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Herron Denies Any
Intimidation of
Federal Official
Washington (U.R) William
G. Herron Saturday denied that
he "intimidated" a government
official in seeking to land a con
tract to bjiild grain elevators in
Pakistan. He said he just threat
ened a congressional investiga
tion.
Herron, chairman of the board
of the Agricultural Construction
Co. of Los Angeles (Tacco). told
newsmen," I have doie nothing
that I call political pressure.1
Disclaims Threat
Herron said he did warn How
ard F. Morrison, project mana
ger on the Pakistan deal for the
Foreign Operations Administra
tion.'You will find yourself
subjected to inquiry by one of
the interested committees of
Congress" if Morrison rejected
all bids.
Morrison told the Senate In-
vestlgating Subcommittee late
Friday, in an explosive climax
to several days of hearings, that
Herron tried to "intimidate
him by talking of his congres
sional contacts.
He said Herron told him un
less Tacco got the contract "they
were likely to have to take re
course to the Capitol hill." Mor
rison opposed giving Tacco the
contract because it was the high
bidder He said he did not yield
Stassen Issued Order
Morrison also testified that
FOA Administrator Harold E
Ptasse:; ordered the contract
awarded to Tacco Dec. 22, one
?ay after Stassen conferred with
Tacco officials and Rep. John
Phillip3 (R-Calif).
Testimony also disclosed that
the Los Angles Chamber of
Commerce, for which Herron
was once a Washington repre
sentative, urged Senate Republi
can Leader William F. Know
land, Calif., to intervene for
Tacco. But Knowland . merely
sent the telegram along to FOA
with no request for special con
sideralion.
Measures in Oregon Legislature
Sunday. April 17, 195S
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Salem (U.R) Final action on
a proposed building program
costing nearly 515,000,000 has
been delayed by the Joint Ways
and Means Committee until next
Tuesday.
Sen. John Hounsell (R-Hood
River), chairman of the subcom
mittee which presented the
building program recommenda
tions, said he thought members
cf the full committee should
have more time to study the re
port item by item.
Largest Single Item
Largest single item on h
program was the $6,330,000
recommended for a new mental
hospital in Portland or vicinity
The money would provide the
first unit of the institution with
450 beds. Ultimate pians call for
a 1500 bed hospital to augment
present mental institutions at
Salem and Pendleton
Even if the money is appropri
ated now, the first bed would
not be ready for occupany for
three years, Hounsell said. The
board of control probably would
not be able to spend more than
$2,500,000 of the appropriation
during the next biennium.
Sen. Charles Bingner (R-La
Grande) protested that the build
ing program contained no ap
propriation for Eastern Oregon
College of Education at La
Grande and he said he felt it
was overbalanced in favor of the
Willamette valley.
Oregon Tech Building
An appropriation of $414,360,
if approved, would go for a new
shop building and equipment for
Oregon Technical Institute. Sen
George Ulett (R-Coquille) told
the committee that Ihe Klamath
Falls school turned out taxpay-
mg citizens faster than any
other educational institution in
the state.
Hounsell said the subcommit
tee recommended use of con
tract rather than convict labor
on construction of the first unit
of the new intermediate institu
tion because. of the greater effi
ciency of free labor. An item of
$1,250,000 was included for that
project. It would be in addition
to the $1,000,000 still left from
in appropriation in 1953.
Salem (U.R) The House has
voted to reconsider the votes by
which it had defeated three bills
last week. Opponents of the
moves protested that repeated
votes for reconsideration would
extend the length of the session
but were overruled.
Brought back for new at
tempts at passage were bills that
would deny cities the right to
levy business taxes based on in
come; set up a state supported
program of driver training in
high schools, and permit coun
ties to build and operate sewage
disposal systems.
The House approved a bill set
ting up standards for commit
ment to the proposed interme
diate penal institution. The ver
sion of the bill passed Friday
eliminated the rigid age limits
championed by the Oregon
Prison Association. Instead of
following the association's rec
ommendation that no men be
committed to the medium se
curity prison beyond the age of
26, the House State and Federal
Affairs Committee amended the
bill to state that, when possible,
the institution would be re
served for youths. Rep. William
Eradeen (R-Burns) said the com
mittee felt such a standard
would be more flexible than the
association recommendations.
A bill that would have re
quired cities and counties to pay
overtime to their employees for
work beyond 40 hours was de-
leated by one vote wnen it was
brought back for reconsidera
tion. It was defeated once before
by another hairline vote.
Salem (U.R) Bills which
tighten regulations for homes for
the aged and for nursing homes
have been passed by the Senate.
The measures give the State
Board of Health greater control
over operation and licensing of
operators.
Other measures passed bv the
Senate strengthen the tew re
lating to support of dependent
children. They make payment to
the court clerk mandatory and
citation for contempt of court
mandatory if payment is more
than 10 days overdue.
Acddenfal Libel CBdDQ
Approved by Senate
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Senate voted 20 to 8 late Friday
in favor of House Bill 434 which
limits the liability of inadvert
ent or accidental libel in suits
filed against newspapers, radio
and television stations. The bill
now goes to the governor.
An attack on the constitution
ality of provisions in the bill was
led by Sen. Carl Francis. He
cited court decisions in other
states where similar provisions
had been adopted and said the
courts had held that any limit of
liability was unconstitutional.
But Sen. Paul Geddes said the
issu jihad never been passed upon
by The Oregon Supreme Court
or the United States Supreme
Court, and added:
"We must pass a bill into law
before the courts can rule on it.
It is a moot question now. I
would not know this minute,
were I a member of the Supreme
Court, how I would rule. But I
believe that we should pass the
bill and thus give an opportunity
for the courts to deal with it."
Sweeiland Switches
An attempt to re-refer the bill
to the Senate Judiciary commit
tee was defeated 17 to 11. Two
members were excused.
Sen. Joseph K. Carson Jr. said
he had to vote against the bill
because he felt its provisions
violated the 14th amendment of
the federal constitution.
Sen. Monroe Sweetland who
was one of the sponsors of the
bill, voted first to refer it air
though several members ex
pressed fear such referral would
mean the burial of the bill. And
when the rollcall was taken on
the bill itself," he voted egainst
his own measure. He said he
did so because he felt it had been
shown that the bill would be
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held unconstitutional and would
not therefore give the relief
sought by the newspapers and by
radio and television stations.
Sweetland publishes a weekly
newspaper in Milwaukie.
Sen. Lowell Steen said he was
a farmer, not a lawyer, but he
had seen the effects of some of
these libel suits following unin
tentional errors and urged pass
age of the bill to give the courts
an opportunity to rule on it.
Holmes Defends It
The bill was carried on the
floor by Sen. Robert D. Holmes,
himself an operator of a radio
station. He stressed that if the
bill became law, persons injured
by intentional libel or defama
tion would have the same rights
he has now to recover damages.
It would only prevent, he said,
collection of special damages in
case of inadvertent error. Any
actual or general damages caused
by the unintentional libel could
be recovered.
Sen. Holmes expressed resent
ment against an implication he
said came from some of the op
positing senator-lawyers that the
committee on state and federal
affairs had not properly consid
ered the bill. He said hearings
had been held and attorneys ap
pearing before the committee
had disagreed in their opinions
as to whether it was constitution
al or not.
Senators voting ior the bill
were Allen, Belton, Bingner,
Boivin, Chase, Geddes, Hardie,
Hatfield, , Holmes. Hounsell.
Johnson, Leth, Lonergan, Mc
Minimee, Merrifield, Ohmart,
Steen, Ulett, Ziegler and Smith.
Senators voting against it
were Brady, Brown, Carson,
Francis, Gill, Husband, Lowry
and Sweetland. Sens. George and
Wilhelm were excused.
Gold Hill Councilmen
Slate Budget Work
Gold Hill The Gold Hill city
council will start work on the
city's budget for the 1955-1956
fiscal year at a meeting sched
uled for Monday, according to
Recorder Ferd Jones.
' Items being studied for possi
ble inclusion in the budget are
street projects, including widen
ing and paving jobs, work on the
city reservoirs, and improved
street lighting.
It is expected that, as in the
past, a city election on the bud
get will be necessary. The mat
ter depends on clarification of
the state's law on tax bases.
Foresters, SOCTFA
To Mark Anniversary
A program in observance of
the 50th anniversary of the U. S.
Forest Service will be held Fri
day at a joint meeting of the
Siskiyou chapter of the Society
of American Foresters and the
Southern Oregon Conservation
puu A.ti- aim aNuuauuUf b was
reported Saturday. .
J. Herbert Stone, Portland,
regional forester, will be the
principal speaker, and there will
be other events on the program.
The meeting will be at the
Jackson hotel starting with a
social hour at 7:30 p.m. with din
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