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g THUHSDAY.IAY 17, 1962 MtlDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. Forestry Association Forester Says Politics, Timber Must Mix MtlDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON "Poliliffi and timber must mix if our economy in the Pacific Northwest i to be maintained and prosper," N. E. Bjorklund, chief forester of the Industrial Forestry as sociation, told a meeting of the Southern Oregon Conser vation and Tree Farm asso ciation recently. Increased appropriat Ions or access road development, up-date? inventories for more accurate allowable cuts and greater attention to prepara tion of salvaf timber sales are three areas of action need ing attention of the public forest agencies, according to Bjorklund. Recent efforts of an awak ened forest industry have gained congressional support for recommendation to lifl- CUTTER INSECT REPELLENT New cream formula is concentrated so that a little bit goes a long, long way. Non-greasy, non-sticky. Pleasant-smelling, easy to use. Comes in a pocket size, unbreakable flask. j ' -'- INSECT KEPtlltNI prove forest service policies. Recommendations Nottd Recommendations incl u d e maintenance of an orderly program of timber sales, rec ognition of the government's monopoly position as a timber seller in setting stumpage rates, revision of appeals pro cedure, and revision of forest service timber sale contracts to provide normal buyer-seller relationship. The bureau of land manage ment also is important as a timber holder in southwestern Oregon, and is receiving at tention from the Industry, He noted that in Oregon, two-thirds of the timber volume is In federal owner ship so any legislation relat ing to public forest lands has a real impact on Oregon economy. Urges Active Rolt He urged SOCTFA mem bers lo lake a more active role In government and com municate with their legisla. tors so law-makers can be better Informed concerning forest industry problems. Bjorklund pointed out that Congress is playing an in creasingly important part in determining the well-being of the forest products industry which provides 80 per cent of the basic economy in the Pacific Northwest. In southern Oregon, the timber industry is even more important since it provides about three fourths of the basic payrolls, he noted. Local timber supply, markets for forest products and the amount of competition from both foreign lumber and com peting products are all direct ly affected by congressional action. Subcommittee Hearings Bjorklund reported that the subcommittee hearings on the wilderness legislation were continuing In Washing ton, D. 0 , and that, due lo the volume of the testimony, the executive session has been delayed until early June. The proposed law could lock up millions of acres of western0 federal forests for single use, he said. The IFA is appearing at the hearings to safeguard the region's economy, he added. Board Okays Transfer OF Placement Program Salem-fflPD-The State Board of Education has approv ed transfer of the state's ad from the University of Ore vanced placement program gon to the Oregon Education department here. Under the program, high school students who score high in several fields enter college with advanced stand ing and can waive certain courses required of college freshmen. Dr. Arthur Kreisman, Southern Orcgono-ollcge, ex plained the background of the development of the proposed Jackson County Home Rule Charter. 4-H NEWS Applegale Susans The Applegate Sewing Su sans 4-H club met recently at the home of Mrs. Clay Brion. The president, Judy Macy, called the meeting to order and the flag salutes were led by Connie Burrell and Susan Downing. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Adrienne Brion, and roll call was taken. The Williams Sewing club attend ed our meeting. Beth Krouse, Reporter Timber Sales Are Planned in Winema Klamath Fal9 - A series of timber sales to be offered soon by the Winema National for-0 est has been announced by For?st Supervisor Alex Smith. First in the series is a sale of 500,000 board feet on the Chemult district, known as the Buttercup sale area sched uled May 29. The second offering will be the South Ichabod area on the Klamath district of 4,000,000 board feet, to be sold June 21. Other sales are planned in about the following sequence: Crystal Springs area on the Chiloquin district, Mares Egg and Varney creek on the Klamath district, Wildhorse sale on the Chiloquin, and Boundary Springs and Jack son creek areas on the Che mult district, all to be offered within the next few weeks. O O MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. NJDFORD. OREGON e Maintain Intogrityo in Our Supreme Court Elect JUDGE 'i ARNO H. DENECKE JUDGE of tte SUPREME COURT He u a vigorous nd distinguished judge wlmse brilliance. Fairness and outstanding legal ability are well known. Ws encourage your vote for Judce DenecLe. Hit dedicated service it needed in our Supreme Court. Vote TO ELECT Judge DenecLe MAY 18 Position No. 6 Non-Parti in Judicial Ballot Pd. dv. Judce Denecke for Supreme Court Commute Jimef T. Brind, Retired Supreme Court Justice, Quiraua 628 CorbettBuildioc, Portland, Oregon Pollution Control Group Meets in GP Volunteer certification ex aminations for water works and sewage treatment plant operators are scheduled May 25 in Medford, the Northwest Pollution Control association announced recently in Grants Pass. Main speaker of the eve ning was Ed Lynd, state water pollution control technician, who gave a report on the com pulsory certification bill and what is being done toward revising the bill in prepara tion for distribution. Others at the meeting were Keith Sherer, assistant dis trict sanitarian; Roger Blom berg, Josephine county sani tarian, and sewage treatment plant operators from Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Medford, Canyonville, Glendale, Ore gon Technical institute, and Ashland. 'Hour of Decision' Near on Kennedy's Medical Program Lh J " fJ. L.?l(.C.?T..e I . clrmcum-1 by the American Medical as-. Kerr-Mills health program , have the advantage of tailor-1 their own r, THURSDAY, MAY JT, 1062 hour of decision" is fast ap proaching In President Ken nedy's efforts to secure Con gressional action on medical care for the aged. The House Ways and Means Committee, laden with work, is considering a plan to take up the health care measure when it finishes action on the President's trade bill. If it does, there's a good chance a compromise plan can be worked out in the Committee. And once that happens, there may be no stopping the bill until it reaches the White House. The lull between the time the trade bill is sent to the drafting technicians, probably May 18, and the time it gets back is the crucial period. Since hearings were held on the health bill last year, all that's needed now is some time to work out a draft bill in closed session. stance for the Administration, it happens that President Kennedy is scheduled to throw the Administration's medical care drive Into high gear at a big rally in Madison Square Garden May 20, and it would be no surprise if all the persuasive powers of the White House were brought to bear at that point to get the House Committee to act promptly. So far, the Committee is noncommittal. "There are mixed feelings up here, you know," an aide said May 9. Three Plans Weighed Three major health plans head the list for committee consideration at the present time. All call for financing medical benefits for the aged by increasing the Social Se curity payroll tax, which is the essential feature sought by the Kennedy Administra tion and vehemently opposed sociation, Where the plans differ is in the type of benefits that would be offered. The King-Anderson bill, backed by President Ken nedy, would pay hospital bills for 90 days and costs of home and nursing home care for longer periods, with the reservation that recipients would be required to pay part of the eosta for the first nine days. Two points emphasized by the Administration are that the bill would not cover doctors' fees and patients would be able to choose their hospital from among those participating in the plan. . Rockefeller Plan The benefits would be available to all persons 65 and over receiving Social Se curity and Railroad Retire ment benefits. The Adminis tration says other elderly per sons could be aided under the enacted in 1960. An alternative plan, cham pioned by New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) and introduced by Manhattan Re publican Congressman Jo'ri V. Lindsay would retain all the features of the Kennedy bill, except that recipients could forfeit their eligibility for benefits and instead take equivalent monthly cash pay ments, to be applied toward the purchase of guaranteed renewable private health in surance. The private insurance would have to provide bene fits equal in value to the Social Security benefits and might well cost the recipient some additional money out of his own pocket, since the Gov ernment does not have to worry about advertising, com missions and similar cost fac tors in figuring its benefits. However, the recipient would - I I i a I - I i 1 I - u ii . o s o I - 2 I r x : w n s?: e l . - I I I lfEE?33 s-i Sol- Z P JL 5 w i : g uu r S"o r S o 32 o g I l i .. Pt iv ji i- , i oc i j -M mill if ?f in . o i- s s-"4 . 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To forestall this, Lindsay's bill would authorize the Sec retary of Health, Education and Welfare to lower the cash payments applicable to pri vate insurance if he found there had been a seriously adverse selection of risks in the first two years of opera tion of the plan. Lindsay would also provide a special fund for retirees not on So cial Security. A similar cash option plan has been introduced in the Senate by Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.) and the Administra tion is under pressure to ac cept some form of the option if it wants to pick up liberal Republican support for its health care legislation. Long-Term Care Proposal The third major proposal is currently being drafted by Rep. Burr Harrison, a con servative Virginia Democrat who could prove to be "swing man in the Ways and Means deliberations. Harrison sup ports the Social Security Method of financing, but he feels the Kennedy plan con centrates too heavily on short term illnesses and gives cur rent Social Security benefic iaries, who would not be pav ing the increased payroll taxes, "too much for nothing." Aides say Harrison s plan will provide payments only for very long-term care. which recipients would be least able to finance from their own resources, and will spell out a "reasonable con tribution" which present re tirees would be required to make in order to be eligible for the benefits. Harrison says the 1960 Kerr-Mills bill, which has no controls over how little or how much the states may do in setting up programs and securing federal funds, "opens the door to unparalleled po litical debauchery of the pub lic treasury." He says any new legislation should have the "withering away" of Kerr Mills as its ultimate aim, Whether the three propos als can be reconciled remains to be seen, but a combination of Social Security financing, long-term benefits and a cash option might do the trick and put the bill on the road to the White House. Meanwhile, 32 House Re publicans have lined up be hind a bill introduced by Frank T. Bow (R-Ohio) giving $125 in income tax credits or direct federal payments to old persons holding private health insurance policies with speci fied benefits. The plan is not expected to receive Ways and Means backing, but it reflects the splintering of conserva tive opposition which has strengthened the prospects for new health care legislation this year. Copyright 1962. Congressional Quarterly Inc. OREGON TAX COURT RETAIN JUDGEft Peter if "nnrvnn WMML Sltta CommlHM 1 t.in Judgt Ptr Gunntr CUrnc Itrton Coquill Hi,ry D. leivin - KlamaHl f.ll, Ctrl Irophr - M.dfmd Willie f. Cinon Sllim Edwin i. Cona Eugant Sim Jofcnion Rldmonrf Dr. Mttritl P. Link PettlirtaT '. Clirk McClll S.Lm Mn. Bin Moil 7ha DlIlM Domld I Richirdton Parrlinrf ltd Smith Pindlcton l.mir Tooi Portland Moa lonkon Portland Jamil D. Tradup Portland Anthony Yturri Ontario Committaa to Palain Judpa Pataf Bun nar. prval Thompion and Wanriall Wvalt Co-Chlirman. 130 WM Brat Straat, Albany, Oregon. EXPERIENCED - He Ii not only the In. cumbent, Judge Gunrur organiiod the Tx Court. In private practice he pocialiiad in tax low. VIGOKOUS - He has visited every Oregon County several timet and like the circuit riders of eld - will hold Court in all Counties. FAIR-MINDED - He Is highly regarded by lawyers and laymen because he It ob jective in bit thinking, fair-minded and forth. right. La Otto J. Frohnmayer Shelby M. Tuttle Harry A. Skerry, Jr. John D. Watkins Glenn F. Schneider James V. McGoodwm Robert W. Root Alan B. Holmes William S. Cobb A. E. Piazza Kenneth G. Denman Paid Political Ad Farmers May Be Failing To Pay Federal Taxes Washington -HJPD- The gov ernment's chief tax collector estimates that farmers may be falling to pay about $105 bil lion a year in federal Income taxes. ' Mortimer Caplan, commis sioner of the Internal Revenue Service, spoke In Washington this week to a meeting of the Newspaper Farm Editors As sociation. Caplan said experts have estimated that Americans fail to report about $24 billion in gross income on their tax re turns. Of this total, about half of the so-called "report-1 ing gap" is believed to be in business and farm profits. Ex perts think about $4 billion of this amount may be un-re- ported farm Income. The in come tax on that would be in the neighborhood of $1.5 bil lion. Auditing Expanded Caplan said the Internal Revenue Service is expanding its auditing of tax returns. But he said this is just part of a general program for audit ing more returns of all kinds. He declared there is no special drive of any sort to, crack down on farmers' tax returns. The government's top tax collector says his agency does want to eliminate the report ing gap among farmers as well as other groups. But where agriculture is con cerned, Caplan said he feels much of the trouble has been in getting proper information about taxes to farmers. Caplan said communications media have been helping greatly in the job of getting tax news to farmers. Benefits Total $151.6 Million Social security benefits ! totaling $151.6 million were paid to Oregonians In 106 1, Sen. Maitrlne Neubergcr re ported recently, based on a report she had received from the secretary of health, edu cation and welfare. Oregonians numbering 188,- ! 6Q8 were receiving social se curity benefits as of Dec. 31, 1981. Of this number, 179,090 were receiving regular retire ment or survivors benefits, j while 9,608 were receiving disability benefits. For the inonth of December, 1061, j benctils amounted to $12,-758,000. Social security retirement benefits are paid to men and I women upon reaching age 62. Social security disability beid- I fits for totally and perma I nently disabled are paid re gardless of age. Survivors i benefits are paid ot widows j upon reaching 62, minor or j disabled children and their mothers, and dependent par k's. Social security also payi .a small death benefit on coy (DM MSI! t n is , tin ii i ii n - m I'-'ir' "' First Tim Shown Any where in the World) KIT GOLDEN STATE Oouble Extendo 2 Bedroom Front Dining Room FRIDAY MAY SAT., SUNDAY 18, 19,20 See the fabulous Kit Golden State. Also ... Kit Trojan models (2 bed rooms double extend-l bedroom, with extending room-2 bedroom with extending room-2 bedroom, front kitchen). 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