KSeC I) Statesman, $alem, Ore., Tues., Jan. 1, '58
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Knew Your State Government Day visitors to the Oregon State Department of Finance
took in this state ear and truck auction at the fairgrounds Monday as part of their edu
cational tour. The auction attracted the largest crowd (above) yet to attend the state
operated sale. (Statesman Photo) (Picture also on page one)
By ROBERT E. CANGWARE
City Editor, The Statesmaa
(Story Im m pas D
Bill Gaarenslroom wheeled a 1958
Ford into (he State Motor Pool
wrote out the ticket showing a sev
en-mile trip, then helped Automo
tive Manager Fred Hoyer plunge
into explanation of the 5,000,000
miles of official state travel han
dled each year through the pool.
Another building, two State Fi
nance Department sections and 30
minutes away on a Salm Cham
ber of Commerce tour, girls in the
central machine accounting unit
were working on forms, too punch-
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V. C (Hub) Saalfeld (left), director of state veterans' affairs,
shows Rudy Calaba, Salem realtor, a basket containing one
day's receipts from veterans loan repayments. The one
day total amounted to over $50,000. Calaba was one of sev
eral businessmen touring this department during Know
Your State Government Day Monday. (Statesman Photo)
PUC's Overall Operation
New to Business Group
By DON SCARBOROUGH
Suit Writer. The Statesman
Some of the mechanics of a state
agency that touches the individual
every time be makes a telephone
call or ships a load of strawberries
were inspected Monday by eight
businessmen in "Know Your State
Government Day."
Most of the eight who went
through the offices of the Public
Utility Commission were officials
of businesses that work regularly
with the commission. They admit
ted, however, to little knowledge of
the overaH picture.
The PUCs job is to regulate cer
tain private businesses in the slate
that are so vital to the general electronic machines
welfare of the citizen that nis ngnts everything, including
must be protected as a public trust
These businesses include 14.000
motor carriers and 173 public uti
lities. When it comes to setting utility
and freight and transportation
rates no other agency has quite so
many people to satisfy, Gordon
Shattuck, assistant to the commis
sioner, told the group.
The commission decides what
rate is fair to everyone and what
services the utility must perform.
Once the standard is set it is up
to the company to petition for a
revision court-like process guar
anteed to make an interesting sto
ry. The sheer volume of work and
money the PUC's biggest job is
motor carrier reglulation. This
brings the state nearly $14 million
annually, mainly in weight - mile
taxes and truck licenses. Half of
this comes from out-of-state truck
ers. Other states are following Ore
gon's lead in the weight-mile tax.
A gas-tax alone would deprive the
state of money from truckers who
often buy gas in one state then
churn up Oregon roads. Ths reve
nue is turned over to the Highway
Department for highway mainten
ance. Freight carriers figure their own
tax and report monthly to the PUC.
The paperwork of 14.000 postings
-monthly would bog down many
times more than the PLC's 216
employes were it not for intricate
They do
"THINK"
signs to put here and there.
Periodic checks have proved car
riers more than 99 per cent honest
in figuring out their tax.
Various offices keep tabs on the
utilities and on how well they abide
by regulations. They also handle
complaints and gather the data
Commissioner Howard Morgan
needs for policy decisions.
The PUC also represents Oregon
in hearings of the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Washington.
D.C. where the freight rates that
influence Oregon's economy are
set.
Not the least of the commission's
job is to regulate 7,700 different log
brands.
Guides on the tour were Shat
tuck and James L. Jefferson,
comptroller.
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Mr
a Machine Inspected
X C. McCormlck, left. Southern Padfle freight agent, and
Roger C. Tetzlaff, Oregon Electrie Railway Co. agent, ln
; sped a Public Utility Commission machine that does the
' Job of three people. Operating (he complicated Carta
; type machine is Mrt. Mary Palmerr Monmouth. (Statesmaa
I'hoto) .
Vast Working
Of Accident
Board Viewed
By ROBERT STEVENS
Uff Writer. The Statesman
The significance of workman's
disability compensation and how
it ia paid plus a Cook's Tour of the
agency which makes it possible
was the premium offered Monday
during a tour of State Industrial
Accident Commission.
Making the tour, during the in
titial presentation of Know Your
State Government Day, was a
group of six business and profes
sional men.
One of the biggest contributors
to the stability of Oregon and its
citizens the State Industrial
Accident Commission last year
paid over si7.323.60S in worker's
compensation benefits-
Millions of Oregon employes pay
only two cents a day to share the
benefits offered by the SIAC in one
of the most unique insurance poli
cies in the state.
Established Ia 1111
In answer to their many queries.
the group discovered that the State
Industrial Accident Commission
was established in 1911
Since that time it has grown in
size and policy holders until it
takes some S2S employes and over
$2,550,741 annually to perform its
functions. Approximately 36S of
these employes fulfill their duties
in Salem while drawing an annual
payroll of fS12.394.
Since it paid its first benefit 45
years ago, the commission has
taken in $296,988,552 in payments
and interest and paid out
$238,534,380 in benefits and ad
ministrative costs.
An average of 70,000 benefits
claims are processed each month
in the Salem office of the SIAC
which are over nearly two floors
in the Public Service Building in
Salem. SIAC also operates branch
offices in Portland and Eugene.
CUims Pass MillWa Mark
More than 1.649,604 compensation
claims have been filed since 1913.
Benefits on many of these arc still
being paid, according to Donald
Sutherland, SIAC comptroller, who
conducted the government day
tour.
An arrary of complicated IBM
machines, secretaries, clerks and
supervisors ia 17 departments sort.
file and classify these claims.
Under the SIAC system the em
ployer bears a large portion of the
compensation program s cost
Employer payroll rates amount
he pays) depend on whether be is
classed as operating a hazardous
or non-hazardous-firm. These rates
range from sis cents per $100 of
payroll to $25 per $100. Logging
and construction industries pay the
highest rates.
Not Boaad by Law
Employers are not bound by law
to enroll in the State Industrial
Accident program, according to
Sutherland.
Biggest sore spot ia benefit
claims is the unmeasurable back
or head injury claim brought by
an injured workman. "These
claims can also be quite a head
ache," Sutherland mused.
The SIAC also maintains X-ray
units to aid in determining amount
of injury incurred by a claimant.
Through the efforts of the SIAC
and its program of workman's dis
ability compensation, thousands of
Oregon, and Salem residents, are
able to maintain their proper
positions in the community.
Marion County
Farmers Union's
Meeting Friday
niMm Nwi Stnrtra
MT. ANGEL. Jan. 20-The Mar
ion County Farmers Union will
meet Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the
ML Angel Legion Hall for it last
meeting before the state conven
tion. Dave L. St. John will be chair
man.
The meeting place was listed
earlier erroneously as Gervais.
Cars Damaged in
Chain-Type Crash
Three cars were badly damaged
in n chain reaction type accident
near the intersection of Vista Ave
nue and Pringle Road about 1:45
p.m. Monday, but no injuries re
sulted. State Police Officer Mal
colm Clarkson said.
The cars were driven by Charles
Henry Thurman, 450 Cunningham
Lane S, Bessie Bents, 1695 Capitol
St. SE, and Elaine V Kubler, 2030
Strong Rd. SE, Clarkipo said. - ,
Travelling
Sand Dunes
Explained
By CONRAD PRANCE
SUrt Writer, The Statesmaa
Ever hear the story of the travel
ling sand dunes?
Well, the damage these shifting
sands do to Oregon coastal areas
and the remedy was explained to
a group of Salem businessmen and
educators who visited the state
Committee on Natural Resources
Monday.
Richard Bain, young and able ex
ecutive director of the newly
formed department, explained the
aims, purpose and workings of this
little-known segment of state gov
ernment.
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"If Oregon citizens do not awake
soon to the need for conserving our
natural sources of water, game
and timber we will soon be in the
same situation as some other fast'
growing stales who failed to heed
the danger signs until too late,'
he said.
Wind Mere Duaes
"Take these troublesome sand
dunes along the beach in the Flor
ence area. The winds move there
inland at the rate of some 17 feet
a year. They have buried lakes,
forests and have threatened high
ways. The remedy, toe committee
has found, is to plant a type of
European beach grass on the dunes
thus anchoring them.
ine Resources committee is a
13-man group which meets every
two months. Its members are the
heads of some 13 state agencies
connected with natural resources.
These include parks, water re
sources, geology, sanitation, soil
conservation, fish and game, edu
cation, forestry, engineer, high
way, agriculture.
The committee was originally an
advisory group act up by Gov.
uougias McKay m 1949. it was
made an official state organisation
in 1951.
Caoperatlaa laaared
"Primary purpose of the orsani-
tatmi" said Bain, "is to acquaint
each member unit with what ia
gdmg on and what other member
departments are doing in the re
sources field. It insures coo Dera
tion of units on a common prob
lem." '
Usually when the committee is
confronted with a problem it dis
cusses it and then decides which
member department or - depart
ments should carry out the plan.
The Resources Committee oper
ates through sub-committees. For
instance a sub-committee on state
mapping is now engaged in a 15
year task of furnishing topographi
cal maps of the entire state.
Wildlife
The highway sub-committee
works with the highway depart
ment, game and fish and forestry
divisions so that new highway, con
struction win not permanently
damage stream flow or fish and
wildlife.
An important task of the Re
sources Committee is working with
logging, lumber and manufacturing
interests in preserving and main
taining the quality of the state's
water resources. This affects fish
life (both commercial and sports),
agriculture and recreation all pri
mary assets of the state.
To this end the committee has
set up an experimental survey ia
ine Aisea rover vauey. Here, uik
der natural, "outdoor laboratory"
conditions, experts will conduct
long-range studies and tests to
work out plans and methods of con
serving Oregon great natural re
sources for all time.
94 Receive
Salk Shots
At Silverton
Only 94 people turned out at Sil
verton Monday night to receive
Salk vaccine polio shots purchased
by the Marion County chapter of
the National Infantile Paralysis
Foundation. The chapter had al
lotted 330 shots of the vaccine for
the clink.
Workers were "disappointed in
the turnout," according to Miss
Viola Eisenbach, public health
nurse with the Marion County
Health Department. The health de
partment and volunteer doctors of
the Marion-Polk Counties' Medical
Societies are heroine: with tha
clinics.
Additional clinics durine the
week include the Woodburn clinic
at the Woodburn City Library from
7 to 9 a.m.. the Stavton elinie at
the Stayton City Library on Thurs
day evening and Salem Clinics
Friday evening at the Salem- Gen
eral and Memorial Hospitals.
"Madame Butterfly," the Puc
cini opera about the Japanese girl
who fell in love with an American I
naval officer, was first performed
id Milan in 1904. 1
ing cards that would deposit pay
roll, statement and other informa
tion at the rate of 150 readings a
minute in ajoomful of complex
automatic business machines used
by many state offices.
Surplus property handling, con
solidated state purchasing, state
printing, management research and
state budget making were among
other State Finance functions in
spected 'during a four-hour tour by
one group of eight chamber mem
bers, led by Finance Director John
F. Richardson, Gaarenstroom and
other executives.
In the Finance Building on Fer
ry Street, m Purchasing Agent Er
mal Owens and eight buyers pur
chase $20 million worth of items a
year, including monkey cages and
fish food as well as cars, uniforms.
Statesman Writers
Tell Story of Tour
Whea tune 340 Salem basil
aeas and nrofetsioaal men and
watnra toured $4 state, depart
ments aad several state Insti
tutions Monday la the aatloa's
first Kaaw Yaur Government
Day, tear Statesmaa writers
aad a photographer lagged
along.
It was to the lesser known type
of department they were meat
interested laand they learaed
as mack as the touring visitors.
Their reports appear on this
page. All pictures were taken
by John Ericksea, Statesman
photographer.
all manner of office equipment and
other Supplies. Sealed bids are re
quired for all purchases over $1,-
000. About 19,000 purchase orders
are filled each year.
Back at that Motor Pool garage
on Ferry Street, Hoyer pointed
proudly to the pool's record of
operating 265" passenger cars at an
average 4'i cents a mile, including
Future Cloudy for Dutch
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 20 -Few
among the Dutch being evacuated
from Indonesia complain of bad
treatment by the Indonesians, but
many say "We had no future over
there." Queen Juliana at the week
end welcomed the first 1,000. A
total of 45,000 is expected in the
next six months.
full depreciation, insurance and
other costs. They are only 10 per
Cent of the state cars on the road,
but they a the ones serving many
agencies out of one motor pool.
Under contract with Valley Mo
tor Co. of Salem, the state is buy
ing 1951 Ford four-doors at $1,462.
Two-year-old state cars, mean
while, were being sold at oral auc
tion at the State Fairgrounds and
bringing $1,000 to $1,100.
Finance Department officials fig
ure the oral auction method has
brought average selling price up
to NADA book value, and yester
day was no exception when 36 cars
and trucks were sold for $21,170.
Tour visitors like Ward Davis did
a double take at the state surplus
property warehouse off Taft Street
when they saw 50ent "price tag"
on men's black oxfords. Surplus
Property Manager Wakefield
Walker explained the state obtains)
$250,000 worth of federal govern
ment surplus property n month.
The freight and handling expend
make the property "priced" at only
about 10 per cent of actual valuer
This material "everything Irons
spools of thread to tractors") is
then made available lo state instW
tutions, hospitals, schools and othi
er non-prolit groups altogether
some 1,609 groups a year. (
Like the motor pool and the sum
plus property setup, the state print
ing plant a million dollar printing
business is self supporting and res)
quires no tax funds. State offices
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