Salem, Oregon", Th'urs'day, March" 21, 1957
Page Z Section I
THE CAPITAL' JOURNAL
Shippers Oppose Bill
Providing for Control
Of Railways' Service
MEET THE LEGISLATORS
iTax Holdback
Study Opened
By House Unit
By DICK HUMPHREY
United Preu Staff Correspondent
Study of a more realistic meth
od of withholding state taxes got
under way here yesterday at a
hearing before the House Taxa
tion Committee on House bills
t and 234.
House bill 8, sponsored by Rep.
William Grenfell Jr., Portland
Democrat, provides for withhold
ing state income taxes according
to a system of graduated salary
brackets.
House bill 234, drawn up by the
State Tax Commission, provides
for withholding on cither a
straight percentage basis or on a
bracket basis. It follows federal
withholding law,
Tom Scanlon, representative of
the Oregon State Labor Council,
told the committee that in setting
up realistic withholding, first con
sideration should be given to the
employe. He favored a graduated
system rather than a percentage
system as being more accurate.
However, he said that if taxes
were withheld on a percentage
basil, the percentages should be
set on the side of overwithholding
rather than underwithholding.
Grenfell said that under his bill
large periodic payments of taxes
would be avoided.
David J. Wied, Jefferson farm
er, told the group that withholding
on a bracket basis for farm labor
ers, particularly berry and bean
pickers, would be extremely diffi
cult. He said the present withhold
ing of straight percentages was
better.
The taxation committee passed
favorably on six relatively minor
tax measures and tabled three
others.
One of the tabled bills would
exempt fraternities and sororities
from payment of personal prop
erty taxes.
Another tabled bill would have
set up tax conservation and super
vision commissions in all Oregon
' counties, Committee members felt
the state was not ready for such
legislation until a thorough study
could be made.
- Shippers and receivers of railroad freight from all parts
of Oregon voiced opposition Wednesday to senate jjius xt
and 275 at a hearing before the Senate uommittee on com'
merce and Utilities. The two bills would give the public utility
commissioner control of railroad services,
Favorine the bill were legislators from southern Oregon,
who admitted they were aroused over the loss of passenger
service south of Eugene. But they contended that the need
of control over railroad services by the public utility com
missioner was necessary.
Nelson M. Hickok, traffic mana-f
gcr for the Western Paper Con
verting Co., Salem, ana also cnair
man of the Pacific Northwest Ad
visory Board, composed of 578 Ore
gon shippers, said the proposed
legislation has no counterpart in
the entire nation.
'Would Discourage Industry'
'If wc have not already placed
barriers to prospective industry
within the state, Hickok said,
"surely this act will serve to dis
courage any prospect. The states
of California and Washington im
pose no such stifling or harassing
legislation as this act pronounces.
Sen. Phil Lowry, Medford, one
of the authors of the bill, said he
felt the carriers should be sub
ject to reasonable control and sim
ilar testimony was given by Heps.
Robert B. Duncan ID), Medford,
Al Littrcll (R), Medford, and Sen.
Dan Dimick, (D), Roseburg.
Frank Van Dyke, former speaker
of the house from Medford, spoke
as a representative of the Medford
Chamber of Commerce in favor
of the bill.
SP Service Good
Van Dyke told the committee
the large lumber operators and
fruit growers have been given good
service by the Southern Pacific
although the great majority of
people In Jackson County arc "out
raged over the cancellation of pas
senger service without our people
having an opportunity to offer a
protest."
Harold Holmes, president oi me
Medford Pear Growers Assn., was
opposed to the bill, saying that
nothing in the proposed legislation
would enhance the pear industry.
Holmes said that the pear ship
pers get very good service from
the railroad even on extremely
short notice and asked that rail
road service to shippers of perish
able goods be exempted from the
bill.
R. W. Gray, another Medford
pear grower, also opposed the bill
ns did W. A. iticnaras, general
manager of the Northwest Grain
Growers Assn.
Richards said passage of the bill
would virtually kill the shipment
of wheat to Astoria for export
abroad. He said that last year
the association shipped six million
bushels of wheat out of Astoria,
shipments that many times were
made up over night.
Fulton Opposed
A. C. Fulton, representing the
Port of Astoria, expressed fear
that passage of the bill would
disturb the parity rates Astoria
enjoys. Moreover he opined that
the bill would give too much power
to the public utilities commission
er. "Why it's more power than that
given to the ICC," Fulton said.
Clifford Ferguson, head oi the
transportation division of the pub
lic utilities commissioner, who said
he had been requested to testify
by Sen. Lowry, declared that he
was not advocating passage ot any
bill.
He added, however, that he felt
that the public utility commission
er should be given control over
rates, schedules and services of
railroads, otherwise all power
should be taken from him. .
Howard Morgan, newly appoint
ed public utility commissioner,
spent considerable time reviewing
the history of rate making and
various duties of his office and
finally came down to the point that
a number of complaints concern
ing railroad service had been sent
him and therefore, he felt, the
control proposed in the bill should
be given to his office.
The authors of this bill have
introduced another bill establishing
minimum rates for railroads, a
bill exactly the same as one de
feated after a long hassle in the
1953 Legislature.
Lafayette placed the cornerstone
of Bunker Hill monument on June
17, 1025, when he returned to the
U. S. to meet old friends.
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PATEflSON', N.J. James (Cock-eye)
O'Leary shown at courthouse here with
officer John Schullz, was fnmid guilty
yesterday of murder In the second do-
REP. CHARLES A. TOM
Rep. Charles A. Tom, (R) Ru
fus, Is serving In his third
House session. He Is a large
scale wheat and cattle rancher,
who operates three farms total
ing 6,000 acres.
As a legislator, Rep. Tom fol
lowed his father, who served in
the House In the 1925 and 1927
sessions. Rep. Tom has served
as Farm Security Administration
supervisor In Wasco county, has
been chairman of Sherman Weed
Control Committee and is now
president of Oregon Weed Con
trol Board. He also Is chairman
of the Rufui school board and Is
secretary-treasurer of Sherman
County Country Club.
He served In the U.S. Navy
from 1942 to 1946, gaining a com
mission as a lieutenant. He was
born September 7, 1912, at Rufus.
He received a BS degree at Ore
gon State College In agricultur
al economics, and m Master's
degree at Cornell.
Rep. Tom married Lorraine
Nichols and they have two daugh
ters. He Is a member of the
Masonic lodge, Shrine, Eastern
Star, Oregon Wheat League,
American Legion and Parent
Teachers Association,
In this session he Is serving as
vice chairman of the House Edu
cation committee and Is a mem.
ber of the Ways and Means Committee.
Reds to Build
Syria Refinery
REP. FRED MEEK
Back for his second session In
the House is Fred Meek (R),
Portland, who has operated a
pharmacy since 934. He acquir
ed the Meek Building on Belmont
street In 1943.
. He is a grandson of the illus
trious Col, Joe Meek, scout and
guide of 1840 and Oregon's first
U.S. marshal.
He Is past president of State
Pharmaceutical association and
a member of the OSC Dad's
club, Oregon Pioneers, Masonic
bodies, Oregon Historical Soci
ety, East Side Commercial Club,
Portland Chamber of Commerce
and Methodist church.
Rep. Meek was born In Craig
mont, Ida., June 26, 1904. He at
tended Hillsboro High school and
later Oregon State College where
he earned a degree in pharmacy.
He Is married and has two
daughters and two grandchild
ren. Meek was a Republican pre
cinct committeeman for many
years and ran unsuccessfully for
county commissioner In 1952. He
was first elected to the House In
1954.
In this session he Is serving on
Elections and Reapportionment,
Public Health and Welfare and
Fish and Game committees.
Reds Free American
After 8-Year Ordeal
OKLAHOMA CITY 11 - "A
dream come true," was the way
Frank E. Stevens described his
return to Oklahoma after eight
years ot what he described as
virtual imprisonment by the Com
munists in Romania.
Stevens, a former resident of
Lexington and Ardmore, Okla., ar
rived .hero by plane Wednesday
with his Tiomanian-born wife, An
nctta. and their two doughters.
They will visit Oklohoma rela
tives.
The 74-vear-old Stevens, with
the U.S. Office of Strategic Serv
ices during World War II, has
been in Europe since the end of
World War I. He said he was cor
respondent for the London Times,
Reuters, NBC and other news
services in Romania for nearly
40 years.
Stevens said he has been trying
to get out of Romania since 1947.
He said he and his family had
been virtual prisoners of Red po
lice, being allowed only limited
freedom, but denied1 access to the
American legation for about eight
years.
'Two Russian secret service
men slept in my house," he said.
"They controlled every one who
came in and out."
When asked if he thought there
would be an uprising in Romania
similar to those in Hungary and
Poland, Mcvens replied:
"No, I don't think so. They'd
be mowed down like flies because
the Russian army is concentrated
in that area."
GIANT STEP
RICHMOND, Va. W Rudy
Basso, S, heeded his mother's, ad
vice to get his toys together and
broke his leg. What Mrs. Rachel
Basso didn't know when she called
up to Rudy in the attic of their
one and a half story home was
that some of the toys had fallen
out of the window. Rudy went after
those too.
WASHINGTON (UP)-Syria has
rejected a bid from an American
firm to build an oil refinery
Syria in favor of an offer from
Communist Czechoslovakia, in
formed sources said today.
The decision went against
strong advice from the United
States government.
However, American officials
were not too surprised Syria paid
little heed to U.S. advice. In re
cent years Syria has been doing
an increasing volume of business
with Soviet-bloc nations.
Syria, which is now dependent
on neighboring Lebanon for its re
fined petroleum products, called
last fall Ion bids on construction
Police Rookie Rises
Despite Lack of Height
TOLEDO, Ohio UB Nearby
Sylvania has a new police chief.
Toledo lost him by inches or a
fraction thereof.
Chief Arthur F. Cole failed the
physical when he first applied for
police work in Toledo. He was one
fourth inch under the height re
quirement. He considered giving up, but
applied at Sylvania. He was put
on as a rookie, made sergeant in
eight months, and was named
chief three years later.
nf a refinerv in Syria. Several
American firms were interested
as well as outfits in Britain,
France and Czechoslovakia.
Procon, Inc., a New York con
struction firm, was apparently the
most interested of the American
companies. The firm was report
ed to have spent between 850,000
and $60,000 on planning in connec
tion with submitting a bid.
Last Saturday, Syria awarded
the contract to Czechoslovakia.
U.S. officials said Syria claimed
it chose Czechoslovakia over the
American firm because it could
get more for its .money. Ameri
can authorities think political rea
sons actually were the principal
factor.
Czechoslovakia is reported to
have a creed to build the refinery
for about $15.4 million. Terms of
repayment are not known here
but are reported "favorable.1
The oil to be run through the
refinery comes from Saudi Arabia
and Iraq in three pipelines which
run across Syrian territory. Syria
is entitled to a share of the oil
shipped through these lines,
The Syrian refinery is designed
chiefly to produce oil for Syrian
domestic use. However officials
said some refined products may
be left over for export presum
ably to the Soviet bloc. v
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mond rings. We do know
that when all four factors
are considered, we have
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STATE AND LIBERTY
Jury Convicts
Car Dealer of
1929 Slaying
PATEMSON, N..I. (t'l')-A M-year-old
Jersey City used car
dealer was convicted Wednesday
of second degree murder In the
gangland slaying of a rival boot
fegger 28 years ago.
A jury deliberated more than
lour hours belore returning a ver
dict against James tt'ockeei
O'Leary, an ex-convlct and the
only known survivor of four pro
hibition era hoodlums Indicted In
9M for the slaying of Alex
ISchmutzy) Szsbo.
Szabo, M, was gunned down In
the rear of a Passaic garage May
81, 1929. In a deathbed statement,
Szabo said he was shot by
O'Leary end three others because
he stole their ale burner, a de
vice used in distilling bootleg al-
-A.I
O'I.enry and the three others
were indicted and released in bail
which later wns rescinded. How
ever, the imlietmcnts lay forgot
ten until last December when l'us
saic County Acting Prosecutor
Charles S. Joelsen discovered
them while cleaning out some
tiles.
O'I.enry now faces a maximum
of 30 years in prison.
Whale Heads
Dp Columbia
ASTORIA H Pi-A to-toot whale
was reported heading in the wrong
direction yesterday.
The whale was reported by the
Coast fiiiard lo be bending up the
Columbia river. A cutter nearly
had a collision with Hie mammal.
A northward migration ol
whales off the Oregon coast has
been reported In recent days.
In 18.11 a whale appeared in the
Columbia slough near Portland.
It was harpooned and exhibited,
later being buried near SU Helens.
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