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Mr WEDNESDAY, Redden Ashland Student To Attend Parley WASHINGTON (UPD- High school students from every state and the District ot Columbia have been selected to partici pate in a nonpartisan internship here next month to see first hand the workings of the feder al government and the Senate, it was announced Tuesday. Two students from each state and the district will take part In the Senate Youth Program, sponsored by a $70,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The students will visit their senators' offices and will meet with Senate leaders, cabinet members and high-ranking ad ministration and political fig ures during the Jan. 27-Feb. 1 internship. Their agenda, arranged by the American Political Science Foundation, also will include a special tour through the White House and a possible meeting with President Johnson. The student program was es tablished by Senate resolution last year. Among the students selected to participate in the program were: . Washington: Judith Ann May er, Roosevelt High, Seattle; Bill McMeekin, Mercer Island High, Mercer Island. Oregon: Paul Graves, Sunset High, Portland; Trudy Lewis, Ashland Senior High, Ashland. Smith Re-Enlists In Army Reserve SSgt. Michael B. Smith, 928 S. Holly St., has re-enlisted as supply sergeant of Receiving Company, 104th Division (Train ing). He initially enlisted with the Oregon National Guard in 1955 and transferred to the Army Reserve in 1057. Smith is a civil engineer wilh Ihe stale highway department. He is married and has two chil dren. He was recently a direc tor of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Capt. Robert D. Stcplicnscn, commandinG officer of Receiv ing Company, said Smith is the sixth Armv reservist to com- Dlete his obligate term of fed- eral service and re-enlist In the company. NON-WORK 'OCCUPATION' SOARING (This Is the first In a scries of two articles) Non-work Is soaring as an "occupuliun" in the United Stales, today ranks unchallenged at the top of the fastest growing sources of our personal income. Right now, pay for non-work accounts for more than $100 bil lion a year, or over one-fiflli of our total personal income. This huge chunk is going to Americans who are not directly working for the money through jobs, businesses or professions. Right now, our non-work population is a lowering 7.3 million, triple the number in 1949, up one-third Just since 19511. This is a much larger percentage increaso than the rise in our overall population and these non-workers are not willingly unemployed, not students, not the old and disabled. Rather, they nrc healthy or comparatively healthy Americans over 14 years of age who are not working, not seeking work, not going to school, not keep ing house, and of the total Iwo million arc under 05. Right now the non-worker represents n major and growing problem in our country, just because he has so much leisure lime and he doesn't know how to use II for his own satisfaction and his community's enrichment. At the same time, he represents a largely untapped market fur Imaginative manufacturers ami marketing men. His Inlying power remains fairly stable through preiocls of prosperity and recession. He Is usually an 11 11 In inn lie and Immediate spender ot his cnllre Income. He Is a made-In-order market for small apartments t nd homes, for thousands ol ordinary consumer and lelsiiiC'lliiic products, for hundred of services. The money paid in (his country lor non-work has been climbing dramatically in recent years and the pace of rise is still quick ening. Just consider what non-work "earned" in 19H2 (and when Ihe figures for 1903 are in, they'll show increases In every cate gory): Dividend cheeks: $10.0 billion, up 114 per cent from 1952. Interest: $:io billion, up Mil per cent from to years ago. Rent: $12 billion, up lR per cent from 1952. Social security and veterans' benefits, state unemployment insurance, federal pensions, mustering-oiil allowances, military Insurance payments, similar nun-work payments: $35 billion, up 104 per cent In just 10 years. In addition, a whopping $9 billion went out in life insurance payments last year and $1 billion to $1.5 billion went out in pri vate pension benefits, also all-time high totals. It comes lo $103 billion and even this isn't the whole story. An impressive percentage of Inst year's $50 billion in business, professional and farm income was a return on capital invest ment which means Ihe money, not the individual, was working. Of course, Ihe biggest proportion of personal incomes in our country represents wages and resents payments to individual businessmen, professionals, other self-employed. Rut the significant fact Is that the neriipallnn of non-work Is taking an Increasing share. While wages mid salaries have risen 01 per cent since 11152, social security payments alone have Jumped 550 per cent. No other percentage Income In crease even comes close lo this and Ihe trend remains strongly upward. Rrcord numbers are becoming eligible for social security benefits year alter year. Increasing numbers of men and women arc leaving Ihe work force at the first eligible social security retirement date ami more and more arc bow ing out at 65. Businessmen arc starting to work population and us huge, They are groping toward proer ways to handle this market, learning from their own mistakes. But few, even among Iho most sympathetic and informed, yet grasp the scope of a key problem of the middle-class non worker which blunlly Is how time gracefully. Ihe next column will explore one solution ciadlc-to-gravc education. DECEMBER II, 19B3 Discusses Highlights of Special Session TEACHER REINSTATED Mrs. Eleanor Cowan, 25 a fourth grade teacher at Dallas, Texas, leaves the school administration of fice with her husband, D. D. Cowan, after a conference with school superintendent W. T. White. Mrs. Cowan had been suspended for The Family Ldltor's no'o: The Family Cuuncll consfsti of a Judge, (ifiycMatrist, tiirie clergymen, three editors and t women's editor, fcdrli a-ticle ti a summary nf a family dlt:if,'rccmetit presented t the Council. 'J'.w Council deals with problems, major and minor, Ticunterrd by guidance counselor! and social workers, lid I ted by Mr. Alma Denny, (Copyr'iht b Gimesrai feature ;orp.) Mr. L. P. - Little by little, he's forcing me out of my busi ness. Mrs. L. P. You're going to retire soon, anyway. Sell out to him. Mr. L. P. I started a diy- cleaning business of my own which now has four branch stores. When my daughter mar ried Bill he had no steady job so I look him on as an em ployee. He worked hard and, since he was my son-in-law, I made him a one-third partner five years ago and a half-partner, last year. Lately Bill has been sulking. When 1 asked him why ho said he deserves a two- 111 siaro lor me worn uu docs. 1 can tell he wants me to quit; Well, I'm not ready. Mrs. L. P. My husband won't let Bill or anyone else forget, for one minute, that it's his business, he started it, with- out him there'd be no business, and so on. This is all true. It's and so on. This is all true, ivs also true he took Bill in and Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Capyrlfht, Hill Syndic.!., Inc. salaries and the nexl biggest rep grasp the promise of the non- growing, automatic buvlng power lo carry Ihe burden ol leisure ' 4 W.- Mr; Council handed him a good thing. But this was nine years ago and Bill has been doing a good job. He ran the place alone during our trip to Europe. If my husband can't bear keeping a third, why not sell out to Bill? We don't need that income to live on now. The Council: Having let Ihe nose of the camel inside the tent, Mr. P. quakes at the speed with which the entire camel is filling all space available and pushing him out. Even though he likes this camel, he'd prefer to Say When, lo invito rather than have "company" just move in. Ihe issue here is readiness. Bill is Impatient. Neither he nor Mrs. v. sense the tremendous adjustment Mr. P. must make to virtually reverse roles in the business hes so proud ot, be come a "nobody" after ele " oun-m-niw uum v.u to. eyes) that very state, At vating his son-in-law from (in present he clings desperately to his thin edge of "control." We advise Rill to bide his time, meanwhile recognizing Mr. P. as founder and cider statesman of the organization. When his fallicr-in-law can take the next slop, when he has substitute plans, when the blow lo his prestige is more easily faced, and Mrs. P. plays a part here, he will probably of his own ac cord offer Bill a deal to please them nil. Class in Culture Scheduled at SOC ASHLAND - "History of His panic America," an experimen tal class in Latin American cul ture, will be offered during the winter term al Southern Oregon College. Dr. Alva W. Graham, profes sor of education and social science, who was recently an education advisor to the govern ments of Bolivia and Guate mala, will leach the class. The experimental nature of the course stems from Ihe use of a thematic approach and the opportunity available to each student lo explore in depth an aspect of vulture or history or a problem which interests him most. Oilier tilings included in the class will be resource per sons, exhibits or art, listening lo music, viewing slides and mo vies and discussion of contro versial issues. Dr. Graham said he hopes I hp course will enhance appreciation of Latin American cultures and enable people to better under stand problems of development. British Trades Union Congress Sells Paper LONDON (UPI)-The Trades Union Congress Is selling its 49 per cent interest in the London Dailv Herald to news magnate Cecil King, the Daily Express! reported today. The Herald has had difficul ty raising its circulation, at tributed to its ties wilh Ihe Trades Union Congress, the British equivalent (if the Amer ican AKL-CIO. The newspaper faces a $2.52 million debt. King already owns 51 per cent of the Herald. Worker Killed in Logging Accident AMUOY, Wash. (UPD -Lee Miller, 54, Washougal, Wash., was killed In a logging accident near here Monday, the Clark County sheriff's office reported today. MMlcr, an employe of the Downing Lugging Co., was set ting a choker on a log when it rolled on him. i writing a magazine that Dallas "is as re sponsible as anyone" for President Ken nedy's assassination. After the conference Dr. White announced that Mrs. Cowan had been reinstated. (UPD Holiday Activities Under Way by Vets At WC Domiciliary WHITE CITY - Veteran, civ- and service organizations from more than 40 Southern Oregon and Northern Califor nia communities have been pleting plans wilh Veterans Ad ministration officials for a "large" Christmas at the dom iciliary here, according to Dr. E. G. Everett, chief medical officer who serves as chairman of the Veterans Administralion Voluntary Service Advisory Committee. In addition to furnishing gifts for members lo mail lo rela tives, sponsored by the Veter ans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, volunteers, through their organ izations, have already distrib uted hundreds of Christmas cards for mailing. Decorations throughout the facility will be placed Saturday, December 14, with the Oregon Garden Club under the direc tion of Mrs. Marjorie Lockwood Dartjcjuatintt Tno Junior Kcd f wm irnn. Hm as leader, will direct trimming indoor trees. 1 The work required in making swags, wreaths and garlands, made by Ihe Garden Clubs, has been in progress for the past week in various localities. The annual Consolidated Christmas Program will be ob served wilh carol singers from various community organiza tions, schools, and churches serenading members from the corridors. At 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, the VAVS gift pack ages will be distributed to each member, accompanied by sing- Try and Stop By BENNETT CERF nARPO MARX'S first professional stage appearance was in the basement of his flat off Second Avenue in New York. The play was "Quo Vadis Upside Down," a travesty written by Harpo s uncle, Al Shean (of Gallagher and Shean). The admis sion price was one cat! It appears that there was a mouse plague in the neighborhood, and store - proprietors were paying a penny apiece for cats. So Harpo (aged 12) and an older brother named Grnucho decided to cash in on the demand, Harpo recalls that the performance grossed sev en cats nt the box office, but that the troupe netted only four cents in profits. Three cats got away. Mechanical and electrical classroom devices nrr (tin ni r,f tlio day In progressive elementary schools. Reading- machines are bclnff Installed In many classes. It's getting- so, grumbles the muui u, mo uinnaua nevicw, o school for the teacher, students now anxious m in,t themselves bring a can of oiL An anxious subscriber rhoned the editor of a. farm journal to Inquire, "Should I mow my lawn r lien the sun is strong - -Why do that?" answered U10 editor. "If your son is strong, let him Jnow tho lawn." 1963. by Bcnnttt Cert. Distributed by King Folurca Syndk-.t Our Old-Fashioned ENAMEL WARE . . . Thirty different pieces. Available in six brilliant colors. Economical, practical, fun to use. From the . . . House COLLECTION A Trowbridge Electric, Mjin Jrtd fit St. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDI Editor's note: The following article is a resume of the re cent special session of (he Oregon Legislature by State Legislature by State Rcprc Representative .lames A. Red den, Mcdford.) By JAMES A. REDDEN The special session called by the Governor following the Oct. 15 special election was, at the time, for the stated purpose "solving" the State's financial crisis which had resulted from the defeat of Measure No.. 1 at the polls. The Governor, in his address to a joint session, asked for authority to cut budgets, sought the speed-up plan on employer's withholdings and asked that no new taxes be proposed. In his opening address to the session on Nov. 11, he asked that no legislation, not dealing di rectly with the financial crisis, be proposed or passed. Before the session was a week old, how ever, the Governor himself was asking for further appropriations for the Boardman-Boeing pro ect. Generally, the following is what the Legislature accom plished, and what they tried to Cross, with Mrs. T. C. Groomes ers, music and Santa Claus. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary will present a fruit basket to each member at 10 a.m. Christmas Day Caesar Muzzioli's accordion band will be a feature of the holiday programs. Carolers will visit the domiciliary through out the season. Suspect Enters Plea of Innocent PORTLAND (UPD - Robert Evans, 27, Honolulu, pleaded in nocent to a charge of first de gree murder for the second time in Circuit Court here Tuesday. The plea was necessary be cause Evans was reindicted by the Multnomah County Grand Jury last month to make the murder charge against him more specific. Evans is charged with the strangulation slaying of Idaho cattle heiress Irene Davis, 41, Payette. Her body was found in a room at the Portland Hilton Hotel last August. Evans later was arrested at Fremont, Neb. No trial date has been sched uled. STRl'.KT S.VKEI'EKS SAVE VIENNA (UPD - Three mil lion volunteer women street sweepers saved Romania $13 million this year, the Romanian newspaper New Way said to day. 'n-n mat Instead of briinnnir on nrmi. Imports from SfAntlinavij, Mr veo, Portugal and the Far ORD, OREGON accomplish during the special session: Budget cuts: The Governor I ? . . . . . . was held to have no legal authority to cut basic school . : t U - I ISplnli.,.. sujjpun w I 1 11 u u 1 legislative j aumoniy. Because uasic scuuui support represented such a large percentage ot tne 1903 Budget, it was felt by the Governor, as well as the Legislature that this authority should be granted. Legislation authorizing this pass ed both the House and the Sen ate. A part of this authorization also authorized the Governor to act in the restoration of budgets in the event unanticipated reve nues, due to economic growth, are brought into the State Treasury. Controversy Arises The controversy over this bill arose out of the fact that some Legislators thought the Commit tee on Ways and Means should spend the necessary time (esti mated at a month) to review all budgets and to recommend cuts for the Legislature's approval. This theory had certain advan tages, but it was felt by the majority of the members that their recommendations, even after a month of study, might be as unpopular as the recom mendations in the bill. Many Legislators thought that basic school support should be spared, others felt that it, as well as higher education, should take the brunt of the cuts be cause of their ability to "de fend" themselves from other revenue sources. Higher educa tion could raise tuition and standards. With local voter ap proval, local school districts could raise revenue through in creased property taxes. The authority was ultimately given to the Governor. The budget was cut some $48 million and the effects will soon be felt. The bigger cuts are made, of course, from the larger budgets: higher education, basic school support, welfare and public in stitutions. The effects of these cuts will not be known for many months, but certainly many Orcgonians will soon feel the pinch. Taxation: Accelerated pay ment of taxes withheld by the State, known as the "one-shot," requested by the Governor, passed the House and Senate. This bill will mean some $12 mil lion to the State in this biennium, which with a budget cut of $48 million, makes up the $00 mil lion deficit resulting from the Oct. 15 ejection. Under this measure, the State will also gain some $200 thousand in interest. Not a true tax measure, the low means that the State's larger employers will pay tax money withheld from employe's paychecks into the State during the biennium rather than al the end of it. It is strictly an emer gency piece of legislation. In Ihe event this is continued in ensuing bienniums, it will not mean a loss of the entire amount in the subsequent biennium. Sonic Hesitation As a member of the Tax Com mittee, appointed to fill the va cancy resulting from the death of Rep. W. O. (Bunn) Kelsay, D-Douglas, I viewed this mea sure with some hesitation. No adverse testimony was heard from affected employers. Gen erally, these cmployrs must send those monies withheld for Federal taxes in to the Federal Senate Probe Of Baker Snarled WASHINGTON (UPD - The Senate investigation of former Democratic aide Robert G. (Bobby) Baker was snarled to day over how far it should go, and what it should investigate. The dispute centers on wheth er the Senate Rules Committee should look into such related matters as the moral improprie ties of employes as well as their financial transactions. The controversy may he set- ' lied Thursday when the com - ! "' , mW? ln(closlour s,cs- sion lo work out procedures for i Hie inquiry, including its scope The procedure session also j will discuss the matter of pub-1 : lie hearings on the Baker case. I Baker, a former secretary to J : the Senate Democratic major-; ity resigned after his widespread , business activities came under 1 criticism. I if government at the same time, l n e 1 r bookkeeping, therefore, wl" no b adversely affected. Aooroximatelv 10 tier cent of the s, ,. mnT ' o),, 7nm ,,, J C,,J , u. I ,VVJ UUI V win ue tu- fecjG( Testimony from the presi dents of the two largest Oregon banks was heard. They testified to tne ettect that emplovers deposit these funds in their banks at the present time. The employers gain the interest from holding the funds at the present time. The banks have the bene fit of the use of the money. The State, which will now receive the funds, will generally invest it in bonds. Hence, the State will gain the interest. The bill received almost unanimous support in Commit tee and in both Houses. Cigarette lax: The House Committee on Taxation consid ered a cigarette tax bill and passed it out of Committee to the floor of the House. The bill would have taxed cigarettes at .04 and would have been automatically referred to the people for a vote in the May primaries. With voter ap proval in May, it would have raised $7 to $8 million for the balance of the biennium. The bill passed in the Tax Committee with a 6 to 4 vote, with 4 Democrats and 2 Re publicans supporting the meas ure. Announce Opposition A group of 9 Republican House members had announced opposition to new tax bills. A Democratic Senate group had done the same. The bill, however, had no difficulty in passing the House. inasmucn as the measure had a referral clause and would not go into effect without voter ap proval, it was not regarded by many as a "new tax." 1 lie Senate tabled the measure without referring it to Commit tee. This was regarded by most House members and some Sen ate members as a mistake. Had the Senate passed the bill (and the Governor allowed it to become law) the voters would have had Ihe opportunity in May to decide whether they wanted another $7 or $8 million for at least partial restoration of some of the sadly depleted budgets. General sales lax: The House Tax Committee spent hours in hearings on a general sales tax bill modeled on the California law. The particular bill had a referral clause and would have taken effect this biennium. It provided for a 3 per cent tax on most items, exempting such things as food, drugs, feed, seed ana lertilizer. Because of the brevity of the session, it was thought that there would probably not be enough time to complete study on the bill, but the Committee did continue its study, never knowing for certain how long Ihe session would last. Testimony Is Heard Testimony was heard from representatives of industry, ag riculture and the State Tax Commission. Our thought was that if the session were, for some reason, prolonged, there was a possibility that a bill might be in shape for referral to the floor. Further, the study itSai0ii!(i(iS(i0iiiiii0iifi9i0i0!0i(i0!0iti0i0i0i0ii4i(i m I ; Of. IS Fireplace Matches Mafch Caddies Hearth Brooms Bellows Firelighters Tools & Tool Sets Of. Guar. 48-Kour Delivery on Custom Delivery 1 'tH We'll guarantee 48 hour delivery on that special size or shape you need right up to Christmas. j& 5 finishes to choose from. We can also re place burned or dam aged screen. Ask us about it. ? an ? r ! sr r ? er Corner 6th Plenty of Offstreet Parking of Legislature of this bill is planned by the Interim Committee on taxation and the work done by the spe cial session Tax Committee will make their task that much easier. It then became apparent that the Senate would not act on the measure, which also would have had an automatic referral. The Tax Committee, however, con tinued its study for whatever help it may be to the Interim Committee on Taxation. It was found that administra tive costs under the proposed legislation would be extremely high. The State estimated costs of about $2 million a biennium, and representatives of the retail trade estimated a $4.5 million cost. There seems to be little ques tion among the members of the Legislature that a sales tax measure will be introduced at the next session, and probably passed for voter consideration at a special election. Salary cuts: The Tax Com mittee introduced, as a Com mittee bill, a measure to reduce legislative pay by 20 per cent and the salaries of other elected officials by li per cent. The bill passed the Committee., by unanimous vote ot tne b Demo cratic members, opposed by one Republican with 5. Republicans absent. This measure was similar to one introduced by Rep. J. E. Bennett, D-Portland, but did not include non-elected State employes. The bill passed the House by a substantial majori ty, but like the cigarette tax, died in the Senate. The last day attempt by Sen. Al Flegel, D-Douglas, to bring the bill to the floor failed just before ad journment. Boardnian: Although the Gov ernor, on Nov. 11, had urged that no new legislation, other than of a fiscal nature, be in troduced, he requested on Nov. 15 that new legislation be pass ed regarding the Boardman Boeing situation. The Legislature had been as sured during the regular ses sion that the problems which had plagued this contract were solved. However, Boeing's at torneys claimed title was not clear and that it would not be clear without a further $522 thousand purchase from the Navy. The Governor claimed the problem was worthy of a special session in and of itself. Many legislators felt that the State had gone far enough with Boeing Company and that if they weren't satisfied yet, that we should look into other com panies. Recess Is Called On Friday, Nov. 22, the Speaker of the House, imme 1963 CHEV. IHPALA 4-DOOR Radio, Heater, Power Glide, Power Steering $2649 PAUL LEA MOTORS 12TH AND RIVERSIDE HEARTH WARMING from our FIREPLACE CORNER PRICES START 1 at Up and Fir (5333 I diately after passage of the salary bill, called a recess and asked the attorney-members in to his office for a discussion of the legal opinion just rendered by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. The opinion, dealing with the Boardman matter, had stated that "grave doubt" ex isted in his mind regarding constitutionality. In the middle of the discus sion, the phone rang ana Speaker Barton answered. With a shocked look, he turned to us with the news that the Pres ident had been shot and was in a Dallas hospital in grave condition. Debate on Boardman, sched uled for 11:30 o'clock that morning, was forgotten. For an hour legislators wandered from the news room in the basement to the floor of the House and, back again. It was decided to recess until Dec. 2. Just as this this was about to be announced by the Speaker, confirmation: of the rumors came through. The President was dead. The Legislature re-convened for the last day on Dec. 2, 1903.' Debate Is Started The Boardman debate started . at 10 a.m. and lasted for more than three hours in the House. Proponents argued that the State had a d'.ity to continue with the deal, having agreed to do so in 1901. Opponents ar gued that we had gone far enough, that this was not the lease approved in 1961 and that it was not to the best inter est of Oregon. The bill passed the House 33 to 26 and later that afternoon passed the Senate 20 to 10. With in an hour after passage by tne Senate we adjourned the 1903 special session. In summary, the budget was cut $48 million, a speed-up of withholdings was passed which will bring in $12 million, the House passed a cigarette tax and Legislative salary cut which were rejected by the Senate and the Boardman-Boeing bill was passed. Vetoes: For the first time in his term as Governor, Mr. Hal field was over-ridden on a veto. This occurred, not once, bul twice during the brief session. One was on a House bill au thorizing, during the interim, legislative counsel to check on citizen's complaints regarding administrative rulings. 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