The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-05

AS the bill now stands, the
members can he removed only
by a two-thirds vote of the
senate. That would be ex-
tremely difficult. We should
be able To remove these men.
n necessary. by a majority
vote. A two-thirds require
ment will never be obtained.
THE people should be given a
chance to speak. And If they can't
speak through their legislators.
where can they speak? I warn
you. we are losing our most price,
less heritage"
Senator Wall rose and asked
that Mccutcheon's amendment be
tabled. He was supported IS
/ to 81.
McCutcheon then offered anoth-
er amendment. This time he asked
that the governor be given power
I to remove board members II he
so desired He explained that the
power TO appoint carried the pow
err to remove.
Down went the amendment.
Sen. Gerry Dixon Cd of Ia
coma dashed out at Wall for shut
ting off debate on the amend
ment. He stated under Walls
plan, only the person offering the
amendment was permitted to
speak.
Dixon went on to say:
This has turned out to he
The biggest partisan issue of
the session. Why don't YOU
give us a chance to argue ON
the amendments: Your tao
tics are not the least bit
democratic. Let's give some
one n chance to speak on the
bills. l know the party lines
are drawn and the battle is
on, but I don't like the meth
DDS used"
An amendment offered by Vic
tor Zednick (R) of Seattle passed.
1t changed the bill to read state
owned lands instead of public"
owned lands. This change would
eliminate all state tide lands, shore
lands. and harbor areas previously
included in the bill.
McCutcheon threw the OPP
position into n tongue FUN
bling other when he asked
what the exact meaning OF
estate" owned lands was.
Three senators answered--all
differently. Marsh saved the
would -be-explainers when he
said that even the supreme
court wasn't agreed on what
the term covered.
For the next two hours amend
ment after amendment came up
and each one was voted down by
the same vote-25 to 81. The gov
ernor's bill showed no sign of
wavering. The only amendments
to go in were those offered by
Zednick, administration supporter.
They were;
I-Relinquish control of all graz
! ing land. originally in the bill.
0-Retain the office of the tate
4 land commissioner. II was
previously abolished.
leave Seattle's Metropolitan
> center alone. The original
bill had included it in the forest
program.
A-Timber lands belonging to the
= University of WASH n & n
would have to be approved by the
regents before being sold.
All public school timber and
- sales would have to be APP
proved by the state board of edu-
cation.
McCutcheon made one more plea
to members to give careful con-
sideration to the bill. He warned:
"There Is law on the
books right now that prohibits
public officers from selling
goods to themselves. And Vet
YOU will have men on the
board that will be buying
state owned timber for them
selves. should they do this,
they will be violating criminal
statutes of the state"
Four hours later Senator Al
Rosellin CD of Seattle took ad-
vantage of a parliamentary rule
and asked for reconsideration of
one of his votes on a motion. This
set off a series of arguments, but
1t. Gov. Vic Meyers sustained
him.
The final battle on senate
hill "a was set over for
Thursday.
Senate bills 80 and 55, setting
up forestry practices. underwent
two hours of amendments but no
arguments were given. All the
amendments went down. The final
vote on senate bill 81 was 81 to
seven and its companion measure,
senate bill 80. carried 20 TO eight.
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