Basic School Support, Other issues
EDue for Salem hearings This Week
Salem -4UPD- The 50th Ore
gon legislature will hold hear
ings on several important mea
sures this week as it rolls
into its 71st day Monday.
The biggest crowd is ex
pected for a joint hearing of
the Senate and House Educa
tion committees tomorrow at
8 p.m. when basic school sup
port proposals will be discus
sed. Senate Bill 94 by Sen. Fran
cis Ziegler (R-Corvallis) and
others would increase basic
school support from S105 per
census child to $120 starting
July 1.
Hou5e Bill 514 by Rep. Shir
ley Field (R-Portland) and
others would raise basic
school support from $105 to
$125 by setting up a public
school account in the state
general fund, from which $20
a year would be distributed to
districts operating standard
schools.
Rough Tim
Both bills were expected to
have a rough time in this ses
sion of the legislature, which
is seeking ways to avoid rais
ing taxes and to hold down
state budgets.
Gov. Mark Hatfield has said
that the big education needs
are an overhaul of the tax
structure broadening the base
to provide the flexibility that
increased school needs will re
quire and also a study of the
revenue and distribution for
mulas for school support.
Hatfield charged Friday
that Cecil Posey, executive
secretary of the Oregon Edu
cation association, had dealt
a "deadly blow to the cause
of education" in his attack on
Hatfield Thursday.
'Darkened Outlook'
Posey told the OEA conven
tion in Portland that Hatfield
had "failed to give positive
leadership"a nd had "darken
ed the outlook for continued
improvement of public educa
tion in Oregon."
The governor replied: "I
hope that both sides of the
political aisle will left educa
tion out of the mire of partis
anship where it has been
plummeted by the executive
secretary of the OEA."
The governor said he was
not going to deal in personal
ities or continue the debate,
but he added:
"If educators will face re
ality and consider the taxpay
ers and the tax base, they will
recognize that the greatest j
contribution my administra-:
tion can make to education is ,
to provide leadership for the :
changing of the tax structure
Hatfield Quoted 1
On Edward's Fate
Portland - (LTD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield was quoted in a court
hearing Thursday as saying
Cecil Edwards, ousted state
racing steward, was not in
favor and "might have to go."
The hearing was on Ed
wards suit for a temporary
injunction to prevent the state
racing commission from nam
ing someone to succeed him.
Scott M. Kelley, special as
sistant attorney general rep
resenting the commission,
made the reference to Hat
field when he was questioned
by Pat Dooley, former speak
er of the Oregon House, who
represented Edwards.
Kelley said he did not re
call when asked if Hatfield
had specifically demanded
Edwards' replacement.
Pro Tern Judge Barnett H.
Goldstein said he would an
nounce a decision on the tem
porary injunction March 30.
Charles Huntington, Eu
gene, veteran racing commis
sion member, said he had re
ceived no complaints about
Edwards, who was racing
steward for eight years.
Medford Man Held
On Shoplifting Charge
Emmett Gabriel Devlin, 54,
of 10 Quince st., was held in
city jail yesterday on charges
of shoplifting, Medford police
reported.
Delvin was apprehended
Saturday afternoon by a Gro
ceteria clerk and charged with
taking a bottle of wine, po
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Another controversial bill
is up for hearing Thursday
night when the House Com
mittee on Judiciary tangles
with House Bill 528 which
would set up a three -man
power development commis
sion to generate, buy and sell
electric energy at wholesale
to industry.
This bill is sponsored by
Rep. Al Flegel (D-Roseburg)
and others.
The commission could con
struct and operate dams and
hydro - electric projects and
could sell revenue bonds or,
with the approval of the gov
ernor, general obligation
bonds.
Another hearing by the
House Committee on Local
Government Thursday at 8
a.m. will discuss House Bill
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616 which implements a con
stitutional amend m e n t ap
proved by the people last No
vember allowing a county to
adopt a charter for self-government
in matters of purely
county concern.
Tuesday at 8:30 ajn. the
same committee will hold a
hearing on House Bill 600
providing for uniform elec
tion dates for school and spec
ial districts.
Other Legislative Highlights
Urban Renewal: The Senate
Tax committee voted favor
ably on a resolution that sent
the urban renewal question to
the people for another vote
in the next general election.
The proposition was defeated
in the last general election.
Taxes: State Tax Commis
sioner Rex Ellis told the
House Tax committee that
the "most important single
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thing" the 1959 Legislature
could do would be to broaden
the tax base. He favored Gov.
Mark Hatfield's income tax
bill which would raise home
SI. 8 million a year from
people not now paying taxes.
Merit Pay Raises: The Joint
Ways and Means committee
will meet in a special session
Tuesday at 7 p.m. to decide
if merit pay increases in all
state department budgets will
be cut five per cent for the
next two years. The cut was
recommended by Rep. Keith
Skelton (D-Eugene). The com
mittee tabled the budget of
the state engineer until the
merit pay issue is settled.
Discrimination: The Senate
unanimously passed and sent
to the House a bill designed
to prohibit discrimination in
public employment because
of age if a person is under 65.
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Urged as Method
In Criminal Cases
Salem - (LTD - A resolution
calling for vote of the people
to allow Oregon to use the
so - called "information sys
tem" as well as the grand
jury indictment system in
criminal matters passed the
House Friday and went to
the Senate..
Rep. George Van Hoomis
sen (D-Portland) quoted let
ters from justices of the Or
egon Supreme court and less
er courts favoring, use of the
alternative method of bring
ing cases to trial.
The Information system is
used now in some Oregon
counties if the accused waives
his- right to a grand jury
hearing. :
Supporters of the measure,
including Rep. George Lay
man (R - Newberg) said
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Legislators Seek Revival of Statute
Salem -!UPD- The Oregon
House yesterday passed a bill
clarifying an old statute under
which legislators may award
a college scholarship to an
Oregon student every year.
accused would lose none of
his rights under the informa
tioirsystem and justice would
be speeded by not going
through a grand jury.
Layman said that grand
juries for the most part were
led by the district attorney
seeking prosecution and that
in "99 out of 100 cases it is a
mere formality."
Under the information sys
tem, a hearing is held before
the case goes to trial upon an
information being presented
by the district attorney.
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legally recognized as consti-!
tuting the 12 inches of a foot i
until the U.S.' Bureau of;
Standards came along in the !
early 1900's.
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The old law, which had not
been used for the past 20 years
or so, was discovered by Rep.
George Layman (R-Newberg).
The bill, passed 52-5 yester
day was sponsored by Rep.
Shirley Field (R-Portland).
It provides that the schol
arships would be good at all
public institutions of higher
education, including Oregon
Technical institute at Klam
ath Falls. The old law was
good only at Oregon State col-
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grounds it smacked of "politi
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on the basis ol need and schol
astic attainment.
Rep. Field explained that
each legislator would submit
a name or names of worthy
students to the county court
or commission which would
then draw names by lot.
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