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The OREGON STATESMAN; Salem, Oregon, Thnrsday Morning, Blarch 4, lMT
Penal Refoirms on Mouse Calendar Today; MuUmng Mill Vqte B)ue
Milk, "Gravy"
Bills Downed
Effort to Hurry Action on
Highway Fund Use For
Building Thwarted
Though not making headway on
Us calendar, the house yesterday
disposed of a number ot contro
versial issues.. The representatives
passed me bills and killed two
nrnw the dav which saw warm
debate on the bills and- motions
I that were presented.
- Set for final disposition today
we the penal reform measure
which hare been postponea aner
appearing on the calendar num
eroes times. The complete pro
gram, covered In three bills Is to
be on the caienaar mis bu"
After adopting a majority re
port that the measures do pass,
the bouse yesterday afternoon re
fused to suspend tne ruies ana
place the highway building meas
ure on final passage. The vote for
the majority report was 36 to 24.
The bill will appear on the cal
endar today.
ThA.Mli would allow the high
way commission, "w hen and If
funds became avaliaDie,"' to con
struct a highway office building.
Limitation of expenditures from
the highway funds for the site and
building under the act is
000.
Uresley Opposes Plan
Representative T. A. Livesley,
Marion, voted against the measure
though It had been Introduced by
the Marion delegation.
Livesley declared that the gov
ernor was "passive" in his position
on the measure and that he be
lieved It poor poiicy to divert road
' funds for the construction of a
building.
Representative Walter Fuhrer
explained the measure pointing
out that It was only permissive
and -not mandatory.
- "At the present time," he said,
"the highway commission is spend
ing around $12,000 a year for of
fice rentals In Salem. The offices
are badly scattered. The rentals
applied to a new building would
amortize a loan in 20 years."
Representative Mahoney who
signed the minority report, and
Hughes 'opposed tbe measure as
being a diversion of highway
funds. Mahoney said he believed
that the bill would cause a con
flict between the highway depart
ment and the capftol reconstruc
tion commission in the erectionof
other new buildings.
Milk Act Sustained
The fourth bill hitting at the
state milk control board, a meas
ure submitting to tbe voters the
question of repealing the act, went
down to defeat 46 to 9.
Representative Roth, Mult
nomah, declared that feed had in
creased in price, necessitating a
boost in milk prices. A milk price
jump three month ago precipitat
ed the controversy. i
Representative Hogan. Mult
nomah, sponsor of the repeal bill,
hit the' board In his talk.
Representative George Friede
failed by two vot33 to get his lob
by registration measure through
the lower house. Vote on the bill
waS 30 no to 29 ay- with one ab
sent. Tho bill would have requlr
. ed all lobbyists either - for or
against legislation to register with
the secretary of state and to name
their employers.
. "This has been labeled as an
anti-lobby bill. ' FTlede said. "It
Is not any such thing. The legit
imate lobbyist does not object to
It and many favor it."
Opposition arose to the measure
as being extreme and members
pointed to the fact that there was
already a law on tbe books which
. covered the situation.
"Gravy" Bill Defeated
The so-called gravy" bill got
short hearing In the house yester
day morning before going down
to ignomlnius defeat by a 60 to
t vote. The measure was lndef-
i. tnitely postponed on an adverse
.-report from the house taxation
and revenue committee. -
Final action came on the bill
- after Representatire Walter- Nor
blad. Clatsop, had moved to make
the report a special order of busi-
ness at 10 o'clock this morning
. He asked for the extension of time
- In order that members might have
time to consider tbe bill .and to
prepare 'their arguments- on it.
- Opposing the motion; Repre-
. sentative C. T. Hockett, chair
man of the taxation and revenue
committee, said. "This is the most
- screwy bill that ever came into
the house. It pats In everything in
the state as-well s some things
that aren't." .
The bill would" have increased
. the state's share from racing re
ceipts from 2h per cent to S per
cent. The increased, revenues wfe
to hare been distributed to the
. Portland Rose festival, the Astor-
- la . regatta. Lakeview livestock
show and the -Redmond potato
show, along with numerous other
local, celebrations.
At the present time the receipts
are distributed t the state and
county fairs, the livestock exposi
tion. Pendleton roundup, eastern
Oregon livestock thow and the
. northwest turkey show In Douglas
"county.
AAA Defense Approved
By a vote of 30 to 28 the house
accepted a minority report on
S. B. 311 that the bill do pass and
set the measure over until' this
morning for final consideration.
The bill makes an appropriation
of $8500 for tiie defense of the
constitutionality of the state AAA
act and has received the support
of the Oregon state grange.
75 Folk Attend Dinner
DAYTON, March S. About
people of Dayton and vicinity at
tended the Dayton woman's Civ
ic club 7 o'clock dinner serred
t the club rooms Monday night,
, followed by an excellent program
given by 10 Pacific college stu
dents of New berg. Darning followed
'Featured in All Girl Revue
1 ; n
J A
til H
Francis White, featured . dancer,
. some misses in the Major uowes AUHiiri revue wnicn comes ut iiw
Capitol theatre stage Friday for one day only. The screen fare will
be "Paradise Express" with Grant Withers. The Capitol will hare
one shew Friday afternoon and two in the evening for this attnw
. tion. I
Around
The Lobby
DID Representatire Henry ) e
mon get a pleasant surprise
yesterday! Semon as cnairman
of the house ways and means com
mittee is one of the most effec
tive workers In the house, but he
does not like to take the floor.
When the ways and means bills
come before the : house, members
of the committee divide the work
ot explaining them among j the
committee members. When it came
Semon's turn to explain two reso
lutions to pay for expenses around
the session he started to get to
his feeU Great was his surprise
when up jumped Representative
Vernon Bull, said it was a good
measure, -should pass, and moved
the previous question cutting off
debate. Semon smiled broadly to
see the resolutions go through the
house so smoothly.
Arthur ' McPhillips, former
member from McMinnville, was
extended the courtesies of the
house yesterday.! It was McPhil
lips who gained fame in 1933 when
he termed a measure up for con
sideration es a "bunk bill" and
the bill lost. i
: ELSIXORK
Today Double bill, Fred
. MacMurray in ' C h a m -
- pagne Walts" and "Circus
Girl" with all-star cast.
. ! ' "
GRAND
Today Brian Donlevy and
Peter Lorre in "Crack Up".
Saturday "Wings of the
Morning." all In technl-
color. , j
i HOLLYWOOD
Today Double bill, Zane
Grey's "N arid a" with
Buster Crabbe - and Monte
' Blue, and "Sweet Surren-
der" with Frank Parker
- and Tamaf a.
Friday Double bill, Spanky
McFarland in "General
Spanky." and James Dunn
in "Come Closer Folks"
with Marian Mars, Wynne
Gibson. 1
! CAPITOL
Today Double bill. Shir
ley; Temple i in "Now, and
Forever" and Kay- Francis
in ''Give Me Your Heart."
Friday onlyStage. Major
Bowes' all-girl revue; on
the screen, ."Paradise Ex-
. press" with Grant Withers.
Saturday Double bill. Booth
' . Tarklngton's "Peflrod and
Sam" with seven big stars
and "Espionage" with Ed
mund Lowe. ; f-
j , STATE '
Today "Gay Desperado"
-with Ida Lupino and Nino
, Mariino. . ! i -Friday
Eastern circuit
; vaudeville on the stage and'
v- Warner - Baxter In V White
. Hunter." j : m
the Call Board
1 I
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who shares honors with 19 win-
Happenings Around the Legislative
Halls, Including Some That House
and. Senate Spectators Missed.
Yesterday a new term an-,:
peared on the floor when Dr.
C. T. HockeU termed the
"gravy" bill as the "most
screwy bill ever to come in-"
That bill also met defeat..
Rosiest face In the house Is that
of Representative Paul Roth. Yes
terday he reached an all time high
for deep color. On the controver
sial labor bills, on which Roth
feels highly, he inadvertently cast
his vote on the wrong side. As one
vote would have meant defeat of
his side he spent a highly uncom
fortable few minutes until he got
his rote changed while his col
leagues gave him a good "rai
sing."
Nervous members still have
quite a time In standing close to
the microphone. As they get en
thused with their speech, they
gradually work away as they walk
back and forth in an effort to em
phasize their points. When they
realize that their voices are no
longer carrying to the members
they snap back to attention be
fore the speaker s stand.
Representative T. A. Livesley,
chairman of the administration
and reorganization committee
from which the bill came, brought
a gasp yesterday when he cast his
vote against allowing the high
way commission to construct a
$500,000 office building In Salem.
The bill had been introduced by
the Marion county house delega
tion. Livesley said that he did not
believe it was wise to divert high
way fands and that the governor
was "passive" in his attitude on
the measure.
W. S. U'ren ot Portland, daddy
of the "Oregon system" sat
awhile in the senate yesterday.
Babe in arms used to be a com
mon expression. . . . Now yon eee
"dog in arms." A caller on Sen.
Kiddle during yesterday's session
carried his terrier right along
with hLn. .
.The drive for adjourning
hasn't reached tbe point of night
'sessions. Both houses quit with
the afternoon performance al
though the calendars were not
covered. ;-
Treasurer Holman was In tbe
lobby last night, speaking good
words for SB 399 by Ellis to aUow
Inmates of, institutions to be used
at beneficial labor elsewhere, not
competitive with free labor, how
ever. ,.i ?
Liberty Women's Club
To Meet This Afternoon
LIBERTY, March 3.. The Lib
erty Woman's club will: meet
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with Mrs. W. R. Dallas. Garden
ing will be the topic.
, LAST DAY" TODAY!
- "The Gay Desperado
k- ' : with
Ida Lqplno Xiao. Martini
FRIDAY-SATURDAY!
4 ACTS VAUDEVILLE
Plus
WARNER BAXTER in
THK WHITE HUNTER
Effort to Get
Bill Out Fails
Vote of 30-30 Is Twice
: .Recorded on Monroe's "
" Withdrawal Motion
:. - (Continued from page 1)
bill out of committee is: In the
interest-ot f air - planl
' FaUand charged that the bill
bad been referred to a sub-corn-mlttee
of the labor committee,
of which Rep. . Vernon Bull la
chairman, and that no meeting
had ever- been held and that as
far as he knew the committee
had not even read the bilL
"It seema the shoe Is on the
other foot with Mr. Fatland
now," Phil Brady, chairman of
tbe ' labor and industry commit
tee, said, rising to the defense
of the committee." When this
bill was reported oat of the com
mittee on a majority and minor
ity report, out ot a clear sky it
was sent to the administration
and reorganization committee.
We opposed the delay at that
time but the proponents of the
bill were afraid te meet the
test." r-
Shoes on Other
Foot, Brady Avers
"Rep. Fatiands wishes for
amendments can be granted with
out taking the bill from the
committee where it now is," Bull
said. 'He said t)hat ,he would
hold a meeting of the committee
any time that Fatland or anyone
else asked for It.
"Will you vote the bill out
on the floor so we can vote on
it?" Representative Grant asked.
Bull replied : that he was
member ot a union and that if
the. bill as amended was harm
ful to them he would- not rote
to put It on the floor.
Then Grant blasted the mem
bers who, he charged, wanted
the bill to- stay in committee so
that they would not have to vote
upon it. .
"Those I members who went to
Phil Brady and asked hint to let
the bill sleep in committee ought
to be 'ashamed of themselves,"
Grant charged.
Barnes Resents
"Afraid" Accusation :-
"I don't criticize Mr. Brady,"
he said. "Hhe has been fair, too
fair to those members who are
afraid to take a stand one way or
another on this measure. He said
that several members had been
to him and told him to let It die
there." 7 ;
"Do you think," Representative
Barnes asked, "that because I
moved to table this motion to
bring the bill from the committee
that I am afraid to vote on it?"
"I would rather not deal In per
sonalities," Grant replied, "but it
you desire It I'll tell you what I
think."
Barnes said that he would no't
insist and then told the represent
atives that he . was against the
measure and that he was not
afraid to have anyone know it.
After the labor forces had fail
ed by the 30 to 30 rote to lay the
motion to withdraw the bill from
the table, Mrs. Munroe closed the
argument:
'I have never evaded a vote,"
she said, "and sometimes it has
been hard to decide. I come In all
sincerity with this motion.. I am
Just asking for fair play.
"I hare never been a coward.
I'll go home and take my medicine
if I voted right or If I voted wrong.
I'm Just asking you to bring the
bill out and let It live or die by
your vote."
This time the 30-30 deadlock
was ruled against the forces fav
oring labor control and the bill
remained In the labor committee.
Seven-Day Period
Cited by Leaders "
Last night the anti-labor group
was discussing possible further
action. Some contended that the
chair should hare ruled the bill
withdrawn from the . committee
on tbe tie vote. They pointed to
house rule 42. which says:
"All bills shall . be considered
by the committees to which' they
are referred in the order in which
they are received as far as pos
sible, and every bill shall be re
ported to the house within seven
days after it has been referred to
a committee: provided, the house
may grant additional time for the
consideration ot any bill by a ma
jority vote of the house."
The antl - laborites contended
that the tie vote meant there was
no majority to grant additional
time and that, seven days having
elapsed, the committee automatic
ally lost the bilL LaboYi tea held
that a majority was necessary to
withdraw the bill and that until
there is a majority the committee
can hold it. .
The rote on withdrawing the
bill from the committee on labor
and industries was:
Yes Bennett, Dawson. Durest.
Engdahl, Erwiu. Fatland, French,
Fuhrer, Grant. Hockett, Hughes,
Jones, KImberling, Livesley, Mag
ruder, -McAllister, .McCloskey.
Munroe, Norton, Rennie. Riddle.
Semon. Staples. Stephenson.
Thomas. Turner, Waller,. Wilkin
son. Young, Boivln.'
No Alber Allen. Antrim,
Barnes,. Bevans, Boon, Brady,
Bull, Cady, Carter, Delch. Eckers
ley, Esson, Friede, Harrison,
Higgs, Hogan, Hosch, Hyde, Jean
net. Laird, Leach, Mahoney, Mar
tin.l Miller, Norblad, Oleen. Roth.
Wagner. ; - .
Zane GreyV "Nevada
And. Second Feature
"Sweet Surrender
Voice , of Experience
and Mews
tieneral Spank)
and "Come
Closer, Folks'
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Film Beauty Executed as Spy?- v
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Death before a firing squad after a hasty Spanish rebel court-martial
which found her guilty as a spy was reported to have been the fate
of Roslta Diaz, Spanish screen beauty who has made several films
tat Hollywood, j
Senate Bill:
Introduced Wednesday
S. B. 414, by Carney Relating.
to stream -pollution.
S. B. 415, by ways and means
commission Relating to old age
pensions.
S. B. 41, by Carney Provid
ing amendments to law creating
state flax board.
Passed by Senate
S. B. 88. by Judiciary commit
tee Providing that Jury lists in
Multnomah county shall be select
ed exclusively from voters regis
tration lists and eliminating of
fice of Jury commissioner.
S. B. 399, by ways and means
committee To authorize state
board of control to employ in
mates of certain state Institutions
In work on state owned lands.
S. B. 182, by AngelL-i-Relatlng
to licensing of state-aided homes
or' Institutions caring' for vener
eally infected children by the
state child welfare commission.
S. B. 408, by Pearson To reg
ulate hours of Columbia county
officers. T
S. B. 410, by Burke To regu
late office hours In Yamhill county-
.
S. B. 411, by ways and means
committee Appropriating 3850,
000 for acquisition of additional
state land and for construction Of
buildings.
S. B. 412, by ways and means
committee Appropriating S181,
000 to repay state industrial acci
dent .commission for funds bor
rowed for construction of state
office building and state agricul
tural building.
S. B. 413, by ways and means
committee Creating state build
ing fund of 3850,000, covering
appropriation In senate bill No.
411.
S. B. 414, by Carney Relating
to sewage disposal and stream
pollution.
Passed by House
S. B. 38 by committee on judi
ciary Relating to and defining
the practice of law in Oregon.
Surtax Bill t Reported
jOut Unfavorably When
Senate Committee Acts
The senate assessment and tax
ation committee yesterday voted
to report - out adversely a bill
by Representative Oleen provid
ing a surtax or two -per cent on
incomes. Receipts from the pro
posed tax would go Into the
general fund.
Senator Angell Indicated that
he would file a minority report.
TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
A merry-go-round of love9 laughs and sweet music!
' Spiced with hilar! on fan and gorgeous
dancing: whirled to the lilting music of
4 new tunes. ;- ' . '
Fred nacMURRAY
whfi 3
JACK OAKIE
VELOZ and X
YO LAND AY
and 2nd nrr
DONALD COOK -JUJiK
TRAVI8 In
a rTT7T - Thrill to the Immortal Words of Patrick Henry
AUULU ., fa GIVK 3IE LIBERTY"
Dtas
H
Bill:
ouse
Int rod need Wednesday I
H. B. 500 by committee on wayp
and means Appropriating funds
to pay expenses and salaries, for
legislative assembly. j
H. B. 501 by committee on ways
and means Appropriating funds
for printing and distribution of
the Oregon guide.
- Passed by House
IE- B. 258 by Alber Relating
to public works projects.. j
H. B. 387 by committee on ad
ministration and reorganization
Relating to child-caring agen
cies, j . . j
II. B. 489 by, committee on ju
diciary (substitute for II. B. 259l
Authorising cities and towns tp
construct, acquire, improve, ex
tend, operate and maintain works
and prescribing mode of pro
cedure, i -
' H. B. 497 by committee oh
ways and means To provide payj-
ment of claims of sundry persons
against the state.
Four Houses at
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Silverton Sold
SILVERTON, i March 3. Foul
Interesting sales were reported
this week fom the George V
Hubbs company. (
The S. P. Ireland home on
West Main street , was sold to
Mr. and Mrs. James Scarth. I
The Emma Holman house op
Second street has been sold to
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Stewart. - j
The Anna McGInnis house on
Pine street was sold v to Frances
Walin. j
The Alice Gustafson place op
the Hobart Road was sold tp
Mr.l and Mrs. C. B. Hanks,
cently of Missouri.
Governor Thanked For
Interest in Mine Bill
: By Grants Pass Group
A. delegation ' of Grants Pass
citizens, headed by Neil Allen
called at the executive office?
Wednesday and thanked Goven
nor Charles H. Martin for th
Interest he evinced In the ad
ministration mining bilL The
bill has passed both houses of
the legislature. r - j
. The bill carries an approprlaf
tion of 3100,000. A state de
partment of geology and minerals
Industries is created. -
500
SEATS
"Circus Girl".
Doubtful Ones
Are
Convinced
Only Four Dissent Votes
After library Assured .
Through Amendment
(Continued from Page 1) .
condemned, the department for the
terrific "badgering" used to get
th bill through, and said it was
time to know whether the state
legislaturejor the forestry depart
ment was j writing the laws. The
more to reconsider Was defeated.
Without delay, the senate
passed with only eight negative
rotes SJR 11 to : submit an
amendment for $8 per diem pay
for legislators for 60 days.
The senate indefinitely post
poned HBS 478 and 479 which
would allow the counties- to pay
the state Its share of taxes only
as: the counties received the
money.
Boildins; Proa-ram
Discussion j Lengthy
, Discussion ot the state build
ing program took nearly two
houra. Sen. Walker explained
the bills and Sen. Franciscovich
took the lead in presenting the
argument for them. Fears, were
voiced by Balentlne that the pro
gram might interfere with the
pension program, but these were
discounted i by Johnson and Car-,
ney, friends of the -liberal pen
sions to aged. Sen. Burke criti
cised the I commission for not
providing for the library n the
new capital ' but Sen. - Duncan
replied that when the appropria
tion was jreduced by a . million
dollars it jmade it impossible' to
accomodate the library.
Franciscovich urged the' pro
gram now, saying there never
would be a time when the land
could be bought " as cheaply and
saying thjtt federal aid might
now be obtained. He said the de
velopment f would provide one of
the nicest; civic centers in the
United States.
jSenator (McKay urged the pro
gram as one that was sound and
needed to accomodate state needs.
Staples opposed the bills assert
ing the state should get out of
debt instead of further into. debt.
Sen. Angell declared the new
buildings jwere greatly needed,
and pointed particularly to the
crowded ; condition ot the state
library..
jSen.3 Strayer .strongly urged
passing - the bills, and said the
construction would allow the
state to sire in rentals now be
bdth urged their passage.
'. nl closing the debate Sen.
Walker said the program could
be carried j through without jeop
ardizing ; the state budnet.
Budget Balanced,
Figures Indicate
.
Latest i figures tabulated by
members of the Joint ways and
mfeans committee indicate that
the appropriations for the' cur
rent legislative session will be
approximately $200,000 under
the available revenues as set out
in the state budget. -
A p p roprlatlon recommenda
tions in the governor's state
budget aggregated in excess of
813,000,000. !
jSome legislators expressed the
opinion Ithat the revenue esti
mates of (the .state budget de
partment during the current bl
ennium were too high. : This
was affirmed by C. C. Chapman,
editor of ihe Oregon: Voter, who
has kept close tab on the state's
finances.
interim Committee For
Mining Study Selected
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President Franciscovich of the
senate appointed members of an
Interim committee to conduct a
study ot the mining resources ot
Oregon and report its findings
at! the next legislative session.
jThe interim - committee was
authorised; In house bill 390 and
Includes Senators Strayer, Dunn,
Etyrs, Kiddle and Graham.
LAST
TIMES
TODAY
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SHIRLEY f KAY FRANCIS in
TEMPLE - fa. "GIVE ME
Now & Forever" f YOUR HEART"
Broadcasts to
Cjohtinue Until
nd of Session
lr summaries of tbe
lecisUUra seeskms. which
have been presemted over
the Salens radio station.
KSLM, by The Statesman
wgl be continued during the
few remaining days that the
legfeLatnre apparenUy wUI
hH la session. - '
The seasioa news Is be-,
coming increasingly Import
ant as the final adjournment
draws near. The State man
and the radio station have
both received nnirrrous
statement of . appreciation
from tbe pnblie for this ser
vice. -
The broadcasts are at 9
o'clock sharp each . might,
anl ess otherwise announced.
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Convicts Restive
(jveGoodTiIne,
Watching Bill Closely as-
Governor Objects to
Wholesale Release
Penitentiary convicts here wno
hold that they are entitled to
good behavior credits' and should
be released without further delay,-are
becoming sullen ana
restless, . ft was" reported last
nighq. -
"These convicts are watching
closely, every . maneuver of -the
legislature,' one official said.
The convicts especially are In
terested in Representative. Ba'nea
bill J providing good behavior
credits for prisoners now and
herelfter An the penitentiary.
Cnde? this bill convicts sentenced
to tdrms of from six months to
oner year would receive good be
havior credits at the rate of five
days ,a -month. Prisoners sen
tenced to-terms lit excess of one
yearl would receive good time
credits , of ten days a month.
- Tips bin has - passed both
houses of the legislature and la
In tie- lap of Governor Charles
H, Martin. The time for approve
Ing er disapproving the bill ex
pires Saturday. .
Gcjvernor Martin Indicated that
he would veto .the bill unless it
Is recalled and the 'emergency
cans eliminated.
Tms action would permit the
governor to release the men over
a pejriod of 90 days.
If
ne signs tne mu au ot in
prisoners - entitled to good
credits -under the law would
190
time
be subject to release at the same
time! -
Silver Set Given
enate President
Members of the senate and the
senate ' employes yesterday pfe
sentid to - President Francisco
vich a beautiful silver set.
Tne presentation address was
given by Senator Balentlne, denv
ocraf, of Klamath county, who
praised President ' Franciscovich
for his fairness as a presiding
officer.
"Many intricate problems. have
faced the members of this .sen
ate4 Balentlne said, "and with
out the cooperation of our presU
dent! anything might have hap-
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