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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, T956
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THREE
Election Measures
(CMtlaued from paf e 1)
Under the present constitution,
opponents of any tax measure can
block passage ot the law by use
of the referendum within the 90
days following the end of the legis
lative session which has passed
the particular tax law. Oregon's
referendum law provides that 5
. per cent of the number of regis
tered voters who voted for
supreme court justice in the pre
ceding general election is all that
is required for the referendum
(normally about 20,000 out of about
700,000 total registered voters in
the state).
REFERRAL
Thus, any tax law passed by
the Legislature must face the pos
sibility of referral by a small pres
sure group. If the tax law is
referred, it is held in abeyance
until the next - general election
(usually about a year and one
half) when the people can vote
on the measure.
Legislators, and tax experts,
have stated that this fear of refer
ral has affected the voting of
the Legislature and has had an
t adverse affect on any attempt to
work out an equitable tax program
for the state. Passage of the 45
per cent income surtax by the
1953 Legislature has been blamed
on this fear of . referral of any
other tax measure needed to raise
the necessary funds to meet the
expanding needs of the state. The
provisions of the income tax law
allow increases or reductions
the rate merely by action of the
Legislature without the possibility
of referendum.
AMENDMENT ' .
If the emergency clause amend
ment Is passed by the people,
certain safeguards against abuse
of the use of. the clause would re
main: . -
1. Proposed tax legislation would
still have, to pass both houses of
the Legislature. -
2. The governor could veto the
bill as a whole, or he could veto
the emergency clause attached to
the bill.
3. The tax law could be initiated
by petitions containing signatures
of 8 per cent of the voters and
then placed on the next general,
or special election, for vote by all
the people.
4. Members of the Legislature,
if they passed stringent or un
workable laws,' whether tax or
otherwise, would have to face the
votes of their constituents in the
next 'general election.
TAX PROGRAM
Members of the Legislative
Committee have stated that pas-
u of ProDosltion One would
permit the legislators to work out
a more equitable tax program for
the state than now exists. It would
permit all future legislatures- to
work out sound, balanced, long
ranee tax programs.
Opponents of the ' amendment
state that if the people of Oregon
wish to -retain control -over state
taxes', they pay then they must
vote no on Proposition One.
It is felt by those opposing the
amendment that due to the restric
tions placed on the Legislature in'
tax matters Oregon has retained;
a much more simple tax system!
than other states. Many of the
states- allowing the use of the
emergency clause on tax laws re-1
quire that two-thirds of the Leg
islature, must approve the attach-
WKatsthe
troth
afattlrWy?
ment of emergency clauses to such
laws. The Oregon amendment
would allow use of the emergency
clause on tax laws with only a
simple majority.
PASSAGE
Passage of Proposition One
would remove the restrictions of
the referendum from tax laws, op
ponents of the measure point out,
so that any tax measure, or change
in existing laws would become law
immediately upon signing by the
governor or passage over his veto.
Use of the emergency clause
would mean that the tax law would
go into effect immediately and the
people would be unable to repeal
it in less than from 18 to 22
months.lt is then conceivable that
if the people repealed the tax law,
the Legislature could repass the
bill aver the protests ot tne peo
ple and it could not then be re
pealed for another 18 to 22 months.
If the legislators completely ig
nored the wishes of the people,
then this process could go on and
on, those opposing Proposition One
state. They indicate fear of pas
sage, and perpetuation, of a state
sales tax. in this manner, if the
Legislature so desired.
OPPONENTS
It isalso feared by opponents of
the emergency clause that it is
more than just a means of work
ing out an equitable tax program;
that it is a direct attack on the
referendum, one of the. safeguards
of democratic government. As the
referendum and initiative were
pioneered in Oregon, it is felt that
these, constitutional provisions
have fostered and preserved the
state's progressive legislation in
various fields, those favoring re
tention of . the constitution as it
now stands argue.
Proponents of the emergency
clause sincerely feel that passage
of Proposition One is necessary
and essential to the healthy tax
climate of the state and urge ap
proval by the voters.
Opponents of the measure just
as sincerely arsue that a vote
against Proposition One will retain
for the people of Oregon the right
to stop bad tax measures and
keep control of the taxes paid in
the hands of the- people.
It is up to the individual voter
to decide for himself which course
he, or she, believes is best for the
state and so vote.
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A kidnao-robberv similar to that
pulled off in Klamath Falls about
three weeks ago was duplicated in
Vallejo, California Sunday night.1
However, the pair of gunmen be
came much more entangled in
their business during the Vallejo
attempt.
Thev tlrst called a can ana ui-
rected the driver to take them to
a given address. While en route
they overpowered the cabbie at
gunpoint, tied and gagged him,
GORDON E. DUKES. U.S.
Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford E. Dukes, 1050
Kane Street, is currently
home on leave from the San
Diego Naval Training Base.
Dukes will report for duty
aboard the U.S.S. Carrande,
a destroyer - escort for
duty as a commissaryman
at the end of this leave.
California Kidnap-Holdup Similar To KF Episode
Lakeview Fund
Chairmen Meet
LAKEVIEW Lake County Unit
ed Fund chairmen met at Vans
Tuesday morning, October 16, for
breakfast eet-toeethec. K. (J. IHuai
Burgess reported that the goal of
$11,920 would be achieved when
the contributions arc all turned in
The actual treasury report still
shows a shortage of about $2,000,
but this will bo made up in me
final reports.
Section workers who were pres
ent for the breakfast included John
Buell. Tom Flvnn. Carter Fotsch
Raymond Johnson. Les Shaw, Jack
Pendleton and Burgess.
and locked him in the trunk of
the car. After that they went to
one of the city's Safeway stores,
waited for the assistant manager
to drive away, and followed in
the commandeered cab. .
When the assistant manager ar
rived at his home he was put un
der the gun and made to go back
to the store in the cab. When it
proved that he did not know the
combination to the safe, he was
ordered to take the men to the
home of the store manager. The
two gunmen and the assistant
manager entered the manager's
home, alter which one of the men
took the manager and returned to
the store and the other remained
at the house where he kept the
BLM Ranger
To Portland
LAKEVIEW R. C. Burgess, dis
trict manager for the Bureau of
Land Management, announces that
Al Leonard, range conservation
ist, has been transferred from
Lakeview to the state office oi
BLM in Portland. The transfer in
cludes a promotion to state range
conservationist, which is a new po-
cttirm raontlv .rontnH Th T.Ann.
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mus UIIU men mice iiiiiuicu n.u
leave this weekend.
Coming from Burns to a range
management position here is Wil
liam LaVelle, who will report to
the Lakeview BLM office this week
end. He has a wife and three pre
school age children.
NEW TV STAR
HOLLYWOOD Wi Comedian
George Gobel's daughter is going
to work at the age of 5. Gobcl
obtained a social security card
for Georgia Leslie so she can ap
pear on his television series.
assistant and the manager's wife
and two children under guard.
A short while later the manager!
and the one gunman returned
with $2,000 from the store safe,
the victims were left bound in the
home, and the men left in the
cab.
A few minutes following that
wreck, and put the woman , and
her husband under gun 'orders
after gaining entrance. The man
and his wife were bound and
gagged, after which the men stole
the couple's automobile and left.
An hour or so later the cab
driver kicked his way free from
the trunk of the abandoned cab
were large, both being over six
feet tall and weighing an estimat
ed 200 pounds.
Rent a Soinet Piano
they knocked at another door, told."" related his story to police.
the woman of the house they would Victims of the kidnap robbery
like to use her phone to report a! reported that the two men involved
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piano stock In this part of Uta wmi
Many It ad lag anakia.
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" ADVEITtlKMKNT
Crater Tourists
Total Reported
Superintendent Tom Williams re
ports that Crater Lake National
Park had a total of 59,210 people
pass through the park entrance
stations during September. That is
10,000 more than the previous
similar period high recorded in
1954.
Visitors thus far this year total
347.996. exceeding by 1,000 the pre
vious jtine month record estab
lished during 1954.
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It's iuit unbelievable! A'o one
too man coufd keep her house
looking to nice and stiff hat
to much leisure time.'
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waxing for her every time some
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really resists scuffs, dirt and
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next time you wix. Like Trudy,
you'll find new Bruce Self-Polish-ing
Wax will save you a lot of
time and htfd work.
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