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EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Loan to Spain
By Democratic
Nations Hint
Great ? Britain, France
Offer to Aid With
Reconstruction
Offer Reportedly Made
on Conditions That
Dictators Get out
(By The Associated Press)
. Great Britain and France were
reported yesterday to bare offered
insurgent Spain money for recon
struction of the war-torn country
In return for a promise to elimi
nate Germin and Italian influence
from a new insurgent state.
Paris beard reports that Oen.
Jose Miaja. commander of the
Spanish government's central
zone, had opened peace talks di
rectly with insurgent representa
tives, going over the bead of Pre
ir 0 Juan Negrin. The govern
ment announced yesterday it
would fight to tbe bitter end, al
though now it controls little more
than the one-fourth of Spain in
the Madrid-Valencia sone.
Premier Negrin himself took up
Quarters in the "last house in
Spain, a few feet 'over the bor
der in Le Perthus. In some quar-
ters it was reported he might re
sign.
Island of Minorca
Troubles Britain, Prance
Britain and France were par
ticularly concerned about the Ba
learic Island of Minorca, held by
the government. The British cruis
er Devonshire was sent there and
wa? widely reported to have car
ried an envoy from the insurgents
to negotiate a surrender of the
Island to the insurgent Spaniards.
Tbe British and French . were
alarmed lest Italian troops and
airplanes, entrenched on neighbor,
ing Mallorca island, establisl
themselves on Minorca. . .
The Italian press,? alert to Anglo-French
moves, declared it was
"too late" for 11th hour .attempts
.by foreign. nations to' get on good
terms with . the insurgents. Tbe
press added that Italy insisted on
a victory which would not bene
fit "those who. after having-fa-
Tored the exportation of bolihe
Tism I to Spain." hasten now to
establish good relations with Gen
eral Franco.
- Spanish government officials re
ported - Insurgent airplanes
bombed the refugee-packed Span
ish frontif town of Pnlgcerda and
suiea or woanaea iuvo persons,
although French authorities put
.the casualties at about 100.
Oddities in News
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.-tfVA
heavy snow-storm, accompanied
by rapidly dropping temperatures
struck suburban towns north and
east of Los Angeles this after
noon. '
The freak snowfall, reported si
multaneously by the weather bu
reau and sheriff's sub-stations
muni iu uienaaie, rasaaena, sier
ra Madre and all along tbe foot
hill areas from Newhall east to
San TMinti.
Heavy falls of snow were re
ported at Palmdale, less than 100
11 M : m - ... . .
mire, uvu acre, w UCIQ ioq ma-
afternoon temperature was SI and
. at Mt "Wilson, where the high for
the day was 23 degrees.
. "The --California institution for
women 'at Tehachapi, housing 17
prisoners, was snowbound by
drifts that were five feet deep la
many place!.
Killing Evacuation
Allowed by Army
SHANGHAI. Feb. t - (ft - A
British diplomatic request and in
ability to esUbltah contact with
12 Americans and S3 other for
eigners at Kuling, caused Japan
ese army officers today : to post
pone a long-announced attack on
the resort town. -v- - ;
The officer agreed to extend
the time limit tor the evacuation
of Kuling, where the foreigners
have been stranded since ' last
summer, beyond Friday, the or
' lglnal data set, bnt It was empha-
- sited that "no commitments re
garding possible military opera
tions in that vicinity" could be
made. - ' - .
An army spokesman said that
"the army Is willing to assist tbe
isolated foreigners as far as condi
tions permit,' but added that ne
cessity wonid govern iuiure pians.
UoUdla Man CoHedor :
i Of VUtinhtive Buttons
- UOLALLA, Feb.' I .-(ffV-Ia the
vaat 1 1 vcara. R. W. David SOU has
collected a charm chain of buttons
121 feet long He thinks -it con
tains almost - every conceivable
tHnit f bntton. Some of them are
more than 100 years old, being
European relics, wnue otners
wer worn In American frontier
yfCMo vTTK fOfOO I I TTI
it? ommws ,i,..eac
Los Angeles Snow
days. Only few are f upucawa,,
: r- y . . . . . . . a t, :
She's Mediator
Of Labor Strife
Mrs. Alice Roeseter. national la
bor relations board director
Who aonzht to mediate troubles
Involving rival AFI and CIO
. unions In the lumber at West
wood Calif, where the situation
was m traw that National
Guard units in nearby cities
were "on call" ready for action
if necesMrr. A 48-hour trace
was extended yesterday but the
AFL union complicated matters
by declaring a wage strike.
I1X photo.
British Vessel's
Fate Is Unknown
Conflicting Calls Reach
Shore; Greek Vesgel
Sinks, AH Rescued
THOMASTOX, Me., Feb. 8-(ff)-Conflicting
radio advices tonight
left the fate of the British freight
er Maria de Larrinaga the tempor
ary secret of a tumbling north At
lantic.
Mackay and Radiomarine oper
ators reported argent calls for
aid, advices that the vessel was
"sinking," then silence, as rescue
ships, beating out repeated unan
swered messages to the De Lar-
ringa... pounded to hern assistance
1,200 miles east of New York.
' But from the Canadian ' trans
port department's radio branch at
Halifax, N. S., came word that at
4:30 p. m. (PST), 20 minutes af
ter the rescue ships reported their
last contact with the stricken ves
sel, the De Larringa radioed that
a smashed bulkhead was holding
and tbe sea decreasing.
-Tbe Cunarder Auranla, the
American Scantic liner Scanmail
and the Holland-American vessel
Veendam reported in messages in
tercepted by Mackay and Radio-
marine that "nine or ten cans
to the ship had gone unanswered
and that they last heard from her
at 4:10 p. m. (PST) when she re
peated an SOS several times, ad
vised that a forward hatch was
stove in and added she was sink
ing.
Mackay operators said tbe sll
ence might mean that the De Lar-
ringa no longer had power to
transmit.
Apparently, the Thomaston
operator theorized, tbe ireignt-
er's master was repeating his
calls In the hope there might be
some vessel closer to bis 3,084
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Klamath Protests
Over WA Share
KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 8.-0P)
-County Judge U. E. Reeder said
today a protest bad been dis
patched to the Oregon delegation
at Washington asserting WPA
employment was disproportionate
ly low here.
The Judge stated the direct re
lief load was higher than atabe
corresponding period a year ago
because an insufficient number o
employable men were on WPA
payrolls. He presented . figures
showing Marlon county, with
population about twice as large as
Klamath s, bad 2000 persons on
WPA lobs agaiast KlamatVa 175
A similar comparison existed In
Jackson county, tho Judge said.
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Steelhead Trout or Salmon
Arguments Dusted Off Anew
r m 1 m n tl e ii one rations' of
sports anglers rather . than the
activities of commercial fisher
men have caused the rapid de
pletion of steelhead In Oregon
streams, opponents of the peren
nial "steelhead bill" In the legis
lature charged at a hearing Wed
nesday night, . . "
The measure" under- considera
tion was- Introduced by Senator
C W. Clark, Roseburg, and oth
ers, and provides that a steel
head - shall be classified as a
game fish or trout In all Oregon,
streams with the exception of the
Columbia river.. ; - ?
proponents of the bill argued
that commercial; fishermen' were
responsible for the absence of
steelhead in the coastal and in
terior streams. ." r
W. C. Harding, secretary ct
tho Roseburg chamber; of ' com
merce, declared that : the tourist
business .. in ; Oregon w a s built
Recc cfpheld
By Secretary
Before House
Madame Perkins Defends
Her Enforcement of
Immigration Laws
Support of Democratic
Ideals Pointed out
in Recent Acts
WASHINGTON. Feb. S - (ff) -
Secretary Perkins defended ner
record of enforcement of immi
gration laws today in a personal
appearance before the house Ju
diciary committee.
Answering charges - of negli
gence contained in an Impeach
ment resolution under considera
tion by the committee, tbe labor
secretary said:
"I feel confident that whether
examined minutely or at large my
record as secretary of labor will
show a consistent purpose not
merely to support the Ideals of
democracy, of orderly government
and of freedom, but a purpose
to assure all persons subject to
the government, whether citizen
or alien, that those ideals are be
ing carried forward in actual day-
to-day practice. I have applied
this to my administration of the
immigration law and the case in
point."
Bridges and Strecker
Cases Apparently Meant
Tbe case in point apparently
referred to deportation .proceed
ings involving Harry Bridges,
west coast CIO leader, and Joseph
Strecker, former communist of
Hot Springs, Ark.
The impeachment resolution, in
troduced by. Rep. Thomas (R,
NJ), accused Miss Perkins; Ger
ard D. Reilly, labor department
solicitor; and James L. Houghtel
ing. Immigration commissioner, of
high crimes and misdemeanors"
for alleged failure to enforce the
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Republicans Set
Banquet Tonight
Noted Guests, Large Crowd
to Attend Lincoln Day
Event at Hotel
More than 200 republicans are
expected to attend the annual Lin
coln day banquet to be held at the
Marion hotel at 6:30 o'clock to
night under auspices of tbe Mar
lon county republican central com
mittee, Mrs. R. L. Wright, county
vice-chairman, reported last
night. Tickets will still be avail
able today at the Marlon.
Governor and Mrs. Charles A.
Sprague will head the list of hon
or guests at the speaker's table,
Others will include Dr. William
G. Everson, president of LInfield
college and principal speaker:
Senator and Mrs. Douglas McKay
Senator and Mrs. Robert M. Dun
can , Representative and Mrs
E. R. Fatland. Mayor and Mrs.
C. C. Chadwick, Secretajryf State
and Mrs. Earl Snell, Dr. Henry
Marcotte, County Chairman Lewis
Judson, Mrs. R. L. Wright, vice
chairman; Fred J. Tooie, sr
county secretary; Grant Murphy
state . committeeman and Otto
Bowman, county- committeeman
The banquet program was an
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Businessmen Ask
Visitor Tag Ban
Initiation of a movement to per
mit out-ot-city motorists to park
their automobiles on Salem. busi
ness streets without receiving
overtime tags was urged upon the
chamber of commerce directors
last night by a delegation of busi
ness men, Manager Fred Thielsen
reported.
, Tbe board instructed Its civic
committee, headed by Walter B.
Mlnier, to see what could be done.
around its fishing resources.':
' "If we have nothing to offer
non-resident fishermen . they will
go elsewhere," Harding contin
ued. -
Other speakers for the bill de
clared that virtually all of the
sportsmens organisations in Ore
gon favored the bill. This was
denied by Andrew Naterlin who
charged - that tho measure orig
inated in Roseburg and was not
sponsored ' by the xoastal sports
mens organisations.
Figures were presented at the
hearing indicating that the steel
head catch by commercial fisher
men other than In tho Columbia
river represented revenues - to
the state fish commission, of less
than 1 7 0 0 0 annually. .
The hearing was attended : by
more than loo persons. .
. .The committee Indicated that
some action on the bill probably
would be taken later In tho week.
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Salem, Oregon. Thursday Morning, February 9, 1939
T1
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Has Retort tot
Letter of FDR
V
CARTER GLASS
App
ointivePower
Pure
e Tool, Held
Carter Glass Strikes Back
at
President Anent
Judge Selection
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-(JPi-
Senator Carter Glass (D, Va.)
charged tonight that President
Roosevelt has used his appoint
ive power in an effort to "purge'
Virginia's two senators from pub
lic life.
The aim, the 81-year-old legis
lator said, was to defeat Senator
Harry Byrd, democrat, in 1940
and Glass himself later if he
should live "longer than the in
triguers hope."
He said the method chosen was
to disregard the senators' recom
mendations for federal positions
In order to discredit and "dis
honor" them among their own
constituents.
Glass issued a lengthy state
ment in answer to President
Roosevelt's criticism yesterday of
the senate's refusal to confirm
his nomination of Floyd H. Rob
erts to be a Virginia federal judge.
Glass and Byrd contended their
recommendations for the Judge
ship were ignored. They-' opposed
Roberts on tne ground that his
nomination was "personally of
fensive to them."
Recalling correspondence with
President Roosevelt regarding a
published report that Governor
James H. Price of Virginia had
been given the "veto power" over
the senators' recommendations.
Glass said tbe president answered
that while he still wished to have
suggestions from the senators he
reserved 'the right to consult
"Nancy Astor, the duchess of
Windsor, the WPA, a Virginia
moonshiner, Governor Price or
Charlie McCarthy."
Japanese Naval
Expert Is Dead
TOKYO, Feb. 9. -(Thursday )-
(AVAdmlral Kanji Kato, 63, one
of Japan s greatest naval experts,
died today at his seaside villa near
Atami.
Admiral aKto's death was due
to a cerebral hemorrhage after a
four days' illness.
A former chief of the naval
general staff. Admiral Kato at
tended the Washington naval con
ference of 1921, heading Japan's
technical delegation. He bitterly
opposed British and American
proposals to scrap Capital ships
and urged withdrawal of the Jap
anese delegation.
Eight years later he opposed
Japan's participation in the Lon
don conference, but Premier Ham-
aguchl overruled him. Admiral
Kato went to the imperial palaca
and pleaded personally with Em
peror Hirohito, but he. failed to
win bis point.
It was reported the admiral's
death was hastened by his work
on a monumental analysis of Jap
an's naval position, which be bad
been yrriting for several years.
Two-Foot Blanket
Covering Detroit
DETROIT, Ore., Feb. 8 De
troit and vicinity Is well blanketed
under fresh snow that has been
falling at regular Intervals since
Sunday night and at present baa
reached about two feet here with
two and a half feet at Idanha and
four feet at Marion Forks.
, There have been several minor
auto mishaps on the roads here
due to the snow the most serious
being that of Roy Stayner who
had the misfortune ot colliding
headon with another car on a
narrow bridge about fire miles
below Detroit Monday morning.
Mr. Stayner left his car at the
scene of the accident ' and had
made arrangements to have the
car towed to Salem Tuesday but
when he went to get tho car found
someone had taken oft one of the
wheels. .
Borah to Stay Home
WASHINGTON, F eb. 8-ffV-Friends
of Senator . Borah (D
Idaho) said today he would not
return to his office for several
days., Borah is recuperating at
homo from an attack of grippe.
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ItOF
ceanMay
ear; Ask
Federal Funds
Peninsula Is Threatened
After Recent Storms;
j Jetty Is Blamed
Governor Sprague Joins
in Plea to President
for Early Action
TILLAMOOK. Feb. S.-OPl-Civ
k leaders warned that unless the
federal government takes steps to
ouiid a seawall and breakwater
soon, the Bayocean peninsula,
Oregon's first modern beach re
sort established in 1909, may dis
appear into the ocean.
Storms which have battered the
peninsula since last Octob - al
ready have washed sway 160 feet
on the west side. A quarter of a
mile of the peninsula was washed
out last October and the storms
of the past few weeks sent the
ocean pouring through four aper
tures into Tillamook bay, taking
out the peninsula highway at one
point.
Destruction of the peninsula,
besides causing considerable prop
erty damage, would endanger the
valuable fish and oyster Industries
and thousands ot acres of tide-
lands diked for grazing. Loss of
the state-county highway built
several years ago also is likely.
Students blamed the condition
on the extension of the north jet
ty at Barview a few years ago,
They said this work changed the
ocean currents and sent them
against the peninsula.
Immediate federal aid for the
protection of the Tillamook Bay
area, recently threatened by ocean
storms, was urged by Governor
Charles A. Sprague In a telegram
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Wage Strike Hits
BigLumherPlant
California firm Employes
Under AFL'a Banner
Extend Shutdown
WESTWOOD, Calif., Feb. 8.-(jP)-AFL
lumber workers, who
closed the Red River Lumber com
pany plant In a walkout during a
bitter dispute with the CIO, .de
clared a wage strike against the
company tonight.
At the same time, they extend
ed for another day a 48-hour
truce during which the AFL
agreed not to picket the plant
against the CIO. The truce was
due to end tomorrow morning.
Earlier, the AFL membership
voted to keep the plant closed un
til a collective bargaining election
was ordered.
The AFL press relations com
mittee announced tonight that the
union had notified the company
that its plant "would never oper
ate" until after an election and
the negotiation 6f an agreement
which would restore wages to
their 1937 level.
Prior to the AFL meeting, the
inter-union controversy appeared
moving toward a new crisis, with
a possibility ot violence if the CIO
workers tried to return to their
jobs and the AFL . group picketed
the plant tomorrow morning.
- AFL leaders said the action of
their union assured the shutdown
of the lumber plant, because the
CIO does not have enough mem
bers to operate it.
New Italy Consul
Asks US 'Respect'
PORTLAND. Feb. 9.-(JP-lUy
only asks- respect for "our form
ot government," Aldo Masio, It
aly's new consul for the north
west, said in an interview.
"We think we have democracy
social democracy, economic de
mocracy and political democra
cy." be said. "We don't try to
teach our form of government to
other people; we consider It an In
ternal matter and all we ask is
respect for our form of govern
ment" Saying ho was surprised to see
American reaction against "some
thing that belongs to my life," he
remarked that "we are born fas
cists just as we are bora Cath
olics." Late Sports
SPOKANE, Feb, t -UVT he
Portland Buckaroos battled their
way to a S to 4 victory over the
Spokane Clippers in rough, over
time period Pacific coast con
ference .hockey gams . here to
night Spokane tossed the game
away la tho final . momenta &
penalties, '
TILLAMOOK. Feb. 8-(Speclal)
-The Willamette university Bear
kittens defeated Tillamook high
school . 29 to 11 , here tonight
Hffl. ot the -visitors potted If
points and Shlrmer ot the locals
was next high with 7
Bayo
Disapp
.Price
mew Ler
Mlk Com
Kansas Setup
Sprague, Eccles Consider
Streamlined System
of Midwest State
Sen. McKay Introduces
Milk Control Plan
. to Erase Ills
Consideration ot an entirely
new system of legislation for
Oregon end the introduction of
a new. milk control bill which
its sponsors believe will elimin
ate the principal flaws of the I
present setup, were among the
highlights of a legislative day
Wednesday characterized more
by the appearance of new issues
than by definite achievement.
Governor Charles A. Sprague
axd his executive secretary, Dav
id Eccles, were seriously study
ing the Kansas legislative plan,
adopted In that state in 1933,
which involves the creation of
an Interim council to prepare
needed legislation. The council
consists of 10 senators and 15
representatives, chosen propor
tionately from political parties
and from sections of the state.
Presiding officers of both houses
are members. The council meets
for two or three days, four times
each year.
Interim Committee
Arranges Legislation
It is the business of the coun
cil, between sessions, to deter
mine what laws appear to be
needed or demanded; it is pro
Tided with a permanent staff of
research experts-' to take these
suggestions, determine the effect
ot similar legislation in other
states, gather other data and
draft; the requested bills. When
the legislature meets It has only
to consider the prepared bills
and accept or reject them.
Need for some such program
was emphasized as the legisla
ture closed its first month on
Wednesday with only one major
piece of legislation completely
enacted.
The proposed milk control
amendment, introduced by Sen.
Douglas McKay ( R-Salem ) . would
increase the milk control board
from three to five members; a
co-op member producer and an
independent producer from the
first congressional district, a
producer-distributor and a dis
tributor from the third district
and a consumer from the second
district
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Executive Praises
Boy Scouts' Work
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-ff-Prealdent
Roosevelt declared to
night that the nation "never had
greater need ot the Boy Scouts"
than It has at present
. Saluting tho youth organization
on its 29th anniversary, the pres
ident, In a radio talk from the
White House, said the Scouts
were a "national asset and there
fore should be regarded as a na
tional trust"
"Ours is the duty," ho added,
"to Inculcate in the Scout mind
those simple fundamental prin
ciples wnicn embrace strength
of body, alertness of mind and
above these and growing ont of
them that sense of moral respqn-
them laa4 S
siDuuy upon wwicn an sound
character rests.".
LGQlsldltiVG
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SlQGlight SI
: While the governor and Tar
tans members of the legislature
were scanning a proposal tor
making the' lawmaking process
in Oregon more efficient -ea a
large - scale, both houses took
steps Wednesday to Investigate
one labor - and tlme-saviag de
Tice an electrical roll eail In
stallation. .The new eapitol was
wired with that in mind when it
was built, Presence is Salens of
W. Booth, chief clerk of the
California i assembly, - gave them
an opportunity to find ont : just
how feasible and: desirable sack
a device would be Cost would be
around $8,0t.
- On a senate committee, to study
this .' proposal, Seas. George. T.
Eayrs, Harry. Kenln and Ronald
Jones .Were appointed. .On. I h e
house committee Ire Reps. ' Al-1
fred- Cunha, Fred W. Herman
and Robert 8. FarreU, Jr, - -
Seeu Tf. ft Barxo wanted to
tew If. i ease the electrical
gadget were tnstslled. Beone-
I fHe power, would be obtained
Of lawmaking
Being Studied
3c; Newsstands 5e
A
ssis
islative
They Differ on
Gas Tax Policy
SWesspsaji
'!
Above, Maypf Joseph X,' Carson of
, PeeUsaoV wW- taTored fcth
" League of Cities proposal ; to
allocate a portion of gas tax
money to cities for street mala
teaanee -and construction; be
low, Carl G. Washbome of En
teae, former highway commis
sioner, who took aa opposing
view.
County Lays out
Nearly all Funds
Marion Closes Year With
but $306.82 Left Over
in Departments
Marion county came within
308.82 of spending the entire
8984,73 8.23 appropriated last
year for its general, roads and
highways, school and old age pen
sion funds, according to a state
ment released yesterday by Coun
ty Clerk XJ. G. Boyer.
The statement shows that all
ot the 887,400 budgeted for mar
ket road. Improvement and $40,
000 for market road maintenance
was expended while the county
closed the year with an $833.60
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Governor Spregue Asked
To Introduce GOP Head
"PORTLAND, Feb. 8-Be-publlcans
sponsoring tho appear
ance here 8unday and Monday
of Glenn Frank, Chicago, na
tional chairman of the republican
program committee, asked Got.
Charles, Sprague - today to intro
duce Frank . when he " speaks
Monday at a Lincoln day ban-
I onet On Sunday, Frank win
W Z. m , - - M
confer t with party leaders from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana.
Hen &d there behind and in
j front of the scenes at the
40th lelativeass
to operate ft, Sen. Tom Mahon
ey'r wanted eonnectiona made
alio -for operating aa , eleejrie
' Speaking of labor saving. Sen.
Kenia ' introduced (by request)
a bill proposing a 38-bour week
for, state employes. There was a
hearing Wednesday afternoon on
the! state employes civil service
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A request for " the use ot ' tho
legislative chambers for. sessions
ot? the American Legion conven
tion here August 10. 11 and IS
was contained la a resolution In
troduced in the senate at the re
quest of Capital Post No. t,; ?.
Nothing - Is erer certain until
the legislature ' adjourns - "sine
die." The senate spent a consid
erable part of , Wednesday recon
sidering bills already passed and
sending ' them back to commit
tees or attempting to amend them
on the floor. Tho need for minor
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tool
The Weather ;
Unsettled with rains and
nows today. Friday rains,
warmer. Max. Temp. Wed
nesday 97, Mia. 2d. River
8.7 feet. North wind.
No. 273
Plan.
Bill up
Opponents to
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Bill
es
Also Have Say
Mayors Strive to Show
City Street Program
Being Milked dry
Opponents Assert State
Highway Program in
Peril if Passed
City officials favoring the
League of Oregon Cities bill to
take $745,000 yearly from high
way funds for . construction and
maintenance of city streets posed
their arguments for the measure
against pleas of those opposing
"diversion" of highway funds last
night before the house committee
on highways and highway rev
enues. The bill, which Mayor W. C
Hand of Corvallis said was backed
by 141 cities out of 196, would
give to the cities from gasoline
tax funds $1.50 per capita for ci
ties of less than 100,000 popula
tion and $1 per capita to Portland.
Mayors and city attorneys who
spoke in favor ot the bill said that
loss of revenue by .the cities
through decrease of property
values and "usurpation" of rev
enues by the state made some such
1 BUt
T
. program necessary to save their
, streets.
! Proponents Claim
I Road Program Safe
Proponents of the bill claimed
that it is not a "diversion" meas
ure, that it. would not jeopardise
federal matching funds and that
it would not Interfere with the
highway department's prasist
program.' . -
Opponents said the bill would
hamper, retirement of $22,000.-
0 in highway bonded indebted
ness, would postpone compieuoa
ot many highways and would
wreck" Oregon's highway sys
tem.
Charles H. Huggins, former
mayor ot Marshfleld, presented mm
array of charts which purported
to show that highway department
revenues hare been steadily in
creasing while the share allowed
for city and county road building
has remained constant
Huggins said the highway com
mission, with an estimated reve
nue tor 1939 Of $13,500,008,
would have "more money than it
has ever had in its history. He
denied tbe highway commMsa"
would lose federal funds if the
bill were enacted. "Tho highway
commission," he said, "has never
yet lost a dollar of federal funds
necessary to match. .
Waahbnrne Sees Danger
To Highway System '
Carl G. Washburne of Eugene,
former state highway commission
er, said "It we start to divert this
money at the rate of $800,000
this year .there'll be plenty ot
other purposes next year and well
wreck the highway system.
Washburne said he had not
heard one person out of hundreds
express sympathy with the League
of Oregon Cities program.
Mayor Joseph K. Carson of
Portland charged the legislature
with, "preempting sources of reve
nue that formerly belonged to tho
cities." Ho said he didn't consider
the bUl a "derogation ot tho high
way program but rather a further
ance of It"
Lars Blandine, McMinnville
publisher,' asked tbe cities what
they had done. "Have the city
councils set np reserve funds .to
provide maintenance?" he naked.
Mayor C. C. Furnas of Medford
charged the highway commission
with "deliberate overspending."
Sam Dolan of Corvallis said,
"We want roads out In tho coun
try. We don't want our automo
biles just to ride around town
in. They Just want to get their
hands in the highway commis
sion's pocket to take money
we're putting there Vf or ether
purposes. .
Said Mayor J. E. Mohrback
of Sheridan: "The cities have
been the goat and they're about
milked dry.
- Said U. L. Upson, Portland
metropolitan association: "1 no
tice an absence of taxpayers here
tonight but I see plenty of tax
eaters."",. Portland Trial
; Set for. Freeley
Frank Fred Freeley, picked' np
for forging endorsement to sn em
ergency relief check made to Wil
liam H. Smith of Woodbura, wiil
tell his story to tho federal grand
Jury In Portland.'
i Brought before United States
Commissioner William J, LInf oot
here yesterday, Freeley waived
preliminary . hearing and Was
bound over on $3000 bail. Ho was
taken to the Multnomah couatj.
jail from the Marlon county jail '
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