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By FRANK JENKINS
As was rather generally ex
pected, the Oregon legislature's
$60 million tax increase mea
sure went down to defeat in yes
terday's lcfcrcndum election.
Its worst drubbing w as in Jo
sephine county, where 68.4 per
cent of the registered voters
went to the polls and voted 8063
to 708 against it a negative ma
jority of 11 to one. At McDer
mitt precinct over in Malheur
county, 18 of the 37 registered
electors turned out to vote.
They ALL voted NO. In Benton
county, home of Oregon State
University. 63 per cent of the
registered voters went to t h e
polls and turned it down by a
vote of 4235 YES to 5781 NO-a
negative majority of nearly one
and a half to one.
Over the state as a whole,
the voting was about three to
one AGAINST.
Why?
Here are some figures that
may provide the answer:
According to the oflicial State
of Oregon Bi-cnnial Budget Re
port, the recommended ap
propriations for the 1963-65 bi
rnnium for all funds came to a
total of $1,285.7 million.
That figure is too big to be
grasped by most of us. So let's
it out. Spelled out. it comes
to tine billion, 285 million, 700
thousand dollars.
That is for the upcoming bi
ennium. A bi-ennium is two years.
Which is to say:
The recommended Oregon
slate budget for EACH of the
next two years was 642 million,
850 thousand dollars.
Oregon's present population is
assumed to be about 1,800,000.
the proposed state
budget, the per capita lax
(meaning the tax for each per
son would have been about
$357.00.
Which means
Kor the average family of
four, the annual state tax would
lie about $1428.00.
But that isn't all.
According to Tax Foundation,
Inc., Oregon's share of the $98.8
BILLION federal budget for the
19B4 fiscal year w ill be $899 mil
lionor a per capita avewage of
about $490.
Adding the two, we get a com
bined (federal and slate I per
capita tax of about $847.
Or-
For the average Oregon fam
ily of four
An annual lax of about $3388.
Bui, you will say:
"I haven't got that much. So
how could I pay that much in
taxes?"
Don't kid yourself.
The cost of taxes is added to
the COST OK PRODUCTION,
and therefore has to be added
lo prices. Otherwise, all pro
ducers wculd go broke.
In one way or another, we all
pay our full share of taxes all
taxes.
The truth is that taxes are Ire
ginning to BITE.
People are getting gun-shy of
MORE taxes.
So
Everything considered
It isn't TOO surprising that
yesterday's referendum election
in Oregon turned out as it did.
China Membership
Comes Before UN
. .. UNITED NATIONS. N Y.
(IPD The General Assembly
today returned to the issue of
Lost Ad Worked
A Salem hunter, here last
weekend with his two sons,
will have a valuable shot
gun back thanks lo a Want
Ad and cooperation of the
State Police. When he had
to leave for home hurriedly
after misplacing the gun be
cause one of the boys be
came ill he was advised to
run the following ad. John
Hammersley of Homodale
Road turned the gun in to
State Police.
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S'fO. WinchSftsr It automat wth
fibrosis) Darrrl. Wtll find?' pitas
h-ina gun to Orrgo Slats Poiks. K.
Palis.
Think first ol the Herald
and News Want Ads when
anything is lost or mis
placed. It's easv to place
a Want Ad. Just dial TU
4-81 II or stop at the Her
ald and News office, 1301
Esplanade. A Want Ad writ
er will be glad to help you
word your ad.
Weather
. Klamath Fills. Tutelako itH Lao-
visw Mostly f.ir through Thursday.
Lowi tonight 21 I. 11. Highs Thurs
day U I. 7t. Variaolo winds livt I.
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County Votes 'No'
Klamath County voters issued
an overwhelming "No" against
accepting the $60 million tax
measure as a result of the spe
cial tax election held yesterday
in the county's 75 precincts,
Cutting Session Seen
By Area Legislators
Consensus of politically-experienced
persons in the county
indicates that there is no sin
gle reason that led to the de
feat of the measure.
Rep. Carrol Howe said that
he believed the vote is a deci
sive mandate for budget cutsT
and that Uie people do not want
additional taxes of any kind.
However, Howe explained, he
believes the legislature should
be called into special session,
and that the lawmakers will
h a v e to explore some other
types than income taxes to raise
the money necessary to keep
essential state services going.
Howe said: "I interpret the
election results a strong resis
tance to further income laxa-
L tion and resentment at the way
the state legislature, handled
the tax matter.
"Budget cuts must come in all
categories. A good place to start
is on legislative salaries. It is
only too bad people have so lit
tle lo say about the federal
budget."
Rep. George Flitcraft. w h o
served on the Ways and Means
Committee during the 1963 regu
Improper Ballot Marking
Leads To Citizen Arrest
Frank Weaver, the Klamath
Falls hotel owner who com
plained Tuesday about irregu
larities in a voting precinct, fol
lowed his words with action
Tuesday afternoon by making
citizen's arrests on three wom
en election officials.
The women were not held af
ter County Clerk Charles DcLap
said he would be responsible (or
them, but Weaver today con
ferred with Dist. Ally. Dale
Crabtree and Crabtree said he
will investigate further before
deciding whether to file a com
plaint. Weaver first complained early
Tuesday afternoon in a tele
phone call to the Herald and
News that the numbered stub
on his ballot was removed by
workers at Precinct 14, but
they wrote the number back
onto the ballot. He claims this
is in violation of state and fed
eral law.
County Clerk DcLap said the
women at the precinct were in
whctlier the Communist or Na
tionalist regime should repre
sent China in the United Na
tions. Every year since 1950, the
assembly has barred Commu
nist China and given National
ist China another year in pos
session of the seat it has had
since joining the United Na
tions as a founding member.
The Nationalist government
has also retained its perma
nent seat on the Security Coun
cil, and thus its veto power.
There was nothing in sight
today to portend a different re
sult. Observers expected litlle
change from the 56-42 vote in
the last assembly that defeated
a Soviet resolution that would
have expelled the Nationalists
and put the Communists in
their seat.
If anything. Peking has lost
friends since last year's vote,
but despite the Sino Soviet
split, the Russians continued to
back rcking,s cause in the as
sembly. The Soviet stand fs based on
the assumption that the Com
munist regime is the only law
ful rcprenta(ie of China.
Price Ten Cents 26 Pages
as well as in the remaining
counties of the state.
Voters in the county stood 9 to
1 in opposition to the increase
in income taxes which had been
approved by the legislature to
lar legislative session, said that
he is hopeful that if a special
session is called, the legislature
will confine itself to studying the
problem at hand balancing the
budget.
"The people are not sending
us back there to dump into the
hopper all of the bills that did
not pass during the regular ses
sion." Flitcraft said.
"We must go to Salem with
an eye to reducing expenditures
rather than to find new sources
of taxation to maintain stale
services at existing levels," Flit
craft said.
Sen. Harry Boivin said that he
thinks the legislature will be
called into special session and
that it will be practical for the
assembly to convene within a
matter of weeks.
"The matter of cutting budg
ets and balancing the budget
will be the sole concern of the
Senate in a special session," Boi
vin said. "I do not think we will
be bothered with matters not di
rectly related to the problem of
budget cutting and balancing in
the Senate." the former Senate
president stated.
error, but that he had correct
ed the situation and only five
ballots had been affected. He
denied that the error was a bas
is for criminal action.
But Weaver shortly before 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon ap
peared at police headquarters
seeking an officer to accompa
ny him lo the precinct so that
he could make a citizen's ar
rest. Lt. R. N. Adkins accompanied
Weaver to the polls, located in
a Sixth Street auto dealership.
Adkins later reported that
this occurred:
Weaver walked into the voting
room, pointed to three women
conducting the voting and said:
"I am making a citizen's ar
rest by arresting you three
women for conducting an illegal
election by numbering the bal
lots so they may be identified
which is contrary to state and
federal law."
Lt. Adkins then advised the
women. Mildred Cook. Ada Bar
leen and Bcrda Decker, to noti
fy DcLap. But just then the
county clerk walked into the
precinct.
DcLap contended that there
w as no basis for the arrests and
finally, Lt. Adkins agreed not to
hold the women when DoLap
promised to be responsible for
them.
Further action in the matter
is up to the district attorney.
In another development. Sec
retary of State Howell Appling
Jr. said today in Salem that im
properly numbered ballots will
not invalidate Tuesday's tax ref
erendum election. He said the
incidents occurred not only in
Klamath County, but in Multno
mah County as well.
He said the numbering was
"a completely erroneous proce
dure." but noted that in two pre
vious court cases involving sim
ilar errors, the elections were
not invalidated.
Car Proves
No Match
KANSAS CITY. Mo. iL'PI -The
left side of Mrs. Clara
Bertier's station wagon was
badly damaged in t two-vehicle
accident Friday.
Tnere was no visible dam
age, however, to the other ve
hicle a 26-ton. M-41 lank that
plowed into her car.
By 9-1
balance the budget (or the next
biennium but which was re
(erred to the voters by ref
erendum. The final unofficial tally Wed
nesday morning showed 9.491
"No" votes as contrasted with
1,183 votes favoring the meas
ure. A breakdown of the rural
and urban areas revealed that
the county voted against the tax
increase 5,325 to 629 while city
precincts opposed the measure
3,813 to 497.
Only one precinct of the 73 vot
ed in favor of the tax measure.
That was the Oregon Vocational
School where the tally showed
30 in favor and 14 against. At
Beatty and Dairy only one vot
er in each precinct cast a ballot
favoring the measure.
Klamath County Clerk Charles
DeLap reported that 59.6 per
cent of the county's 19.414 regis
tered voters cast ballots in the
special election, representing
a "heavy" turnout for such an
election. 1
Several other counties pro
duced a better voter turnout
but only Josephine County sent
the tax measure to a more re
sounding defeat.
In that county, 68.4 per cent
of its registered voters were
114 to 1 against putting the tax
measure into effect. The turnout
in that county was also the high
est in the state.
Statewide figures indicate that
60 per cent of the state's 758,
047 registered voters cast bal
lots in the election, but the mar
gin of defeat was only about 34
to 1 compared to the resound
ing setback it received in South
ern Oregon.
Following is the unofficial vote
tally from Klamath Falls and
Klamath County precincts:
PRECLNCT YES NO
Algoma ' 6 37
North Altamont " ' . 19 177
South Altamont 21 227
Beatty 1 21
Bly ' 22 85
Chemult 14 46
East Chiloquin 16 120
West Chiloquin 10 79
Crescent Lake 3 35
Dairy 1 79
N. Enterprise 13 107
S. Enterprise 8 101
Gilchrist 15 113
East Homedaie 16 243
North Hornedale 10 172
South Homedaie 53 593
Klamath Lake 2 44
Lakcshore 9 79
Langell Valley 4 86
Lost River 15 109
East Malin 18 128
West Malin 14 150
East Merrill 13 134
West "Merrill 23 130
Midland 33 144
Modoc 2 21
Mt. Laki 21 207
Odcll II 59
Orindale 10 133
OVS 30 14
Pelican Bay 24 156
Pine Grove 39 277
Plevna 12 140
Poe Valley 6 38
Shasta 16 142
East Shasta 39 302
North Shasta 44 246
South Shasta 17 161
West Shasta 7 108
Sprague River 14 43
Stewart-Lenox 27 276
Wood River 8 114
Totals 629 5325
CITY
PRECINCT YES NO
One 5 62
Two 11 104
Three 10 80
Four 21 126
Five 7 105
Six 13 84
Seven 10 100
Eight 10 39
Nine 3 28
Ten 9 fil
Eleven 5 78
Twelve 6 47
Thirteen 8 42
Fourteen 4 25
Fifteen 9 138
Sixteen 9 159
Seventeen 18 160
Eighteen 17 196
Nineteen 18 174
Twenty 4 115
Twenty One 18 82
Twenty Two 3 82
Twenty Three 30 143
Twenty Four 30 186
Twenty Five 24 173
Twenty Six 90 334
Twenty Seven 17 107
Twenty Eight II 75
Twenty Nine 7 119
Thirty 14 207
Thirty One IS 139
Thirty Two 31 185
Thirty Three 10 5
ToUU 497 3811
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1963
HMMMMM Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin looks positively down-to-earth puizled
as he ponders a newsman's question after his arrival in New York with Russian cosmo
nefte Valentina Tereshkova. They're making a one-day stopover in New York an routs
home from Mexico City. During the questioning, Gaqarin confirmed that Russia has
embarked on a program to put men on the moon before 1970. UPI Telephoto
Quick UN Action Will Ban
Space Nuclear Weapons
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.
(UPII The U.N. Main Political
Committee gave unanimous en
dorsement today to a Soviet
American agreement banning
outer space to nuclear weapons.
It sent the agreement to the
General Assembly for final rati
fication. Ambassador Carl W. A.
Schurmann of flic Netherlands,
chairman of the Ill-nation com
mittee, declared a 17-power res
olution on the agreement adopt
British Convoy Blocked
Nine Hours By Russians
BERLIN l UPI I The Soviet
Union again harassed Western
Allied traffic on the Autobahn
to Berlin today by holding up a
British army convoy for more
than nine hours. The convoy
was cleared after tlic British re
fused lo bow to Soviet pressure.
The convoy of 28 men in nine
vehicles had been held up at
Babclsbcrg, just outside the bor
der of West Berlin, since 6:43
a.m. It was cleared shortly be
fore 4 p.m.
Soviet control officers had
tried to force the British troops
to' dismount. But the British
convoy commander refused.
Then, after vigorous protests at
the scene and at the diplomatic
level in London, the convoy was
allowed to proceed without ac
cepting the Soviet demand.
"The convoy is moving on our
terms," a British spokesman
said.
The spokesman said Maj.
Gen. David P. Yates, the Brit
ish commandant in Berlin, sent
a "strongly worded protest" to
Russian Gen. Ivan A. Jaku
bow ski.
The unexpected Soviet block
Mad Arsonist Threatens
To Burn More Buildings
MONMOUTH. III. 'L'PII-At
7 o'clock Tuesday night, I h c
telephone rang at the home of
Mayor Allen Walters. His wile
answered it.
"I am going to say this only
once." Iho caller declared, in
the voice of a man who may
have been between 20 and 30
years old. "K the pottery
works are not closed down,
there will be four more fires
tomorrow night."
That's tonight.
This message, plus three
blazing holocausts Monday,
had police armed with rlllcs
and pistols patrolling the
streets of this tense celic-ge
town in search of a shrewd but
"mad" arsonist.
Walters said live man who
sparked the Uiiee big blazes
ed by acclamation. The del
egates applauded his an
nouncement. Schurmann said it
was hoped the assembly would"
give its final approval Thursday
morning.
The United States and Russia
gave their public endorsement
to the resolution based on their
agreement.
The resolution put before the
General Assembly's Main Politi
cal Committee by the 17 mem
bers of the Geneva disarma-
followed a similar holdup of a
U.S. Army convoy at the same
checkpoint last week. It
aroused (cars the Russians
were about to apply the same
pressure tactics on the British.
British officials said the So
viets demanded that the 28
British troops get out o( their
vehicles and line up to be
counted. They said the convoy
commander refused.
Shooting Hours
OREGON
October 17
Open Close
6:50 a.m. 8:30 p.m.
CALIFORNIA
October 17
Open Close
6:48 a.m. 6:24 p.m.
was a "highly intelligent" per
son to whom fires were "like a
game of chess."
The fires climaxed a month
of threats and arson attempts
at the Western stoneware Co.
here. Flames leveled two lum
beryards and nearly destroyed
a metal firm.
Two hundred policemen, aux
iliary police and volunteers pa
trolled the streets of this com
munity of 10.000 persons in
west-central Illinois following
the fires.
After dusk, businessmen
banded together lo protect their
establishments. They hid In al
leys and other out-of-the-way
places to avoid being seen by
the arsonist, manager J I m
Jludd of station WRAM reported.
4
Telephone
menl talks, was the result of an
agreement achieved Tuesday
by the United States and the
Soviet Union.
U.S. Ambassador Adlai E.
Stevenson opened today's com
mittee debate with a declaration
that the resolution "sets
forth a policy which has al
ready been adopted by the Unit
ed States."
"The Unlfed Slates, fully in
tends to pursue this policy," he
said.
Stevenson recalled that As
sistant Defense Secretary Ros-
well L. GHpatric announced on
Sept. S. 1962, that the United
States opposed any "bombs in
orbit" program lo put nuclear
weapons in space.
Soviet Ambassador Nikolai T.
Fedorenko added his endorse
ment to Stevenson's.
Thousands
In Algeria
Join Army
ALGIERS (UPII-Thousands
of Algerians, many singing and
cheering, flocked to recruiting
stations today to answer Presi
dent Ahmed Ben Bella's appeal
to take up arms against Moroc
co. Old and young massed before
army barracks near the center
of the capital and south of the
ca sbah.
As volunteers marched
through (lie streets they sang
and cheered.
Women lined the route, wav
ing and cheering on their men.
Former Information Minis
ter Mohammed Yazid and a
senior Algerian army adviser,
Maj. Slimane Hoffman, flew to
Marrakech as special envoys
from Ben Bella for talks with
Morocco's King Hassan.
The pair met Tuesday with
Moroccan officials and re
turned Tuesday night to inform
Ben Bella of the situation.
L. Erhard
Wins Vofe
BONN, Germany (UPD
Ludwig Erhard, who as eco
nomics minister engineered
West Germany's postwar boom,
was elected the nation's second
chancellor today to replace re
signed Konrad Adenauer.
The Bundestag, lower house
of parliament, voted, 279-180, in
favor of Erhard,
The Christian Democratic
Union which Adenauer and Er
hard turned into the most pow
erful vote-getting machine in
German history, voted for Er
hard along with their coalition
partners, the Free Democrats.
The opposition Social Demo
crats voted as a bloc against
Erhard.
TU 4-8111 No. 7603
Widle Smmk
Emergency Meeting
Called By Governor
PORTLND (I'PI) - Oregon
voters Tuesday defied the pleas
of Gov. Mark Hatfield and leg
islative leaders, and smashed
down the legislature's $60 mil
lion tax increase bill.
Hatfield termed the defeat "a
mandate to slash programs and
services."
House Minority Leaner F. K.
Montgomery immediately called
for enactment of a cigarette
tax, and a sales tax to be
referred to the voters'.
A county-by-county (ally of
election returns appears on
Page 4-A of today's Herald
and News.
The defeat threw the state in
to a grave fiscal crisis.
Hatfield called an emergency
meeting of legislative leaders in
Salem for 1 p.m. today. It
seemed certain the governor
would order a special session of
the legislature.
The tax measure suffered
more than a three to one de
feat.
60 Per Cent Vole
About 60 per cent of the
slate's 758.047 registered voters
cast ballots in the referendum.
Returns from 3,114 of t h e
stale's 3,253 precincts showed
No 345,839 and Yes 101,258.
The measure was defeated in
every county in the state.
Worst setback was in Jose
phine County where 68.4 per
cent of tile registered voters
cast ballots, and scuttled the
lax hike S.0U3 lo 708.
In Benton County, home of
Oregon State University, there
was a 64.7 per cent turnout
There were 4,255 yes voles and
5.781 no voles the best show
ing the measure made in any
county.
At McDcrmitt in Malheur
County 18 of the 37 voters cast
bailors all no.
Howard Comments
Weekly newspaper editor J.
Francyl Howard, who spear
headed the drive to refer the
tax bill, said "I'm delighted.
This is a move toward econ
omy." Senate President Ben Musa
said the vote means "we will
have to cut budget. It means
basic school support will have
to take its share along with the
rest."
House Speaker Clarence Bar
ton commented he would do
"Whatever tlic people want.
They are the final authority."
Hatfield termed the defeat
"an obvious rejection of t h e
legislative tax program, and a
mandate to slash programs and
services. The full impact of this
vole w ill not be felt at once, but
it is inevitable."
Hatfield was expected to call
the legislature into special ses
sion next month after this alt
eration's meeting with legisla
Leaders Claim Vote
Not Anti-Education
PORTLAND (UPI) Educa
tors Tuesday nighl said they did
not believe the vote against the
legislature's tax bill was also
a vote against education.
Educators said tho heavy
"no" vote was against the
amount of taxes and the man
ner of raising them instead of
spending for education.
Eugene Fisher, chairman of
the State Board of Education
said only about a dozen of the
state's 400 school districts had
trouble getting their local budg
ets through this year.
"I think that's some indica
tion that people want the quali
ty education." he said.
William Walsh, chairman of
the Stale Board of Higher Edu
cation, indicated that it might
be necessary to raise admission
standards and tuitions to pre
serve the quality of education.
The extent of cuts in educa
tional expenses will not be
known until further action Is
taken by the legislature or Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
No emergency meetings have
been scheduled by the S t a t e
Board of Education or the Stale
Weather
AOPICULTUP.1L POP.ICAST
Harvail outlook moitly good ntxt
(Iva days with abovo ssasonablg Ism
psratursi. Showsrs posnbl. early
Friday anaagain about tunday.
tive majority and minorily
leaders.
The defeat means that the
slate is $60 million short of the
money it needs to finance the
two-year $404 million general
fund budget approved by t h e
legislature.
Vote Called
'Mandate'
By Officials
By United Press International
"A mandate." That's how
most state leaders described
Tuesday's defeat of the legis
lature's $60 million tax increase
measure. Here is what they
said:
Gov. Mark Hatfield: "This Is
an obvious rejection of the leg
islative tax program, and a
mandate to slash programs and
services. The full impact of this
vote will not be felt at once,
but it is inevitable."
Secretary of State Howell Ap
pling Jr.: "I'm not surprised.
My department has long since
made plans to reduce our costs
in line with out continuing pro
gram. We anticipate no diffi
culty in complying with the
mandate reflected in this vote."
House Speaker Clarence Bar
ton: That's what the people
want. They are the final au
thority. Senate President Ben Musa:
"This is a very emphatic man
date. It means that we must
cut budget. It means that basic
school support will have to take
its share along with the rest."
House Minority Leader F. F.
Montgomery: "We have a clear
mandalc from the people. It's
going to be difficult to deter
mine whether they want a budg
et slash or if they want us to
come out with an entirely dif
ferent approach to taxation. I
will urge a cigarette tax if a
special session is called, and
will urge a referendum on a
sales tax."
J. Francyl Howard, Albany
weekly newspaper editor wfio
headed the successful referral
drive: "I'm delighted, it ex
ceeded my expectations. This
is a move toward economy. I
don't think the governor will
call a special session of the
legislature."
Eugene Fisher, cliairman of
State Board of Education:
Sometimes I don't feel educa
tion is as popular as It ought
to be. However, only about a
dozen of the state's 400 school
districts had trouble getting
their local budgets through ear
lier this year. I think that's
oonie indication that people
want the quality education."
Board of Higher Education. The
former meets Oct. 22 and the
latter Oct. 23.
Chancellor of Higher Educa
tion Roy Lieuallen: "Hie vote
does nut alter my thinking that
the people want quality educa
tion for their youngsters. We
will place the cuts where they
will minimize damage to quali
ty of education and research
programs."
University of Oregon Pres
ident Arthur Flemming: "I
believe the vote was a tax re
pointed, but we'll do the best
volt. Naturally I was disnp
we can."
Oregon Stale University Pres
ident James Jensen: "We will
make whatever adjustments are
necessary in order to continue
contributing to the well being
and growth o( Oregon."
Rep. Joo Rogers, R-mdcpen-dence:
"We have prepared a
sales tax that will guarantee
some property tax relief."
Portland Slato College Presi
dent Branford Millar: "The
people have spoken but It's not
quite clear (o me what they
have spoken about."