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THUHSDAY. MAY 17, 1962
Wond.ring
To the Editor: I am wonder
ing Just what Mr. Deather
age's interest is, in his cam
paign to defeat Home Rule.
From his tactics as reported
in the paper it does not seem
he is increasing his standing
in the community, and one
wonders if he has some valu
able asset he feels he is pro
tecting that makes him will
ing to pass out misinforma
tion. Or perhaps he is just trying
to see how far he can make
the public believe any state
ment if repeated often
enough.
Anyway, I am just wonder
ing. Mrs. George B. Dean,
265 Janney Lane,
Medford
Medford's Growth
To the Editor: It seems
funny to me "You All" want
to make Medford a friendly
promising place. Yet when
conscientious people want to
make this their home, you
don't seem to want to help
them.
Yes, we came from Portland
nearly eight months ago. My
husband was in White City
for over two months. I came
in October to be near him.
He got out of White City in
January. Since then he has
tried to get work here. He has
gone to the State Employment
Office every day. We are both
fry cooks and apartment man
agers. He is a steel fabricator
and burner. He can wash
dishes and do janitor work or
general farm work. I've clerk
ed in stores also. We are only
middle aged, sober and de
pendable, but it seems you
don't want people to come
here and build and make
their homes.
We prefer managing an
apartment house or resort, or
anything for a living.
This is a nice beautiful
place and we really would
like to make our home here.
So why not help us and make
Medford grow?
Mrs. Wilbur Funderburg
525 North Riverside ave.
Medford
Election Comm.nii
To the Editor: Voting in the
primary election, where we
only vote for the candidate of
our own party, should be
easy, but where there are two
or more candidates for the
same office, it causes one to
do some searching to decide
which one is the better quali
fied. With some there is no ques
tion. With us one of these is
Sen. Wayne Morse, whom we
have known for several years,
and as a man who really puts
principle' above politics.
Next on our list is Bob Dun
can, candidate for Congress,
who has amply proved his
ability in the Oregon legisla
ture, and will know his way
around when he gets to Wash
ington, D.C.
For Governor, we prefer
Robert Y. Thornton; Bureau
of Labor, Norman Nilsen;
State Senator, Henry Padgh
am; State Representatives, Al
Bradford, Charles W. Crary,
James A. Redden; Judge of
the Supreme Court, Lyle R.
Wolff; Judge of Oregon Tax
court, Raymond L. Jones. Six
per cent Limitation, Yes;
Salaries of State Legislators,
Yes.
For county judge of Jack
son county, Ralph A. James,
a man we have known and
worked with for many years.
We have worked with him in
many lines of endeavor, such
as Grange work, insurance,
farming, dairying, conserva
tion and others. In all in
stances, we have found him
willing to carry his part of the
load, and not one to try to
get the long end of the "single
tree." He believes in majority
rule, but is always willing to
listen to the minority. Im
partial, amiable, and pleasant
to deal with, he has courage
enough to stand up and fight
for what he believes to be
right.
For a member of the county
court, we favor Larry Shee
han, the smiling candidate for
county commissioner from the
Rogue River area, who be
lieves good government can
be obtained through good
leadership.
For county assessor, our
vote goes to Thad W. Hatten,
the present assessor, who we
feel is doing a good job, and
with his experience as an
appraiser, is fully fitted for
this work.
For county clerk, E. M.
Madden would be our choice.
Courtesy, economical, and ef
ficient. As to the Home Rule char
ter, we are not going to get
hot and bothered about which
way it goes. We should keep
our shirts on, and remember
that those opposed have as
much right to their opinions
as those who are for it. We
don't go along with those who
seem to think home rule is
the most Important thing we
have to vote on, a life and
death proposition.
Candidates had better alert
their friends about Friday
being election day. Their
enemies are sure to go to the
polls, but their friends might
go fishing that day.
R. E. Nealon
Route 2, Box 275
No Simple Solution
To the Editor: Much has
been said about our tax prob
lems and their solutions. This
is as it should be. However;
The first thing we should
understand is that taxes are
the result of SPENDING.
The ONLY way to reduce,
or to hold taxes down, is to
reduce, or hold down spend
ing . . , there is no other
way.
Since the cost of education
accounts for most of our prop
erty tax problem, the method
whereby we CAN reduce our
property tax load is to in
crease the State of Oregon's
share in school support. Pres
ently the State only contrib
utes 30 per cent. If the legis
lature can be made to raise
the State's share to 50 per
cent of the total cost, then
property taxpayers would get
a 20 per cent reduction. Once
the Legislature is committed
to this progarm then will be
the time to consider how this
money will be raised.
To push for the method of
taxation without ' FIRST
bringing about methods for
relief is a dangerous thing
. . . because it opens the door
lo MORE spending.
Remember, more spending
means more taxes. To ear
mark a sales tax for any spe
cific purpose relieves the Leg
islature of any further re
sponsibility in this field . . .
and this can be a serious
error. For example, if a sales
tax was earmarked for edu
cation, the Legislature, hard
pressed for money for other
purposes, might discontinue
basic school support , . . this
would result in severe prop
erty tax increases.
The sales tax has been pro
posed many times in recent
years . . . and the voters have
always turned it down.
A sales tax has also been
proposed in the Legislature,
as a matter of fact, in the last
session of the Legislature.
Sen. Walter Pearson, present
ly a candidate for Governor,
introduced a sales lax bill
which was signed by Repub
licans and Democrats alike,
and they couldn't even get
such a bill passed.
Please remember this: a
sales tax will only be brought
into law by the people of
Oregon . . ; voting for it as a
ballot measure.
I think it is unfortunate to
imply that such a tax is a
simple solution to our tax
problems, or that such a tax
is easy to adopt into law.
I sincerely hope the above
information will prove help-
helpful.
L. W. (Lynn) Newbry,
State Senator, Jackson
County,
P. O. Box 106,
Ashland, Ore.
Unfair Tax Bill
To the Editor, and readers
of the Medfor eMail Tribune:
There is a tax bill propos
ing a withholding tax on divi
dends and interest payments
received by investors, desig
nated as HR 10650, Section
19, which has passed the
House of Representatives and
is now before the Senate. It
is not a new tax, but is a com
plicated, costly, and unfair
method of over-collection of
existing taxes.
If you have studied this
bill, you must know it will
affect the average investor
and taxpayer. There would be
a flat rate of 20 per cent on
all dividends and interest,
even though there is not that
much tax owed. Millions
would overpay their taxes and
men would have to go
through the complicated pro
cedure of claiming refunds,
which would be costly. In ad
dition, the tax - reporting
would be more complicated
and expensive.
The average taxpayer
would have twice as much
withheld as would ultimately
be owed in taxes. Meanwhile,
he would be deprived of the
earning power of his money
until by his own efforts he
could obtain a refund, as the
government will not pay in
terest on overpayments.
If he is reinvesting his divi
dends, $20 out of every $100
of dividends will be taken by
the government as withhold
ing and will not be automatic
ally reinvested. To this ex
tent, the amount available for
compounding will be cut
down, even though he may
be overpaying the tax initial
ly by a substantial amount.
In a number of instances this
injustice will undermine to a
dangerous extent investment
objectives established for the
education of children, retire
ment, and other similar goals.
I, along with most other
average investors and tax
payers, believe there is no
need for this drastic with
holding procedure. Our taxes
are already so high that it is
extremely difficult for the
average taxpayer to meet his
obligation to the government,
especially those of us on a
fixed income.
If you agree with me that
this is unfair legislation, and
that it will work a hardship
on you as an investor, I urge
you to write a letter in your
own words to your senator
and state your opinion. This
is our last chance to protect
our investment income from
the unfair hardship of such a
withholding tax.
You may address your sen
ators as follows: Hon
United States Senate, Senate
Office Building, Washington
25, D.C.
Marian E. Fisher,
32 Black Oak dr.,
Medford.
Charter Vi.wt
Editor's note: Floyd Mc
Cabe, candidate for the Re
publican nomination for coun
ty o c o m missioner, recently
wrote a letter setting forth
his views on the Home Rule
charter proposal, and submit-
d it to the Mail Tribune as
clarification of his views.
Portions of the letter follow:
Jackson County Business is BIG busi
ness! Your sheriff must be a qualified
business man, skilled in the manage
ment of the professional and adminis
trative personnel aisigned to the sher
iff's office. Close co-operation with
other agencies, departments and fa
miliarity with the problems of pro
fessional groups are musts for this
job. Your sheriff should have the best
interests of the community and its
citizens at heart ... his integrity
must be unquestionable . . . his
ABILITY PROVEN.
I sincerely believe that I have these
qualifications and the administrative
background that is necessary for this
office. Your vote for my qualifications
tomorrow will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Art Savard
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SHERIFF
Wl, THE UNDERSIGNED, FULLY SUPPORT ART SAVARD'S CANDIDACY
FOR SHERIFF AND ENCOURAGE ALL JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS
TO VOTE FOR SAVARD AND INSURE PROPER AND EFFICIENT ADMIN
ISTRATION OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
Dr. Merle Foland
Mrs. Herb Partridge
Glen Allen
Neil Arant
E. I. "Jupe" Dahl
C. A. Parlier
E. W. Caiebolt
John Romex
Barbara J. Grey
Rod Richards
Walter S. GiHette
Rust Renner
Paul Smith
Charles Findley
Ailene Davis
Dick McGuire
R. L. Wheat
Gordon S. MacKenxie
Robert L. Larton
Howard Arant
Everett E. Cuffel
Victor Milnes
Jennings Pierce
Jim Grey
Charles Thurston
Hugh Engstrom
Dr. Billy Blackstone
Mrs. R. W. Pedley
Archer Watson
Keva Hutchinson
Fed Sears
E. Ron Rice
Jim Obenour
Bob Balk
Sam Richajdson
M.
eUAaV. by Slrd (or Sfi.riff Comm., Glen Allen, Chm., 951 So.
Jltq. Rd.
To the Editor: ... I have
NOT said anything FOR or
AGAINST the proposed Home
Rule charter, since I feel that
we who are candi dates
SHOULD NOT seek to in
fluence the voters on a matter
which would so directly ef
fect us. It is only natural
that a candidate would oppose
a proposal to abolish the posi
tion for which he is a candi
date. I consider that those
who are thus effected, are
biased and possibly unethical,
to be for or against, publicly,
proposal which may ad
versely effect THEM but per
haps MAY benefit the people
as a whole!
Far too many of our county
residents have formed their
opinion based on hearsay evi
dence. Would you, if you
were a member of a jury,
want to form your opinion
and verdict after listening to
people on the witness stand
(give hearsay testimony)? Yet
many of those who have flat
ly stated they are against the
charter have acquired their
information in just this manner.
There are some things I do
not like in the charter, but
on the other hand there are
some things I do like, very
definitely.
The charter provides the
Board of County Commis
sioners shall regularly meet
at least twice each month in
the county court house. It is
obvious that when the Board
of County Commissioners
holds a regular meeting at a
specified time and place, open
to the public, there should be
no reason whatsoever that the
public should not be fully in
formed as to what the Board
of County Commissioners is
doing, is considering doing or
intends to do!
I do object, also to the pro
vision for a full time chair
man of the Board of Commissioners.
Remember, too, that if you,
or any other resident of Jack
son county felt that a change
should be made in the char
ter, you can 'start the ball
rolling' toward the making of
the change.
One man I was talking to
the day the charter was print
ed in the Medford Mail Trlb
une said, "I don't know what
is in it, but I'm going to vote
against it." Now that did not
sound to me as if he were a
reasonable or thinking man,
This charter is nothing
more, nothing less, than a
Constitution of the County of
Jackson, and like the consti
tution of the various states
and the Constitution of the
United States, are continually
in need of being revised to fit
the constantly changing con
ditions. Floyd R. McCabe
Ml. Pitt Star Rt.
Butte Falls, Ore.
Chart. r Discussion q
To the Editor: Without de
siring to disparage the party
system nor good party Work
ers, who knowin which side
their politics are buttered, his
tory would seem to indicate
that no label is a sacred guar
antee of the people's getting
an informed, intelligent, hon
est and sincere candidate of
integrity who will not misuse
power.
Power misused is that re
gardless of label. In view of
schisms within as well as be
tween parties, the ideal can
didate seems to rest within the
conscience of the individual
chosen, AND the well-informed,
reasoned choice of those
electing him. A non-partisan
label merely allows commis
sioners loyal to all electors,
rather than party.
The Charter contains, as
must all democratic processes
which admit man's fallibil
ity, the means for change un
der due process of law if the
public so desires.
No review of facts seems to
dispel fear or prejudice a:
such, but here also, a rea
soned, unemotional approach
to the issues must rest with
the conscience of the individ
ual. There are good and valid
reasons on both sides, and the
frightening thing is not what
would happen if the Charter
would pass, OR if it didn't; it
is the manner in which the
subiect has been fought!
One can be for or against
an issue on Its merits; one
does not have to commit mor
al hari-kari by using character
assassination; confusion teen
nioues which bring in all man
ner of subjects NOT related to
the issue, nor pertinent to it;
and worst of all, by playing
on the fears and ignorance ot
a number of sincere but ill-
informed people.
I been told that . . . and 1
ain't gonna stand for no dicta
tor in Jackson county" type of
quote indicates that someone
is misinforming AND someone
is sadly misinformed andor
being used. No sincere citizen
likes to see other citizens staie
blatant Ignorance, and in turn,
see that ignorance fanned by
fear so that some good, ioiks
seem to take a twisted pleas
ure from being labeled "unin
formed "
F.ternal vigilance. Indeed, is
the price of liberty. We do
have our right to take our
stand on issues on what we
helieve to be their merits; we
do not have a right to use the
kind of techniques resorted to
by the really undemocratic
among us!
Jeanne Y. Gang,
1209 Mt. Pitt,
Medford.
Vot. It Down
To the Editor: The Mail
Tribune has carried a great
deal of material of late both
pro id con concerning the
so-called Home Rule Charter.
would like to remind and
rge both Democrats and Re
publicans to exercise their
right and privilege to vote in
this election.
If you do not vote against
the Home, Rule Charter this
may well be the last time you
ill vote for sheriff, county
clerk, treasurer, assessor, etc.
The vote taken in Democratic
Central committee meeting
was done to determine the
pinions of the many precinct
committeemen and committee
women. The results were sur
prisingly and overwhelmingly
gainst the charter.
This form of county govern
ment has been tried and re
jected in other areas. It has
proved to be a heavy tax bur
den and highly unpopular.
Once again I urge you to vote
it down.
George A. Loftin,
Chairman
Hazel McMahan, Secretary
Jackson County Demo
cratic Central committee
Get With 111
To the Editor: Hunters, tar
get shooters, defenders of
Hearth and Home . . . Get
with it!
I refuse to believe there is
no one who will reply to the
self-confessed experts on anti
firearms legislation.
Here is my share: New
York has the strictest fire-
rm laws in the nation in the
Sullivan Act. Doesn't that
State also have the highest
crime rate?
Adolf Hitler said (notice
past tense) "The most foolish
mistake we could possibly
make would be to allow the
subject races to possess arms.
History shows that all con
querors who have allowed
their subject races to carry
rms, have prepared their own
downfall by so doing."
Norway lost a war in a
e w days because Major
Quisling made sure the weap
on registration lists were
available to the German mili
tary; among the many things
helpful to the Nazi cause he
arranged PRIOR to that in
vasion.
Laws are being made to
protect criminals, when hon
est people are prevented from
defending themselves. You
can be sure a criminal won't
register a weapon to commit a
crime with . . . he'll steal it.
Finally, I am glad to be an
American Citizen (Circa
Revolutionary War) than a
British Subject, courtesy of
the Declaration of Independ
ence and our Constitution with
its Amendments.
Joseph L. Diddock
348 O'Gara
Medford
Th. Tim. M.ss
To the Editor: In my cam
paigning in recent weeks
throughout the seven counties
of the Fourth Congressional
District the public issue I
heard about the most was the
"time mess." People are hotly
resentful that the legislature
and the governor passed the
daylight savings time bill for
Multnomah and its adjacent
counties.
This is a state, not a federal.
isslie, but because basic prin
ciples of democratic govern
ment are involved I want to
make clear to your readers
where I stand and where my
opponents stand.
My position is this: I be
lieve that the legislature and
the governor were wrong in
superseding the decision made
by the voters of Oregon in
four elections. Our time,
whether standard or daylight,
should be uniform for the
whole state. And the people
by majority vote should de
cide what kind of time.
Bob Duncan of Medford,
one of my opponents for the
Democratic nomination for
Congress, has been criticizing
another candidate, Bob
Straub, because State Senator
Straub voted for the daylight
savings time bill. Duncan, as
Speaker of the Oregon House
of Representatives, could have
killed the bill and kept it
from ever reaching the floor
for a vote. His vote later
A 5
Bob Straub, voted for the bill.
People don't like the "time
mess," I found in my cam
paigning in the amills, main
streets and supermarkets, but
what they don't like far mora
than that is that their major
ity vote was Ignored by tha
legislature and the governor.
Thessue now isn't daylight or
standard time. It is whether a
decision made by a majority
vote clearly and repeatedly
serves to be respected by the
legislators and the governor.
Charles Porter
Democratic candidate
for Congress
Eugene, Ore.
against it cannot excuse him
from major responsibility.
Governor Hatfield vetoed
17 other bills in 1961' but he
failed to veto this one. Carl
Fisher, the lone Republican
candidate for Congress, like
ftiHtnu ' Je -" ia
(Republican)
David S.
BLAIR
for Jackson County
Commissioner
Experience, background
end determination to do
firit clan job!
Pol.. Adv. paid for by
David S. Blair. P.O. Box
306, Rogue River, Ore.
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M. Pol. Adv. by John Grtoory, Box 1382 Medford Krgj
Not His View
To the Editor: Since the
publication of a letter in your
paper criticizing the present
"stop" of the Evergreen Bus
Lines In downtown Medford,
I have received numerous
comments both pro and con.
I am soliciting neither. The
action was taken by the
Legion as a unit and I was
acting strictly on orders.
I would like to make it very
clear that the contents of that
letter are very definitely not
my own. I, personally, have
absolutely no objection to the
present bus stop or the Ever
green Bus Lines stops or
service.
M. E. Prevosl
Commander, Post 192
The American Legion
White City, Ore.
Vigorous
Objective
Thoughtful
Efficient
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for
State Representative)
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tri. Po,. Ad. Terry Green,
Chm. 1359 Siskiyou Blvd.
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FOR U.S. SENATE
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