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Plan Studied
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enators
A new memorial asking con
great to establish a Columbia Val
ley authority will be proposed by
Sen, Austin, Flegel of Portland, It
was disclosed Friday.
A memorial for a CVA was In
troduced several weeks ago by
democratic senators and currently
is tabled in the senate utilities
committee by avs to 2 vote.
It was understood Flegel's pro
posal would include suggested re
strictions to provide that maj
ority of the commissioners should
be residents of the northwest; as
sure protection for the fishing in
dustry; requires that advisory
groups be formed from all levels
city, state, counties, and private
groups; specify thai no road rights
will be surrendered; require that
existing irrigation and water rights
be protected, and provide reim
bursement of counties for lands
Inundated and thus removed from
tax rolls.
Senate Beats
Moratorium
On Fish Bah
day to reject house-approved bills
granting a two-year moratorium
on the November Initiative to ban
fishing with fixed gear on the
' Columbia river.
The action came after a 2H
houx debate In which seven bal
lots were taken on various mo
tions and the bills. The senate
upheld the initiative passed by the
voters last November to bar fish
ing with traps, set-nets and drag
seines from the banks of the Col
umbia. The bills were "postponed In
definitely" when the senate adop
ted minority "do not pass reports
of two members of the fishing in
dustries committee. The measures
were approved in the house earlier
in the session.
Sen. Robert D. Holmes, Gear
. hart, led the opposition to . the
proposals, reminding that "the
people voted to ban this type of
fishing which is more damaging to
ports fishing than any other
form. We would be presumptu
eus to overrule their mandate."
He said Oregon was the only
state now permitting fishing with
fixed gear and pointed out that
the methods destroyed great num
bers of steelhead salmon.
Sen. Rex Ellis, Pendleton,, car
ried the fight to permit the set
gear operators to continue opera
tion for another two years. He
stressed that the fishermen needed
the extension to amortize their in
vestments. "This is Just a case of the CIO
Giuneuers putting tne utue peo
ple out of business," EUis stated.
"If you fail to pass these bills,
you are merely depriving these
people of a livelihood."
Voting to continue the set-gear
fishing were Senators Dunn, Ellis,
Engdahl, Gardner, Musa, - Ma
honey and Rand.
Voting to sustain the initiative
vote of the people were Senators
Bain, Belton, Bull, Carson, Chase,
Flegel, Gibson, Hardie, Hilton,
Hitchcock, Holmes, Lamport,
Lynch, Marsh, McAllister, Neu
berger, Parkingson. Patterson,
Smith. Thompson, Walker, Wilcox,
and Walsh.
Highway Tax
Program Set
For Monday
Six bills comprising the legisla
tive highway program are sched
uled to be considered by the house
at 10:15 ajn. Monday.
They are:
HB 188: Returns truck-tax pro
vision to the weight basis, instead
of the ton-mile basis adopted in
1947, to increase the state's reve
nue from trucks.
HB 222: Boosts state gasoline
tax from 5 to 6 cents.
HB 10: Amends another statute
to boost the gasoline tax from 6
to 6 cents.
HB 223: Doubles car registra
. tlon (from $3 to $10) fees.
HB 429: Exempts from gasoline
tax the fuel used in vehicles op
erating on private and military
roads.
HB 430: Amends another stat
ute to do the same thing as HB
429.
HB 431: Letting the state loan
highway funds to the counties.
Sponsors have estimated the en
tire program would bring the
state another $8,000,000 a blen
nlum. UNION BILL GROUP MEETS
UNION HILL Mrs. Marion
Miller was hostess to members of
the Home i Economics club Wed
nesday afternoon. Mrs. . Ernest
Speed presented a program, on
ways of conquering garden pests.
With Watson at the Legislature
Legislative Triple Play Blocks
$91,795 Addition to Farm Fees
I By Ralph Watson .'
The state department of agriculture and Director Peterson seem
ingly have lost $91,795 in inrreased inspertion fees and charges through
a legislative j triple play Peterson to Ways and Means to House
rules and resolutions, and out
Director: Peterson sent a batch of bills over to the ways and
means committee which, contained a schedule of increased license
and inspection zees amounting in
the aggregate to $91,795. In his
letter of transmittal he stated that
the head men of his various de
partments affected by the increas
es had drafted the necessary bills
and would be
glad to appear
before the prop
er subcommittee
of the ways and
means committee
to explain their
need, provided
the ways and
means committee
desired to see
them.
The ways and
means subcorn
eal! wstaea mlttee to which
the letter and bills were sent
bundled them: all up and shipped
them upstairs to the rules and
resolutions committee of the house,
that hardboiled group which has
the job of turning thumbs up or
down on bills coming to it after
the deadline fixed by the house
rules, which has long since been
passed.
Provide Increases
The bills provided for the fol
lowing increases in fees and li
censes paid to the department of
agriculture and used, in large part
at least, to support the depart
ment's flock of inspectors:
An increase in the licenses
charged insecticide manufacturers,
$10,000; Bakery license increases
$2,000; Bakery distributors $373;
milk and cheese and butter grad
ing $1,630; milk products at the
plant, $8,400; Pasteurers Operat
ors, $1,400; Butter makers, $230;
cheese makers, $280; egg dealers
permits and egg breaking permits,
$10,000; fertilizer brand registra
tion, $20,000; lime brand licenses
$2,000; brand registration for agri
cultural minerals, $240; class A
Meat Dealers licenses $7,000; class
B meat dealers licenses $10,000;
garbage feeding licenses $1,600;
stallion licenses $400 and livestock
branding licenses $9,000.
Passed Along Bills
The house rules committee since
the beginning - of the session has
passed along a long list of .bill
coming from the department of
agriculture, most of them by way
of the agricultural committee of
the house. One of these legislated
the present seven member state
board of agriculture into continued
office during their present terms,
shifted them into a policy making
and directing instead of a mere ad
visory group, and not only legis
lated Director Peterson into his
present position but removed him
from under the appointing power
of the governor. In other ways,
and in other bills, the department
has been extending Its power and
Jurisdiction materially.
The rules committee seemingly
came to the end of its rope when
confronted with the last batch of
fee Increase bills, refused to cer
tify them for introduction in the
house and returned them to the
ways and means committee for its
further consideration.
That would seem to put an end
to them since, under the house
rules, all bills now must pass mus
ter with the rules committee, and
even If sent in by the ways and
means committee direct they
would run up against a two thirds
vote on suspension of the rules,
which is a high hurdle at this time
of the session.
In the House
PASSED
It tH nnnl.n.l A 4t SQ..W
tor 8B S6 ciarffls law affecting rural
rira, water ana sanitary districts In
relation to cUlas.
SB ICS i (Multnomah del.) Provides
that survey do not have to show cor
ner of cemetery lots.
EH 1SS (Multnomah dele.) Up from
1900 to Slftoo the project which can
be done by Multnomah county without
ealliac for bids.
B 1SS (Carson) Requires sounding
on horn only - when such sounding
would affect actions of ear ahead.
SB SIS (Medicine etc com.) Seta re
quirement for osteopathic -physician.
SB Ml (Rev. of Laws com.) Pro
vides that copies of supplementary
articles of Incorporation must be filed
in countries where corporations have
wieir principal emces.
SB 114 (Labor. Indus, torn.) Em
powers Morrow county to operate hos
pital. B tSf (Multnomah dele.) Allows
levy of school tax serially for S years
tat Multnomah county, outside of lim
itation. HB 15 (Sell. Sen. Musa) Ups sal
aries of s Wasco county officers.
HB MS (Chlndsren et all Makes
minor amendments to laws affecting
soil conservation districts.
B 437 (Rer. of Laws com.) Vali-
oates sales of property or estates in
rent decedent is found alive.
SB XI (Municipal Alf. com.) In rs-
Oregon Certified Marshall
' Strcrwberry Plants
.Grown in Eastern Oregon
Write for Pries List
Africa tarsi Research Norseries
Kevte t. Box 72, Payette, Idaho
Open From 9 A. M. to 1 A. M. 1 JLM.cc Saturday
Sea Foods
. Chicken
v teaks
Fish & Chips .
Chicken .in the
Basket and
Sandwiches to Go
A IF IE
For That Tasty
Noon Day Lunch,
take a 10 Minute
Best and drivs out
to the Y Cede
5 miles from
Salem.
Oa Satenv
' Dallas Highway
O Was
O Dance)
gsrd to eity-annexation laws requires
areas to be contiguous, allows separate
votes anytime within year.
SB SS (Banking com.) To make
corporations and not
bio tor checks signed
banks reaponst
fraudulentbr by
corporations' representottves.
SB s (Neuberger et si) Requires
candidates for president and .vice pres
idential to file primary expenditures
in Oregon.
SB US (Multnomah dele.) Author
izing Multnomah county to acqlur
Powell Grove cemetery.
SB 11S (Banking com.) Clarifies
law regarding disposition of abandon
ed property.
SB 1M (Medicine corn.) Requiring
members of healing arts professions to
print their true medical degrees after
inetr names m advertising.
SB SU (Hardie et al Upr pay of
QUllam county officers.
SB tse (Revision of laws com.)
Gives Salem jurisdiction over streets
in Xingwood Heights of Polk county,
recently annexed to Salem.
SB lis (Lamport et al)- Makes pre
cinct committeemen elective at pri
mary instead of general election.
ADOPTED
CS S (Prancis. Hendershott) Pro
vide for appointment of Interim com
mit We to study feasibility of county
employe merit system.
HJH S (Military Aff. com.) Asks
congress not to put national guard la
military status; designed to assure
states with internal security force un
der their control.
SJM is (Tax com.) Asks
to repeal transportation est else tax
Imposed during. war.
DO-PASS REPORTS ADOPTED
hb is, $7, T2z, m. m. m, tsi,
ZSZ, 85. 429. 4M. 411. 434, 451. 45.
SB 177. S4S, Z2S, US, 295 299.
Him 1. 12.
SnS-REPEKRED TO COMMITTEES
HB 115, 12.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
BB 454-43 inc.
SB U, U5, 154, 219, 229, 29, 274.
M3, 21.
INTRODUCED
RB 4S4 (State. Fed. aft) (Sub. tor
HB 419) Limit sal of firework from
June SO to July . inc.; restricts size
of firecrackers to 2 inches and 12
grains; exempts small cap pistols.
B 4SS (Gam com.) Increases from
IS .000 to S25.000 the appropriation for
control of weeds.
BCB 7 (Day) Provides for Interim
committee, with S3Q.000 appropriation,
to study state-supporting Institution
and departmenU with view to economy.
UP FOR FINAL ACTION TODAT
RB 22, 241, 254, SSI, 454.
8B4, 224V. 24a, 244, 295, 29.
ROUSE RESUMES 0 AJf. TODAT.
Several Bomber
Groups Equipped
To Drop A-Bonibs
WASHINGTON, March 11 -(iP)
The United States air force has
several long range bomber croups
specially trained and equipped for
dropping- atom bombs, it was
learned last night.
Tor some time after the war
time atomic attacks on Japan there
was only a single unit, the 509th
group, specializing In A-bomb
technique.
However, officials said tonight,
the modernization of the entire air
force to fit new concepts of war
fare naturally has included ex
pansion of special atomic warfare
skill to other units.
Ta Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday. March 12. 1849 3
SISTER SUCCUMBS
MILL CITY George Cree re
ceived, word Thursday of the death
of his sister, Mrs. Jesse O'Brien
Bell of Portland. Funeral services
were held in Salem Monday after
noon. Attending the services from
Mill City were Mr. and Mrs. Geor
ge Cree, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cree
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cree.
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