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Income Tax Bill
Meaning Studied
By FLOYD
Editor's Note This is the
proposed referral of the recently passed income tax mcasi
to be voted on Oct. 15.
On Oct. 15 voters in Oregon go to the polls to vote yes or
no on a bill passed by the 1963 Legislature to increase personal
income taxes by $48 million in the next two year period and
authorize another $14 million from a speed-up "one shot" collec
tion of state withholding taxes from employers.
There is much talk being fostered by various groups on what
will be cut out if the people refuse to approve the increased
taxes, but this approach might not be entirely justifiable.
First of all, it is important to review the bill itself and sec
what it provides.
House Bill 1846 is a complicated measure which provides
some 38 changes in taxes and tax procedures.
In all. the bill provides for an increase of $62 million in taxes.
Actually, one item alone accounts for about a $50 million in
i crease in taxes. That is the provision which eliminates the deduc
' lion of federal income taxes on your state return.
$14 million comes from a provision which requires a speeded
up return by employers on state withholding for the last month
of the biennium.
The other changes in tax structure and other provisions ac
tually work to reduce the total amount of taxes to be collected
outside the elimination of the federal income tax deduction.
Some of the most important changes of the bill are these:
A minimum tax of $5 or one per cent of adjusted gross income
for all persons who have a net income of SoOO or more, or a
gross income of $4,000 or more.
Instead of a $600 dependency credit, taxpayers are per
mitted $22 for head of household or $44 dollars for married couple
filing joint return plus a $20 credit for each dependent. This tax
credit is subtracted from your total tax. A student earning $600
or more may be claimed as a dependent.
Rate structure is lowered and more brackets set up. The
previous structure provided seven tax brackets with a range from
three per cent to 9.5 per cent. The new structure provides brackets
from two per cent to a high of 7.5 per cent and provides 17
brackets.
The bill provides for deduction of medical expenses in
excess of five per cent of the adjusted gross income and elimi
nates the maximum provision of the old law.
In addition, the law provides a different type treatment on
capital gains taxation, provides for accelerated speed-up payment
nf slalp withholding taxes hv emnlnvers. and ornvides for nron-
mtv lav nffspl tn counties in
$10 million.
What does it mean to you the taxpayer?
If you were a family of four filing joint return, the percentage
nf increase would be as follows: If net income was $4,000 you would
find a 62.1 ner cent increase: if $5,000. a 60.3 per cent. This decreases ,
gradually, dropping to 58.2 per
$7,000: 48.8 per cent at $8,000 ;
39.3 per cent at $10,000.
If you were a single person
age of increase would be: With
crease would be 27.1 per cent; $5,000 net income would bring a 25
per cent increase: $6,000 would be up 24.9 per cent; $7,000 up
21.1 per cent; $8,000 up 18.3 per
$10,000 would be increased 16.6
Net effect of these various changes is to bring in some new
taxpayers on the low income side, reduce taxes somewhat on the
top income taxpayers and lighten the tax load somewhat on the
snce oersons and heads ol households i widows witn ennaren,
etc.) while increasing the load
those with children.
On the basis of the bill itself, objectors point out that it
increases the tax load on the middle brackets which already have
been carrying the majority of the tax load and is beneficial to
single persons at the expense of the familied persons.
Those favoring the measure point out that, in their estima
tion, the bill broadens the tax base and corrects some inequities
that have existed in the Oregon tax structure, both on top and
bottom lax brackets and on capital gains.
Objectors label the elimination of the federal tax deduction
as a "tax on a tax," but proponents of the bill say that actually
the federal government will be paying part of the tax increase
since they will be getting less taxes from you because you can
deduct the higher state taxes you pay.
'. A valid objection tan be made to the statement that the
federal government will pay part of the tax increase. They will
"not pay a cent of it. The taxes all come from the taxpayer. The
net effect will be merely that he pays less to the federal government
while paying more to the state. This is the proper way to explain it.
While a great deal of debate rages around the provisions of
the tax bill itself, much opposition seems to center also around
the entire stale spending picture.
Tomorrow Where docs the money go?
Reign Of Terror Claims
Seven Lives In Venezuela
CARACAS. Venezuela (UPD
Pro Castro assassins shot and
killed two national guardsmen on
the Caracas-LaGuaira superhigh
way Saturday, raising to seven
the death toll in a nightmarish
reign of terror that began Fri
day night throughout Venezuela.
The terrorist group, members
of the Armed Forces National
Liberation iFAL.Ni, killed five
persons and wounded 10 others
during the night in a scries of
hit-run raids apparently aimed at
Dinner Reservations Set
All members of the Klamath
County Chamber of Commerce
who plan to attend the chamber's
annual meeting Wednesday eve
ning, Oct. 9, are reminded that
reservations must be made no
later than noon on Tuesday.
Tickets may be purchased in
advance from any member of
the chamber board of directors,
or at the chamber office at 323
Main Street. They will also be
available at the door Wednesday
evening, to long as reservations
have been made bclorehand by
dialing the chamber office at TU
4-5193.
The dinner meeting is sched
L. WYNNE
first in a series of articles on the
the event a tax surnlus exceeds;
cent at $6,000: to 53.5 per cent at
43.2 per cent at $9,000, and up
filing a tax return, the percent
a net income of $4,000, the in
cent; $9,000 up 16.8 per cent and
per cent.
on married persons, especially
challenging the government s
massive crackdown against the
pro-Communists.
Police and military forces ar
rested at least 200 persons dur
ing the night and reinforced their
numbers in Caracas Saturday
with 500 graduates of a police
academy. But reliable sources
said the FALN struck in daylight
on the famed superhighway Sat
urday then fled into the rugged
mountains along the way.
uled for 6:30 p.m. at Rcamcs Golf
and Country Club.
In addition to brief remarks
by outgoing president, James D.
Monteith. and the chamber's 196.1
64 president. James F. Slilwell,
Stary Gauge of Visalia, Calif
will be featured as tle principal
speaker.
As one of the nation's top plat,
form speakers, GanRe has de
livered over 2.300 talks on Amer
icanism since 1950 in a tour of
all 30 stales. His topic Wednesday
evening at the chambei s annual
meeting ill be "How High Is
Up?"
in
Weather
Klamath Fills, Tuleltkt and Lakaviawi
Variabla cloudiness, windy and cool with
tomt thowert through Monday. Htqh
today and Monday M to as, lowi tonight
31 to 42. South to loulhwtsl winds I to II
mites par hour.
Mtgn yasltrday as
Low yaslorday j
High yaar ago j
Low yaar ago 21
Praeip. last 14 hours traca
smca Jan. I .
Viewpoints Differ Sharply On Proper Herd Size
Rangemen,
Argue Available Feed
If the deer herds are main -
tained in numbers too great to be
supported on the winter range it
will result in irreparable damage
to (he winter feeding grounds;
overgrazing will first retard the
growth of forage plants, then
kill them.
"When there is no forage, there
will be no deer."
That stark appraisal was voiced
by Dillard Gates, range special,
ist of Oregon Slate University, as
la The-
Day's lews
"51 FRANK JENKINS
'n this column the other day.
the proposal to sell our surplus
wheat to Russia getting paid for
it, presumably, with Russian gold
was discussed at some length
and the opinion was expressed
that it would be a good deal all
the way around because the Rus
sians need our wheat and we need
the Russian gold
The mail a day or so later
brought a clipping of the column
with this question typed at the
top of it:
"Who will get the job of BIT
1NG THE GOLD BRICKS to see if
they are genuine?"
It's a good question.
It's an especially good question
because it brings out the suspicion
we instinctively feel regarding
ANY proposal coming from the
Soviet Union, which is a com
munist nation.
As a communist nation, Rus
sia's policies and procedures are
presumably ruled by the teach
ings of Marx and Lenin. Marx,
in his day, had preached the doc
trines of communism. Lenin was
the leader of the communist
movement in Russia and the
FOUNDER OF THE SOVIET
UNION.
Lenin explained communism to
the people and devoted his life tn
putting it into practice. He was
the author of the grim and cyni
cal Ten Commandments of Com
munism, which have been fre
quently referred to in this
space.
Among his Ten Commandments
are these:
"There are no morals in poli
tics; there is only expediency.
"Truth does not count unless
it serves an end.
"Promises are like piecrusts;
made to be broken."
Question'
How can a nation founded upon
such cynical concepts of human
behavior he trusted?
That, I take it. is the question
that was in the back of my anony
mous correspondent's mind when
he asked: "Who will get the job
of biting the bricks?"
It is obvious that a dedicated
communist wouldn't hesitate to
pay for American wheat with
phony gold bricks if he thought
he could get anay with it.
So-
How will we know that the gold
we get for our wheat 'assuming
that we make the dcali is
REAL?
It's a logical question.
Well, if the deal goes through,
it will probably be handled by
mv hiu tendon turner tendon
being the big buyer of sold atlP,s ,he resignation of Schools
the present time.
Here's how It will work:
The Russians will use their
gold to buy American dollars, and
ith tlie 1 piper dollars thus pur
chased they will pay for tin
(CoaUaned Paf 4-A)
Price Fifteen Cents 60 Pages
Sportsmen
1 he addressed legislative commil-
tees of Oregon and California
which met at the Winema Motor
Hotel Friday to hear cattlemen
sportsmen, and forestry officials
express their views on restoring
the interstate deer herd to its
greater numbers of former years.
Two opposite points of view
were noted from the grist of opin
ions presented to the lawmakers
during the second of the two-day
session which started in Yrcka
Thursday and ended in Klamath
Falls Friday.
Essentially, government biolo
gists and rangemen believed that
the present deer herds should be
reduced to numbers which could
be sustained on a winter range
that is in critical condition due
to a severe drought that has per
sisted in recent years. Further,
the condition of forage plants on
the winter range has become even
more critical because as some
of those plants die off the others
remaining are therefore browsed
more frequently by foraging ani
mals.
, Ii is the view of Ihe range spe
cialists that the deer herds should
be held to minimum numbers un
til the range is restored and can
support larger quantities of deer.
The establishment of special ant
lerless deer hunts is one of the
practices used by the Oregon
State Game Commission to keep
Ihe interstate herd at minimum
levels.
Sportsmen opposing the view of
the rangemen said during the
hearing that adequate forage is
available; they demanded that
antlerless hunts be stopped imme
diately and that steps be taken to
insure that the interstate herd is
restored to its size of earlier
years.
The latter group believes that
Ihe ever increasing army of hunt
ers will harvest enough animals to
reduce the herd to numbers that
will not place too much pressure
on the dwindling supply of forage
plants, such as bitter brush and
snow brush.
Gales, who has worked with gov
ernment agencies on range man
agement problems in recent years,
commented favorably on antler
less hunts as an adjunct to im
proving the heavily browsed win
ter range.
"We would agree that it is ridic
ulous for a stockman to harvest
only bulls. In no time, we'd be
knee deep in cattle," he said.
George Wardell, secretary-treas
urer of the Klamath Forest Pro
tective Association, opposed the
special hunts, as did two repre-
(Continued on Page 4-A)
Another Buddhist Burns Himself;
Saigon Police Beat U.S. Newsmen
SAIGON. South Viet Nam 'UPHito death in South Vict Nam'sl
A young Buddhist priest sat
cross-legged in Saigon's central
market square Saturday, poured
a can nf gasoline over his head
and impassively burned himself
School Head
Quits Post
CHICAGO (L'PH Civil rights
groups today considered a city-
wide boycott nf public schools
.unless me ooard ol education ac-
Superintendent Benjamin C. Wil
lis.
Willis, who as the second high
'est paid public official in the na
tion headed one of Ihe country s
major school systems, resigned
Friday after a summer of dem
onstraticms and disorder.
KLAMATH FALLS, Pit EG ON,
few
y .
S j
I t j r at
ANOTHER ON THE BOARD This is a common scene
around town these days as World Series pools flourish
despite warnings of the district attorney against gam
bling. Most of the pools are of the nickel-and-dime
variety.
Po ols Still Flourish
Except At Courthouse
Psst . . . wanna buy a chance
in the pool? ,
What is this?
Is this a furtive rendezvous be
tween a criminal and his patron?
Will the proceeds of this illicit
alliance fatten the cotters of the
czars of crime?
Can we expect the authorities
to take vigorous action to sup
press this activity?
On the contrary. These are no
blackhearted criminals.
They are merely two ordinary,
honest people who think they have
the right to wager their money.
The scene is not a big-city un
derworld.
Indeed, a transaction like this
occurs every day in Ihe offices
and shops of Klamath Falls.
Right now, at this moment,
someone in the city is wagering a
dime, or quarter, or half-dollar
on the outcome of the World Se
ries, or on the score of this week
end's football game.
The pools exist in virtually ev
ery office and shop in town. Many
of them are annual ones which
have been going on for decades.
Not only men play, but wom
en join in the pools wholeheart
edly.
sixth such protest against govern
ment anti-Buddhist policies.
Uniformed police rushed to the
scene with drawn weapons and
savagely beat three of 10 Ameri
can newsmen called to live square
by anonymous telephone calls.
U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge investigated tlie beatings
personally and lodged a strong
protest.
The ritual suicide self-immolation
took place at 12:30 p m. as
tens of thousands of Vietnamese
streamed past on bicycles and in
cars en route to their noonday
meal.
Hundreds stopped to watch the
ghastly spectacle. There were
several tralfic accidents as driv
en gawked at the sight of the
priest tilting perfectly still, no
sound coming from hit (irmly
shut lips as the (lames took his
hie.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1963
The law says pools are illegal,
and Klamath County Dist. Atty.
Dale Crabtree just last week an
nounced a crackdown on all forms
of gambling even church raffles
But this hasn't discouraged
World Series pools in the least-
except in one case.
This reporter learned that an
annual World Series pool which
had operated in the courthouse
largely with patronage of the
district attorney's office has fold
ed this year because of lack of
customers.
But pools are running in all
their glory in other offices and
in at least one police agency, It
was discovered.
These pools don't go to fatten
their operators' purses. In fact,
those who organize the pools us
ually spend much time In their
preparation and only are com
pensated if Ihcy, themselves, hap
pen to draw the lucky number.
No, the district attorney s warn
ings appear to have had little ef
fect on this annual ritual.
And it would seem cafe In say
that if Ihe DA really cracked
down on the office pools, he'd find
some very well-known people in
his net all holding their tickets.
'Dissatisfaction with the regime
of President Ngo Dinh Diem also
appeared to be spreading to tlie
armed forces. Vietnamese pilot
Capt. Huynh Minh Duong landed
at Pochentong Airport at Phnom
Penh, Cambodia, Saturday and
asked for political asylum to pro
test Dicm's policies. Duong was
the third Vietnamese pilot to ask
for asylum recently.!
The ritual suicides of Buddhist
priests and a nun to protest gov
ernment action first began early
in May when troops killed eight
peaceful demonstrators in Hue
tlie lormer imperial capital o(
Viet Nam, 400 miles to tlie north.
The official government version
was that the eight were killed by
Communist Vict Cong plastic
bombs. But there was compelling
evidence that government troops
fired into the crowd and crushed
some demonstrators beneath the
wheels of armored cart.
Ifhineateiifis IFIoridla
Tclcphnne TU 4-8111 No. 75!4
Kelsay Dies
After Meeting Here
SUite Rep. William O. Kelsay,!
D-Roseburg, on his way to Salem
after a long day of hearings in
Klamath Falls, was killed instant
ly Friday night in a two-car col
Trio Lauds
Colleague
Klamath County legislators, who
have been working closely with
W. O. Kelsay in Industrial, busi
ness and recreational aspects nf
legislation, today expressed their
sorrow at the untimely death of
Ihe popular legislator.
Rep. Carrol Howe said:
"Due to Mr. Kelsay's capacity
for making friends, I will feel a
personal loss irom nis acain. now
vyizi , all Ml VJnrfcni 411111 iximiiuvu
County in particular, will be
losers because of sympathetic in
Iciest in our problems.'
Rep. George Flitcrafl said:
"I am saddened to hear of the
news of Uiis terrible mishap and
tlie death of Mr. Kelsay, while
he was returning home from
meeting ;n which ire had both
participated. I served with him
on Taxation and Fish and Game
committees in Ihe 1953 Lcgisla
litre and came lo know him as a
sincere. Hard-working man dedi
cated tn serving the best inter
ests of the state as he saw them."
Sen. Harry Boivin said:
"All of us who served with Bun
Kelsay in the legislature will miss
his friendly manner and the help
he always willingly gave. He had
a deep and abiding love (or Ore
gon and its people. He was an
untiring worker (or tlie causes
in which he believed. Oregon has
lost a distinguished citizen.
Chief Adds
Sympathy
SALEM (UPIi-Gov. Mark Hal
field Saturday praised Ihe late
State Rep. William O. Kelsay, D
Ore., who was killed in a traffic
accident Friday night.
Rep. Kelsay, with his service
to tlie state above all considera
tion, was held high in the affec
tions of those who were privileged
to be his friends," 4he governor
said. "May 1 extend the condo
lences of a grateful state."
IN RECOGNITION This brome plaque In memory of Martin R. Frain, first perma
nent fur trader in this part of Oregon, will be dedicated by the Klamath Chapter Ore.
gon State Society of the National Society Daughter of American Colonists en Satur
day, Oct. 12. The marker will be placed in Veterans Memorial Park which Is near the
site of Frain't first trading poit at Payne Alley and the intersection of Main Street. The
public is invited to attend the dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m. (See story and pie
lures 'on Pag I of feature taction I.
Weather
AGRICULTURAL FORECAST
Cloudy, cool showtry typ wtatfctr
tt lorfcatted to con If nut ttiroufh Tut,
day. Hard frttto tndicaltd for Tutsday
night, Harvtst outlook poor to fair, b
coming good on Wtdntsday and Thun
day.
In Crash
lision 35 miles north of here on
U.S. Highway 97.
The 50-year-old lawmaker,
chairman of tlie Oregon Interim
Wildlile Committee, was serving
as a member of tlie Oregon-Cali
fornia Legislative Interim Commit
tee set up to study the inter
state mule deer herd. The com
mittee had met all day in Klam
ath Falls Friday and had conduct
ed a day-long session Thursday
in Yreka, Calif,
The two occu
pants of the sec
ond car, Homer
May and his
wife, Mildred
both about 52,
of Eugene, were
critically injured
in the accident.
They were taken
to Klamath Val
- lop KELSAY
ley Hospital and
Mrs. May was transferred to a
- Meatora nospitat Miuroay alter.
noon following surgery.
The Klamath Valley
listed May as still In critical con
ditlon Saturday afternoon. Stale
oucc said the Medford hospital
reported Saturday night that Mrs
- ;l I
1 iu
May was "still critical, but doing.
as well as could he expected.
notice said' Kelsay's car skid
ded for 100 feel in the rlghthand
lane and then crossed the cen
ler line, going into a broadside
skid. His vehicle then was struck
by the oncoming May automobile.
The mishap occurred about 7:45
p.m.
rieisny, a sawmill operator, was
elected to the 1957, 1959 and 1961
slate legislatures. He was a grad
uate of Oregon College of Educa
tion.
During the 1953 session Kelsay
was chairman of the Fish and
Game Committee, and served on
the Highways, Rules and Resolu
tions, and Taxation committees.
He was born at Oakridge, and
was active in the Masons, Scot
tish Rite and Shrine, the Elks,
Eagles, Ihe Roseburg Country
Club and Rod and Gun Club.
He was part owner of (our saw
mills and a member of the board
of directors of the ICOA Insur
ance Co. of Salem, a post lo
which he was elected In April,
He was on his way from Klam
ntli Kalis to Salem, where he was
tn attend a board meeting of the
ICOA Insurance Co. Saturday
morning.
Kelsay is survived by his wid
ow, two sons and a daughter.
Haiti Strip
Reduced
To Shambles
MIAMI (UP!) - Killer Hurri
cane Flora stalled over Cuba Sat
urday, rawing more destruction
on tlie island than all the anti
Castro raiders to date and posing
a definite threat to the U.S.
mainland.
From the islands already raked
by tlie vicious storm came grim
reports of death and destruction.
At least 54 persons have been
killed by the tropical terror and
no comprehensive report is vet
available on one of the hardest
hit areas the Tiburon Peninsula
of Haiti which is in shambles.
Flora concentrated her 80-mile-
an-hour winds and torrential
rains Saturday on Cuba's prov
ince of Camaguey, known in the
days before Fidel Castro installed
his Communist regime as the
Texas of Cuba" because of its
famed cattle ranches and huge
sugar plantations.
Cuban radio broadcasts moni
tored in Miami told of mounting
damage throughout the southeast
ern end of the island, particular
ly in mountainous Orionte Prov
ince where the hurricane hit with
125 m.p.h. winds Thursday.
ine uncertain path of the drift
ing tempest caused many south
Florida residents to 4egin storm
preparations during the day.
forecasters predicted the hur
ricane would continue a west
ward drift well into the night,
weanen somewiiat and emerge
into 'the Caribbean off Cuba's
south coast sometime early Sun
day. I Stalling ot tlie storm was
caused by a high pressure tys-
Unenitall rem vvl u,e UUllTO OLSbCS WniCn
nuspiiai -.! ,..nj ,i ....
southeast. . . -' ' -
From Cuba came ' reports -of'
homes being unroofed and trees
and television antennas toppled.
Many towns in Orion te Province
were without electricity and air
traffic was halted on tlie island.
On the mainland, from Miami
to. Palm Beach, hardware stores
reported a run on hurricane sup
plies such as flashlights, lan
terns, camp stoves and canned
heat. -
Showing Lasts
Two Minutes
CORVALLis (UPD-Friday
just wasn't a good day for
Rice Mercury Motors of Cor
vallls. ,
The firm had two brand
new 1964 models to show off
proudly. An open house was
planned. The coffee was
brewed and doughnuts were
on the platters for visitors.
The two new cars were
parked at the curb, ready to
give prospects a ride around
town.
The doors were opened at 9
a.m. At 9:02 there was a loud
crash. A motorist driving
down tlie street had smashed
into both cars, nearly demol
ishing them.