The OREGON STATESMAN. Sd0iit,Orgon. Thursday Morning, January 21, 1313
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McKenna Outlines Six-Point
Tax Program, W ith Sales Levy
Sen. Coe A. McKenna of Multnomah county, member of the
senate assessment and taxation committee, at a meeting of that
body Wednesday outlined his proposal for a six-point tax pro
gram, central feature of which would be a sales tax designed to
raise $20,000,000 to $25,000,000.
He mentioned a 3 per cent tax
rate. "
Other points submitted by Sen.
McKenna:
Adoption of 40 mill tax limit
based on 50 per cent property
. valuation.. ; , ; ....
Reduction of state income tax
to 3 per cent on personal and
5 per cent on corporation. This
would be flat' tax.
. Elimination of intangibles and
excise taxes. V
Reduction of gift taxes so that
this tax is not greater than those
. In operation in Washington and
' California. .
Reduction of inheritance tax so
that it is no greater than those
In California and Washington.
All six points were discussed
by the committee but no definite
action was taken. Members of
the committee said they desired
to have all of the important tax
bills at hand before making any
definite recommendations.
Another meeting of the com
mittee win be held later in the
week.
Bar Presses
Retirement
Members of the legislative com
. mittee of the Oregon State Bar,
meeting with lawyer members of
the legislature, said they would
press for enactment of a judges'
retirement act somewhat similar
to the one approved by the 1941
legislature which was vetoed by
Covi Charles A. Sprague.
The bill to be presented at
this sessinon contains a number
of amendments, but provides for
the voluntary retirement of cir
cuit or supreme court judges up
on reaching the age of 70 years
following specified periods in ser
vice. Attorney Arthur McMahan, Al
bany chairman of the legislative
committee of the bar, presided
at the meeting. Speakers at the
conference included Gunther F.
Krause and F. M. Sercombe, both
of Portland, president and secre-
tary, respectively, of the bar
association.
Jones9 Bill
Gains Favor
Rep. H. R. ones (R-Marion)
bill to permit sale of wines over
the bar, provided they contain
not more than 14 per cent alcohol,
was off to a good start Wednes
day when the house alcoholic
control committee voted 3 to 2
to report it back to the house
with a "do pass recommendation.
Jones said he believed this mea
sure would assist Oregon berry
growers by stimulating the sale
of Oregon-made wines.
Lodge Seeks
Changes in ,
Assistance
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Liberalizing changes in Oregon's
public welfare program, including
old age assistance, are proposed
in a series of seven bills spon-
f sored by the Eagles order and
Introduced in the lower house of
the Oregon legislature Wednesday
by Rep. J. D. Perry of Colum
bia county, who is chairman of
the Eagles legislative committee.
They propose $40 old age as
sistance payments, less only the
pensioner's income from other
sources. The public welfare set
up would be changed substan
tially in other ways. Appointed
members of county welfare com
mittees would be eliminated and
the county court members alone
would constitute the committees.
By doing away with most of the
investigations now required and
substituting monthly report from
the recipients of old age assist
ance or other aid, the program
would greatly reduce the number
of case workers and other em
ployes. The state commission's right of
review also would be eliminated,
making the county court mem
bers' decisions upon applications
final. Property ownership would
no longer be considered in old
age assistance grants. Members
of the legislature would have ac
cess to public welfare records.
Tri-State Group
Out for Oregon
Noting that the Washington
state legislature has approved a
resolution favorable to the' crea
tion of a tri-state commission to
regulate the Columbia river fish
ing industry. Sen. Merle Chess
man, chairman of the senate fish
ing industries committee, said
members of the Oregon interim
committee which participated in a
study of the matter jointly with
Washington and Idaho groups had
been advised that the Oregon con
stitution would not permit partici
pation in such a program.
Sen. Chessman indicated that a
statement to this effect probably
would be. included in the- interim
committee's report, " not yet sub
mitted to the legislature. He per
sonally has-been a member of the
interim committee only since
shortly after his election last No
vember, when he was appointed
to succeed the late Sen. Frank
Franciscovich; but as a member of
the Oregon fish commission he ac
companied legislators who made
the survey of fisheries and spawn
ing areas.
Commission
Bills Enter
Correct Discrepancies
Senate Has Parole
" Board Measure
The four bills correcting dis
crepancies in statutes providing
for appointment of state highway
commission, liquor control com
mission, barbers' examining board
and sanitary authority members,
due to the creation of a fourth
congressional district, were intro
duced Wednesday in the Oregon
senate. -
These bills, drafted at the sug
gestion of Gov. Earl W. Snell,
provide that these boards shall
each consist as in the past of
three members, no two of whom
shall be residents of the same
congressional district. The pres
ent laws provide for the mem
bers .to be appointed "one from
each of the three congressional
disticts.,, .
... The bU proposed by the state
parole board, providing that
maximum sentences shall be
Imposed upon convicted crimin
als by circuit judges, leaving
determination of actual time
served to the parole board, was
introduced by Sens. Frederick
Lamport and John Carson of
Marlon county.
Sen. Joel . Booth of linn in
troduced a bill making it a mis
demeanor to smoke in bed in a
hotel or public lodging. The bill
would make the practice punish
able by a fine of $10 to $100 or
imprisonment in the county jail
not to exceed three months, or
both.
The senate approved Sen. W.
H. Strayer's bill transferring re
maining funds appropriated ' for
the Old Oregon Trail centennial
celebration from the highway
commission to the centennial as
sociation. The 1941 appropriation
was in the amount of $15,000,
some portion of which has al
ready been expended.
, Sea. Thomas R. Mahbnej la"
troduced a bill fixing old age as
sistance benefits at not Jess than
$40 and not ' more than $50 a
month, ti - i '
- The : senateVfishmgmdustries
committee reported favorably
biH protecting f the priorities of
set net fishermen who enter mili
tary service..
Medic License
Bill in Senate
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' Graduates .in medicine or surg
ery from f the University of Ore
gon medical school or In dentistry
or pharmacy from the North Pa
cific college, and who have served
six months In any branch of the
United States armed forces dur
ing the present war and honor
ably discharged, could receive a
license to practice without tak
ing an examination under a sen
ate bill introduced Wednesday.
The application would have to
be, filed within a year after the
applicant left the service and not
laterthan January 1, 1948. '
The bill was Introduced by Sens.
Lew ; Wallace ;; (W-Mult) and J.
J. Lynch (R-Mult). ;
Cinema Stars
Dominate Class r
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. 20(ff)
A cinema star-studded class - of
officer candidates Wednesday
heard former Gov. James M. Cox
of Ohio advocate universal mili
tary training in peacetime, during
an address to the first graduating
class of the new year, k
J GUbert Roland, whose wife,
Constance Bennett, accompanied
him here during his training per
iod; Bill Holden, Eric Rhodes and
Bryant Washburn, Jr., all received
their commissions with the rest
of the officer candidates, j
Assassinated
Police are searching for the kuler
: of tall, bearded Carlo Treses,
5$ (above), anti-fascist editor
I f and former IWW leader, who
;j was shot to death 'mm dimmed
; i oat Fifth avenue ta New York
City. Associated Press TeU-
aat "
Krupa Denies Charges
', SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20
Gene Krupa, (Jrum-beating or
chestra ' leader who pounds the
goat skins like mad, Wednesday
denied ,Jm used narcotics and
pleaded innocent to charges of
sending his youthful valet to bis
room to remove a package of
marijuana cigarets from his over
coat :'':-
10 Safe in Crash
TOPEKA, TCas, Jan. 20-(P)-Ten
men parachuted ; to safety Wed
nesday night when a heavy army .
bomber' crashed - near ' Admire. '
Kas. No one was hurt.
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The War News
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Wide World War Analysis for Tht Statesman
With Russian forces reported almost as close to Kharkov in
the upper Don region as they are to Rostov on the lower Don
approaches, apprehension is rising in Berlin. This anxiety is re
flected by nazi military and other commentators whose words
are recorded by British and
American listening posts.
However misleading the Ger
man war bulletins from Russia
continue to be, it cannot be doubt
ed that an attempt is being made
on the home front to prepare the
German public for worse news
than it heard last winter. Russian
armies which Hitler boastfully
told his people had been smashed
beyond recovery are now being
described to German listeners as
bigger, better armed, better led
and more aggressive than ever.
Just what this conflict between
nazi : military and civil authority
means to the state of- German
morale is unfathomable at this
distance. It marks so sharp an
about-face in German propagan
da technique, however, that it
might be an important clue to
what is actually going on behind
the nazi lines.
The theme of the broadcast
from Berlin and other German
cities Is t h a t Germans mast
again tighten their belts. In
crease their war effort, match
the eoorage and suffering of the
armies in Russia am4 hang on to
the bitter end. - r- '
There is little effort either by
these home-front propagandists
or by German prisoners inter
Viewed by American news, writers
in Russia to conceal another costly
Hitler underestimate of Russian
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bili ties, ahead however, in a sus
tained Russian push southwest
ward to Kupyansk and beyond to
cross the Donets, bypass Kharkov
and strike across country toward
the Dniper river. .
Italian press reports depict the
Russian drive below the Voronezh
hinge as a major offensive by it
self, not merely a northward ex
tension of the Don-Caucasus bat
tle front. If it is aimed not at
Kharkov but at severing the net
work of railroads in the Donets
valley and between the Donets
and .the lower Dnieper, it would
justify that appraisal. Success
could close a vaster Russian trap
on the foe than any yet developed
or threatened.
DeLong at Reed
PORTLAND, Jan. 20P-Law-rence
DeLong, a native of Salem
who received his BS degree in
civil engineering at Oregon State
college and his MS degree at the
University of Illinois, has been ap
pointed a physics instructor at
Reed college. : ,
Hov To Relieve
Bronchitis
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, In
flamed bronchial mueous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back. : -
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
A
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year
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service
Much has happened since the Territorial Assembly authorized the
establishment of our gas business in January, 1859: Oregon became
a state. Lincoln was elected. President. The Qvil War was fought
. the Spanish-American War . . . then World War L Portland
Gas flC.Coke Company weathered all these j events continued to
expand and improve its service, in good times and bad. Then id
1942. World War; II was in full swing -challenging the Company
with new problems and new responsibilities. But as in the past
- Portland Gas SC Coke Company has met this challenge with'
new and greater achievements. Some of these are summarized in
this report to our customers, j ' r J .
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More Gas to More Customers
Briquet Production Greatest Ever
Portland gas production in 1942 passed all
previous records. The send-out for the year
was 5,763,761,000 cubic feet 29 more
than the previous peak year of 1941. Much
of this increased volume went to war indus
tries to help them build vitally needed equip,
ment for our armed forces. But a raptdlj
growing population accounted for a subs tea
rial part of this mcrease. Last year 6,962 new
gas users were added to our lines as much
as a whole new dty of 20,000 population.
The total number of customers served by
Portland Gas, & Coke Company at the end of
1942 was 96,548 another new record.
Because Of the fuel shortage caused by the
war, the demand for Gasco Briquets was
greater last year than ever before in-the com
pany's history. Production in j 1942 totaled
91,600 tons 58 more than in 1941. But
this production figure doesn't tell the whole
story. The greater part of these briquets went
to meet local heating needs. This tremen
dously uxreased the amount of sacking and
house-to-house delivering necessary. But by;
. careful planning, scientific routing and bard
work. our . crews kept deliveries right on
" schedule. Because of tht splendid job our
entire briquet organization has done, mora
than 25,000 homes in this area have bad their
fuel, problems economically solved. Gasco
Briquets still are sold at the same low pdos
s, in effect for the past four winters. -
Roll of Honor
Sixty-four members of the Portland Gas & Coke Company organization are now serrlng In that
armed forces of the United States. Their names are listed on the Honor Roll below. And here at
home, 10 of the Company's payroll k going into War Bonds every month to back them op.
Gasco Motor Fuel . . . Gone to War, Too !
Clarence Walter
Anderson
Blair Babcock
Lawrence William
Bellmer
Frank J.Bosvelt
Irwin N. Brokenshira
James Thomas Burke
James Edward Butler
Sydney E. Caldwell
IJoydClaggett i
Howard C Gofer
Patrick O. Connor
GlenAlvinDaka ,
OiesterE. Davis )
Clement Day i ;
JohnPatrkklDodgan
Marvin L. Folkharts
Virgil Gellady
IJoyd Leslie Goheen
James Harold Grant
Harvey G. Hanson
Albert Hoeft
Harold D. Hongen
Roger L. Johnson
Webster A. Jones
Vincent Richard
Klinefelter
Leon Francis Kreidl
Sulo Henry Laine
Paul Lanceflekl
JackK.Larkin
Frank Leary
George S. Linda
S.A.MacDonald
Cedl Malcolm
MacGregor ; i(
Henry Howell McCIain
Francis W. Mason
JohnD.Medak ;
George L. Moore l!
Wilfred Moorman if
Raymond F.Nelson
Otto A. Olson ji
Ray Otto Olson f
Kenneth J.Opkz ;
Ransom Dale Powell j
Charles Frederick Pride
GeraldE. Reeves
Walter E, Reeves
Claud Rkketts i
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NcOMRilette
Shelby Rhoton
Jack Hugbston Roada
Marvin Lee Rogers
Edna Roth
John Gregory Scbin
William Bertram Singes?
Luther Spraher
LonaldH.Trinklefi
John Seymour Tyler
Lloyd RusseUVerhei
Raymond Vogue
Eugene Weber
Holt Wilson Webster
Wayne E.WeddIe
M. Weinbaum
John J. Winn, Jr.
Portland Gas & Coke Company's benzol
along with qumtitie of other important
chemieml by-products hu also enlisted in
LTnde Sam's services. Y6a knew benzol,
blended with gasoline, as Gmmco Motor FmeL
Haw benzol is used in 100-octane gasoline to
give oar sir forces a more powerful aviarion
fuel than any being used by the Axis. Benzol
is also employed in the manufacture of syn
thetic rubber and other essential war products.
But when benzol's war job is done, youH find
b. back In its former civilian role, ready to
give you top performance In your post-war
car (or plane) I
Your Cooperation Means Much
Heat Gonservation... A War Necessity .
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The manpower shortage, the staggering bur
dens being carried by our transportation
systems, the immense fuel consumption of our
war Industries, the increasing population in
this territory all have combined to make
fuel conservation an fwntial part of the war
effort. For this reason, saving heat in every
way possible was a responsibility for the
duration that every man, woman and child
assumed cheerfully In 142 Everywhere are
evidences that a real fuel and heat saving
job is being dose,' but in the event that
extremely cold weather should create an execs-
. sire demand for gas, the War Production
Board has directed m H residential
customers and many businesses and industries
to curtail temporarily their me of gas until
: the emergency is over. You will be notified ;
promptly, by newspaper and radio if and
when such necessity arises.
In addition to supplying gas service to our
04548 customers, we have the urgent job of
producing a wide range of chemical products
which are going directly Into war uses. For
this reason, we are pertiailsriyj grateful for
the splendid spirit of cooperation with which
yon have accepted necessary war-time changes.
We appreciate your business, . j andas hi
peace time we are making every effort to give
yoo the best public service possible. But the
need for conserving tires and equipment- the
acarcitv of materials- the loss of men to the
- k
armed forces together with other factors
I-
makeit difficult for us to carry on our business
entirely as in the past. Service-calls, for exam
ple, have to be routed In advance to minimize
mileage -this means we cannot answer them
quite so promptly as In the past. We are asking
you on occasion to read your own meter. We
may even have to ask your assistance on other
maftrrs. But tchmtovor inconvenience see
may have Or ask you to $hmrm with tu in
1943 whatever changes in production or.
policy may he necessary these trill coma
about only in aid of the common purpose of
helping win the war at quickly as possible.
Portland Gas
& Coke Company