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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE. MEDFORI). OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1934 PAGE FIVE "God Pity the Small Business Man If Joe Dunne Is Elected Governor' ' State Senator Sam Brown, colleague of Joe Dunne's in senate, exposes hypocricy of man who pretends to be the "poor man's friend." 3 Fords Smash Pike's Peak Climb Record The political ieniatton of this week end, was the fighting speech against Joe Dunne for governor, over the radio, Thursday night, made by Sam Brown of Marlon county, dairy far mer, political leader and for many years a colleague of Dunne's In the state senate. So many subscribers were enthusiastic over the speech, and wished to have a complete copy of it for reference, that It Is herewith printed entire: When the campaign for nomination to state offices was ended this spring, I returned to my home to attend to the duties of my farm. Since the primary election In May I have been Importuned to come to the support of the Republican nomi nee for governor. All the tactics, known to political strategist have been used upon me until conditions have been such that I find It to be my duty to the people of this state to come before them with some perti nent facts. In doing this I am not affiliated with any candidate or political or ganization; 1 am speaking as a citizen solely in the Interest of our great Oregon my state and your state. My parents along with other pio neers were empire builders, from a wilderness they shaped a vast terri tory on this western coast into, a commonwealth that supports mil lions. These empire builders founded a government on honesty, truth and sincerity of purpose. Thus they brought the commonwealth Into be ing and then passed on. Our task likewise Is one of building greatly, but it is also one of preserva tion. To preserve this heritage I have fought for clean politics all my polit ical life, and I cannot stand idly by at this time and see our state exploit ed. Before I go further I want it un derstood that this talk has no per sonal spite or malice as a basis for Ha Inception. I cannot hope for per sonal gain by Its delivery. I am going to quote from the Ore gon. an: "A good way to Judge as to what kind of a record a candidate for office In likely to make In the future. If elected Is to look up his record of the past. Men do not change their Ideas or Ideals much In going from one office to another." I have been a member of the legis lature for many years, and have held a seat in the senate during the entire time Joe E. Dunne, the Republican candidate for governor, has been a member of that body. Since men do not change their ideas or ideals going from one office to another, permit me to discuss some of Senator Dunne's legislative achievements. Am a legislator, Senator Dunne has been outstanding in some ways. Ac cording to the records he has Intro duced 183 bills, memorials and reso lutions, not Including bills intro duced by committees of which he was a member. He Is responsible for a far greater number of bills than were Introduced by any other member of either branch of the legislative as sembly during his incumbency. The cost of printing these bills, of clerical hire and occupying the time of the legislators entails an enormous exnense to the stite. The bills Introduced by Senator Dunne cover every conceivable sub ject from a five cent loaf of bread to the regulation of scavenger wagons, from authorizing the state to Issue script backed by a half million dollar appropriation to exempting fraterni ties from taxation. In spite of his campaign statements condemning the horde of inspectors, he has secured the passage of bills creating more inspectors than haa anr other member of the legislature. Rarely wsa Senator riunrte's vote recorded on the side of economy: on the contrary he was constantly allied with the forces of extravagance, ready to lift the lid off the treasury at every opportunity. When the people were struggling desperately to make ends meet, and the tax burden was almost more than they could bear, and a few senators foueht with their bucks to the wall In the Interest of economy. Senator Dunne was never in our group, but was always to be found with the vest ed Interests and running with the pack. Take the bill Introduced by the ways and means committee, which provided for a graduated reduction of the salaries of state officials for & period of two years. Senator Dunne opposed this bill, and at the same time sponsored bills providing for sal ary Increases along with other extrav agant measures. He tried to get a bill through taking " the maximum limit off the salary of the secretary of the public service commissioner which was at that time 1350.00 per month. Senator Dunne supported In the 1929 session the bill to create two additional Judgeships In Multnomah county. After Governor Patterson in the interest of economy had vetoed this bill Senator Dunne assisted In over-riding the governor's veto. The people Invoked the referendum on this bill and snowed it under 4 to 1. Senator Dunne is alwaya in his newspaper advertising calling himself a liberal. How truel His record shows that he was alwaya ready to dispense the taxpayers' money with liberality. As a lobbyist and Ice cream manu facturer, before he became senator, Mr. Dunne vigorously opposed a bill to Increase the butterfat content In ice cream to somewhere near the minimum requirements of other states. Later as a member of the sen ate he introduced Senate bill 293 1933 session supposedly regulating the manufacture of Ice cream by placing a license of $25 annually on the large Ice cream factories and one hundred dollars annually on the small two or three quart freezer oft times used by confectioners, forcing them out of competition with the large factories. God pity the small business man If Joe Dunne is elected governor. Senator Dunne adopts as his slo gan: "Father of the five dollar auto license." While- this license was adopted It Is very unfair. The man j who can afford a new car of the most expensive make pays no more for the privilege of using our roads than does the laborer going to and from his work In a rattling model T Ford. A few senators took a poll of the senate to amend the bill placing the license at three dollars and adding an ad valorum tax on new cars; this tax to be reduced 25 percent each year and after the fourth year a flat three dol lar license on the old car. This poll showed a majority of two. Senator Dunne, with other members, sensing our motives immediately adjourned the session until the following morn ing, (a political trick.) During the night they won over enough votes to defeat our purpose. Immediately upon the passage of the five-dollar license bill an additional one cent tax was placed on gasoline. This additional thrust at the poor man was energeti cally championed by genial Senator Dunne. Remember the passage of the sales tax bill at the second special session of the legislature, only a few weeks after a similar bill was overwhelm ingly defeated by the people. Before this bill was voted upon In the senate I took a poll of the members and Senator Dunne promised me he would abide by the decision of the people and vote against the bill; but when the vote was taken, he not only voted for the bill, but also voted against referring it to the people at the pri mary election held in May 1934. (See page 139 second 1933 special session Journal.) I ask you now in all seri ousness: can his promise to veto a sales tax bill be given any considera tion? The Infamous truck and bus law so ably championed by Senator Dunne in the senate and as chairman of the committee on roads and high ways la his masterpiece. A similar measure was also voted down by the people. This is one of the most vici ous bills ever enacted into a law. This law practically legislates out of busi ness the contract hauler, the man who lives in your neighborhood and who has been a very Important fac tor in the development of economical transportation from the farm to the market. By this law, many small truck owners were forced to park their trucks and seek other employment or aid from charity. Others who could raise the amount of the exorbitant tax found their already depleted liv ing margin in many cases entirely eliminated. Perhaps one of the rea sons for Senator Dunne's acting as midwife at the birth of this mon- Photo shows B. P. Hammond, driving the winning Ford V-8 entry, rounding one of the corkscrew turns. Three Ford V-8 cars with optional equipment consisting ot cylinder heads with a higher compression ratio and carburetor Jets and by pass valves available for high alti tude driving and driven by skilled mountain drivers, shattered all stock car records to take the first three places In the sixteenth annual stock car Pike's Peak HUlcltmb Labor Day. The race was supervised by the Contest Board of the Ameri can Automobile Association. The new Ford V-8 record, for the 12-mlle, 6,000 foot dash to the summit 1b 19 minutes, 25.7 seconds, and was set by B. P. Hammond, driver of Ford V-8 entry No. 2. The new mark clipped 39.5 seconds from the old record. The second winning Ford V-8 piloted by Angelo Clmlno, finished the climb In 19 minutes, 28.7 seconds, the third, driven by Olen Shu It i, in 19 minutes, 39.1 seconds. Hammond was driving his first Pike's Peak race. Clmlno, a veteran of the Pike's Peak climb, declared he had made his best recorded time In the Ford V-8. Shultz, third place winner and champion of the climb by virtue of nine victories previously, said the mark made with the Ford V-8 bet tered all his previous records. The Pike's Peak climb Is the most difficult event of Its kind In U. S. sport. The grades average 7 per cent, and at times reach a maximum of 10 per cent. This coupled with the high altitude the summit Is more than two miles above sea level the tor tuous course and many danger spots make It a strenuous test both for drivers and cars. the rest of the farmers In this de pression I t:lll have my soul and I intend to keep that. Finally he him self came in august person to take me upon the high places and show me the various kingdoms of political ap pointment that he could bestow upon me. These insults to my honor 1 have kept in my own confidence until now. Let us not, under the guise of loyalty to party Inject Chicago alley politics Into Oregon. There Is so much sham and deceit In public office that our government 111 always continue to require the careful guardianship of an alert and Intelligent electorate as long as money It worth the taking, as long as predatory wealth continues to wield Its unfair balance of power against those who are least able to defend themselves. I am NOT supporting the Republi can candidate for governor, because knowing these facts and many more like facts as I do, I am certain that the candidacy of Joe Dunne consti tutes the greatest menace threatening the people of Oregon today. My stand In refusing to support my party's candidate is simply based upon this: I know his record, i ask you, people of the state of Oregon, "Are you going to listen to this great maker of empty promises? Or will you at the polls remember his record?" Men and women of Oregon, the answer lies with you. WINDOW ULAdb IP Ml) wtodou glass and will replace your broker windows reasonably rrow bridge Cao met Works stroslty Is found in the exorbitant Insurance requirements Imposed upon the small truck owner. Bear In mind that by tbla law, any I small truck owner making application I for permit to do business. Is con- ; fronted by the strenuous objections of representatives of big truck and railroad Interests, who since the pass age of this law have moved Into the Public Service department. If by some mistake a permit la finally granted. It Is usually after months of delay. This in a supposedly free country I Another one of Senator Dunne's outstanding achievements is what Is known as the milk control bill. He member this bill was supposed to have for its object regulating of the supply and price of milk In cities and towns. This bill was Introduced by Senator Dunne and others under the guise of aiding agriculture. So cleverly was its real Intent hidden that even prominent farmers were beguiled Into aiding In its passage. Immediately upon the appointment of the milk control board a budget of twice the size of the office budget of the de partment of agriculture was set up for its operation. The funds for this budget are raised by a tax upon the dairyman's product. Then the price of milk materially increased, 65 per cent of the Increase going to the dis tributors who, with a certain group of lawyers looking for business that would likely arise from litigation, were responsible for its passage. The passage of this bill Is a crime against society. Since the enactment many children in poor homes are de nied milk, a vital necessity. This law la vicious in intent as It strkes a blow at the health and development of our coming generation. Under the regulations of this law, It is a, crime for a producer to give a needy mother some milk for her child. How can it be to the interest of the people of the state to sponsor legislation that deprives the poor of this food necessity and creates the unjust condition whereby the dairy man gets only from 20 to 40 cents of the consumer's dollar? Again. Senator Dunne consistent ly opposed the Grange power bill as he did other bills authorizing the people to take advantage of our na tural resources where the same would conflict with the interests of the utilities. Time will not permit my citing other instances where the senator has shown marked favoritism towards the big interests and against the com mon people. This chameleon senator, addicted to carrying water on both shoulders, waa with the dairyman at milking time and with the milk distributors at delivery time: with the wets In the morning and the W. . T. U. in the afternoon. He Is genial and agree able, and WILL BE WITH YOU ON ANY SUBJECT IF HE FIRST KNOWS WHICH SIDE OF THE SUBJECT YOU ARE ON. During these depressing times, with our people staggering under tax bur den, Senator Dunne in his campaign has promised enough if elected gover nor to bankrupt the state for the next twenty years. A million dollar boulevard over the Slsklyous; Wilson river, Wolf Creek and Klamath Falls highways to be built immediately; re alignment of the John Day highway opening the Iron mines near Scap poose, bird refuges for Klamath lake, frozen eggs for Eugene, grubstakes for miners at Baker . , , And so on and on, and on. It has come to my ear that Senator Dunne has repeatedly made the state ment that no offers have been ten dered me for my support. 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