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' 1 L Public &or Hearing sSet At Legislature Public hearing -on all public welfare bills before the current legislature has been set for next Thursday afternoon. Joint ways and means committee members Governor Says EducationalTV Deadline Out The senate resolutions commit tee recommended defeat Thursday of a -proposed constitutional amendment to create the office of Lieutenant Governor. Sen. Richard . L. Neubereer. i Portland Democrat and author of the bill, said the successor to the governor should be elected, by all the people. The president of the announced. The hearing previous-(Senate now succeeds. to the office. ly was set for next Tuesday. I A memorial endorsing statehood room in the basement of the state " V w" caDitoL : I proved by the Senate Resolutions Outstanding bill would make I Committee. It hasn't been passed available for public inspection auibv either house vet. .. . I J.T- E w m puouc weuare rous wiui me ex ception of those relating; to aid for dependent children. The infor mation would ' be ' prepared " by county public welfare' commis sions monthly and be on file in the county welfare commission offices and in the offices of county clerks. The information could not be used for commercial or politic al purposes. Another bill would make bro thers and sisters liable to contri bute to the support of relatives receiving old age assistance. Only sons and daughters are now in-' eluded in the relative responsibil ity act. The hearing will be con ducted by Senator Rex Ellis, chairman of the ways and means committee group investigating the state and county welfare bud gets. All county public welfare com missions are slated to meet here Saturday when they will be ques tioned with relation to their bud gets for the i 1953-55 biennium. Ellis said he would ask the com missions if they favor the proposed law making public welfare rolls available to the public. ' Officials of the State Board of Health will appear before a group of r Ways and ; Means Committee members Friday afternoon. The general fund budget for this agen cy exceeds $1,400,000." Meeting with the ways and Means Committee members Thurs day were officials of the State Game Commission. Senate Bills W Speakers Win at Eugene Willamette University entrants won cash prizes in two state speech contests this week in Eugene, un der the sponsorship of the Inter collegiate Forensic Association. Tom ScheideL senior from Sa lem, won top prize In experiment al speech. Presented as a fireside chat, he spoke on "What Shall Americans Do about the Subversive?" Scheidel has won numerous speech and debate a wards, for the local university and for two con secutive years has participated in the Invitational Debate ; Tourna ment at West Point James A. Wood, senior from Sa lem, took second prize in the peace oratorical contest, speaking on "The Reality of Peace." Just last week Wood and Scheidel won top honors in the Pacific Northwest debate tournament at Tacoma. Bills introduced Thursday In the Senate: 8J.R. 14. by Neuberger and Holme Amending tne constitution to remove from the secretary of state tbe func tion of auditing claims against tbe tat. 8.B. 339. by Allen Creating a Cul tural resources commission. S.B. 340. by Bain Forbidding the carrying of loaded shotguns or rifles In automobiles. Gov. Paul '' L. Patterson said Thursday that Oregon - probably wouldn't lost Its chance to sret an educational television channel by waiting two years. At the same time, Rep. Maurine Neuberger, Portland, chairman oof the House Education Coommittee, said she would sponsor a resolution to have a legislative interim com mittee recommend to the 1950 legislature as to whether Oregon should go into educational TV. Gov; Patterson, after getting of ficials of Washington, Connecti cut, New York, Michigan and Minnesota to join with mm, learn ed that the June 2, 1953, deadline for applying for educational " TV channels is not fixed deadline. he said. i The governor asserted that the Federal Communications Commis sion has indicated that if the states show they - are interested, the educational TV channels will be held open for them. "There is a small calculated risk in waiting," the governor said. The state board of higher edu cation would 'like to have TV transmitters in Portland, and on Mary's Peak near Corvallis. It would have studios in Portland. Corvallis and Eugene. This proposal, however, would cost $894,000, and legislative lead ers feel it would be better to wait two years when more information' about educational TV problems will be available. Navy's New A-Bomber Takes to Air WASHINGTON GH The Navy Thursday announced the first flight of its AJ-z. an attack air- plan "capable of carrying and delivering an atomic bomb from either carrier or land stations.' The plane took the air in Colum bus, Ohio, and stayed aloft 63 minutes. The AJ-2 is the largest airplane ever built for operation from air craft carrier, the Navy said. It has a span of 75 feet, is 65 feet long and 21 feet. high. It has folding; wings and folding vertical stabilizer to facilitate handling; and storage below decks on carriers of the Midway Class, the largest now operating. ; Political libel Bill Up for Legislature A bill to exempt fadio and tele vision from, libel suits involving political broadcasts will be Intro duced Friday by Rep. Alva Good rich, Bend. i The Federal' Communications Commission prohibits the stations from censoring broadcasts by po litical candidates, but the stations now are liable for damages result ing from such broadcasts. Dairy Industry Group Elects G.Bofstetter CORVAUJS m Oregon Dairy Industries v closed its 42d annual meeting here Thursday with elec tion of,. Gordon K. Long. CSover- oaie, as president. He succeeds William Fletcher. Enterprise, who remains on the board of directors. . William Cavett. Portland, was named vice-president, and Ellis Rackieff, Eugene, treasurer. G. H. Wilster, Oregon State College, was re-elected secretary. New directors named: Bavard Hillway and Arthur Hurlburt. Port- land; Gordon Hofstetter, Salem; uienn Ly, MBend; w. Van Anker, Coos Bay: Bob Kent. Klamath Falls; Joe Yoder, Eugene; Norm Feldkamp, Roseburg. The group voted approval of House Bill 172 in the Legislature. which . provides for regulation, la belling and packaging? of all frozen desserts. . Crucial Times - ; -A Topic of Talk Columnist 4' V Salem will have the opportunity to hear one of America's foremost journalists, Dorothy Thompson, on Wednesday night, March 4,: at Sa lem High School auditorium. . Miss Thompson will appear un der the sponsorship of the Salem Branch, of the American Associa tion of University Women and the proceeds of tbe lecture go toward the fellowship and scholarship pro- - m a a -e m " . T gram oi aau w. . , ! The title of the lecture will be These Crucial Times." " i . As columnist, author and radio commentator the speaker has es tablished herself throughout Am erica as a well-informed,.! well- travelled and versatile writer and lecturer. Her column, "On the Rec ord," it distributed three ! times weekly to some 180 newspapers. She writes for several magazines, the Ladies Home Journal carrying an article each month. "Miss Thompson has "become known for her efforts to achieve freedom for all peoples . and to denounce totalitarian Ideologies. Her books "I Saw Hitler,- The New Russia and "Refugees: An archy or Organization'' point up her interest in these ideals. t The chairman in charge of this event is Miss Mabel . Robertson who is being assisted by Mrs. Floyd, Utter, in charge of posters, Mrs. John Goldsmith, advertising, and Miss Etta White, ticket sales. Tickets will be available at Wills Music store and from AAUW members. OKEHS PICKETING OREGON CITY (f Circuit Judge Ralph M. Holman refused Thursday to issued a temporary iininctlon against picketing of the Milwaukie Plywood & Door, Inc., plant at Milwaukie. , The judge ruled there ' was a legitimate labor dispute, and the workers had the ngnt to picjsei. Tha Statesman, Sclera Oregon, Ticry, February ? 1?!!U-3V Added Airline Service for Salem Sought What Salem can or should do to attract additional airline service Is the subject of renewed conferences this week by the Airport Advisory Commission and other Salem offi cials. 'No decision has been reached but the aviation group-is still in terested in getting West Coast Air lines service for Salem, In addition to the present United Air. Lines service, reported Reynolds Allen, commission chairman. Suggestion has been made that the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D. C, be petitioned for authorizing a Salem stop to re place the former McMinnville stco on the WCA schedules. This woul 4 give Salem direct travel or better, connections to several Oregon el ties. The aviation leaders conferred,., with visiting officials from Unlteu .Mr Lines Wednesday and planned to meet again without UAL Fri day. The group conferred recently with the head of West Coast Air lines, learning that the airline is interested la serving Salem but I not planning to initiate the gov-: ernment proceedings for such a change. How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly In Place Do your falsa teeth annoy and am barraaa by aUpping. dropping or wob bling when you eat. laurh or talk Just sprinkle a little FASTEXTH on your plates.. This alkaline (non-acid) powder hold false teeth more firmly and more comfortably. No gummy .gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Does no sour. Check "plate odor" (dentura breath). 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