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For New Drive
Two Million Men on List
o Unions Described
Merely Beginning
Carnegie-Illinois Asserts
Exclusive Bargaining
Pact Not Reached
(By The "Associated tres) "
The committee for industrial
organization intensified its uu ion
ization drlTe among the nation's
working millions yesterday
. Close associates of the C I.O.
"generalissimo, John L. Lewis,
opined the enrollment of 2.000
000 men now in hla laboring
force marked only the stait . of
his momentous movement.: 1
Further Efforts In ,
Steel Area Slated
These developments took shape
In rapid-fire order:
1. Lewis lieutenants, who en
tered into an historic Working
agreement with, the big Carnegie
Illinois Steel corp., pointed their
campaign toward other com.
panies in that field. Tkey claimed
200,000 steel workers . were In
the fold and moved to enlist
the other 340,000.
.2. The C.l.O. ally,' the United
Automobile Workers union, al
ready dealing, with the General
Motors corp., demanded recog
nition as the sole bargaining
agency for 67,000 employes of
the Chrysler Motor . corp., - and
trained its sights on the other
member- of - the automotive in
dustry's r big three"-the Ford
Motor company.
3. Another at filiate, t&e
United Electrical and Radio
Workers of America, arranged to
discuss collective bargaining for
60,000 on the General -Electric
company's payroll on March ' 15.
New Labor Standard "
For Miners Sought -,
4. The' aims of Lewis were
also described as embracing a
new wage and hour contract for
his ' United Mine Workers that
would- set a new labor standard;
nationwide organization drives in
the oil and textile industries and
active recruiting in other lines;
the. right to 100 per cent repre
sentation of steel and automotive
workers in negotiations with
their- employers. f
5. The New England council
of the CJI.O. planned to merge
several shoe unions into a unit
to be known as the United Sboe
Workers of America. ,
6. Violence cropped out . at
three centers" as a wide range
of strikes kept almost '. 40,000
persons idle. '
Other Steel Firms
Expected to Follow I
Some 375.000 steel workers
hailed the action of 15 com
panies. Is raising their - annual
income approximately. $100,000,
000 and shortening their hours.
They expected the other "bla;
steel" corporations to post simi
lar schedules. The fabricating
plants employing thousands, eon?
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Filbert Benefits
Receive
WASHINGTON. March 3-V
Secretary Wallace approved to
night a proposal to pay flve-cents-a-pound
benefits to Oregon and
Washington filbert growers and
packers who shell their products.
.Wallace said ine program evolv
ed rrom attempts by the agricul
tural adjustment administration
to encourage dotastic consumption,
of the nuts.-' -j -t "
It has the support of producer
cooperative marketing associa
tions, the secretary said. They
seek to avoid depressed prices by
diverting the nut Into shelling
channels. :.,-:' -:f
C rowers and' packers will be
Invited to submit offers to shell
filberts which meet specified
grades. Each contracting sheller
must agree to shall at least 2.000
' pounds and to specify the max
imum he expects to handle..
Metal Welding Apparatus
n a. t
Received by State College
CORVALLIS, March J-(-Modern
metal welding- equipment
rained at" $1000 arrived at the
Industrial arts department of Ore
gon State college from the Linde
Air Products company ot New
York.' Officials 'of the company
said the loan, amounting prac
tically to a gift, was made in
recognition of the pioneer work
done" here Jn conducting schools
and conferences for those inter
ested In adult instruction in mod-,
rn welding methods.
By Jolm Lewis
Approval
Maritime
Empl
oyers
Relations on Saturday
If Crew Not Furnished
Jurisdictional Dispute' jSuspends Unloading After
Both Unions Establish Picket Lines; Reply l
V ' to Plant's Letter Planned by I. L. A.
SAJ
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AN FRANCISCO, March 3r
overs'! association : announced tonight it would suspend
relations Saturday with the
association .local unless stevedores were furnished tomorrow
to work the Canadian steamer Rochelie, tied up in a union
jurisdictional dispute. ' ' ' .
' ' ' o Longshoremen halted work on
Suspect in Death
Of Five Arrested
Enechi Kato Confesses to
Slaying of Wife and
Children, Quoted
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RICHMOND. Calif., March 3
(JP) Chief of Police L. E. Jones
said Enechi, Kato. 36, Japanese
farm laborer, charged with the
first degree murder of his ; wife
and for children near Auburn,
Wash., I was arrested here today
and had confessed the killings.
Little! was learned from Kato,
Chief Jones said, other than ad
mission! of the slayings, as the
Japanese laborer appeared 1 to
know little j English. Jones indi
cated no further attempt would
be made to .question the prisoner
pending arrival of Washington
state- authorities. ' s ? ; .
Unable to Obtain r
Statement on Motive
Mrs. Kato and the four children
had been shot and strangled.
Their bodies were discovered re
cently',' in a grave beside .their
ramshackle home near Auburn.
Information that Kato had bought
a ticket to Sacramento transferred
the search for the farmer to Cali
fornia, Police said Kato confessed he
killed his wife, Tato, and their
four children ranging from 5 to
9 ' years, at midnight last Feb
ruary SL then buried their bodies
in a shallow grave on his farm.
The officers said it was neces
sary toi talk to Kato through an
interpreter, and they could not
get a satisfactory explanation of
his motives for the killings.
Red Hills Grange
Actors Win Prize
SILVERTON, March 3-(Special)
-Perform a nee in "Tommy Says
Hello" won first prize for the Red
Hills grange in the county grange
one-act play contest held In the
Eugene Field auditorium tonight.
First place carried a $10 prize.
; Fairfield grange players placed
second and Union Hill third. .-
Contest Judges were Beulah
Wright, Mrs. James Ruby and Mrs.
Theodore Madsen. Helen Kleihege
Pomona lecturer of Chemawa, pre
sented the prizes.
: The Marlon county grange coun
cil also meeting here tonight elect
ed Ida Benson president. Daisy
Buck vice president and Mrs. Ray
Rice secretary.
Streetcar Kills Man
PORTLAND. Ore., March 3-(JPy-A
man! Identified In police
records ! a s Arthur E. Smith,
about 45. Portland, was struck
and; killed by an lnterurban car
near Holgate moorage late to
day. - ; f j
Heads of Reopened A ir craft
Firms Face Relations Board
LOS ANGELES, March S-P)
Presidents of the re-opened Doug
las and .Northrop airplane fac
tories, where workers went on sit
down' strikes last week, were
subpoenaed today to appear Fri
day at a , federal labor relations
board hearing on employes'
charges. "' ; y.
A deputy U. S. marshal served I
A deputy 17. S. marshal served
made statements declining to re
cognize jurisdiction of elether thee
board or its regional director, Dr.
Towne J. Nylandev- who Issued
the subupenaes. ; '
Wage Increase at . , :
Northrop Plant Due
President 'John K. Northrop ot
the Northrop plant announced a
5-cents-an-hour wage increase for
all employes today, amounting to
about $125,000 a year. A similar
increase, totalling about $520,
000 a year, was announced yester
Tie-Uj
Suspend
to
- (AP) The waterfront em-
International Longshoremen's
the vessel Tuesday when a dispute
arose over whether the sailors
unions of the Pacific or the Inland
Boatmen's union should supply a
crew.
After unloading a lumber car
cargo at Oakland, the Rochelie
came here for further discharge
of cargo, but the two unions es
tablished picket lines and long
shoremen refused to pass through
them.
The waterfront employers,
charging action by the stevedores
violated terms by which the re
cent 98-day maritime strike was
settled, threatened to suspeUd re
lations in a letter to i Henry
Schmidt, president of the L L. A.
locaL
De. inite Time for
Suspension Slated
"The waterfront association,"
said the letter, signed by T. G.
Plant, president, "Is compelled to
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Seven MenJilled
By Slide of Rock
Threat of Another Delays
Removal of Bodies at
Poison Dam-Site
POLSQN, Mont., March 3-Jf-The
threat of another rock slide
delayed efforts tonight to rescue
the bodies of seven workers killed
in a slide at the Poison dam-site
early today.
Between 50 and 100 workmen
startde removing rocks and dirt
overhanging the excavation
where tons of debris buried the
victims.
"We' believe the overhang can
be removed by tomorrow morn
ing," said G. A. Koehler, purchas
ing agent for the Phoenix Engi
neering corporation, dam contrac
tors. "Thea crew will endeavor to
recover the bodies."
Narrow Canyon of
Flathead la Scene '
The slide occurred in a narrow
canyon of the Flathead river in
northwestern Montana. The dam
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No Verdict Found
In Case of Jones
THE DALLES, Ore., March J-(,SP)-No
indication of an agree
ment came from jurors acting in
the Dave Jones murder trial to
night, 12 hours after they took
the case.
Jones was charged with slaying
his brother, Owen Jones, whose
charred body was found in. the
ruins of a burned barn November
4 last. ! -
. The state asked the death pen
alty. The defense claimed ' Jones
suffered Intermittent irrational
periods since incurring a head in
jury in a fall from a hay wagon
23 years ago. .
day by President 'Donald Douglas
for his employes.1 !
One thousand or so pickets con
tinued parading about the Douglas
plant.'- - f --
: In a strike publication which
some workers tossed away and
some pocketed as pickets handed
out copies. William Busick, C. L
O. organizer and strike leader.
ecnua mo pay lucrewu u
bribe " He contended ab-
described the pay increase as
sence ot skilled workmen on
strike had crippled production at
the plant . and - "there's no real
work being done."
Larger Increase Is
Demanded by Union : -
, The . striking C. I. O. union,
united ' automobile workers, air
craft division, demands .16- cents
an hour increase in wages and
union recognition. .
- President Douglas said ' he
would 'attend . the labor board
hearing with the company lawyer
and Northrop would do likewise.
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Roosevelt Due
For Talk Upon
Court Tonight
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Advisors Hint Statement
at Victory Dinner
to Be Important
Broadcast Planned; 'More
Conferences Held on
Judiciary Issues
WASHINGTON, March S-flV
Advisers. of President. Roosevelt
intimated tonight that in a speech
he will deliver tomorrow evening
he will strike a major i blow for
reorganization of the i supreme
court.'
The president called foremost
congressional advisers to his study
late today for a long conference.
One of the conferees. said after
ward that Mr. Roosevelt would
refer to the proposed court reor
ganization indirectly in his talk
tomorrow at a democratic "vic
tory dinner."
Will Be Important,
Leaders Promise
Others intimated they had gone
over a rough draft of the entire
address. :
"It will be Important." a high
administration' official advised re
porters, t
The unheralded presidential
conference was atteuded by Vice
President Garner; Speaker Bank
head, Senator Robinson and Rep
resentative Raybarn, the .demo
cratic floor chief in the house.
"We are going along just as we
started," Bankhead said after
ward. "There is no change In the'
program."
Dinner Is One of
Nationwide Series A
The dinner where Mr. Roose
velt will speak will be one of a
number throughout the country,
designed to help pay democratic
party expenses. Democratic lead
ers who dine with the president
will pay $100 a plate.. ;
The - president's speech tonight
will be released over KOIN, Port
land radio station, at 7:30 o'clock.
Fighting Union Is
Costly, Testified
WASHINGTON. March 3-(&y-The
senate civil liberties commit
tee heard testimony today that
the American Bridge company, of
Pittsburgh, spent $289,462 in
1931 and 1932 to combat labor
trouble when payment of the un
ion wage scale would have cost
$51,849.
Curtis S. Garner, general man
ager of the bridge company, test
ified under questioning, that the
concern spent the $289,462 to
maintain its traditional "open
shop" pollcjr and a $1.75-an-hour
scale for Iron workers on the Pul
aski highway construction job in
Jersey City. The union 'scale was
$2.
Using files of the company,' a
subsidiary of U. S. Steel, Chair
man LaFollette (Prog-Wis) of the
civil liberties committee said the
project required 2-07,396 skilled
man hours, which at 25 cents an
hour more would have Increased
the labor cost 51.849.
Injunction Holds
In Seamen's Case
PORTLAND, Ore., March 3
(JP) Federal Judge James A. Fee
declined today to dismiss, a suit
filed against Harold C. Jones.
U.S. shipping commissioner, by
the seamen's unions which seek
to restrain enforcement of de
partment of commerce regula
tions requiring sailors to bare
continuous discharge books.
The dismissal was asked by
Deputy - U. 8. Attorney Manley
Strayer on the grounds that the
secretary ; of commerce, under
whom Jones is employed, was not
made a defendant. i
Pedestrian; Killed
On Super-Highway
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OREGON CITY, Ore., March S
HTV-Harry Simpson, 78, residing
near Milwaukie, died in a hos
pital here tonight as a result ot
Injuries incurred earlier today
when he was struck by a car while
crossing the auper-highway near
his home. . ..
State Police Officer Richard
Secant! said driver of. the car was
W. - J. Grenler, of Bellingham,
Wash., who was released on his
own recognizance. Officer Secantl
said investigation showed Grenler
drove off the paving in attempt
ing to avoid the mishap. - '
Pittnian'sBill
On Neutrality
Passes Senate
Only Six Opposing Votes
rr Cast; Borah-Johnson
Warning Is Heard
Embargo on Shipment of
j Arms Is Bolstered by ;
More Safeguards
WASHINGTON, March SJPjh
The Pittman neutrality bill, en
titled "the peace act of 1937" and
designed to keep America "ou of
the line of fire'? in the next war.
swept through the senate today by
a vote of 62 to 6. , i
The measure, .'the first major
piece of new: legislation passed by
either house this session, now goes
to the house, where a somewhat
similar measure is being consid
ered. - .
In passing the bill, the senate
ignored the pleadings and the
warnings of two men who hare
led it in the past on matters relat
ing to international - relations
Senators Borah (R-Ida) and John
son (R-Calif).
War Veteran Lee
Leads Proponents
, Instead it followed the advice
of the younger men who' made. up
the munitions investigating' com
mittee of a year or two ago, end
Senator Lee (D-Okla), himself a
war veteran. Lee stirred the cham
ber today with a plea to remem
ber "those who can't speak to you
today" and not to "weigh gold
against blood."
Only six senators finally .voted
against the bill which would make
permanent the present neutrality
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Italy Aiming For-
Population Cains
Salaries on Family Basis
One Scheme Revealed
by Grand Council
ROME, March 4-(Thursday)-The
fascist grand council
early today approached a sweep
ing seven-point program for in
creasing the population of the
Italian nation.
' With Premier Mussolini pre
siding, the highest legislative body
of the land devoted most of a
session lasting four hours 45 min
utes to the problem of the declin
ing birthrate and the need of more
children for Italy's armies of the
future.
Priority in Jobs
Given to Fathers
The session ended after 2 a.m.,
with an announcement the coun
cil probably would meet again
tomorrow.
The program provides priority
in employment and in promotion
shall be given to fathers of large
families, because, said a gdvern
ment communique, "on large fam
ilies in exception times for the
fatherland will fall the heavier
sacrifices and greater contribu
tion of men."
A second important ' point is
fixing salaries for families rather
than for individuals, .so men with
families will receive larger salar
ies in. proportion to the number
of their children.
Arrest Result of
Window Smashing
Blood f was spattered liberally
over Salem " police headquaiters
last night when Harry A. Staples,
1145 Hoyt street, was brought in
on a drunkeness charge after
crashing his fist through a plate
glass window in the home of. I
Edgar T. ' Pierce,- 1297 South
High. ;
Staples, ' arrested after Pierce
had chased him and finally
downed him at Miller and High
streets, was bleeding profusely
from a cut hand when brought
to the station. The hand re
quired a physician's attention.
Pierce" and his wife, according
to police, were sitting in their
lining room when, -they said
Staples dashed up on the front
porch , and punched his fist
through the window. Pierce gave
chase while his wife telephoned
police. .' r-..'.--- -: ' .. .
Siltcoas and Takenitch
Channel Work I $ Asked
WASHINGTON, March t-(JPf-Senator
Charles L. McNary of
Oregon requested today to auth
orize the bureau of fisheHes to
maintain channels in the Slltcooa
and Takenitch rivers. Oregon,
wBIch would enable spawning fish
from the Pacific ocean to reach
lakes Slltcoos and Takenitch. The
bill provided for n appropriation
of $1,000 annually. ' t
Tie Votes in House Sdund Death
Knell for
Effort to G
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Vote of 30-30
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Recorded on-Montoe'a
Withdrawal Motiim
Personalities Are Heard
: as Issue Argued; ffew
Move Likely Today
Death knell of all labor
leglsla-
tion in the present session of the
legislature was sounded in the
house yesterday when bofh slides
marshaled all their forces and
deadlocked 30 to 30 with neither
side able to gain an advantage.
The test came 7on a . motion of
Mrs. William Munroe, Hood River,
to take from the labor knd I in
dustries committee house bill 1 77
which provides for registration
ot labor unions with the state Cor
poration commissioner. The bill
is a substitute bill for Hi B.jSff
which was introduced early in the
session by Mrs. Monroe.' j j
The final test' came af er par
liamentary checks had been ap
plied to the motion and tbie house
had been forced to adjourn j at
noon under call of the blouse; in
order to get all members fpr'esent
for the test vote. 4 j -
Previous Disposition , 1 T
Helps Labor Faction f
By virtue of having befen able
to force the bill, which was intro
duced by the committee off admin
istration and reorganization, into
the labor and industries Commit
tee wben it was Introduced the
labor forces held" the uppjr hand
yesterday and the anti-labor ef
forts on behalf of the measure,
were stalemated.
Representative Barnes moved
that Mrs. Monroe's me ion j to
bring, the bill from the labor and
industries committee be laid j on
the table. " I
Taking the floor under la point
of personal privilege. Representa
tive Earnest Fatland scored mem
bers for' "parliamentary! sharp
practices' and told members! to
"wipe the cobwebs off their eyes
and find the real issue." j
People Entitled to - f
Decision, Argued I
"The state of Oregon elected
each of you to come Mre and
represent not only . yoqr own
district, but the -state." Fatlind
said. "The people are Entitled
to a decision on this b 1L Let
us put aside petty quarrels. This
state should not be governed! by
one class against another. Mrs.
Munroe , motion to bring the
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Creek Is Dragged;
Mystety Remains
Dragging of Mill creek from
24 th street to the dam nekr Tay
lor's beach- yesterday failed to
clear up tne mystery attached
to the disappearance . o Lena
Gobely from her home cfi 2 5th
street Monday morning. .!
It was thought possible that
Miss ' Gobely. had either fallen
or jumped into Mill erefk and
Walter Gerth. who with JOfficer
Louis Burgess of the Salm 'po
lice, dragged the creek, thought
It still possible her body! might
be in the stream. Gertp said
that debris on -the creek .bot
tom -hampered grappling (opera
tions and, that it was impossible
to work beneath the bridges
spanning the creek. Deputy Sher
iff B. S. 1 Honeycutt assisted I in
dragging operations.
' Miss Gobely'a relatives yes
terday said reports that she was
ever a patient at the state hos
pital were In error. I ( -
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Britain Laupche Huge Navy
Program; PlansWO Warships
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LONDON, March 3-AV-Cbntent
to equip three n e w. battleships
1th 14 -inch guns "Irrespective of
what Jspas decides," Britain an
nounced today hec greatest peace
time naval building - program
with a . concurrent- increase jln
taxes.. t - . ; .'.i--.
Appropriations for 80 warships.
large and small, with a tremend
ous boost In moneys to cotoplete
vessels', now- undsf. 'constriction.
accounting for virtually all of a
$118,880,000 Increase over' the
current fiscal year's naval expend
itures, submitted to'commobs for
aproval today. - j - ! '
v. The naval share In Britain's re
armament program will be $52S
325,000, the admiralty announced.
Of -this, 1390,325,000 woUld b
All Labor
Capital Group
-1 Ideas Prevail
T. M. FRANCISCOVICH
Financial Report
For County Given
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Old Age Pension Fund la
vniy une ioi snowing
Balance For Year
Nineteen of the 20 funds carried
on the county treasurer's booki
showed cash balances at the dose
of 1936, Treasurer D. G. Dragei
noted In his semi-annual ' report
file4 with the county clerk yester
day The overdraft, in the old age
pension fund, amounted to $11,
649J34. " ; I :
During tlie six months the treas
urer received 1690,139.63 toward
the 20 funds, in addition to $480,4
489157 carryover, and. paid out
$809,471.79, leaving a balance De4
cember 31, 1936. ot 361,157.41.
Cbunty general' fund receipts
including 3210,480.97 carryover
totaled $592,077.05, and disbursed
menjts. $425,412.33, giving a year
end! balance of $166,664.72. Id
addition to regular warrant dis
bursements, the treasurer paid
from the general fond 7 2. 6 3 tc
the state game commission, $67,-
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Death of Virginia
Girl Is Explained
RICHMOND. VaJt March 44
(Thursday)-Jip)Sheriff J. Mason
Smith of Aldermarle county, an-j
nouncea eariy toaay mat ur. u. UJ
Miller, Charlottesville dentist, -had
signed a written confession to the
chloroform slaying of 18-year-old
CleO Sprouse. " ' - 1
The sheriff, who brought Mill4
er tp the Henrico county Jail afteij
his arrest at CharlottesvilleJ
quoted Miller as saying the girl
died of chloroform as he prepared
to perform an illegal operation is
a car six miles from Charlottes-t
Tille before dark Monday, , J
Smith said the dentist asserted
he had not been intimate with the
! girl himself, but had agreed to per-j
form the operation with her con
sent, -
Marion County Salaries
Bill Report Unfavorable
.The senate committee on eoun-j
ties gave. an. adverse report tol
the bill for increasing salaries!
of county judges and commis-
sioners. in Marion . county. Sen.
Spaulding- opposed the bill and
Sen.! McKay favored it in the
committee. ...
Teachers All Reelected
SILVERTON. March 1-f Spec
ial) The Silverton school board
tonight reelected all teachers and
retainea Ronert Goets as super
intendent for the coming school
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raised in additional taxation:
$135,000,009 would come from
Britain's new $2,000,000,000 de-
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lease loan. . ,v .
Smaller Cans "Are . -Heldj
Better Salted " .
Tlie admiralty for a time had
considered placing 16-inch guns
on new" battleships. In the event
Japan refused to accept the 1936
London treaty fixing a; 14 inch
maxfmunu ; . . ' i r--
Finally, admiralty spokesman
saidJ it .was decided the! smaller
gun j would i be better suited to
fighting In the narrow seas around
Brltalp, W .. . -
By 1941 or 1942 Britain will
hare five super-modern battle
ships; with these new' guns.
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Doubtful Ones
Are Convinced
Plan Is Sound
Only Four Dissent Votes
After Library Assured
Through Amendment
Old Age Pension, Grange
'. Memorial Delayed Due .
to Lengthy Debate
Only four dissenting rotes were
recorded in the senate against
S. B. 411, the first of the three
eapitol project bills for Salem. S.
B. 412 and S. B. 413 the accomp
anying financing Mils were pass
ed, only one negative vote on the
former and two oc the latter be
ing recorded. Those .voting no on
S. B. 411 ver Bennett. Ross,
Staples and Stringer, with Graham
and Spaulding absent. The bills
now go to .the house. . T j
By amendments to S. B. 411 the
eapitol reconstruction commis
sion, subject, to the approval of
the state board ot control, would
have authority to buy four blocks
of land for an addition to the eap
itol grounds and erect a building
or buildings thereon. The senate .
went into a- committee of the
-whole to- insert the words "In
cluding facilities for a state lib
rary" - to make sure provision
would be made for the library in
the program. ; -
Old Age Pensions
At Head of Calendar
The ways and means committee
report on old age pensions came
in ggnd will be at the head ef the
calendar today.
- The third -important measure,
the grange power memorial, H. J.
M. 7.. was not reached and will
be on T.he calendar today.
Heavy work on committee re
ports delayed the senate from get
ting to third reading of bills tin
til after three o'clock. Sen. Dun
can waged a strenuous fight
against the Multnomah county
Jury bill which wculd abolish the
present system and require names
to be picked from registration. -lists,
pro rata," but lost 11 to 13.
D u n c a n. contecded selection
from, the tax roll more nearly
met the constitutional require
ment of the "mojt competent of ,
the permanent residents" of the
county. Lessard and Angell de
clared the present method was dis
criminatory and that two Jury
panels had been annulled by the
circuit court.
Liquor Amendments -Receive
Approval
The Ross minority "report on
H. B. 347 amending the Knox
liquor control law was .defeated
17 to 11. Ross objected to allow
ing the commission power to buy
real estate and wanted to impose
a $150 license charge against im
porters of beer. Balentlne and Les
sard joined in support of the fee
for - protection of state brewers. -Stadelman
and Strayer opposed ;
the R o s s. report, declaring the
power to buy real estate was de
sired only for protection! against
high rentals., and saying other
states were doing away with lic
ense fees against importers of
liquors; " - ;
Over the protest ot Sen. Angell -that
the b;il might enable a court
to require Portland to put in at
once a sewage disposal plant the
senate passed the Carney bill for
clean-up of stream pollution' after
it had been charged to meet ob- .
jections of industries.
Forestry Measure .
Is Rejected Again
- A sharp fight arose ever the at
tempt of Sen. iSalratine to have
reconsidered H. B..26J, a bill fav
ored by the forstry department,
governing burning of slashings in
the timbered area ol western Ore
gon. Sen. Franciscovlch vlgorous
Jy opposed i the motion and said
all the senators trom the region
most affected were against the
bill,.'-: ; ."
Chaney, a tlmberman ; himself,
denounced the bill and the for
estry - department for urging it
asserting the state forestry peo
ple. werenot effective in fighting;
fires, .and saying that practical
men were opposed to the bilL He
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ALL A D E
oTODAy
By r. c J
In choosing men for public
jobs, where statesjnan-like de
cisions fall to their lot, our vot
ing mobs perchai.ee have 'lofty
visions that merely electing men
endows them with acumen; and
it's indeed a- sad blow when
they- prove to ba just human.