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Council Tfoic
Privilege Tax Club MayJjLj
. Be Held Over P. G. E.;
; No Action Taken
Present Agreement - Held
Illegal ; Willson Park r j
Vacation Bill Up ?
' Thetelty council embarked on
& franchise-dickering venture re
enforced by a privilege tax club
: last night after Alderman Edwin
C. Goodenpugn had introduced a
resolution declaring the franchise
- nnder which electric power had
been distributed in the city elnce
188 was Illegal. ,
The ' . Goodenough ' resolution,
which was referred to the light
and utilities committee, proposed
to allow the Portland General
Electric company 30 days within
which to agree to a new franchise
and to call a public hearing at
. the end of that period to consider
levying ' a privilege t a x on the
-firm's gross earnings in case no
. franchise agreement was reached.
Dancy Objects to
Holdup Methods : :
Alderman W. H. Dancy objected
to "holding a club over the com
pany's head." and declared a be
lief power officials would readily
agree to a new, legal franchise if
city representatives '"m met with
'them-at the conference table and
left their weapons at home.
- That's all right when you're
buying a' auit because you can go
to anyone of seven or eight places
to get it but here you're dealing
with a monopoly' Goodenough
retorted "We need a bargaining
weapon. -
, The present franchise Is illegal
because It is permanent whereas
the city has no authority to grant
, such a permanent right, Good
enough contended. The privilege
tax he proposed was authorized
by state laws enacted In 1931 and
1933, he said. At present the pow
er company pays the city a $2500
annual license tax. . . . '
Beer License Issue '-".
Comes Up Again !
The months-long battle over
requested licensing of the Bohem
ian club, 163 South Commercial
street, to sell beer was stored
away for a future dusting when
the council voted 9 to 4 to reject
a minority license committee re
port signed by Ross Goodman for
endorsement of the Moense appli
cation, under the na'iae ofV George
-A. welch and then dopjtecfthe
majority report byVFrank Mar
shall and Walter Fuhrer recom
mending that the endorsement be
denied. .
Alderman Goodenough, repeat
edly the champion of ' the Bohem
ian club licensing, apparently had
won the day until he attacked
I Marshall personally for ''unfairly
i passing judgment on a business
competitor" and Fuhrer for hav
ing "smuggled a license through
for Holman and Wagner." . :
; First and second readings of an
ordinance vacating 9 9 additional
feet of Willson park for the state
eapitol cleared the way for a pub
lic hearing on the bill' at the
March 15 meeting. Considerable
. opposition was expressed when the
proposal was Introduced several
weeks ago.
Petitions Come in
For Street Paving - - -"f
Two new petitions Tor street
paving appeared last night as the
advance guard of a probable' re
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Building Program
Decision Looming
' At 8:30 a. m. today the ways
and means committee will meet
to go over the building' program
for the state. Final action Is ex
pected to be taken on the Salem
progrkm for acquisition of
ground and erection tf a state
library. Pending also is a bill!
lor a 1200,000 tuberculosis hos
pital in Portland.
- Portland Interests -are In dis
pute over bills to empower the
board of control to acquire an
office building, there. Several in
terests with buildings to sell are
anxious to get a bill drafted'
which will meet thefr situations.
Among buildings said to be avail
able are the former Elks. club,
the Oregon building and the
' Railway Exchange building.
tal Receipts
SIiow Good Gains
."
Salem experienced a- decided
improvement in -business condi
tions iast month over February,
1936, If postal receipts are taken
as a criterion.
The postoffice receipts for- last
month made a 28.48 per cent-fain,
according to a report released by
Postmaster H. R. Crawford. Ac-,
tual recelpU were $24,860.49 last
month as against $19,349:34 in
February, 1936.
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Evicted from the huge Douglas aircraft plant at Santa Monica, CaL, "sit-down strikers are pictured
as they appeared In a Los Angeles -court recently to be arraigned on charges arising from their occn
r panry of the plant. Ball bond brokers appeared; In court with the men prepared 'to write 385.000
; worth of bonds, SIOOO for each man. The ball bond preminnr-was set at S20.000, which strike leader
' planned to collect from the Committee on Industrial Organization "war chest." 'International Illna-
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Dougl
Factory
as
Is Running Again
Reports on Size of Crew
Vary Greatly; Picket
Line Still There
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March
1 (ff) - Douglas Aircraft factory
resumed production today as sev
eral hundred strike pickets moved
about outside, under police sur
veillance. i The management stopped , pro
duction last Tuesday noon, - two
hours after the start -ef a slt-dowtt
strike in which 340-odd workmen
were' indicated and arrested on
trespass conspiracy charges,
f. Conflicting statements came
variously from the company, union-leaders
and police as to the
number of men returning to work,
the extent of resumed production
and the number of pickets.' The
striking union, United Automo
bile Workers, Aircraft division,
was represented as "digging in for
a long siege."
Production was resumed also at
the Inglewood plant of Northrop
Corp., Douglas subsidiary, also
closed Blnce Thursday because of
'a sit-down which was abandoned.
Friday under threat of more In
dictments, and a company promise
to deal with the workmen on their
demands. 1
At: the Douglas plant, largest in
the world,1 President Douglas said
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Initiate Sunday
Closing Measure
!
Preliminary initiative petition
for j. a - Sunday closing measure
was; filed ;with .the- secretary of
state Monday a short time after
the house had defeated' a -similar
SbilL
Al MacGregor, secretary, and
H. . Carlson; manager of the
Independent Retail Grocers, were
listed as the sponsors along with
representatives of the Retail
Meat Cutters union and .the Re
rtail Clerks union ; of Portland.
The proposed ; measure pro1
videa-for a six day week for cer
tain retail and wholesale estab
lishments f and applies particu
larly to retail and wholesale food
establishments. Exemptions in
clude! drug stores, garages., ser
vice, stations, bakeries, dairies,
restaurants, places of amusement
aD T1"6110" centers.-
Court Ruling on
Side but Attacks Continued
WASHINGTON, March 1(JP
The supreme court tightened the
government's control over mone
tary problems -todayg by ruling
that contracts alag for pay
ment! of gold bullion can legally J
be falfilled by payment or the.
face talue in devalued paper dol
lars.. . ; J (
The S-to-4 decision was a -sequel
jto a previous one applying
the same rule to contracts stipu
lating payment In gold coins.
J Both decisions were "victories
for the Roosevelt administration,
which In 1933 put through a reso
lution barring the use of gold.
The resolution was part of a poli
cy nnder which gold was retained
from t circulation and the gold
value of the dollar was cut. ,
.Today's 'decision, delivered by
Justice Cardozo, represented a
.defeat for the Holyoke, Mass., Wa
ter Power company. This concern
hada! 40-year-old contract with
the American Writing Paper com
pany! for water power, rights on
the Connecticut river.
s Unable to collect gold bullion,
STRIKERS ST AuD IN COURT
Higher Education
Appointment roi
Being Made, Word
"No appointment is being
made," Gov. Martm's response to
an Inquiry over whether he would
reappoint B. F. Irvine, editor of
the Portland Journal, member of
the state board of higher educa
tion. Gov. Martin said hewas
making no appointments at the
present, devoting his time to leg
islative business. r
Terms of members of the board
of higher education are for nine
years.. Irvine, who was appointed
by - G o V. Patterson & Was formerly
a member of the board of regents
of the state college. He has at
times clashed with other- board
members, recently denouncing the
method of holding committee
meetings on Sunday before the
general board meeting.
Plan Footbridge 1
To Stayttin Isle
A permanent . suspension foot
bridge is to be bung across the
North Santiam river to permit
year-round access to Stayton Is
land, site of the new city of Sa
lem water supply, it wag revealed
at last night's council meeting. The
council approved purchase of ap
proximately 4 Vt acres of land
from the Sarah E. Stayton heirs
as right of way for a permanent
road and approach to the bridge.
The council also authorized the
water department to grade Rural
avenue near the new ; Falrmount
reservoir to engineering depart
ment levels and approved payment
of $26,693.40 to the American
Concrete & Steel Pipe company
and. $6000 to Kern & Kibbe on
their respective pipeline and res
ervoir .construction contracts.
Vidal Resigns as
"Air Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON, March l-JPy-Secretary
otCommerce Roper to
day ordered a drastic overhauling
ef the bureau of air commerce,
which has figured In a months
long controversy over government
air regulation. "
The reorganization -pruiFred D.
Fagg Jr. of Northwestern, univer
sity, in the post of bureau direc
tor vacated by .the resignation yes
terday of Eugene Vidal. l
New Deal's
because of the Roosevelt policy,
the water power company brought
suit, demanding 35 paper dollars
for each ounce of gold Involved
in the contract. The decision to
day meant, however, that the
plaintiff must be content with
bnly $20.67 per fcunce, the old
ratio before the . dollar was de
valued. ,-
WASHINGTON, March t
Harry L. Hopkins, WPA adminis
trator and a close advisor of Pres-.
ldent Roosevelt, - defended the
chief executive's court reorganisa
tion:, plan tonight with an asser
tion: that "unless the complexion
of the supreme court can - be
changed" social legislation will be
blocked by "two or three elderly
Judges.' t r
Hardly had he concluded a ra
dio speech than Senator Clark
(D., Mo.), a leading opponent,
went to the microphone with a
speech denying Ahe contention
that the people had given a man
date. for the president's program.
He denounced the program as an
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Steel Companies '
Raise All Wages
40 Honrs Week 'and Extras
For Overtime; Strike
Spread Continues
(By the Associated Press)
Wage Increases for thqusends
of steel workers shared attention
along the nation's shifting labor.
front yesterday with. the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization's
new activity in the Industry.
Four steel companies, the Re
public " ' Steel "r" corporation, " "the
Tonngstown Sheet and Tube Co.,
the -Inland Steel Co., and the
Bethlehem. Steel Co., announced a
hike of ten cents an hour In the
pay of common labor and the
equitable adjustment of all other
rates. Another, the National Steel
Corp., granted many of Its em
ployes a $5 dally minimum wage
andtermed it a substantial In
crease. All five decided to put the new
scale 'Into effect March 16 to
gether with time and a half re
muneration for all time over 40
hours a week. .
KX. the same time,; President
B. F. Falrless of the . Carnegie
Illinois Steel 'Corp., opened wage
and hour conferences at Pitts-!
burgh with Philip Murray, chair-'
man of the steel workers organiz
ing committee and lieutenant . of
John L. Lewis,, director-in-chief
of the current drive to bring1
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Young Transient ,
Being Held Here
A IS year-old boy 'who said he
had been "on the-road'' for two
years was being held by city po
lice last night after he was pick
ed up- at Woodburn by a. state
police officer, i
The boy, giving the name of
Richard Owens, ; said he bad
come from Seattle, -where be
worked in a "skid-road" restau
ant,' and .was headed for Cal
ifornia, but a number Inside his
shirt, collar led police to believe
he might be an escape from a
reformatory or detention home.
The boy said he had lived In
Yakima until, both his . parents
were killed In an automobile ac
cident about two years ago and
that he had "beat it", the day
after their "death.
Will. Test Brakes
Salem motorists had l&st look
to the adjustment of their
trakes. '. The council . last night
authorized the police department
to buy a $70 brake testing ma
chine. .
Late Sports
YANCOtJVER, JB. C March 1-
(h-The Portland Buckaroos,
opening out In the stretch drive
towards the Pacific Coast league
hockey flag, hung a 3-2 defeat on
the Vancouver Lions tonight and
widened their lead at the head of
the loagne standings to fully five
tooints. . T 1 . -.. .
CORVALLIS, Ore., March -(JF)
-The Oregon State college athlet
ic board named as track coach to
night Carl LodeU. graduate of '21
and now manager of Intercollegi
ate athletics. He will also con
tinue the latter wprk. 1
- LodeU, former track star at
Jefferson-high In Portland and a
grid, luminary of Oregon ; State,
succeeds Grant .Swan, whe- will
give full time to physical educa
tion r w o r sr. Lodell . formerly
coache'd at La Grande. Ore.
Five Japanese
SlamMissing
Parent Sought
Three Shot Fatally and
Two Strangled Word
After Prohe Made i
Hoshand-Fatlier Suspect
in Washington Crime;
Unseen Two Weeks
AUBURN, Wn., March 1-CT)-A
grave by a luourban .inics to
night gave up the bodies pf five
Japanese victims i an Biipnicui-
ly erased killer. ;
Olilcers and Japanese neign-
bors found Mrs. EnechI Kato,
about 85, and her four children.
Sam," : Tom, 8: Betty, r and
Amy, 5, beneath a mattres In the
grave. '
-Coroner's officers, .alter thor
ough examination of the bodies,
said Mrs. Kato, Tom and . Amy
were shot with a .38' caliber re
volver and 8m and Betty were
strangled. Preliminary inspec
tion of the five indicated Mrs.
Kate and the three older chil
dren had been killed with an ax
and Amy had been strangled. t
fiberif f William B. Severyns
issued a pick-up order for the
husband and father, EnechI Ka
to, farm. laborer, who . left Aub
urn two ' weeks ago after telling
a Japanese boy he was going to
tUltNa sister, Mrs. Aral," In Port
land. I
Spaded Area Yields -Cine
to Disposal
Seven Japanese laborers i dls-.
covered the tragedy when they
went - to the Katos' ramshackle,
four-room home to Inquire about
the family, none . of whom Ibid
been seen since Kato left.
The' neighbors found the Kato
Iliome stripped of food, bed ebvj clared, "but we are against in
erfnrs" dnd elothinxv Noticing aVereaslnr state share. - - r-v
spaded area in .the yard, they
dus: until tney saw Mrs. nato's
head and arm. The coroner and
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Record for Bank
Debits Set Here
Clearings of the Salem banking
Institutions during February
doubled the all-time low of 1933
and were nearly a million dollars
more than bank debits during
February. 1929. the report com
piled' by the Salem chamber of
commerce for the Babson Statist!
"ral agency shows. .
Bank debits during February
totaled $11,486,075, compared to
the all-time low of 55.704.769 In
1933. In February, 1929.: the
clearing totaled 810,496,829.. 1
The 1937 figure also shows an
increase of more than a million
dollars over 1936. J 7
The February figures since 1929
follow: 1929, $10,469,829; 1930,
$11,012,424; 1931. $9,442,649;
1932, $7,920,973; 1933, $5,?04,
769; 1934, 7.766.138: 1935. $9.-
557.921; 1936. $10,444,241; 1937,
S11.48S.075.
Bus Line Change
Proposal Viewed
. A proposal to remove city bus
traffic from Liberty street and
Court east of Commercial to re
lieve congestion . caused by left
hand turns was referred by ' the
city pouncll to the traffic com
mittee last night for study. The
bus company r proposes to keep
the Chemeketa line on that street
to Commercial and route ' all
southbound busses westward on
Court from Commercial to Front,
south to State and east to a
loading sone at the southwest
corner of State and Commercial
streets.
To improve traffic lane clear
ance on Court between Commercial-
and Front streets the -committee
was ordered to have the
police department clear-, wood
trucks from that, block.
New West Coast
Strike Is Feared
WASHINGTON, March 1-V"
Talk . of another Pacific coast
maritime strike punctuated 'a
congressional hearing today' on
proposed repeal of the law re
quiring seamen to carry contin
uous discharge tooks. I r
- Witnesses told the house mer
chant marine, committee more
than 7,000 west coast seamen
had pledged . themselves not to
accept 'the books as a condition
of employment. L .
.Habeas Corpus Denied
PORTLAND, Ore., March 1-CP)
-The attempt of , four longshore
men to free themselves of. six
month jail sentences on contempt
of court charges faUed today when
Circuit Court Judge Tucker dls-missed-habeas
corpus proceedings.
Intimidation
Charged in
Ban Upon One
Harrison Claimsi Perkins Threatens, Tries to Use
Improper Influence; jllouse Rules Sufficient v
to Keep OutsiderSjOff Floor, Is Ruling
-HHARGES thar a lobbvist
Ji proper means to influence a member's vote electrified the
- house of represents tivesH'esterday afternoon as members
debated a motion" to-bar lobbyists from .the hall of- repre
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.The arsrument came when Representative . Harrison,
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View Racing Doom
Increasing State -Take of
Pari-MiTtuel Funds to
; Hurt, Group Told
Evil effects -in prospect if the
state's share of -pari-mutuel ra;e
betting receipts lis Increased from
2hi per cent to 5 per. cent were
pictured at a hearing before "the
house committee on assessment
and taxation last night as S. B.
105, by Senator' Best, was con
sidered.. In addition to increasing
the state's share the bill adds la
number of new beneficiaries..
Frank Lonergan charged -that
these new beneficiaries were add
ed tor the purpose of obtaining
votes for the bill In the legislature
and for no other reason. " - - . j
.The history of the racing com
mission activities in Oregon was
.reviewed; by Jullen, McFadden,
chairman of the state racing com
mission. I ' -
We are not interested, where
the monpT roes. McFadden de-
j . "Under this bin yon would In
crease the take from the bettor
from 12 to 15 per cent," f
I. L, HIldebrandt.1 Spokane, de
clared that -approval of this bill
would -prove discouraging to the
horsemen. J ' j
"I speak for the fellow who at
tends the dog races." John Kaste,
Portland attorney, said. J
. "If you Increase the kitty" hun
dreds of persons no longer. will
attend the races and the receipts
will decrease. I
Other speakers against the bill
Included O. D. Plummer. manager
of the Pacific International Live
stock exposition; -H. H. Chind-
gren, president of the Oregon
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I
e Jobs to
Be Investigated
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A union protest led to appoint
ment of a special city Council
committee last night to ipvesti
gate "political t pressure" alleg
edly being used to obtain Jobs
on the Salem-Stayton water pipe-.
line jod ana at the American
Concrete & Steel company's pipe
making plant here. Mayor V. E.
Kuhn named Alderman W. p.
Evans as chairman, and alder
men Fred A. Williams andj E. B
Perrine to serve nnder him. j
. The protest came In a 'letter
from, local No. 441, International
Hod Carriers and Building Lab
orers,' signed by Carl L. Bird well
as recording secretary. The mis
sire dec! area the pipe company's
representatives said they were
not using union labor, because
political -pressure In the form of
letters from councilmen.' business
men. business organisations " and
the Red Cross was being brought
to bear for the employment or
other workmen. . !
County 'Pay as
'
Bill Passed
Wearily but warily the house
waded through Its -calendar yes
terday, with , occasional nare-nps
that brought defeat to fire meas
ures durinsr the day. When ad
journment came at o'clock they
had passed 17 biiia ana ieit jl
over for today A
For the . fifth time the repre
sentatives shied away front con
sideration ef the two parole' meas
ures. . The same excuse that has
been given on the four previous
postponements was given yester
day by Representative Alber. He
said : that companion measures
were still being considered by
the Judiciary committee! and
would probably be reported out
today. " I .
Approved yesterday were two
measures which would allow the
counties to pay only that portion
of state taxes which is actually
collected by them.' At present, the
counties are "required to pay the
state tax In fuU before using taxes
collected for county purposes.
The representatives also passed
S. B. ISC by Senators Lessafd and
Ball en tine, to simplify divorce
wavy Dili
Pipelin
A ttempts
House; Seek
threatened and sought by im-
' after rising. to a point of personal
I Prtvilege claimed that he : had
Deen.mreaienea oj anu-iaoor ioo-j
byists, and demanded that, legls-j
lative rules be enforced.- j
"The man who came to my desk.
anq attempted to intimidate mej
is Mr. W. H. Perkins who twof
years ago .claimed he was repre-i
sen ting the Eastern Oregon Wheatf
league," Harrison said, "At . than
time he supported anti-labor bills
and at the present- time is active-
ly supporting the anti-labor bills!
that are supposed . to come from!
Hood River. ., J
"In my opinion this'W. U. Pex
klns should not be permitted to
enter this assembly hall and I am
going to move that the doorkeep
ers be Instructed to refuse to ad
mit Mr. Perkins. v
The motion . brought a stream
of amendments. Representative
Brady asked that the .motion be
amended to provide that "thU
guy .Perkins,", should not be al
lowed Inside the house' and not
just kept from: the. bar of the
house.
Wants All Lobbyists
Barred from Floor
Representative McAllister thenj
asked that the amendment be
changed to provide that all I6b-j
byists be barred from the; f loon.
of the . house.- This amendment!
brought - warnings that the- housa
was ; gettin g into" 'Hieep-water.
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Claim John Rubi
Made Later Will
Iowa Relatives Ak Early!
One Be'Sf t Aside, Also
Administratorship
: A purportedly more recent will
of the late John E. Rubls of Wood
burn was filed - in probate court
here yesterday with a petition bj
T.onie Rnbis. a son. for its accept
ance in. lieu of an earlier will
filed recently by Joseph F. Nath-
man. ir.- Tne . peuiion seeas iq
have the earlier will set aside and
also Nath man's administratorship
with will ' annexed. The admin-l
istrator is cited to make a show
ing in support of the earlier wIlD
within 10 days.
- The new petition asserts Rublsj
made a will at Spencer.' la., last)
June 16 which takes precedence
over the formerly-filed will ex
ecuted June 10, .1933. The new
will appoints Louis Rubls nd
Frank O'Brien of Iowa as execut
ors and makes bequests as fol
lows:-
One dollar each to Mary Lux J
Anna Cool, Isabel Miller, Agnes
Rnbis, George Rnbis and Antiny
Rubls, brothers and sisters; one
tenth Interests bach In" an Iowa
farm to brothers, Edward, Frank!
and Louie Rubis, and a one-tenthj
interest In the same property WithJ
60 per cent going to Frank and
40 per cent to-Agnes' Rubls.
" .Louie Rubis' petition asks that)
Bert T. Ford be . named admin
istrator with the will annexed
since executors designated -f are
ineligible to serve in this state.
Value of the estate in Marion
county .is set at $5000. - l
You're Paid
Lobbyist
by Lower House
procedure. The "measure j?rovtdea,;
that a Judge may grant a oivorce
to the party least at fault wnere
both parties Jo the marrlsge hare
broken the marriage contract. .
TJtllity Jurisdiction - v
Measure Defeated
The honse defeated a measure
which would have exempted com-)
inpn.and contract carriers haul
Ing agricultural and livestock pro-i
ducts from the Jurisdiction of the
public utilities commissioner.
The vote was $1 to 23 against
the bill which cam a from the high
way, committee without recom
mendation.' f - . '
l Opponents aaid the effects of j
the bill were too far reaching and
that, revenue of several hundred
thousand dollars would 'be taken
from, the department if the bill
was -passed. -
r After having once been passed
by the house, the bill to create a
civil service board for custodians
of schools in Portland was killed
by a vote of 32 to 25 with two
absent. -
After' defeating house bill 2 CO
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Committee of
Senate Favors
Some Changes
Change to Be Effective
"Next Year, Proposal
of Wavs and Means
Pauper V Oath Put Back
, In,- Likely to . Cause
Most Objection .
: Approval f or treduction of the .
eligibility , age for old age - as- -sistance
from 70 yeafs to 5 wai
given by the senate ways and
means committee yesterday af- .
ternoon. This reduction was de- -inanded
by the pension bloc 1st
the house which pushed the re
duction bill through the house
Thursday. V
However, the committee did
not go the whole way with the
liberals but postponed the eifec-- "
live date of the law to" January
1, 1938.'-It-also threw aside the
$30 minimum clause, and re
stored the so-called pauper's oath ,
to the act;'. It had been elimin
ated 'by the house.
The action of the senate com.
mlttee was' greeted by. both house
and. senate leaders as a happy
Compromise of the pension dis
pute. . It was believed that bothv
would yield to the decision and
that the way would -be cleared
for adjournment of- the session.
Pauper's Oath Is '
Likely Target '
The only real controversy ex
pected probaftly will come .OTer
the so-called pauper's oath. The
honse, in passing the old-age as
sistance, "bill, eliminated the re
quirement that a lien be take
against . the recipient's home.
. The. senate' ways and. means
committee rejected this change,
stating .-that, those receiving as
sistance also would have -.their,
taxes paid If they-could not do t
so themselves. - '
- The committee decision came -as
'salve to the wounds of the
pension .forces who found they
had ' lost their strategic position '
by the passage of the appropria
tion bill before getting final ap
proval of the . reduction of the
age limit;
Appropriation Bill ,
Rushed Into Effect ,
- By a nine-o'clock Paul Revere
the appropriation bill- for relief
and 4 old age pensions, HB 4 7 CV .
was rushed to the governor's of
fice Monday morning, signed by
Gar. Alartin and filed with the
secretary of ' state, making the
bill. Which carried an emergency,
clause immediately a law.
Meantime the house pension
bloc, . informed ' by the exclusive
story in The Statesman on Bun- -day
that they had lost, their pow
er to. control pension legislation
by passing this bill tnusttred;
forces early Monday in an at-"
(Turn to page 2, 5oL 4)
Amnesia Victim's
Relative Awaited
" The arrival ' of Robert Larson
of Englewood, Calif., here was
awaited last night by police with
hopes that - the Colifornia maa
would be able to positively Identi
fy an apparent sufferer from am
nesia who came to the police sta
tion for help late Saturday night.
Well-dressed and about 42
years bid. the man was tentative
ly Identified as L. R. -Staehle by
a telegram received yesterday
from .R. M. Larson of Newark.
N. whose address was. found
on a letter in the amnesia vic
tim's pocket. Police wired Larson
a description of the man unable
to remember his name or other
details about himself and. yester
day received a replyfrom-Larson
in which he stated that the xnas'
waa his uncle. L..R. Stahle.,
Larson then apparently - com
municated with Robert Larson of
Englewood, i who telephoned po
lice Sunday night that he would
leave" for Salem yesterdsy morn
ing. , - ' -
Nestucca Survey Bill
Is Introduced By Moil
x WASHINGTON, March
Bills 'introduced today Include
the following by representates: -
Mott (R.-Ore.).For a preliminary
flood control examination of Jt
Nestucca rirer In Oregon.
A L L A D E
of TOD Ay
Consider the case of Waller.
Fuhrer; at sitting he beats a
professional juror; he sits U
day in the legislature, and
hears debates of a boring na
ture, .and. then after scarcely
time tor eating, he goes an 4
sits at .a council meeting.
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