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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon Monday, December 23, 1961
Holiday Roulette
EPSON IN WASHINGTON . . .
Johnson No Stranger
To The U.N. Forum
fcdxhfxhcd (paqsi
According to statistics released just
this week from the Bureau of Municipal
Research and Service, with headquarters in
the College of Liberal Arts, University of
Oregon, the report explained that property
taxes represent about 45 per cent of all state
and local taxes and about 88 per cent all
local taxes in the United States.
In Oregon, the report says, property
taxes provide about 47 per cent of state and
local tax receipts and about DQ per cent of
the taxes imposed by local government. If
you are wondering how much this is, here is
the bad news: Local governments of the stale
have levied a total of $238 million in prop
erty taxes for the 1963-64 fiscal year. In
1948-49 it was $77,738,605.
The biggest slice, naturally, goes to
schools, 63.9 per cent. That figure has held
quite firm since 1954-55 when the percent
age was roughly 60 per cent.
It is interesting to note that Oregon
counties have levied about 17 per cent of all
property taxes In the state; cities, about 15
per cent; school districts, 64 and special dis
tricts about 4 per cent.
IN WASHINGTON . .
By RALPH tie TOLEDANO
In Washington's world of
rumor and conjecture, very lit
tle goes a lona way In making
political forecast. Senator
Goldwater's understandable
shock at the new, of President
Kennedy's assassination, lilt si
lence at a time when many as
sociates believe he should speak
out, and a lew randnm remarks
made to reporters have been
twisted into a "report" that lie
does not Intend l seek Hie .Re
publican Presidential nomina
tion. Those who are making t h 1 1
prediction had better forget II.
If they are betting men and
still hold to their original opin
ion, tliey can find some ready
takers Including this corre
spondent. As certain as any man can
be without (he word direct, J
know that Senator Goldwater
will declare his candidacy
and at about the time (hat he
said he would make his deci
sion public.
JSIy feelings on Hie subject
BARBS
It's not too bad II bad for
tune follows you all of your
days, but never catches up
witli you,
The married man has a wile
(irst in his heart and then in
his wallet,
When Iwo braggarts get to
gether It's an I lor an 1.
The dentist and doctor ar
really lite only persons who
can make It pay by louking
down In the mouth.
It's nice wlien you can have
all live memories, of your past
life without regrets.
Two convict on honor duly
escaped from a southern pris
on, (live 'em enough rope and
they'll skip.
It's kind of a shock hen
some men marry for love and
then discover the wile hasn't
any money.
Always remember that a flu
sneete is an III wind that blows
nobody else good.
When you live to learn well
you learn to live well.
You're lucky when your cred
itors have faith, Iwpe and char
y. Scenery on lots of trips runs
mostly to tooth paste, beer and
smoking tobacco.
Dad's aslvea and ashes mean
dust and dust and the work
'round the house to Mom is a
bust.
The average w oman needs no
eulogy he speaks for herself.
Flay It safe and don't let
your imagination run rampant
with your Judgment.
Oregon Tax Picture
The tabic below will show the signifi
cant alterations in the proportions of taxes
levied since the end of World War III.
Local Taxing Bodies 194 49 19545S 1960-61 I96M2 1967-63 1963-64
Countlei !J0. 2W. i;.4' 17 35. 16 1'. 17?.
C'ties I. 7 IS? 15 2 15.3 15 0 ISO
School Di'lricll 56 4 59 9 63 5 63.4 64 3 63 f
Special DlltrictS 2 9 3 5 3 ? 4 0 3 9 3 9
Total 100.0. 100.0't 100.0 100.0 100.0". 100.0
Although the report illustrates total
property tax levies in Oregon have more
than tripled in the last 15 years, the increase
from 1962-63 to 1963-64 is the smallest in re
cent years. ,
A table in the report shows the per
capita amount of property taxes levied for
county purposes for the 1963-64 period. The
total for Klamath County is $21.47. Highest
of Oregon's 36 counties: Sherman, $74.60.
Lowest: Jackson, $3.44. All of these figures
arc based on 1962 population estimates.
The Bureau expressed gratitude for the
assistance of county assessors and other
county officials and members of the staff of
the Oregon Tax Commission for making the
information presented by the organization
possible. We would agree. The people at the
University who compiled all of these sta
tistics rate a tip of the hat even though the
lax picture continues to grow more grim.
Forecast On Goldwater
are based on more than a well
polished crystal ball. There Is a
tell-tale air about a campaign
headquarters which speaks of
success or failure, hope or pes
simism. After a reporter has
been in as many of tticm as 1
have, lie can sense much by
this air.
At Goldwater headquarters
there is an air of confidence
and purpose. Activity continues
at the usual pace and new proj
ect are discussed and begun.
Jf those around Air. Goldwater
had doubts as to his intentions,
tills would not be so. The spir
it would be of letdown.
The groups and individuals
banded together to nominate and
elect Senator Goldwater are
both practical and responsible.
They would not waste their
time and money if they were
in any doubt that their candi
date was vacillating. It would
not be possible for them to com
mit others to (he battle now if
they were not sure that his hat
was poised to be thrown Into
the ring.
Beyond this, other factors
make It clear to me thai Sena
tor Goldwater is In the race.
' The reports from around the
country have shown a very in
teresting pattern. They have
been ol considerable help in
maintaining morale and s u s
taining the "draft Goldwater"
drive.
night after the Kennedy as
sassination, the consensus in
the country seemed to be that
Mr. Goldwater had been badly
damaged and would be at a
strong disadvantage against
-President Johnson. Even some
of the professional politicians
really believed this, basing their
conclusion on the mistaken idea
that tlie new iProsidciit was a
conservative.
At Unit point, there was a de
gree of panic in Goldwater
ranks. And to be candid about
It, defections by the loss stout
of heart shook tliose who them
selves remained on Uie battle
"Dear Mr. Khrushchev: In Regard to Your
Chemical Fertilizer Expansion Program . . ."
line. Since tlien, however, a
marked change can be seen in
reports from all parts of the
country.
Those of little faith who had
run for the storm cellars be
gan returning. They had re
examined the roots of Senator
Goldwater's strength. They had
looked over Uie electoral
scratch sheets and come to Uie
conslusion that President John
son's strongly liberal record
was not accidental, that t h e
logic of Democratic politics
w ould force him increasingly to
the left. This would, of course,
restore to Mr. Goldwater what
ever ground he may have lost
in the South, the Midwest, and
other parts ol the country.
SimidliMicously, the pundits
began to realize that ilicy had
not been sounding out the coun
try but interviewing each other.
That they leaped to the conclu
sion that Barry Goldwater was
finished is not hard to under
stand, nor Is their willingness
to accept the Capitol press gal
leries for the entire nation.
But the hardest blow to the
"forget about Barry" brigade
was delivered by General Eis
enhower. By giving his benedic
tion to Ambassador Henry Cab
ot Lodge, lie torpedoed Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller and Rich
ard Nixon. The pro Nixon
forces immediately spread the
story that this was all part of
a very shrewd maneuver to
help Mr. Nixon and this writ
er has already reported their
very ingenious explanation.
The verifiable fact is that Mr.
Eisenhower's "nomination" of
Mr. Lodge caught the Nixon and
Rockefeller forces completely
by surprise. At present tliey are
In complete disarray. The only
Republican beneficiary of Mr.
Eisenhower's entry into the
king-making business has been
Senator Goldwater.
All of this leads me to assert
flatly that the Goldwater name
will be presented to Uie UW4
convention.
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Women Face A New
By DORIS FLEESON
WASHINGTON - Women
achieved the right to vote in
the United States in 1921. Forty
three years later it apears
they will be asked whether they
arc ready to give a fully quali
fied woman an equal chance in
national politics.
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith,
i Maine Republican, has succeed
ed in politics by really trying
and at the apex ol her Congres
sional career gives every sign
at readiness to make an equal
effort nationally.
The quaint convention that
candidates for vice president
must begin by trying to get the
Presidential nomination has
been applied to Senator Smith
in spades. At once she was de
scribedthough not by her as
aspiring only to the vice pres
idency. This has some practical jus
tification, but not much in view
of Sen. Barry Goldwater's can
didacy. Maine is no national'
barometer now, if it ever was.
But in population it lags only
300.000 behind Goldwater's Ari
zona, which does not reflect the
national temper, either.
Ideologically, Senator Smith
occupies the vital center. She
is anathema to the far right
because of her famous declara
tion of conscience against Mc
Carthyism, but she is rarely as
liberal as some labor and in
tellectual quarters think right.
Virtually all other aspirants (or
the presidency wish they had
it so good.
She is a member ol throe
stellar Senate committees: Ap
propriations, the big prize;
Armed Services and Aeronauti
cal and Space Sciences. These
came as no lavor but w ere
achieved by strict seniority and
the Senator's astute refusal to
be fobbed oft as a freshman
with less valued assignments.
The parallel with President
Johnson's career is striking. The
Presklent entered the House in
1IV17, the year Senator Smith be
came Congressional secretary
to her late husband, Rep. Clyde
Smith. Three years later she
was elected to fill the vacancy
created by her hu-band's death.
Krom 1940 to 194!) she served
with President Johnson on the
Naval Alfairs ami later 1 11 e
Armed Services Committee.
In 1949 the Presklent was just
barely elected to the Senate.
Senator Smith defeated three
men, including two millionaires,
one of them the governor and
t lie other a former governor,
for the Republican nomination
and swept in triumphantly. She
again served w ith the President
on major committees, including
Aimed Services and the Pre
paredness Investigation sub
committee. Senator Smith has served
twice as long m the Congress
as President Kennedy had w lien
nominated, and on stronger
committees.
During all this period she ap
plied herself to "tlie slow, dull
tasks which keep a nation
strong" m a manner which won
respect as her attractiveness
and amiability had won liking
Her 98 male colleagues of the
Senate do complain occasional
ly that she does' not ask their
advice, forgetting mat she is.
alter all. from Maine and a pro
fessional politician w I lie Ut
seiv.
American women are poorly
placed in politics today and net
really fighting to improve their
lot. Foreigners alwas mane!
t how few occupy elective ol-
(ice, and there are none in the
executive branch above sub
cabinet level.
Men often profess tlie notion
that women do not like each
oilier. Former President Eisen
hower gave hundreds of stag
dinners but pretended to believe
tliat "the women could not
agree" on a guest list lor equiv
THE GLOBAL VIEW...
ktm Some
fM Needed
By LEON DENNEN
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) The
disarray in NATO is the top for
eign policy item on President
Johnson's list of worries for
m.
The disputes rocking the At
lantic alliance will be the ma
jor item on the agenda when
the President talks with West
German Chancellor Ludwig Er
hard in January.
To tlie men in Bonn, NATO is
not just a defensive alliance
against Russian aggression, but
tlie sole guarantee of their in
dependence. The West Germans do not rel
ish their role as a "neutral bul
fcr" between the United States
and tlie France of Charles de
. Gaulle. As Erhard puts it:
"The concept of tlie Federal
German Republic sitting be
tween two chairs is not cor
rect. My goal is that all three ol
us the United States, France
and West Germany sit on one
bench."
Unfortiuiately, the President
has yet to set a firm date for a
working meeting with Dc Gaulle.
Even those Washington diplo
mats who dislike tlie "reac
tionary" French president
should have realized by n o w
that Western unity without a
strong France is wishful think
ing. NATO's disarray will con
tinue as long as there is no
friendly and firm understanding
between the two men.
The Flench president is ad
mittedly a difficult man at the
diplomatic bargaining table. He
is determined, regardless of cost
and clfort. to develop France's
own nuclear weapon.
Some of President Johnson's
advisers also deplore De
Gaulle's nationalism, his vision
of a great and strong France
which, they claim, is more of
the 19th than the 20lh Century.
Yet, for all his real or imag
inary faults, the French presi
dent is a farsighted statesman
firmly dedicated to keeping tlie
Soviet bloc from expanding in
Berlin and Europe. In any eon
llict with the Communists, he
always will be on the side of
the United States and NATO.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
understands even if some
State Department diplomats do
not that he will never realize
his great ambition to destroy
NATO as long as De Gaulle
stays in power. That is w h y
Moscow is exerting every effort
to undermine the French presi
dent's domestic and internation
al position.
A delegation of French So
cialists, headed by cx-premier
Guy Mollet. even visited
Khrushchev in Moscow where'
plans were laid to defeat Pc
Gaulle in tlie, 195 French elections.
Ti'rvv.'.vt.i.
Challenge
alent affairs for his women sup
porters. He refused to name the
women he said couldn't agree.
Should Senator Smith enter
presidential primaries in New
Hampshue and elsewhere, she
would force women generally
to examine their political prem
ises and present status. The
results would be informative.
NATO Cement
In Workshops
One - time anti - Communist
Mollet, a master of the art of
political survival, denied wide
spread reports that he discussed
the formation of a Popular
Front government with the Com
munists in the event of
De Gaulle's defeat. But the se
cret was soon "leaked" by Com
munist Poland's ambassador in
London.
The Red diplomat revealed at
a private luncheon he gave for
British Labor party officials
that Mollet did. in lact, "discuss
extensively" the question ol a
Popular Front with Khrushchev.
He also said that the Soviet pre
mier agreed to "convince" the
French Communist leader, Mau
rice Thorez, to throw his sup
port to his erstwhile Socialist en
emies. Why should the spurious is
sue ol "diplomatic protocol"
prevent President Johnson Irom
reaching a quick understanding
with De Gaulle? What differ
ence does it make whether the
President goes to Paris or De
Gaulle comes to Washington
when Western unity is at
stake?
President Johnson is a prag
matist with vast political experi
ence who knows how to cut a
corner where American inter
ests arc concerned. As the lead
er of the world's strongest na
tion, he will suffer no humilia
tionand will earn internation
al admiration by accepting the
invitation of a weaker ally to
meet in Paris.
Al
manac
By I nlted Press International
Today is Monday. Dec. 23, tlie
357th day of 19m' with eight to
follow.
The moon is at its first quar
ter. The evening stars are Saturn,
Jupiter and Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1783. George Washington
resigned his army commission
and returned to his estate at
Mount Vernon.
In 1923. a permanent coast to
coast radio network NBC was
established.
In 1948. ex-Permier Tojo of
Japan and six other war lead
ers were executed in Tokyo by
an Allied War Crimes Commis
sion. In 1953. tlie former head of
Russia's secret police. Lavrenti
Beria was executed.
, A thought for tin day It is
written in the New Testament
according to the Gospel of St.
Matthews, ' Love your enemies,
blesslxw that carso yea."
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON 'NEA (Pres
ident Johnson's appearance be
fore the United Nations General
Assembly Dec. 17 is a fitting
finale for its important 18th ses
sion. President Kennedy addressed
this session Sept. 20, just after
it convened. He gave tlie dele
gates a whole barrel of requests
and recommendations, but he
didn't pick off any proposals
which were not ripe for h a r
vesting. As a result, Johnson
can point to tlie year's accom
plishments with considerable
American pride.
This will not be Johnson's
first appearance before t h c
United Nations. In 193S, when
he was Senate majority lead
er, he was asked by President
Eisenhower to speak on outer
space before the U.N. Political
Committee.
As chairman of the Senate
Committee on Space. Johnson
explained American bi-partisan
commitment to the development
of outer space for peaceful pur
poses only.
Johnson appealed to the Rus
sians particularly to cooper
ate with tlie West in carrying
out a U.N. space program.
This led to formation of tlie
General Assembly's Outer Space
Committee. For three years the
Russians stymied its work.
But this year tlie Russians
agreed to the principle of rule-of-law
in space. This is one of
the most important of this
year's final General Assembly
actions.
It is considered a m a j or
breakthrough in American-Russian
cooperation at the U.N. It
was worked out behind the
scenes in New York. The d i s
pute and dilferences in reach
ing the agreement did not
emerge in the spotlight of the
U.N. auditorium in plenary ses
sion. One of tlie features of this
General Assembly is tlie num
ber of issues that have been
worked out by quiet diplomacy
between the United States and
Russia. This development has
caused some concern among
small - country delegations in
the U.N.
Their concern is that it "the
big two" get together on too
WASHINGTON REPORT .
U.S. Senate Okays
Costly Boondogle
Bv FULTON LEWIS JR.
WASHINGTON - By the top
heavy vote of 74-9, the U.S. Sen
at has okayed a $17 million
boondoggle.
Appropriations for the so
called Glen Elder project were
approved last week over the
impassioned objections of Sen.
Bill Proxmirc, maverick Demo
crat. The bill would authorize a $17
million irrigation project f o r
western Kansas. It would bring
13.000 new acres into the pro
duction of teed grains.
This, said Proxmire, was fol
ly. The Federal Government is
now paying SR'i million a year
to farmers who promise not to
grow feed grains. Another $475
million goes for the storage of
government-owned surpluses.
The Glen Elder funds were ap
proved despite strong evidence
that residents of the area want
no part of the project. Proxmire
neceivod affidavits from 90 per
cent of the farmers who own 85
per cent of tlie land around the
Kansas towns of Clyde, Simp
son. Glaseo. and Beloit.
They asked the Senate to turn
thumbs down on Glen Elder, a
project first proposed 20 years
ago. Not until last year were
federal funds first allocated for
Glen Elder.
Senator Proxmire then made
a 10-hour speech on what he
called tlie "most wasteful proj
ect I have ever seen." The
Senate spurned his words and
allocated a million dollars to
study the Glen Elder possibili
ties. To nobody's surprise, the fed
eral "experts" found Glen El
der to be economically feasible,
and an appropriation of $j mil
lion was requested in the latest
public works bill.
Again. Proxmire served no
tice lie would oppose Glen El
der. He made a major speech
on the Senate floor and intro
duced an amendment to veto
the project.
Both Kansas Senators spoke
in favor of Glen Elder. Rcpu!
lican members cast their b a I
lots against the PreMwee
amendment almut an (...
their collcam.!. .fcas tftmi
and Frank Car !:!.
many issues, it will destroy the
power ol the neutral nations to
stand hallway between Commu
nist and Free World positions.
This might end the neutral
nations' balance of power over
U.N. decisions.
On questions of human rights,
which wore major items on this
year's General Assembly agen
da, President Kennedy did not
make specific recommendations
last September.
He couldn't do this because
the United States did not have
its own house in order on race
relations.
This year, however, tlie Gen
eral Assembly gave its first se
rious consideration not just
emotional specehmaking to
questions of discrimination. Af
rican nations were prepared to
wage major battles against
apartheid in South Africa and
Portuguese rule in Angola and
Mozambique.
But President Kennedy said in
his September U.N. speech.
"We do not recognize the right
ol black Africans to drive out
white Africans. " This was tlvc
other side of racial equality, to
which tlie African nations had
not fully addressed themselves,
and it caused them to pause.
After Kennedy's assassination,
altitudes of many African dele
gates showed further change.
They apparently decided to re
examine their own problems
and to let the new American
president enunciate his own pol
icies on human rights, which
Uiey consider so important.
President Johnson's record in
this tield is good. His eftorts to
push civil rights legislation
since becoming President have
given tlie African delegations
much satisfaction, in Uie opin
ion of American observers at
the United Nations.
Johnson comes onto tlie U.N.
stage at the intermission in a
long and continuing movie, says
Assistant Secretary of Stale
Harlan Cleveland, in charge of
international organization af
fairs. A lot of big things are go
ing to happen, many of them on
American initiative.
The new President has given
his general support to the Unit
ed Nations, but it is not going
to be just a "let us continue"
President Kennedy's policies.
What he has to say from here
on is the development of his
own ideas.
This is why such conservative
stalwarts as Barry Goldwater
and Milward Simpson voted for
a project that is economically
ludicrous.
The only Republican to vote
against Glen Elder was Dela
ware's John J. Williams. Colo
rado's Dominick and N e w
York's Javits were absent but
sent word they opposed the
project. South Dakota's Mundt
was paired against Glen Elder.
On the Democratic side, sev
en colleagues joined Proxmirc.
They included Harry B y r d.
Frank Lauschc. and Strom Thur
mond, conservatives: and Tom
Dodd, Ernest Gruening, Gaylord
Nclscn. and Maurine N'cuberg
cr, liberals.
Among the publications read
hy Lee Harvey Oswald was The
Militant, a bi . weekly that
claims to speak for the "work
ing people."
The Militant is affiliated with
the Socialist Workers Party, a
Trotskyite group that has been
lalieled subversive by the attor
ney general. Published in New
York, it backs the Chinese Reds,
the Albanian "Socialists," and
the Black Nationalists.
The June 17 issue of Tlie Mil
itant called for a "drastic Cu-'
ban-type revolution" to solve"
the United States' racial prob.
1cm. The Militant editors theri
suggested Fidel Castro fop
President and added:
"Most beautiful of all. Fider
would disband the entire re-
plosive FBI apparatus and
would burn all the secret police!
garbage and intimate gossip
that thousands of psychopathic;
FBI agents have assembled over
the years.
"He would put J. Edgar Hoov
er in an integrated cell in At
lanta Penitentiary as punish
ment for four decades of crim
inal neglect of duty."
The Militant editorial suggest,
ed that Fidel would chase 95
per cent of all U.S. policemen
Irom the country. weuM shoot
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