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Morse Sponsored Bill
Aids Oregon Truckers
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington (Special) Ore
gon truckers benefited by a
change in the new federal high
way aid bill passed by the Sen
ate last week when Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) successfully put
through an amendment to relax
somewhat restrictions in the
bill on weights and measure
ment requirements imposed on
the trucking industry.
Morse told the Senate he of
fered the amendment because
the truecking industry had told
him otherwise it would suffer
financially if some of its equip
ment that exceeded the weight
and dimension limits was made
obsolete by the tighter ban pro
posed in the bill.
A the bill came from the Sen
ate Public Works Committee,
where Sen. Richard L. Neuberg
er, (D-Ore.) helped draft it, it
would have denied federal high
way aid (1) to any state which
increased its weight and dimen
sion limits beyond those it cur
rently had in effect, or (2) to
states which do not have a com
plete set of truck regulations
and permit operation of trucks
that exceed the recommended
restrictions of the American As
sociation of State Highway Of
ficials (AASHO).
The first restriction would have
cracked down on states which
the committee noted "have con
tinued to increase the permis
sible size and weight of trucks
and buses on the highways." The
legislature of New Mexico at its
recent session enacted such a
bill, as did the Idaho assembly.
Pennsylvania's legistlature, now
In session, is working on such
a proposal. The second restric
tion would have hit states that
have no bans on certain weights
or dimensions, such as Nevada
and Michigan which fail to limit
the height of trucks and Ver
mont which imposes no limit on
the axle load of single tandem
vehicles.
"Use of our highways by ve
hicles heavier than those for
which the highway is designed
Inevitably results in deteriora
tion of the highway, excessive
accidents and impairment of tax
payers' Investment," the com
mittee reported.
Oregon's weight and dimen
sion limitations conform precise
ly with those recommended by
the AASHO, with the exception
of its mora generous limit on the
gross maximum weight of truck
combinations, 76,000 pounds.
AASHO recommended 71,900.
Morse pointed out in debate,
however, that in Oregon "the
legal limit for tractor-trailer
combinations is 50 feet (in
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length) by law, but the state
highway commission is author
ized to designate specific high
ways which, in their opinion,
are capable of handling longer
vehicles and they have so desig
nated several interstate routes
which would be on the interstate
system, permitting 60 feet in
stead of 50 feet."
Under the committee bill,
Morse said Oregon would prob
ably have been denied funds if
it continued to allow this ex
ception to its 50-foot limit. Like
wise, he said Nevada would have
been in trouble for allowing
13Ji foot high trucks to use its
interstate routes, inasmuch as
the AASHO recommended lim
it is 12V4 feet and Nevada has
no legal limit on height.
Morse's amendment, adopted
by the Senate by acclamation,
would require only that truckers
continue to comply with the laws
that are in effect in each state
on July 1. If the state increased
its limits after that date, it
would be ineligible for federal
highway aid.
'fTbe representatives of the
trucking industry seemed to
think," Morse told the Senate,
"that the amendment I have of
fered and they wrote it; I did
not write it will, in their judg
ment, make the clariication
which they feel is needed be
cause there' is no doubt about
their sincerity and very great
concern that section 2d in its
present form will result in ma
king obsolete tens of thousands
of dollars worth of equipment,
so they have said to, me."
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D
Wash.), joining Morse, pointed
out that the bill would have con
flicted with Washington's toler
ance of 10 per cent on logging
trucks using specified roads. He
agreed truck regulations should
be left to the states. -
Klamath Indians Set
Amendment Studies
Klamath Falls (U.R) Amed
ments to a federal law provid
ing for termination of the Klam
ath Indian Reservation will be
considered by the tribe's execu
tive committee at a business ses
sion Monday.
The meeting, to be "held in
the tribal council house at the
Klamath Agency, is also for the
purpose of reviewing Indian
hunting and fishing rights on
the reservation.
Attending the meeting, in ad
dition to the 19-man council, will
be Glen Wilkinson, attorney rep
resenting the Washington, D. C.
general counsel for the tribe,
and Klamath Falls attorney, J.
C. O'Neill, local general coun
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Water Supply Outlook
In Basin Said Better
Portland (U.R) The water
supply outlook for the Colum
bia Basin has continued to im
prove slightly throughout the
entire basin as a result of de
layed snow melt and snowfall
at high altitudes, weather bur
eau river forecasters reported
Saturday.
A joint statement released by
Anthony J. Polos of the Portland
weather bureau river forecast
Dr. Byrne Attacks
Infringement Upon
Education Boards
La Grande (U.R) Dr.
Charles Byrne, retiring chancel
lor of the Oregon state system
of higher education, Friday crit
icized what he called the "creep
ing infringement upon the au
thority of state boards of edu
cation in Oregon and over the
nation."
Dr. Byrne, speaking before the
members and guests of the East
ern Oregon College Advance
ment, said he could speak free
ly because he was retiring from
the chancellorship.
He said some of the lnfringe-
Unents In Oregon had come from
Qie Legislature, some from other
departments of the state govern
ment, and some from other or
ganizations. Tells Of Restrictions
Byrne mentioned specifically
restrictions on Board of Higher
Education publications and pur
chase of equipment. He told his
La Grande audience that he
thought the state system of
higher education should be es
tablished as a constitutional en
titiy rather than as a statutory
body as it is now.
He added that the Legislature
should appropriate funds for
education land the educational
system should be free to spend
them as it sees fit.
"Educators are the experts
and they know how the money
should be spent," he said.
Byrne was commencement
speaker at the college Saturday
morn Inf.
Governor Patterson
Lists Appointees
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul
Patterson has reappointed Sam
uel M. Bowe of Grants Pass as
a member of the Advisory Com
mittee to the Director of Veter
ans' Affairs, representing the
American Legion.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L.
Patterson has appointed Cleo H.
Jenkins of Corvallis as a mem
ber of the State Board of Arch
itect Examiners, succeeding
Howard R. Perrin of Klamath
Falls whose term has expired.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L.
Patterson has appointed Dr.
George W. Redpath of Portland
as a member of the Dental
School Advisory Council to the
State Board of Higher Education.
Dr. Redpath succeeds Dr. J. H.
Rossman of Portland, whose
term has expired.
Gov. Patterson reappointed P.
D. Quisenberry of Salem as a
member of the Oregon State
Board of Pharmacy.
Most Highway Fatalities
Occur on 'Open Roads'
Salem (U.R) About 80" per
cent of the 420 traffic fatalities
in Oregon last year occurred in
"open road" smash-ups outside
the limits of any city or town,
the State Traffic Safety Division
said Saturday.
This percentage, which holds
fairly constant from year to
year, is due to the higher speeds
on the "open road," traffic safety
men said.
center, and Marlin W. Nelson
of the Soil Conservation Service
in Boise, Ida., said precipitation
was generally close to normal
but temperatures were very low
for May. Combined with the re
cord low temperatures of April,
the two-month period was the
coldest in 30 years, the fore
casters said.
A few key snow courses mea
sured in Canada and the United
States indicate a heavy snow
cover for the first of June, but
as the snow has not melted as
usual, an increase in the rate of
snow melt may result in slightly
higher water on the Columbia
and Kootenai rivers, according
to the forecasters.
Rise Expected
The Kootenai at Bonners Fer
ry, Ida., is expected to rise to
near 31 feet in the next few
weeks. This is 4Ji feet lower
than last year.
The lower Columbia flood po
tential has also gone up slightly
and is forecast at between 500,
000 and 575,000 cubic feet per
second at The Dalles. This flow
would result in a stage of be
tween 18 and 21 feet at Portland
and Vancouver, Wash.
Milk Price Fight
On at Prineville
Prineville (U.R) A milk
price war has broken out in
this central Oregon section.
Hostilities began Thursday
when Tab Allen, manager of the
Sunrise dairy in Prineville, cut
prices of raw milk from 90 cents
a gallon to 60 cents.
Jim Vickers, an independent
raw milk distributor, said the
slash was an attempt' to drive
him out of business. Another
large independent, the Bend
Dairy, agreed to help Vickers
out by furnishing him with both
homogenized and pasteurized
milk.
Vickers, who sold raw milk
at 80 cents a gallon, said he
would be able to sell homogen
ized and pasteurized supplies at
the same price. The same qual
ity of milk was sold at 88 to
90 cents by Allen.
Allen denied the price cut was
an attempt to close down his
competitor. He said the cut was
caused by a surplus of raw milk.
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Car Dealer Found
Guilty in Portland
Portland (U.R) A munici
pal court jury here Friday found
M. Dee Warren guilty of viola
ting Portland's city ordinance
against offering automobiles or
sale on Sunday. He was arrest
ed April 17.
The jury took only 20 min
utes to return the guilty verdict
and Warren's associates indica
ted it would be appealed to a
higher court.
Defense Attorney John Rey
nolds said there were several
similar cases pending and that
ihe would demand a jury trial
for each. The case was part of
the used car dealers' current at
tack on the city ordinance. Rey
nolds contended in his argument
to the jury that the ordinance
discriminates against used car
dealers.
Deputy City Attorney Frank
M. Ierulli said the ordinance re
irs to ". . . anyone engaged in
purchasing or selling or offering
for sale a motor vehicle on Sun
day." Date for sentencing Warren
i on the conviction was not set by.
Judge John J. Murrton.
Producers Offer
Three-Point Plan
To End Dispute
Portland (U.R) A three
point proposal which seeks to
end Portland's four-day milk
strike and lockout has been of
fered by the Oregon Milk Pro
ducers Association.
Lester Adams, manager of the
association, said the proposal
calls for immediate removal of
pickets, immediate resumption
of milk deliveries and resump
tion of negotiations by labor and
management.
Milk deliveries in the metro
politan area ceased Wednesday
after AFL Teamsters Union
pickets appeared at Mayflower
Milk Distributors plant. Other
distributors shut down in sym
pathy. Adams said the milk produc
ers association, which represents
1606 of the state's 2040 grade A
dairymen, felt they were the
victims of the dispute, and re
sented the fact that It came in
June, which is Dairy Month. A
large-scale public relations cam
paign had been planned for the
month. '
Adams said the dispute was
costing dairymen a total of $25,
000 a day, since powdered milk
manufacturers bought the prod
uct at a lower price.
Teamsters Friday night said
they would not return to work
until management agreed to pav
them for time lost because of the
lockout. The Mayflower strike
was called over union demands
for changed work schedules.
Destructive Insect
Discovered in State
Salem U.R) The holly leaf
miner, a highly destructive in
sect pest of holly plantings, has
been found in Oregon for the
first time, F. P. Larson, plant
pest survey entomologist with
the State Department of Agri
culture, said Saturday.
The pest was found last week
near the eastern edge of the
Eastmoreland Municipal Golf
Links in Portland. Three men
have been working on surveys
since that time in an effort to de
termine the limits of the Leaf
Miner's spread.
Larson said several Infested
trees were found on the Reed
college campus and that numer
ous backyard ornamental olint
ings in this Portland area are
infested.
The pest has been in the state
of Washington for several years
and as close to Oregon as Van
couver. It is a major pest in the
eastern United States. "
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school graduating senior and son
of Mr. and Mrs.' G. W. Kelling
ton, has been awarded a $180
scholarship by Radio Medford,
Inc. The award is based on schol
astic ability, character and com
petency, according to Ray John
son, manager of KMED. (Lan-dis-Shangle
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Portland (U.R) Today
will be a banner day in the
lives of Thomas Joseph Mas
sey. 48. of Portland, and his
daughter Maryanne. 17.
Miss Massey will be gradu
ated from Holy Child Acad
emy. At the same time, her
father will receive a degree
from the University of Port
land.
Massey quit school at the
age of 15 to enter the Army
and has been trying for 30 :
years to complete his educa
tion. He said he would enter
the teaching field because "I
believe education will turn
tfie tide of delinquency."
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