The Oregon statesman., February 16, 1935, Page 1, Image 1

CIRCULATION
Average Daily and Sunday
',- for January, 1935 -
Distribution 7906
Net Paid 7553
MEMBER A. B. G.
THE WEATHER
Cloady today, Sunday
probably-; usettled with
rains; Max. Temp. Friday
51, Mln. 31, river 0 feet,
rain .03 Inch, southeast
wind. .
EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, February 16, 1935
No. 280
PROJECT
OUTLINED HERE
Flood Control, Navigation
and Irrigation Ail in
. Willamette Plans
But Fight Win Be Needed
to Get Government's
Aid Says Robins
New aurveyi for Willamette
liver conservation Involve stor
age reservoirs In the mountains,
revetment work on exposed banks,
end about 75 miles of levees
the total to cost around $40,000,
000 stated Col. Thomas F. Rob
Ins, division engineer for the
war department, In a meeting at
tended by 76 men from Salem
and adjacent cities.
The project is for the three
fold purpose of flood control,
navigation and Irrigation of val
ley lands. $Jo present attention Is
given to power development, that
phase now not being emphasized
by the public demand. The new
surveys also do not include a sys
tem of locks and dams above Ore
gon City to provide slack water
navigation to Salem. Instead the
flow is to be maintained at a six
foot level below the mouth of the
Bantlam, and four feet to Corval
lis by means of reservoir storage
on the tributaries.
While Col. Robins did not state
definitely what his office would
recommend on the surveys now
in progress, the outline he made
was taken to Indicate his prob
able findings which then are
submitted to the board of army
engineers in Washington. The
people of this valley, he said,
will then have to fight and if de
feated to go back and fight again
In order to get government ap
proval and money.
Storage and Levee
Work Recommended
Flood control, he said, involved
protection against bank caving
and waching, and from overflow.
The latter can be prevented by
storage works and by levees. Men
from Independence said the over
flow was beneficial to their bot
tom lands, like the overflow of
the Nile; and Col .Robins said
that could be allowed for those
who desired it simply by limiting
the levee work. Bank caving,
which has caused loss of thous
ands of acres of lands, comes on
'receding floods when the banks
are saturated with water. Bank
protection work is needed there
and could start at once if money
were available.
"It is hard to Justify a com
plete system of slack water,"
said the engineer, "because of
lack of traffic. Rebuilding the
locks at Oregon City is of doubt
ful merit until there is commerce
to justify it. The cost of slack
water above Salem could never
be justified. But- our plan is for
a six-foot depth as far as the
mouth of the Santlam.
"Adopting a comprehensive
plan for this valley should mean
a long step forward. This val
ley has been neglected; It Is not
developed enough.? But you will
ever get anything until you get
together and push."
Will Finish Surrey
Within Short Time
Robins estimated a cost of $1,
100,000 for bank protection; 12,
500,00a for levees; 12,000,000 on
tributaries, straightening and
clearing channels; .and the re
mainder for storage reservoirs on
the Santlam forks, the McKenzie
and the Coast Fork. The cost of
the reservoirs he thought would
be quite low, about 1 20 per acre
foot. His surveys, he thought,
will be completed In another
month or two.
In reply to the query of Sena
tor Spaulding about a dam at
New Era and below Salem, he
said the land costs would be pro
hibitive, and the same , result,
adequate water for transporta
tion, could be obtained for less
eost. by mountain storage.
With 6009 second feet flow be
low the mouth of the Santlam the
pollution problem would be simp
lified because the dilution would
be multiplied In seasons of low
water by two or three times.
Other who spoke were R. H.
Kipp of Portland and W. P. Ellis
of Salem. Representatives were
present from Oregon City, Inde
pendence, Albany and Corvallls.
Bolivian Troops
Enter Brazil to
Arrest Civilian
ASUNCION, Paraguay Teh. 15
-(AVPuaguayan newspapers said
today Bolivian patrol from
Puerto Suaret entered Brazil and
captured a Brazilian known tor
his anti-Bolivian sympathies.
Brazil last November sent a
squadron of 11 airplanes to the
- Cfcaco frontier after a Brazilian
steamer wis tired upon on the
Paraguayan fiver. Bolivia was
blamed by the Brazilian govern-
-fnent for the attack, '
Garga
ntuan
Description of Huge
Relief Bill; Opposed
Vanderberg Leads Fight Against Provision for
Four Billions Work Fund; Would Retard
Recovery, Fail to Meet Problem
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (AP) -1-Calling President
Roosevelt's $4,880,000,000 relief bill a "gargantuan
grab bag," Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich), today urged the
senate to defeat it and demand a more ''rational and intelli
gent prospectus." ' i
In a blunt indictment of the measure's vast grant of
World News at
a
Uiance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
WASHINGTON Senator .Van
denberg assails Roosevelt relief
bill as gigantic "grab bag."
FLEMINGTON Hauptmann re
Iterates Innocence; signs pauper
oath as appeal step; awaits re
moval to Trenton death eell.
SAN FRANCISCO Crew mem
ber tells naval inquiry Macon
nearly trashed in .Texas last April
because of . weak girder.
WASHINGTON Marine archl
techt says White House joined in
ignoring low bidders on naval jobs
in 1933.
PAWNEE, Okla. Weeping
father and oil heiress defend Phil
lip Kennamer, on trial for slaying
John F. Gorrelt, jr.
WASHINGTON Ickes. Farley
silent on senate demand for data
linking Farley with public works
contracts. .
WASHINGTON AAA proposes
partial abandonment of produc
tion control in fight against higher
commodity prices.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. William
Jennings Bryan university asks
legislature not to repeal act bar
ring evolution teaching.
Foreign:
BERLIN Germany subscribes
to principle of using her air forces
for western Europe peace; hinted
step to armaments solution.
MESSINA, Sicily Nine "killed
when British army seaplane falls
and burns after brushing moun
tain. ROME Italy readies more
troops for Africa as Ethiopian
emperor blames Italian aggression
for frontier difficulties. ,
A resolution ; urging passage of
senate bill 86 providing, for codi
fication of the! milk 4laws was
drafted by the Dairy Cooperative
association w 1 1 h 22 present at
their meeting yesterday.
"The purpose: of the move Is
to insure the milk dealers against
cut -throat competition of inde
pendent dairymen," stated R. W.
Clarke, manager, of the Salem co
op office. jM
The senate bill is at present
in the hands of the house com
mittee which held open hearing
on the measure j last night.
At the heating, members of
dairy cooperatives spoke in favor
of the bill tor codifying all milk
laws, and independent "B" grade
producers favored retention of
the present law.;
O'DAY CRITICALLY ILL t
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-ff)-Henry
"Hank" O'Day, famous National
league umpire until his retirement
several years ago, was critically ill
tonight in a hospital.
CODIFYING DP MILK
BEGUUTi URGED
Hauptmann Lays Basis for
Appeal; Swears Innocence
FLEMINGTON. N. J.. Feb. IE.
-(P)-Bruno Richard Hauptmann
swore his innocence anew and per
fected the first step for an appeal
late today, on the eve of his re
moval to a eell In the state's nria-
on at Trenton six steps from the
death chamber.
"Before God, I swear I have
nothing whatever to do with the
kidnaping and murder of this child
and that I know; nothing whatever
in connection with the crime," he
said in a statement dictated to
Miss Laura Apgar, secretary to
Associate Defense Counsel C
Lloyd Fisher. , ; f j . ' -
"I also swear that I know noth
ing In connection with the ransom
money other than as I told It on
the witness stand at Flemington.
I feel that a grave miscarriage of
justloe occurred . , "
He said he felt TerysorryM for
the bereaved CoL and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh, parents of the kid
naped and slain child, and said he
believed "the treat admiration of
the American people tor the be
reaved, father ; ;. . swayed their
judgment against me and I believe
it likewise swayed the judgment of
the Jury . ; j ..V-
Hauptmann was restless await
ing removal to State prison tomor
row "sometime ! after daylight.
Sheriff John U.1 Cnrtiss said, he
Grab Bag
p o w e r to president Roosevelt,
Vandenberg, who has been men
tioned as a 1936 republican pres
idential prospect, charged the bill
would "retard recovery." "con
tinue uncertainty," prolong the
"dole" and fall to meet the re
lief problem.
The Michigan senator took the
floor after Chairman Glass (D
Va), explained the amendments
proposed by the appropriations
committee, many of which he
suggested and approved.
"It is a blank check for the big
gest sum of money ever passed
in a single transaction, and the
use of the money is so unbound
ed, that it can warp the lives and
livelihoods of every man, woman
and child in the land, and even
the character of American insti
tutions,' Vandenberg said.
Meanwhile, President Roose
velt at a press conference, when
asked if he felt he could spend
the proposed $4,000,000,000 ap
propriation for work relief with
in a year or 15 months, smiled
and replied he would do the best
he could. He declined to com
ment, however, on the shaking up
being given the proposal. Vanden
berg's speech was the second re
publican assault on the measure.
Senator Steiwer (R-Ore), opened
the fire yesterday.
FITIEDTESTIFIES
Queer Actions of Kennamer
Cited in His Defense
at Murder Trial
PAWNEE, Okla., Feb. 16.-ff)-The
girl Phil Kennamer loved tes
tified dry-eyed and the father
who loved him wept on the wit
ness stand today as they sought
to save him from conviction as
the slayer of John Gorrell, jr.
Federal Judge Franklin E.
Kennamer, stern on the bench,
broke, sobbing, as he told of dif
ficulties with his 19-year old son.
Winsome . Virginia Wilcox,
young oil heiress named by Ken
namer as the girl he sought to
protect when he shot GorreU to
death in a Tulsa residential dis
trict last Thanksgiving night, said
"He was my first date."
-Miss Wilcox told a jury she be
lieved Kennamer still loved her,
but emphasized her indifference
to him with the statement at one
place in her testimony:
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Bigamy Charged
To Frank Hayes
ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb. lS.-
A complaint charging him witn
bigamy resulted in the arrest to
day of Frank Hayes, 43, who was
known here by the name of John
Cramer.
" Police reported the complaint
was sent here from Portland by
a woman who claimed to be
Hayes' wife. He was married
here October 4, 1932, to Fran
ces Miller of Roseburg.
and state troopers will convoy him
In a fleet of closed automobiles
but declined to discuss other de
tails. The convicted kidnaper-slayer
of the Lindbergh baby signed the
first papers In preparation for his
appeal, Fisher announced.
1 The document set forth he was
truly a pauper and requested that
the state of New Jersey pay the
costs of the record- of the trial.
! Fisher attempted to obtain an
appointment Monday with Justice
Thomas W. Trenchard, the trial
judge, to ask him to sign the or
der, a discretionary procedure.
! The next step, be said, will be
to obtain a writ of error from the
court of errors and appeals, which
would automatically stay execu
tion of the death sentence,
i The case would be armed. Fish
er predicted, at the next term of
the court, the third Tuesday In
May. , '.'v;:
Hauptmann, In bis statement,
voiced a new appeal for contribu
tions to a defense fund and then
signed a paper making Fisher
trustee of such a fund,
i It was revealed that $70 has
been received to date. !
, : Meantime, the . department of.
Justice and Bronx authorities de
nied they" - possessed evidence
Hauptmann had an accomplice in
the crime. ;
V IJ I J T 1 1 W
HE
ICON NEARLY
WRECKED LAST
Airship Technician Warned
of Structural Faults
Then He Testifies
Strengthening Ordered but
Never Completed, Court
of Inquiry Told
By LOUIS ASHLOCK
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15-(JP)
-The Jtytlbl .Macon narrowly
escaped crashing in Texas last
April, an airship technician told
a naval inquiry court here today,
because of a structural failure in
the same part of the ship as
the break which sent her to the
bottom of the Pacific last Tues
day. Lieutenant Calvin M. Bolster,
a member of the Macon's crew,
made the statement.
Bolster said he then had re
commended Investigation of the
entire strength of the dirigible's
fin construction.
The bureau of aeronautics
made the examination, he said,
and ordered strengthening of a
suspected girder, but ruled that
the repair work should not be
allowed to Interfere with the
dirigible's operating schedules.
"This work," said Bolster,
"had not been completed when
the Macon started on her last
flight."
The weakness, he said, was in
the girder on one of the great
metal rings giving the airship
its shape.
Similar testimony of a struc
tural weakness was given pre
viously by Chief Boatswain's
Mate R. J. Davis, one of the two
men on duty near the "casualty"
spot in the great dirigible when
she lunged out of control and
sank off Point Sur, Calif.
Answering sharp questions put
by Commander P. L. Gatch, judge
advocate of the court. Bolster
said he had not considered the
Macon unsafe for flight over the
ocean during the strengthening
operations.
"I felt the ship was safe to
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GOUNTY UNIT BILL
Will Be Brought Out With
3 Recommendations by
Varied Groups
The controversial county unit
school bill fourth of Governor
Martin's measures is scheduled
to come from the senate education
committee with three separate re
ports, the committee announced
late yesterday after a meeting in
which all members agreed that the
bill must be reported back to the
senate.
One report will be that the bill
pass. A second report will be that
the bill do not pass. The third re
port will be -that the bill pass with
an amendment submitting the
county unit plan to all counties in
the state including In the vote
counties which have already adopt
ed the county unit plan. The lat
ter report is favored by Senator
Lee and Senator Walker. None of
the reports will carry the signa
tures of a majority of the com
mittee. Lobby workers for and against
the bill were at variance yesterday
in predicting the way the senate
will vote. Opponents of the county
unit system admitted the senate
might adopt Governor Martin's
proposal provided every county in
the state in 1936 had opportunity
to ballot on the county unit plan.
They opined that fully as many
counties would vote out the coun
ty unit plan as would Inaugurate
the system.
PROJECTS APPROVED
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 15. -UP)
-The Oregon state relief commit
tee today approved work relief
projects totaling more than $40,
000, the largest single unit of
which was spot work on roads in
Harney county, amounting to ap
proximately $1S000.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.-flrVBetty
Lou Petty, former Spokane ace
and a member ot the strong
Washington Athletic club wom
en's relay team, won the SO 0-yard
frees style national Junior cham
pionship tonight as the two-day
Washington state swimming; meet
ended. Her time was. six minutes,
39 15 seconds. . i '
The state tile In the! 100-yard
free style dash for men went to
Jack Medlca, bolder ot numerous
national records, in the good
time of 54 1,5 seconds.! In it he
gained revenge over George Per
sonette, of the Crystal pod, who
beat him last night' in the 50
yard dash. Personette was third,
with Stan Choyce, of Crystal
pool, second. ' - .
REPORTS
Late Sports
Slays Surgeon
Due to Mistake
court proceedings were uuut-r
way at Mexico: City against
General Victor ; Manuel Romo,
retired Mexican army officer,
charged with fatally shooting
Dr. Samuel Inclan, prominent
throat specialist. General
Romo, believing Dr. Inclan's
operation on his son had been
unsuccessful, shot the physi
cian as the boy was wheeled
oat of the operating room. The
boy Is now recovering.
E
I
Clouds Prevent Pilot From
Seeing Mountain in
Time, Reported
MESSINA, Sicily, Feb. ll.-ijf)
-One of four British seaplanes
traveling from London to the na
val base at Singapore came to
grief today on a Sicilian hillside,
burning almost beyond recogni
tion with the nine persons aboard
It.
So completely was it destroyed
that not until an official inves
tigation late tonight was it cor
rectly identified as "the Ace of
Diamonds," having been previ
ously reported to be the "Singa
pore." Commander Lang of the Singa
pore - bound squadron hastened
here by train from Naples, whence
the plane had started today, to
take charge of the wreckage and
the bodies of eight officers and
men and one civilian.
Farmers ol the ; neighborhood
said the plane passed through
cloud banks and emerged almost
in the face ot the summit of San
Fillppo mountain. The pilot
swerved the ship but the right
wing touched the jutting rock,
they said, nevertheless the plane
wabbled on for about four miles
while the pilot evidently sought
some place to land.
After passing the village of San
Fillppo, the ship nosed down sud
denly and burst into flames as
it crashed. One body was found
160 feet from the plane. Others
were entangled in the twisted
wreck.
A state NRA act would be of
material aid to the national ad
ministration of the blue eagle
law, B. L. Boland, counsel in
San Francisco for the NRA ad
ministration on the coast, told
the senate judiciary committee
here last night. Boland said the
state courts could be used con
currently, with federal courts in
handling alleged violations ot the
act.
Boland told the committee that
a bill similar to the NRA act in
troduced here, had been introduc
ed in 41 other states. He de
clared there was no question as
to the constitutionality of . t h e
act.
Representatives of a large num
ber ot Oregon Industries appear
ed at the hearing last night to
urge enactment of the state NRA
code. Several speakers cited sta
tistics to show that the majority
of Oregon's major industries were
now under marketing agreements
or codes. They said a state NRA
law would help Industries here to
carry out the national rehabili
tation program.
The NRA bill for Oregon has
already passed the house.
Seven Bills Are
Killed, Cleanilp
Seven bills died by the Indefin
ite postponement route In the
house late yesterday : afternoon
when committees reported the
measures out with favorable, re
ports. ; Committee chairmen in
the house declared they were
trying to. dispose of as 'many bills
as possible before the week clos
ed. Included In the measures in
definitely postponed 'were bills re
gulating the practice and. licens
ing of chiropractors' and regulat
ing the practice of naturopathy
SHI
DEE
IJBILWffl
PRESIDENT II
HAND IN. NAVAL
AWARDS, CLAIM
Bids Ignored in Portioning
Contracts in 1933, Says
Marine Architect
Ickes and Farley Silent on
Demand for Probe Into
Latter's Actions
"WASHINGTON, Feb. t5-(jP)-Confronted
by a threat of cita
tion for contempt, A. P. Homer,
Washington marine architect, as
serted before the senate muni
tions committee today that the
efforts of the White House, the
navy department and several
shipbuilders had combined in ap
portioning naval building jobs in
1933 among the shipyards re
gardless of low bidders.
"I. think the distribution was
made by our great president,"
Homer flared out at one time,
"not merely on the question of
legality but on a basis of human
ity." Another mention of the White
House came indirectly when a
letter was introduced attributing
to Mrs. Mary Eben, one ot Mrs.
Roosevelt's secretaries, "some
magic charm for business done
with the administration."
Throughout the day Homer
was on the stand, notwithstand
ing he once reminded the com
mittee his blood pressure was
dangerously high. The witness
reactions ranged from defiance
to jolly compliance under ques
tioning by committee members
into the wide range of bis "con
tracts." These included, he disclosed at
various times, associations with
printing press companies, naval
officials, with democratic nation
al headquarters during the 1932
presidential campaign, and fin
ally with President Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Feb.
secretary icaes ana roBimasier
General Farlev awaited with
equal silence tonight a demand
by the senate that Ickes supply
anv information ha mhtht have
regarding Investigations ot pub
lic works contracts with which
Farley's name may have been
connected.
"I can't talk about that," Ickes
said.
"I do not take it seriously,"
said Farley In Sarasota, Fla.
Both were sneaking of infor
mation requested by the senate
at the suggestion of senator
Lone fD-La) who for four
straight days has been thunder
ing for an inquiry into Farley's
work as postmaster general and
chairman of the democratic na
tional committee.
DILL ARGUED HFI
One hundred thirty-two cities
which have pension plans for fire
men and policemen with a por
tion of the cost paid tor out of a
tax on Insurance premiums have
not suffered an increase in fire
rates, Frank Lonergan told house
committeemen Friday night at a
public hearing on the controver
sial pension bill. The measure
would add a two per cent tax
to all fire and casualty Insurance
premiums paid in the state and
would. make the funds available
to bolster pensions now going to
Portland firemen and policemen.
Lonergan said Portland police
made possible the recovery of 99
per cent ot the cars stolen In that
city and this directly aided the
Insurance companies in cutting
down losses.
Horace Mecklem, speaking tor
the Insurance companies, declared
that Portland policemen and fire
men were not bearing their share
of the eost of pensions. He con
tended, as did other speakers for
the insurance firms, that any ad
ditional tax on premiums would
result in higher rates to policy
holders.
Vikinqs Stage
Deft
HI T W
"eat Hood River M-W
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Feb. 1S.-
()-Salein high school's fast
charging and close-checking bas
ketball quintet held desperately
to a one-point lead throughout
three-ouarters ot a hard-fought
game to defeat Hood River high
zi to 20, here tonignt. v
TtnnA Rlrer eanrht the Sena
tors oft guard as the game suit
ed, and jnmped into what - ap
peared to be.an overwhelming 9
point. leadat the end of the
first quarters, when they led 14
8. - - -v . " '
The minute ot rest proved time
enough for the Salem basketeers
to "get the hant t things.- how
ever, and they checked their op
ponents so closely during the next
quarter that Hood Riyer was un
FII&ICE PENSION
VOTED HOUSE
Levy of Two Cents Daily on
Passed by Narrow Margin; Amount Same No Matter
What Salary Amounts to; Would Distribute Among
Counties on Basis of Number Pensioned
Will Permit Average Payment of $22 a Month Says Its
Author; Need for Relieving Real Property of Tax
Burden Stressed; Inequity Claimed by Some Solons in
Opposition; May Be Amended in Senate
SEEKING to give Oregon's 36 counties new funds to pay
old-age pensions, the house of representatives yesterday
afternoon gave 32 to 26 approval of Representative Oleen's
two-cents-a-day tax on employes and employers for each day's
work performed in the state.
Oleen's bill would require the two-cent payment irrespec
tive of the rate of pay received by an employe, the total four-cehts-a-day
tax being collectedly the employer and remitted
to the state tax commission. ,
Funds received under the Oleen bill would be distributed
monthly by the state to the 36 counties as their total number
of old-age pensioners compared to the state's total.
Oleen contended his tax proposal would raise $700,000
more annually than is now being raised by a property tax for
s pensions in 3' counties. Not only
LIS
VOTED UniUSLY
Power Granted Governor is
Limited; May Not Lift
Any Appropriation
Secon of Governor Martin's
four administration bills made
the legislative gauntlet yesterday
afternoon when House Bill 363
providing for budgetary control of
state funds by the executive was
passed without opposition in the
senate.
"This measure provides a mild
form of budgetary control," de
clared Senator Haxlett, chairman
of the senate committee on coun
ty and state offices, which report
ed the bill out favorably.
"I do not anticipate that the
budgetary control powers entrust
ed to the governor will be often
used. They will have a beneficial
effect, I think, in giving the ad
ministration a check on expendi
tures." Senator Hazlett explained that
House Bill 363 substituted for
House Bill 3 did not permit the
governor to shift funds from one
department to another nor did it
permit him to shift funds within
a department. He can stop expen
ditures in excess of any budget
he approves, however, and the sec
retary of state Is prohibited from
issuing warrants above a budget
submitted to the chief executive
and gives-his endorsement.
No senators spoke in opposition
to the bilL
Betty Gow Slaps
Curious One Who
Approaches Her
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-jp)-Bet-ty
Gow, former nurse for the mur
dered Lindbergh baby, and a mid
dle aged woman who ran ap to
her saying, "Let's have a look at
you, quarreled on the liner Ber
engaria tonight just before the
ship sailed tor England.
"Let me alone," shouted Miss
Gow.
Witness said' she struck at the
woman with her hand, and then
fled to the tourist cabin she had
engaged tor the voyage back to
her home In Scotland.
Big Rally,
able to score a single point.
while Salem rained perfect shots
on the hoop to score 10 points and
hold a 15-4 lead at the end of
the halt.
All during the third and final
quarters both teams stressed de
fensive playing, taking shots st
the basket only when they were
in good scoring; positions. The
checking of both teams was so ef
fective that at no time during the
final halt was the slim, one
point margin widened. '
A last-minute Hood River of
fensive drive also failed to net
them a much-needed field goal,
and the game ended with Salem
In possession ct the baU. ' .
The entire content was cleanly
played, with few foul Shots called
on either team. -
BUDGET
Employer and oh Employe
would real property be exempted
from the burden of old-age pen
sions, he averred, but the existing
average of $11 a month a pen
sioner now being paid to the state,
could be increased to $22 a month.
Farm Workers Not
Included, Explained
The proposed tax would not ap
ply to agricultural workers nor to
private or governmental employes
where pension systems have al
ready been established. Oleen said
the farm owner already -paid a
heavy ta. for the support of in
digent in this county and should
be relieved of the burden of old- -age
pensions.
"Five years ago real property
taxes in Oregon which were de
linquent totalled $5,000,000; now
they are $46,000,000," Oleen
averred in pressing for passage
of House Bill 115 as a means of
relieving real property. "Old-age
pensions in the state now average
only $7 to $11 a month which is
not enough."
Oleen urged the house to enact
the bill without delay, to enable
the senate ample time to consider
it and to adjust the proposal te
any old-age pension - plans pro
posed by th6 federal government
lattr in the session.
"This is a vicious form of sales
tax," declared Representative Shi
der, Klamath. "I am in favor of
an old-age pension system but I
do not favor taking two cents a
day from the man-who earns $1
a day and the same amount from
the man who earns $10 a day." ,
Representative Hyde. Lane, an
swered Snider by declaring that
the rate of pensions was to be the -
same to all persons, irrespective
of their contributions to the state
fund.
Representative K r I e r, Wasco,
objected to the Oleen bill on the
ground that it did not reaeh the
independent worker.
Objection to the bill because it
allegedly was not carefully drawn
was made by Representative
Barnes, Multnomah, who said he .
didn't believe the Oleen bill weuld
meet thj needs of old-age pen
sions In Oregon.
Await Federal Plan
Is Knight Proposal
Representative Knight, Doug
las, sought to have the measure
laid on the table, awaiting word
from the federal government on
the subject - of old-age pensions. '
His proposal failed as did one by -Representative
Wallace to have
the bill referred to committee and
made "actuarially sound." .
Representative Erwln, Multno
mah, said he thought the Oleen
bill must be good since he had"
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Twelve' Senate
Bills Approved
Quickly, House
Twelve senate bills were ap
proved by, the house Friday aft
ernoon without a single measure
being tabled or sent back to com
mittee. '
Most Important among the bills
was one favored by banking In
terests in the state which elimin
ates any segregation 'of commer
cial and savings departments in
state banks, a practice now fol
lowed by national banks. In case
ot liquidation,' time and demand
deposits would share equally in.
assets. The law - provides that
banks shall carry s, 15 per cent
reserve against demand deposits
and a five' per cent cash reserve
against - savings deposits.
- A number of the senate meas
ures passed by the - house call
for minor amendments In , exist
ing statutes regulating the state
Industrial accident commission -