Friday, March 10, 1939
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
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Legislature In
Tough Tangle
01 Heavy Work
Enmeshed In ft tangle of taxa
tion, public power, old age assist
ance and other vital legislation, the
Oregon legislature sweated through
Its 60th day yesterday, and today
set a new record lor length of a
session.
The legislators have been working
without pay since the 40th day, the
technical expiration date of each
biennial session.
Although they were resigned to
approximately another week of
work, the lawmakers made every
effort to speed the legislative ma
chinery yesterday. The house
hustled through a bill to change the
date of the primary election from
May to September and the senate
followed suit and sent the measure
to the governor.
The change was opposed by the
Grange, labor unions and the Ore
gon Commonwealth Federation.
Rep. Phil Brady (D.. Portland).
called it a "rich man's bill" because
a poor candidate could not cover
the state in the shorter period. Pro
ponents argued the present long
interim between primary and final
elections made campaigns too ex
pensive.
The people's utility bill passed
by the senate Wednesday was sent
to the house utilities committee
which voted to reintroduce it as a
substitute bill on the grounds that
it might be construed as ft revenue
measure. Revenue laws must or
iginate in the house.
At a hearing last night represen
tatives of the state Orange and
private utilities both attacked the
measure which would permit dis
tricts to issue revenue bonds.
Ray Gill, State Grange master,
complained it was not fair to tax
PUDs unless municipal plants also
were taxed but said he didn't think
it was right to tax either.
Allan Smith, Baker, attorney for
seven private utilities, said "this
bill Is almost as bad as Mr. GUI
says it is, but for very different
lessons." He said the tax provision
would discriminate against private
utilities because districts would not
have to pay federal taxes as private
companies are required to do.
The bill as reintroduced in the
house was minus the emergency
clause Inasmuch as revenue mea
sures may not carry such clauses.
This would enable opponents to
circulate petitions to put It on the
ballot.
The senate calendar was too
crowded yesterday to permit consid
eration of the bill revising the In
come tax setup. The senate assess
ments and taxation committee
amended the measure to reduce ex
emptions for single persons from
$800 to $700 and for married per.
sons from 11,500 to $1,300. The rate
would be changed. After subtract
ing the exemption and other deduc
tions, the first $500 of net Income
would be taxed 3 per cent and the
second $500 at 3. At present the
first $1,000 net Is taxed 2 per cent.
Starting with the second $1,000, the
present 3 per cent would be boost
ed to 4 per cent, continuing In each
bracket up to T.
The new intangibles surtax was
lowered by the senate from 3 to 2
per cent. The Income tax, includ
ing the surtax, would not total
more than 8 per cent in combina
tion, however. It was thought the
house would resist these changes.
The senate approved a bill fixing
the minimum monthly wage of
school teachers in Oregon at $85.
The present minimum Is $75.
The house defeated a bill to pre
vent state liquor control commission
Inspectors from making arrests.
The Joint ways and means com
mi t tee introduced memorial
to
congress asking the federal govern
ment to Increase its share of funds
for aid to dependent children from
one-third to one-half.
Restoration of some degree
of
state control of bakeries was ap
proved in the senate when a house
bill providing chiefly for sanitary
regulations was passed.
A bill defining and tightening the
restrictions on fortified wines was
approved by the senate alcoholic
traffic committee.
It provided that such wines could
not be sold within the state without
the approval of the liquor control
commission on age, blend and pur-
,ty'
Further Purchase
Of Ground Authorized
, The state board of control was
' authorised to purchase property in
four Salem city blocks under ft Mil
passed by the house Thursday after
noon and sent to the house.
The blocks bounded by Center and
Court streets, and Capitol and Win
ter streets would be added to the
capltol group. "If the opportunity
arose to purchase them on the open
market at a reasonable price," un
er terms of the measure.
The bill appropriates $100,000 for
the purchases, but provides they
must be made before January
1941. There were only three dissent
ing votes.
Northwest School
Musicians to Play
Aurora Selection of Gale Qulnn
of Canby and Bill Kraus of Aurora,
clarinet and French horn players,
respectively, in the Canby high
school band, as members of the all-
northwest band was announced at
student body assembly during the
week. Chosen from all parts of the
-northwest and Alaska, the band will
play at the Northwest Music Edu
cators' conference In Tacoma
March 29 to April 1. The two will
be accompanied to Tacoma by their
band instructor, Walter Weathers.
OEM rA
To Appear In Show Here The
young lady is Miss Eleanor Stewart
who plays in "Blushing Bride" in
covered America," a sound-picture honeymoon
tour of the United States sponsored by the
Greyhound Lines. Among the many interest
ing places visited on the tour is New York
City, shown here. This picture will be shown
here soon to those securing free tickets from
the local Greyhound Agent.
Besides the interesting movie, Commander
A. W. Scott (In circle) of the British Royal
Naval Air Service, a well-known World-Tra
veler and radio personality, will appear on the same program In
person. He will relate his thrilling adventures and experiences In
all parts of the world. Tills show will be given at the old high
school auditorium Friday, March 10. 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be ob
tained from the Chadwick Hotel company, local Greyhound
agents, at the New Senator hotel.
Razors Little Used
By Former
By C. K. togan
In days of old when men were bold and the test of man
hood was the quantity and
ment, the house of representatives was, with the exception
of three, very virile, according to
photograph of the personnel of
the 18th assembly which was held
in 1895. Records do not reveal but
the idea persists that a moustache
cup was as necessary as an electric
or safety razor is today.
Among the members were three
young men, two of them, in today's
parlance, "kid" legislators. The trio
Is again united at the 40th assem
bly 44 years later but in contrast,
all had, literally speaking, as much
hair on their faces as they have on
their heads today.
The trio consisted of Senator W.
E. Burke, of Yamhill, who was elec
ted to one term In the house at
the age of 28; Senator George W
Dunn, Jackson county, who was 3i
years old and the chief clerk of the
house; Ralph Moody, who at pres
ent Is legal advisor to the house,
who also was in the legislature in
1899. Senator Dunn did not again
enter politics until 1923 when he
was elected to the senate from
Jackson county, serving ever since,
and Senator Burke, who came to
the legislature from Yamhill county
in 1931.
What a contrast these three pre
sented! Chief Clerk Moody had f
full-fledged crop of luxurious side
burns, extending downward and
beneath the chin, of which he was
ornately proud. Representative
Burke's heavy moustache with
drooping ends set off the fine head
of curly (you can now see where it
was) hair. And Representative
Dunn he utilized the well-known
handle-bar efffict, topped with
high and bristly pompadour. His
contribution resembled the present
style adopted by one of the famous
Marx brothers.
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quality of their hirsute adorn
The story of the disappearance of
these adornments is a sad one and
derived at only through personal
contact and considerable research.
Accident, the modern trend and ill
ness took their toll and once the
hairy appendages disappeared, they
never returned to proudly wave In
the breeze.
Moody's sideburns, alas, did not
meet with the approval of his moth
er who had the idea that a hairy
face was not necessary to prove
manhood. Like Delilah of old, she
quietly clipped one side while the
youthful Moody slumbered and of
course, when he wakened, there was
nothing else to do but to match It
with the other side. His face has
remained in "mourning" ever since.
Then there was the dapper young
Burke. He adopted the moustache
because it was the current style.
When the style changed the mous
tache vanished, never to appear
again. The vanishing act of his
cranium was more gradual, but as
potent, as examination today re
veals. Illness overtook young Dunn. He
lived but his facial decorations per
ished. Personal inconvenience and
necessity at the time caused the di
vorce of Dunn and his halred-llp
and he was forced to submit to an
amputation. Like its contemporar
ies, it was never ressurrected.
With only three hairless mem
bers of the 18th assembly, look over
the streamlined models of the 40th
with but five presenting even a
semblance of an upper lip cover
ing and there Is not sufficient
growth among the quintet to pro
vide an equal to one of the defunct
moustaches. The present mous
THIS VHUKFY 2 Yf AR-OI 17
UCC Outlines
Program for
Law Changes
Portland, March 10 (flV-The Ore
gon unemployment compensation
commission outlined an eight-point
program yesterday for changes in
the law.
The commission favored:
A pooled fund into which all em
ployer contributions would be paid,
with provision all contributions j
would be taken into consideration,
in determining the employer's fu
ture rate of contribution;
Provision for a fixed base and a
fixed benefit year for all claimants,
with recommendation that benefits
would be based upon the October 1
September 30 earnings of all claim
ants and that the benefit year would
be the calendar year;
That claimants would be required
to serve only one waiting period
within a benefit year, after filing
the first claim, and provision for
no distinction would be made be
tween weeks of partial and total
unemployment in waiting week per
iods;
That eligibility, insofar as earn
ings were concerned, would be de
pendent upon earnings by the work
ers of minimum wages In subject
employment;
Clarification of the law with re
spect to right of workers to receive
benefit where employment Is due to
a strike, lockout or other labor dis
pute; Clarification of the law with re
spect to seasonal and Irregular em
ployment;
Permission for the state to col
lect contributions from national
banks and certain other fiscal ag
encies of the federal government In
event congress approves such col
lections;
A meeting of requirements of the
railroad unemployment Insurance
act and authorization of transfer
of funds to the railroad retirement
board on June 30. 1939.
Weakened Sales Bill
Goes to Governor
The senate passed and sent to the
governor Thursday a bill prohibiting
sales below cost by wholesalers and
retail food dealers, although Sen.
Thomas Mahony rD., Portland) de
clared "all the teeth have been taken
out through amendments."
Nearly 50,000 American motor ve
hicles entered Argentina in the last
year.
tached members are Representa
tives Walter Puhrer, J. F. Hosch,
Walter Hempstead, Jr., C. C. Brad
ley and Frank Delch, The word
moustache" in this Instance Is used
by courtesy only, for what would
one of those sturdy members of 1895
have thought about the present
generation?
To beard or not to beard may
have been a personal matter, and
probably still is, but if attention
is not given and the growth ne
glected, there still remains time
in this session to produce a crop
that might equal that of the earlier
days.
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Ran Wilde
At Kent. Fresh from a two-year
swing of the entire nation during
which his orchestra played repeat
engagements at all the leading Stat
ler hotels, plus a twelve-week stand
at the Hotel New Yorker where he
followed Jimmy Dorsey, Ran Wilde
will bring his -sweet" band to Kent!
hall Friday night under the spon
sorship of the Salem 20-30 club.
Wilde's appearance was temporar
ily called off last week-end because
of uncertainty over the date of the
coast conference basketball play-offs
in Eugene, but when It was learned
the first game had been postponed,
Wilde was definitely booked for Ken
ti, according to Bill Depew, chair
man.
Music "styled by Wilde" has been
heard at several spots in the north
west during the past month, with a
special appearance at McElroy's
ballroom in Portland, where many
other famous bands have played
in the past, headlining his Oregon
tour. Kenti's large, smooth floor and
excellent acoustics will make it a
good site for the Willamette valley's
biggest dance attraction for several
seasons, Depew said.
One Witness in
Winslow Case
But one witness was put on and
Uiat by the appellant in the appeal
hearing before Judge Earl O. La
tour ette yesterday afternoon from
decision of the Salem civil service
commission confirming the dis
charge of Frank Winslow from 6a
lem police force. Judge Latourctte
took the case under advisement, the
record before the civil service com
mission to be the record from which
he studies the case, other than the
testimony of the solitary witness.
The one witness was Asa Fisher,
police sergeant, who testified that
he had overheard A. H. Moore, civil
service commissioner, say in effect
that he had "at last got Winslow
fired."
Winslow's discharge by Chief of
Police Frank Minto came after the
arrest of William Stalllngs on Sep
tember 18 on a charge of drunken
ness. The chief discharged Wins
low for alleged incompetency, bru
tality and mental unfitness to be a
noli re officer.
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Coast Editor
Oi Monitor
Here Tuesday
Under the sponsorship of the 8a
lem Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lewis Bex Miller, Pac'flc coast edit
or of the Christian Science Monitor,
will. deliver an address Tuesday eve
ning entitled "The World from the
Press Gallery." The event will sup
plant the regular noon-day meeting
of the Junior group and will begin
at 6:30 o'clock with a dinner.
Mr. Miller, a former International
correspondent, Is ft man of wide ed
ucation and experience. He was gra
duated from Harvard university,
from which he was sent to Oxford
university in London as i Rhodes
scholar. He obtained his B.A. and
M.A. degrees from the English In
stitution. Upon his return to the
United States Mr. Miller was grant
ed a professorship at Harvard In
International law, where he remain
ed six years. His next post was that
of representative of the United
States Chamber of. Commerce in
Australia.
His newspaper career carried him
rrom Australia to Europe where he
became chief of staff of the Chris
tian Science Monitor's offices In
Paris and Geneva. In 1933 the Mon
Itor returned him to the United
States to become editor of its then
proposed magazine section. This sec
tlon has become a leading feature
of the Monitor. Mr. Miller was ap
pointed to his present position, with
offices in San Francisco, In 1935.
Mr. Miller's newspaper work has
carried him through 29 countries,
in five of which he maintained his
residence. He Is personally acquaint
ed with many of the governmental
and diplomatic officials of most of
the European countries and his con-
tacts with these individuals have
made him an authority in the field
of International affairs.
At the present time Mr. Miller is
delivering a series of lectures in
Portland on world affairs. With the
exception of his Portland series and
an appearance in Seattle, Mr, Mil
ler's address in Salem will be his
only public lecture during his present
trip through the northwest.
Due to the inability of the Cham
bcr of Commerce facilities to handle
a larRe "number of persons the
meeting will be limited to 200. Res
ervations for the affair must be
phoned to the offices of the chamber
before noon Monday. A nominal
charge will be made for the dinner.
There will be no other charge. Only
those attending the dinner will be
admitted to the lecture.
Men's Brotherhoods
Meet at Dallas
A meeting of the Salem district
Men's Brotherhood was held in the
Dallas Methodist church Wednes
day night with C. F. French, Salem
district president, presiding.
The program consisted of con
gregational singing led by Paul
Launer with Mrs. Clyde William
son of Albany accompanying at the
pinna Mrs. Williamson also cave
that Satisfies with a
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vocal solo accompanying herself
on the accordion. The men's chor
us from the Methodist church of
Sheridan sang several numbers fol
lowed by reports from the various
Men's Brotherhoods.
Dr. Bruce Baxter, president of
Willamette university, gave an ad
dress to the congregation. Dr. Louis
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the mild ripe Chesterfield tobaccos
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bring out the best in each.
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and taste better . . . that's why they'll
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ever smoked.
HAPPY
world's best
Magin of Salem also gave an ad-
dress in which he spoke of tha
united conference soon to be held
In Kansas City at which Urn the
three branches of Methodism would
reunite. He also spoke of plans for
the district.
The balance of the evening was
spent In congregational singing.
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