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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1963)
PAGE. HERALD fcdihfuaL (paqsb Sledge Hammer Tax Methods The more one looks at pending proposals for alleged "lax reform," the more some of these schemes take on a fraudulent appear ance. U.S. News & World Report tells about one such scheme in a late issue. It has to do with the cattle industry. Without going into detail, It concerns the fact that losses result ing from cattle raising which is a highly speculative activity can sometimes be off set against other income. The effect of the proposed legislation, says the magazine, ". . . would be to discourage any city person with an income of more than $15,000 a year from investing in cattle or other farm enterprises. There also is a Treasury idea to apply a double tax on property at death first a tax on the capital gain, if any, then an estate lax on what's left." So, to go on, ". . . the Government is EEC Three months have passed since France's President Charles de Gaulle blocked Britain's entry into the European Common Market and thereby sharply slowed the movement toward European unity. A satisfactory alternative course has not yet been found. The urge toward unity still has great vigor.' Eager proponents of an expanded Com mon Market have been re-examining motives and methods ever since Dc Gaulle dropped his January boriOshell. Holland's Sicco Mansholt, vice president of the Commission of the European Economic Community and the architect of Common Mar ket agricultural policy, is one who doggedly insists that a unity embracing Britain and others must surely be achieved one day. Nevertheless, judging from his recent comment in Washington, he appears to have no answer as to how and when so long as De Gaulle bars Britain's way. . He is one among many European figures who do not believe there can be progress on De Gaulle's evident terms a closed conti IN WASHINGTON New By RALPH dc TOLEDANO In a free economy, the rise and fall of prices arc dictated by supply and demand. In a controlled wartime economy, the Congress puts aside the laws of the market placo and freezes wages and prices. The Constitu tion sanctions wartime price con trol because it realizes that un der crisis the government must take slops which would be con sidered extra-legal in peacetime. The Kennedy Administration, subscribing to the theory that every day brings calamity, has decided to impose its own sys tem of price controls. If the Pres ident smiles, then prices can go up. If he frowns, then beware. A year ago, the steel industry or a substantial segment of it at tempted to raise Us prices. Ask not whether this was necessary or not. In the past, if prices were increased beyond what the market would stand, then great QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS n " what n.imj fflil Ihe an. rlents refer to the cedar of lh anon? A llio tree oi uoa, nccause the wood went into the roof beams of many of Hie celebrated temples. Q How many airraids art known to exist? A-More than 1,500. The largest is Ceres. 500 miles in diameter. Q From what period dor (he oldest papyrus map date? A-The Turin papyrus of an un identified Egyptian gold mine Is dated 1320 B.C. Q What do the Four Hon mr n of the Apocalypse represent? A Conquest, slaughter, famine and death. , tt-ln what country were the oldest known mammoth bones found? A-Mammoth bones three mil lion years old have been found in India. Q Which planet makes the hirtJ't orbit around the sun? A Mercury. AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Orrgon Unity Must Come Frontier Loses Face corporations went out of busi ness. It was recognized that no one could inflate the price lag beyond what the market would bear. Jlr. Kennedy, however, in tervened drastically and the steel companies backed down the hill. In that particular conflict, the President recalled a paternal ref erence to all businessmen as "s.o.b's," and through Secretary of Defense McNamara handed nut government contracts for steel purchases to foreign companies, thereby increasing U.S. unem ployment. This was, however, considered an isolated instance in which Mr. Kennedy blew his stack and the so-called "big busi nessmen" turned turtle. But industry's hesitancy to stand up lor its rights and Ihe White House insistence that it had the xiwer to dictate to Uie private sector on matters gov crncd neither by the Constitution nor any act of Congress seem to have established a precedent, The evidence is all in your daily newspacr. One steel com pany, which found that its oper ating profits were not sulficienl. raised prices on a number of its products. The stock market thereupon went into an absolute tizzy rising and falling till it be came clear that Mr. Kennedy would not call out the Army, Navy, and Air Force (not io mention the FBI' to subdue this insurrection. When it became clear thai the White House staff was not sharpening its guillotine, Ihc business community breathed mote easily. The shock in Washington, how ever, was not the kind thai can be measured by the ordina ry political seismographs. But in the cloakrooms of House anil Senate, in the chatter of the Na tional Press Club members' bar, and in other Washington environs known for conversation ami de hale, tlie While House reaction to an announcement of a price rise hy a small sleel company caused considerable consternation. For through its journalistic claque, the President has now made it known that he will de cide when prices can go up and how much. When a second steel company increased its rates, ihe New York Times said in lis head line. "Accepted by Kennedy." And this is the shocker. A year ago, there were many who ar gued that U.S. Steel's Roger Monday, April 22. 193 said to come along proposing to use a sledge hammer with destructive effects to get at a small speculative abuse." If this represents one of the ways to spur the economy which is supposed to be the fundamental principle underlying the whole tax revision program then words have lost their meaning and Alice-in-Wonder-land should be made President by acclama tion. A cattle ranch is not, as a rule, a liquid asset. Cash capital is usually small, with the values lying in animals and equipment and both, often, are mortgaged. The proposed law would undermine the whole meat industry which rests on the livestock producer, the source of its raw material. Who'd lose? The ranchers, of course, and all other elements in that industry. Then, beyond this, the ulti mate beating would be taken by consumers and, in all probability, the tax collector too. nental economic system dominated by France. Possibly the continental advocates of Britain's entry are quietly looking to the day when De Gaulle will have left the political stage. Mansholt, for instance, was careful to praise France lavishly for providing the origi nal push toward unity in the labors of Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet. There cannot be many in Europe who be lieve that new help will come from France on this score through a change in De Gaulle's mind. For those who see a widening European unity as vital to future security and well being, the waiting without action is hard. Some find limited comfort in the knowledge that all great undertakings have their crises. Still, unity leaders like Mansholt do not think that the continued powerful pull of na tionalismexemplified chiefly in De Gaulle's approach can be allowed to prevail indefi nitely. The notion is strong that the unity must somehow sustain its momentum if Western Europe is to hold its place in the rising compe tition of the late 20th century. Blough had invited catastrophe by making a special visit to the White House to inlorm the Presi dent of Hie across-the-board in crease. This, in effect, made Mr. Kennedy a party to the transac tion. But in this instance, Mr. Kennedy had no more right to say yea or nay than the man in the moon. Unless we have accept ed a Nazi-Communist philosophy, the rise and fall of prices cannnl lie controlled by the White House. Even in wartime, it was the Con gress which imposed an Office of Price Administration and it was a Congress which wrote it oil the books despite the attempts of President Harry S. Truman to perpetuate it. The New Frontier may have overdone it. The steel industry will set its prices on the basis of profit and loss. So will the rest ol American business. Tile While House may have intimidated the slock market. But in the long run. Ihe .New Frontier has made more enemies than friends in this latest show of raw power. And it is friends who win elections. Al manac Hy l ulled Press International Today is Monday. April 22. the 112th day ot l'.HU with 2.VI more lo billow. The moon is approaching its new phase. The morning stars arc Venus and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury and Mais. (in this day in history: In 1864. Congress authorized the mint to use the motto "In Cod We Trust" on nil U.S. coins. In l!HS, the Herman niniv he Hiii using poison gas in World War I in violation ol the rules of Ihe Hague Convention. In 1944. Allied soldiers invaded New Guinea. In 1554. the Senate permanent investigating subcommittee start ed hearings on the quarrel be tween lite Armv and Sen. Joseph McCarthy, RWis. A thought lor Hie day Frcnih novelist Marcel Proust said: "The lime which we have t our dis posal eveiy day is elastic: the passions that we feel expand it, (hose that we inspired contract it, and habit fills up what remains." r i A '.. - AV I mmm mm, fm LETTERS TO THE Candidate Outlines There are two important as pects to our school planning. First is the urgent objective of finding relief for the pressure on KUHS and our suburban elementary schools. Second is the area of long-term city-county objectives: equality of educational opportunity wherever possible; redisricting to allow for non-overlapping 2-12 grade dis tricts; eventual junior high sys tems cither 6-3-3 or 6-2-4; flexibil ity for community growth cou pled with tax economy, reason able property tax base equaliza tion, and maintenance of high quality. Our' school boards have been working diligently with these ob jectives in mind. Citizen groups have also devoted themselves to these objectives. But time is running out. Unless a plan can be evolved immediately from their experi ence and deliberations, the next few weeks, not months, will see the county going its way on a building program unrelated to ur ban needs, and the city embark ing on a building program un related to county needs. In the absence of a city-county plan, let's look at the alterna tive of a unilateral city building program. 1. Construct a 600 - 700 student ninth grade at Summers Lane site for $1,500,000. This puts our schools on a 7-1-1-3 basis, perhaps permanently. Relief is temporary, occupancy would be imiossible before the fall of 1965. It would particularly ail to meet long term objectives. 2. Expand this school to a 1.200 student junior high at total cost of $2,500,000. 3. Or, expand this school to a 600-700 high school at a total cost of approximately $2,230,000. 4. Or. construct two junior highs This and That ACROSS 1 Mineral rock 4 Restaurant 8 Greater quantity 12 Persian Rate way 13 Overt 14 Love pod 15 High card Iti Performance IB Kscntmre 20 Natives of Jjtvia 21 Poetic contraction 22 God of love 24 Delay 26 Kirchix mountains 27 Saratoga, (or instance 30 Snap substitutes ,12 Inclined 34 Ocean vessels law .in Kditors (ah H7 Communists 39 Writing fluids 40 Head top 41 Hail! 42 Doctrine 45 Caroured 40 Counterfeit SI Age r2 Heap 53 Above 54 Court psv title 5a One who (suffix) M Saucv 57 Perched DOWN 1 Fast Indian woody vine 2 Speed contest 3 Constructions 4 Apple centers b Mim tetter ft Hemp plant 7 Conclusion 35 Rrculsle hv 1 12 13 14 15 16 7 I 18 19 110 111 12 13 14 il 16 iT" 18 IT" r20 21 J22 23 24 25 111 ' j 27 28" W 30 31 I 132 33 36 I"" 13 38j Jy" 40 rl41 VyT-TiT I "4b' 46 47 48 49 50 "" 5l 52" 'W i4 - I I I I I I I ' I ' Another Hot Line HI EDITOR at a total cost of approximately $2,850,000. Alternatives 2, 3 and 4 would also provide relief only by the fall of 1965, would be ex cessively costly, unrelated to long term objectives. Another undesirable alternative is the proposition of city-county unification into one district. This would have the apparent long term advantages of 1-12 district ing and flexibility. But closer in vestigation reveals its unworka bility. There is a community of interest perhaps between the city and suburbs, but there is no com munity of interest between the es sentially rural area and the city. Tax inequities would be com pounded unreasonably. Immedi ate and long term goals would not be met by this plan. Now, let's return to the possi bilities 6f city-county cooperative planning. I would urge the city-county boards to reconsider the merits of the following proposal. This plan is not perfect; it points to a solution not all at once but by clear-cut steps. It will not please everyone. But it does fit reason ably well into the pattern of our immediate and long term objec tives. Step No. 1: 1. County to plan immediate construction of a second major high school. If built at Henley site, key units" would be avail able by the fall of 1964 to relieve pressure on KUHS with addi tional construction to follow in 1065 and 1966. If built at another site, pressure could be relieved only by the fall of 1965. The cost of Ibis school would be approxi mately $1,500,000 lo be provided by a county high serial levy. 2. Relief of KUHS would be here accomplished by a gradual transfer of 600 KUHS students from a redistricted area to this Answer to Previoi.s . . a Ship officers 0 l.eve out 10 Plant part 1 1 So bints 17 Philippine strait 10 Nairn L.':u;rates -4 Stripe 2S Among -ft Property item t.imp "B Hrv measure '.' Fruit drinks 31 Printtnt! faux p.is X! Kind of oil ::s Deduce 40 Apostle 41 Torn aside 42 Gratuities 4.1 F.torie 44 African stream 46 Always 47 Silkworm 43 Australian Proposal second high school, at a rate of 150 freshmen and 150 sophomores in 1964, followed by 150 freshmen each year following. Current 11th and 12th grade students from the redistricted area would complete their education at KUHS on a tuition basis. The area to be redistricted from KU to county unit is most logi cally that part of KUHS district which lies south of South Sixth Street and east and southeast of the City Elementary District No. 1 boundary. This area now in cludes approximately 600 KU stu dents. It has an assessed prop erty valuation of about $6,800,000. This redistricting is possible un der present Oregon school laws. It would involve a petition by citizens involved to the county court (District Boundary Board i followed by hearings and an elec tion if desired. The effective date could be July 1, 1964. The investment of this area in KUHS would be determined (es timated $500.0001 and would be transferred from KU district In the county district. Xow, the overall advantages of this plan arc: 1. The second high s c h o ol would be large enough to afford an equal educational opportuni ty to those students transferred or redistricted. ' 2. Partial redistricting from KU district to county unit would take care of approximately half of present district overlaps. 3. KUHS would have an effec tive relief of 300 students by the fall of 1964. and would be at about a 1,650 student level in 1963. 4. The tax saving to the com munity would be nearly $1,500. 000. While step No. I would solve our first objective, immediate ac tion is still called for on: Step No. 2: In consideration of the above, city-county boards should pledge to work cooperatively on the following: 1. Completion of the redistrict ing of remaining overlap areas, considering reasonable property equalization, relief for county ele mentary system. 2. Initiation of enabling legisla tion if necessary. 3. Presentation of plan to vot ers for approval of Step No. 2. Now these suggestions are not perfect but they do provide for action. I urge you to encourage your board members to consider them. We haven't much time let t. I also urge you to vote on May 6. and to approve the budgets re quested by your districts. Frederick W. iTcd' Hvrie. 1320 Pacific Terrace. THEY SAY.. I've got three words for trade: It should expand. Prince Bertil of Sweden, visit ing New York to boost I .S. Swedish trade. We're always faored In win but seldom do. It's lime we do what we are expected to dn. Waller Alston. Los Ancelrs Dodgers manager. We arc ready for any sacrifice to protect our dignity. -Algeria Pirmirr Ahmed Ben Bella, protesting French aurlrar test in the Sahara. WASHINSTOlOEP FBI Agents Face Perilous Capacity Bv FH.TON LKWIS jr. If little boys no longer dream oi growing up and becom.ng po licemen, it is understand Consider these shocking Hatb "tight out of every IW " forcemeat officers are annually assaulted in line of duty. More than 50 officers are killed. It is a deplorable situation." says rm Chief J. Edgar Hoover, who fre quently calls attention to the abuse showered upon city, coun ty and state police officers. A recent incident in Brooklyn. N.Y., however, shows that these officers are not the only targets of hardened criminals. Minutes before 10 a.m. on April 3, FBI agent John P. Foley stood on Fourth Street just off Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brook lyn. He was on official assign ment. Foley, a veteran of 15 years with the FBI and lather ol a daughter, was stationed near Ihe Immaculate Heart of Mary Ro man Catholic Church where fu neral services were scheduled for Carmello Lombardo.zi, father of Carmine Lombardozzi, under world chieftain, and delegate to the famed Apalachin underworld conference of November, 1957. Without warning, agent Foley was struck from behind and pum meled to the ground by at least four persons. His assailants lied into the church. FBI agents rushed to the scene, arresting John J. Lombardozzi, Carmine's brother. Agent Foley was taken to the hospital with a fractured skull and internal in juries. Charged with assaulting a fed eral officer, the four were taken before U.S. Commissioner Max Schiffman, who set bond at 100, 000 each, and commented: "The defendants' obvious good physical condition is indicative of the forbearance of the FBI under such an unprovoked attack and is further indicative of the excel lence of the training and disci pline of FBI agents." The facts bear him out. Since 1934, when FBI agents were first By SYDNEY J. HARRIS If I give a hundred dollars, or a thousand dollars, as a contribu tion to any college of my choice, I am allowed an income-tax de duction. But if I send my child to a private college thus reliev ing the public colleges of a fi nancial burden I am not allowed to deduct a cent. Of all the inequities in the tax laws (and there are many this one strikes me as among the most senseless and unjust. The public colleges and univer sities are bursting al the seams, and all (he states are heavily pressed to cope with the rap idly expanding school. If we grant incentives to oil men and farmers and shippers and other segments of the popu lation, how much more sensible lo grant some tax relief to those parents who are putting their children through increasingly ex pensive private colleges. Several such bills have been proposed in Congress, and the arguments for them have seemed overwhelmingly persuasive to me: yet all of them have died in com mittee, because there is no co hesive group of voters willing or able lo pressure their congress men on the matter. There is no parents' lobby, and Congress is not responsive to unorganized if widespread' sentiments. Education is Ihe biggest busi ness in America today. More is "And if I d0H't mf)1 1 , do llop' 'r' authorized to carry firearms and niake arrests, they have captured thousands of criminals, many of whom had gained infamy for' their exploits. On but 37 occasions have FBI agents been compelled by resis tance to kill the criminal they sought. One such "prize" was "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a partici pant in the Kansas City massacre which took the lives of three po licemen and one FBI agent. An other criminal to meet death was Lester Joseph Gillis, better known as "Baby Face" Nelson, killer of three FBI agents. A total of 14 FBI agents have been killed by criminals. The last sgent to be slain was Richard lloian, who was killed in a gun battle with an accused murderer at Suffield. Conn., April 18, 1957. Numerous other agents have narrowly escaped death while per forming their duties to protect Americans from the criminal and subversive. Examples: A Little Rock agent was at tacked from behind as he walked along a lonely road en route to work. Beaten with brass knuckles, he suffered numerous facial wounds and the loss of several teeth. '' A Chicago agent was jumped by two men as he entered an apartment building lo conduct an investigation. He was brutally beaten and robbed. Philadelphia agents entered a small apartment to capture a fugi tive who a few days earlier had shot and wounded a policeman in another state. The criminal lunged for a gun. An agent grabbed him and the two fell to the floor of the darkened room. The fugi- .' live managed to fire two shots '. as he and the agent struggled. The first shot struck the agent ; in his right thigh; the second ; pierced the criminal's own head, causing instant death. A Portland agent who tried lo stop a bank holdup was mowed down by machine-gun bullets fired hy the escaping robber. He was wounded in the right hand and arm and both sides. Miraculous ly, he was not killed. STRICTLY PERSONAL spent on our schools, from kin dergarten up through college, Ihan on any other segment of our domestic economy. A huge share of our taxes, at the town and county and state levels, go to pay for the building and op eration of the school system. Those parents who send their children to private colleges arc paying twice and sometimes three times as much as those who take advantage of state and municipal colleges. In addition, they are substantially reducing the popu lation (and therefore the ex penses! in the public colleges. It would seem only just that a tax deduction be granted for ; such tuition; not the whole amount, perhaps, but certainly the . difference between Ihe amount paid to the private college and the amount that would have been paid to the public one. If we are to encourage educa tion at the higher levels and our national need is great in these areas parents should not be penalized (or sending their chil dren to relatively small, 1 0 p grade, and expensive colleges. More of this, indeed, should be . encouraged, to take some of Ilia burden otf the immense, sprawl ing and depersonalized state uni versities. Any rational system of , tax reform would include college tuitions on its priority list for me nauonai wcllarc. !
