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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 16, 1957
Morgan Gets PUC Post;
Holmes Plans Messages
Active Role in
Legislation
Charted
By JAMKS I). OLSON
( uphill Journal Writer
In his first press conference
Tuesday. Blle.lded by l. Salem
and Portland newsmen, (governor
"oberl I). Holmes not only an
rnunccd appointment of Howard
.' orsan as public utility enrnmis-
' iner but spok? freely on his
iews on slate government.
The new governor said he held
n different conception of his duties
) relationship with the lejjisla
i ire and intended, if necessary,
I deliver special messages and
ippcnr before legislative commit-l-cs
to push bis proqrnm through
to successlul enactment.
"Past governors, although He
publicans dealing with Hepublican
legislatures, have seemed satisfied
to leave everything to the legis
lature and keep their hands off un
til the bills reached their desks,"
Holmes said.
Not Oesar With Whip
"It is not my idea In be a great
Caesar with a whip but I think
the governor owes it to the peo
ple of the state to see that his
program is implemented," Holmes
said.
Governor Holmes said that he
had discarded his first idea of
presenting his program in a pack
age of bills because numerous
members of the legislature had re
quested the privilege of introduc
ing bills covering various phases
of his program, as outlined in his
inaugural message.
"If after a couple of weeks 1
find that some phases of my pro
gram have not been included in
bills introduced in the legislature,
I will then have bills prepared for
introduction," he explained.
The governor said he plans sev
eral special messages to the leg
islature. He said the first would
deal with development of Oregon
resources. He explained that he
and Mrs. Holmes are leaving next
Saturday for Washington, D. C, to
attend the inaugural of President
Eisenhower and they would return
to Salem by Tuesday. He then
will begin preparation of his mes
sage and probably have II ready
for the legislature during the lat
ter part of next week or early in
th following week.
Message On Taxation
His second message, he said,
probably would deal more fully
with his taxation ideas. He said
lack of time when he was deliver
ing his inaugural message pre
vented mm from explaining in de
tail his ideas of taxation in Ore
gon. He added that he was not cer
tain as to the nature of his third
message but it likely would deal
with the state institutional pro
gram, one in which he said he
long been inerested.
While Governor Holmes reiter
ated that he felt there were too
many boards and commissions,
and that he would push his pro
posals In have a paid liquor ad
ministration as well as full-time
paid parole administrator, be had
no plans to disrupt the present
highway commission setup, oilier
than make appointments when
present terms expire.
Varanry In He Filled
"There will be a vacancy on the
highway commission in March and
I have well-qualified men under
consideration Irom all parts of the
slate," he said, "nut I have made
no decision yet on whom 1 will ap
point." Howard .Morgan. Ihe new nulilic
utility cnnimissirr. was born in
Tillamook and is 42 vears of ace
He attended grade and high school
in Portland and Reed college
where he attained a Bachelor ol
Arts degree in 19411. He took grad
uate work at the I'nivrrstly of
California.
At Ihe beginning of World War
II he served on the staff of the
late Joseph R. Eastman, chairman
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. He was commissioned a
naval olficer in 1342 and served
principally with the naval air
transport service, until 1946.
Twice Stale Chairman
After the war he was assistant
operations officer for headquarters
PUC Chief
squadron. Pacific wing of NATS,
lie was retained as consultant to
defense transportation administra
tion in the Korean war.
He was elected to the House of
Representatives frrfm Multnomah
and Clackamas counties in 1918.
In February, 1950, he was elected
and twice reelected state chairman'
of the Democratic party in Orc
gon, a position which he resigned
in July, 1956, to join the national
campaign staff of Adlai K. Steven
son. He is a livestock rancher near
Monmouth, a member of the ex
ecutive board of the Oregon State
Farmers' Union, and prior to 1952
served as transportation consultant
to the Oregon State Grange.
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House Tax Committee Plans
Month-Long Structure Study
Howard Morgan, 42, of Mon
mouth, who Tuesday whs named
Public Utilities Commissioner
succeeding Charles Hrltzel.
New Governor
Will Do Work
InBigOffice
Governor Robert D. Holmes an
nounced Tuesday that he would
use the main office in the gover
nor s suite as his work oiiice. i
Recent governors have done
their work in a smaller office and
used the big office only on format
occasions.
The governor said that he felt
the office was built for the gover
nor and that he should use it all of
the time.
Gov. Holmes also pointed out
that because of the number of per
sons on the governor's staff condi
tions were crowded and that his
use of the main office would alle
viate the condition.
Samuel B. Stewart, state tax
commissioner in charge of the val
uation division, appeared before
the house tax committee at its ini
tial meeting Tuesday afternoon.
Stewart explained to members of
the nine-member committee the
background of the state-wide re
appraisal program and other fac
tors handled by his department.
For the next 30 days tax com
mission experts and others inter
ested in taxation matters will tes
tify before the committee. Rep.
Clarence Barton of Coos county,
chairman, said.
Only one member of the com
mitee Rep. Wayne Gies of Ben
ton county has had previous ex
perience on the tax committee and
only two others. Reps. William A.
Grenfcll, Jr.. of Multnomah r wnly
and Irvin Mann of Umatilla coun
ty, have had previous 'egLslative
experience.
Barton said it would he neces-,
sary to devote considerable time in:
order to acquaint the committee'
members with the various phases
of Oregon's tax structure.
The committee is composed of
six Democrats and three Republi-j
cans. In addition to Chairman Bar
ton, the Democrats are Guy Jonas, j
Marion county; Richard Kymann.j
Lane county; Vernon Cook, Mult-j
nomah county; Ben Evick, Crook i
and Jefferson counties, and Grcn
fell.
The Republicans include Fayette
I. Bristol. Josephine county; Gicsy
and Mann.
Holmes Puts
Real Logs in
His Fireplace
The fireplace In the governor's
office in the capitol soon will have
real logs.
Gov. Itohert D. Holmes told
newsmen Tuesday that he had or
dered Harry Swanson. his admin
istrative assistant, to put real logs
in Ihe fireplace even if they have
to be fireproofed.
There Is little chance that the
logs will be burned however it
seems that there is no chimney
leading from the fireplace and the
governor was quick to explain he
had no plans to have one installed.
At the present time there arc ar
tificial logs in the fireplace with a
red light to simulate flame. The
governor declared that "phoney
logs" were inappropriate for a
state such as Oregon where log
ging is such an important part of
the economy
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Rumor About
Firing Maison
Governor Robert D. Holmes
Wednesday said he does not know
where a rumor came from that he
was tiring Harold G. Maison as
superintendent of slate police.
The rumor was published by a
Portland newspaper which said it
came from a source close to the
governor.
Holmes told a conference of
newspapermen he might hav a
report to make about state police
at a later time, leaving the door
open for possible future action.
Maison. the second superintend
ent in Oreson State police history,
has served since 11)47. His cur
rent four-year term expires in
Just whether the governor could
arbitrarily fire Maison is not
known. State law on the subject
says that "the governor shall ap
point the superintendent for a
term of four years. The governor
may remove the superintendent for
inefficiency or malfeasance in of
fice after charges have been pre
ferred and a hearing granted, or
when in the judgment of the gov
ernor the good of the service re
quires it."
CLAIMS HSKOCEXCE
Ex-Deputy Admits
He 'sEscapedLifer
! COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, irested and at first told Bruce he
A former sheriff's deputy and would waive extradition and re
tos.n marshal waited in jail today: turn voluntarily to Mississippi,
to see if he must return to Mis-'But alter conferring with a law-
I sissippi and a lite term in prison. J yer, he said he would fight extra
Norvcta Randolph Clayton, 64,idi!i"n- .... . ,,,. ,
admitted yesterdav that he es-1 The s aying took place June 10.
caped from the Mississippi prison Bo.ncv" f' M''s' nnvi.
hospital with another prisoner in
1929.
, m?,u "a h?5Tr. V hospital at Parchman,
victed of the murder of his wife.; and fled in a doctor s car,
, who was shot in the head. He was reated
sontenced to life. , '
1 "I was convicted by public ooin-1
ion." Clayton told Ponce Lniei if (iiflflrllP t'OllOll
I. B. Bruce here. "The trial lasted i 11 - '
one day." . I T.pf t fnr HnllUPS
Bruce said Clayton, an ex-Ma
rine, denied he killed his wife.
He said Clayton has lived a 'aw
arding, respected life in 1 Paso
County (Colorado Springs) since
1929.
The greying Clayton said he set
tled first
moved to
Poland, China
Jointly Blast
U.S. Policies
WARSAW IP Poland and Com
munist China lined up toaelher,
Wednesday with a joint statement
attacking U. S. policy in the Near
and Far East.
Communist Chinese Premier
Chou En-lai and the reputedly independence-minded
Warsaw re
oime called for "the strengthen-
tion Clayton and another prison ;jna 0f the solidarity of all coun
trusty escaped from the state trios of the Socialist camp."
The statement was signen oi
the end of a five-day visit by
Chou, just before he flew off to
Budapest for a one-day visit to
rebellion-torn Hungary. He was to
return to Moscow Thursday
In an obvious reference to the
Eisenhower Doctrine, the Chinese
and Polish leaders charged that
the United States is .".trying by
means of economic and military
pressure ... to subjugate" the
Middle East.
"In the Far East," the declara
tion continued, "the United States
is conducting a policy of military
blocs which creates a threat to
the national liberation interests of
Stuart Comptou
Named to 3Iillcr
Company Board
Stuart H. Compton, 12R4 Heath,
er Lane, has been named to the
board of directors of Miller .Met
ccr-iiic compar.v which operatj
14 stores in addition to its Salem
outlet.
Compton replaces L. A. Miller
who died in December. He is an
officer of Pioneer Trust Co. here
and serves as vice-chairman of
the Salem planning commission.
Anybody who takes over the task
of Oregon's chief executive is
bound to inherit plenty of head
aches. And capitol observers were won
dering today if it was just an
Pueblo, Colo., but oversight or a gesture of sym-
Ramah east of here i palhy that among the things Limn
O. D. Yoiingqiii.st to
Head Governor's Guard
O. D. Youngquist was reelected
captain of the Oregon Mounted
Governor's guard at a recent meet
ing in Salem.
Other officers named for 19S7
include Claude Copeland. 1st Lieu
tenant, and Norman Trade and
Clarence Feller as 2nd Lieuten
ants. Judge Rex Hartley, Roy
Hamilton and A. J. Halter were
named to the board of directors.
Holly Jackson was named repre
sentative to the Willamette Valley
Horsemen's association.
about six months later. He lived Smith left behind when he stepped
in ine unv community on u.a. out as goverimr anu nuoeu - , , oik nha
Highway 24 for 27 years, serving Holmes fell heir to when he the peoples ol his area. Both line
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Berning i Ethel Reisterer) of ML
Angel, who underwent major surg!
cry recently, is convalescing at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Rose
Reisterer. Her children are stay
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It) years as special sheriff's dep
uty, and several times as town
marshal.
He married a Ramah girl, Vir
ginia Snell, and their sons now
are 16, 14, 11 and 6. He said he
has used the name John Henry
Adams.
Three years ago Clayton suf
fered a heart attack and has been
in poor health since. He recently
fell, breaking two vertebrae, and
he is forced to wear a back hraee.
His wife has supported the family
since by working as a clerk at
nearby Ft. Carson.
Clayton said he has told his
wife and two older sons of his
past.
He was near tears when ar-
stepped in as governor this week
was: Half a large bottle of aspirin
tablets.
Polish and Chinese Communist!
parties state that this road is
wrong and doomed to failure."
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