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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1958)
i PAGE SIX FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor Oregon USA By JOSEPHINE KITTREDGE I am amused by State Represen tative John Kerbow'i attempt to entice me into a Democrat-Republican argument on taxation. Puck ering up in a partisan pout ill be comes the Representative from Klamath County. At no time in the past years in Oregon has taxation been a clear cut issue between either the Repub lican or Democratic party. Both have been equally guilty of mis leading the voters on occasion. Sil ly statements on taxation or any other issue are not the sole prop erty of the Democratic party, nor have I ever said so. The Republican party has been quite anifsyed with me on occa sion also, for calling attention to the 45 per cent surtax, which I objected to. The Republican party has not liked my pointing out oth er policy matters that 1 considered to be unwise. Is blind partisan ship a qualification? I thir.k not. It pleases me to know that Rep resentative Kcrbow agrees with me on the point of controversy that the governor of Oregon raised about whether or not taxes had been reduced in the special ses sion. Mr. Kerbow says, "first, the special session did not reduce tax es." That is true, it did not. It just reduced the rate structure. Also, we are in agreement on my friend Lew Wallace ... one of the first persons to openly es pouse and support vigorously the Oregon Nonpartisan Tax League was Lew Wallace. He believes as w do, that taxation is an affair that concerns all the citizens and should not be the tool of political parties to be used along party lines, but whose interpretation should be toward a balanced tax program of economy and proper spending. However, all the Repub lican candidates for governor have slated their positions on a tax program also. 1 would recommend that the vol ers look over all the candidates and vote for the man they feel will deal most carefully and hon estly with their money. I simply couldn't care less about "political party at this juncture just before the primary election. The decisions In a primary election are amoni: candidates within the individual parties, and my good Republican and Democratic friends will vote their conscience in that little vol Ing booth as they always have. The regular session of the Leg islature in 1957 anr the special session of the Legislature in 1957 were controlled to a large extent by a responsible group of Demo crats and Republicans, who formed a coalition for mutual protection o , they might hold the line on what they considered to be un reasonable and punitive tax legis lation. It is quite possible that this will again be the case in the 1959 session of the Legislature. As for being my "eyes and ears' with the Interim Tax Committee 1 appreciate the offer, but I have no quarrel with Sen. Walter Pear son or the members of the Inter im Tax Committee. They have very graciously included me in their hearings, and 1 have attend ed the greater portion of these hearings, and have complete min utes of the proceedings. As for the State Tax Commis sion being the subject of partisan attack and misinterpretation, they seem to get their ears beaten down from the executive branch of state government far more than they do In the press of Oregon. They have been coerced into re trading statements a number ol times this past year, or hastily substituting another statement They found themselves, having to admit a 210. million dollar error in computation on the surplus at the end of the 1955-1957 biennium before the "toothless tigers" sub committee of the Oregon Senate at Portland in September, 195 This followed a statement bv Governor Holmes in which he. at tempted to blame the whole thing on Republican ex commissioner Ray Smith's deliberate attempt to sabotace his program. The State Tax Commission members admit ted this was incorrect at the Port land meeting, in fact they said the error occurred within the commis sion itself. Commissioner Stewart definitely slated it was not the fault of ex-commissioner Smith, and the rest of the commission acquiesced in this statement by their si erne. So. 1 ask ou. what kind of monkey business is this? Crazy mixed up kids, aren't they? I beliee I'nited States Senator Richard Nouhcrger set a Fattern that any Democrat of substance might well emulate. There are times when a partisan approach is not in the best interests of your constituents or your state. I hope that the basic intent o( my first editorial, which was illus trated by a letter to me from the research assistant of Gov. Robert D. Holmes a'.tcmpt:ng to restrain Entered u aeond clu cutur si Mm poet offic at KJimnU PaUa, Or., on Atarutt X. MO, unotor act at Ooncraw. Uarcb I. in tiavicti: ASSOCIATED PRESS P KITED PRSS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Srrinf SoutWn Oregon And Northern California my right of free speech on the subject of taxation, by stating that I did not know what I was talk ing about, receives serious con sideration from all of you. This is the most serious and grave threat to the right of free speech to any one of us. If the newspapers and their columnists are not allowed to print the truth. just how much will you, the pub lic, really know about your af fairs? Freedom of speech is our right. Let us not lose it. Mail Call By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK Things a col umnist might never know if he didn't open his mail: That although the work week of the average Russian has fallen from 48 hours to 46. he still la bors longer for less than the citi zen of any major Western power, That of the world's estimated 105 million vehicles, 67 million are registered in the United States That William Howard Taft, our heaviest president, at one time weighed 354 pounds. ..Can anybody name offhand the lightest presi dent? That if you're suffering from spring fever and your- job bores you, you might recall this quip by Sir James Barrie: "Nothing is - really work unless you would rather be doing something else." That one way to tell is a coin is counterfeit is to try to cut its edge with a knife...lf it nicks easily, you've probably been hooked. That less money has been spent on research in schizophrenia, the most common mental malady, than on any other major disease. That only 50 per cent of a meat animal is meat. That the highest divorce rate in America is found on the West Coast. ..But Egypt is the best coun try to get a real quickie. ..To shed a wife there all a Moslem has to do is thrice repeat the phrase: "I divorce thee!" That the so-called milk snake doesn't milk cows. ..It does hang around barns, but it is attracted by the mice, not the cows. That deer (except for bachel ors) are now tha most plentiful big game animal in America. That Johnny Carson of TV's "Do You Trust Your Wife?" claims he invented a new food by crossing potato with a sponge.. ."It does not taste too good," he admits, 'but it sure holds a lot of gra vy. That you've got a keen mem ory if, after you grow up, you can remember any event in your life before your third birthday. That comic George DeWitt says 'a yes-man is a guy who camou flages his candid thoughts with candied opinions." That a study showed one out of three nonsmokers habitually car ries matches ... to oblige his friends. That bandleader Sammy Kaye says. There is an ideal cure for love. It's called marriage.' That it was Samuel Johnson who observed. "That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem." Jlefnl War By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK Russia's eco nomic war with the West long pooh-poohed by American export ers is beginning to hurt a little in at least one sector. World metal markets have been jolted a bit by Russian exports. This comes at a time when American metal producers al ready are haung troubles enough of their own. Aluminum, tin, platinum and Poqo v, wo H KrvA(on.v ct 1ofroe ) torw VOUSsNAY CCOKIM' .-WMCVw UMAMiU.I AW. "O 1 T-l-g '', wow lO rAK -M vNvi(OiffT TVVtCvCASj: OJKTkvcw ,X CAbf '. AV ' CAl lu uTCA a JO. IwtnAMAMC Au. PlgfT. Vsf) AJ? "As? A. 'oXrrTArri n. , . 'Wf&m POUOVtie MH wvc i l rf rVJl"cc-x -tl ei.tAf.vA V if 'Ql 1 . con- Ahwfuh. 1 ai zinc as well as some of the steel alloys have felt the competition. Some of the pnee weakness in these metals is traced to an out pouring of Russian metal, espe cially into Western Europe. The Russians can set their own prices usually below the prevail ing world price because Soviet bookkeeping isn't hampered by such things as the cost of pro duction or the need to break even. There's no way of knowing Mos cow's intentions: whether Russia simply is producing more now and wants to sell surpluses to get funds needed for purchases of Western goods, or whether it is dumping the metal with a view to upsetting world markets and thus adding to whatever effect the American recession is having on Europe. But Khrushchev boasts he plans to take world markets away from the United States and the flurry in metals may be the first of these economic brush wars. How Russia can affect Ameri can domestic markets first came to light by way of Canada. Rus sia was putting so much cheap aluminum into England that Can ada was losing her big market there. So a Canadian producer cut the price of aluminum. A few days later American producers were forced to follow suit. The price of platinum has just dropped here. The reason given by the trade is that Russia is sell ing the metal in Europe at cut prices. United Nations officials report that Russia is now entering the world markets as an exporter of tin. The Belgian Congo, Nigeria, Bolivia, Indonesia, Malajn and Thailand have had this market to themselves. Already the price structure of the metal is weak and non - Communist production cut back so the new competition is disturbing. The U. N. reports that last year the Soviets exported 6. 613 tons of tin to Western Europe for about 15 million dollars, com pared to only 346 tons the year before. Some put current exports at 10.000 tons. From time to time Russian gold shows up in Western Europe. Probably the gold is used to buy things the Russians need badly, but often one or more of the Eu ropean currencies are under such pressure from other factors that the sudden change in the volume of gold on the market can be upset ting. Russia's gold production figures are secret. But some guess that it is producing around 17 million ounces a year, or the same as South Africa which is the largest producer in the Western world. The Soviet bid for world mar kets is also being pushed at Brus sels World Fair where its prod ucts are on display. So far the West is far ahead in the race but the Russian entry will bear watering. School lroblpni Klamath Falls (To the Editor) Again, as he has dona many times in the past. Nelson Reed has ren dered an outstanding service to tne community. In his editorial pertaining to the school budget, Mr. Reed has ex pressed ably and fairN the con victions of many of us who find it difficult to do so ourselves due to lack of experience and, per haps, courage. Many school budgets have been voted down. It seems to us it ex presses a growing uneasiness on the part of the general public and parents concerning our education al system. We hae entrusted our children and our money to our educators in the belief they are better qua! ified than we to determine cur- N. Pom"7m Y m XN A' PC HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH geBacttrpnoN rates CARRIER I MONTH . ... MONTHS I VEAR MAIL I MONTH MONTHS .. I VEAR I I SO t . (11.00 ( I so I 1 to II J 00 riculum. As parents we must ac cept our share of responsibility for our" complacency, but likewise we feel that the educators and es pecially those who advocate the "life-adjustment" type of educa tion must adopt a more realistic attitude. Sputnik pointed this up. In his broadcast No. 13. 1957. President Eisehower said, "I wish that every school board and every PTA would this week and this year make one single project their special order of business: To scru tinize your school's curriculum and standards to see whether they meet the stern demands of the era we are entering." Mrs. Art Cherry Mrs. Sam Ritchey ' Mrs. Irvin Warner Mrs. Al Carlson Mrs. Jack Coleman Mrs. Harold Young Mrs. C. C. Colvin Cor reel ion Salem (To The Editor) Your feature story concerning the "Ore gon Supreme Court Races" by James D. Olson, carried the er roneous statement that the incum bent of Position No. 7 "has been on the state supreme bench since January, 1947." He was appointed September 13, 1927. One of the important points in this judicial race is the fact that the incumbent became a member of the Oregon Supreme Court some 30 years ago, and his average pro duction over the past nine years has dropped one-third as compared with the first nine years of his tenure. He would be 79 years old at the end of another term. I have great respect for the in cumbent and the contributions he has made to Oregon 'urisprudence but in consideration of the serious "backlog" problem that now exists in the court, with delay of two or three years in deciding cases, there a retirment issue to be de cided by the voters on May 16. Whether reelected or not, the incumbent can retire at $8,000 per year with further benefits for the security of his wife, and the voters are entitled to know that fact. With 17 years legal experience, I am now the same age as the incumbent was when he became a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Jason Lee Detailed Hudgels Klamath Falls (To The Editor) Please thank Mr. Reed for his letter about the school budget. Mr, Reed has interpreted figures into comprehensive information. We need more of this kind of analyzing School budgets, city budgets, court ty budgets, financial statements mean very little to the public They are too general. There is a need of improvement in the re porting of public business. Just publishing a yearly budget is not enough. It needs explaining. The public needs details. How many families total their yearly salary under light, water heat, food, clothing, medicine. rents, and payments on the car' Most people spend from week to week, and when it is gone must stop for that week. Weekly figures between $50 to $100 are easy to understand. Budgets, possibly should be itemized. For instance salaries, these are now lumped into one total. They should be divided according to number ol teachers at each rate. Few people attended the budget meeting because they do not know what to ask. It is one thing to have a feeling things are not right, but one cannot be that hazy if one wishes to ask questions A detailed budget is a good place to start and would help the taxpayer to formulate questions. Marguerite Kahl 1212 Eldorado Ave. Quoles By UNITED PRESS BOGOTA. Colombia William Key, Vice President Nixon's ad ministrative assistant, on reports an attempt would be made to assassinate Nixon today: "We had a report there possibly would be violence in Caracas, spe cifically that anoassassination at tempt would be madaj" Nixon, on the same reports: would say that this is rouUiv ni routine threat. If we chanced our plans eery time something like this came up. we wouldn' do anything." WASHINGTON - William Walker, president of the Nationa Newspaper Publishers Assn. and publisher ol The Cleveland Cal and Post, urging other Negroes to set up an organization to combat the Negro crime rate: "K Negroes could populate schSrSg- the same ra'e that they do jails ( would he the best educated people in the world.' FALLS, OREGON Manager Plan Editor's Note This is the fifth in a series of articles on the Council-Manager plan to be voted on by Klamath Falls residents on May 16, prepared by the League of Women voters. In Klamath Falls, under a Coun cil-Manager plan, the five council men would be elected in the same manner as '.he present sys tem. Experience in cities with this plan shows thai citizens are more willing to run for councilmen. They feel they serve their community better when its government makes sense. The council is freed of the mass of administrative detail found in the mayor-council form. This has taken much of their time needed in their own business or homes, which discouraged a citi zen in civic participation. The mayor would be elected di rectly by the voting citizens. He would give political leadership both to the council and to the city. He would be the chief representative of the city in all state and form al occa-ions. Consequently both experience and logic calls for his direct election. The manager should be hired di rectly by the council. The profes sional manager and tne protession al school superintendent represent an uo to date method of handling complicated administrative details of government. Because ol com plexities of city life, voters now realize it takes more than a yen for public office to produce a man who can operate a great depart ment. The salary of the m a n a g e r would be about (10,000 yearly. Hon est citizens do not expect efficien cy, improved planning and growtn without paying lor these services. It has been said that a manager makes his salary in the economies he produces in his administration. There are college trained and ex perienced managers available for hiring. This has been due to the fact that our educational institu tions have ascertained the need ir. modern city governments and counseled interested students in this direction. A government never stands still. erowth or decays with lack of prog ress. Your decision on the May 16 ballot is an important decision. The League of Women Voters un hesitatingly endorse the Council Manager plan. Shasta-Cascade Kennels L. P. "Pot" Montgomery Owner and Trainer Complete Professional Care For Your Pets Modern Boarding Kennel Dogs and Cats Home Obedience Troining Hunting Dog and Field Triol Troining GROOMING Trimming, Stripping and Bathing TRAINING CLASSES Only healthy animals admitted Pickup and Delivery Merrill Hiway Ph. TU 4-5075 They'll Do It Every vi ME4rJ TO S4V jr I CiituJ A! L MXIR OVN WIRING? WOW.' I DOMT KNOW iHc First Thing 4SCjt STUFP UKE TrUT- AND WE NEED NEW R3WER LINES OS SOME THING OJ ACCOOHTA 4LL TV.E NEW ELECTffvyi-S4D6ETS-Siy,rCXJ COtT TO SUPPOSE MXI COULD- T NGLEWOPM PLEADED 4 BOUT ELECTRICITY THTo HUW HE GOT PAL PLVERS TO HELP HIM" School Aid Grants Show. Slight Drop State school aid grants for Klam ath County schools totaled $567,487 for 1957-58. about 112.000 less than the $579,414 received in the previ ous fiscal year. County Treasurer Eva Cook reported today. The aid grants, based on a figure of $105 per pupil, were slightly less, she said, because ot state changes in methods used to com pute the grants. The funds are received by the county treasurer and credited to the County School Unit's account. COMPACT VACUUM CLEANER CLEARANCE THIS WEEK ONLY! 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