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OniGOri CTAHri lAIL Cdca. Orasca. FdiT T lcni: February IX KI3
Senate Passes
Fish Measure
! Unanimous Okeh Also
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J Qiyen to Education
j Of Handicapped
f Contrary to all recent history,
' significant legislation on the sub
ject of commercial fishing was
approved unanimously and with
out long and noisy debate, Thurs
day in the Oregon senate.
I- The bill, a compromise between
various interests worked out by
Sens. Merle Chessman and P. J.
Stadelman, provides for a spring
closure of the Columbia river, of
ill to 30 days and a winter clos-
jure of 45 to 60 days, and, by re
i pealing certain existing laws,
1 gives the fish commission certain
additional powers.
Sen. Chessman said the measure
had the approval of fishermen,
packers, sportsmen and the fish
'commissions of Washington and
i Idaho. ' ":
Tor the first tune In many
i years the commercial fishing in
1 teres ts : on the Columbia river
have been brought into accord,1
Sen.! Chessman said, "and the bi
i ennial fishing row on the floor
J of the senate has been avoided."
I President W. H. Steiwer and
William Walsh thanked Senator
Chessman for the manner? In
which he had handled the legis
lation referred to his committee.
The senate also . approved
' without a dissenting rote a
house bill by Rep. Harvey Wells
providing for the education of
physically handicapped child
ren. The Joint wars and means
f eommittee previously approved
r an,' appropriation of 140,90fl f r
the administration of this pro
posed law. , "
Sen. Dorothy Lee - said there
are more than 4000 physically
handicapped children In Oregon
who, under this measure, would
receive, proper educational oppor
tunities. Two bill having to do with the
state gift tax law were approv-.
ed by the senate.
. One of these, by the house tax
ation and revenue committee, re
duces the gift tax rates in Oregon
to conform to those in Washing
ton and California.' The other bill,
by the senate revision of laws
committee, provides a gift tax
exemption of $5000 for adopted
children.
A measure by Sen. Earl New
bry, Jackson county, provides for
the refund of taxes on certain
! lands taken over by the federal
i government.
j Minimum butterfat content of
i ice cream, under another bill,
! would be reduced from H-'to-.S
yjer cent- Sen- w g- Burke, Yam-
SneU Urges Action for Funds
To Liberalize Assistance;
Pray Ms Police Salary Boost
. Though no action has been taken upon Gov.: Earl Snell's
suggestion that utilities be taxed for the benefit of old age as
sistance, and Rep. John Steelhammer's bill proposing to tax pin
ball machines and mechanical phonographs for the same purpose
was defeated in the senate, Gov.
Snell ' at a conference Thursday
with a group of ways and means
committee members stressed the
desirability i of providing addi
tional funds to increase assistance
payments approximately to the
$40 a month maximum provided
by federal law.
"The necessity for liberalizing
these payments la becoming more
apparent each day,, said Gov.
SneU. "Living costs are mounting
daily and supplemental assistance
from surplus commodities through
the food stamp plan is-a thing of
the past. The ; counties cannot
match increases on ( account of
the constitutional tax limitation.1
Therefore, the governor con
tinued, the state must find the
funds required to match the' max
imum federal j allotment.
This is an obligation that wc
cannot ignore," the governor con
tinued. MI hope, however, that wc
will be able j to accomplish our
aim without further appropriation
from the general fund.
In the course of debate on the
income tax bill In the house. Rep
A. Rennie Indicated that the gov
ernor's request would involve
about $3,000;000.
Another ways and means com
mittee group heard Charles P.
Pray, superintendent of state
police, plead' for an additional
appropriation for his depart
ment so the salaries of his of
ficers may be increased.
Pray told the committee he had
ost approximately 70 officers in
the past year,; most of whom have
accepted employment in war in
dustries or . entered army service.
The increased appropriation for
the next biennium, based on a
bill now before the ways and
means committee, would be ap
proximately $140,000. Of this
amount $86,000 would be con
tributed by the state highway
hill, said this was necessary in
order to comply with federal reg
ulations and provide a sufficient
amount of ice cream for both sol
diers and civilians.
Approval also was given a
measure by the joint ways and
means committee providing that
all claims against the state must
be filed not later than the twen
tieth day of each legislative ses
sion. This measure originally was
proposed by Sen. W. H. Strayer,
chairman of the claims committee.
commission, $23,000 by the state
game commission, $4000 by the
'state fish commission, $3000 by
the state fire marshal and $18,000
from the general fund.
The original measure, by Rep,
John Hall provided that the sal
aries of privates In the state po
lice department should be in
creased from $160 to a maximum
of $200 a month, sergeants from
$185 to $225, lieutenants from
$200 to $235 and captains from
$250 to $300. The ways and means
committee recently reduced : the
increases 5 per cent. '
The salary of the deputy super
intendent of state police would
be increased from $3600 a year to
$4000 a year. :
Pray - declared that in order to
keep men fully trained in police
work it would be necessary to
raise their wages somewhat in line
with compensation received in
outer lines or worm: under war
conditions. .
Bill Proposes
Review Board
A bill introduced by ! the sen
ate industries committee Thurs
day provides for the creation, of
an "Oregon Workmen's Compen
sation board,'' to operate in con
junction with the state industrial
accident commission.
The board would be composed
of five members, including : the
state insurance commissioner,
three members of the state indus
trial accident commission, and one
member to be appointed by the
governor. It would have authori
ty to review complaints brought
against the commission and hold
hearings.
Action on
Bills
SIGNED BY COVEKNOK '
SB 5 Increasing - Industrial acci
dent commission reserve fund. '
SB 70 Relating to the inspection
and operation of elevators. -
SB S3 To define the phrase "group
or number of different claims.
SB 104 Relating to salaries of Mor
row county officers.
SB 107 Relating to Jurors. '
SB 134 Increasing thm salartee of
jacKson county officers.
SB 14ft Increasing salaries of Klam
atb county officers.
SB 165 Relating to state office
SB 1S8 TO tsrorida for denoaitintf
of certain moneys by state board of
mgner eancanon. . ,
HB 140 Relating to opera Uons of
state Doara ox lores try. -HB
149 To provide for certification
ox teachers. .
HB MS Increasing salaries of Co
lumbia county officers. - -
HB 19S Relating to indemnity far,
connection with Bangs disease.
HB 203 To prohibit livestock run
ning at Urge within certain parts of
jexierson county.
HB 271 Increasing salaries of Tarn
hill county officers.
Around Oregon
' By The Associated" Press
Oregon State college announced
a three-day conference on com
mercial, and community food de
hydration at Corvallis March 11
13 . . , Sale of the Markham , &
Callow logging camp to Water
house & Gray ; of Seaside was an
nounced at Wheeler
Funeral services were held at
Tillamook for five-year-old Dona
Beaty, killed when her grand
father, the Rev. Harold Beaty,
accidentally backed his car over
hex . . . .Two Reedsport juvenile
gasoline thieves were fined $50
each by Justice of the Peace John
h. Diei : .n:-.-:-- .
At Pendleton, a victory garden
and home food production move
ment gained momentum . . Death
came to Arthur I Edgerton, 68,
Grants Pass lumberman . . . A
Lincoln county pioneer, James J.
Gaither, 81, died at Toledo . . . '
Martin H. Iarson, 76, died at
Roseburg of : injuries suffered
when struck by-an automobile . .
Albert Charles Friedly, 72. re
tired railroad man, died at Pen
dleton. "
Meat or Fats? -
PORTLAND, Feb. 25-P)-Th
meat shortage Is having an ad
verse effect upon the campaign
for salvage of kitchen fats, Claude
L Sersanous, chairman of the
state salvage committee said
Thursday. &
Diseases Noted
Up 75 per Cent
PORTLAND. Feb. 23.--The
state board of health " announced
Thursday that communicable
diseases in Oregon last " month
were up 75 per cent from Janu
ary a year, ago. V -
Measles accounted for most of
the gain, 1389 cases being report
ed last month. There were 68
cases of spinal meningitis, com
pared with none a year ago.
Meanwhile, the Portland health
bureau! reported 149 cases of
pneumonia with 91. deaths and 25
cases of meningitis with 4 deaths
so far in 1943.
Civilian Defense
Bill Expected
A bill under which the state
will officially recognize the state
civilian defense setup probably
will be reported out Friday by the
senate military affairs committee.
The measure has been before
the committee for several days
and has been amended on two or
three occasions.
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