Jackson County Residents Look Forward to Tax Reduction in 63
Can residents of Jackson
county count on a tax cut in
1963? Or have the prospects
for such a cut been dimmed
by recent international
events?
. Local residents, because of
their income levels, have been
paying huge personal taxes.
Their payments, in the past
fiscal year, came to approxim
ately $19,086,000, according
to an unofficial estimate based
on Treasury Department fig
ures. Along with other taxpayers
throughout the country, they
have been looking forward to
a reduction next year.
Cut To Bt Proposed
Current opinion is that some
cut will be proposed by the
Administration. How large it
will be will depend on the
state of the economy and the
size of the 1964 budget.
Commerce Secretary Luther
Hodges has come out for a
slash in taxes right after the
first of the year, without wait
ing for a broad tax reform bill,
which might take a long time.
Many Congressmen have
been surprised by the attitude
of their constituents on the
subject. They are finding that
the homefolk, much as they
want and need tax relief, feel
that it would be irresponsible
to do this if it meant adding
to the national deficit and
debt.
Accompanied By Cut
They want any adjustment
to be accompanied by a cut in
Federal spending for non-defense
purposes.
Of the $19,986,000 in the in
dividual income taxes paid by
Jackson county residents in
the year, more than $8,194,000
is being used for domestic
spending and the rest for na
tional defense. This is based
on a study just released by the
Tax Foundation.
The domestic spending cov
ers benefits for agriculture,
commerce, veterans, educa
tion, health and welfare,
labor, space research, housing
and the like. The current bill
for these items is $26 billion,
126 percent higher than it was
eight years ago.
Defense costs, by contrast,
have gone up only 14 per cent
in the eight years, says the
Tax Foundation.
Because of our deficit
spending, year after year, the
national debt has grown to
more than $298 billion, it
notes.
Jackson county's share of
this debt, which averages
$1,616 for every man, woman
and child in the country,
amounts to $124,594,000.
Later Closing Date
Noted For Festival
MedfordSTribune
SECTION D MEDKORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1962 PAGES 1 to 8
Freeman Orders Reorganization Of SCS Agency
Washington -(UPD- Agricul
ture Secretary Orville L. Free
man has ordered a reorganiza
tion of the Agriculture Stabi
lization and Conservation
Service. The shakeup reflect
ed some changes recommend
ed by a Senate group which
investigated the Billie Sol
Estcs case.
The Senate investigating
committe, headed by Sen.
John L. McClellan (D-Ark.)
spent several weeks last sum
mer inquiring into Estes' cot
ton allotments and the con
victed farm magnate's deal
ings with the Agriculture De
partment. ASCS is the department
agency which supervises ma
jor farm programs administer-
ea in me ueiu, iuiiuuiu& taun
price support operations. It
approved a number of Estes'
farm deals.
To Close Offices
The reorganization changes
involve:
-Closing of three of the
seven ASCS commodity of
fices and transfer of their
work to the remaining four.
-Reduction of the present
five operational groups with
in ASCS into three.
-Creation of a new office of
director of program policy,
which will have broad respon
sibility to formulate policy.
-Combination of the inter
nal audit and investigation
divisions into one, attached di
rectly to the ASCS adminis
trator. -Assignment of all market
ing agreement and order pro
grams - primarily those in
milk and tobacco to the Agri
cultural Marketing Service, an
agency outside ASCS.
Portland Named
The commodity offices to be
closed arc at Cincinnati, Ohio;
Dallas, Tex., and Portland,
Ore. They will be combined
with the offices at Evanston,
111.; Kansas City, Mo., and
Minneapolis.
ASCS officials estimated
the loss in payroll at roughly
$1.2 million in Portland.
Ashland The longest run
and latest closing date in the
history of the Oregon Shakes
pearean Festival will high
light the 1963 season, the Fes
tival association has an
nounced. The 23rd festival starts
Wednesday, July 24, with the
annual "Feast of the Tribe of
Will" in Lithia Park and the
premiere showing of "Merry
Wives of Windsor" at the Eliz
abethan theater.
Following in repertory ro
tation will be "The Tragedy
of Romeo and Juliet," opening
July 25; "Love's Labour's
Lost," starting July 26; and
"King Henry V" July 27. The
four plays will rotate nightly
through 46 consecutive per
formances, closing Saturday,
Sept. 7.
The later opening date will
provide for additional re
hearsal time, Festival officials
said. September vacationers
who could not visit the Ash
land event now can with the
later closing date, officials
noted.
Four veteran directors for
next summer also have been
announced by Producing Di
rector Angus L. Bowmer.
"Merry Wives" will be di
rected by Edward Brubaker
of the English faculty at Penn
sylvania's Franklin and Mar
shall college. He formerly di
rected "The Alchemist" (1961)
and "King Henry IV, Part II".
Robert Loper will direct
"Romeo and Juliet" after a
year's leave-of-absence. He is
of the Stanford drama faculty
and produced such shows as
"Taming of the Shrew" (1960)
and "Hamlet" (1961).
Alexander to Direct
Rod Alexander will return
to direct "Love's Labour's
Lost." He made his local di
recting debut with "Comedy
of Errors" last summer. He is
director of the Whitman col
lege theater in Washington.
Jerry Turner, director of
the Sequoia theater at Hum
boldt Slate college, Calif., will
complete the staff. He staged
"Julius Caesar" in -1960 and
"As You Like It" in 1962.
General ticket sales for the
1963 season will open April
15. However, those with fes
tival membership may make
their seating reservation dur
ing the eight-week period
starting Feb. 15. The $3 mem
bership is available any time
of the year and earns the
bearer the earlier ordering
privilege and a vote in the or
ganization. Proceeds from membership
sales go to a special endow
ment fund for the perpetua
tion of actors' scholarships.
Deadline for Sform
Assistance Jan. 14
Salem -IUP1I- The deadline
for cities to apply for federal
aid funds to help in cleaning
up damage from the big Co
lumbus Day storm is Jan. 14,
the League of Oregon Cities
has reminded.
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REFUGEE TESTIFIES - A refugee Cuban doctor, his head
covered by a hood, appears before the House Unamcrican
Activities subcommittee in Washington. He told how he once
lad to perform surgery with an armed guard standing be
hind him because the Communist rulers of his country "don't
Tust anyone." The physician said he was testifying in dis
zuise to safeguard relatives in Cuba. (UPI)
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