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
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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."
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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. Asked
why he chose to stay behind the
Bamboo Curtain after being cap
tured. Rush said:
"I made a mistake. I was too
young. It was a foolish deci
sion.
The former combat photogra
pher said his mother was now
living in Tuscon, Ariz.
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