"Just a Little Sunshine, Just a LitUe'Raili, Sit-DoWfi Strike, Airplane Crash, Pinball Row, Civil War, Baseball Came, Batch of Crime and life Goes caAin.
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday f8
Lowest temperature last night JU
Preclpitatiou lor SI hours.:.. $
Prscip. Binio first of month 1.29
Prerlp. from Sept. 1, 19,69
Deficiency sini'o Kept. 1, 1936 8!3
Unsettled; Showers; Mild.
TWO
HGSCTION5
TODAY
THE DOUGLAS' COUNTY DAILY
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NO. 295 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 215 OF THE EVENING NEW8
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Editorials
On the
Day's N ews
ny FRANK JHNK1NS
TpWENTY years aKo on the day
- these words are written (April
(!) the United States declared .war
on Germany, and prepared to send
'American troops to foreign soli to
fight SOMEBODY ELSE'S battles.
f OOK1NG back upon that event
" with all the clear vision af
forded by hindsight, we wonder
how wo ever came to do It.
Wo know quite positively that
If we had It to do over again, we
WOULDN'T.
VfHAT we forget Is that 20 years
" ago, in the fateful spring of
1917, our imaginations were fired
by a beautiful vision. We thought
that by going Into the World war
on the sido of the allies wo could
END WAR, and mnko the world
Sato for democracy.
. Wo didn't.
Not only Is the world now pre
paring for war more feverishly
than ever before but democracy is
MORE UNSAFE than it has been
at any time In the past century.
We fought in vain.
VIA- motives were fine. We
" THOUGHT we wore doing the
right Ihlng.
We know better now, after the
(Continued on page A
Ti
S.P.
PORTLAND, April 9. (AP)
Th Southern Paciric railroad an
nounced reduced freight rules on u
wide variety of articles from Port-
1 m ni to Medford, Ashland and
Grunts Pass.
The new sehedulo, effective
April 20, lowers costs on smull
shipments from- 7fi to fi5 cents a
hundred pounds, except Tor Ash
land, where the rate will ho 5
cents. The rate on shipments of
1,000 pounds or more is-50 cents a
hundred, compared wilh the old
rate of (10 cents a hundred for 2,-
000 pounds or morn.- The present
rate of -15 cents a hundred on 10.
000 pounds or inoro will he re
tained.
Ralph J. Staehl, ninnager of the
Allied Truck Owners' association,
said a protest against the new rate
will be filed with tho interstate
commorce commission.
FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS
Pinball Petitions Coming
PORTLAND, April 0. (AP)
Initiative petitions aimed nt two
new state laws outlawing pinball
games will be circulated over the
state by fi.000 independent mer
chants, officers of the Oregon Mer
chants' Legislative league suid
following a meeting here.
Wnlter Tonze snld the group wan
not Interested In upholding slot
mnchlncs, hut believed pinball de
vices were a legitimate trade
stimulator and that merchants
were entitled "to employ them as
sueh."
Would Kill Land Tax
SALEM, April 9. (AP) To
solve the farmers' financial prob
lem, eliminate all property taxes,
advised S. B. Laughlin, head of
the department of sociology of
Willamette university.
He advocated increasing the in
come tax to mako up for the lost
revenue.
"If land doesn't produce the sher
iff takes it and It goes off the
tax rolls," Laughlin, who owns nn
orchnrd (in Marlon county, said.
"If It docs produce, then tho In
come lax Is the logical way to as
soss the farmer."
Prison Bars Juveniles
SALEM. Anril 9. (AP) Con
tending that n Justice of the peace
Is without authority to commit n
perse to the penitentiary. Ward
en Lewis closed the doors of the
A state prison to Howard E. Cook
and Leroy Randall, juveniles.
The hovs were recently recap
tured after escaping from - tho
1 HELD
OF BAD !
II!
No Emergency Exists That
Requires Ravaging of
. Judiciary, President
of Yale Asserts.
WASHINGTON. April 9. (AP)
James R. Angell, president of
Yale, denounced tho Roosevelt
court bill today as "a flagrant In
stance of political bad faith."
in a letter made public hy sena
torial opponents of the Roosevelt
proposal, Angell warned that "once
our confidence in the good faith
of tho chief magistrate and the
Impartiality of the supreme court
is -shaken, the end of our form of
government is in sight"
There is simply no emergency.
Angell said, "such us requires this
ravaging of the court."
Asserting tho president had not
mentioned the proposal during his
campaign, Angell said:
"To spring it now and to try
and whip into line the huge demo
cratic majority In congress is a
flagrant instance of polltlcnl bad
faith, which it would bo difficult
to match in our entire history."
Demanding a constitutional
amendment. If necessary, Angell
said "tho effort to pack the court
must he condemned as un-American
nnd ultimately sure to destroy
certain of the foundation stones
upon which our republic rests."
"No judiciary made up of poli
tical 'yes men could maintain pub
lic confidence and respect," he
added.
Committee Wearies
Lending members of tho commit
tGBy' apparently -weaiT of-theulorig
hearings, began preparing today
for the next step secret debate on
whether to recommend its enact
ment. .
It will be nt least another week,
however, before the committee can
get to work on the numerous pro
posals for modification and for
rAtistltutional amendments design
ed either to fortify or supplant
the administration program.
Uncommitted senators hold the
balance of power In the commlt-
f Continued on page 6)
CHANGE IN PRIMARY
VOTE LAW SOUGHT
WASHINGTON, April 9. (AP)
Senator Frederick Rtelwer of
Oregon Bald today ho will offer a
joint resolution to amend the con
stitution to provent delegates to
presidential conventions from dis
regarding the results of the pri
mary vote. The prpposed reform
will extend the direct primary, as
far as it affects the presidential
nomination, to all states.
The senator said the amendment
would assure recognition of the
free- choice of the voters.
stale training school at Woodburn,
and were sentenced to Ihree years
In the penitentiary by Justice or
the Pence Overton.
They wore returned to the conn
ty jail.
C'mon Whiskers!
pnnfi.Avn Am-ll n fAP
ft.Knnl ln...n..rla tt I O V Itl tflll mnV
depend upon tho speed with which
Held for questioning in the
Mnttson kidnaping case because
..nltnn DnM l.n wiaan.ltlnrl lh tie.
um-tnllnn nf the klilnnnnr. Howard1.
a transient, procured a razor while
In Jul I here ami snnveu.
Officers who hail planned to
lA,n I.I..1 I. Tnrnmn anlrl IhrtV
would now wnlt n few days until
his whlsKcrs reappeareu.
Auto-Bridge-Death
MONMOUTH. April 9. (API-
Charles C. Scott. 65, or Portland,
mot death Instantly yesterdny
when his automobile struck the
railing of a bridge across a slough
north of Monmouth.
Ills bodv was hurled Into the
slough when the auto plunged Inlo
a ditch.
Scott was a retired express com
pany employee.
Liquor Profits Exempt
U-AOHIVnTflV Anrll 9. (AP)
rimfnii will Aacnne a federal-tax
on Its liquor profits, the depart
ment or me treasury iiiiurmeu
QnM.ini. PhnrlAa MrN'nrv tndnv.
The federal levy would take
nhntu it one nnn from the state
where the profits are directed to
ward relief purposes.
. . . II
'St. James Farley'
Text of 'Sermon'
On Court Reform
WASHINGTON. April 9.
(AP) llepresoutative Kuton
(11., N. J.), a. former Baptist
minister, preached a "sermon"
to the house today on a toxt he
said was from "St. James Far
ley." Tho speaker quoted Postmns
tor General Farley oh saying
"wo will call tho roll" after the
senute and house get through
talking on "tho supreme court
fuss" and expressed his resent
ment. "Who nro wo?" Entnn de
manded. "Or who is we?"
Questioning whether Farley
was employing tho "editorial,
pontifical or regal" plural, Ea
ton undertook to picture the ri
nal roll call on tho president's
court plan.
Eaton said he was opposed to
the president's court plan and
called on the houso to cease be
ing "a rubber stamp."
Wallace's Survey Shows
Smaller Relief Total,
Increase in Wages.
WASHINGTON, April 9. (AP)
A survey made for Secretary
Wa laco estimated today unit ,-
773,000 persons wore unemployed
or were on relief Jobs nt tho start
of this year, compared with 12,
8:iS.000 idle in 19:13.
Louis H. Menu, ono of Wallace's
economic ndvisors, reported poten
tial gainful workers, excluding
those engaged In ngillcuituvo, num
uoied"40,027,000' ill tho r start- of
1937, and that about one in four
of these Was unemployed or on re
lief. Ho said tills compared with 38,-
9-16,000 workers in 11)33, wnon one
out of three persons was Idle or
on relief. .
The economist estimated gainful
workers nt 38,023,000 before the
lenression in 1929 und the unem
ployed at 1,817,000 or nhout one
in 19.
Ho estimated the average an
mini wnge for employed workers
was 81,180 last ywir. compared
with n low of $933 In 1933 and a
peak of $1,388 in 1929.
When the large muss or unem-
nlovod. relief, nnd other workers
was Included' Benn added, "the
average per capita real Income
of all available workers does not
compare favorably witli pre-de-
pression Income.
Dean said the rood rosi lor an
average familv was $363 last year,
compared to $29 in 1933 and $463
In 1929. As a result, lie said, the
average worker had $925 remain
ing for other needs In 19211, .M!iu
in 1933 nnd $817 lnot year. '
EX-PEACE JUSTICE
GETS PRISON TERM
OREGON CITY. April 9. (API-
Fred Sepkta, former justice of tho
peace at Oswego, pleaded guilty in
Circuit Judge Latourotto's court on
three chargeB of larceny nnd was
sentenced to three two-year terms
In Ibe penitentiary and fined
$1316.90.
Sentka wns indicted on charges
of appropriating $653.15 of public
funds for his own purposes.
The former justice disanpeared
March 7. Police found n note bear
ing his name and indicating he
nlanneil to take his own life. Later
he. wns reported nt Oakland, Calif.,
and a few days after he gave him
self up nt Porllnnd, claiming he did
not remember how he got to Cali
fornia or back to Portland.
S. A. GURNEY. NATIVE
OF DOUGLAS, PASSES
' S. A. Ournev, ?fi, lifelong resi
dent of Houslas county, died last
night at ft Salpm hospital, where
ho hns been recelvlne treatment
for the pnst two months. He was
born nt Tenmlle. where he spent
prncticflllv his entire life. lie was
never married. The body Is being
hrouuM to tbU rllv by the Rose
burg Undertaking company. Fune
ral arrnngements have not been
made.
3 CHINOOK SALMON
CAUGHT AT FORKS
Three chlnook salmon taken
Fridoy nt the forks of the Umnqua
river, 12 mile weft of Roseburg.
Indicates that the main run of
splmon I in te rlvpr, fishermen
renorf. In addition to the three
fluh caught, several wer hooked
hut escaped. Salmon were taken
hv Enrl Prenrhorn, M. R. Urosl
and Oeorre Tlurnett. They ranged
from 25 to 32 pounds la weight.
NATION'S JOBLESS
PICTURE BRIGHTER
REBELS LOSE
GROUND AFTER
NIGHT ATTACK
Counter Smash by Madrid
Army Drives Foe From
Points Long Held in
Siege of Capital.
MADRID, April 9.(AP) Gov
ernment troops wrested long-lost
ground from the five months' be
siegers of Madrid today in a des
perately fought offensive.
Gnntbitas hill in the Casa de
Campo district of western Madrid
from which Insurgents have
been shelling the city for weeks
was roported surrounded hy gov
ernment troops.
The bridge over the Rio Manznn
ares, the insurgents' only means of
communication between Casa de
Cumpo and their University City
forces In northwestern Madrid was
under flro.
The Insurgent military hospital
111 Cnrabnncliel, Just soulh of Ma
drid, was wrecked by inoro than
a dozen government bombs. Uncon
firmed reports snld the government
troops gained a foothold I" the
building Itself. .
Government soldiers captured a
small chapel In University City aft
er razing it with artillery fire.
A huge, four-motored govern
ment plane of bomber' typo not be
fore seen here, flew over Madrid
escorted by four government pur
suit planes.
After a night-long balllo center
ed in tho Cusa de Campo district,
both forces still were bombarding
each other heavily toward noon. -
There hud been. nea.r)y l-i.Jjqurs
of incessant' hostilities. ' 'V
Rebel Planes Repulsed
Insurgent airplanes, attempting
to raid the capital, wore driven
off by government fliers after a
thrilling battle over the city dur
ing the oarly afternoon.
Ten Insurgent and ten govern-
(Continued on page 0)
NEW YOHK, April 9. (AP)
The senrch for Robert Irwin, 29-year-old
sculptor and former divin
ity student, wanted In connection
with the triple slaying on Easter
of a pretty artist's model, her
mother, and a man roomer, led po
lice today on n round of cheap
rooming houses In the hope of
picking up his trail.
Police Commissioner Valentine
i eit orated his prediction that the
man accused by him In the killing
of Veronica Gedeon, the modol;
her mother, Mary, nnd Frank
Hyruos, would he "caught within
a reasouablo time.'
Authorities In every nearby
state were on the alert for tho tal
ented young sculptor who until
March IS was a theological student
ut St. Lawrence university.
From Ur. Laurens ll. Scelyo,
president of St. Lawrence, enme
tho statement that he believed Ir
win wns being "damned without
evidence." Ho described the for
mer divinity student as being "an
Industrious, hard-working hoy."
TOKYO-TO-LONDON
AIR MARK BROKEN
LONDON, April 9 (AP) The
Japanese monoplane Divine Wind
landed nt Croydon today, comnlet-
In sc a record-breaking 9,800-milo
flight from Tokyo in a little more
than 91 hours to crown with suc
cess one of Japan's first bids for
International flying honors
The plane is entirely of Japan
ese make.
Pilot llnuma, only 26, and Tsu
kagosht, .18, wireless operatort
broke the record for a hop between
Japan nnd Europe formerly held
hy the Frenchmen, Cosle and Le
hrlx, who ten years ago flew from
Paris to Tokyo In six days and
20 hours.
2 EXECUTIVES DIE
IN CRASH OF PLANE
LOS ANOELKS, April I) (AP)
Two men were killed today
when their small plane crashed
nenr (iorntan. Calif., the state
highway patrol reported. The vic
tims wore E. B. Chrlstoffnr. presi
dent of the Swallow Aircraft Man
ufacturing corporation of Wichita.
Kan., ond E. A. C.rumm, vice presi
dent of Q. Brosherarnrs and com
pany.
Tho scene nf the crnsh Is about
76 miles north of I.o Angeles
The weather was good,
Montana Deer,
Etk Face Death
By Starvation
MISSOULA, Mont., April fl.
(AP) Hundreds of Mont uuu'h
deer nnd elk fueed today the di
lemma of death hy starvation or
death by BhootliiR, h a result of
un acute Rhortago of farago.
Tho application of eutlmntiBla
t h o mereykillins principle to
meet the situation whb advanced
by MaJ. Evan W. Kelley, regional
United Slnt os forester.
"Kilt nnd deer nro being forced
to suhsiHL on pine needles, lichens,
mosH and other typos of food' not
conducive to good health." Kelloy
said, "becnuse of the over-Kra.Ing
of ranges."
Rangers have counted hundreds
of dead deer and elk In tho rugged,
mountainous country of "Montana
backyard where the nnlmals
"couldn't nuiko a go of It."
Extension of tho huntingsenson
was suggested by Kelley as one
means of "reducing, tho number
of antmnls to a point whore they
can bo sustained In the limited
ureas of grazing land available."
FOREST FIRE CASE
Redifer Defense Declares
Storv of "Accomplice"
Not Supported.
. 1
Claiming lack of evidence suffi
lent to warrant holding tho de
fendants to tho grand jury, tho de
fense In the case of the Slate 'of
Oregon against Kenneth and Wil
ford uedlfor. charced with setttne
ofltforeat "firwhslcnd-for. n dis
missal of charges in a preliminary
oxnmlnntlon in tho justice court
here today.
Frnzter Dysert, charged jointly
with the Redlfers, was tho prin
cipal witness for the state, admit
ting that he Rtrung out fires fol
lowing a drinking party nnd claim
ing that the ot!"r two defendants
were engaged w'th him in seiting
out about 2't fires on Lucretia
creek, a tributary of Soulh Myrtle
creek.
Other sinte wllnesses, however,
failed to corroborale Hyson's tes
timony, the rierense clnlmed. hum
naked a dismissal on tho grounds
that tho unsupported testimony of
an "accomplice" Is not snmclenl.
Justice of the Pence It. w. mar
slers. took lime to consider his
lecislon on the motion for dls
missal, sfnting that ho would an
nounce bis decision this afternoon.
MISSIONARIES IN
ETHIOPIA OUSTED
ROME. April 9. (AP) Threo
Amerlcnn women missionaries are
heing expelk-il from Ethiopia, Fas
cist Editor Vlrclnlo (Inyiln snld lo-
day In the aiilhorllalivo (llornalo
i 'llalla.
They are connected with the
Dlhlo Missionary society founded
hy Mnry' Hustle of Avorii, Penn
sylvanlii, nnd wore listed as liulh
Slilppey, llertlia Donieriuulh. und
Helen French.
flnvda snld they were suspected
of spying hecauso of their connec
tions with the nrltlsll Colonel
Snndfnrd. formerly nl Inched to the
British legation nt Adilis Ahalia
The expulsions, the editor said.
follow the oustliiR of seven nrltlsll
missionaries.
SECURITY ACT AIDS
182,000 IN OREGON
WASHINGTON, April 9. (API
The social security hoard re
ported today 1R2.no" Oresnnluns
nro hennflllnjr from tile social se
curity act.
Annroiilinntoly llifi.nnn noici un-
emnlnvment compensation rights
nnd 12,K(10 receive aid under ap
proved mihlic nsslslunce nronrams.
Records dlsclnso 1 19.273 seek old
lifco heneflls.
Tho board estimated March fed-ernl-stnle-counlv
payments to. 12.-
nno needv nred nt I2(!.ri nnn. An.
nroTlmnlelv Js.snn went fur relief
of tho Indigent blind.
BOV WITH RROKEN
NECK PUT IN CAST
Twn-yenr.old Ronald Knnnn, son
nf Mrs. MHes Knann of Drain, ha
been moved from the home of bis
Tfuvl parent nt Tillamook to tbo
shrlno pnnital for crinnled ehli
dren nt Portland. HIb tiny body Is
encased In a ntantpr cast from the
wnlpt up, as tho result of a double
fracture of the neck suffr-red when
he MI from nn automobile two
weeks ago.
PS
EST
O.K. OFFERS
Woodworkers Accept Pay
Boost of 772 Cts. Hour;
U. P. Settles With
- Stage Drivers.
PORTLAND. April 9 (API-
Flags of truce fluttered from tho
labor mast today in the long con
troversies involving the northwest
lumber Industry and the Union Pa
cific Railway compuny'H motor
conch division. ' '
B. D. Weber, secretary of the
Federation of Woodworkers ro
turned from Seattle conferences
where ho said the policy commit
tee had decided to recommend ac
ceptance of the 71 cents nn hour
wage increase. Tho committee sug
gested that tho unions affiliated
with the federation reserve the
right to nogotiato later for addi
tional advances.
The peace between the union
and tho railway company appear
ed definite with both sides describ
ing the agreement as "very satis
factory." Roy F. Shields, attorney
for the Union Pacific, said the la
bor group had agreed to retract
charges placed before the nation
al labor, relations hoard in con
nection with tho dismissal of two
union employes. The firm reinstat
ed one worker without Iosh of lime
and placed the other at tho bottom
of the seniority list.
Stage Pay Adjusted
A wnge Increase ranging from
2J to f por cent will tako caro of
anv overtime demands on tho ave
rage stage coach run of from six
to e uht und one-auartor Hours.
Tho drivers" l'miT aWed'Tor'tin oTftlfr
hour day and overtime on runs
between Portlnnd and Spokane and
Portland and Salt Lake.
The Federation of Woodwork
ers' proposal that Us members ac-
cut tho 7i cent increase towoweu
a series of policy committee moet-
nea both hero and at Meattie. Tiie
original union demund was for a
(Continued on pnee 6)
CIIKHAI.IS, Wash., April 0.
(AP) Two huntod Imndlls, (Jlnufl
Hyun and Walter Soolcrl, faced
first, dcaroe murder charges today
for the klllliiK nf Deputy Sheriff
It. S. Jackson. The charges wore
filed late yesterday by lllst. Ally.
Sareault UKalnst tho two nieii,
both paroled from the stuto peni
tentiary.
Seattle police sain scolert was
sentenced Decolliber 30, 11131, to
five to ten years for robbery, and
wns purolod March IS, 19311. They
wild Hynn wub releasod (Septem
ber 28, 1933, after serving thruo
yearn of a flvo-to-ton-yenr sent-
lice lor manslaughter.
The suspected killers wore nnm-
cd by Mrs. Emilia dirtier of South
fiend as Inn men who robbed her
Wednesday morning, about four
hours beroro they allegedly engag
ed wild Jackson and Deputy Sher
iff J. U. Compton, who was Injur
ed. In a gun forny.
Ilospltul attendants hern snld
Compton would rccovor from a lull
let wound In the bond.
WAGES HOISTED BY
TEXAS COMPANY
HOUSTON, Tex., April 0 (AP)
The Texas company announced
today a general wage raise, aver
aging 10 per cent, to pipe lino,
production and refinery workers.
The company has 28,000 workors.
The company said It would
make "certulu equalisations" In
tho salnrles of Its office -workers,
The Mumble Oil and Refining
company announced mines last
night amounting to $1,4fi4,ttK0 an
nually and nffectlng 13,000 work
ers. Hoth Increases were effective
as of .Mnrch 10.
DR. LEACH TO HEAD
COLLEGE OF IDAHO
CALDWELL, Idaho, April 9
(API Dr. Raymond II. Leach,
53, New York City, was named
president today of the College of
Idaho to succeed Dr. W. J. Uoono
who died last year.
Dr. Leaoh will be formally In
stalled In June. Ho formerly was
dean of men at tho University of
Nevada, and Inter served n secre
tary of the university department
of Ihn Council of Church Boards
of Education In New York'Clty. He
also was president of Trinity unl
varsity, Waxahachlo, Texas.
LABOR GROU
FUGITIVE BANDITS
ACCUSED QF MURDER
"First Nuisance"
Label Told Public
By Mrs. Roosevelt
WASHINGTON. April 9.
(AP) .Mrs. Franklin D.- Rooso
volt, who likes to tell a story
on herself, has a new one lalml
lug her "America's first mil
sance."
Tho first lady spokn last
night at u dinner cninineninriit
Ing tho twenty-fifth nnnlversiiry
of the foderal chlldi-on's btirenu.
Mrs. Ijirun Brown of lloston In
troduced her as "the best social
agency in herself that tho Unit
ed States has known in many a
decade."
"After that Introduction,"
Mrs, Roosevelt responded, "I
want to road you part of a let
ter I received today:
" 'You may think It Is usnful
to poke your nose Into so many
things, hut you really nro Amet
Icn's first nuisance'."
She did not nnrno tho writer.
ITI
STRIKE IS SETTLED
Ford Will Strengthen Defi
of C. I. O. With Boost
in Wages, Report.
DETROIT, April 9. (AP)
Pence prevailed In tho automotive
industry below the Canadian bor
der today, clouded only by verbnl
exehunges between the Ford Rio
tor company und tho commlttoe
fur Industrial organization.
Willi the settlemont of tho Hud
son Motor Car company strike last
night, the United Stales was with
out n major automoblla dispute for
the first ttme ,Bln,c6 ,Nb,Yeinbor,v18.
That' whs I lie hist 'of aiiarlos- of
strike that affected 225,000 om
ployos of four automobile produc
ers In addition to many parts sup
plies. ."Our serious troublo In tho mo
tor Industry Is ended," declared
(lovernor Prnnk Murphy in an
nouncing that tho Hudson ngree-
nionl hud been signed in Ills ot
flco at Lansing. .
In the record, however, wns an
assertion by Henry Kord that the
Ford Motor company "will never
recngnlzo" nny union, nnd a pre
diction of John I. Lewis, genornl
Isslmo of the OlO that Ford would
deal "In time" with tho Hulled An
lomobllo workers.
Ford May Boost Pay
Tho New York Dally News, in
a special dispatch from Washing
ton, Bald Ford might moot the
chullcngo of the CIO by inaugurat
ing a wage rule of silt a day and
improving working conditions.
Ford wns not nccnsslbe for com
ment. Ho hns been In Ways, On.,
but is expected back In Dearborn
this week-end. In 11114, ho elec-
I rifled tho Industry by establish
ing tho lli dally wuga. Tho prosont
hnsic minimum Is sii a day, but a
Ford representative said rocently
wages were being "constantly ad
justed" with numerous Increases
of fi nnd 10 ceuls an hour.
The News snld that Ford would
glvo his men more money than
the union bus nsknd for; that ha
would meet with represenlntlvcB of
his employes lo adjust differences,
but tbut ho would not recognize
the union or even consldor a "clos
ed door."
Tho terms of tho Hudson sett la
ment except for a few minor al
terations, were the same as those
which stalled llfi.OflO employes of
(Continued on pa to 6)
House Ponders Strike Denunciation
As Lewis and Green Continue Feud
WASIIlNflTON, April 0. (AP)
Speaker Uanklinail referred to
the houso labor committee today a
sennto-approved roaolullon con
demning both sit-down strikes and
"unfair" labor practices of em
ployers. "I trust It will bo favorably ro
ported." tho speaker told report
ers. "1 shall support It, person
ally." Ilankhead snld llio resolution
probably would not be brought up
In Die houso before tho middle or
next week.
Uvea while cnpltol tension over
Ibe sit-down strike Issue was less
ening, a now labor problem was
shnping up for congressional con
sideration. The problem wns created when
tho American Federation nf Lnbor
asked congress to aid Its fight
against John L. Lewis.
Tho federation wants tho labor
relations board to poll workors by
craft rather than by factor In el
ections to show who should rep
resent the employes in mass pro
duction Industries.
Hop. Dies (D., Tex.), author of
the alt-down inquiry resolution
TROOPERS PUT
ON GUARD FOR
EMERGENCIES
Premier Hepburn Promise
Protection to Company, :
- Which Spurns Parley
With the C. I. O.
TORONTO. Out.. Anrll !). (Can.
adlau Press.) Premier Mitchell
Hepburn declined today General
Motors of Canada "will got nil tho
protection from this government
that1 they require" In shipping au.
tomobllit parts from their strike
bound Oshawa plant ,
"Kopalr pnrts will have to bo
moved tomorrow or tho noxt day,"
said tho premier. "That Is when
the showdown will como."
Hepburn, supporting tho com.
pany in the striko of 3,700 work
ers nt the Oshawa plant, said all
aide advlsad htm union loaders
had threatened theyi would provont
moving or pavtB from tuo ruotory.
Tliat, of course, would be . IN
legul," the premier asserted,
Froslt reinforcements of union .
pickets moved Into tho lines at tho
big Oshawa plant today, their
leudcrB shouting defiance lit a rap
id concentration of police. . '
'Hepburn's statement camo after
Mayor Alex Hall nf Oshawa told
strikers he would not permit tho
Canadian or Ontario governments
to send militia or police unless the,
need arose. , .
Hall said law enforcement wus
tho duly of the municipality and
that ho bad not asked 4 for nssist
anco.
Office Workers Return
Twenty office workei-8 In the
parts ... ilepurtmpnt.oi Abe P.Bltaw
liliuit rotiirnod ,to ' work today un
dor an ugreemeht between Uenoral
Motors and the union. Union lead
ers told pickets this tnovo wan'
necessary so the way would bo
elenred for workers to resumo
(Contlnuod on page 6)
SALEM. April !) (AP) Oov-'
or nor Mart I ii unnouncml today llio
itppoliitiiiont oC W. H. TrriH'G, of,
PomiutM, nu a mom nor of the
Htnto cupitol reconstruction com
tnlHHlnn lo m.ccoed Mrs. Gordon
VoothicH or Modford. resigned. In
her rcHlKNiitlnn Mrs. Voorhlen HtiU
od Unit her health had not hetm
good In rucont months and t hut
aho had bemi unnblo to attend tho
meetings.
Mr. Tmpco was horn in Renton,
Illinois, where he was admitted
to the bur. He lias been a resident
of Oregon for more than twenty
two yearn. Ho was associated with
the tudobaltor corporation for
about fifteen years, first at South
Bond, Indiana, and then as goner
al mannger of tho Portland, Ore
gon, brunch. For four your a he waa
secretary or tho American 'Securi
ties company In Portland and for
tho past fifteen years has boon In
the automobile financing bUHtneB.
Since June 1, 111115, Mr. Treoco
has served as chairman of tho
stato parole board and with his
associates on the board was act lie
in preparing and sponsoring a pro
grain for revision of Oregon's pa
role and sentencing system.
which tho houso turned down by a
voice vote yesterday, Joined wilh
Senator Walsh (D Mass.), in of
fering a bill to require the elec
tion, procedure sought by the fed
eral loll, .
If tho bill should ho enncted and
Hie board should hold an election
In an aiitninoblle plant, for In
stance, tho machinists would vote,
whethor they wanted to bo repre
sented hy llio machinists union or
tho United Automobile workors.
Under tho present Wagnor labor
relations act, tho labor board could
decide whethor the balloting would
bo by craft or by plant.
Hncnuso LewlB Is trying to or
ganize nil tho workers In each
mass production Industry into ono
big union, his forces nro expected
to opposo tho Walsh-Dlos bill.
The conflict between Oroen and
Lewis Intensified today with their
organizers confronting each other.
In tho oil fields and elsowhore.
nrcen Is president of the A. F. o(
L.v while Lowls heads the commit
tee for Industrial organization,
whosn affllintes have been sus-.
ponded from the federation for "In
urrectlou."
TREECE NAMED TQ
STATE CAPITOL BODY