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PAGE FOUR VERNONIA EAGLE, The Open Forum To The Editor: Attorney Herman', Record In reply to certain statements made by Fred Herman in the Vernonia Eagle, which cannot be proved by the legislative records of the Legislature. Herman’s statement that my income tax bill would have taxed the single man $13 is erroneous. The tax on a single man would have been $7.60 and not $13.00. Under the Sales Tax Bills which Mr. Herman defends, and voted for three times, the tax on a single man and men with a family I would have been $15.60, with out any exemption. The Sales Tax Bills that Mr. Herman voted for exempted public utilities and nearly all big business. The rec ords in the Secretary of State’s office shows that big business contributed $17,480 in support of the Sales Tax campaigns. Organ ized Labor, the Grange, and Farmers Union, have always op posed a Sales Tax. I voted a- gainst every Sales Tax bill in the Legislature. I offered to de bate Attorney Herman, my op ponent, or any one else he might designate, in four debates re garding his legislative record against mine; meetings to be held at Clatskanie, Vernonia, Rainier and St. Helens. Surely if Attorney Herman had any leg islative record to compare with mine he would not have to re fuse to debate a farmer, logger and carpenter by trade, in his home town. Herman's Voting Record Attorney Herman, Republican Candidate, voted four times to “Soak the Farmer and Wage Worker.” Mr. Herman voted for Sales Tax House Bill No. 554 on OCTOBER 30, 1936 VERNONIA, OREGON March 2, 1933 and the people rate of interest and 2 per cent voted at a Special Election al penalty on delinquent taxes, most 4 to 1 agaisst the Sales which would have added an ex Tax Bill. The Sales Tax Bill tra burden on the farmer and carried in the House by a ma i home owner. I led the fight jority vote of 3 and the Special j which killel this vicious bill in Election cost the taxpayers $75,- I the House. Mr. Herman was one 000. At the Special session on I out of eight, of sixty members December 8, 1933 he voted for I in the House, that voted to pro another Sales Tax Bill without tect the power companies in ex the referendum clause, thereby horbitant light and power rates. helping railroad a Sales Tax on I Mr. Herman, my opponent, vot- the people, but the Grange and jed for my Pension Bill at the Organized Labor circulated pet 1933 Scecial session of the leg itions and secured enough sign islature, which is the bill he ers to hold up the Sales Act un now condemns me for sponsor til the next regular election and ing. The bill passed the House; the sales tax was overwhelmingly Yeas 42, Nays 16, and Mr. Her defeated again by the vote of man knows that it was the best the people. He introduced House Bill No. 50 to impose a high pension bill introduced at the ! the legislature, was in Vernon- Special session of the legislature, ¡a Tuesday. ani his misrepresentation now is, made to get votes. I have shown ’ E. I. Ballagh of t. Helens was the E.ditor the record vote as my ’ in Vernonia Wednesday in the proof, For my Legislative record interest if the Columbia County please read the VOTER’S PAM- Taxpayers Association and al PHLET. so as a booster for A. C. Ful O. HENRY OLEEN ton, republican candidate for the State Representative. legislature. * a---------- Judge W. A. Harris is able to O. Henry Oleen, democratic be out again after his recent ill candidate for representative in ness. Reprint from Rainier Review—October 23, 1936 Fellow Citizens Save Existing Safeguards THE PROPOSED constitutional amendment 1 titled ‘‘Amendment Forbidding Prevention or Regulation of Certain Advertising if Truth ful”, would, if enacted, invalidate all existing laws controlling misleading, deceptive, inde cent and even fraudulent advertising. It utterly fails to replace these present enactments with adequate safeguards against vicious advertis ing practices. In Behalf of Honesty, Decency and Morality VOTE 303 X NO! Portland Better Business Bureau, Inc. Lyle L. Janz, Manager Portland, Oregon l'ittock Block (Paid Advertisement) A. C. "Dick” Fulton Republican Candidate for JOINT REPRESENTATIVE Let Us Vote 100% for Our FRED W. HERMAN For State Representative He served us well before He has been 20 years City Attorney of Rainier; 19 years Clerk of School District No 13; 12 years Clerk of Union High School District No. 3; 18 years Attorney and Secretary of Rainier Drainage District; 6 years Justice of the Peoce; 22 years practice in Law. This experience should give him one of the most unusual qualifications any voter could ask of anybody. In the 1933 regular and special session he was considered an authority on City and School laws by his fellow legislators. ’ Why not vote for the candidate best qualified to represent us? This Robert Advertisement endorsed and undersigned H. DuBoisKurt W. Braune paid for by the Chas. T. Bross C. L. Wilburn Mertie E. Wing W. A. Rader Geo. Glen W. Gilliams W. F. Joseph W. A. Wood F. R. Davis, D.D.S. Bowen Wilbur L. Smith N. N. Blumensaalt J. A. Wasser 1. B. Lindeman J. A. Schunesen G. O. Clement Wm. Huycke Chas. Brough A. E. Sanborn M. K. Tolleshaug H. R. Dibblee W. J. Silva L. W. Evans Elsie M. Procter E. M. Young J. J. Laing W. C. Lee R. Johnson Mrs. H. J. Graham J. M. Ingold Roy Bauserman C. R. Hallberg E. A. Naehle P. Poetsch Julia McCarthy F. J. Tucker M. A. Kenny, M.D. Leona McKay A. Ulrich James Lewis F. B. Holbrook —Paid political Advertisement Paid Adv., by Fred W. Herman, Rainier, Oregon Portland--Banks Stage Line A policy of mine heretofore published is the straightening but not relocating of the Col umbia River Highway throughout Columbia and Clatsop counties and making more efficient the market and feeder roads so that the products of the outlying districts will be vailable to market. The highway between Vernonia and St Helens can be and should be greatly im proved, and if elected I will work for that improvement. Paid Adv., A. C. Fulton, Astoria. Oregon The Independent Line Stages leave the Vernonia Hotel daily at7:55 a. m., 1:25 p. m. and 5:25 p.m. for Portland via Banks. Stages leave the Cen tral State depot, Park and Taylor Sts., Portland, for Vernonia daily at 8 a. m.< 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. Call sendee between Vernonia and Keasey FARE: $130 one way $2.10 round trip
