Tourney Doings"
'" 1 Follow the high school . - v
tournament pustf, with
complete stories and taha- , .
. lated : scores : first in the' :?
ports pages of The Oregon
Statesman.
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Satan, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 16,' 1939
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No. 303
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Favorites
Other Leaders
Not Impressive
Tillamook Oregon Gty
: Pendleton Drubbed' :
.' frf by 'Outsiders'
SaleniWikings, Medford,
r Oajcxidge Pushed by,
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. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
: Butt FaUa 82, Arlington 21.
Oakridge 27, Westport 18. -.
Baker 44, Corrallis 34. v ,.'
' Salem 28 Astoria' 22. :
North Bend S3, Tillamook 2S.
Klamath Falla 40, PendMoa
88.
. Medford 28, BIcMbuTllle 24.
University 88, Oregon City
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' y GAMES TODAY.
'' Ctuunpkmshlp Flight y;
. 3 p.m. Butte Falls rs. Oak
ridge. ',.'
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- A nm. Raker ts. Salem. .
17:10 p.mv North Bend ts. K.
Falls. i-.' f
i 1 1 8:10 p.nu Medford ts UniTer-
sity. : .".
, Consolation -Bracket
9 .m. Arlington ts. Westport
10 a-ni. JoTTallis ts. Astoria.
11 sjb. Tillamook ts. Pendle
ton. , AJifK-iJ -Jtt
2 p.m. McMlnnTllle ts. Oregon
City. ' ' ' ... - ' i.
" . BT RON GEMMELL, f ,
. A trio of farorltes failed mis
erably, and a like number, appear
ed anything but of titular caUbre
a the ZOtte annual uregon cute
High School Atbletl& essociation's
l basketball meet yesterday' moVed
I through Its eight-game : opening
round before the smallestxurst-day
throng la at least the last 10
years.? ;.t; Wi.Uv- '
Tillamook, Pendleton and Ore
gon i Cltyi listed - aa prime ' pre
tonrnament ' farorltes, bowed out.
while Salem, Oakridge and Med
ford.: also among the pre-meet fa-
Tored, were pushed hard by teams
not figured u the dope to Belong
on the same floor with them. ,r
Klght Turnout Large, . :.';.
Afternoon Turnout Bparee -
While . near-capacity crowd
was out for the three night frays.
a neagre afternoon turnout cut
the net attendance XZS under that
of 118. The 825 cut included 800
reserve seats and 25 general ad
missions.
' Although the - power' exhibited
by Baker's Bulldogs in romping
oTer Corrallis was unexpected, tht
first major surprise and Upset oc
curred shortly after 4 o'clock last
night, when . North Bend's Bull
dogs walked oft the floor Tie
tors OTer Tillamook's Cheesemak-
era. The second upset followed
closely, with Pendleton's dashing
Buckaroos being edged out by s
driring band of Pelicans Irom
Klamath Falls.
f -A slixht sense. . with Medford
coming through orer McMinnrflle
though not at all easily, and
catastrophe No. I hit pre-tourney
prognostications." For, X) r e g o b
City's highly touted Pioneers were
emphatically drubbed by the Gold
en Tide from TJnlTerslty high In
Eugene.
i There was no Question but what
the Pendleton-Klamath Falls mad-
efcp melee was the highilgbt game
of the opening round, and It was
the' general " thought of sideline
experts that 'when -Pendleton was
bounced it took away one, of v the
outstanding . teams.:. Which, only
adds to 'the prestige of the sur
prising K. Falls Pelicans. '
rendletoa-Klaasath Falla -:
Battle Most Exciting , m ,
I Eight times ' the score was
knotted la that Pelican-Buckaroo
gallop, and the lead' changed
hands toul otUO ttmes Both
outfits-stormed the floor to fast
breaks and: used swift-moTing
screen plays against each other's
old-time man-for-man play. What
with the officials letting the lads
co.' it made a hall game, and the
. cash customers responded enthus
iastically.
, With but a minute to play end
the score tied I for the - eighth
time, at JS-SJ. Cooley missed a
set-up tor the Pelicans . but Et?
. landson dribbled out of a mix-UP
to toss la the winning bucket orer
his-head. Thrice in. the next U
seconds the Pendleton Bucks had
opportunities to once more knot
vTl. n-v i.t
the count, but Beck missed twice
and fTerjeson once. Then wlth
eltht seconds to play. Rush com
muted hU fourth and disqualify
ing foul on Ter jeson.
, Knowing there- wasn't time to
regain possession of the hall.lt he
sank the gifter, Terjeson attempt
ed to get away with a deliberate
miss la hopes a tesrrtte nlstt
tip in the rebound. 1 C:: '
recognized the Illegal a:ui..;t im
mediately, fcowerer, asd t .
waa orer with Klamath Falls in
possession ot the ball : out of
tonnds. . : - v" -
, Two lads stood out In . that
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The Oregon dry; end Ti&ainoosr teams which were rated among the
down to defeat in first ronnd games. Abore Oregon Uty wtUch lost to UnlTerslty hignt from left, front
row. McKenxie. Botcal. Kewtoa. RtrebLr: hack row . Ericksote. Talner. O'Brien. 8nKrrn. Comclr-Harold
Dimick. Below, Tillamook' which
Smltb; back row, E. Smith, Piper, Christensen, Wells, Scblnner,
Gaiser's Backers
Mull Next Move
Citizens .' Opposed to Loss
of Superintendent May
- i Meet, Is Report
Citizens who opposed the Sa
lem school board's action Tues
day night of-denying Silas Gaiser
a new contract as city superin
tendent will probably meet with
in a few days and decide on a
farther program , of action, a
prominent member 'of the iteer-
ing committee which directed thj
campaign on Gaiser's behalf said
yesterday.-, ,
No indication was giren as to
whether a : recall more against
Director Percy A.- Cupper might
be , considered "or .whether efforts
would be concentrated on elect
ing 'two . board ' members to suc
ceed -T Directors l W. r. Neptune
end E, A. Bradfield, whose terms
expire In June. , s f
Another member of the com
mittee. .Barney A Newman, aaid
yesterday he had .discussed ' the
situation .only ' In brief following
Tuesday night's meeting but de
clared .
' I can assure r that ereryone
was disappointed ' that ' part of
the school board would disregard
the wishes of a majority of tha
peopier--;. j:-
Railway Vniomtt$'Join j
Suit on Picketing Law
PORTLAND, March I .-)-
a more to miign an major forces
of labor in a court v figtt by
unions to lnralidate Oregon's
new picket regulation ; law was
seen today in a petition by the
Brotherhood of Locomotlre Fire
men and Engineers " entered in
circuit ' court. The " brotherhood
asked to be included . with the
AFL ad CIO in suiU filed Mast
December against . the law.
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Salem's "Vikings were extended
the limit In ousting Astoria's
j fighting; Fishermen la yesterday's
vionrn Thai did
nual state heon-tourneyThey dld
It by a It to 22 score, though they
were tire times caught "hy Wally
Palmberg's poinuters after taking
orer, the lead midway Ot the sec
ond quarter. "- 'v' .-r--' '.
, The win puU the Yiungs in tae
quarter-finals, against Baker's
driring Bulldogs at 4 p.m. today.
Pure aggression, plus the abil
ity ef "General Jack Gosserend
Scottie Sebern to hit the playoff
loop, won for Harold Hank's Iwys
with the emphasis on the former.
Gosaer e?uirted in six southpaw
two-pointers aui caged four char
ity flips for .18. points. Sebern,
whose two .quick baskets In tht
Vihiria
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Early
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OPENING DAY'S
lost to North Bend; from left,1 front
Man Who Missed
Custer Massacre
Dies at Age 91
YONKERS, NY, March 15-Hff)-
Major-Charles A. Benton, 91, who
rode as an honor guard In Pres
ident " Lincoln's funeral cortege
and serred with General Custer in
the Indian wars, died today.
After serring In the Clril war
he won his commission with Gen.
Custer's caralry. t
Custer and 271 men were mas
sacred by Indians under Chief Sit
ting Bull at the battle of the Lit
tle Big Horn in June, 1878. Ben
ton, conralescing from a head
wound, had loaned Custer his
horse for the campaign.
He waa one of the two last sur-
Tiring members of Lafayette post
GAR, In New York city.
Compromise Talk
Heard Upon WP A
V ' WASHINGTON, March 1$P)
Compromise talk was' heard
faintly in the house todar 1 1
connection ; with - the quarrel 5 be
tween members of congress and
President Rooserelt orer the let
ter's desire" for an immediate
supplemental appropriation ' of
8180.009,000 for work relief.
It came, i to the' snrpr e of
some, from highly placed repub
licans, who . predicted ' that such
a solution : would. eTentnally be
come necessary, but adTanced no
specific proposals as to the torn
it might Uke. , . t, U x?
v rmi passage Near 3
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Mp
-The admihlstraUon's 8358,000.
000 rearmament bill was made
Tirtually ready for, final congres
sional approval today With: the
elimination of all differences be
tween house and senate rertions
of the measure. - I
Astoria;
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last fire minutes of play pat the
game away tor, the Salems, got six
in an to If eountes. . - -
Astoria was off in the lead, with
Knutsen bagging a. Santa toss ea
McRae'g lnfaction -and Simonsea
dunking a long.-long oae Sebern
whittled Astoria's adrantage to I-
3 at the quarter; and Gosser op
ened the second heat with a pirot
shot, that pat the Vikings to the
fore at 4pi..it.i:-J,ra -i l.i
' Big Simonsea and T e p p o 1 a
tossed true to take the lead back,
at T-4, but Sebern and Gosser both
hit while Knutsen was tanking a
gifter and the score was 8-8 with
two minutes to go to the half.
, From there Salem - was nerer
headed although tied four times
la the ensuing ra;!d-rat9 ins!?
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BIG UPSETS
best tar the" stater tonrnamemt went
rew Witcher. Hedlger, Long, Z.
Bergstrom.
Airplane Plunge
False Alarm
Witness Tells of Seeing
Craft In no Trouble;
Airports Checked
A thorough lnrestigatlon yes
terday into stories that an air
plane bad plunged , to earth in
the Niagara country above Mill
City early Tuesday night resulted
la a conclusion that the accident
had not occurred. .
Giving special credence to this
conclusion was contact yesterday
with . a family . by the name of
Uobley that lives on a ranch
high on the mountain in the
Niagara district.
Mobley. 1 according to Mrs.
Gladys Harrow of the Mill City
telephone exchange, said he was
feeding his pigs at 5 o'clock
Tuesday, when a . tri-motored
monoplane passed In between the
two mountains. He said - he saw
the plane and that -there was no
eridence I- engine trouble.- He
added that in watching it ha no
ticed It was hidden from new
in the clouds sereral times dur
ing its passage orer that area.
The . Mobley ranch .la on tne
opposite , side ' of the mountain
from where U. - S. - Rider. Mill
City resident and former Salem
mail carrier, had declared re saw
the plane disappear.
Also pointing to the probabil
ity, that there was no crasr was
the" report yesterday afternoon
of ' Allan D. Greenwood. Port
land, state .aeronautics Inspector,
that - be had 'checked anc re
checked all airports and that no
plane was reported missing.
A. Elliott, acting manager
of the Detroit district cf the
Willamette national forest, 5 and
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MrsFDR Steps
:Into;SIencp'qn
Goodwill Visit
A',
EDINBtJRO. Tex.. March l-UPi
-The good neighbor, poller at the
new deal was represented in Mex
ico today by Mrs. Franklin D
nimiiinlt.
The'iWife of the president, ac
companied by .Mayor E. A. Brown
ot Edlnburr. and by her secretary
and ethers, visited Rfynosa, Mex
ico, -across the' border from Kiaai
go. Tex.' "V-'5'"i":T .
Mexican eXTicials presented her
witlt a larre'corsaxa ot flowers.
Mrs.' Rooserelt wa shown, about
the small border .town nd the
? Taconia Dank .Robbed
TACOM A," March 1 Sj-QPh-Iffs
depuUes kept Tigil at tour key
highway points throughout Pierce
county tonight la an attempt to
catch three bandits who held op
the Central bank .here this after
noon" and; escaped 'with approxi
mately 25,009 la cash. - ?
Port Closure
Threat Fades
For Portland
Chinese Show Willingness
to Disperse Pickets
on SpragueTlea
McNary Wires Advice
to Let US Assume
Responsibilities
PORTLAND, March 15.-UPV-
Wlth the apparent willingness of
Chinese . leaders . to withdraw
pickets from a ' scraplron ship.
the threat of a port closure de
creased here today.
The Waterfront Employers' a
sociation, although defied by
CIO longshoremen, extended the
deadline of its closure ultimatum
from 8 a. m. Thursday to the
same hour Friday. Spokesmen
had previously announced . the
port would be closed tomorrow
it longshoremen declined to pass
the Chinese line to load Junk
for Japan on the Greek steamer
Ann Stathatos today.
Governor Asks for
Federal Intervention
Shortly after the longshoremen
ignored the" order, Governor
Charles A. Sprague requested
Sen. Charles L. McNary, Oregon
republican, to ask the state de
partment at Washington to inter-rene.-,
5 v- . 'r i ;
-1 In reply, Senator McNary tele
graphed: 1 "Alter: considering the matter
most ot the day state department
through Under-Secretary Welles
believes ' It unwise to take the
initiative a a t 1 n g to do with
demonstration. The department
suggests that either you or I
make appeal to- attorney-general
for ad rice concerning legal right
to' dispose of scraplron. Conferred
also with . department ot labor
which is working along similar
lines."
Conference Set Here
Today on Dispute
Chinese leaders had promised
to terminate the protest it
"some action" was taken.
Meanwhile, Governor Sprague
requested groups involved In the
12-day blockade to confer with
him at Salem at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Chinese protestors, yielding to
a request of Governor Charles A.
Sprague that their efforts to stop
scraplron shipments not be per
mitted to close the port of Port
land, agreed at the executive of
fices here Wednesday to ask
their organizations to take the
pickets oft the Portland water
front.
The conference with - the Chi
nese representatives followed an
a g r e e m e n t by the Portland
Waterfront' Employers to hold up
their port closure tor 24 hours
while the gorernor lnterrened.
The state's chief executive was
reported to hare stressed to the
Chinese representativesthat their
protests - had attracted national
attention . to - the question of
whether oraot acxapiron should
be exported to Japaru Ha urged
that they now . concentrate their
efforts oa the j federal govern
ment which alone has power to
determine whether or 'not future
exports shall be permitted.
Dr. Benes Speaks
On 'World Crime'
CHICAGO, March 1 S.-tAV-Dr.
Eduard Benes, former president of
Csecho-Slovakia, tonight described
as a, "new, shocking international
crime" the dismemberment of his
native country. -
Without mentioning : Germany
or Adolf Hitler by name, he aaid
one of the four powers which ''sol
emnly promised" at . Munich to
guarantee existing and safety of
the, Czech o-Slorak territory,, had
"wantonly divided the territory
and is occupying it with its army"
a f t e r- rproToking difficulties"
which served as a "flimsy excuse
tor the act.-T-i ;iK: 1
I Dr.. Benes, now lecturing at the
Unlrerslty ot Chicago,' gare his re
action in a written statement to
the press.
Relief IMtsSent
";:IntovjnobdArtsa
JORDAN, Mont., March 15-
Reuex agencies seat .uetaenmeats
into this ice-locked prairie town
today to aid i 20 1 persoas driren
from their homes Monday ntght by
flood' water loosed when earth at
one end of an Irrlgatioa storage
dam gare away. :
The homeless .were being serred
meals at a community relief kitch
en established by , the' Red ' Cross.
CCC trucks began hauling away
hag Ice cakes which .littered the
tows, when the flood waters froze
tin extremely eold weatberwr
Hitler
Enters
Pragne Amidst
Quick Coup by Germaiiy
Stuns, ' Bewilders ; 5
Czech Capital; "
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Hungary, Poland .. . Unite
on Frontier; Some
Resistance Made
(By the Associated Press)
Germany took over Bohemia-
Moravia, ancient homeland of
the Czechs. Wednesday , with
succession of swift, deft strides
topped by a sudden, unheralded
entry of - ' Reichsf uehrer . Hitler
himself into the Czech ; capital,
Prague.
A stunned and bewildered
Czech ' populace i greeted the
goose-stepping Infantry and mo
torized columns which preceded
him either With silence er Jeers.
W o m e n nd men - too- wept
openly In the streets.
Although this occupation ... was
peaceful, there was fighting in
Carpatho-Ukraine, eastern ex
tremity of the fallen Czecho
slovak republic. Which w- s be
ing taken over by Hungary.
Hungarian Troops
Run Into Gunfire
The Hungarian foreign office
announced its troops were being
resisted by artillery and machine
gun fire. It was admitted there
were Hungarian casualties, but
tne numoer 01 aeae was not
known.
The fighting apparently was
by patriotic semi-military forma
tions. Regular Czech army units
had been ordered to retreat la
accordance with an Hungarian
ultimatum.
Early Thursday Hungarian
troops, after marching 80 miles
across Carpatho-Ukraine, reached
the Polish border at Lavoczne
and Sianki where they Were re
ceived happily by Polish troops.
They had established a common
Hungarian-Polish frontier."
Jews .SeetfOrw-t'-vCi-
As Freedom Goes : .
Hitler established a military
rule ! In 1 Bohemia and'Moraria,
the commanders having civil ad
ministrators under, them. - The
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Oackamas Ti
SupplyExhausted
OREGON CITY. March 15.-(ff)
-One hundred and twenty-fire
families faced loss of Immediate
sources of livelihood today when
two sawmills announced . they
would quit the Viola-Clarkes re
gion , because the timber supply
was exhausted ' i
The Roy Hehh company aaid
it probably wOuId seek ! another
location but the Clackamas fir
plant prepared' to 'dismantle. The
action, expected to .be completed
in three months,' also meant
termination of Clackamas Eaat-
era railroad. ' -
la the last two decades 600,-
000,000 board feet of lumber
hare been cut! ' Little remains
but brush covered stumpage. ,
p Professor
Dead at Ace 64
CORVALLIS, . March aSPW
O. C. Maulhe, ; ( , assistant phy
sical education professor of Ore-'
gon State college, died from' a
heart attack yesterday at Camp
Olympus near Olympia. Wash, i;
Mauthe came here 10 years
ago after previously baring been
Kith the Multnomah Athletic club
at PorUand from 191? to 192S.
His widow and a son survive.
Funeral services will he held
here Fridsy. :' . '
Chamberlain
Nazi Trade
LONDON, March lS-iPPrlmi
Minister Chamberlain replied to
Adolf Hitler's' swift liquidation of
Cxecho-SloTakia today by exclud
ing Germany, L forr the present,
from Britain's drive, fori concilia
tion through- trade. -4
: Before a tense, uneasy house of
commons the prime minister de
clared ri bitterly regretl the Ger
man fuehrer's action, wbleh he de
scribed as a "shock to confidence
ail' the more regrettable since
confidence was beginning lo re
Ttre." '- i ' -
In grave tones both Chamber
laUr and . Forelg Secretary' - Vis
count . Halifax noted ; that Ger
many, in taking orer Bohemia and
Moravia, ' wa -for the fim tlme
effeetlng military "occupation wt
territory - populated by ' non-Germanic
peoples.; -' "v -.
Halifax. spoke In the. house" of
lords and made the 1 same refer
e a e e as Chamberlain to the
"shock to eonfidenee. ' -
While Germany's forces were
marching through the time-worn
courtyards -of Prague, Chamber
lain was taunted -by a British la
bor party spokesman with charges
of Britain's '"huttlllatioa ' and
i shame' through the German coup.
fcrmanTroops
First Premier ,
XitnewNztion
- i. '
Dr. Joseph Tlso, first premier of
the new nation of Slovakia,
shown arriving in Berlin for
conference . with Adolf Hitler,
after which the reichs fuehrer
engineered the 8kvaklan se
. cession from Chechoslovakia.
AP Telemat,
Stark Will Head
US Navy Forces
Rear Admiral Is Appointed
to Succeed Adm. Leahy
WnaWill Retire
WASHINGTONV"Mach 5(ff)-
The nary announced tonight the
selection of Rear Admiral Harold
R. Stark, & 9-year-old Pennsy Ira
nian as the new chief of opera
tions, top post of the sea service.
"With President Roosevelt's ap
proval, a dozen other assignments
were made at the same time in an
annual shift of the high command.
Most ot the changes take effect In
June.
Stark will succeed Admiral Wil
liam D. Leahy, who is to retire
June 1 on reaching the statutory
age limit of 64.
I The chief "of operations Is ap
pointed tor tour years and has the
rank of full admiral while In the
post.
Precedent waa, set aside in the
selection of Captain John Henry
Towers, whom fellow officers call
"the nary's No. 1 aviator," as
chief ot the bureau of aegonautks.
Towers, a flier tor more than 27
years, at one time waa passed orer
for promotion and faced the pos
sibility of involuntary retirement.
Coast Fishermen
Vote to Join CIO
ASTORIA Ore.. March 15-
-The .Pacific Coast Fishermen's
union, claiming 200 members
In; the territory . between v-Fott
Bragg. Calif- and Alaska, Toted
2 to 1 today for affiliation With
the CIO Instead of the AFL. Sec
retary George Bambrlck , an
nounced. " .'''' : ' ..
The question 6f AFL-CIO at
filiation also is being to ted upon
by" the -4 Columbia . Rlrer . Fisher
men's Protective union, an Inde
pendent gillnetters organisation
Taken Aback
Plans Dropped
In addition, 'Anthony Eden, who
resigned as foreign .secretary 11
months ago In disagreement, with
Chamberlain s foreign policy, re
newed his request tor an all-party
government to "banish from our
people haunting fear." - . .
After quoting from Hitler's au
to bio graph leal book, "Mela
Kamnf.! which outlines his plana,
Eden said the present European
situation was heyond party con
troversy and called tor establish
ment of a eoalitioB government of
all parties. -: ii
Chamberlain andT Halifax both
announced that the projected Tls
lts ot ; Ollrer : Stanley, board, ot
trade : presided, and oreraeas
trade Secretary R. S Hudson to
Berlin for trade .talks -would he
"lnappropriate, 'mow,. and '.had
been "Dostooned.
Hudson, howerer, win go ahead
with hu scheduled visits to Mos
cow and other northern European
capitals. x - -- .
It was ' understood ? Sir Nerllle
Henderton, British ambassador to
Berlin, had been Instructed to in
form Germany ot this decision and
also ot . the fact that c Britain
rstrongly . deprecated" Germany's
march to the east which "waa not
contemplated at Munich."
Unempl
oyment
ation
Changes Voted
Bill's Reading in Full
Forced by Left Wing,
. Fuiished in Time
Windup Comes at 10:13
-Vitb Qocks Stopped
' c in Both Branches
Comnens
A . '
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
The 40th legislatire session of
Oregon, 6 days old and by nearly
one week the longest in the state's
history, fluttered to its close at
10:12 p.m." Wednesday, the sen-" '
ate concluding its work seven min- '
utes aftei- the house had adjourn
ed sine die at 10:06 p.m.
The senate ended in an ex
change of good wishes between its
members in sharp contrast to hos
tilities which broke out earlier
in the evening when Senators Ross .
and Kenin forced strict conform- ,
ance to constitutional require
ments that bills be read in full.
Irked because the senate had
refused to suspend its rules and
reconsider a measure to make de
linquent tax payments easier and
also seeking to block final passage
of HB 394 amending the unem- .
Dlovment compensation act. the
senators compelled Walter Meach
am, reading clerk, to drone ,
through the 40-page bUL Presi
dent Robert Duncan, obrlously
rexed at the procedure, spoke -harshly
to the two senators wbe
interrupted frequently to charge
that the bill was not being read
in fun.
a
Expected to Block ' .
Passage of BUI -
Kenin later stated that he ex
pected the sine die adjournment, -
called for at 9 p.m; in a concur- ,
rent resolution, to end the session
a. .. -a. a . a , at -f
vnui ine.oiu was- oeuig reao. r
House members,: advised of the
strategem. ' shifted - sine die ad
Journmentrto'10 o'clockith the
result that the upper assembly ap
proved major amendments to the
unemployment" law. Included In
the new ' measure is a ' prevision
that no benefit payments will be
paid striking workers, whether or
not plant activities ere stopped.
Rep. Frank Lonergan, who
throughout the long day prior to
adjournment, had ' tried throe
times to get his sales tax bill on -
final passage in the house, gare up
the battle early In the . evening
when e motion to adjourn until
this morning failed of adoption.
Earlier Lonergan had come with
in two rotes ot the necessary two
thirds majority required to sus
pend the house rules and get the
measure on final passage. Once la
aa effort to reconsider rules sus
pension. Lonergan appealed from j
Speaker Fatland's decision bet '
the house stood behind its presid
ing officer on the test rote. ."
Governor : Charles A. Sprague,
busy in' his office as the night
meeting closed, called members et
the senate railroads and utilities
committee to witness signature of
the PUD revenue ' bond act, the -
most bitterly fought bin of the
session. " ' v-
Shortly before adjournment the
governor sent a brief message to .
both houses, expressing his appro
elation f of the cooperation . ten
dered . the.; executive, department
during the. session.. ."I helleve the ' -s.
iota -t legislative . assembly nas
made good record, tor itself and
rendered enduring, seryice. to the
people of Oregon,.", be. declared .
Clocks In both legislative halls
were stopped as the hour of ten
approache l - to. conform with . the
sine die resolution. Lawrence
Christensen, building superinten
dent, and Lloyd Taylor, his asstst- -ant.
turned the electrical switch"
which ft the 'new . statebouse
clocks from the master system to
which they are connected and sav
ed t legislative -' workers n -' chore
which used , to come In the old
eapftol Jn the closing hours of tbe
session.'." . 1 ,
Three new Records - -
Are Established
'The session set -three new re
cc ds."It was the -longest It the
a a t a - . at u. SwSll w A -
utiw UiVt iuviv aaaasa a w -v a g,
were introduced t: aa la any pre- -vious
assembly. The former high
mark was In 113 J when 955 hills
were proposed -la the two houses. ;
tKA AAA. th eifiat 'Malr ftnrM'
compared to 1137,744 Spent In tb :
I T-day session of II 17.' The wsys .
and means committee, at adjoura-' '
meat,- had set aside f JtO.OOO tot -the
session's cost,
Major enactment of the eloaltig -day
were the long-debated tax ,re ' ,
vision .nuis. unaer uieso-- eaact
menu, the atate drops its flat 4 -
per. cent: tax on income, from ta-r ' .
tangibles. Hereafter. all such In
come will h Included in the reru-
lar personal . Income .tax charges. -with
the prorlsion. that a 1 per
cent surtax he added, to the por
tion ef -personal luconjo. received
from ir tangibles. . . : . r-. -
r The two houses agreed to. drop .
the property tax. exemptions ox :
corporate excise taxes, to 0 per
cent. The present exemption Is us1
to 7S: per: cent sea corporate In
comes. :. v . .V ; ;'
Major change was a revision lnt;'
i - (Turn to pate Z, column 8 )