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By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington this morning
President Kennedy, confessing
a sense of FRUSTRATION in his
efforts to get the U.S. economy
going full blast, argued anew
yesterday for MASSIVE tax cuts
to touch off a chain reaction of
consumer spending and business
investment.
In his annual economic report
to congress, he said notable gains
were made in 1962, and "the out
look for continued moderate ex
pansion in 1963 is now favorable
But rapid economic growth can
not take place until "'the unrea-
listically heavy burden of taxa
tion is lightened."
He then added:
"The state of the economy pos
es a perplexing challenge to the
American people .... and it is
frustrating indeed to see the job
less rate stand still at 5.6 per
tent of the work force."
Well, it is perplexing.
And President Kennedy can
hardly be blamed if he feels a
little frustrated about it all.
'- But it might help to clear up
his state of frustration if he would
take a look at it in this light:
The unrealistically heavy bur
den of taxation that is slowing
down our economy can't be light
ened until our government quits
spending so much money AND
PUTTING THE BULK OF IT ON
THE CUFF.
As long as the national debt
keeps on rising and rising and
rising and no steps are taken to
bring it down, the people are go
ing to be fearful of the future
lor long experience tells them
that when debt GETS PILED TOO
HIGH bad trouble is pretty sure
to follow.
Something to think about:
The world's skyrocketing popu
lation is expected to DOUBLE
by the year 1980 and to be trebled
by the year 2.000, when it is ex
pected to . reach a total of SIX
BILLIONS. This bit of information
is contained in a report just is
sued by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Na
tions. And. the publication adds, from
there on the world's population is
expected to keep on going up in
huge multiples every year.
Every cloud is supposed to
have a silver lining.
In this case, let's hope that as
a result of the swiftly burgeoning
population of the world Ihe United
Slates of America will finally find
an outlet for its fantastic stores
of food that presently seem to
hang like a dark thundercloud
over the markets of the future.
Congo Unity
Move Slated
KOLWEZI. Katanga, The Congo
tl'PD United Nations officials,
following up the peaceful U.N.
take over of this last Katangosr
stronghold, laid the groundwork
today for bringing Katanga Prov
ince back into the Congo.
The next reunification moves
were expected to lake place in
Ihe provincial capital of Elisa
bcthville where representatives of
Premier Cyrille Adoula's central
government were awaiting talks,
wilh Katanga's President Moisc
Tshomhe.
Tsliombc. who had vowed to
fight In the end. concluded his
31-monlh-long secession oflicially
Monday by surrendering Kolwezi.
U.N. troops entered the important
mining center without a shot
being fired.
The action brought all major
military operations in the Congo
to an end although U.N. forces
still were mopping up small pock
ets of resistance in the north.
T!ie Katancese president re
mained al a villa on the edge of
l'ie city, pending arrangements
for reunification discussions.
Though the military phase of
the U.N. reunification campaign
was over, much negotiation and
hard work lay ahead to gel the
Conco back on ils feet.
One of the key queslions is Ihe
place Tshnmbp is In have in a
federated t'oncn. After two and a
half years of hitler opposition.
Tshnmhe is not remarried with
much favor by the LoopoMville
government.
Test Talks
Begin Anew
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United Slate--. Rnlain and Russia
planned to n-sumc nuclear test
hail talks here today, apparently
clo-er t agreement in principle
tun ever bolnvr.
Vet. though President Kennedy
and Soviet Premier S'ikita S.
Khiu-hchev narrowed the issues
in ait exchange of letters pub
lished this week, there were still
key IsMie and dorrns of details
in dispute.
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Adenauer, De Gaulle Sign
Mutual
PARIS lUPli-French President:
Charles de Gaulle and West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
today signed a treaty pledging co
operation between the two nations
that have fought three major wars
in the last 100 years.
The historic document provides
that the heads of the two nations
will meet at least every six
months, that their ministers of for
eign affairs and defense will con
sult frequently, and that they will j
exchange troops and training fa
cilities for joint maneuvers.
The treaty is in line with De
Gaulle's conception of a loosely
linked "Europe of the Father
lands" and provides no supra
Pearson Poses Change
In Compensation Plan
SALEM lUPD - Sen. Walter
Pearson today introduced his own
workmen's compensation bill that
would let private insurance firms
into the field.
It also would completely revamp
Oregon's workmen's compensation
procedures.
"I believe it is a model work
men s compensation law. Pear
son said, "one that will be of
benefit to all workers in Oregon,
and fair to both workers and
employers."
The bill, drafted at Pearson'sl
request, was introduced by t h e
Senate Labor and Industries Com
mittee which Pearson heads.
Pearson said he also expects his
committee lo introduce an alter
nate workmen's compensation pro
posal being drafted after recom
mendations of a special gover
nor's advisory committee.
Lalior terms the Pearson pro
posal a "three-way" bill, similar
to Ihe one that labor fought a
holding action against in 1931 . The
term "three-way" refers lo tin?
three ways of insuring by the
state, by self-insurance, and by
private insurance.
Labor's objection centers on the
private insurance aspect. A labor
pokesman today said private
firms would be able lo cream off
the good accounts, raising stale
costs for Ihe more hazardous ac
counts. The proposal by the special gov
ernor's committee, tentatively en
dorsed by labor, would only let
private firms write rc-insurancc.
Pearson termed it "rather limi
ted, a one and seven-eighths"
bill.
A Portland insurance man.
Pearson said his firm "does not
write insurance of this type."
Pearson said his new bill. SB30.
differs in one significant feature
from two years ago. He said it
provides for a state group to su
pcrvise all claims, including those
covered by private policies.
"The important thing." Pear
son said of his 157-mimengraphcd
page bill, "is that claims will be
paid properly in accordance with
benefits prescribed by law. Some
YMCA Drive
Opens Today
Sixty ranch hands and bosses
were "rounded up" for the YMCA
membership drive kick-off break
fast at 6 43 a.m. Tuesday at the
"Y" cookhouse.
Quinn Hawley. master of cere
monies, mapped out the strategy
(or Hie adult membership round
up and .lan. n. 23 and 29 were
set as dates for the ranch owners
cteam eaptainsi report lunch
enns.
Mai "Galloping" Grllup will be
the rounnuo boss and Jim "Slim'
Victor will be his assistant.
victory breakfast is sched
uled for Jan. .11 at which time
each ranch owner will get an
opportunity to burn his mortgage
If the ranch owner and his crew
interview all their prospects the
terms of the mortgage will be
recognized as fulfilled.
The goal is 578 new members
or $5,775. About 60 per cent of the
"Y" activities are supported by
membership fees.
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Cooperation Pact
national authority nor a common
parliament.
De Gaulle and Adenauer signed
the document in the French Presi
dent's Elyscc Palace.
The ceremony took place after
Adenauer appealed to De Gaulle
to refrain from provoking a com
plete breach in the Brussels talks
on Britain's entry into the Com
mon Market. German sources said
De Gaulle had promised to con
sider the suggestion.
Adenauer olfercd De Gaulle a
face-saving compromise under
which the Brussels negotiations
would be suspended temporarily
w hile the Common Market's exec
utive commission draws up an "in-
things can still be improved,'
Pearson said.
"The members of my commit
tee are fair minded and not com
mitted." he said. "We hope to
work out a bill that everyone is
going to be happy with."
Proposals for income tax cuts
for everyone and homestead tax
exemptions for the elderly were
introduced in the Senate today.
Sen. John Hare, R-Hillsboro,
called for a 10 per cent flat re
duction in the personal income
tax.
The elderly homestead tax ex
emption bill would exempt $5,000
of the value of a home owned
by a person 63 or over with in
come of $2,500 a year or less.
A memorial was introduced in
memory of former Salem mayor
and state Sen. Robert F. White
who died in Mav, MM, after serv
in Ihe 1''I legislature.
Negro Takes
Final Exams
OXFORD. Miss. iUPI '-Negro1
student James II. Meredith lakes
his final semester examination at
"Ole Miss" today before leaving
the campus, perhaps for good.
Meredith has been reported in
erious academic difficulty and
there was growing sieculalion he
would not return for Hie next se
mester. His examination grades
could have a bearing on whether
he will be back at the university
next semester.
Meredith, whose entrance into
the previously all-white university
on Sept. .10 touched off rioting
that resulted in two deaths and
scores injured, failed to show up
Monday for his final examination
in mathematics.
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YMCA ROUNDUP UNDERWAY The 1963 "Y" mem
berihip drive bosses display the potter listing the names
of "ranch owners" and "hands" who will be working
toward the goal of 578 new members for the Klamatn
Falls YMCA. Shown, from left, art Leon Clark, "Y"
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AND D0CUB2NTS DIV.
ventory" of points on which Brit
ain and the six Common Market
nations still are deadlocked.
Adenauer told De Gaulle, ac
cording to German sources, that
West Germany still believes Brit
ish membership in the Common
Market is desirable.
German sources said there are
"strong hopes" that Adenauer per
suaded the French leader that the
Brussels situation is critical and
that an open breach must be
avoided.
The German sources said Ade
nauer and De Gaulle also dis
cussed France's rejection of Pres
ident Kennedy's offer of Polaris
missiles.
Adenauer was in a favored po
sition lo exert pressure on De
Gaulle. The two have agreed to
an historic reconciliation of their
nations traditional enemies whose
quarrels have drenched Europe
and the world in bloody wars dat
ing back a thousand years.
French Foreign Office spokes
man Claude Lcbel sought to as
sure the rest of Europe that the
treaty was not aimed at any
other nation.
"On the contrary, it must be
regarded as the first, indispensa
ble step leading toward the unity
of Europe for which both sides
hope," he said.
The treaty will be submitted to
both national parliaments for rat
ification. It wilt be accompanied
by a joint statement hy the two
leaders.
Cold Slugs
Mid-Nation
Ily Uniled Press International
A new outbreak of Arctic air
slugged the nation's midsection to
day and crops were threatened in
Southern California.
The new surge of cold spread
Ihroiieh Montana. Wyoming, the
Dakotas and Minnesota and cold
wave warnings were issued as lar
south as Oklahoma. Texas and
Arkansas.
Light snow accompanied the in
flow and northerly winds created
drifts in manv areas.
In Olathe. Colo., residents had
no water from the town reservoir
because of frozen pipes. They
hauled water from a town eight
miles away.
Temperatures were below freez
ing across most of Ihe nation and
below zero readings were com
mon over northern Michigan and
much of Wisconsin. At daybreak
it was 34 below at International
Kails, Minn.
The Weather Bureau issued a
cold wave warning for the high
plains area from Montana to New
Mexico. Blizzard warnings were
out for South Dakota.
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"T-S-S-S-T T-S-T" This baby bobcat- weighs 17 pounds. She is I year old, the
house pet of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cacka of Macdoel. Checkers was born by Caesar
ean birth near Dorris with two other infants after her mother was caught in a trap
by a professional trapper of predatory animals. She was nursed by a Siamese moth
er cat, Cheeta, 17 pounds I and continues her baby ways, taking a "nip" now and
then, holding down her "mom" for performance if she objects. Checkers is affec
tionate, loves to neck and nibble ears. A 5-month-old baby in the family is the only
one that can touch her tail. She is not afraid of strangers but is jealous of her food,
eats raw meat and canned dog food in generous quantities. Her claws were removed
for safety and to save screen doors. This week she moves to San Bernardino, Calif.
Council Hears Complaints
On Dog
A group of disgruntled citizens
appeared at Ihe cily council meet
ing last night and took some
verbal swipes at the council for
wnal-wus lcrnci .to be its inabil
ity to enforce the new dog leash
law.
Alter Uie council heard I h e
complainants, it condemned a
dwelling at 1536 Sargent Street
but granted Die owner. Arthit.'
Stites, six months in which to re
move the building or restore it
according to specifications of the
cily building code.
Among a variety of other busi-
the council conducted read
of two ordinances, one on
the annexing of Ixmia Linda
Heights lo the city and another
on establishing a music license
for businesses which feature live
or instrumental music and charge
their patrons a fee.
In the controversy involving Ihe
leash law, George Knight, a mill
worker residing at 1616 Worden
Avenue, protested lo the council
that approximately six dogs have
licon at large in his neighborhood
since the ordinance was approved
by voters last November.
Knight told the council that he
was concerned about the manner
in which people were openly de
fying the new ordinance, as did
Howard A. Mark, a welder of
2201 Vine Avenue and Claude B.
Kittrell. an iron worker residing
'at 727 Rnseway Drive.
eecutiva secretary; Mai Gellup, roundup boss, and Joe
Victor, assistant boss. Ranch owners are Jack Holt, Dick
Henzel, Bob Ford, Al Goiit, Quinn Hawley, Merland
Phelpi, Art Gerlach, Martin Lougee, Bob Mezger and
Wilbur Womer.
TUESDAY. JANUARY 22, 19M
Ways,
Leash Law Failure
Mark cited an example in hisi
own neighborhood. He said that
many of the dogs which had run
loose before the law became et
fectivcare still at large and their
owners, apparently, do not in
tend to keep llicm off the slreetd.
Board, Room
Raise Talked
PORTLAND (UPIi - The State
Board of Higlicr Education today
considered a proposal that it raise
d o r m i t o ry board and room
charges al the stale's six colleges
and universities.
The plan was advanced hy Dr.
Roy Licuallen, chancellor of the
State System of Higher Education.
He said the additional money
was needed to meet uiereascd
food and maintenance costs.
Some of llic money also would
k used in the purchase of addi
tional land and construction ol
new dormitories, Licuallen aaid.
The proposal brought on a pro
test march and demonstration by
"fl Oregon Slate University stu
dents at Cnrvallis last Thursday
The increase would be about $40
a year per student. It would raise
the average charges for a student
in a dormitory to $720 a year.
Telephone
Means Green Li
Kittrell argued thai ho had tel
cphoned the city pound at vari
ous limes to report dogs loose in
hia area but was usually unable
to reach the poiuidmastcr.
He directed his complaint
Mayor Robert Veatch, citing that
on one occasion he had tried in
vain to contact the poundmasler
during a period of an hour. .
'he mayor explained that the
poundmaster was "on the job 24
hours a day" and in addition to
patrolling the streets for stray
dogs he was required to care for
Ihe animals at the pound, clean
tlie kennels, and perform oilier.
duties
Despite the poundmaster s many
Idulies, he was doing "a good
job" ridding the streets of stray
dogs. Hie mayor noted
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Milk Board
Plan Dropped
TILLAM(K)K (UPD-Tlie com
mittee charged with drafting a
new Oregon milk price stabiliza
tion bill has decided lo drop plans
for a milk commission and advi
sory board.
That means the milk marketing
program will continue to be based
in the State Department of Agri
culture, according to George
Milne, Tillamook dairyman and
chairman of the committee.
The proposed bill will be sub
mitted to -tie legislature by tlie
dairy industry.
Milne said tlie commission and
advisory board were dropped to
remove any possible objections
that Die program would be con
trolled by producers.
Protest Expected On Order
To Slash
An order hy Ihe Klamath Coun
ty Court reducing the work sched
ule of some 70 employes in the
County Road Department from
45 to 40 hours per week may
result in a mass protest by those
affected by the change, the Her
ald and News learned Tuesday.
The cutback to the shorter work
week was made hy the court on
the recommendation of the Roads
Advisory Committee and will go
Into effect Jan. 20. according to
County Engineer John Creed.
The recommendation was ap
proved In order to return those
employed on tlie antiquated nine-
hour day system to the widely
accepted eight-hour schedule, In
effect In other county depart
ments, said County Commissioner
Ken Allison.
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Flitcraf t Votes No'
To Amend Salary Plan
SALEM (UP1) An amended
legislators' pay bill was approved
in a 10-4 split vote Monday by
tlie Joint Ways and Means Com
mittee. The bill calls for a $3,000 an
nual salary, to be paid $230
monthly, and $20 daily expenses
bile the legislature is in session.
The bill was amended to limit the
daily expense pay to not more
than 120 days.
Voting against tlie measure
ere Sen. Walter Leth. R -Salem;
Sen. L. W. Newbry. R-Ashland;
Rep. Stafford Hansell, R-Hermis-ton:
and Rep. George C. Flitcraft,
R-Klamalh Falls.
The joint Senate House com
mittee then voted unanimously for
$1,225,000 appropriation to fi
nance tlie legislature through June
30, and switched legislative ap
propriation dates to match the
biennium dates, rather than calen-
lar dates as has been the prac
tice.
The date change produces a
$300,000 "paper saving," mov
ing the expenditure to the next
biennium.
Pay Cut Fails
Moves to limit the daily ex
pense to $13, and to cut legisla
tors pay to $130 a month failed
to win committee approval.
Rep. John Mosser, D-Beaverton,
nicccssfully moved for the 120
day limit on expenses.
Sen. Al Flegel, D - Roseburg,
urged adoption of tlie new pay
bill, and said "it is not an ex
orbitant amount."
Ren. Shirley Field, R-Portland,
urged the $20 a day expense be1
limited lo 100 days, and said such
a limit would be "an incentive to
hasten decisions."
Sen. Alfred Corbett. D-Portland
explained the limit might work
against "full consideration" of
legislation, although he said
did not oppose such a limit.
Banks Offer
Compromise
SALEM I UPII National
hanks offered to compromise with
the state of Oregon Monday in a
tax feud involving about $1 mil
lion a year.
R. R. Bullivant told the Senate
Tax Committee the banks would
accept a seven per cent corpor
ate excise tax retroactive to 1957,
That is two per cent less than
the slate is trying to collect, but
one per cent more than the banks
have heretofore Indicated they are;
willing to pay. The dispute is cur
rently before the courts.
The controversy involves the six
per cent corporate lax levied
against other corporations. The
banks say under a federal law
they cannot be taxed at a higher
rate.
The state says, however, the
other corporations pay other tax
es, such as the personal property
tax, not levied against banks.
Bullivant said the national
hanks would be willing to settle
for the seven per cent rate, let-
ling the one per cent differential
balance personal property taxes
paid by oilier corporations.
Some members of the commit
tee, however, appeared cool to the
proposal. A bill already has been
introduced in the House aimed at
helping tlie state maintain the
nine per cent rate.
County Work Week
Foremen and engineers In the
department receive set salaries
and are not affected by t h e
rhange, which will resul' in about
$15 less weekly pay for those
paid hy Ihe hour.
Under the present schedule, em
ployes of the department who are
paid on an hourly rate work
nine hours a day and receive
overtime for work in addition to
eight hours, according to Creed.
Allison explained that the nine-!
hour day was put Into effect some
years ago to bring the wages of
the road department employes up!
to a level equal to that of similar
employes in nearby counties.
Since then, the wages of the
county employes have been In
creased until their hourly rate Is
now on a par with other counties
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulelake and
Lukcvlrw Mostly fair tonight
with Increasing cloudiness Wed
ncsduy. Generally light winds,
fooler Wednesday, Lows tonight
4 in Lower Klamath Basin to near
10 In Klamath Falls. Highs Wed
nesday 43.
Sen. Vernon Cook, D-Gresham,
urged passage, and said tlio $3,
000 salary "if anything is con
servative, not excessive."
Hansell Seeks Cut
Hansell asked the salaries be
cut to $150 a monih, and expenses
to $15 a day. Newbry called for
$150 a month salaries, but favored
retention of the $20 u day ex
pense item.
Earlier Monday tlie House Tax
ation Committee began discussion
of proposed technical changes in
timber laws.
Senate President Ben Musa ap
peared before the Senate Agri
culture Committee in support of
supplementary appropriation to
finance two horticultural research
projects.
One would study damage to
cherry crops from fluoridation
fallout from industrial activity.
The second would probe ways of
eliminating crop damage caused
by symphilids.
idel Offers
Jo Release
Relatives
MIAMI. Fla. (UPI) The Red
Cross pushed plans today to ac
cept Fidel Castro s unexpected
offer to free more than 1.000 per
sons from Communist Cuba tins
week.
More than 900 relatives of the
recently freed Cuban Invaders will
be brought to the Uniled Slates
aboard the freighter Shirley
he.
Lykes, presently unloading ran
som cargo at Havana. Approxi
mately 205 Cuban-Americans will
he flown to the United States
Wednesday and Friday.
Vice Presidents John Wilson and
Raymond Eaton of the American
Red Cross flew to Havana this
morning to take charge of ar
rangements being made in Cuba.
A plane donated by Pan Ameri
can World Airways is scheduled
to fly to Cuba Wednesday with a
doctor and Red Cross nursing
team, 1,000 cots, blankets and
other supplies to be put aboard
the Shirley Lykes.
The freighter, a $10 million ves
sel donated by the American ship
pers, is scheduled to set sail for
Port Everglades, Fla.. just north
of Miami, as soon as the ransom
supplies are unloaded and (lie pas
sengers can be put aboard.
Red Cross spokesmen said Its
departure time was uncertain be
cause of rainy weather that has
delayed the unloading. It could
sail as early as midnight Wednes
day, but could be as late as some
time Friday, the Red Cross said.
The first freighter to carry sup
plies to ransom the Cuban prison
ers, the African Pilot, returned lo
the United States Dec. 27 with 922
relatives of tlie prisoners. Since
then, 179 Cubans holding Ameri
can citizenship papers have been
flown to -ihis country.
Tlie announcement from the
Swiss Embassy in Havana Mon
day night that Cuban authorities
had promised to give exit permits
to 900 to 1.000 Cuban citizens di
rectly related lo the former Giron
Beach I invasion) prisoners came
ai an abrupt and unexplained
surprise.
in Southern Oregon, the county
court believes.
But employes of the Klamath
County Road Department have a
dilfcrent opinion.
Next Wednesday, a group rep
resenting tlie local department
is expected to appear before the
county court with evidence that
their rate of pay Is still less titan
that of road workers elsewhere in
Southern Oregon,
Meanwhile, tlie county court will
be conducting a study of its own.
If the court finds that road de
partment employes are being paid
at less Uian llio prevailing rate
it will recommend lo the Budget
Committee that tlie wages of those
workers be raised accordingly,
Allison stated.
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