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THURSDAY, MAY II. I9S1
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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. , .
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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. And labor leaders al
ready are making plans for
their own version of a new
bill revising Oregon's much
maligned workmen's compen
sation system.
Candidates for the 1963
Legislature will be hearing
the pros and cons long be
fore the 52nd session starts.
It may be the first time in
history that such determined
lobbying for the next session
based on so much bitter
ness and possibly misunder
standing this session began
before sine die adjournment
of the present session.
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