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The OHEGON STATESMAN.-Sakra, Oregon, 7ednesday Morain?, February 13, 1933 j-- a jr v . 'ai . , a " r - -a 1 w r -a. --. Mr i a m r a . nav j - , a a r j i a w r . w a w r m i .- a r f '. ri i m r r m r r -.mm aav m m t aar o 3ITFEDEH MOPOIMCCO: WWMMM. ir:GREf:SE. 0Er.iir:p Le&dc&ve CdtrJisr xcoraary ast III BilKTHl SPEECH tioush fllEUED ATlIEfJliriG 1 f. PAGE TWO pis Call . 1 'ICE H. B. on final passage 80, State Way Build System if Government Won't Says r" Letter to Hosck r - , - '. 'j la a ': move interpreted" as a tlrust at utility district' mea sires now pending In legis lature. Governor Ch axles. H. Mar tin yesterday addressed a-public letter to Representative Hoseh of the house utilities committee tn which . he renewed hi campaign " position that power Use from the Bonneville dans should-, bej built at tee expense, of the fed eral government, . '. ".' It the, federal' government should refuse to build the pow.4? lines. then the state can afford to do tha work, the ; governor pointed oat. , - .v "Wo have ample time to find, oot what the poller of the gov ernment will be for it will be eerera! years before the project lr completed. Governor Martin declared. - ' , His letter follows: "Referring to your recent rer bal Inquiry as to my position on the question as to who shall con struct the transmission and dis tribution aystem for the" delivery of the Bonneville power, I wish td - quote from ' a statement 1 oa this subject tiTen to the press early tn the campaign. That state ment clearly expressed' my views at that time and clearly expresses them todsy: r,; v : '. 'Having bad,' as congressman. no small hand in bringing about the construction of the Bonne Tllle power project. I am natur ally deeply Interested in seeing ft completed, and; the developed - electric energy - put to a benefi cial use. That will be one of the first problems to receive my seri oua attention should I be elected corernor. Necessary transmission and distribution lines wilt bo con structed. I aay these should be provided at government expense. The government is providing the aystem at .Mnscle Shoals. Why shouldn't It apply the same .policy at Bonneville? ' V--'x .iOur atate is badly tax-ridden aud is crying for ; relief. As con gressman, and i as governor, if elected. I shall fight to bare such transmission and distribution line built at government ex pense, ' and thus : save the tax payers of Oregon the millions which their construction would require.: Should the government refuse to provide the necessary funds, then, but not till then, . should the taxpayers ot Oregon dig down In their pockets to nay viit' w win tiava amnla time : 14.. ... w - . r to find out what the policy of the government will,, be, for It will be several years before the " project 4s completed'. E i (Contliraed rrom page 1 measures JuBt as the national con gress has supported President Roosevelt. - -' - ; Humorously the speaker re ferred to the- remark that mcrt of , the teeth ; of his plannlng" bill had been knocked out In passing. lie compared it with the old lady- who had only two teeth left but s sighed, , ?Thank Cod. they hit!". ; y , Governor Martin nrged adher- i - ance to democratic principles em bodied in his . measures rather than the letter of ; their wording lie commended the legislature on - its work so far, and . expressed - hope that action might be speeded up And his' remaining "three pro posals put through. ; - . The Governor referred briefly . at the beginning of bis talk to his father's friendship, with Lincoln - and related a number of anec dotes concerning the Civil War . president. . . .- .' .. ' August Huckensteln presided as toastmaster at the banquet which was attended -' by . 125.. - Other , speakers - called . upon Informally included Dr. Floyd Utter, Warren Erwin,,Blll .Delrell, Senator. John Goss and Speaker "John Cooter. Alene Moored sang two- num bers accompanied .. by Doris ..Schunke. , . ' ' The Japanese , department "of some auairs puns; to. erect a shrine to the memory of the late Admiral Togo, hero ot the Russo Japanese war, in Tokyo where a boulevard will be given his name. L Jor.p,vr;ooy " Today: and Thursday A New Star touTl Never Be. Able to Forget After You .Have Seen Her as TV LlDL. T t .J.. -' A fOX Picture oHth - ; . Ca a.-!l " TL31f ' cietti timim Ned Sparks Helen Morgan ' Eicgfrled r.amann ; Leslie Fenton Arthur Byron Jay C nirpen d Etcpln Fetchit BBl CRITICAL OF ATTITUDE IB . :. : vis. WHES the Portland hotel last summer was the tern- . the United "States government, Oregon citizens wondered why. The credit goes to long-timo newsman, W. J. Hoffman, ex-. , adrertlinz manager of Tbe i Orcgonian, new in f charge of tne bo tel. uormaun ' got m tooch with the Wbito House secretariat and asked the pres idential party to be the hotel's guests. , His letter was passed a from Secretary Mclntyro to Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary and the convincing argument Hof- ma oa's epistle contained won the day. Not only did - Mrs. Roosevelt and her party come ' to the Portland hut Secretaries ; Dem and Ickes of the cabinet were there along with some 80 -newspnpe r representatives. Hofmann has been down to the session several times' in the in terest of liquor sales- by hotels; his - s accomplishment! . of . 3 last snmmer is still the highlight in his memories of 'SI, f, ' - r - Here and there: Rehearsals for the. third house will be held Sun day with words and music by Roy Myers . VA1 Price, of Oregon City liked : the session ot 1933 well enough to come back yester day -a holiday from his post as liquor store manager: of the home town Carl Washburn of Eu gene is said to be ready Instantly to leave the highway commis sion If Governor Martin will pro- ride a successor. . . . busy with his store affairs, Washburn would hare quit last November but Gov ernor Meier nrged him to fill out the ratter's term of office. . .. . D. Bruce R. Baxter has a speak ing record no man in Oregon can equal. , . in hi rst!l04 days as president of Willamette univer sity he made 10 S addresses. . . . his anecdotes and I Illustrations are uniformly apt. . Sheriff A. C. Burk of Marion county is being ..promoted . by .4 democratic interests for the position ot head of the state police. l.f Charles P. Pray, incumbent, is I almost cer tain to keep the job:! without po litical, experience and disliking politics in all its forms. Pray has hewn td the line Hi proved a capable police .administrator which 1s said to hare made a hit with Governor' Martin. . the governor, keeps in physical -trim daily by walking a portion ot the distance from his Lincoln street home to the statehouse. v. . - ' '.' '-' T j!..- - No one in Oregon enjoys vis iting the legislature; more than iW. W. -Lunger of ijLafayette." For 18 years he was with the ' legal staff of the Union Pacific and those were, days when rail road " attorneys were in the thick of every phase of a legis lative gathering. He retired In Yamhill county a number, of years ago, purchasing a beauti ful farm which 'did. not keep; hhn busy enough ' to stay out " of politics. He. represented that -county at . one r session and claims credit for" the rotation of primary candidates . names on the ballot. In recent years he has served several sessions . of congress as doorkeeper of . the. diplomatic gallery. Now . nearly 80 years old, he is hack in Salem for a few days visit, enjoying to the f ull reminls- - cences of the earlier days and ' the ; handclasps . of the friends "Of course, Daddy, . f you donH know much - about bringing pp girls ; . ...6uf youll learnl" -rtpewyseer. . -" :: v -f 1 y"V:':i ". t I . " i . ' " . - I I , America's New Sweetheart mmmmm . .THREE , GREAT, STARS Li Also-Charlie Chase n 77 7 1 r; j v'i he has made through his years in Oregon. 1 In the lobby: Jay Bowerniaahi the best worker ' against 'chain store legislation in the ' third house, suave, smart, legis latively - experienced, Bowerman knows,, the places to 'apply pres sure to' put down legislation he opposes.: . Senator Dunn of Ash land rarely becomes angry. . . he was thoroughly irked, yesterday when ! Pete Zimmerman blamed Jackson county's : domestic war fare of 1933 on the Copco inter ests and- would have answered the senator If debate had not been closed: by the previous question. . the gallerls were sprinkled with visitors Tuesday due to the holi day which Lincoln's -r birthday brought. ... from Albany came Banker Williamson Clyde 'being a former : Linn county senator ousted ' bv tha democratic tide of '34. . ; ; the ways and means com mittee wants to recapture all "ex cess" salaries paid in the last bl- ennium. the committee having been told that 1933-1934' salary cuts were circumvented: by some departments. ... Governor Mar tin's pronouncement- on ' pardons will be bad news at the. end of State street, r .' the "boys" are careful newspaper readers. . all manner of pressure was brought by them through friends for par dons vbefore the Meier adminis tration ended. . , ; they surmised the general would not be lenient in the! release of prisoners. . . PEIISil FID Bill IS A bill which proposes building un an adequate old-age pension fund by assessment upon employer and employe was discussed Tues day but carried over until . this morning when It will again come before the house as a. special or der ot business at 1 0:30 o'clock. - Representative Oleen Colum bia, author of the bill said it pro vides ' for a two - cents per- day assessment against employer and employe instead; of one cent per day for employe and three cents a day: for, employer as originally proposed. : i'r.HuiV". s "Industries which maintain an old age retirement fund, of a, min imum of 945 a month arojexempt- ed in the oleen' bill . which applies to those paying under the mini mum In. whichvCase the' difference must be. made up. Representative Oleenl maintained It was. a work able plan and in line with federal proposals, would be a credit to the legislature It passed and bring relief to those in . dire need : as well as keeping them oft county relief rolls.. -: ; :,:.... To give all -members more op portunity to study the" blllTrepre sentatlve Graham, Multnomah, re quested that it be made, the spe cial order or business. " Collect Blayors Pictures . SAN FRANCISCQ-fl3) Two and a half years of collecting portraits to hand in the corridor fronting Mayor Angelo' Ross's office have yielded ""all except three ot the mayors f and "alcaldes' dating back to the Spanish -regime of Francisco de"Haro, in 1834., Here-J-; TODAY! a 1 . Comedy - Other Sabjects . ( Willamette President dives ; Address Before Joint ; Solon Gatfiering - . T -i; ' ..." '' " Lincoln Is ' citlien of tha world, tha best-known, and loved American tha nation has- pro duced. Or. Bruce R. Baxter, pres ident of Willamette university. told av joint session of the legis lature Tuesday .afternoon in an effective epitome of the life ot the emancipator. . , " Though a man of sorrow, and often disappointed Lincoln was never defeated because of his In ner' strength Dr. Baxter said. "His faith In God,., his - Innate squareness, his true - education. make him ' the leader whose In fluence endures ( oday " Dr. Baxter traced the disap pointments of Lincoln's career his loss of his mother, of tha girl whom he loved, - his failure in business and as a farmer, his political losses, through all of which ha persisted. " He spoke of the lack of appre ciation, of Lincoln. In. hia day, a condition which later years and a truer perspective of his greatness has erased. . v-! -:v Musical numbers of the Joint assembly . were furnished by the Salem high school band. Sena tor Haxlett ot Hood River read the Gettysburg address. Governor Martin attended the : gathering presided, over by Senator' Harry Corbett who Introduced Dr. Bax ter. - ' - " r?.:- Bill to Clarity Compensation Is Passed in House Senate bills dealing with clari fication ot present - workmen's compensation laws and ot inter est to fanners and horticulturists found an easy time la the house Tuesday. .r - f,v,'' The representatives approved senate bills that' provided for the right ot action of injured work men against defaulting employ ... . ' J '' ,r i , . . -. , -9 - j- . t ..... o .. " - . -' I ,. . - : ; " - w r:.A 170V S53 Sdl 273, 274, 846V 847, 874, 888. H. J. R.17, . ; " . 8. B. 10. ILa 115, the Oleen old age pension tax, up for spe cial order at 10:80 a." Xh, r ' - SENATE -::.' - 8. B. on final paasaget 159V 158, 825, 178. 181, 237. 04, 203, 242. 88, 20V 157, 87, 63, 288, 270,r H. B. en- final paasagei . 88, 89 : ISO, 158, 28, 14, 100, 221. 75, 180, 82, 74, .158, 158. ti )- H. J.1L 4, 6,1a.'..! . era' under provisions of the act; providing for the manner of pay ments to beneficiaries under pro visions of the act; adding a new section relating to filing : t s claim by a workman of Joint em ployers, one or more ot whom la sot subject to the law and .as signment ot . rights " and :: benefits and defining terms under the act. SIX IB Governor Martin Tuesday sign ed the following bills: S. B. 4. Tf Sana tor CUaaoek - Ta amend ctlon . S0-120S, Ortfim Coda 1930, nUtiag t meaajs of imdadbls tckool fud. amiTonitr and aMealtaral eo Her toads, poratoat of' aad aaewity far ' tr aid taadi, ota. s i - 8. B. 45. Ttr Soaator Itaaeiseavica To aaia aoetiaa 2 S-12 11. Ororoa Codo 19S0, raUtiaff to appoala drom oaiall eunas aoaaruaaaf -ox tae outgoes aoan. 8. B. 4S, by Seaatota Goes aad Oaa eaa To aavtad ooctioa dS-ltdl. Ororoa Oodo 1930. ootaoriximx oUto . ladaatrlal aoeidoat eoatariaaioa to tasaro ooaployora acaiaat Kaoility aader foderal Ioagskoro atoa'a aad harbor warkora' coatpaaaatioa act. . . -! ' - 8. B. At. r Sena tar Goo aad ! aa To aaMBd ooctioa 49-1S19 aad etaor oetioaa, Orogaa Coda 19 SO, ot, aad addiac aow ooctioa to prorida .aioaaa by waica omployars say roeaU a ro jeettoa o workaMB's coaipoaaatioa law, ata. - -..,.-... . 8. B. SO. ay eoaaailsaloB or rorialoa ot lawa To aaaoad aoctioa 28-1412. Ororoa Codo 1930, ralailaf to apaoala froai tko amaU euuais Cepartmoat of tno puueo's eoart. ' i..-'-- v. S. B. 89. by eoamiaaioa oa Irrisatloa aad draiaaro To proviao for: tko lory aad eonoetioao4 ataiatoaaaco aad opora tioa iiiina nta acainat aoa-aaaoaaod laada looatod la" Arainago 'districts. ED ten per cent tax on tobacco would raise $1,000,000 annually to aid unemployed persons. C C. Chapman: editor of The 'Oregon Voter, told the house : committee on taxation aad revenue at a pnblle hearing held, here' last night. J Chapman said - the 'state should- -use- the tax to relieve real property -and', to meet . the Inevitable h s a v y: demands r for state Income In. future years. Representative Tfbschy Bend, said the tax . woald not only raise needed revenue but might act as 'a deterrent on the .useof to bacco which he -characterized ai injurious to public hecifh. , - Lawrence ' McNary, contended the federal tax .on. tobacco " was higher now than the tobacco' in dustry should bear. Ben Osborne, representing labor, said, the state would be unfair If It farther pen alised a commodity on which the present retail price was at least half taxes Imposed ' by - the fed eral government. . Louise I Palmer Weber spoke against the pro posed tax, saying it was inequit able. . . ,1:-; 'BuzzrSay Bill 5 Is Killed Again : In Lower House ' .' ': m &m v l - - J . - :-T ' - . . - ' For the second 'time this ses sion tha house Tuesday killed the busx-saw- bill this time by a Vote-of 30 lo 17 with three ab sentees. ' ; : " -:;- v.r-r; Tha bill licensed .power " saws used In cutting wood. According to Its sponsor," Representative Homer AngelL Multnomah, the Industrial Accident commission has no greater drain upon its re sources, thsa that from accidents arising from this source. Those injured rush in for compensa tion and yet do not contribute to its fund, he declared, '4 -Representative - Warren - Erwin. Multnomah, opposed the measure on the ground that he was fed upon Inspection hills and . that this one la particular was the re spit of a private fight in Multno mah county and created a- monop oly for those with. better equip ment. . - ,. i i. -:vr::.?:..t31lOTrNVs "' Today -Broadway BiUT V- with Warner Baxter. -1 .: - : . ELsixoltn - - c : Today - -"Society. Doctor : with Chester Morris, . Friday---Myrna Loy la, 'Wings la the Dark and color car- - ?toonr. "Discontented Caaar- . Pi -J - CAriTOL - - -Today Double bill, Tom . ' . TMna la. - -Onr t TJaUv .M , ,9 . A A Blessed Event, -s '. Thursday Zane Grey's West " ot" Pecos" with Richard Dix.. - . : .HOLLYWOOD , . Today Spencer Tracy in -Marie Galante. t - rriday Double bill, Bruce Cabot in "Men ot the Night" and James Dunn in J6f Nights in Hollywood-. 'f- state W-i ; "Today Shirley Temple in "Now and Forever", Saturday only "The Night Alarm with Bruce Cabot. " t :-r. v Society Doctor, the new Met- ro-Goldwyn-Mayeri picture which opens today at the Elslnore tke- atrefr has as Its setting the vari-' oua departments of a great met ropolitan, hospital. , . . Chester Morris ; and Virginia Bruce are teamed as the featured players, each offering excellent performances Morris as. the re bellious young surgeon. Dr. Mor gan, who does not . believe that love and marriage can mix with a - professional career, and Hiss Bruce as the nurse, Madge .Wil son. . j- - -:- Robert Taylor, a new comer to the screen, forms the third angle ot the love triangle; aa Dr. Ellis, another . interne. . . DAIMGEROUS " day oii vthuV ;far frontier r x A: de perato rnan :iri AswIqss lencloToand vth0c!rl he nadtoVt c iiCnTtoriA A 7r- LAST - TWO FEATURES 500 SEATS 15e TIMES r Onr Daily Bread? Lee. Tracy -TODAY Tom Keene. -Blessed Event" . No young doctor con afford to marry purser ,l wonf you to be MY - doctdrM.nl buy you an office end a car. 2emember ,tf BUI "doesn't wat you, Idol" . 1 mJ "" - 1 - - - - 1 - ,. . ' - CContlnood from nags 1) lature was necessary to make up the deficiency. . In the proposed salary reduc tion bill before the ways and means committee, the same rate of . wage cuts Is made as was passed by the IS SI session. The reductions would be in. effect the next two years.- :;-wvv i-- Increases In pay or promotions In departments would he permit ted only in Instances where tha board of control approved. The salaries paid higher education's employes, however.' would be con trolled entirely by the state board of higher education. . . The salary reductions proposed tn the bill pending before the wars and means committee- are "based ea state salaries prevailing fa 131-1S2. They follow: --K $ 50 or , less a month, 5 re daction. 151-175. 7: 171-1100, 9: 1101-1125. 11: 1150,- is: -1151 -1175,- ts: ii7- $200, 14 ; r $201 - $225, 15: $225 -$250, 15: $25t-$275. 17: $175-$300. 18: 1101 $225, 1S; 1321-$350. 20: $351$375,-.21: $371-1400, 22: $401-$425,;2S: $424 $450, 24; $451 -$475.15: $47l-$50t. 26; 1501-3525. 27; $521-$550, 21: $551 $599, 21: $500 and higher. The ways and .means commit tee in making up Its approprlan tlon bills Is putting In an sal aries at the pre-1931 rate. The salary reduction bill would be a companion measure,- designed to reduce the ' salary Items of the appropriation bills on the sched ule shown above. ; SHO-aTTE PROVED Br 2 GENERATIONS THURSDAY FRIDAY ". v SATURDAY" TODAY . AND .THURSDAY MrtrGiUvyMsjn't TbrUlkig Slums m "Mta tm Wbitt" with CHESTER MORRIS VIRGINIA BRUCE BILIIE BURKE ROBERT TAYLOR - : plus RUTH ETTIN Gr ' ' .'in . -' - "Bjm&ts and BaHada CAirrooN -"GooiYirEwai n si Hi ii LiJ J 1 t 7 t
