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The quiet capitulation of John
L. Lewi and the United Mine
Worker to the decision of the U.
S. supreme court is reassuring
evidence of the internal unity in
this country. Labor and business
both accept the decisions of the
high court, whether they like
them or not.
The withdrawal of notice of
contract termination by the min
ers' union merely gives a respite
until the war powers act expires
wt June. The country now
should demand that mine owners
and union heads get togeiher to
work out a new contract. This
brings into public attention the
wages and working conditions and
living conditions of miners and
their families.
Last month at the meeting of
the Oregon Council of Churches
in Eugene a panel discussion of
industrial relations was held, with
an employer and a union man as
spokesmen. Since both, as good
Christians, urged negotiations on
h- Kai nf the Gold Rule, little
u.9 cenerated. When
asked about John L. Lewis, the men. "I certainly intend to make
labor man replied that he did it clear tomorrow that the docu
not defend Lewis's actions but merit must be made available to
that the cause of troubles in the
lid be observed in the
livinff conditions of the coal nun
ing towns. . The March "Ladies'
Home Journal" has two excellent
articles on this very subject. One
is in the series "How America
Lives" and gives a case-story of
a coal miner's family. The other
j. o non.r3i or-tif-l. nn "The Hard
Price of Soft Coal." reaction." unfavorable to the
A study of these articles con- ; United States, among other na
vinces one that the responsibility j tions struggling against commu
for the poor living conditions is nist domination,
divided among the miners them- ' Speed Said Essential
selves, the mine owners
(Continued on Editorial Page)
B 29 Starts
Weather Check
At North Pole
WASHINGTON. March 20 -JP)
An army air forces B29 flew over
the North Pole this week, in
augurating what is expected to
be routine weather reports from
the top of the world. AAF offi
cials disclosed today.
The B29, converted from a
bomber into a weather observa
tion plane, was commanded by
Brig Gen. Donald M. Yates,
wenther expert for the AAF, who !
arrived in Washington today to ,
report o headquarters.
No effort was made to keep the
flight over the polar cap secret,
the airplane transmitting a weath
er report from the "position
North Pole" in uncoded message
available to all other nations lis
tening in.
The B29 left the army air base
near Fairbanks. Alaska, and was
in the air 16 hours and 30 min
utes before returning to its field
c;irlv Tuesday morning.
While there have been indica
tions that the AAF has steadily
Increased the range of its obser
vation flights from Alaska bases,
this was the first definite word
of opeiations at the pole.
All-Out War in
China Claimed
NANKING. March 20-iVP)-The
Chinese government has embarked
n a program of total war calcu
lated to defeat the communists
within three months, the govern
ment's army chief of staff de
clared today in discussing the ud
den capture of Yenan, communist
capital.
Speaking at a press conference
Gen. Chen Cheng said. "This does
not mean the end of all armed
communists naturally there will
be pockets left but it does mean
the enemy will cease to exist as a
formal, armed opposition."
The capture of Yenan yester
day was accomplished by five
government divisions, he said, and
was the first big objective in the
three-month timetable for defeat
ing the main communist forces.
U. S. Jury Indicts
Garsson Again
WASHINGTON, March 20 -(Jp
A special grand jury returned
new indictments today against
Henry M. Garsson and Joseph F.
Freeman, key figures in the $73,-1
vw.uw munitions comoine case,
charging them with perjury on
two counts each.
They had previously been in
dicted along with former Rep.
Andrew J. May (D-Ky). anej
Murray Garsson, brother of Hen
ry, on a charge of conspiracy to
defraud the United States in con
nection with war contracts.
Robert L. Marks
Dies in Albany
ALBANY, Ore., March 21-WV
Robert L. Marks, 32, Albany at- !
torney and son of WUlard L. u i, a great, sprawling, atone
Marks president of the state board structure which has been appro
of hither education, died in a has- priated by victors for the trial
pital here today after a heart at- oi the vanquished. In this build
ack- ing Goering and his co-defendants
A graduate of the University of , were tried. Here eleven of them
Oregon, he had practiced law here. I were hanged, and seven more are
At one time he served with the imprisoned. They are in cold,
secretary of state's legal depart- cheerless, narrow, stone prison
ment in Salem. cells which resemble the long-
Policy Not
War Bid
Acheson
WASHINGTON, March 2(M5V
Undersecretary of State Dean
Acheson predicted today that the
Truman program to bolster
Greece and Turkey will not lead
to war with Russia, and he laid
before congressmen "secret" doc-
uments which promptly cn urn eel
up a furor.
They were distributed to mem
bers of the house foreign affairs
committee in the form of large
1 loose-leaf notebooks for back
ground on United States policies
in the Mediterranean, and the
congressmen protested the de
partment's "secret" labels.
Chairman Eaton (R-N.J.) an
nounced he will demand that the
"secret information be made
public.
Eatee U Press for Aetiee
"There is only one way to han
dle this and that is to make all
the facts Dublic." Eaton told news-
the American people.
Acheson will return
for more
questions tomorrow and the com
mittee members will have a
c hance then to thrash out the "se
cret" restrictions with him.
In his testimony today, Ache
son called for quick action to aid
and Turkey. He said that
.thoru.-ise there ma v be a "chain
; Under a Darrage 01 quwuuiu,
i he told the house foreign affairs
i committee that this country could
' not risk waiting for action by the
j United Nations that Greece,
wearily battling a communist-led
1 insurrection, has funds enough for
I only 14 days more of vital im
i ports.
j His testimony marked the pre
1 limmarv round of a searching
congressional
: 1
examination 01
President Truman s request or Jf U1I Ullier
$400,000,000 in money and mate
rial and "limited" military mis- 1 c "pVfclloW
sions to the two Mediterranean OaSOIIDefe fOUOW
countries.
Slaying Hints
Communists
Split in Greece
SALONIKA. Greece. March 20-fyPv-Three
slugs from an assas-
sin's gun cut down John Zevgos,
40 former communist minister ol
agriculture, as he stood on a busy
corner in Salonika today, and po-
Wee nid a man who claimed to
be a member of the communist
party's "execution
confessed the slaying.
Observers saw in the killing an
other indication of a rift in com
munist ranks. They recalled that
the recent arrests of more than 500
su.ected communists in Athens
were made on the basis of infor
mation supplied by communists to
the minister of public order, Na
poleon Zervas.
Police quoted Christos Vlachos.
30-year-old butcher from Serres.
as saying he killed Zevgos "for
what I suffered in the mountains."
They said he claimed to have been
imprisoned at Bulkjes in Yugo
slavia for six months "because I
would not accept the communist
line against Greece."
Army Air Base
Plan Disclosed
WASHINGTON, March 20.
The army air forces disclosed
nlans tonight to make Dermanent 1
one of its airfields in Newfound- j
T 1 I
laoo
A building program of "several
j million dollars' will transform the
' temporary wartime installation at
1 Harmon field "into peacetime per
; manency," an AAF announcement
i said.
' The base was one of those ac
! quired under the pre-war 99-year
i lease agreement with Britain in
exchange for American destroyers.
Hess Eats Meal Lying on Cold Floor
Palace of Justice Resembles Wrecked Cold Storage Plant, Justice Say
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er of te sfriaai ml stories wrist n
rloslvrlv ft The Statesman
liart T. Brand, assnrtat jnsUre of
the Oregon tuprrm ronrt wne now
Is on leave to tt as trial Joog on
tne ntilMary uionnal considering war
r riant charges In Nnernherg, tier-
y).
By J
T. Brand
NUERNBERG, Germany, March
20 -(Special to the Statesman ) -
I If one would take the Pentagon
j building in Washington, eliminate
! its heating system, drop a few
j bombs on it, completely jumble its
room numbers, and then turn the
whole thing into a cold-storage
plant, he would have a fair rep
lica of the Palace of Justice in
Nuernberg;
NINETY -SIXTH YEAH
Plane 'Classroom for Scouts
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Salem air seoats have a real airplane to use as a classroom in their
study of aero nasties. The BT-1S Into which these seoats are peer
ing is a war surplus trainer given to the scouts by the government.
Shown delving Into the intricate workings of the plane are John
BUsden. (left). 117 Fairmoent st., and Richard Wyatt, 19 S.
Church st. An army surplus barracks at McNary field is also being
fixed up for a meeting place and workshops. (Photo by Don Dill,
Statesman staff photographer.)
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Increase in Price
I The Salem Fuel Oil Dealers as- :
sociation Thursday announced j
I raises in the prices of heating oil j
effective Thursday. The boost is j
concurrent w ith major oil com- j
I pany price increases.
Stove oil now sells for lli 1
cents per gallon: diesel or furnace
oil, 10 1 cents per gallon and fuel
oil (crude). $2.55 per barrel.
Dealers cited increased operating
costs, freight tanlls ana tne new
increase in m-joi tu.yuj
prices as the reasons for the new
prices.
Gasoline prices on all popular
brands followed the eight-tenths
squad naa cent increase announced meunrs
day by Standard. Gasoline con
taining ethyl is now 25.8 cents
per gallon and regular is 23.8
cents.
Unity Favored
By War Chief
WASHINGTON. March 20 -;P-Secretary
of War Patterson in
formed senators today that the
United States lacks "any overall
plan for defense of the nation"
and will continue to lack one until
armv, ni.vy and air forces are un
ified". The secretary told the senate
armed forces committee that the ,
Japanese sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor was a "death blow" to the i
"old idea of voluntary coopera-
tion" between the war and navy
departments.
Patterson asked congressional
approval of the administration bill
fnr unification of the armed serv-
ices under a single secretary of I
I
nauonai ueitiisr
FATHER GUILTY OF TORTURE
CINCINNATI, March 20 .-0P-
Municipal Judge Clarence Spraul
indav found Jack Slagle. 34. guil-
ty of torturing his five-months-, bus Thursday. Ronald, the son of
old son by burning his feet with 1 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hetzendor
a cigarette and sentenced him to fer of Lebanon, was bruised by the
serve six months in the citly work- accident and taken to the city hos
house. pital for observation.
. - L n A ,i , r r rtl iwH Htm onn ft 1 1 in
I the basement of the Oregon pen-'
! itentiary. We saw Rudolph Hess court reporters in squads, stenog
: lying on his stomach on the cold raphers in battalions, historians,
! stone floor and eating his din- technical advisers, expert analysts
ner. He appears to be "teched." ' who digest countless official doc
: From this brief description you uments in search of evidence, and
j will gain an idea of the fate of the heaven knows how many others;
, men who were to rule the world all cogs, big or little, in the biggest
if and but .
The defendants in the pending
trials, and some of the witnesses,
are also confined in this building.
No trials in the history of the
world have involved so great a
corps of lawyers, research special
ists, and workers or such exhaus
tive preparations as these. Three
tribunals are now sitting with two
or three more yet to be consti
tuted. Over 900 men and women
are now actually employed in this
building alone in work directly or
indirectly concerned with the tri
als, present and prospective. The
halls are policed night and day by
armed guards. Entrance or exit
to the building or to the court
room is by pass only.
In hundreds of rooms are housed
soldiers from private to general,
IS PAGES
France Asks
Guarantee of
German Coal
MOSCOW. March 20-vP-France
and Great Britain split tonight
on the future disposition of Ger
many's coal resources in the first
uhn.i Hiu0rMmnt arruine the
western powers at the council of
foreign ministers.
Foreign Minister
dault notified the
Georges Bi
councili that
France could not consent to' eco
nomic reconstruction of Germany
unless the other powers agreed to
ner demands for guarantees
of
German coal
British Foreign Sectretary Er
nest Bevin replied curtly that he
could not accept a proposal where
one power blocked all negotiations
until it gets its way on one point.
Meanwhile. Secretary of State
George C. Marshall served notice
that he would request that the
four-power council summon the
Austrian government to Moscow
for consultation on the peace
treaty for Austria.
The council will drop the Ger
man discussion for one day to
hear a progress report from its
deputies tomorrow on Austria af
ter which Marshall will make his
motion.
The adamant French stand, con
fronting the council with a vir-
tual take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum,
created what appears to be the
worst split yet developed here
among the western powers unless
British and France can find a way
to negotiate a compromise. The
situation found the Russians back
ing the French coal demands.
Lebanon Boy Bruised
When Hit by City Bus
LEBANON, March 20-(Special)
Ronald Hetzendorfer, 6. w as
knocked down by a Lebanon city
nrnciMitnrc Cttrman H f n c law.
y e r s. interpreters, translators, j
single judicial machine of all time.
Such an expenditure of time,
man-power, and money in support
oT a mere half dozen courts would
seem fantastic if the only purpose
was the trial and punishment of a
few score persona. Bat that is not
the only purpose. The Nuernberg
tribunals are trying only those
charged as major war criminals.
The high purpose is not alone pun
ishment of the guilty.
For the first time, the truth con
cerning nazi atrocities and perver
sions of justice is to be established
for history through a procedure
uninfluenced and untouched by
any external pressures, and in
which the truth will be developed
from the testimony of both parties.
The proceedings are in every re-
spect judicial.
KUNDII
1651
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning.
GOP Set
For 30
Tax $ut
WASHINGTON, March 20 .-(JPy-A
30 per cent tax cut for some
20,000,000 "little fellows" and a
20 per cent slash for virtually all
other income taxpayers was ap
proved by the house republican
high command.
The reductions would be retro
active to last January - - if house
and senate approve. But Sen. Taft
(R-Ohio) and others propose mak
ing any tax cuts effective July 1.
' The house republican steering
committee and GOP members cf
the tax-framing ways and means
committee, meeting in the office
of Speaker Martin (R-Mass), re
vised the Knutson bill for a 20 per
cent cut across the board in an ef
fort to hush the cries of some crit
ics that is was "a rich man's bill."
The full ways and means com
mittee 15 republicans and 10
democrats will consider the bill
tomorrow. It will be taken up for
debate in the house next Wednes
day, with a vote due Thursday.
Rep. Kean, (R-NJ). who pro
posed the revision, said this would
mean a 30 percent reduction for a
single person earning up to $1,
650; married man with gross in
come up to $2,200; married cou
ple with one child to $2,750; and
married couple with two children,
$3,300.
The 20 per cent cut would af
fect persons with taxable incomes
above $1,395. but on income be
yond $302,000, the cut would be
only 10 5 per cent.
I
City Drawing
f Master Plan'
For Airport
A "master plan" for future Im
provements to McNary field is
' '" prepared by City Engineer
W . 11 - lt I7i AI1U M-tJ ir . S-X I LJIVIr-
mew. Salem architect, for presen
tation in about two weeks. City
Manager J. L. Franzen announced
Thursday upon notice from the
war assets administration that the
field will revert back to the city.
Delivery of the deeds to the
city government is yet to be made,
however. Franzen said.
First item on the program Is
installation of an instrument
landing system for the northwest
southeast runway. This approxi
mately $50,000 project will be
paid for by the civil aeronautics
authority, which proposes to fin
ish installation by July-1.
Food Arrives
In Flood Zone
LONDON. March 20.-iP)-Motor
launches bucked the swirling flood
waters of the Don river tonight,
carrying food to the Yorkshire
mining towns of Bentley and Ark
sey v here 2.000 persons were
trapped in the second floor of their
cottages.
The plight of these villagers
1 added a new task to 1.000 troops
! and German prisoners of war who
battled rising waters in the Fens,
,u miies norm 01 uinuon, as wiuc- ,
spread spring floods mounted the ;
banks of England's storied
streams.
About 500 persons were taken
out of the toll bar section of Bent
ley today while motor launches,
ferried bread and milk to inhabi
tants leaning through upper rtory
windows. Army amphibious vehi
cles assisted in the rescue work.
Ray Conway Back
With Motor Group
PORTLAND, March 20. -vp-Ray
Conway, who resigned re
cently as administrator of the liq
uor law. has resumed his posi
tion as secretary - manager of the
Oregon state motor association
He left the association in 1943
to head the state's war bond sell
ing organization, and was reap
pointed last night.
Light Rain Predicted
In Salem Area Today
A change in Salem's clear, cool
weather of the last two days is
hinted by McNary field weather
station in today's forecast, wfcich
predicts cloudiness today with
"light rain developing tonight.
Temperatures are forecast to re
main about the same.
Weather
Max.
S7
Mln.
IS
Precip.
latent .
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
S3
51
30
trace
JOO
JOO
Mew York
SO 33
Willamette river 2t feet.
FORECAST ( from U S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today with light rain develop
ing late tonight. Highest temperature
today S3. Lowest tonight 3S.
March 21. 1947
Price
Drill Contact with
Power Line Fatal
To Lebanon Man
LEBANON, March 20-(Spe-cial)-E.
C- White. 68, Lebanon,
was killed Thursday afternoon
when the derrick of his well
drilling outfit struck a high
voltage power line a mile and a
half south of Lebanon.
White , and his son Robert
were setting up the drilling rig
when the top of the derrick
touched the rural electrification
administration's high power
line. Robert was slightly shock
ed and burned. White is sur
vived by his widow and ten
children.
Lewis Scores
New Chief of
Mines Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 20-PV-John
L. Lewis said today the
choice of James Boyd to head the
bureau of mines was "a political
deal" and the government should
have consulted "the men who are
going to die in the mines" before
naming Boyd to be in charge of
their safety.
"Wre want less wailing and
keening in the coal camps," he
said.
The United Mire Workers'
chief made his appeal to a sen
ate public lands subcommittee in
protesting President Truman's
appointment of Boyd, 42. Australian-born
professor. Lewi de
clared bluntly that the appoint
ment will embitter the miners.
Emphasizing the precarious
lives of the men who work far
underground, Lewis went on to
testify that "statistically, in six
I years every man in the coal min
I mg industry is either killed or
i injured " Many coal mining states,
j he said. actually spend more
money lor me protection or wild
life than to protect the miners'
lives.
Second Crash
Death Occurs
At Junction
VALLEY JUNCTION Chester
W. Rosberg. 21, of Newbeig, was
killed near here Wednesday night
when his car was involved in a
sideswipe accident with an Ore
gon Pulp and Paper company
truck driven by John S. Bone of
Salem, state police report.
The wreck occurred only a
short distance from where Mrs.
Russell Eggert of route 2, Dallas,
was killed in an auto-loggmg
truck crash Monday afternoon.
Roslerg's body was tiktn to Hen
kle & Boll man mortuary at Dallas.
Riding with Rosberu were John
Box, who incurred a broken nose
and some broken ribs, and Frank
Uberti. whose jaw was broken.
according to the attending physi-
cian. The two men. both of Tilla-
mook, were reported by MrMinn-
ville hospital as "getting along
fine.
Russell Eggert. husband of the
woman killed in the Monday acci
dent, was released from McMmn-
' ville hospital Thursday after
treatment.
LABOR REBUKED
LONDON, March 20 -A- The
overwhelmingly conserve tive
house of lords rebuked the labor
government tonight, by 119 votes
to 30. for the "inadequacy'' of its
efforts to pull Britain out of the
current economic crisis.
Bank Building Costs $500,000;
Opening Set for 10 a.m. Monday
The new building of the First i The general contract has been
National bank of Portland, at ; held by L H. Hoffman of Port
Liberty and Chemeketa, whic h , land, and sub-contractors inc lude
will be opened for business at Carl B. Armpriest. Bowen Broth
10 a.m. Monday, represents an i ers. Walling Sand & Gravel. Can-
investment in excess of $500,000.
it w.as disclosed Thursday. It had
been estimated originally that the
structure would cost around
$350,000.
Flowers, food and finances all
will find a place among activities
at Monday's opening.
Guy N. Hickok, Salem mana
ger since 1940, who has kept a
constant watch as the new build
ing grew, has announced that the
basement kitchen would be given
a thorough try out Monday in
providing sandwiches and re
freshments to all visitors even
after the usual 3 p.m. closing
hour, and that gardenias would
be the order of the day for
feminine patrons.
The bank's six officers and 34
staff members will constitute the
reception committee, and a spe
cial guest will be Pietro Belluschi,
Portland architect, whose treat
ment of Vermont marble, Minne
sota granite, plate glass, bronze,
brick and wood panelling has re
sulted in a building attracting
wide attention. Individual confer
ence rooms are a feature of the
main floor.
No. 306
Big Sugar
Diversion
Try Cited
ALBUQUERQUE, March 20-yfi
Indictments accusing the Dr. Pep
per Co. and its associates in the
soft drink business of conspiracy
to divert a million and a quarter
pounds of industrially-rationed
sugar into the black market were
reported today by a federal grand
jury.
Fraudulent withdrawals and Il
legal use of the commodity were
alleged in eight states from Wyo
ming to North Carolina. U.S. At
torney Everett N. Grantham said
"probably the biggest sugar fraud
in the nation" was involved.
In all there were four indict
ments naming 11 corporations and
36 individuals, most of them heds
of Dr. Pepper bottling plants. The
defendants will appear in federal
district court at Santa Fe, N M..
for arraignment on May 5.
A. M. Bartlett. 37. owner of the
Hobbs, N.M., Dr. Pepper bottl.ng
works, was named as a defendant
in all the indictments. The gov
ernment charged Baitlett collab
orated with a ration teller to make
false ration deposits and with
drawals through which 1.244.094
pounds of sugar were obtained be
tween August, 1945, and Jan. 7,
1947.
Thompson Hits
Talmadsie for
Torce, Fraud'
i ATLANTA. Ga . March 20
-Gov. Melvin E. Thompson casti
gated his ousted predecessor, Her
man Talmadge, today before a s
lent Georgia legislature, rebuking
; him for what Thompson called
! tempted seizure of the governmerit
by force and fraud.
j A joint session of the house and
i senate cheered Thompson when
he declared law and order had re
, turned to Georgia But it fell silent
as he assailed Talmadge-sponsor-ed
"white supremacy" legislation,
and declared Talmadge and his
associates no longer could spenk
for the democratic parly.
Thompson, w ho was proclaimed
Georgia's legal governor yesterday
by the state supreme court, spoke
for 15 minutes. When he conclud
ed, floor leaders of the T;ilm;nce
faction grimly piomised M.liti.nl
war.
Thompson endorsed the princi
ple of white supremacy adopt
ed a part of the democratic pa.tv
platform in Geoi gia - - but s;i:d
Talmadge's plan to divorce pri
maries from state control and
make them subject to paity rules
was invitation to fraud and stolen
elections.
ri 1
TVllOOl ACH'HIf!! t
I lien fi unit IH'imwxl
amia a M lelllllll
PORTLAND, March 20 -iA't- A
plan to offer high and grade
school pupils acc ident msin ;,n e
on a state-wide basis this fall w;is
disclosed today by Tom Pigott,
i secretary of the Oregon High
; School Activities asscx-iation.
! The plan, in use in 33 states.
! is designed to give coverage at
! low. cost for school ground acci
dents. A bill signed by Gov. Snell
yesterday authorized such a pro
1 gram.
itol Lumber and F. O. Repine
I company.
The new structure is 8.1 by 109
; feet, w ith a 26 5 foot ceiling and
Slower walls of bleached birch.
Service areas and the safe de
! posit vaults, one door of which
' weighs 29,000 pounds, are on the
lower level (basement). There are
I 3800 safe deposit boxes. An ele
vator is to be installed as soon
as it arrives.
The bookkeeping department
and record vaults are on a mez
zanine floor in the rear. A new
night depository chute from the
street is an innovation.
Officers in the Salem branch
with Hickok are S. G. Dempsie,
assistant manager; A. W. Morris,
C. E. Greig, R. B. Hynd and
Harry K. Johanson, assistant
cashiers. Johanson is chief clerk.
A. F. Ayraong, Donald D. Driggs
and Blanch Hull are the junior
officers.
The First Nationa! bank of
Portland has been represented in
Salem since Sept. 25, 1933, when
it purchased the First National
bank here.
5c
Property
Change
Endorsed
By Hrtnlell Wet
llanfn( MiU?. Ttia Statesman
The piopl for a 3 per rent
retail Mile tax was a proved by
the house 38 to 22 flfce Thurday
after thre hectic hoL.rs of argu
ment Ttie measure now goes to
the tenate, and will be voted rn
at a fcial state-wide election,
probably June 24, if given final
legislator bltainf.
Passe of the sale tax ism
climaxed the 44th legislative a"-
sembly's t.eaviest day. during
which the MiM.te all but stole tl.
house' thunder by passing 18 to
11 the r.ifriJy-cofitroverkitil mei
ure to. mtkf Oregon a community
property .nHead of a common
law state The bill, designed pri
marily to effect a i eduction in
federal income tax, i..)w goes to
the house
Funds Vled OUes. Ouatles
The thud major piece of legi
lation Thuiyday constituted lions
appioval of its own bills to alter
division of highway commission
revenue by giving counties 20 p r
cjent Orifcttiid of 15 7 per cent)
and cities 12 5 per cent (instc-iut
of 5 per cent). The CMuntie' till
was .(I'ii vkI 51 to 7, the cities'
45 to 14.
The tight on the s;ile tux
measure was led by Hep. L.vle
Thomas of Dallas, who joined
with Hep. U .. H. C'liiudren c
Mololla ,n joking mi ipuori of h
mnionty oo-nc t-pass report of the
house committee on axeismtit
and taxation. The mijotity ic
port cf oo-pass ultimately u.j
adopted and the legislation pasttd.
Proponent!, of lite siles tax, le i
by Heps. Fn,nk Van Dyke ami
Karl Hi. I, declared it wja vitally
necessaiy lo balance the budget,
to picvenl confiscalo. y property
taxes, bud to piovHe adequate
funds for Mhcolrf, welfjre and lo
cal government. Van Dk" teime.l
unconstitutional Gov. Ejrl Snell'a.
plan to tiarisfer $7,000,000 of sur
plus ccipoiate excise funds to
make up u budget deficit, tn.i
Hill c!eii;.ied the niw ttx "tf,9
most equitable levy there is."
Defeat Predicted V
Opponent?, t,pai kp!ugfjed V.f
Reps. Lyie Thomas and CfciY
Francis, declared the . gales t;.
would be defeated fur the ixt;
time in lefeitndum, even if givt.i
legislative approval, and that it
would be unnecessary in tny
event if e ther tax measures wne
adopted Thomas denied the gov
ernors pl..n to use corporjte x
cise foods was illejjj! ani ;.,!
sales ti.x i icponentt were ti
ing to "cinve the people into m
coiner and make them Uke it."
It h.is been estimated the s;.le
tax woiiici trovide $24.0H).0()0 4
year. Trie l ;JI as pasei Thui relay
would 4:ie hi.Jf to the genei;
fund and a rixth each to cities,
counties and rchooN. Pood, othc f
than lesUiuiant meal, would I m
exempt Income tax exemption
would le Increased. j
Voting h were: Reps, nate,
Bengtson, H. H f. Bennett. Chad- !
wnk, Dimrn;ise h,
fler. I)uMv.y,
Dickson. Doe 1
Frisb.e. 1
Gantenbe in, Gile,
C Hill, Fail Hill,
He! i berg. Ci.i!
Houston, Kai lei
Johnson, J. O.
Johnson, ln;
i...iioori, Lieuanen, Lindbein,
Lor.eigan, MrKenie, Mooit-,
Morse, Niskaiien. Pe'erson, Tier,
Poole, Semon, Snellstrom. Vi.ii
Dvke, Well., Wilcox, Wilhtlrn.
Yealer, Hill (38).
Voting no were: Rep. Adams,
B..ny, J E. Bennett. l A. Ben
nett. Chinrifren, Condit, Ebti
hard, Francis, French. Gallagher,
Greenwood, Harvey. Herler,
Hcndershotl, Hendricks, Kimbci
ling. Schmeltei, Snyder, Thorns f,
Wiley. Joe WjImxi, Mjiilcy Wtl-
son (22) ,1
Irbate l.aU 4 Hours I
The Mn;.1e appio.jl of tha
community i ioperty bi 1 climaxtcl
four houm tf eirgtiment whieli
brought out wide ly- at ying opin
ions as lo its effect. It diffeia
from the measure passed in 1943,
and iciciJc-d in 1945 after a sim
ilar k l;rK.rw;i Uitut ws de
clared unc ci.stitutiona:. in ihut
application under the former
was vojiintiiiy.
Piopontntx declared it met fill
fcdeiiil letjuiitments in permit
ting taxpayers to spl:t their in
comes, in order to keep in lower
brackets, i,d would seve Oregon
residents millions of d dl irs. Op
ponents i;.,ci it wojii throve
propei ty laws into confumon an! "
effect little if any ultimate sav
ing The se nate ncted on a score c I
other bills Thursday, defeating
(15 to 14) cne which would let
the fish commission, inniead f
the legislature, have authority
over commncial fishing. It passed
measures permitting rJivorced per
sons to iemirry withir. 61 das,
instead of ix months, and tenant
ing the attorney general' olfit
the department of justica and giv
irg it more authority.
Office Boilding Approved
Up for lir.al action in the house
today are its own bills setting the
sales tax election for June 24,
boosting the state's Like from
pari-mututl betting, and trans
ferring probate and juvenile mat
ters from the county to the cir
cuit couit, and several Senate
bills including! those barring com
mercial fishing in the Willamette
river and requiring mudguards on
trucks.
Still waiting on the senate cal
endar for final action today is the
house firewoiks bill which con
fines the general sale of fire- L
works to small firecrackers and
sparklers.
The house will resume at 10 a.
m. today, the senate at 13.30. -