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TUESDAY. JUNE II, 1IS3
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Your honey's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
CeorriaM, Hill Syrttcata. Inc.
I WASTE AND DUPLICATION IN DEFENSE BUDGET
Can our ever-awellini. record-iized defense budgets be
flashed by billions of dollars without endangering our mill'
'tary power or undermining our economic strength? Of course
.they can.
' Before the 1964 budget even went to Congress, Secretary
of Defense McNamara had pared it by billions. The Depart
ment of Defense has initiated an unprecedented program of
cost-cutting which already Is producing annual savings of
$1.9 billion and Is designed to hike the rate of savings to
over $3.4 billion per year by fiscal 1963. Budget-cutting en
thusiasm in the House is the highest in years and, says Mclvin
Laird, Wisconsion Republican who Is a member of the House
Defense Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee
"W arc mine over everything with a fine-tooth comb. We
are asking basic questions and examining basic issues
Billions can be cut in defense costs - all in the areas of
waste, duplication, excesses.
Th 1964 defense SDDroDriations bill is scheduled to
reach the House floor next week. The Senate is expected
to have a bill on the floor by Aug. 15. Hearings have been
taking place in so many different committees of the House
on different aspects 6f the bill - space, civil defense, appro
priations, procurement, etc. - that even the Congressmen
: Involved have lost track of all the pieces.
But the legislation Is now approaching the critical
stagas and, this rear, the significance of the sisa of tht
daftnsa budgtt to all of us goes beyond the obvious. How
much and whan Congress votes tax cuts for individuals
and corporations to stimulate our economy end craate
Jobs and paychecki wall may depand on how much it
also votes for defense.
, That waste, duplication, excesses exist In the Depart
ment of Defense is Indisputable. A few days ago, Sen. Paul
H. Douglas, the Illinois Democrat who is chairman of the
Subcommittee on Defense Procurement, released the hearings
his committee held this spring on the defense budget.
Among those testifying was U.S. Comptroller General JoBeph
Campbell who reported on over 200 reports made since 1960
by the General Accounting Office on Defense Department
activities. A sampling ...
The Air Force bought $363,000 of new trucks while the
Army had new trucks as surplus available for transfer. In
; 1960, the Air Force bought $6.7 million of excess replace
ment equipment.
. The Marines In Japan ordered $1.2 million of spare parts
'for planes no longer in use in Japan.
- The GAO examined 4,109 Items of excess property, found
403 instances where available excess and surplus property
valued at $3.1 million was not claimed and used by the
.military services although needed by them. The GAO est!
. mates that in 1961 alone, $63 million of excess and surplus
. property should have been claimed and used by the services.
The Army Corps of Engineers disposed of 25 10-ton crane
shovels costing $541,200 which were new or in economically
reparable condition while planning to spend $12 million to
' replace them with similar crane shovels.
The Defense Department spent $13 million to transport
' personnel and baggage overseas on commercial flights while
scheduled military planes to the Identical destinations had
room for most of these passengers. Unused MATS capacity
to the same places amounted to nine times the passenger
load sent on commercial lines and 20 times the baggage load
' Due to non-competitive bidding on contracts, one missile
component subcontract lor $1.9 million Included a SB per
cent profit. On another contract for 272,000 fillister head
-crews at f 1 each, $900,000 was wasted before it was dJs
covered that the competitive price was 85 cents.
At on point the Navy was maintaining tt.l million
; of emergency vahicUs at en annual cost of $390,000.
despite the fact that manufacturers' were set to supply
" the vehicles immediately, if needed.
Under McNamara the DOD is making Impressive progress
on economizing and this story will be reported tomorrow.
But the examples of waste, duplication, excess, pile one on
top of the other.
' Almost dally, the Comptroller General makes a new
report on needless and poor buying. The DOD is trying hard
to recoup on its sales of surplus property but In 1962, Its
ales of $4.1 billion brought In less than 4 cents on each
dollar originally spent. The department has $8 billion In
Inventories in Its military stock funds - but It has yet to
determine what items should be In the slock funds.
Naxti McNamara's cost-cutting drives.
County Legislator Reviews
Activities of 1963 Session
(Editor's note: James Red
den, Democrat, is one of the
freshmen representatives from
Jackson county in the 1963
Oregon Legislature. The fol
lowing summary of the legis
lative session was written by
him for the Mail Tribune.)
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By JAMES REDDEN
Much has been written of
the performance and accom
plishments of the 1963 Oregon
Legislature. Little, however,
has been written by its mem
bers. I appreciate the oppor
tunity granted by the Medlord
Mail Tribune to comment on
this session in which 1 served.
Why was it the longest and
toughest in the state's history?
Because the problems facing
it were the greatest to face
any session In history. Were
there disappointments? Cer
tainly. When facing hundreds
of issues ranging from a new
constitution to a tax program,
nobody thought that everyone
would be happy with every
bill passed. The Governor (so
early In the session that no
fair appraisal could actually
be made) called us a "do-noth-ina"
session, but now points
with pride to passage of 39
of the bills requested oy mm
Let's take a look at part of
our record: .
Civil rlghtsi While other
states in the North and South
did nothing and now face the
prospect of ugly race-riots, the
Oregon Legislature again
moved ahead in the legisla
tive field. House Bill 1394, as
sisting minority groups in job
opportunities and housing,
quietly passed both the House
and Senate.
Capital punishment) Ore-
sonians will again vote on re
tention or abolition of capital
punishment. This most impor
tant legislation died in com
mittee in the 1961 session, but
went through in 1963.
The budgeti A J428 million
proposed budget, including
$20 million to be provided for
by bonding (wilh voter ap
proval) was submitted by the
Governor. This was cut to
S404.2 million from the gen
eral fund, with a $30 million
bond twue for higher educa
tion buildings to go on the
ballot. Some $16 million was
cut from state agency budgets
with $13.7 million put back
where it would do more good.
In spile of this budget trim
ming of $21.8 million, services
will not be drastically re'
duccd.
Education! Higher education
received $77.3 million for
their general fund operating
budget in addition to $1.7 mil
lion for salary Improvements.
The salary portion was In ad
dition to the built-in merit
raises already provided for. A
$44 million building fund was
provided, with a portion of
this subject to voter approval.
Some $141 million was ap
propriated to school aid, an
increase of about $10 per
child. Special programs, com
munity colleges and the de
partment of education and vo
cational rehabilitation d I d
well.
Consumers! A law requiring
a listing of interest on install
ment contracts won a rough
fight, as did milk control and
bread labeling.
Highway safelyi Three bills
dealing with highway safety
(seat belts, probable cause and
eluding patrol cars) passed, al
though other sessions had
been unable to puss similar
legislation.
Sex deviates! Certainly the
most well thought out legisla
tion of its kind was passed by
this session. Hours and hours
of work went into these bills
in an attempt to effectively
grapple with : this problem
without depriving persons Of
due process of law. Although
I question the merits of this
legislation, I did serve on the
subcommittee that rewrote
the key bill in the packnge.
We may have taken a step
forward. As one of only three
House members voting against
the key bill, I do have my
doubts. The Imporlant thing
is that as rewritten, the rights
of the accused will be protect
ed. If my opinion of this leg
islation Is incorrect, the state
may very well benefit by
these bills without trampling
on individual null's.
Air pollution! An antipollu
tion bill - with teeth - passed
both Houses. This is another
field where such legislation
has died In prior sessions. !
Subdivision control! A bill!
to effectively control fraudu-.
lent subdivisions was passed,
again after many hours of
committee work rewriting the
bill. This measure Is designed '.,
to prevent frauds in this field
which are so common In other I
states and which have been i
problem in eastern Oregon. 1
Conclllialion courts! A "pi-1
lot program" for conclllialion 1
courts was approved. Oregon's '
alarming divorce statistics de
manded action in this field.
Boxing regulations! Regula
tions to protect the parttci-;
pants were strengthened. This
will save lives in Oregon.
Psychologists! The licensing
of psychologists to prevent 1
quackery In this field was pro
vided for. Again, Oregon is !
1
among the first to move ahead
in this field.
Governmental raorgsnlit
lioni A department of com.
merce bill was passed by both
bodies. A major reorganize'
tion bill, this is another that
has died in prior sessions but
was passed by the 1963 ses
sion.
The e o n s t i t u tiom After
months of committee work
HJR 1 passed the House of
Representatives and died in
the Senate. This was the ses
sions' biggest disappointment
to many. It should be remem
bered, however, that approval
of two-thirds of both the
House and the Senate was
needed and the Senate was
but three votes short of this,
A new constitution Is not a
lost hope. The reluctance to
do away with our traditional
elective offices was the reason
for its defeat. With changes
in this section, such a measure
could easily pass. Many feel
that this could well pass In the
next session without any
amendments.
Taxes! This was the prob
lem. The people demanded
services and complained about
taxes. For the first time since
World War II, the Legislature
had no surplus cushion. If you
stop to realize that the only
"good tax program" is a re
duction, you know that a pop
ular tax plan will never be
found. I preferred the House
measure which was killed by
the Senate. I felt It was less
painful and that it was fair all
around. The tax bill that did
pass, increasing income taxes,
will pinch, but will not rob
initiative.
A general sales tax, not rec
ommended by the Governor,
was not passed. Support for
such a measure was actually
late in coming. The Senate
version (3 per cent with ex
emptions for food, gasoline,
feed, seed and fertilizer) was
unpopular in the House be
cause it was deceptive. His
tory in other states shows that
these exemptions disappear
fast when the plan is adopted,
and the people should know
what they are actually voting
for. Because our financial
problems are actually just be
ginning, a general sales tax
may well go before the voters
after the next session. Those
who regard it as a panacea
may well be disappointed if
the history of other states Is a
good Indication.
Figures showed that a fam
ily of four with an income of
$8,000 per year and a $13,000
home would save some $53
per year on property taxes -
and pay $100 plus in sales
taxes. No matter how a tax is
collected, it comes from in
come and it always hurts.
It is generally conceded
that this was the hardest
working Legislature in his
tory and the 670 bills that
passed after consideration of
1,413 bills, speaks well of the
work done in this session.
Many bad bills died. It should
be known that resistance to
pressure groups for self-interest
legislation is an important
legislative task. In this field
your 52nd Legislative assem
bly rated high. No group faced
with the monumental tasks
facing this session could make
everybody happy, but that
was not our job.
One point which many peo
ple miss is that the occasional
squabbles between the Houses,
andor political parties make
belter headlines than attempts
to dramatize long committee
sessions dealing with a wide
variety of bills, some of which
are about as Interesting to
read as a telephone book. The
last week, with all of the leg
islators exhausted and anxious
to adjourn gave rise to the
most biting debate of the ses
sion. This was a natural reac
tion of reasonable men, and
was nut typical of the many
long hard weeks preceding
those closing days.
With changes in procedure.
I think that these sessions can
be shortened without depriv
ing Oregonians of their tradi
tional right to be heard. Com
bining committees, requiring
earlier deadlines for introduc
tion of bills, coupled with
cut-off date on bills leaving
committees would help. Also
helpful will be the interim tax
committee which should result
in a more knowledgeable Sen
ate tax committee as well as
earlier consideration of tax
measures. The Governor and
state agencies can help by
having their bills ready on the
first day of the session.
The frequent and often un
fair criticism of the Legisla
ture did not make the job
easier. However, the members
reacted to it in good humor
and with understanding. After
all, the problems we tackled
were not our exclusive posses
sions. They belong to all of
us and were frustrating to all
of us. Legislators, if unable to
solve them all, at least had
the pleasure of trying.
Policemen Patrol
Streets in Harlem
New York - OCT - A beefed-
up force of more than 100
policemen today patroled a
section of Harlem where
street fights involving 1,000
Negroes erupted M o n day
night.
Twenty-five Negroes were
arrested and two policemen
were injured slightly In the
melee.
Police said many of the of
ficers called into the area
during the brawl remained on
duty through the night.
'Joe' Apparently
Made Getaway, Toe
Dallas 4- "Whet's go
ing on bare?" security pa
trolman A. M. Hurl asked
a man he caught dashing
out the back door of a
closed service station.
"I'm with Joe." the man
said, "he's in the back." He
motioned towerd the inter
ior of the stetion, jumped
in a car and drove away.
Hurl ran in the station.
He found no "Joe." But he
found a cigarette machine
broken and the change missing.
Sheriff's Reserve
Participates in PPC
Ten members of the Sher
iffs Reserves Saturday held
a shoot on the Medford police
department firing range, ac
cording to the Jackson county
sheriff's department.
Highest score was posted
by Jerome Nye, Medford, 84.4.
This was the first time on
the range for the reserves.
The FBI approved practical
pistol course consisted of
shooting .38 caliber pistols
from standing, sitting, kneel
ing and prone positions at sev
en to 60 yards using both
right and left hand.
Instructors were Medford
Police Lt. Jack McMillan and
Sgt. Glenn Wright, sheriff's
office. Buford Johnson attend
ed as reserves' coordinator.
The reserves furnished their
own ammunition.
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Another service from the 13 Shell dealers of Medford
7 things to tell your son when he
first borrows the family car
la Remember what you learned to get
your driver's license, and you'll be a bet
ter driver. Eight out of ten car accidents
stem from improper driving practices
such as speeding, failing to yield right-of-way
and following other cars too closely.
Truck drivers and other professionals
have very few accidents mile for mile,
about one-quarter as many as other driv
ers. The professionals know the rules of
good driving and obey them.
2. If the car won't start, there are a num
ber of simple things worth trying. Use
the starter in short bursts. Press accelera
tor to the floor once, then release it
quickly just before you try starter.
With manual shift, keep clutch pedal
all the way down. With automatic trans
mission, make sure gear selector is at ex
actly the right spot.
Note from Shell: We recently pub
lished an advertisement with 7 simple
starting tips. For a free copy, write to
Shell Oil Co., PO. Box 236, N.Y. 46, N.Y.
3. Courtesy is contagious and adds to
everyone's driving pleasure. Nobody ever
cured a traffic jam by losing his temper.
If you can keep your sense of humor and
wait your turn, everyone will probably get
where he's going sooner including you.
Another suggestion: It takes only sec
onds to let someone enter the roadway
ahead of you, but it can save the other
driver minutes. Just remember to signal
the car behind you that you're slowing
down or about to stop.
4. Cars respond to good care. I lave the
oil, battery and water checked every time
you stop for gjsoline.
When you're driving, listen for un
usual mechanical sounds. If you hear one,
have it checked right away. It could save
a big repair bill later on.
On rough roads, take it easy tires are
tough, but ihcy are destructible.
Vole: For a free copy of Shell's 12-page
booklet, "44 ways to make your car last
longer," write to the Shell Oil Company,
PO. Box 236, New York 46. N. Y.
5. Don't take other drivers for granted.
They sometimes do unexpected things.
In the U.S. in 1962, they ran into station
ary objects more dun 164,000 times.
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June is prom time and many a young man will be borrowing the family car for the
first time. Here, Shell dealers offer seven driving tips that can be useful to him all his life.
So don't be too optimistic. Cars do some
times enter intersections carelessly espe
cially when there's no stop sign. A car
coming from the other direction might
swing into your lane on a hill or curv e.
Your best protection is to drive defen
sively. The only driver you can really be
sure of is yourself.
6. If you're going to be late, call home.
And if car trouble is the reason, call the
nearest serv ice station, too.
Don't try to make repairs close to a busy
road could be dangerous. Instead, park
well off the traffic lanes, put the hood up
to show you're disabled and wait in or
near the car until help arrives.
Note front Shell: Thousands of Shell
dealers go to special training schools each
year. There, they learn how to spot trou
ble in a hurry. 1 hey can be helpful to
you in almost any emergency. 1
7. Have a good time. So far, almost
everything you've heard about cars has to
do w ith safety. Now you're about to find
out what a pleasure they can be. Here
are the keys. Just take your responsibilities
in stride. And have fun.
Comforting fnct fur r..irents: Drivers
with less than three months' cxpsri oce
account for very few serious accidents
a good sign most new drivers do take their
responsibilities seriously. So you can relax.
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MEDFORD SHELL DEALERS DE-BUNK A MYTH ABOUT CAR CARE
It's a myth that you should let some air out of
your tires when traveling on a hot day.
Today's tires are built to take the extra
pressure that builds up during hot
' weather driving. So, don't deflate them
on hot days or you may find them very
low the following morning. Do get your
Shell dealer to check your tires before you
start a long trip. Proper pressure will de
crease chances of tire trouble during hot
weather highway driving also lead to
longer tire life.
Thai's tht real lowdown. You cart
count on your local Shell dealer for
straight facts avd honest work. Set him
regtdarly.