Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-02-05

mendations of the governors message,
although at least one important
recommendation, the adjustment Of
the funds of the University of Wash.
ington, Washington State college and
the three state normal schools, was
part of the advisory tax commissions
program of 81 bills.
The bills introduced In the house
included measures providing for an
eight-hour day for state elective and
appointive officers, the use OF certain
state funds to purchase bonds for adj
ditional compensation to world war
veterans, the creation of board of
educational administration to replace
the regents Of the university and the
state college and the trustees of the
three state normal schools and the
transferring of the funds of the five
institutions 10 the general fund after
May 1, 1881.
Educational Institutions Problem.
Heads of Washington institutions Of
higher education were summoned to
appear before senate and house appro-
priations committees Monday and
their appearance will bring to the
front one of the most vexing problems
Of the session.
Nearly 100000 has been Topped
from the requests Of the five educa-
tional institutions for the next two
years in the budget submitted by Gov.
ernor Hartley.
The operations budget Of the Uni.
versity of Washington has been trim
med $273,00o. Washington State col.
lege and the three normal schools pre-
sented less moderate requests, and the
governors pruning shears have been
used more vigorously. The State col.
lege budget was trimmed more than
S735.000. The three normal schools
sustained even sharper cuts, proper
tionately.
requests of Bellingham for s96S, 0OG
have been reduced to $4,000. Che
ney asked s7S4,OOO, and the governor
recommended s445,Ooo, and Ellens-
burg normal's request of $569,0OO is
slashed to $4,000.
Chairman Daniel Landon of the
senate appropriations committee said
that Immediately following the ap.
pearance of the educational institution
heads, the committee would be ready
to prepare its draft of the budget, and
hoped to have it ready by the last of
the week.
Reapportionment Asked.
The first congressional reapportion.
ment bill to emerge from committee
was reported out favorably by the
house committee. The measure bears
the signatures of u cointroducers,
enough to assure its passage in the
The measure creates new sixth
district by taking Pierce county out
of the third district and joining it with
all of King county outside of Seattle,
which would be the first district. Kit.
sap county, now part of the first dis
trict with King county, would be trans
ferred to the second district. The
third district, Pierce county excluded,
would remain unchanged.
A measure, which would extend to
Vancouver and Walla Walla the privi-
lege of framing their own charters,
was passed by the senate by vote of
SO to /.
n Under existing laws, the right to
frame charters is denied to cities hav.
ing a population less than 10000. The
new bill would give this right to
cities having a population of $4,000 or
more. The principal object of the
bill is to pave the way for council
manager form of government at Van.
couver.
Russian Imports Protested.
A joint memorial resolution urging
congress to pass bill prohibiting i'm.
portation of any articles of merchan.
disc from the Union of Soviet Social.
istic Republics was passed by the SEN
ate under suspension of rules.
The importation of Russian pulp
wood and lumber is a menace to the
growth and prosperity of the paper,
pulp and lumber Industries of wash
ington, the resolution said.
by reason Of the present market
conditions 1t is vitality necessary that
the unfair dumping of foreign convict
products should not intervene as a
vicious and unjustifiable competition
to this principal northwest industry"
the resolution said.
The senate smothered the bounty
bill, despite arguments by Senator
Gray, whose measure contained yir.