Gov. Snell to Present Welfare
7 Crisis to Solons in Message
As a new threat developed to Oregon's public welfare program
Governor Earl Snell planned to go before the legislature late to
day to outline his plans to solve the problem. The governor was
-expected to ask the legislature
I to pass a bill providing for a
Timber Tax
Is Opposed
The house-approved bill to tax
timber 10 cents a thousand feet
to raise a $500,000 annual for
estry conservation and research
fund was the target of severe
criticism by lumber operators at
a hearing Monday before the
senate forestry committee.
The lumbermen were agreed
that the public should bear the
cost of the program, rather than
the lumber Industry.
State Grange Master Morton
Tompkins defended the tax, as
serting "It is time the state
should take some definite action
to replenish our diminishing
timber."
George T. Gerlinger, Dallas,
official of the Willamette Tim
ber company, said the whole
program is unsound, and that it
should have been considered by
the state forestry board.
Clyde Martin, Tacoma, Wash.,
T appearing for the Weyerhaeuser
Timber company, said private
operators in Oregon already are
spending $1,500,000 a year in
fire protection, not counting
money contributed to the state
A prediction that if the bill
passes, operators would stop
spending money for their own
reforestation programs, was
' made by Edmund Hayes, presi
dent of Willamette valley tree
farms.
Linn county assessor opposed
the bill because the proposed tax,
which would be an offset to
property taxes, would deprive
counties of revenue.
Other speakers against the
bill included Paul Ferrens,
Klamath Falls attorney, and L
Pearce, Coos Bay.
Wafer Control Is
Approved by House
A bill to help western Oregon
counties organize water control
districts for drainage, irrigation
and flood control projects was
passed by the house Monday and
sent to the governor.
The bill was sponsored by the
Lane and Linn county delega
tions, and would let county
courts create the districts with-
out elections unless 20 per cent
,of the voters want an election.
The sponsors said existing wa
ter control laws are fitted for
, eastern Oregon, and do not take
care of western Oregon prob
lems.
mandatory tax levy with a ceil
ing around 4 mills for counties
which cannot meet their wel
fare obligations in the federal-state-county
program. Then, if
any county can't do it's Job
after making the levy, the state
would help out.
This plan, worked out by a
committee of state legislators,
officials and federal represen
tatives, is satisfactory to the
government, which had threat
ened to cut off Oregon's $16,-
000,000 federal welfare funds
for the next biennium unless
such a plan were developed.
New Threat Faced
But a new threat came yes-
terday at a meeting of county I
judges here, when Miss Lola
Howard, state public welfare i
administrator, reported that the !
federal government will cut off;
all of its welfare money for
Oregon during April, May and
June, unless Multnomah county
unexpectedly finds its share of
the welfare program for those
months. She said the federal
regulation is that if one county
fails to raise its share, then the
government will not give any
money to the state.
The county judges said they
didn't like the proposed manda
tory tax levy, and some of them
want the state to take over the
whole program from the coun
ties. The public welfare commis
sion wants a $51,000,000 wel
fare program for the next bien
nium, asserting that amount is
necessary to pay $44 monthly
old age pensions. But the joint
ways and means committee in
dicated it would prune this
amount by about $10,000,000.
Governor Snell signed into
law the "big truck" bill which
increases the weight and length
limits on trucks operating on
highways, while the house roads
and highways committee recom
mended passage of the senate
approved bill to let the highway
commission build throughways.
The governor also signed a
bill to exempt Oregon insurance
companies from paying the 2
percent tax on premiums.
Income tax receipts, which
now are used exclusively for
property tax reduction, also
could be used for general pur
poses under a proposed consti
tutional amendment passed by
the house and sent to the sen
ate yesterday.
The house also sent to the
senate bills to give the state
public utilities commissioner
jurisdiction over places where
private roads cross public high
ways, and making It illegal to
pilot a plane recklessly or while
fire Destroys
Wilson Home
The George Wilson home at
115 Madrona avenue in the Sa
em Heights district was com
pletely destroyed by fire about
4 o'clock Monday afternoon
when a candle held by Mrs. Wil
son ignited a curtain while she
was replacing a radio pilot light
in her radio. Mrs. Wilson, who
has been confined to her bed
by illness tax several months,,
was up for the first time Mon
day. Wilson was in the yard and
the housekeeper, Mrs. Dove, in
the garden, when the fire oc
curred. Mrs. Wilson was res-
under the influence of liquor or
drugs.
cued by neighbors who restrain
ed Wilson from attempting a
rescue and is at the Everett
Stroud home while he is at the
Ernest Jones place. Both the
Wilsons are elderly and recent
ly observed their golden wed
ding anniversary. They have
children in Portland, Seattle
and Tacoma.
Commission to Set
Dates of Race, Meets
Racing dates in Oregon will
continue to be set bv the racing
commission if the recommenda
tion of the house judiciary com
mittee is followed. Originally
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a bill was presented to the com
mittee in which dates for the
horse and dog races were set by
statute, but after a public hear
ing the representatives of both
branches of racing met and
agreed that they would not ob
ject to some overlapping of rac
ing dates.
A bill that will be re-
Capilal Journal. Salem, Oregon. Tuesday" Mar. 18. 1947 9
ported out today will authorize
racing in Oregon from May 1 to
November 1 during any years
with the exception of the time
the state fair is in progress, or
when county fairs are scheduled
in the county where race meets
are held.
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