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
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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 ; .
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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
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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.
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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." Pro-1 sessed valuation equals a I1B.9Z
posea cnanges would limit the 1 per capita lax on ine oasis oi ine
provision: o ;three years-i j: 1940 census. 1 :..i:r-' -
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SENATE LOUNGE SOUGHT
Senator W. E. Burke, Yamhill
county, Tuesday Introduced ; a
resolution providing for a "senate
lounge in the state capitol build
ing; to be equipped, by the sec
retary of state.
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