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Amended Sales Tax
Measure Readied to
End Legislative Lull
By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor, The Statesman
The 44th legislature was bogged down today in a veritable lull-before-the-storm.
and it was certain most of its major work would
be done on pay-less overtime starting next Tuesday, the 51st day.
So far as major actions of general state import are concerned,
yesterday might just as well not have happened.
But at least it brought an indication that sponsors finally were
, getting ready to put on the appar
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ently-unavoidable sales-tax bite
for the good or bad of counties,
cities, schools and public welfare.
It also brought house commit
tee approval of bills setting mini
mum salaries for certified teach
ers at $2100 and $2400 (the low
er figure for those without BA
degrees), and providing a new
fee basis for trucks (from
to 3.75 cents, depending
which Rep. Burt Snyder
of Lakeview said would yield the
state $3,000,000 annually in new
revenue. .
Ready Early Next Week
Rep. Earl Hill of Cushman said
Refusal of the organized oppo- .m amended 3 per cent sales tax
iition to the throughway bill tc bill to give an estimated $20,000,
agree to a very reasonable com- 000 annually to the four above
promise leaves the legislature no mentioned sub-divisions would be
respectable choice but to pass the brought before the house commit
amended bill. This is a case where tee on assessment and taxation
public safety and the interests of early next week. The measure
the public at large should over- j would exempt food, limit proper
ride the special interests of the j y taxes and possibly double the
operators of roadside business i present $750 (single persons) and
who object to the bill. j $1500 (married) exemptions un-
When the state at great cost j der the state income tax.
constructs a new highway a Meanwhile the plan for a 1 per
t-warm of commercial interests cent withholding tax on wages
quickly fringe it with roadside over $50 a month, to be applied
stands and service stations and toward state income tax. headed
motels, to the resulting great I toward tne house floor with the
7 Vessels
Flounder
In Atlantic
hazard of highway travel. They
profit by state exepnditure; there
fore their interests should be sub
servient to the interest of the
highway user whose money hos
paid for the highway and whose
life, is in jeopardy from the fre
quent turns into his line of travel,
from or to the roadside.
do-pass recommendation of the
assessment and taxation commit
tee, which also was given two
more revenue proposals to con
sider. New Gas Tax Eyed
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 -P)
Fierce, sporadic storms, with
winds up to 60 miles an hour
whipping up mountainous seas,
swept across the Atlantic today
sinking a fishing schooner and
imperiling at least seven other
ocean-going vessels.
The gales, which have plagued
the Atlantic shipping lanes for
live days, are expected to con
tinue, the coast guard said.
Nine crewmen on a fishing
schooner, "Catherine L. Brown,"
were taken off the sinking vessel
after losing an all-night battle
against rising water. The schoon
er developed a leak in the heavy
seas.
The tanker S. S. Calusa radioed
the coast guard that it had re
moved the crew and that the
fishing vessel was going down
rapidly 80 miles southeast of :
Cape May. N. J.
The navy tug Mosopelea fought j
gale winds 230 miles northeast of i
Bermuda in an effort to take in j
tow the freighter S. S. Georgia.
which sent out an SOS Tuesday ;
after losing her propeller. The
tug succeeded in getting one tow i
line aboard but lost it. The for- j
mer Chesapeake bay liner Presi-
dent Warfield was taken in tow
bv the coast guard cutter Chero- i
1 kee of the Virginia coast.
! Also in distress 245 miles south-
New Fire Chief , Battalion Heads Introduced
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Relief Essential for
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Former President
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 -P-Herbert Hoover recommended to
President Truman today that the United States pay $475,500,000 for
food for German civilian in the 18 months beginning last Jan, 1 as
an essential contribution to peace and order in the western world.
He urged that this sum not be an ii i cover able expenditure' and
that it be stipulated in all peace an angt-menta that the mtfy be ie-
paid fiom any future German net
Bevin Pledges j
To Support I
4-Power Pact
A new Salem fire chief and twa new batUIioa chiefs are shown abeve being assured the cooperation of
the city In making Salem's fire department "aeeend to none.' Announcement of W. P. Roble as the 1 storm
new chief was made by City Manager J. L. Fransen Thursday, and Captains W. D. Eberhard and Rob- States by his charge that Presi- Britain
LONDON, Feb. 27--PrltIsh
Foreign Secretary F.rnest Bevin
reaffirmed today British-American
solidarity despite "misunder
standing" over Palestine and said
Britain would support at the Mos
cow conference the Amu w an
proposal for a 25-year four-power
pact to Insure German demilitarization.
In the only reference to
aroused in the united
expotti "Ufore any tuner pay
ments to ether nations of any
kind." Such repayments thua
would ccme ahead of reparations.
Hoover made the prtpoal in
fotmal leporl after investigating
relief need! in central Europe. He
expanded on it by telling reix.it
eis at the White H nine that con
ditions. Gil ovrr Furoe ate the
wot ft in 50 yean.
He aid railroads a.e of ill dis
organized arid that "everybody ia
cold' in north rn ani central Eu
rope, wheie frozen runil and
rivers do not permit shipment of
coal even by barge.
Austrian Report Also fue
Hoovr taid he will m.ike an
other itort to Mr. Trumin, prob
ably ii xt week, otr AlibIi i.m needs
and on h w to dc. clap German
Industrie to the p mil thjt Ger
trie many can jay for fix! fniriithed
by the United States and Git id.
ert Mills were named acting battalion chiefs pending civil service examinations. Left to right are Al
derman R. O. Lewis. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. Chief Roble, Battalion Chiefs Eberhard and Mills, City
Manager Franzen. (Phot by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
Establishment
Of Holly wood
Bank Permitted
Ex - Spokane Firefighter
Takes Over Salem Force
dent Truman had wrecked nego
tiation for a Palestine settlement
by issuing a statement during the
1946 congressional election cam
paign. Bevin told the houe of
commons:
Secittaiy of War Pa'eison in
a statement praued Hxivrr as
"the woilda outstanding food au
thority" and added:
"The war department la r re
pan d, subject of cosine tu Presi-
A measure designed to permit
establishment of a state bank in
the Hollywood district of Salem
held final legislative approval to-
cne wouia aaa anotner cent to i Drrr,.,Ha ih. crhnnn.
the 5-cents gasoline tax, with the ; -r wir,ifrH u9ri Th. naw t.ir
i resultant $5,000,000 to go to cities : tj: v, .7.'-. K i Ha v It was nasspH unanimously
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What is proposed is on new , and counUes for road work, and to aid ner aithoun gaes pre- i by the house Thursday and prev
rwds or relocated portion of j the other suggested by Rep. Burt I vented the rescue vessel from J iousiy was sanctioned by the
eld roads or on roads now in . Snyder of Lakeview, would have .. abord once senate.
thinly populated districts mat me . Tne nignway department instead ;
privilege oi ingress ana egress oe ; oi cmes ana counnes, expend ana
restricted to a limited number of , administer the $4,000,000 which
points where suitable safety pro
visions for division of traffic may
be instituted. The landowners will
be fully compensated for any loss
ef access they might suffer. Paral
lel service roads may be built to
accomodate the public where
needed. The commercial units to
serve the motoring" public will be
( Continued on editorial page)
"While there mav have been t Tinman's anui.ivjl. to util-
some misunderstanding over the if Uli iui,di apprupi ta'ed to It
matter debated in thla house two for 1()0j htt relief in cstcupied
Havi trn this ia a matter which r..rmi..n. ... .urrvm f,..ih Mr
J r - i xlflJ! ill OTll.T' . r
atanaa ny iiseii. cjr an quesiion n,MAei' full progra-r "
our relation wnn me unuea The war department is now cp
. ... States are of the most cordial ,,rn-r m bi..mil iiiiite-
A new fire chief, new organization of the fire department and character, and we tor our part .V, wlVf? Hritair T whereby this
new fire-fighting aids promise Salem a bright future. City Manager w.ii n,. allnw anv wte to be m.. . . f .TJ .1. . , ...
J. L. Franzen stated Thursday morning at a meeting with fire depart- driven between the two countries '!'.". ' , , , rt,Ht()0 Of
ment heads at the city hall.
Franzen introduced W. P. Roble as Salem's new fire chief, and
stressed his 15 years' service with the Spokane. Waih., fire depart-
aammister ine 34,uuu,uuo wnicn i tt r 1 1
irizzz jiv annual- INew 15uildiii:
Carl W. Hogg
Elected to Head
Salem Chest
New officers for the Salem com
munity chest were elected at a
meeting of the board of directors
Thursday afternoon. Carl W.
Hogg, past president of the cham
ber of commerce and campaign di
rector for the chest in 1945 was
elected president.
Other officers elected were A. C.
Haag, first vice president: Charles
A. Sprague, second vice president;
Dorathea Steusloff, secretary and
Leo Page treasurer.
The financial report showed
that of $86,354 pledged in the 1948
campaign all but $9,142 has been
collected. The board authorized
President Hogg and Manager L. H.
Braden to attend the conference
of community chest officials at
San Jose next month.
ly to the sub-diyision.
The house passed 10 bills Thurs- ,
day, including the senate-approved j
measure permitting the establish- j
ment of a state bank, with $50,000 j
paid-up capital, in the Hollywood I
district of Salem. Six of its own '
bills passed in the house included f
those boosting salaries ft county
officers and liberalizing 'rules gov
erning real estate loans of in
surance companies.
The house defeated, by adopt
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Permit Asked
For Nut Co-op
ing a do-not-pass committee re- ; at 2826 Cherry ave., to replace
port, a bill reauir ne the revoca- ! we nut pressing
The bill was introduced by the
senate banking committee. In
presenting the measure to the j
house for final action. Rep. Doug- j
las Yeater of Salem explained j
its purpose, in regard to the Hol
lywood area, and declared it held
I the approval of the state banking
j commissioner.
Specifically, the measure would
I permit establishment of a state
The Salem Nut Growers co- J anl or t company with a
operative has applied to the pad-up capital of $50,000 if more
civ ilian production administration j than a mile from 8 city's main
for approval of plans for con- postoffice. The present law speci-stT-nr-tirm
of a i?nnnn huiiHinp . fies at least two miles.
The Hollywood Lions club has
the nut processing plant and nac ine DanK proposal unaer con-
tion of a hunting license, for at 1 warenouse at zza nooa si., wnicn "
least three years, of a person were completely razed by fire j Crose chairman of the club s
.. u:u: i tho nicrht of act Nnvpinhr K fpetidi Dciiik cuuiiui iiec, jiu
V, MM 11.11 flk OI I J V'll. CJiK. t
Rirtnr Rill AnnMMH J J
The senate voted 17 to 13 Thurs- .
pni ot pnnsin rnnn ann ni npw unvi
structure has not been se
proximately $200,000.
A 54 by 200 foot structure ap
proved by a board of directors
meeting called last week by Pres
ident A. L. Page of Jefferson
will almost double the volume of
Blast, Blaze
Destroy Shop
Outside Salem
Fire and an explosion of un
determined origin last night caus
ed approximately $16,000 damage
to a repair shop and its machinery
at the Warren Northwest, Inc.,
machine shop, a short distance
eastof Cherry avenue, just out
side Salem city limits.
W. W. Head, superintendent,
estimated the damage to a pav ing
and finishing machine, a roller
and three new electric motors.
No fire fighting equipment went
to the scene, as Salem firemen
J ; A 1 A . . 1 . k . !
to custuru our inennsnip Ull4 227 00J .'JOO li ear
"Bevin said also that he hoped maiktd lor Jood. '
the rndmir Krit ikh-Krcncb trt-tv IK- (in flfifi fxuro n.mm
mtn s ua',fy,n8 Roble for the would be n8ned ' soon " Hel.able par wlUi a Hoover e-tim-t that
job. Roble began as a fireman reports from Paris said that Bev in $283 500 000 should be tha U. H.
and worked his way to a captain- 1 and French Foieign Minister haie lor th 12 mortthn. Hoover's
cy in the Spokane department. Georges Bidault would sign the figuies thus ia lesser bv $27,500,-
More recently serving in the navy. 1 pact at a port on the French 000. H wever. Hoover' estimate
Roble saw duty in the Pacific and channel coast next U'ednesday. that 1235 MiO 000 h iuM be spent
suianuc, ana was assistant cnier
of the navy's Seattle base hospital
fire crew. While in Spokane Ro
ble was commissioned to prepare
training courses that would slan
dardize drills and fire fighting
procedures to better guide fledg
ling firemen. Roble, living now in
Portland)fwill assume his duties
Monday. a3
' Two-way radio will be Install
ed in all of Salem's fire trucks
Pearl Harbor
Dock Razed
By Big Fire
bv the U tv for food .n in- m tha
fiscal year .s $H.)M),'H' higher
than the 1227,000,000 Hi the bi
zonal a y r clement.
In a uport on his recent eco
nomic mission to (Jermany i.iul
Austria, the forrr.;r piesWjent
said ; it may come a a great shock
to American taxpayers that, hav
ing aoii iht war oer Ceim.ny
we are new faced for some tara
pfaut tiAnnop r-K 97 T with larce esnenditures for ithtf
f",1 ercrgencyw,Ve,hi5-M' Franzen I An oil-fed fire that swept audden- for these people. In leed, it is
told the assembled fire captains. J jy OVjr a quarter-mile long wocxi- something new in human histny
A new radio room will be estab- n docJt at pearj Harbor waa i for the conqueror to undertake,
hshed on the second floor of the , brought under control today by i Whatever the policies might have
city hall, and the recent direc- 500 ai0rs and marines after a, been that would ha ve a voided this
tive by the federal communica- : three-hour battle expense, we are now facetf with
commission that Saltan Tw.nv.riu t,rr nKi.r. mAr. it."
dav to extend lh hnr-rarin : costs OI
season 20 davs. nrovidinsr the ex- equipment would amount to ap-
. Gallagher, manager of the j Thursday that negotiations for j jurisdiction
rative, said last night that j the financing of the bank are j bPr,eaa " l' "e "
of construction and of new ! under way, although a site for ; porteaiy oegan at
tra period is used for harness
races, but the issue apparently
was far from settled. Opponents
said reconsideration would be
asked. The racing bill made
strange bedfellows both Sens
the
lected.
Portal Pay Ban
ay
Expected to Pass
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27-7P-Rep.
Sabath (D.-Ill.) called upon
his fellow Democrats today to
"stand with the working man" and
beat the portal pay bill but the
house debate made it evident a
large group of them will vote with
the nearly-solid Republicans to
pass it.
The measure, to be voted on to
morrow, would permit employers
to plead "good faith" as a defense
in suits to recover for overtime
pay under the wage-hour law, bar
suits seeking pay for activities not
covered by formal or implied
agreements, eliminate double
damages, fix a one-year statute
of limitations for claims, and per
mit out-of-court settlements.
vest.
Frank Hilton and Thomas Mahon- I the plant when new, modern
ey opposed it, the former because equipment is installed, Gallagher
of his opposition to legalized gam- stated. He added that the coope
bling and the latter because he ! rative would "make every effort"
feared the measure might en- j to meet the September 15 dead
courage a move to outlaw such i line demanded by the fall har-
gambhng.
- The senate also enacted into
law the house bills allotting $2.
000.000 for a state office building
in Salem and restraining county
courts from filling legislative va
cancies unless one occurs when
no election is scheduled until af
ter the next biennial session. Sen
ate bills passed included those
House Stirred
By Subpoena
Red Drive hi
China Slows
NANKING, Friday. Feb 2&-A) JJlUOHlStS CrV
Chinese government forces have
thrown planes from Mukden into
the defense of Changchun and
have slowed the communist drive
10 miles from the Manchurian
capital, field dispatches reported
today.
The rightist newspaper Ta Kang
Pao reported the roar of gunfire
could be heard in Changchun's
suburbs as the communists at
tacked in that area.
In China proper, a second com-
tions
said the area was beyona tneir change its police radio from low ' , -rrnm bv mflk an(i iai.-n tn "Entirely aside from any hu-
frequency to very high frequency 1 navv hosDital for emersencv treat- mamtaiian feelings fr this mut-a
re, wnicn re-, channels Will be fulfilled With T v,.l. f : ! r.f nr.r.l if u uurl ivii'V if wo
about p.m., constant radio communication 1 nt rnnHitinn Th. Hm iiv I want to preserve the ajfety and
was prevented by two company anj a central disDatc her. emere- i .,o- s..r. v... ! health .f c ur armv of occupation:
employes, Sylvester Cambridge encv equipment can be used with ! they were given first aid on the if we want to save the espense of
and Wesley Powders, and a utmost efficiency, Franzen stated ! docks and returned to help fight even larger military forces to pit
passerby, who used buckets of Organization of the fire depart-' the flames. (serve idtr if. we want ta reduce
water to extinguish flaming de- ment will consist of a regular j yne extent of the damage waa the ne and expense of our aimy
bris which was thrown onto sev- chain of command with the city not yet known, but it was expect- of occupation I can no other
eral large tanks of asphalt by an manager as head, fire chief di- to be heavy. Cause of the course but to meet the burdens I
explosion in the burning building.; rectly responsible for the depart- blaze waa undetermined. have hi outlined."'
ment, and two battalions, each The flames flashed ud between I
wun a cniei. responsiDie to tne the supply ship U. S. S
me unci. riju?.cr tdpuiiiis in rd n , ani the dock and waa on
or baleillS lour fire Stations Will VarH frnm the .'i-.linvcr
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be responsible to the battalion
chief, and all other personnel will
come under the captain's super-
'Red-Bqitinff
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27 -JP)- ! V1S,n, Ahere k k o ! out of daner
ngnly charging "red-baiting" by ! ?cn, 24 ,th on battalion , Within ,n hour, ci
,e senate labor committee, three I cnif' ,on du,y 'or "f hft er. had moved 5 000
Sierra. The ships' crews quickly
got the vessel? under way and
they were pulled into the channel
iw Speetly Plane
r tender I J
Grosses Coast
vilian work
tons of BUD-
Roble succeeds William Iwan. ni... . nt th rianr area.
A 1 . 4 .,l., ...V. ' "
Workers today denied they a re , , ... '
. . ' has been acting chief since the I
A
the
leaders of the CIO Electrical
WASHINflTflN TVh 27-iPl-A
boosting tourist camp inspection ; house subpoena was issued today ; munist drive was reported to have
fees and requiring monthly analy- tnt. c n, ctal. Marshall reached to within 10 miles of
sis of community water supplies. , but recalled when the gtate de j Tsinan, capital of Shantung prov
The senate adopted two "do not ; nartment furnished the informs- ince.
tion that was sought and Kep. i i.t.m..cn. ucn-
Bradley (R-Mich) rebuked a . ,5 V- ir p
pass reports, killing bills spon
sored by Sens. Hilton and Mahon
ey which would have placed a
$50 floor under welfare payments.
New Bill Combines Seven
colleague who started the fuss.
Rep. Weichel (R-Ohio), chair-
i man of a house merchant marine
Jsew house introductions in- j sub-committee investigating the
eluded a bill combining seven j status of 95 ships lend-leased to
previously - entered workmen s
government field dispatches said
communications between Tsinan
and the port of Tsingtao had been
cut. The communist radio at Yen
an asserted communist forces had
compensation measures to increase
from 20 to 75 per cent the bene
fits accruing to various survivors.
Russia and not returned, issued , J?'
the subpoena. It called for Mar- AvJd vtrT .n .m.t huh
shall to appear tomorrow with j f . .!Se?f"V
all the correspondence with Mos-
and a joint resolution providing ', row on the-subiect.
f jt : . . -- - :ic a : , ' '
generals.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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. . . "All I tedd was 'on yoa
Gardenias go good'."
for a five-man committee to in
vestigate restoration of Oregon
fish and wildlife to be financed
with $5000 of game commission
funds.
New bills introduced in the sen
ate included measures providing
a system of penalties for employ
ers delinquent in their public era
full committee, stepped in with Why iSot Hate Some
a crack about headline-hunting ,.; n:li- tp
and called a halt before the house nOSpilOl DIUS, 1 OO .
sergeant at arms could serve it. The senate judiciary committee
Later Bradley formally ordered claims it is a coincidence, but
it cancelled and Weichel said he ' next Tuesday afternoon it will
would issue no subpoenas in fu-
I ture without the approval of
ployes' retirement fund payments Bradley and Speaker Martin
and making city, county and tax- (R.Mas:)
district budget committees elec- 1 "J
tive instead of appointive.
Meanwhile, the senate alcoholic f . r n n
control committee Thursday voted ! Morse tO 111 Hearings
hold public hearings on the anti
fireworks bill, the medical bill
and the cemetery bill, in that
order.
communists.
The men were President Albert
J. Fitzgerald, James J. Matles,
director of organization, and Ju
lius Emspak, secretary-treasurer.
Fitzgerald cried out: " I have seen
one of the finest examples of red
baiting here this morning!"
Sen. Taft (R-Ohio) and Ball
(R-Minn) raised the question of
communism shortly after Fitz
gerald started reading a statement
opposing all labor bills before
the committee.
The question of communism in
labor union was raised also be
fore the house committee on un
american affairs, where Floyd D.
Lucia, an employe of the Allis
Chalmers company in Wisconsin,
said a costly 10-months strike
there apparently was "communist
inspired."
MOTOR COURT HEAD DIES
PORTLAND, Feb. 27.-(VP)-L. R.
Roestel, 49, president of the Ore
gon Motor Court association, died
today at his home near here aft
er a heart attack.
resignation of Harry H. Hutton
more than a year ago. Iwan has
been ill and is eligible for re
tirement. Appointed by Franzen
as acting battalion chiefs are W.
D. Eberhard and Robert Mills.
Business Gets
Added Sugar
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -P)-OPA
officials said today that lar
ger sugar rations will be given
hotels, restaurants and other eat
ing places when they apply for
their May-June allotments.
The increase, it was said, "will
be consistent with
increases."
The officials said that sugar
allocations will be boot, ted for
nearly all industrial and institu
tional users as a result of the in
creased supplies allowed the Uni
ted States for 1947 by the inter
national emergency food council.
HAMILTON FIELD, Calif , Feb.
28-i?)-The army air force twin
engined P-82 trying f r a record
4978-mile non-atop dh between
Hawaii and New Y t It reported
to Hamilton field today it crossed
the California roast at 12:34 a. m.
(PST) at a ground speed of 415
miles per hour,-aeen hours out
of Hawaii.
Earlier, the Betty J waa re
ported having trouble dropping
.,.r , ,... , an auxiliary fuel tank.
TOKYO. Feb 27-(-Sanzo No- A L Monteverd a$V,,n Nuys.
fka,JJ!ni tP4 fo1mmun't. d- Calif., piloting C-54 transport
La th P"rl plane under contract to the air
50.000 tO 80.000 members Who ,r.ninnrl r.,mmnH reorteH m
Communists
Plan Campaign
would campaign m i 1 i t a n 1 1 y
throughout Japan in the April
elections, with a 10,000,000 yen
party fund to back them
transport command, reported to
the Faiffieid-Sulaun army air
base that he had contacted the
Betty Jo as she nearsd the half
way mark in her 4978-mile record
(At the official rate this ii moredn for CfhUrf rom nawii to
than $660,000, but it is nearer
$100,000 In actual purchasing
power. )
In an interview, Nosaka raid
the communists would nominate
other ration at least 200 candidates for te
diet and hoped to win 25 to 50
seats, compared with the six they
now hold. He declared the pary
also will aeek all sorts of elective
New York.
5 Killed As Can
Station Exploclcn
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn, Feb. 27-
l')-Vit persona were killed and
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seats, from village councils to the -"" V JT "
parliamentary upper house, which I an P'M4 n V1 undetermined ori-
wfll be elected for the firs.t time
to replace the house of peers.
to recommend against passage of
a bill by Rep. O. H. Bengtson of
Medford prohibiting women from
acting as bartenders, and another
by Sen. Rex Ellis of Pendleton
barring establishments selling
liquor from charging fees to cash
checks.
Seheol Bill Again Set
Leading the procession of 12
bills up today for final action in
the house is the oft-delayed meas
ure to allow ail ' non-property
owners to vote in school elections.
Among 16 bills up for final ac
tion in the senate today are house
bills to make the governor "su
preme commander" of all fire
fighting equipment in the state
during emergencies and to in
crease non-resident hunting and
fishing license fees.
Resumption is set for 10 JO a jn.
today.
(Other lagis. news page 16).
On Veterans' Legislation
Oregon Sen. Wayne Morse's ap
pointment to head a subcommittee
on veterans affairs of the senate
labor committee was learned to
day by The Statesman on, receipt
of a telegram from Sen. Morse.
Of this new responsibility, the
senator said "I hope just as soon
as we finish our hearings on labor
legislation to proceed with hear
ings on pending veterans legislation."
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Laker nnioa practices alls (SB 314.
323, 324) Changed from Thursday to
Monday. March 3. following afternoon
adjournment, room 401. statehouse.
before senate labor and industries
committee.
Fireworks. aseeiraJ aaa resnetery
kills (HB 12S; SB 342. 3561 Tuesday.
March 4. following afternoon adjourn
ment, room . 300. statehouse. before
senate judiciary committee.
By Conrad Prange
Staff Writer. The Statesman
More than 1,300 of the estimat
ed 5,000 world war II veterans in
the Salem area would like to buy
or build a house this year, but
only 400 of them plan to go ahead
if prices remain at their present
level.
This is reported in a housing
survey of the Salem-Albany-Cor-vallis
area, conducted last Nov
ember and published today by
the bureau of census at the re
quest of the national housing
agency.
Only 9 per cent of the 2.800
veterans in the city of Salem "in
dicated they will buy or build
a house at present prices.
Although the survey was taken
gin that wrecked a service atatioa
today on a buay corner three
blocks from downtown Bristol.
I The explosion, which apparently
came from one of two gasolin
storage tanks beneath the service
rtation, sent sheets of flame spurt
ing into the air. hurtled huirs
three months ago, Salem real i veterans in the Salem area are : 10,000 units as compared with 1 8 bl'" of concrete aev eral hundred
per cent in 1944. im, wirt nve automobile
Twenty-eight per cent of the " , a ru an t unattend
21,30 Area Veterans Plan to Build Homes
estate men told The Statesman
yesterday that approximately the
same housing conditions continue
to prevail.
For veterans who would buy
or build, the average price house
they could afford is $5,000. One
tenth could pay less than $5,000
and one-fourth more than $6,000.
About four-fifths preferred five
or six -room houses.
Practically all prospective home
owners will purchase through
monthly payments, the survey in
dicates, and they, consider them
selves able to afford gross pay
ments averaging $50 per month.
Their weekly income averaged
$58.
Approximately 420 married
doubled up with relatives or
friends or are living in rented
rooms, trailers or tourist cabins.
One In ten married veterans lives
in a dwelling unit which needs
married veterans own home and I wlndow1 'f several nearby stores
about half of theae purchased I nd chtirh-
charred Fiftv-seven oer cent j 8T- PAI L BANKEX NAMRD
major repairs or lacks one or the married veterans are renting1 PORTLAND, Feb. 27 -i'i-The
more standard plumbing facilities ' dwelling units and are paying
running water, private flush
toilet and private bath.
The survey indicates that only
one per cent of the estimated total
of 16,000 private dwelling units in
this area are unoccupied, most of
them habitable. This figure indi
cates a substantial decrease in
the number of unoccupied units
since mid-1944 when a gross
vacancy of 3.5 per cent existed.
Salem now has a gross vacancy
rate of .9 per cent in its estimated
an average gross monthly rent
of $45. For rented dwellings over
Salem as a whole the average
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fourth renting for $28 or less and VVeatlieP
another fourth for $46 or more,
according to the survey.
Two-fifths of all veterans here
arc newcomers to this area, with
the average earning $56 weekJy.
Ninety-one per cent plan to re
appointment of Raymond P. Smith
aa manner tf the St. Paul branch
of the Commercial bank of New
berg waa anrftotineed today.
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