White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-11-20

read message to the special session
of the Legislature last week teeming
with drastic proposals as to general
Legislation and requests for COM
plete overturning and reorganization
of the entire educational system of
the state from kindergarten to the
University of Washington.
Outstanding in the list of recon.
mendations were:
1. Adjustment Of the boards of re-
gents Of all institutions of higher
education and substitution of one non
salaried lay board of nine members,
rotating in office, one retiring each
year.
Abolish University Levy
2. Adjustment Of all levies for the
University of Washington, the State
College and the three normal schools,
together with general fund appropria-
tions except those necessary to re-
ceive federal aid for experimental
work at Pullman.
8. Bond issues for the University
of Washington building fund to be
paid from Metropolitan Building Com
pany site revenues.
4. Constitutional amendment abol-
ishing the office of state superinten-
dent of public instruction.
5. Adjustment of the State Board
of Education, the aforem entioned non
salaried board of nine members to
have complete control of common
schools as we'll as of the higher edu-
cational institutions.
6. State publication of grade school
text books.
Reduce Motor Taxes
Z. Curtailment of the highway con-
struction program through sharp re-
auctions in the revenues of the motor
vehicle fund; biennial license fee of
Sc for private automobiles and mo-
torcycles; retention of the 2-cent gaso-
line tax and a four-year license fee
of 81 for drivers.
8. Repeal of all reclamation and
land settlement acts, including the
half-mill revolving fund levy.
9. Logging railroads operating over
state lands to be required to haul
timber and materials from state lands
wherever located.
TO- More competitive markets for
state timber.
IL. Adjustment of the penitentiary
and reform parole boards, the peni-
Tertiary indeterminate sentence act,
and fixing a maximum but no mini
mum in reformatory cases.
RecIassify Lands for Taxation
IL. Constitutional amendment per-
hitting Redistribution for taxation
purposes of agricultural lands on the
basis of productivity and of logged
off lands to aid deforestation.
10. Making it mandatory to accom-
pany real estate transfers with affi
davits setting forth the sales value
involved, for taxation purposes.
Ia. Requiring cities to create guar
antee funds for local improvement
district bonds.
Is. Legislation supplementing the
constitutional amendment permitting
the consolidation Of county offices.
16. Creation of a judicial council to
speed up and simplify court pro-
cedure.
IT, Industrial programs for the
psnitentiary and reformatory.
10. Repeal of the wild animal boun-
ty law.
49, Adjustment of the Soldiers
Home at Orting but not disturbing
the veterans colony.
TO- Adjustment of the state library
and the state travelling library boards.
and consolidation of the state librarZ
and state law library.
Points to Savings
The three major subjects of the
message education, reclamation and
highway-Governor Hartley discussed
at length, devoting the most time to
education. He detailed with pride
savings already made by his appoin-
tees in administration Of government
but declared that these did not re-
duce the peoples tax bill to any
extent.
Education, he asserted, leads all
the institutions and agencies which
are absorbing tax money.
"An intimate study of education in
the state of Washington will convince
the unprejudiced that our children
are not receiving dollars worth of
education for dollar expended" he
said. I'VE are attempting to carry
forward program which the people
cannot afford to maintain. We are
out of economic balance and instead
of offering equal educational oppor-
tunities to the many we are provid-
ing special opportunity for the few.
I'm dealing with the question Of
higher education the carrying load
of the institution should be, and must
be made subordinate to the carrying