TITSPAY. OCTOBER 28. 1958
HERALD AST) NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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your personal press conference with Mark Hatfield
MARK HATFIELD SPEAKS OUT ON THE 1201
BASIC ISSUES VITAL TO YOU AND OREGON!
AGRICULTURE
Oregon's agriculture Is so important to the State's
economy that the future mint provide full opportunity
for high productivity.
Our farmers have proven their outstanding ability
to produce and the current surpluses must be disposed
of. Research and leadership that will find new uses, new
markets and cheaper transportation for Oregon prod
ucts is imperative.
Research that is keyed to our specific problems Is
our first objective. Making such findings immediately
available to our fanners is equally important.
Realistic legislation providing standby funds for
handling agricultural emergencies must be passed.
At least one representative active In agriculture
should be on the State Fair Commission.
In many cases transportation costs are the key that
can unlock distant markets for Oregon products. Every
effort must be used to obtain more fair and equitable
rates for shipment by freight, water and air.
The broad diversification of Oregon agriculture is a
great advantage to our state. We should make it work
to our advantage to an even greater degree by insuring
a profit to our producers. Oregon's agriculture is based
in much on the family-site ur.lt of production that we
should make every effort to retain it.
BOARD OF CONTROL
My experience on the Board of Control has convinced
me that having the three highest elective officials
jointly responsible for such major responeibilities as
the state institutions is in the public interest when the
members of the Board do the job assigned to them.
The Public interest is served because the three mem
bers pool their varied training and experience. Each
member is directly responsible to the voters and ac
countable at the polls for his record. A one-man admin
istrator could use the Institutions Involved for political
advantage or patronage. This would make more difficult
the retention of professional career administrators and
qualified staffs as has been the experience in other
states.
Aside from the important humanitarian benefits,
qualified professional staffs lower the tax costs of
operation because more patients are rehabilitated and
more inmates of correctional institutions are success
fully returned to society.
The law directs that each member of the Board
shall make a personal Inspection of each state in
stitution in Western Oregon at least every three
months. Mark Hatfield has followed the law and
has made 82 careful and thorough inspections dur
ing 20 months. The governor typified his disregard
for law when he labeled this statute "ridiculous"
in a public meeting.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
' The decision as to whether to continue capital pun
ishment in Oregon belongs to the people of the state.
Their decision should be carried out by responsible
public officials honestly, conscientiously.
I would not impose my personal philosophy upon
the judicial processes of the state and would use the
commutation authority only in light of facts perti
nent to the case at hand rather than basing action on
personal opinion.
CIVIL RIGHTS
The right of every man and every woman to equality
of opportunity is firmly established In the minds and
convictions of the people of Oregon. We need only con
tinue our progress toward translating this conviction
Into workable and effective measures to guarantee this
equality for everyone.
I was privileged to contribute to this objective as
eo-sponsor of the Oregon civil rights laws passed by the
1953 legislature.
Vote: Not only was Mr. Hatfield the House majority
floor leader for the civil rights bill, he also was a
key supporter of two other related bills affecting
especially Negroes and Indians. Moreover, both at
Chicago in 1952 and at San Francisco In 1956 he
was a member of the plstform committee at Re
publican national conventions in which he fought
for strong civil rights planks.
CONSTITUTION REVISION
The Oregon Constitution needs extensive revision.
Well over 100 of the provisions need modification.
Changes that should be made include:
1. Deletion of obsolete and unnecessary matter and
of provisions that should better be included In our
statutes not in the constitution
1 . Rearrangement and clarification of mislocated and
poorly worded provisions
3. Elimination of ambiguous provisions.
Only a constitutional convention can accomplish a
comprehensive, completely consistent and Integrated
revision. It would assure the unity and completeness of
a document which would provide a sound basis for
efficient, effective end economical government adminis
tration. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I have said and there is general agreement that
resumed economic growth in this state will require a
"climate" that encourages the expansion of employ
ment and commerce.
Specifically, changing the economic climate requires: .
1. Legislation that deals constructively and imparti
ally with agriculture, consumers, labor, and busi
ness; that encourages and aids each segment of
" our economy to achieve its just aspirations; and
that recognises the facts of inter-stste economic
competition.
S. A tax program that aims both to encourage ex
pansion of our present Industries and to attract
new industry. Property taxes, income taxes, pay-
roll taxes, and excise taxes are essential for the
support of desirable state and local activities. But
our tax program must regain stability (as an aid
to business planning) and be revised to remove
inequities that I have described elsewhere.
S. State agencies must, in all their decisions, reflect
a determination to aid in the creation of new jobs,
in the development of new marketa for Oregon
products, and the strengthening of our competitive
position among the states.
To regain Oregon's economic health we must restore
confidence in the state administration and confidence in
Oregon's future.
Economic acceleration will depend on redesign of
our tax structure, availability of low cost power, more
competitive transportation factors to distant markets.
As an encouragement to Investment capital, the tax -on
capital gains must be revised in order that Oregon
be placed in competitive relationship with neighboring
states. We must restore confidence of both employees
snd employers in the unemployment compensation fund
by tightening procedures to eliminate those not actually
in the labor market or receiving benefits to which they
are not entitled.
EDUCATION
From my experience as a teacher, administrator and
vice-chairman of the education committee In both the
House and Senate, I have proposed an eight-point pro
gram for education in Oregpn. It follows:
(1) More clearly define the role of vocational edu
cation, making Oregon Technical Institute a member
institution of the State System of Higher Education.
(2) Add three new members (9 to 12) on the over
loaded Board of Higher Education, and two new mem
bers ( 7 to 9 ) on the Board of Education. ( 3 ) Begin now
to plan within ten years a 13th and 14th grade techni
cal institution in Portland with state aid. (4) Modify
the state fee remission scholarship program and give
a stipend directly to the student for use at his option
at a public or independent institution within the state.
(5) Education for educators in overall government
finances. (6) Interim study of retention problems be
tween freshmen registration and graduation drop out
because of marriage, military, academic failure, high
pay job opportunities and loss of incentive. (7) Insist
ence on sound business practices to thwart taxpayers
rebellions against inefficient and uneconomical prac
tices. (8) Provide for flexible, basic building plans to
be made available to the local school district.
GOVERNMENT COSTS
You hear today that state budgets and atate costs
can't be kept down. You are told this because the big
expenses are education, state institutions and welfare.
The assumption that reorganization will not save
money is based on the lazy thinking that savings can
only be made several million dollars at a time.
The significant savings potential in state government
.' lies in dozens and dozens of small divisional budgets
throughout the over 100 boards, commissions and
agencies. Careful administration can result in signifi
cant trimming of expenditures in these budgets without
sacrifice of needed government services. These trim
mings will grow into enormous proportions when
guided bv an administration that can draw upon the
skilled talent of the state to recommend proper proced
ures and that also has the courage to act.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Oregon is its people. We have declared our program
for increased employment. We have pointed to the need
for an end to the waste of manpower that results from
discrimination on account of age.
But we need more.
First, we need to extend and intensify the training
opportunities of those whose skills and capacities will
be urgently needed in the years ahead.
Second, we cannot neglect those who are handicapped
by Illness or misfortune. Especially, our emphasis must
be on preventive and early treatment. For Instance, out
patient clinics can make institutional residence unnec
essary or early release possible. The use of these clinics
should be expanded not only from a humanitarian
standpoint but also as a long-range economic practi
cality. LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
RELATIONS
Government must be neither the ally of labor nor of
management, regardless of which political party is in
power, but it must be that neutral agent which pro
vides leadership and the framework within which both
may prosper.
Oregon has enjoyed labor-management relations that
are the envy of moat states. We should avoid legisla
tion that will upset past harmonious relations such as
the so-called right-to-work law.
The righta of the Individual union member should
be protected against abuses of union authority by laws
that require secret balloting and the accounting of
trust funds.
LIQUOR ADMINISTRATION
No agency of the state faces more difficult decisions
or has broader responsibility than the Liquor Control
Commission. The integrity of liquor control administra
tion Importantly affects the confidence of the people of
the atate In their state government.
The Knox Law is fundamentally sound and I do not
propose any basic changes of that law.
I believe the primary responsibility of the Governor
in this field Is in the selection of a commission com
posed of men with experience equal to the management
of one of the state's largest businesses and of a judicial
temperament that will assure fairness, equity and
courtesy to all those who appear before them.
As Governor, I would give the Liquor Commission
four instructions:
1. Political partisanship or any form of favoritism
In any phase of liquor control administration will
not be tolerated.
3. So long as the members of the Commission do
their job and do it well, there would be no inter
ference from the Governor's office.
3. Licensing and enforcement problems would have
a first claim upon the time and attention of the
Commission and I would require that the Commis
sion members maintain a close and continuous re
view of all hearings conducted by Commission
. employes.
4. The Commission must earn the confidence of the
people of the state and of the industry.
Fundsmentally, I would Insist upon an alert, impar
tial and efficient administration of the Knox Law.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Except for its people, Oregon's richest heritage Is
its wealth of natural resources its timbered moun
tains, fertile soil, powerful river systems and unexcelled
scenic vistas. It will be my purpose to mobilize in con
structive and cooperative effort all government ana
private agencies to set in motion a program that will:
1. Achieve maximum production and an expanding
. market for forest products while assuring refor
estation practices that will continue to yield timber
for generations to come.
2. Encourage coordination between the agricultural
commodity commissions and the Planning and
Development Department.
3. Intensify the research of the commodity commis
sions by better coordination of all agricultural
research.
4. Give us a tax and research program that will en
courage exploration and development of our min
eral resources while avoiding exploitation.
8. Continue the efforts to develop our system of state
parks.
8. Clean up our rivers.
POWER
Oregon will continue to run out of contention for
msjor power development until the extremists on both
sides sre willing to yield their pet philosophical at
titudes and pull together as an Oregon team basing
actions on engineering and economic considerstlona
rather than political ones.
We need all the power we can get now both nubile
and private. The first step is to take power problems
out of politics. The second step is to place this program
in the hands of qualified, far-sighted and conscientious
eltlzens who will reject the pressures from extremists
of both sides. The third step is to work with, instesd
of fighting, the federal administration and the Congress
which control the large segment of our power potential.
The proposal for a regional corporation holds the
advantage of adequate financing of northwest power
development and orderly planning for maximum de
velopment and use. Any final proposal must provide:
(1) sdequate regional control of planning and pol ey
and (2) equitable distribution of power produced with
the assurance that each area may for itself determine
.the method of distribution.
RECREATION
Oregon has only begun to take advantage of Hi vast
recreational potential. State cooperation with local
Interests in the development of parks and recreational
areas can substsntially stimulate the further growth
of our increasingly important tourist industry as well
as provide boundless opportunities for the enjoyment
of Oregon's citizens. The celebrstlon of our centennial
anniversary in 1959 presents an opportunity for the
encouragement of recreational development which can
make Itself felt far into the second century of the
history of our state.
REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT
Efficient and economical reorganization of our state
government Is possible if we have the courage and will
to act. For example, there were fewer persons employed
by the Secretary of State's office on September 15, 1958
than there were on January 8, 1957, despite an ever
increasing work load.
It has been possible through reorganization of the -functions
of the Department of State to aave more than
$65,000 in the Elections Divisions alone. Other proced
ural changes in the Accounting Division have resulted
In savings in excess of $58,000. An integrated and
rigorously enforced records management program has
resulted in the elimination of over 6000 cubic feet of
obsolete, duplicsted and unnecessary records accom
plishing substantial savings in both money and space.
These savings can be duplicated many tlmea over
throughout our government agencies and will result
In direct savings to each taxpayer.
In addition to these significant savings, further im-
firovements in efficiency and services csn be expected
t we proceed to act in the reorganization of state gov
ernment. While some desirable reorganization measures
require constitutional or legislative change, most of the
reorganization objectives (elimination of duplication
In facilities and personnel reduction, of conflicts in
policy and program, etc.) can be achieved by strong
administrative leadership that knows what to do and
how to do it.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Mark Hatfield supports an anti-discrimination be
cause of age amendment and a homestead exemption
act for senior citizens. He will urge support of an
amendment to the fair employment practices act which
would Include sge along with already existing pro
visions for racial and creed tolerances. He will recom
mend that a law patterned after the New York State
statute be enacted by .the 1959 legislature. He believes
that property taxes should be waived for those over 65
yesrs of age having a gross income of less than $2,500
and whose true cash value on their residence does not
exceed $7,500.
TAXES
It la time government learned to live within Ita In
come instead of constantly devising new taxes to Impose
upon the people. No matter how they are sugar-coated,
taxes must ultimately come from the pockets of the
Individual citizens of the state of Oregon.
Workingmen and businessmen alike must be assured
a fair and stable tax program in order that they can
reasonably anticipate future costs. The present admin
istration promised repeal of the temporary 45 sur
tax. In ita place, they substituted what amounted to a
51 tax increase and anticipated its being a permanent
part of the tax structure.
Taxes must be kept down to the level necessary for
progressive state government. We should eliminate th
possibility of huge surpluses that are an invitation to
reckless spending. I do not propose additional taxes.
Tax needs can be best met within the framework of our
present tax structure by broadening the base of our
income tax. We should adopt a capital gains provision
competitive with neighboring statea in order to encour
age the flow of investment capital to Oregon. We should
remove the personal property tax inequities. Most im
portant we must insist upon economy In government
ss a part of creating a climate in which Individuals and
business alike may prosper.
TIMBER PRODUCTS
Tha forest products Industry ia faced with strong
competition from many directions. The need for de
veloping a sure industry future calls for state coopera
tion and participation In the field of product research
to a greater degree than ever before.
Resesrch and development facilities at. Oregon State
College and the Forest Products Laboratory must bj
expanded. Their activities should be coordinated wits
the work of researchers employed by private Industry.
State and federal annual allowable harvesting pro
. grsms should be reviewed to assure balanced cutting
so that the supply will meet the requirements of the
lumber market thereby assuring maximum lob oppor
tunities. . -Consideration
ahould also be given to exchange of
lands belonging to private and public owners so that
timber properties may be "blocked up" for more effici
ent protection and management.
The Oregon State Board of Forestry should be re
moved from political association. The chairman of tha
Board should be an individual selected on the basis or
his knowledge and experience rather than the governor.
Building code amendments ahould be encouraged to
insure the maximum feasible use of timber products in
construction.
(In many cases transportation coat are the key that
can unlock distant markets for Oregon products. Every
effort must be used to obtain more fair and equitable
rates for shipment by freight, water and air.)
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
The present administration failed to heed obvtoua
warnings Uiat our Unemployment Compensation Fund
was in critical danger. Reckless management of thie
fund has resulted in the necessity of putting the tax
rate for all employers at the maximum of 2.7 Pt
of the taxable payroll. Alarming aa this fact is, It fadea
Into insignificance when we realize that benefits for the
period ending June 30, 1958, were paid out at the rata
of 3.6 percent of the taxable payroll. Continuation of
the present program must inevitably result in completa
bsnkruptcy of the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
The interests of employes and employers alike de
mand that the Unemployment Compensation Reserva
Fund be more adequately protected through tighter
administration. Administration and laws must bo
strengthened to guarantee adequate protection to cover
employes temporarily out of work through no fault of
their own. At the ssms time individuals who are not
actually in the labor market or who might otherwise
not be legitimately entitled to the benefits of unem
ployment insurance should be disqualified. Tax etrue
tures and benefit schedules must be continuously
reviewed in order that Insurance beneflta may be made
consistent with solvency of the fund.
WATER POLLUTION
Pure water is one of our most vital natural resources.
Increasing demands for wster for domestic, agricul
tural and industrial usage, for recreational and aporta
activities, and for propagation and aurvlval of fish and
wildlife makes it urgently necessary that the state
conduct a far more comprehensive program of mini
mizing water pollution. To accomplish this goal I would
propose :
1. Strengthen the authority of the appropriate atate
agency to reduce water pollution in the waters or
Oregon.
2. Appropriation of sufficient funds to permit tha
necessary enforcement, research and educational
activitiea to accomplish goala of pure water.
3. Development of a cooperative program with indus
try, other governmental bodiea and other affected
groups and individuals directed toward accom
plishment of reduction of water pollution in the
best interests of ths public.
SUMMARY
I Intend to call on the best brains and wisdom in
Oregon to help with our program of building a, better
state in which to live and work. Thousands of alncera
citizens of outstanding ability will volunteer their serv
ices if they are offered the chance and they are free
from political manipulation.
Sincerity, earnestness and friendliness will earn more
cooperstion from federal regulatory agenclea Involved
than the abuse and vituperation that have marked the
constant attacks of the present sdminlstration on the
national administration.
There are many desirable qualification! for Governor
but none aa Important aa personal and political
Integrity.
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You know where he stands . . .
his words become deeds
Oregon needs him for Governor... Now!
MABK(X HATFIELD
Fd. Adv. KHmilh Countv Hilfuld tor Governor Committee
Runs Larson nd Robert Kent. Co-Chilrmen
P O. Bn 4AR. Klmth Palls, Oreson
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