognize
that county government is not just rural any more.
We are fast becoming an urban people with many
complex problems. We must adopt new methods of
meeting these new problems . . ." (Lloyd Rea, County
Judge of Baker County and then President, Associa
tion of Oregon Counties, September, 1956.)
". . . The type of (county) government under which
we now function is wasteful, and antiquated a re
diculous loss to the taxpayers. No organization can
function efficiently until there is an overall boss and
some fixed responsibility . . . This is still the dark con
tinent of government and always will be until such
time as there is some one responsible for county gov
ernment . . ." (Corvallis Gazette-Times, editorial.)
". . . County officials are one group that enjoys
almost complete immunity from the public eye as they
are in continuous session, so to speak, and can carry
on their haggling when no one else is around . . ."
(Corvallis Gazette-Times, staff-written column.)
"Under present law, each elected (county) official
it his own boss, and no one, not even the county
court, can direct his work or in some cases advise
him about it.
"Once during the bad times, the court tried to
bring about some economies in the management. of
Sherman county offices to no avail. It brought on a
fight. So the court hired two deputies where one was
all that was needed. County courts, frustrated by lack
of authority to do a good job of managing a county,
are often in favor of the county-manager system be
cause it gives the authority to do what they promised
to do when elected. (Sherman County Journal, Moro,
Ore.)
". . . The remedy, it seems to us, is to abolish the
great numbers of elective officials in our court houses.
Elect, instead, a county council as we do a city council.
Have that body hire a manager, as the city council
hires a city manager. The 'ministerial offices' such as
sheriff and clerk can be filled, then, by appointment,
without regard to party label . . ." (Eugene Register
Guard, editorial.)
". . . Because the office of sheriff is elective, it is a
practical impossibility for a member of the second
echelon to become sheriff. It is only an accident that
the incumbent is better qualified than the usual holder
of this office. Several advantages would accrue to the
county if the office of sheriff were appointive. The
sheriff would be a career law enforcement officer
familiar with the latest methods. There would be con
tinuity in the office. There would be better co-ordination
with the various municipal law enforcement
agencies. The morale within the department would be
better . . ." (Letter in Eugene Register-Guard.)
THESE comments, of course, represent only
i anuuiii iiiuugii iiixuiiiicu upiiiiuii.
But they do illustrate the fact that the prob
lem is not confined to any cme county,' or any one
part of the state or even to the larger counties.
And they also illustrate the fact that, in most
cases, it is the fault of the system, not of the in
dividuals who are trying to make the system
work.
In the case of Jackson county, we have a high
and respectful regard for many of the elected
county officials, and a lesser regard for others.
But that is not the point. The point is that the
FORM of government is cumbersome, irrespon
sive, fragmented and prone to buck-passing and
back-biting.
THE county judge, two commissioners, the
county clerk - recorder, treasurer, assessor,
sheriff, coroner, even the surveyor all are elect
ed. How, for Heaven's sake, can one expect any
unity of direction, any common purpose, any true
responsiveness to the people's needs, when all
these officers can and do go off m different di
rections on their own?
The wonder of it is that we've muddled
through this far without any grave breakdown.
A county council of five or seven members,
representing all parts of the county, serving with
out pay and meeting at regularly stated intervals,
should, as we see it, be the governing body of the
county, with an adequately - paid, professional
manager as chief executive. Other offices should
be appointive, and be responsible to the manager,
who in turn is responsible to the council.
In this way, the counties could face the prob
lems of the future equipped to handle them. As
it is, they are failing, and failing badly, to meet
their ultimate responsibilities. E.A.
Income Tax Total
Hits Home; Varies
Over Past Years
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (IP) Despite
the yammer and anxiety about
how much and how fast to
spend defense
dollars in the
newly-arrived
age of space,
the figure
which hits
closest home
i n President
E i senhower's
new budget is
something else
Lyie c. Wilson again.
The close home figure is an
11 digit item headed by a
dollar sign which alerts the
individual income taxpayer to
the sum which the govern
ment intends to pluck from
his collective hide. The item
comes to $381$ billion.
Most of this huge sum will
be plucked, of course, from
the so-called little fellows be
cause there are so many mil
lions of them. The little fel
lows have taxable income up
to say, around $4,500 a year.
In the really high brackets,
the tax rates progress toward
and just about reach the point
of confiscation. In the mid
dle brackets, some individuals
surrender annually more than
half of their income to the
income tax collectors. Income
taxes are a heavy burden all
around and are likely to be
come more so, rather than
less.
Proposed By Taft
You wouldn't believe, how
ever, how lightly the income
tax flicked the pocketbook in
the first years after William
Howard Taft successfully pro
posed it (1909) and Woodrow
Wilson began collecting it
(1913).
From 1909 to 1913, Con
gress submitted and the states
ratified the 16th or income
tax Amendment to the Con
stitution, the first amendment
in 43 years. President Eisen
hower is the eighth in that of
fice to be confronted with the
riddle of the income tax. The
correct answer is a distribu
tion of the tax burden or of
tax cuts satisfactory to all
hands. It cannot be done.
Taxpayers screamed long and
loudly when the 16th amend
ment became operative in
1913. A few lower brackets
escaped taxation altogether at
the outset. The effective rates
on higher incomes were low.
Paid Ten Dollars
In 1913, a married person
with two dependents and a
$5,000 net income paid $10.
At $8,000 net, the bite was
$40, rising to $60 on the $10,
000 family; $260 on $25,000;
$2,510 on $100,000; $25,000
on $500,000.
The Internal Revenue Ser
vice (IRS) compiled compari
sons for 1913 and 40 years
after, which rates prevail to
day. Times have changed.
After 40 years the $5,000 fam
ily was paying $577. The bite
was $1,282 on an $8,000 in
come; $1,744 on $10,000;
$7,004 on $25,000; $56,032 on
$100,000; $411,224 on $500,
000. These figures, however, do
not represent the actual highs
and lows of income taxation.
The IRS compilation shows
since 1913 a pattern of in
come taxes rising sharply un
der Democrats and declining
under Republicans not
merely declining for the rich
people, but for the little fel
lows, too.
For example: The family
man with $5,000 net who paid
Democrat Woodrow Wilson's
treasury $10 back there in
1913 paid only $3 to Herbert
Hoover's Republican treas
ury in 1929. The 1913 tax of
$40 on $8,000 had been re
duced to $14. But the $100,-000-a-year
family which paid
$2,510 in 1913 was hit for
$14,846 on 1929 income. The
$500,000 family paid $110,
846. There is hope but not
much confidence that taxes
may some time be reduced.
POMMENT?
This is all I can think of:
I'm glad I don't have to
read it.
THE teletypes give this
quickie briefing of the
message's most important
items:
It calls for a record peace
time outlay of 74 billion dol
lars, with some 40 billions
earmarked for defense. The
budget is two billion dollars
higher than the current one
with one billion dollars
MORE going into defense
needs. It promises a substan
tial increase in funds for mis
siles, nuclear (atom-powered)
ships, research and develop
ment, science and education
Mr. Eisenhower, the tele
types report, is expected to
urge the congress to avoid
raising taxes or adding to the
national debt. He has said
that by "whittling away on
UNNECESSARY spending"
(that is to say, boondoggling)
congress can balance the
budget.
AT will the congress
think of that idea?
Here is the answer in a nutshell:
Both House GOP Leader
Joseph Martin of Massachu
setts and Assistant Senate
Democratic Whip Mike Mans
field oi Montana express
doubt this morning that con
gress will slash enough from
domestic programs IN AN
ELECTION YEAR to end up
with a balanced budget.
WHAT does that mean?
Well, it's a fair guess
THIS BEING AN ELECTION
YEAR that we'll wind up
with neither increased taxes
nor reduction of domestic
spending. In other words, the
prospect is that we'll go back
to deficit spending, with the
deficit added to the national
debt.
Politics is a strange trade,
isn't it?
Hotel Floor Falls;
At Least 10 Dead
Ennis, Ireland (IP) The
second floor of a crowded ho
tel collapsed today under sev
eral hundred bargain hunters
attending an auction.
First police reports said at
least 10 persons were feared
killed. Dr. H. Bulger said five
of the dead were women.
Police reported at least 200
persons were in carmoays
hotel when the floor caved in
Streets around the hotel in
this County Clare town were
roped off while rescuers be
gan digging through the tan
gled debris.
After the initial confusion,
many of the uninjured ran
back to aid the injured.
REJECTS RECALL
Washington (IP) The
White House .has rejected a
congressman's suggestion that
it recall Army missile expert
Col. John C. Nickerson from
"exile" in Panama to help
this country in the interna
tional missile race. Rep. John
C. Watts (D-Ky.) said he asked
President Eisenhower Dec. 31
to recall the court-martialed
officer and put him to work
where he could be most ef
fective. Watts said the White
House turned down his proposal.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
Port of Portland
To Lose Squadron
Portland (IP) Officials
of the Port of Portland were
notified today that the 460th
Fighter Interceptor squadron
stationed at Portland Air
Base was scheduled for re
moval "at the earliest possi
ble date consistent with the
national air defense and local
air traffic conditions." Tar
get date for removal is 1963.
Notification was contained
in a joint letter from the Air
Force and the Civil Aeronau
tics administration offering to
compromise the long-standing
dispute over military and
commercial use of Portland's
crowded air center.
John Winn Jr., ' port man
ager, said the CAA and the
Air Force offered to relin
quish their right of peace
time seizure of the north side
of the airport in return for
the right to construct a multi
million-dollar military instal
lation on the south side of the
field.
The joint letter was signed
by John M. Ferry, special as
sistant for installations for the
secretary of the Air Force,
and by James T. Pyle, admin
istrator of the CAA.
It explained that Air Na
tional Guard jet, Air Force
reserve transports and the
Army National Guard avia
tion units would remain at
Portland airport but "in a
training and war reserve sta
tus only."
The Port of Portland has
long sought to free itself of
military commitments for the
space sorely needed for mod
em commercial operations.
Moves to establish a military
base outside Portland have
nver passed the planning
stages. ;
Ch inese Struggle for Power
Creating Crisis in Politics
By CHARLES McCANIT
The Chinese Nationalist re
gime is undergoing its first big
political crisis since it moved
to Formosa in
1949.
The crisis
threatens t o
split the Kuo
m i n t a n g,
Generalissimo
Chiang Kai
Shek's domin
a n t political
party.
Premier O.
K. Yui hag
been impeached by the "Con
trol Yuan," one of the five
branches of the Nationalist
government, for "neglect of
duty."
Dispatches from Taipei,
capital of the Nationalist is-
Charlei M.
McCann
land stronghold, say that Yui
may be ousted in favor of
Vice President Chen Cheng.
The move against Yui is a
manifestation of rising discon
tent with the government and
with the present setup of the
Kuomingtang.
But involved in the Nation
alist political picture also is a
quiet struggle between vice
president Chen and Chiang's
elder son, Chiang Ching-Kuo,
for recognition as the political
heir of the generalissimo.
Has Wide Power
The control Yuan is a sort
of government watchdog com
mittee, empowered to investi
gate about everything and ev
erybody in Formosa.
The significance of the Con
trol Yuan's action in impeach
ing Yui lies in the fact that it
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New Colossus
JACK PAAR, TV comic-star, once confused his draft board
by explaining loftily, "I only go to every other war." He
says he knew when World War II finally was won: "GIs
started losing again on TV
quiz shows."
Paar says he's discovered
why revolving doors in de
partment stores often are
so difficult to budge. It's
because "when you push
those doors, they're really
supplying the power for the
escalators, too. If you don t
believe it, visit any depart
ment store on a Sunday. The
revolving doors won't move
and those escalators aren't
wonting, eitfieri" - j-is
A harassed father-to-be paced the corridor of the hospital where
his wife was producing their first-born. The nurse finally appeared
beaming. "What did you want?" she inquired. "A boy or a girl?"
"A boy," said the father. 'Well, this time you got a girl," the nurse
told him. "That's okay, too," philosophized the father. A girl wa3
my second choice."
O 1958. by Bennett Cert -Distributed by King Features Syndicate. j
American Airlines,
Pilots Resume Talk
Washington (IP) Strike
threatened American Airlines
resumed contract talks today
with officials of the Air Line
Pilots association.
The nation's largest airline
is meeting with the pilots'
union at the request of the
National Mediation board in
an effort to reach a settle
ment. The union voted to
strike last week.
ALPA is asking pay boosts
for American's 1,500 pilots
and wants to fix rates now
for flying the turbine-powered
planes the airline has on
order.
The mediation board said
last month its efforts had
failed. But last Friday the
board summoned the com
pany union to today's meeting.
To the Editor: When we
drifted into the Los Angeles
International Airport on a
United Airlines DC-7 it seem
ed like we were hitting a
make believe country of some
magic land, rather than a
stretch of what had been'bare,
undeveloped land first view
ed by the writer over 50 years
ago, when the airplane was
still very much of a dream
and goats were still on these
mountains. In those early
days people here boasted of
a city of around 350,000 and
of all the wonders to be dis
covered by the hundreds of
visitors who came each week
to visit this land of promise
and enjoy its balmy, sunny
days of wintertime.
Oil, enthusiasm and enter
prise, aided by the fabulous
millions of dollars over these
50 years mentioned, has cre
ated a western colossus that
visitors view with amazement,
while they marvel at its mil
lions of restless people, those
20th century freeways filled
with an ever rushing throng
of speeding autos on their1
four and six lanes of travel
that at first view resembles
the mad rush to a fire.
Since .Los Angeles has gone
so greatly industrial with hun
dreds of factories and in
cidentally, plenty of smog
along with the huge movie
industry, it means that thous
ands of people must travel
from 50 to 100 miles each
day to and from their jobs,
hence their great system of
freeways. Naturally they
deal in big figures down in
this country and are almost
frantically planning in order
to take care of the tens of
thousands of new people who
arrive each year seeking their
new homeland, a larger num
ber in children only than the
entire population of Jackson
ounty.
We came upon just one
phase of their problem in try
ing to meet the demands of
providing schools for 65,000
new children of all ages each
vear for the past several
years, and heard them an
nounce a proposed new bond
election to raise from $130
to $150 million dollars in the
near future for added facil
ities, so that illustrates what
obligations they become re
sponsible for. A news report
states there are over 69,000
pupils who must attend school
less than a full day, which
proves that large industrial
cities entail large obligations
to help meet these large de
mands. Imagine having to
meet salaries of more than
22,000 teachers and personnel
each month, and their recent
proposed salaries of $4,250
per year for beginners up to
$8,200 for a final top salary
illustrates how the problem
here has multiplied in recent
years. After all, we have no
comparable problem in Med
ford and Jackson county
schools.
We westerners can agree
that as long as this section
has winter sunshine, can pro
vide .needed water, keep up
their oil production and mam
tain their industrial pace they
will grow bigger and bigger
to perhaps fulfill the claim
of ultimately becoming a city
and county having the largest
population of any in the na
tion. Nice for them to dream
of don't you think?
E. C. Gaddis,
Medford, Ore.,
(Visiting in San
Bernardino, Calif.)
Goodness Everywhere
To the Editor: Well, good
for Mr. and Mrs. Frank L.
Taylor of Reedsport, Ore., for
being so gracious as to write
about being the recipients of
a courtesy extended by a
young Medford gentleman.
That's when two gentlemen
met. Makes anyone feel good
to know such people exist,
when there is much said to
the contrary.
Perhaps home folks get the
wrong perspective, and fail to
recognize fine qualities in
each other. Takes visitors like
the Taylors and newcomers
like the Lynches to point them
out.
As a personal statement, in
recent years numerous cour
tesies have been extended to
me by the youth of Medford.
Candidly, I'm very fond of
young people. They are inter
estingly refreshing, and seem
indispensable from many
standpoints. None of us relish
a stockpile of years, but
Father Time has no control
over our minds. Neither can
he replace our Adam's apple
with a bunch of sour, grapes,
that's up to us.
Recognition of fine prin
ciples in people of any age
would give quietus to dispar
agement. Seems to me youth
has been a target all too long.
If there were wings on any
thing beside the birds in those
so-called good -old -days
failed to recognize them, nei
ther did I wear them. Any of
us could write a book on fine
people of yesteryears, and
ones of today also. Goodness
will be in the world as long
as there are people. The wise
tell us to look for it and we'll
find it.
Emma Lou Carpenter,
811 Sherman st.,
Medford. Ore.
wo
to
is composed of veteran mem
bers of the Kuomintang Itself,
and thus involves a party
split.
Generalissimo Chiang him
self is not involved in the
crisis. He is the unchallenged
leader, as he has been for 30
years though he did not as
sume the presidency until
1948.
But Chiang Is 70 years old.
Though he is still vigorous,
and his health is good, the men
around him are looking ahead
to the day when he may give
up the leadership.
Limited To Two Terms
One of the problems which
the Kuomintang faces now if
a means of electing Chiang for"
a third term as president. I
Under the Nationalist con-i
stitution, a president is limited!
to two six-vear terms, f.hianff
has a little more than two
years of his second term
serve.
Political leaders are talking
about amending the constitu
tion so that Chiang can serve
a third term. One difficulty
about this is that the National
Assembly, the single-chamber
parliament, was elected on the
mainland in 1948. The Na
tional assembly consists of
3,045 members. Only 1,643 of
them are in Formosa and a
legal quorum of two-thirds of
the National assembly of 2,030
members is required for a con
stitutional amendment.
This difficulty might be met
by holding a new election. But
the constitution requires that
the present assembly shall re
main in office until the Na
tionalists return to the main
land so that all districts in
China may be represented.
As regards the eventual suc
cession to Chiang, Chen
stepped into the No. 2 spot last
year when he was made vice
president.
But 47-year-old Chiang
Ching-Kuo, the generalis
simo's son, is a sort of power
behind the scenes in the Na
tionalist set-up.
Dispatches from Formosa
predict that Chiang Ching-Kuo
will become an increasingly
dominant figure in Nationalist
politics.
Who Wants a "Boy"?
To The Editor: I don't know
if you'll publish this kind of
letter, but I hope so, as
know so many people read
your "Letters To The Editor'
column, and maybe someone
can help me. I am a boy 16
and a sophomore at Crater
Hi. I would like a job work
ing evenings and week ends
in a feed store or some place
where I could work with
seeds, feeds andor animals
I belong to F. F. A. and this
spring, I am going to try my
first time at farming three
acres. Meanwhile I would
like to earn a little extra
money, also become better ac
quainted with seeds and im
plements of farming. My
phone number is TA 6-2874,
ask for Steve. Thanks very
much.
Steve Witt
Route 2, Box 153
Central Point, Ore.
The Peacetime Budget
To the Editor: I have sent a
letter to President Eisenhow
er of which the following is a
copy:
Dear Mr. President:
With all the stress on the
necessity of maintaining for
eign aid and defense spend
ing, which I would not veto,
there is another subject also,
Bus Fare Increase
Allowed at Portland
Portland OP) After an
overtime meeting Tuesday,
members of the Portland city
council agreed informally to
a 25-cent per ride bus fare
here. Present fare is 20 cents.
The increase would allow
the city to further study de
tails of possible municipal
ownership and alleviate the
possibility of a stoppage of
service.
An official vote will be
scheduled for Thursday. A 60
day waiting period to act on
the fare increase bid ends
next Monday after which the
Rose City Transit Company
could discontinue service.
Weekly passes would in
crease from $3 to $3.50 with
high school students paying
15 cents and grade school stu
dents 10 cents.
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The
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Only lady assistant
in Ashland" p
Organist and Solo
ist (No charge)
Mrs. Litwiller has been our constant and competent
helpmate for nearly 22 years.
This is especially appreciated for lady's and chil
dren services.
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'It is better to know us and not need us.
than to need us and not know us.
to be considered, and that ia
the social security and wel
fare of those in our own coun
try. One does not have to be
told that the same people in
the U.S.A. who are now re
ceiving social security, wel
fare, and pensions from world
wars are the parents and
grandparents of the future
armies of this country.
How do you think these fu- '
ture children will feel about
serving their country when
their parents and grandpar
ents are denied the same priv
ileges accorded to those of
foreign nations?
I do not mean to imply that
foreign aid or appropriation
for defense is not a must, but
shall we go all out for these
and let our own people suffer
for the necessities of life?
A World War One veteran.
C. E. Busby,
. Ill B St.,
Ashland, Ore.