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Variable Etatio Tax Ml (Passes
Senate After (Debate; IDurno Favors
Salem -l?D- Eighteen Dem
ocrats and two Republicans
voted in favor of the variable
ratio tax bill in the Oregon
Senate after a lengthy argu
ment. Sens. Edwin Durno, Med
ford, and Francis Ziegler,
Corvallis, were the two Re
publicans who joined the
Democrats to pass the bill.
10 Per Cent Exempt
The bill would provide that
property of utilities be asses
sed at 30 per cent above that
of any other property. It al
so provides that 10 per cent
of the true cash value of hom
es be exempt from taxation.
Sen. Boyd Ovejhulse (D
Madras) was absent.
I The bill now goes to the
House for consideration and,
with the Democratic majority
in the House likely will pass.
If so, it will be up to Gov.
Mark Hatfield to either sign
it, or allow it to become law
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without his signature.
Senate President Walter J.
Pearson placed Sen. John
Hare (R-Hillsboro) in the
chair so that he could take
the floor in behalf of the bill.
'Mistake' Recalled
Pearson said he was talk
ing in behalf of the home
owners of Multnomah county
and the state. He said in 1957
the legislature passed a 45
per cent surtax which shifted
the tax on utilities onto the
home owners.
"I want to state that this
was a big mistake. I vote for
it because at that time there
was a vast difference in as
sessments between the coun
ties and I had hoped that this
could be adjusted," he said.
Pearson said this bill was
one in fairness to the taxpay
ers. Sen. Anthony Yturri (R
Ontario) opposed the bill as
did Sen. Donald Husband (R-
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Eugene). Both are members
of the Tax committee who dis
sented from the report favor
ing the bill.
Yturri questioned the con
stitutionality of the bill on
the grounds that the state
constitution provides for uni
form taxation on all classes
of business.
Rates Said Unsound
"This bill, if approved,
would open a pandora's box
and in future sessions we will
have the farmers and other
groups coming to the legisla
ture seeking preferential
treatment," Yturri said.
Yturri said that Dr. John
Sly, who made a tax study in
Oregon, stated in his report
Legislators To
Reenact First
Session March IS
Salem-flJPD-Final plans for
the Oregon Legislature's par
ticipation in the reenactment
of the first legislative session
held in Oregon at Oregon City
March 18 have been com
pleted, Sen. Monroe Sweet
land (D-Milwaukie) announc
ed Thursday.
Members of the Senate and
House will leave Salem at
2:45 p.m. next Wednesday in
five buses for Oregon City.
The Centennial event will
take place in the Thora Gard
ner junior high school.
Pearson to Preside
George Hibbard, Oregon
City attorney, will serve as
master of ceremonies. The re
enactment of the first legisla
ture session will begin at 2:30
p.m. with Senate President
Walter J. Pearson presiding.
The script of the event is
being prepared by Thomas
Vaughan of the Oregon His
torical Society. It will include
reenactment of the election
of two United States senators
and a governor by the initial
Legislature. This election,
Sen. Sweetland said, was held
in 1858, a year before Ore
gan was admitted to the
union.
The president of the Senate
at that time was Luther El
kins of Linn county and the
Speaker of the House was
William G. Vault of Jackson
county.
Portland-(UPD-The Interna
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ica plans to seek a wage in
crease of about 12Vi cents an
hour in talks scheduled to
open with employers here
about April 10.
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"that variable tax rates were
not sound and in fact were in
defensible." Sen. Dan Dlmick (D-Rose-burg)
scoffed at the idea that
the variable rates would be
d e c 1 ared unconstitutional.
Back on June 4, 1917, he said,
the people voted for variable
rates of taxation.
"This bill doesn't add tax
es to the utilities," he said.
"It does stop the shift of
taxes on the utilities to home
owners and businesses, how
ever," he added.
Husband said that for
years the utilities in Oregon
paid more than three times
more taxes than other forms
of taxpayers.
The Senate State and Fed
eral Affairs committee ap
proved a proposed constitu
tional amendment which
would increase salaries of le
gislators if approved by. vot
ers. The issue was turned
down by voters last Novem
ber. The committee voted to
amend the bill to provide for
a salary increase to $1500 a
year instead of the $1200 ori
ginally asked.
A bill which would have
prohibited trains from block
ing railroad crossings for
more than five minutes at a
time was tabled by the Sen
ate State and Federal Affairs
committee.
Parks Division
Bill Introduced
Salem-ttJPD-Seventeen state
senators and one representa
tive joined Thursday in intro
ducing a bill to authorize the
State Highway Commission to
establish a state parks and
recreation division.
Such a division would be
under the jurisdiction and
control of the Highway Com
mission. Provision is made for
appointment of . a. recreation
director who would work un
der the administration of the
state park ' superintendent.
The director recreation
would be authorized to in
vestigate recreation facilities
now existing and those need
ed in various areas of the
state.
The Highway Commission
could accept monies and prop
erty from any public or pri
vate source. No money in the
state highway fund could be
expended for the recreation
division.
Portland (UPD William W.
Banks, 82, an attorney and a
former state legislator, died
Wednesday.
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The Family Council
Editor's note: The Fmll Council consists of a Judge a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspapei editor a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors. ,
Harriet N. My mother-in-law
visits early in' the morn
ing. Harold N. She shouldn't
be made to feel unwelcome.
Harriet N. My husband
and I have been married eight
years and have four young
sters. We live right near my
mother-in-law and this causes
a lot of trouble.
My mother-in-law has a hab
it of coming over whenever
she pleases. This is usually
quite early in the morning
when she goes out shopping.
At this time of the day the
house is in a mess and the
kids are yelling and carrying
on all over the place. It is
very upsetting to me to have
her at such an hour, but my
husband won't say anything to
her about it.
On the other hand, my mother-in-law
has her own daugh
ter and her children over to
dinner at least once a week.
But she only invites us for
special occasions like Thanks
giving or Christmas. The least
she can do is to treat me as
she does her daughter, since
she is so intimate.
--''
Harold N. I don't think
my mother should be made
to feel unwelcome in our home
at any time. She doesn't criti
cize my wifeor anything like
that. She just likes to poke
her head in and see that every
thing is all right.
As far as my mother's hav
ing my sister over so often, I
don't see anything so bad
about that. After all, a mother
and daughter are closer than
a mother and daughter-in-law.
My sister lives too far for
my mother to see her every
day as she would like to, so
she . has her over to dinner
once a week. It's too much for
Mom to feed my sister and
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her family and our family as
well.
My mother is devoted to all
of us so I don't like to act as
if we are jealous of my sister.
I don't think Harriet is being
reasonable or fair about this.
The Council: We wouldn't
blame Harriet for having some
objection to constant early
morning visits from her mother-in-law,
but we have an ink
ling that this isn't a real beef.
When mother-in-law "pokes
her head in to see that every
thing is all right" and offers
no criticism of the messy
house or squalling children,
she is showing a real motherly
concern. Harriet would prob
ably not be "upset" by it if she
didn't feel that she holds a
too-low status in her mother-in-law's
estimation. She knows
very well that her mother-in-law
is experienced enough as
mother and homemaker to un
derstand the whys and where
fores of a bustling home early
in the morning.
Harriet gives herself away
when she pockets this problem
together with the one about
her mother-in-law's slighting
her for the weekly dinners.
Harold gives a reasonable ex
planation for this "and Harriet
would probably accept it if
she weren't obsessed by a
childish jealousy.
We can see a fairly simple
solution to both Harriet's
problems and she would have
seen it herself if she had not
indulged in this foolish jeal
ousy. Harriet should invite
her mother-in-law to weekly
dinners at her home. Then
she'll be able to show herself
and her home at their best and
possibly reduce the early
morning visits.
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Oregon Timber Taxation
Changes Receive Support
Salem-fUPD-A bill calling for
changes in Oregon timber tax
ation has received support
from the Forestry Depart
ment and the Oregon Grange.
The House Taxation Com
mittee, headed by Rep. Clar
ence Barton (D-Coquille) held
a hearing on the measure,
which is aimed at getting
tax money earlier from own
ers cutting more rapidly than
others. It also would allow
lower annual payments by
those holding timber for long
er periods.
Barton is principal spon
sor of the bill, (HB14) which
has been supported by Weyer
haeuser Timber Company and
opposed by Georgia-Pacific,
two large lumber corpora
tions. Helps to Stabilize Econmy
State Forester Dwight
Phipps said he believed the
bill would help stabilize the
state's forest economy. He
said the main objective was
to get continuous growth of
timber. Phipps suggested that
public hearings be held be
fore the Tax Commission sets
timber valuations.
Elmer McClure, master of
the State Grange, said he ap
proved the principle of the
bill. An amendment was add
ed which would make conces
sion to taxation of immature
timber. McClure said he con
curred with this idea..
Opposition came from those
who believe older trees should
be cut to make room for a
new crop.
The bill provides for setting
of cutting cycles by individ
ual owners in a county rather
than the . present countywide
average in application of the
discount on ad valorem tax
ation granted for timber
which is held a number of
years.
To Reconsider Bill
The House voted to recon
sider a bill it passed earlier
which would allow the state
forester to take over private
land for a forest access road
and then have the price de
termined in court.
The Senate has passed the
bill.
Rep. Carlton Fisher (R-Eu-gene)
won a 36-23 vote for
reconsideration after he said
the bill would give too much
power to the state forester.
Barton said the bill would
eliminate possibility of a pri
vate owner denying the state
access to state-owned timber
in the hope of advantage to
himself. At present Forestry
Department cannot use the
land until condemnation pro
cedures have been completed.
The bill was referred to
the Judiciary Commi ttee,
where it faced the prospect
of the substantial vote for
another look.
Budget Publication
The House voted to require
the governor to complete pub- j
lication of the proposed budg
et by Dec. 1 of even-numbered
years. The present deadline
is Dec. 20.
Barton said the earlier date
would better assure that a
defeated governor cannot
change his budget after elec
tion because it will have to
be sent to the printer sooner.
The deadline date was a
House amendment to a Senate-passed
bill which provid
ed for distribution of the
budget to libraries and pub
lic agencies. The bill returns
to the Senate.
If liquor prices increase so
will bootlegging, the House
Alcohol Control Committee
was told.
T. T,. Turner, executive sec
retary of the Oregon Non
profit Organizations, made the
Hatfields Start
Remodeling House
Salem-(UPD-Gov. and Mrs.
Hatfield have started exten
sive reconstruction of an 87-year-old
house they hope to
occupy this summer. A con
siderable amount of new con
struction also is involved.
The governor thanked many
Oregonians who had offered
materials for the house, but
he said "we feel we want to
have the experience of choos
ing exactly what we want
and of paying the going rate
for them. It does not seem
proper for us to accept gifts
for the house."
Suggestion Results
In $40 Award
James G. Fisher, of the
state forestry department's
local headquarters, has been
awarded $40 for a suggestion
concerning burning permits.
The suggestion will result in
$400 in savings to the state
annually, according to Gor
don Shattuck, secretary to the
Oregon State Employee Sug
gestion Awards board.
Fisher suggested that the
Salem permit files be elimi
nated in favor of establish
ment of complete files at the
district level. Savings are in
reduced printing and mailing
prediction in . testimony be
fore the Committee.
Second on Coast
State Liquor Administra
tor George van Bergen said
Oregon was second on the
Pacific Coast in number of
liquor stills discovered in
1958. There were 24 such dis
coveries in Oregon, 25 in
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