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4 2A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford", Oregon, Thursday, Fibniary 19, 1959 People May Again Get Chance To Vote Legislative Pay Hike City Driving Can Be Pleasant, Chief Notes Salem -4.TB- Voters of Ore gon again will be given an opportunity of increasing the pay of state legislators if a Senate Joint resolution amend ing the state constitution is adopted by the Legislature. Two Republicans and two Democrats introduced the bill Wednesday. It would increase legislative pay from $600 to $1,200. a year. Authority also would be granted for legislators to col lect 10 cents a mile to and from their homes from the state capitol once each week during the legislative session. Oregon voters have refused on numerous occasions In re cent years to increase legisla tive pay, the last time at the November elections. Tax Exemption A second bill introduced would give persons 65 years or older with an income of not more than $2,500 a year, a tax exemption on property. TVia exemotion would be Duncan Favors Bill on Lobbyists Salem -(UPD-House Speaker Robert Duncan (D-Medford) Wednesday came out in favor of a bill introduced in the Senate to prevent state chair men and national committee men of political parties from lobbying. - The bill was introduced on the information of some sena tors that Republican Chair man Peter Gunnar was a lob byist for insurance interests. Whether or not Gov. Mark Hatfield should demand the resignation of Gunnar is a matter for them to decide, Duncan said. "I have known Peter Gun nar for some time as as hon orable member of the Oregon State Bar, and I know that the sponsors of the bill in tended no personal reflection on his character," the speaker added. ' "It has been no secret that he is a lobbyist and there is nothing dishonorable in being either a lobbyist or a Repub lican state chairman," Duncan said. "The sole question is whether or not the public in terest will be served by com bining the jobs." $5,000 for the eligible house-i holder. . Outlawing business combi nations, pools and trusts in Oregon is provided in a bill sent to the Senate desk by Sen. Jean Lewis (D-Fortland). Penalties for violations of the proposed law are included in the bill draft. A bill described by Sen. Lewis as a "poor little bill trying to do a good job" was passed by a unanimous vote. The bill would make aban donment of a dog or cat in Oregon a misdemeanor. - Most of the Senate oratory was focused on a' bill revising sections of the state agricul ture code, which the Senate passed with five dissenting votes. Sen. Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) objected to one provi sion which empowered the Agriculture Department to in voke liens on property of per sons delinquent in bills due the department. Farmers Said Kicktd "I think that 'the adminis trative arm of this govern ment is kicking the farmers in the teeth," Musa said. "This kind of legislation giving ad ministrators power of eminent domain, the right to slap liens on property, is all wrong, and certainly was not contem plated by the framers of our state constitution." Sen. Alfred Corbett (D-Port-Iand), who carried the bill on the floor, said the Department already has the power to in voke liens, but has used it very little and only in ex treme cases. Unanimous approval has been given by a measure calling for establishment of Oct. 31 as "Youth Honor Day" in Oregon by the House Planning and Development Committee. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Francis Ziegler (R-Cor- vallis), now goes to the House for final vote. NO COWBOY MOOD San Diego, Calif. -OiPD-Mrs. Earl Rhodes, 65, who grabbed a gun and chased two would be robbers from her store Wednesday told police they were wearing Western - style bandanas as masks. "I just wasn't in the mood to play cowboy," she said. Traffic congestion would be alleviated and city driving made more pleasant if drivers would pay closer heed to traf fic signs, signals and pave ment markings, Medford Po lice Chief Charles P. Champ lin said today. Champlin said obeying signs is just as important in rural areas as inside a city, but that failure to obey inside a city more often results in ac cidents because of traffic vol ume. Figures provided by the state department of mofor ve hicles indicate that failure to stop at a stop sign results in several thousand accidents an nually. Many other mishaps occur when drivers disregard caution or warning signs or signals. Last year 60 accidents in Medford were caused by drivers disregarding stop signs or signals, Champlin said. In addition to obeying traf fic signs and signals, drivers should pay attention to pave ment markings which desig nate zones or limited use zones. Information on local turning patterns is available through city police officials. Champlin said police here arrested 1,090 drivers last year for failure to stop at a stop sign or for disregarding some other sign or signal. Porter highly Regarded in Venezuela, Reporter Finds on So. American Trip Housing Regulations For Migrant Groups Debated in House SalenWUPD-Arguments both for and against a bill propos ing regulations of better hous ing for migrant laborers and their families marked, a day long hearing before the House Labor and Industries Commit tee Wednesday. A group of growers of agri cultural products from east ern Oregon and the Willam ette yalley opposed the bill, contending that because of varying conditions . in differ ent sections of the state, a universal law was impossible. On the other hand, mem bers of the Oregon Council of Migrant Labor and the Un employment Compensation Commission urged passage of the bill. R. W. Ahrens, representing the Oregon Farm Bureau,' also opposed passage of the bill in its present form. Ahrens had a long list of proposed amendments, but the hearing time was so brief, he did not have a chance to present them. Promised Opportunity Rep. Grace Peck, chairman, promised the opponents of the bill (HB 159) another oppor tunity to be heard at a future date. A bill allowing five days pay for public employees who are called upon by law en forcement agencies to serve in mountain rescue operations was adopted and sent to the Senate. The bill was presented on the floor by Rep. Norman Howard (D-Portland). The Oregon House passed a memorial urging the Legis latures of Idaho and Wash- By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribun Washington Correspondent Editor's Note: Our Washington correspondent went to Caracas just after a visit there tv Rep. Charles O. oPrter (D-Ore.) to assess the effect of Porter's Latin American politicking on U.S.-Latin American relations. ington to join in a reciprocal agreement covering work men's compensation for men temporarily employed in any one of the states. California and Nevada al ready have such agreements. Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Rose-burg) explained the agree ment would clarify who clarify who would pay if out-of-state men were injured while employed on dam proj ects, on the Columbia and Snake rivers. Several bills dealing with fish were introduced at the request of the State Fish Commission. Would Raise Fees One bill would increase from $1 to $5 license fees for retail dealers of packaged frozen food fish or frozen shellfish. Another would increase li cense fees from $37.50 to $75 for a cannery to can shellfish. This new license would be in conformity with other -food fish cannery license fees. Still another bill would eliminate the requirement that an additional license be obtained for commercial sal mon trolling if the line con tains more than 12 hooks. The House Planning and Development Committee has set a public hearing next Tues day to hear arguments on the proposed daylight saving time measure. The hearing will start at 1 p.m. 'at the statehouse. The best temperature for African violets is 70 to 72 degrees. L OAR GRUE nttatf0 IF TOUT ill RE 2784 West Main Phone SP 3-1564 1 Mile Out West Main Bill Rombach Says: Our lease is up. We must vacate immediately! We must sell everything down to the bare walls nothing will be held back. Our loss is your gain! So come out and get the furni ture, new or used, you need at prices that are fantastically low! I Caracas, Venezuela -(Special)- As this leading South American country struggles back upon the road to demo c r a t i c self governm e n t, often blocked in the past by mil i t a r y coups, many of its political lea ders are loo king f o r a. Root, smiu moral suDDort from friends throughout the hemisphere. One of their valued friends, one quickly finds, is Rep. Charles O. Porter, who has for two years been conduct ing almost a one-man cam paign in Congress against the sort of Latin dictator Venezu ela has only so recently been rid of. Gen. Perez Jimenez was ousted a year ago, and last week Venezuela inaugur ated its newly elected presi dent, Romulo Betancourt. Congressman Porter came down here last week to wish the new government well. Venezuela invited Congress to send the customary delegation to the inauguration. Porter was the only , congressman who went. To conclude, after many interviews, that Porter has had a beneficial effect on the attitude of Venezuelans toward the United States suice Vice President Nixon was stoned here last summer seems undisputed. Few Good Americans' An American newspaper man who has been here 25 years told me that Venezue lans tend to regard U.S. pub lic ugures as either good or "bad" Americans. He said about the only "good Ameri cans in their minds today are Porter, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York and Herbert Mathews, veteran New York Times writer who was given a "Good Neighbor" trophy here last week end by resident Betancourt. -That's an improvement." the newsman said, "because not long ago they thought all Americans were bad. A Venezuelan born here. educated at Columbia Univer sity and a longtime resident of New York before return- lrg here, said substantially tne same thing. There is a great man," he said of Porter. Porter became such a figure in the minds of Venezuelans starting with his . crusade against Dominican Republic Gen. Raphael Trujillo, who is despised here: his criticism of the U.S. giving military aid to Latin dictators, including Perez Jimenez; his coming here after the Nixon incident last summer and again last week to bolster democratic elements and assure Venezue lans that Americans are friendly toward them and are pro-democracy and anti- dic tatorship, whatever State De partment policy might indi cate to the contrary. Porter; in a word, is one of the only American officials. among numerous other lead ers in this hemisphere (such PRICE S SLASH ED On All Furniture-NEW or USED! 00 o NEW DINING ROOM SETS . . Many beautiful designs to choose from. Modernistic formica tops with wrought iron legs ... to solid maple. As low as NEW BEDROOM SETS NEW LIVING ROOM SETS NEW LAMPS CARPETS LINOLEUM BEDS 39 as Jose Figueras of Costa Rica and Gov. Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico), who has lent open support to democratic forces in this rich oil produc ing country where military dictatorships have been the rule and not the exception. Betancourt In only the second freely elected president of Venezuela. 'Sore' About Medal Venezuelans have been sore at the U.S. because of a medal awarded their dictator by President Eisenhower in 1955, along with a laudatory cita tion. They suspect the State Department was playing foot sie with Perez Jimenez, but tering him up with this prestige-making award, in behalf of large U.S. corporations seeking new oil and iron ore concessions from him. Wheth er there was any connection or not, Venezuelans believe there was. Anti - American feeling ran high, even months after Perez Jimenez fled, one official said. This feeling was exploited by Communists and other agitators in the demon strations against Nixon. America's image in this country of sharp contrasts be tween- luxurious oil wealth and stark poverty is not im proved any by the fact that most of the intrenched U.S. business interests here would prefer a dictatorship to a de mocracy, the American news man said. "When Porter's name is mentioned, they shudder," he observed, recalling his many contacts with the business community here. U.S. businessmen found Perez Jimenez not difficult to do business with. He abolished a decree of the previous presi dent against granting further concessions to U.S. firms for resource exploitation. Busi nessmen feel uneasy about a democracy which may be less profitable to deal with: The new 'government has already raised income taxes to tap more oil revenue for public improvements such as schools, thus permitting less oil money to flow into hands of foreign investors. Porter has opposition from still another group, the Com munist Party, which now numbers about 50,u00 persons in this country of six million population. In the December election, the CP elected nine men to Congress, one of whom is Gustav Machado, their leader. Said Interfering "Porter is interferring in the internal affairs of Vene zuela," Machado told me re sentfully when asked what he thought of Porter's remarks here a few days before. . The Oregon congressman had criticized local Commu nists for trying to represent their party as just a national istic movement without ties with Russia. The Caracas Daily Journal reported Porter told a press conference: "If a man is a Communist, unless he doesn't know better, he must put the Soviet Union first. I don't see how anyone wno believes in liberty can believe in Communism when he sees how the satellites such as Hungary are treated." In his inaugural address, President Betancourt, who himself was a Communist briefly as a youth some 30 years ago, said much the same thing as Porter and reiterated that his new coalition govern ment had no room for Com munists. He was roundly ap plauded by the new Congress, whose members jammed into the Senate chamber with other dignitaries to hear him. This offered a strong rebut tal to those U.S. congressmen i who have in recent years ! claimed the U.S. should back j Latin dictators, such as Tru- jillo and Perez Jimenez, on! grounds they were needed as i bastions of anti-communism. Tide Said Turning Forter also suggested in public statements here that he thinks the tide is running against dictatorship through out the hemisphere. He pre dicted Trujillo will fall before the year is out. He said Do minican rebels are obtaining arms and are organizing with in and outside Santo Domin go. In contrast to Porter's state ments here, Thomas E. Dewey, head of the delegation sent to the inauguration by President Eisenhower, ducked all political questions. In a real way, Dewey personified the administration's oft - ex pressed'Latin American policy of showing no partiality for either democracies or dictatorships. The latest administration expression of Latin American policy, by Milton Eisenhower after a trip through Central America, reiterated what Porter, first, and Nixon, sec ond, had' said - that we ought to give Latin democracies an embrace and give dictators only a cold, formal band shake, thus leaving no doubt in this hemisphere which form of government our sympathies lie with. A Venezuelan said his peo ple can see little sign that this new policy is being im plemented. He said they think only a change of administra tion in Washington will do it. This helps to explain Por-, ter's hero status in Latin America. He stands almost alone among Washington offi cials in embracing popular Latin democratic leaders. offering them . verbal and moral support, shunning the dictators and consulting with exiled foes of the dictators about ways and means of un dermining the despots' politi cal strength. There are several skilled I diplomats on the U.S. em bassy staff here who are well , received by Venezuelans and display their preference for democratic processes. But one stumbles easily across an ex ample of harmfully, bum bling staffing, as depicted in the best - seller, "The Ugly American." At a reception at Ambassador Edward Sparks' home on inauguration night. one U.S. military attache was sounding off loudly that Ven ezuela would be better off under a dictatorship. Some guests were shocked to find this sort of "military mind"' assigned to any diplomatic post, much less in' a country where military officers hav often needed little encourage ment to grab the reins of power. As long as the State De partment doesn't implement Milton Eisenhower's policy proposals more vividly, Con gressman Porter will un doubtedly continue to be re garded as a big man and much - needed friend in this part of the hemisphere where Latins are sensitive to the im pression that most North Americans haven't much cared whether their struggle for liberty succeeded or not. WE MAKE OUR OWN CANDIES Fresh Daily! W0MMt CANDY Friday & Saturday SPECIAL! PEANUT BRITTLE See Our Interesting 'Assorted New Candies From ... 'Round the World' TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS -132 West Main 21 South Central MATTRESS and BOX SPRINGS $1000 All New Twin and Full Size Priced as Low as. Many Other New Items Plenty of Used Merchandise Priced to Sell! o BARGAIN PRICED ANTIQUES! Everything MUST GO! No Reasonable Offer Refused! CASH PREFERRED Terms available. Bring your trailers and pickups. ' Open Every Night Until 9:00 P.M. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY! DRIVE OUT! 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