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Opposing Representation Theories Advocated
At Interim Committee Hearing on Saturday
Two opposing theories of legis
lative representation were ad
vocated at a committee hearing
here Saturday afternoon.
The first, generally favored
by labor groups, would appor
tion legislative representation
strictly on a population basis;
the second, which has drawn
approval from farm groups and
"downstate" residents generally,
placet emphasis on representa
tion based on geographical areas.
The hearing was conducted by
the state's interim committee on
reapportionment, of which State
Sen. Philip Hitchcock. Klamath
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Lyto D. Raters, Agent
Falls, la chairman. Some 25 in
terested persons, including local
governmental officials, attended
the hearing, held in the court'
house auditorium.
Comoromisa Seen
A middle-of-the-road com
promise between the conflicting
viewpoints was advocated Dy tne
first sneaker. Raloh Moore.
Grants Pass, a former legislator
from Coos county, who repre
sented the state and national
affairs committee of the Grants
Pass and Josephine Count
Chamber of Commerce.
Moore said that effective state
government is predicated upon
an association of sovereign, dis
tinct counties, each having a
full and effective voice in the
state government, which in turn
should provide an atmosphere
conducive to well-being and
equity among counties, and their
protection from overriding
minoritv interests.
There should be a minimum of
restraints on local autonomy and
economic control, he said.
"American Plan"
His group's proposal on .rep
resentation embodies the "Amer
ican plan," of blending area and
population representation
through two houses of the legis
lature, as ooDosed to tne Euro
pean plan" of pure population
representation in one dominant
house.
Another main point Moore
made was a strong suggestion
4hat onnntiex particularly heav
iiv nnnulated ones such as Mult
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nomah be districted, or nave
their representatives run for
noHfiori nositions. rather than
having an election schamble
among 50 or 60 men for 13 house
eat as at oresent. This would
eliminate some of the danger of
domination by special interests
through block voting and otner
practices, he said, and violates
no basic rights.
Seas Mo Urgency
Moore stated he sees no ur
gency in the matter or reappor
tionment at present, a position
supported by State Rep. Robert
Root, Medfprd, who said 19S5 is
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the earliest possible time it could
go into effect in any event, and
that 1960 should be the "target
date" because that will be the
date of the next census, and
large population changes will
have taken place by then.
Charles Crary, of the Electri
cal Workers' union here speak
ing for the Medford Central
Labor council,' questioned the
constitutionality of the present
system, and pointed out briefly
that labor supports the position
that sparsely populated districts
should not hold the balance of
power.
He granted, however, that
some compromise would prob-
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Alaska Steamship
Docks Picketed
By Marine Union
Seattle U.R Members of the
Marine Firemen, Oilers, Water
tenders and Wipers association
Ind., picketed the Alaska Steam
ship company docks Saturday in
an effort to enforce demands for
increased overtime wages.
The pickets, representing 230
members of the union working
Alaska ships, appeared at 8 a.m.
(PST.)
Ships Mot Effected
The two company ships in
port were not affected however.
One, the SS Susitna, was in dry
dock and the other, the SS Sail
or's Splice, was under charter
to the Navy.
Union business agent Fred
Bruette said overtime scale on
Alaska Steamship company ves
sels was $2.24 an hour, compared
with $2.35 paid on trans-ocean
and other offshore vessels.
Met for Four Days
The business agent said the
union met with the company for
four days in San Francisco and
two days in Seattle in attempts
to reach an agreement.
An Alaska Steamship spokes
man said the company has of
fered the union wage increases
similar to those granted unli
censed deck personnel under an
agreement reached in October,
1951. This agreement recognized
definite differential in wage
rates between offshore and the
Alaska trade, he said.
Carolina Woman Has
'Unusual' Record
Williamston, N. C. (U.R) A
Negro woman who has given
birth to quintuplets and twins
since 1948 now has a set of triplets.
Doctors said the multiple birth
record of Viola Brown, 23, wife
of a soldier in Korea is one of
the most unusual in medical his
tory. She gave birth to quadru
plets in 1946 when she was 17
but they lived only a few hours.
Quintuplets were born prema
turely in August, 1950, and lived
only a few minutes.
A son born in 1948 and twins
born last year are living. Doctors
said the triplets born Friday av
eraged about five pounds each
and are "doing nicely."
Pfc Lonnie Brown, the wom
an's husband, entered the Army
eight months ago. He was a saw
mill worker.
ably be necessary, for practical
reasons.
Richard Westerberg, of the
Jackson County Farm Bureau
federation, and also a member
of the Milk Producers' league,
said the bureau supports e bal
ance between the two extreme
viewpoints, and thinks that tax
support should also be taken into
consideration. He said that rural
areas furnish a considerable pro
portion of the state's money,
and added that he feels rural
residents have a better under
standing of the problems of city
residents than vice versa. He
also supported positioning or dis
tricting in large cities, and
stated that each county needs at
least one senator to protect Its
own interests adequately.
Moore Hamilton, Medford
postmaster and former legislator
who spoke only as an "interested
individual," gave the committee
a warning: "Advocates of reap
portionment are those who favor
representation on a strict popu
lation basis.'
He added that Jackson coun
ty's representation would remain
as it now is under any plan so
far proposed, but said residents"
hei-e see. a great danger in per
mitting too much power to be
coiicenetrated in the hands of
representatives of densely popu
lated areas.
Explains Purpose
Senator Hitchcock explained
the committee's present purpose
is to listen to viewpoints and
collect data. Later, with their
findings before them, they will
attempt to reach a recommenda
tion to the legislature in which
each can join, he said, and point
ed out that widely diverse view
points are represented on the
committee.
Among the spectators and par
ticipants in the hour-long hear
ing were County Judge J. B
Coleman, Grants Pass Mayor
Morris Millbank, and Jackson
county's three candidates for the
house of representatives. Dr. G
A. Dierdorff and incumbents
Robert Root and Ed Mann.
Committeemen attending in
cluded Senator Hitchcock, State
Rep. Ivan C. Laird, Sitkum; Mrs.
Will Davis, Portland, represent
ing the public; Elmer McClure,
Portland, of the state Grange;
James T. Marr, Portland, repre
senting labor; Ward B. Spatz,
Medford, representing the pub
lic; Marshall Swear in gen, Salem,
of the State Farm Bureau Fed
eration, and Ralph W. Staley,
Portland, executive secretary of
the committee.
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noon Saturdays
Town's Legal System
Wiped Out by Judge
Seattle (U.R) The town ol
Kent, incorporated more than 50
years ago in King county, found
itself Saturday without a single
traffic or criminal law.
A decision by Superior Judge
Harold J. Seering wiped out the
towns entire system of misde
meanor law. Judge Seering made
the decision Friday after an at
torney appealed a traffic con
viction of one of his clients in
Kent.
Judge Seering ruled that the
town had adopted for its own the
state misdemeanor code by mere
ly referring to it. At their next
meeting, the town's fathers will
have to write the entire code in
the city books if they want legal
laws, the judge said.
Dam Construction
Said of tlo Danger
To Columbia Fish
Washington (U.R) The direct
or of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service said Saturday he be
lieved salmon would be in no
danger of extermination by the
construction of Ice Harbor dam
on the Columbia river near
Pasco, Wash.
Albert M. Day clarified his
position in a letter to Rep. Clar
ence Cannon (D-Mo.), chairman
of the House appropriations com
mittee. A sub-committee of the
appropriations committee recent
ly eliminated a request by Presi
dent Truman for $10,000,000 to
start construction of Ice Harbor.
Day referred to his appear
ance before the sub-committee
March I.
Corrects Wrong Impression .
"Any impression which my
testimony may have left that
the extermination of a salmon
species would result was in no
way intended ..." Day wrote.
"I think there is no such ques
tion that species as such are not
in any danger of extinction."
Day said, however, that "there
is no question" that there will
be some losses. "But if the dam
is built, the fisheries interests
are prepared to prescribe the
best possible devices known to
modern science to keep those
losses at a minimum," he said.
No Restriction Set
On Bone Meal Import
Washington (U.R) The Agri
culture Department does not
plan to restrict bone meal im
ports as a means of halting an
outbreak of anthrax among
American livestock.
S. O. Fladness, assistant chief
of the Department's Bureau of
Animal Industry said Saturday
that "right now we are not con
templating severe import restric
tions." If such action is taken,
he said, it would have to be
severe."
Fladness said the Bureau Is
not yet convinced that imported
meal is to blame for the anthrax
outbreak in nine states. He said
some officials feel that domestic
meal may also be suspected and
are "studying the whole picture"
before taking any action.
Of Observation Station
Salt Lake City (UJ9 The re
gional office of the U. S. Weath
er Bureau said Saturday that a
three-man weather observation
station at Stevenson, Wash.,
probably would be closed about
April 15.
Hugh Spangler, assistant re
gional director, explained that
the station was being closed as
part of a national economy
move.
East of Portland
The Stevenson station, 40
miles east of Portland in the Co
lumbia river gorge, was opened
a number of years ago to pro
vide weather data for commer
cial and itinerant fliers. It wa
reduced from fulltime to S
hours daily operation two years
ago.
Spangler said that a survey of
the gorge was now being made
to secure a suitable location
from which adequate weather
information on gorge flying
conditions could be furnished.
No Break in Service
He added that there will be
no break in service but that the
new observation post would be
in operation before the Steven
son station, originally to be
closed April 1, was closed.
Spangler said he had con
ferred on the matter with Jack
Bartlett, Oregon State Aeronau
tics director at Salem, on the
relocation of the gorge station.
Portland (U.P.) A member of
the Oregon State Board of Aero
nautics says he will join other
airmen in protesting the closing
of the Stevenson, Wash., wea
ther station.
To Consider Matter
A. J. Dwyer of Portland said
the board will consider the mat
ter at a meeting in Salem
Wednesday.
He said he realized the gov
Triplets Delivered by
Caesearean Operation
Topeka. Kan. (U.P.) Mrs. Da-
mien Levings and her new trip
let daughters all were reported
in satisfactory condition by hos
pital authorities Saturday.
The triplets were delivered by
Caesearean section Friday. They
weighed in at, respectively, four
pounds, 12 ounces, four pounds,
eight ounces; and five pounds,
eight ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Levings are res
idents of Topeka.
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urday with the biggest Puyallup
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The "Alfred in Wondersland"
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using a total of more than 1,000,
000 daffodils. Twenty-one bands
from all parts of western Wash
ington and Canada, 27 marching
units, three mounted units, floats
and decorated cars, moved
through Tacoma, Puyallup and
Sumner.
The four-hour marathon of
color paid tribute to 17-year-old
Queen Eva Beattie of Puyallup
and the Puyallup valley's im
portant bulb industry.
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Saturday night with the annual
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