EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sunday. April 21, 1963 Fife IB
mmwmmsm Political Potpourri
j Lane Legislators
Active Friday
By DAX SLI.LARD
of the KegutcrGuartf
SALEM (Special) Friday could have been called Lane
County Day at the State Legislature.
Reps. Richard Eymann, D-Marcola, and F. F. Montgomery,
It-Eugene, carried the big tax bills Eymann the income tax
and Montgomery the cigarette tax two bills of special in
terest to the area were approved; and two other Lane legis
lators tried to stop a bill from passage.
Eymann is chairman of the House Tax Committee and
Montgomery is the vice-chairman. Hardly anyone in the Leg
islature has worked as hard as these two.
The two bills of interest to the area were:
A measure to allow a city to assess a non-profit cemetery
lor sidewalk, curb and street improvements. This was spon
sored by Rep. Richard Kennedy, D-Eugene, at the request of
the city of Eugene. It was approved.
A measure to require a professional architect or pro
fessional engineer to design any building of public assembly
which is more than 4,000 square feet in area and 20 feet high
Inside. The motivation for this measure came from the Eugene
Register-Guard's scries after the Columbus Day Storm; the
stories were used as exhibits in the committee's investigation.
The bill was approved.
In addition to this, Rep. Ed Elder, R-Eugenc, spoke against
the cigarette tax; and Elder and Rep, Gene Hulett, D-Eugene,
tried vainly to stop a bill which would liberalize deposition
taking in criminal prosecutions.
Both the cigarette tax and income tax measures, by the
way, passed the House by larger margins than had been an
ticipated. As late as Friday morning, Eymann was sure of only about
35 votes for the income tax bill there were 42 yes votes reg
istered. On the cigarette tax, for a long while the advocates
could count only 31 votes, a bare majority, but the final vote
was 39. '
Many of these were "reluctant" votes, made by legislators
who didn't like the taxes but were convinced of the need for
the money.
Legislators, hired help and reporters can't help but feel
presence is unwelcome in the capital city of Salem.
Some downtown merchants act as if they couldn't care less,
many clerks don't seem to know the lawmakers are in town
and Willamette University students resent that they're crowded
out of the capital coffee shop.
State employes, including the cafeteria waitress who mum
bled "I'll be glad when they're gone," take a negative view of
the whole show, forgetting that it takes a legislature to budget
their pay envelopes.
This is hard to understand.
Most cities, such as Eugene, work hard to get conventions
of 100 or so to come to town for a day or so. And when the
convention comes, townspeople smile while counting the money
left behind.
But Salem has a "convention" of about 400 that comes to
town every other year and stays for five count 'em five
months.
The legislators and retinue don't spend money as fast and
loose as some conventioneers, but a couple of million dollars
changes hands.
Yet even those masters of human relations the bartenders
look down their noses when one identifies himself as being
In town with the Legislature.
Contributions
Bill Tabled
By Solons
SALEM (Special) A legis
lative measure which would al
low college and other teachers
to contribute money to political
campaigns has run into a snag.
Senate Bill 83 was introduced
by Sen. Ed Fadelcy, D-Eugene,
and is identical to a measure he
introduced in the House of
Representatives two years ago.
It was not approved then and
has been "tabled" this time.
The Senate Elections Com
mittee tabled the bill but there
is yet a chance it may pass fa
vorably on the measure.
The snag is that the bill sin
gles out teachers.
The AFL-CIO has raised an
objection to this, saying that
other public employes should be
included.
Fadeley has said he has no
strong feelings on this but he
doesn't like the idea of his bill
being amended away from the
basic concept.
The labor lobby has intro
duced its own bill which would
repeal all the sections of law
called the "corrupt practices
act."
Fadelcy's bill rests in the Sen
ate Elections Committee and
the labor bill, Senate Bill 169,
is in the State and Federal Af
fairs Committee.
It is the Lane County sena
tors belief that if state and
federal affairs will release SB
169 and send it to the elections
committee, his bill might get
sent to the Senate.
There is considerable support
for his bill, Fadely says, in
cluding that of Arthur Flcm
ming, University of Oregon pres
ident. In 1958, the Oregon Consti
tution was amended so that
teachers could run for elective
offices, he points out.
"Now we need to give them
permission to contribute to oth
ers' campaigns and not be sec
ond-class citizens."
Still lots of Work to Be Done
May 10 Target for Adjournment
By PAVL W. HARVEY JR.
or the Associated Frets
SALEM Legislative leaders
have set May 10 as the target
date for adjournment of the
Oregon legislature.
But so much remains to be
done that it might run later.
Here is the status of major
legislation:
Appropriations The Joint
Ways and Means Committee
hasn't yet decided what to do
about its big budget problems,
like higher education, basic
school suDnort and public wel
fare. It still hopes to wind up
around May 1. It Is making
some cuts in the governor's
$405 million budcet.
Taxation The House fin
ished work on its big tax pack
age Friday. This consists of an
income tax increase, 4-ccnt cig
aretto tax, and making employ
ers pay their withholding taxes
monthly. The whole package is
designed to bring in $60 million
in new revenue for the next bi
ennium. But the Senate indi
cates it will make some drastic
changes in these bills. The bill
to tax religious, charitable and
other non-profit organizations
has been killed. The House Tax
ation Committee has completed
hearings on the Senate bill to
relieve persons over 65 of part
of their property taxes.
Education The Senate
Education Committee has voted
to withhold state aid from any
new community colleges that
would be created in the two
years beginning July 1. A Sen
ate fight is brewing over the
committee's proposal to rent
textbooks to parochial schools.
Higher education is fighting
hard against its budget cuts.
Constitution Revision
With the session 97 days old
the House and Senate Constitu
lion Revision committees are
still thrashing out details of the
proposed new constitution. It is
finish their work in time.
Consumers The bill to fix
minimum milk prices is in trou
ble in the House Food and
Dairying Committee, and an
other attempt will be made
Tuesday to bring it out. The bill
to wipe out trading stamps ap
pears dead. There has been no
action on bills to ban balloon
bread and require the true rate
of interest to be listed for in
stalment purchases.
Reorganization The only
reorganization bill that is given
a chance is the one to create
a natural resources department
under the governor, and that
one is being attacked by the
timber industry. The bill Is in
the Joint Ways and Means Committee.
Highways The Senate-
passed bill to reduce taxes on
big trucks and incrcaso them
on other trucks and buses is in
tho House Highways Committee.
there has been no action on
touch and go whether they will the numerous proposals to is
sue highway construction bonds, surance to be carried by the em-
increase the gas tax one cent
or boost the auto license fee $5
a year.
Traffic Safety The bill to
require chemical tests for sus
pected drunken drivers has died
in the Senate. The Senate High
ways Committee has voted for a
fixed speed limit of 65 miles an
hour. The House has voted to
require seat belts in front seats
of new cars, let officers arrest
drivers when they don't actually
see the offense, and provide
stiff penalties for failing to stop
when ordered by a policeman.
Sex Deviates The House
Judiciary Committee has ap
proved the key bill in this pack
age. It provides for commitment
of persons known to be sexual
ly dangerous, and is now in the
Ways and Means Committee.
Industrial Accident The
Senate will vote next week on
a compromise bill to boost in
dustrial accident benefits 20
per cent, and to allow the in-
ployer or through insurance)
companies. The House hasn't
acted on it yet
Unemployment Compensa
tion Legislation in this field
has died because employers and
labor unions couldn't get to
gether. Labor-Management Noth
ing will be done about trying
to prevent strikes because no
body can find the answer.
Capital Punishment Tha
proposed constitutional amend
ment to abolish the death pen
alty now is in the House Con
stitution Revision Committee.
Fish and Game The
House hasn't acted yet on ths
measure for a two-year legisla
tive interim investigation of the
Game Commission.
Civil Defense The House
has slashed Gov. Hatfield's civil
defense budget from $410,000 to
$50,000, but Senate leaders are
trying to get it increased above
tho House figure.
To Parochial Schools
Bill Would Allow Textbook Rental
By AL DEN BESTE
Of tho Associated Press
SALEM The controversial
subject of providing textbooks
to parochial schools has been
entered by the Senate Education
Committee.
The committee has amended a
bill that would allow school dis
tricts to provide free textbooks
to public high school students.
The amendment allows the
districts also to rent textbooks
to students in religious high
schools.
A hearing on the bill as
amended will be held next Tues
day. Tho original bill was passed
by the House. It will have al
lowed school districts to buy
textbooks out of district funds
and rent them to its public sec
ondary school students. Such
books now are bought out of
student fees.
No Book Fund
School officials said this pre
sented a problem when new
high schools were built, because
there was no book fund built
up.
But the amendment once more
opens up hi subject thought
closed when the U. S. Supreme
Court refused to review an Ore
gon Supreme Court decision that
providing textbooks to parochial
schools was against the Oregon
constitution.
Last Week in Salem
Jake Bennett, the old warhorse from Multnomah County,
did it again Friday. He made the Speaker angry.
When Speaker Clarence Barton asked Bennett if he wanted
to "close" the argument he made against the cigarette tax,
Bennett walked to the mike and said:
"No, I don't want to close. I'll make my speech to the pub
lic when these boys want to run for re-election."
Wham went the gavel in the Barton hand and red went the
Speaker's face. (There's a rule that a legislator doesn't speak
about another, it must be impersonal.)
But Barton was laughed out of his temper this time. Those
In the galleries, who don't know the rules about such things,
started to giggle and this mood swept the floor.
Barton finally smiled.
House Tax Bills
Face 'Variations'
By ANN H. PEARSON
Of the United Press International
SALEM The major money
raising program of the House
Tax Committee appeared head
ed for "variations" in the Sen
ate after sweeping surprisingly
through the House Friday.
Senate Tax Committee Chair
man Boyd Overhulse, D-Madras,
said he expected the Senate
would put "quite a few varia
tions" in the $35 million modi
fied net receipts income tax
bill, which passed the House 42.
18 in an uncxepectcdly strong
victory for the House Tax Com
mittee. And he said the Senate cast
a reluctant eye on the 4-cent a
package. $15 million cigarette
tax bill which, after an earlier
defeat, cleared the House in
dav 39-21.
The House also passed Friday
a companion bill to save the
state $9 million in contested
bank taxes.
It was a stunning climax to
the House committee's session
long toil to create a program to
raise some $66 million in need
ed new revenue: The session's
biggest problem.
Already passed by the House
and in the Senate is the third
part of the triangle income-cigarctte-"onc-hot"
revenue pro
Eram. The one-shot bill would
speed up employers' turnover of
monthly withholding payments
Bills Passed by Legislature
to the siatc to bring in an extra I
$12 million before the end ol
the 1963-65 biennium.
Overhulse noted if the Senate
The insome tax bill applies to
persons earning over $500. It
would apply a net one per cent
tax to income below $15,000 and
one and one half per cent to in
come above $15,000. On the net
tax feature, there would not be
any deduction or credits.
It also includes a graduated
income tax with percentages
ranging from one to six per
cent.
Although eliminating the fed
eral income tax deduction, it in
creases the state standard de
duction from five to 10 per cent
Medical, charitable and other
deductions beyond that could be
itemized.
Instead of the present $600
exemption for each dependent,
a flat $22 credit for each de
pendent would be sustained
from the final tax bill.
' House Tax Committee Chair
man Richard Eymann, D-Mar-cola,
and member Victor Ati
ych, R-Beaverton, said the bill
would reform and simplify Ore
gon's Income tax structure, pick
up new taxpayers, keep money
in Oregon now going to the fed
eral government, and give flex
ihilitv for the future.
"It will pay for services for
which you have been voting and
the people have been asking,"
Eymann told the House.
Rcd. Joe Rogers. R-lndcpend-
ence, a sales tax advocate, said
only $2 million of the new
money would come from new
taxpayers.
The cigarette tax Din, as De-
rejects cither the cigarette tax orei wls termed a "selective
or the one-shot bill, it could
necessitate drastic changes in
the income tax bill.
The House passed the big tax
sales tax.
Rep. John Mosscr, R-Beaverton,
who once offered his own
tax program, said he opposed
bills on mixed party votes. The (he cigarette tax but was voting
action also was a victory for for it because "we cannot afford
Gov. Mark Hatfield, who pro- m this stage to have our own
posed a more severe net re- individual programs. This is the
ceipts income tax and a cica-1 program of the committee and
rette tax to balance his $105 1
million proposed budget.
The income tax bill would tax
for the first time some low
bracket earners. It also would
increase taxes for those now
paying, but by eliminating the
federal incoi.; tax deduction
from Oregon taxes, it would
make possible a forgiveness at
the federal tax level that would
offset a good part of the state
increase.
Monday
Senate '
SB334 Requires license to act as
escrow agent.
BB40S Allowa farm plcketlnt only
by employes who have worked 15
days.
SB407 Allows taxpayer to appeal
property tax cases directly to tax
court.
SB4U Defines term "War Vet
eran" In the laws.
HJR37 Provides for printing- ses
sion laws.
HB1061 auows uepartment 01
Unlnr Vehicles to charfie fees for
collecting on uncoUectlble checks.
HB120S Changea maximum age
limit for day nurseries from 4 to
6 years old.
HB20JO SSO.OM for dvU defense.
HB209S 12,1M for Veterinary Ex
amlng Board.
HB1194 Makes It a misdemeanor
to unlswfully enter a house.
I1B1377 Modifies unemployment
compensstlon experience ratings.
HB1B08 Permits Eagle Point Irri
gation District to use additional
point of diversion. . ,
HB1644 Provides minimum safety
standards for freight olevators.
Tuesday
Senate
8B155 Lets state Department of
Agriculture make agreemanta with
other states.
8B287 Clarifies law on school dis
trict boundary changes.
HB2057 Gives Department of Fi
nance more authority In restrlcUng
spending by slate agencies.
HB2012 231,27 for military de
partment. HB207S $321,101 for retirement
board.
HB1SOS Relates to permits for
motor carriers.
House
HB20JO M2,43i for stats engi
neer. HB20S7 S75.MI for soil conserva
tion committee.
HB1239 Prohibits unfair market
ing practices of dealers in farm
products.
HB1391 Gives counties right to
ahandon dedicated roads.
HB1443 Prohibits lenders irom
deslgnstlng Insurance company.
HU153B Allows puouo agencies so
sell filled lands.
HB1592 Requires real estate nrox-
ers and salesmen to be high school
graduates.
HRIRol Lets members of armed
forces buy hunting and fishing li
censes at resident rates.
SB132 Clarifies law on merger of
cooperatives.
SB327 Provides four clerks on
election boards.
SB3S0 Repeals law requiring cit
les to Issue voters psmphlets.
SBSS Gives public utility com
missioner authority to regulate I
working hours of truck and bus j
drivers. !
SB16S Lets convicts work In state
parks. v !
Defested By Senste
SB426 Regulates ssla of vacation-
type trailers snd campers.
vtranesaa
Senate
KB21S Allows tailrabs to hsndle
shipments of less thsn 10 pounds.
SB263 Permits Investment of
ward's property In common trust
funds.
SB26S Requires permanent teach
ers to give SO days notice of In
tention to continue employment.
HB137S Removes requirement
for detailed report at meetings of
directors of state banks.
HB137S Increases from 46 to to
dsys tho time for exemlnstlon of
sppllcstlon for small loan license.
HBI52S Requires public bodies to
maintain ftshways over dams.
Honse
1IHI0S3 Ii7j.2v7 for legislative
fiscal committee.
HH1041 Increases marrlsge wall
Ing period from I to 1 dsys.
nnliu Allows snerurs to dispose
SJR2S Designates May 1 as Law
Day.
HB2038 37,753,950 (or Forestry
Department.
HB1423 Allows checkmarks on
election ballots.
HB1424-Requlres secretary of
state to examine all campaign ex
pense statements.
HU1426 Increases from 230 to 1.
000 the number of people required
at aasemblles to nominate Independ
ent statewide candidates.
HB1474 Lets employes keep civil
service rights when transfer from
one government unit to enother.
HB1555 Exempts fallout shelter
owners from liability for Injury or
death.
HOUSE
HB1250 Prevents Welfare Com
mission from using Income tax re
turns. HB14SS Allows wider latitude In
pre-trlsl depositions.
HB1494 Directs estate's represen
tative to file Inventory with Wel
fare Commission If It hss clslm
against estate.
HB130S Increases requirement for
providing copies of wills,
HBI57S Lets Judges serve until
end of yoar In which they reach
age of 7S.
HB1681 Allows fire districts to
contrsct for medical, hospital and
retirement Insurance for employes.
HB1774 Fixes rste that police
and firemen pay under publlo em
ployes retirement system.
SB27 D e 1 e t e s abandonment as
basis for termination of parental
rights, and aubstltutes deserUoa or
neglect for one year.
SBassiops death sentences dur
ing appeal.
8B17B Requires doctors lo report
eases of phenylketonuria.
Defeated By House
HBI747 Prohibits Irrlgstlon dis
trict employes from overUme pay.
FRIDAY
RKNATX
SBM Requires removsl of unused
explosives when owner Is sbsent fol
30 days or more.
SB42S Makes school election regu
Istlons conform to general election
laws.
HB20M 112.154 for Veterinary
Medical Examining Board.
HB1 149 Provides county cat con
trol programs.
HBU10 Provides new procedure
for fetsl death certificates.
HB1347 Puts optometrist on BUnd
Commission.
11B1I11 Relates to Uxstlon of
That decision was on a 1957
law providing textbooks to ele
mentary parochial schools. Ele
mentary public schools have
been provided with books by the
state for some time.
The 1957 law extending free
books to parochial schools was
challenged in a Clackamas Coun
ty case, whero the judge ruled
that the law was unconstitu
tional, because of recent U. S.
Supreme Court decisions on the
subject.
But the state's high court
ruled only on tho state const'tu-
tional question, steering clear of
federal decisions. Tho federal
court refused to review the decision.
Roman Catholic groups have
argued that providing textbooks
is constitutional, because it is
a service to the student, and
not to the religious institution.
A Different View
But opponents say It is a vio
lation of the separation of
. ii caurcn ana state.
HBiBld Maxes confidential ail ovu. ti x-iukvi, u-nuseuuis,
data in connection with training of the committee chairman, offered
nospiiai meaicai siaus. IVl -jm.- ,. ortnnl.rt
6-1, with Sen. Walter Leth, R-
Flegcl said the amendment
had been drawn up by legisla
tive counsel, and he thought it
would be constitutional. He said
the books would be rented to the
students, not provided to the
parochial schools.
The amendment approved by
the committee would have no
effect on elementary schools. It
would deal only with secondary
schools, which weren't affected
under the 1957 law.
Questions of Its constitutional
ity are sure to be raised, however.
Hearing Scheduled
SALEM fUPD A public hear
ing for five sex offender bills
will be held by the Senate Ju
diciary Committee next Tues
day, Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney,
chairman of the committee, said
the hearing will be held in room
6 of the Capital Building at 7:30
p.m.
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HB 101 3 Defines financial corpora
tion to let tax commission avoid re
turning SB million In corporation
excise taxes to banks.
HBI846 increases Income taxes
S39 million.
HB1115 Levies 4-cent cigarette
tax.
HBI164 Repeals obsolete law on
condemnation by cities.
HB1212 Requires Board of Health
to license vending machines selling
food or beverages.
HB1330 Allows school districts to
buy liability Insurance for board
members and employes.
HB1338 Fixes exemptions from
court Judgments.
HB1440 Requires plans for struc
tures used by the publlo to be ap
proved by professional engineer or
architect. j
HB1493 Describes how service of
process on Welfare Commission shall
be served.
HB1328 Allows cities to assess
cemeteries for street Improvements.
HB1M9 Allows tostlmony of any
Kerson except defendant to be taken
y deposition In criminal cases.
Salem, voting against it.
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the House leadership. It raises . 0f unclaimed property.
the needed revenue.
The bank tax bill is an at
tempt to shut a loophole under
which banks have protested a
part o the 9 per cent corporate
exise tax since 19S7. The bill is
retroactive.
Rep. Sidney Baiett. R-GranU
Pass, called it "a devious way
to win a court decision" and
said it also would hit other institutions.
HBI72S Permits countr snd eltr
Jails to be located outside boundar
ies. HBins Clarifies duties of proper
ly las collectors.
fiMI Requires Gem. Commission
to hold besrtng between Nor. 1 end
Dec. Si on fishing regulstlons.
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HBlSOl T. enact I per cent sales
las.
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