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Industries pM
Add $700,000
Disabled
Qiairmau Lonergah of House Judicial
Body Resents Slurs; Reveals Work
of Consolidating Program ;
By STEPHEN C. MERGLER ;
The senate industries! committee of the Oregon legislature
Monday night tentatively approved increases in workmen's com
pensation law benefits estimated to pay out $700,000 more a year
than now received to. industrial workers suffering disablements.
.The committee agreed to a man that ho major changes would
be made in their agreed figures, which are, to be incorporated
in
a new dui suosmuwng wr 00
160 and to be introduced in the
tipper house on Wednesday.
' Should this bill be enacted, its
provisions would represent the
first changes of any importance
made in benefits schedules since
the workmen's compensation law
was enacted in 1913. Revision was
recommended by Gov. Charles A.
Sprague.
This bill, with an occupational
disease code, a . new element in
workmen's compensation in Ore
gon, will complete the most im
portant and time-consuming tasks
before the committee, Sen. Ronald
E. Jones (R-Mar ion) said. ?
Occupation Disease Bill
Will Be Discussed A tain
Also tentatively agreed upon
but to be considered at one more
committee meeting Wednesday
night, the occupational disease bill
would cost the compensation fund
about 30,060 a year, it vas esti
mated.' - ' K- "r
Principal benefits under the
new committee bill on bodily
losses or permanent disablements
are as follows, with present al
lowances listed in parentheses i
One arm $4860 ($2400); one
hand $2700 ($1900); one leg;
S3300 ($2200); one foot $2600
(1K00); bis toe $450 ($250);
other toes $100 each, unchanged
Both ears $4800 ($2400); one
ear $1200 ($900); one eye $2000
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Alfonso Still
Unchanged
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ROME, Feb. 24.-(P)-Physicians
of former Kins Alfonso XIII of
Spain described his condition
Monday night as "unchanged'
after a day in which he showed
continued resistance to. a heart
affliction that held him near
death.
A few intimates were admitted
to the hotel room where the for
mer monarch was propped up in
an overstuffed chair.
They expressed belief that he
was "somewhat better." His
breathing, however, still was said
to be difficult.
. His flueen, Victoria Eugenia,
and their children remained close
to the sickroom but took occasion
al recesses from the constant vigil
of the past two nights when death
appeared imminent.
Federal Chief Questions,
Okehs Jobless Proposals
" By RALPH C. CURTIS
Fears that two employer-proposed amendments in the Ore
gon unemployment compensation law might prevent its re-certification
by the federal social security board were allayed in
one case by a reply from William McCaw, director of the federal
board's unemployment compensa
tion division. The second bill's
status was still partly in doubt
for the reason that McCaw's ref
erence to it was subject tcmore
than one interpretation.
The inquiry had been sent to
Washington, DC by Paul Gurske,
president of the Oregon Federa
tion of labor. The reply was sent
to him and presumably an iden
tical letter was received by the
state ccnmission.
' , McCaw stated ' that HB 400,
which relates to the seasonality
question, fwill not present any
problems with respect to certifi
cation." One of the bill's principal de
partures from the present law is
a provision that the "off season"
shall include a period in which
the employer's payroll is reduced
by 50 per cent or more, rather
than being confined to a period
In which; he does not operate at
alL
McCaw further stited that HB
414, which would petain experi
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Workers
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Earl Browder
Quits J6K
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Communist Party
Chief Prepares
to Serve' Term
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-0P)-Earl
Browder announced tonight he
was resigning as general Secretary
of the communist party in the
United States and would.be suc
ceeded! by -Robert Minor, veteran
communist leader and one of the
party's founders in this country.
J EARL BROWDER
Browder shortly will begin
serving a four year sentence for
using a passport obtained by
fraud. His conviction was upheld
last week by the supreme court.
Minor, once one of the coun
try's highest paid newspaper car
toonist, was one of a group which
broke away from the old socialist
party in 1919 to found the com
munist party.
With Browder and William Z.
Foster, national chairman, Minor
has helped guide the party's poli
cies for many years. He is a na
tive of San Antonio, Tex. j -
Lobby Hobnobber f'c1
That senatorial-appearing fel
low whom you knew you had seen
somewhere before but couldn't
quite place was Herman D. Kenin,
of orchestral fame. A brother of
Sen. Harry M. Kenin of Portland,
he was' a caller in the senate Mon
day. The brothers Kenin both
changed professions to become at
torneys, Sen. Harry dropping a
college professorship and Maestro
Herman, of course, trading his
scores for foolscap. Herman and
George Olson, also of early day ra
dio fame in Portland, grew up to
gether as orchestra leaders, so to
speak, With Olson going on to New
York City and Kenin shaping a
musical organization that made
many recordings and world-wide
tours. Herman Kenin. in fact, was
on a world cruise with his orches
tra when his brother cabled the
news of his admission to the bar.
He's still tied to the music world,
as northwest representative for
vors
Seventh Week
ature
Brings Action
Five Major Measures
; Given Consideration
by Both Houses -
By AUL W. HARVEY, Jr.
- The Oregon legislature
opened, the seventh week of its
session Monday with a burst of
speed, ; giving consideration to
five major bills.
Monday's action included:
1. The senate passed unani
mously and sent to the house
the key bill of Gov. Charles A.
Spracue's forestry conservation
prorram, the measure riving
the state board of forestry au
thority to acquire private lands
for reforestation purposes. '
- 2. The house passed 47 to 11
and sent to the; senate the bill
to provide a fourth congression
al district.
3. The senate killed 19 to 9 a
bill to give Klamath county a
senator of its own at the ex
pense of the 19th district (Uma
tilla, Morrow and Union).
4. The house approved 58 to
2 and sent to the senate the ad
ministration -endorsed bill te
raise the old age pension maxi
mum from $30 to $40 a month.
5. The senate sent to the
house by a 21 to 7 vote the
prima facie speed bill, raising
the speed limit from 45 te 55
miles an hour and shifting the
- harden of proof from the offi
cer to the drive, 1
There was no debate on the for-1
estry : bill," prepared by the Oregon
Economic council's forest conser
vation committee.
, Under a law passed in 1939, the
state may acquire burned-over and
cut-over lands from counties.
These lands would be reforested
by the state, with the bulk of the
revenue to be turned over to the
counties.
The bill passed Monday would
give the state the same rights as
to privately-held lands..
The congressional district bill,
drafted by the house reapportion
ment committee, would 'set up a
new district comprising Benton,
Coos; Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Jo
sephine, Lane and Linn counties.
There -was almost no debate on
the measure, the arguments having
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Arms Program
Jumps Again
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2i.-(JP)
The United States armaments
program has jumped to "close to
$31,000,000,000," Budget Director
Harold D. Smith said Monday
night after President Roosevelt
asked congress to furnish $3,812,
311,197 to the war department
immediately because of "contin
gencies which have arisen."
Mr. Roosevelt sent a letter to
Speaker Rayburn asking the
funds for 17 war department
functions, ranging from $1,412,
261,000 for the air corps to $15,000
for the Fort Benning, Ga., infan
try school.
Of the total, somewhat more
than half was for projects which
he had outlined earlier, to be car
ried out in the 1942 fiscal year
begining next July 1, and thus
represented no addition to the de
fense program. Budget Director
Smith said, however, that about
$1,750,000,000 was an augmenta
tion of the program.
the American Society of Authors
and Composers, i against .whom
Sen. Coe A. McKenna of Portland
has introduced a; bill at this ses
sion. . Not on the Record The senate's
defeat of the bill to give Klamath
county a senator ' all its own and
wipe out Sen. Ellis joint districts
wasn't easy on southeast Oregon
tempers. "Who do you think you're
representing? . Aren't you repre
senting the state of Oregon?" Rep.
Henry Semon of Klamath was ov
erheard to inquire heatedly, of
Sen. McKenna later In the day.
' :"No! v I represent Multnomah
county," was McKenna's reply.
V Semon walked away.
. Mrs. Ronald, E. 'Jones, wife of
the hard-working chairman of the
senate industries committee, , paid
a visit Monday to the senate
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OfLcgisl
lilie . lift: Job Benefits
Four of Germany's "Big Seven" Plan War
Here Is a rare and unusual picture of nasi leaders In conference, four of Germany's -Big Seven." At the
extreme left, readily recognizable is the fuehrer himself. Next is Propaganda Minister Goebbels, then
Reichmlnister Rudolph Hess, said to be Hitler's successor when and if the big boss loses his Job by
death or otherwise and finally State Leader Gorlitzar. Fat and fancy Herman Geering probably Just
stepped out when this picture was taken and the e her two of the big seven. Relchleiter Dr. Ley and
Reichmuiister Dr. Lammers were too far ctown the table to get Into focus.
Sprague Given
Citizen Medal
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Marion Post of VFW
Presents Highest
Civilian Award
Need for a national spirit which
will transcend group self-interest,
so that neither employers nor la
bor will seek undue benefit from
the defense program, was cited by
Gov. Charles A. Sprague as he
accepted the citizenship medal
presented to him Monday night by
Marion Post No. 661, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, in ceremonies at
the VFW clubhouse attended by
members of that organization and
its auxiliary from many parts of
western Oregon.
"Let us do oar utmost to
make the nation strong," Gov
ernor Sprague advised, "while
we keep' alive the candle of
faith-that the world ultimately
will become a more decent place
to live." For Oregon, he out
lined a program of "contribut
ing our share to national de
fense" while avoiding the hys
teria that breeds false suspi
cion and unjust accusations of
disloyalty.
The governor commended the
Veterans of Foreign Wars for
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hi foe Mx..
Paul Hauser' Column
Well, there are only four more
days left in February and the
Japanese plum trees Dr. R. Moul-
ton Gatke plant
ed for Willam
ette are in bios- f
som. ;
The Japanese
plum trees are?
right pretty andi
so far no one. has;
sent a telegram j
or a resoluuon
to the president'
asking that their
spread south
ward be dealt
with with a firm
hand.
rani H. Baater, Jr.
There are four more days in
February . and then March will
come in, . one way or the other.
Whether It comes in like a lion
or comes In like a lamb you can
be certain of two things: (1) the
legislature will still be with us
and so far seems to show no in
dication of going out like a lamb,
(2) you will have to pay your
income tax by midnight of March
15. . -:' -' ,.
' For . such a short month Feb
ruary got a lot done. As far as we
can tell now there are no more
big doings, bat what do yen want
in 2S days after Groundhog day,
Valentine's day, A. Lincoln's
birthday and G. Washington's
-' There was some grumbling
among, the younger element -that
G. Washington's birthday was on
a Saturday and they didn't have
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Der Fuehrer's Speech Excerpts
"Our struggle at sea only now can begin," he said. ''The
. reason for this lies in the fact that, to begin with, we wanted
- ta train: new crews for U-boats which are now ready .
hereulbe no doubt about tha s r
""Those gentlemen (the British), "however, must be pre-
pared for still bigger events in March and April. Then they
will find out whether we slept through the winter or who
made use of time."
"In these long months, during which we fought with
so few submarines, Italy tied up large forces for us."
"It does not make any difference te us whether our Stukas
pick off English ships in the North sea or the Mediterranean.
It is always the same. One thing is certain, however: Whenever
British ships cruise we shall set against them ear submarines
until the hour of decision."
i
"I'll, not set definite dates, for major operations. Date
setting is the business of journalists ... I look to the future
with fanatica confidence."
"There is no doubt but that the union which binds two
revolutions and two men together Is indissoluble and that If
one of the two meets hard luck the other will stand by him.
Wheeler Threatens US
Stump on Aid Bill
La Follette, Clark and Other Senators
Denounce Administration for "War
Plans" and "Turbulent Untruths"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 W Looking beyond the forth
coming senate action on the lease-lend bill, Senator Wheeler
(D-Mont.) declared Monday that if the measure were passed, its
opponents would conduct a campaign from coast to coast in an
effort to keep the United States
out of war.
"J am going to stump the
country, and I am going to try
to get other senators to do like
wise," he told reporters. He said
that some other senators had al
ready agreed to address mass
meetings "from Boston to Cali
fornia.' (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5)
Proposed Salem Milk Control
Action Postponed to March 10
- Salem's proposed new milk or
dinance will be revised and dis
cussed by milk producers and of
ficers of the city health depart
ment before it is presented to the
city council at its March 10 meet
ing, it was decided Monday night
at - a public hearing on the, new
legislation held in the, council
chambers by the council's commit
tee on health and sanitation. '
' The decision-to postpone action
on the new milk ordinance for a
three-week period came after two
hours and a half of intensive dis
cussion of the whole problem of
milk production in the Salem area
by producers,, distributors, repre
sentatives of the health depart
ment, and Mrs. G. F. Lobdell,
Ej B. Perrine and Arthur O. Da
vison, members of the council's
committee. i ' --
Objections te the new ordin
ance, statement of which was
requested at the outset of the
i
Roosevelt Returns
HYDE PARK. NY, Feb. 24
(JP) President Roosevelt left
Monday night for Washington,
where he will confer with con
gressional leaders tomorrow
morning on the chances of com
pleting legislative action this
week en the British aid bill.
meeting; by Alderman Davison,
were confined te details of the
bill, rather than te bread ques
tions of policy.
Among these was the objection
brought up by milk operators at
the last council meeting to provi
sions of the new ordinance ' pro
viding for the designation of some
Grade B milk' as "Grade A for
pasteurization.
Designation Substitution
Answer To-Objections -
The substitution of the desig
nation "raw milk for pasteuriza
tion" for this term, suggested by
Dr. V. A. Douglas, county health
officer, appeared to answer ob
jections to the . bill's original, ter
minology, considered by produ
cers of Grade A milk to be con
trary to their Interests.
The matter of bottling mny on
the farm .where produced, a pro
vision which also drew. criticism
at the council meeting, was dis
uge Tonnage
At Sea Draws Be
Adolf
Tells
. -.i 'it
Fails to Mention Qianiiel TIiriist,
Indicates Major;Land Battle;
Bulgarian March Awaited 1
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LONDON, Feb24--Tne British Press Association asserted
Monday night the Hitler claim that 215,000 tons of British shipping-
have been sunk In two days "is as far removed from the
truth' as German announcements usually prove to be."
. Renters, British news agency. , called the! : Hitler speech
.tedious." .--.:--.-,- j-
The Daily Mail took the Occasion te call for vigorous ship
ping policy, declaring "a strong competent minister of shipping
'with a place In the war cabinet should be appointed at once."
(By the Associated Press)
Adolf Hitler told his aplaudingfaithful. in Munich's Mof
brau Monday that a great -nazi submarine offensive against
Britain would begin next month and declared Germany and
Italy were linked indissolubly jeven if one encounters "hard luck's
along the warpath. - f ; '
This speech followed Premier Mussolini's acknowledgement
Sunday the German planes and armored units 'now were aiding
Italy in Sicily and in Libya where-the British wiped out an en
tire Italian army corps and air squadron. , '
The fuehrer in announcing
US and British
i
Warn Japan
Report Nippon Told;
to Keep Hands off i
Singapore, Isles
LONDON. Feb. 24 - (JP) The!
United States and Great Britain
were
reported Monday to have
advised Japan to keep hands off
Singapore .and The Netherlands
East Inclie'v 'ZZje"-" " j
These rcpoits Were published: in
London as Prime Minister Chur
chill conferred with Japanese
Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitlu,
but the reported warning was riot
believed to have been issued in
their meeting. l
The Japanese envoy. It was
said, songht clarification of
Britain's attitude in the far east,
particularly in view of her min
ing of the sea approaches to
Singapore, her great Pacific
base. Churchill was understood
to have given written replies
to inquiries by Japanese For
eign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka.
Japanese circles called the
Churchill - Shigemitsu conversa
tion "very fruitful" and said they
felt the discussion "should con
tribute to removing misunder
standings between the two coun
tries." f
In the absence of Foreign Sec
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Greeks Take
Over 20,000 j
ATHENS, Feb. 24.-;p)-Ttie
Greek-army in almost four months
of war has captured 20,000 Ital
ians and "will not cease, fightifig
until the Italians are out of Al
bania," a government spokesman
said Monday night-' !
The statement was a detailed
reply to the speech Sunday by
Premier Mussolini, who repre
sented Greek losses as heavy aiid
minimized Italy's casualties.
,In view of German hopes of
forcing . Greece to sue for peace
with Italy, observers expressed
interest in the statement that the
Greeks will not rest until they
drive the Italians out of Albania.
cussed but was not clearly de
cided. . : 1
Opposition to sack a stipu
lation was expressed by B. F.
Flndley of Dave's Independent
Dairy, who declared himself fit'
accord with ether provisions of
the new 'ordinance, hat stated
that under actual conditions of
mOk prodactlon, ttmkisiig
milk from two or mere farms
would net materially affect Its
quality se lens; as proper sani
tary and cooling devices were
maintained. , - . r
Inclusion of the provision was
explained by Dr. Douglas on the
ground that it assures immediate
determination of the source of any
particular bottle of mOk, an im
portant consideration in times jot
epidemic or sickness traceable; to
impure milk supply. - . i
Objection to a requirement that
concrete or other impermeable
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JLoss
niai;
that German planes, ships, and
submarines had, sunk 215.000 tons
of British shipping in the past
two days said ;that was 'only a
taste of what was to come that
new submarines had been built
. and new crews trained during the
I winter. ; ;
j He neither mentioned the long
j heralded invasion of England nc r
': reiterated a previous forecast that
a German victory would be
achieved this; year.
: Indicates Major Land
Operations Are Imminent
Bu indication that major
lana operations, also might be im
minent ne assert ea -victory will
follow the marching feet of our
soldiers' " : :; " f f '
In expectation of a German
march. into Bulgaria British citi
zens were leaving Bulgaria, a fact
that led the officially-inspired
Turkish newspaper to comment
that the axis powers are "going" to
try to occupy the whole Mediter
ranean." j
Diplomatic sources said, the
British minister la Sofia,
George RendeL planned to oait
Bulgaria this week.
Bulgarian- police still were
searching fori Former Deputy
George Dimitroff. leader of the
Bulgarian farmers party which
has openly appealed for an aatl
Germaa front:
Axis-allied Japan has bombers '
and troops stationed in j French
Indo-China and her diplomats are
acting as mediators in a border
dispute between the French col
ony and Thailand. Thus far the
mediation has failed to click and
a new 10-day extention of the
armistice period was announced
Sunday. A
German Bembers Resume
Night Raids on London
German bombers swept across
the English channel under starlit
skies last night to resume their
attacks on London after a' day ex
scattered raids s over East Anglia
and north Scotland where the
government said there were
neither casualties nor damage.
In Africa reinforced ; British
columns hammering at the Italian
i-iwsuu coioniesi were said 10 nave
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Sprague Asks
Fund for 943
Centennial )
Gov. Charles A. Sprague re
commehded -in fa message to the
legislature Monday that "a mo
dest appropriation" be made for
publicizing thej centennial of the
first passage f a wagon train
over the Oregon Trail and the
Champoeg meeting for organiza
tion of . the Oregon : provisional
government in 1 1943. . . -"1st
view ef the approach of
this important milestone In the
history ef ear state," the gov
ernor slated.! "I recommend
thai the forty-first legislative
assembly, by appropriate actios, "
snake official reeognltiosi eg
. tats historic anniversary.'"
Gov. Sprague recommended
that funds be given the Travel
and Information department cf,
the state highway commission to
advertise the anniversaries, r-
Ldto Sports
VANCOUVER, Feb. 24.-(CP-Seattle
Olympics stepped-into a
second-place tie with Vancouver
Lions in the Pacific coast hockey
league standings, by handing th
Vancouver team a 4-2 defeat in'
an overtime game here Mcnday-night
Plans