EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. February 11. 1958
Government Wants Indians
To Pay Tax on Celilo Payments
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A. Robt Smith
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Uncle Sam's
tax collectors are trying to
get a share in those payments
which the
government is
now making
i to four North-
w e s t Indian
I tribes who
suff e r e d by
; the flooding
of the Celilo
Falls fishing
grounds. -The
Bureau
of Internal Revenue's Seattle
office has ruled that the indi
vidual members of the Uma
tilla, Yakima, Warm Springs
and Nez Perce tribes, who
collectively will be in line for
about $25,000,000, will have
. to pay a capital gains tax.
The Bureau of Indian Af-
; fairs, from its Portland area
office on up to the Indian
commissioner, are opposing
the tax collectors on this one
and siding with the Indians.
The commissioner of Internal
Revenue ultimately will have
to decide the issue, but if the
. decision goes against the In
dians they are expected to go
all the way to the Supreme
Court if necessary in fighting
the decision.
The Umatilla tribe is the
first to have received any of
its share which totals $4,
616,971 in the form of a
check for $1,500,000 the end
of January. The balance is to
be issued later. The Yakimas
are due about $15,000,000,
the Warm Springs about $4,-
000,000 and the Nez Perce
tribe about $2,000,000.
Had Treaty Rights
All had treaty rights in the
fishing sanctuary at Celilo
Falls on the Columbia river
which was inundated by the
reservoir behind The Dalles
dam, now nearing completion.
Internal Revenue has had
mixed success in trying to tax
government payments or the
profits from property of In
dians. In some historic cases,
the courts have backed up the
Indians, which is what the
Northwest tribes are now re
lying upon.
The tax collectors argue
that all citizens are subject to
the income tax. Attorneys for
the Indians contend that when
the federal income tax was
adopted in 1913, Indians
weren't yet citizens. They
were granted citizenship in
1924. '
The income tax now ap
plies to all Indians who are
out on their own, without dis
pute. The quarrel concerns
those still in trust status who
may receive certain unusual
ly large benefits that would
put them into a taxable
bracket.
This is one problem, at
least, that is settled respect
ing the Klamath Indians and
their valuable property. As
suming some plan is allowed
to fake effect within a few
years by which the tribal
members are separated from
federal trusteeship and allow
ed to cash in their share of
tribal assets if they wish, they
will each be in line for a size
able payment.
Based on the Interior De
partment's appraisal of tribal
assets, they will be eligible
for nearly $60,000 each.
The Klamath termination
act declares that "no proper
ty distributed under the pro
visions of this act shall at the
time of distribution be sub
ject to federal or state income
tax. Following any distribu
tion of property made under
the provisions of this act, such
property and any income de
rived therefrom by the indi
vidual, corporation or other
legal entity shall be subject
to the same taxes, federal and
state, as in the case of non-Indians."
This language should cer
tainly protect the Klamaths
from the treatment the tax
collectors are giving the Uma
tilla, Yakima, Warm Springs
and Nez Perce Indians. Since
these latter tribes have no
such iron clad legal protec
tion, it would appear only
fair that the Eisenhower ad
ministration unite behind the
principal of protection which
the Indian Bureau is advocating.
After all, was there a tax
collector stationed at Celilo
Falls to assess the Indians for
the number of salmon they
caught?
Family
McLEOD
Couple Back From Trip
By CAROLINE L. HARDING luncheon at 1 p.m. Mrs. Ray
McLeold Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie will be the co-hostess
Harold Barber returned rec
ently from an extended trip
down the west coast and into
Mexico.
They visited Mrs. Barber's
mother, Mrs. Alberta Barber,
in Corona, Calif, and friends
in San Francisco and Palo
Alto. While in Corona they
saw their son, Alan Barker,
and his family from Salt Lake
City.
Dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Carlton
Tuesday, Feb. 4, were Mrs.
Paul Robertson of Medford
and Mrs. Violet Ditsworth of
Portland. Robertson, who is in
a Portland hospital, is report
ed to be in good condition
following an eye operation.
A boy, weighing seven and
three quarters pounds,, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray An
derson Jan. 13. He was named
Randolph Roy.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miller
are spending a two-week
honeymoon in Hawaii.
Mrs. Minnie Eastin is in
Wickenburg, Ariz., visiting a
nephew and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Thornton Eastin.
The HEC will meet at the
home of Mrs. Meryle Carlton
Thursday, Feb. 13, with a
and all Grange women are
welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Delvin Elder
became parents of twins Wed
nesday, Jan. 29. The babies
have been named Randy and
Sandy.
Susan and Bill Eastin are
out of school with the measles.
The Rev. Jack Scliusler,
who conducted several meet
ings at the Trail church has
gone back to his home in
Azusa, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Carlton
have sold their ranch to Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Chard of
Berkeley, Calif., who will take
possession in April. The Carl
tons will make their home in
Ashland. i
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gentry of
Yakima, Wash., are the house
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Chapman. Mrs. Gentry and
Chapman are sister and brother.
Council
Kirk H. My sister hurts
our parents.
Louise H. My parents are
snobbish to my husband.
Kirk H.- My older sister
was married a year ago to a
fellow my parents didn't par
ticularly like. They didn't
make any objections, however,
because my sister was 28 and
they figured it was high time
she got married.
Since she got married Lou
ise has been like a stranger
to all of us. She invited us
over to her home exactly
once and came to our home
only once. My parents are
very, very hurt. When I tried
to find out what was wrong,
Louise told me to mind my
own business.
The only thing I can figure
is that her husband just does
not like us. I don't care for
my sake, but Louise should
have more consideration for
our parents.'
Louise H. It Is just like
Kirk to stick his nose into
things that don't concern him.
My parents don't say any
thing because they know
what's wrong. It's their at
titude toward my husband.
It's true they didn't say
anything out loud when I mar
ried Ed, but they showed in
every way that they didn't
think much of him. They kind
of clammed up whenever he
was around. They never treat
ed him like a son, as though
they were glad to have him
in the family.
Ed never showed that he
noticed anything, but I know
he is uncomfortable when he
is with my parents. He knows
they are very snobbish about
education and he never got
through high school.
The Council: This . painful
situation will be alleviated
when Louise herself fully ac
cepts her husband and loves
him as he is. She will then
Scientific Hypothesis Links
Breathing Trouble, Alcoholism
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York HP) The "hy
pothesis" of theory is the
golden road by which science
has advanced,
cind so don't
be over -startled
by a new
scientific hy
pothesis which con
nects breath
ing difficul
ties, such as
those experi-
Deios smith enced by peo
ple with broken noses and
with asthma, with alcoholism.
Dr. Norman G. Hawkins of
the University of Texas, Gal
veston, proposed this hypoth
esis, and only as a hypothesis,
of course. But he had some
impressive evidence to back
it Up evidence wnicn ne
thought and the editors of the
technical journal of the Amer
ican Psychiatric Association
thought would justify efforts
to find out if this theory is
fact.
He began with the medical
records of 6,000 persons dis
charged from 'a tuberculosis
sanitarium. From these 6,000
he extracted all those who
had been alcoholics, and these
amounted to 100, even divid
ed between the sexes.
Checked Other Complaints
He checked these 100 cases
against what other complaints
they had in common besides
tuberculosis and alcoholism.
By refined statistical methods
(in which science has faith
when they're applied correct
ly) he demonstrated "signifi-
Quotes From the News
ter, Caroline, Mr. and Mrs.
Rodger Snyder and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith of
Shady Cove and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack DeRosier and. family.
Mrs. Velma Chapman was
hostess at a dinner party at
her home Jan. 17, honoring
her daughter, Mrs. Jack De
Roisier, whose birthday was
on that day.
Attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Hixon and daugh-
Mrs. Roy Vaughn and Mrs.
Harry- Harding were dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Richardson Wednes
day evening, Feb. 5. Others
visiting were Mrs. Ray Gilles
pie and son, Don, and Mrs.
DeLloy Gillespie and son,
Larry. .
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By UNITED PRESS
on
New York Gov. Orville E. Freeman of Minnesota,
why isolationism is on the decline in his state:
"When you can stand on your doorstep in Northfield,
Minn., before dawn on a cold February morning and for
three minutes can watch Sputnik II move across the sky, it
is pretty hard lo talk about staying within our own borders
and avoiding foreign entanglements."
Miami Beach Teamsters Union Secretary - Treasurer
John F. English, on the physical condition of Teamster Presi
dent James R. Hoffa, who underwent a heart examination
recently:
"He's as healthy as a trout."
Indianapolis, Ind. Army Secretary Wilber Brucker on
proposals to merge the Armed Forces under one command:
"You can't change the, problem by pouring everybody in
the same uniform."
Washington Rear Adm. H. G. Rickover, telling a House
hearing that education is more important to the country than
the Army, the Navy, the Air Force or atomic energy, and
urging increases in teachers' salaries:
"As a military officer, I would take money away from the
defense establishment for this if necessary."
San Antonio, Tex. Col. George R. Steinkamp, chief of
the Department of Space Medicine, Air Force School of Avi
ation Medicine, on the condition of Airman Donald G. Far
rell who is "going to the moon" In an earthbound three-by-five-foot
chamber:
"He is holding up beyond expectations." v
'Studio One' Lacked Room
To Maneuver in One Hour,
Declared Good Otherwise
from nursery
to high school...
and through
college...
your joy and
responsibility
In the years between hope and
fulfilment, your children are growing
up. To a large extent, their future
is in your hands.
Why not open a savings account
for them now at U. S. National, to save
regularly for the years ahead?
The safety of your bank savings
account makes certain that the money
saved will be there when needed.
And as your child also saves regularly,
he learns valuable lessons of thrift
for later life.
' Start a savings program
for your children today!
By WILLIAM EWALD
United Press Correspondent
New York (IP) Most one-
hour plays on TV are about
one hour too long, but the
principal fault of Monday
night's "Studio One" was that
it lacked room to maneuver.
Presence of the Enemy" it
was called, and it was Tad
Mosel's baby. As far as it
went, it was an absorbing
piece of substantial character
and a meaningful theme: the
rooted people versus the ques-
ters; the accepters versus the
questioners.
But its trouble was that it
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be mature enough to be indif
ferent to her parents' foolish
ly snobbish attitude if, in
deed, she is right in her in
terpretation of their position.
It is very possible that Lou
ise now exaggerates her par
ents' attitude. Probably, they
have long ago gotten over any
disappointment they may have
felt in her choice of a hus
band and sincerely want only
her happiness and a warm re
latonship with her. The fact
that they never raised any ob
jection to the marriage is a
fair indication that they are
willing to welcome Ed into the
family if given a chance.
Louise ovelooks the possi
bility that her own discomfort
about her husband may have
been transmitted to her par
ents in the early stages of this
relationship. If she had shown
she was happy and sure of
her love, it is likely that her
parents would have been more
enthusiastic in their reception
of Ed.
Louise should get over her
own foolish snobbery about
her husband's lack of that
high school diploma. This
trivial issue stands in the way
of her finding real happiness
in her marriage, as well as a
pleasant, loving relationship
with her parents.
(Copyright 1958, '
General Features Corp.)
THAT'S FOR THE BIRDS
Norfolk, Va. (IP) Navy Lt.
(j-g.) Jack L. Moss lost his
plane to the birds. Moss said
a block of birds swept into
the air intake of his A4D at
tack bomber while he was
making a low-altitude run.
He managed to climb the
plane to 2,000 feet and bailed
out safely.
had too much story to tell. It
suffered from over-ambition
TV rather refreshing).
Seeks Big City Career
It was the story of a young
girl (Anne Francis) a church
choir singer, who yearns to
break out of her small town
and seek a career in the big
city.
It was the story of a middle
aged man (E. M. Marshall), a
rebel-bum. whose rebellion
has come to mean nothing be
cause he lacks courage and re
sponsibility.
It was the story of a young
boy (Tommy Rettig) who
wants vaguely to break away,
but is held back by youth and
uncertainty.
It was the story of a father
(James Gregory) who be
lieves that adjustment to roots
means fulfillment.
It was the story of a daugh
ter (Bethel Leslie) who is be
ing strangled', by her roots, but
is content with stiflement.
As you can see , a pretty
meaty lump for one hour and
perhaps within the wider time
arena of say, the Broadway
stage, sufficiently fibrous to
chew on for a single evening
All Bunched Up
But CBS-TV's "Studio One'!
was forced to bunch this great
mass of material into a single
small ball and inevitably some
of the characterizations
seemed cloudy, some of the
motivations misty.
One added note: The spon
sor of the show unveiled a six-
minute commercial whose
source of electrical power
stemmed from the nation's
first full-scale atomic power
plant near Pittsburgh.
Further note: All of the ac
tors in "Presence of the
Enemy turned in fine per
formances. All of them
seemed to be cooking with
gas, if the sponsor will par
don the expression.
The Channel Swim: CBS-
TV's "The 864,000 Question"
and "The $64,000 Challenge"
are going to be overnauiea.
There's a rumor that Hal
March will step out in June
as emcee of "Question," but
the sponsor denies, the report.
BANKER DIES
Englewood, N.J. m In
westment banker John E. Ar
rowsmith, 59, died Saturday
of a heart attack at his home.
He was a partner in the New
York firm of Van Alstyne,
Noel & Co., which he helped
to found.
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cant numbers "statistically
speaking" in whom alcohol
ism and chronic breathing
difficulties existed in the
same persons.
Building the hypothesis on
this foundation, Hawkins said:
"Anxiety is precipitated by
fear of something which is
unavoidable, inescapable or
insoluble. There is nothing
more potent in this respect
than a perceived threat to
one's oxygen supply."
He cited a number of stud
ies which showed that "anx
iety and tension are charac
teristic signs of alcoholism."
Couple this, he said, with the
fact that "anxiety and tension
reacts upon the breathing ap
paratus in a fashion which in
tensifies existing defects."
Fear Produces Tension
This effect has been dem
onstrated many times in asth
matics. 'Fear of the loss of
air in turn increases tension
and makes breathing more
difficult. Eventually the vic
tim faces the dilemma of
something completely una
voidable and at the same time
unendurable."
iow, coupie inis with an
other well known fact that
alcohol in many people will
relieve anxiety and tension.
In his cases, Hawkins suggest
ed that alcohol simultaneous
ly relieved both breathing
difficulties and anxiety and
tension.
There was no suggestion,
of course, that the hypothesis
could apply to all alcoholics
or even to most, but rather to
"some." So hypothesized Dr.
Hawkins. We must now wait
to see if a scientists or scien
tists will be stimulated to act
on the hypothesis and prove
or disprove it.
Umatilla Officers
Talk Highway Route
Pendelton (IP) Umatilla
county commissioners met to
day in Walla Walla, Wash.,
with W. A. Bugge, head of
the Washington state high
way department, to discuss
possible new routes for the
proposed Pendleton - Ellens-
berg super highway.
Bugge has tendered a re
port which approved a route
irom Yakima to Blalock
island. Umatilla officials have
opposed the route to Blalock
island on grounds it would
kill the Umatilla toll bridge
across the Columbia river.
Milt Evans Elected
President of Club
Milt Evans was elecferi
president of the Southern
Salesmen's club at a recent
meeting at the Medford hotel.
Bill Sweet was elected vice
president, Art Wood, secre
tary, and Bob Gustafson.
treasurer., A dinner dance
along with installation of new
officers was discussed. The
club is made un of salesmen
who live in this territory. Any
salesman interested in join
ing is invited to do so, a
spokesman explained.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Knoxville, Tenn. (IP) Del
mar Anderson was held for
the grand jury on charges of
possessing four and one-half
gallons of illegal whiskey de
spite his plea that he "cant
get all the whiskey I want to
drink, let alone sell it."
NO SIRENS NEEDED
Charles City, Iowa (IP1 A
city garbage truck drove up
to a fire house Saturday,
dumped a burning load of
trash, waited while the fire
was put out, loaded up again
and proceeded to the city
dump.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
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