House Passes Bill Submitting
Districting Plan to County Vote
Hie Marion County districting
bSl passed through the House with
little argument Thursday morning
et the Oregon Capitol.
By a 37 to 19 vote the House
voted to submit to Marion County
voters at next year's general elec
tion fiie proposal that this county
be divided into two districts, each
of which would elect two Mate rep
resentatives. This dan. House Bill
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507. now goes to the State Senate.
As amended by the elections
committee to refer the districting
to the people, the bill was sup
ported by all four Marion County
representatives.
One of them, Rep. Eddie Ahrens
j(R), Turner, -said the elections
committee agreed to the people's
vote after hearings at which di
vided sentiment was presented by
Legislators May Turn
-'Salary Problem Over
To Civil Service Board
By ROBERT E. GANGWARE
City Editor, The Statesman .V
The Legislature's ways and means committee paved the way
Thursday for consideration of the plan to allow funds for state sal
ary adjustments to be made after the Legislature closes.
: Committeemen acted at. their meeting yesterday to recommend
that the Legislature pass a bill charging the State Civil Service Com
mission with responsibility for a continuing salary survey program,
I with a required annual report on
it beginning Dec. 1, 1956. .
"Provisions of this measure.
House Bill 687, amend present
law to better distinguish the va
rious state jobs covered in either
the classified service, the unclas
sified service or the exempt serv-
TWo Election
Measures Go
To Governor
Two biHs .tightening up Oregon
election laws were sent to Gov.
Paul Patterson by , the State Sen
ate Thursday," ovef the objections
of the Senate's Democratic dele
gation. When these become law each
voter will have to sign the poll
book at his precinct polling place
to verify his address before he
may vote, and each citizen when
registering to vote will have to
list where in Oregon he has lived
in the past six months and read a
warning that any false statement
on the ' registration card could
subject him to penalty of up to
$5,000 fineand two years in jail.
These arethe principal changes
made by the. bills. Senate advo
cates predicted they would prevent
any voting frauds.
Harder to Vote
Democrats in the Senate pre
dicted they would only make it
harder to vote because of delays
the new requirements would cause
In registration or voting lineups,
Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D), Mil-
waukie, Democratic national com
mitteeman, said the bills would
cause more standing in line and
thus discourage voting, and "fur-
.thermore this would intimidate
voters with threats of penalties."
Sweetland's charge that this
type of legislation "puts police
state methods in our election pro
cedure" brought sharp rebuke
from other senators. ...
Present Law
Sen. Warren GiU (R), Lebanon,
called the Democratic leader's at
tention to the fact that present
law provides penalties for any
false information given in regis
tration of voters. He also said the
principal reason for having those
registering give the places they
had lived in the past six months
was to make it possible for regis-
- trars to carry out their "duty of
notifying registrars in other coun
ties to remove the registration
cards of persons who moved.
Sen. Gene Brown (R),. Grants
Pass, said, "I question Sen. Sweet
land's sincerity in calling it police
state method, for his particular
complaints on this legislation do
not bear out his opening remarks."
All six Democrats in the Senate
voted against both bills. The only
other "no" votes were cast
. against the registration bill by
Sens. Charles Bingner, La Grande,
and Mark Hatfield, Salem.
Speaker
ice.
All Jobs Included
The salary study made by Civil
Service would embrace all jobs?
whether classified, unclassified or
exempt
Actual salary plans, however,
would be approved by specified
persons or boards in charge of
unclassified workers. Spelling this
out is one of the purposes of the
bilL The authorities named are
the Board of Higher Education,
the state treasurer, secretary of
state and, for those employes not
covered otherwise, the state fi
nance director.
Goes to House Floor
This bill now goes to the House
floor.
Meanwhile, State Rep. Orval
Eaton (R), Astoria, chairman of
the salary subcommittee, said he
expected to get the appropriation
bill before the 'full committee in
a day or two. His group has been
working on a plan of setting aside
an amount tentatively estimated
at $1,300,000 so that salary raises
might later be allowed by the
State Emergency Board after the
civil service study.
For unclassified service and for
employes in self-sustaining state
agencies, funds for salary raises
would be available by transfer
from reserve to salary accounts,
at the emergency board's approval-
The exempt service, as defined
by law, includes mostly those of
ficials whose salaries are set by
separate laws, like the judges, oth
er top elected officials and oth
ers.
Marion County rural voters. Some
thougit rural areas ought to elect
their own representatives; others
favored the election of all four
representatives et large, as is now
done. . : -.
Among Opponents 4
One of the eight Democrats who
were among the House members
opposing the bill. Bep Robert
Hansen, St. Helens, said the leg
islators are state officers and how
they are elected should be ejt to
the state at large to decide.
Another Democrat Ren. G. D.
Gleason, Portland, said last year's'
general election had demonstrated
a statewide people's mandate in
favor of subdistricting.
"After this Legislature divided
up Multnomah County (into five
representative subdistricts)," said
Gleason, "they've now come up
with this cute gimmick called
home rule.'
Fram Laae County
The opposition vote also included
three of Lane County's five repre
sentatives, Reps. Loran Stewart,
Edwin E. Cone and Earl H3L all
Republicans.
Lane County legislators have
been antagonistic toward district
ing of their county, but a Senate
committee has drafted and ap
proved such a bill anyway. It will
be before the Senate today or Sat
urday. The bin passed yesterday had
been submitted by the entire Mar
ion County House delegation. Orig
inally Marion apd Lane were in
cluded in the districting bill which
divides Multnomah County in five
districts, each electing three or
four representatives. The district
ing legislation does not affect the
election of senators.
REDS CLAIM WITHDRAWAL
TOKYO un The withdrawal of
six Chinese Communist divisions
from North Korea was completed
Wednesday, Peiping radio said.
Barn Returned
To Fair Budget
By Committee
A new cattle barn for the State
Fairgrounds was put back into
the State Fair budget by the Leg
islature's ways and means com
mittee Thursday.
State Fair Commission mem
bers at a Salem meeting recently
complained of a legislative sub
committee action which had cut
the self-financed state fair bud
get
Included in that cut bad been
the $20,000 cattle barn. It was re
stored Thursday by 9 to 5 vote
of the full ways and means com
mittee.
The committee also recommend
ed that the Legislature pass three
other biljs. One raises real es
tate brokers' and salesmen's fees
so that a real estate education
program can be financed as pro
posed by the State Board of Real
tors.
The others increase teacher cer
tification fee from $2 to $5 and
appropriate $30,000 for the Inter
state Cooperation Commission.
Otto R. Hartwig, Portland, whe
will be laacheoa speaker at the
Saturday: conference sponsored
by the Salem Chapter of the Pa
cific Northwest Personnel Man
agement Association at the VFW
HalL
Crime Comic
Books Bills
Introduced
Comprehensive legislation to
regulate crime and sex comic
books was introduced Thursday in
the Oregon Senate.
The Senate received seven of
nine bills prepared by a three-
man subcommittee which has just
completed a thorough study of
other states . laws on control of
obscene publications.
Principal provisions of the pro
posed legislation would license
virtually all magazine sellers, pro
hibit sale of objectionable books
to persons under age 18, prohibit
distributors from requiring a deal
er to handle certain magazines
in order to get others, suspension
or revocation of licenses upon
conviction for violating present
law forbidding obscene publica
tions.
Sen. Warren McMinimee (R),
Tillamook, heads the Senate judi
ciary subcommittee working out
the comic book program, which
got its start from earlier legisla
tion introduced by Sen. John
Merrifield (R), Portland.
Smog Cure?
PASADENA, Calif. () A gi
gantic parasol of. white smoke laid
by airplanes high over a city was
recommended Wednesday as a way
to eliminate smog.
"Sunlight is one of the three es
sentials of smog." said Dr. Irving
Langmuir, one of the originators
of cloud seeding to make rain.
"Eliminate sunlight and your smog
problem may be licked. . .
Students Plan
.Camping Trip
About 15 members of the South
-Salem High School Science Club
have planned an Eastern Oregon
camping trip for May 20-22.
The students will stay in a state
park near Prineville, arriving Fri
day night May 20. Thunder egg
and agate hunts will occupy them
Saturday, and Sunday they plan
to visit t he lava buttes seeking
a lost vein of quartz. A geiger
counter will be taken on the trip
Chaperones will be Mr.- and
- Mrs. L. O. Schwalen, George Bir
rell and Oliver Sargent.
Contract Let for
Stayton Paving
Contract for 0.50 mile of pav
ing, on the Stayton (10th Street)
paving project was awarded by
the State Highway Department
here Thursday to Warren North
west Inc., Portland, on a low
bid of $17,625.
There were four higher bids
received at a meeting of the high
way commission in Portland
April 13.
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Senate Approves Bill to Form
New County School Boards
The proposed Law to establish
county school boards ' with "new
powers was passed by the Senate
Thursday and sent to the House.
Under 1 this proposal, directors
would be elected from zones within
a county, and they in turn would
hire the county school superintend
ent (now elected). . i ' , .
The new boards would take over
supervision of such duties as sow
handled by the superintendent, the
district boundary board and budget
boards. The board ; would appor
tion the county school fund on an
equalized basis. But the local
school districts would . continue to
control its own budgets and taxes
otherwise. ,
Bills passed by the Senate and
sent to the Governor would per
mit commitment of drug addicts
to state hospitals, create a state
census board to make annual popu
lation estimates of cities, and al
low use of green lights to desig
nate lire escapes.
The House completed legislative
action on measures to make coun
ties pay damages caused by
changes in road grades, and .di
recting", the unemployment com
pensation commission to study
whether to cover public employes
under the unemployment compen
sation law.
Legislative action also was com
pleted on bills to create a division
in the agriculture department to
una new markets for Oregon farm
products, to give civil defense
workers insurance under the State
Industrial Accident Commission,
and asking Congress to deepen the
Columbia River channel between
Bonneville and The Dalles.
The House education committ.
for the second time in two weeks,
approved a bill to set up driver
training in public high schools. '
The first time, the House de
feated it by four votes. ' The com
mittee retained the provision to
finance the program by increasing
traffic fines 10 per cent, but de
leted a section which would have
boosted the 50-cent fee , for ' a
learner's permit to $5.
Statesman Salem, Ore., Friday, April 22, 1955-(Sec. l-3
Stanford Conference
Planned in Portland
" Dean of Stanford students H.
Donald - Winbigler will r be the
principal speaker at the 23rd an
nual Stanford Conference to be
held at Portland Sunday at the
Benson Hotel. Registration is at
1 p.m.
Dean Winbigler will talk at
the banquet at 6:30 p.m. During
the afternoon, alumni will hear
faculty members Thomas S. Bar
clay, political science; David E.
Faville, graduate school of busi
ness; Harold H. Fisher, chairman
of the Hoover Library, and
Charles A. Taylor, football coach.
H. H. Hinsdale
Rites Planned
On Saturday
SUteutajt News Srric
JEFFERSON Funeral services
for Herald H. Hinsdale, 56, who
died Wednesday at his home,
will be 2 p.tn. Saturday at the
Fisher Funeral Home in Albany.
He was a Southern Pacific con
ductor. Born June 28, 1898 at Onawa,
Iowa, Hinsdale rame to Oregon
in 1898 and lived ai Roseburg
and Albany before moving to Jef
ferson. .He married the farmer
Hazel Davis Aug. 10, 1929 at
Vancouver . -
Hinsdale was a member of the
Albany Elks 7xdge and the
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. Besides the widow he leaves
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
Hinsdale of Cornelius, sisters
airs. Opal Hartrampf of Eugene
and. Mrs. Lois Stesney of Salem.
Burial will - be at Jefferson
Cemetery.
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