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6 (Sec. 2) Stattimcm, Salem, Or Friday, Oct 2, 1953 Committees Ready Legislature Bills ' By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. " 1 : Associated Press Writer ; , Fourteen interim committees and commissions of the Oregon ; Legislature are well into their job- of preparing bills for the 1955 Legislature. " ' ' .f " These committees, by doing the spade work for the lawmakers, : can oe a Dig help. But much of the time, their work is forgotten. ; Quite often, interim committees are created jus to avoid com- lnt to mvi with an issue. A ? group might want a bill passed to reduce some tax. -Kiss off Subject The legislature, not wanting to t act on the proposal, would kiss the subject off by appointing an interim committee. . The 1953 legislature's job of - revamping and simplifying the whole tax system was made much -I easier by an interim committee I that studied the subject for two I yean. It had the bills all ready for the legislature. But that's an exception. . f The most important of the in- terim committees now are those I to change or rewrite the consti tution, make the property tax J more equitable study motor ve hicle and highway laws, and to recommend whether the state's 'tax-collecting agencies should be - combined into a new department cf Tevenue. , Will Have to Meet Some of these committees will j have to meet with similar com Imittees from other states. The 'interstate cooperation' commis sion will join with other north I west states in drafting a Colum- bia Basin compact State officials t'hope this will result in the states ; taking over development of the Columbia and its tributaries. v The Klamath River commis sion is working with California to do the same thing in the Kla 3 math Basin. And another com- mittee will try to get Washing- ton and California to adopt uni r form regulations for, offshore . fishing. , I The other committees now at work are those to plan a state ' museum, . improve recreation in 'the Columbia River, develop a plan to educate exceptionally : brilliant children, get new in-' - dustries for the state, study pub lic employes retirement laws, try to reduce the cost of doctor : nd hospital care of public wel :.fare cases, and to cooperate with pother states in getting uniform state laws. , 'New Law : -; A new law will give these committees a weapon they never had before. They will be able to order witnesses to appear, and to '. subpoena any records. I , This right, similar to the priv f Jileges of congressional commit- Mees probably won't be used much, if at alL Committees don't -have much trouble getting coop eration from the public. But it's Juice tb have that power when ; it's needed. i The 1953 legislature granted that power of subpoena to all leg islative committee and interim committees. It also gives the com mittees the right to put witnesses under oath. , i Federal and state officials are worried about unemployment State Industrial Accident Com missioner Paul Gurske, who also . is an unemployment commission ; er,. predicts unemployment next - winter will be the worst in many J years in Oregon, Unemployment in Oregon last winter soared to 9.5 per cent I which was the worst record in the country. Tough Winter Federal labor officials in the Northwest are. flashing the word to Washington D. C, that it looks like a tough winter out here. Employment this summer was n't near as high as expected, be cause the canneries - and farms didn't hire the usual number of workers. , Employment in non-farm jobs in the Portland area in August totaled 183,600. That was an unexpected drop of 2,300 from July, and was 4,700 fewer than in August, 1952. The Portland area includes Clark County,' Wash.; and Mult ington counties in Oregon. j i Snell Family Freed From JEllis Island NEW YORK W The Snell family of England, released from Ellis Island after a week's deten tion, left by air for Portland, Ore., Thursday night to take up permanent residence in the United States. ; ' : , Johnny Snell, a blind pianist who said he was signed up for a $100 a week job by - Piluso's Eu gene, Ore., night club, and . his partially blind wife Betty and their two children were detained Sept 23 upon their arrival because they had been on relief in Eng land. Immigration officials had claimed Snell's piano playing job was not a complete guarantee of employment Later the Immigration Board in Washington, D. C, ruled that the Snells be admitted, pending the posting of $2,000 in public charge bonds by their relatives in Ore gon. The bond was posted early Thursday. , Snell's two sisters have married Americans and have resided in Eugene for the -past seven years. His parents immigrated here last year, j Immigration authorities said they knew nothing of Snell's fam ily here at the time of his arrival. Sol Marks, acting district Im migration director, said he ' re ceived a typewritten letter from Mrs. Snell, who thanked the offi cials "for the kindness and cour tesy and consideration which every one has shown to us while! we were on Ellis Island." - Voice of People Throws Out Law SPARTANBURG, S. C. (ff) U For years it s been against the law to park on the streets here between midnight and 6 a.m. The idea was to help street sweepers. but no one paid any attention. Suddenly the police started en forcing the - law. Parked cars were towed to a garage. Then,; the howls went up. ! The mayor and councilmen, stood it for six weeks. Then, they; repealed the law. j -'i . Y Avt-. vjlr 9e f mml ' ' 'Ti A IS 1 riAkirrr r a t r t Vi 1 ' tenter, 13 feet lone and able to carry 49 troops or X2 Utter patleata. dwarfs earlier model helicopter. Navy HUP, front, at Philadelphia Airport. Gets Meat Dealer Directory Job Chester B. Liechty, livestock theft investigator for. the state department of agriculture at Klamath Falls since April, 1946, is being transferred to Salem to take over, a new post in the de partment's division of animal in dustry as meat dealer licensing supervisor. The transfer was ef fective Thursday. "Liechty is familiar to the val ley, as he is a native of the Sil- verton area attending Silverton schools and later Oregon State College. Before joining the de partment of agriculture, Liechty was for 10 years with the Oregon State Police with stations in Pen dleton, Lebanon and Coquille. The new position was establish ed by the state civil service com mission at the request of the ODA. In his new work, Liechty will supervise the issuance of all meat dealer licenses in the state, as well as coordinating the in spections of all meat dasler es tablishments. This will include the coordination of inspections in class B (retail) meat dealer es tablishments, and cover every thing in Oregon but the eity of Portland, which has its own in spection service. - This Locale Has Radar 'Signs' Too GREEN BAY, Wis. Wi Brown County police were doing a rush ing business in suburban Allouez, using their new radar equipment to pick up speeders. Suddenly, every car approach ing the radar location slowed down to a strictly legal 25 miles an hour. The police officers finally in vestigated. A few blocks away, a group of children were hailing each car with: -Radar ahead! Radar ahead!" One of the most important dis coveries of cobalt in recent years was made recently at Moa Bay on Cuba's northeast coast . , Safety Slogans On Gar Plates RALEIGH, N. C. VP) - North Carolina automobile license plates urge motorists to "Drive Safely." The slogan printed on the auto tags is part of a drive to reduce high way accidents. , Motor Vehicles Commissioner Edward Scheidt said North Caro lina is the first state to use a safety slogan on its licenses. He originally planned to have the slogan appear on 1954 licenses. It was put into use six months ahead of schedule when heavy automobile registration made it necessary to order a new series of 1953 plates. . Dr. T. R. Murroughs, a Chicago optomestrist says that distant pastures actually 'are greener to the eye because the atmosphere filters out yellow light, leaving the Impression of deep green. . Heltzel Bars Co-op Request Public Utilities I Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel Thursday sign ed an order refusing to grant Pen dleton Gram Growers, Inc., a per mit for a motor common carrier. 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