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By FRANK JENKINS .
In Salem this morning, Gov
ernor Hatfield recommends to
the Oregon legislature, assem
bled in special session, a pro
gram of austerity in expendi
tures AND NO NEW TAXES.
This morning's dispatches re
port that after hearing the gov
ernor's address the legislative
assembly "struck out bravely"
along the new path ordered by
the voters.
There isn't much else to do.
The people's mandate at the re
cent special election was clear.
They said in no uncertain terms
that they want TAX REDUC
TION. They made it unmistak
ably clear that they are getting
hot under the collar under the
burden of taxes.
Probing question:
WHY are the people of Ore
gon getting hot under the collar
about taxes?
Let's take a look at some
figures.
Oregon's STATE taxes aren't
extravagantly heavy.
The refcrended legislative
budget came to a total of $404.3
million. Assuming that our pres
ent population is 1,81)0.000, that
4s a per capita tax of $224.
And that is for a B1ENN1UM
two years. For one year it
is only $112 30.'
Let's take a look now at fed
eral taxes.
According to Tax Foundation,
Inc., Oregon's share of the 1903
federal budget of $98.8 B I L
LIO is $899 million. That
comes to a per capita annual
tax in Oregon of $493 and that
is for ONE year.
Put on a per capita basis,
for one year, it looks like this:
Oregon legislative budget
$112.30.
Oregon's share of the federal
budget, $493.88.
Which is to say:
Oregon's per capita share of
the FEDERAL budget is three
and one third times Oregon's
per capita share of the state
general fund budget that was
referended and heavily defeated
at the Oregon election on Octo
ber 15.
Uncle, you see, is the
EXTRAVAGANT spender.
What to do about it?
How can Uncle's extrav
agance be checked?
Well, about all we can do
about Uncle's extravagance is
to vote against Oregon's sena
tors and representatives in con
gress who, we think, are voting
for extravagant federal spend
ing. And that doesn't get us very
far. Oregon's voice at Washing
ton isn't very loud.
Parliament
Reconvenes
LONDON (UPD-Tbe Conser
vative government of Prime
Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home
reconvened Parliament today
with a speech pledging to mod
ernize Britain and work for
world peace.
Douglas-Home was not pres
ent for the speech this morning
because he did not officially be
come a member of the House
of Commons until the afternoon
session.
He was to open debate on his
government's policy statement,
contained in the traditional
speech by Queen Elizabeth,
with Labor leader Harold Wil
son. The queen's speech is written
by the government, not the
queen, and it was not even de
livered by the queen this morn-
VETERANS HONORED
Klamath County's war dead
commander of the, Veterans
1 1 o'clock Monday morning.
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Test Convoy Rolls Past
Checkpoints Unmolested
BERLIN (UPD-A U.S. Army
convoy sent out to test Russian
intentions today passed through
two Russian checkpoints on the
Berlin highway without harass
ment. The convoy of 54 men in 13
vehicles traveled along the
autobahn tlirough East Ger
many from Berlin to the Vest
without dismounting for a head
count as the Russians demand
ed last w eek.
Informed sources said the
convoy passed without incident
Russian checkpoints outside
Berlin and on the East-West
German border. The Russians
did not demand that the convoy
dismount to be counted, the
sources said.
The convoy cleared the Rus
sians' Babelsburg checkpoint,
just outside Berlin, in about one
hour, and the Russian check
point at Marienborn, on the
Driver Enjoys
Being Pinched
SYRACUSE. N.Y. (UPD
Police Chief Patrick Murphy
posted a letter on the station
house bulletin board Monday
from a citizen who received a
ticket for disobeying a stop
sign.
The letter read "I have nev
er been treated with more
courtesy or respect than
when ticketed by your officer.
He was so courteous that he
almost made me like the traf
fic ticket."
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SALUTES VICTIMS Tom Winterringer of the American
Legion Post 8 salutes the Memorial Shaft Monday during
Veterans Day ceremonies. Inscribed on the shaft are
names of local men who died in battle. Hundreds gath
ered for the ceremonies Monday.
Several hundred pertoni Monday morning paid tribute to
in ceremonies at the Memorial Shaft. Fred Mandell, district
of Foreign Wars, conducted the memorial ceremonies at
This photo shows honor guard of veterans with pert of the
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Price Teo Cents
East-West German border, in
about 80 minutes.
Tile convoy was considered an
expression of Western Allied de
termination to keep B e r 1 i n
routes open.
This was1 considered signifi
cant because there were more
passengers in today's convoy
than in the convoy halted by
the Russians Nov. 4 and held
for 41 hours.
In the convoy halted last
week there were 20 passengers.
Soviets Nub
On Charges
MOSCOW (UPD - A Yale
University professor, noted for
his anti-Communist views, has
been arrested by the Russians
as a spy, the U.S. Embassy an
nounced today.
An embassy spokesman said
Professor Frederick Barghoorn,
52, a member of Yale's political
science department, had been
touring the Soviet Union.
The spokesman said the em
bassy was informed of Bar
ghoorn's arrest by the Soviet
Foreign Ministry, bid it was not
known where or when he had
been taken into custody.
The spokesman said the em
bassy was pressing for further
details about Barghoorn's sei
zure and was seeking "the op
portunity '. of seeing him."
He is believed to have been
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1963
Today's convoy comprised 54
men in 13 vehicles. This includ
ed 26 drivers and co-drivers,
and 28 passengers.
The convoy was regarded as
a test of Russian intentions be
cause of this composition. The
Western Allies have told the
Russians their soldiers will
dismount only if there are more
than 30 in a convoy.
Today's convoy was com
manded by Lt. Charles P. Bern
stein of Raleigh, N.C.
Professor
Of Spying
arrested a few days ago.
Barghoorn, a bachelor, came
to the Soviet union early last
month on a one-month tourist
visa. The embassy said he had
been in Tbilsi in Georgia in con
nection w ith the Robert Jenkins
Clarion Concert Group, and at
Alma Ata in Kazakhstan for the
opening of the American graph
ic arts exhibition in October.
The charge against Barghoorn
followed by only nine days the
arrival back in Moscow of two
Russian diplomats ordered to
leave the United States for al
leged espionage activity.
Barghoorn, whose home is at
New Haven, Conn., is a recog
nized authority on the Soviet
Union. v
Communist
Diplomats
Restricted
WASHINGTON (UPD - The
United States today clamped
new travel restrictions on Com
munist diplomats from eastern
Europe to prevent spying.
Certain areas of the United
States now will be closed to
travel by these diplomats, as
they have been for Soviet offi
cials since 1955.
The purpose is to prevent the
satellite nation diplomats from
gathering intelligence data for
the Russians by touring U.S.
defense areas which are barred
to Soviet officials.
Representatives of the em
bassies of Poland, Czechoslo
vakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and
Hungary were summoned to the
State Department one by one
and informed of the new rules.
Meantime, ' the department
was overhauling the map of
U.S. areas closed to Russian
travelers. The map, a patchwork
of "closed" cities, counties and
states, will still place some 26
per cent of the country off
limits. But the geographic areas
will be different.
The measure has been under
intense debate in the Kennedy
administration since last sum
mer. Military officials argued that
the Russians do not need to en
ter the closed areas, because
they can always send a Hun
garian or Czech diplomat or
military attache.
State Department officials op
posed the measure. They said
some eastern European coun
tries recently have begun, or
indicated they will begin, eas
ing restrictions against U.S.
travelers.
Shooting Hours
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November 11
Opel Close
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CALIFORNIA
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ELEVATOR NOT WORKING?
rope from atop the Claremont Hotel s 180-foot bell tower to the ground Monday in a
demonstration of mountain climbing technique at Berkeley, Calif. The three climbers,
left to right, are Joe McKeown, 18, Galen Rowell, 23, and Jim Harper, 19. Thoy made
the perpendicular free rappell (free air ) descent, with the aid of special nylon ropes,
i.in approximately six., lecondi
the four-day California Winter Fair in Berkeley which starts. Thursday.
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'Big Lift'
FRANKFURT (UPI)-A fleet
of silvery U.S. Air Force trans
port planes headed for the
United States today, carrying
home the armored division
flown here last month to meet
a mock crisis.
The first plane off the ground,
a giant C135 carrying 73 sol
diers of the 2nd Armored Divi
sion, left for Bergstrom Field,
Tex.
The entire division, flown to
Europe in less than three days
last month, is to be ferried
home in nine days.
On its arrival it picked up
heavy weapons, halted and
threw back a mock aggressor
and returned its tanks, vehicles
and missies to storage sites.
Pfc. Charles Ottens of Comp
ton, Calif., said before boarding
Nixon Vows Legal Action
To Keep Name Off Ballot
NEW YORK 'UPIi-Former
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on, who has been relentlessly
stalking rumors of his presiden
tial availability, Monday cut
down a speculation given life
by former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
On Sunday Nixon's one-time
chief said that if the GOP 14
nominating convention became
deadlocked, t h e kingmakers
would have to "examine and
approach" Nixon as a possible
compromise candidate.
"1 appreciate such a generous
remark about myself," Nixon
said Monday, "however, I am
slicking by my decision to serve
nut as a candidate but as a
constructive critic of the admin.
l.tration."
Nixon, who lost by a razor
thin margin to Sen. John F.
Kennedy in the I960 prcdcn
lial election, foreww "no cir
cumstances whatever" under
which he might become a can
didate in 14.
He spoke at a news confer
ence held to announce the se
lection as "industrialist of the
year" of Charles E. DanieL
hoard chairman of the Daniel
Construction Co., Greenville,
S C. Nixon headed the 10-man
committee which chose Daniel
for the honor.
Telephone TV 4-8111 No. 7h6
Three vounq mountaineers
.1 he, trio will. present the
Heads Homeward
the gleaming jet, "the maneuv
er was fine, I guess but I'll be
glad to get home."
Maj. James W. Booth of Hart
well, Ga., also on the first
plane, said Big Lift "proved
we can reinforce NATO, (Amer
ica's European allies) quickly.
We can do it again anytime."
Five more C135's and throe
C124's carrying full troop loads
were to take off from here be
fore midnight. In addition, three
C130's and four C'118's Lift
masters were departing from
other German cities.
The 2nd Armored was flown
here tn demonstrate the United
States' capability to reinforce
its troops in Europe on short
notice. To make the operation
more realistic and to give the
division field training, it fought
Nixon buttressed his denials
of interest in the nomination
with a promise to lake "legal
steps" (or removal of his name
from any primary election in
which it rliight be submitted.
Tlie nation's first presidential
primary is March 10. in New
Hampshire, and Nixnn said he
thought the GOP contenders in
that lest should he Sen. Barry
Goldwater of Arizona an,d New
York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel
ler, the only announced GOP
candidate.
Billie Sol Takes Fifth Amendment
, WASHINGTON (UPD -Billie
Sol Estes, the rags-to-riche
Texas farm financier, look the
Filth Amendment today when
Senate investigators asked
whether he used influence in
high places to build his now
toppled farm empire.
First in private, and then at
a public hearing, the ex-tycoon
pleaded possible self-incrimination
to questions by the Senate
investigations subcommittee.
The subcommittee had suspend
ed a long Inquiry into Estes' cot
ton allotment oerations about
a year ago.
As the hearing got underway.
Wenllior
LONO . RANGE OUTLOOK
Ttmptraturts to cool slightly be
ginning Wednesday and above normal
precipitation in periods ol rain or
hewers beginning tonight or Wednes
day and again about Saturday.
demonstration again, during
a mock war fur more than a
week in the area between
Frankfurt and Kasscl to the
northeast.
The exercise put the 2nd Ar
mored in the role of defender
against an aggressor division
that was supposed to have at
tacked through the Fulda Gup
from Communist East Ger.
many, the invasion route East
ern armies have used for cen
turies and a likely route for any
Communist aggressor.
Flemming
To Speak
Dr. Arthur S. Flemming. pres
ident of the University of Ore
gon, will deliver the main ad
dress Friday evening at dedica
tion ceremonies for the n e w
Chiloquin High School.
Dr. Flemming will speak on
"Pursuit of Excellence."
Paul Fairclo, chairman of the
County School Board, will pre
sent the building and it will be
accepted by Al Samples, for
mer L'hil'Kuin principal.
Dr. Clilf Robinson, siicrin
tt'iidcnt of coumy schools, will
present the platform guests.
The ceremony will begin at 7:43
Friday evening at the school.
The rest of the program will
include music by the Klamath
Community Symphony, and the
Chiloquin lligh School hand and
Indian dancing by the Wild
Eagle Dancers.
An oHn house will follow the
ceremonies to which the public
is invited.
he told Chairman John L. Mc
Clellan, D-Ark., that he was the
same Billie Sol Estes who fig
ured in the subcommittee's long
inquiry on how he acquired
pooled cotton allotments from
farmers displaced by govern
ment activities in other areas.
McC'lellan. who hod already
outlined Estes' refusal to testi
fy at the closed-door session,
then asked Estes when he first
became interested in pooled cot
ton allotments.
"I resKctfully refuse to an
swer the question on the
grounds that it might tend to
are shown descendina bv
Other Measures Back
Governor's Requests
SALEM (UPD - On a "try,
try again" note, tax bills sailed
Monday into a chastised but not
cowed Oregon Legislature.
Sales and cigarette tax bills
were introduced before the spe
cial session was hours old.
Gov. Mark Hatfield's bill to
speed up withholding lax "pay
ments to the state was entered.
And Rep. Richard Eymann,
D Marcola, promised to fight
for introduction of a net re
ceipts tax measure and bills
taxing beer and wine, hotels and
motels, and domestic insurance
companies.
Eymann got a temporary re
buff Monday from tlie House
Rules Committee, but said he
would try to introduce the bills
through his own tax committee
if the rules committee did not
relent.
Tlie tax bills began appearing
even before Hatfield went in
front of an opening joint session
The full text of Governor
Hatfield's remarks on the
opening day of the special
session appears on Page 5 of
today's Herald and News.
of the Senate and House to re
mind the lawmakers their last
tax achievement had been
Governor's Remarks
Draw Varied Reaction
SALEM (UPD -The special
session of tlie legislature was
launched Monday agreed there
was much to bo done, but not
agreed on what should be done.
Reactions tn Gov. Mark Hat
field's special message to a
joint session of the House Sen
ate ranged from enthusiastic
support to bitter disapproval.
Hatficid admonished lawmak
ers to go swiftly about tlieir
work, then go home.
House Speaker Clarence Bar
Inn, D-Coqtiil'e, said the ad
dress was "what I expected."
Senate President Ben Musa,
D-The Dalles, commented "I
agree, we have a jb to do. I
still hope we can get the job
done in seven or ten days."
House Minority Leader F. F.
Montgomery, R-Eugenc, said
"we will tighten our belts along
the lines he recommended."
Senate Minority Leader An
thony Yturri, R-Ontario, termed
Hatfield's address "brief, clear
and to the point."
"Worst Ever:" Pearson
But Sen. Walter Pearson, D
Portland, blasted the message
as "(lie worst address I have
ever heard any governor de
liver. I resent his remarks di
rected at the legislature. He of
fered no solution to tlie prob
lems." Underlying the day's activities
was a tone of seriousness.
Musa termed it "a different
attitude of legislators."
What it foretold was not clear.
Hatfield admonished lawmak
ers not to enact any new tax
measures. But within an hour
of his speech more than a dozen
had been proposed, and it ap
peared the flow had barely be
gun. Barton commented "it's any
one's privilege to introduce bills
as long as they are germane to
the subject and hand."
Pearson acidly noted,
"They're wasting their lime and
the legislature's lime by holding
tax committee meetings.
Musa refused comment. "It's
not for the Senate to pass judg
ment on House tax proposals at
this time."
Contusion and Contrast
It also was a day of confusion
and contrast.
There was confusion because
tlie normul legislative processes
were revved up to jet speed.
Six of the bills introduced Mon-
incriminate me, sir," Estes re
plied. Questions asked the west Tex
as farm tycoon in the closed
door session were understood to
have centered on Estes' opera
tions in acquiring cotton allot
ments from farmers who had
been displaced Irom cotton
farming elsewhere in the coun
try because of government ac
tivity. Estes arrived promptly for
his appointment. He was ac
companied by subcommittee
counsel Don O'Donnell and an
other companion.
"summarily and decisively"
dumped by the voters.
The people don't want any
new taxes this session, Hatfield
said.
The governor asked for more
budget cutting authority and a
one-shot withholding tax speed
up to bring tho state budget
back into balance. Tlie voters'
defeat of the tax program
passed last spring put tlie budg
et $60 million out of whack.
But while some legislators
agreed that a simple program
such as that proposed by Hat
field was in order, others such
as Eymann said it would be a
mistake to concentrate only on
stop-gap measures.
Six bills were introduced the
first day all in the House. In
addition to tlie sales, cigarette,
and one-shot tax bills, tlie rules
committee cleared a measure to
give the governor power to cut
basic school money, a bill halv
ing legislators' salaries, and a
bill to let the governor trim the
pay of state officials and admin
istrators! The bills were sped through
two readings so tlie Ways and
Means Committee and the Tax
committee could begin consider-
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day were given two readings
and referred to committee with
in an hour's time a process
that under normal procedures
would take two days.
Contrast resulted because leg
islators assigned to committees
were put Immediately to work,
while others had nothing to do
but wait.
the legislature would make
budget cuts, or allow the gov
ernor to make them. -
There was no agreement in
Ways and Means whether it
should assume a one-shot mea
sure would be approved.
And there were so many con
flicting views on proposed cuts
in basic school aid, that the
problem was turned over to a
subcommittee.
The responsible leaders con
tinued to voice the belief that
the session would end in a week
VI MS. (DUI. MKMU was Oil UIIUCL
lying note of concern that in
dicated the session might drag
on for a longer period.
Shortly after the joint session
ended, Robert Jossy. secretary-
treasurer of the Multnomah
County Citizens Committee for
economy and equitable taxation
a branch of the group that
spearheaded referral of the $60
million tax increase measure
presented petitions to Musa urg
ing adoption of the Liberty
Amendment. This proposed
change in the federal constitu
tion would outlaw income taxes.
Recess Idea
Suggested
By Barton
SALEM (UPD A plan to re
cess the legislature to allow tlie
Tax Committee time to draft a
sales tax program for referral
to the peoplo was suggested to
day by House Speaker Clarence
Barton, D-Coquille.
The proposal would include re
writing tlie income tax laws to
mesh with the sales tax. but
would not include a property
tax offset. (
Barton, who made It clear he
personally did not favor a sales
tax, said tlie legislature should
move quickly to make the au
sterity cuts recommended by
Gov. Mark Hatfield.
The legislature then would re
cessrather than adjourn so
the I n t e r I m Tax Committee
could draft new tax laws. When
the committee bills were ready,
the session could be reconvened
to take action on the measures.
Under Barton's suggestion, tlie
new revenue bills would be sub
mitted for voter approval during
19M. so the 115 legislature
could draft new budgets based
on the new revenue program if
It won voter approval.
Barton made it clear he want
ed tlie special session to settle
the fiscal crisis at hand first,
before devoting Its attention to
a new revenue program.