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SINEWS
o First 83 Draftees
Five New PUD's
New Hospital
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem Oregon's first quota of 83
men, reporting this year for a year
of military training under the re
cently enacted selective service act
were all selected from volunteers
who had applied to their local boards
for immediate induction into the
army, according to Lt. Col. Elmer
V. Wooten, state director of selec
tive service. At that the 83 repre
sented only about 40 percent of the
volunteers in the districts contribu
ting this first contingent, Wooten
said.
Only ten Oregon counties were
called on to supply men in this first
quota. Multnomah county supplied
24 of the 83 men, these being called
up from six of the county's 13
draft districts. Other counties con
tributing to the first quota and the
number of men from each were:
Lane, 12; Klamath, 10; Benton, 5;
Linn, 5; Hood River, 5; Deschutes,
5; Coos, 6; Josephine, 6; and Mar
ion, 5.
Data is now being assembled on
all Oregon men now serving in the
various fighting forces of the na
tion, including the national guard,
according to Colonel Wooten. As
soon as these records can be broken
down each loal draft board will be
given credit for the men from his
district already in the service and
these credits will operate to off-set
future calls under the selective
service act.
A total of 186 Oregon motorists
were deprived of their operator's
licenses during the month of Octo
ber, according to figures compiled
by Secretary of State Earl Snell.
Ninety-one of those had their li
censes revoked for drunken driving.
Reckles driving acounted for 43 li
cense suspensions. Thirty-three Or
egon motorists ran afoul the law
while traveling in other states, 24
of those being guilty of drunken
driving.
Pending receipt of the complete
text of the report by the Osborne
Association criticising conditions of
the state training school for boys
members of the state board of con
trol refused to comment on the re
port. J. S. Murray, fingerprint ex
pert at the state prison, however,
called attention to the fact that
fingerprinting at the boys' school, to
which the Osborne report objected,
was ordered by the board of con
trol five years ago over the objec
tion of Sam Laughlin, superinten
dent of the institution, who feared
that the practice would lead to pub
lie criticism.
Meeting here Saturday to canvass
the results of the recount election
the State Hydroelectric commission
issued proclamations authorizing the
creation of five new peoples utility
districts. The five districts in which
a majority of the voters favored the
PUD were Central Lincoln, Clats
kanie, Columbia River, Union coun
ty and Central Oregon. In Union
county the municipalities of Elgin
and Island City voted against the
PUD and were not included in the
district. In the Central Oregon dis
trict, which includes portions of Jef
ferson, Crook and Deschutes coun
ties, the city of Prineville voted it
self out of the district. Six other
proposals to create PUD's were re
jected at the recent election.
In spite of the fact that general
fund revenues for the next bien
nium will exceed those of the 1939
40 biennium by approximately $1,
500,000 the legislature will actually
have less money available for ap
propriation purposes than it had
two years ago. This is due to the
fact that relief needs will dip into
the general fund for approximately
$2,500,000 to supplement profits from
the state's liquor monopoly. This
drain on the treasury, exceeding the
1939 appropriation by approximate
ly $1,900,000 more than off-sets the
estimated increase in revenue, most
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of which is accounted for by the
six per cent annual increase which,
compounding annually as it does,
will increase the tax base for the
two year period by $1,329,282 over
the 1938 and 1939 levies.
Recognizing the need for improve
ment of conditions at the state hos
pital for insane at Salem Governor
Charles A. Sprague is recommend
ing to the next legislature the con
struction of a 300-bed treatment
hospital at that institution at an es
timated cost of $325,000. This, in
cidentally, is the only major capital
outlay included in the budget for
the forthcoming biennium, all other
requests for new buildings at state
institutions being turned down by
the budget department because of
lack of funds with which to finance
their construction.
While state officials admit that
conditions at the hospital are by no
means ideal they at the same time
deny that they are as deplorable as
pictured in. recent attacks on that
institution. The buildings while old
are substantial and have been made
reasonably fireproof through the in
stallation of sprinkler systems and
the over crowded condition will be
greatly relieved by the construction
of the new building provided for in
the hospital budget.
Admitting that the per capita cost
of the Salem institution is much
lower than that of institutions in
neghboring sates, state officials
point out that these costs in the Sa
lem institutions are still above those
at the Pendleton hospital with a
much smaller population. The low
cost of feeding inmates of the Ore
gon institutions is explained by the
fact that much of the foodstuff is
produced on the institution farms.
The per capita cost item includes
only such foodstuffs as are issued
from the hospital commissary, such
as flour, beef, sugar, salt, etc. It
does not include milk, butter, eggs,
pork, vegetables and other supplies
which are produced by the institu
tion and which constitute the major
items of daily diet of the hospital
inmates.
The House Speakership race, now
seemingly hopelessly deadlocked
will probably not be settled until
a showdown can be had when the
legislature convenes in January. The
definite withdrawal of John Steel
hammer of Salem from the race
leaves it a two-way contest be
tween Robert S. Farrell, Jr., of
Portland and Wm. McAllister of
Medford. Claims by Farrell that he
has the names of 30 representatives
"on the dotted line" in support of
his candidacy are disputed by Mc
Allister, whose challenge of the Far
rell claim has brought forth a state
ment from at least one House mem
ber listed by Farrell denying that
he has made any committment.
The state this week filed suit in
the circuit court for Multnomah
county in an effort to recover $9000
alleged to have been erroneously
paid to the Oregon Forest Fire as
sociation and R. H. Chaplor its man
ager by J. W. Ferguson as state
forester. The complaint in the suit
asserts that on June 25, 1936, Fer
guson paid the fire association $4500
"in payment of a purported obliga
tion that the state owed to the de
fendant association, on behalf of the
Southwest Oregon Forest Protective
association." A second check for
the same amount and in payment of
the same "purported obligation" is
alleged to have been paid the fire
association by Ferguson on March
9, 1937.
Unemployment compensation paid
to jobless workers in Oregon, so far
this year have averaged slightly
more than $367,000 a month as com
pared to $350,000 a month during the
first 10 months of 1939, a report by
the Oregon Unemployment Com
pensation commission shows. Con
tributions to the jobless insurance
fund for the 10 months of the cur
rent year totalling $6,610,644 repre
sent an increase of $1,000,000 over
payroll taxes paid during the same
period in 1939.
News for the man of the house.
Give the lady of the house one of
Myrtle's distinguished permanents
for Christmas. 37tf.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Washington, D. C, Nov. 20. Ad
roitly, President Roosevelt is chang
ing the National Labor Relations
board from a scourge for employers
and haven for young radicals who
disapprove of the American form
of government, to a more conserva
tive agency. The practice of razzing
employers on the slightest provoca
tion and going beyond the Wagner
act to impose punishment and in
terpreting conduct of payroll makers
as crimes, is to be abandoned.
Principal criticism against the
Wagner act was not of the law but
of the manner of its administration
by NLRB. The board took the view
that an employer had no rights
which should be respected. The
board promoted boycotts, strikes,
and while permitting certain labor
groups to attack the employer for
bade and punished employers who
attempted to print their side of the
story. The board even sought to de
stroy freedom of the press; under
took to punish an editor for pub
lishing an article favorable to an
eastern industry.
Some of the board's best trouble
makers were employed in Washing
ton and Oregon. For its review sec
tion the board hired many young
men and women who had scarcely
left law school and these acted on
the reports of examiners, who had
to know law. Many of the employes
of NLRB were associated with Communist-controlled
"fronts." Mem
bers spied upon one another and an
examiner who appeared to give an
employer a fair break became sus
pect and soon was off the payroll.
NLRB leaned toward CIO and
against AFL, as the records show
and a congressional investigation
proves. As a result of the board's
failure to play fair with both, labor
organizations it caused strife and
increased bitterness, prevented la
bor from presenting a solid front.
President Roosevelt was patient
for a long time, but immediately af
ter election he acted to reform the
board. This was accomplished by
appointing Dr. Henry A. Millis in
place of J. Warren Madden. Dr. Mil
lis is notionally known as a labor
conciliator. With Dr. Leiserson,
member of the board and also fam
ed as a labor conciliator, NLRB has
now two seasoned, well-balanced
members with years of experience.
Next step will be a housecleaning
of the employes of radical type.
President Roosevelt believes he has
now cured a trouble spot.
The national grange is pleased
with the board changes, but insists
that amendments to the Wagner act
recommended by the grange and
AFL be enacted. Thee amendments!
have been bottled in a senate com
mittee for months by Senator Thom
as of Colorado and Senator LaFol
lette of Wisconsin.
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Paul J. Raver, administrator of
Bonneville and Grand Coulee pow
er, is in the national capital asking
for more money to construct more
transmission lines. His program calls
for extending line into the Blue
mountains, into central Oregon, and
on the coast in Oregon and spread
ing out into remote sections of
Washington.
Only stand of Port Orford cedar
in the world may be saved by the
government. For years Japan bought
the cedar logs, sent shiploads to Jap
an, and the supply of trees gradu
ally diminished. These trees are
stubborn about reforestation, altho
the forest service is conducting ex
periments with indications of suc
cess. There is a probability that the
last stand of these cedars may be
declared a national monument and
thereby preserved for future gener
ations. Protest, if any, will come
from county officials who do not
Oregon
Noise Out, Alumni in
Homecoming Plans
Oregon State College A home
coming program designed for alumni
rather than students has been an
nounced by Larry Marshall, chair
man of the committee. The time
consuming and rather dangerous
noise parade has been dispensed
with as has the midnight matinee,
but more plans for alumni entertain
ment are included in the events of
November 29 and 30.
The traditional Friday night foot
ball rally prior to the U. of O.-OSC
game will start with a torch-light
parade ending at the annual Rook
bonfire, long considered the out
standing collegiate rally bonfire in
the west. Elaborate house signs will
be featured by all living groups as
usual.
Saturday, a special luncheon for
clases of 1920 to 1923, inclusive, will
precede the game at 2 o'clock. In
the event an alumni reception and
dinner dance in the remodeled
Memorial Union ball and banquet
room will end the day's events. A
brief dedication service for the re
modeled portions of the building is
planned as a feature of the dinner
program.
want the timber removed from the
tax roll.
Despite re-employment resulting
from the .national defense program
and British munitions orders, there
is still the relief program. The gov
ernment is spending about 11 mil
lion dollars a month on relief and
President Roosevelt will ask con
gress for approximately 350 million
dollars in January to carry the re
lief work on until next June 30. The
President continues approving as el
igible for WPA funds many county
wide road programs in Oregon and
Washington, but which are depend
ent on additional funds being voted
by congress.
When the Mexican government
learned that Vice President Wallace
was being sent to attend the inaug
uration of the newly elected Mex
ican president it decided to play
no favorites, and sent an invitation
to the defeated Republican vice
presidential candidate, McNary of
Oregon War or no war, Recla
mation Commissioner John Page is
asking the director of the budget for
enough money to carry on the rec
lamation projects in the Pacific
northwest.
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