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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY, MAY II. I9S1 KHP Off THE CRASS! I ; LliJ N0 miN Hum v 'f y.tJa DAS RtTftfTru nr '"4 RASIKS IsT VIKgOTfN .ffitJ WU" MBA ; orropcnTOv Manner ,n fl' MOMIWTIM! HTf ' V HCR8AM OIAMBUUW SUR LA PfLOUU THIS MEANS YOU! The sign in front of the Roanoke College fraternity house in Salem, Va., says the same thing In eight different languages keep off the grass! But it doesn't make any difference to little Steve Robertson of Roanoke, Va. He can't read. , . - (UPI Telephoto) u4- SPEClAh m By Marguerite W. Wright STATEHOUSE (Special) Who killed cock robin? Who killed the Three-Way Work- . men's Compensation bill, the hardest-fought, most - lobbied . bill in the 1961 Legislature? Salem rumors blamed the slow and painful deaths of . the Three-Way Bill and com- ' promise proposals on "two high-powered labor union lobbyists brought to , the Statehouse from Chicago to pressure legislators into kill ing the bill." The fact is this: One man, Clinton Fair, assistant direc tor of the National AFL-CIO social security department in Washington, D.C., did arrive at the Statehouse just in time to be in on the kill. Few Aware But few legislators were even aware of his presence. An expert on social security and allied problems, Fair flew to Salem last Tuesday at the request of Oregon labor offi cials. He came to give them his authoritative opinion on the technical workability of the proposed Three-Way com- ; promise plan. Fair agreed with the local union leaders that the plan was unsatisfactory. This firm ed up their continuous op position to the Three-Way bill. And that killed it. . That is the background: In gurancemen and other Oregon businessmen were determined to break the state's present monopoly control over cov erage of injured workmen through the State' Industrial Accident Commission. The present law provides that em ployers and employees cov ered by the law contribute toward a fund out of which the Commission pays benefits to workers hurt on the job. Private insurance companies wanted to get at least a share of this insurance business, and if possible to control it. They chipped in unknown thousands of dollars to pay for lobbying activities on be half of the new law they Eagle Point School Has Awards Event Eagle Point - Eagle Point Elementary school held an awards assembly to climax National Library week recent ly. A reading contest sponsor ed among the students in grades 2 through 8 was brought to a close with the two top winners of each room being presented book awards. Mrs. Maxine Berryman, li brarian, gave special mention to Vicky Warrick, who read the greatest number of books, 170. Vicky was top winner last year with a total of 200 books. Special mention was also given to the only boy stu dent librarian, Vincent Me dina. Mrs. Berryman state that the librarians are chosen from the girls as a rule, but that Vincent has worked harder, put in more hours, and has turned out to be the outstand ing librarian this year. After the winners read their books, a special plaque will be placed in front of each volume and all the books will be presented to the school li brary as donations by the stu dents. The Misses Joan Callaghan and Sonja Belts, high school students, each gave two readings. wanted which would provide for three ways of insuring injured workers: state insur ance, private insurance and self-insurance, i. e. insurance provided by employers them selves. Millions In Profits Passage of the Three-Way Bill would have meant un known millions of dollars in profits for the private insur ance companies. Some observers said the Three-Way Bill was "what the 1961 Legislature is all about." Last week, in a last mas sive maneuver on behalf of the Tnree-Wav Bill, the were a number of meetings Detween sen. Walter Pearson, (D-Portland), Portland insur anceman and chief sponsor df the bill; House Speaker Rob ert B. Duncan (D-Medford) who was opposed to the orig inal bill but felt the present law needed revision anri ws therefore amenable to some form of compromise legisla tion; Rep. W. O. Bun Kelsay (D-Roseburg) who had kent the Senate-passed Three-Way Bill bottled up in his House Labor and Industries Commit tee: and Oregon AFL.no leaders who spearheaded the anve against tne bill; and Governor Mark O. Hatfield, who did not favor the original Three-Way plan but wanted a Two-Way plan whereby the state and employers both could insure workers. Heading the labor delega tion at the Statphnnco ora Jim Marr, J. D. McDonald, ana George Brown. Chief Three-Way lobbyists are Gerry Meind) and Keith Skel ton. Hatfield Disappointed The governor was disap pointed that there was not rnore support for his Two Way plan. Some observers felt he would veto the Three Way bill if a Two-Way bill was passed instead. - There was a general feeling 1-st week that a compromise was in the making. Pearson and Duncan were reaching a point of agreement. Then local labor officials decided to get expert advice on the proposed compromise. They telephoned Clinton Fair in Washington. He came to Salem posthaste, armed with facts and figures that bol stered the local opposition to the compromise. Senator Pearson cried "Double-cross!" when mem bers of the press showed up at the supposedly secret meet ing where the compromise was to be discussed, and the ensuing disagreement be tween the Senator and the House members ended any possibility of a meeting of minds. It is all over now until the 1963 session. Three-Way bill lobbyists are making plans already for pushing their bill next ses sion. 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