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History from lho files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 8, 1951 (Thursday)
Sen. Ben Day, Gold Hill,
Introduced a bill today pro
viding for the strict Inspection
of Oregon slaughter houses
and meat packing firms.
Frank Carter, Jacksonville,
escaped uninjured when he
jumped from his logging truck
as it left the highway on Jack
sonville hill late Tuesday.
20 YEARS AGO
March 8, 1941 (Saturday)
Southern Oregon's three-
day Christian mission, open
ing tomorrow, Is expected to
attract an unusually large at-1
tendance at all its session.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
old dance hall at G. Hill will
be torn down. For years it was
the favorite spot for throwing
the festive hoof, and was as
much a landmark as the
Alaskan nugget on Frank
Amy's watch-chain."
30 YEARS AGO
March 8. 1931 (Sunday)
Ashland High school defeat
ed Medford 25 to 24 last night
to win the Southern Oregon
basketball championship. .
Medford is recovering from
a mild flu epidemic; several
pneumonia cases are now be
ing reported.
40 YEARS AGO
March 8, 1921 (Tuesday)
A carload of horses, ISO In
all, will be needed for work
on the Medford Irrigation dis
trict expansion project.
The court has ruled that the
city of Medford has the right
to purchase property upon
which Is holds tax liens.
SO YEARS AGO
March 8. 1911 (Wednesday)
The Medford Commercial
club has reported that the city
Is being Investigated for the
possible location here of a big
new chicken hatcnery by
California firm.
The city of Jacksonville has
reelected Dr. T. T. Shaw may
or. What's Your I.Q.7
Nine er ten correct it mperler:
even or eight Is excellent! five
six is good.
1. Is the avacado a fruit or
vegetable?
2. Which U.S. coins were
withdrawn from circulation In
1933?
3. In which state Is the
Everglades National Park?
4. World War I Indebted
ness of foreign nations Is, or
Is not, carried on U.S. Treas
ury Department accounts?
5. In which part of the
world was the Leyte campaign
fought In W.W. II?
6. Which U.S. Admiral be
came an honorary chief of the
Ottawa Indians of Michigan?
7. Did the former League of
Nations expel the Soviet
Union from Its membership?
8. Are living persons ever
depicted on U. S. postnge
tamps?
9. A nock court held by
vagabonds or by prisoners In
a jail is called what?
10. Is it possible to skate on
glass with Ice skates?
Antwtrsi 1. Fruit, 2. Gold
coins. 3. Florida. 4. It Is. S.
Philippine Islands. 6. Adm.
Chester Nlmlls. 7. Yes. (Fin
land aggression, 1939), 9. No.
9. Kangaroo court. 10. No.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8, 1961
No Be-All
At the risk of appearing maudlin and mystic,
we wonder if the spirit of the Gifford Pinchots,
Theodore Roosevelts and Dick Neubergers do
not view with concern the saga, thus far, of the
warfare man is waging against his habitat on
the Oregon seacoast.
At this writing, with action on the program
to establish a protective National Seashore Rec
reation Area under unified management of the
National Park Service at a standstill, it looks like
"progress" has won out over "protection." For
mankind in terms of the coming decades we are
fearful that the victory, insofar as it is a victory
of the concept of claim-staking as a policy to
ward our land resources, can be a sour one.
T ET us hope the younger generation, as well as
- tomorrow's generations will not view a sea
coast eroded by lowered water table, scarred by
t.hp asnhalt and blacktoDDinor of industry, pol
luted and contaminated
and industry, and ruefully note civilization's
progress.
Such "progress" is
. . i , n. t
can Doast as it manes ius way uuuugu wie
shiny red apple. That is the way of worms, and
on succeeding trees there are lots more apples.
Man so far has only this
with our blacktop, our concrete, our smokestacKs.
Such abstract considerations form the outer
boundaries of the issues involved in the Dunes
Seashore Park controversy. But within these gen
eral and philosophic boundaries is a complex of
problems.
'"THERE is the apparent conflict between Inter-
national Paper Co.'s program of industrial ex
pansion at Gardiner and the concepts and policies
of the National Park Service in protecting the
natural integrity of the recreation and park areas
under its junsdicition. It
be no conflict that the
would not impair the beauty of the water-source
lakes, the purity of the
still hope so and we still
But have tears been
Has the issue as a practical matter resolved down
to a choice ; the pulp mill
minds of the park sponsors or ot the pulp mill
directors, but in the minds of an economically-
fearful public;
It is a public fearful
or poverty, fragamented
warring interests.
It is an area community ternhed by the
sensitive payrolls and incomes of a single resource
economy, bolstering its
ing to the addition of
salvation. .
WE ARE confident there is temperate and
responsible thought in the timber products
industry, as well. as in civic leadership in our
communities, state and nation, which realizes that
a pulp mill is no panacea
ins.
Desirable though it may be, in terms of public
obligation for fuller utilization of the timber
resource, as well as a diversification of payroll,
it continues to be a part of the almost unbridled
competition of a one-resource industry. It is an
industry more driven than directed, more riding
than ridden. In times 01
in times of boom, it harvests and depletes.
f ET'S face it in candor and without rancor:
Today, in the midst of a stymied plywood
market, glutted inventories and unemployment,
the plywood industry is
equipment ior ever iasier ana cneaper proauc
tion.
We applaud the proposed mill at Gardiner
bu,t not as the gateway
freedom from recessions
rolls. It is not a be-all
World.
Retain State Forests
House Bill 1314, introduced by Reps. Barton
of Coos County and Holmstrom of Clatsop, would
let counties recapture forest lands they previously
turned over to the state
management. Promptly came a protest from the
County Court of Clatsop County. It adopted a
resolution opposing this
The Clatsop officials
Board "has fulfilled its
with good business management and fine coop
eration."
"THEY commented on
which has been done
this great resource and
proposed "would be a constant threat and a deter
rent to sound planning for the future." The reso
lution further set forth that the tax levying bodies
ot the county have received ?2,2L'5,000 from these
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liwiua ui wiui'ii ou to iu ptT win tuis uuen aiiocai
ed to the school system.
"THIS remonstrance is
those who assisted
forest program was County Judge Guy Boyington,
who still serves in that office at Clatsop County.
Under the state forest plan the county timber
lands received capable management by profes-
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siuiiuis in luresuy aim me taxing uisuieis gee
75 per cent of the income from the lands, the re
mainder going for administrative expenses and
forest development.
In time these lands will be supplementary
asset yielding excellent returns to the counties.
They should be left under state control. Oregon
Statesman.
Not End-All
by the refuse of cities
that of which the worm
ji u
one world to conquer
was hoped there need
erection ot a pulp mill
air, land and water. We
think so.
allayed on either side l
or the park not in the
of tomorrow s pay check
into myriad narrow and
desperate hopes by look
a large pulp mill for
for the land s economic
recession, it conserves;
developing and installing
to the promised land of
and of everlasting pay
or end-all. Coos Bay
Board of forestry ior
bill in its entirety."
attested that !ie State
part of our agreement
the forward planning
for the management of
declared that the law
not surprising. One of
in developing the state
I
Dennis the Menace
1?$ MY 6PEAT- GREAT SFAHOPA .
He WAS A BEATNIK.
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Thinks It A Shame
To the Editor; I tnink it is a
shame that Mr. Kenry R. Kor-
man of Longview, Wash., had
to write all the way over here,
to have Malemute Slim tell
him to have him and "The
Weekly People," catch the
first plane out of Portland to
Moscow, (Or do they have
planes in Seattle?) Anyway,
report to Mr. Joseph Shevit
ski, nick-named Bull!
Tell them not to worry
about Mr. Kennedy's Peace
Corps and- to forget the -bal
ance of the Lend Lease Debt.
Owen C.. Gearhart Sr.,
Malemute Slim,
White City, Ore.
Enjoys A Treat
To the Editor: Saturday
night our family enjoyed a
treat-the Minstrel Show at
Ruch. My husband and I had
attended one seven years ago
but it was a first time for our
children-they're still talking
about it and repeating some
of the jokes. Especially we en
joyed a cake walk dance done
by two sisters, an unscheduled
song by "Rastus," and the
"Sambo and Rastus" jokes.
"The Charmers," jokingly
billed as "The Crawlers" from
McLoughlin Jr. High played
several numbers with surpris
ing skill for boys of their
ages. We'll be happy to hear
them again and againl
Mrs. Eddie Trefren,
626 West Fourth,
Medford, Ore.
Agrees With Plan
To the Editor: I see in the
communications column of
the Mail Tribune of Sunday,
March 5, that the plasterers
union in Los Angeles has re
fused a pay raise in the inter
ests of an anti-inflation move.
I have wondered for some
time how long before some
thing of this kind would take
place. Have even considered
suggesting it to my own un
ion, but of course realizing
that I might get shouted down
and kicked out of the meet
ing.
What I have in mind was a
co-ooperatlve plan whereby
the union would agree to take
a small wage reduction, and
the company would agree to
take an equal cut in profits
percentage wise. Possibly the
government could supply an
accountant to guarantee both
sides an equal reduction in
profits and wages. I believe
that such a plan would work
if both the companies and the
unions were sincere in trying
to fight Inflation. Also, the
stockholders would be Includ
ed. If such a plan were put Into
effect and went on long
enough it would seem to me
that at least we would soon
be competing with the prices
ot foreign products.
To put such a plan into ef
fect some of the bitterness of
management and labor would
have to be put aside and sub
stituted with some real coop
eration. That might be hard
to achieve, as some of the big
companies are now in the
middle of a campaign to make
Industrial slaves out of their
employees, and they are doing
quite well at It, I might add.
To blame the labor unions
for the Inflation that we now
have is unjust, as the fault is
equally shared by the big
companies and corporations,
as well as the unions.
I believe that such a plan
would do much to fight Infla
tion, but 1 may be wrong.
Would like to hear some com
ment from some others on the
subject.
R. Holmstrom,
2908 Old Stage Rd.,
Medford, Ore.
Red Dope Traffic
To the Editor: I have rea
son to doubt Mr. Edgar Snow's
integrity in declaring t h e
charge that the Chinese Com
munist are still holding
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American prisoners is false.
The thing I cannot imagine is
the Chinese showing him in
detail all their country in the
time that he was there so that
he could say unequivocably
that there were no prisoners.
The Soviet Intourist agency
arranges all travels within
Russia and the Soviet Repub
lics and much of the country
is forbidden land. No one is
allowed to visit the com
munes, for instance. All I
have for proof on that is the
word of a noted commentator,
lecturer, author and editor,
Mr. Howard Kershner. He was
the author of that editorial
so might not be acceptable to
Mr. Harr.
The facts on the Chinese
drug traffic were released in
an article by Lawrence Sulli
van, coordinator of informa
tion, U. S. House of Repre
sentatives, and came to light
in a recent report from the
United Nations commission on
narcotic drugs. The U. S. dele
gate to the special UN Con
ference on the rapidly ex
panding narcotics trade was
Harry D. Anslinger, chief of
the Narcotics Bureau, U. S.
Treasury Department.
"Narcotics experts attached
to the Commission (UN) esti
mate that more than five mil
lion acres of land in starving
China are now devoted exclu
sively to intensive cultivation
of narcotic poppies.
"Everyone connected with
the Communist dope traffic
is charged with the daily re
sponsibility and duty of re
cruiting new addicts to 'chase
the dragon,' as the habit is
described throughout the Or
ient," according to Sullivan's
review of the Anslinger re
port. The Chinese Communists
have built up an army of
the Chinese Communists hav
fiendish criminals in every
major port city in the world
and in spite of increased police
work throughout the U.S.,
new addicts are recruited
dnily. The U.S. Treasury De
partment Knows the man in
Hong Kong that handles the
dope traffic for the Chinese
supply, Judah Isaac Ezra,
whom they had sent to the
penitentiary years ago. They
uncovered a group in Califor
nia who were receiving the
shipments in this country.
It is a fact that those who
decry our system the most
are those who would lower
the bars for more debauchery,
wonder why? Christians had
better start praying and in
forming themselves of the
Communist menace.
Gamaliel was speaking of
Jioci-iennng followers of our
Lord, the quotation would
hardly fit God-less, murdering
Communists. Their people
have no say in these matters.
Dorian F. Woods
Prospect, Ore.
What Mutt Be Don
To the Editor: A recent
communication was critical of
the part churches are playing
In the fight against Commu
nism. In the Oct. 10 issue uf
Christianity Today, J. Edgar
Hoover states the true nature
of Communism and what must
be done to defeat it.
"Hence, under Communism
we see a decisive break from
and thrust against the Judaic
Christian heritage. Commu
nism is not just another politi
cal party, social organization,
or economic philosophy which
can be understood within the
framework of our traditional
Western heritage. So to re
gard Communism is radically
to misunderstand Its terrific
driving power, insidious per
suasion, and terrifying intent.
The Communists are not in
terested in remodeling or re
forming our society, but In
organizing a completely dif
ferent society a society
which, by denying God,
hopes to create a new type of
Republicans Playing Long, Long Shot
In Texas Stake Is Senate Position
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington-(UPD-It is a long,
long shot the Republicans are
playing in Texas, and for big
stakes.
The stake is the U.S. Sen
ate seat vacat
ed by Vice
P resident
Lyndon B.
Johnson. This
is the best
chance Texas
R e p u blicans
ever had to
win a Senate
election. That
wilion may be faint
praise but it also is a fact.
The election will take place
April 4. Of the 71 that's
right, 71 candidates who
have filed, only one is a Re
publican. That one is John
Small Albania Joins Chinese In
Opposing Moscow Leadership
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Among those who attempt
to follow Communist affairs
closely, a current favorite
topic of specu
lation deals
with events
inside tiny
Albania.
For this
smallest and
;Ssmr jfe j poorest of the
Comm u n 1 s t
ryaum n a 1 1 ons has
joined Red
Niwum i-nina to op
pose the leadership of Mos
cow. Kingpin Albanian Commu
nist is Gen. Enver Hoxha
52-year-old first secretary of
the party. He was one of the
founders of the Albanian
party in 1941 and for most
of that time has been its
recognized leader.
He has kept himself in
power throughout frequent
purges along the same lines
man: Communist Man. St.
Paul, the great Apostle, could
say, 'If any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature.' The
Communists would pervert
this profound truth to say: 'If
any man be in the Commu
nist party, he is a new crea
ture'." "If Communism is to be de
feated, the task must rest
largely upon the theologians
and ministers of the Gospel.
Communism is a false secular
religion with pseudo-theologi
cal explanations of the great
verities of life, such as the
creation, life on earth, and the
world to come. Communism is
an all - encompassing system
with explanations - though
wrong ones for this great
universe of God. The Party
offers answers though
perverted ones-for the hopes,
joys, and fears of mankind.
"In the final analysis, the
Communist world view must
be met and defeated by the
Christian world view. The
Christian view of God as the
Creator, Sustainer and Lord
of the universe is majestically
superior to the ersatz ap
proach of dialectical material
ism concocted by Marx and
Lenin. The task of our clergy
today is to translate this Holy
Truth into the daily lives of
our men and women. This
truly is their responsibility as
Christian clergymen.
"Strong, responsible, and
faithful Christians, wearing
the full armor of God, are the
best weapons of attack against
Communism and the other
problems of our day. 'Seek ye
lirst the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness.' In this way
you will be playing a vital
role also in helping defend
our cherished way of life."
Dorian F. Woods,
Prospect, Ore.
A Further Word
To the Editor: Whether by
accident or design, I am glad
you placed my remarks on
"The Crucible," Medford High
school's recent play, between
the criticisms in your issue
of March 7 by Robert J. How
ard and Anna M. Steed direct
ed against you and me. As to
those criticisms, in general,
my comments quoted in that
juxtaposition are a sufficient
answer so far as I am concern
ed. However, I would like to
address a further word to both
critics on a couple of specific
points they made.
Like some members of the
HUAC and other super-patriots,
Mr. Howard has a bad
habit of indulging in ground
less name-calling against any
one whom he suspects of not
Interpreting the Bill of Rights
or other basic American con
cepts just as he does. Not con
tent with some uncomplimen
tary tilings lie nad to say
about me in earlier Communi
cations, he wrote me a couple
of personal letters In which
he was even more abusive. He
never has taken the trouble
to learn the true and readily
available facts about me nor
has he accepted my repeated
Invitations to meet me in per
son.
Now, In his latft published
letter. Mr. Howard again re
sorts to such utterly baseless
innuendo when he says, "Mr.
I'M
Tower whose claim to fame
goes back to last November's
Texas contest for Johnson's
Senate seat. Johnson, himself,
then was a candidate for re
election as well as a candi
date for election to the vice
presidency.
Garner Set Precedent
There was precedent for
that. Speaker John Nance
Garner, D-Texas, ran in 1932
for reelection to the House
and at the same time for elec
tion as vice president on the
Roosevelt ticket. Like Garner,
Johnson won the vice presi
dency. Hence the Texas sena
torial eletcion now coming up.
Johnson polled 1,300,000
votes for senator last Novem
ber. His Republican opponent,
Tower, got 926,000. That was
better than a merely repect-
followed by the late Soviet
Premier Josef Stalin, of
whom he was an ardent ad
mirer. Joins Red China
Now he has elected to join
Mao Tze-Tung in bitter op
position to Nikita Khrush
chev's policy of peaceful co
existence with the West and
to Khrushchev's moderate
policy toward President Tito
of Yugoslavia.
Albania always has been a
pauper nation dependent for
help on others in the Com
munist bloc, first on Yugo
slavia before Hoxha's break
with Tito, and then on the
Soviet Union and its various
partners.
Albania's geographical po
sition makes her the most
vulnerable of the Communist
satellites and makes her pres
ent actions all the more cause
for speculation.
On the one side, she has
'.'revisionist" Yugoslavia
whose success threatens the
the very existence of Hoxha's
Stalinist-style regime. On the
other she has the NATO al
Hard Times' Gone;
Its 'Dips', 'Slides'
Among Economists
By DICK WEST
Washington - (UPD - Anyone
old enough to remember the
Depression Era will recall
that econom
ic conditions
in those days
could be sum
marized in
just two words
"hard times."
When a gov
ernment offi
cial used that
exp ression,
everyone
knew what he was talking
Jenny seems pre - occupied
with reading the left-wing
press of the country." For his
benefit and that of others in
need of enlightment let me
say that my only sources' of
press news and editorial com
ment normally are the New
York Times, Medford Mail
Tribune, Portland Oregonian,
and the Christian Century, an
undenominational r e 1 1 gious
journal published in Chicago.
If any of these are "left-wing"
I leave to your less biased and
misguided readers to judge.
And for the information of
both Mr. Howard and Miss
(Mrs.?) Streed: the "doctor
ing" of the HUAC film, "Oper-
tion Abolition," consisted of
so piecing together parts of
that film, out of context, as
to make it appear as though
students at the San Francisco
City Hall protest meeting
were communists or commun
ist-sympathizers, whereas very
few recognizable communists
actually led or participated In
the affair. This is the "doctor
ing" (the inaccuracies and dis
tortions to which I referred
in my letter of March 3) about
which William Wheeler, inves
tigator for HUAC, had said,
"I've admitted that."
In this connection it is
pertinent to point out, too,
that the redoubtable new "Mr.
Republican," Senator Barry
Goldwater, in a syndicated
article in the March 5 Ore
gonian indulged in the same
kind of exaggeration and
guilt-by-association when he
said that "the leaders were
known members of the Com
munist Party" yet identifies
only one, a Morris Graham by
name.
In any case, our Republic
still stands; the Constitution
and its Bill of Rights remain
the law of the land; and all
these self-appointed guardians
of the purity of our beliefs
are free to go right on making
themselves silly nuisances if
they wish. As for me, I shall
continue to oppose commun
ism and all other totalitarian
isms by leeal and fair means
and to sing with heart and
soul, "Let Freedom Ring."
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford, Ore.
M
able showing for a statewide
Republican candidate in Tex
as. The idea which is causing
some Republicans here and in
Texas to dream happy dreams
is this:
This is an election, not a
primary. Voters will be choos
ing between one Republican
and 70 Democrats. Many of
these 70 Demorcats are with
out any chance whatever of
being elected and with no rec
ognized qualifications for the
office or, even to campaign
for it. They simply clutter and
confuse the contest.
Democrats to Share
There are several strong
and well known candidates
among the Democrats, how
ever, such as Sen. William A.
Blakley, who occupies the
seat by appointment. Blakley
lies. Greece and Italy
Yet from this position of
weakness, Hoxha has dared to
accuse Moscow of interference
In internal Albanian affairs
and to link himself with Red
China, a powerful but most
distant ally.
Reasons for Defiance
How does he expect to get
away with this defiance of
Khrushchev? Entering into his
calculations may be these con
siderations: Any attack on Albania
would be an attack on Peip
ing, opening up for all the
world to see the ideological
and nationalist differences
within the Communist camp.
To force the removal of
Hoxha would be an admission
of weakness, since Khrush
chev would be doing to Al
bania what he could not do
to Red China.
Finally, despite the develop
ment of rockets, the Soviet
submarine base in Albania
continues of sufficient worth
to make Albanian stability im
portant, since it provides an
outlet to the Mediterranean.
about. Consequently, there
was some measure of under
standing between the govern
ment and the people. -
Then the government be
gan bringing large numbers
of professional economists to
Washington, and that was
when the government and the
people began to lose contact
with each other. ,
Each economist arrived with
a briefcase load of new terms
with which to describe eco
nomic conditions. When the
briefcases were opened, it
turned out that one econo
mist's "recession" was anoth
er economists "readjustment."
Dips and Slides
The result is that we don't
have "hard times" anymore.
Now we have "dips" and
"slides" and "downturns" and
other giddy sensations.
Thus it has become possible
for a government official to
talk about the economy with
almost no danger of being
understood by anybody. And
that brings me to the illus
trated part of my lecture.
On Monday of this week,
the New York Herald Trib
une printed a sort of parody
of the economic jargon cur
rently in vogue. On the same
day, Walter W. Heller, chair
man of the President's Coun
cil of Economic Advisers, tes
tified before the Joint Con
gressional Economic com
mittee. I have taken some excerpts
from the parody and shuffled
them together with some ex
cerpts from Heller's testi
mony. These I have dealt out
in paragraph form below.
What's For Real
You are invited to read
these excerpts in random Jux
taposition and see if you can
separate the parody from the
real thing.
l-"Sales and income fig
ures show an easing up of the
rate at which business is eas
ing off. . .There is a slow but
noticeable slowing up of the
slowdown."
2. "There are a few signs in
the economy that give some
hope of an upturn. At the
same time there still are some
soft spots that are not so re
assuring."
3- "A quickening of the
pace of recovery following a
reversal of the inventory-cycle
mechanism does not ap
pear likely until after mid
year." 4- "Of course, if the slow
down should speed up, the de
crease in the rate of Increase
In unemployment would turn
into an increase in the rate of
decrease of unemployment. In
other words, the deceleration
would be accelerated."
5- "It is hard to tell, before
the slowdown is completed,
whether a particular pickup is
going to be fast."
6- "A fast pickup. . .is very
much less promising than in
and the several qualified can
didates are expected to share
nearly all of the Democratic
vote.
If these top candidates
share about equally in the
Democratic vote, it seems pos
sible that Tower might get
into a run-off election. A run
off seems inevitable under the
circumstances.
Another "if" relates to Tow
er. If his 926,000 supporters
of last November were all
committed Republicans, he
could expect to get a great
many of them again. There
probably were peculiarly anti
Johnson votes among Tower's
November total, however, and
there may have been other
factors that helped him then
but that would not help him
in April.
Republicans see a chance,
at least, to make a showing.
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R
Ariz.) will visit Texas March
17 to aid Tower. Goldwater
is the most exciting figure on
view among Republicans,
their voice of , conservation.
The eyes of politicians ara
on Texas.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In San Francisco, where
the tourist business is big
business, they are toying with
an interesting proposal. The
proposal is to levy a three per
cent tax on transient hotel
room rates and use the money
to finance a stepped-up cam
paign for more tourist visitors
and more conventions.
There are two schools of
thought. It is expected that
the tax would raise about
$800,000. One school holds
that the hotel room tax should
be used to the extent of $300,
000 to replace that amount o
property tax money new being
spent for tourist promotion,
thus helping to lighten the
property tax burden. That
would leave $500,000 of the
hotel tax money with which
to go after more tourists and
more conventions - which
would be an increase of $200,
000 over what is now being
spent.
TlHE other school is some
what more ambitious. It
would use not only the $300,
000 of property tax monev
but would UP it to $500,000
to be added to the $800,000
to be raised by the tax on
hotel rooms - thus increasing
the tourist and convention
promotion fund to $1,300,000.
With that amount of money
available, it is argued, it
would be a cinch to hold the
Pacific Festival this year. The
Pacific Festival - a variation
of the world fair idea has
been regarded as out of the
range of possibility for 1961
if more money isn't found
somewhere.
lROM the stand point of
" money and where it is to
come from, it is pointed out
that the property tax is be
ginning to bite in San Fran
cisco. It is alleged that be
cause of the high property tax
industry is already beginning
to move out of the city.
A sales tax on transient
hotel rooms, it is contended,
would get around that objec
tion. WHAT of the hotel people?
Well, so far, they are lying
doggo - which is to say, they
are keeping still and listening
hard. And, of course, doing
some thinking.
Assuming for the sake of
easy figuring that the hotel
rate for two persons might
average out at $15.00 per
room, a three per cent sales
tax would mean a cost in
crease of 45 cents. The ques
tion would be whether lo
absorb the increased cost or
to up the price of rooms. And,
if the price were increased,
would it mean fewer custo
mers? Would more tourists
tend to say in the surrounding
suburbs and commute into tha
city?
This tax business, you see,
has many angles.
pETTING closer home
" Suppose San Francisco de
cides to go after more tourist
business for all it Is worth.
Suppose the Pacific Festival
Is launched in 1961. Suppose
it Is a great success. Suppose
the visitors run up into the
hundreds of thousands.
What would that mean to ui
up here in southern Oregon
and far northern California?
IT COULD mean quite a lit
tle. Figures compiled by Ore
gon's Travel Information Di
vision of the Oregon state
highway department indicate
that each tourist car spends
an average of $23.60 per day.
If we could Induce a million
tourist cars to spend one day
more in our area, it would
mean the addition of $23,000,
000 to our economy.
We could use It - very
nicely.
the previous recessions."
For the benefit of the com
pletely bewildered, I will now
reveal that paragraphs 2, 3
and 6 are the real thing.