In The Legislature
By GEORGE C. FLITCRAFT
Three sales tax proposals have
been introduced into the House.
(Note: H.B. 1332 introduced by
Representative Rogers was out
lined last week. There are no ad
ditional details available on his
plan. It is still in skeletal form).
House Bill 1301 introduced by
Representative McKinnis calls for
a three per cent retail sales tax
(similar to California I with exclu
sions on food, prescription drugs.
medical supplies, feed, seed, fertil
izer and gasoline.
The tax will be collected by the
State Tax Commission and the en
tire amount returned to the vari
ous counties in proportion to the
population of the county. The coun
ty in turn w ill distribute the fii
to all taxing districts as a direct
offset against property tax.
The proponents of this measure,
which would be referred to the
people for their adoption or rejec
tion claim that local property tax.
es have reached the saturation
point and that this sales tax bill
will bring direct and positive re
lief. According to their estimates,
the amount of property tax relief
in Klamath County will be. about
$1,450,000. Based on a current levy
of $4,971,000, this would amount
tn about a 2!) per cent reduction
in property taxes.
The opponents of a sales tax,
many of whom campaigned for of
fice on the premise of being op
posed to it, contend that the peo
plj in Oregon have rejected the
saies tax many times and are
not about to odopt one now.
The governor is also known to
be opposed to a sales tax as a
means of solving the state's tax
problem, but the sponsors of this
plan point out that this plan is
not intended to solve the state tax
problem only to reduce local
property taxes.
House Bill 1163 will be of special
Interest to many who live in un-
Sightseers
See Kennedy
WASHINGTON UPl - Sight
seers taking advantage of sunny
Washington weather were awe
struck to find President Kennedy
in their midst.
There was Kennedy, first walk
ing about the ellipse near the
White House, with his friend,
newspaperman Charles Bartlett,
Chicago Sun-Times correspondent.
Then the President ordered a
car, and with Bartlett set out to
pee other capital sights, just like
a tourist. It happened hunday
when a warm sun sent the tem
perature In around 60.
At the Smithsonian Institution,
Kennedy and Bartlett toured the
aircraft and missile exhibit to see
astronaut John Glenn's space cap
sule. Then they went to the reflect
ing pool, which reflects the Wash
ington Monument in Us glassy
waters. Kennedy walked around
the pool, watching children play
with their boats, and gazed at
Hie nearby Lincoln Memorial.
Kennedy's car then took him tn
Itobcrt E. Lee's mansion in Ar
lington Cemetery, where he took
the full tour.
He returned tn the White House
after about two and a half hours
of sightseeing.
Manv neonle recognizer Ken
nedy during the tour, but few-
made any attempt tn approach
him. Two women asked if they
could shake his hand and an el
dcrly man asked if he could
photograph the President.
"Surely," said Kennedy.
NOW AT SHAWS
incorporated areas. It was intro
duced by several memberi of the
Interim Committee on Local Gov
ernment.
The 1961 session passed legisla
tion which permitted counties to
adopt plans for and administer
sewage disposal facilities. This bill
expands this authority to include
water supply, drainage and street
lighting.
It is permissive legislation. The
county court may enter into con
tracts and-or agrecmnts covering
such services, but only after ap
proval, of the voters in a special
election in the proposed district.
"srSSTVarinss JflRT published no
tices must precede the special
election.
The- proponents of the bill claim
that this approach to the prob
lem will provide greater efficicn
cy and economy than the present
law which permits numerous in
dependent service districts
througlKMit the area. They point
out that the overlapping multiplic
ity ot special districts in existence
at the present time creates inef
ficiency and claim that local vot
ers in small service districts are
apathetic and frequently unin
formed.
The opponents to the measure
advance the objection that, if
passed, the law will hinder the or
derly growth and normal ex
pansion of cities. They contend
that with a county In a position to
provide such services the peo
ple will be reluctant to merge
with an adjacent incorporated
area.
One public hearing has been
held and another one will be
scheduled at a later dale, accord
ing to the chairman of the House
Local Government Committee. In
dications are that it will not be
approved by the committee in its
present form.
Among visitors at the state capi
lol this week were Rube Long
Fort Rock: Forrest E. Cooper.
I.akeview: George Callison. Ted
Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. Mickey
Wampler, George H. Proctor, and
Lawrence Slater of Klamath Falls.
Shasta Club
Changes Hall
MOUNT SHASTA The old ar
mory building in- Mount Shasta
City Park has been designated
as the new meeting place for the
Ml. Shasta Horsemen. The bus!
ness meeting will be held the
third Thursday of each month
at 8 p.m., and the social meeting
is scheduled th first Sunday of
each rnonth. The social gathering
will always be preceded by a pot
luck dinner and will feature speak
ers, movies, and various programs
pertaining to horses.
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CHECK PRESENTED Joe Hiclcs, right, United Fund
president, presented a check to Dr. George Nicholson,
Klamath Basin Red Cross Chapter chairman, the March
remittance of the Red Cross share of the United Fund
campaign officially closed recently. Due to affiliation
with the UF no Red Cross campaign for funds is being
conducted this month. The entire Klamath County budget
for the Red Cross is included in the UF goal.
Russians Mark Decade
Since Deaih Of Sialin
MOSCOW UPI - The Soviet
Union, in grim, uneasy fashion,
Tuesday marked the end of its
first decade since dictator .loscf
Stalin died in the Kremlin.
In former days, the occasion
would have brought forth cere
monies and tributes. But now.
with Stalin discredited by his suc
cessors, there was silence or
abuse.
The only recognition of the for
mer leader was expected to be
the usual file of curious visitors
past Stalin's grave alongside the
Kremlin wall.
Memory Vilified
The man who ruled Russia w ith
an iron hand for more than a
quarter of a century still lies
buried in a place of honor. Bui
his memory has been daubed
with blood and vilification in a
massive campaign of de-Stalini-
zation carried out by Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev and the
current Communist hierarchy.
So low has Sialin been down
graded that all official mention
of today's anniversary date has
been removed from Soviet calen
dars. The de-Stalinization campaign
has been extended through the
Communist bloc except for RedJ
China and Albania, which still
honor Stalin's n;imc. Red China
and Albania adhere to Stalin's
"hard line" Communist policies
as opposed to Khrushchev's pol
icy of peaceful coexistence.
Suffers Brain Hemorrhage
Sialin died March 5, 1953, of a
brain hemorrhage at the age of
73. His death, after such a long
period of one-man rule, set off a
scramble for power in the Com
munist party hierarchy. From
brief period of "collective leader
ship," Khrushchev emerged as
party chairman and premier and
the recognized leader ot the So
viet Union.
It was Khrushchev who initiat
ed the de-Stalinization campaign
with his famed anti-Stalin "secret
speech" in 195(i. The campaign
has been aimed at blaming Sta
lin for Russia's mistakes of the
past and maligning him for his
police-terror methods.
Sialin rose to power after Lenin
died in 1U24.
Ex-Premier Predicts Fall
Of De Gaulle In Broadcast
LONDON (l'Pl - The British
split with France widened today
the angry aftermath of a
broadcast on Britain's government-owned
television of a state
ment by former French Pre
mier Georges Bidault who pre
dicted the overthrow of the
French government.
Bidault made the statement in
filmed interview telecast Mon
day night by the British Broad
casting Corporation on a popular
program called "Panorama," with
aclaimed audience of nine mil
lion persons.
The interview was maiV in Brit-
am, pos&ialy in January, and the
BBC paid Rirlauii' a ice lor it.
In the intt.-vicw. Bidault. who has
been in flight from France, said
his underground Council of Na
tional Resistance was plotting
President Charles dc Gaulle's
overthrow and was confident of
success.
The "insult" tn the French
president rocked government of
fices in both Paris and London,
and set off an angry parliamen
tary clash between the ruling Con
servatives and the opposition La
bor party.
The incident was front page
news in both Britain and France.
Home Secretary Henry Brooke
brought roars of ironic laughter
from all sides of Die House of
Commons when he blandly said
there was no evidence that Bidau
is in Britain, although he strongly
indicated he kid been here.
Brooke said, however, the gov
ernment had no know ledge of his
presence when the BBC filmed the
interview in London.
Altliough tlie BBC is state
owned, it operates witltotit gov
ernment control, so it was able
to telecast the controversial inter
view without official censorship.
The broadcast came al a time
when the two countries have been
at loggerheads over France's veto
of Britain's bid (or membership
in the European Common Market
Jan. 29.
Texas Site I
Draws Blast
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Rep.
K.W. (Bill) Stinson. R-Wash.,
charged Monday that politics may
have played a part in the selec
tion of General Dynamics Corp. to
build the new TFX fighter at its
Fort Worth. Tex., plant.
Stinson suggested that tlie new-
plane might better have been
called "the LBJ." j
This indirect reference to Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson, a
Texan, prompted Rep. Jim Wright!
D-Tcx., to a counter charge. I
Since the question of political
influence had been raised, Wright
said, he thought it proper to ask
Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash.
"If he is prepared to deny that
on at least seven different occa
sions his office initiated contacts
with top government officials" in
behalf of tlie Boeing Co.'s attempt
to get the TFX contract.
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