Members of the Joint Committee on Property Tax Relief and Expenditure Limitation. Frank Roberts, Fred Heard, and Victor Atiyeh assume different poses as they read Governor Straub's proposal on tax relief. The Committee began week-long meetings to get a start on a special session called by Straub, which opened September 5, 1978.
Oregon State Senator Victor Atiyeh (left) and Senator Vern Cook (right) put their heads together during a presentation of Governor Bob Straub's tax relief proposal. The proposal was made before Special Joint Committee on Property Tax Relief and Expenditure Limitation. The Committee began week-long meetings to get a running start on the special session Straub called for on September 5, 1978 to consider alternatives to Measure 6 on the November general election ballot. Both Atiyeh and Cook presented their proposals to the Committee.
Oregon State Senator Vern Cook (seated) gestures as he answers questions from witnesses during a hearing by the Special Joint Committee on Property Tax Relief and Expenditure Limitation. While Senator Cook speaks, Senator Victor Atiyeh (left) leans against the wall as he listens to the debate.
Oregon State Senator Victor Atiyeh, Republican candidate for gubernatorial nomination, gestures at a news conference. He discussed his proposed tax limitation on residential property to three percent of a family's gross income. 'This plan will achieve results, it will give real relief to the middle income property owners,' Atiyeh told newsmen. The money lost to local governments on property tax could be made up by use of state general fund revenue.
Oregon State Senator Victor Atiyeh (right) leans over to talk with Representative Bill Grannell (left) during a final meeting of a Special Joint Committee on Tax Relief and Expenditure Limitation. The Committee was attempting to find an alternative to Measure 6 to place on the November General Election ballot.
During a break in special session, Senator Victor Atiyeh (left) bends down to talk to Senator L.B. Day (right) in the Senate Chambers. The legislators were called into session by Governor Bob Straub to find an alternate tax relief program to be placed on the November ballot against Measure Six.
Several Oregon representatives stand around Mark Hatfield (front), who was Governor from 1959 to 1967. Present, from left to right, are Victor Atiyeh, John Mosser, Arthur Ireland, Hugh McGilura, and Elwin Paxson.
Victor Atiyeh stands with several other Republican legislators, known as the 'Young Turks,' during his first term in office. From left to right are Representatives J. Pat Metkie, Doug Heider, Carlton D. Fisher, Victor Atiyeh, and F.F. 'Monty' Montgomery.
Victor Atiyeh present at a Boy Scouts of America award ceremony. Atiyeh, once a Boy Scout himself, continued to be involved in the Boy Scouts during his adult life. He served as a Scoutmaster, President of the Board of the Portland Area Council, and President and Commissioner for the Columbia-Pacific Council.
Image of General Dwight D. Eisenhower addressing the U.S. troops before the D-Day invasion with a note from Atiyeh on the back. This is apparently promotional material for the World War II Veterans Committee of the American Studies Center. A note from Victor Atiyeh on the back reads: 'He knew that some the these young would live only a day more - A - 2013'
