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TEN MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, February 17. 1955 km Party Will Open -..Convention in on Mgmi Republ San FirancisGO Bill To Put Floor Under Railroad Rates Debated at Salem Hearing Salem (U.R) Considerable debate as to whether a bill to put a floor under railroad rates would enhance or hinder trans portation competition high lighted a hearing before the Sen ate Committee on Commerce and utilities headed' by Sen. Lee Ohmart . (R-Salem) .here' last night. ' ' Sen.' Lowell Steen (R-Milton- Frewater), who introduced Sen ate bill 121 to empower the pub lie utilities commissioner to con trol reductions as well as in creases in intrastate transporta tion rates, said intent of the measure was to encourage com petition. He expressed fear that unregulated lowering of ?rtes by railroads could lead to elim ination of other forms of trans portation, after which the rates might go higher than ever. Barge Lines Little Affected Public Utilities .Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel, who said he was: speaking- neither for .or against the bill,- explained that water carriers the barge lines would be little affected be cause the courts have held the great bulk of their business is t interstate, and so subject to reg 'iilation by the ICC. He said 30 states already have the power to suspend a , reduction of rail rates, 32 -to suspend reduction in motor carrier rates and 19 have like power with respect to water carriers. P. M. Laubenfels of the Ore gon State Grange testified that the state Grange had gone on record favoring PUC control over reductions as well as in creases in transportation rates. Ben Robinson, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federa tion, said the OFBF was simi larly on record. , A statement was handed the committee from James Hill Jr., secretary of Pendleton Grain Growers Inc., saying that asso ciation of 1,100 producers-mem bers favored Senate bill 121 Les Sherwood, representing the ports of The Dalles and Uma tilla, said barge lines had twice been eliminated on the Columbia river because of unregulated Two Oregoncms Vofe Against Pay Increase Washington (U.R) Two of the Oregon House members vot ed against a $10,000 pay raise for themselves yesterday. Rep. Edith Green, Democrat, said she thought it was too much of an increase. Rep. Sam Coon, Republican, objected to' a fea ture that would make it apply to the present Congress retroac tive to Jan. 1. Rep. Walter Norblad voted for it. Rep. Harris Ellsworth was ab sent because of a trip to the Mayo clinic for treatment of an ailing left knee. mmm HEART SUNDAY FEB. 20 rate reductions by another car rier, and said both ports favor the bill. Orval Thompson, Albany at torney, said he represented sev eral Linn county shippers, in cluding the Western Craft Corp., Albany paper mill being con structed in Albany, who feared an adoption of Senate bill 121 would cramp competition rather than help it. This he said, is be cause the tendency might be to peg the minimum rates to less efficient firms rather than en abling efficient firms to pass on to the shippers the advantage of their progressiveness. Thompson, who said he repre sented several lumber compa nies sawmills and plywood plants who get their logs from increasingly distant areas, : feel that the measure "would give the PUC authority to freeze rates. We feel we are entitled to the benefits of free competi tion, for which this bill will sub stitute governmental regula tion.": " Could Limit Development ' He said such freeing" could well mean limiting the develop ment of ; the paper mill and might mean the closing of some of the Linn county sawmills and plywood plants. He read a state-meht-irom Mayor Charles K. McCormick -of Albany saying a Chamber of Commerce commit tee which investigated the bill voted unanimously against it. Others to speak against the bill included C. H. Sparks, oper ator of a fabricating plant in Eugene " who said. , the Eugene Chamber of Commerce opposed the bill, and W. T. Balsinger, manager of the Moro Grain Growers association. . , The .hearing was ; continued until next Wednesday afternoon. 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Selection of San Francisco means that for the first time the GOP will have a West Coast con vention to name presidential and vice presidential nominees. It also will.be the first, time since 1940 that the two major parties have picked separate convention cities. . Democrats plan to hold their convehtion in. Chicago the week of Aug. 13. : . In 1940, the Republicans met in Philadelphia and the Demo crats in Chicago. , ! , , The vote on San Francisco was taken after representatives of Chicago and Philadelphia ex pressed regret that their cities were not chosen. G. Mason Owl ett, national' committeeman for Pennsylvania, said he was "of course, disappointed." C. Way land Brooks, committeeman for Illinois, said he was deeply sorry that Chicago didn't get it. ., Some Republican leaders who are less than enthusiastic about Mr. Eisenhower had preferred Chicago or Philadelphia, the only other contenders for the conven tion. But Chicago was the scene last week .end .of a big anti-Eisenhower rally of Midwestern Re publicans. Those attending gen erally are -identified as the con servative wing of the party and clash frequently with the admin istration. Hall Acknowledges Split GOP National Chairman Leon ard Hall rejected as "bunk" the idea that San Francisco was "chosen- deliberately- to get away from the anti-Eisenhower con servative element. But the con vention site and the opening date of Aug. 20 were picked by those intent on running Mr. Eisen hower for a second term. Hall opened a meeting of the National Committee called to ratify the site selection today with an implied warning to the anti-Eisenhower forces to get in step or risk being bowled over politically. - He acknowledged the split within the GOP. But he wrote off the anti-Eisenhower wing as "a few " people who haven't caught up with the facts of life." "These little groups don't trouble me," he said. "Every na tion and every political party has them. But the group is small and will get smaller." Predicts GOP Victory " He predicted the Republicans can win in 1956 if they close ranks behind Mr. Eisenhower as "one of the greatest men any party ever had." Hall said Republicans have been talking for years about a West Coast convention and de cided next year was the time to have it. It will be the first GOP convention on . the West Coast and the Aug. 20 opening date will be the latest in the party's history. : . , Democrats recently announced plans to hold their convention in Chicago the week of Aug. 13. A Democratic Party spokes man said that the GOP proposal for a meeting in San Francisco the following week "makes no change in our plans." 'Jill Kinmonf Day' Held af Hospital Salt Lake City U.R) Skier Jill Kinmont of Bishop, Calif., bravely shared a party observ ing her 19th birthday with 250 other patients of General Hos pital as yesterday was "pro claimed "Jill Kinmont Day" in Salt Lake City. Miss Kinmont, an Olympic prospect, .broke her back in snow cap races at Alta a few weeks ago and has been para lyzed below the neck since. But she smiled and laughed yesterday ' as Mayor Earl J. Glade and County Commission er Adiel F. Stewart helped her eat a four-foot high birthday cake. The top decoration of the cake was a ski trophy engraved To Jill Utah's adopted daugh ter." Lt. Richard Gibson and Har old, E. Peterson of the Shrine's Golden Boot Patrol of the Los Angeles Al Malaikah Temple also came to the party, with a check : for $1000 . from the patrol. . - More than 22 "water reservoirs and tanks with San Francisco have capacities suited to serve domestic needs, and fire protec tion. - -. - California Milk Producers Leader Speaks in Ashland Ashland Lynn Bramkamp, Sacramento, manager of the California Milk Producers fed eration, was guest speaker at a recent meeting here of the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club. He characterized ' dairying, under present conditions exist ing in the industry, as a "way of life," rather than a way of mak ing a living, since profits for the producers have become virtual ly non-existent. The speaker stated he : was visiting Oregon to study trends in the dairy industry since re peal of the state milk control act last November, in the belief that California voters are likely to follow Oregon's example of repealing the California law in the near future. Laws Are 'Crutches He described milk control laws in general as "crutchels" devised during the depression to enable a badly crippled indus try to walk, and he recommend ed Oregon milk producers on their apparent willingness to do without the benefits of such artificial aids. It is his belief that if dairymen of this state can succeed in maintaining their economy through this spring, they will . probably be able to survive. Oregon producers, the speak er stated, are in a much better position to assume control of their own industry than Calif ornia dairymen would be, due to their background of experience in operating milk marketing pools, which do not exist in Cal ifornia. "The dairy industry," he concluded, "has only two op tions: to tailor its production to fit the existing demand, or to increase that demand to meet present production " levels." ' The club meeting, which was held at the home of Mr. 'and Mrs. E. B. Foyer; was preceded by a pot luck luncheon. During the business session at which Delbert Mongold of Eagle Point presided, a tentative work pro gram presented by chairman Cliff Moore, was adapted by: the club members. Hattie Anderson reported on youth activities; and Frank Schutzwol, ; Grants Pass producer, reported the meeting . of the Southern Ore gon Market Pool, which he said has been in existence approxi mately one month. Results of a survey of the ad vertising compaign inaugurated by ; Jackson County Producers were given by Richard Wester berg, manager of Jackson Coun ty Milk Producers league. Guests at the meeting included Mr.' and Mrs. Bramkamp and their daughter Marcia; Earle Jossy, Jackson, county agent, Medford; Westerberg, and Mr. and Mrs. Winterbottom and son, Grants Pass. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday ; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 nreviousday Nixon's Next Stop: Will Be Honduras :" San Salvador, El Salvador U.R) Vice President Ritfhard M. 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