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Salem, Orepon, Friday, February 8, '1957 Page 2 Section 1 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Solons Get Demands for Relative Aid fly PAUL W. IIAKVEY. JR. Associated Press Writer Outright repeal of an eight-year-old law requiring relatives to contribute to the support of the needy was demanded Thursday night at a hearing before the Senate Public Welfare Committee. The witnesses, mostly spokes men tor groups of old ace pension recipients, called for repeal of the law, as recommended by Demo cratic Gov. Robert D. Holmes. They said that a bill )n make the law much more lenient would not be enough. This bill was rec ommended by the Legislative In terim Committee on Public Wel fare. Racked by Only 2 " ' I Only two persons supported the present system. I William U. Ocorgc, Eugene, said he favors the interim committee bill, arguing that if a person is making a lair income, he should' be required to contribute. J. Li. M. Crockwell, Portland, said there have been a few hard ships under the law, but that "the welfare commission has been fair in requiring contributions." However, r'loyd K. Dover, Port land, president ol the Oregon in stitute of Social Wcllarc, a group which helps persons get welfare aid, condemned the law. "We can't hold relatives re sponsible," Dover said, "for care of the aged, 11 is cruel. It 'vio lates the federal Constitution, and comes out ol the Middle Ages.. The Welfare Commission says it collects $20,000 a month under this law, but it costs more than that to collect it. , 'Vicious, Tragic' "This law is vicious, far reach ing and tragic in its effect. A pension should be given as a matter of right, not as charity. An aged person should not have to beg from children who are unable to pay." Mrs. Irene Waldo, Portland, said "as long as we support the world, it is time we should respect our citizens." That statement drew applause from the 125 persons In the audi ence. Sen. Francis W. Zicgler in), Corvallis, chairman of the rnmmlllnn lnin.mrl hie .,,,! ,.,! threatened to close the hearing if there were any more applause. Mrs. Waldo said that the Interim committee bill wouldn't relieve hardship cases, and that repeal 01 the law is necessary. "I know of divorces because of this law," she declared. "Some parents are living in dire priva tion rather than require their children to help support them Under the present law, a single person is exempt from contribut- ?N0ltrH CA9IT0L HHOOfr. WHCRi THU FOOD IS 6000!' I PHONE EM 4-4713 I I EXCLUSIVE FIRST RUN! EXCELLENT FAMILY MOVIEI nil PLUS A LOOK BACK WONDERFUL FAMILY KIDDIES MATINEE SATURDAY 1 - 4 THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FEATURE THE LAST POSSE Starring Broderick Crawford and One Hour of Cartoons ADULTS AND CHILDREN ONLY 20c SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES inglf his gross income is less than $2,700 a year. The interim com mittee would boost this exemption to $4,000. A married childless couple would have their exemption in creased from $4,0(10 to $.5,500, and a couple with one child would (jet an Increase in exemption from $4,500 to $0,500. The exemption for a couple with three children would be boosted '. (rom $5,500 to $8,500. I OLCC Asks to Revise Banned Drinkers' List A list of Oregon's "interdicted persons" problem drinkers pro hibited from purchasing liquor is out of date, the Oregon Liquor Control commission has informed the legislature. As a result, tin's little-known list docs not serve its original purpose, the commission says. The list, it explains, contains the names of persons prohibited by court order from purchasing in toxicating liquor. It now contains names of men and women who were placed on the list back in 1034. Their original names, ages and descriptions also remain even though changes have been made. Youngest on the "interdicted" list is 21; oldest is 82. Out of a list of some 1500 names about 80 are persons 60 ycras or older. The master list Is printed each November with supplements f 0 r the new names sent out to all liquor dispensers monthly. It is il legal In sell persons on the list nn 1Klul,r To bring the list within work able hounds, the liquor commis sion suggests it contain only the names of persons interdicted" in the previous three years. A hill to accomplish this has been intro duced in the house. Labor Bills The Mouse Labor ond Industries Committee Thursday approved for passage bills calling for repeal.of t h c controversial nnti-picketing law and creation of a state con ciliation service within the Labor Bureau. The committee's recommenda tion on the conciliation bill was unanimous, hut it split 6-3 on the nnti-picketing repeal proposal. Hep. Emit stuiiz id I, Nyssn, joined Republican Heps. Wayne (iiesy, Monroe, and bdwin r.. Cone, Kugcnc, in opposing the recommendation, while Rep. Shir ley Field (R, Portland, supported the Democrats for repeal. The nnti-picketing law was en acted by the 1055 Legislature. However, the slate Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the sec tion banning picketing. 'Hie rest of the law creates the oftice of Labor F.xnmincr to conduct bar gaining agency elections. Members of at least three lcgis- AT THE "JAZZ-AGE" ENTERTAINMENT Law Repeal MEET THE LEGISLATORS SKN. S, SCIILKSINGKIt Another newcomer In (lie Sen ale is Mar In it county's Senator .Sidney W. Schlcslnitcr (IU, Sa lem, who was appointed by the Marlon county court to succred Secretory of Stale Mark Hat field. Anionic the younger a.neinhers ol the Senate, lie 1m 38, a past chairman of the Marlon County Republican central committee and a mem her of its executive committee for 10 years. He was recommended to the court by the Repuhllcan central commit tee. Sen. Schlcsingcr served four years In the U.S. Air Force In World War If. attaining the rank of caplatn. Has been active In the Onmunlty Chest, Red Cross. Crusade for Freedom. He Is a member of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. Masonic bodies, Y.M.C.A., B'nal B'rith, Salem Executives association, and Marlon-Polk Young Repub lican Federation. Sen. Schlcsingcr was born In Portland September 8. lfllft, at tended Salem public and liijjh schools and was graduated from Willamette university. He Is .iiarricri and with his wife Alyne and (wo children, Miles, 11, and I.vnn, 8, lives at 595 Leslie St. Ills business Is the San Shop restaurant, 3400 North Portland Rd. Advance f . intive committees will leave here Feb. 2.1, by train lo inspect facil ities at Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls. The legislators will return to Salem the next day. The visit had been tentatively scheduled for Feb. 22, but it conflicted with the invitation to the Legislature by the Eugene Chamber of Com merce for a dinner and attend ance at the Oregon-UCLA basket ball game. The OTI trip was arranged for the House and Senate F.ducation. and the Joint Ways and Means committees. A minimum wage of $1 an hour would be provided in a bill intro duced in the Senate Thursday at the request of the Oregon Stale Labor Council. Marlon BRANDO This AHulls 90c . W. fjrJL!' your i AS THAI RASCAL, "SAKINI" i vJVf JJ MtiW WtK wmiii j. ! I Machiko LIf 'fK KYO Wri OV iftA! AS GEISHA GIRL , Ivm? ' J j j j "LOIUS BLOSSONIJOl-: rT::k - All the fun of the hilarious"i?5l' ' f", . .) 111LII LOWKY Senator Philip B. Lowry (R), Medford, is one of Republican holdover senators, representing Jackson county where he won in 19.14 Willi both Republican and Democratic nominations. As a member of legislative in terim fax committee he devoted much time to this committee's work. A serious legislator, he has been an active member of the Oregon slate bar since 11)43, following completion of his law course at University of Oregon where he received LLB and BS degree in political science. Sen. Lowry was admitted to the bar in absentia, taking his examination while In the V. S. army, where he served for five years, a portion of the lime with 63rd Infantry In New Guinea, Philippine campaigns and Ko rean occupation. He worked on farms as a youth and Is familiar with dairy ing and lumber. Now lives in a country home. He was born In Medford, January 8, 1910, and aside from his ainy service nnd short stays In Eugene and Pnrllaml, hns lived In Jackson couilly nil his life. He Is mar ried and has two sons nnd a hnhy daughter. He is affiliated with Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi. 27 Killed in Accidents Oregon's traffic death toll in January was 27, or one less than in January, 1956, the state Traffic Safety Division reported Thursday. The state now has no general minimum wage, although there is one for women and minors in some activities. SANDRA School of BALLET Class (or All Ages Phone EM 4-2762 SKN. 1 One of the most delightful entertainments moviegoing lifetime ! Pulitzer Piize play M-G-M prenu in Cinemascope and Metrocolor The Teahouse of the August Moon' EDDIE "ALBERT PAUL FORD - JUN NEGAMI - NtJIKO KIYOKAWA MITSUKO SAWAMURA 5,. , JOHN PATRICK ""XI', IVSXZAWr iwn, DANIEL MANN JACK CUMMINGS Engagement Only - Studenli 50e-KicU 20c House Rebuffs Move to Shift Buses Control Tables Bills Providing For Inspection by School Bureau Two hills providing for transfer of school bus inspection from the state department of motor vehicles to the state department of educa tion were tabled Thursday by the Oregon house committee on high ways. Members of the education de pariment staff urged passage of the bills on the grounds that the department now finances some of the school bus programs oo' mi school support funds. Further, they said, that a program ol cau cation of the drivers could be set up if the entire program was un der the education department. How lo Control Them Argument in favor of the trans fer was also urged on the grounds that drivers should be trained to handle the children and keep them under control. Rep. Ole Crubb (D), Bend, fath er of seven children, said his dis trict had solved the child behavior problem on buses through a most simple expedient. "We raised our kids to behave themselves." he said, "but when some of them started riding on school buses we noticed they were inclined to cut up some. So my wife cut off a willow branch, took it down lo the school bus driver and told him to use it on our off spring if they misbehaved, just us he would use it on his kids. And there has been no trouble since that time, either from our kids or any of the others riding the bus." Uniformity Goal J. K. Turnbull of the depart ment of education said his depart ment had no complaint over the manner in which school bus in spection has been carried on by the motor vehicle department, but it was felt that a more uniform program could be worked out if the transfer was made. Members of the committee in executive session held that the de partment of education could set up a suitable school bus driver education program without taking over inspection of school buses. Rep. Verne N. Cady ID) Burns, held that the education depart ment might well establish a pro gram for physical examination of bus drivers, also. The vole of the committee in tabling the bill was unanimous. Jimmy Dorsey in Wichita Hospital WICHITA, Kan. (UP) Band leader Jimmy Dorsey became ill suddenly Thursday night and was hospitalized here. The nature of the illness was not;, disclosed by attendants at Wesley Hospital. BLIVEN the Dance the hilarious - on our screen I latest News And Color Cartoon H FORD ff II Holmes lo Speak At Coos Bay 3Ieet Of Demo Leaders COOS BAY un The Demo cratic State Central Committee will hold its midwinter meeting in Coos Bay Saturday and Sun day. Gov. Robert D. Holmes will be the main speaker. Other speakers will include Senate President Boyd Overhulse, House Speaker Pat Doolcy, national committee man C. Girard Davidson and na lional committeewoman Virginia Grant. 2 Bills Seek To Bar State Property Tax By WILLIAM WARREN United Press Stall Correspondent The Oregon Legislature moved on two fronts today to bar a prop erty tax at the state level, leaving that source of revenue exclusively to the county and local levels of government. Up for second reading in the aunaie louay was a Dill Dy sens. Harry D. Boivin of Klamath Falls, Warren Gill of Lebanon and G. D. Gleason of Portland that would amend the present law concerning a state property tax by limiting it to payment of bonded indebted ness or the interest thereon. Boivin explained that the reason for this provision was lo protect the credit of the state in the luturc when bonds may be up for bid for such purposes as highway im provement or veterans' loans. i-arlier, Reps. Robert L. Elf slrom of Salem and Eddie Ahrcns of Turner introduced a bill in the House to prevent collection of a state property tax unless author ized by the legislature. The measure by Boivin. Gill and Gleason, came after some fear had been expressed around the Capitol that action of the house in killing a proposal for a retail sales tax might result in imposi tion of a state property tax if the budget enacted by the 1957 legis lature should soar too high. Higher Bus Fares Recommended hy Portland Officials PORTLAND iB - An increase in fares for Portland bus trans portation was recommended Thursday by Nathan A. 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MEZZANINE TERROR IN DETROIT Police Nab Phantom Sniper; 2 Girls Shot DFTnniT ipi A Dhantom gun man, whose nighttime sniping had terrorized women in suburban north Detroit since Christmas, broke out in a wild shooting spree last night, blazing a trail through four communities. Prowling the area In a car, the trigger-happy sniper wounded two girls, fired on women standing in bus stops and peppered car and homes with .22-caliber rule snois, Two hours after the first shot was fired, police nabbed Gary Addison Taylor, 20, of suburban Southfield Township'. He was cor nered after a wild hide-and-seek police car chase that led down side streets and alleys. Oakland County Asst. Prosecu tor William Lang said Taylor told him he was the phantom sniper. Lang quoted ' Taylor as saying, "I just had an urge to shoot at women. Lang said Taylor, a factory worker, appeared to be a mild mannered, shy youth. He was held without charge. 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