Income Tax Bill, Sales Tax Nearly Ready for House Floor
Hearings on Minimum Wage
Erupt in Committee Fight
Salem - (UPD - A light be
tween members of the Senate
Labor and Industries Commit
tee erupted Thursday during
hearings on a proposed $1.25
per hour minimum wage for
Oregon.
Sen. Don Willner (D-Lake
Oswego) sputtered with rage
when committee chairman
Sen. Walter Pearson (D-Port-land)
refused to allow him to
question witnesses who op
posed the proposed minimum
wage law.
Shortly before the outburst,
Pearson gaveled Sen. Lynn
Newbry (R-Ashland) to silence
as he attempted to question a
witness. '
Willner was first cut off
when he asked an opposition
witness the average wage
paid to harvest workers.
After more opposition testi
mony, Willner again attempt
ed to ask a question, but was
ruled out of order by Pearson.
Pearson Drowned Out
Then In a shout that drown
ed out Pearson's calling of
another opposition witness,
Willner demanded "you mean
you allow proponents to be
questioned, but not the op
ponents?" Winner's demand was cut
off by Pearson, who said so
many opposition witnesses
had showed up to testify that
there was not time to allow
questions.
Labor Commissioner Nor
man O. Nilsen, spokesman for
organized labor, and repre
sentatives of the Oregon Coun
cil of Churches all urged adop
tion of the law which would
set the minimum wage at
$1.29, and require overtime
after 40 hours of work a week.
The proposal would include
agricultural workers.
Opponents included cattle
men, farmers, retailers and
other business groups who
claimed the minimum wage
would be a threat to business,
create a hardship for hotel
and motel operators, and be
unworkable and economically
impossible for farmers.
Six witnesses spoke for the
bill, and 28 were, signed up
as opponent. The 1V4 hour
meeting was recessed before
all opposition witnesses could
be heard.
Nilsen said minimum wages
in Oregon apply to women
and minors only.
"Men now have no protec
tion of minimum wages nr
maximum hours of work in
Oregon, unless they are In
volved in interstate commerce
and come under the federal
minimum, which will be
raised to $1.29 this year."
Opposition witness Clifford
Orrey, spokesman for the Ore
gon Farm Bureau, said Ore
gon paid the third highest
harvest wages, behind Cali
fornia and Washington.
He said "agriculture hires I jeets from industry."
people who can't get other A series ol agricultural
jobs - winos, handicapped, spokesmen echoed the same
housewives, students, and re-' views.
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M ASTADON JAWBONE -This is a jawbone section of s
mastadon, which was excavated at a damsite near Oroville
Calif. It is in display at the University of California at
Berkeley. (UPI)
Brown, Legislative Leaders
Disagree Over New Taxes
Sacramento - IUPD- Gov.
Edmund G. Brown and his
legislative leaders were in
open disagreement today over
the prospect for new taxes.
The dispute started with a
statement Thursday by Sen.
Hugh Burns and Assembly
Speaker Jesse M. Unruh at
their weekly news conference.
It burst Into public with
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1963
Brown's most strongly word
ed statement yet on taxes.
The central issue was whe
ther California can afford
$126.9 million additional
school aid supported by the
state board of education or
even the $99 million addition
al school money backed by
the governor.
Burns, president pro tem
pore of the Senate, told a
news conference that the state
must either get along with
its present income or face the
prospect of a tax increase in
this session of the legislature.
"I'm not afraid to face up
to that," said Burns (D-Fres-no).
"I'd face up to any tax
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increase anytime I find it
necessary."
The Senate leader said his
personal preference was for
the state to get by for four
years without new taxes but
added: "I'm not sure the peo
ple want that much of a cut
in their services.''
Asked about the prospect
for approval of the increased
school aid bills, Burns said
flatly: "I think we will either
have to levy new taxes or
turn them both down."
Unruh said he agreed sub
stantially with Burns' posi
tion and said that although
it was wise "politically" for
the governor to promise no
new taxes during the election
campaign it probably was a
"mistake."
"We will either have to go
whole hog or not at all," he
said. "Unless we face up to
an income increase (through
new taxes) there will be no
increase in expenditures."
As possible sources of new
income Unruh reiterated his
previous suggestions of a
larger cigarette tax and li-
censing night harness racing.
Brown promptly issued his
strongly worded statement.
1 had hoped my position
on lax increases during 1963
was crystal clear by now."
he said, "but perhaps I hud
belter repeat it at this time.
"I promised the people of
California that there would
be no new or increased taxes
this year. I will keep that
promise."
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To Be Completed
Salem-WIi-The House Tax
Committee took long strides
Thursday night toward send
ing an income tax bill, and
perhaps a sales tax, to the
House floor for action within
a few days.
The committee completed
all policy decisions on the
income tax bill except for a
rate-bracket formula to raise
the needed revenue.
The income tax decisions
came after the committee re
cessed and went into secret
session in a back room for
more than an hour. House
Speaker Clarence Barton was
with the committee when it
returned.
Sales Tax Revived
In a separate action earlier
in the four-hour meeting, the
committee revived a sales tax
bill and amended it to elimin
ate a property tax offset feature.
Signs were the committee
may send the 3 per cent sales
tax to the floor in hopes the
House will kill it and thus
clear the way for serious con
sideration of the key income
tax measure.
The committee amended
the governor's orginal net re-,
ceipts income tax proposal to
restore many, although not
all, of the familiar features
of Oregon's present state in
come tax law.
A graduated tax rate struc
ture to raise 535 million in
new revenues remains to be
added. A subcommittee will
work it out over the week
end. Then it all will be intro
duced in a new bill.
Raising new revenue is
this legislature's biggest prob
lem, and the income tax bill
is intended to do most of the
job.
Proposed Tax Law
As now proposed by the
committee, here Is how Ore
gon's income tax law would
look:
-It would have a S500 floor.
Persons earning less would
not pay.
-In an effort to pick up low
bracket earners and broaden
the tax base, it would impose
a 1 per cent flat tax on income
from $500 to $15,000 and 1.5
per cent above that.
-On top of this, there would
be a graduated income tax
proportionate to the present
law.
-The present 5 per cent
standard deduction would be
doubled to 10 per cent or
$1,000, whichever is less to
eliminate much lone form
filing. Deductions above that
would be allowed if itemized.
A handful of deductions such
as the federal telephone tax
would be eliminated.
$20 Tax Credit
-The federal income tax de
duction would be eliminated,
a key revenue raising feature.
instead of a $600 exemp
tion, taxpayers would get a
S20 tax credit subtracted from
the final bill.
Inequities in the present
law against the single taxpay
er with a family would be removed.
Seven of the committee
members said they were pre
pared to recommend the pro
posal. Reps. F. F. Montgom
ery iR-Eugene) and Cornelius
Baleson (D - Salem) opposed
it.
Morse Takes GSA To Task
On Tongue Point Base Price
Washington - (DPI) - Sen
Wayne L. Morse ( D - Ore.)
Thursday night accused the
I General Services Administra
I tion of considering "scandal
ous" proposals to sell the
closed Tongue Point Naval
at Astoria. Ore., lo
bidders for a "pit.
Station
private
tance."
Morse warned that the GSA
would be "laying an egg of
scandal for this administra
tion to be hatched in the heat
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United Seeks
Court Injunction
Washington United A I r
Lines today was lo file a pe
tition with the United States
Court of Appeals here for an
injunction to restrain the na
tional mediation board from
holding a representation elec
tion among a group of 12.700
United employees, pending
United's appeal from an ad
verse ruling of a lower court.
United said that it was ad
vised by the mediation board
on April 9 that the proposed
election would be held on or
shortly after April 22.
United contends that the
NMB should not hold an elec
tion without first conducting
a hearing and giving United
an opportunity to be hoard as
an interested party on the
appropriateness of the group
i n g of employees among
whom the election would be
hold, and should not conduct
the election unless the ballot
permits an eligible employee
to cast a valid ballot against
as well as for representation.
The national mediation
board contends that under
the Railway labor act airline
employees are required to
have a hargaining representa
tive. The board also has stat
cd that to use a "Yes" or
"No" ballot in the election
would circumvent a "man
date of Congress."
United, i-i its appeal to the
court, challenges the board's
interpretation of the Railway
labor act.
SUMMER-COOL-Thc 05-degrcc temperature in Dallas, Tex
as, doesn't bother Miss Cheri Slikker of Bakcrsficld, Calif.,
newly crowned Miss Wool of America, as she attempts to
prove her favorite year-round fabric is summer-cool as well
as winter-warm. (UPI)
Foreign Briefs
AMNESTY FREES ESTIMATED 3,500 IN HUNGARY
Budapest, Hungary-( I'l'-Abou! 3,500 persons have been
freed under the amnesty proclaimed recently by Premier
Janos Kadar, authoritative sources said Thursday.
The amnesty did not apply to Joszef Cardinal Mind-
szenty who sought refuge in the U.S. consulate here during
the 1956 uprising.
of the 1964 campaign" if it
went ahead with its plans.
And, he told the Senate.
President Kennedy will have
to answer to Oregon voters
next year if he lets the GSA
go ahead.
The Navy closed the Tongue
Point base in 1959 as an obso
lete facility. Morse and Sen.
Maurine B. Neuberger ID
Ore.) have been trying to
move other government facil
ities into the surplus installa
tion. Their effort to move a Coast
Geodetic Survey facility from
Seattle to the Astoria site had
been unsuccessful.
Mores held the Senate into
a late evening session to be
rate the GSA for trying to
"sweep the issue under the
rug" through a quick sale of
the surplus property.
The Oregon Democrat said
one proposed bid is for only
$1.4 million, which he brand
ed a "scandalous return " for
the former Navy base ai the
mouth of the Columbia riv
er. He said one stone quar
ry alone on the 800-acre base
is worth $1.5 million accord
ing to estimates of "reputable
roaci-ouiiucrs.
Morse told the Senate that
"I don't propose to sit here
and permit our administration
to be taken in by that kind
of scandal."
A sale of Tongue Point
without a thorough survey of
other possible government
uses would be a "shoddy and
unconscionable waste" of lax
payer funds, Morse declared.
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For Good Friday
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All securities and com
modity markets were closed
today in observance of Good
Friday.
In Britain and Europe,
stock and commodity mar
kets also were closed and
will be closed Monday,
April 15. for Easter observ
ance. The London Metal Ex
change will close after the
first session today and will
remain closed until Tuesday.
ROYAL BALLET COMPANY TO TOUR U.S., CANADA
London-lI'I-Mcmbers of the Royal Ballet company leave
today for a 12-week tour of cities in the United States and
Canada.
After a five-week run in New York, the company will
continue on to Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Se
attle, Portland, Ore., Los Angeles and Toronto, Ont.
THANT INVITED TO SPEAK IN SWEDEN
Stockholm, Sweden- I I'l The local social democratic labor
organisation has invited United Nations Secretary General
Thant to deliver a May Day speech here.
SOVIET DELEGATE RETURNS FROM FINLAND
Helsinki. Finland-1 I'l -Soviet Deputy Premier Aleksei
Kosygin left for Moscow by train Thursday after taking
part in a week of official ceremonies marking the 15th an
niversary of the Finnish-Soviet Friendship and Mutual As
sistance pact.
CHURCHILL VACATIONS ON RIVIERA
Monte Carlo, Monaco-'IPr The Riviera's most illustrious
current "American" tourist. Sir Winston Churchill, soaked
up the Easier sun today in a room filled with red roses from
two old friends, Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas
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