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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1963)
In The- Day's lYews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, it is becom ing rather clearly apparent that tile 13 Oregon legislature has no use for sales taxes ot any mm euner the one-shot, sclec live kind such as a tax on cig arettes only, or a tax of a certain percentage on a wider range of, goods or services. The dogma was long since laid down in Oregon that a sales ta: is a sinful tax. The dogma still rules. All but a handful of the states of our Union now have sales taxes, but Oregon refuses to join the procession with a GEN ERAL, sales tax. In Oregon, however, we do have A specific sales tax, a one-shot sales tax the tax on gasoline. As this writer recalls the circum stances, Oregon has a pretty good claim to the honor of having in vented the gasoline lax. It was proposed by Oregon's first High way Commission, and was adopt ed by popular vote. It made pos sible the building of Oregon's present magnificent highway sys tem without imposing an un bearable burden upon the Oregon public. In effect, it vvas like building a house and paying for each board as it wras nailed up. Under such a system. I lie Oregon highways wore paid for as they were con structed. The Oregon public liked it. As the word spread, other states adopted the gasoline tax. It is now universal throughout the United States. Our old uncle in Washington knows a good thing when he sees it. So, in the course of time, he latched onto the gasoline tax thus adding the Federal tax onto the state taxes. The combination of the two has raised billions piled upon other billions of dollars for the building of highways all over the United Stales. It is doubtful if the fantastic sums of money required to build the federal highway system IN ADDITION to the state highway systems, and the county highway systems and the town and city streets could have been raised by any system of taxation other than the gasoline tax which has the peculiar merit of being paid a little at a time as the trans portation represented by the gaso line purchased is used. For that reason, our gasoline tax, which is a sales tax, is PAID UP ALL THE TIME, in stead of coming in: one . bnck-j breaking lump sum, as Is I he case w ith other taxes. The same is true, of course, of all sales taxes. They are adMed to the price of tlie goods pur chased, and are paid when the goods are paid for. Incidental information: Oregon's proposed new con stitution, if adopted, will replace one written 106 years ago. and since tlien amended HI times. The U.S. Constitution had seven original articles. Tlie first ten amendments were known as tlie Bill of Rights. There have been 13 amendments since then, mak ing 2.1 adopted altogether. One amendment, the 18th, has been re pealed. The U.S. Constitution was adopted 175 years ago ion June 21, 178H. wlien New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify) and has been amended 23 times 24 if we include the repeal of the 18th amendment. That is to say, tlie Oregon constitution, although approx imately 70 years younger, has been amended five times as often as the U.S. Constitution. Pope Starts Rest Period VATICAN CITY iUPI' - Pope .John XXIII. looking v,an and tired and apparently suffering a re lapse Irom a persistent internal disorder, cancelled a scheduled general audience on his doctor's orders at the last minute today. To of Italy's leading physi cians spent the ni'ht in tlie Vati can as a precaution. Dopite can cellation of the general audience, the Pope. SI, made a brief ap pearance on a balcony above St Peter's Square, and then retired to bepn a period of complete rest Vatican sources said the two doctors n?nt the nichl in the Vatican because of tlie Popes condition. A Vatican announcement laic: said the ceneral audience a ramrllcd "as a precaution'' which followed "tlie susscstion of his doctor." Prof. Antonio Gasbar- rmi, the Pope's principal physi cian. Italian new -papers a:d the Pope's condition has been "visibly delerioratins" in the past lew days They said he suffered a re lapse of tlie internal disorder, uhich the Vatican has described as anemia and fastric trmiWe. There ha been no otiic.al com ment one way or tin? other on ivcvn reoorts that llw Po actu- r - -- - - r- i,y ha cancer- Wcnllirr KlamaHi Falli. Tulalaka and Lahtvltw Partly cloudy end mil ttiroush Tlwa day with torn, aMarnoofl ind tvtnmf Itiundirthdwtrl In to mountains. Low tontaht J-4t. High Tttunday 7S-U. Waal arly windt VIS m.p.h. tonight (Ml. High Ttiunday 7t-U. Waal- a IIIU II X 11 X. II Praclp. patl 24 hotire .01 W Smco Jan. l a.fa 9 tl Samo panod laat year 7.3 MARKS ANNIVERSARY 01 years aqo on May 22. ing the park, the result of second superintendent from Integration Showdown By United Press International Alabama and the federal gov ernment today appear headed for a showdown over integration. A federal judge Tuesday fused to delay the ordered admis sion of two Negroes to the Uni versity of Alabama and Gov George Wallace immediately vowed to "bar the entrance of any Negro" attempting to enroll in the racially segregated institu tion. Another federal judge holds a hearing today in Birmingham on a petition seeking the reinstate ment of 1,061 Negro students who skipped school to participate in racial demonstrations. Birming ham has been relatively quiet since the bloody rioting of May 12. Klsewhcre. racial unrest con tinued in North Carolina and Ne gro leaders promised an "all out attack on discrimination" in South Carolina this summer. At Jack son. Miss., a biracial committee CNprcssed concern over Mayor Allen Thompson's "apparent un willingness" to name a commit tee to hear Negro grievances. Rejects Postponement Motion Federal Judge H. H. Grooms rejected a motion at a hearing in Birmingham Tuesday that he post pone the admission of Vivian J. Malone, 20. of Mobile, and Dave M. McGlathery. 26. of Huntsville. it li university. Mim Malunc seeks admission to the main cam pus at Tuscaloosa and McGlath ery to the university's extension center at Huntsville. They have applied for the summer term be ginning June 10. Grooms refused to take "judi cial notice" of Alabama's tense racial situation, stating that grant ing a delay would be "tanta mount to saying law and order has broken down." Wallace told a hastilv called news conference he will appeal Grooms' ruling. In the meantime, he said. "I will be Expected present lo bar the entrance ul anv ' '"" - - ' . ,. , , ,'hv. obvious y waiting for a tax Nejro who attempt to enroll, ; ' ' . " , .. ,. , pan be ore wrapping up he cur-, at the Lniversi v of A abama. I1 , . .'r r 'rent prolonced session. No While House Comment Howe indicated he expected the In Washington. White House legislature to adjourn about Wed- press secretary Pierre Salinger nesday ol next week. He felt most said there was "no comment" on of tlie major appropriation bills Wallace's staiement. would be down by Friday. Discussing the lax package. Record Set SALEM 1 1 PI' - Tlie lure today remained in longer than any other Icgisla scssion in the stale's history. This was the 119th calendar day. The previous record of La cU)j was set in 157. Price Ten Cents 26 Pages Crater Lake became the nation's fifth national 1902. President Theadoro R-m.vlt .Inn.J k. Lu 17 years of labor by William G. 1913 to 1916. Crater Lake Anniversary Sixty one years ago today, Cra ter Lake became our country's fifth national park, according to Sunt. W. Ward Ycager. On May 22, 1902. President TVcodore Ron. . ovclt signed tlie Act of Congress creating this park and assuring! preservation of the area's magni ficent natural features. This action culminated 17 years! of dedicated work by William G. Steel, Father of Crater Lake Na tional Park." Tradition relates that young Steel learned of Cra ter Lake as a schoolboy in Kan sas, where he read about it in an issue of the local newspaper. which frequently enwrapped his lunch. 9 One particular article, describ ing a mysterious and exception ally blue lake in the high Cas cades of Oregon, aroused in Will Steel a strong desire In see this wonder for himself. Steel's ambition was finally re- Tax Conferees Disband in Deadlock On Taxes SALEM lUPD Surprise ap pointment of two Republican sen ators to help draft a compromise tax program was revealed today after the Senate-House Tax Con ference Committee disbanded Tuesday night in a deadlock over Hassle On Revenue Predicted By Howe Ren. Carrol Howe proved an people and let Uicr.i vote on it accurate forecaster on one issue while we were still in session, of the legislature late TuesdaylThis way we would know where when he said he fell the present joint House - Senate Committee would not agree and a new one would have lo be appointed. As it developed, the committee broke up in disagreement later in tlie day and plans were for mulated Wednesday to revamp the committee in the hope that a compromise tax plan could be hammered out. Howe, said lie felt the net re-1 iwpts plan advocated by Gov. Mark Hatlield helore the session opened was dead He did not think a cigarette tax would be ap proved, either, but forecast that the major increase would come on income taxes. He said "I had hoped they would follow the plan advocated by the governor ol permitting usilhings ur.ul e can get the door jlo oiler a la proposal tn lhecJod and gel out of here." park iust Steel, who was the park's Observes Of Founding alized on Aug. 16. 1S83. when he first looked down upon tlie waters of Crater Lake from the brink of! the it. great casta which contains The beauty of this lake and its setting so inspired Steel that he devoted much of his time in suc ceeding years to the establish ment of the area as a national park. After accomplishing this ob jective, he served as the park's second superintendent from 1913 to 1916 and subsequently became! park commissioner, a position which he held until his death in 1934. As a national park. Crater Lake has been preserved lor enjoy ment bv people throughout tlie world. Tlie park's beauty now attracts over one-hall million vis itors each year, coming from all j0 states and from many lor- cign countries. cigarette and net receipts propos als. Senate President Ben Musa. D The Dalles, in a move full of political overtones said he would name Republicans Anthony Ytur ri. Ontario, and Donald Husband. they stand "It will lie all on income and other minor lax adjustments. Howe said of the eventual lax compromise. Indications were, he said, that the one-shot withholding plan would be approved and that some sort of flat tiling fee would be adopted. Describing tlie session as "not nearly as pleasant as the previ ous one." Howe ascribed this to tlie problem of budget and taxes which has confronted the legisla ture Irom the beginning. He add ed. "The session has been very serious. There have been periods ol levity, but overall it has been a serious session. Much of the legislation has revolved around the mailer of anxiety over these. problems." i Tiie Klamath County represen- tative commented. " this has bcen'several features of the Senate about the ort problem laced.proposal. and Overhulse replied bv an Oicgon legislature in many years. They have had a surplus io work with before " Howe concluded. "I'm keeping mv linden crossed on lot of, USSNTS DIV. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. ; Proposal Iv bncMide Klamath County wheat growers voted sharply against the pro posed wheat control plan in Tues day's voting. Inofficial results listed by the ASC office here showed 24 votes in favor of the plan, 190 against and three challenged votes yet to be decided. Growers numbering 5"-0 were eligible to vote in Klamath Coun ty, and less than SO per cent cast (heir ballots in the election. WASHINGTON 'UP1 The nation's wheat farmers over whelmingly rejected President Kennedy's strict 1961 wheat pro gram today in a major tarm poll icy defeat for the administration Kennedy said in a statement that he accepted the "judgment" of the growers and hoped it "will prove to be a wise choice for wheat farmers and for the coun try." He gave no sign that he would submit new legislation to Congress this year And he bluntly warned that wheat prices next year would be determined by the market place i not by the government. In the wake of the landslide vote against controls, wheat futures prices broke sharply on .grain ex changes today. Opening losses ranged to 9'j cents a bushel at Chicago. Unless there is a new bill. wheat price supports will drop from $2 a bushel to S1.23 and will go only to farmers who comply with planting restrictions Republican tarm congressmen moved to seize the. political of fensive as news of tlie referendum poured in. Rep. Charles B. Hoe ven, an Iowa Republican and vig orous opponent of the administra- 'nn program, predicted the ad uiiiiiislraUt'.i would offer another program. He said the Kennedy ad- ministration was not so politically inept that it would go before the voters in 1964 with wheat prices on the skids. Return from Tnesrfav'ii nation. wide referendum showed Uiat thella"e oi me jo senators votes President's proposal was buried under an avalanche of "no" votes that could portend a sharp change in (ederal programs for farmers. The final Agriculture Depart ment tabulation for the record turnout was 597.776 votes against the administration plan and 547,- 151 in favor. There were 73.675 challenged votes In be counted later. The percentage of "yes" votes Eugene, as Senate conferees. They succeed Boyd Overhulse, D Madras, and Robert Elfstrom, R Salem. Yturri, Senate minority leader, and Husband both voted against the Senate tax program. House Speaker Clarence Barton reappointed Richard Eymann. D Marcola. and said he would name House Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery. It-Eugene, to suc ceed Rep. Victor Atiyeh, R-Port-land. whose resignation from tlie conlerence committee Tuesday night fuiced the K'Ouf to diabalid. Atiyeh said he could not aban don the cigarette tax and net re ceipts proposals. Senate conferees said they could not accept a cig arette tax. Change Alignment Tlie new appointments change the committee alignment in favor of a cigarette tax. Barton told newsmen "I can't muster 31 Democratic votes for any tax program. I've got to have some Republican support." Musa was more direct. "If the Republican minority in the house doetn t want to he responsible, I can't help it The Republicans want lo play publics and hang balance to the general fund, an albatross around the neck oil Overhulse and Elfstrom said Democrats If the House wants'thcir plan would raise tlie 60 mil- tn make this a party issue, let thrm take it " Tuesday's break-up came after Overhulse and Elfstrom outlined the kind of compromise they would accept Atiyeh's resignation came mo- menls alter Lymann onjeriea to I'm disappointed, 1 don't know where this leaves us." Until a tax plan is approved in both houses, the legislature can- not adjourn. Jvfnit Polled During Tuesday afternoon WEDNESDAY. MAY 23, 1963 was 47.79. Kennedy failed to mus ter a simple majority, much less tlie two-thirds vote he needed to put his program into effect. I he outcome w as hailed by the American Farm Bureau Federa tion as "a bright day (or agricul ture." It confronted . Congress with tlie dilemma of whether to enact a new wheat program or let growers operate under a stop gap plan with lower price sup ports. This is w hat the vote meant for wheat farmers: The 1064 crop will be grown without marketing Constitution Rescued By SALEM UPh-The Senate to day rescued, 16-14, the constitu tion it defeated Tuesday and ex pressed the hope that "men of good will" could resolve differ ences on legislative apportion ment. The vote came on a motion to reconsider Tuesday's 18-12 defeat of the document. Key senators involved in the deadlock over how to hand out! legislative scats said finding common ground would be diffi cult, but they considered it pos sible. They said they would like a chance to try. The document w ent back to tlie Senate Committee on Constitution al Revision. Sen. Walter Pearson. D-Port- land, chairman of the committee. I said former Gov. Charles Spraguc would olfcr one apportionment1 plan that might be a solution. Sen. Alfred Corbctt. D-Porlland ,nne of the eight who opposed lh( document on apportionmei grounds, moved for It reconsider ation. Cornell termed the vote to res cue the document a real showing of who wants the constitution to iPass and who doesn't. It would to pass. But the vote to send the con stitution back to committee was unusual. Some of its steady sup porters said it was too late to do any more with it this session. A few of its foes agreed to return it to committee. In Tuesday's action, only 12 sen ators voted (or (inal passage, while 18 voted against it. A vote swing by the eight who opposed tlie "Yturri plan" of ap meeting. Overhulse said he polled the Senate on a 3-cent cigarette tax, and it was rejected 18-12. Overhulse and Elfstrom then proposed a compromise revenue plan which included The House approved rate schedule, increased 1 per cent across the board to make up for the net receipts tax which was dropped. A 522 tax credit for personal exemptions, and an $18 tax credit lor dependcnls. Minimum filing fee of $5, or I per Lent of income up to (.'A whichever was larger, A 3 per cent standard deduc tion. A capital gains tax with a S per cent maximum rate, and with out the present "re invest in Ore gon feature. A one -shot speedup of with holding tax collections. Sales Tax Favored In addition the senators asked that a 3 per cent sales tax be re ferred to the voters in November of 1964. Half the sales tax revenue would go to ollset persona! prop erty taxes, 23 per cent to ollset personal income taxes, and the lion additional needed to finance H0.) million general fund budget As soon as the Senate plan was presented. House members asked lor a recess When the meeting reconvened Tuesday night Eymann said the House wanted a 10 per cent stand ard deduction, would consider a S22-20 personal and dependency credit, and had reservations about the Senate's medical exemptions. Eymann added "I can't go along with the capital gains plan unless there is an increase in the cot pot ale exa.se tax." Telephone eject JFK's quotas and no fines for overpro duction. Price supports will drop from the present $2 a bushel to $1.25 and will be paid only to growers who stay within their acreage allotments. The decision could have far reaching effect on other farmers, loo. especially in government pro grams dealing with (arm sur pluses. Kennedy's "supply man agement" plan probably would have been proposed (or other crops if the wheal farmers had accepted it. Kennedy and administration portionment would have made tlie difference. The document passed the House earlier. II it passes the Senate, the two chambers will have to! resolve their diflcrenccs to send it on to the people next year. Sen. Anthony Yturri, R-Ontario, met with tlie key foe of his ap portionment plan today and said some differences were resolved. He said it may be hard to resolve the basic difference, but he was willing to try. Senators on the other side stressed willingness to seek compromise. Two apportionment plans were at issue as tlie Senate opened de bate Tuesday. In the proposed constitution was Yturn's plan. Sens. Don Willner. D-Portland. and Glen Stadler, D-Eugenc. said the Yturri plan favored tlie least' populous counties. They sought substitute a plan close to Oregon's1 present one. but witli flexible House and Senate sizes. They said the Yturri plan, al though based on a population for mula, departed too far from "one man. one vote." Their move lost. 11-19, a vote thai nevcrllieless showed their strength. Then they lost, 10-20. a preliminary move to return the, document to committee. The Yturri plan was accepted by voice vote of the Senate. hach side suggested the other might be bluffing, and would have to take blame for the document's defeat. Charges of Willfulness and stublwrnness were swapped Then the Senate heard a lengthy review of tlie rest of the constitution, followed by debate that concentrated mostly on the Atiyeh then asked to be dis missed, and there was no further discussion of the Senate proposal. Atiyeh said, "I am convinced that reform should be our contri bution." He said reform "includes the major lectors of simplicity, flexi bility for tlie future, true base broadening and tlie highly desira ble lowering of rates. Alaska Town Under Water BETHEL, Alaska 'UP! '-Nearly all of this small western Alas ka fishing community lay bo ncalh five feet of dirty water to day from lite bulging lower Kus kokwim River. A few major build ings were left untouched but even there water lapped at founda tions. Residents said it was tlie worst flood in 18 years. Tlie Navy planned tn drop more bombs on ice Jams on the river about 10 miles downstream in an eflort to shake the ice loose. Hie ice jams are preventing the water Irom draining from Bethel and three other villages. Napakiak, Napaskiak, and Oy carville. all a short distance downstream from here, were com pletely inundated. More lhan 200 native women and children from the villages were airlifted here in helicopters and housed in the National Guard armory. Scores ol local townspeople were left home less by the flood. The armory, the school, the hospital, a power generating plant and an Alaska Communication system station were still dry. TU 4-8111 So. 714S leaders in Congress warned ill ad vance that if his proposal were defeated, there would be no new wheat legislation. The President predicted prices would plummet to $1.10 a bushel and surpluses would skyrocket if his plan were rejected. The Farm Bureau disagreed, denouncing tlie administration plan as a long-range attempt to dictate the luture way of life lor U.S. farmers. It said that "when farmers indicate they do not want supply control, Congress will be ready to act." provision for a strong cxecutivcl branch. he executive article would make the governor the sole elec tive statewide executive officer and would gather agencies into no moro than 20 departments. A separate elective secretary of stale would be created as a "watchdog," without any execu tive duties. Senate President Ben Musa1 even cited the Hitler period in opposing "one man rule. Sen. Walter Pearson, D-Port- land, who has been the constitu tion's champion in the Senate, re plied tlie new constitution would! Gotham Greets Cooper i By Ticker Tape Shovier to1 NEW YORK (UPD-leroy Gor don Cooper, 36, a simple-spoken man who rode and prayed alone in space, came through a packed and screaming mass of humanity. today in an accolade that showed New York had opened its heart to him. Flashing his grin as he drove up the legendary "Canyon of Heroes" under an almost blinding shower of confetti and ticker tapej that piled into his open car, whip- pod around light poles, and gutt ed to the tops of tlie skyscrapers. he told in his laconic twang how he felt about it all: "Fine, just line." Then, on the front of City Hall stops, he told the throng in thej plaza before him: "I'd like to point out one thing. This program belongs to you, tlie, people the program of potting a man into space for scientific! purposes... We itlie astronauts i are tlie ones who have received all the! glory, but there are other people involved who are just as dedi Flitcraff 'Endurance Record1 Rep. George Flitcraft comment-i ed Wednesday morning on the ac tions of the Oreoon legislature. slating, "I fail to sec where there have been any big accomplish ments." He added, however, "It has set a new record lor endurance." Speculating on the possible lax proposal that would come out of the newly rcfornyd joint House- Tax Conlerence Committee. Flit- rait indicated he expected a modified income tax increase, and probably a cigarette tax. He explained that the makeup of the new conference committee now favors a cigarette tax. "I'll he surprised if they come up with a filing fee provision," Flitcraft said, adding. "From what I've heard, I think tlie one-shot speed up in collecting withholding funds will be held back as a reserve in tlie event revenues (ail lo come up lo expectations." House approval for a cigarette tax was seen by Flitcraft if it is reinserted into the compromise lax tiaekagc. but he felt that the Senate would probably reject it, "It's been a long tedious ses sion." Flitcraft commented, con tinuing, "It wasn't necessary that we have the longest session. The Tax Committee in the House could have gotten its lax program out and over to the Senate ear lier, this would have helped. This is tin main thing that has held Weather AGRICULTURAL FORICAST Csntinuttf warm tfiytim ttmpcnturis with higher humWitrtt Musing mild t hjivy dw. A law showara In tht mown taim ethtrwUt no cjtMril rain. Outlook Friday and Saturday fair and war mar. wheat In a victory statement Farm Bureau President Charles B. Shu man said the vote showed that farmers favor a change In the di rection of national farm policy. Tlie way now is open for Con gress to solve the wheat surplus problem on a basis consistent with the maintenance of the mar ket system," he said. Shtimah urged Congress to approve a new" program "in the months ahead." But there were indications in Congress that any effort to push through a new wheat program would run into heavy opposition. Senate put more of a check on the gov ernor than there is now. Those voting against the con stitution because of apportionment were Sens. R. F. Chapman, Verri Cook, Alfred Corbctt, Edward : Fadcley, Ted Hallock, Tom Mon aghan, Stadler and Wither. Those voting against it for other reasons: Sens. Eddie Ahrens. Alice Corbett, Robert Elfstrom. John Hare, Dwlght Hopkins, John Inskcep, Andrew Naterlin, L. W. Newbry, E. D. Potts, and Musa. Sex A bill providing en hanced penalties for sex offenses was signed by the governor, the second of six to be signed. cated. They are frequently not noticed at all." Mayor Robert F. Wagner wel comed the Oklahoma who orbited tlie earth for 34 hours and 20 min utes last week and "said a Utile prayer" during the 17th orbit. "It's a great thrill to have him with us for our guest today," said the mayor. And Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who was In the parade, echoed him and said:. All the nation has Its eyes on New York. We are very grateful ; for your tribute lo Major Cooper and the other spacemen." The astronaut s wife and two teen-aged daughters and his moth er, Hatlie, also were introduced, lo ovations. During the parade from Bow ling Green to City Hall, the motor cade had stopped, and Mrs. Trudy Cooper, smiling, joined her hus band fn the car In front of her. She sat between Cooper and Vice President Johnson, taking in the tumult and the swaying signs. "Gordon Cooper, you're Super Dooper" said one. Bemoans us up. Financing, budgeting And constitutional revision have been the main problems, but bv a con centrated effort, these Issues could have been brought to a head ear lier." Representative Flitcraft did point to progress in the welfare iicloV however. He indicated that provision had been made for con tinuing investigation of fraud cases under welfare in an effort to cut down tlie rolls. He said that about 128 additional people had been put into tlie department. most of tlicsc "pointed toward re habilitating welfar recipients and getting them off Uie rolls, as well as continued review and fraud in vestigation. It is estimated that even with these additional people, we will save money in Ilia long run. Adjournment by sometime next week is seen by Flitcraft. He said, . "I had hoped we would be able ; to adjourn this week, but we're. ; now looking into next week Willi: still some major policy decision. ' to be made in the field of oducuX tion." :-: The salary Increase for cduca- ; tor salaries was to be on the House floor today, and Flltcralt speculated that it would probably be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee. W' r making every at (CMtlaard Page t-A)