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Bill -to Rais
Face
A proposal to raise beer taxes an estimated $1,000,000 yearly In
Oregon appears dut lor a wide-open light In the bouse of represen
tatives. -...;,. ; r . r
The alcoholic control committee Tuesday voted. 4 to S. to leave
ctivllese taxes on beer at present
Group
Votes to Relaiii
Two
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A majority of the( senate state
and federal . affairs committee
Wednesday recommended defeat
of nouse-appruvrv m"a"
remove Lincoln's and Washing
ton' birthdays and election day
from the list of legal holidays.
Three democrats, a majority of
the committee, want the holidays
kept on the list, and would like
to have Columbus day restored
also.
They are Senators Richard I.
Neuberger, Portland; Russell
Gardner, Newport, and Vernon
Bull, LaGrande. The two republi
cans who supported ' the bill are
Senators Ben Day,- Medford, and
Stewart Hardle. Condon.
The issue will be decided by the
senate Monday. V.
Allen Denies
Commitment
On Measure
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In correction of a news item In
The Statesman of Saturday Irving
C Allen, Portland, executive sec
retary of the Oregon- state a via
tion association, said Wednesday
that on his visit with Sen. Elmo
Smith he made no commitment
witn respect to the bill abolishing
the state board ox aeronautics,
eithe. .-ersonally or for the asso
ciation. He said he was seeking
Information ' respecting ; pending
legislation. Last Sunday, Allen-reported,
the agricultural division of
the state aviation association voted
in opposition to the pending mea
sure.
Allen attended a meeting of the
board of control which was con
sidering bids for aerial spraying
for budworm control.' The associa
tion urges that performance re
cords of bidders be studied for
safety before bids are accepted.
House Refuses to
Add Heart Disease,
TB to 'Accidents'
The house Wednesday refused
to allow industrial accident pay
ments to firemen who get tubercu
losis .and heart disease in the line
of duty.
By a 39 to 21 vote, representa
tives approved the majority re
port of the labor and industries
committee which voted to reject
the occupational disease benefits.
Most legislators agreed, in floor
debate, that firemen were per
forming meritorius and hazardous
duty but many objected that pas
sage of the bill would open the
door for requests by persons in
other occupations.
Solons Split Oyer
Requirements of
Relatives of Aged
The house social welfare com
mittee Wednesday- voted, t to .
to defeat a bill: which, would re
peal laws requiring relatives to
.nelp support old-age pensioners.
Chairman Joseph Harvey. Port
land, said Reps. G. D. Gleason
and Maurine Neuberger, both of
Portland, would join him in fil
ing a minority report seeking Das-
sage or tne repeal measure. -
Reps. John Logan, Portland, J.
O. Johnson, Tigard, Russell Hud
son, The Dalles, and Gerald Wade,
Newport, voted against the bill.
The subject probably will be de
bated Friday in the house.
Bill to Ban Autos
From Beach Fails
An attempt to ban automobiles
from Cannon beach, on th n.
eon coast failed,' 46 to 14, in the
house Wednesday.
Rep. John Dickson, Portland,
wno sougni tne ban, called the
beach "Oregon's Barbery coast
where intoxicated drivers drive 60
miles an hour at the expense of
small child reen playing in the
sand.- .-
Rep. Joseph M. Dyer, Astoria,
said s Deed era are now tnin a mn.
trolled by the levying of stiff
lines. - r.
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House Battle
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Th llihrniil
levels In a liquor regulation bill now
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This action came after commit
tee members tabled a bill of Rep.
j. j. donnson. uigara, seexing to
Increase taxes per barrel $L3Q to
$2.60, which he estimated wpuld
raise $1,000,000 in revenue.
Chief jobjector to increased taxes
at the committee hearing Tuesday
was George F. Paulson, secretary
of the - Oregon Brewers institute,
who claimed Washington and Cal
ifornia were producing more than
half pf all beer sold in Oregon
because of alleged freight rate in
equities and the privilege tax.
Omly 37-Fer Cent I
. "Oregon breweries do only S7
per cent of the business despite
having the best hops and best wa
ter available," he said.
Paulson said eastern beer! ac
counted for 11.11 per cent of Ore
gon's sales. 4
The brewery representative
claimed high privilege taxes ijha'd
forced four breweries to leave the
state, leaving only two (One In
Salem and one in Portland), is.
"California has a 62 cent tax
and Washington a $1 tax. We ac
tually should lower: our taxes, from
the present $1,30, Paulson said.
He pointed out that there are 17
breweries in California, 10 in
Washington and only 2 in" Oregon.
Over Half for Taxes i
i Uty-six per cent or every
brewer's dollar goes for taxes at
the present time in Oregon," Paul
son concluded. . t
Jack Lansing, representing Col
umbia Empire Industries,! also
spoke against Increased taxes.-saying,
"Home breweries should be
allowed to compete on a fair basis
with outsiders."
Lew Cornelius, Portland team
sters union, claimed that the Port'
land brewery uses exclusively
home-grown hops;- while Wash
ington firms import, hops. "Keep
our business at home," he said.
A. C. Hagg, representing the Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce, asked
equalization of Oregon and Wash
ington taxes and claimed that one
Oregon brewery hasn't "paid a di
vidend for years' because of taxes.
Reps. Roger LoenrUg, Haines,
Orval Eaton, Astoria, and. Boyd R.
Overhulse, Madras, voted against
keeping taxes i at present levels.
The majority votes were by Reps.
John Logan, Stanhope Pier, I Jos
eph Harvey and Harvey Weils, all
of Portland.
Representative Johnson, who
asked the tax increases, said he
would carry the fight to the floor.
He pointed out that increased
taxes would actually hurt out-of-
state breweries more man those of
Oregon "because vthey distribute
more beers and will pay more
total tax.", ' I
MINE TO REOPEN
ROSEBURG, March 7-;pjHThe
Bonanza-Cinnabar Mine east of
Sutherlin has resumed operation
after being closed more than a
year, Burt Avery, superintendent,
said today. The mine produces
quicksilver. f
The ancients believed the topaz
would relieve . Insanity, asthma,
insomnia and "anger and would
cocl boiling water. f
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Hikes Financed
By Divorces 1
Increases In divorce filing fees
would finance salary boosts for
Oregon's top officials and Judges
under bill introduced Wednes
day by Sen. Thomas R. llahoney,
Portland lawyer. - .
4 Mahoney's bill would raise the
governor from $10,000 to $12,500
a year; secretary of , state, from
$8,500 to $ 11,000; treasurer from
S3.500 to gl 1,000; attorney gen
eral from $8,000 to $10,500; i su
preme court justices frotn $9,500
to $12,000 and circuit court Judges
from $8,500 to $10,000. !
The proposal would boost all
circuit court filing fees by $5 for
persons bringing suits and' $2JM
for defendants. In the case of per
sons filing divorce complaints,
their fee would be raised from $16
tO $21. 1; . j H'
Mahoney said the feel increase
would raise an additional $229,255
every two years to finance the
salary boosts. -j"' !m ; :
Divorce! litigants would . I pay
about one third of the bill because
records show that of 45,851 cases
filed during the past two years in
circuit courts, 15,801 were divorce
actions. l i ;
"My bin won't cost the state a
cent and might help discourage
some people from! filing for di
vorces," Mahoney commented.
Yeater'sBUls!
Approved by
Senate Groiipj
Two bills by Sen. Douglas
Yeater, Marion county, 'involving
funeral directors and embalm rs,
were approved by the senate pub
lic health committee Wednesday
and sent to the floor for final con
sideration, j" I
One bill gives the board of fun
eral directors and embalmers au
thority to license. Inspect and
regulate the conduct of funeral
establishments. Every such estab
lishment would have to employ a
licensed funeral director and li
censed embalmer. The annual li
cense fee would be $10. 1 k
The other bill makes the secre
tary of the state board of health
ex-of fido secretary of tne board
of funeral directors and embalm
ers. It does away with the re
quirement that the business : of a
funeral director shall be conduct
ed at a fixed place of business and
increases the apprenticeship train
ing from two to- three years be
fore on can receive -a license as
a funeral director or embalmer.
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KELSO, Wash., March 7 -flV
Donald O, Lewis, Silverton, and
Patty Faye Fox, Portland, have
applied for a marriage license
here. t
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Dr. Eugene E. Barnett, right, TMCA national general secretary. In
spects one ef the new fire doers being Installed at the Salem 1M in
. a remodeling 'procram. .Drl Barneti was shewn araand the leeal
facilities by Gas Me we. left, local reaeral secretary, dwina; a visit
in Salem Wednesday. (Statesman photo.)
Senators Back
Death Penalty for
lulling Policeman
The senate law committee Wed
nesday unanimously approved a
bill to make killing a policeman
first degree murder. , , .
The measure was Introduced by
Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, .Port
land. Mahoney told the. committee
that the records show that not
one person convicted of killing a
policeman In Oregon during the
past 30 years has been punished
by being executed.
Mahoney's bill provides a pos
sible death penalty for any per
son convicted of killing a police
officer while In the act of com
mitting rape, arson, robbery - or
burglary. It also provides that the
person must know the party he
attacks Is an officer who is acting
In an official capacity. -
VISITS FKOM CANADA
CLOVERDAUE Mrs. Barber
Fuller of Vancouver, B- &, has
been visiting at the - home of her
sister and family,! Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Booth. Saturday their moth
er. Mrs. Ina Wadsworth. observed
her 85th birthday with at party
at the Saalem nursing home where
she has been confined for many
months. Mrs. Fuller left for - her
home on Tuesday. ;
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ESSEX BACK IN ACTION
BREMERTON, March 7r(
The "lisihtingest ship 'in World
War II, the USS Essex, beaded
back for sea duty j this week after
a two-year modernization job.
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O Plate Glass Mirrors
O Pulls and Knobs
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Hears National
YM Official
.The United States "would do
well 'to ponder what others think
Of us" and try to understand other
peoples " and their turmoil. Eo
cene- Barnett. general secretary of
tni national YSdCA. told Salem
Rotary club Wednesdays ;f
; Barnett reminded that th con
cern of young people over world
peace Is an aartrient dream,
that at time of depression, war and
preparation for war Is all that to
day's youth have known. He term
ed It "30-years war. -j; ;
Th'eYM leader, who has served
In China - and makes-, an annual
trio abroad, said the whole world
Is In a state of anxiety, most afraid
of ' war, bat many afraid there
wont be war which might lib
erate them from present condi
tions. -; iT -??":"
The'U." S. has "been catanulted
Into world leadership, said Barn
ett, and because of its Inexperi
ence It Is "no wonder our friends
in ! Asia , 1 o ok anxiously - toward
America, on whose moves their
future depends. There is anxiety,
he added, over this country's con
tinued generous use of its concen
tration of power and whether it
can take setbacks -along with suc-
Such power "usually Invites cor
ruption,, but the Atlantic, pact
Point Four program and other oro-
jeets have shown the UJS. playing
a larger : world role tn a n ever
dreamed, he said. Y '-.'. -j
Peace Is not secured by "want
ing if or by treaties. Barnett de
clared, praising the XJ. N. for try
ing to do something new by pro
viding; for expression of. discont
ent, for action against deviations
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Bill Actts Counties Divided for
IfoctiqnpftxiteL
Marion county would elect its
state representatives from four
districts Instead of at large under
a measure introduced in the
bouse Wednesday. ) i .
T The . proposed i constitutional
amendment provides-for election
pf reprasentatrrea by zona- in .11
counties which have more -than
In the counties affected, coun-
ty courts or commissions would
i split tb counties up Into as -many
as -there are- renresenta-
fives. One, representative would
Ksadon District "
To T7ar Veterans
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i 'Veterans In this area -wishing .to
apply for purchase of federal farm
land.in the Qulncy-CoIumbia ir
rigation ': district ; must do , so by
April 13, accordteg to H. C. (Hub)
Seatfeld. Marion county veterans
service officer, ri.- , .
Twenty lull-time farm units
ranging, in size from 29 to 143
acres will be sold to veterans by
from world 'standards of conduct
and for. programs designed to lift
the level -of peoples. v Ci r
-We have no right to assume
that peace and world unity can be
won without setbacks any -more
than a war can.be won $a two or
three battles, the New Yorker as
serted. He urged that people re
ject the idea that war is inevit-4
able. ' j - - " r - .. '
Barnett spoke also yesterday to
Willamette university students a&d
to Salem YM board of directors.
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i -that would be affected are-Clae-.
kajiuuv Douglas, Jackson, Clam-
j ath. Lane, Linn, Multnomahy
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I Reps. John P.' IIounselL Uod
' River, and John Logan, Portias!,
;and' Sens. Philip Hitchcock
Klamath Falls, and Fran.' ILr
Hilton, Portland.
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the bureau of reclamation. Appli
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supporting .evidence may be -made
to the office of the bureaa of rec
lamation, Ephrata, Waslu- 1
Applying-, veterans, must prove .
two years farm exeperienee, most
possess assets worth at least St.OOO
and must submit references wtus
the applications. : '
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