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5. Personally directed giving of farewell dinners to all
men leaving for service in world war.
6. Personally met hundreds of returning Oregon service
men and organized plans for their welcome home.
7. Effectively opposed disloyal activities of I. W. W. during
world war, personally directing police in combating
I. W. W. strike invasion.
8. Established employment bureau for returning soldiers
and gave municipal employment to many.
9. Fought rent profiteering during war period.
10. Promulgated post-war doctrine that wage and salary
reductions should follow and not precede reduction in
living costs.
11. Induced civil service board to withhold examinations for
municipal positions until war-service men had returned
home, so that those of them who so desired might
participate.
12. Served as chairman of national conference of Governors
and Mayors called in Washington by President Wilson
to readjust and speed up resumption of public work so
that returning war-service men could be employed
promptly.
13. Served as member of Federal Railway Electric Com­
mission under appointment by President Wilson. '
14. Inaugurated home building campaign, emphasizing in
public mind the great importance of Oregon’s position as
one of the greatest states of family-owned homes and
urging efforts and substantial encouragement toward
putting more and more people in their own homes on
irrigated and reclaimed lands as well as in cities.
15. Launched plan for wide exploitation of resources of
entire state of Oregon, in order to promote more rapid
settlement of sparely occupied lands.
16. Was a leading figure in efforts which brought Shrine
Convention to Oregon in 1920, resulting in advertising
benefits to the state of untold value. Took dominant
part in obtaining Shrine Hospital for crippled children
in Portland and heads local Shrine Hospital Committee.
17. Appointed committee of fifteen to plan development of
Portland^ with result that Oregon now has greatest port
in Northwest and second greatest on Pacific Coast in
point of volume of commerce carried, with port facilities
second to none.
18. Has been leading figure in bringing national conven­
tions to Oregon and in entertaining those who have
come to attend them. Has met personally and assisted
with credit in entertaining personages of national and
international prominence.
19. Has steadily advocated and worked for good of state as
a whole and for co-operation among all cities and sec­
tions of Oregon for common good.
20. Has been strong figure in strict enforcement of
prohibition.
21. Established commitees and introduced laws to lessen
juvenile delinquency.
22. Introduced law licensing hotels and rooming houses,
card rooms, pool halls and soft drink places placing
their control under the City Council with authority to re­
voke licenses for law violations.
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23- Established law requiring reporting of all cases of social
disease.
24. Established law requiring medical examination of all
persons serving food to the public.
25. Established Boxing Commission to manage public box­
ing exhibitions and eliminate fraud, and diverted all
profits to charity.,
26. Stopped practice by speculators for their own profit
of sending food products to the City Crematory to
be burned.
27. Organized committees and directed crusade against
narcotic evil, declaring it to be the greatest menace to
mankind.'
28. Forced owners of large tracts of vacant city lands to
pay up delinquent assessments or forfeit their holdings.
29. Organized “sledgehammersquad” to repress bootlegging
dives.
30. Took prominent part in inauguration of Community Chest
plan in Portland.
31. By firm and fair course has been powerful factor in
averting disastrous labor troubles throughout his period
of service as Mayor.
32. By his record, has earned reputation as Mayor for all,
willing and ready to listen to pleas or claims of highest
an humblest alike.
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