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4 ! The OSEGOM STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, March 3. 1944 1 PAGE ELEVCI fWa'sIbiin eeator at-Wroirk: and 'at" Ldsmire Routine Described 1 , ewsman- .- t ' 5 I . ; Who KnewEihiWell rT"". ! " ' : '. r. - - . ; -' ? f;f':v'.. . IS'-j " - ' .i :f : j; i f " v. , -.".-" ' , ... .1 ... -. . . r i X f t ) 4 i ' r , ; ! :: Friend FriendshliM, upon which Sen, McNryi strencth and popularity Were . partially boilt. re iear &1m to the heart of Sen. D. Worth Clark . f Idah, richt. alMTe. nak me-Ukt mr friends," said h It Statesman rb4cnpher Al IJfhtner, wto wUIlnsIy snapped jas Pan! McKee, left, president of the Portland Gas & Ck eempany, and John EL Bartard, chairman of the Partland commission n . pablle docks. Like Clark they had cease U Salem to par trlbate fe the emery ef McNary ( Oreron. ' 7 fK -IS. JC !.. r- Breesy Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, Neb, left, foand that the Oregon : state eapitol "reminds me of eon only omrs U better naturally : added of the strnetmre here, "It's a beautiful building." On the . same first rlslt there Friday mornlnr Sen. Dennis Chaves, NM, right, learning that OreffM'a npper house boasts only three democrat members, struck his forehead, mattered "Whee, we're In a minority lir. HiivH srat first clerk Oregonlan went to the senate In -6- h I 71' i- . . - - - ....... . jj . . , . t? . . Weary Congressman lames W. Mott of. Oregon left) was accompanied by Michigan's Sen, Vandenberg . when his daughter, Dorothy (far left) and his wife met him the lobby of the Marion hotel Friday morning. "No Interviews this 297fMClmm New Occupational Disease Law j A total of 297 -claims, under the. new1 occupational disease law of the 1943 legislature, were, filed with the state industrial accident commission here during the period July 1, 1343 jto February 1,:1944, Paul E, Gurske, ed here, yesterday. i ; Of the total number of claims submitted 102 or 34.3 ?per cent were rejected. The medical add and time loss for the 195 claims accepted as compensable under the new law amounted to $9693. The medical aid totaled .$3234.44, time loss $8078.48 and awards $380. -:,;-;-- Although silicosis, a lung dis ease caused by inhalation of dust, played an important part in dis cussions preceding enactment of the new act, only one case involv ing this disease has been filed vSith the commission. This was re jected because the disease devel oped prior to July 1, 1943, the effective date of the law. Infection accounted for 58 per cent of the claims, 71 per cent of those allowed and nearly 70 per cent of the amount paid in com pensation. The principal infection was dermatitis, which, involved 134 claims. Of these. 115 were al lowed, resulting in - medical aid cost of $1188X2 and $3048.17 for time lost from the job. A woman who developed an inflammation of a tendon was given the only cash award of $380. . The average Injury claim eligi ble for compensation cost $16.59 for medical aid and $31.17 for time lost on the job. Respiratory diseases, namely bronchitis, caused 19 claims of which only, eight were allowed. Twelve of the 13 systematic poison cases were found eligible. Inflammation was listed on 41 claims, with 18-rejected, r - Among the 5 claims not other wise classified in the report of the commission four resulted from hop end ei;ht fron poi- to serve under McNary when! the 1917. i trip" was Vandenberg's eommoi a commission member, report - -''J' -J." son xwJc - These j were rejected! be cause of a previous supreme court ruling ! that such cases should be included among the normal hazards . compensable under ob the accident law. Rejection of alt six hernia cases was because this is I. not an occupational disease. Employes of - manufacturing, plants . and construction pro ects filed 281 claims or nearly 88; cent of the total. Only IS came u n d e r the trade and service groups. All of the 33 cases from cannaries listed as dermatitis j and only one claim was disallowed. I November was the high mibnth with 63 claims filed. There were II claims in July, 40 in August, 45 in September, 52 in October, 48 in December and 37 in itan uary. :!7.: - f:-' 1 1.!-:'-: Men, claimants ., outnumbered women 188 to . 111. ; Twenty-six claims were filed by persons fever 60 years of age while; 27 came from workers under 21 years. More than half, 155, were filed) by persons between 38 and ! 0 years of age. ; . Most of the afflicted workers earned more than $8 a day. Five claimants earned from $2 to $3J9 a day, 40 from $4 to $5.99 a Hay, 78 from $3 to $7J9 a day, 93 from $3 to $9.89 a day, 63! from $19 to $113 a day, seven from $12 to $1313 a day and three overj $14 a day. ' . . hi: Of the 102 rejections 33 were listed ' as not occupational ';dis- eases, 23 not due to the occcpa- I'M ' - - ' V - . - s t Walter M. Pierce, former governor who' became congressman from Oregon, was among the honor- ary pallbearers at the McNary funeral Friday. He was also an early arrival at the Marion hotel io greet again the men with whom he had served in the na tional legislative bodies. . . response to reporters here. . i, . tion,17 accepted as industry acci dents and 16 because the pisease was acquired prior to Julyl, 143, the date on which the occupation al disease law became operative. Gurske said administration of the new law still is an experiment and S that amendments probably will be offered at the 1943 legis lative session. 1 "By profiting from our own ac cumulated experience and the ex perience of other states, particu-. larly . Wisconsin, we hope fcf prove of ; real service to employers and employes," Gurske declared. Wis consin was the first of 25j states to adopt the occupational disease law.;f I: . .. :;' -' Gurske said the effect of the accident commissico's recent or ganization of the accident preven tion division and augmented safe ty program upon occupational dis ease in the state cannot yet be determined. ) fit is my opinion." Gurske said, "that many occupational diseases can be prevented by employers who a d o p t proper preventive measures and by the workers by practicing personal hygiene while on;, the,; job.w.... -a , f : wenty-two! of the states hav ing occupational disease laws pay the aame .compensation for. dis eases as for accidents. Oregon is in this: category. Mississippi is the only; state in the union that has not adopted any workmen's com pensation act - - I Wisconsin's study covers a peri od of 28 years. , . 98 io Graduate j At State College i COHVAIXIS, March 4-JP)-Oregon State college's second mid year graduation will be held here March;; '28,'Vifh 83 students ex pected to receive degrees. ' -: Several himdred soldier stu dents who have completed special training will be presented certifi cates. ' :''' By JOHN !W. KELLY ' - V Executive director Oregon Postwar Readjustment 'and Development Com .mission; former Newspaperman: in Oregon and Washington. DC . For a' man not trained in the newspaper profession, Sen. Charles L. McNary had a natural ."nose for news : and it was this gift that made him the best informed member of the con gress on all that touched upon national legislation. He. possessed the instincts of a good reporter, which were probably developed when he was dean of law at Willamette university and .was familiar with Salem newsmen. His was an mquiring mind. He delighted in studying men and analyzing them. News sources which Sen. McNary contacted like a reporter covering a beat were the senate barbershop, the cloakrooms, the floor of the senate chamber, certain committees, conferences in his office, little sessions in the office of i the secretary of the senate and huddles in his ornate hide-out in the Capitol build , ing. From these sources Charley McNary gleaned facts, gossip and rumors on everything worthwhile in the great game of politics. His understanding of men taught him how to take the greatest ad vantage of this miscellaneous information, i , , Years ago McNary discovered that m the senate barbershop -- his colleagues let down their hair while under the hot towels of the colored attendants. If they had a peeve against another sen ator or the administration they sounded off. Later In the cloak rooms, while they were smokinr, reclining on sofas waltlnr for a quorum call or roll call the republican minority leader found the' 'oat-spoken senators of the barbershop weakening and when they t went on the floor all semblance of rebellion had evaporated and they "went along' as the phrase Is, supporttoe the administration. So well did McNary study the senators, their peculiarities and ; "slant" that on any controversial Issue he could and did nuke a mental poll and generally could forecast within vote or two how .v. the issue would be decided. J .. . ; - When the senate was not in session, , or after adjournment and especially on Saturdays, republican senators would confer with him in his private office behind closed doors, one at a time, on party politics. From these colleagues he learned what the low-down was in various committees. In the eapitol building the senator had an office just off the floor where quick conferences could be held, where meals could be brought from the Senate restaurant and this room he turned over to members of the press gallery on special oc casion. This office was elaborate and ornate, walls covered with paintings in vivid colors, all painted bv an Italian artist about a cen- tuiy ag0. . Had Mutual U nderstanding . In the days when Cactus Jack Garner was vice president, that bushy-browed Texas democrat would drop in to see Charley, or . McNary would spend an hour in Garner's office at the eapitol or in the senate of f ice building. These two men, pf opposite political faiths understood each other and while the vice president "struck a blow for liberty he discussed inside politics, usually supplemented by other democratic senators and, perhaps a couple of republicans. Sen. McNary would leave such a gathering with his brain charged with a clear picture of what the administration had in mind. In the office of the secretary of ihe senate there would be 'gatherings with Jimmy Byrnes, "Dear Alben" Barkley and, other democratic familiars with free discussion and more grist for the republican leader. McNary knew the origin of every feud between senators, ranging from the enmity between California's Johnson and Arkansas Caraway over . possession of an historic mansion on th outskirts of the district, to , how Sen. Bob Reynolds ridiculed Cameron Morrison out of the senate by telling the North Carolina voters that Morrison ate fish eggs, which sounded .worse than calling it caviar. . ' r'' 1." .- ' I Another news source was playing golf at the Burning Tree where senators foregathered. McNary played with Marvin Me- -Intyre and Stephen Early, White -House secretaries and Admiral Son Mclntyre, the president's physician. ' The admiral was an ' old-time Salem towney. It was a time far iatimate gossip. Of all . the democrats the late Pat Harrison of Mississippi (defeated for .majority leader by Barkley by one vote) was McNary's favorite. Their votes were always paired when a pair was necessary and because he was fond of the Oregon senator,; Harrison secured the excise tax on Canadian lumber, which was wanted by the lumber industry of Oregon and Washington. , That was. one way of ac complishing results. McNary made himself so agreeable and affable that when there was legislation in which he was personally interested even the senators on the opposite side of the aisle came to his support Vcij "' - -.--4-; o Key reporters in Washington knew this fund of knowledge pos sessed by the senator from Oregon. : They would go to his office to get the low-down. Sen. McNary gave them the inside (background) and with this information : they could write stories prophetically correct There were but two stipulations in these Interviews: No notes could be written and no mention of McNary's name. McNary would think out loud. He was a gold mine for the press." In the passing years this was the source of thousands of news articles emanating under a Washington dateline. Rarely would he permit a quote on some issue. "Go see Borah, hell talk," smiled the senator. Thought of Oregon When He Relaxed Sen. McNary's hour of relaxation came at 5 o'clock. At that hour Oregon visitors and those from the ever-green land temporarily stationed in the national capital 'assembled in his private - office. They had been assembling in his magnificent outer office, with its 14-foot mirrors, its spectacular and prize encrusted chandeliers, 20 foot ceilings and mossy deep green carpet awaiting the hour. . Then McNary smoked his first cigarette ef the day, 'leaned back in "his chair while cards in the.f'Oregon Lodge" were distributed to visitors who had not been there before. : These cards were souvenirs . and bore the legend: "See nothing, hear nothing, tell nothing," for what ever was told in these meetings was off the record.; However, there was never: an evening when the conversation did not drift to Oregon pioneers and scraps of Oregon history to old days in Salem and "whats become of , the latter being a list of politicians past or present . Discussions of. trees, flowers and scenery of Oregon and its wildlife were common. ', ' X To these meetings of the Oreron Lodge I would come high government officials and esteem it a favor and many would spill the beans, bat the constitution and by-laws kept all their Informa tion within the four walls. Adjournment would come at 7 o'clock. - ' It was a wearisome job, being a minority leader. . From high noon until the senate quit work for the day, McNary sat in his seat, chin in hands, watching and listening and seeing that rules of the senate (of which he -was master) and the correct parliamentary sit uation was observed.' And he had to protect republican colleagues who were absent when legislation in which -they were concerned came up, causing postponement until : the : absentee would return. From time to time republican or democratic senators would go over to his desk for a bit of advice. . For years and years he sat facing the democrats across the aisle listening to interminable speeches, like a cat watches a mouse. . . - . . - ' Sen. McNary probably made fewer speeches than any member of the senate. He preferred strategy. With a cat-like tread he moved on the senate floor, in his small bow tie and dressed immaculately in sharp contrast to most of his colleagues. Graceful, pleasant and polite, his slim, youthful figure and blond hair belied his age'' Wat Appreciated as "No-Man" It Is said" be was a frequent consultant at the White House. He was and President Roosevelt appreciated his frank criticism. He was a "no-mah' who gave the president the views of the opposition without- mincing words. .There were- republican senators who com plained that McNary was too suave with Mr. Big; that the minority leader should have displayed more belligerency- and should have opposed everything proposed by the New Deal, but McNary was more progressive and liberal than his party and held his country above mere partisanship. He believed that he could accomplish mare by strategy than by fclusterir. nd he proved it , ; .... . ' i l With Garner . ' - 4 v. f A M. LtFollette, Jr, Whu was moot anxious to visit Fircone , and wag not disappointed tn Sea. MeNarys westers home. It was as ho had Imagined it from Us owner's cathuslasUo dajcuKlons of Joys of rural Uvlng,. he said. Wall Doxey, senate sergeant-at- was recalling In . Salem on Friday that he had been here before, j remembered visiting Fircone,) the McNary homo on the North Uver road, when he was in charge of Sen. McNary's party which came west to in -I spect forest lands. 1 I K v t OTV . "He was always kind and helpful to me, declared Sen. Rufus Hot man of j Oregon as ho spoke briefly at the luncheon for con gressional guests. Salem Man At 80 Takes On Kg Jobs : Friends ;are often a man's best publicity agents, for it it were not for them,' many an interesting personality would remain un known to ihe public. A. L. Lamb, longtime Oregon resident is a mo dest man, yet he has accomplished so much in, a busy life, that friends think he should M introduced to the Salem public. -: A designer and constructor of concrete ' buildings and bridges, Mr. Lamb jdecided to retire at 60. But that was 20 years ago. He purchased a farm on the North River road, where he plan ned to rest and spend the re mainder of his life. But he plant ed 22 acres of filberts and design ed and built a Spanish type home, where he and ' Mrs. . Lamb lived until they sold the highly improv ed farm, j ... r Moving ;into a home' at - 527 Knapp street by the millrace, Mr. Lamb continued - to design and plan concrete buildings. He wasnt yet hi a mood for this inactive life he had expected to enjoy.Sa r t I When Mr. and Mrs. Lamb drove south front Salem this week, in their late ! model car, bound for MedtonL their friends thought it about ' time - that Salem ' should know more about mis remarkable man. j - 1 1 T " So, tney told now a. umo, at the age of SO, has decided he's too young to retire and has taken on a new;, construction job In Medford, the , octogenarian will superintend the construction of a fruit-packing plant for the Amer ican Fruit; company;- and, in the meantime .keep an . experienced eye on the; construction of a com bined , cold storage and packing plant for the Newberry orchards at Ashland. Ho also designed this building. , Ex lr. Us fri-fj, l!r. I-b B. I III II in ,i,y.M,, j. iv i r i Eastern Oregon's Lowell ' Stock saaa, biggest man in congress, f shocked fellow travelers on the trip west with the slse of his appetite. 'r Y r ?; v Y Sen. Ralph O. Brewster, Maine, left and Oregon Supreme Court Chtel . Justice J. O. Bailey had never met before Friday but they had . common grounds, or rather streams and rivers, of which to talk, for BaQey Is an ardent fisherman sod tike's Brewster's home slate. CoiutyRecdty Veals Hit Peak Figures from the office of Her man Lanke, county recorder, re veal that Marion ' county' real , es tate transactions hit a peak dur ing 1043, $18,152.08 being in fees recorded for the year against $13,352.53 for 1942. : t V ' f February: of this year, however, showed the greatest activity; of any month 'since April, 1943 and indicative that . an even higher scale of business might be shown for 1044 was record of the past 40 months which was above that of the .preceding 10.' ! :, Major item of business was re cording of satisfactions of mort gages which was a sign of .the times that money Is plentiful and consequently that debts are being lifted. ! . . County's Health Activities Set ! '. . - .' ,. " 1 The Marion county department of health has scheduled the fol lowing activities for the week: Monday 130 to 3. pan- milk handlers examinations at the health department Tuesday f to 12, school clinic immunization at Scotts Mills. 2 to 4 pa, infant and pre-school clinic St SUverton. - 230 pjn, mothers class at YWCA. .';v- f . -x - ' Wednesday 130 to 12. physi cals, immunizations and vaccina tions. Sunnyside and ' Rosedale. 130 to 3 pni, preschool clinic at Sunnyside. ' . ; Thursday 10 to 11 am, in fant clinic at health department I Friday t to 12, 1 to 3, school immunization and vaccination at Grant schooL l - Eaturday-rvaccinatioa and: im munization, health 'department Is fine proof that age' means little as a guars to energetic accomp Y,.rzl these days. , Nebraska's Wherry, aWra nude aooro aeaualntaaees .. m - Salem . than could bo claimed by any other member of the' congres sional delegation (excepting the -Oregon' delegation) here for the ; McNary rites, t Ihe cameraman caught him as he Introdueed to the Marion hotel lobby. Sen. Wallace H. White, jr of Maine, right, as th senate's, new mi nority leader." ,. . Friends from both political par- ties, who came to Salem to attend ' funeral services ; of Sen. Charles L. McNary, were photographed by States man Photographer Al Light - . ner. There may be some smiles there, but I Was- im pressed by the fact tLat I r heard not one member of that . crowd mention Sen. McNary's name without indicating that he believed the nation; and the world had lost a great man, said Llghtner. who met them alL r.y-;:-.-;v.: j i- ;.- World Service YMCA World Service confer ence closed Saturday yith i ses- sions throughout, the I afternoon and evening led by Frank Slack and Paul Anderson, both of New York, and nationally prominent as Y leaders. Discussion center--ed about various phases iof world service and consequent modifica tions, in the postwar period. Mr. Slack -: will be back in Salem on Friday for : additional i meetings with local Y officials. vp jr - A YMCA Juniorv. Secretary's training course .will be. held at Willamette university" today and Monday with a full schedule out lined for both days. ; ( . i , : The schedule: Sunday-j-li aon, philosophy and structure of the YMCA with Roy Sorenson as speakoV; 1230 p.m., recess for din ner; 2 pjflL, Highlights of History of .the YMCA (Wilder); 230 pjn. Codes of Practice What a YMCA owes the secretary and what the secretary owes the YMCA (Maxwell); 330 pm, re cess for . a stretch; 3:45 pjn, standards for , good group work; 5 pm, time out for tea and in terviews; 7 p.mV vespers, devo tional moments by Dr. Daniel E. Schulze; T30 pjnv relationships and future of public and private agencies (Johnson) ; ; Monday t:45 ajrC G Herbert Smith, president of Willamette univer sity; t a.m., how laymen work in the YMCA (Kells); 1030 sum, career opportunities to the YMCA (Maxwell); 11:15 sjn.; fundasaen tal procedures in counselling and guidance (Johnson) ; 1 1 :45 xcl, summary and adjourment UhionliUiliqhie 'Ec-, Club llcrls JVednesday UNION : HILL Urs. Clarion Fischer and U r s . O." W. Hum phreys will be hostesses for-the Union HQ1 grange Home Ec club at the Fischer home for an all day neettsj TTcdnesday, , J ... .... . ; "' 7