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8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday. April 1, 1947 Oregon's Lawmakers by Murray Wade Mi. Fl FSTROM nist mayor aiar JSalaj&iH managerial Hon.O.H. 6ENGTS0N Choii moB McohoHc Control committae Chflirmati of the. l&fttslaliva interim- coiniHittaii. on juvanile ).m IsSu :J ib&ii THOMAS (hairnuui ytduoition. Ltvtl - Steady ond atl-Itlfovmd Stwing'liis sixbi wrm in ins House Approves Welfare Program The house approved and sent to the senate today the $43, 700,000 public welfare program for the next biennium, includ ing a provision for a maximum 4 'A mills property tax to be le vied by counties which need it to meet their welfare obliga tions. The program is about $7, 000,000 less than asked by the public welfare commission, the bill appropriating $2,143, 000 for welfare for the next three months, the action, com ing only a few hours before a federal deadline, assured that the program would not collapse during April, May and June. The senate voted 15 to 14 against giving the governor a $50,000 mansion, and passed Full -Fashioned ... Sheer Nylon Hose Amended Sales Tax Bill Expected In Senate for Vote Wednesday An amended general retail sales tax bill, together with com panion measures was reported out to the senate floor today with a "do pass" recommendation. The main sales tax bill, which will be referred to the voters, if ap-- proved by the senate, has under gone considerable amendment by the senate tax committee Therefore the committee today recommended that the bill be re-engrossed and printed and will likely come to the senate for a vote some time Wednesday. Although many of the amend ments were made to dress up the bill, the senate committee members changed the manner in which allocated funds for public welfare and school districts will be handled. Under terms of the bill, one sixth of the revenue from sales tax collections go to counties and one-sixth to cities to be ap plied on direct tax offset. The proposed law directs the county assessors and city auditors upon receipt of the funds to lower the tax levy on property in a like amount. The house approved bill made similar allocations to school dis tricts and to the public welfare commission, but the senate amendments provide for a basic school reserve fund and a public assistance reserve fund into which the allocated portion of ales tax funds must be placed The bill then provides that in the case of schools, when the in come tax revenues do not pro vide sufficient money to carry the basic tax load, money will be drawn in favor of school dis tricts from sales lax reserves to make up the difference. One sixth of the sales tax receipts go into the school reserve fund. One-third of the remainder of the sales tax receipts, under the senate amendments, will go into the public assistance reserve fund to be used in the event that liquor receipts do not provide sufficient money to carry out present standards of aid. In other words the grants under public welfare will not be In creased, but committee members stated that the provision made in the bill will be insurance) against any cut of rates, such as' now threaten on old age pen sions and other, welfare cases. The committee has approved House Bills Nos. 36 and 37, pro viding for payments of ndminis tration costs of the income lax division out of receipts of that department instead of from tlioi general fund. This will relieve' the general fund of approximate-; ly $1,000,000 during the next biennium. The senate committee amend ed these bills providing that no discounts can be granted on in come or corporate income taxes during 1947 and 1!)48. Under j present law the tax commission is authorized, after meeting all i of its obligations, and setting aside a $5 million dollar reserve. I to rebate five percent of all tax money collected for every million dollars collected above' the commitments and the re serve. This will not be permitted if the senate amendments arci accepted. House Bill 516 gives author ity to the board of control to submit a tax levy on property. to be offset by income tax funds, at the general election in No vember, 1848, providing that the lax commission makes a show ing that a financial crisis faces the state. In other words, if the sales tax is defeated and the cigarette tax, reported out of the senate committee today, is en joined in courts, such a situation might present itself. The senate tax committee will meet today to set the time for the election. The house has passed a bill setting the election to pass on the sales tax on June 24. However the majority of the members of the senate tax com mittee favor a later date. Inasmuch as the sales tax bill will not be on the calendar ear lier than Wednesday and if passed then must be returned to the house, for consideration of amendments, the sales tax issue is not likely to be settled before Friday. Should the house de cline to concur in all of the amendments made by the sen ate, and they are numerous, the bill will go into conference for adjustment and later re-passage in both houses. and sent to the governor bills to increase amusement device and pari-mutuel taxes. These bills would add $750,000 to the general fund. The senate county affairs committee sent the county zon ing and planning bill back to the senate floor in the same 'form as approved by the house The committee rejected propos als to add provisions that coun ties be allowed to prevent dredge miners from ruining ag ricultura" lands. The senate sent to the gov ernor a bill appropriating $3, 000,000 for state police, which is twice the amount for the current biennium. The increas ed amount, of which $1,000,000 comes from state highway funds, will enable hiring of 50 extra policemen to patrol the highways. mammals. Snell Names Oregon Mother Portland, April 1 UP) Mrs. Myrtle Lee, a mother of four ex servicemen and Baker county school superintendent, has been named Oregon Mother of 1947 by Governor Snell. Active in civic affairs in Bak er, particularly youth programs, she wrote a nine-page monthly news letter for 800 Baker coun ty overseas veterans during the war. Occasionally she substi tutes in the pulpit of the Metho dist church. She is 55 years old. Two of her sons, all college graduates, arc doctors. When advised of her selection, Mrs. Lee said her sons and husband, J. Roscoe Lee, should share the honor. Her activity with youth in cludes regular nature walks for a study of birds and plant life. She advises youth church groups and is active in Boy and Girl Scout organizations. She will be the state's candi date in the annual national con test sponsored by the Golden Rule Foundation of New York. mocrats participate in party af fairs on an all-year basis. He is a leader of the American Vet erans committee and was one of the organizers of the anti Communist Americans for De mocratic Action. FDR Junior Pays Visit to Tammany New York, April 1 W) Poli tical observers speculated today on the possibility that Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., son of the late president, might be embarked on a political career after Roo sevelt visited Tammany hall and conferred with Frank J. Sampson, recently elected lead er of the democratic party or ganization. Roosevelt said that he was interested in having young de- a rifle, which the sheriff said was similar to the weapon used to kill Mrs. Williams. Skeleton Found After Long Search Port Orchard. April 1 UP) A five-year search for James S. Williams in connection with the slaying of his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Winston Williams, ended yesterday with identification of a skeleton found near Long lake, Sheriff Rex Haines said. The sheriff said bones, cloth ing and a rifle found by a Dartv of timber cruisers had been identified as those of Williams. Williams disappeared in April, 1942, Haines said, when Mrs. Williams' body was discovered. A nnta hpnrintr hie cianndira i.,n. found, saying it would be use less to search for him. The skeleton was found atop If all the gold diluted in ocean water could be extracted there would be a ton and a half of the metal for every person on earth. BE PROUD OF YOUR GARDEN Use Butzer's Seeds The Kind that Grow "You Can't Keep Them in the Ground" Send for our free catalogue, Everything for Your Garden Expert advice on garden problems. Write BUTZER'S SEED STORE 1040 S.W. 2nd Ave., Portland 4, Oregon S & W Green Stamps on til Purchases -DON'T BE FOOLED- Demand printed proof, the words, "Slate Surfaced" on roofing literature supplied by the manufacturer. 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But the unions have made de mands for large increases in wages. In recognition that the public in terest comes first and to eliminate any reason for a telephone work stoppage which would be a disaster for the pub lic, the company has offered to submit to arbitration the question of wages which is the fundamental issue in dis pute. Telephone Wage Rates Have Been Increased 58 Per Cent Telephone wage rates are now the highest in history. They have been in creased on an average 58 per cent since 1941. The largest increases have been in recent years. Since 1941 increases in wage levels totaling $69,000,000 on an annual basis have been put in effect by this com pany. These increases are in addition to millions of dollars in regularly schedul ed raises given our employees. Thous ands of our employees receive wage increases as often as every three months. Other thousands receive in creases every six months or every year. Many Advantages to Telephone Job These include steady work. Regu lar wage increases. Good working conditions. Holidays with pay. Vaca tions with pay for one, two and three weeks, depending on length of service. Sickness and death benefits, and pen sions. Union demands total about $100,000,000 a year. This is equivalent to an increase of . . . $45 per year per telephone subscriber 40 per cent increase in all tele phone rates The demands of the unions would increase the cost of providing tele phone service by about $100,000,000 a year. This comes to more than 60 per cent of this company's wage pay ments in 1946. It is five times our total earnings in 1946. It would make our total payroll more than all of the money we took in last year. In terms of the average telephone bill, it amounts to $45.00 a year for every one of 2,300,000 telephone sub scribers or a 40 per cent increase in all telephone rates. We have been bargaining cooper atively for years with the unions repre senting our employees we have been doing it over recent weeks and we are keeping the door open for what ever further meetings are necessary. We want our employees to be well paid. Wages that are too low are not fair to employees who do the work. Wages that are too high are not fair to the public who buys the ser vice. We believe that our offer of arbi tration would be fair to everyone. There is no excuse for a telephone strike. i THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY h
