Capital jLJournal
THE WEATHER
SCATTERED SHOWERS tonight
nd Sunday; brlet clearing periods
Sunday afternoon. Little change In
temperature. Low tonight, 50: high
Sunday, 66.
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24 Pages
69th Year, No. Ill
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, May 11, 1957
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Jury to Get
Elkins Case
On Wiretap
Defense Rests Case Without
Calling Any Witnesses or
Making Opening Statements
PORTLAND (UP)-A Federal
pected to get the wire tap case of racketeer James
Elkins and Raymond Clark today nearly a month after
the trial started. The jury has been sealed from contact
vuu laiiunes, newspapers,
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Hearings on
BeckDemands'
WASHINGTON IB-Senate rack.
: els probers said today they plan
hearings next week on alleged
uemanas - Dy Teamsters Union
President Dave Beck on an em
ployer Beck had aided with loans
from union funds.
Robert F. Kennedy, counsel for
the investigating Senate commit
tee, said Roy Fruehauf, president
of the Fruehauf Trailer Co., De
troit, and later Beck himself
would be quizzed on what Ken
nedy said were "Beck's demands
on the company in the wake of the
loan."
LOAN TO FRUEHAUF
The committee previously devel
oped testimony that Beck loaned
l'i million dollars in Teamsters
funds to Fruehauf when Fruehauf
faced loss of control of his firm
unless he got more capital. The
loans were repaid, the senators
were told.
There has been testimony that
later, when Beck needed money,
the Fruehauf firm got a trucking
firm, the Brown Equipment Co.,
to lend Beck $200,000. Kennedy in
dicated there were other "de
mands" on Fruehauf by Beck and
that he intends to try to develop
evidence along this line.
EVIDENCE GATHERED,
The committee has gathered a
Browing mass of evidence nllep.
ing that the 62-year-old Teamsters
boss diverted vast sums of his
union's money for his personal
use and profited from investing
the union's multimillion dollar
funds.
Donol F. Hedlung. Seattle mort
gage Danker associated with Beck
in a series of complicated trans
actions, testified yesterday he and
Heclt shared an $11,585 profit
from investing trust funds raised
by unions for the widow of Beck's
best and closest friend," Ray
Lcheney, an official of the old
AFL.
Beck was trustee for the me
morial fund. Kennedy and Chair
man McClellan (D - Ark) said
Beck's profiting from funds over
which he was trustee was "un
ethical" and "abuse of a trust."
Absent from Senate hearings for
the past few days, Beck fired
back with a statement that finan
cial "wisdom" in handling union
funds .had reaped a handsome
profit for the Teamsters.
SLOW-DRIVER BILL PASSED
SACRAMENTO, Calif. UV-Gov.
Goodwin Knight signed a bill
yesterday directing drivers of
slow moving vehicles to turn off
a two-lane highway as soon as
they can when five or more ve
hicles back up behind.
Scout Ignores
Conclude Merit
PHILADELPHIA HI Billy
Young. 12-ycar-old Star Boy Scout
who is aiming to become an
Eagle, went out yesterday to win
another merit badge. It turned
n'jt to be quite a strain on his
mother, the citv medical examin
I er's office and the police.
Billy's merit - seeking project
was to take a 25-mile bicycle trip
into the country. A couple of hours
alter he had taken off, he tele
phoned his mother, Mrs. Mary
Young, to give a routine progress
report. Before he hung up he
mentioned casually that he'd been
bitten by a snake.
Aghast, and with no idea where
the boy might be found in a hur-
r Mrs. Young called the medical i
r ;aminer and was connected with
l ie poison division. Police were
! -nt to the Young home to await
t evcloDmen'ts. Other police de
tails, in the city and neighboring
Montgomery County, watched all
main roads. This order was
broadcast over two counties:
"Find Boy Scout bitten by snake."
Eventually. Billy wheeled up to
the house and asked what the fuss
was about.
"Oh. that." said Billy when he
was reminded ol the snake bite. I
Weather Details
Maximum yesterday. minimum
tnday, 52. Total 24-hnttr prctpltatlrn,
.01; for month, normal, .74. Sra
on precipitation, 30.37; normal,
3S.M. River height. .? of i foot. (Re
port by U. 5. Weather Bureau.)
radios and television since
the case opened.
ElkiriS and Clark could be sen-
fenced to seven years in prison if
convicted on the seven counts in
the indictment which ' charged
them with tapping telephone com
munications and then divulging
their contents.
NO WITNESSES ,
The courtroom of Judge William
East was started Friday when at
torneys for the defense suddenly
rested their case without calling
a single witness or even making
an opening statement to the jury.
Completion of closing arguments
and Judge East's instructions to
the jury were expected by noon
today. , ,
The government contended that
the reels of tape recordings seized
in a raid on Clark's home were
"the best evidence in the world"
against the defendants. Counsel
for the defense countered that the
raid itself was "concocted" by
former District Attorney William
Langley and by Oregon Journal
reporter Brad Williams. They ar
gued that the government had
failed to prove that the tape re
cordings had even been seized in
the raid.
CITATIONS ISSUED
Meanwhile. Oregon Circuit Court
Judge Charles W. Redding cited
Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk
and six others to show cause why
they should not be charged with
contempt of court for testifying
in the Elkins-Clark trial. Judge
Redding had enjoined the present
and former county , and state of
ficers from offering testimony in
the Federal Court trial because
the raid on the Clark home had
been ruled illegal. The witnesses,
however, were ordered by Judge
East to testify and faced contempt
proceedings whether they testified
or remained silent,
Scouts Ready
For Exposition
Nearly 3,000 Boy and Cub Scouts
marched through the streets of
downtown Salem in the annual
Cascade Area Scout Council pa
rade Saturday afternoon, then hur
ried to the State Fairgrounds to
make ready for tonight's Exposi
tion. Hours for the exposition, at
which 5,001) members of the coun
cil will display their handicraft,
will be from 5 to 9 nm. A total
of 91 booths will be available to
the viewing public.
The booths are under the Fair
grounds grandstand. Leo Relman
will direct a stage program from
7 to 9 p.m. in which scouts will
describe their activities and t h e
Salem Pep band will play.
Admission prices for tonight s
events will go to scout camp im
provement. Snakebite to
Badge Trip
His mother and the police took
him to a hospital. The bites were
treated and everyone was assured
the snake was non-poisonous.
Billy made the-25 miles and he'll
get the merit badge.
APPROVED BY FAIRBANKS
Council Will Act on Contract
For Moores Memorial Statue
A resolution approving a con-lo
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"a"1 ui mkhi
anu lit, warn rairuanKS, noiea
scubtor. for making the Dioneer i
memorial statuary under the will
of the late Carrol! Moores will be
before the City Council Monday
night.
The contract has already been
approved by Dr. Fairbanks and
tentatively approved by Mayor
Robert F. White and City Attorney
Chris J. Kowitz. After the council
;has approved it. and signatures
have been attached, the sculptor
will proceed with the work.
! MONEY BEQUEATHED
At the death of Carroll Moores'1
several years ago he bequeathed
to the city a sum of money to be
used for the creation of a mem
orial to Oregon pioneers. Pioneer
Trust Company was named trus-
: tee of the fund uihich now amounts
5 Killed
In State
Accidents
Albany Man One
Of 4 Dead in
Traffic Crashes
, Bjr UNITED PRESS
Five persons died in ac
cidents in Oregon Friday
and early today, t our were
killed in highway mishaps
and an eastern , Oregon
farmer was crushed by his
tractor.
Edward A. Shirtcliff, 50, Myr
tle Creek, was killed about 1:20
a.m. today when his automobile
collided with a pickup truck driv
en by 16-year-old Gerald Wayne
Anderson of Roseburg, on High
way 99 about a mile south of
Roseburg.
Peter E. Ellason, 47, Forest
Grove, died when he drove off
Highway 26 at Cherryville. He was
driving an old Army ambulance
vehicle. .
ALBANY VICTIM
Levi Francis Trudcll, 63, of Al
bany, was killed in a two - car
head-on collision two miles south
of Albany. Mrs. Bertha Watson,
61, Florence, was in an Albany
hospital with serious injuries.
State police said Mrs. Watson's
northbound car apparently went
out of control and spurt on the
highway, colliding with Trudell's
southbound car. '
Betty Jean Shimek, 11, of Port
land, was struck by a car driven
by Ruby Neola Pfenning who was
pulling out of a restaurant park
ing lot. The driver said she was
not aware that she had hit the girl
on a bicycle until a passenger in
the car shouted at her to stop,
PINNED UNDER TRACTOR
Frank John, 80, a farmer who
lived four miles south of Adrian
in Malheur county, was pinned by
a tractor he was cranking when
it started in gear. He was crushed
against the inside wall of his barn.
Roy Ebert, 16, of Shedd, escaped
death in an accident near Albany,
not far from the scene of the Tru
dell death.' Ebert was pinned un
der his car when it went out of
control and rolled into a water
filled ditch. Ebert was rescued by
passersDy, .
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Cloudburst in
Texas Brings
New Flooding
DALLAS, Tex. (UP) -a New
cloudbursts in Texas sent the Col
orado River and the Rio Grande
on dangerous rises today, washed
out 78 feet of railroad track and
swept automobiles from roads,
drowning at least one person.
Far to the northeast, in north
western Louisiana, new levees still
held back a flood on Red River
between Campti and Clarence, La.,
and Sheriff Earl Morris felt that
if they hold out "a day or two
Jonger" the danger of a flood will
have passed.
DANGER SWITCHES
The flood danger in the south
west switched suddenly to west
and south west Texas, where rains
up to seven inches was reported.
A wall of water surged across
U.S. Highway 90 near Laughlin Air
Force Base. Tex., and swept a car
with six women in it into a borrow
pit.
.Mrs. Monroe Miller, 66, of S.m
Antonio, sislcr-in-law of Maj, Gen.
Elmer Adler (Ret.), was drowned.
The other five, women clung to the
doors of the car and were res
cued. Two were put into hospitals
for treatment for shock.
RIVERS RISE
The Pecos and Devil's rivers
rose sharply, causing a rise in
the Rio" Grande, into which they
run. The Rio Grande was expect-
I ed to crest at Del Rio soon at 20
Jeet, washing over approaches to
I the International Bridge. i
more than $30,000. t
....
me council .iunuay nigm is iv
irettcu iu io.:ie m if" " ,
c'lmns watcr advisory committee
on a water rate structure, and to
refer it to City Manager Kent
Mathewson and Water Manager
John Geren for review and a later
report to the council.
Otherwise the council agenda for
Monday night is mainly routine.
One public hearing is on the calen
dar, on an application to reclassify
from an R-4 residential district to
!?n M ' ''h J.'JdUt,"ai d'?f,t forl
Taj; Vu "'? "v
Adduon. There wi be a petition
of remonstrance. After the hearing vV " j La " n( M,r,.,i, , - ,wnt"nK tn sec whal happens to bill lo nho'i-h the Board of Con- it's in the Senate. The bill to per
.t ;i ...;n a? Kmewood Heights, and a part of; McCormick has not been -enlth(, t,-,x nroaram. A snhmmmitlre trnl u,!ic ,rf thi. u,,.,.l, ku ih n , Ji.tLi,
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STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Street improvement resolutions
to be -voted on are:
Broadway from Locust to north 1
Swim Leaders Hold Class
Thirty-five aquatic directors from
around Oregon are learning life-saving
and instruction techniques this weekend
at the YMCA under Dr. William McArthur
(left) from. Oregon College of Education.
Here McArthur shows Diana Hobart (right)
YM Swimming
Instructors
Given Lessons
YMCA swimming instructors
from the Northwest are "back in
school" this weekend at the Salem
YMCA where the annual North
west Aquatic Teacher Institute is
being held.
The large group, which .brings
YM instructors from as far North
as Kelso, Washington, and south
as Medford to learn the latest
water tcchniaucs. started instruc
lion Friday night and will con
clude Sunday afternoon.
According to Sig Haaland of
the Salem YM, the institute's pur
pose is to bring new ideas and
new material which will aid in
teaching swimming," to the many
instructors. Instruction in tech
niques of teaching beginner and
intermediate skills has taken up
most of the session.
Instructors for the institute in
clude Ty Steinbeck, McMinnvillc,
Dr. William McArthur, Oregon
College of Education and John
W. Borchardt, swim coach at the
University of Oregon.
Elizabeth Sets
October Visit
WASHINGTON M - Oueen
Elizabeth of Britain and Prince
Phillip are due to visit the United
States for about 10 days in early
October, according to plans which
have been worked out between
Washington and London.
Persons close to the negotia
tions reported Saturday that the
Queen's formal acceptance to an
invitation from President Eisen
hower to come to Washington
probably will be received here in
two to three weeks. It has been
pending for months while officials
worked out details.
Elizabeth and Phillip are ex
pected to visit places other than
Washington but diplomats said
they did not know what towns and
cities would make up the itinerary
except that it seems certain
Jamestown, Va., would be includ
ed. Talk of an invitation to the
Queen, was started originally by
i sponsors of this year's celebration
!o( Jamestown's historic past.'
city limits: South High from Hoyt
i. xi.,-;iu;.. . n,A nrlua
J" " pj""". T Vi. nriw-
Marcia Drive from Hammel Street
to the cast line of Almon Addition;
West Nob Hill from McGilchrist
to Judson; Eola Drive from Cas
cade Drive to Kingwood Drive;
and Lowe Ben Lomond Drive.
A petition will be received for
the improvement of Pearl Street
from Baker to 15th. An engineer's
report shows that signatures repre
sent 93 per cent of the assessable
. . , ,, . C( ,.,
property.
Another petition will ask for a
sanitary sewer to serve Lots 5;io nave oecn some Disagreement,
h h n , Crown Addilion ,!dcouties said.
Blocks 2, 3 and 10 of Kingwood
Hcignl5 Addition. The engineer's
report recommends that the peti
tion be granted and placed on the
current list, and that too per cent
of the cost be assessed to beae-
fitted property.
7f-
4TH SINCE WEDNESDAY
Another Aircraft
Falls Into Ocean
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An 80-ton Navy Tradewinds fly
ing boat virtually plummeted to
an emergency landing in the' shal
low waters of lower San Francisco
Bay yesterday, fourth since
Wednesday in a series of acci
dents to service craft from Japan
to the Azores.
Only five men of the 41 Involved
in the four mishaps have not been
rescued.
16 CREWMEN SAFE
All 16 crewmen aboard the
Tradewinds counted themselves
lucky today after a running-wild
propellor forced the landing at
more than 180 miles an hour. Five
men suffered minor, cuts and
bruises. All were rescued within
minutes.
Repair crews worked through
night to patch up the hull of the
million dollar, four-engincd
transport.
RESCUED BY SUB
At Honolulu, 10 crew members
of a Navy Neptune patrol bomber
were brought in by the submarine
State Judicial
Study Favored
The Senate voted Friday to
create a 21-member interim com
mittee to make a broad study of
the state's judicial system.
The committee would consist of
10 public members, one Supreme
Court justice, two senators, two
representatives, a circuit judge,
district judge, assistant attorney
general, a district attorney, and
two attorneys.
The resolution, which carries an
appropriation of $35,000, goes to
the House.
The committee . would study
these matters:
The number of Supreme Court
justices, reorganization of circuit
court districts, whether there
should be appellate courts be
tween the circuit courts and the
Supreme Court, court rules,
whether the slate should have a
public defender system, improve
ment of criminal justice, relieving
of court congestion, and protec
tion of the public from arbitrary
rules of boards and commissions.
Turner Resident
Feared Missing;
Sheriff Reports
The disappearance of a Turner
man - under mysterious circum
stances is under investigation by
the Marion County Sherilf's Office,
it was reported Saturday.
Charles McCormick left the
home of his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Bange. Rt. I, Tur
ner, on April 25 and was to return
on the 27th. it was reported to dep
uties. He left with some acquain-
tanccs with whom there appeared
since he left two weeks ago nor ;
ha there been any word to either
the aunt and uncle or to his moth
er. Mrs. Kvelyn Whitney, deputies
were told. All of his clothing is
still at the Bange place where he
had been living..
at YMCA
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ss:
HHaK3Muatiiai
the proper life-saving hold on "victim"
Carol Stolk, both from Salem. The class
Is part of the annual YMCA Northwest
Area Aquatic Teachers Institute. (Capital
Journal Photo)
Bream, which picked them off a
bobbing raft after the plane was
forced down 17S miles southwest
of that city Thursday night.
The men, unhurt and in good
spirits, stood on the Bream's deck
as it docked at Pearl Harbor.
Five men still were missing in
the crash of an Air Force tanker
nlnnp 100 miles southwest of To-
koyo, Japanese rescue crash boats
picked up three crewmen.
Bad weather Thursday forced
another Air Force tanker plane to
ditch in the Atlantic 200 miles
southwest of the Azores. All seven
crewmen were rescued by the
Norwegian tanker Sandefjord.
Boy Explains
Naked Attire
A boy hod a good reason for
running around without any
clothes on, he told Mnrlon Coun
ty Deputy Sheriff Roy Lnmh,
who wns called to the Clnxtnr
Road - Oregon Electric Tracks
area Friday afternoon by near
by residents.
The deputy found a 12-year-old
boy running on the railroad
tracks without any man-made
restrictions to hamper h 1 m.
When Lamb called to the boy,
a quarter-mile chase across a
field and down the tracks result
ed before the youth was appre
hended. The youth led Lamb to where
his clothes and bicycle had been
left and, at the deputy's instruc
tions, atlired himself In a more
serially-accepted manner,
The hare facts of the ense, the
boy told Lamb, was that he had
been "playing Indian and In
dians don't wear clothes."
The youth was turned over to
his mother for a more complete
Indoctrination Into the habits of
Indians.
SCHOOL, TAX PROBLEMS REMAIN
Members of Legislature
Hope to Finish Next Week
The Oregon Legislature, hoping
to wind up its longest session in
history by next Saturday, atill has
n't solved its two main problems
taxes and schools.
As to the Saturday adjournment,
there is a strong possibility that
the session will run longer than
that.
Here is Ihe way major legis
lation shapes up:
Tax program; The House has
voted for the four-bill package to
increase personal, corporation and
inheritance taxes. It looks as
though the Senate will vote for
the corporation bill early next
week, but the fate of the personal
income tax measure is in doubt.
The inheritance tax boost appears
to be dead.
Basic school fund Inrrraso:
This matter is in the Joint Wavs
and Means Committee, which is ,
has voted a 10 million dollar in- i
crease, in contrast to the 40 mil
lions asked by Gov. Holmes.
Key District hill te redistribute
basic school funds: Both houses
have passed It in different forms,
and It's in conference committee.
" "viSncome Tax
r Ian approved by
Senate Committee
FOUR IN RESCUE TRY
Dye Fumes Snuff
Out Lives of Five
PEPPERELL, Ala. WV-Five
at the Pepperell Mills, Inc., bleaching plant Saturday, four in
a vain attempt to save tne life
Police Chief Floyd Mann said
the mass deaths occurred when
Bryant H. Jones Jr., 28, Ppelika,
Ala., dropped his spectacles
through a hole in the floor and
crawled after them.
MEN IDENTIFIED
He identified the dead men as
Jones and Donald Dwight Ingram
26, both white: and Jesse J.
Thomas, C. B. Cooper and Carter
Ross, all Opelika Negroes.
The accident occurred at the
dye house of the blcachcry. Mann
estimated that all were killed in
five or six minutes. The bodies
were recovered by firemen
equipped with masks.
A company spokesman said
Jones dropped his spectacles
through a hole above a sump pit
holding waste from the plant dye
house, and was overcome when
he lowered himself beneath the
floor to recover them.
RESCUE TRIED
Ingram went in after him and
the three Negroes followed in a
vain rescue attempt. Other work
ers had to be forcibly restrained
to prevent thein from going after
tne live men.
Firemen Red Wooton and Ellis
Mitchell, equipped with gas
masks, made another hole and re-
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tUVBlCU U1C UUU1C8,
Cecil B. Ray, plant chemist.
said the men died because of an
accumulation of hydrogen sulphide
fumes and lack of oxygen,
The sump pit had been Installed
by, Pepperell to reduce stream
pollution, irom plant waste. Nor
mally tne opening in tne floor was
closed.
Jones and Ingram were electrl
clans.
Pepperell is near Opelika
In
southeast Alabama.
Montgomery
Visitor at
Ike's Farm
GETTYSBURG. Pa. HI - Pres
ident Eisenhower and his World
War II comrade, Britain's Field
Marshal Viscount Montgomery,
flew here Saturday for a long
weekend at the President's farm.
One of the things they plan to
do is rehash the strngogy of the
historic battle ot Gettysburg.
Their weekend at the farm pro
vided an opportunity for Eisen
hower to conduct Montgomery on
tour of the historic Civil War
battlefield .Eisenhower's home is
on the edge of the battlefield.
Montgomery has expressed the
opinion that If ho had been in
command at that 1663.. battle, he
would have fired both the Union
and Confederate commanders.
Montgomery arrived in this
country Inst Tuesday to renew old
ties with his former comrade-in
arms and to talk with officials
of NATO, which he still serves
as deputy commander.
It looks as though the House ver
sion, which minimizes the effect
on Portland and Eastern Oregon,
will be the basis for settlement.
School build In jf aid: Ways and
Means Subcommittee has recom
mended a 6 million dollar appro
priation to construct school build
ings in districts which have
reached their bonding limit. No
action has been taken by the
Ways and Means Committee.
School district rporgnnlznllon:
Passed by the House, and the
Senate Kducation Committee,
making many changes, has ap
proved the bill.
Creating office of lieutenant
governor: Passed by the House,
but no action in the Senate,
Abolishing state boards: The
Senate Agriculture Committee
has voted to abolish the Fair Com-
mission and transfer the fair to
the AricuMure Dennrlment. The
House, hut the Sennte mich't kill
it.
Building program of 20 million
dollars: A subcommittee cut this
to 12 millions, nnd both houses
will vole on it se.xt week. It al
lows 7 millions for higher !'
men were killed by dye fumes
of a fellow worker.
Rainfall Halts
Forest Fires
In Northeast
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rainfall, heavier and sooner
than expected, put a virtual halt
Saturday to forest fires that have
seared the Northeast for the past
week.
All the fires were reported out
or well under control in New Eng
land, New York and New Jersey.
Boston had an inch of rain over
night. '
FOREST BAN LIFTED
In New York, Gov. Averell Har-
rlmnn lifted the ban on public use
of forests In all but the state's
soulhern section which had only
a trace 01 rain.
Sharon J. Mauhs, conservation
commissioner, said rain of up to
an men over most 01 the slate
"came sooner than expected .and
was heavier than expected."
The rain was the first in near
ly a month in many areas of the
Northeast. But officials said it
wasn't enough - to , break , the
drought. .
At mitoric Plymouth. Mass.. I
fire swept to within a few hundred
yards of Jordan Hospital, An
army of . 8,000 . firefighters con
trolled tne names.
In New Jersey nearly 200 pa
tients were evacuated from a
tuberculosis sanitarium for chil
dren near Farmingdale when
smoke wreathed the buildings
Firefighters checked the blaze
short of the hospital. . . , ,
In Middleboro, Mass., 35 pa
tients were evacuated from a
nursing home In the path of a
woods fire.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
Kansas City 000 000 1001 8 1
Cleveland 100 000 0ix-2 9 0
Morgan and Thompson: Lemon,
Mossi (9) and Hcgan.
Home run Cleveland, Smith.
Washington at Boston, postponed,
rain.
NATIONAL 1
Philadelphia 600 001 000-7 15 2
Pittsburgh 100 000 001-2 10 1
Haddix and Lopata; Friend,
Pepper (6) Swanson (8) and
Foilcs.
Home runs Philadelphia, Lop
ata, Bowman, Pittsburgh, Clem.
ente.
BULLETIN
CORVALI.IS (Special) South
Salem scored 128 points here Sat
urday to win the annual District
8 A-l track and field meet. North
Salem was second with 84 35
points.
tion and 5 millions for - state
institutions.
Unemployment compensation
benefits Increase; No action in
either house, but employers and
labor arc coming up with a corn
promise plan.
Industrial accident benefits In
crease of 20 prr cent: Passed by
the House, but no action in the
Senate.
Creating stale development de
portment: Approved by the House
and now in the Senate.
Providing authority over mil
roiid passenger service reduc
tions: Approved by both houses.
Motor election reform bill:
Passed by the House, now In the
senate.
Suburban problems: The Senate
has voted to permit reduced city
taxes in newly annexed areas, but
the attorney general says it s un
constitutional. The House has.
' voted U- rountv home rule, and
i nnuMo f Htio. ..-
Changes In laws relating to
grand Juries: The Senalc Judici
ary Committee is working on this.
KxpnniMn civil rlghm Vnws:
Pasr'' by the House, now in the
Imii'M Artc.ry Committee,
Action Taken
To Allow
Vote on Floor
By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr.
Associated Press Writer
The Senate Taxation
Committee voted 5-2 Sat
urday for the Democratic
measure to increase per
sonal income taxes, despite
the fact that a majority of
the committee opposes the
bill.
Two of the five members whs
voted favorably actually oppose
the bill, but they said they so
noted in order to get the bill to
the floor.
OHMART OPPOSED
They are Sens. Lee Ohmart (Rl.
Salem, who promised he would
"oppose the bill violently on the
Senate floor"; and Ben Musa (D),
The Dalles, who said he Is "re
serving the right to oppose it when
we senate votes on it.
The others voting for the bill
were Sens. Walter J. Pearson,
Portland, committee chairman:
San Dtmlck, Roseburg, and Mon
roe Sweetland, 'Milwaukie. They
are Democrats. ,
The actual votes against the
bill were cast by Republican
Sens. Rudie Wilhelm, Portland,
and Philip Lowry, Medford..
SLIGHT CHANGES
The committee made slight
changes in the House-approved
Dill.
The late of the bill probably
will be decided over the weekend
when the Republicans caucus to
see how they will vote.
The Republicans, who have hall
of the Senate membership, oppose
the bill, but they want to see it
passed , in the , hopes it would
narm me uemocrais politically.
The bill repeals the 45 per cent
surtax Imposed in 19S5, but Incor
porates it into the rate structure.
It increases the $500 personal
exemption to $600, and changes
the 2 per cent withholdinf tax so
that the actual amount of tht
tax would be withheld.
ELECTION TRY FAILS
Before the final vole was taken,
the Republican members failed in
an attempt to refer the bill to a
special election on July 12. They
also lost an effort to separate the
surtax repeal from the rate struc
ture in the bill.
Tho Republican members ex-
nlfllnoH that ihnv wnnf n .nine tnv.
reduced income tax, property tax
relief, and Increase of the basic
school support fund SO per cent.
The bill would raise about 14S
million dollars in the biennium,
compared with 140 millions under
the present law.
Wilhelm said the effect of the
hill is "to increase the surtax to
SI oer cent and make it a Derma-
ncnt part of the tax structure."
Musa opposed referring it to the
people on the grounds "it would,
give them only a small choice of
rotten apples. There Isn t enough
difference between this and tht
present law."
RECRIMINATIONS HEARD '
After the vote, the members
engaged in political recrimina
tions. ,
, Ohmart said he "opposes put-'
Ung the surtax into the perma
nent structure and narrowing the
base by increasing the personal
exemptions. The bill is poorly
prepared and poorly conceived. I
hope the democrats will pass their
program and hope they enjoy
vine in their own bed."
Lowry said the bill "violates
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