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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1939)
Tuesday, February 21, 1939 Twelve Hie Capital Journal. Salem, Oregon Oooonenfs Say PUD Should Pay Full Tax Public utility districts should be burdened with the tame t-jtea pri nts utilities now pay. opponents of PUD legislation told the sena;i rail roads and utility committee last night. Other objectors to the Burke PCD bill, amending the present law so districts could Issue revenue bonds, aald the measure gave district ad ministrators too much latitude. They aid there would be no limit to In debtedness of a district and that voters should be consulted about very bond Issue, not Just the first. Allan Smith. Baiter attorney, peaking for seven power companies. aald "It Is essential that PUDs do business on a basis comparable to our own. They should be required to meet all obligations. Including bond Interest, depreciation and op eration costs out or revenues. And they should be prohibited from tax ing property to meet the costs. "The legislature should require them to pay the same taxes aa we do. 13 per cent, not the 8 per cent which they offer to pay u tne dis trict so votes. They also should be required to maintain the same ac counting system as we do so the public may leam at the close of each year which has the best show ing. The time has not yet come when Individual Initiative should be sacrificed for government-owner ship." ' "Silly and asinine" were the ep. thets attached to the provision that district may set aside 8 per cent of their revenues In lieu of taxes, by James E. Burdette, McMlnnvllle attorney. "There Is no way of en forcing It." he said. He warned the state's property tax structure was In danger If district took over private utilities without also assuming the utility tax load. Bprungmans Entertain Marlon An evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles fiprungman with cards played by Mr. and Mrs. George Kappauf, Mr and Mrs. William Hardy. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Strode and Mrs. Strode's mother, Mrs. Edith Ashenfelter. - ; 'MI Vfc 0 Ovtuves Policy Brtgham Uu&h well (above), 96. of Seattle, won his Insurance by out-living the life expectancy and receiving the $750 face value of the 65-year-old policy. Underwriters called It a "rare occurrence." Associated Press Photo. & A m M ... w il LI c 1 dja3 " ' j - i j j.c. r. (A A.. W. Attempted Revolution In Peru Fails Here are chief figures In the short-lived attempt to overthrow the government of Peru. Left to right: Oen. Antonio Rodriguez, minister of government and Interior, who was killed In the attempted coup d'etat; Manuel Rodrlguex, who as premier In 1935 appointed Antonio to the cabinet; President Oscar Benavldes, whose departure on a holiday trip was the cue for the revolutlonlsta to act; Dr. Carlos Concha, foreign minister who was with Benavldes when the uprising occurred, and Premier Ernesto Montague, who put down the revolt. Associated Press Photo. Dodson Disappointed At Oregon Lethargy Frankly expressing disappointment and regret that Ore gun people have not taken advantage of a wonderful oppor tunity to capitalize on its outstanding asset, Bonneville power for Industrial development, and' bring manufacturing plant and factories to Oregon, W. D. B. Dod son. executive vice-president of (he Portland Chamber or Commerce, told the large gathering of mem bers of the Associated Employers of Oregon at the banquet at the Mar ion hotel Monday evening that the people of the stale should cease caterwauling and fighting among themselves, stop the discord, get out of the f"g, and strive for Indus trial pay rolls. "TTils water power Is one of the greatest Industrial assets you have or ever will have." said Dodson. j 'You need a constructive element here Instead of a destructive one and let us go forward and build some tiling." Dodson, who has been Interested In the power question for 20 years, recited his activities In Washington I when proposals for the building of! Bonneville were on. He recounted the fight made against It by Wash ington's representative, the late Senator Charles Dill, and how Sen ator Charles McNary left a sick bed In Salem to rush back to Washing ton and saved Bonneville, while Dodson, alone of Oregon business representatives, watrhed the battle against his home state In the capi tal and urged Oregon people to get busy. i Could Be Like Niagara "Factories of all kiils are built on top of N la Kara Palls making a pay roll for 22.000 people, and why has not Oregon gone forward for Bonneville In the same way?" asked Dodson. "Don't be deceived or mis led by demagogues on this power question. "It's a natural this Bonneville power for Industrial plants and don't let It go to waste, but get fnrtory sites located at the dam Ernest P. Marsh of Seattle, fed eral conciliator for Oregon, urged the promotion of sound healthy employer-employe relations. "I have very little time for any man who says there is no contact between employer and employe," Marsh declared, "and to my mind both should, with the government. put their shoulder to the wheel and strive for an enduring industrial peace." David Eccles, state budget direc tor, represented Governor Sprague who sent regrets that due to his re cent Illness he was unable to ap pear. Speaker of the House Ernest Fat land spoke briefly and President Robert Duncan of the senate made a short talk for the upper house. We are in the home stretch now and when the legislature adjourns about 15 days hence I feel that we shall have enacted a very fair, sound and constructive set of laws," Dun can explained. In the absence of Senator Douglas McKay, the manager of the associa tion, Dan Hay, acted as toastmas ter. The Invocation was offered by the Rev. R. A. Hutchinson. Arthur Farmer of the Portland Chamber of Commerce was a guest. The association elected Gilbert Madison, Salem, general chairman to succeed Carl W. Hogg, also of Salem, and named Reynolds Allen. Salem, James Rodman, Eugene, Ed Heydenburk. Grants Pass, R. C. Denham, Marshfield, Harry Wal ther. The Dalles. O. W. Barrlck. Tillamook, and Ralph Wtltse. Bend, directors. Dan Hay, Salem, was re appointed executive manager. Resolutions Adopted Delegates to the convention came from Albany. Bend. Corvnllis, Kii gene. Hillsboro, Canby, Hood Riv er, Lebanon, LaGrande, Marshfield, McMlnnvllle, Newberg, Oregon City, Pendleton, Salem, The Dalles and Tillamook. Numerically Corvallis made a splendid showing. By resolutions the organization yesterday afternoon urged defeat of Senate Bill 283. providing for li censing and bonding credit report ing organizations, on grounds the bill would "Impair the credit facili ties of all business men In Oregon;" endorsed proposed amendments to the Wagner act; expressed grati tude to the former Governor Char les H. Martin. Sheriff Martin T Pratt of Multnomah county, the His- Oregon City loses Street Ms The state supreme court today denied ft motion to dismiss an ap peal by Oregon City in the city's suit against the Security and In vestment company to quiet title to street ends along the Willamette river. The street ends, lying between Water street and the river Fourth. Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth streets, are needed for a new highway. The company, own ed by the Latourette Interests, claims title by virtue of deeds from their heirs of Dr. John McLough lln. who laid out the town and filed claim to its property In 1850. The city was ruled against In the original suit, which was backed by the state highway commission. It was the highway commission which elected to appeal the decision. The company moved to have the appeal dismissed, and it was that motion which was denied today, in an oral order. The only written opinion handed down today was In Samuel M. Bun nell, appellant, vs. Kenneth W. Pa- rellus. owner of a garage at Oswe go. Bunnell was struck and Injured by a car driven by Kenneth W Brown, one of Parellus' employes and brought suit against Parellus. whose defense was that Brown was not working at the time of the ac cident The lower court ruled an Involuntary non-suit against Bun nell, from which he appealed. The court affirmed the lower court de cision today in an opinion by Jus tice Belt. In writing his findings Justice Belt said : "Brown was look ing for beer, not customers, when he drove to Portland," when the ac cident occurred Bund Stages Riotous Meeting in New York New York, Feb. 21 (P) In a nazi demonstration that rilled vast Madison Square Garden leaders of the German American bund stood last night under the sign of the swas tika to denounce "International trlct attorney of Multnomah coun ty, Special Prosecutor Ralph B. Moody and others engaged In the labor terrorism clean-up; and com mended Dan Hay for his work as executive manager of the Associa tion of Employers. Jewry, some members of the Roose velt cabinet, and any American alli ance with European democracies About 1.500 police reservea stood guard over the area, while violence spurted up Inside the garden and out. As Frits Kuhn. national leader of the bund, was concluding a perora tion against Jews, Isadora Qreen baum. a alight, 38-year-old hotel worker, leaped upon the great stage and ran toward the speaker. Instantly, a dozen or more storm troopers set upon him, knocking him down and beating him as he held his head In his arms, his black, wild hair flying A squad of police pushed the storm troopers aside, picked him from the floor of the platform, and holding him high above their heads, ran to an exit. Most of his cloth ing was torn from his body. Later, he was booked for disorder ly conduct and held In $100 ball. uuurae tne oarden. 13 persons aitogetner were arrested In a ser ies of fight Involving the police who refused permission of antl- nazls to picket the Oarden and the followers and opponent of nazllsm. The first disturbance at the meet ing Involved Dorothy Thompson wife of Sinclair Lewis, who Is a col umnist, during a speech by Kuhn. Amid shouts of "sit down" and "throw her out," a grey-shlrted storm trooper and two policemen started to hustle her from the building. Heywood Broun, another columnist, ran to her rescue, tell ing the police her Identity. She was allowed to remain upon her insist ence "American free speech" gave her the right to express disagree ment with any speaker The most extraordinary police precautions In years had been made for the meeting and as It went on, for more than three hours, with parading, naat-salutlng and band playing, the epithets from the plat form against Jews thundered ever harsher. Mention of the names of the Rev. Charles K. Coughlln of Detroit; Rep. Martin Dies (D., Tex ), chair man of the house committee inves tigating un-American activities; Senators Borah and Nye, brought applause, while hisses arose in great roars when speakers called the names of Secretaries Perkins, Hop- kins. Morgenthau. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and At torney General Murphy. 0SD Cage Team Defeats Vernonia The Oregon School for the Deaf basketball team after trailing 9 to 8 at half tune, defeated Vernonia high school on the local floor last night, 33 to 14. OSD (13) r r c o o Blakely 3 Torgeson 3 Shaffer 8 Storta 8 Moxley I (141 Vernonia 6 Rundell Baker 3 LaPorte 3 KlUlan 3 Parcells S ' 3 Roeser Referee. George Simio. Don Downlnga Move Falls City Mr. and Mrs. Don Downing and daughter have moved Into the Mollle Pugh property. Presidential Politics in Iowa Over HMins Washington. Feb. 31 U.P9 Secre tary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins' first formal appearance as concil iator between business and the new deal became embarrassingly Involved today with 1940 presidential politics. Hopkins left last night for Orln nell, Iowa, to remain three days before delivering in Des Moines his widely publicized first address as the "representative of business ar ound the Roosevelt cabinet table. His departure was preceded by dis patches from Des Moines that dem ocratic state chairman, Ed H. Birm ingham, has undertaken to align 1940 democratic national convention delegates for Hopkins. The Iowa boom for Hopkins got V a chilly reception here. Old Una democrats, battling now with Presi dent Roosevelt for control of next year's convention, generally concede Hopkins' administrative ability but they do not want him as their 1940 presidential candidate. There have been some Indications, however, that Mr. Roosevelt might like Hop kins to succeed to the White House, provided, of course, there Is no third term. With emergence of the Hopkins boom with or without his sanction Iowa comes up with two new deal ers, either of whom probably would be acceptable to Mr. Roosevelt next year but against whom Postmaster Oeneral James A. Farley and a pow erful bloc of conservative democrats would raise every available obstacle. The other Iowan Is Secretary of Ag riculture Henry A. Wallace. 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