Thursday January 21, 1943
The Ccpital Journal, Salem) Oregon
Svin
o
Session Sidelights
at the
42nd Legislature
Edited by
nnr C;K. Logan
i Legislation pertaining to -the war effort and hopes of a short
session are not mirrored in the types of some bills being asked of
this session, with neither house Immune to the outside influence,
as is apparent from two bills proposed this week. One pertains
to a curfew for cats and the other to smoking In bed in hotels.
Possibly air raid wardens will
be called upon to enforce pro
visions of a bill asked of Repre
sentative Stanhope S. Pier, of
Multnomah county, who has not
yet found time to prepare the
requested legislation from a con
stituent, Russell Sheppard, of
Portland.
."During these war-torn
times," writes Sheppard to his
" representative, "people are on
edge more or less and a good
night's sleep would help as much
as war bonds." He proposes
that owners of cats be required
to keep them indoors after 9
o'clock at night.
Smoking in bed in "hotel
beds or lodgings operated for
M'Kenna Offers
Taxation Plan
. .' Sen. Coe A. McKenna, Port
land, vice chairman of the sen
ate assessment and taxation com
mittee, outlined his tax program
to his fellow committee mem
bers today.
. McKenna wants:
A sales tax to produce be
tween $20,000,000 and $25,000,
000 a year, a 40-mill property
tax limit, a flat personal income
tax rate of 3 per cent instead of
the existing 2 to 8 per cent, rate,
a flat 5 per cent corporation in-
. come tax rate instead of the
present 8 per cent tax, elimina
tion of the tax on unearned in
come, and reduction of the gift
. and inheritance taxes.
Eagles Sponsor
Seven Pension Bills
Seven old age pension bills,
sponsored by the Fraternal Or
der of Eagles were introduced
today by Rep. J. D. Perry, St.
Helens democrat. The bills would
provide $40 monthly pensions,
reduce the number of case work
c.ers, eliminate most case inves-
. ligations, give the legislature ac
cess .to case records, and elimln
ate the governor's appointments
to county public welfare com
missions, turning the " commis
sions' functions over to county
, courts.
Judge and Sheriff
Would Benefit
Sen. W. H. Steiwer and Rep,
Henry E. Peterson, both of Gil
liam, Sherman and Wheeler
counties, proposed a bill in the
house, of representatives yester
day. asking that the salary of
wheeler county judge be raised
from $600 a year to $900, and
" that of the sheriff be raised from
' $100 to $1800 annually.
compensation", is prohibited un
der a bill introduced by Sena
tor Joel C. Booth, of Lebanon.
Penalties ranging from $10 to
$100 and , a possible jail sen
tence are provided.
Hearing the bill read, Banks
Mortimer, Portland, sergeant at
arms in the senate, announced
his intention of going direct to
Governor Earl Snell (both are
members of the 40 et 8 societie
of the American Legion), to be
appointed inspector. "I will
start in at the Martha Washing
ton hotel," Mortimer declared.
His intentions were blocked by
Senator Thomas A. Mahoney,
also of Portland and a 40 et 8er,
who asserts that, due to previous
knowledge, he has the job
cinched.
Organization of doorkeepers
has been completed with Lee
Howard, Portland, head house
doorkeeper. Because there is
not such a great demand for em
ployment and patronage is more
restricted for this reason, it is
probable that it will not be neces
sary to rotate various employes
as in previous sessions. . .
Others of the house group are
George Bacon, Salem; John M.
Umphlette, Amity; Matthew E.
Gleeson, Portland; Pearl Hass
ler, Salem; George F. A. Walker,
Grants Pass; Robert Campbell,
Portland; Jack Allen, Salem, and
Harry Dean, Milwaukie. Har
ley Rupert is house messenger
to the slate printer.
In the senate Roy R. Corey,
Portland, is head doorkeeper, as
sisted by Roy Rice, Salem; Hel
en Ficke, Salem, William Goode
and T. G. Bernard.
Sergeant at Arms Banks Mor
timer, Portland, has Dorothy
Adolph with Anthony DeJardin
messenger to the state printer,
and Murray Wade, messenger
from the senate to. the house.
Former Governor Roy Ayers,
of Montana, who also served a
term in congress from that state,
was a cousin of Robert J. Hend
ricks, veteran Salem newspaper
editor and publisher, who. died
Tuesday afternoon. Ayers was
also a circuit judge in Lewiston
district of Montana for several
terms.
The Marion county delegation
in the legislature has completed
its individual secretarial selec
tions. Mrs. Richard P. Beyer
is serving Senator John Carson
and Mrs. Alice Brennan acting
for Senator Frederick S. Lam
port. In the house Rose Mor
gan is secretary to Representa
tive John Steelhammer; Dillon
Jones is secretary to his father,
Representative H. R. (Farmer)
Jones; Mrs. Helen Demarest,
secretary to Representative W.
W. Chadwick, and H. Carter, a
law student, secretary to Repre
sentative L. M. Ramage.
Solons Doubt
Wisdom of
Tri-Stale Plan ,
By Janet Gould '
(Br th. United Preu)
Sen. Merle Chessman and Rep.
Fred A. Hellberg, both of Clat
sop county, chairmen of the fish
eries committees of both houses,
said todaythey approved the
spirit but doubted the worka
bility of a Washington legisla
ture proposal for an interstate
ture proposal for an Interstate
fish commission along the Co
lumbia river.
The Teport of an Interim leg
islative committee which studi
ed control of commercial fish
ing in the river and its tribu
taries with the aid of Oregon
and Idaho authorities was to go
before the legislature at Olym
pia yesterday.
"The Washington proposal for
a five-member commission is an
ideal solution too ideal," Chess
man, former member of the
Oregon fish commission, said.
"If three legislatures could
give up their states' sovereign
rights to a commission acting
impartially I would be all for it,
the senator continued. "As it is
I don't see how such a plan could
be practicable. I've never heard
of its being done in similar sit
uations over the country."
He said, however, that he
would suggest an approach to
the Washington measure by re
commending the appointment of
an advisory committee to repre
sent the states involved.
"Fishing on the Columbia is
not just an industry located at
the mouth of the river," Chess
man said. "The Snake and Clear
water rivers are spawning
grounds for the fish, and the
fall catch of salmon is taken
equally above and below Bon
neville. "An advisory group repre
senting the three states and the
federal government would be a
fine help to the industry. But
the Oregon interim committee,
I am certain, holds that turning
state rights over to an all-powerful
commission would not be
a practical solution to the prob
lem." Rep. Hellberg concurred with
Chessman's opinion.
"It's a fine idea but I don't
consider it practical," he said.
Chessman said the report of
the interim committee for Ore
gon would be presented to the
legislature within a week.
Snell Signs
Guard Bill
The Oregon state guard, which
would have gone out of exist
ence today, got a new lease on
life at 3 p.m. yesterday when
Governor Earl Snell signed a
bill to keep the guard in service
until he proclaims it is no long
er needed.
probably be allowed.
For the fi.-st lime in years, due
probably to the overflowing
condition of the state treasury,
the usually hard-boiled commit
tee is turning a receptive ear to
the urgent pleas of state institu
tions notably the state hospi
tals and penitentiary for much
needed additions to their woe
fully Inadequate staffs.
Strict adherence of the pres
ident and speaker to the policy
announced today will go a long
way toward eliminating the
practice of "railroading" pet
bills through final passage by
routing them via friendly com
mittees around the ways and
means group,
Ecuador is improving its airports.
A 11 Money Measures to
C tear Ways and Means
By Harry Crain
To enable the joint ways and means committee to keep its
appropriations in accurate balance with anticipated revenues, all
house and senate measures involving expenditures of money will
have to clear that committee-
before going to final passage on
the floor of either house during
this session of the legislature,
Such is the program embodied
in declarations of their policies
made today by President W. H.
Steiwer of the senate and Speak
er William McAllister of the
house.
"It will be my general policy
to refer all measures involving
appropriations directly to the
ways and means committee,"
said Steiwer. "But some bills
which also involve questions of
legislative. policy may fjrst be
submitted to other appropriate
committees for consideration of
their 'general features.
"All, however, will eventu
ally be cleared through the ways
and- means committee." .
Books' -to be Straight
McAllister, announced that he
would pursue the same general
policy, as regards house' appro
priation bills, adding that "that
is the only sensible way to keep
the books straight."
The policy has not always been
followed in the. past, notably
during the 1941 session when
the house detoured several bills
involving the appropriations
through other committees; with
the result that what the ways
and means committee chalked
up as a $500,000 deficit at the
close of the session actually left
the slate more than $700,000 in
the red when the final reckon
ing was made.
Accurate bookkeeping by the
joint financial committee is go
ing to be more essential than
ever this session, when the prin
cipal business of the group will
be that of addine to rather than
subtracting from the budget es-l
tima,tes. This by admission of
the committee members,
"The budget department has
the budget in such, excellent
shape this year that there is
little left for the committee- to
do except consider increases in
the estimates and additional
items," said Angus Gibson,
chairman of the senate half of
the joint committee. "It is im
perative, therefore, that all ap
propriation measures pass
through the committee."
Friendly Toward Salaries
Because of the war and its
effect upon living costs and the
difficulty of securing and re
taining competent help-in com
petition with war industries,
especially in the state institu
tions, the general attitude of the
ways and means committee is
friendly toward 'reasonable sal
ary increases, Gibson stated,
predicting that most of the re
quests so far presented would
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