The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-30
Police Prepare
For Communists
Authorities At Olympia Lay
Plans For March On
State Capitol

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State patrolmane and count
ty and city officers laid plans today
for controlling a Communist
march" on the legislature to de-
mand unemployment insurance.
Several hundred delegates from
all over the state were expected to
arrive in Olympia over the week.
end to attend a public hearing
Monday afternoon before the joint
house and senate unemployment re-.
lief committees.
A bill filed by Rep. Lloyd Lind
gren, King, diverting all funds from.
national defense and taxing large
incomes to finance the insurance
program will be the center of de-
bate.
Pension Measure Issue
The measure was filed as an in
itiative to the legislature, but fail
ed to secure sufficient signatures
for submission. It would grant
pensions of $40 and up for all I'm :
employed, aged and sick persons
and expectant mothers. Senator
James A. Murphy, King, called the
hearing to give hackers Of the plan
chance to argue its provisions.
While Law officers were mobile
ing to keep the marchers within
bounds, the legislature yesterday
closed it's second week of delibera-
tons with the record of having
passed only one bill outside of 40
propriating salary and expense
money for itself. Both houses were
in adjournment until Monday.
House Leads In Bills
Representatives had filed 1873 bills,
IL memorials and 10 resolutions and
passed three memorials and thrse
bills, two appropriating money and
one pertaining to the state law IL
brary.
Senators put in 81 bills to date,
seven memorials and eight resolu-
tons, passing only the two money
bills and six memorials and resolu-
lions. The session had cost the
state approximately $4,000 to date.
Highlights of the weeks sessions
were passage of world court anc
soldiers bonus memorials by both
houses, despite President Roosevelt's
recomme and launching
investigations of the cement indus
try and state public works depart
ment by the senate.
Are After VERA
The house and senate committees
probing the VERA were expected
to report Tuesday that a full in
vestigation be made and $4,000
appropriated for such purpose.
Governor Martins budget report,
calling for reduced appropriations
totalling $94,132,OO6 Tor next. bien-
mum, started out the week. House
and senate appropriation commit
tees began immediate study of the
476-page report.
The state liquor board presented a
number of recommended changes in
the liquor law to stiffen enforce
ment, punish violators more heav-
lily, and lodge more power in the
board. It was noncommital ON Sun
day beer sales and cocktails with
meals, leaving the issue up to legis-
lators.
Consider Highway Code
Chief fireworks of the past week
centered around the new highway
code submitted by the state high
way department. on orders of the
1888 legislature. Senate conserva-
tives turned back two attempts by
liberals to delay or kill the bulky
code. One was by postponing action
on it until the 1897 session and the
second by taking it away from the
committee before it was printed.
Although the state tax commits
sion has not submitted it's official
tax program designed to raise $18,-
100000 a year, numerous severance,
securities, occupational and income
tax measures were filed this week.
Several legislators put in bills de-
claring moratoriums on mortgage
foreclosures and extending the de-
linquent tax holiday" Two or
three plans Of unemployment insur-
ance, ranging from the communists