W ST .,
STATtHOffift
Tempers grew short and hot
words flew in the muggy
Ways and Means Committee
room while weary lawmakers
sweat to shear off any visible
frills within the firm outlines
of the state's record-breaking
$362,188,800 budget for-lB61-63.
' While most attention lately
has been focused on Ways
and Means chopping away at
budget requests, some special
Interest groups have been far
ing better at the hands of the
Legislature.
Some observers say Big
Business (or at least, as big
as it gets in this state) is in
the saddle in Oregon again.
One legislator said, "The
same old lobbies are running
the show. You can't get any
thing passed unless the utili
ties write the bill."
, Certainly, labor union rep
resentatives, who opposed the
"Little Landrum-Griffin" bill,
are dissatisfied this session.
Others Not Happy
, But some segments of Big
Business are not happy, ei
ther. The trucking industry
taces the governor's veto of
a Legislature-passed bill to
cut truck taxes $1 million,
- And the insurance compan
ies who, together with the As
sociated Oregon Industries,
put up an unknown total of
thousands of dollars to pass
the Three-Way Workmen's
Compensation plan, will take
little comfort in the compro
mise bill amounting to a Two
Way Plan (allowing state in
surance and industry self-insurance
for injured workmen,
jj'nd possibly universal cover
age of all workmen) which, at
this writing, is the most they
will get for their money.
Making out in fine style, on
the other hand, are other vest
ed interests.
The House's refusal to re
move the property tax ex
emption for fraternal organi
zations should please the Elks
Lodges, etc., but it may lessen
the average taxpayer's respect
for his elected representa
tives. Another Example
And the bill to cut by 40
per cent the state's share of
money bet on the ponies is
another example of expected
Legislative bowing to-a min
ority group. Ostensibly intro
duced to assist throughbred
horse breeders by increasing
purses at races, the bill is said
by opponents to give up to a
quarter million dollars back
to the race track operators
(mainly Portland Meadows)
and, in effect, put the state
in the position of subsidizing
horse racing.
That half million would have
paid for far more than the
medical school research facil
ities Gov. Mark Hatfield ask
ed for, only to be turned
down by Ways and Means.
The big timber companies
(who got the compromise tax
program they wrote them
selves), the oil companies
(who are getting the off-shore
oil bills with minimum safe
guards for the public's inter
est), the paper companies
(easements across the beaches)
the utilities (a bill to prevent
future electric service dupli
cation), the Oregon cattlemen
and other farmers (tax favors,
milk audit, anti-picketing,
etc.) all seem to be getting
pretty much what they want
out of this session.
, For the average man-in-the-street
there was still talk of
an income tax cut, now down
to five per cent in the drastically-changed
Senate's version
of the House's ten per cont
cut incorporated in a net re
ceipts bill.
' There was still hope for a
basic school increase of more
than the $10 asked by .Gov.
Hatfield in his budget, but
anything more than a possible
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compromise at $15 seemed un
realistic If the total budget
was to remain balanced. The
state now pays $105 to local
districts per child per year.
Any increase in basic school
funds would help reduce lo
cal property taxes. .
. Dashed was the earlier ex
pectation of some lawmakers
that they could find and chop
out $10 million worth of "fat"
in the governor's budget.
- They did reduce that bud
get by $2,300,000.
But the total general fund
budget is more than $3 mil
lion over the governor's orig
inal recommendations. . That
is because of such new appro
priations as the $900,000 ssk
ed by Hatfield for Oregon to
acquire the Boardman. Bomb
ing Range for hoped-for indus
trial development, $702,000
for suplus food distribution to
the needy, $1,700,000 for com
munity colleges, and $200,000
for community mental health
clinics.
Such new programs as the
appropriations for post-high
school education in communi
ties not now served by col
leges were stripped down to
provide only the beginnings:
75 per cent of the cost for
expected college buildings in
Bend, Coos Bay and Astoria,
plus additional funds for op
erating expenses.
Long-Rang Costs Eyed
Elsewhere; as when Ways
and Means refused to spend
$48,000 requested by Hatfield
to remodel part of the U. of
O. Medical School Hospital
for a research unit, lawmak
ers showed how carefully
they were considering long
range costs which small ini
tial expenditures might en
tail. Similarly, a proposed green-'
house at Dammasch State
Hospital and a swimming pool
at Hillcrest School (for de
linquent girls) was stricken
from the original Hatfield
budget as expendable items.
A bill for a cerebral palsy
unit at Fairview Home (for
feeble-minded) was tabled.
The appropriation for equip
ping the. new Salem National
Guard Armory was cut from
$150,000 to $112,000 by elim
inating a timeclock and score
board and specifying cheaper
chairs.
The governor's request for
a new $800,000 women's pris
on in Salem to replace the
present overcrowded quarters
at the penitentiary was cut to
$346,700 - eliminating any
possibility of fancy luxuries
for the lawbreaking ladies.
Legislative fiscal committee
alertness resulted in a $1,168,-
152 cut in the governor's re
quested budget for welfare
funds (an error was found in
the state-federal funds fig
ures), bringing the total ap
propriation to $40,844,770.
Another half million was
pinched off the state's emer
gency board fund earmarked
for possible pay increases for
state employees during the
1961-63 biennium.
However, state civil service
employees still are scheduled
to get an average 10 per cent
raise, and substantial salary
increases for state elected of
ficial?, dr-cartrnent heads, and
other non-civil service work
ers already are assured (some
listed in a previous column.)
Also, preliminary approval
has been given a bill appro
priating $100,000 for more as
sistants for the governor. Cur
rently, Hatfield's office staff
includes: Warne Nunn, admin
istrative assistant ($12,600 a
year salary); Travis Cross,
publicity and political liaison
officer ($11,500); Loren Hicks,
legak adviser ($9,720); and
Dan Allen, natural resources
($8,940).
If the new bill passes, Hat-
Fred Brennan
C-R-AS-H! Another auto
accident. Are you IN
SURED? When? Where?
How much? let a Certified
Insurance Agent survey
your coverage. May save
you expense, embarrass
ment. SEE
field could hire four more
aides at an average of $10,000
per year each. These assist
ants supposedly would help
the governor keep in closer
touch and maintain firmer
control over the government's
widespread operations - a
substitute for the statutory
cabinet system of government
that Hatfield wants and has
failed to get when legislators
refused to pass his govern
ment reorganization plan.
Among other innovations
approved by Ways and Means
was a $10 million bill to be
gin a medicare program for
about 55,000 Oregonians over
65 years old with limited in
comes. New buildings for Ways
and Means approved for high
er education totalling $9,715,
750 included the governor's
recommendations plus a $150,-
000 computer building at Ore
gon State University. If the
Legislature concurs, this
means: a new $2,385,000 li
brary at OSU, a new $2,540,
000 science building at Port
land State, a $1,035,000 hu
manities building at U. of O.,
and $2,750,000 for Oregon
Technical Institute campus
development at K. Falls.
Institution Buildings
Another major appropria
tion bill cleared by Ways and
Means was $5,037,320 for new
buildings at state institutions
work projects which mean
jobs and paychecks for many
Oregon workers.
Also approved by Ways
and Means was the $7,700,000
Civil Service pay adjustment
plan that means an average
10 per cent increase starting
July 1. Under this plan the
lowest paid state workers (do
mestics) would still get a max
imum of only $222 a month
while the highest paid (doc
tors) could get a maximum of
$1,475 a month.
Maximums are reached on
the basis of service and merit
pay increases, and starting
pay in all jobs is well under
the maximums .
Here are some sample max
imums under the new plan:
clerk typist 1, $296 a month;
accountant 1, $525; income
tax auditor 1, $500; chief in
come tax auditor, $915; liquor
store clerk, $400; highway de
partment information officer,
$715; game department infor
mation officer, $845; civil de
fense planner, $600; employ
ment office interviewer 1,
$460; law clerk, $460; driver
examiner 1, school bus inspec
tor, teacher for the blind, pub
lic health nurse, and meat in
spector 1. all $440; civil engi
neer 1, $550; elevator opera
tor, $265;- deputy highway en
gineer, $1,285; laborer, $342;
painter, $480; mason, sheet
metal worker, carpenter, elec
trician, plumber, welder, ma
chinist, all $500; graduate
nurse, $400; welfare casewor
ker, $460; psychiatric social
worker, $525; parole officer
1, $550; farm laborer, $342;
egg inspector, $460; veterin
arian 1, $685; forester, $525;
deputy state forester, $1,030;
wildlife district supervisor,
$775.
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Mrs. G. A. - Without any
warning, he walked in on us
with a beard.
Warren A. - Why should
they care? It's a personal proj
ect, isn't it?
Mrs. C. A. - Imagine my
humiliation when Warren
Subcommittee Calls
Former GE Official
Washington -(UPD- A Senate
anti-trust subcommittee today
summoned a man once be
lieved headed for the presi
dency of the General Electric
Co. to tell about price-rigging
schemes that cost him his job.
William S. Ginn .former
$135,000-a-year executive with
GE, and 15 other executives
of the company were found
guilty of criminal violations
of the antitrust laws last year.
The Senate investigators in
tended to ask Ginn about pre
vious testimony from other
former employees who said
higher-ups in the company
knew about, and in some cases
encouraged, their price-rigging
witn competitors.
GE's high command has dis
claimed any knowledge of the
price-rigging.
Ginn, for his part in the
schemes, was fined $12,000
and given a 30-day jail sen-tence-the
heaviest penalty im
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MEDFORD ARMORY
An
MAY'5,67
came home for his spring va
cation with a three-month-old
beard which he hadn't said a
word about in his letters. He
just turned the key and walk
ed in on my canasta party,
where all my friends were
waiting to greet him.
Look at him. You'd never
know that behind that mess
there's a clean, good looking
fellow. I almost fainted when
I saw this freak, this monster
at my door. My first impulse
was to call the police. Is this
supposed to turn him Into a
Samson?
Anyway, when he grinned
and said, "Hi-ya, Mom!", the
voice was familiar. It was the
same old Warren, up to some
new tricks. Only this one
can't be laughed off. It must
be shaved off.
Warren A. - I wanted to
try growing a beard. Lots of
the men at school are doing
it. Since when is a guy sup
posed to write home for his
mother's permission? It's just
too bad that my vacation co
incided with my beard-cultivation
period. In another
month I'll decide whether I
want a Vandyke or mutton
chops, and then I'll start to
tame it and train it.
I like the shrubbery. I ad
mit it's going haywire now,
but when I begin to groom it,
my mother may like it too. As
to her friends, I'm not wor
ried about their opinion.
If my mother is embarrass
ed, that's too bad. Some of
the Junior Miss dresses she
goes around in embarrass me.
while were on the subject,
but like my beard, that's per
sonal and I don't dictate.
The Council: Breathes there
man, Mrs. A., who doesn't
wonder how he'd look with
whiskers and an Abe Lincoln
or Rip Van Winkle beard?
What color, what directions,
how long? These are questions
some of them find answers to
at some time and under vari
ous pretexts. Warren chose
the ideal time of life for Op
eration Beard-a period when
he doesn't have to worry
about anybody's frowns, not
his boss's nor his wife's nor
his customers'. Only his moth
er s, and she's a pushover.
Perhaps we can help War
ren push her closer to equa
nimity by pronouncing beard
growing a harmless pastime.
Whatever the motivation, be
it curiosity, experimentation,
or out-and-out exhibitionism,
the whole project dwindles
'usually and, in retrospect, be
comes a "passing fancy."
At any rate, we doubt
whether Warren will hold on
to the bush after graduation,
when he goes out into the
business world for a job. Un
less, of course, he looks for
a job in a barber-college, or
as a grizzled Forty-Niner in
a TV western. And there's
always a chance the Man-from-Schweppes
may seek a
stand-in, while he satisfies his
own curiosity as to how he'd
look without a beard.
Warren's only booboo was
in not tipping his ma off
ahead of time, so she (and
"the girls") could be steeled
emotionally for the fuzzy
wuzzy. It does take some ad
justing to. Kissing through a
"mattress," for example, is a
bit of an art. Failing to have
warned Mrs. A., he might
have stopped off and had the
adornment trimmed, shaped,
and dressed a bit, so as not
to burst in like a survivor of
a shipwreck.
No, Mrs. A., there's nothing
wrong with growing a beard.
It's an innocent way of mak
ing life exciting and interest
ing for a young man. It brings
him a fleeting distinction and
recognition which he needs.
When he sees how much real
care it actually requires to
look smart, he may well de
cide to chuck it for the good
old safety blades.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF -
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS, always willing to try any
thing once, consented to attend a nudist party one
Fourth of July afternoon. Describing the experience to
friends in Auburn that .
evening, Sam said, "Those
folks didn't do things by
halves. Even the butler
who opened the door for
me was nude."
"If he was nude, how
did you know he was the
butler?" asked Mr.
Adams' literal -minded
publisher.
"Well," said Mr.
Adams, "it certainly was
not the maid1."
-
Lynn Faraol reports that
a crowded elevator was
about to ascend the other afternoon when a happy drunk shoul
dered his way into it Al the car arose, he faced his fellow riders
and announced cheerfully, 'Til bet all of you are wondering why
I called this meeting ..."
. . ' '
A chronic bad check passer suffered his greatest indignity re
cently. He received a call front his Red Cross blood bank. It
seems his blood bounced.
0 1961, ty Burnett Cert Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate
How Underwater Feeding
Was Accomplished
Some of the "higher" ani
mals seem as active and de
veloped at birth as they will
be at several months of age.
These are whales and por
poises. These creatures are
practically "born swimming."
We watched the birth of a
baby bottlenose porpoise. He
was as active "as a cricket"
within minutes after entering
his watery world. Right from
his very first gasp the little
guy seemed to know what it
was all about. Peculiar, too,
for apparently he had one
strike against him right from
the first, because he was born
tall-first-a reversal of the reg
ular biological order of warm
blooded animals. As soon as
the little guy entered this
world, he took but a moment
to get his bearings, then away
he went, full speed ahead,
right alongside his proud
mother, who had slowed
down a little.
It was several hours before
the baby mainfested any de
sire for food. In some un
known way, maybe by sense
perception, both mother and
baby had the same idea at the
The choice coffee beans in Boyd's come in assorted colors red on the tree.greefi
after drying, brown after roasting. They come from assorted countries the hills ...
of Central America, the mountainsides of South America, the, coastal shores ofj
Hawaii. And they come with assorted flavors the deep, hearty rich . . .but, frankly -you
don't need to know beans about how Boyd's is blended. That's our particular;
stock in trade and we've been hard at it all this century. What we'd prefer you ;
remember about Boyd's (besides that it's time you stocked up again) is that peo
ple like it. Almost all people. Including true coffee lovers like you and me. Four
thousand restaurants prove it they serve a million cups of Boyd's every day..
PQ Sammt iiktd If that millm tupt hctmJu nfills. II in.
eWe tludu hli a ''em Thml't why w'n urt ytm Hit Btyd't,
BET BOYD'S IN THE BIB
Small Worlds
Around Us
By lynn M. Watkins
(Besiiter and Tribune Syndicate
11)
same time. The little guy in
dicated his hunger. His moth
er slowed down and set the
table for the first meal. He
took a deep breath, ducked
under the water and nursed.
In but a few seconds he was
up again on the surface,
swimming alongside his moth
er. It seemed impossible that
he had received enough In
such a short time but he
appeared satisfied.
During the next several
days the feeding schedule be
came regular. It occurred at
about the same time, almost
like clock-work.
Mother porpoise had now
developed a new technique.
She would roll far over on
her side. The baby could al
most get his little head above
the water-line. It was when
the two animals were In this
position, that an .unforeseen
occurrence separated mother
and son, just as the feeding
began, and revealed just how
all the meals had been served
so quickly. A lumbering turtle
had rammed Into the pair of
poropolses, knocking the
youngster away' from his
mother. At the same, instant
a stream of milk shot out
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TUESDAY. MAY 2.
House Endorses
Milk Price Bill
Salem-flJPD-The House Mon
day gave strong endorsement,
46-11, to a bill that would
give Oregon milk price con
trols for the first time since
1954 The bill went to the
Senate.
There was no opposing
speakers.
Dairymen said the emergen
cy legislation is necessary to
protect the Industry, threat
ened by cuts In prices of two
cents per quart in much of
the Willamette Valley.
Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Inde-pendence)
says the loss to pro
ducers amounts to $1.12 per
hundred pounds, and the loss
is running $250,000 a month.
The bill would allow the
State Agriculture Department
to set up minimum prices for
producers, based on five cri
teria: 1. Average cost to produce
milk.
2. Purchasing power of the
consumer.
3. Price of milk used in
manufacture of milk products.
4. Supply and demand.
5. Price of milk in adjoin
ing states.
The controls would be in ef
fect until July 1, 1963.
Rep. Don McKinnis (D-Sum-merville)
said although gov
ernment price controls are
generally disliked HB1752 is
"justified" because this is a
case where free enterprise is
"spurting a little."-
into tne water. There was
pressure behind It.
Nature had foreseen the dif
ficulties of underwater feed
ing and had equipped mother
porpoise with the necessary
muscles to force the milk into
the baby's mouth.
OREGON'S
TUALATIN VALLEY
FEATURED IN
THIS WEEK'S P0SL.m.
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subject of a dazzling, full-color Face of America in this
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Oregon's Tualatin Valley. You'll learn how this lush land,
got its unusual name. How wandering fur trappers were
among the first settlers in Oregon and how they struck
it rich. And you'll see breath-taklngly beautiful Mount
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Youth Still Sought
In Killing of Girls
Holland, Mich. - (UPD - The
search for 16-year-old James
Scott Stephens, sought in the
slayings of two young girls,
spread today into the neigh
boring states of Illinois , and
Indiana.
But authorities still played
a "hunch" that Stephens
might be in the rugged Maca
tawa Dunes area along the
shore of Lake Michigan whera
the bodies of Carol Gee, 11,
and Margaret Chambers, 12,
were found Monday.
Stephens left home Sunday
morning. He wrote in a note
to his mother: "Mom, . I'm
sorry but it was an accident.
I tripped over a log and the
gun went off a couple -. of
times. I didn't mean to do it."
Authorities said the slay
ings were no accident.
Both girls had been shot at
close range in the head, Mar
garet five times, Carol seven
times. 1
GENTLY NOW
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bakery baked a two-foot-square
cake here that was too
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a window.
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