TAGS SIXTEEN
; Th OHEGOII STATESMAN. Ccdern.Orejon. Friday Morning, February 12. IS 3
Senate Passes
Probe of Board
Lowered Ice Cream
Standard Returned
Into Committee -
Investigation of the state board
of health's activities and expendi
. turesy was -approved almost
unanmimously by the Oregon sen
ate Thursday; when a resolution
introduced by Sen.; Coe A. Mc
Kenna,: Multnomah, was adopted.
Sen.Joel C. : Booth, chairman of
the medicine, pharmacy and den
tistry committee said that group
favored the investigation and that
-officials of the - board - of health
4 had indicated ' they .would wel-
eome It. -Vs : 'y
Sen. McKenna pointed out that
- criticism jof the board's operations
had been widespread and that
the agency, which was given an
appropriation of $5000 .when, it
was created in 1905, had received
- approximately - $720,000, counting
federal funds, in the biennium
now ending. S . . ' .-'
Most extended debate Thursday
r In the senate centered on' a bill
-by the house food and dairy pro-
ducts committee, reducing the
'amount of butterfat in ice cream
x in compliance with la federal
regulation. The measure would
remain operative until six months
after the 'xlose" of the; war.
Sens. McKenna and Thomas R.
Mahoney opposed the bill on the
ground tha ice cream is a food
and not a luxary, and that its
butterfat standards should not be
. lowered. .'. ;; -sc y )
Question was raised by Sen.
Rex Ellis, Umatilla, as to whet-:
her. the legislation was required J
I In view of the government regn- 1
i lotions. S e n. W. H. Strayer,
: B a k e r, branded the bill as
. , "screwy, and asked that It be
returned to the senate agricul-
taraJ committee, for further Ln-
vestigatien. This motion carried.
' Others . attacking the measure
metade Sen.: Dorothy Lee and
Irvinr Rand, both of Multno
uh county.
Sen." Lee said the bill, in ; its i
present form, would leave the
state with no ice cream law after
the close of the war. Sen. Rand's
criticism of the bill' was based
on constitutional grounds.
; Twelve bills were passed by
the 'senate.
Consideration of a measure by
Sen. J. J. Lynch, Multnomah,
providing f6r repeal of the state
tithing law, was made a special
order of business for 2 p.m. next
Monday.
; Under this law most of the self
supporting state boards and com
missions contribute 10 per cent
of their receipts to the general
.fund of the state. During the last
biennium the tithing collections
aggregated approximately - $258,
'000. The Lynch measure was re
. ported out by the joint ways and
means committee with the recom
mendation that it "do not pass."
A number of state officials, in
eluding at least two members of
the state board of control, were
aid to be opposed to repeal of
the tithing law.
House Approves Lowered Tax
On Gifts, End of Court Fee i
Reduction of gift tax rates, first major item in the legisla
ture's tax program,' .was approved unanimously by the Oregon
house of representatives on Thursday. Rep. Giles French explain
ed that the bill provide for a 50 per cent reduction oh gifts within
the donor's immediate family, 25
Action ori
Bills
Chaos Predicted
If Job Accident
Insuring Changed
"Administrative chaos" might
follow enactment of bills making
industrial accident insurance com
pulsory but permitting employers
to insure with the state or private
insurers or to be self-insured. T,
Morris - Dunne, chairman of the
accident commission, testified be
fore the senate industries commit
tee Thursday.
; He explained that if the work
men's compensation board which
one of the bills would create were
to take over rate-making, the
commission would not know, un
til the new board could complete
a survey and establish rates, what
rates to charge the 21,000 insured
firms. '
John T. Casey, Burns attorney
representing sponsors of the mea
urea, said a compulsory plan is
made necessary to halt possible
: ruin of the state industrial acci
dent fund by "drastic withdraw--lssn-the
part of employers re
jecting coverage. Admitting the
accident commission funds are
presently in good condition due to
large wartime industry, Casey
said that under normal conditions
the present legislature would have
had to rescue the industrial acci
dent fund "from a sad plight.
B. A. Green, Portland attorney,
speaking for both the AFL and the
CIO charged that the bills were
designed not to carry out the orig
inal objectives of the state work
men's compensation law but for
"employers ; protection and the
profit of private insurance com
panies,"
LUBBOCK, Texas.-iFH5everal
Texans ' seeking to impress east
. erners at the South Plains army
flying school with " the size of
southwestern rabbits cornered one
and brought it into the barracks.'
It turned out to be a hare-raising
. experience. The Texans went
to lunch , and came back to find
sextuplets. , , "
The six were named. Yvonne,
Ceceile, Annette, Emilie, Marie
and Joe. ? " ' - ,
KEMPHIS, Temx-W-In estab
1L lArs its own blood plasma bank,
t!e naval aid station here made
certain there would be ""no beef
i - by volunteer donors -Vv
L -Jlor donors get a reward: is
v ' . cr f sturinj a pound end a
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PASSED IS HOTJSK
RB S. by Brady et l To require
employers to gtvm emplayn periodical
ly statement of deductions from
wages: also annual statement of com
pensation.
HB 100. by Frensh et al RelaUng
to salaries of Wheeler county officers.
RB IN, by Hill et 1 To provide for
establishment of roadways and gate
ways of public easement across state-
owned lands
HB IK. by Perry et al Relating- to
Columbia county uincwr salaries.
HB 223. by. English et al To provide
for acquiring rights ot way ana con
struction of state andor county ooum
dary line roads. - -
. HB 224. toy Wells et al Relating to
partial payments on highway, contracts.
HB 261. by Steelhammer Providing
for absentee voting by men In armed
services..-, .
HB 276. by Bennett Relating to fee
in divorce cases. ,
HB 301, by Bull et al Relating to
salaries of Union county omcers.
i HB i 220, by Judiciary Governing
right of corporation to purchase Its
own stock.
HB 331, by taxation and revenue
(sub for HB 289) Reducing gift tax
rates. -
SB S. by . Strayer et al Providing
for birth certificates' Issuance by cir
cuit judges.
SB 40. by Lee et al ReUting to
exemption from jury duty.
SB 56, by agriculture Defining unit
of sawdust. . i
SB 78. by Jones et al Relating to
expenditure ox funds received by state
by operation oi i ay tor grazing acx.
SB 87. by medicine Providing stan
dards for veterinary colleges and vet
ertnary departments of college or uni
versity. . . .
SB 1. by medicine Relating to chi
ropractors. -r
SB 101. by Lee To authorize Port'
land school district to make expendi
tures in excess- of budget estimates.
of funds received from United States
agency. .
SB 121. by agriculture Relating to
labeling of onions sold for dehydra
uon.
PASSED IN SENATE
SB 136, by agriculture Relating to
potatoes.
SB SO, by Chessman Relating to
livestock running at large in Clatsop
county.
HB 59. by Niskanen To create Des
chutes county livestock district.
HB 145, by administration and re
organizationCreating agency to co
ordinate plans for post-war readjust
ment; appropriation therefor.
HB 174, by food and dairy products
Relating to seizure of unlawful food
products.
HB 11. by Chindgren et al Relat
ing to use of county fair funds.
HB 235, by food and dairy products
Relating to standard glassware used
In making Babcock tests of milk and
cream.
HB 250. by Steelhammer To provide
method for nomination of candidates
for municipal office in certain cities.
HB 255. by Chindgren Relating to
nursery stock.
HB 256, by Chindgren Relating to
nurseries and nurserymen.
HB 259. by Steelhammer Relating
to returns and abstracts of primary
elections.
HB 232. by ways and means Relat
ing to verifying claims against the
state.
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
HB 27 Relating to construction of
primary election law.
HB 33 Relating - to annual . reports
by corporations owning railroads.
HB 47 Relating to collection and
disposition of escheated personal prop
erty left by inmates of state insti
tutions. HB 52 Relating to escheat of money
or other . personal property belonging
to Inmates of state institutions.
HB 87 Relating to salaries of Jack
son county officials.
HB 64 Relating to escheat of dor
mant accounts in banks and other in
stitutions. ' HB 104 Relating to salary of justice
of the peace of South Lakeview dis
trict. HB 105 Increasing salaries of Lake
county officials.
HB 230 Relating to publication of
names of state officials and employes
in annual reports.
HB 233 To provide for reimburse
ment of hospitals, etc., for services to
Indigent persons Injured in motor ve
hicle accidents.
SB 45 Providing compnsation for
Lucy Agnes Yeary.
per cent reduction ? on gifts to
other close relatives, no reduction
on gifts to non-relatives, t -. . '
The house approved, over ob
jection by ways and means com
mittee 'members who wanted ; the
bill re-referred to that committee.
a bill proposing to abolish the S5
fee paid by plaintiff in a divorce
action, ostensibly in connection
with the district attorney's ap
pearance at the trial. Rep. Robert
A. Bennett said , the .district at
torney's appear only in uncontest
ed cases and that their investiga
tion is perfunctory. He ; charged
that the tax had been instituted
in 1925 when the district attorneys
sought salary 'increases and that
it's real purpose was to make
up for this . added expense- to the
state. He described it as "a tax
on heartbreak, and cited cases
in which the plaintiffs,' deserted.
wives, were hard-pressed to meet
this additional charge.
Rep. John Steelhsmmer's - bill
providing a method whereby men
and women in the armed services
may -vote -by absentee ballot was
approved unanimously.
Sen. XV. Jl. Stray ers bill to
which Sen. Lew Wallace may
have - prior claim since he ad
vocated such a change while
campaigning for the governor
ihip last year providing s
method whereby delayed, birth
certificates may be obtained in
-the absence of docamentary
evidence, was passed by : the
house. Rep. Eugene Marsh said
the objection was that of making
birth certificates easier to obtain
yet not so easy as to enable
dangerous enemy aliens to mas
querade as citizens.
As a further safeguard, the
house judiciary committee amend
ed the bill to provide that only
a circuit judge, or the state board
of health, may issue such certifi
cates. The senate had approved
their issuance also by county
judges. The circuit judge may
require the attendance of the dis
trict attorney. Rep. Frank Van
Dyke suggested that this be made
compulsory. Intent of the bill is
that persons applying for birth
certificates in the absence of any
documentary evidence, be quest
ioned to overcome any suspicion
of fraud.
Bills proposing changes in the
public welfare adminstration,
scheduled for third reading Thurs
day, were re-referred to the pub
lic welfare and unemployment
committee by their author, Rep.
J. D. Perry; but another of his
bills, making public welfare com
mission records available for in
spection by members of the legis
lature, is on Friday's calendar.
Scheduled as a special order of
business next Tuesday is the Ore
gon Pension federation's bill pro
posing a statewide retirement
insurance system.
States Reciprocate
On Realty Brokers
Real estate brokers and sales
men in good standing in Ore
gon can now be licensed in the
state of Washington without ex
amination, Claude H. Murphy,
state real estate commissioner,
announced here Thursday.
Washington real estate brokers
and salesmen are entitled to simi
lar consideration in Oregon.
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Committee to Study Possible
Liquor Shortage and Revenues
Revenues for Oregon's old age assistance and public welfare
program will be curtailed it; a shortage of liquor develops, the
legislature's jointways and means committee was warned by
Sen. Dean Walker, Polk, at its Thursday afternoon session. '
Though the liquor control com
mission has placed orders for. am
ple supplies of liquor, no assur
ance has been received. Sen. Wal
ker said, that all orders will be
filled. A committee composed of
C C I Chapman, Portland; ' Carle
Abrams, secretary of ? the joint
ways and means committee, and
S. J?, Starrt in charge of the state
department auditing division. Will
conduct an investigation of the
liquor situation and report early
next week. y 'y,-. ' ';:
3 Definite action on a bill pro
viding that part of the state liquor
revenues shall go to municipali-
ties for law enforcement pur
poses was. deferred until Monday
when several persons interested
in the proposal will appear before
the ways and means committee.
Members of the committee indi
cated that the measure would be
reported out with a "do not pass"
recommendation. . , . i : f
Three social security bills were
approved by the committee. One
of these increases . state aid - for
Wayward girls in childcaring Jh
stitutions from 116 to $20 a month.
while another Increases in a sim
ilar amount state aid ' for home
less and neglected (children - in
these institutions. - - --'The
third measure proposes that
county. . courts shall : pay $5 a
month for the support of children
committed to the child, caring cen
ters. This bill applies to all coun
ties outeide of r. Multnomah, t
The committee voted favorable
to a bill that would compel par
ents'" I children committed t o
child-caring institutions to pay a
nominal sum for their support. I
: The ways and ncaat eoaumlt-l
fee went ear record, favoring- tm-i
mediate " investigation of the
. state -blind trad e a school In
Fortland. At a previons meet
ing it" was decided to conduct
- the probe later and report prior
to the 1 1 4 S legisUtsre. The
committee to :- Investigate the -'
school is composed of Sen. W.;
. VL, Strayer and . Rep. - llenry. Se
men and F. II. Pammasch. The;
Investigation probably will be
1 completed next week, members'
f the committee said.
Li a r g e s t non-budgetary ap
propriation apprbved by the ways
and means committee .Thursday
was $19,48.000 for the state high
way department." For the current
biennium receipts of the depart
ment 'we x e estimated at $32,
947.23. '.;:
y Direct appropriations approved
by the 'committee:
' Battleship 'Oregon commission
$10,800, to care for; museum ex
hibits. - ... .
State 4 agricultural department,
deficiency - appropriation of, $10,
030.50.
. Oregon geographic board $300.
- School, district "No.' 30, Mult
nomah' county, $8280. ?
Eastern Oregon tuberculosis hos
pital, $326,871. f
Eastern Oregon state hospital,
deficiency "appropriation, $20,000.
; Fairview, Home,' deficiency ap
propriation,' $20,000. ,
- Blind commission, for use in
placing blind workers; $7200'. ?
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