FOURTEEN MEDFO RD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, April 14, 1955
Senate OKs First
Measure in House
Taxation Program
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Senate passed the first measure
in the tax program built by the
House, but not before a burst of
heated debate late yesterday.
Sen. Gene Brown , (R-Grants
Pass) called it "stop-gap" legis
lation. He said the Legislature
wasn't facing up to the problem
on a permanent basis.
The bill repeals exemptions
from the corporate excise tax
which have been enjoyed by
utilities and by corporations
which get 95 per cent of their
income from real property
rentals.
Brown 'Presumptuous' 0
Sen.' Paul E. Geddes (R-Rose-burg)
sternly told the Senate in
general and Sen. Brown in par
ticular that the senator from
Grants Pass was pres-impt"ous
in calling the program "stop
gap" when he didn't even, know
what the tax committee mem
bers plan for the remainder of
the program. He said the mem
bers themselves have not yet
made up their minds.
Two Dissenting Votes
Sen. Lee Ohmart (R-Salem)
acting chairman of the Senate
assessment and Taxation Com
mittee, said emphatically it was
not a "stop-gap" program they
were working on but a perma
nent one. He said the measure
lifting the exemptions on utili
ties and repealing what is called
the "skyscraper" clause concern
ing property rentals was expect
ed to pick up $3,500,000 in the
next biennium.
Sen. Howard Belton (R-Can-by)
said the measure to put the
corporate excise tax on utilities
"plugs a loophole that we have
been trying to fill for 25 years."
After lengthy debate in which
several others joined, the Sen
ate passed the bill with only tvo
dissenting votes Sens. J. O.
Johnson (R-Tigard) and Warren
McMinimee (R-Tillamook).
Sen. Brown explained, after
the rollcall, that he had voted
for the measure because Sens.
Geddes and Ohmart had con
vinced him that the bill was not
a stop-gap measure.
The action of the measure
answered amply, observers said,
charges made by some house
members that the Senate tax
committee would do nothing but
m?rk time this week while
Chairman Rudie Wilhelm (R
Portland) is in Chicago attending
a convention of the national as
sociation of warehousemen of
which he is a director.
In fact, Sen. Ohmart scheduled
three meetings for his commit
tee today. 1
The Senate also passed House
bill 40 yesterday. It defines true
cash value as the market value
of property on the assessment
date. But the Senate amended
the measure to postpone its ef
fective date until Jam 1, 196i,
so the bill now goes back to the
House.
House Passes Measure
To Outlaw Feminine
Wrestlers in Oregon
Salem U.P; A bill to ban
women wrestlers from Oregon
was approved yesterday in the
House.
Rep. Edwin Johnson (R-Eu-gene)
said the bill was needed
to protect public morals because
wrestling exhibitions featuring
women attracted children who
were subjected to the bawdy re
marks of the audiences.
Jensen Embarrassed
Rep. Robert Jensen (R-Port-land)
told the House he was em
barrassed to admit to his consti
tuents that he had taken time
at the Legislature "to pass on
stuff like this." He asserted that
those who objected to women
wrestlers need not attend wres
tling matches where they ap
peared. Rep. Maurine Neuberger (D
Portland) objected to the bill as
discrimination.
Members rejected a bill that
would have required cities,
counties and school districts to
pay their employees overtime.
Opponents objected that the bill
would sharply increase the costs
of local government.
A bill that would have al
lowed counties to construct,
maintain, and operate sewage
disposal works in unincorpor
ated areas was also defeated in
a lengthy afternoon session
yesterday.
Approved was a bill eliminat
ing the present requirement that
detailed statements of county
expenditures be published
monthly in newspapers of rec
ord Rep. Al Loucks (R-Salem)
said the bill would, save the
counties thousands of dollars
and would not deprive the pub
lic of its rights of full informa
tion about county affairs.
Financial Statements
The bill would provide for
posting of financial statements
on the courthouse bulletin board
and interested taxpayers could
obtain statements by mail by request.
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