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o . . . Coimnuni cations . . . Latter! to lha Cditor mutt bear tha nam and addrass of tha writer, although under certain circumstance! tha use ol a pan name or initial for publication ii permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha right to edit all letters vt a view ta clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not excee4 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of t!e patter; in iact the contrary is often tha case. School Drop-Out To the Editor: As a high school drop out, I know better than many the value in Mr. Kennedy's campaign against dropping out of school. True, I am young and have been out of school for a comparatively short time, but I have seen the jobs lost because of the lack of a diploma. I have had the re jected feeling of seeing school mates go on while I sit here getting nowhere terribly fast. I have seen the truth in many wise and heartfelt words spoken by advisors, parents, and friends. I have seen all this too late. A wise statement that I have repeated many times, I take the liberty of using here: "Of all gad words of tongue or pen, saddest are these, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN." I use this in my everyday life to urge me on that I might not be in such sorry shape that I must use those four words. I have been attempting to make something of my life re cently. I am young, I have a long life to live, and I would prefer to live it in a respectable and proud manner. I have no wish to try to raise my future family on the charity of the public in such fields as unem ployment checks or in the pride destroying checks from the Welfare department. I want my children to go to school well dressed and with their honor. I want my wife to be proud of me and to have some of the little luxuries in life. I want to retain my own human dignity by being able to support my family and to be able to die say ing that I have enjoyed living. Death is so long, I want to make something of my short life. My wishes have been long in making themselves clear to me. Before I saw them, I was a irresponsible, ignorant and care free idiot. I was more of an idiot than is allowed of a youth. I am a bit better now. I am not say ing that I am incapable of do ing stupid things. Far from it, but I do realize that of all the stupid things I have done, the worst was quitting school. I cannot say that the school board has not given me every chance up to date. They have Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny All Men Are Poets The poet appears as one who is able to experience consistently and in a marked manner those responses to life which all normal people desire to experience and do experience to a more limited degree. Hence . . . there is no actual inconsistency in saying that all men are potentially poets. Bonaro Wilkinson, in "The Poetic Way of Release." O Homeland Pride Man, through all ages of revolving time, Unchanging man, in every varying clime. Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside. His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. James Montgomery O Autumn .lust yesterday the hills were clothed With 'purple, gold and yellow, A flaming sheen from out the store Of Autumn, rich and mellow Last night when slumber fled my couch And the sullen northwind muttered, A countless throng of pattering feet Across my doorstep fluttered Today beneath an ashen sky The wooded hills are lonely; Their princely garments plundered, gone, All shorn, bereft, uncomely. Frank Roberts Medford O This Is True I sat beneath a shady pine Where a creek ran free and wild, And dreamed of golden days gone by When I was just a child. The pine seemed so much taller then And the creek seemed so much wider, When I sat and watched a silver web Being spun by a busy spider. The narrow trail that I see now, That leads to this wonderland, Had once seemed oh! so different, So wide and steep and grand! It "s hard to believe that it's the same, This place that once I loved so; I doubt if I'd believe it, But my feet know where In go. It seems, somehow, so very odd How dreams appear to change, For when, some day, one comes again Remembered things seem strange. But really nothing's different, All things are still the same; The only difference is the date On which, both times, one came. Wilma May Hulse Medferd (Composed by the author at aje 17.) o Th Lie I dr a line m a picca of papa- o ttw it erros end trows fainter, o nch it it darker still MO yej, it jrrcn Th 'lir stiwches O Yet ft or can see O Peraul there is no n TflyW DWlenrtfl) u o been understanding and helpful, they have been very patient with me. But on my latest ap peal, I was rejected. I am the cause of failure, but I would like to have one last try. I can do it. This is an appeal. I appeal to the taxpayer to decide if he wants his hard earned money spent on getting me an education. I am willing to be interviewed by him to see if I am worth it. I am a minor taxpayer myself. I have seen some of the products of my and others' money, boys and girls with I.Q.'s of 20, carrying an average of D, with citizenship records of F. But as I was told, there isn't enough room for me in the high school. I am told that because of a fight I was in, which I didn't start, and a sin gle curfew ticket, I would be such a bad risk and a bad in fluence that I cannot get an edu cation. I admit that I dropped out three times. I will tell anyone who wants to know why. The reasons are personal, but I feel they were valid. Regardless, I do not feel that it is right to refuse a taxpaying citizen an education. Likewise, I am not too impressed with the reasons for my rejection considering that I can name three students that dropped out the same time I did that were reenrc"ed this year. Two of these students have police records. Is it fair or just? I really don't think so. In summation, I will say this: Medford School District 549-C has the monumental task of try ing to educate thousands of children and young adults every year. But must they run it with out a heart? It took me a life time to grow up. All I want is a chance to show the people with faith in me that I am worth it. I want to be a citizen of this great country. I want to be able to enjoy it and I want to be able to add maybe a little something to it. The school board has in its hands the key to the life en lightening education that every one needs. Can't they open their door for me? Thank you. Wayne Ken Howard Route 2, Box 39 Jacksonville, Ore. and grows fainter. further and further, r, the end end. 'S3 i!u:tf rhieB Hb School, tiM, ooo Mnngrelization To the Editor: The theme "mongreiization of ethics" ap pearing on the editorial page of the Sunday, Sept. 29 issue of The Oregonian, (review of book by Margaret Halsey), is apro pos. This began of course long before the Second World War, and can be associated with and pretty well attributed to the "mongreiization of races" in this country, just now beginning in earnest. Anyone who dares mention "purity of race" at present, and Caucasian especial ly, is at once a pariah. It occurs to me that the present deep sag in morals is not due merely to the accept ance by the Americans of peo ple of the Negro culture and moral influence that began dur ing the lost generation decade following World War One, but to the mongrel breed of men being created by this "Melting Pot": First the culture, then the morals (ethics), then the blood-breed of mongrels. Of course the "culture" of white men was accepted by the Ne gro and Indian also, else they had had little more than barb arism. The influence of Orient al true-culture in our society is insignificant, unless one ac knowledge Christianity as such, which of course was from the Near East. "Mongreiization" is said to produce a low grade of dog, however hardy, effacing his se lect and special virtues: Can it be denied that the same is true of men? Ralph McKinnis P.O. Box 321 Ashland, Ore. Coverage Liked To the Editor: Recently our association, the Oregon Veter inary Medical Association, held a convention in your city. We would like to compliment the staff of your publication for the excellent news coverage of this event. While many of the activities were of a technical and pro fessional nature, your agricul tural editor, Mr. Joe Cowley, did an outstanding job of inter preting and presenting these facts to your readers. I know that many veterinari ans from other parts of the state were impressed with the Med ford Mail Tribune's competence in reporting this convention. Our thanks and congratula tions to you and your staff. 0. H. Muth, D.V.M. Secretary Oregon Veterinary Medical Assn. Corvallis, Ore. Job for Representatives To the Editor: Why all this hue and cry about our current state income tax bill? Much that has appeared in these columns in opposition to the measure struck me as utterly illusory, inane, or even irresponsible. Of course, it is not a perfect bill, as the legislators them selves have acknowledged. What tax bill ever is? But this is about as good a bill as we could get and we might as well accept it in good faith and spirit, as re sponsible citizens then work and hone for a better one to be produced by the next legisla ture. Some of the arguments against the bill are without basis in fact; mere conjecture or wild guesses, at best. Such abuse as has been heaped upon our legis lators, governor, heads of state agencies, educators, and other advocates of the bill, is as un warranted as it is downright in decent. These armchair critics and would-be tax experts would have us believe they know so much better than the governor and his advisers or the legislature, now to budget and raise the finances needed by the state. They are hardlv to be taken seriously. Much of their ill-informed com ment appears to be of the "off- Ihe-top-of-the - ncad variety; and their invective, from their spleen. Let us not forget that our rep resentatives and senators are neither fools nor knaves and that we elected them to do this iob. and others, for us. Certain- Iv rs arc about as anie, con- tors as we are ever likely to get; and it is reasonable to as sume that this holds (or most of the others as well. "Politics is the art of the pos sible" and much legislation nec essarily the result of comprom ise, as in the present case. Com mittees in both houses worked long and diligently to produce as fair and reasonable a bill as possible, after careful scrutiny of all phases of the budget sub mitted by the governor and con sideration of many proposed al ternative methods of raising it. It seems to me very presump tuous, therefore, for any less in formed citizee to claim flrMter knowledge or wisdoaa in thf matter. Referral to a)ie voters of in dividual tax proposals, such as a general sales tax or a selec tive one on cigarets, is fite in order; but the drafting of a general tax measure tn finance all operations of the slate gov ernment and ita subsidiary MEDFORD agencies is a job for our elected representatives. Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford The Deer Hunt To the Editor and All Bored Stay-at-Homers: With a house-trailer, tent and station wagon our party camped on a pumice flat among dead weeds and dust. We'd several mattresses, but I took my sleeping bag out into the aromatic cedered fresh ness. Did ye ever crawfish into a narrow bag and try to zipper up a zipper what won't zip? Ugh! I inched outta there, fussed, then more crawfishing and inching; finally I voiced words that scared all the deer outta their habitats and went to sleep. Next while feeling of some lively bugs to ascertain "were they spiders? I came fully awake to the sound of running water. 'Somebody trying to douse a timber fire," thought I. Then came footsteps in those sands of time. I peeked out; there skulk ed a ghost in the shaders. Not believing in ghosts, I snickered right out loud. It shouted "What'd you say?" Not wanting to awaken Coxe's Army, I ducked back under that dusty hood. The white-clad figger pussyfooted tentward. , I musta dreamed that 'ere water racket. We didn't linger to hobnob with them red-lidded dears who milled around. Before starlight quit we broke camp and hied us to a slashing about two thous and feet up the mountain. I dug out by myself and took a stand wiiere orusn wouia shade my riffles' glitter. I saw a voung buck and he saw me. One second he was outta the jungle and the second second he worn t. Later, I saw a fox, chipmonks, small doe and one of our party who decided I was lost, began yelling "Pear-ull?" I let lm holler for a spell, but to stop the hullabaloo I stuck my hat out and follered it. Shucks! We ate a sandwich and de scended. Soon as we see to things at home we are going back with plenty of salt along to put on them deers' tails. I got my fingers crossed, but iffen the salt idea didn't work, yuh won't hear from me for ages. I don't get lost among trees either; they re only overgrown tiowers to shelter my wildlife friends. Pearl Spackman, (Formerly from J'ville) General Delivery, Rogue River, Ore. A Worse Mess To the Editor: In a recent edi torial you discounted the pos sibility of a sales tax being lm posed as a result of a No vote in the coming tax referral elec tion. You seem to think that the Granges and Labor will again be able to make their opposition to it effective. I think that in this opinion you are wrong. Whetner Dy design or acci dent, the situation, even though more complicated, is similar to that which was brought about to put Daylight Saving Time over. Admittedly the present tax setup is a mess (but it is a mess that can be lived with) and quite obviously a No vote in the Oct. 15 election will put us in an even worse mess (one that cannot be lived with). A Sales Tax will be pushed and touted and clamored for as the solution to our difficulties. Under the extreme emergency conditions that will obtain in the event of a No vote, it will be inpvitahle. I rio sueeost to those who have been planning to vote No in the coming election that they re member the process by which we ended up with DST. A time mess was created ana me soiu tion to it was the thing we didn't want. A tax mess exists and a far worse one impends the solution of course will be a Sales Tax. Jim Selleck 130 Hargadine, Apt. 4 Ashland, Ore. Don't Make Sense To the Editor: For many years the recognized historians have told us that too high taxes were one of the main causes for the fall of the world wide Roman Empire. But now we receive this voters pamphlet list ing the terrible results that we mav exnect. if we vote "No" 'in the coming tax election For instance it states that "A Yes vote will guarantee that so cial security payments continue not to be subject to any state tax." Just let the Legislature try to pass a law contrary to a U.S. law! Phoocy! The pamphlet also says tnai this tax law "is to prevent de ficit spending." Again just let them try to spend money that they do not nave wnen our uwu constitution requires that all bonds on which they can borrow money must be voted on by the people. That sounds just as about as sensible as that they could guarantee that Oregon v.ll have some rain this winter. Their arguments do not make sense to me. We have some splendid safeguards in our basic laws, so I plan to vote "No. 1 wish to put the affair squarely in the Governor's lap. He is vested with the power to call a sfwial' session of the Legisla ture and to outline a good tax MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, law, telling them clearly that he will promptly veto a bad law. He can "speak softly, but carry a big stick." They will lack the nerve to pass it over his veto. But if they adwurn be fore making a good law, he can do as able teachers used to do with bad little boys, make them stay after school and do their homework. The Governor has the brains to plan a good law, the good will to wish for one, and I hope the "guts" to veto bad one. I feel sure that some econo mies can be made, such as not sending two voters' pamphlets to one household; that some mere chair warmers can be dis pensed with, and that some non educational activities can be curtailed in the schools. For in stance there is so much em phasis put on winning football teams that it rather looks as though the tail wags the dog. A Legislature should not be too strongly influenced by spe cial interests. If needed, they can put a tax on luxuries and especially on such things as do great harm to people, cigarettes with their product of lung can cer, and whiskey with its prod ucts of automobile wrecks and crime. It is only just that they help to bear the terrible costs. But again that takes courage. It may be necessary slightly to increase the percentage on the old income tax rates, but certainly not to impose a five dollar poll tax on little old ladies who now can barely make ends meet. Horace W. Thompson .1642 Hilsinger rd. Medford Phophesy To the Editor: The test ban treaty has been signed by so many nations; perhaps a big deal with Russia in wheat; the letter by the late Pope John, "Peace on Earth," and th. re cent prayer of Pope Paul for peace and understanding be tween the Catholic and Protes tant churches, which no doubt has much to do about allowing the Protestants more liberty and freedom in worshipping God as they choose in Spain. Judging by these trends and the many inventions in the last 100 years, especially radio and TV, it seems the prediction in Joel 2:28 is literally being ful filled, where he says in sub stance, "And afterwards I will pour out my Spirit upon all Flesh. Uld men would nave dreams. Young men visions. And also upon handmaids and servants in those days will 1 nnur out mv Spirit." The invention oi me ranio ami the TV are a great help to bring tn nass the Drediction our Savior made in Mat. 24:14, "And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be nreached an all the world, for a witness unto all Nations. Then shall the end come." He must have meant by thai the same everlasting Gospel with its officers and priesthood he established in his Churches and Kindom and that was also connected with his Father's Kingdom in Heaven. (Mat. 16:19). The Apostles Luke and Matthew use almost the same words in declaring, "The law and the prophets were until John, since that time the King dom of God is preached and every man presseth into It." And Jesus told nicooemus ne had to be born of water and the Spirit (Holy Ghost) to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. And also the Apostle John saw an angel flying through the midst of Heaven bringing the everlast ing Gospel to preach to them that dwell upon the Earth. (Rev. 14:6-7). And the Prophet Mala chi speaking of the last days says, "I will send my messen ger and he shall prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his Temple." That is plain, the Lord will prepare a people to build a Temple and meet Him when He comes to be the King of Kings. John F. Peterson 611 South Holly st. Medford. Important Decision To the Editor: We Oregon voters are being called upon to make an important decision Oct. 15. Oregon's constitution requires that expenditures must be bal anced bv income therefore a tax program had to be enacted to produce an approximate $60 million to balance a general Bob Anderson Is Now Associated With tha MUSIC CENTER Areada Bldg., 126 E. Main si , s-J-A OREGON fund budget of $404 million. Thehate, suspicion or rebellion. It win minion general tuna ac counts for approximately one third of total slate expenditures. The two thirds is spent for highways, game commission, S1AC, etc., and is financed from dedicated funds from which none of the $60 million could be taken. About 60 per cent of the gen eral fund budget is appropriated for education. State aid to local school districts through the Ba sic School Support fund and from apropriations for special education programs account for 35 per cent of the state general fund. It is clear that education, oecause it represents this siz able portion of the general fund budget, has probably the most at stake in the referendum. State general fund support of elementary and secondary edu cation began in 1942 with edu recognizing that real property could no longer carry the entire burden of education. It was the people in 1946 who approved the present Basic School Support Fund. The voters in 1950 and the Legislatures since have consis tently attempted to lighten the property tax burden and equal ize educational opportunity by increasing tne size ol the fund. It is significant to remember that the fund was increased by $19 million in 1961 and $16 mil lion in 1963, making a total in crease of $35 million during the past two sessions. This amount would have been otherwise lev ied as local property taxes. A NO vote could be interpret ed that the people no longer be lieve that the state should main tain its present level of support which is now about 36 per cent of local district operating costs. Actually, many state groups, including educa tion, school boards, Grange, Farm Bureau, PTA and others have positions urging that the state provide 50 per cent of operating costs or more from state reve nue sources. Oregon has had a tradition of stable even conservative governmental finance. There has not been a major slate tax increase since 1955, although property taxes have increased substantially. Our per capita state tax is ninth out of the eleven Western slates. This pattern of an orderly meeting of the most pressing needs for state funds is the real issue in the Oct. 15 election. Our tax structure is reviewed every two years by the Legislature, or the people may initiate chance. A YES vote will indicate that the citizens of Oregon are will ing to pay for the services that they have requested and that are necessary in our growing state. Eugene H. Fisher, Chairman, Oregon State Board of Education, and member, Elkton School Board Oakland, Ore. Uncertain Trumpets To the Editor: It is true that this is an age of tension when it is possible to become overbear ing and unbalanced in our ob- s e r v a tions concerning the trends in our governments, schools, churches, etc. We ap preciate those who caution us concerning these possible ex cesses. This Is no reason, however. for us to feel that we have no further duties to our God, our country or our communities in being alert to the evils as they take root and grow. God has, in every generation, appointed His prophets and His watchmen to sound the alarm and warn the people, whether they respond or not. "Whether they will hear or whether they will forbear . . . Yet shall they know that there hath been a prophet among them." (Ezek. 2-5). Just because these prophets and patriots are "contending for the faith once delivered to the Saints" does not indicate fear, Jl Open Friday Nilas 'lil 8 is love of God, love of country and love of our friends and neighbors which causes us to cry out in protest as we sec cur freedoms being snatched away, one by one. The Bible says, "Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil, that put darkness for light and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." (Isa. 5:20). Those "Christians" and "Americans" who can lightlj stand by and voice no objection when the enemy is at the door step should re-examine their responsibilities to God and to our nation. If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to battle?" (I Cor. 14:8). Mrs. F. M. Patterson Route 1, Box 161 Rogue River, Ore. No Clouds To the Editor: We saw the Presidential jet returning from the inspection of the Lost Creek Dam-site, and here, eight miles down river, the sun was shining without any cloud cover. P. H. Karner Route 1, Box 340 Trail, Ore. Hard To Believe To the Editor: It Is difficult to believe Congressman Dun can's statement that President Kennedy was unable to see the Preserve the Rogue associa tion's sign, "Another Pork Bar rel Dam," if he was shown the exact location of the proposed Lost Creek Dam. Visibility was unlimited at the time the President's plane flew over with no intervening clouds discernible to ground observers. The lettering was placed direct ly on the site of part of the pro posed dam. It is entirely possible that neither the President nor Mr. Duncan saw the sign, but, as I said, it is hard to believe if they were looking at the proposed dam site. Martha P. Brooke Trail, Ore. The Choice To the Editor: The current battle over the Legislature's new tax bill involves much more than the level of taxation for the next two years. It is well and good and pol itic to be against higher tax es. Most of us are. To sentence the youlh of our state to medi ocre education and the needy to less subsistence is something else again. A responsible vote on the tax referendum must consider all of these consequences. I for one would rather pay more taxes than have the expenditures for basic school support, higher ed ucation or welfare reduced. The prize for the most irre sponsible statement on this sub ject should go to Senator Walter Pearson, who distains quality education and belter teachers in our colleges and universities. More young people are going to college than ever before. Oth er state and private universities are expanding and improving their faculties. Competition for quality professors is greater than ever. If we want to main tain the present quality of our higher education, we probably need to spend more money than the present tax bill provides. For me the choice is simply between this tax bill and some other tax measure designed to raise the same amount of mon ey. Despite the shortcomings and compromises In the present hill, there is no evidence that the Legislature could do a bet ter job the next time around. And if it did, the new tax bill would probably be referred. By the time we voted on It, fiscal chaos would become a way of life; T. W. Phillips, 2254 Aloha, Medford. SLG SUNDAY, OCTOBFaH Contradiction -To the Editor: In answerto GHB's editorials in Sept. 30 Business and Trade Ethics which presents, among other things, a strange contradiction or dilemma of American Busi ness ethic and American Pa triotism. GHB objurates a local merchant for misleading the public for not going out of busi ness as advertised. On the other hand he patriotically lauds the wheat farmer for production of an 'unneeded' surplus. This editorial reminds me of a recent discussion with a friend, reputed to be somewhat erudite in the area of "Busi ness Ethics." He maintains that since World War Two, business executives feel that many of the ethical problems on the pro duction side of American Busi ness are solved. In his words, "Minimum wages, bargaining right, child labor laws," etc., protect the worker from uneth ical practices. However, like GHB, many of the problems of distribution still pose ethical questions: "The executive finds that he still rapes the consumer with poor products, high prices, basing point systems," and ad vertising practices such as the Medford merchant. The dilemma posed by GHB arises, perhaps, out of the ex ecutive's solution to these ethi cal prob.ems of distribution. My friend went on to point out that from the "marketing concept" developed since WWII, execu tives have approached the dis tribution problems by asking, What does the consumer really need? They answer this ques tion before production of a com modity begins. Thus the ethics of it is that to produce some thing that isn't really needed or which is a waste is highly unethical. Now to my point: What Is more indicative of the failure of "American Capitalism" than the SURPLUS wheat? What is more unethical and more costly to the American consumer than the production of this "unneeded" wheat grown simply for the purpose of storage and the main tenance of the few farm families engaged for the supporting sub sidization? Those families, by the way, are less than 1 per cent of the consuming public. What co"!d be more indicative of the success of the Russian system than to be able to buy wheat at a price lower than production costs to themselves? And at a price which is a loss to the American consumer? I would be interested in hear ing GHB's answer. Kay jonnston 1875 Jefferson St. Eugene, Ore. Qualified To Vote To the Editor: From all of the comments that have appeared in the newspapers about the tax referral, it surely, must strike many people that we need a clear, strong voice of wisdom. I may not necessarily qualify, but I would like to remind the readers that I do have some special qualifications, to-wit: 1. I worked by way through college selling Real Silk hosiery; ORDER NOW! NAME IMPRINTED CHRISTMAS CARDS All Styles and Kinds-As Low as $1.95 for 25 Largest Selection To Choose From On the Balcony at . . . Szi-Szi Savor considers herself absolutely un dressed without her diamond wrist watch, Pauline Resphigi takes hers off when she does the dishes. High life to housewife Zale's has a diamond design watch for every woman. So even though Pauline does her own dishes, her husband was smart enough to understand how very much that one touch of luxury would mean to her. Since Zale's prices range from a mere $29,95 to a magnificent $995.00, you can easily see that somewhere in the Zale collection there's a dia mond watch ideally suited for your next anniversary, birthday or Christ mas giving. You can easily buy it too, on Zale's convenient credit terms. ALE'S' :L,ER3 211 I. Main Phons 77MI1I , 19S3 2. I killed a ouail with on n throw of a stone on my seventh birthday; 3. I once went a week earlv to a wrong wedding; 4. l am tne only person who ever ran for Willamette Student Body President after having graduated once; and I hold an other record there too I sang m nrsi piace rresnman Ulees, in three different classes! 5. I have had political careers in both major political parties, and have only been defeated for public office four times; 6. I am a Unitarian my wife is a Lutheran one of my sec retaries is a Mormon and the other a Seventh Day Adventist; 7. I drink lots of Papaya juice. And, I defy any of the others who have ventured their opin ions on the crucial issues to show such qualifications. Now, having qualified, I ven ture my opinion: 1. I think it is far too early to complain about the legislative pay raise. Let us have at least one or two elections to see if the pay raise brings out some better candidates; 2. Let us remember that even in government cool and advised action is to be preferred to im petuous and unreflective im pulses; 3. That knocking out the tax proposal daes not automatically recall the Governor or the leg islators or stop petty finagling. or reduce property taxes or stop the demands of a growing popu lation for public services; 4. I hat should a sales tax be substituted, the economic bur den would then fall even more heavily on a large percentage of those who are frustrated and displeased with things as they are, and 5. That those of us who are really going to take the whack, and I'm one of them, on this income tax raise, are the ones who can best afford to pay a tax increase. I trust the reader will re-read my qualifications, and being duly impressed, cast a wise "YES vote on the referral measure. Steve Anderson 541 Court St., N.E. Salem, Ore. Rampart Project Report Studied PORTLAND (UPD-Army en gineers said today they expect to have a feasibility and design report for the proposed Ram part Hydroelectric Project on Alaska's Yukon river by early next year. Maj. Gjn. W. W. Laps'.sy, North Pacific Division engineer, said a report by Alaska District Engineer, Col. Kenneth T. Saw yer, had arrived at his office. Before Gen. Lapsley prepares his report, statmenta from in terior Department agencies such as Bureau of Reclamation and the Fish and Wildlife Service will be received. Rampart dam would be the largest of its type in the world, costing $1.3 billion. BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS IJIuslro'iM tiJtvtd to ihow dc'aif Twlv radii diamonds his liiht 14K k case ol lady's 1 iral Elgin. $69 o I G) ft) o COS CO) 0 (Oj p (o (O)
