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PAGE TWELVE
Senate Keeps
Election Pay
Issue Alive
By Isabel Child ,
City Editor, Th Stateaman .
First bill defeated on the floor
bt the senate during the 43rd leg
; isiature may come back for an
other round today.
; The measure (SB 24), to in
' crease par of election board mem-
, bers from $3 to $3 a day, "went
.. down before a , tie vote Tuesday
morning, and Sen. Earl T." New
'bry, Jackson county, served no-
tico ' that he would ask lor re-
. consideration. -
To bring the bill back to the
'. Boor - a majority must vote in
favor of the motion. Newbry voted
ft gainst the bill Tuesday.
Walker Opposed "
: I ken. Dean Walker of Polk coun
iff. who had previously expressed
&is opposition to the change, led
the opposition. Enactment of the
bill i would cost, over the state,
from $25,000 to $27,000 in addi
tional election costs, Walker main-
- tained. He added that this would
not be a considerable sum if the
higher pay would improve the
quality of election operations.
Yamhill County Sen. W. , E.
Burke also favored, retention of
the $3 per diem pay. Both men
argued that only when election
board personnel is patriotic and
generous is their work likely to
be acceptable, no matter how well
or how poorly they are paid.
Delegation Split
Marion county's senators vote?
were split, Carson voting for the
bill, Lamport against it The bin
was sponsored by Sen. W.H.
Strayer, Baker county, at the re
quest of the state county courts'
association.
Another of Strayer's bills was
passed by the senate Tuesday and
sent to the house after a flood
of negative argument.
Under existing l?.w the taxpay
er receives a three per cent dis
count if he pays his taxes in ad
vance, smaller discounts if speci
fied portions are paid in advance,
The loss of revenue which results
from such discounts is borne en
tirely by the counties, with the
exception of Multnomah. In like
fashion, the counties receive the
added income from penalties and
interest charged late taxpayers.
Would Pro-rate Results
The bill passed (SB 35) would
pro-rate both the burden and the
benefits among all municipal cor
porations which are recipients of
taxes. This is the system ; now
Used! in Multnomah county.
.Declaring mat the proposed
change would bring about a heavy
cost for low results, Sen. Paul
Patterson, Washington county
urged the bill's defeat Over
period of years, he declared, rec-
; ords; show that the county re
ceives in penalties and interest
more than the losses from dis
counts,
County courts may favor the
. measure, but the sheriffs, who
collect and turn over the tax
monies, are opposed to the extra
work, particularly" now when
competent help is scarce, said
Sen. George Winslow of Tillamook
county. JDuring; good years, when
' the loss from discounts is great
v est, "they simply put it back in
the levy," he maintained,
Cost Pointed Oat
; Sen. Merle Chessman, Clatsop
county, declared it a "very in
volved procedure" and costly to
the taxpayer.
Multnomah county is finding
difficulty under the system' which
it has and which is now proposed
for the (state as a whole and plans
to bring before the legislature a
request that it be released from
the extra bookkeeping .and be al
lowed to join other counties un
. der the simpler plan, Sen. Irving
liana declared,
. To all of which Strayer objected
on the grounds: (1) That eastern
- Oregon counties particularly are
feeling the drain of paying the
. discounts, that there the dis-
- counts and ;; penalties have not
balanced one another and that
' now the discount losses are mount
ing; (2) that the cost of the extra
work Is much smaller than the
saving to the county; (3) that the
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SERVICE
718 Ferry Street
Salem. Oregon .
In the House
JEUlls Introduced Tuesday:
HQ 134 (by Adams and Moore) tti j
nnronrit S20.000 for investigation
and experimentation of the Oregon
agriculture experiment station.
ills J relating w hiuk u
cert of Jackson county.
m lSft-ibv Chinderen. Greenwood)
provide tot 13 days aiclt leave each
year for county employe, with pay. ,
HB 131 l by committee on health
and public morals) would empower
state board of health to control im
portation and distribution of bedding
and upholstered furniture, to the end
of preventing -contamination, mis lab
tiling and misrepresentation. - j
HB 138 providing that in counties j
with less than 43.000 population in
stead of 39.000) county surveyors shall
get 1S day (not Sioj ana Travel ex
penses of 5 cents a mile (not 10 cents).
HB 139 provides for serving of no
tice or other papers by mail. .
HB 140 provides for service, of no
tice or otherpapers by main to last
address found ron any document of
the person to tie addressed. .
HB 141 broadens term "building,
in retard to board of education, to in
clude any structure deemed necessary
for operation or msmuuon, mcmumi
physical education or athletic lacali
ttes. .... '
HB 143 would empower state board
of education, rather than regents of
separata institutions of higher learn
ing to enter into contracts, leases or
expenditures in regard to dormitories
or lor nousuig ana mnuui. , ,
HB 143 would transfer into general
fund balances from - Irrigation and
drainage district funds.
HB 144 repeals law barring a pub
lic appointee from acting as delegate
to convention from district which
elects his superior, and prevents him
from being member of a political com
mittee, i:
HB 145 (Steelhammer) deletes por
tion of vacancy law which provides
that vacancy in senate or house must
be filled by elector ot tne same po
litical party as the one deceased , or
resigned.
Referred to committees: HE 11
providing for assembling and
framing all pictures of speakers of
house of representatives; HB 113
to 133 inclusive; SCR 5.
"Do pass" committee reports
accepted in house HB 15, 29, 36,
54, 63, 65, 66, 70, 7r, 73, 78, 101,
102,' 108, 109, 124; SB 13.
"Do not pass" reports accepted;
HB 40, 84.
Measures passed in house Tues
day: HB 32 providing for six
year terms, (instead ofc two years)
for justices of the peace.
Measures re-referred to com
mittee: SB 15, regarding standard
containers to committee on food
and dairy products (on objection
of Rep. John Steelhammer).
'Hotel Bill'
Hearing Set
For Jan. 30
A public hearing on the "civil
rights" bill, sometimes: termed the
"hotel" measure, now in judiciary
committee of the senate, will be
held Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 pjn.
The bill would make it a mis
demeanor . to deny to any person
"because of race, creed or color
the full enjoyment of any of the
-accommodations, advantages, fa
cilities or privileges Of any public
place or public resort, accommo
dation, assemblage or amuse
ment"
A similar measure, fought by a
number of hotel and restaurant
operators and certain " hospitals,
was defeated in 1941.
The "civil rights" hearing will
be the third of the senate's hear
ings on highly controversial sub
jects.
7 This afternoon, following sen
ate adjournment, the "big truck'
bill will be aired. ; Thursday, af
ternoon, the measure which would
provide , lor construction and
.maintenance of limited access
roads (no service stations or
drive-in stands) will be subject
for a hearing following, senate ad
journment. -
very explanation that the loss is
simply put back in the levy is an
argument: . against the system
which forces it, because counties
are "bumping against the six per
cent limitation ceiling" and need
every bit of the levy they can get.
(EF SHI
Keep saving alt used kitchen fata. 'v.,
Your country urgently needs then ... to help
make medicine, parachutes, synthetic rubber,
munitions, paints and soaps for military arid
civilian uses.
So keep up your good work. Save every pos
sible drop of used fats, Remember, tor each
pound you turn In. you tt 2 red ration poinis!
Savo Used FutS-
'Approved hj OTA nd WVA. TJd far ly Uiustrj
The
Oregon Liquor
Will Carry Out
Paul Patterson
. There will be no joint action
Oregon and Washington legislatures to investigate purchases by the
Oregon, liquor control commission and the Washington liquor control
board of the Waterfill At Frazier and Shawhan distilleries In Kentucky.
The committee, which named
its chairman and Rep. Ralph T. Moore of Bandon as its secretary, de
termined at its organisation ses
sion Tuesday to hire "the best
possible'' firm of auditors to a
sist wttrthe inquiry. ';'? V; ?!
Courteous " was the word used
to describe the relationship the
Oregon H committee' ejepects to
have, with that named this week
in the . Washington legislature.
However, the basic policies and
procedure will not be determined
until a. meeting has been held
with j. Ray Conway, Oregon's v li
quor administrator, who is to be
asked to appear with all records,
contracts and correspondence per
taining to the purchase. . ' ff
That meeting is to take place
shortly after the - auditing firm
and secretary have been engaged.
The unanimous agreement that
the two states investigation!
should be conducted separately
was reached alter members - of
Introduced Tuesday iq the sen
ate: '; ;H : ' ' i - Ij ;- ;1 .s : K
SB 8S Requires non-high school dis
tricts whose territories r liny portion
thereof have been, include) within a
union high school district since July
1. 1344. to continue to pay" tuition or
transportation expenses or both for
high school pupils resident within the
territory during the remainder of the
fisral vear. - -- i't
SB 89 To establish a department
or neaiin. .
SB 80 Amendment requiring county
clerks to counties of more - than 50,000
population to issue notice ief primary
elections ,; tnrougn newspapers rather
than the . posting of official notices
by election board, members.
SB 81 Providing that vehicles shall
stop before passing a school bus load
ing or discharging passengers and then
proceed at a speed of not more than
10 miles (instead of 15) an hour until
safely past. '; J
SB sa., SB 83, SB B-Corrective
amendments to clarify laws relating
to probate of estates and guardianship
matters and to coincide with court
procedures already in force.
SB as would increase allocation of
highway! funds to counties from 13.7
to 20 per cent of funds originating in
specified ': sources, raising ceiling on
amount of such allocation from 12,000,-
uuu to Z,BUU,UUU. E.j s
SB 86 Providing that space taken
by revolving doors shall not be reck
oned in the measurements of exit
space required under the fire code.
hb 32 nrst reading. s
Given second reading Tuesday
in the senate and sent! to com
mittees: j : '. n
SB U-SB 83 inclusive, and SB
85-SB 87 inclusive. HBs 5, 16 and
38.- . !!.; ' if .
Reported in from committees
with the "do pass" recdfrimenda
tion: SBs 33, 65 and 66 and SB 64
amended to provide that fee for
filing will be only $1 instead of $5;
SB 84 tabled pending appear
ance of another bill related to it,
to be considered in same com
mittee at same time. l
i Bill passed in senate Tuesday;
SB 35 Under which the loss of reve
nue due to discounts for early pay
ment of taxes, now borne entirely by
the counties (with the exception of
Multnomah county) and the penalties
and interest from late payment ot
taxes, now going to thesi counties,
would be : pro-rated among : all muni
cipal corporations within ; county
county which are recipients' of taxes;
Bill defeated in senate Tuesday:
SB 24 Raising per diem pay of
members of election boards from $3
to $5. Notica served that a motion for
reconsideration will be made today.
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OUTGO!! STATESMAN, Salem,
Investigators
Own Probe;
Is Chairman
by the special committees of the
Sen. Paul Patterson of HUlsboro as
the joint committee of senate and
house of representatives had ex
pressed j the opinion ' that 1 they
were primarily interested in Jhe
Oregon -commission's share in the
distilleries?, purchase by which
the two states acquired approxi
mately 2,000,000 gallons of Ken
tucky Bourbon j whiskey. :
Meetings of the committee will
be open; to the press and a com
plete record of proceedings will
be kept by a court reporter," it
was announced.! I . S
Department of Health'
Suggested in Measure '
Introduced in Senate - !
Based i on recommendations by
the in te r I m committee ' which
studied Oregon's' board of health
organization and operations, a bill
creating; department of health
was introduced l Tuesday In the
senate. ' . - ; j
Among other provisions of the
long measure Is" one that would
make the state director of agri
culture a member, of the depart
ment' board of; directors ex of
ficio. Inspection of foods would
be left with the 'department of
agriculture. . ! .''
GRANGE INVITES GUESTS
Members of the senate and
house have been invited by Salem
grange 17 to visit a grange meet
ing at 7:30 tonight In the Salem
Woman's ? clubhouse on North
Church st j ;
I'll never forget her!
"1 went ashore at Normandy on D Day plus one
with a combat engineer squad. , We had built one
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bridge, repaired another, and were heading
' . " ' ' ' ; I : y i f i -' -toward
a third job when the Jerries 'zeroed'
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us in.; I had fourteen men in my truck. A couple
of them were killed and a couple of others
wounded. 1 was just crawling under the truck
1 ';.M' V- I --j
for coper when I got it from a 'tree burst' thafs
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a shell that bursts at treetop level. The concussion '
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blew me under the truck and right out the other
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side. A shell fragment went through my right
arm and I lost a finger fromlmy left hand.
At an evacuation hospital an Army nurse
cleaned me up, stood by me until I was
- . ii ; i s I i - '. i ' y. "'"' ' . '
operated on. Til never forget her. I remember
' the boys cheered like mad when they saw
, -M I.; . I : I - :- -1.
the first Army nurses hit the beach at . : .
Normandy. They knew, then, that if they,
were hit they'd be taken care of right." . 1 ;
TacRincuif Pirra'CaaM Ainn J. Tmrr,
combat engineer from North Bergen, N.J.
NURSES ARE WEEDED NOW . . ALL VOKIEN CAN DELL?!
r . If you are tmtrained take a Bome nursing or
- . t t , . nurse s aude couit:
Oregon. Wednesday Morning.
Lamport Asks
Kinds' of Doors -
Deemed Safer
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Revolving doors in public build-
ingS'.WDuld not - be illegal, but
could not be considered as the ex
Its reoiired by Oregon's fire code,
under a bill introduced Tuesday
by Sen Frederick S. Lamport of
Marion county. - , 1 ,
Lack of other types of exit was
blamed lor the great loss of life
in the Cocoanut. Grove fire in
Boston, Lamport bar pointed outn
The , state ; capitol has sufficient
swinging doors to meet the exit
requirements In the fire code, but
most Other public buildings in this
area where revolving doors are in
use are not so equipped, Lamport
Said Tuesday. -" -,
Measure Would
Specify Term for
Justices of Peace
. - The house passed and sent to
the senate Tuesday a bijl to cor
rect a conflict between the laws
and the state constitution s which
has existed since the supreme
court ruled in 1912 that justices of
the peace are judges. -
-Then constitution says that
Judges shall serve six year terms
and justices of the peace ; have
been elected for that period since
1912,- but an 1864 statute fixing
their terms at two years has con
tinued on the books.. The bill
changes the law to conform with
the constitution. K
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Rep. Joseph E.. Harvey's bill
(HB i 125) requiring sufficient
lights land barring obstructions in
licensed places serving liquor for
consumption on the premises, was
among those referred to commit
tee after second reading in the
house ;Tuesday. ' :
: If you are a senior cadet nurse - serve the final
v ' six months of your training period in an Army
43S STATE STREET -r
; ' SALEM
, This Message Compliments of
January 24, ISIS
War Veterans
Arriving, 500
Every Month '
The Oregon postwar develop
ment and readjustment commis
sion, of which. John Kelly la ex
ecutive secretary, estimated Tues
day that war veterans have been
returning td Oregon recently at
the. rate of approximately - 500 a
month. , . 1;! i . i; !
About 60 per cent of these vet
erans have been discharged "for
the convenience of " j the govern
ment, and SO per cent with cer
tificates of disability. - r .
- Thus far, the report continued,
13 per cent of the returned vet
erans have expressed a desire to
locate somewhere outside of Ore
gon.' This is balanced by non
residents who were inducted here
and who have been discharged
and propose to .remain In this
state. . ' ! H
The report to the . legislature
also said Oregon's postwar proj
ects now listed total $436,041,197,
of which $6154,232 : represents
cash and reserves. iH ; -
projects already authorized to
tal $134,360,996 with tentative ex
penditures totalling $217,125,969.
Largest of the strictly state cash
and reserves is $8,564,000 of gthe
state highway commission. The
Port of Portland listed $3,000,000.
Board of control projects . aggre
gate $2,939,300 and i the state
board of higher education $2,518,-
000. :
Th Tpnort stressed Oregon's
possibilities as a chemical indus
try area and the necessity of rid
ding, its streams of pollution. It
already has been proposed to ex
pend $15,000,000 in sewage dis
posal operations and sewage
treatment plants as a part of the
postwar program.
The state, highway, postwar
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Liquor, Control
Commission : !
Enters Bills
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Approximately 1 bills, largely
of the corrective variety, nave
been , received from the j Oregon
liquor control mmissionj by the
alcoholic traffic committee of the
senate, that committee's chairman.
Sen. P. Ji i Stadelman announced
Tuesday. Those not merely cor
rective will be held backy he said,
until he has had an opportunity
to confer 'with commission mem
bers" and - einployesii-v -t f
The announcement was made at
the close of a brief speech before
the senate - in which" Stadelman
pointed out 'tfaaViiiiaMlal'rep
requested Monday by Sen. Lew
Wallace had been placed on desks
of the solons.
Bigger Cut From
State Highway Fund
Sought in New BOl
Twenty per cent of the state
highway funds which emanate
from the state treasurer's office
and from fines. Instead of 15.7
per cent now allocated,- would g o
to Orptrnn rnuntiea annually un
der a bill introduced by the roads
and hiehwavs committee , of the
senate Tuesday.
The ceiling of the aggregate of
such allocations would be In
creased from the current $2,000,'
000 to $2,800,000 by the bill, which
it Is understood will be fought by
hiehwav - commission and other
groups. ... f - - ..-
construction program ' virtually
has been completed. Involving
more than $40,000,000 during the
three years following the war.
If you are a registered nurse -join the Army
Nurse Corps.
iYoxx help may mean the difference Between life
and death to our wounded men. Visit or write your
local Red Cross chapter for full information and
application Want : Or communicate with the
Surgeon General, U. S. Army, Washington 25, D. C
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House Kilt
Plan to Have
10 p.m. Polls
a hill to nermit keeping polls; "
open to 10 pjn. instead of S p.m.
was a' dead Issue in the house to- '
day after a "do not pas" repor$
of the elections committee was up
held and action on the proposal,
was postponed Indefinitely. ,
The measure (HB Q) ww vv
sored by Rep. Jack Bain of PorU
, 1 ,, ..M it would permit ,
more workers to vote and redue
long lines whom ne saia wji
fair ballots last November.
in the Portland area. ... -,
A motion by Rep. James Glea
to re-refer it to 1 committee
. . .-.Arr that it be -
applicable to cities of more than,
100,000 was beaten ! after Rep. ,
John i Steelhammer complained
that "we re not Eeum mjwun
in constant re-reference of bUls.
Avdo not pass recornmenda-i ;
tion also waa adopted in regard to
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