Yes, We Have No Earthquakes, Blizzards, Dust Storms or Tornadoes in the Umpqua Valley, so Throw Out Your Chest When You Tell That to Tourbt.
THE WEATHER
IllKhest temperature yesterduy 67
lowest tempera lure lust niht 42
Precipitation for 24 hours 11
Precip. since fitut mouth 2.93
Precip. from Sept. 1, l3fl.... 17.9:t
Deficiency since Sept 1, l'SM S.tU
Unsettled; rains.
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VOL. XL
NO. 282 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 25. 1937.
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Day's N ews
Ily FRAN.K JENKINS
IN A LETTER presented to the
sunn to judiciary conimltteo,
Chief JubMco Hughes asserts that
an increase in the size of the su
preme court would "Impair rather
than increase" the efficiency of
l ho nation's highest tribunal.
He has talked,, he says, with
Justices Van Devnntor (conserva
tive) and- Justice Brnndcls , (the
court's loading liberal) and finds
that both agree with him in this
view. '
IF YOU ever worked with a com-
mlttee of 15 members and really
tried to get something done, you
will ngrce unhesitatingly with
Chief Justice Hughes that a larger
court would WORK SLOWER than
a smaller ono. .
CKNATOR WHEELER, of Mon-
tnnn, whoso liberal viows no
ono doubts, offers three reasons
for bis opposition to the Bcheme to
pack tho supreme court. He says:
1. There Is no assurance, of re
lief for lnbor, agriculture and oth
er groups in tho manner proposed,
2. It Is Immoral.
3. It Is a "stop-gap" plan, rath
er than n fundamental solution of
the problem.
IP 'yloij were on trial for your life
aiitHHhe ''district "attorney Insist
id in, advance on thorlght to pock
the jury, so as to , be SURE he
Would be able to convict you, yon
h'ould probably agree with Sena
tor Wheeler that schemes to pack
courts and juries are Immoral.
'IT-DOWN strikers, with explo
sive possibilities, share the
(Continued on page 4)
LONDON. March 25. (AP)
John Drlnkwnter, famed poet
mid drumatlBt, died today. at the
age of 54. -
The distinguished poet, whose
dramatizations of characters of
British and American history
were among his best known works,
died suddenly of a heart attack
While asleep at his London home.
' His widow, Daisy Kennedy, the
'Australian violinist, was injured
March 11 when the automobile in
which she and Drlnkwater were
driving to a party after her con
cert was in a collision. .. .
Drinkwaler had just completed
his own motion picture for the cor
onation of Kin? OeoiRO VI of
which he wns both until or and pro
ducer. The rilin dealt with "The,
King and His People" from the
time of Queen Victoria lo the pres
ent. Drinkwater'B historical - plays
were widely known In the United
States, particularly "Abraham Lin
coln,' and "Robert K. Lee."
Hig-boned and picturesque in ap
pearance, Drinkwater was an in
punt nee broker turned actor and
son of a schoolmaster who turned
net or.
He was fond of athletics and the1
school broad jump record he set 1
still stands. I
J01DRI1TER.
Scio's School Troubles Increased
As Coach Withdraws Resignation
SCIO. Mnrrh 25 (API Cecil
Elder, athletic conrh. added new
troubles to flcln's high school sit
uation when he withdrew his vol
untary resignation shortly after
submitting it to the school board.
students, many of them who
have gone on strike as protest
against the honrd's failure to re
new the conch's contract, sur
rounded Elder on the main street
vesterdnv afternoon when word of
his withdrawal rnine nfter an all-
day session between the school
board nnd County Superintendent
J. M. Bennett.
Elder, accodie to student do
I mnnds, recalled his resignation.
"I "will stay but I want It nn
Id era food t am not hacking this
student strike." he told O. A. Hall,
chairman of the board.
Francis Elmer, junior and ace
Qua fie
LOS ANG
L i ,
CITIES SI
No Damage Save Possibly
At Point of Origin Far
South of Pasadena,
Expert Opines.
LOS ANGELRS,. March 25
(AP) A strong earthquake
shook southern California today
over an area of more than 10,000
square miles.
Dr. C. F. Richter of the sefsmo
logfcal laboratory of the Carnegie
institution termed It "strong
enough to cause considerable dam
age near its point of oiigln."
This he est'mrt'.d lo bo 110
miles southeast of Pasadena, eith
er In the mountains of San Diego
county or on th east side of the
Imperial valley, a rich agricultur
al district at the Mexican border.
The shake came at S:49 a. m, '
Los Angeles and Us environ
were swayed by a long and con
tinuously Increasing motion. Long
Beach reported It wns quite un
like tho heavy 11)33 shock, which
came as a jolt, ; while today's
movement wns a sort of rhythmic
shimmy, with an east-west motion.
Santa Monica, Glendale, Pasa
dena, Anaheim, Alhambra prompt
ly reported similar erfects,' while
more southerly Ihe.lnUmsity. seem
ed to he greater. In the San Bernardino-Riverside
region It was a
good shake. i
San Diego felt it ns a sharp
earthquake more than a hun
dred miles from Santa Monica. El
Centro, county seat of Imperial
valley, 100 miles east of San Diego,
felt it as quite a jolt. At Brawley,
just north of El Centro, clocks
were stopped.
The visible recording Instru
ment at the selsmologicnl labora
tory of the Carnegie Institution
was thrown orf balance, but seis
mologists Immediately removed
the III m from the photographic re
cordii.g , instrument to study its
record.
. After-Shocks Recorded
After scrutinizing the records,
Dr. Richter said he believed the
earthquake occurred on the San
Jacinto fault, with the Elsinore i
and Agua Caliente faults as pbssi-!
bllities.
Several small after-shocks came j
on the tall of the first heavy move
ment, be said, and ut about 9:4S
a. m. what appeared to be a dis
tinct after-shock was recorded on
the visible instruments, ,
Warner Springs, In the San
Diego mountains near what Dr.
Richter believed might be the cen
ter, reported that the quake .was
strongly felt, but that no damage
was caused.
In Riverside the quake was felt
sharply, and at Hemet and San
Jacinto, near there, crockery rat
tled. Hemet und San Jacinto were
the center of a disastrous earth
(Continued on pace 6)
SCHOOL DISASTER
FILMS DATED HERE
News pictures showing the Lon
don. Texue, school disaster will be
presented at Hunt's Indian theater
for three days, starting tonight. A
special news reel has been rushed
by airplane Into the Oregon cir
cuit, and the Koselnirg theater Is
one of the first to present the dis
aster scenes. The film will be
shown In addition to the regularly
scheduled program.
basketball player,- said he was
will to take the res pon nihility for
starting the strike. i f
About 200 townspeople discuss
ed the sltuntlon at a public meet
ing lost night, but deferred mak
ing recommendations. Superinten
dent Bennett urged patience and
expressed hope the students would
return to their classes. Many par
ents are sympathetic toward the
students' stand and said if a
chnnge was necessary It should be
made "as to the principal."
It also developed at the board
meeting bnt J. H. Tumhlepon.
principal, hnd been offered a new;
contract with a salary Increase!
lust January.
Elder's resignation was to be
come effective Immediately with
his salary continuing until the I
close of the school year.
NEIGHBUh
Shakes
STORMS
English-Born JusticeJSutherland I
Of U. S. Supreme
WASHINGTON, March 25.
(AP) Justice George Sutherland
became today the fourth member
of the supreme court to reach the
age of 75.
The Jurist, a native of England,
was the first member of the court
since 1794 to be born on foreign
soil. Ho was brought to this coun
try at the age of 15 months.
A former republican senator
from Utah, be wns appointed an
associate justlco hy President
Harding In 1922.
He would bo ono of six justices
affected by President Roosevelt's
proposal to reorganize the court
by appointing an additional mem
ber for each ono who did not re
sign within six months ufter be
coming 70.
Sutherland Is ono of the justices
who have voted most consistently
against Roosevelt administration
laws. Ho has sided with the ad
ministration In four cases' and
against It ill 13.
He has written four or the opin
ions deciding new deal litigation.
Chief Justice Hughes, who will be
75 on April 11, has written five.
Justices older than Sutherland
FIVE-HDllR ATTACK
Rebel Bombing Planes and
Artillery Deal Death.
Damage at Night.'
MADRID, March 25 (AP)
Insurgent bombers rained explo
sives on Madrid for five hours to
day, halting their sky attacks only
when artillery batteries took up
the battle and began to pour
shells Into the beleaguered cupi
tal.
One largo shell hit a department
store just after hundreds of cus
tomers had left the building nt
noon. -
Other, projectiles struck various
other c ruetures In the downtown
district.
The Insurgent assault began
shortly before midnight and last
ed until dawn.
In bright moonlight, the aerial
raiders usually single planes
circled the city, loosing, heavy
bombs on the central districts.
As one plane finished Its deadly
task another appeared to take up
the assault.
Government mliitlamen scored
the sky with hu;;e searchlights.
Defense :rnops directed a stream
of anti-aircraft shells and rifle
bullets at the night raiders.
Casualties Numerous
Officials, completing a hasty
survey of the damnge, admitted
there were numerous casualties
(Continued on page fit
WHOLESALER CITY
LICENSE KAYOED
NEWnERO. Ore., March 25.
(AP) City Attorney C. W. Swan
said the supreme court ruling in
validating an ordinance levying a
license fee on "wholesole trade
vehicles" will affect a number of
Oregon towns in addition to New
berg. The court upheld a circuit court
ruling favoring the contention of
the Hluc Dell Potnlo Chp Co., that
the tnx was discriminatory.
Kwnn said that city, attorneys of
Newberg. McMlnnvllle, Forest
tlrove, HlllHboro and Oregon City
cnllnhornled In drawing a model
ordinance In 1934, nnd that several
other towns had adopted It.
HIT-RUN WHILE
DRUNK IS CHARGED
SALEM, March 25, (AP) Joe
Ieroy Stafford. 22, wns arrested
on charges of hlt-nnd run driving
nnd of driving while Intoxicated
nfter his ear allegedly struck and
Itilured Nndlnc Conwnv. .18. a . ne-
detrmn. ' , ''
Her Inmries were not serious.
Stafford was captured1 bv Dolfre
after a chaHe of a mile and a halt
from the scene of , (he ' accident,
which was wltnerrted fay ...Officer
Louis Burgess. ;.f ' ;
Southern
HALT MIDWEST
CourtlReaches 75
George Sutherland
are Brandels, 80; Van Devanter,
77, and McReynolds, 75.
Constitutional Amendment
in Lieu of F. R.'s Plan
. Proposed by Burke.
WASHINGTON, March 25.
(AP) Senator Burke (D., Neb.),
opponent of the Roosevelt court
bill, announced today he would In
troduce a constitutional amend
ment for compulsory retirement for
judges al 75 years of age.' It would
he submitted to state conventions
called by congress to meet with
in six months.
Burke said his amendment al
so would fix the size of the court
permanently at nine members.
lie announced his plun after
Dean Young B. Smith of the Col
umbia university law school bad
testified before the grange judi
ciary committee tin fnvor of nn
amendment for compulsory retire
ment of judges, and suggested
that congress had authority to call
tho Blnle conventions.
During his testimony Smith as
serted, tho Roosevelt court bill
would "threaten the Independence
fo the supreme court and might
permanently Impair tho confidence
of the people In that court."
Smith was the first law school
dean to nppenr before the commit
tee In opposition lo the meusure.
In his testimony, he conceded
that the court In recent years hnd
rend into the constitution limlt'i-
tlons upon the powers of govern
ment not required by Its langu
age." He contended, however,
that under Preaidpnt RooRevelt's
interpretation "f u n d a m e n t n I
changes" could bo made In the
power of the federal government
hout a con.it ll u tlonul amend
ment.
The Columbia rtenn n-onoped p
substitute for the bill a rr.nM-
tutlonal omendment providing for
rnmtmlanrv retirement of judges nt
iU or 7fi years or age.
Such an ttmendm(nt. he snid.
'can be dinftPd with ease, en be
stated in simple language, and can
(Continued on nnee fi)
TRANSFERRED BOYS
RETURNED TO PRISON
SALRM. March 25 (AP)
Two of the nine penitentiary pris
oners IrnnsfeiTPd to the hoys'
trnln'ng school several months ago
to relieve coneesllon at the prison,
hnd to be returned to their cells.
Governor Mnrtln announced todny.
The governor pointed out Hint
whn the frnnsfer wos mode there
were (16 bovs under 20 years of age
th nenltenllarv. Out of these
fifi. officials concurred on only nine
who thev hej'Rved cnuid be trust
ed. They were transferred.
That tree to show the small
nercen'aio of prisoners who ran
be let out. when even two of these
nine had lo be returned," the gov
ernor commented.
ate-"
DEATH TOLL
N BUS BLAZE
in 20
One of Three Survivors !n
Grave Condition; Most
Of Bodies Cannot
Be Identified.
(Mv the Associated Press)
' SALEM, III,. March 25. Twenty
persons met horrible deaths In ono
of tho nation's worst tnotorbus
crashes yesterday.
Five of the 23 passengers escap
ed immediate death when the pri
vately owned vehicle sped crazily
mlo a bridge abutment and caught
Hro, but two died early today, leav
ing three survivors.
Their clothing aflame, they stood
by helplessly as 18 others burned
to death lu the blazing wreck
age. . 1
At the Snlem Community hos
pital, two of the survivors Mrs.
ISmily Thomas, Chicago, wife of
the driver, and Tod Mullen, Port
land, Ore, nnnnuiicer died early
today. ' .
"At'Jobn U "Schoolboy'1 CroeUmore
'i riWfhml ' Win ' , nir.lr"rlnm'h.',;.rl,lL
cagoi the'drlver, and:T(in Flahnery,
Knnsas City, Mo., were transfer
red to a St Louis hospital- today.
Creekmores : condition was cri
tical. - ' ;
Four bodies, ono that of n ' 4-year-old
child, hnd been tentatively
Identified early todav. The remain
ing 14 were so badly burned that
Intimate friends and fellow work
ers found It Impossible lo Identify
them, Blchard 8. Kaplan, Gary,
hid., general cotinsel for the Trans
continental Holler Derby Associa
tion, Inc., snld.
List of Dead
The list of known or believed
deod:
Mm. Erma Cnldwell. Chicago, a
dietician.
Carol Ann Cnldwell. 4-year-old
girl. (Identified.)
Jack Israel, Kansas City, Mo.,
(Identified).
Millie Cooper, Villa Park, 111.,
unentitled). .
Ted Mullen, Portland, Ore.,
(Identified), t
Ionise Drowor. Cincinnati. (Iden.
tlflod). i
Carolyn Barton, Denver, a regis-
(Continued on ra ;o 6)
JERSEY CITY FIRE
JERSEY CITY, N. .1., Mnreh 25.
( AP) Mrs. RoHe Rurkhardt. 54-
year-old widow, her five youngnHt
children, and a brother-tn-lnw,
burned lo death enrlv todav In a
fire which rnzed a Ihree-slory
frame building.
The olher dead:
John Gorman, about (I!).
Philip 12, Charles 15. Florence
17. Theresa 10, nnd Veronica 9.
Rose 20, another dnuchter. was
the only, occupant of tho building
to escnpe. Awakened by smoke, she
ran down the stairs and was cor
rled to the street hy n posner-by'.
Police nnd firemen awakened
three families sleeping
member of throe families sleeping
In an ndhicetit three-story building
and nlded ibein In reaching the
street.
KILLING OF BOBCATS
HOISTS PAYMENTS
PORTLAND. March 2fI.,(AP)
F. f'arroll Tinker, controller of the
sIMn gome ilenrtinnnl. said the
addition of 3.000 ror bobcnl boun
ties raised the cost of predatory
anltnnl control In Oregon to Jl!),
000 a year.'
rouar nnd wolf bounties nirgre
gnle $1,000 n venr and 1 13.001) I"
"nlrl ennunllv In Die I'nlted Stales
biological wiirvev - fnr ibe war
nr-itnnt predators, linker snld.
Tho Imhrnt fund was voted bv
the nnip enmmt.R'on In mate
HnunHn now n-ld bv rountles, and
the total cos fnr the vear Is not
known, the official explained.
Deod rnuenrs hrlne 20 each lo
the hunters, the rnrer wolves
bringing $30 each.
California
TRAFFIC
AIL
SLEET, OUST
EA
Roads Blocked, Wires Fall,
schools Closed: Dixie
Tornadoes Kill 2,
Injure 30.
CHICAflO, March 2ii (AP)
Crippled communication lines, Iso
lated communities and paralyzed
highway transportation, provided
evidence today of the- winter's
worst snowstorm in sections of
the middle west.
While winds whipped show into
hlg drifts in Minnesota nnd the
Dnkolns, rain, sleet, hall. dust, tor
nailoes and freezing temperatures
plagued n ' wide expanse of tho
mldconlincnt.
A 22-Inch snowfall deluged
Brookings. Watertown. Slsseton
and the ninck Hills territory of
Mourn imiiotn.' iwiieheu, Huron.
Pierre and Aberdeen wero cut off
when n BO-mlle nn hour wind nnd
snow snapped wires. . :'i
, Z ThW Aberdeen. American News
received Associated press news re-
porls; by Bhort wave radio. Tele?
phono company officials snld at
least 6,000 poles were ' down,
Schools were' closed in a score
of communities. i V:
Drifts In Minnesota ranged up
to 10 feet. Snow plow crews- res
cued 20 bus pnssengers marooned
nenr Palrbault. Snow blocked
roads delayed eastern - vacations
for Hludents of Mnnknto Teachers
college. Schools were closed nt
Northfield.
The storm dipped into Wiscon
sin, Nebraska nnd Illinois. High
wny traffic In western Nebraska
was at a standstill. Chicago got a
(Continued on page 6)
PAOO PAflO. Amorlcon Samoa,
March 25. (AP) (Via Pan-Amnrl
can Airways Itadln) South Sea
Islanders gazed lu wonder itt the
giant Pnn-Amerlcnn clipper, which
gracefully glifled into land-locked
Tutulla hnrbnr today nfter a tem
pestuous l.ri-KI-milo crossing from
Kingman reef.
The four-motored flying boat, Iho
first evor sunn by the Samonn na
lives, landed after ten bouts nnd
3fi minutes of almost continuous
'bund flying" through cloudy,
snunlly nnd windy weather. The
flight was the third leg of n pio
neering trin from Onkland, Calif.,
to Auckland, N. Z.
Confronted wllh severe rain
sounlls hern. Captuln Edwin S.
Mustek snld ho nnd bis crew of
six would delay tho flnnl. 1.71)7
mile singe of lllelr flight for at
ieii.il it liny.
MISSING MINISTER
OBJECT OF SEARCH
PORTLAND, March 25. (API
Tho Rev. Hurry L. Allen of Mon
roe bus nskeil Oregon authorities
to aid In n Kenreh fnr Ills fnlher-In-low,
Ibe Rev. Joseph P. Mnrlalt,
no. missing since March 13.
Mntinlt, former Methodist pas
tor nt Vancouver. Wash., was Inst
seen on one nf bis cuslnmnrv long
walks near bis home nl Monroe.
nnd ronv nnvn 'oughl In visit a
non. Pi'itl. vim at one time worked
In Portland. Allen snld. Iln was de
scribed as five feet. 10 Im-hos tall.
woiirhtin inr, pounds, with white
hnlr nnd a fair complexion.
FLYING DUCHESS
IS FEARED DEAD
LONDON Mnreh 25 (AP)
Hone of finding Ibe 71-year-old
Durbeos of nedford nllve wr nil
but abandoned todav. the (bird
Hnv afnr she took off from Wo
burn abbey nn n short solo flight.
Henrrhern leaned In rf belief her
nlane hnd been forced down In the
North Soi Homewhcrn off Lincoln
shire. Ships nl sea wero ordered
lo keep ft closo watch.
1
PLAGUE AR
Turkey Hill . Job
Of Grading Given
Out For $50,540
' The : Jacobsen-Jtnsen -company
of Portland was today
awarded the contract for
grading and paving Lit mile,
of the Turkey Hlll-Chonoweth
Park lection of the Paoiflc
highway In northern Douglas
county. The bid received by
the Uto highway commission,
' at Its meeting In Portland, wai
in the sum of (50,640.
The low bid for production
of rock for atock piles on the
Myrtle Point - Myetlc creek
section of the Roseburg-Coos
Bay highway was submitted
by ; Homer Johnson of Port
land In the sum of $24,030.
The contract calls for 11,400
cubic yards of rock.
LOG TRUCKERS TO
y
Uniform State Rates Aim
Of Association Meet
Held in Roseburg.
Preliminary steps for organiza
tion of a Douglas county branch
of tho Southwestern Oregon Log
Truokers' association were tnken
nt a meeting of more than 30 ope
rators hero Inst night. The Doug
las county group will affiliate with
the nrgunlzntlon now nenrlng com
pletion In Coos'county.
Tho purnnso was stated to be
the establishment bf uniform rates
nnd ' charges, -nnd Him. spujo LflJtnd
.under- supervision of Hie public
service commission of Washington
state was proposed as a basis.
Hnrlun Crockett of Roseburg
was elected temporary ohairman
and K. C. Gilo nf Yoncnlln was
chosen, temporary secretary. It is
extracted that the ; organization,
when completed, will have approx
imately 50 members.
A Coos countv delegation, head
ed by Baxter Moore of Myrtle
Creek, engaged In logging nt Coos
Day, nnd John Olson of Emplro,
wiib present and explained the
method of organization. In - that
area. The organization there will
he completed by April. 25, accord
ing tn present plans.
Speakers declared that cut
throat competition Is ruining tho
log, trucking business and that a
uniform scale is necessary if the
operations nre to survive.
The problem crented by county
foreclosure of tnx dnllmiuont lands,
totalling mnro tbuu IliO.OOO acres,
with an assessed valuation of ap
proximately a million anil a quar
ter dollars, will he considered horo
Friday night nt a meeting of tho
Douglas county planning board.
A. S. llurrlor nnd James - C.
Moore of tho land planning divis
ion of tiio resettlement department,
nnd Sinclair Wilson of the U. S.
forest service, tax export, are ex
pected to meet with tho honrd.
JUDSON R. KEEZER
GETS FEDERAL JOB
Judson It. Keozer, executive sec
retary nf Ibe Douglas County Plan
ning honrd. lias accepted n nosi
tlon with the snrtul service divls
Inn of the federal department of
Internal revenue, it was announc
ed Indny. Mr. Keezor has gnno to
Porllnnd lo engage In his new
work.
Surplus Prune Buy Rests on 1937
Crop Size, Roseburg Chamber Told
In the opinion of the mnrlielliig
doparlment nf the U, S. depart
ment of agriculture, further pur
chases of rurplus prune Is not nd-
visiimo until definite Information
on the volume nf the 10117 crop is
ohtnliuible, Senator Charles L. Mc
Nury Informed the Hnseburg cbnm
ber nf commerce In a telegram re
ceived here today.
Tho chamber of commerce re
cently reajiostod tho sonstor lo use
his Influence tn cause the depart
ment lo purchase half the existing
prune surplus nn Ihe Pnclfln coast
nnd distribute the fruit through
relief agencies.
Tho marketing agent, McNary
T
Sit-Down to be Succeeded
By Picket Lines During
Parley of Chrysler
and Unionists, .
DHTROIT, March 25. (AP)
Moio tbuu 6,000 striking automo
bile workers marched in swilling
snow today from eight Chrysler
corporation plants they have held
since March 8, but prepared to es
tablish picket lines I until their
strike for exclusive bargaining
rights is settled.
The "sit-downers" In the Chrys
ler Kercheval avenue plant, the
lust to -vote on-the pcacoful eva
cuation agreement, gave their ap
proval about 12:40, p. m. und lu
u fow minutes begun tn leave tho
factory.
Word of the Kercheval vote was
telephoned to the big Dodge plant
and 5,000 strikers there marched
ut once from the plant.
About 1,400 strikers In tho Ker-
chevul plant cheered the announce
ment or piunB to end the Bit-down
phase of the strike, but asked for
u speech from Homer Martin, presi
dent of the United Automobllo
Workers union,, before they gavo
final assent.
Governor Frank Murphy at I-ana.'
Ing said the negotiations between
Walter P. . Chrysler, corppratlon
chairmnn, and John L. Lewis, head
of the committee for Industrial or
ganization, on the union's demands,
would resume thlB afternoon. . -
Martin and l'renkonteeit, or
ganizational director of the UAW,
hui'Mcri to the Dndge 'nlant. tn take ,
part in a parade there.
Frankensteen announced com
pany police would- take charge .of
nil faotory gUm add the union'
would establish 'peaceful 'picket
lines, lie Indicated that he ex
pected - some state troopers would
be stationed at entrauces as ob
servers. 1
Planta Taken Care of
Union offlciulB suid tho plants
were "In better shape 1 than when
the strike Blurted." They said the
men had paid extra attention dur
ing the strike to keep the plants
clean and the machinery protected.
Martin Issued strict orders that
nil debris was to be removed be
fore a plant was ovacuated.
, One of the Jobs of the clean-up
sounds wus to remove effigleB la
beled "stool pigeon," "Injunction."
und "fence Jumper" which had
been suspended from the windows.
Several dozen finished automo
biles which had been placed In
rows behind entrance gates -to
form a barrier wero returned by
strikers to n Btorage yard before
Ilia avinllnllnii nt 111.. nn.l,.A nl.i.tt
(Continued on page S)
NEW STRIKE TIES
,F.
SAN FHANC1SUO, March 25.
(AP) Thirty ships wero tied i
hero today when the waterfront
employers association severed re
lations with tho local unit of tho
International KoiiKHlioromen's as
sodntton hecansu of a labor dis
pute. LoiiRshoremen had refused to
pass a sailors picket Hue around
the S. S. Knoxvtlle City, whoso
crew of 30 men wnlked' off last
Tuesday. The crew protested
against employment of five east
ern seamen.
Almon 12, Roth, former Stanford
university controller and new
president of the waterfront em
ployers here, immediately demand
ed of Henry Schmidt, !. L. A. lo
cal president, that the vessel's
cai'KO bo moved.
snld In his message pointed out
that the department bought 26,000
tuns from the 11)36 crop rnd esti
mates that less thnn 20.000 tons
retnnln in tho hnuda of growors.
I'nless future Information on tho
10117 crop shows n large surplus,
the dopnrtmont does not bellevo
further nurohnscs advisable, Mc
Nary said.
Tho chamber Is replying to tho
telegram, declaring thnt In addi
tion to prunes held by growers,
there Is a Inrgo tnnnngn reinnlning
In tho bands nf packers nnd distri
butors nnd thnt tbero in every
dengor this surplus will be used
tn bent down buying prices on lha
SETTLEMEfi
ISSUE PENDS
1937 crop.