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I have been almost constantly confronted with the problem of explaining "why such an in crease in taxes over the past few years?" In analyzing day after day for so many people in all walks of life, many questions are asked, such as the following, . which I will attempt to an swer: Q Whj did my taxes go up? A Levy J943 72.4 mills 1944 81.2 mills 1945 94. mills 1946 115.4 mills Q Why such an Increase in levy? A Largely due to special elections voted by the people. Q Why special elections? A Increased population. Increased school census. Increased cost of operation and maintenance based on increased cost of living. Budgetary groups held to 6 per cent limita tion by law, hence the necessity for special ad ditional levies on real and personal property to carry the additional burden. Q Would a sales tax relieve the burden of real and personal property? A Yes, but only with a favorable limit on levy and a direct offset to real and personal property for the purpose of supporting schools, other institutions, old age pensions, etc. Q Will taxes continue to rise? A That's the $64 question. If wages stay up, and if prices adjust themselves accordingly, and if the. westward movement continues, which is all good for Oregon and we who live here, then we face a continuation of increased cost of local and state government, and under the present system, and without a sales tax, real - ..and personal property taxes will have to go up accordingly. Q Would revaluation of property solve the problem? A No, we have only so much actual value in Oregon or in Klamath county or any other county in the state of Oregon. If the value goes up, with no other change involved, the levy comes down accordingly, resulting in the same amount of tax dollars. What we need is new additional value, which means new industry. Of course we have a build ing program under way, but it takes a tre ; mendous' amount of buDding value to .offset the loss of timber value which is in demand to support such building program. A sales tax with a reasonable limit on levy would invite new industry. A revaluation would only create a nearer ap proach to equalization, by shifting a greater share of the burden to those areas which have been effected by changes, such as improved and built up easiness and residential districts, and conversely the actual reduction of value in cer tain blighted areas, caused by the removal of industry and a general shift of population to greener pastures, the improvement of farm lands, etc. Certainly this should be done and is in the process of being done. Q Would a sales tax help the average work--1ng man? ' A Yes, I am a working man, and believe me, certainly not above the average and just as much interested as anyone can be in improv ing my financial condition and yours. The average working man either owns his own home, pr has the desire to do so. A favor able limit on levy would encourage home own ership. Of course, the difference necessary to carry on would come from the sales tax in which everyone would participate in paying, Includ ing the non-property owners, transients and tourists alike. Facing the facts again, business overhead is and has always been paid by the consumer. Show me one that doesn't operate this way and I'll show you one that's' going out of busi ness. A great share of this overhead is taxes. If taxes can be reduced, commodity prices can be reduced accordingly, which means more dollars in the consumer's pocket. It is my belief that ultimately, if not immedi ately, upon the adoption of a sales tax that ex emptions on state income tax could justifiably be exempt up to $5000 as a result of additional revenue derived from a sales tax. Finally, if a bill providing tor the things I have mentioned and for better equalization of the tax burden is presented by our legislature, it will help the average working man and I will be in favor of it. Let's quit looking for "the tax that no one has to pay," and face the facts. The World Today By J. ROBERTS JR. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst WARREN AUSTIN, .United States repre sentative on the security council, has made it plain that this country has no intention of bargaining away its atomic secrets. Without the ultimate in safety agreements, disarmament or no disarmament. His latest statement to the council, coupled with earlier factors pointing in the same direc tion, makes it appear that disarmament is a dead issue for the time-being, regardless of how much more talk may be expended in an effort to keep it alive. The Russians have demanded establishment of a disarmament commission with full powers to investigate all armed forces and armaments. a U. S. Adamant THE United States is adamant, will not permit this with regard to atomic weapons until air-tight controls have been established, includ ing provisions for unrestricted international in spection and punishment of violators. The U. S. wants the atomic control commission to operate entirely independent, and to be specifically ex empt from interference by the disarmament commission. This factor alone would seem to indicate that, barring an unforeseen concession by the Russians, disarmament must wait until the Baruch plan has been adopted, something which seems no nearer of accomplishment now than when it was first broached months ago. a , German Peace Problem ORGANIZATION of the police force seems to depend, completely aside from the solu tion of numerous technical problems which will prove extremely difficult, on what sort of peace with Germany. Austria and Japan is finally submitted for enforcement. The military staff committee will have to know, also, whether the force is to be used to halt the spread of flames from such events as the Spanish civil war. This involves a decision on the amount of interfer ence in internal affairs which the U. N. may attempt, if any. The Russians are demanding that no such interference shall be. a cardinal principle. V Not even the fundamentals of these problems have been approached so far. They represent a puzzle which only can be solved step by step, yet in which each step must be taken with re lation to another. This has engendered the feeling among ob servers at Lake Success that nothing immediate could come of the disarmament discussions. It was realized that some progress might be made by including atomic control as one cornerstone in a general program, but never considered possible that the United States would reveal her atomic strength while there remained the slightest possibility that such revelations could be used against her. Gromyko, in asking for an arms census including atomic weapons, prob ably had no expectation of success. Just what he did expect is not clear. The next question is whether he has any concessions in his own briefcase with which the discussions can even be kept going. SIDE GLANCES '111 rV CPU. IM7 1Y Ml HKt. mc. T. at etc. u. a. WT, Off. ' "I was impressed by her Mona Lisa expression, too, until I found out that she just hasn't anything to say!" STATIC By KELLY ROBERTS Did you ever think about all the grief that radio producers go through before a well-finished program comes out your loud speaker? We dropped into the middle of the rehearsal of a local production last night. About thirty persons were milling around the studio and overflow ing into the halls, while the harassed director ran wildly around looking for his featured ' vocalist to do her stint. He finally found her, sprained ankle and all (news has it that she'll do the program on crutches. She sprained it skiing last Sunday) sitting in an office talking to the comic. She got into the studio and made ready to let forth with a song, but no accompanist. Fin ally the piano player for the studio orchestra was found and dubbed into the spot. They be gan. Ihe tech behind the panel waved his hand, something wrong with the tone, maybe too high pitched. They started again. The .producer listened to her over a monitor while several dozen people around him screamed at the top of their voices trying to be heard. The song ended, he smiled, okeh I guess. The director was trying to time the show so that it'd run its full 29 mins. 30 sees., no more no less. The Swedish dialect comic comes to the mike for his part, says a few words "I forgot my script." The director eroans. should he plan on two, three, or iour minutes tor the comic, oh well, figure for the maximum and be prepared for any eventual ity. Another character finishes his last line in the script, from which the orchestra is supposed to pick up, what happens? Dead silence. The orch members look at each other, who's supposed to give the beat and cue. Finally a guy is picked out, and the character runs over his line again, this time the orch starts okeh. Will they do it in the actual show though, the director wonders. This goes on and on. Forty-eight hours of writing, re hearsal, rewriting, re-rehearsal go into the making of the half- hour show. Will it turn out okeh? nobody knows until it's all over. That's why producers age fast. If it doesn't, they'll know about it in tomorrow s "Static. a a a KFLW's "Stardust Mclorieer " Chuck Cecil, now has a band of RADIO PROGRAMS Raffetto In Scout Office John A. Raffetto Jr.. a former Eagle Scout from St. Paul's Eoircnpal church Troop 1, has accepted the position of acting field, secretary with the Modoc Aro council of the Boy Scouts. Raffetto took over his duties January 15 and has been as signed the Lake county and Pit River districts as his field of activity. He will also do reg ular field work with the Klam ath district, working on a reg ular schedule in the basin com munities. The status "acting field execu tive," given Raffetto. will con tinue until he has attended the national training school for S-Mut executives. After a six weeks' course there he will be given the title of field executive. Raffetto was formerly water front director for the Scout camp at Crescent lake, and served three years on the camp staff. He is a graduate of the Univers ity of Oregon, and was with the U. S. army with long overseas duty. He was ' graduated from KlH.i.ath Union high school in 1938 and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Raffetto, 1948 Port land. ; Secret Meets Ruled Out SALEM, Feb. 12 (ip) The house assessment and taxation committee made a solemn vow today it wouldn't hold any more secret sessions. The committee planned a meeting for 4 p. m. yesterday to discuss policy. Invitations were sent to committee members, and the press was not wanted. Newspapermen found out about it. and 11 of them showed up at the meeting. The meeting was then cancelled. Each member of the commit tee declared the secret session wasn't his idea, that it was some body else's. The committee said that from now on, when it doesn't want to be quoted, newspapermen will be invited, but such sessions will be off the record. Planes Join Air Search McCHORD FIELD. Feb. 12 VP) The air sea rescue unit at Mc Chord said a B-17 airplane was taking off early this morning to search in the Tiller, Ore., region for the lost coast guard plane lost between Port Angeles and Med ford. Ore. Also two P-47s will be dis patched early today followed by two L-5s if the weather permits lighter planes to take off. The L-5s are very light craft and will remain in the Tiller resion, basing there until the missing craft is found. The other planes will work out of McChord. Marv O'Britn Tonight at 8 p. m. tho re-or-Kimized Critter Lttko Ski club will meot nt tho council room in the city hall. Member ship is open to 1 n t created boys and girls in KU who aro also invited to attend to night's meet ing. a a a Programs fur the annual King of Hearts formal may be o b t a I nt-d in the student's room tomorrow nnd Friday. Cost of the programs is $1.20 per cou ple. Reigning king for the affair l.i Bud Brown and tho four knights aro Bill Colbert, lrvln Whitt. Milt Thompson and Tom Edwards. Decoration theme of the dance, which will be held in the Masonic temple nt 8:30 this Friday evening, will bo in keep ing with Valentine's Day. a a a "Rural Romeo" was the title of the movie shown in Ihe aud itorium this noon. Tho movie was Pep Pepper sponsored and Joanne Albec, social chairman, was in charge of arrangements. Admission charge was 5 cents, a a a Speaking nt the Parents and Pntrons club today, Adviser Charles Woodhousc explained the twofold purpose of rndlo speech and Introduced two of his radio speech students, Jim Ken nrtt and Irma McBride. Besides promoting' public relations in KU. the purpose of RASP is to train students in announcing, nM. Nana, Ki.m.n. r.n.. ora. wrnNrny, r.a. n, hit. raia feat sorlpt Writing and other fields of radio activities. a a a - Fur tomorrow afternoon tin' Ten Tollers have scheduled a mat I nco dunce. Attendance, til tho lust mntlncr. dunce wits com pulsory' for those students who jinld tho lU ccnt admission feu to their sixth period teachers. Farmers Union Against Tax Bill , SALEM. Feb. 12 Ml Ronald E. Junes, slate farmers union president, charged today Unit suit's tux advocates In tho legis lating "aro trying to confuse the situation In order In further their own program." Ho advocated the budget be halanccd by using the governor's Idea to use corporation income tux surpluses. Ho said that if the legislature finds it needs moro revenue, it can Increase Income tuxes. Harding Slated To Speak Etl Harding. "Tho Turhcrl Humorist," will be the next guest speaker heforo the Knife and Fork chin .Sunday evening at tho Wllliird hotel. Hurtling got luln the publls speaking business by telling no qtiulnlunees how ho Inst Ills fertilizer business during (lie de pression. He whs so funny while telling It that soon his story was demanded by public groups. Members are requested to huve their reservation rarda In the hands of the secretary not Inter than 6 p. in. Siilnidiiy, ua a capacity audience it cxpcclcil to fppeur to hear the rotund gentleman from North Curalliiu, City Delivery Service. Ph. 8417. COUGHING OF COLDS Clean, whit, pleaaant to un and no effective in helping quiet cou wh in of colds, soothing to mire throut PEN ETRO act'ing RUB INSULATE Your Home . NOW! Clean, glistening white ROCKWOOL WILL NOT DISCOLOR YOUR CEILING. Our agents carry credential. If anyona repretentlng hlmialf to be our agent can't furnish these credentials, plcoie call us Immediately. We can now Insulate the attic of the averoga 5-room home, full 4" $1 thickness, for about Terms to Suit Your Convenience 80 We Specialise in Commercial Jobs Phone 7709 for Free Estimate Suburban Lumber Co. WEDNESDAY EVE, KFLW Featare 6:90 Sporta Lineup 6:16 Home Taffn Newa d:S World Newa Summary 0:9.0 fot al Gold ABC 6:45 ' " 7:60 Klamath Theatre Guide 7:18 Managing Edilore Keport 7:30 Music- at Manhattan" 7:15 Mo.lc bj Adlam ABO BrtM) Lum N Ahner ABC SilSSalp Farrell Show ABC S:S0 Willie Piper ABC :l " S:O0 Bine Creak? ABC 0:30 near? Mart ABC loioo Stardnat Meledles 10:30 Freddy Martin Orcb. ABC 11:00 Nlthl Newa Summary 11:05 Slia Olt 11:1ft . 11:30 11:41 FEB. 12 KFJI Feafrare Gabriel Meatier MBS Quia 8hew( Around Town San Quentin MBS Lincoln Day Speeches MBS Clace Kid MBS What's Name ef Sang MBS Ralph Ginsberg Navy Transcrlpllen Glenn Hardy. Newt MBS Mel Ventner'a Plct, MBS Left Dance Here'a ta Veterane Newa Concert Hall Mutio Aa Yob Like It Orria Tucker Orck. MBS Art Kanel Orch. MBS Newa MB8 THURSDAY A. M FEB, 13 0:15 Klamath Theatre Guide " - . " Muilcal Reveille b:j linn rare 1:00 Newa. Breakfaal Hillon 1:15 stop and Go Show 7:30Jamea Abbe Observea ABC 1:5 Zrae Manners ABC :OH Breaklaat Club ABC a:ia 1:30 ' ' 11:15 " :00Kenoy Baker Shaw ABC 0:15 " S:S0 Bra'kfaal In Holly weed ABO loloo Galen Drake ABC 10:15 Sammy Kaya Orch. JO.'SO Mr True Story ABC 10:45 10:55 Miniature Concert 11:04 Slep and Shop 11:15 Coma and Gel It i!!?f Ih Hlnlng Peat ABO lliW Ethel and Albert ABC KFLW Feature F. Hemingway. Newa MBS Rile and shine MBS Headline New. Beit Buya Favorilea of Teitarday Fashion Flashea A.Preecott-Wife Bayer MBS Victor H. Llndlabr MBS Art Baker'a Netebeok Jackie Hill Show MBS Mcrnlne Matinee Sona of the Ploneeri Glenn Hardy, Newa MBS Hawaiian Merr Grlflln Shaw MBS Lee Erdody Artie Shaw Orch. Smile Time MBS Queen for a Day MBS KFJI reatore THURSDAY P. KFLW 1450 kc. 12:00 Newa. Noon Edition 12:15 Dial Fun 12:30 Gem Seaeien 12:45 Muite in March Time :00 Tommy Bartiell Shaw ABC 1:30 Baptist Bible Prerram 1:45 Merrill Time 1:00 H hal l Deln' LadieeABC 2:15 " V.::, Spotlight on llallyw'd ABC 2:30 Bride and Groom ABC 5:00 Ladiea Be Seated ABC 3:30 Salan String J:I3 " SlSO 4:00 Reqaeaffnily Toara 4:14 Requeatluliy Foara 4:45 Tenneeiee Jed ABC 5:00 Terry and the Piralea ABC 5:15 Sky King ABC 5:30 Jack Armstrong ABC 5:45 Frank Hemingway ABC M., FEB. 13 KFJI 1240 Ice. Melodioua Meledlea Newa Four Dance Tunei Farm Front and Market Check'beard Jamboree 5IBS .ounson ramny nan Matinee News Park'a Tele.qult BIN Gwynna Shaw MBS Ricky'a Requeel Haven af Real Tea Dance Organ Malic Living With God Fulton Lewla Jr. MBS Rea Miller. Newa MBS Paal Robiian Singe dock nogera aai F. Ueminawav. Newa MBS Saperman MBS Captain Midnight MBS Tom Mia Mils THURSDAY EVE., FEB. 13 6:00 Sperla Lineup 6:15 Home Town News 6:75 World Neue Summary 6:30 Klamath Theatre Guide 0:43 Conservation Program' 1:00 The Three Sum 7:15 Managing Kdltor'a Report 7:30 Proudly We Hall 7:45 Muilo of Manhattan 3:00 Lum 'N Abner ABC :15 Stand By For Adven. 3:30 The Tune, Play. Girl ABC 9KM) W orld Sec. Workahep ABC 0:15 m :30Cira'a Realaur. Orch. ABC 0:45 " 10:00 Btardnil Melodies 10:80 Freddy Martin Orch. ABO 11:00 Night Newa Summary 11:05 Sign Off 11:11 11:30 llltt KFLW Feature Gabriel Heatter MBS Kills Show Around Town Klamath Sport Album Family Theatre MBS Red Ryder MBS Weird C irele San Quenlln MBS Glenn Hardy, Newe MBS Jemee Crowley. Newa MBS Wrestling Huale Aa Tea Like It Orrlo Tucker Orch. MBS Dick Stabile Orch. MBS Art Kassel Orch. MBS Newa MBS his own. Along with three other fellows Chuck is sponsoring the outfit and appearing with it. They'll be heard in their first appearance at the Morrill hall next Saturday evening. a a a Bing comes on at 9 tonight followed by Henry, don't forget them. No, not the Gold-dust, but the Binesday night twins, Crosby and Morgan. Bing has as his special guest the master of the retort, sharp Groucho Marx, a a a One of the checkroom girls at a local inn out-Heddas Hopper wnen it comes to nats. we were admiring a little black, powder puff thing that she was wearing last night and told her that we'd never seen her in the same hat twice, nor any of them ever unbecoming. a a a Frank Hemingway, the multi voiced news-spieler, has joined the KFLW-ABC ranks. Frank was heard in the first of his new series of 'casts yesterday. He'll be heard each weekday at 5:45 p.m. a a a Today's nominee for "Little Man of the Week" is the guy who got so mad at one of the city's new parking meters that he just couldn't restrain himself. Meter parts were scattered for yards around by the time he had vented his spleen. After all. the human mind can stand only so mucn, aontcnaknow. Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly if Totj euffrr from rhtuauttr, rtbritl netirltU Twin, trf thl itmpln lnaptwli hm FMipe that thouMDdf ar lurinc. tit a park km of Jiu-F.x t 'impound, a twtvwwk tvppty, tmtty. Mix It with a quart nt wir, vM the Juloe of 4 iMnoua. It'i eMr. No trmttri at all and pleasant. You ot4 oolf S Ubleapoon fula two ttmea a day, ortra wKhlo Jft hour aWmrUmta overnlatht aplwidld rMulta as obtalocd. If Ihe ptlu do not QUlcilr ltav and If you do Dot fiI tetter, return tb cmptr pickaxe and Ru-Kt will mat ymi notb Ing to try aa It la aoM by jro.tr druarftrt under an ahaolula ntoney-baek BuaraatM. Ru-Kx fomponnd la for aal aa4 ncammtMM try druc atwea averyvbera. A Message from Californi.. -Pacific Utilities Company CONCERNING THE COST OF GAS To Our Customers: Everyone knows that the cost of doing Dull ness has increased tremendously in (he last few years. Wages have been increased. Taxes are higher. All materials and supplies cost more. Our company, like all others, has had to pay these higher costs. It is a well known fact that other gal com. Csnies In the Pacific Northwest, up against simi. ir conditions, have already raised their rates. Up to now we have refrained from seeking any rate increase, hoping that the corner would be turned. On the contrary, since last July our ex penses have risen still more sharply to the point where it is now costing us considerably more to do business than we are taking in. Finally, to our great regret, this condition hss forced us to apply to the Public Utilities Com missioner of the State of Oregon for an increase in gas rates. Here are the facts in the care: Our Costs Jump 41 Last July we were forced to change our source of fuel supply, and to shift from straight bu tane to propane or a mixture of butane and pro pane. The new supply source requires a longer freight haul, and the change in type of fuel ne cessitates consuming more propane-butane to deliver the same number of heat units to our customers. These unavoidable changes, together with a general increase in freight rates effective Janu ary 2, 1947, have increased our cost of fuel de livered in southern Oregon an average of 41 per cent. Uew Equipment Required Propane or propane-butane mixture must be held under greater pressure than straight bu tane. Change in type of fuel made it necessary for us to install new fuel storage tanks. In mak ing these additions, and in general expansion and improvements, we spent j123,640 in south ern Oregon in 1946. An even greater sum would have been spent had it not been for shortage of materials and labor. For new fuel storage tanks and other ad ditions and betterments, our budget for 1947 is ,(180,000. Wages Are Higher Basic wage rates were increased an average of 10 per cent in 1946, and an additional increase is contemplated for 1947. Average earnings of operating employees. In eluding overtime pay, were 108 per cent higher in 1946 than in 1941. As in other businesses, this increase has been necessary to enable employes to meet higher living coats, and otherwise to conform with current employment conditions. In addition, since 1941 we have installed a re. tirement pension plan for employes, increased their life insurance protection, started a health and accident insurance program, and later in creased the benefits under this program. Minimum Rat Increase Kequesfed Slowly but surely, our margin of profit was being narrowed and squeezed by rising costs since 1941. Since mid-1946, the perpendicular increase in costs wiped out our profit margin altogether and created a deficit. This condition must be corrected. The proposed rate increase will not be a finan cial burden to any gas consumer. The amount of the increase will, of course, vary according to the amount of gas used, costing some customers more than others, but the average increase to residential users will amount to only about f1.21 a month just about 4c a day. Right now the average cost per unit for resi dential gas in this territory, is 8 per cent lower than in 1940. After the, increase, it will be 10 per cent higher. Against this rate of increase, cord wood has gone up 77 per cent, fuel oil Ai per cent, and coal 13 per cent. As every consumer knows, gas is a comfort and a convenience. It is also a necessity. Above all else, the standard of service must be main tained. The reader will notice that we do not propose to meet higher operating costs by allowing serv ice to deteriorate. On the contrary, we are plan, ning new and larger investments in plant and facilities, looking to an eyen higher standard of service to all gas customers. J. A. WARD, President CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY
