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Otto Amen
Otto
Amen Papers
1973-1983
8
containers.
9 linear feet of shelf
space.
Includes subject files, constituent
correspondence, and various reports and enclosures.
Collection materials are in
English
Mr. Otto Amen served as Washington State Representative from the 9th
District for eight terms from 1967 to 1983. He was the Speaker Pro Tempore and
a member of the committees of Agriculture, Rules, and Appropriations--General
Government, as well as the Special Appropriations Subcommittee on General
Government. He was the chairman of the Special Committee of Legislative Budget.
He was educated at Washington State University in pharmacy, and then became a
farmer by occupation. He was a resident of Ritzville, Washington, and actively
involved in community activities. He was an active member of the Grange, the
Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, and Washington Wheat Growers
Association.
The legislative papers of Otto Amen at the Libraries of Washington
State University in 1985 consist of subject files, constituent correspondence,
and various reports and enclosures. The majority of the documents are from
Amen's final two terms in the Legislature, during the years 1979 - 1983. The
papers are filed in the original order in which they were received. The papers
are divided into three series according to time periods: 1. before 1979
(folders 1-80); 2. 1979 to 1981 (folders 81-196); 3. 1981 to 1983 (folders
197-360). Each of the series is further divided according to the topics. Papers
before 1979 are divided into three subseries: Miscellaneous; Appropriations,
and House Bills. Papers from 1979 to 1981 are divided into four subseries:
Correspondence (arranged according to places of the correspondents first and
then according to topics discussed); Bills sponsored by Otto Amen;
Miscellaneous; Appropriation. Papers from 1981 to 1983 are divided in three
subseries: Correspondence; Bills sponsored and Miscellaneous.
Papers of Otto Amen of Ritzville, Washington, former Member of the
Washington State Legislature, were donated to the Washington State University
Libraries in 1985 by Mr. Amen (Accession no. MS85-41).
The papers were processed in summer 1996 by Baodi Zhou.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Amen, Otto. --Archives
Washington (State). Legislature. House of Representatives
--History--Archival resources
Washington (State), Eastern--Politics and government --
20th century--Archives
Statutes --
Washington (State)--Archives
Law --
Interpretation and construction--Washington (State)--Archives
Legislation --
Washington (State)--20th century--Archives
Agriculture and
politics--Washington (State)--20th century--Archives
Agriculture
Government and Politics
Washington (State)
Legislators -- Washington (State)--Archives
1
Legislative Files
1973-1979
1.1
Subject Files
1
1
Agriculture
1977-1978
1
2
Agriculture
Appropriations
1977-1979
1
3
Agricultural
Committee
1977-1978
1
4
Agriculture -
Commissioned Merchants
1975-1977
1
5
Agriculture - SHB
1219 (corporate agriculture)
1977
1
6
Agriculture -
Hazardous Substances Act
1977
1
7
Agriculture -
Irrigation Legislation
1967-1977
1
8
Alcoholism
1
9
Anti-Corporate
Farming Information
1974-1977
1
10
Corporate Framing
Legislation
1973-1977
1
11
Death with
Dignity Information
1975-1976
1
12
Drought of 1977
1
13
Education
Initiative #53, B.A.S.I.C.
1976
1
14
Elected Officials
1976-1977
1
15
Evergreen State
College, Leaves
1972-1977
1
16
Facilities
Committee (House)
1976
1
17
Fertilizer Lien
Law
1976
1
18
Illegal Aliens,
HB96
1977
1
19
Income Tax
Legislation (1)
1973-1975
1
20
Income Tax
Legislation (2)
1977
1
21
Inheritance Tax
1976
1
22
Initiative 59,
Agriculture
1976-1977
1
23
Initiative 59-
Alternatives
1977
1
24
Interagency for
Outdoor Recreation
1976
1
25
Labor and
Employment Securities
1976-1979
1
26
Labor Relations
1975-1977
1
27
Long Term
Drought, Subcommittee on
1977
1
28
Market Promotion,
Subcommittee on
1977-1978
1
29
Medicine, Drugs,
Abortion
1974-1977
1
30
Mental Health,
Whitman County Administrative Board
1977
1
31
Miscellaneous
(correspondence)
1977
1
32
Natural
Resources, Pollution
1966, 1973
1
33
Newspaper
Clippings
1977
1
34
OSHA
(Occupational Safety and Health Act) and WISHA (Washington Industrial Safety
and Health Act)
1974-1974
1
35
Page Application
and Letters
1969-1977
1
36
Pensions
1976
1
37
Personnel
1976-1977
1
38
Port Districts
1977
1
39
Public Utility
Districts
1966-1970
1
40
Pullman By-pass
1975
1
41
Roll Call
Transcripts
1977
1
42
Salary Survey
1976, 1978
1
43
Sales Tax
Information
1977
1
44
Shoreline
Legislation
1971-1974
1
45
State Salaries
1976-1976
1
46
Sunset Committee
1977
1
47
Washington
Warehouse Act, HB 1131 (Rep. Clayton)
1977
1
48
Water Pollution
Control, Agriculture
1975-1976
1
49
Water resource
Act, HB 1447 & SB 3081
1975-1976
1
50
Welfare-Social
& Health service
1976-1977
1.2
Appropriations
1
51
Appropriation
1975-1978
1
52
Budget
1977-1979
2
53
Budget and
Accounting Act
1977
2
54
Education,
K-12, (questionnaire)
1976-1977
2
55
Employment
Relations
1977
2
56
Revenue
1973-1979
2
57
State Agencies,
Miscellaneous
1976-1979
2
58
Budget - Evans
Proposal
1977-1979
2
59
Department,
Social and Health Services
1971-1977
2
60
Education,,
Budget
1977-1979
2
61
Higher Education
- Budget
1977
2
62
Supplemental
Budget
1975-1977
2
63
University of
Washington - appropriation
1977
2
64
Washington State
University - Agricultural Research Center - Budget Needs
1975
2
65
Washington State
University - appropriation
1972-1977
2
66
Washington State
University, Budget
1977-1979
1.3
House Bills
2
67
HB 129 - Fiscal
Impact of Legislation
1977
2
68
HB 136 -
Agriculture Repeals
1976-1977
2
69
HB 137 - Traffic
Safety
1977
2
70
HB 139, 141, 144
1977
2
71
HB 231 - Reports,
Agencies & Officials
1977
2
72
HB 233 - Reports,
Control Bill
2
73
HB 281 -
Educational Service Districts
1976-1977
2
74
HB 406 - Minor
Political Parties
1976-1977
2
75
HB 602 - Salary
Surveys
1976-1977
2
76
HB 603 - Merit
System Administration
1977
2
77
HB 678 -
Livestock Theft
1977
2
78
HB 844 - County
Library Districts
1976-1977
2
79
HB 936
1977
2
80
House Joint
Memorial 9 - Livestock Insurance Corp
1977
2
Legislative files
1979-1981
2.1
Correspondence
2
81
Hatton and
Cunningham, Adam County
1979-1980
2
82
Lind, Adams
County
1979-1980
2
83
Benge, Adams
County
1979
2
84
Othello, Adams
County
1978-1980
2
85
Ritzville, Adams
County (1)
1979-1980
2
86
Ritzville, Adams
County (2)
1979-1980
2
87
Washtucna, Adams
County
1978-1980
2
88
Asotin &
Anatone, Asotin County
1979-1980
2
89
Clarkston, Asotin
County
1979-1980
2
90
Dayton, Columbia
County
1979-1980
2
91
Pomeroy, Garfield
County
1979-1980
2
92
Warden, Grant
County
1977, 1979-1980
2
93
Colfax, Whitman
County
1978-1980
3
94
Endicott &
Winona, Whitman County
1979-1980
3
95
Lacrosse, Whitman
County
1979-1980
3
96
Lamont, Whitman
County
1979-1980
3
97
Palouse, Whitman
County
1979-1980
3
98
Pullman, Whitman
County (1)
1979-1980
3
99
Pullman, Whitman
County (2)
1979-1980
3
100
Pullman, Whitman
county (3)
1979-1980
3
101
St. John, Whitman
County
1979-1980
3
102
Miscellaneous,
Whitman County
1978-1980
3
103
Miscellaneous
Letters, (MTST)
1979
3
104
Out of District
1979-1980
2.2
House Bills
Sponsored
3
105
HB 351 - Ag.
Commodity Wheat Assessment
1979
3
106
HB 959 - Minor
Public Office, Disclosure
1979
3
107
HB 1205 - Snake
River Legislation
1979-1980
3
108
HB 1205 - Snake
River, Scenic River
1973, 1979
3
109
HB 1444 - Low
Income Utility Fees
1980
3
110
HB 1596 - City
Programs, Agriculture, Lands
1979-1980
3
111
HB 1784 - Bond
Pay, Irrigation district
1980
3
112
HB
2.3
Subject files
3
113
Agriculture and
Blood Bank
1979-1980
Agriculture
3
114
Agricultural
Compact
1979
3
115
Allen Land
Ownership
1978-1979
3
116
Commercial Feed
Act
1978
3
117
Crop Lien, HB
45
1979
3
118
Gasohol
Information
1976, 1978
3
119
Irrigation
advisory Committee
1979
3
120
Marketing, HB
46
1979
3
121
Miscellaneous
Information
1975-1977
3
122
Omnibus Bill
1978
3
123
Pesticide
Application Act
1978
3
124
Pesticide
Control Act
1978-1979
3
125
Proposed
Legislation
1979
3
126
Wheat Growers,
Washington association
1979
3
127
Association of
Washington Business
1980
3
128
Attorney General
1980
3
129
Children and
Families, Legislation Affecting
1979-1980
3
130
Correctional
Institutions
1979-1980
3
131
Day Care
Expenditure
1980
3
132
Energy
1973-1980
4
133
Full Time
Equivalent Staff in State Government
1980
4
134
GOPinion Pull
1979
4
135
GOPinion Pull
1980
4
136
Handicapped
Legislation
1980
4
137
Housing Finance
Commission, State, HB 20
1979
4
138
Human Resource -
General Information
1977-1980
4
139
Inheritance Tax
Information
1979
4
140
Insurance and
Compensation, Industrial Insurance, Workmen's
4
140
Compensation
1971-1977
4
141
Insurance and
Compensation, Unemployment Compensation
1972-1977
4
142
Insurance and
Compensation
1977-1979
4
143
Interagency
Committee for Outdoor Recreation
1979
4
144
Judiciary
1965, 1980
4
145
Juvenile and
Families in Conflict, ESSB 1768
1979
4
146
Library, Ninth
District
1981
4
147
Local Projects
1968, 1975-1979
4
148
"Outlook"
1979
4
149
"Outlook"
1980
4
150
Pages
1977-1980
4
151
Pension
Information
1980
4
152
Pension Reform
Information
1978-1980
4
153
Prime Sponsored
Legislation
1979
4
154
Products
Liability Information
1979
4
155
Proposed
Legislation
1979-1980
4
156
Retirement
Pension
1979-1980
4
157
Roll Call
Transcripts
1979
4
158
Roll Call
Transcripts
1980
4
159
School
Legislation - Pending File (Answers from School Administration
1979
4
160
Schools
1980
4
161
Senior Citizen
Legislation
1979-1980
4
162
Social and Health
Services, Department of
1979-1981
4
163
Special Mailings
1978-1980
4
164
Special Reports -
Communications
1979
4
165
Special Reports,
Republican Caucus
1979-1980
4
166
State Patrol
1980
4
167
Stationary
(Ordering and Samples)
1977-1980
4
168
Tax Information
1976, 1977, 1979
4
169
Washington
Education association - 1980 Voting Record
4
170
Washington State
Crop Improvement Association
1979-1980
2.4
Appropriations
Appropriations
4
171
Adult and
Corrections
1978-1981
4
172
Budget
1979
5
173
Budget,
Miscellaneous Information
1975-1977,
1978-1979
5
174
Capital Budget
1979
5
175
Committee
Membership,
5
176
Compensations
1979
5
177
Education, K-12
1979-1981
5
178
General
Government
1979-1981
5
179
Government,
Counties
1975-1977
5
180
Government,
State
1975-1979
5
181
Higher
Education
1968, 1975, 1977,
1979-1981
5
182
Human Resources
1978-1981
5
183
Human Services,
Mental Health only
1976-1979
5
184
Legislation to
be Considered
1979
5
185
Operating
Budget, Information
1977-1979
5
186
Parks and Game
1977-1979,
1979-1981
5
187
Revenue
1979
5
188
Revenue
1980
5
189
Supplemental
Budget
1979
5
190
Washington
State University, Budget
1979
5
191
Attorney General
1981
5
192
Education -
Legislation
1978-1979
5
193
Local Government
- Program element
1979
5
194
Nursing Homes
Legislation
1978-1979
5
195
Public Health
1975, 1979, 1981
5
196
Research
1980
3
Legislative files
1981-1983
3.1
Representative Otto
Amen - personal
1982
6
197
Personal
1982
3.2
District
Correspondence
1981
6
198
Benge, Adams
County
1981
6
199
Lind, Adams
County
1981
6
200
Lidka Sykora,
Othello
1981
6
201
Othello, Adams
County
1981
6
202
Ritzville, Adams
County
1981
6
203
Washtucna, Adams
County
1981
6
204
Asotin &
Anatone, Asotin county
1981
6
205
Clarkston, Asotin
County (1)
1981
6
206
Clarkston, Asotin
County (2)
1981
6
207
Dayton, Columbia
County
1981
6
208
Connell, Franklin
County
1981
6
209
Pasco, Franklin
County
1981
6
210
Pomeroy, Garfield
County
1981
6
211
Warden, Grant
County
1981
6
212
Albion, Whitman
County
1981
6
213
Colfax, Whitman
County
1981
6
214
Colton,
Uniontown, Whitman County
1981
6
215
Endicott, Whitman
County
1981
6
216
Hay, Whitman
County
1981
6
217
Lacrosse, Whitman
County
1981
6
218
Palouse, Whitman
County
1981
6
219
St. John, Whitman
County
1981
6
220
Pullman, Whitman
County (1)
1981
6
221
Pullman, Whitman
County (2)
1981
6
222
Pullman, Whitman
County (3)
1981
6
223
Pullman, Whitman
County (4)
1981
6
224
Out of District
(1)
1981
6
225
Out of District
(2)
1981
3.3
Subject files
1981
6
226
Abortion
1981
6
227
Application for
Appointments
1980
6
228
Association of
Washington Business
1981
6
229
Big Bend
Community College, Moses Lake
1981
6
230
Columbia Basin
College, Pasco
1981
6
231
Department of
Social and Health Services
1978-1981
6
232
Fiscal Crisis -
Correspondence regarding Suggestions and Comments
1981
6
233
Governor John
Spellman, Olympia
1981
6
234
Hells Canyon
National Recreation Area
1981
7
235
Higher Education
- Correspondence re 10% Budget Cut
1981
7
236
Higher Education
- Correspondence re Graduate Student Tuition Increase
1981
7
237
Higher Education,
Faculty salary
1981
7
238
Legislative
Hotline Calls - Summary
1981
7
239
Legislative
Liaison Contact List - State Agencies
1981
7
240
Levy Lid
1981
7
241
Pages
1980-1981
7
242
Pages
1981-1982
7
243
Parent Co-op
School Program
1981
7
244
Press
1981-1982
7
245
School Budget
1981
7
246
Schools -
Classified Employees
1982
7
247
Senior Citizens
1981
7
248
Speech Material
1982
7
249
State Treasurer -
Robert V. Graham
1981
7
250
Tax Reform -
Correspondence Opposing
1981
7
251
Tax Reform -
Correspondence Supporting
1981
7
252
Transportation
Request
1981
7
253
Tuition Increase
and/or Waiving of Tuition and Fees for Athletics - SB 3237
1981
7
254
Usury - 12%
Ceiling on Interest Rates
1981
7
255
Welfare
1975-1981
7
256
WPPSS (Washington
Public Power Supply System)
1982
3.4
Correspondence
1982
7
257
Adams County
1981-1982
7
258
Benge, Adams
County
1982
7
259
Cunningham, Adams
County
1982
7
260
Lind, Adams
County
1982
7
261
Othello, Adams
County
1982
7
262
Othello Chamber
of Commerce, Adams County
1981-1982
7
263
Ritzville, Adams
County
1982
7
264
Washtucna, Adams
County
1982
7
265
Asotin, Asotin
County
1982
7
266
Clarkston, Asotin
County
1982
7
267
Dayton, Columbia
County
1982
7
268
Connell, Franklin
County
1982
7
269
Pasco, Franklin
County
1982
7
270
Pomeroy, Garfield
County
1982
7
271
Warden, Grant
County
1982
7
272
Albion, Whitman
County
1982
7
273
Colfax, Whitman
County
1982
7
274
Colton, Whitman
County
1982
7
275
Endicott, Whitman
County
1982
7
276
Garfield, Whitman
County
1982
7
277
Lacrosse, Whitman
County
1982
7
278
Lamont, Whitman
County
1982
7
279
Palouse, Whitman
County
1982
7
280
Pullman, Whitman
County (1)
1982
7
281
Pullman, Whitman
county (2)
1982
7
282
St. John, Whitman
County
1982
7
283
Bailie Memorial
Boys Ranch - Basin City
1982
7
284
Out of District
1982
3.5
Subject files
1982
7
285
Airplane Tax
1981-1982
7
286
Attorney Gnarl
1982
7
287
Big Bend
Community College, Moses Lake
1982
7
288
Blood Bank
Legislation & Correspondence (House Bill 872 & Senate Bill 4583)
1980-1982
7
289
Blood Banks
Regulated, HB 1826 (1976-81)
7
290
Eastern
Washington University, Cheney (1981-82)
7
291
Education Forum
1982
7
292
Education,
Letters in Opposition to ESB 2343. Making miscellaneous changes in law re
Education
1981-1982
7
293
Governor's Office
- Staff and their Responsibilities
1981
7
294
House Roster,
47th Legislature
1981
8
295
Insurance
Commissioner
1982
8
296
Milwaukee Road
Right-of-way
1981-1982
8
297
North Columbia
Toll Bridge Association
1979-1982
3.6
House Bills
Sponsored
8
298
Bills Sponsored
1981
8
299
HB 31 (Workers'
Compensation)
1981
8
300
HB 40 (Public
Disclosure / Local Government)
1981
8
301
HB 198
(Irrigation Districts Contracts)
1981
8
302
HB 260
(Agriculture Committees Assessments)
1981
8
303
HB 265 (Ships,
Vessels Property Tax)
1981
8
304
HPM 274 (Voter
Requirements, Cooperative Districts)
1981
8
305
HB 300 (Leasing
State Land)
1981
8
306
HB 333 (Wheat
Commission Vacancies)
1981
8
307
HB 370 (Road
District Excess Levies)
1979-1981
8
308
HB 394 (Law
Enforcement, Service Districts)
1981
8
309
HB 408 (SEPA
Actions, Bonds)
1981
8
310
HB 449 (Water
Resource Supervisor)
1981
8
311
HB 456
(Agriculture, Committees Storage)
1981
8
312
HB 461 (Education
Reciprocity with Idaho)
1981
8
313
HB 471
(Foreclosure Sales, Minimum Bid)
1981
8
314
HB 514 (Crime
Victims County Program)
1981
8
315
HB 529 (Higher
Education Construction Bid Amounts)
1981
8
316
HB 542 (Voter
Requirements, Cooperative Districts)
1981
8
317
HB 612 (County
Indicated Ratios)
1981
8
318
HB 631 (Race
Track Fees)
1981
8
319
HB 666 (Resource
Lands, management, use)
1981
8
320
HB 774 (Jail
space requirements)
1981
8
321
HB 798 (Transient
accommodations)
1981
8
322
HB 803 (Sick
leave buy-back abolished)
1981
8
323
HB 804 (Milwaukee
railroad, right-of-way)
1981
8
324
HB 849
(Education, Miscellaneous changes)
1982
8
325
HB 872
(Regulating blood bank)
1981-1982
8
326
HB 922 (Reduce
prison overcrowding)
1981-1982
8
327
HB 923 (Voluntary
action center)
1982
8
328
HB 937 (Assessing
insurers)
1982
8
329
HB 1003 (Voting
by mail)
1982
8
330
HB 1021
(Milwaukee Railroad / adjacent land)
1982
8
331
HB 1078 (WSU
wastewater treatment plant)
1982
8
332
HB 1097
(Employment security, job service funding)
1982
8
333
HB 1129
(Superintendent of Public instruction redefined state education board)
1982
8
334
HB 1167 (Federal
aid medical care program)
1982
8
335
HB 3356
(Remodeling jails / criteria)
1982
8
336
HJM 3 (Election
returns reporting)
1981
8
337
HJM 17
(President's economic plan)
1981
8
338
HJM 20 (Acquire
tribal claims)
1982
8
339
HJR 14
(Redistricting commission)
1982
8
340
HJR 16
(Superintendent of public instruction appointive / state education board)
1982
8
341
Bills passed
during the special session
1981-1982
3.7
Miscellaneous
8
342
Budget
1978-1981 and
1981-1983
8
343
Budget - capital
1981
8
344
Budget -
supplemental
1980-1981
8
345
Budget -
supplemental (Mt. St. Helen's)
1981
8
346
Budget -
supplemental
(November - December
1981)
8
347
Budget Message -
Governor John Spellman (1979-1981 & 1981-1983 Biennial Budgets)
8
348
Committee
Assignments
1981
8
349
Government cost
information
1981
8
350
Insurance
1981-1982
8
351
Intern programs
1981
8
352
Legislative
Budget Committee
1981-1982
8
353
Letters of
Recommendation for Appointments
1981-1982
8
354
Pacific Northwest
Bell Rate Insurance
1981
8
355
Pensions
1981
8
356
Planning &
Management Committee, 1080-82
8
357
Projects,
Districts, Proposed-pending
1976-1981
8
358
Schools
1980-1981
8
359
Transportation
1977-1982
8
360
Washington Cities
by Legislative Districts and Zip Codes
1982