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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1947)
Cost of Law-Making Up in '47; Croups Urge Action on Bills i Oregon slate departments tjegan a port-legislature week Mon day H in h '?ke rt Ue 'ong legislative session which eoded early Sunday and began counting its coft and appraising its effect on state operation. Gov. Earl Snell, tired bry.the strain of the session, took the day away from his office? He 'was expected back today to dispose of tne many last-minute bills rwnich sun require ms signature 10 De- -- - Cost of" the! S3-da y session was J ODlCSS 1 3Y $400,000. Of this, it was confirmed I lfirri ' iwl nvph . Monday by Secretary of State f- "A19 K1 Kobert S. Facrell, jr, $161,571 represents wages and salaries paid to the 261 legislature employe, most of whom worked full time. Farrell compared thU with the $115,633 paid to employes of the 1&45 session. Employes were . paid on a daily basis, their time fig ured to include Sundays and other days the legislature did not meet No bills were reported out of the governor's office yesterday. ; Among unsigned bills is an ap propriation of $620,000 to remodel and operate as a state vocaVonal school the Klamath Falls marine barracks. The governor's cffice reported yesterday that many let ters from veterans have arrived urging Gov. Snell to sign into law the measure. Meanwhile, word from Portland indicated yesterday that a state Grange and Farmers union-sponsored campaign.- opened Monday in an attempt to invoke a refer endum on senate bill 99. That kill, passed over Gov. Snell's veto last month, "permits power com panies to arbitrarily appropriate basic water rights, "according . to the opposition's statement issued yesterday. It will take 12,000 voters signa tures to get the measure on the ballot in May, 1948, for a popular vote. Compensation paid to Oregon's unemployed workers- during March decreased 65.4 per cent from the same m5nth last year, payments for the past month totaled $987,184, the state unem ployment compensation commis sion reported this week. i In the first quarter of 1947, benefits were nearly 65 per cent lower than in the same period last year. "Quarterly total was $2, 504,456 as compared with $7,118, 853 in 1946. Readjustment allowances to out-of-work veterans were $835,601 for5 March, bringing the year's total to $2,722,504. March's total is 30 per cent under that of March, 1946. ;. Mum ford Services In Toledo Today Funeral rites are set for 11 a.m. today in Bateman chapel. Toledo, Ore., for Hale Helm Mumford, 74. father of Mrs. Genie Davis of Salem, who died Friday in Toledo. Interment will be in City View cemetery in Salem at 3 p.m. today. Also surviving are two sister In Toledo, Mrs. Gladys Williams ind Mrs. Grace Gunderson, and three brothers, Maurice of Seattle and Arthur and Leonard in Canada. Marion4 Solons Take Active Session Roles Marion county's legislators held prominent positions in the bien nial assembly which ended Satur day, both in regard to important bills and committee assignments, In the senate, the name of Sen. Allan Carson showed as author or co-author of 21 bills the largest number for , any solon. He was also chairman of the state affairs committee, vice, chairman of the committee on commerce and navi gation, and a member of the com mittees on banking, federal rela uons, military attain and re vision of laws. . . Sen. Douglas McKay, author or co-author of 15 bills, was chair man of the roads and highways committee, vice chairman of the committee on medicine, pharma cy and dentistry, and a member of the committees on engrossed and enrolled bills, labor and in dustries, military affairs and mu nicipal affairs. In the house, the name of Rep. Paul Hendricks appeared on 20 bills, Rep. W. W. Chadwick on 18, Rep. Frank Doerfler on six and Rep. Douglas Yeater on four . Chadwick was chairman of the committee on local government and served on the ways and means and labor-industries com mittees. Hendricks was vice chairman of the military and veterans' af fairs committee, and served on the revision of laws and state affairs committees. - - r Doerfler was on the committees on agriculture, food and livestock, and social welfare. - Yeater was on the committees on financial institutions, game, utilities, and medicine, pharmacy and dentistry. Rep. Giles French of Moro and . ILDCIG IDmBg That goes for Ford Service, too!) You'll find it pays to bring your Ford Vback home'V to us for Genuine Ford Service. Here are four important reasons why: . ' . 1. FORD-TRAINED MECHANICS Ytho know your Ford btt. 2. FACTORY-APPROVED METHODS For faster, better work. 3. SPECIAL FORD EQUIPMENT For a job don right. . i - 4. GENUINE FORD PARTS Mode right... fit right... last longer I ' And I berets a real time saver: YouTl get immediate service on aU jobs! Try Genuine Ford Service, We're sure youTl agree '". . Frank Van Dyke nf Med ford had their names on the most house bills 29 and 27 respectively. ' ' Legislature's Final Day A. A. Gueffroy, house committee-room clerk, stepped into the job of Reading Clerk Richard Wil son, while Wikon took time off to get married, and emerged with laurels. He recorded only one vote the wrong way on the rcll calls. Named to the state emergency board by Senate President Mar shall Cornett was Sen. Carl Eng dahl. Speaker John Hall appoint ed Rep. Robert C. Gile and Jack Greenwood to the same board. Programs Varied For Observance Of Army Week si. Army week observance in Sa lem this week is taking the form of talks at service clubs, films and programs at veterans or ganizations and chafch services. Marion county chapter of the Reserve Officers association has obtained participation by many groups. Some churches will have special services Sunday and Others during the week. Tonight at the Eagles hall an Il-minute film, "Your Army To day," will be shown by reserve officers following lodge meeting. Before the Salem Chamber of Commerce Monday, Edwin llou ser of the local reserve officers association appeared in behalf of rmy week. He noted that this nation's wartime armies always have been "nurtured by the com munity," and urged his listeners to give sepcial considerattion this week to the national defense pro gram, i Charge Follows Chase in Auto Charged with driving while un der the influence of intoxicating liquor, Rex A. Layton, 1935 Cen ter st pleaded innocent in justice court Monday and trial was set for April 22. He posted $375 bail. Layton was arrested at his home Sunday morning by. a sheriff's deputy. His license number had been traced after an car'ier chase in which Deputy. Sheriff William DeVall had attempted to overtake Layton. . DeVall said he sighted the Lay ton car about 1:30 a.m. end gave chuse north on Capitol street and sirened it to the -curb at Market and Baker streets. When he at tempted to put handcuffs on Lay ton. DeVall said. Layton 's car sud denly started forward, knocking the deputy to the ground. Response to Seal Sale Shows Rise A total of $17,753 was realized from the last Christmas seal sale sponsored by the Marion County Public Health association, a 9 per cent increase over the 1945 ''sale, the association announced at an executive meeting Monday noon. Meeting under the direction of Tinkham Gilbert, association pres ident, the committee also revealed that more than 8,000 were X-rayed by the mobile units touring the county in mid-March. About 3,500 were X-rayed in the 1946 program, Mrs. Ruby Bunnell, executive sec tary of the county public health ttssoHation, saiu. Reserve Unit Seeking Site Salem's unit of the naval elec tronics battalion to operate in the Seattle district awaits only the obtaining of a location in or near Salem to begin training locally. "Two or three tons" of radar and other equippment will be shipped to Salem by the navy as soon as a site for it is available, members were informed last night by Comdr. E. A. Meola, local chair man. About 30 already have joined the unit, membership in which is open to all navy reservists. Meet ings haye been called for 8 p.m. on each of the next two Mondays in the YMCA. CPA Permits 2 Buildings Approval of two proposed Sa lem business expansions was giv en in Portland yesterday when civilian production administration i warded permits to Homer Gou let for a $3,200 building to house a hop processing machine and to the Western Paper Converting Co. to build a $3,450 machine shop. Alson approved was a $3,000 restaurant project for J. H. Beck er of Woodburn. The CPA denied an application for a $3,000 office building by M. Cramer of Salem. Associated Press reported. Corvallis "Safe City Corvallis and LaGrande are the only Oregon cities in the 5.000 10.000 population group placed this year on the National Safety coun cil honor roll for having no traffic fatalities in 1946. Over the nation Thm Statesman. Salem. Oregon,' Tuesday. April t. 1947 3 153 cities were so recognized of i safety council announcement stat the 288 cities of that group, a led yesterday. ; All Alrininun Whirling GloShes iryer Very light weight durable umbrella type. Pay Only 150 Down t ' 484 State Street I'M do you think railroads make? The public thinks we makt 15 I "Mlllimimiiiim! " V ""'I iTiV. i .MiV.nTii'' - C'lMI)lllll'.i. tht4IlilMli 1 llilll niiiiiiinir' ' v.. ' " M"- lih.'Jl 111 L felliiiiiimuini-' iiJIIllllllll!!!!! USSSliimmimniii; UlllllHllIE . A ViTiat do you think they should ns? The public thinks 10 would be fair 'Ml --lUlllilllllllllZ- ViTiat are tte facts? Actually the f aOroads tarned only 2'i In 194& Te provide the sendee you want, railroads need to lam at least 6. But esmates Indicate that even with the recent freight rate Increase, the return for 1347 will be only about harf that requirement m Why it takes 6 to make the grade . . : VALLEY MOTOR CO. Impartial research polls show that, on the average, people think we make 15 . They also think a fair return would be 10. What We Make But lor the year 1946, with the biggest peace time traffic in history, the railroads earned only . . . 2 . This is less than one-half the comparable earnings for other industries. The reasons for this low return are not hard to find. Since 1939 railroad wages .have in creased 526io and the prices of fuel, mate rials and supplies have gone up 616Ao ; fiut freight rates have just recently been in creased an average of only 176io a year after the effective date of the last big wage increase. What About This YearT It is estimated that the return for 1947, even with the recent freight rate increase, will be only about half the 6 minimum return re quired to provide the improvements and serv ice needed. This will be because of increased costs of materials and supplies; because certain wage increases granted in 1946 were in effect for only part of 1946 but will be in effect for all of 1947; because of increased special payroll taxes on railroads; and because of a decline in passenger business. 1 What Does This Mean To YouT The answer is "Plenty!" Yourstandard of liv ing is the highest in the world because of mass production. But mass production would not be possible without mass transportation, which the railroads provide at low cost. Why 6 Is Needed The kind of service your standard of living re quires takes a lot of money for new equipment and improvements. To cany out the post-war improvement program for better equipment, tracks, terminals and modern safety devices, a minimum return of 6 is needed. So when the railroads make only 2H cents on each $1.00 of their net property investment. it concerns you, Thftmds for future new equipment and im provements must come from railroad earnings and also from investors. They wilt furnish money on reasonable terms only if they have confidence in the future earnings of the rail- roads. . : - : ; You Have Another Stake In This Even if you do not own any railroad stocks or bonds, insurance companies and savings banks do. So you still have a special interest in Seeing that the railroads are allowed enough to do a' good job . for you. I s We are publishing this and other advertise ments to talk with you at first hand about mat ters which are important to everybody. On total pro party fan tmut, the railroads mad only 2.1&. 375 Center Street Phone 3158 ICS ItST ADAMS SflEEi CU1CAGO ILLINOIS a.