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-
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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.
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. NJDFORD. OREGON
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in Our
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JUDGE
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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
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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
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ing his health insurance to
fit his individual needs, or
continuing policies in which
he had invested before the
Social Security plan was
available.
Some Administration offi
cials have expressed fears
that private companies would
accept only the good risks,
leaving the bad ones to the
Government under the cash
option plan, thus greatly in
creasing Government costs.
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
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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.
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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
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