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Thursday, February 17. 1955
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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.
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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 Viewed
As Shrewd Move
By Pro-Ike Group
Washington (U.R) The Re
publican National Committee
voted unanimously today to open
the party's 1956 convention at
San Francisco on Aug. 20.
The committee accepted by
voice vote the recommendations
of a seven-member subcommit
tee which had picked San Fran
cisco over invitations from Phil
adelphia and Chicago. . .
Observers viewed the selec
tion of San Francisco as a shrewd
move by pro-Eisenhower forces.
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.
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Nixon's Next Stop: Will Be Honduras
:" San Salvador, El Salvador
U.R) Vice President Ritfhard M.
Nixon 'winds up his visit to" El
Salvador today and flies to
neighboring Honduras.
Nixon is scheduled -to take
off aboard his special plane for
Teguciagalpa. Honduras is Nix
on's fifth stop on his 7500-mile
goodwill tour of Central Ameri
ca and the Caribbean.
During his two-day visit to
El Salvador, Nixon conferred
with President Oscar Osorio and
top ; Salvadaroan , government
and industrial leaders,, visited
schools and housing projects.
He created a sensation yester
day by entering . . a . downtown
barbershop for a haircut. Hun
dreds of persons pressed against
the shop's windows to catch a
glimpse of the prominent
visitor.
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