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Split Develops Over Need for Budget Cuts or Taxes Hew Incomplete Tests Alleged on SAC's Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON (UPI) - Gen. Thomas S. Power, head of he Strategic Air Command (SAC) and an outspoken opponent of the nuclear test ban treaty, has disclosed that the United States has "never completely tested any of the nuclear weapons in SAC's arsenal." In closed-door testimony of Aug. 19, released Friday by the Senate preparedness subcommit tee, Power said none of the dif ferent nuclear weapons in his control "have been tested oper ationally from stockpile to deto nation." "I think this is a mistake," he said. "I think they should be tested. The only way you can prove a weapon system is to take it out of the stockpile in a random pattern and let the tac tical unit take it out and deto nate it ... We have not tested any of the operational warheads in our inventory. That includes the missiles and the bombs." Hatfield to Head Group to Salvage State's Tax Bill (Continued from Page 1) Dr. Minear said this would lead to higher local property taxes, and more half - day school programs. Hatfield Is now awaiting a rul ing from Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton on whether he has au tority to reduce the basic school allotment. Chancellor of Higher Educa tion Roy Lieuallen said the Board of Higher Education has decided to try to maintain qual ity if the tax bill is defeated. He said this could mean a $10 million cutback in college building programs, freezing en rollments through higher en trance requirements, reduc tions in department - adminis tered hospitals, and tuition in creases of from 30 to 35 per cent. Drop Program It was indicated the needed $57.7 million could be cut from the state's $404 million ceneral fund budget by drop- ping the capital construction program, and enforcing an 11 per cent across the board cut of every expenditure, including Basic benool Support. Hatfield said the results would be: 3,000 youths would be un able to enter college. Welfare programs would be reduced. Rehabilitation prog rams would be (lashed. M e n t a 1 health program would be cut back. Property tax Increases would result. Fire and insect control pro grams In forests would be re duced. Funds for community col leges would be reduced. The mining and commer cial fishing industry would suffer. Insurance and real estate programs would be denied prop er supervision. School standards would suf fer. Hatfield said, "The people are asking what will happen If the tax measure Is defeated. They have a right to know." Power's judgment that the limited test ban treaty is "not in the best interest of the United States" and that it should be re jected was made public at the time of his appearance. But in the testimony released Friday he made it clear that he would oppose the treaty even if test readiness safeguards urged by the Joint Chiefs of Staff are provided. The Joint Chiefs en dorsed the pact on this condi tion. Power is the only top cur rent military leader to take a firm stand against the treaty. Power also testified that: The "surest way to cause a war, nuclear war or any war, is to disarm," It is not true that the United States accomplished as much as Russia did in atmospheric nu clear tests. Power said: "I don't agree with that statement. We discovered things, but one of the most important things I think we discovered is the great void in our knowledge." Lose Advantage He thinks the nuclear bal ance would shift in Russia's fa vor if only underground testing is permitted. The United States would lose its advantage in low- yield weapons, and could not "catch up" with the Soviets in high-yield weapons. The reason there has been no war is "disgustingly simple" U.S. military superiority. Pow er said this country has main tained its position "not because people like us . . . They are afraid to attack us . . . This is a worthwhile position to maintain." There are, in his opinion, "too many unknowns" about the survivability of a Minute man missile silo hence his plea for freedom to test in the atmosphere. -(People who claim the United States has an "overkill" power in nuclear weapons now do not necessarily know what they are talking about." Power stressed: Not every bomb is going to arrive at the tarRel. Many of them will be destroyed on the ground before they are launched. Many will be destroyed by en emy action. Some will be duds. He is not convinced that the Soviet-China split Is a persua sive reason for the treay. "It could be, but I believe the dif ferences between China and Rus sia are more or less like the arguments that gangsters have, and they have strong differences even leading to shooting," he said. "But that doesn't neces sarily mean they are going to fall out." "t ' I lr MISS CONGENIALITY The tallest girl ever ceives the adulation of the other Miss America to compete in the Miss America pageant, North hopefuls after they selected her "Miss Con Carolina's 6 foot 2 , inch Jeanne Swagger, re- geniality" Saturday in Atlantic City, N. J. (UPI) SALEM (UPI) - Legislative leaders appeared split today over whether budget cuts or new taxes should be enacted if voters defeat the $60 million tax hike at the Oct. 15 referen dum election, and a special leg islative session is called. Senate President Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) told United Press International a defeat of the tax bill "would be a mandate from the people, we couldn't kick the people in the teeth with new taxes." House Speaker Clarence Bar ton (D-Coquille) told UPI a spe cial session "should combine some budget cuts with some new taxes. If the tax bill is killed will it mean people oppose any tax increases? A $60 million cut would be tough to do." Musa said "I'm getting letters from people who say the state has to live within its budget, just like the people do at home." He showed a letter from a constituent which suggested abolishing all income taxes and replacing them with a state sales tax. Barton said he has received mail suggesting a cigarette tax be adopted. When asked if their different view indicated a fieht wnuM develop between the House and Senate at a special session, Bar ton said "there will be no Senate-House fight." Musa commented "We'rl h avo to work it out." Asked if thev helieverl Mark Hatfield should call a spe cial session if the tax bill is defeated, or attempt to make the cuts himself, both Barton and Musa said that riecisinn would be up to the governor. carton added "If the envernnr calls a f-necial session it means ne couian t una a way to cut back that much." Both Barton and Musa sa?rf the public doesn't realize the state began the 1963-65 bienmum without a carryover surplus. Thev oointed out there was more than $30 million in sur plus available to the 1961 Legis lature. Barton said "We've dipped into the surplus for years, but this year there was no surplus. The legislature didn't increase spending so much, but the in creased taxes were needed be cause there wasn't any surplus to help pay the bill." Barton added, "Taxes in Ore gon are lower than they are in California and Washington. Ida ho has lower taxes, but that's a low service state." Soviet Fishing Fleet Sighted In Inland Water Near Alaska Lewiston Roundup Will Conclude Today LEWISTON, Idaho (UPI) -29th annual Lewiston Roundup opened Friday night with 91 cowboys compoting for $9,180 in rodeo prize money. In the first round of com petition the winners were: Saddle bronc riding, Wayne Bold, Alberta, Canada, 190 points. Horseback tiding, Jack Car son, Lewiston, 179. Calf roping, Don Posey, Mount Vernon, Wash., 14 9 sec onds. Bull riding, Kenny Stanton, Sisters, Ore., 174 points. Bulldogging, John W. Jones, San Luis Obispo, Calif. The roundup ends today. WASHINGTON (UPI) Chairman Warren Magnusnn (D-Wash.) or (he Senate Com merce has stated the United States might he forced to ex tend its exclusive fishing rights beyond the present three - mile limit since Rus sian and Japanese trawlers are eJging closer to shore. KODIAK, Alaska (UPI) - A fleet of 14 Russian fishing ves sels has been sighted in Sheli kof Strait it was reported Satur day. The strait separates Ko- diak Island from the mainland and is claimed as inland wa ter by the Stale of Alaska. The Alaska Fish and Game department was expected to send a reconnaissance flight over the area early Saturday to check on the report. Repeat Performance If the Russians are actually in the strait there is a possi bility that there might be a repeat performance of action taken against Japanese vessels operating in the same area last year. In April, 19(12 two Japanese fishing boats and a mother ship were sci?,ed bv Alaska Fish and Game officials and their cap tains arrested on charges of fishing inside the slate's in land waters without a state commercial fishing license. The crewmen of an American fishing vessel, the Mcrcator out of Kodiak, reported seeing the Soviet vessels in the strait. Gear Ruined The Mercator crewmen were also reported to have said that between $8,000 and $9,000 worth of American crab fishing gear was ruined by the Russian ves sels, which are also believed to be crabbers. Shelikof Strait is a body of water about 100 miles long. It is 18 miles wide at its narrow est point and 31 miles at its widest point. Both distances are well be yond the three - mile limit, but Alaska claims the strait, since it separates two large parts of the state. Since the incident in April, 1962, Japanese vessels have stayed out of the disputed wa ters. Charges against the Jap anese captains are still pend ing in state courts. BUSY LOCKS SAULT STE. MARIE During the past 100 years an estimated (our billion tons of freight has passed through the Sault Ste Ma rie locks linking the Great lakes. State Board To Consider Grants SALEM (UPI) More than $2 million in gifts and grants awarded to the University of Oregon Medical School during the past nine weeks will be up for acceptance by the Oregon State Board of Higher Educa tion when it meets here Sept. 10. Dean D. W. Baird said the $2,307,000, largely from out-of- state sources, was contributed for specific purposes by indi viduals, corporations, the feder al government and various health agencies. He said the funds would serve. to support areas of medical edu cation, patient care and re search at the school which are not financed through state appropriation. The largest grant awarded during Ihe period under consid eration was $127,342 from the National Institute for Neurologi cal Diseases and Blindness. Yank Defector Returns to West, Claims Mistake HONG KONG (UPI) - Scott L. Rush, 31, a former American Army sergeant who spent a dozen years in Communist China following the Korean War, re turned to the West Saturday and said he had made a mistake. Rush, formerly of Marietta, Ohio, showed up at the Hong Kong border shortly after noon accompanied by his Chinese wife, Helen, and their 14-month-old daughter, Betty Jean. Rush, who was 18 when he re fused repatriation as a prisoner of war, said he had made a "foolish decision," but now was "anxious as hell" to get back home to the United Stales. Disillusioned The turncoat told a news con ference at a Hong Kong hotel that he had become disillusioned with communism. He also said there was growing hatred for Russia within Red China. 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