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. ' He has
said that- his only desire Is to have
me In his official family as one of
his advisors.
Let me tell you the facts, since
the primary election Senator Dunne
HAS SENT ONE EMISSARY AFTER
ANOTHER TO BARGAIN WITH ME.
I sent this message back to him. that
while I have lost my ahlrt along with
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An encouraging amount of business
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selection than haa been taken from
territory lines for many weeks.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (AP) The
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Hugh S. Johnson today was laid on
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good.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 13. (AP)
Plans for the projected $130,000
training school building at La Orande
nearer" final approval today with the
state board of higher education's en
dorsement given at a special meeting
here last night.
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