Revise Taxes,
Economize, Poll
Respondents Say
Cigarette, Sales Taxes Favored
If Added Revenues Are Needed
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No. 186
poor
and it needs an
The tax bill defeated at the Oct.
bill.
The state needs a different kind of tax;
entirely new lax program.
If new taxes are to be enacted, they should be a cigarette
lax or a sales tax. in that order or both.
There must be more economy in government at all levels.
New Constitution
Prepared for
Initiative Petition
'Alaska System'
Adoption Favored
These are Ihe major findings of the Mail Tribune's lax
questionnaire printed on Page 1 last Sunday. A total of 917 bal
lots a rnmarlfahlv larpp rpliirn for this tvnp nf nnlt u'ac rp
(urn'cd ' ' r j SALEM (L'PI) A New Ore- i
Substantial, but fewer, numbers of respondents through! the on, constitution, which would
bill was defeated because the tax increase was too much or!1"'. x!e secretary of state
the budget was too large I flrsl ln llne of successlon to the
Less than one-quarter of the ballots called for cutting the ITh S'
fnll Sf,n million lav inrrpasp rnnla.neri in the defeated measure da '0r Submission by initiative.
A few more felt the budget should not be cut and that the j ,)ei'on ,lm. , , ,
. . . . . . - , I Ihe document was prepared
needed revenue should be raised another way. . njne members of the 17
An even larger number - about a third of the respondents , myembe. constitutional Revision"
- believe that some cuts should be made in the budget, and commission which voluntarily
that some new but small tax increases enacted. reactivatcd at the reques of the
.Nearly half called for a new tax program. More than half i ci(jzens Commitlce 'for Consti-
lavorea a cigarette ana or sates tax.
Only 9 persons believed there should be higher property
taxes, while many more called for property tax relief.
Of the 917 bailots, 103 indicated there should be no tax in
creases of any kind.
Substantial numbers of respondents made a variety of com-
asm o
f Freighter Tells
tutional Revision
The citizens plan to spear
head the initiative drive.
Still unresolved is the legal
question of whether an entire
constitution can be initiated
ments. some simply by underlining words in the ballot, others, xne citizen's committee decided
to try, and to fight the battle
in the courts if necessary.
Amendments Adopted
At Wednesday's meeting, the
commission adopted most of the '
amendments in the original !
by notes or even long letters accompanying their ballot.
There was a strong current of demand for economy in gov
ernment in these comments, but an even stronger demand for a
revision in the overall tax program. Relief from high real
and personal property taxes was a recurrent theme in the comments.
Larce numbers protested public officials' salaries, most not- draft which had been aooroved
ably those of the legislators, but listed others including edu- j by the House during the 1963
calors. (One said "Pay teachers more, administrators less.") I legislative session.
The Gov ernor came in for considerable criticism for "pol-; The measure did not get Ihe
Kicking" and traveling outside the state. 1 necessary two-thirds vote in the
A substantial number objected to "theats," "intimidation" and . Senate,
"scare tactics" in the campaign. Resentment of the legislature j The most significant changes
also was strongly in evidence. . approved Wednesday dealt with
"Waste" was another recurrent theme. Specifically mentioned the secretary of state, and legis
were two voters pamphlets going to the same residence, "frills" lative apportionment,
in education (dancing, athletics, etc.), "dead wood" in govern-1 The group voted to deparl
mcnt offices, more than one property tax statement going to a from both its original plan, and
single individual, junkets to Hawaii, and others. i the House version, and to adopt
Substantial numbers suggested a higher state take on liquor, the Alaska System.
cosmetics and other luxuries.
A number of others suggested that gambling be legalised and
taxed. Others suggested a slate lottery.
More intensive use of school, college and university buildings
was suggested by some.
The welfare program was both defended and criticized. Many
respondents said no one should be made to suffer, while others
said there is mis-use of founds.
But, second only to the need for a new and fairer tax pro
gram, the most urgent message of all was: "Economy in government!"
TAX QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
The tax bill was defeated because:
1. The tax increase was too much 372
2. The budget was too large 393
3. The bill was poorly written, unfair 621
-1. Oregon needs a different kind of tax ....534
5. Other
What should be done now is to:
(i. Cut full $(i0 million increase
Keep budget as is but raise revenue
03
.164
(.
8.
9.
10
1S3
another way
Combine budget cuts and new, smaller
tax increases 292
Devise entirely new tax program 367
Other
.177
What, if any, new taxes should be enacted?
A. Cigarette tax 584
E. General sales tax to provide new revenue
and income and property
tax relief 537
C. Revised income tax .
D. More property taxes
b. ao tax increase ol any
F. Other
"Other" comments included:
The tax bill lost because:
Threats, propaganda, scare tactics
General protest, tax revolt
kind
.125
. 10
.103
.194
Under this system voters
would elect the governor and
secretary of state as a team,
just as the president and vice
president are selected in nation
al elections.
At present, the president of
the senate is first in line of
succession to the governor.
Commissioners felt the suc
cessor should be elected on a
statewide basis, and that t h e
governor should have the assist
ance of a constitutional officer
who was elected as part of his
team.
The third constitutional officer
would be the controller.
Solves Problem
Adoption of the "Alaska Svs
lem" would solve the highly
controversial plan originally
proposed by the commission
which would have vested all the
executive power in the gov
ernor.
In the healed apportionment
issue, . the commission went ;
along with the Senate plan j
which slightly favors the thinly i
populated areas of the stale.!
and sets maximum house mem- j
bcrship at 65. and top Senate
membership at 35.
Dropped as unnecessary was
a sentence inserted by the
House which assprled "Ihe
I people have at all times a right ,
to alter, reform or abolish the
I government in the manner they
think proper."
Meniion of the death penalty S
I was taken from the constitution. '
and left up to the legislature. '.
Ill is expected the final draft
will be ready in December.
The legal test may come if
Ithe secretary nf state refuses
to accept the initiative filing, or
if it is questioned later.
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United States
Asks Ben Bella
To Settle Dispute
Appeal Delivered
By Ambassador
AI-GERIS (UPD-The Unit
ed States has appealed to Al
gerian President Ahmed Ben
Bella to negotiate a settlement
of his border conflict with Mo
rocco, reliable diplomatic
sources said today.
The appeal was delivered
personally by U.S. Ambassa
dor William Porter, the sources
said, during a conference with
Ben Bella Wednesday night.
The U.S. plea came as Ihe
government - controlled Algeri
an radio said Ihat Algerian and
Moroccan forces remained
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: NOHKl. WINNKU - Greek poet
and diplomat (jiorgos hetenades,
above, has won the 1963 Nobel
Prize for Literature. One of the
locked in battle along the bor- best known living Greek poets
! Serenades was until recently
A j: ..u ., ,. ,
n mis limit itom tne ran o s r!,..,b ...i, ,. .-.,.i,. t?ia
correspondent at Algerian army' ,,,, ls ,he fjl.sl Grcck l0 wtn thc
headquarters at Colomh Bechar , NoM m(.ralurK pri!,e. (UPI)
claimed that the Moroccans i
have retreated 19 miles in thc !
past two days.
The radio said the Moroccans
left 17 dead and 12 wounded on
the battlefield. It asserted that
Algerian casualties totaled only
seven wounded.
Earlier, a dispatch from the
front said that Algerian troops
nacKca by artillery had routed
Moroccan forces and recap
tured Ihe disputed border out
post ol llassi Ucula.
Agriculture
Orders Sharp
Services Cut
SALEM
ducttons
(UPI) Sharp re
in services were
Flares Used To
Illuminate Ship
During Attack
No Casualties
Reported Aboard
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.
(UPI) The captain of an un
armed American freighter that
was strafed and set fire by
planes off thc Cuban coast said
today "all the men could have
done to repel thc attack "was
throw potatoes."
"We didn't have anything tn
defend ourselves with," said
Capt. Gerhard Krause of the.
ship J. Louis, a U.S. owned oro
freighter that sails under Li
berian registration.
There were no casualties.
Krause said the planes illum
inated the ship with flares and
then made 16 passes before "I
stopped counting." Bullets
rained down on the ship for an
hour, the captain said.
Krause said he and two other
men were pinned on the bridge.
He ordered the rest of the 51
men aboard to remain below
decks.
13 Miles Off Coast
He said the ship was al least
13 miles off the Cuban coast
when the attack occurred Tues
day. The J. Louis was en route
from Jamaica to Corpus Christi
with 31,500 tons of bauxito
ln Marrakech. M o r o c c o's ' ordered today by the Agricul- (aluminum ore.)
King Hassan II told a news i ura DepaUmen as a result ol
conference that he is willing to lasl wcpk s dceat ol lhe lax
meet with Ben Bella "without j measure. '
any prior conditions" in an ef- At a meeting of the depart
fori to settle the border battle, ment's directors, it was an
Thc U.S. appeal to Ben Bella nounccd tcstinj? of cattle for
coincided with a new flarcun in brucellosis and tubercu-
the border fighting. But there losis would be reduced, the rag-
was a growing optimism here weed control program would be
that a cease - fire agreement ' cut, checks on weight of pack
may he reached soon.
SIllXl. I.ODCKD IN BOOM Egom Maxa
second mate nf the Reynolds Metal Co. ship,
SS .1. Louis, shows a shell lodged in an over
head boom on the main deck. The ship was
strafed off the coast of Cuba. tThe story is in
column fl). (UPI).
Fire Season Ends
In Area Forests;
Rain, Snow Noted
City Cartage
Firms Receive
'Interim Relief
City Officials Take
Part in Discussions
The fire season ended official-, park headquarters for the new
ly in the Rogue River National J season, opening Sept. I, was 10
Forest and one State Forestry I inches Wednesday. Two inches
Department protected lands at fell in an early autumn storm, day were granted a temporary
midnight Wednesday. C. E. Cumulative Snowfall j 4 per cent rate increase by the
Brown, forest supervisor, and ; Last year at this time thc : slate public utility commission-
funis Nesheim. stale district 1 park reported a cumulative or.
warden, have announced. snowfall of 37 inches, the Med-
Closing nf Ihe fire season ford office noted, although 1M2-
eliminates the necessity of oh- ,03 winter season was one of un
usually ngnl snowian until
March and April. The total
snowfall January 1, HII12. had
taining burning permits and re
moves the requirement of carry
ing axe. shovel and water buck
et when camping
Fire closures of the Ashland
Two members of the Medford watershed also is lifted with of
ficial ending of the fire season.
What should be done:
I Economize 1-1 1
' Tax liquor 58 '
No more (or lower) property taxes : 56
. Cut legislators' salaries ... 49
I Cut frills from education 28
I More gasoline tax 7 i
Miscellaneous 89
(This last included taxing churches, lodges, tourists,
rentals, a slate lottery, legalize and tax gambling, high
er auto license and hunting fees, tax luxuries, cut travel,
reduce state employees, cut recreation. Use surplus funds
from other sources, attract new industries, objected to
tax on a tax. live within means, tax advertising, get
efficient legislators, use sales tax to offset property taxes,
repeal property taxes, reduce income taxes, students pay
full cost of higher education, get better management )
citv administralion took part in
panel discussions at Ihe recent
ly concluded convention of Ihe
League of Oregon Cities in Port
land. City Manager Robert Duff was
part of a three-member panel
which discussed planning ad
ministration. City Attorney William Mans
field discussed decisions of the
Oregon Supreme Court this year
which affected municipalities
during activities nf the legal sec
tion of the convention
About 17 elected and adminis
trative Medford officials at
tended the three - day convention.
Commissioner .lonel C. Hill ;
reached only 129 inches. The fi-; said the increase "is strictly
nal measurement, on June 14, interim relief." He ordered the ,
was 450 inches. Snowfall lor the : association to be ready to ap- j
previous year, 11-H2 was 55S pear at a hearing in nine:
inches. months tn determine whether!
It was snowing al park head-1 he increase should be contin
quarters Wednesday and more , ued.
snow was predicted, but a check ; Hill lermed the truckers' case
with park headquarters this as "poor
ages in stores would be
lessened, and there would be
fewer hours for state meat in
spection. The department's budget was
cut $253,218 to $2.6 million.
Agriculture Director James
Short also said thc new build
ing planned for the Capitol Mall
"is somewhat uncertain at this
moment."
The project may be delayed
because the stale does not yet
own two small pieces of proper
ly neetled (or the development.
The $30,000 needed to purchase
the land has been held up by
the Board of Control.
"We are giving first attention
tn elimination or reduction of
programs which will have the
least impact on the public,"
Short explained.
A siinknman :iirl lhal thp
Planning developments include h,l,.i ul,i, h hart hnnn nmnamrt
complete development of recre- f,. ,i, ,,.i i,,,ci,,iro hod
The increase is half what the j alion site evaluation sheet, Ittr-1 hnn "voi v lieM vorv anstore "
truckers requested tnrougn meir ther collection ot recrealion am Wi,s actually less than the
representative organization, the j plans for Ritreaii of Land Man-! agency received for thc 1961-63
uregon Draymen anu warc-i agemenl, Forest Service a n d hiennitt
house Association. other agencies, maintenance of
SALEM (UPI) - Truckers
enganged in city cartage freight
business in 20 Oregon cities to
Need For Funds Is
Discussed by Group
Need for more funds and fur
ther project development and
planning were discussed at a
meeting of the California Oregon
1 Recreational Development As
sociation in Grants Pass I h i s
morning.
Charles Collins, COR DA exec
utive vice president, said the :
association has to find private j
subscription for at leasl $6.00(1, j
preferably from firms which
will continue to subscribe year ;
afler year, for planning fund
The depth on the ground was lief was need, but that evidence
still eight inches.
Itainlall Sttbslanial
Substantial amounts of rain
fall made ending of the (ire sea
son nossible. the two (orest offi
cials emphasized. There was mornjng revealed no new snow. 1 He said it appeared some re.
more rain in tne wooueu aim
mountain areas than in the vay
ley. Snowfall was reported al the
5.000 elevation, including all
Rocue River National Forest
lookouts. Brown said. More
snow was reported at Crater
Lake National park headquar
ters and the fall was not meas
ured but known to he greater at
the rim
It was exnected about 20 ncr-
inventory of all park and recre-1 M)ns woud be eliminated from
alion sites and of potential sites , the agency staff. The agency
by counties. j presently has about a dozen
I The association will continue j vacancies.
j its work for an Oregon Dunes j
; National Seashore. Collins said ! CO.MP 1NT FII.F.n
I A brief report was made on SALEM lUPI) Wah Chang
planning and signs for Howard Corporation of Albany filed a
Prairie Lake and planning and I complaint against the State Tax
J promotion of the Mt. Ashland I Commission in the Oregon Tax
1 ski area. Court Wednesday.
It docked early today at tha
Reynolds Metal Co. docks at
nearby Gregory, Tex.
The ,J6nly American crew
member was W. Fred Thomp
son, 55, of Portland, Tex.
Thirty - seven crewmembors
were Okinawans.
Krause, 54, of Hamburg, Ger
many, estimated there were
three or four planes involved in
Ihe attack. He said he never
saw them because they were
moving too fast. He said ha
could not hear any engines to
tell whether they were jets or
propellor driven.
Many Bullets Miss
Flares lit the sky 30 minutes
before the attack, he said.
I thought il was a U.S.
Navy exercise," the captain
said.
Many of the bullets missed
their target, he said, but a fire
broke out on the bow of the.
ship and was extinguished with
chemicals after two hours.
The captain, who was tor
pedoed once and strafed many
times while sailing aboard Ger
man tankers during World War
II, said he never thought the J.
Louis was in danger.
Says Crew Calm
The crew was calm below
decks, but "there wasn't much
praying down below. Everyone
was crowded in and thero
wasn't enough room."
"We were lucky, just plain
lucky, Krause said.
The J. Louis has been mak
ing the bauxite run from Ja
maica to Corpus Christi for two
years. The strafing occurred on
the ship's 91st trip, and it had
passed thc same spot off tho
Cuban coast 1R1 times before.
"We will go farther out next
time," Krause said.
Lewis Changes Plea
In Josephine Court
Committee To Work for Income,
Property Tax Relief Being Formed
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( Cross Income Tax
1 Favored for Oregon !
' PORTLAND 'LTD - The
Townsend Organization favors a
gross income tax for Oregon,
publicity chairman Dr. Irene
Waldo said Wednesday.
I.S. PLANE CRASHES NEAR SH.ON
SAIGON. Smith let Nam (I PI I A U.S. Air Forte plane
on a llarr-drnnpint! mission crashed in Communist terrilorv 6
miles south nf .Saigon liitlav, apparently killing linir Americans'
and four Vietnamese on board.
GRANTS PASS Raymond
Dean Lewis, 36, of Indcpend-
The total (all at thc ence, Mo., indicted last July by
the Josephine County grand jury Oregon City, Roseburg, Salem,
on a charge of receiving and Sandy, Springfield, Sutherlm
rnnr-nalinn ln!nn nrwiU entered Sweet Home
a plea of guilty this morning in
Josephine County Circuit Court i
and was sentenced to two years 1 Gusty Winds Strike
in Oregon State Penitentiary by
Judge Orval J. Millard.
Lewis, who had been free on
52. 500 bail, had earlier entered
a plea of innocent to the charge.
He changed his plea today.
Thc charge involved $2,000
worth of men's clothing taken
(torn shops in Medford. Grants
Ashland and Mamatn
i presented at hearings did not
support the increases requested.
The cities in which rates were
increased are Albany, Ashland.
Ileaverlon. Brownsville, Corval-
lit: IVittaiip I'.rnvp I'rniiWnll.
Eugene. Fairview, Gladstone, PORTLAND A new state- said the committee would open
Grants Pass Gii.sham Junction wide orcaniation, the Income ! offices soon, cither in Portland
Cilv Klamath Falls. Lake Os- and Property Tax Relief Com-, or Salem.
wego, Medford, Milton-Free- mittee, is being formed to draft
water, Milwaukie, Myrtle Point, j a sales tax measure and place
It on tne novemiier. nni, nattoi
through initiative petition, Nor
man L. Easley. acting chair
man, announced today
"I am committing myself to
this ellort because I am con
vinced Oregon faces a bleak fu
ture unless we overhaul our tax
structure," he declared. "Thc
high level of education and other
Easley said that agricultural, j government services we want in
business and other ilrouns which mis state nas piacea a neavy
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GREEN TO SPEXK
CORVALLIS 'LTD - Rep
Edith Green. D-Orc . will speak
at Oregon State University's
I special Charter Day Convoca
tUef Oct 29 in the coliseum
Western Oregon
By United Press International
Gusty southerly winds struck
Western Oregon from a Pacific
storm today but the Weather
Bureau said it did not expect
them to be ol destructive pro
portions. Full gale warnings flew along
the coast.
Wind warnings for velocities
(IPEItMION BIG LIFT' NKAIUNG END
FHANKI t KT. Germanv (I I'll merican Air I nrtr planes
neared the end ol their massive troop arrving "Operation Big Pass.
I ifi" imni Trvas in Grrmanv lorlav hnors ahead nf si hedttle. Falls.
All ol Ihe stolen cunning was , 41) (0 4.1 miles per hour w ith
DISCRIMINATION CONDEMN Tlo.N ASKED recovered by Grants Pass po- gusts to 30 in thc Portland 'ea
VATICAN CITY (I PI I U.S. bishops lodav appealed In lice It was lound sealed in and for gusts to 40 miles per
the Ktuamral Council to issue strong condemnation ol ra- 1-ewis' car, according to thc hour in the Willamette Valley
cit, riitinn.
' report.
wcrf .posted.
have been studying a sales tax
initiative are being invited to
join with the committee to de
velop a sound measure through
unified effort.
"It is planned to have petitions
ready (or circulation early next
vnar " Easli'V said "Pfeliai a-
tion of the bill is expected to ' government
take at leasl three months. We
have already started research
tn gather basic information Al
ter agreement is reached on
principles tn he embodied, a
group of cxpci'd will assist in
drafting the measure."
I Jasley, a Portland attorney,
burden on property and income
and has become a major obsta
cle to economic growth.
"It is a vicious circle. High
revenue to support education
and other essential services, and
at the same time effect somo
reductions in property and in
come taxes."
The Income and Property Tax
Relief Commitlce will have
broad representation of all seg
ments of the economy. Repre
sentatives of agriculture, labor,
consumers, senior citizens, busi
ness and industry will be includ
ed, he said.
The completed organization
will have representatives in ev-
income and property taxes arc j cry county in the state, Easley
keeping out new industry and , said.
the new jobs needed to give us I Among those taking the lead
more wealth to carry tne cost . jn formation of the committee
'are Clinton Lorber, Ashland:
In their overwhelming rcjec- Lee Bishop, Mel Lindley. J. O.
tion of increased income taxes, Julson and Edward A. Butler,
voters ol Oregon have indicated Eugene: David B. Lowry. Don
their dislike ol the present tax : McNeil, Frank Van Dyke, Get -prngram.
It is the Committee's ! aid Latham, Clarence Young,
intention to dralt and initiate a E. B. DcVoc, Hugh Coleman and
hill all Ihe people can support Fred Coleman, Medford; Lee
one that will provide additional Ohmart, Salem.
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