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Governor Snelt's inaugural mes
sage to the legislature closes with
j prayer:
'May the blessings of Heaven
tltend us and guide us in all our
feli be rat ions."
Legislators feeling In need of
,uidance as they enter on their
mpnrtant duties may well join in
he prayer because they will find
;ione in the governor" message.
rt is distinguished by its avoid
ance of positive stands on critical
ssues. They are tossed to the
egisiature "for its careful con
sideration ' Fortunately for the
-tat the legislature has leaders
who are less timid in their .ip
proach to state problems
By using existing surpluses .ind
by the expedient of a change in
the flow of the corporation excise
tax the governor would solve the
state's financial problem for the
biennium. But after giving a hazy
negative to the program of his
special tax study commission he
leaves to the legislature the job
of solving the tax problem for
the next biennium. He urges any
new major tax proposal be re
ferred to the people in a special
election, a device which would
spare him the necessity of ap
proving or vetoing the measure.
On the very serious question of
lical finance for cities and coun
ties the governor confined his
commitment to endorsing "the
policy of city and county partici
pating in certain state funds"
without stating which funds or
in what amounts.
Such non-controversial items
as world peace, a free press, pro
motion of tourist trade and high
way safety draw
(Continued on Editorial Page)
3 Couuty Names Sent
To Senate by Truman
Three Marion county persons
were named In nominations for
postmaterships sent to the senate
by President Truman Monday.
Those nominated are Rilla M.
Schaffer, Idanha, and Gerald P.
Connor, jr.. St. Paul, both present
postmasters of their respective
to-- ind Duane D. Hatcher,
Hubbard.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Wanna buy m pur Arabiancheap?"
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Bastle. formality and pulchritude featured the openinr of Oregon's
44th legislative assembly Monday. Above left shows Sen. Marshall
Cornett (left) being sworn in as senate president by Supreme
Court Chief Justice George Rossman. while Sen. Dean Walker,
temporary chairman, looks on from the rostrum. Above right are
the three women house members. Left to right Rove M. Poole of
Klamath Falls. Anna M. Ellis of Garbaldi and Marie E. Wilcox of
Grants Pass. Lower picture shows Rep. John Hall of Portland as
suming the gavel after he was sworn in as speaker of the house,
where Gov. Earl Snell (inset) was Inaugurated and gave his bien
nial address a short time later. (Photos by Don Dill. Statesman
staff photographer).
Britain support
U. in Control
Plan for A-BoniJb
NEW YORK. Jan. !3-oP)-Au-
i thoritative sources said today that
j Great Britain will support the
f United States in insisting that
; atomic energy control be given
I priority over general disarmament
i if there is a showdown with Rus
sia in the United Nations security
' council.
Russia is insisting that "all
I phases" of world disarmament be
! taken up immediately by the 11
nation security body. She is op
posed to giving priority to atomic
I energy control.
The United States argues that
atomic energy control should be
given top consideration on the
grounds that if there is an inter
national system of protection from
atomic weapons, the problem of
lesser weapons should not prove
insurmountable.
French Troops
To Indo-China
PARIS, Jan. 13.-OP-The liner
He de France steamed toward
Indo - China today with 8.000
French reinforcements aboard as
a general staff communique indi
cated that French troops scored
some successes against the Viet
Namese resistance during the day.
The reinforcements sailed yes
terday from Toulon about the
time the first, contingent of
wounded combat veterans arrived
at Lyon from the 7,000-mile dis
tant colonial fighting front. The
general staff communique issued
in Paris said that the Viet-Nam-ese
resistance southwest of Hanoi
was becoming "rapidly disorganized."
Veteran Groups Prepare Law
Boosting State Loans to Ex-GIs
An increase from $3000 to $6000
in the Oregon veterans' loan act
for acquisition of farms or homes,
and loans by the state under the
federal veterans' loan guarantee
provisions of the GI bill of rights,
are two ef several amendments to
be presented to the legislature,
George E. Sandy, director of fhe
state department of veterans af
fairs, announced Monday.
Other proposed legislation to be
sought by veterans' groups, in
volving the state veterans loan
act of 1945, include:
Permit use of loan to pay for
material and labor for new dwell
ings and garages, new farm build
ings and fences, or for repairing
or remodeling the same.
Remove authority for foreclos
ures and liquidation of properties
thus acquired, from the state land
board and place it with the direc
tor of veterans' affairs.
Permit widow of a veteran who
had died after being approved for
a loan to succeed to his loan
rights, or to continue payment on
his loan without change in the
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Reductions in
. Certain State
Revenue Seen
Estimated general fund reven
ues for Oregon, as broken down
from the 1947-49 biennial figures
of Budget Director George Aiken,
indicated today that Gov. Earl
Snell's "balanced budget" is pre
dicted on the inclusion of most of
the $7,139,828 in corporate excise
taxes which he recommended be
transferred for general govern
mental costs.
The corporate excise tax now is
considered part of the state in
come tax levy used for property
tax offset, officials said.
Governor Snell and the budget
director predicted substantial re
ductions in estimated revenues of
some state activities, including
interest on state deposits, collec
tions for inmate care, insurance
department fees and inheritance
taxes. It was made clear the gen
eral fund budget does not include
the $30,000,000 voted for school
support.
General fund requests aggrega
ted $48,811,656. They were redu
ced to $40,502,240.
The joint ways and means com
mittee of the 44th legislative as
sembly probably will start its
sessions today, it was declared
Monday by Sen. Dean Walker,
chairman of the senate group.
PART OF CANNERY BURNS
WARRENTON. Jan. 1 3 - (P) -Fire
destroyed two buildings at
the San Juan Canning Co. today
at a loss estimated by Manager
Harold Gramson at $25,000 or
$30,000.
interest rate, provided her hus
band died during the time of
making repayment.
Prevent attachment by credit
ors of any "right, payment or pro
ceeds" of any such loan.
Increase the interest rate from
four per cent to five per cent
should the veteran transfer his
property to anyone outside his
immediate family who is not a
qualified veteran.
Require the director of veter
ans' affairs to keep up the taxes
on the veterans' mortgaged prop
erty, by providing for an addi
tional amount to be added to the
purchaser's regular installment.
Sandy said most of the propos
als were contained in resolutions
approved by the American Le
gion department convention in
Portland last September.
To loan money under the GI
guarantee, the state would first
require the veteran to submit a
letter declaring that he could not
obtain the loans from a "recog
nized regular lending agency."
(Additional stories page 6-7)
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Assembly
In Rapid
Send-Off
By WENDELL WEBB
Managing Editor. The Statesman
Assured by Gov. Earl Snell
that Oregon's financial status was
"excellent,' and that the state
budget could be balanced by a
change in the corporate excise tax
law, the state's 44th legislative
assembly appeared off to a speedy
: start today.
j The re -inauguration of Govern
j or Snell and his biennial address
j came before a jam-packed gal
i lery at the joint session Monday
' afternoon after both the senate
and house had organized quickly
by ratifying action agreed on at
separate caucuses in the Marion
hotel the previous day.
Cornett. Hall Elected
! Unanimously named senate
president and speaker of the house
i were Sen. Marshall Cornett of
! Klamath Fall? and Rep. John Hall
of Portland, respectively. Officers
also were chosen without oppo
sition and rules were approved
granting them $1 a day pay in
creases. Provision for legislative
expense and supplies were
speeded through final passage.
Secretaries again sat with their
bosses in both houses, a senate
move to bar them being defeated.
The senate also retained its usual
31 committees but the house cut
its own advisory groups from 37
; to 24 in an effort to streamline
1 procedure.
; Would Transfer Tax
J The governor, sworn in by Chief
Justice George Rossman, asked
that a special session be called if
' any major tax plan was approved
j but suggested no specific pro
: gram involving general tax reve
i nue other than recommending
i that most of the $7,000,000 of the
corporate excise levy be trans
i ferred to the general fund to
bring the $41,000,000 budget into
balance.
(Doubt was expressed in some
circles that the excise tax, now
considered part of the state in
come tax levy and used for prop
erty tax offset, could be thus
transferred because of possible
j subsequent need for a boost in
j property tax. Other sources pre
; dieted a referendum or court con
j tests or both if the plan Is car
ried out.)
Blcirer Loans Proposed
The governor also asked in-
creased loans for veterans, a $12,
000,000 forestry program, liber
alized industrial accident and
workmen's compensation benefits,
increased pensions for widows,
: and boys' camp.
i Escorting the governor to the
, rostrum were Sen. Earl Newbry
i and Austin Dunn and Reps. Henry
; Semon and Lyle Thomas, who
were apopinted for the duty by
Senator Cornett as presiding offi
cer at the joint session. Supreme
court justice, members of the
board of control and other high
state officials also were escorted
! to the rostrum.
The invocation preceding the
address was given by Bishop
i Bruce Baxter.
j Judge Brand Given Leave
! First bill rushed through both
1 the house and senate was HB 1
which permits Justice James T.
Brand to accept an assignment to
sit in the war crimes trials in Ger
many. He reports in Washington
next Monday. The bill placed the
summons given Justice Brand In
I the category of a call to active
i military duty.
Also adopted by both houses
was house joint memorial 1 ask
ing President Truman to appoint
Joseph K. Carson, Jr.. former
mayor of Portland, to the mari
time commission.
Both houses will resume work
at 10 a. m. today, but already in
j troduced in the house is a con
i current resolution seeking to set
I the starting time at 9:30 a. jn.,
j including Saturday.
! (Legis. stories on pages 2-3-6-7)
Oregon Men on
House Committees
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - (JP) -Oregon
house members were giv
en assignments on several com
mittees today by the republican
committee on committees, subject
to formal house action. They
were: Appropriations. Lowell
Stockman; armed services, Walter
Norblad; interstate and foreign
commerce, Harris Ellsworth; and
public works. Homer D. Angell.
CATTLE JAM STOCKYARD
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 13-()-A
record January run of 25,000 cat
tle jammed into the Kansas City
stockyard today attracted by high
prices. Stockmen said the large
receipts indicated a strong back
log of meat animals on the range.
Snow.
Oregon 1946 Births
Hit Ail-Time High
PORTLAND, Jan. 13-(yP)-T h e
number of births reached an all
time high in Oregon last year, the
state board of health reported to
day. Figures were not complete
for December, but the board esti
mated there were 27,890 births in
the state in 1946. The previous
high was 25,380 in 1943.
Senate Demos
Organize to
Stop GOP Bids
By the Associated Press
The senate democrats organized
to fight republican proposals to
continue the special war investi
gating and small business commit
tees. A vote was put off until
Wednesday.
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich),
senate presiding officer, settled a
squabble on the disposition of
bills to outlaw union portal pay
suits by ruling that all of them
shall be referred to the judiciary
committee. It has a hearing Wed
nesday. Demands were made in both
senate and house for an investiga
tion of air accidents as the senate
commerce committee prepared to
open an inquiry into safety pre
cautions. Chairman Taber (R-NY) of the
house appropriations committee
told newsmen some unspent ap
propriations voted by the last
congress may be cancelled before
any action is taken on new ones.
Bills were introduced to:
Make bribery of athletes and
sports promoters a federal of
fense, by Rep. Hebert (D-La).
Grant $600,000,000 to the states
to raise teachers' salaries, by
Senator McCarran (D-Nev).
CIO Battles on
Side of Lewis
In High Court
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -(JP)-The
CIO forgot its enmity with
John L. Lewis today to battle by
his side in the supreme court
against what it termed "the evils
of government by injunction." ,
It filed a brief as "friend of the
court' assailing the contempt con
victions and $3,510,000 fines
against the United Mine Workers
and Lewis. The contempt was
based on disregard of a lower
court's restraining order at the
time of the soft coal strike. The
CIO claimed the order would have
compelled Lewis "to violate his
oath of office."
"It tells him to act as a strike
breaker," the brief said, "to do
that which he may deem fatal to
the best interests of the organiza
tion which he is charged with
leading and protecting."
British Hunt
Haifa Bombers
JERUSALEM, Jan. 13.-(;p-Ten
Jews were seized for questioning
today as British troops combed
the alleyways of Haifa for three
men who blew up the Haifa po
lice station last night, causing
four deaths and injuries to ap
proximately 150.
The search was terminated this
afternoon after 872 persons had
been screened.
Arab officials, meanwhile, de
manded that Britain take stern
measures to wipe out violence in
the Holy Land, and said that the
present British attitude encour
aged terrorism. An Associated
Press dispatch from Cairo quoted
military sources there as saying
that the British Third division was
being transferred to the troubled
Holy Land.
Quad Survivors
Doing Fine9
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan.
13-7P)-Three survivors of quad
ruplet girls, born early Sunday
in a two-room wooden shack to
the wife of a mule team driver,
were reported "doing just fine"
today at Dr. Tom Johnston's clinic
in Sequatchie, Tenn.
During the births the five other
children of the quads' parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Moore, slept in
a single bed in the same room.
The fourth quad was a stillborn.
STOCKMAN ASKS PENSION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-(JPj-Representative
Stockman (R
Ore.) has applied for a pension
under the new law which makes
members of congress eligible aft
er they reach age 62.
Ice Blanket Northwest
Airplane
Crashes
Assailed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-UP)-The
civil aeronautics board will
be called before the senate com
merce committee tomorrow as
part of a congressional study of
the airplane accident situation.
This was announced tonight by
Senator Brewster (R-Me), as cries
resounded on Capitol Hill that
recent plane crashes are making
Americans "afraid to fly."
Brewster, member of the com
merce committee, said "popular
confidence" in flying is being
lost.
"Scared to Death"
"The American people are hor
rified and scared to death," Rep.
Rivers (D-SC) told the house. He
called attention to the crash of an
eastern airlines plane near Galax,
Va., yesterday with the loss of 18
lives and to the emergency land
ing last week of an airliner on a
Long Island, N. Y., beach.
Joinintr Rivers. Rec Hinshaw
(R-Calif ) asserted there should be
a "complete and thorough inquiry
in hope of finding a remedy.
Senator Brewster (R-Maine), a
member of the senate commerce
committee, said "People are get
ting afraid to fly."
"The situation is destroying
popular confidence," he told re
porters. Senator McCarran (D-Nev), ad
dressing the senate, raised the
question whether alarms are not
out of order.
Fatalities Decline
He said that domestic and in
ternational operations of U. S. air
lines have shown steady declines
in passenger fatalities.
Airline men, taking the same
view, acknowledgd, however, that
air travel has fallen off.
The Galax accident was the
first fatality on a scheduled air
line this year. Last year the air
lines marked up their best record
since 1939, with a passenger fa
tality rate of 1.24 for every 100,
000,000 passenger-miles.
Morse Predicts
Eisenhower,
Truman in '48
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-(P)-Senator
Wayne Morse (R.-Ore.)
predicted tonight that President
Truman will seek the 1948 presi
dential nomination and declared
that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
"has the best chance of all the
candidates on both sides" to oc
cupy the White House two years
hence.
"If the Republicans continue
their anti-labor policy and their
fiscal policies which will lead to
fiscal isolation, they will lose both
congress- and the White House in
1948 and they will give us the
worst era of labor unrest in the
history of our country," Morse de
clared. Morse. also assailed Republican
tax-reduction proposals as "one
of the most atrocious cases of pub
lic deception in the past quarter
of a century. They should tell the
people that now is the time to
save and pay our debts or the
dollar won't be worth a quarter
of what it Is today," he said.
Mrs. Walter Denton, Leader in
Music Circles, Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Walter Denton, widely
known in music circles of Salem
and Oregon for many years, died
Monday morning at a local hos
pital, where she had been a pati
ent since January 8, after suffer
ing a $troke at her home, 1055
Court st.
Mrs. Denton was born Mary
Ellen Sieiner in Ohio in 1867 and
came to Oregon 20 years later
with her parents, Gideon and
Elizabeth Steiner. She was mar
ried more than 50 years ago to
Walter Denton, who died in J927.
She was a piano teacher in Sa
lem for many years, having re
ceived her musical education at
Willamette university under Pro
fessor Z. N. Parvin. She served
as head of the Oregon committee
for National Music Week since the
institution of the annual observ
ance almost 20 years ago, and at
the same time has been chairman
of the Salem Music Week com
mittee. '
In her capacity as head of the
National Music Week, she was re
Valley Gets Sfaa
Of Winter Weather;
Traffic (Hazardous
More snow and lower temperatures were moving in on th
Willamette valley early today and the area generally was sharing'
in the wintry weather which has brought icy roads throughout the
Pacific northwest.
At 2 a.m., Salem's streets were dangerously slippery and light
snow was not melting quite as fast as it fell. A new light coating
Negotiations
Open in Britain
Truck Strike
LONDON, Jan. 13. - (JP) - Brit
ain's labor government and em
ployer and union representatives
hurriedly set up new negotiating in low-lying areas of the Willam
machinery tonight in an effort to j ette valley and along the coast,
end a mushrooming series of The flurries were mixed with rain,
strikes threatening vital foot dis- jn much of western Oregon yester
tribution. day.
Employers and union represen-
j tatives agreed to confer early to-
j morrow to draft a charter for im-
mediate reconsideration of work-
ers' demands.
inis development came as me
government's use of troops to re
place 21,000 striking truck drivers
brought an angry reaction from
labor union members. There was
some fear that sympathy walk
outs would grow to general strike
proportions.
The labor dispute began a week
ago when the truck drivers walk
ed out. They demanded a 44
hour week, overtime pay after
eight hours daily and other con
cessions. In an effort to break a meat
famine affecting 10,000,000 in
greater London, resulting from
this tieup, the government sent in
troops today to get the trucks
rolling.
New machinery providing for
voluntary negotiations - - will not
begin to function until men have
returned to their jobs.
Dr. King Heads
Salem General
Hospital Staff
Dr. A. T. King was elected
president of the Salem General
hospital staff at last night's an
nual medical staff meeting and
election at the hospital. Dr. King
succeeds Dr. William Lidbeck,
outgoing president.
staff also elected Dr. Thomas
Dunham, vice president;. Dr.
Ralph Purvine, secretary - treas-
, . ...
lUJ,?Ll 3"; r1.?,
bell, chief of medical staff; and
Dr. James Sears, as chief of spe
cialties. All offices are for one
year.
Following the election and
meeting, at which medical and
case problems were discussed, the
annual staff dinner was held.
Weather
Max.
J7
37
49
Min.
33
33
3
38
Precip.
M
.00
.04
Smlcn
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
.45
.37
New York
Willamette river: .6 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy
today with Intermittent mow showers.
Temperature sUKhtly colder tonight
with low of 27. High 33.
sponsible for this state receiving
national recognition for its parti
cipation and also worked with the
state department of education in
compiling figures on the number
of children participating in music
week in this state.
Historian for the State Federa
tion of Music'' clubs for many
years, Mrs. Denton also was the
principal organizer of the Federa
ted Music clubs in Salem. Through
the Federated Music clubs it was
arranged to give civic programs I
. .i a r- . . ,
hi uic jivjem otaie lair yearly
and Mrs. Denton had been in
charge of them for a number of
years. She served as chairman
of the Sink Memorial committee
until about three years ago when
she submitted her resignation.
Surviving as a brother, Dr. R. E.
Lee Steiner; a sister, Mrs. Milton
L. (Alice) Meyers and several
nieces and nephews, all of Sa
lem. Services will be held today at
the Clough-Barrick chapel, with
the bier open to friends until 1
pjn. Committal will be private.
covered most parts of the city.
The snow, in varied depth, was
general through Oregon and
Washington and traffic conditions
were listed as hazardous. A few
schools closed.
One Fatality Listed
One man's death was attribut
ed to the weather. George Mac
Leod, 60, provincial roads engi
neer at New Westminster, B. C,
collapsed and died while putting
chains on his snow-stalled car.
While the weather bureau fore
cast snow, it said the white man
tle was expected to melt rapidly
The snow was heaviest in th
j Cascades, but four inches fell si
Medford and five at Klamath
j Falls. Portland's west hills were
j coated, and Troutdale grad
i school, 12 miles east of Portland,
closed because of hazardous road
conditions.
Heaviest Since 1935
Vancouver, B. C. had its wont
snowfall since 1935 with eight
inches on the ground and mora
forecast. The storm slowed traifio
to a crawl in the British Colum
bia city.
In other parts of the nation
winter was continuing in icy
blasts, with higher temperatures.
Heavy snows fell Monday In
northern Minnesota, and a new
sub-zero wave was predicted for
the northern Great Plains states
by Tuesday night.
Milder weather was forecast for
New England Tuesday after th
sub-zero spell which reached 13
below in Maine early Monday.
Meanwhile, from the Mississippi
valley eastward, mild tempera
tures were expected to continue
through Tuesday. .
3.8 Inches Ln Two Days i
Since Salem awoke Sunday
morning to find a mantle of white,
covering most of the city, 3.8
inches have fallen, the bureau
said last night, and 1.7 inches
fell here yesterday. The fall was
the heaviest since January of
1942-1943, when 23.8 inches fell,
the weather bureau said.
The city engineer's office re
ported negligible inconvenience
caused by the snow, as it melted
fast on the streets. The city police
department reported that, though
there were some accidents within
"ty. none were caused directly
ram, and since the cold spell be-
! gan on December 14 only five
minimum daily temperatures have
been above freezing, the weather
bureau said. i
Highway Report '
The Oregon highway report last
night by R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer, includes:
Government Camp Snowing.
Packed snow from milepost 18, Mt.
Hood, to milepost 29, on the
Wapanitia highway.
Santlam Summit Snowing
hard with wind. Packed snow and
ice. Eighteen inches of new snow
over week-end.
Odell Lake Snowing. Twenty
inches of new snow. Total road
side snow 44 inches.
Klamath Falls Five inches
new snow. Snowing hard through
out district. Packed snow. Sand
ing crews operating.
Lower Colaanbia River High
way Short section of one-way
traffic at Tongue Point, due to
slide.
Oregen Ceast Hirfiway Short
sections of one-way traffic be
cause of slides near Florence,
Manzanita, Gardiner and Yachats.
Alses Highway Short sections
of one-way traffic.
Silets HJshway Short sections
of one-way traffic.
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