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STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
No Special Session
Much Stationery
Hot Politics
By A. L. LINDBECK
(Editor's Note Due to enforced ab
sence of Mr. Lindbeck from the
state capital, Jis weekly news'
letter is being discontinued for
a few weeks.)
Salem, Ore. Suggestions that the
state legislature be called into special
session to amend the assessment laws
met with an emphatic "no" on the
part of Governor Charles A. Sprague.
The suggestion has been made by
Portlanders, aroused over the pros
pect of increased taxes on residence
properties as a result of the recent
opinion of the state tax commission
condemning the use of the "varied
ratio" system of assessments inj
Multnomah county.
The governor declared that ex
cept for a highly vocal minority
there has been no demand for a
special session. Furthermore there
is little assurance that the legislature
could or would do anything to cor
rect the situation in Multnomah
county even if convened in extra
ordinary session.
Unless and until some one can
convince him that a real emergency
exists he has no intention of calling
a special session, the governor de
clared. .
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, May 15, 1941
of $2 a day for these services. The
$1 per day increase will cost the
accident fund approximately $75,000
a year, members of the accident
commission said.
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Washington, D. C, May 15. Iso
lationists to the contrary, millions of
people to the contrary, the United
In spite of the fact that the elec
tions of 1942 are still months in the
future the political pot is beginning
to simmer right merrily here in Ore
gon.
Howard Latourette, former speak
er of the House of Representatives
was definitely "drafted" as a candi
date for governor at a "coming out"
party staged by a group of his sup
porters in Portland a couple of weeks
ago, thus assuring the Democrats of
at least one entry in the race for
that number one spot.
While he has made no formal an
nouncement of his intentions it is I States will shortly be -a belligerent
generally taken, for granted that! The United States will guard mer-
Robert S. Farrell. Jr., of Portland, I chant ships across the Atlantic call
Speaker of the House in the recent it convoy or patrol and soon Presi
legislative session, is definitely in dent Roosevelt will act, for the de-
the race for Secretary of State. This mand for convoys increases by leaps
suspicion is strengthened by young and bounds. The industries are mov
Farrell's frequent appearance in the ing into their stride; the president
public print The youthful Speaker has called for a 24-hour day seven
overlooking no opportunities to get days a week. William Knudsen de-
his name before the reading public nounced the "Friday to Monday"
no matter how far he has to stretch blackout months ago but it required
a point in order to manufacture an many months for the administration
interview. to recognize that "Time's a-wastin'."
But the big question mark in Ore- and "It is later than you think."
gons political arena is Earl Snell. Better than any other section of
Serving now in his second term as America, the national capital is
secretary of state Snell is barred aware of the gravity of the situation;
by the constitution from a-third con- of the plight of the British. Here
It required 178,200 envelopes and
167,350 letterheads costipg a total of
$2,204.65 to fill requisitions filed by
members of the state legislature
during the recent session. Stamps
totalling $6,309.14 were also requisi
tioned by the lawmakers and the
several committees. One member of
the House is charged with 6150 en
velopes and 5850 letterheads, as well
as miscellaneous stationery items to
a total cost of $98.37 in addition to
$69.50 worth of stamps to supple
ment his meager per diem. On the
other hand another representative
managed to get along with only 300
envelopes and 200 letterheads, at a
total cost of $4.58 while the postage
bill of this modest member totalled
only $7.75.
With industry working at high
gear and unemployment at a min
imum indications now are that the
unemployment compensation fund
may reach the "ceiling" of $14,373.
512 set by the recent legislative ses
sion, before the end of the current
year. Employers with unfavorable
employment records during the past
few years are particularly interested
in this situation inasmuch as when
this "ceiling" is reached penalties
otherwse applied to this group of
employers will be waived and the
maximum pay roll tax fixed at 2.7
per cent The unemployment com
pensation fund hit a new high at
$12,170,124 last week with receipts
for the first four months of this
year totalling $3,130,902 compared
to $2,846,950 for the same period last
year. At the same time benefit pay
menta were shown to have dropped
off by 32.5 per cent with payments
for the first four months totalling
only $1,444,067 compared to $2,141,
004 for the same period in 1940.
secutive term in that office. Having
has a taste of political life it is be
lieved that he very much desires to
continue in the public service. But
just which way will he turn? That
is the' question most often asked
whenever two or more politically
minded persons get together Will
he choose to become a candidate for
governor and thus oppose Charles
A. Sprague for the republican nom
ination, for it is generally conceded
that Sprague will seek a second
term. Or will he seek to wrest the
senatorial toga from the veteran
Chas. L. McNary who has let it be
known that he has no intention of
retiring upon the expiration of his
present term. Most logical sugges
tion appears to be that Snell will
enter the race for Congress from
the big second district where the
Republicans have been waiting a
good many years for the right man
to come along to defeat the veteran
New Deal Democrat, Walter M.
Pierce of LaGrande. As to that
Snell himself is not saying and since
he appears to be the only one who
knows what he has in mind his fu
ture course will probably remain
a matter of speculation until he fi
nally decides to take the public
into his confidence, some six or
eight months hence
centers news of the world war.
which the eyes and ears of the state
department are constantly reportirig.
From Washington has been con-
needed bv the British which the
British could not produce but which
could be readily furnished by Amer
ica. Until quite recently few indus
trialists or labor leaders believed
that there was any haste in produc
tion. Industrialists declined to ex
pand plants until an arrangement!
jwas made that these plants would
not be a tax burden thereafter. A
perfect epidemic of strikes broke
out, jurisdictional, for the closed
shop, for higher wages. The workers
lost payment of millions of dollars
while they tied up industries. These
difficulties are being straightened
out. In the past two weeks the first
of the tanks, light and medium,
have made their appearance sam
ples, but excellent samples, and soon
there will be thousands of these ma
chines of death. Production of pow
der, long delayed; of the Garand
rifle, of machine guns, of large and
small ordnance and equipment are
all being speeded up.
America is in the process of build
ing one of the largest, if not the
largest, air forces in the world.
Army and private training schools
are preparing to educate another
30,000 fliers; to instruct several hun
dred thousand in ground work. More
airports are to be constructed for
army and civilian use; plane makers,
now operating at capacity, must
again expand their plants.
And while all this activity is in
progress, while the Umted States
is being geared for "its biggest job,
costs are piling high; costs which
must be paid by the American peo-
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ducted the educational campaign I pie, beginning next year. Taxes will
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Compliance with the law requiring
uniformity in assessments will not
work a hardship on the taxpayers
as a whole but will only tend to
equalize taxation, Chas. V. Gallo
way, member of the state tax com
mission told a group of county as
sessors at a conference here last
week. While taxes on some proper
ties will necessarily be increased
where past assessments have been
too low, other properties in the
same classification will be reduced
in assessed values or at least benefit
through a reduction in the tax rate,
Galloway pointed out.
Meeting the demands of hospitals
half way the state industrial acci
dent commission this week adopted
a new schedule of hospital rates
providing for an increase of $1 per
day over the rates now paid for the
care of hospitalized accident cases
under the workmen's compensation
act The Portland Hospital associa
tion recently demanded an increase
Only 28 per cent of automobile
owners carry liability and property
damage insurance according to est
timates by the state insurance de
partment. That means that of the
400,000 automobiles registered in
Oregon approximately 285,000 are
not insured. Many, if not most of
these, are operated by owners who,
being without insurance protection,
are not in position to pay any sub
stantial claim for damages resulting
from a traffic accident for which
they might be responsible. This pre
sumption appears to be borne out
by the fact that in the less than
six years experience under Oregon's
safety responsibiUty act 452 motorists
have had their licenses suspended
for inability to pay judgments and
of this number 356 are still barred
from the highways, never having
been able to qualify for reinstate
ment of their driving permits.
Science Collections at
Ore. State Are Large
Oregon State College The herb
arium of the school of science here
has the largest collection in Amer
ica of subterranean fungi, according
to a report made by Dr. Helen Gil-
key, curator. The herbarium, which
includes specimens of thousands of
different kinds of plants, is of econ
omic value in providing a means of
identifying both weeds and crop
plants, and it also provides working
material for students in botany.
The collection of insects in the
entomology department has recently
been increased by gifts until now it
ranks as the second most comolete
collection west of the Mississippi
river.
which will make America brothers-in-arms
with the British. America
is pledged to aid England; congress
has voted seven billion dollars for
the lend-lease-give program. Ma
terial is beginning to move across
the continent to the Atlantic sea
board. This material consists of the
weapons of war and of food. There
is mighty controversy raging over
these cargoes whether they should
paddle their own canoe or have
hovering over, ever near, American
bombers and destroyers until they
reach the "other side."
Leading in the campaign to show
reasons for convoy are members of
the president's cabinet. Five of his
cabineteers have openly insisted on
guarding these cargoes from being
sent to Davy Jones' locker. Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull, Secre
tary of Commerce Jesse Jones, Sec
retary of War Henry Stimson, Sec
retary of Navy Frank Knox, and
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
Wickard of the president's official
family have made the plea. Senator
Guffey and Senator Pepper, both
new dealers who frequently send up
trial balloons, have urged the con
voy system; called upon the presi
dent in their speeches on the senate
floor to act. Admiral Emery S. Land,
appointed chairman of the maritime
commission by the president; several
active admirals and rear-admirals
have spoken for a convoy. Secretary
Wickard has instructed his subord
inates to put the great agricultural
machine extension agents, AAA,
soil conservation committees, an ag
gregate of officials personally con
tacting farmers into action and in
sist upon convoys,
All of these speakers could be
silenced by one word from the pres
ident, but there is no reprimand, be
cause guarding those supplies of
food and munitions is what the pres
ident intends doing Those are his
sentiments, and that is why there
is no rebuke. There is no doubt
about a large section of the
American people being opposed to
convoys, for they are writing and
wiring to members of congress; also
to the president. Senators who are
voicing this oppisition are wasting
their breath, but they show courage
in carrying on a losing fight, in
battling for a cause already lost. Of
course, when the die is cast those
senators, and those Americans who
are protesting convoys will abide
loyally by the decision, as becomes
good citizens.
Fears that convoys would be even
tually used were expressed by mem
bers of the house and senate when
the lend-lease bill was under de
bate, but administration spokesmen
gave solemn assurance that there
was no danger of such action; there
would be no convoying by American
warships, they said; the bill was
just to lend or lease the articles
probably take 25 percent of this
year's income two bits out of every
dollar.
NAMED SORORITY HEAD
University of Oregon, Eugene.
Lucille Reed, Hardman, has been
elected vice president of Sigma
Kappa sorority at the University of
Oregon. Miss Reed, a graduate of
Lewis and Clark high school, is a
junior majoring in business adminis
tration at the University. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E.
Reed.
Vawter Parker
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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HARDMAN GIRL HONORED
Oregon State College, Corvallis.
Ann Mclntyre of Hardman, fresh
man in education at Oregon State
college, was one of 60 freshman in
education pledged to Alpha Lambda
Delta, national scholastic honor so
ciety for sophomore women, which
gives recognition to those girls who
make a high scholastic record dur
ing their freshman year.
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