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8 6 WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Duncan Amendment Assists Recreation Area Sticker Fee A. ROliRT SMITH Mail Tribun Waihinfton Corraipondtnt WASHINGTON Congress, after stalling through the spring and summer vacation months, is moving at last toward a new law requiring every citizen to buy an auto slicker irom uncie aam in order to use federal recrea tion areas, such as national Darks. Such a sticker would cost about $7 per year, according to Government officials who are working on the scheme. The idea of the new law is to raise revenue for a land and water conservation fund in the federal treasury from which ad ditions to the nation's strained outdoor recreation areas can be financed. Congress last year refused to create such a fund when the Kennedy administration p r o Dosed a motor boat license fee to help bring in revenue. Ameri ca s growing numoer ot Doaung enthusiasts protested this idea to congress ana congress in effect told the administration to have another idea. Motor Boat Gal Tax This year's revamped bill pro poses to raise nearly siao mil lion yearly for the conservation fund through three main sources nearly $60 million through sale of auto stickers, admission fees and user charges in federal recreation areas; another $60 million from sale of surplus gov ernment property; and $30 mil lion by adding 4c per gallon tax on motor boat gasoline. . The surplus property Isn't re lated to recreation in any way, but Interior Secretary Stewart Udall got the administration to agree to allocate revenue irom such sales to meet what he calls "the quiet crisis" the short age of outdoor public play areas. The bill is still encountering hostility from certain interests, such as lumbermen who are fearful the fund will be used to expand the national forests by acquiring adjacent private tim berland. Thn House Interior Commit tee, before approving a modified version of the administration's nrnnosal. made clear that ad ditions were to be limited to wilderness type areas of those primarily of value for scenic purposes. The committee also modiled the bill to satisfy nunters ana shipping interests that use tne nat on's mlana waterways, jne hunters didn't want to have to pay a federal fee to snoot fleer or rabbits in national forests or other public land where Hunting is permitted in season; ana uie waterway users feared the bill might be a step in the direction of barges having to pay for using waterways built at federal expense an oft - repeated pro posal they have successfully blocked to date. Rep. Robert B. Duncan, D Ore., took care of both these nrablcms with an amendment which states that fees can be charged only in areas where a federal agency has provided recreation facilities or services at federal expense, and that no fee of any kind can be charged for non-recreation use ot waters, reservoirs, canals or waterways. This won't rule out fees for boat-launching ramps, for ex ample, which may have been built along federal reservoirs. The Duncan amendment help ed substantially to swing a 20 to 6 vote in favor of the bill in the House Interior Committee. The same bill has been stalled in the Senate Interior Commit tee for six months. As presently envisioned, the auto sticker would admit the auto's occupants to any federal area which charges admission fees. If the visitor didn't have the annual sticker, he would simply pay the admission fee every time he entered such an area. In addition, whether he had the sticker or not, he would PMT Challenges Law Interpretation SALEM UPI) - Pacific Mo tor Trucking, a subsidiary of boutnern racinc railroad, has challenged the Public Utility Commission interpretation of a law exempting mail carrying vcnicies irom payment of high way roan use taxes. SP Attorney Oglesby Young claimed the 1961 law, introduced by the late Rep. W. 0. Kelsnv (D-Roseburg) was intended to I exempt any PMT trucks hauling man Detwecn Portland and Ash land from payment of highway use taxes. The trucks operate under contract to SP. which has a contract with the postal serv ice to carry mail over the route. Young said the PUC is billing PMT $30,000 for mileage run up by trucks used to haul mail and freight interchangeably. He claimed the intent ot the law was to exempt mail hauling trucks irom all taxes. The PUC has ruled that if the trucks are used both for mail and regular freight, the tax is I pay user charges for such spe cial uses as camp grounds or Datmng facilities. A number of states already have adopted the auto sticker tax idea to raise funds for ex- state raised it to $2. Michigan pansion of state parks. Min- and Wisconsin subsequently in- nesota pioneered the idea in traduced $2 state auto stickers 1953, starting with a $1 annual in lieu of admission charges to windshield sticker. In 1961 the state parks.. Illinois. had a $2 sticker for nearly five years un til it was repealed in 1961 due to public resistance and difficul ty of enforcement. Nebraska had a $1 sticker for several years but it was discontinued when other taxes were increased to provide for park improvements. Stales Favor Program The states are virtually all for the new federal program be cause they will share in the con servation fund. As the bill now stands, 60 per cent of the rev enue will be allocated among the states for recreation projects and the balance will be used by federal agencies. To secure their allocations, the slates must match the federal grant 50-50. Cities or counties with park projects can get in on the fund only through the state. If enactment of the conserva tion fund doesn't entirely solve the money problem behind the nation's expanding need for more outdoor recreation facili ties, it at least promises a steady source of revenue which itself will increase as the num. ber of outdoor recreation users increases throughout the coun try. . COATS & CLARK-RED HEART KNITTING GENERAL ELECTRIC AUTOMATIC TOASTER NEW. "MILK WAVE LILT HOME PERMANENT 1 'hnnnmnhmCfcrri TSKT ESB&!WMmt& I Bar it." V'7.7 u.u vir A vad H rKfcSlKIK.iUlM UKUU SlURESGSs "V Model 7i 111 II DflACTWCII DnACTCD i , III II f Ji ' ft r,B U M&BenK . ' - ..... am mm. 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