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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1932)
iciahy Assume 'State outs Dutin Off Many IVew -is i 1 Friends who Aided in Last Political Campaign are Given Jobs nr CLAYTON V. BERNHARdX Th influx of new f aces and the fading oat of familiar onea in the official family aa the new admin tratlon operated during the past year hart been numerous, but per haps not any more so than is usual every four yeara in Salem. The seat of state government is becom ing .accustomed to these periodi cal changes in its citizenry, yet with each change there comes a certain amount of uneasiness among those who are still on the payroll. But this again is custo mary in political assignments. With the ascendency of Julius I. Meier,' merchant prince of Ore gon, . to the goTernorship. came also the new appointees to various departments. However, these ap pointments did not come at once, and It was several months before any noticeable changes became ef fective. The alteration has been gradual 1 and has continued throughout the entire year. Suceeds Norblad . J Governor Meier took office on January It, succeeding Governor A. I Norblad who served a few i weeks over one year. Norblad, b'e- S came governor upon the death of. j Governor I. L. Patterson in De cember 1929. Upon the arrival ot ''Meier, the atmosphere in the ex ecutive offices was completely v, changed, to one of more dignity ' and formality, but nevertheless with a welcoming attitude toward , all risitors. The offices became one of a business man rather than " of a politician, and the difference was sensed immediately. The new governor admitted up on taking over the reins of gov ernment, that he was not. a pon tieian, but it was not long before It was realized that if he had no knowledge of politics, his shrewd ness as a business man was an ex cejlent substitute, or that he had some keen political advisors. His ' activities, whether intentional or not, brought public acclaim and support ot the administration over th state appeared to increase, When Meier came to Salem at the beginning of the legislative session, he brought with him his campaign manager, Henry Han ten, to act as his political advisor. Hanzen occupied a desk in the ex ecutive offices during the legisla ture. After the session the gov ernor- made room for Hanzen "by , accepting the resignation of Sam Kozer, state budget director, and placing Hanzen In that office. which adjoins the executive's Since that time Hanzen has played ' the duel role of budget director . and advisor to the governor. T. B. Kay Dies The. state board of control, con sisting of the governor, .secretary of state and state treasurer, all : elective, was virtually controlled Jy Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state and Thomas B. Kay, treasurer when Meier took office, and the i1 executive soon found he-was in j the minority in most issues- which he attempted to further. But fate j Intervened the last week in April and death removed Thomas B. ' Kay, leaving a racancy to be filled by appointment by the governor Rufus C. Holman, who had been active la the campaign to nomi nate George W. Joseph-for gov ernor,' came into the state- picture at this point, and was named treasurer. From then on Meier and Holman assumed control of the state board, leaving Hal E. Hoss In the minority role. . Changes made by the control ' board dated from this time, and they were numerous. William EInzig, who was brought from Washington state by the governor to conduct an In vestigation into Tarlous institu ' . tions ot the state, was retained by v Meier - aa secretary of the board and as state purchasing agent: He replaced Carle Abrams, ' with his salary Increased . to f 7,0 00 ; a "yearr Einzlg,-slnce Ms Tappoint menthas demonstrated his buy , ing ability and already has ef fected considerable saving in his department. -; Departmental heads changed by the. new board and by other boards of which the governor is chairman, included heads of the tatepenitentlary, blind school, boys training school, bonus com- Economies Effected by Meier When Departments, Boards Are Combined Legislature, Passes Practically, all of Measures Advocated by Governor; Local tax Keduction Planned ployed, funds so raised are being distributed trftmthly by a commit tee appointed by the governor working, with the county unem ployment relief committee. ! Mrs. Meier Doe Pari Mrs. Meier has joined with the governor in an active movement to promote the wider use of Ore gon products and to brine the people of the state to a recogni-l PAPER -PLANT'S IS UK E THE year 1931 opened for the executive department with a strenuous legislative session to which Governor Julius L. Meier presented a vigorous and con structs program. Most of the major recommendations contained in the governor's Inaugural mes sage were adopted by the legisla ture, and enactments were passed effecting reorganisation along progressive lines In various bran ches of state government. To the changes occasioned thereby the governor turned his attention im mediately following the dose of the session. The triple headed public ser vice commission was replaced by a single utility commissioner ap pointed by the governor and re quired to represent the public in all utility rate and service mat ters. This department was the first to be reorganized under the new administration, and immedi ately launched on investigations of utility values and rates through which reductions in street car fares and other charges have al ready been achieved and data are being assembled looking to fur ther reductions. "Ag" Boards Merged Numerous boards and commis slons with more or less overlap ping duties were 'merged under the state department of agricul ture and an agricultural advisory board, both appointed by and re sponsible to the governor. Six month's experience under the new arrangement has shown efficien cy and economy of thjs arrangement. Governor Meier recommended and gave his enthusiastic support to the enactment of legislation placing the enforcement of the traffic, fish, game, fire and pro hibition laws under the Jurisdic tion of a state police department, charged also with the enforce ment of the general criminal laws of the state. The success of the new force has been notable and has demonstrated the efficacy ot a central law enforcement agency with a staft of thoroughly quail tied officers, skilled in modern methods and trained in crime pre vention. Early in his term the governor, j acting la his capacity as budget! officer for the state, addressed ! each state department and insti tution requesting a ten per cent reduction in administrative expen ses for the . biennlum, A recent survey Indicates that, practically every department will comply with the request, and a number of institutions and commissions will exceed the estimate. Depart mental savings for the blennlum in the sum ot more than a! million dollars were reported, and it is anticipated that this sum will be exceeded by the end of 1932. Savings Are Made The move for administrative savings constituted one approach to the governor's program for tax relief, which is one ot the major undertakings of his administra tion. In his inaugural message he called attention to the urgent nee- essity tor property tar relief to avert confiscation and , ruin for certain classes ot property. As a specific step to this end, he rec ommended the repeal ot the one mill market road tax, and coop erated whole heartedly in the framing and passage ot the per sonal income tax, the intangibles tax and the corporation excise tax laws. On his recommendation, also, the World war Veteran's state aid commission suspended its one-bait mill tax for th.es com ing year, as an emergency ineas' ure. . As a result of these tax elimin ations, reductions In admlnistra- tire expenditures, and the liberal exercise of the executive veto pow er on appropriation measures, to gether with the revenue from the intangibles, excise and income taxes, ther tax levy on real prop erty for state purposes will next year be entirely eliminated for the first time in the history of Oregon. In addition to his drive for the reduction of state taxes. Gover nor Meier has constantly kept be fore the people of Oregon the fact that taxes for exclusively state purposes constitute a compara lively small part of the total tax burden, amounting to less than mPSASSrs2B per Cent Increase In '31 $7,000,000 dollars as against the the purchase and distribution of I Fnr Wprn Pnnvortinn WWIWI II Will VI tlil" Other Gains, Plan more than 143,000,000 collected Oregon manufactured and Oregon oy local lax levying Doaies. to grown commodities means stimu promote local tax reductions', the latlon ot industry and agriculture governor called a meeting of rep- and the expansion ot Oregon pay- reseniauve ciuxens irom every rolls. The radio, the press, the A IS per cent increase in pro county ot the state to convene at grange and various clubs and or-j duct Ion was made in 1931 by the m capnoi aunng cue monin oz ganixations have aided in this en- Western Paper Converting com juiy, ana ouz or xnis meeung grew i terpnse. pany.: located at. Front and D me uregon Taxpayers Equalize- Recommendation was made In streets over the total output of tlon and Conservation league, the inaugural message for the ere- 193-0, H.. B. Tronson, secretarof with branches in each ot the ation ot a hydroelectric commis- the compsny reported. The plant counues. ins executive aepan-tsion or tnree members to have has a monthly capacity of 500,000 mem ana me scaie tax commis-jurisdiction over th use and de- pounds. sion nave woraea snouiaer v veiopment ot the water power re-1 The company, one of the fast- snouiaer wiu county iax leagues sources or tne state lor tne gen- est growing Industries in Salem. to secure economy in local aamin-1 eration or electricity. la accord- has ordered two cellophane bag Istration, with the result-that lance with the authoritr conferred machines iwhirt win h intni budgets hare been reduced in I by the legislature, the governor some time this month. Each ma many of the tax levying subdlvt-1 named such a committee which chine is eaulnned to tnm ont sions or uregon. . nas, oeen functioning since the ef- thousands ot bars a day. Ther Loeal Tax Control Aim fective date of the lat. With the have been nnrchaiMMf it . arrt Governor Meier is at" present clarifying of the power develop- cost, and : when installed ' win be working on a plan for the control ment situation by the recent ac- the first -of their kind on the ana reduction of local taxes which tion or the federal authorities in coast. ) he plans to lay before the next rejecting the super power project Kew Machinery ooDsiuu qi iu icguuiurs. , uu ius vumuiDu river, uovernor i uonsiaeraDie macninery was to cope wltn tne unempioy- raieier expects to give attention to Installed br the eonvertinr com ment problem which Oregon a' power program within the state I pany during the past year. It in snares wun tne rest oi me nation, aiong practical lines. eluded the addition of new fold a committee was named in eacn departments Hapervfsed t county of the state to perfect an Over the various departments A of the unemployed, to provide as I ecutive department the governor much work as possible, and. to af-1 has maintained active supervision. ford relief to those in distress be- Substantial savings have been cause of the unemployment. On achieved In the Industrial Acei the governor's recommendation, dent commission withon impair- the highway commission set aside mg the efficiency of the depart- a fund of' tltdlt.OOa for emer- ment. A policy designed te afford gency construcUet'wbrk to afford increased protection to the invest- unemployment relief and also al- I ors of the state has been put into located a considerable part ot the eiiect by the corporation commis market road fund of 31,125,000 sioner. In the World War Veter- for this purpose. The executive &tis state aid commission, the in department has kept in close suran- commission and other ap touch with the activities of the polntf7e offices, reorganizations local unemployment committees in the interest of economy and through a member of the staff of mere efficient service to the peo- the state highway commission Pe 01 tne state hare been ef- who has been assigned to act as I tectea. liaison ofiicer between the state Aitnougn uovrnor Meier was ana tne county organizations in '"JE, several montns Kept away, order to secure the fullest cooper- I ta his desk because of Illness, ation and the most efficient Dro- na na malntaiaed close touch cedure. with state business, and the year Responding to the governor's Just concluded shows a record of plea, heads of various state de- great activity and achievement in partments pledged members of the executive department their staffs to the voluntary con-1 month to the relief of thejunem- ing, sewing and bending ma chines, as well as additional equipment for the manufacture of school tablets. The company has a wide range of Products. At the present it la completing a large order for more than 1,000,000 "blue books" for the associated student store at the University ot California at Los Angeles. The .'blue books' known to most college students as an examination paper, has a cam pus building pictured on its cov er. Ruled paper makes up me contents of the book. School Supplies Hade All kinds of tablets are manu factured by the Salem company They include pencil and finer writing tablets. Glasslne bags, both large and small,' are turned out daily by the thousands. Many varieties of wrappers, from candy wrappers to large meat wrap pers, are manufactured, la tact, most of the meat wrappers Used on the Pacific coast are manufac tured in Salem. Candy Cops Interesting Interesting among the many machines Is the equipment to turn out small individual cups tor chocolate candles. With many dies, the plant Is capable of 'mak ing many sizes. Products of the local firm go to many parts ot the world. Much Is used on the coast, but a con siderable portion goes east. Re cently two different shipments ot typewriting paper were sent to Each! contained eo.- New Tork. 'Exports are South Amer- 000 pounds ot paper. mail tn Central and lea. and the Philippine ana- - wallan Islands. ! ' An 'average of 60 employes are hr br the local Plant. The new year will probably see this num ber increased , as new wpa is added. H.i B. Tronson said. R." Lee Galloway is plant ager. if- I. Flax Production Will be Reduced For 1932 Season Due to a surplus of "flax oa hand, the state flax plant oper ated in connection with the state penitentiary will 1 cat down Ua production during 1933, u. Laws, office manager announces. . During the past year about J.000 tons at flax was handled, siderable decrease under an 1,000 total for 1930.' i . , The past year was declared to be a poor one for flax. Coupled with a surplus from 1930, plans for ths new year are none tod op timistic tor the flax fiber proces sing plant. . ! . About 250 convicts nave wo employed each month at the Plant i under the direction ot Leo De- j mytt, plant manager. mission and printing department, resigned. The governor also an- Lewis Promoted James Lewis, rated as one of the best "con men" in the west, and who had been deputy warden at the state penitentiary for sev eral years, was advanced to war den and superintendent upon the resignation ot Superintendent Henry W. Meyers. Meyers re signed following a penitentiary, hearing which was held In the house - of representatives last spring. Other changes at the peniten tiary included theaismls3al of Colonel W. B. Bartram as head of the penitentiary flax Industry, and the appointment of Dan Kel laher, former state senator from Multnomah county, as parole of ficer. ".Walter Dry of Vancouver was named to succeed Superintendent Howard and Mrs. Roberts, sister of Tom Kay, as heads of the blind school at Salem and the blind ployment Institution In Portland respectively. E. C. Hobb3, of the college printing shop at Corrallis, succeed H. S. Bosshard. Baillle Removed Among recent changes was the removal of W. H. BallHe as sup erintendent of the state training school for boys following several months of controversy alleged mistreatment accorded boys sent to the reform school. Sam Laugh- Un, removed earlier in the year from the state accident commis sion, was named In his place. Jerrold Owen, Portland news paperman who aided in the Meier camaign. was appointed secretary of the World War Veterans State Aid commission during the sum mer, succeeding Frank Moore. An entirely new highway com mission has been created since Governor Meier assumed office. The first appointment was that of Charles K. Spaulding of Salem to succeed C. E. Gates of Medford William Hanley of Burns was re cently appointed to succeed M. H Lynch of Redmond, while J. C. Alnsworth. Portland banker, suc ceeded to the chairmanship when H. B. Vsn Da'zen, long chairman , and member of the commission, nounced changes in many minor commissions and boards. The first act of the governor, even before he assumed office, was to secure Miss Beatrice Wal ton as private secretary to the governor. Miss wauon had serv ed in that capacity during the Walter Pierce, I. L. Patterson and part of the Norblad administra tions. Prior to becoming execu tive secretary, Miss Walton had been a secretary in the office of state superintendent of schools. The state legislature provided means for the appointment of Charles M. Thomas qf Medford, as public utilities commissioner, succeeding the three former mem bers of the public service commis sion, H. H. Corey, Hal D. Patton, and O. C. Bortzmeyer. The leg islature abolished the three-man group -and established a one-man commission. Thomas was formerly circuit Judge of Jackson county and presided in the trial' of the three D'Autremont brothers, con victed of the murder in the Sis kiyou train holdup in 1923. The three brothers are serving life sentences in the state peniten The legislature, through the ac tivity of Governor Meier, like wise created the state department of police and the new agricultural department. To head the former Meier selected Charles Pray. formerly with the federal police agency. Pray, through his thor ough organization and executive ability, has already popularized the new police system. Gehlhar Named Max Gehlhar, a "dirt farmer ot Polk county, was named to head jt he new department of agrl culture. He has retained two ot the officials formerly in charge of various departments, and has built up a complete department. W. H. Lytle, former state veter inarian, was retained in charge of the animal Industry, while John D. Mlckle, former state dairy and food commissioner, was placed in charge of the dairy industry. Other changes made by the gov ernor included wiping on of the enure inaustriai acciaent com mission, consisting of Sam Laugh lin, E. E. Bragg and W. H. Fitz gerald. In their places he named Charles T. Early of Portland,. Ar thur W. Lawrence and Albert Hunter, Lawrence of Corrallis and Hunter of La Grande are former members of the state legislature and active in a cam OREGON AREA TOLD If you wish to remember the number of square miles in Ore gon, take a bandful of 9s and 6s. toss them up and if they come down 90,699, the answer is cor rect. LARK STATE BIRD The western meadowlark is the state wrd of Oregon. However paign during 1931 to reduce real lQ average individual thinks property taxes, was appointed cor- more or the common turkey coration commissioner succeeding Mark McCallister. Mott has been active since he has taken office, and has Instituted several Investi gations of corporation as well as taking- charge of several large or ganizations. A. H. Averill. Port land, was appointed insurance commissioner, succeeding Clare E. Lee. There are several departments and state institutions in which there were no major changes dur ing 1931, either by appointment, election or by filling ot vacancies caused by death or retirement. There have been no changes in the Oregon Supreme court, mem bers of which are elective; In the attorney-general's office, secre tary of state, department of edu cation, and state labor depart ment, also elective officers. Other departments which re mained intact during the year in clude the Oregon National Guard, state engineer's office, state li brary, tax commission, state land board, state banking department, and state forestry department. Al though there has been one ap pointment on the state board of higher education, no department changes have resulted. Institutions in which no changes have been made include the state hospital for insane, state tuber culosis hospital, soldiers' home ! feeble-minded1 Institution, deaf school, and the Eastern Oregon state hospital. The final month of 1931 saw a new and yet familiar face In the executive ofice during the absence of Governor Meier from Oregon. Willard Marks, president of the senate, came from Albany to pre side as governor, and during that month he carried out the policies of the absent governor in every respect. TO THE WORLD ! HAtPipy NEW YEEAD3 To the Used Car Buyer The Douglas McKay Chevrolet Company is still the "Home of Bargains." Our 10 Day; Used Car Sale went over with a Bang I In fact we are so well pleased with this bargain idea that we are offering 'AV- Bargain - A - Day" for the" month of January. Watcn our classified ads each morning for that day's bargain. 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