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Basis
Measure Eliminating System
Of Fees Goes to Senate;
Constables Affected I
Jurisdiction of Civil Cases up to
$500 Approved; Requirement of
Bar Membership Stricken :
. Measures eliminating the fee system' of compensating justices
r of the peace and constables, substituting salaries based upon
population of the district, limiting the number of justice dis
tricts in a county, and adding to the jurisdiction of iuch courts
crvu cases involving sums up to
$500, were approved by the house
of representatives on Friday. The
principal measure of the two em
bodying these changes was passed
by a yote of 45 to 15.
The bills now go to the senate.
' A k requirement jthat candidates for
: justice of 'the 'peace, other than
incumbents, should be members
of, ttje bar, had ; been eliminated
by. amendment. :
House Reverse Self , . .
" The bouse reversed itself and
voted 37 to 23 to investigate ad
mhiistraton of public , welfare in
pregon, ; ' '. . , - ,
' ; The vote approved a , resolution
- b$r Bjep1 ;4. P. Perry , (D-Colum-bia)
which the! house had previ
ously, rejected. The resolution sets
up an interim committee of house
' members only, making no senate
action necessary.
"There have been many com
plaints about inequalities in re
lief for the ated," said Ferry.
"The mere appointment of a
committee to investigate these
inequalities would result in the
elimination of most of them."
The house killed 30 to 28 a
measure to pension judges who
reach the age of 70 after serving
17 years and those physically un
able to carry on their duties.
. The joint ways and means com
mittee took a hand in pensions
also, , recommending defeat of
-three measures to provide a min
imum pension of .$30 a month and
to exempt the first $15 of outside
income in determining need for
old age pensions.
Judiciary Retirement
.Under the judiciary retirement
measure, which sponsors said
would relieve congestion in the
courts, retired; circuit and su
preme court judges would receive
$200 a , month; for life. Judges
would contribute 2Vi per cent of
their salaries and the state would
match the amount.
' Rep. Frank J. Ixmergan (R
Multnomah) said that 36 states
and the federal Judiciary have
' such retirement plans. "If there
Is any profession that deserves
retirement recognition," he said,
"surely it Is the Judiciary.'
Rep. Stanhope Pier (R-Mult-nomah)
opposed the measure,
saying; "it's not rood public pol-
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The house, hoping for an ad
journment next Thursday or Fri
day, clamped a five hiinute limit
on the time each meniber may de
bate any measure, j
Consideration of tl?e senate
amendment to the congressional
redistricting bill removing Benton
county from the new! fourth dis
trict and leaving it ! in the first
was postponed by thf house until
Monday at 10:30 a. m.
Measure Rereferred i
A measure to place a 12 per
cent tax against electric service
charges of publicly jowned elec
tric utilities was rereferred to the
taxation and revenue committee
over objections H Rep. C. T.
Hockett (R-WallowaX chairman.
The bill originally! would have
placed the tax on all utilities but
was amended to leave privately
owned utilities undelr the present
tax structure.
With 15 dissenting votes the
house approved a measure to
change the manner of petitioning
for establishment of: housing au
thorities. The measure would make it
necessary for petitions requiring
a municipality to investigate hous
ing conditions and sft up an au
thority to carry names of two per
cent of the voting population.
The investigation is now man
datory on the municipality if pe
titioned by 25 persons.
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GRAND
Today Jane Withers, Buddy
Rogers in "QoLden Hoofs."
Ralph Bellamy tt 'tEllery-Queen,
Master Detective.'
CAPITOL
Today Adolph Menjou, Car
ole Landis in "jload Show."
Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette in
"Ridin' on a Rainbow."
' STATE
Today Pat O'Brien,! Gale Page in
Knute Rockne, All American"
plus "The World in Flames."
Saturday midnightj-Alice Faye,
Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John
Payne in "Tin Pan Alley."
LIBERTY
Today Roy Rogers fin "Come on
Ranger." Richard! Arlen, Andy
Devine in "Black Diamonds."
HOLLYWOOD
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the horse and buggy days formula with the speed
of tho modern Vehicle. ! It's the Invention of Roy
Sheldon, a Redmond, Ore., machinist. The "horse"
pulls the wagon at 15 miles per hour. Roy steers
with his reins, the horse's head turning with the
House i Bills
INTRODUCED FRIDAY
HB 540, by ways and means
Appropriation for department of
state. ij
PASSED IN HOUSE
HB 183, by Rodman Relating
to creation of city and - county
housing authorities.
HB 269, by Carson,: Duncan,
Jones and Steelhammer and Sens.
R. E. Jonesi and ; McKay To di
vide judicial district of Marion
and Linn counties into two ju
dicial districts.
HB 347, by Chindgren Relat
ing to control of insect pests.
HB 429, py agriculture Relat
ing to farmer's produce license.
HB 535, by highways and high
way revenues Relating to allo
cation of highway revenues to
cities.
HB 481, by revision of laws
Relating to justice courts and
constables.
HB 483, by revision of laws
Relating to; civil jurisdiction of
justice courts.
HB 502, by alcoholic control
Relating to; liquor control,' club
licenses. ! J
HB 534, by ways and means
Appropriation for agricultural
experiment station.
PASSED BY SENATE;
HB 459, by counties and cities
To authorize municipal corpor
ations to borrow money upon
short term botes.
HB 524, by ways and means
Appropriation for use of emer
gency board1.
HB 525, by ways and means-r-Appropriaiton
for public assist
ance and expenses of state and
county public welfare commis
sion. HB 531, by ways and means
Appropriation for expenses of
state treasury department.
HB 322, by Hosch and Morse
T o authorize Cancellation o f
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taxes, interest and penalties un
der certain i conditions.
HB 214, by highways and high
way revenues To authorize de
struction by public utilities com
missioner of obsolete records.
Bill Enforces
Employer Bond
The senate Friday approved
without serious opposition a bill
by the industries committee regu
lating employers who vote to re
ject the workmen's compensation
law.
Under this measure these em
ployers would be compelled to
provide private insurance satis
factory to the state insurance
commissioner or post a bond of
$25,000 for the protection of their
workers injured in accidents.
Sen. Ronald E. Jones, chairman
of the committee, said the bill had
been considered carefully and was
reported out with a "do pass" re
commendation. '
Log Loads Bill
Gets Approval
The senate Friday approved a
bill by Sen. Lew Wallace (D
Mult.) increasing the maximum
combined vehicle and load weight
of trucks used in log hauling
operations Ifrom 54,000 to 68,000
pounds.
Sen. F. M. Franciscovich (R
Clatsop) said this legislation
would not benefit the coast coun
ties but would prove a boon to
log hauling operations in the Wil
lamette valley and eastern Ore
gon. He denied statements that
the heavier loads would damage
the highways.
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in the wagon. One gallon of gas will run It all
day. The horse has knee-action and gallops tip and
down as it pulls the wagon. The machine was
made from cream separators, a washing machine,
sheep shearing gear, lawn mower and auto parts.
Senate Bills
INTRODUCED FREOAY
SB 385, by revision of laws
Relating to investments ; by state
bond commission .
SB 386, by industries Relating
to unemployment compensation
funds.
SB 387, by Kenin Relating to
vocational schools.
SB 388,' by Wallace Relating to
certificate of public use.
SB 389, by ways and means
Relating to wayward girls.
SB 390, by industries-Relating
to operation of workmen's com
pensation law.
SB 391, by industries Relating
to benefits under workmen's com
pensation law,
PASSED BY SENATE
SB 207, by education Relating
to changes in school district bound
aries. '
SB 294, by mining To provide
spectrogr a phic laboratory.
SB 259, by Ellis Providing text
books for free; use of pupils in all
standard elementary schools.
SB 374, by industries Relating
to workmen's compensation act.
SB 319, by Wallace Relating to
size and weight of vehicles on
highways.
PASSED BY HOUSE
SB 99, by banking Relating to
regulation of small loan business.
SB 122, by Best Relating to
rates and charges of railroads.
SB 147, by game Relating to
game propagation and conserva
tion. SB 229, by game Relating to
game refuges and reserves.
SB 238, by Wallace and Rep.
Wilson Relating to contracts be
tween employers and third per
sons for beenfit of sick or injured
employes.
SB 253, by McKenna and Rep.
Lonergan Amending anti-price
discrimination act.
SB 275, by Clark et al Relating
to salaries of Douglas county of
ficials. SB 325, by commerce and navi
gation Relating to royalties for
material taken from navigable
streams.
Interim Committee
On Roads Sought
Sen. Charles Childs (R-Linn)
introduced a resolution Friday
providing for appointment of an
interim committee to consider
roadside problems and recom
m e n d regulations of property
used for commercial purposes in
rural areas adjacent to the high
ways. The committee would be com
posed of five members, two to
be appointed by the president of
the senate and three by the
speaker of the house. They would
report their findings at the 1943
legislative session.
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"Fair Trades" BiU Defeated;:
Reconsideration Sought ---
Measure With Sharper; Teeth Upheld
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. -By a vote of, 17. to 12 the "fair, trades' ibill, containing
sharpef'teeth" than the law now in effect in Oregon, was de
feated in the-senate on Friday but Sen. Joel C. Booth (R-Linn)
announced that he would move today for reconsideration. '
Sen., Douglas McKay (R-Mar-
ion) said the bill, , which would
prohibit merchants from selling
goods . below cost plus overhead,
was copied in part from the Wash
ington law which has been upheld
by the state's supreme court. ;
This measure, if passed by the
legislature, would protect ail
classes of merchants as well as
the public," Sen. McKay declared.
He denied that the bill was de
signed to fix prices or that it was
directed at the chain stores. A pe
tition was presented by Senator
McKay showing that the proposed
legislation had received the in
dorsement of 17 trade organiza
tions in Oregon.
Three Proposals
Three outstanding proposals in
the measure were cited by McKay.
He said one of these would pre
vent unfair discrimination in
prices while another would have a
tendency to do away with loss-
leaders. The third would allow the
attorney general and district at
torneys to prosecute in cases
where the law is violated.
Under the present law filing of
suits for violations is up to the of
fended merchant.
Sen. Coe McKenna (R-Mult.)
said tU proposed law would in
ject the police power of the state
into merchandising.
Sen. Thomas R. . Mahoney,
Multnomah county, asked Een.
McKay who drafted the mea
sure. McKay replied that it was
submitted by the Willamette
"Valley Food Dealers association.
"The lobby for this bill Is the
most vicious of any at this leg
islative session," Mahoney
charged.
Others who spoke against the
measure were Sen. Walter E. Per
son (D-Mult) and C. H. Zurcher
(R-Wallowa). Zurcher said the
people of my district were opposed
to the legislation for the reason
that it was against the interests of
the poor person.
Sen. Pearson branded the mea
sure as an imposition on the peo
ple of this state.
Claim Farmers Favor
"The farmers of Oregon favor
this legislation," Sen. W. E. Burke
(R-Yamhill) averred.
Voting for the bill:
Sens. Burke, Cornett, Dickson,
Dunn, Fisher, Franciscovich, R.
E. Jones, Kauffman, Stadelman,
Strayer, Walsh and McKay.
Against the measure:
Sens. Belton, Best, Booth, El
lis, J. N. Jones, Kenin, Lee, Ma
honey, McKenna, Pearson. Stel
wer, Wallace, Wheeler, Wipper
man, Zurcher and President
Walker and Childs.
The senate approved a bill by
Senator Rex Ellis, Umatilla' coun
ty, extending, the use of free text
books to pupils in private and
parochial schools, fax Oregon. Use
of 'free textbooks is now restricted
to the public schools.
Sen; Ellis said this measure was
designed to place .all of the school
children on a par and that it would
add little expense to the taxpay
ers.. ' i '.'
"It is my opinion that children
in the private and parochial
schools should have the same priv
ileges as those in the public
schools, Sen. Harry Kenin (R
Mult) declared. .
This bill was passed by a vote of
19 to 9.
Pro Tem Bill
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Attorney . General I. H. Van
Winkle Friday advised Sen. Ash
by Dickson (D-MulU) that house
bill No. 38, providing for the ap
pointment of circuit judges pro
tem by presiding and senior cir
cuit judges, is unconstitutional.'
The measure was introduced
by -Rep. Leo Smith (D-Mult)
and passed the senate with only
nine dissenting votes. It previous
ly was approved in the house.
Sen. Dickson opposed the bill
on the ground that iUwas a vio
lation of the state constitution
which provides that circuit judges
shall be elected by the voters.
Sponsors of the . measure said
its passage would assist in clear
ing the circuit court docket in
Multnomah county without the
necessity of creating another per
manent judgeship.
Committee Votes
To Kill Measure
The joint ways and means com
mittee Friday voted to kill a bill
to permit the deduction of fed
eral lnteritance taxes in! paying
state inheritance taxes. Members
of the committee said this would
cost the state $125,000 a year.
Disapproval, also was given
three measures to provide a mini
mum pension of $30 a month, and
that the first $15 of outside in
come shall not be considered In
distribution of old age assistance.
The committee approved an ap
propriation of $15,000 for the in
struction of handicapped childrert
in the schools. . I
Another appropriation of $6000
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BillsOkehed
. Sen. Ellis Attacks
Lack of Allowance
for New Ward
Football! "mousetrap" tactics
failed in the senate Friday as the
appropriation bill for; the . two"
state hospitals sailed through
despite an attack by Sen. Rex El
lis (R-Umailla) based upon Its '
lack of an , allowance of $30,000
for a tubercular ward at the east
ern Oregon hospital, and another
by Sen. Harry Kenin who favored
an additional amount sufficient to
reduce working hours of hospital '
employes to eight daily.
"It looks to me as though the
ways and means committee has
been partial to the western Ore
gon state hospital -which has
been allowed capital eutlay-appropriations
ef nearly a million ' '
dollars," Sen. Ellis said.. He
presented figures showing that
the eastern Oregon hospital
management had returned more
than $50,000 to the general fund
last biennium. ' '. . h ;
Sen. Ellis moved, that the meas- -ure
. be sent back . to committee
with instructions to Insert a $30,
000 appropriation for the proposed
tubercular ward. An amendment
to Ellis motion was offered by
Sen." Kenin to; provide funds to
reduce working hours. ' b -"This
legislature hasn't done
a thing in the way ef social
legislation," Sen. Kenin : de
clared. "It is a disgrace to work
any person 12 hours a day as
Is the practice at these state"
hospitals." Both the Fills and
Kenin motions were veted
down. ; - '
Sen. Kenin then offered an
other motion that the measure be
amended so that state hospital
employes would not work more
than nine hours a day. This mo
tion also was promptly rejected.
Again Sen. Kenin arose and
asked for an amendment that
state hospital employes be re
stricted to 10 hours work a day.
He was ruled out of order.
Renin's remarks regarding
working hours at the state hospi
tals were protested by Senator W.
E. Burke (R-Yamhill). . .
"Why do you make such re
marks as these when yon dont
know what ' yen are talking
about?" Senator Burke asked.
Sen. Walter E. Pearson explain
ed that provision had been made '
by the ways and means commit
tee to reduce the working hours .
of state hospital employes from
72 to 60 hours a week and also
increase their wages. -
The bill was then approved
with only one dissenting vote.
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and analysis of agricultural prod
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