Or
ogosn Railroads To detain Third Brakeman
State Legislature
May Soon Receive
Some Major Bi
Salem - UPD - Committees
were showing signs of send
ing a few major pieces of
legislation to the floor soon
as the Oregon Legislature
Saturday rounded out its 11th
week.
The Ways and Means com
mittee, scrutinizing budget
after budget, gave over
whelming approval to one of
the most disputed proposals
of the session: A reduction
in the state civil defense staff
from 18 to 3.
The House Tax committee
indicated it was about ready
xto kick out some of the meas
ures needed to raise the mon
ey to balance the state budget
for the coming biennium.
Here is how major legisla
tion stands:
Budget - Ways and Means
continues its efforts to reduce
Gov. Mark Hatfield's propos
ed $405 million budget by
$lS-$20 million. Of about 100
budget bills, some of the
smaller ones already have
passed the two houses and
been signed by the governor.
Review of the biggest and
most serious budgets those
dealing with education goes
on.
Tax - The House Tax corn-
mittee, source of all major
revenue-raising bills, indicat
ed it will start sending some
of the smaller tax measures
to the floor soon "to see how
they go." The committee is
proceeding with discussions
on what ,its major revenue
measures - a new income tax
law and a cigarette tax -should
contain. The Senate
Tax committee is waiting for
the House to act.
Education - Higher educa
tion's legislative activity cen
ters on its budget. The amount
of basic support for schools
and high schools probably
will be one of the last mat
ters taken up. The House has
called for some changes in
Basic School Fund proce
dures. There has been little
decision on community col
leges.
Labor - The House Labor
and Industries committee has
suggested employee contribu
tions to the unemployment
compensation fund, along
with better benefits. The Sen
ate committee still is trying
to write a new workmen's
compensation law. Railroad
unions won retention of Ore
gon's present full crew law,
but were told to get together
with management to seek a
more permanent solution-
Highways - A bill reducing
fuel taxes for heavy trucks
won Senate Highway commit
tee approval. It raises taxes
for lighter trucks. A bill for
traffic arrests on "probable
cause" was sent to the House
floor. The House voted to
clamp down on drivers who
try to flee an officer. Other
traffic safety measures are
still in committee.
Constitution - Committees
on constitutional revision
have reached a critical point:
The executive branch of gov.
ernment. The committees have
made informal decisions on
a number of articles in a pro
posed new constitution, but
still must take formal action-
Legislative reapportionment
remains undecided.
Resources-The House Com
mittee on Natural Resources
is nearing the end of hearings
on a proposed natural re
sources department. Little en
thusiasm is evident. Commit
tees on fish and game contin
ue to work on bills, including
some to rewrite fishing li
cense laws.
Oihers - No committee ac
tion has yet been taken on
abolition of the death penalty,
the truth-ln-lending bill, the
medical care for the aged bill,
taxes for churches and non
profit groups, milk price com
trol, bread loaves, five sex
offender bills. No hearings
have yet been held oh green
stamp, lobbyist registration,
or farm picketing bills.
Morse Confirms State
Conference Attendance
Portland - (UPO-Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.), has confirmed
his appearance as the major
speaker at the Democratic
State Conference in Salem,
April 20-21, . D. Spencer,
State Democratic Chairman
said today. -
HIKERS PROTEST HIKES
Dixon, 111. - (UPD - Eight
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on a 100-mile hike to protest
60 mile hikes.
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Settlement Urged
By Senate Group
Salem - (UPD - The third
brakemen on Oregon freight
trains have been assured of
their jobs for two more years,
but railroads and unions were
told to get together on a more
permanent settlement.
The Senate Committee on
Commerce and Utilities voted
to leave Oregon's full crew
law on long freight trains as
it is, with one exception.
The committee accepted a
union proposal to update the
50-year-old law by deleting
the reference to "steam
trains, making it clear the
law also applies to diesel
trains.
Six Kecnilred
The law requires a crew of
six. includine three brake-
men, on freight trains in Ore
gon over 40 cars in length and
traveling more than IS miles.
The railroads had asked for
elimination of the require
ment for a third brakeman
saying he was no longer need
ed on modern trains.
The union replied he was
necessary for safety.
The railroads noted they
were losing $1.7 million a
year by paying for third
brakemen in Oregon, one of
only six states requiring
them.'
The unions replied several
hundred men would lose their
jobs.
Two Questions
Committee Chairman Al
fred Corbett (D Portland)
made it clear there were two
separate questions: Safety,
and jobs. He said the legisla
ture was unequipped to make
a safety judgment, and the
job problem should not be
written into a law.
The vote to kill the bill for
reduced crew was unani
mous, as was the vote to de
lete the steam reference in
the law. 1
The committee decision
came alter rauroaa spokes
man Randall Kester said the
railroads were willing to ac
cept an attrition clause so that
third brakemen positions
would be eliminated only
when there were vacancies in
the positions held by present
brakemen.
On the other side, union
attorney Alex Parks said the
unions were willing to have
an Impartial study of safety
factors.
Valley Students
Gain Berths in
Speech Tourney
Ashland Speech s t u-
dents from Medford, Ashland,
Crater and Phoenix High
schools won the right to go to
the state speech tournament
as a result of the Southern
Oregon District Speech con
test held at Ashland High
school Friday and Saturday.
Students competed in eight
different contests, with the
first and second place win
ners gaining berths in the
state tournament, to take
place April 18-20 at Corval
Iis. Third place winners in
the district contest will act
as alternates for the state
tournament.
Medford students took first
place in four of the contests,
Ashland in three and Phoenix
in one, but Ashland students
took seven second and third
places to Medford's three.
Four Phoenix students and
two from Crater won second
and .third places. Students
from Eagle Point and Grants
Pass also competed.
Winners in the eight con
tests and the schools they
represented were as follows:
Serious reading: 1. Rob
Hoag, Medford; 2. Frank Per
kins, Phoenix; 3. Kathy Ruck-
er, Ashland.
Oratory: 1. Carol Bjork,
Ashland; 2. Charles Hillestad,
Ashland; 3. Dale Hocker-
smith, Medford.
Humorous reading: 1. Kar
en Foley, Medford; 2. Trudee
Lewis, Ashland; 3. Linda Mul-
lin, Phoenix,
After dinner speaking: 1.
Dave Lohman, Ashland; 2.
Todd Dole, Phoenix; 3. Bev
Bush, Medford.
Extemporaneous speaking:
1. Richard Coulter, Phoenix;
Friends of Library
Support Budget
The Friends of the Library
of Jackson County went on
record last week giving strong
support to the proposed budg
et of the Public Library of
Medford and Jackson County.
The resolution, expressing
the support and the need for
the budget items as detailed
by Dr. John T. Brandenburg,
is being presented to the mem
bers of the Jackson county
court and the budget commit
tee. The budget committee an
nounced Wednesday that the
Increase, asked by the library
board, would not be granted.
Pointing out that "the main
tenance and operation of the
public library Is of vital con-
cern to all Inhabitants of this
county," the resolution states
that the Increase is needed to
maintain "the standard of
quality at which Medford and
Jackson County Public Li
brary is striving to operate."
The resolution continues to
urge acceptance of the budget
as presented to "allow the
continuance of the present
quality of operation of said
library and the maintenance
, of a minimum quality of
; service."
Yakima Man Files
Damage Suit Here
John Edward Ryan, Yak
Ima, Wash., is seeking $27,
030.33 in damages from
Stephen O. Wilson, White
City, and his drivers. Herbert
Percival McDonald Jr., and
Charles McDonald as a result
of an automobile accident last
Nov. 5 on Highway 62.
Ryan charges In his com
plaint that he was seriously
Injured when his car colldcd
with a logging truck and trail,
er and a dump truck oper
ated by the two drivers, who
had been stopped on the high
way, obstructing it.
No tail lights, warning de
vices, flares or lights were
visible at the required safe
distance that night, Ryan al
leges. The total damages include
$1.4;i0.35 for medical treat
ment and $1,300 for loss of
wages for being unable to
work following the accident.
Bids Called for
Aerial Spraying
The Portland area office
of the bureau of land manage
ment has asked for bids on
aerial spraying by helicopter
of 1,627 acres of government-
owned land in the Medford,
Salem and Coos Bay districts
of the BLM.
The spraying project Is part
of the bureau s brush control
program on public lands for
forest stand improvement, and
is set aside for Small Business
concerns only.
Josephine, Douglas and
Jackson counties in the Med
ford district have 1,438 acres
to spray; 20 acres will be cov
ered in Clackamas county,
Salem district, and 169 acres
in Douglas county. Coos Bay
area, will be sprayed.
Bidder will furnish all la
bor, equipment, spray mater
ial, transportation and supplies.
Bids will be opened at 2
p.m., April 11, at the Port
land office of the bureau of
land management, room 720,
1002 NE Holladay St., post-
office box 3861.
Detailed description of the
work may be obtained by
writing the bureau in Port
land at the above address, or
may be obtained from the dis
trict offices of BLM at Med
ford, Salem or Coos Bay.
2. Dave Force, Crater; 3. Car
ol Bjork, Ashland.
Poetry reading: 1. Rob
Hoag, Medford; 2. Carol Ann
James, Ashland; 3. Sue
Thrapp, Phoenix.
Impromptu speaking: 1.
Craig Pennington, Ashland; 2.
Dave White, Ashland; 3. Dave
Force, Crater.
Radio: 1. Brian Porter,
Medford; 2. Larry Tuttle,
Medford; 3. Scott Roberts,
Ashland.
Also vying in the state tour
nament will be debate teams
from Medford, Crater and
Phoenix High schools.
On Medford's team, which
won first place in the A divi
sion a week ago, are Paul
Goodwin, Mike Whinihan,
Larry Tuttle and Rob Hoag.
On Crater's team, second
place winner in the A divi
sion, are Dave Force, Alan
Bray, Don Gail and Carol
Foole. On the Phoenix B di
vision debate team are Laura
Griffith and Richard Coulter.
Judging the Southern Ore
gon district contest was a
team of professors from
Southern Oregon college. Dr.
Alvin Fellers, Ed Fitzpatrick,
Dr. Marshall Woodell, Hugh
Simpson and Dr. Dorothy
Stolp.
Coaches for the competing
schools were Herb Lewis, dis
trict director, Ashland; De
Vere Taylor, Medford; Art
Carpenter, Grants Pass; Mar
garet Hadley, Phoenix; Glen
na Brewold, Eagle Point, and
Don Lacy, Crater.
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