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85th Congress Has Makings of
Productive One for Northwest
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington This 85th
Congress, about six weeks
from adjournment time, has
ns of one of
the most pro
ductive in
many years in
I its output of
1 e g i s 1 a tion
; having a sub
stantial effect
on Oregon.
C o n g r e s-
A. Robt smith sional repeal
; of the 3 per cent tax on
' freight shipments is expected
I to have a beneficial affect on
' the Oregon economy. North
. -west senators, representing
the region most benefited by
the repeal and most discrim
j inated against by the tax,
' have sought its repeal for
years.
This ye'Sr they had help
from Sen. George Smathers
(D-Fla.), who earlier led thea
fight for legislation to aid the
railroad industry. After the
House passed the excise tax
extension bill without touch
ing the transportation ' tax,
Smathers got the Senate to
knock it out of the bill by a
big vote, as well as the 10
per cent tax on passenger
tickets.
Proposal Offered
In the conference com
mittee where a compromise
had to be worked out, Smith
ers offered the House mem
bers a proposal to reduce the
freight tax in two steps, 1V4
per cent each time for the
next two years. They held out
gainst repeal.
Then he offered to give
ground on the passenger tax,
but insisted on retaininthe
freight repealer. When the
Florida senator made it clear
that he would tie uo any
agreement past June 30 until
the House members gave
some ground, they finally
agreed. If the bill hadn't been
agreed to before July 1, all
the excise taxes would have
expired and the government
would have started losing
millions.
The result means that the
cost of getting Oregon prod
ucts to eastern markets a
major factor in the state's
economy will be reduced 3
per cent. Likewise, eastern
goods shipped in Oregon will
cost that much less in freight
charges.
Major Housing Bill
Earlier this spring. Con
gress passed a major hous
ing bill providing additional
funds for the federal housing
agencies to underwrite pri
vate financing of new hous
ing construction. Housing
since then has picked up and
is showing a strong recovery
from the slump of the past
year or more and Oregon's
lumber industry is showing
signs of renewed health in
due proportion to the spurt in
home building.
It seems certain now that
President Eisenhower will this
time sign an omnibus rivers
and harbors bill, vetoed earl
ier in different forxt and
thereby permit authorization
of two new coastal navigation
projects for Oregon Yaquina
. bav and Siuslaw channel.
- Congress this past week fin-
rished work on the new har
bors bill.
Two less significant bills,
' but each of widespread Ore
T eon interest, were enacted
i earlier this year the Ft.
I Clatsop Memorial legislation,
sponsored by Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger (D-Ore.) and Rep.
Walter Norblad (R-Ore.); and
the Oregon Centennial proc
lamation resolution, sponsored
by Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.).
Doubtful Status
Two or three major bills
have passed the Senate but
are in doubtful status in the
House, where action the next
six weeks will tell the final
story. They are the Klamath
Indian measure", piloted
through the Senate by Neu
berger and being pushed in
the House committee by Rep.
Al Ullman (D-Ore.): the labor
union welfare and pension
fund bill, and the recently
passed labor rackets bill,
which Sen. Wayne Morse (D
Ore.) was instrumental in
fashioning.
Appropriations for North
west projects are in better
shape, in relation to the presi
dent's budget request, than
In many years. The anti-recession
attitude toward fed
eral spending has made most
members of Congress more
generous than usual. Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.)
succeeded early this session
in getting added funds trans
ferred to Hills Creek dam on
the Willamette river to pre
vent it being shut down.
Northwest senators hope in
the next few weeks to get
funds to start several new
dams not listed in the budget.
Hells Canyon Death
The 85th Congress marked
the death, finally, of the high
Hells Canyon dam bill, as
well as the birth of the Co
lumbia River Development
Corporation bill sponsored by
all Northwest senators. Pre
liminary hearings were held
by Neuberger on the latter.
More polished legislation,
based on these hearings, will
be introduced next year.
The Senate has passed Sen.
Warren G. Magnuson's bill
for granting federal 'aid to
each state for educational
television facilities." Oregon
would get up to $1 million
to purchase TV equipment.
Magnuson's commerce com
mittee has approved Neuberg
er's bill for requiring approv
al of fish passage facilities
before dams can be built un
der federal licenses. This is
designed to prevent the Fed
eral Power commission from
licensing Nez Perce dam with
out regard to m&ratory fish
damage. .
Passes Porter's Bill
The House has passed Port
er's bill for granting to Doug
las County Historical Society
the Lillie Moore property in
Roseburg, which was willed
to the government for a mu
seum. Another Porter bill, to
increase mileage allowance
for rural mail carriers, has
been enacted.
Both Porter and Neuberger
were instrumental in enact
ment of the bills increasing
both postal rates and the pay
of postal employees, although
Porter did not favor the high
er postal rates advocated by
the administration and back
ed by Neuberger.
Finally, the 85th Congress
appears on the threshold of
admitting Alaska to the Vn
ion O the first time a new
state has been added since
1912. The House passed the
bill in " May. A Senate vote
is expected this week. Ore
gon interests, with commer
cial ties with Alaska, have
long favored making Alaska
a state and opening it to
greater economic develop
ment.
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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, July 1, 1958
Traffic Uses New
interstate Bridge
Vancouver, Wash. (UPI)
Traffic began moving
across the Columbia river on
a new bridge today following
dedication ceremonies for the
$7,500,000 span.
The old bridge was closed
to traffic for remodeling, ex
pected to be completed by the
end of next year. Tolls will
not be collected until the old
bridge is remodeled.
The new bridge will handle
both northbounda nd south
bound traffic until the remod
eling is finished.
The ceremony opened at 10
a.m. with an air salute fea
turing the new jet fighter
planes at Portland Air Force
Base. Helen Kiggins McAleer,
Vancouver, and Eleanor Hol
man Burkitt, Portland, who
cut ribbons to open the old
bridge in 1917, repeated the
ceremony today'.
Above Normal Rain In Northwest Area
Washington (UPI) The
Weather Bureau's 30-day out
lok for July:
"Temperatures to average
above seasonal normals in the
southern half of the country
from the Rockies to the At
lantic. "Below normal tempera
tures are anticipated in the
Plateau region and also in
states along the northern
border from the Great Lakes
to the Pacific. In areas not
specified temperatures should
average not far from normal.
"Rainfall is expected to ex
ceed normal in the upper Mis
sissippi valley, Northern
plains and Pacific Northwest.
Near normal amounts are pre
dicted over New England, the
Great Lakes region, the Cen
tral plains, and the Gulf and
South Atlantic coasts. In the
remainder of the nation sub
normal rainfall is in prospect."
Columbia Land ;
Opened for Farms
Portland (UPI) Four
teen full-time farm units to
taling 1,612 irrigable acres lo
cated on the Columbia Basin
Project southeast of Pasco,
Wash., will be sold by t the
Bureau of Reclamation, the
Department of Interior an
nounced today. '
Veterans will have prefer
ence in applying for all units
not alloted to exchange appli-
CLOTHING MAN DIES
. New York (UPI) -Murray
Weinstein, 67, vice president
of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers : of America, died '
Monday. A native of Russia,
he co-founded the union with
the late Sidney Hillman.
cations under tha act of Aug.
13, 1953, officials said.
A 45-day filing period open
ed today at 2 p.m. for the fil
ing of applications for the 14
farms. Applicants should ap
ply to the Bureau of Recla
mation office at Ephrata,
Wash.
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