' MEDFOHP MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON WEBKESBAY. MAY 17, 1961 J
House Speaker Makes Preliminary Judgements on Recent Legislature
Editor's note: This it h t .f
three excluiive articles cvtEuating
m icfiNaiure wriiien oy the
fovernor, the Senate president, and
he Houk speaker. Today: The
By ROBERT B. DUNCAN
WrilJen tor UPI
Salem -WPD- Proper evalua
tion of this legislature must
await the passage of sufficient
time to give us perspective.
Even so soon after its ad
journment, however, it is pos
sible to make some prelimi
nary judgments.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee, ably assisted by the
legislative fiscal officer, dem
onstrated the highest level of
fiscal responsibility. It cut the
governor's budget bills by
more than $4 million,- That
the final budget ended up
higher than the governor's
was due to three things:
One Failure of the gover
nor to Include funds in his
budget for programs which he
recommended, such as com
munity mental health, the sur
plus food distribution' pro
gram, the Boardman project,
and an additional building at
Oregon State University to
house a computer system all
of which he knew would cost
money.
Two A bookkeeping trans
fer of certain items from dedi
cated to general funds, in
creasing both Income and ex
penditures, in the general
fund without actually chang
ing the total overall finacial
picture.
Three Certain salary in
creases, including his own, for
which the governor made no
provision in his budget to
gether with funds for a sound
community college program;
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additional money for basic
school support over and above
the governor recommenda
tion; money from liquor reve
nues to the counties and for
the education of migrant chil
dren, all of which represent
state payment of obligations
which would otherwise fall
on real property and thus rep
resent real property tax re
lief. ,
No Tax Increase
All of this was done with
in available resources and
without a tax increase at the
state level. Far from apolo
gizing, I am proud of the rec
ord in financial affairs.
This Democratically-controlled
legislature continued
the .. effort to improve the
business climate . commenced
under Gov, Robert Holmes
and advanced so nobly in the
tax field by the 1957 and 1959
legislatures.
An additional ad valorem
tax exemption for new con
struction of income-producing
properties, coupled with
authorization of the Board
man project, the Internation
al Paper mU at Gardiner, ex
ploration for offshore oil and
minerals at the mouth of the
Columbia river all show that
the legislature recognizes that
both political parties, labor
and management must pull
together for maximum de
velopment of our state. '
Agriculture received recog
nition of its peculiar position
in getting relief from real
property taxes on farmland
adjacent to urban develop
ment. The dairymen were giv
en temporary help to , save
themselves from economic
ruin together with a new milk
audit bill. . Further anti-pick-eting
legislation aimed at ag
riculture labor was passed
which I predict the state will
live to regret. j
Oregon will take full ad-i
vantage of . the : federal pro-'
gram for medicare and a sur-;
plus food distribution pro-:
gram was Initiated, The wel-
fare commission was pre-:
served against the , broad :
and largely - unsubstantiated
charges of the governor, leav
ing needed changes to a time
when the atmosphere will be
less charged with emotion.
A community mental health
program was authorized. This
will be the one thing for
which this legislature will be
remembered the longest, if it
survives the 'political contro
versy between the Republican
secretary of state and the gov
ernor as to the proper source
of administration.
Asm With Governor
On this issue, I agree with
the governor that it belongs
in a new department rather
than in the Board of Control,
But I do not agree that the
administrative dispute should
defeat the whole program. It
is far too important in terms
of people restored to . their
families and to their jobs as
producers rather than exist
ing in a- state hospital as
wards of the state not to be
immediately effectuated.
An important labor election
bill to eliminate picketing at
the level of organizational
and jurisdictional disputes
and to substitute therefore an
orderly election process was
passed, I wish something
similar might have been done
in the field of. agriculture, :
The 'workmen's oompensa-;
tion system which we have
had since about 1913 was pre-:
served from destruction by
the three-way bill which in
my opinion would have been
bad for both labor and man
agement. In time and almost:
at this session, a compromise
will be worked out, accept
able to both sides which will
eliminate the defects in the
present system, extend the
coverage, and adequately pro
tect the injured workman at
a reasonable cost to the em
ployer. - '
An expensive, harsh and
unnecessary Landrum-Griffin
type labor law was defeated.
A - bridge was authorized
over 'the Columbia river at
Astoria. Higher education was
provided for very adequately.
Academic and state salaries
were raised. The legislature:
was provided with legislative;
expense money, strengthening
that branch of government.
Commercial Cods Panes
A commission was appoint
ed to study constitutional re-
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vision., A new commercial
code .was passed along with
a revision of the. laws' on
guardianship and conservator
ship. .
Air and water pollution
control was strengthened, ad
vances made in the field of
civil rights, and steps taken
to rehabilitate the anadra
mous fish resource.
At the same time we passed
an unfortunate bill to allo
cate territories between utili
ties, destroying competition
and perhaps ultimately turn
ing the state over to a single
electrical utility. This , was
further aggravated by the ad
dition of the emergency
clause prohibiting a referral.
This I think the state will
regret.
So with reapportionment
of the legislature my guess
is that this has been turned
over to the courts as I doubt
that the constitutional re
quirements have been met in
the bill which passed.
Reorganization failed be
cause of a multiplicity of mi
nor objections which accumu
lated into quite a force be
cause of a serious disagree
ment between the Republican
secretary of state and the
governor on the Board of
Control, and because of the
governor's attack on welfare
which added to the fears of
those who hesitated to concen
trate power In hands of the
governor.
Adding accomplishments to
the disappointments, I think
that we can say this has been
a good session and that Ore
gon has been well served, :
Fast Time in State
Offices Requested
Salem - SJPB - The Salem
area Chamber of Commerce
said Tuesday it will ask Gov.
Mark Hatfield Thursday to
establish daylight saving time
for state offices and depart
ments in Salem,
The chamber said it also
will urge the Salem City
Council and the Marion Coun
ty Court to adopt daylight
time hours.
Salem Chamber Manager
Stanley Grove said some busi
ness houses are being hurt be
cause of added costs of carry
ing on business due to the
time differential with Portland.
Twenty-five of 27 directors
of the Salem chamber said in
a poll they favor the change
here. About 500 chamber
members were polled In Salem
and 88 per cent satd they fa
vor daylight time.
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Dick West Invited To Have Lunch
With Transportation Week Queen
By DICK WEST
Washington - fflfB - "How
would you like to have lunch
with the queen of National
Transportation
Week?" said
this press
agent, who
spoke with
heavy Madi
son Avenue
accent. . , .
AH of my
instincts told
me to reply in
the negative.
I learned long ago to beware
of press agents with Madison
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scruples was his assurance
that other guests would be
present at, the lunch and that
the transportation queen was.
In fact a wholesome-minded
dog named "Lady Greyhound,"
That sounded innocent
enough, so I Joined the little
group In Lady Greyhound's
hotel room and took a seat at
table overlooking a fruit
cocktail.
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D'Essen of New York, the
dog's trainer, On my right
was Sam Blake, the afore
mentioned press agent who
represents a bus company,
the name of which escapes
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Lady Greyhound is the
only dog with an honorary
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She also is an honorary
member of Delta Omega
Gamma, a sorority whose Ini
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I always have about 18
dogs in my home In Manhat
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honorary disc jockey," Blake
added. "When she hears about
a deejay who has done some
thing to promote better ha
man animal relations, she
makes him an honorary dog.'
"I also own a kangaroo
named VJctori, Mrs. D' said,
"We once brought her to
Washington to 'kick off the
United Givers Fund Drive."
"Lady Greyhound is mak
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for dogs," Blake said, "It's
called 'Music to Wag Your
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Litoda Lie," Mrs. D said,
"She can consume about four
quarts of cocktails before
she's even sleepy, fortunate
ly, she has three stomachs
"Out in Hollywood they're
mskaig a picture about dogs,
Blake went on, "Lady Grey
hound is going to write the
bark-ground music.
"I once raised a lion cub
named Dryfuss," Mrs. D'
said, "Yoa have to be careful
how you pet a Hon,
"In Clay Center,, Kari.,
they changed Hie name of a
street from Wall st, to Lady
Greyhound ave.," Blake said,
"Maybe you could write that
Wall st. has gone to the dogs."
"There's a marvelous bosk
out now called 'Kangaroo in
the KltehenV Mrs. D said.
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"Lady Greyhound is the
only dog that has even been
made an honorary eat," Blake
said, "This happened during
National Cat Week. She had
nine honorary lives."
Throughout the lunch, th
honorary queen herself steps
on ihe couch, I was giad that
Mrs, D'Essen didn't bring
along her llama.
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