Tempo of Legislature Quickens; Major Bills Reach Floor
Br ANN H. PEARSON
United Press International
Salem IUPU- The tempo of
the 90-day-old Oregon Legis
lature quickened suddenly
last week and major bills
started coming to the (ioor,
with more nearly ready to
follow.
The Senate, waiting for the
House to lend over key meas
ures, stayed with light sched
ules. But more bills, and more
controversial bills, started hit
ting the House floor and the
lower chamber went into
lengthy morning sessions that
pilled over into three after
noons. The House held its first
afternoon meeting of the 1963
assembly Monday. It capped
tne week Friday by convening
at 9:30 insead of 10 a.m. and
acting on 27 measures in five
hours.
Perhaps the most signifi
cant advances were made by
the House Tax committee. The
thinking of its members sud
denly jelled on most features
of a key income tax revenue
raising measorc.
Here is how major issues
stand:
Budgel - A Ways and
Means subcommittee made its
first real policy decisions on
cutting higher education's
budget. Other trimmed bums
cts are clearing ways and
means and moving through
both houses. Work has started
on the big welfare budget.
Proposals to revamp basic
school support were advanced.
Tax - The House Tax com
mittee decided on a new in
come tax law with a broader
base, deductions, credits in
stead of exemptions, and elim
ination of the federal income
tax deduction. A subcommit
tee was named to work out
a graduated rate formula over
the week end that would raise
$35 million in the new rev
enue. The bill is due on the
House floor soon. Meanwhile,
the committee sent a sales tax
bill to the House floor in
hopes it will be killed for
good. A cigarette tax is back
in committee after near death
In the House.
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MEDFORD
Tribune
MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY. APRIL 14, 1963
Constitution - Joint com- is about ready to come out
mittecs on constitutional re-1 with a proposal to revamp
j urcgon s industrial accident
! insurance law. Crux of the
Impact of Lumber Industry on
County Economy Is Reviewed
Chester Irish, Medfnrd
branch, Firat National Bank
of Oregon, and County Judge
Earl M. Miller Friday night
told members of the Southern
Oregon Conservation and
Tree Farm association of the
impact by the lumber in
dustry on the valley economy.
The bank spokesman cited
figures to show the lumber
Industry is the first major in
dustry in the valley.
The county judge noted that
SO per cent of the money used
to operate the county govern
ment comes from timber pur
chases of O and C and nation
al forest land. The lumber in
dustry is a vital part of the
local government for that rea
son, he said.
Attend Meeting
Miller reported that he and
other members of the county
court attended a meeting last
week of the Association of O
and C counties. The forest In
ventory as prepared by a pri
vate firm for the western Ore
gon counties should be com
pleted in two or three weeks
and published, he reported.
This reappraisal of the al
lowable cut of government
timber already must have had
some effect, since the forest
service recently Increased the
total allowable annual cut
from 140 million board feet
when the study was started
to 177 million a year, he
noted.
Non-O and C counties are
taking a closer look at O and
C monies in hopes of getting
a (hare, Miller said. The O
and C counties are taking
steps to try to prevent this,
he added,
Talis of Trends
Carroll Brown, supervisor
of the Rogue River National
forest, told SOCTFA members
what the forest service has
been doing in recent years
and the general new trends.
About 10 years ago, recrea
tion had some importance and
comparatively few people
were interested in timber
management. Now the forest
service is developing more
and more recreation areas.
Both the public and lumber
Industry are watching timber
management closely so the
forest service has to be more
exact in its practices than
ever before, Brown explained.
More time is being spent
on roadside park manage
ment, Brown said. Union
Creek and Prospect areas arc
good examples. Fish lake
area will be managed similar
ly so the general public will
not be able to tell there has
ever been any logging there.
Share in Responsibility
The forest supervisor com
plimented Louis L. (Luke) Bi-
den, Prospect, on his careful
job of road side strip logging.
The Industry has a great share
of the responsibility on how
forest proporty looks, he said.
Approximately 00 per cent
of the timber cut this year
will be on a selective basis.
Brown explained. The forest
service Is trying to avoid clear
cut practices such as laying
out a block of timber and al
lowing the industry to mow
it down. Since this is a transi
tion area with mixed timber
species more selective cutting
will have to be done, he ex
plained.
Don Schofield, manager for
the Medford district, bureau
of land management, second
ed Brown s remarks.
Curt Neshiem, district war
den, state department of for
estry, spoke briefly on the
fire protection program. The
southwest Oregon district has
always been a bad fire area,
Accident Involves
School Bus, Auto
A car-school bus collision
occurred Friday afternoon on
Kings highway and Garfield
St., state police reported.
No injuries were reported
and only moderate damage
resulted.
A car driven by Richard
James Stemler, 20, of 405!i
Earliart St., Medford, pulled
out from a stop sign on Gar
field st. into the left side of
the school bus, state police
id.
The. school bus operated by
Robert A. Daniel Daun, 50,
of 2413 Kings highway, was
loaded with 80 school chil
dren and headed south on
Kings highway.
Department Warns
Of Construction
Salem - Red flags along
Oregon's highways arc as
much a sign of spring as
showers, flowers, tree buds,
and women's bright, attractive
dresses.
The red warning flags
mean that the Oregon state
highway department has start
ed permanent repair of win
ter-ravaged highways or that
new construction is under
way.
Every attempt is made to
keep traffic flowing smoothly
with a minimum of delay
when work is being done on
the highways. To aid in this
phase of their work, highway
crews use many warnig signs.
A red flag is displayed with
each warning sign to help the
public quickly tell the dif.
ferencc between the warning
and the standard regulatory
signs.
When necessary, flagmen
are stationed at strategic
points near the job to assist
the traffic. A flagman's duty
is to protect the crew and the
traveling public. For this rea
son, it is important that a
flagman's signals be closely
heeded.
New construction will be
gin soon in many parts of the
stale, and this will mean the
presenco of heavy dirl-moving
equipment and detours lor
which the puhlic should lie
alert.
No 'Civil Service'
School Connected
With Federal Agency
The United States Civil
Service commission, beset
with complaint regarding ac
tivities of schools that offer
correspondence courses claim
ing to be "civil service"
schools, has Issued a warning
to the public.
No "civil service" school is
Connected with the Civil Serv
ice Commission, the agency
of the federal government de
clared. Neither the commission nor
any other agency of the fed
eral government gives coach
ing courses in preparation for
civil service examinations
They do nol have agents who
offer such courses.
No Special Advantages
The commission does nol
make recommendations re
garding any school, the release
further cautioned the public
No school can obtain special
advantages for its students in
civil service examinations or
appointments.
No school which gives spe
cial preparation for civil serv
ice examinations is given any
advance or special informa
tion regarding civil service ex
aminations, or any other civil
service Information that Is not
available to the public with
out cost
No school can properly
promise success in passing civ
il service examinations or
guarantee employment in the
federal civil service, the com
mission pointed out.
Announced examinations
are competitive A list Is es
tablished from each examina
tion, containing the names of
persons who pass. The names
of persons highest on the lust
are referred to appointing of
ficials for filling a particular
position, and selection Is made
from that list.
ne said. Its difficult to pre
dict how bad this year will be
due to the recent blow down,
although it is outside the state
district.
vision next week tackle their
last big decision: Legislative
apportionment. Then they will
be ready to start giving final
approval to revised articles in
a proposed new constitution.
Reorganisation - Gov. Mark
Hatfield's proposal for a nat
ural resources department
was sent to the House floor
with 6-2 committee approval.
The State Game commission
and its employees were ac
cused of trying to fight the
bill by "intimidation" of leg
islators. Other reorganization
bills have gone nowhere so
far.
Workmen's Compensation-
The Senate Labor and Indus
tries committee indicated it
the House floor Monday. The more than one senator or rep- land went to the House. Traffic
House approved a measure re-1 resentative. Bills for single safety measures on "arrest
writing the Civil Defense law i senator and representative for probable cause" and seat
to bring other agencies more ! districts in Multnomah coun-! belts have cleared the House,
closely into advisory and co-! ty were back in committee ! The Senate killed the "im
ordinating functions. T h e after near House defeat. I plied consent" bill for chemi-
House Military Affairs com- Highways - A bill lo give cal tests for suspected drunk
mittee was told by National the big truck weight-mile tax drivers.
Guard officers that an inspec- j relief at the expense of small- Others - Measures to ask
tor general would be nice, er trucks passed the Senate voters to repeal the death
but wouldn't have prevented I
- the Withycombe scandal.
Sex offenders - Three of
1 six bills aimed at sex offend-
penalty, and to increase mini
mum life imprisonment, pass
ed the Senate and went to
the House. A lobbyists' regis
tration bill was given one
hearing, then put off until
April 23. The Senate passed
a bill to extend summer day
light time to the last Sunday
In October.
issue is whether private firms
should be brought into the
field.
Labor - Management - The
House Labor and
committee killed
strikebreaker bill, increased
unemployment benefits, .and
a proposed labor dispute me
diation panel. The Senate
committee held a hearing on
a proposed $1.25 minimum
wage. A bill to prohibit em
ployers from requiring lie
detector tests as a condition
of employment passed the
House
Sex Bills Passed
Military - The slashed civ
el defense budget is due on
ers passed the House and
went lo the Senate. They deal
with "peeping toms," sen
tences, and jurisdiction over
Industries ! sex eases involving children.
anti- Another court jurisdiction bill
was defeated, then revived.
Two more, on commitment
and on a police filing system,
are due soon on the House
floor.
Consumers - Bills on milk
, prices, trading stamps, Dread
loaves, gasoline, barber shop
j advertising, and truth-in-lcnd-ing
are slill in committees.
Elections - The House pass
ed a bill lo have legislators
run by position instead of at
large in districts electing
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