HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 1936
PAGE FIVE
Sal NEWS
Budget Proposals
Townsend Block
License Drawing
By A. L. LINDBECK
SALEM. When the state lcgis.
lature meets in regular biennial
session in January its members will
be confronted with requests for ;1
r e c t appropriations aggregating
$17,918,657.52, all bearing the appro
val of Budget Drector Wallace S
Wharton. Tha figure, according to
Wharton, represents a reduction of
$2,523,578.96 from the budget re
quests filed with his department by
the state's numerous activities
which are supported by legislative
appropriations.
Of the approved appropriations
approximately $4,000,000 represents
the recommended budget for relief
purposes to be financed out of prof
its of th State Liquor commission.
The remaining $13,368,117 is to be
financed out of the general fund.
With revenues accruing to this fund
totalling $14,397,687 during the bi
ennium there remains a surplus of
$529,509.98 to meet other needs than
those included in the budget pro
viding, of course, that the legisla
tors follow the recommendations of
the budget director.
Included in the recommendations
of the budget director Is an item of
$661,688.36 for the state system of
higher education over and above
the millage levies. If this Item or
any portion of it is approved by the
legislature it will be the first time
siince the session of 1929 that higher
education has received any state
aid other than that provided by the
special levies.
General fund appropriations ap
proved by the budget director for
1937-38 exceed by approximately $2,
350,000 the appropriations voted for
the current biennium.
Budget requests of the 11 state
institutions aggregating $5,069,185.92
were reduced by the budget director
to $3,776,142.52, a reduction of mori
than $1,293,043. At that the recom
mended appropriations for these in
stitutions exceed by more than
$370,000 the appropriations voted for
the current biennium. Permanent
Improvements at state Institutions
as approved by the budget director
call for the expenditure of only
$346473.68 during the biennium. No
major improvements are included
in the list, the largest single item
being that of a receiving ward at
the eastern Oregon State Hosiptal
at Pendleton, which, together with
remodeling of the living quarters
at that institution is estimated to
cost $68,000. Other buildings Includ
ed in the list are two physicians'
cottages at the state hospital In Sa
lem to cost $15,000; two resident!::!
cottages at the state prison, $10,000;
two physicians' cottages at the tu
berculosis hospital, Salem, $15,000
new heating plant and laundry at
the eastern Oregon Tuberculosis
hosptlal at The Dalles, $51,400. It
is hoped that federal aid to the ex
tent of 45 percent may be secured
in financing the biennlum's build
ing program, reducing the cost to
the state to $190,395.
"Millions for the relief of Ore
gon's needy citizens but not one
cent for the support of alien pau
pers." Not in so many words but
in effect that was the reply of Gov
ernor Martin to delegations which
picketed the state house this week
and called at the executive depart
ment in search of financial aid for
destitute refugees from the states
of the middle west The governor
declared that financial aid would be
provided in returning destitute fam
ilies to their home states but that
they could not be given relief since
:hey were not citizens of this state
and Oregon already had enough
needy people of its own to take
care of.
A delegation representing the Or
egon Tuberculosis association which
appeared before the state board of
control in behalf of a new tubercu
losis hospital to be located in Mult
nomah county received plenty of
sympathy but no encouragement of
support for their program at this
time. Members of the board ad
mitted the need for additional hos
pital facilities for the care and
treatment of tuberculosis victims
but expressed the opinion that the
recently established institution at
The Dalles should be completely
rounded out before a new institu
tion was started. Sponsors of the
new hospital estimated $300,000 as
the cost of a hospital with a capac
ity of 150 patients.
That the Townsend "bloc" will be
a factor in the forthcoming legisla
tive session is generally admitted.
Just how much influence this bloc
will exercise over the session re
mains to be seen. The first test of
Townsend strength is expected to
come in the organization of the
House where a number of Townsend-endorsed
representatives are
candidates for the Speakership.
Dr. Ralph I. Shadduck, big chief
of the Townsend movement in Ore
gon, has already let it be known
that with 22 Townsendites in the
House his organization is going to
have a lot to say about what goes
on In Salem during the forthcom
ing session. If Dr. Shadduck's es
timate of Townsend strength is
correct, then, indeed his organiza
tion should have no difficulty in
dominating the proceedings of that,
body. In that event the mantle o'
the Speakership should dpscend on
one of the Townsend-endorsed can
didates either Barnes of Multno
mah, Bull of Union, Hosch of DeS'
chutes, or Hyde of Lane.
But there are many who dispute
Dr. Shadduck's claim. In fact a
number of the Townsend-endorsed
candidates have already publicly
announced that in accepting the
support of the Townsendites they
made no committment of suppoil
to the movement and do not feel
themselves obligated to support
either the candidates of the move
ment or its program. That being
the case much of the Influence of
the Townsendites as an effective
working "bloc" in the House can
be discounted at the outset. Among
those who 'discount the strength of
the Townsend bloc are a number of
supporters of Harry Boivin of
Klamath county for the Speaker
ship. These claim that Boivin, who
has been actively campaigning for
the honor for the past two years
already has the job "in the bag"
and that among his most ardent
supporters are several members
who gained their seats through the
support of the Townsend organi
zation. Be that as it may the fact re
mains that there is plenty of po
litical manipulation under way right
now for control of the House. How
ard Latourette of Portland who pre
sided over the Housa at the last
special session and has since as
cended to the role of democratic
national committeeman is said to
be anxious to dictate the organiza
tion, possibly wtih an. eye on the
governorship two years hence. John
Beckman, chairman of the Multno
mah county central committee, is
also understood to be anxious to
have a hand in the mixing of the
political medicine that will precede
the opening of the session. And of
course. It is inconceivable that the
state administration will remain
entirely neutral in the organization
manipulations. While Governor
Martin, himself, will probably re
main in the background so far as
any active participation in the or
ganization is concerned his youthful
aide and advisor, W. L. Gosslin, is
not to be restrained by any consid
erations of official dignity or po
litical modesty. It was largely
through the activities of Gosslin in
the pie-primary campaign that the
Democrats presented a complete
legislative ticket in the field this
year. Many of the Democratic vic
tors owe their presence on the tick
et to the urgings of Gosslin and.
from that fact alone, he has a right
to expect that his wishes should be
consulted on matters aecting the
welfare of the state administration
which he represents as political
contact man.
Seating of the 60 members of the
House of Representatives at the
1937 session will be arranged by
Ronald E. Jones of Marion county
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amas. Appointment of this com
mittee waa announced only this
week by Howard Latourette who
continues his role as Speaker of the
House until the votes cast In the
recent election are officially can
vassed. Drawing for low numbers on the
1937 automobile license plates will
be conducted by Secretary of State
Snell on Friday. Snell reports that
applications for the new plates have
been coming to his office in greater
volume than ever before in the his
tory of the department
For the third consecutive month
September gasoline taxes rolling in
to the coffers of the state of Oregon
exceeded the million dollar mark.
Revenues from this source for he
quarter ending September 30 to
taied $3,331,697 according to Sec
retary of State Snell. This brings
the total for the nine-month per
iod to more than $8,000,000 as com
pared to $9,150,229 for the entire
12 months of 1935.
A prediction In this column last
week to the effect that property
owners in Oregon could expect a
material reduction in the state levy
for 1937 has since been confirmed
in a statement by Governor Martin
announcing the complete elimina
tion of the property levy for state
purposes within the constitutional
six percent limit At the same time
the governor announced that the
state would end the current year
with a surplus in its general fund,
the deficit which fastened itself on
this fund back in 1925 having been
finally dissipated.
Pointing out that of the $43,000,-
000 tax levy against Oregon proper-
ty owners for next year only $1,250,-
000 could be charged to the state,
the governor declared that "we
must put our local affairs in order
as well as our state affairs."
The governor in announcing the
improvement in the state's flnanciay
status credited the improvement to
his insistence upon economy in all
state activities and to the opera
tions of the new budget control act
At the same time he warned against
"any attempted raid on the treas
ury" by pressure blocs "for their
own selfish interests."
Among the new activities for
which the next legislature will be
asked to provide financial support
will be that of a state mining bu
reau.,, Sponsored by the state plan
ning commission, this new depart
ment will seek an appropriation of
$50,000 to cover its operations for
the forthcoming generation. The
planning board's proposal calls for
a governing board of three non
salaried members and a paid di
rector to be selected by the board.
A similar program was defeated by
the last legislative session after a
bitter fight in which the opposition
was led by Senator Strayer, demo
crat, of Baker county.
1 The state has whittled $14,500,000
off its load of bonded debt in the
past eight years, according to Gov
ernor Martin. The state's bonded
debt reached its peak at more than
$63,000,000 in 1928, the governor
pointed out Most of this debt was
represented by bonds of the high
way department and the bonus com
mission. Calling attention to the
huge bond issues floated by both
California and Washington during
the past few years the governor de
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