Senate President Says Legislature
Hardest Working Of Any Assembled
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Editors note: The following re
view ol the 1963 Oregon Leglsl
lature was written expressly for
UP! by Ben Musa, D-The Dalles,
president of the Senate, liis view:
"Sessions will continue tobe
long."
By BKN MUSA
Written for
United Press International
SALEM (UPP- Having served
in the Oregon Senate since first I
in 1949 I believe tlie 1963 Legis
lature has been the hardest work
ing of any which has assembled.
The 90 men and women of the
Houso and Senate have worked
long and hard in considering the
legislation which came before
them. They have given the public
the best reception it has ever re
ceived. Hearings have been more
numerous than any previous scs
sion, and even minor bills re
ceived thorough consideration.
As I have stated on previous
occasions, it is just as important
not to pass bad legislation as it
is to pass good legislation. Bull
here is where the casual (or the
caustic) observer pays no heed:
It takes just as much time to,
consider (and finally determine)
that a bill is bad as it does to
determine the merits of a good
bill.
The news media (particularly
in their editorial comments) alongj
with many special interest groups,
non essential bills a n d propos
itions. However, if we would even
on one single occasion disregard
their petition or pica, we would
immediately be castigated for our
indifference and autocratic atti
tude.
As far as our accomplishments
for this session, time will be the
better judge. We have had a
grave responsibility, even prior lol
our convening: Increased spend
ing for desired and probably nec
essary needs: all within the
framework of insufficient reve
nues under present tax programs.
If there are two things a legis
lator does not like to do at
least not both at the same time
they are: 1. Increase taxes, and
2. Reduce accepted public serv
ices. This was the burden and
the heartache of this session.
Herein lay our long hours of;
work.
I can truthfully say not one of
the 90 legislators wanted to add
to the taxpayers' burden unless!
there was no other way out. Here
came the clashes of philosophies.
How to change the structure with
out too greatly disturbing the ac
cepted present system and formu
las and still get more individuals
into the fold of active direct taxpayers.
The governor had a radical and
ill-advised tax proposal be sub-
say we spend too much time on'milted In his inaugural address;
but when the chips were down
and his bill was before the House
there were only eight members of
his party out of a membership of
29 who would vote (or this stupid
and misnamed "net receipts" tax
Whether the people will buy the
final tax bill adopted, we will
know within the next 90 days.
We have been criticized in many
places for a too-long session. Un
less Oregon citizens want to be
governed by political hacks, ses
sions will continue to be long.
There are those who want to de
cide all policy matters and legis
lation by party machine caucuses.
Oregon has been pretty free from
this .kind of money business.
Sure we have differences ol
opinion in our membership but
they are honest ditierences. A
legislator who thinks for himself
is more to be trusted man a
hand-picked lackey of a political
ma c h i n e and collectively will
make fewer bad judgments. Our
state was founded and developed
by the free thinkers and people
of independent judgment.
Let us face up to the reality of
the times legislation covers morej
area than 50 or 40 years ago, or
even 20 or 10 years. To perform
these tasks reasonably and prop-
lerly takes time. Let us not make
haste here and prove tne oia aa-
age "Act in haste and repent
in leisure."
Fit
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Vern Owens'
in reference to the long and un
fortunate violent disagreement of
the last few days of the session,
this was attributable to one group
of special lobbyist interests: The
Board of Higher Education, in
trying to upset the conclusions!
of the joint House and Senate ap
propriations committees. In
my years down here I have never
before witnessed so much uncle sir
able political pressure exerted on
so many individual legislators. It
was an unfortunate situation and
not becoming io an otherwise well
respected administrative depart
ment of our state.
I have only one regret but ,
guess in partisan politics one
should expect these things and
that is when the governor calls
us a do-nothing legislature and
looks upon us with scorn as a
"faceless group of 90 persons.
We were more charitable to him
My contacts with the other 89
members convinced me that each,
one of them worked hard and dili-j
gently for those things in which
they believed. I respect their di
vergent views and opinions, even
if I may be in disagreement with
some of them. I feel highly hon
ored I was one of them! They
have my thanks as well as my
affection and my blessings. As
President Washington so ably said
so long ago: "If to please the
people, we offer what we our
selves disapprove, how can be
afterwards defend our work.' '
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Congressmen
Refuse JFK
Tax Request
WASHINGTON (UPD - The
House Ways & Means Committee
refused today to approve any
part of President Kennedy's re
quest to raise taxes on income
from stock dividends by $460
million a year. The vote was
14-11.
The committee also rpientpd 19.'
-12 a proposal by Republicans
that all taxpayers be given the
same tax incentive to buy health
insurance which is now available
for taxpayers who are 65 or older.
The voles were taken be
hind closed doors as the commit
tee continued work on Kennedy's
1 tax-reduction and revision pro
gram. The administration pack
age is designed to provide a net
reduction of $10.4 billion in per
sonal and corporation income tax
es, staged over three years.
Kennedy had urged that income
from stock dividends be taxed at
the same rale as wages, rents
and intercut.
At present, tlie first $30 in divi
dends i $100 in tlie case of mar
ried couples filing jointly! is ex
empt from tax. Dividends re
ceived by any taxpayer in excess
of that amount are taxed at a
rate which is four percentage
points below his regular tax rate.
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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Tuesday, June 11, 19M
Mountain Climbing Expedition Rests
From Rigors Of Prolonged Outing
KATMANDU, Nepal HJPIi -
.Members of an American moun
tain climbing expedition which
made a record three conquests of
Mt. Everest rested here today
from the rigors of their 110-day
outing.
Leader Norman G. Dyhren
furth, 44. Santa Monica, Calif.,
brought the party down the last
few hundred feet of trail Sunday
to be greeted by a cheering crowd
at Banepa, the expedition's start
ing point. He was accompanied
by his wife, who had hiked out
to meet him.
Tlie men were in high spirits
and good health, including Luther
G. Jcrstad, 26, Eugene, Ore., who
suffered frostbitten toes while par
ticipating in the unprecedented
May 22 double assault on the 29,-028-foot
peak, the world's highest.
His frostbite apparently w as min
or. They were welcomed by Henry
E. Stebbins, U. S. ambassador to
Nepal, and then got into cars and
Jeeps (or the short ride into Kat
mandu. Two members of the expedition
already were here, William F.
Unsoeld. 36. Corvallis. Ore., and
Barry C. Bishop, 30, Washington.
D. C. They were flown here by
helicopter May 27 from the slopes
of Mt. Everest to be treated for
frostbite.
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open at 28.000 feet May 22 with
Jerstad and Dr. Thomas F. Horn
bein, 32. San Diego, who appar
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DUXSMUHl Jean ChappeU,
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Homer Chappcll of Dunsmuir,
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ceremonies at Dunsmuir Joint Un
ion High School Thursday right.
She was announced the winner
of the Dunsmuir Rotary Club
scholarship valued at $230 and
the winner of tlie $50 National
Honor Society and California
Scholarship Federation scholar
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on the basis of scholarship, citi
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Chappell plans to attend Chico
State College in preparation for
a teaching career.
Mike Fawcett. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Fawcett, shared
scholarship honors as the recipi
ent of the second $50 National
Honor Society and California
Scholarship Federation scholar
ship. Mike plans to study medicine.
A silver medal was presented '
to Gene Landoe for qualifying for
seven athletic letters. Block D
awards went to Tom Tucker, Ccd-
ric Kessler, and James Moore for
four athletic letters each. Those
who had pcitect attendance for
four years of high school were
Wayne Crawford, Robert Dewey,
Joe Koschnick and Diane Logan.
Fifty three graduates received
diplomas. A certificate of com
pletion was awarded Carlos Lei
va of Santiago. Chile. Dunsmuir's
American Field Service student
this year. He was congratulated
for being among the top scholars
and top athletes at Dunsmuir
High School.
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Banting, a Canadian physician.
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