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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1945)
Sub - Groups Win Review Budget Items George Aiken, state budget di rector, informed the first session of the joint ways and means com mittee Tuesday 'that salary in crease recommendations were ne cessary because of the manpower shortage and the fact that a large number of state employes have accepted higher paid positions. Figures presented by Aiken at the meeting indicated that thf or iginal cushion of approximately $172,000, representing f estimated, ; revenues above the recommended appropriations, now has beeij re duced to about : $100,000 because of the ban on horse and dog rac- ;) J ',y Expenditures to Gain I v Aiken pointed out that the state highway commission expenditures for the next biennium would show "an increase of approximately $19, 000,000 over those for the current two year period while capital out lays' total $5,000,000. He said re quests Jor appropriations of ap proximately $3,000,000 had "been disapproved -by the governor and the budget office. j Of! the capital outlays recom mended $3,000,000 is for improve ments at state institution's and $1, 200,000 for the statej board of bigheV education. Unemployment compensation commission expen ditures also will be considerably larger than for the current bien nium; Aiken estimated. War End Considered ! -Aiken declared that the new budget was built largely upon the presumption that the war will end either late in 1945 or 1946. The state e m r g e n c y board fundi Aiken said, now contains anoroximately $370,000 of Hitler, Goering on JVeio Year's On I the CapiSof LSirteligEiE L Rush Holt, who served a term as i - Someone never got a letter sent I the "boy senator from West Vir- by. Sen.' Thomas-. Mahoney two ginia, is now serving in the lower years ago because the letter was ! house of the West Virginia legis- found still in the senate's outgoing ! lature. Oregon has an ex-Unit-1 mailbox when the current session ed States senator sitting as a mem-1 opened. i ber of the house. He is Alex Bar ry, Portland attorney, who served I Rep.- Carl Francis, mayor of the time front November 1938 to Dayton, is carrying on consider January 1939, the tail end of Fred able non-remunerative public re- Steiwer's term; in the senate. - I lations work for t the lesislature. i , , , . I The former editor of the Monta P. JL Stadelman, state' senator villa Times "in Portland (while he from Wasco and Hood River coun-t was in law" school) is Wltiru. for : ties, has long been in the Ice busi-1 weekly newspapers - in Dayton, ness in The Dalles. And don't Sheridan, willamiha and New think that ice baa gone out of style berg. with j mechanical refrigeration. ine casn season nas oeraiveryi r Warn T. M ,v . - ' ,..,.. I :; ." neavy,; jr. says, nis pianx snip- Dacked his two iavorit- ridinff ped 1000 tons of ice to Astoria, by hnrM off in whi,.r. rv ooat, msm, w neip preserve i nothing on Rep. O. H. Bengstoa of fish in the packing plants, there. t Medford. a member of th JarkW Also it had to ice several hundred count, sherifr nossel Bnton m Iia. . tr t i-a t 1 w va.s ui nunwr nuu iuyct. r. ... i hag m&Ae arrangements for stab completed the Hal Hoss ' term as h;n- two ftf hl!, v,nrsM in, slpm secretary of state, and made many friends in! Salem whom the likes to greet every two years.'; This lis his fifth session as senator. T - ! i - : . i; ! New, to!.the: "third house" this year is Herb Miliar who has been active; in young republican circles. He is a regular employe of the Pa cific Light & Power company and Mar.w.n R.rm.nn nacrtnr and Adolf HlUer share a New Year has been sent up by his company to - cover : ine session, aiong wiw Allen 1 A. Smith, a "third house" veteran. : and will Medford. have : them sent from Proposed the handshake and exchange greetings, according to the captions for this German Yhoto, supplied by a Swedish agency. (AP Wirephoto by radio from Stockholm) j ; . ; , r- . 1 Tax-law Amendment Series Regarding State Community Property Statute A series of tax-law amendments! to protect persons who filed 'in come tax returns under the now-useless Oregon community property provision, remove from the books references to the portion of the statute which is up for repeal and to replace it with a new clause appropriated at the 1943 legisla- designed as an opening wedge to secure for taxpayers , of this state tureJ ; f benefits allegedly enjoyed by those of neighboring Oregon and Wash- , Virtually all budget items will ington were given first readings be reviewed by sub-committees m the senate Tuesday, which will report their findings to The amendment,! which : would the' jfull committee. Public hear- replace the community property lngslwill be held by the full com- provision, by intimation declared mittee only in rare cases or when unconstitutional when the US su suchj procedure is recommended preme court so labeled the Okla- by the sub committees. homa statute after which it was patterned, was introduced by Sen ators Lew Wallace, democrat, and Irving Rand, republican. Division Provided For Essentially it provides that a man and wife may divide their ag gregate income for state tax pur poses in any way they desire thus permitting greater exemp- 4inne 4-fosaicrK 9irilAft V1 1 n in The big trucks, now permitted iowpr brackets. to uie Oregon highways as a war Wallace and Rand, both of emergency transportation meas- j juitnomah county; indicated they ure, (will continue to roll here if Would send a similar measure re- senate bal 5, introduced Tuesday ferring to federal income tax fil in the senate by the roads and mgS to Oregon's congressional del- highways committee is adopted, i egation in an attempt to obtain One of the most controversial legislation equalizing tax burdens measures before the legislators of married couples in Oregon and two -y ears ago, the bill which has 39 other states with the lighter the backing of truck interests', the loads carried by families in eight state grange legislative committee states with community property and I the Eastern Oregon Wheat laws. -j leasiae.: would cut the peacetime I Because of technicalities in the transportation barriers at Oregon's derivation of their laws, residents On hand, this time with a cane, is O. B. Robertson of Junction City, political observer for Jay Bowerman, Portland attorney. "O. B." is in; the seed business at Junction City ; when not politick ing. !- ; s i,- h i- Seriate Bill 5 Provides for targe Trucks Vet Committee Taken Under Advisement Bills Entered Bills introduced in the senate s. B. s, by Pe.on-Authortzinf iurj .wu ui T Jury in its investigation has The! senate rules committee, holding its first meeting, Tuesday, took under advisement a request by Sen. Thomas R. Mahonej, state board ot control to acquire a site and construct a dwelling for - the gov ernor at a cost ox not to exceed siuo.- 000, subject to approval of the state mergency board. B. 3. by Pearson To provide for the construction of a state hospital for the mentally diseased In Multnomah county, subject to approval of the vot ers at the next special or general eiec- ; Uon." : i: . -..! . . v S. B. 4. by Wallace and Rand Pro viding for amendment of the state in ! come ; tax lawj : S. B. 3. by Senate Roads and High ways committee Providing for lengths and weignts of trucks on Oregon aign ways. . ti : ! . ; u S. B. . by Wallace, Rand and Car son Relating to gift taxes and declar ing an emergency. S. B. 1 by Wallace Providing for rev ocation of election to come under terms of the Oregon community prop erty law and appropriating money for such an act. S. B. S, by : Mahoney Providing for veterans' welfare - comniittee be created for the consideration of veterans' legislation. The commit tee would be composed of five members.; i Mahoney argued that such a committee would expedite the work of the legislature. President Howard Belton told the senate rules committee that three Iwar veterans, now serving in the senate, already are includ ed in the personnel of the military affairs committee. r i Jury Urges Pistol Permits Be Limited - I-.-.. li Sharp criticism of the use, of the pistol-permit .authority was made Tuesday in a recommenda tion of the Marion county grand jury urging that, the' sheriff and others empowered to issue the permits "use and exercise 1 the greatest of caution." 1 Hie report urged that appli cants , for permits ta carry con cealed ; weapons ' first .be deter mined of "good moral - character and have a good , and ! sufficient cause for issuance or renewal of "such m, permit.' When, such permits are issued the jury also recommended that a record of each permit be .filed with the county clerk with jthe date of expiration noted on each. This recommendation of the present grand jury is made: by reason of . the, fact that the grand as certained that in the past many such permits ha ve been issued j without plausible . reason or ex cuse," the report concluded. The report was signed by Fred A Moore, foreman, In Miller, Christine Trommlitz, Veda ! C. Byrd, Floy C" M u d d , Margaret Zoe McOellan and Phnrlp H vick, - members of the grand jury. 1W PAINTING WIS MOM iuxBtruofsQM m sow I VIVN'T VQltiUOtSOOHK to the rules committee by McKenna, Multnomah county, and two of these were approved. One of these changes the name of the removal of f 40 ceiling provision from industries comittee to the labor Oregon's old age assistance law. ,j and industries committee while the other; increases the committee personnel from five; to seven Three "requests were presented Wf-11JAf.0 rintr r Sen. Coe I . Va.iXA s-C3 JL CIXV north and south boundaries, pro-' ponents declare, 'permitting in creases in the maximum length of trucks ' from 50 to 60 feet and weight from 54,000 to 7 1,250 pounds, limits now established in both! Washington and California. $100,000 Home For Governor . Is Proposed of states around Oregon have had the" benefit of the community property - income tax provisions, Wallace explained. Previous at tempts to equalize the taxpayers' loads have aimed at destroying the community property provisions of the eight states and have proved unsuccessful. The congressional delegations of the other 40 states should be willing to make avail able for their own constituents the lighter tax load which apparently cannot be denied residents of the eight, Wallace opined. Claimed Non-controversial The bill entered in the senate here Tuesday . was dubbed "un controversial" by many legisla tors since Oregon's currently light income taxes would be but slight ly ; affected Other proposed tax law amend ments provide (1) a means, for persons who have filed under the The following house bills of the 943 session: were received by the house from the secretary of state Tuesday and laid on the table. ' " A governor's mansion for Ore gon,; to be constructed at a ceiling cost; of $100,000, is provided for in a bill introduced in the senate Tuesday by Walter Pearson, Mult nomah county, f ' ' The bill, authorizing the state board of control to acquire. a site I (rnmunjtv tax law as it now and appropriating not to exceed written, to withdraw, (2) declare $100,000, makei actual construe- thai no gift tax snaU be applicable tionj of the residence subject to to incomes turned over to husband approval of the, state emergency or Wjfe under those filings and (3) board. , . - . j" .1 .-. -I i ' would revoke the- right to elect to First appropriation measure come under that statute. The first filed during the current legisla- senate bill, introduced Monday tivel session, the bill jcalls for ex- morning, calls for repeal of the penditure ot more than 50 - per section of the income tax law es- cent of the surplus of $172,000 in I tablishing the community proper the burget presented to the legis- ty provision intended to be appli- lature by the governor Monday. I cable to federal income tax filings. H. B. 13. by Renresentatlve Wells- Providing additional excise tax reduc tions for certain taxpayers. ' . H. B. 176. by Representative Bennett Eliminating $5 district attorney's fee in divorce cases. H. B. 308, by Representative Chad- wick -Imposing a 90 cents per gallon tax on fortified wines. t- ' - i ti. a. ay judiciary committee-1 nn rmlintf Providing new procedure for appeal Vno cun from -an ; oroer refusing, . revoung or suspenoing a license oy . trte depart ment of agriculture. - rl. B. 34. by Judiciary committee Amending the law giving a roilk dealer right of review in circuit court to an order denying, suspending or revoking a license, j t r.. i. Bill Providing for Lieutenant Governor To Be Kled Today . A bill providing for election of a, lieutenant governor in Oregon has been filed with the senate clerk for introduction today, Sen. Lew Wallace, Munomah county, ; said Tuesday nigh Wallace, who State Hospital in I Multnomah Asked - In Proposed .Bill A bill providing for location construction, operation and main tenance of a state hospital in Multnomah county for the men tally diseased, but making no ap- V. (. . V. A4..v. V .WUV dared it was a duplicate of one defeated several sessions ago. Oregon would have been with out a governor had Earl t Snell been called out of the state be tween November 7 and the. elec tion of a new senate president and new speaker of the house, of rep resentatives, Wallace said. executive department of the state government, was introduced by Senator Walter J. Pearson of Multnomah county Tuesday. ; The bill provides that the ques tion shalt be submitted to the vo ters at the next general election and that "the hospital shall be built "when funds are available. personnel of the senate roads and highways committee from nine to i Bills introduced in the house Tuesday: t j ,: : - ''j." U ! H. B. S. 1 by Steethammer Amends section S-311 and other sections, chang ing tne dates Of filings for primary and cu Dwnuiin .nnioia. .; 1 .,-..! --v, ,;-- - xl. Is., J by Steemammer Amenas acyen, uiwuwn woo uoFF.v re section 115-113. ReUtes to stickers in uvu ui yimixm un uiuiui w cuities. It1 Amends cbaerSOreg wsS Non-Oiling Pension Relates to salaries of county officers - m I ts J of Sherman county. ' f Measure rroposed Ability Tests i Part of an increased emphasis i upon guidance in Salem schools, ! j tests have recently been given to membersi A request to reduce the a" 10Jh ?de l the senior high ituwi, acuuur; aujiiuiiurawr . an nounced Tuesdays The tests cov ered the fields ol arithmetic and English and the results ' showed a satisfactory level of acoomplish- ment with, medians for the class comparing favorably with the medians for the entire nation. Results of the test will be used in counseling individual pupils ; and' assisting them in selecting courses which" will strengthen weaknesses and in which the In dividual has reasonable possibility of successful achievement The bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Mult nomah county democrat, for re moval of the $40 ceiling provision from ; Oregon's old age assistance payments apparently - more than meeu requests of Townsend clubs of the state which have asked ; to have! the pension ceiling raised to $60. Mahoney's bill provides for 13,775 Apply for '45 Chauffeur - License's to DatcN Bill) Designed to Aid Soldier Voting and Pamphlet Mailing j AnS elettion bill, designed Rep. John Steelhammer, Salem,! to I number received on the same date facilitate soldier voting,) distribu- last year, Secretary of State Rob- uon of voters' pamphlets and give ert S. Fa: more; ume ior priming eiecuon TiHav 1 2 I t , ; - 1 - uauoia, was lnuroaucea : xuesaay. l vor the The law now provides for fil ing of candidates upltd 49 days House Expresses j Regret at Deaths of Former Meinhers The house of representatives Tuesday passed resolutions "de ploring the passing" of! the late before elections, but the new bill Reps. A. Rennie of Corvallis, who I would increase this to 7d days, i It died last May 15, and L. M. Ram- also provides that mailing of the age of Salem, who was killed in paiflphleta. shall be completed at an accident Aug. 2, 1943. Copies least 20 days before elections, in- of the resolutions, affirming the stead; of 10 days. house's ; "respect and admiration" for the men, will be sent to the families. A total of 13,775 persons have applied for; 1945 chauffeurs 11- ! censes, an increase of 473 over the ell,1 jr., announced here ear 1944 there were 30,153 persons licensed as chauf- I feurs In the state. Farrell said this figure indicated that less than half of the Oregon chauffeurs have applied forlheir 1945 badges, j Chauffeurs are required to have their 1945 license on January 1. The fee is $1. " Vetoed Measure Is ' Returned to Senate First vetoed measure ; returned to the 43rd, legislature went back to the senate from GovN Earl SnelTs office Tuesday. The gov ernor vetoed the bill after law makers had returned to their homes In 1943. By Senator Earl Fisher, Washington county, who did not return to the legislature this year, the bill would have des ignated chickens as livestock In Washington county," A Changes Suggested In Responsibility f Act $ Anl amendment prepared for! In the 43rd legislature by the secre tary jof state's office would modit fy somewhat the requirements of the automobile financial respon sibllity act of 1943 under which Medford Tax Levy Said Lowest of State Cities MEDFORD, Jan. 9. -JP)- City Supt Frank i H. Rogers said! to day that Medf ord's 1945 tax levy of 14.765 mills for city operations is the lowest of any: Oregon; city drivers involved In accidents, i or ! with a population of 5000 or more. who had a judgment against them, j Rogers said the city's total Jevy must maintain "responsibility by I of 17.2; mills on $10,781S:00 as- insurance policy or for life." 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