Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1947)
t Bills Started to Add To State Police Pay, Legalize Gambling Cloakroom Discussion Centers Around Possibility of Sales Tax . By Wendell Webb Managing Editor. TTi Statesman Bills to legalize gambling in Oregon and to increase the pay of state police were moving through house routine today as the 44th legislative assembly slowly gained momentum, but major cloakroom discussion centeted on new plans to raise -Uite revenue including the sales tax. The gambling measure (house joint resolution 2) was introduced dip GCKEjjQB On Tuesday the great case of the government against the United Mine Workers and John L. Lewis was argued on appeal before the U. S. supreme court. The de- fendants appealed the conviction and fine imposed by Judge T. Allan Goldsborough in the fed eral court for the District of Co- lumbia. While the crisis which brought the nation to the brink of disaster was averted by the temporary capitulation of Lewis and the UMW the legal and eco nomic issue? are not yet settled. The appeal of the defendants is based on the argument that the original restraining order was il legal. Government attorneys con tend that the Norris-LaGuardia act does not apply to the govern ment itself and even if it does the initial restraining order imposing a status quo pending formal hear ing should not have been vio lated. Speculation is already starting as to how the high court will de cide this case. Neither side is very confident of the outcome, even the government attorneys feeling, to it is said, that the chance of victory Is "SO-SO." Since speculation is afoot I may be permitted to indulge in it my aelf. I venture that the govern ment will be sustained by a six to three decision, with Vinson, Frankfurter. Jackson, Reed. Rut ledge and Burton on the majority and Black, Murphy and Douglas in the minority. It might be five to four, with Rutledge going with Black, et al Admittedly this guess Is based on "the line" which individual justices have been following. But the govern ment side will win. Courts have never ordered a nation to commit suicide. Ford Reduces Prices to 'Halt Insane Spiral' DETROIT, Jan. 15-7P)-H?nry T- I IT J . 3 . 1 , V rora . presioeni or me r ora $7 000 000 of the corporate ex Motor Co., today announced price j cise tax levy to the general fund reductions ranging from $15 to there was no unanimity of $50 on current models of Ford passenger cars and said the action was Intended as "shock treat ment" to halt "the insane spiral of mounting costs and rising prices." The action, first of its kind since the end ef the war brought an immediate commendation from Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman, who wired young Ford: "Your announcement of price reductions is good news for the country and I believe good busi ness for your company." Walter P. Reuther, president of the CIO United Automobile Work ers, declined immediate com ment, saying he desired to further study the announcement. While the price cuts were an nounced as ranging from $15 to $50 in Detroit they will amount to from $16.26 on some of the super de luxe eight cylinder models to $54.20 on the super de luxe series. In explaining that the reductions applied only to Ford models. Ford said Mercury and Lincolns were excluded be cause "the Ford cars are our main line." Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Beat it. bud. before I cide to have corned beet with this cabbage." 4 Wednesday by Kep. Joe Wilson of Lincoln county, who proposed repeal of section 4 article 15 of the state constitution. The resolution was referred to the judiciary committee. The police salary bill, by Rep. John Hall et al, would increase the superintendent's pay from $5,000 to $8,000, his deputy $4,000 to $5,000, recruits $1,200 to $1,800, privates $2,400 to S3, 120, sergeants $2,700 to $3,480, lieutenants $2,820 to $3,600, cap tains $3,600 to $4,200. Renewed talk of the sales tax (defeated 3 to 1 in a 1944 refe tendum) grew out of an appar- ,nt'v rrstf ''""f,, PPOtion to , Gv Snell s fund transfer "Ian to balance the state budget, n mother tax front, proposals wer f,.'0 add an t.mated $12,000,000 in revenue "J ... w.c I111.UUIC U1A SOW. Discussion of both the sales ' . -J Ik. ; . i... ; -,JU "1C cnace cam primarily from sources who said they regarded l.ne ,,?.vern, s plan omy 38 8 e i x r a r I meeting. (A special meeting to He said the bodies of the dead Iax "n'y Answer" iron out preliminary details was men were still in the mine. House leaders, encouraged by j helf, januarv 2.) Three others were removed, Speaker John Hall's opinion that , The mayor s message thorough- two of them badly injured, "a sales tax is the only answer"' i jy Covered Salem's posMbilities 85 Feet Deep to the state's financial problems, and futUre outlook and made Griffith said the explosion oc said estimates on varied sales j sev eral suggestions w hich he had curred in the top Ross vein, about tax plans already were being , prt.viou.-iy discussed. ' 850 feet below the surface. Miners prepared for the house committee xalk of Bus Service ! expressed belief the blast result- on assessment and taxation. At Qy bus service through the ( ed from an accumulation of gas. least five of the 11-man commit- veterans housing project at 16th I The blast was about 2.000 feet tee were understood to favor I antj Cross streets will be effected I from the shaft entrance where the some such program, including j as loon after February 1 a is Carey avenue bridge crosss the Rep. Earl Hill of Cushman. Another member said he was personally neartily in favor or a sales tax but doubted whether he would vote for one unless he was assured there would be an "adequate educational campaign to acquaint the public with the facts" so that there would be a good chance of referendum ap proval. Ask Taxes be Taxable Final figures still were being compiled regarding the other i The ordinance proposes that a revenue raising plan to alter the j sticker would be sold, at a nomi income tax structure. Unofficial j nal fee, to operators of commer and admittedly rough estimates j cml cars and trucks, to allow indicated a belief that $8,000,000 them to park for a limited time annually could be added to the , state's coffers by having all net j income taxable by the state, in stead of just that part after fed- eral income tax deduction. Ad- j me tax deduction. AO- said under this plan in- taxpayers would pay vocates sau dividual taxpayers would pay but little more because the fed- I eral government under the pres- eni system was getting most oi the residue anyway. ; The other $4,000000 (estimate) j would accrue if state income tax exemptions were lowered -from $1500 to $1000 for married per sons and $750 to $500 for single persons, some sources said. No Unanimity of Opinion So far as the governor's budget-balancing recommedation was concerned to transfer about opinion but opponents were more vocal than those favoring it. Major business was lacking in the senate Wednesday. Two meas ures providing for routine ex penses and supplies were passed and proposals for a community property law, clarification of school elections in larger dist ricts and lowering the voting age to 18 were referred to commit tees. Committee Work Procressinc Committee work in both the senate and house was progress ing after initial organization, and the house education committee with little formality decided to introduce the bill providing for distribution of the $15,000,000 school support fund voted last November. Of the total. $500,000 would go for school administra tion. $7,000,000 on a teacher pupil basis ($450 for each teach er and the rest on basis of ave rage attendance), $1,000,000 for transportation based on 1 cent a mile per pupil, and $6,000,000 on a basis of need. The senate will resume at 10 a.m. today, the house at 1 1 a.m. (Stories also on page 3) Labor Committee Sets March 1 Goal WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 -0P)-The senate labor committee set up a March 1 target today for com pletion of its inquiry into what new labor laws may be needed. Something may be ready then for senate action. Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) said after the first meeting of the republican-dominated group that the intervening weeks will be filled with an ambitious program of pub lic hearings. These will start Jan uary 23. The March 1 date is held to be significant as John L Lewis has directed mine workers to stay on the job until March 31. C MEN KILLED IN WRECK EDMONTON, Jan. "15 -(CP) Six men were killed today when an RCAF airplane crashed at Whitehorse, Y. T., it was reported here. Names of the men and oth er details were not immediately available. NINETY-SIXTH YEAB Business Shifted to Manager By ED LEWIS Staff Writer. The Statesman Advisory as well as adminis trative functions of the city manager were immediately rec ognized by the council members at last night's city council meet ing, and all but a few outstand ing matters were referred to Sa lem's new administrator, J. L. Franzen, for his study and prep aration of suggestions to be pre sented at the next meeting of the city council. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom stressed the importance of understanding the chance of administrative t r - - functions from the hands of the city council to crty manager, jn his message to the new seven- ! man council at its first regular possible, officials of Oregon Mo- tor Stages advised the council. as the company, which provides Salem's bus service, has been promised delivery of additional busses on that date by manufac-1 turers i Provision for commercial veJ LPk , h ' f L age..f " ord,nan,f ! iiiti uuuiru iv uic tuuiitu uy i Mayor Elfstrom without inserting coins in the meters. Toe Many Loading Zones Councilman Howard Maple re- monstrated against reserving too monsirate against reserving too many loading zones for commer- cial cars when additional re- quests for reserved parking were read from SaJem Auto Parts, ask- "ijs pi.e ai jjo n. iiun iy and from Breithaupt's florists at 2075 Fairground rd. The matters were reierrea to xne city man- ager for investigation. Three city ordinances passed upon their third reading were to assess property owners on 5th St.. from Church to Market its.. for costs of hard-surfacing that the property' owners between 17th and Locust Ms., on Olive St.; to levy an assessment against owners of property in Burlington addition, from which the city re moved brush and noxious weeds during the summer of 1946. (Additional details on page 2) Pneumonia on Rise During Cold Wave PORTLAND. Jan. 15-vP)-The most pneumonia cases in Oregon since two years ago were reported in the state last week, the state board of health said today. Spurred by the cold wave, the disease struck 54 Oregonians. Other disease reports included seven cases of diphtheria, one of them in Marion county. Prison Bureau Terms RUarion County Jail 'Vermin-Chidden, Obsolete, Beyond Repair1 "Vermin -rid den, obsolete and beyond repair" is the estimate of Marion county jail made by the bureau of prisons of the U. S. de partment of justice, in a report re leased yesterday. The report publicizes a survey made at the request of Gov. Earl Snell's interim committee to in vestigate Oregon penal institu tions. Roy Casey, federal jail in spector, conducted the survey last spring. : Besides state prisons, all county jails were inspected and rated, with scores ranging from a high of 78 per cent for Rocky Butte jail at Multnomah county to a low of 26 per cent for the Uma tilla county jail at Pendleton. Marion county jail was describ ed as "bad" with a 34 per cent rating, with other county jails of the mid-valley area faring little better in the inspection. The Linn county jail at Albany rated "fair" with 50 per cent; Benton county jail at Corvaliis. "bad,' with 40 per cent; Yamhill county jail at McMinnville, "bad," 34 per cent: Polk county jail at Dallas, "bad," 40 per cent Marion county's is the oldest jail m the state, having been built in 1872. the report points out, add ing that more than half the county jails are at least 30 years old. Terming the local jail ""almost totally inadequate,' the federal re 18 PAGES 15 Miners Die in Gas Explosion Bodies Remain In Shaft PLYMOUTH, Pa., Jan. 13.-0P) -Edward Griffith, president and general manager of Glen Alden Coal company, announced tonight 15 miners were known dead in a gas explosion at the company's I Nottingham colliery Griffith said names of the men were not available. The blast was discovered by an unidentified foot tender at the bottom of a shaft who saw clouds of dust and sounded an alarm to , the outside. Griffith reported Susquehanna river About 700 feet of gangways leading into the mine workings wrre ,n most of the bodies were in on ?' gangways which was struck violently. Tracks were torn up and mine timbers shattered. 't to the bodies while on the sur- face hundreds of anxious rela- tives and friends gathered at the colliery entrance, some weeping. A police cordon was formed quickly to expedite the work of the rescue crews. The three injured men were re ported by rescuers to have been , wnrfcin- on rhamhr off ih ari- joinina eancwa not as seriously ' affected. r-j jr 4 I (til fif I jflft -awvoco : -r LjICCUSC OS License as Wrech Result itdimv r v t i j New York gtate tonight revoked! the automobile license of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt as the result of an accident at Yonkers last Au- ' but ,n officia, pointed out that the license could be reinstat ed after 30 days. The decision to revoke the li cense followed a hearing January 8 at White Plains, conducted by William F. Glasheen, chief ref eree of the motor vehicle depart ment. Five persons, including Mrs. Roosevelt, were injured in the accident Involving the former first lady's automobile and two other cars on the S.aw Mill river park way. Police said Mrs. Roosevelt re ported at the time that she had dozed slightly and her car crossed over to the opposite lane. In an affidavit submitted at the hear ing, however, she made no men tion of dozing. Miles said Mrs. Roosevelt would have to pass a driver's test to get her license back. port said that despite the obsol eteness of the Marion county jail, "it could be run better than it is and kept in better condition." Major deficiencies cited uv the survey of the Marion county jail: Active operation of "kangaroo court" whereby prisoners regu late and fine new prisoners. Lack of regular jailer. Absence of standing jail rules for prisoners to observe. Women's quarters too close to boys section (although satisfac torily segregated from men's jail). No full-time matron; all super vision in men s hands. Men's cells are "dungeon-like, almost totally devoid of natural light or ventilation, and unfit for use." Jail kitchen equipment inade quate; no jail laundry; men's bed ding bad. "Officials fail to see Importance of daily routine cleaning." "Jail nearly always infested with vermin; no adequate facilities for delousing." The report does not single out fire hazards, but describes the jail as occupying: ground floor space in "an old fire-trap of a court house.' The federal survey recommends that, pending construction of a modern jail, full-time compet ent jailer be employed, a set of jail rules be formulated and the NDID 1651 Scdraa. Oiqoa. Thursday Morning, January II, 1947 Governors ' .--...; . " ATLANTA. Ga Jan. 1 Herman , , widow mt the late Geverner-eleet Arnall refused to surrender the goTernor's office at Atlanta after the Georcta general assembly had elected Talmadge to serve the next fear years. (AT H'lrepboto to The Statesman.) Slight Relief Forecast From Frigid Weather Slightly rising thermometers are forecast for Salem and most of Oregon today, although the minimums will still be well below freezing. Temperatures late Wednesday and early today hovered within a few-tenths -of -a -degree of 24, McNary field weather station re ported. Salem's Wednesday high of 39 degrees Is forecast to rise to 40 and an 18 low is predicted to i Thermometers plunged to the lowest point in four years In many western Oregon towns yes terday: 18 degrees at Portland and Med ford; 26 at Roseburg, and 27 at North Bend. In the normally colder eastern Oregon area Baker recorded minus 18, Bend minus 10, Burns minus 9. A snow blanket nrevented rron Hamaif in ntrai firnnn al- though the temperature fell to 10 below zero at Madras, the coldest in five years. Packed snow and ice. added to lower temperatures, should cause motor vehicle operators to drive cautiously, K. M. Baiooci state highway engineer, warned yes- nl' , , , . ..oj ,.,o ,tl . Government Camp Broken overcast with the temperature at zero. Packed snow throughout district. Roadside snow 32 inches. Sanding operations in progress. Santiam Summit Clear and 2 degrees above. Packed snow. C ha ins required. Sanding crews operating. Roadside snow 6TI inches. ' Odell Lake Packed snow i throughout with sanding opera- 1 tions in progress. Siskiyou Summit Packed snow. Eugene Icy pavement and clear. K la math Falls Clear and packed snow throughout district, Sandinc crews opera tin. kangaroo court abolished, the jail . . I l 1 T be thoroughly housecleaned. It adds that "this old jail cannot be Informed Wednesday of the federal report on the Marlon eosmty jail. Sheriff Denver Yrawf took exception to some of the lasted deficiencies and as serted that the age jsf the jail was respanslbta for several problems beyond the reach of the sheriffs department. He said that standing jail rales always have been posted for prisoners and that kanga roo eeauts are tolerated only on a "cJcaret srUe. No money is retained by prisoners inside the jail, he said. Ho stated that in secticide and disinfectant Is available to the prisoners at all times, bat not all prisoners take advantage of it. Bedding Is cleaned after a prisoner leaves. Sheriff Tasag said he felt the Jail kitchen Is adenaU for the amber of priaoauia boarded, despite the fact it Is not -nltra-aodera." Be said that a special freextag smii to keep meats and other perishables has been added to the refrigeratioa facilities since the inspection was last spring. modernized into a decent and suit able institution." of Georgia Face If Talmadge (rirfat. facing camera) Eagene Talmadce. Is creeted City Planners9 Report Due at C. of C. Banquet J- Plans for the Salem Chamber of Commerce progress report ban- I Q"et Friday night al the Marion 1 hot' ar beln completed and wnirr way locnrm ki w- night as a deadline for ticket res- ! "X-uL i.-...- ; " " T d distrlbution to members : an guntg lhf progress report of the chambers long-range plan- ining ana ionin coiiuiiiaaiuii. ; j. N. Chambers, acting chair- man of the commission, will pre- side. Speakers will include Gov. ; Earl Snell, C. A. McClure and Carl W, Hogg. C. A. Sprague w ill discuss the importance of proper location of state institutions, brid- ges and railroads. Reservations are avaiiaDie at the local chamber of commerce. OIL WORKERS PLAN 8TRIKE WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.-(JP)-The CIO oil workers, first major union to strike over wage de mands after V-J day filed 30-day strike notices with the labor de- partment today involving more than 60 oil companies in Califor- nia Despite its "bad" rating, the Drvllr WMinr ail 9 ft-lln. n. - Polk county jail of Dallas earns from the federal report the de scription of a "fairly well run little jail." Cited, however, are a lack of segregation of juveniles, lack of jailer and matron and need for greater cleanliness." Although virtually the same de ficiencies are cited in the report of Corvaliis' JSenton county jail, they are underlined by the state ment that "from nearly every stan dard of jail administration this if a badly run institution." At times the jail is unguarded and the pris oners unsupervised, the report states. "Only a new jail and court house can solve the problem in Yamhill county, according to the report on the jail at McMinnville. Fire hazards, lack of supervisory personnel and absence of women's and juveniles' quarters are among the items cited in the Yamhill county jail's rating of 34 per cent, the same rating as Marion county jail received. The Linn county jail at Albany, which rated "fair," could "and should rate among the best jails of the state If there were a full time competent jailer to run the institution," the report stated. Facilities were considered good. but supervision suffered from lack of personnel, according to the re port mm Prlc 5c Each Other 1 standing with his another, the by Governor Ellis Arnall (left) as U. S. Pleads For Delay in Disarm Talks LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Jan 15 -AV)-Th United States advierl the United Nations security council tonight that It was not ready to discuss any arms reduc- tions proposals at this time and pleaded for postponement of the whole question until February 4 The Soviet Union strongly op- posed the move and the council sessi djourned after six hours of de- without voting. Another session was called for Friday for a decision on the American re - quest for delay n u i i t Herschel V. Johnson, deputy , United States delegate said he , niuouni uin uinc , complicated questions be de- i ,1 .UaZa h I- . .1 V 1 T. - , . I. 1 and February 4 would bring a j wider area of agreement. ; Warren R. Austin, new United States delegate who officially i frwiW. hi ,j,. ,:i,i uj insisted that the council ive priority to the problem of con trol of atomic energy and the Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Grom- j yko had in turn insisted on im mediate setting up of a commis sion to start work on implement ing the general assembly's basic arms i eduction resolution. Bill to Extend Tax Prepared WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -0)- Rep. Grant (R-Ind) announced to day he would Introduce tomorrow his bill to continue beyond July 1 the so-called luxury taxes on liquor, furs, Jewelry, lipstick and other items. Promptly, Chairman Knutaon (R-Minn) of the tax-framing house ways and means committee announced Grant's measure would be given priority over all other tax legislation. Meanwhile, house democrats, with statement chiding republi cans who previously favored let ting the wartime excise rates die July 1, swung into step with the GOFi surprise drive to continue them indefinitely. Dredge Burns In Willamette PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15 (A Explosion of two acetylene tanks in a fire that badly damaged a $300,000 suction dredge in the Willamette river here tonight set off a sensational display of flame at the waterfront Officials of the General Con struction company, operators of the dredge, said damage could not be estimated tonight because of debris and the still smoulder ing condition of the 120-foot long scow and its superstructure. One fireman was Injured slight ly when he punctured his foot on a nail while working on the blaz ing dredge. 1 Weather Max. SaUaa It fort land ... 13 Ran FranriM-o It ChK-aao 43 New York T 42 Mln. It IS II n Prertn, M 00 .24 ronrcAflT (from U1 weather b. raau. McNirjr field. Halmnl: Elifhlly cloudy today with sllfh'lr lnrrainf UmprnlurM tontcht. Higtiest today 44. Lowest tonight 24. No. 2S1 Both Have Offices in Capitol ATLANTA, Jan. 15 -(V -Georgia's battle of the twj goveinora entered the court late today when Attorney General Eugrn Cook filed suit to enjoin Herman Talmadge from functioning aa governor on the baii of his flec tion by the legislature several hours earlier. After a day In which both Tal madge, 33, and 39 -year-old Ellis Arnall, completing a four-year term, had performei the duties of governor, Cook filed a petition for the Injunction in Fulton superior court at Arnali's diic Uon. The suit aitked Judge Wal ter C. Hendrix to leciie title to the office, leading to a aupitme court appeal. Throughout the djy Ariii.ll and Talmadge had operated m jjover nor from offices lean than 20 yards apart at the rapitol u(ii en gaged in battle for control of the state militia to boUter their claims to the office. 'Merely Maneuver' Talmadge had left the rapMol when the suit wat filiM but his secretary. Benton 0J.m oVm lib- , ed the action as "merely a mane u- vr In accepting the order fiom Governor Arnall directing me to file a petition for a declatatoiy judgment In this matter, and In filing this petition fr a declara tory judgment In this matter, and in filing this petition, I am recog nizing Gov. Ama!! aa the law ful governor," Cook said. "I feel that the supreme court of Geoigia should have an ortrtuni1y to pass on it." Cook aHed. Judge Hendrix directed Tul nrwidge to ihow can February 7 why he should not be burred fiom 1 h ""' ... . . 8" Eloaaom ,Ar1n,,1 f"?l,d WMatlva ! eIection Talmadge ays i constitutional piovui.n req.iiu.I i ,uch, n -t'on and thr.t he hou d ti.ke over f .r hn fa'h. r, "? ,'rJ El"ff n T-lmadge. who 1 dle1 23 n;i ,Wo!e n, w-he'luled inauguration 'yesterday. r-acrY PP0"11' a.ijinani 1 f""' -mna me miuiia j DUl l ,n oa 'uri l?r " "V v' mine whom (he troopn w xild rnt should the commanders in chief n I Marvin Griffin, who has M-rved un(Jer lne Arn,, Miminitration ,dJullint general, resigned i.r.d was promptly r-rommlaionl 1-y Talmadge Arnall oun'eied f naming Col. It. W, jutant general. Collins ad- WA A Official, Ex-Con Held on Fraud Charge WASHINGTON. Jan. iS.-OV FBI Director J. Edgar Hxvrr to day disclosed the ardent of a war assets administration official and an ex-convict trapped In an al leged plot to defraud the govern ment of $72,000 in , surplus war materials. Hoover said the federal woiker. Louis V. Dlonne, 38 -year -old ' WAA expediter, received $7,000 I as his share. The ex-cirivict was Identified as George A. Gormley, 50. Hoo ver said Gormley was sentenced in Wanhington on Nv. 27, 1933, to serve a four to eight year ren tence for grand larceny and that the sentence was later changd to a straight 8-year term. Hoover said in a statement that both men were charged with vio lation of the "fraud against the government" statute for causing a forged document to be presented to the U. S. government. Hoover said Gormley purch ased 10.000 yards of wool cloth ing material from a WAA sales man in Alexandria last December 0, paying $24,000 for the goods which originally cost the govern ment $3.60 per yard, or $30,000. "The sales document was al tered during routine processing to reflect Gormleyis purchsse ss 40, 000 yards and the amount paid to the government as $90,000," Hoo ver said. France, Britain lo Form Alliance LONDON, Jan. 13 -(JF)- Brit ain announced tonight that he and France had agreed to con clude a treaty of alliance "at the earliest possible moment" thus continuing the historic partner ship which has bound them as allies in two wsrs in this cen tury. An announcement from Prime Minster Attlee's residence said the decision was reached during the past 48 hours during the visit of French Premier Leon JJlum. em
