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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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The funds are received by the
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