Pas:e Six Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, June 13, 1940 STATE CAPITAL NEWS By A. L. LINDBECK Retirement Plan Dewey Support No Indictments Salem. Approximately 2 7,000 public employees in Oregon will be affected by the compulsory retire ment plan now being worked out by Governor Sprague's special com mittee if the legislature adopts the committee's recommendations and makes its acceptance mandatory up on all the state's political subdivi sions. These would include employees of all counties, cities, school, port and irrigation districts as well as state employees. Tentative plans submitted to com mittee members this week for fur ther study preliminary to another meeting to complete draft of the program call for compulsory retire ment of all public employees upon reaching the age of 65 years with a "pension" or retirement annuity based upon length of service and the average salary received while in the public employ. The maximum retirement pay in any case would be fixed at $83 a month. This would be available to employees with 40 years of service to their credit at an average salary throughout that period of $2000 a year. Employees with shorter ser vice credits or lower salary averages would eceive proportionately small er "pensions" upon retirement. That is an employee with only 20 ears of service to his or her credit upon reaching the retirement age of 65 years at a salary averaging $2000 a year for the 20 years would be en titled to only one-half the maximum or approximately $41 a month. Em ployees with only 20 years of ser vice to their credit at a salary aver age of $1000 a year would be en titled to onJy one -fourth the max imum or approximately $20 a month and so on. Employees leaving the public ser vice before reaching the age of re tirement either through dismissal or voluntary resignation would draw the amount of their contribution to the retirement fund plus interest earnings. In the event of the death of a public employee before reach ing retirement age his or her bene ficiary would receive the accumu lated contributions of the employee plus interest earnings. Should the plan as tentatively out lined be adopted beneficiaries would be protected in their interest in the retirement fund so long as they re mained in the public service except federal within the state. That is a school teacher could transfer her sphere of activity from one district to another without losing any in terest he or she might have built up in the retirement fund. Likewise a county employee might resign to accept employment with the state, or vice versa, and his or her social security account would follow into the new position. In order to finance the proposed program it is estimated that male employees would be required to con tribute four percent of their earn ings to the retirement fund, this con tribution to be matched by the em ploying agency with an equal am ount. Women employees having a longer life expectancy, according to tables compiled by insurance com panies, would be required to con tribute a proportionately larger am ount of their earnings to the re tirement fund ocr content themselves with the prospSft of a smaller "pen sion" upon retirement. Administration of the proposed plan would be in the hands of an ex officio non-salaried board, au thorized to employ the necessary clerical help with investment of the retirement fund to be a responsi bility of the state treasurer. Sigfrid Unander, research expert attached to the governor's staff and executive secretary to the retire ment plan committee, declares that the proposed plan is actuarily sound in contrast to many of the retire ment plans heretofore set up by states and municipalities for their employees. Its operation, he esti mates, would cost the state approx imately $100,000 a year based upon the number of employees now on the state payroll. Oregon's delegation to the Repub lican national convention will be bound to support Thomas A. Dewey for vice-president under this state's preferential primary law. Dewey with 1842 votes to his credit topped the list of write-in candidates as running mate for Oregon's favorite son, Chas L. McNary. McNary who received this state's endorsement for presidential honors was also given 1029 write-in votes for vice presi dent. Other Republican write-in candidates for vice-president in the order of their standing were Sheri day Downey, Robert Taft, Herbert Hoover, Arthur Vandenburg, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., and Wendell Will kie. Democratic voters bound their na tional delegates to support Robert M. La Follette, Jr., for the vice presidential nomination, writing in 2416 votes for the Wisconsin sena tor. Louis Johnson, assistant secre tary of war, was runner-up for vice presidential honors on the Demo cratic ticket with 2121 votes. Other candidates receiving support on the Democratic ticket for vice president included John N. Gamer, James A. Farley, Cordell Hull, Sheridan Downey, Paul V. McNutt, Burton K. Wheeler, and C. L. McNary No indictments were returned by the Marion county grand jury which concluded its investigation of the state forestry department this week but former state forester J. W. Ferguson came in for severe reproof for inefficiency and unbusinesslike procedure in the handling of certain of the funds under his care. While the grand jury found nothing illegal in the manner in wich the funds were handled its report declared that the procedure under which the funds were administered "is condu cive to waste and inefficiency." Members of Oregon's 249th Coast Artillery regiment who went into intensive training at Camp Clatsop this week will be called upon to defend the mouth of the Columbia river from simulated attack by an enemy force, according to Major General George A. White. The new ly organized anti-aircraft units will get their first opportunity to fire the new anti-aircraft guns in prac tice against targets towed behind army airplanes. The powerful searchlights with which these new units are equipped will also come into play in night practice when their powerful beams will stab the ether far above the earth in search of invading planes. The 4000 Oregon guardsmen in 'the infantry regiments and other units of the 41st division in this state will go to Fort Lewis, Washington, August 4 for 21 days of intensive training with troops from other states of the northwest. The Salem Lions club which sev eral years ago "adopted" the state school for blind as its particular project has already started a drive for a new fire-proof building to replace the frame building now used as a class room at that institution. Aid of other Lions clubs through out the state will be sought in sup port of a measure providing for the improvement which will be pre sented to- the next legislature. VETERANS OF PUBLIC SERVICE Veterans of 30 years of service with Pacific Power & Light company who will be honored during the company's 30th anniversary celebration include Frank J. Hambelton, left, and Louis Happy, with 40 and 42 years respectively in public utility service. Hambelton was employed originally in 1900 by the Joseph Milling company of Joseph, which also sold electric power. He now is rural representative for the Pacific, company at Enter prise. Happy began at Yakima in 1898 with the Yakima Water company and now is line superintendent in the company's construction depart ment with headquarters at Kennewick, Wash. Defense Included at Summer School National defense will be included in summer school work at Oregon schools, with courses in pilot train ing offered by at least two of the state controlled institutions. Oregon State college at Corvallis has been authorized to accept 50 new men for training for a three- months period starting about June 15. These men will be provided training without cost and will be given tne same work tor wnicn a charge of $40 was made this last year. The college has also respond ed to a request to make available the facilities of the school of engineering in an extensive training program in connection with national defense measures in mechanized warfare. At La Grande, the Eastern Oregon College of Education will offer a civilian pilot training program from June 15 to September 1. The pro ject is initiated by the Federal Civics Aeronautics authority and limits the training to 30 seleced pi lots, ages 18 to 25, of which 10 per cent may be girls. Total cost of the training for those selected is paid by the government except for trans portation to and from the airport. Persons applying do not have to be enrolled for regular college work this summer, but must have been a bona fide student of some college during the last school year or a graduate in the class of 1939 or 1940. Flight training will be given at La Grande airport and ground school training at the college, possibly in night classes. ed by reports from the bureau of reclamation that for the first time a decrease in noxious weed acreage is shown in its records of the Kla math project. The county spray rig has been in daily use spraying road ways, ditch banks, and similar areas with diesel oil. In addition, a burn ing crew was used to wilt certain perennial weeds. Credit for the de crease in perennial weeds in 1939 is given by County Agent Hender son to good summer fallowing being carried out by growers, as well as effective use of smother crops and, in some cases, good coverage of drains and ditch banks. Academy Vacancies Open in July, 1941 Lakeview Frank Graves of Sum mer Lake has established a trial plot of subterranean clover to see how this new forage plant will do in this part of eastern Oregon, re ports Vic Johnson, county agent. Johnson obtained IV2 pounds of seed for Graves which was planted in May. Ordinarily fall planting is preferred for this type of clover in most regions. Professional Directory Phelps Funeral Home Ambulance Service Trained Lady Assistant Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Attorney General Van Winkle has ruled that a man who raises bees for a living is actually a farmer and as such is entitled to the use of an exempt farmer's license for his truck The attorney general who several years ago ruled against apiarists as farmers was convinced of the error of his way when J D. Mickle, state director of agriculture, produced! records of the state college to show that bees are largely responsible for the pollination of farm crops valued at $12,868,738 a year in this state. Two bicycle traffic fatalities have been reported in Oregon, since the first of the year, figures compiled by the secretary of state's office dis closed. There was no bicycle fatality in April when a total of 56 accidents involving bicycles was reported. Twenty-nine persons were injured in bicycle accidents, however. Of these 29, 24 were between five and twenty-four years of age. Representative Walter M. Pierce writes this paper that the second Oregon district will have one va cancy at Annapolis and one at West Point for entrance in July, 1941, Civil service examinations for des ignation of candidates will be given on Saturday, October 5, 1940, at var ious post offices in Oregon wher ever there are candidates. West Point candidates must be qualified young men in fine phys ical condition, between 17 and 22 years of age. Annapolis candidates must be between 16 and 20 years of age. Candidates should make sure of physical fitness before entering the examination, Mr. Pierce states, and adds that perfect eyesight is of first importance. The civil service examination cov ers algebra, plane geometry, English composition, literature and United States history, and for West Point, ancient history and English gram mar in addition to other subjects. Applicants should write the con gressman, in Washington, without delay as the letter should, be receiv ed there before June 20. Catalogues will be sent upon request. WEED CONTROL EFFECTIVE Klamath Falls A county wide weed control program has been un der way here this spring, encourag- NEW AUTO POLICY Bodily Injury & Property Damage Class A $13.60 Class B $17.00 See us before financing your next automobile. F. W. TURNER & CO. Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council. G. A. BLEAKMAN, Mayor. GLENN Y. WELLS . ATTORNEY AT LAW ATwater 4884 636 MEAD BUILDING 6th at Washington PORTLAND, OREGON A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained None Assistant Office In Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office in New Peters Building J. 0. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building HEPPNER, ORE. Dr. Raymond Rice PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office First National Bank Building Office Phone o23 House Phone 823 Heppner Abstract Co. J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr. 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