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Japan Is Buy in g All Available Scrap Iron in the U. S., and If the Supreme Court "Pack" Is Accomplished, May be She Can Buy the Constitution as Waste Paper THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday 6i liovveat temperature lust night 43 Precipitation for 24 hours .01 Preclp. since first or month 1.67 Procip. from Sept. 1, 1936 19.87 Deficiency since Sept. 1, 193G 8.25 Occasional Rain. COURT BILL Will the Roosevelt program be pushed, now that the supreme court la rendering deciBioiiB In (he government's favor? Make your guesa, then follow develop ments In the NEWS-REVIEW wire reports of congressional action. C3a S COUMTY DAILY fOL. XL NO. 297 OF ROSE BURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 1 2. 1937. VOL. XXVI NO. 217 OF THE EVENING NEW sir m t f THE DOUGLA OH K Editorials On the D ay ' s N ews By FRANK JENKINS AYOR CARSON, of Portland, rofusoB an Invitation to attend tho Golden Gate bridge fieata at San Francisco next month, and says ho will encourage no Oregon people to visit California as Ions as thoy have to Buhmlt to the hu miliation at tho border of "having an inspector paw through their Bititcasea looking for oranges." WELL, It la a trifle Irksome, at " times, to hove one's ahirta and Bocks rind ties opened up and flaunted to the world when pass ing tho bug Btntions on tho road south, but down here wo consider tho fnct. that California DOESN'T molest the thousands of cars of our Inspected products that we send annually into hor markets. -It California will go on buying ns much from us us she has In tho past, wo of Southern Oregon- will put up with unrolling our laundry whenovor we pass the bug stations to prove to the inspectors that wo aren't trying to smuggle In a Florida orange or grapefruit. It isn't ao hard, after all, to put tip with the little pecularltiea of a good customer, . ' ' THESE dispatches follow each other, in the order here given, lii (he Tews of the da Hii'sls'Wiit' ten: "DETROIT: The United Au tomobile Workers of America undertook today (Thursday) (Continued on page 4 TO HEW PASTORATE Rev. J. Frank Cunningham, who recently resigned as pastor of the First Christian church or nose burg, announced today he had ac cented a call to the pastorate of the Christian church at The Dalles His new nulplt carries a consider ably larger salary than he receiv- i ed in Roseburg, togetner wun use - of a paraonage. The church at The Dalles has a memnersnip oi ap proximately! 400. Rev. and Mrs. Cunningham plnn to leave for their new station Wednesday or Thurs day of this week, and he will start his duties Sunday. He has served the Roseburg church for the past Blx and a half years. Ilev. Linden Lenvltt of Eugene, recently called to Roseburg to take tho place left vacant hv the Rev. M. Cunnmg- hnm'8 resignation, will be here this week and occupy the pulpit 01 tue ' f Roseburg church Sunday. FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS Lost Man Appears . MEDFORD. Anrll 12. (AP) Bruised nnd scratched from a night and a day of wandering in the rough upper Applegate country, W. A. Turkey. 09. a Kent, Wash., min er, was recovering hero todny. He became lost In the timber lnte Friday when he went out to survey his clnim. Ho was delirious and unable to give an nccount of his wanderings when he walked out of the woods Saturday 'after noon. Ex-Recorder Dies SALEM. April 12. (AP) After an Illness of severs! years, Mark M. Poulsen. 03, cltv recorder of Sa lem from 1822 to 193!!, died Satur day. He was a native of Denmnrk and cnine to America nt the age of 15. Montag to Wed Nurse nPORTLAND. April 12. (AP) For S3 years. John Montag, retired furnace manufacturer and former IT. S. marshal for Oregon, was con tent with bachelorhood. Iist sum mer he was stricken with an ill- ness. during which Mrs. Ijayia Mos- er, 62. nursed him. She old such a good job of It, he revealed today. that he decided to marry her. They will bo married Wednesday. Nine Persons Shot in Union filiation; Loggers and Millmen Guns, Pick Staves and Bombs Used in War Of Mine Toilers in Kansas. PICHER, Okln.. April 12. (AP) Truculent leud and zinc workers returned to their jobs today in an atmosphere mnde .tense by a bloody week-end in which nine were shot, with leaders of an unaf-j filiated group announcing deter mination to "prevent C. I. O. union ization of this territol-y." ;. . The wounding of eight men and a hoy at Galena, Has., yesterday by gunfire from a headquarters of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter worltora, climax ed n week-end of beatings and flog gings and brought this terse state ment of plans of the group oppos ed to the committee for industrial organization: ' "All mines nnd smeltors will , ho open as usual Monday. All men will go hack to work. "We will continue our attempts to prevent C. I. O. unionization of this territory." i Officials said the normal total of men went to work on the mid night shift. Signed by President F. W. (Mike) Evans, that notice was posted at the hoadqunrters hore of the Tri-State mlno, Metal nnd Smelter Worltora union, which claims 8,000 members in . this rich mine , area of Oklahoma, Missouri 'and Kansas. .i.'.Thc Week-end 'foil included the flogging of Constable Ray .Keller at Hockervllle, Oltla., In addition to the Galena shooting and the beating of a number of men here. CI. O..Not Wanted Announced Intention of the CIO, through Its affiliate, tho Interna tional Union of Mine, Mill nnd Smelter Workers, to attempt or ganization in this newly prosper ous district provided the back ground for the outbreak. As miners swarmed here from all over the district yeBterday, Glenn Hickman, secretary of the Plcher union, handed them pick 'Continued on page f CHARLES W. BUTLER OF GLENDALE DIES GLENDALE, Ore., April 12. uuariea wiiuam uuiier, son oi mr. and Mrs. William E. Dutlor, died in a Roseburg hospital early Sun day morning, April 11th. He was horn In Grants Pnsa De ceniber 17, 1905, and. with his par- enta, came to Glendalo In 1901), where he had aince made his home. Ho wna never married. Snrvlvora are his parents, several aunts, uncles and cousins. , Funeral services will bo held in the I. O. O. F. hnll Thursday af ternoon at 2:30, with Rev. N. S Fisou8 officiating. Intormont In Masonic cemetery here. Arrange ments nro In charge of R. M. Eberle. associate director of Doug las Funeral home. Goes On Cash Basis EUGENE. Anrll 12. (AP) Eu gene's public achool system will go a cash baBis TueBday ror tne first time since 1919. H. R. Goold, sunerintendent. said nearly $100. 000 In wnrrnnta will be called for nayment, making a surplus to carry through several months. Thief Outsmarted PORTLAND, Anrll 12. (AP) A unique attemnt by a thief to out smnrt United States National bank depositors who use the night de posit chute was thwarted by E. H. nixby, Portland, who noticed that his pouch of money and the accom panying bnnk nook did not drop Into the slot ns usual. He Investigated and found thnt several pieces of adheaive tnpo studded with hooka had been plac ed acrosB the openbig Just out of view, apparentlv In the hope that the money would lodge thero with in nrm'a reach. Nut Payments Made NEWRERO. Aliril 12. f AP) The final nayment on tho 1936 wal nut and filbert crops brought mem bers of the Oregon nut growers co operative fund totaling flo.000. Walnut prices averaged H cents above the 1936 pack, while filbert grades were up 1 34 cents, . Reject Compromise Gov. Martin Raps "Pink Professors" And Sit-Downers S1LVERTON, April 12. (AP) Governor Charles H. Martin rapped "chiselers"; parlor-pink professors and sit-down strikes and said he was not u candi date for governor in nn address here Sunday. "Today the most appalling thing to mo is tho tendency of citizens In distress to turn to the government for uid," ho de clared. "Pussyfoot politicians need not become nlarmed," he added, "1 am not n candidate for governor of Oregon. Hut I will bo. governor of Oregon and all the people of Oregon until my term expires." Sit-down strikes ho character ized as "outrageous and rank lawlcasness." He said he knuw of one governor or a state who can get rid of Bit-down strikers, Ho said he stood for law and 'order nnd was not going to have a "pink professor from outside come In and tell us how to run our state." He ndmittod ho referred to Dr. Towne Nylnnder, trial ex aminer of the federal labor re lations hoard, whom he criti cized recently in the Oregon Worsted mill case. STRIKE NOT LIKELY. S.P. McDonald Cites Railroad Act for Adjustment of Labor Disputes. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 (AP) Two railway brotherhoods voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike on coastwise Southern Pacific lines, union officials claim ed today, but likelihood of an ac tual walkout was discounted by the railroad and by a tederal mo dintor. C. H. Smith, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, nnd C. V. McLaughlin, vice nresldent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and En glnemen, said their 9,000 members hnd voted more than 95 per cent In favor of the strike. President A. D. McDonald of tho Southern Pacific, however, declar cd the situation was not alarming to him. "The company does not expect a str ke. McDonald said. He cited machinery established by the railroad labor act to avoid strike action "successful for the past 50 years." Dr. W. M. Lelsermnn, chairman of the national mediation bonrd, also exnressed doubt of the im minence of strike action. He said his board probably would act again on the controversy, now over a year old, which resulted in the atrlke vote. The board considered the matter once before. Southern Pacific offlclala said the dispute arose over a jurisdic tional controversy between the Englnemen and Trainmen on one bund and the Brotherhood of loco motive Engineers nnd the Order of Railway Conductors on the other Unions that took the strike vote accused the company of engaging In secret contractual negotiations with the locomotive engineers and the Order of Hallway Conductors. MYSTERIOUS BULLET WOUNDS TRANSIENT BAKER. April 12 (AP) William Brown, transient, 39, who gave Toledo, Ohio, as his home nddress. was probably fatally wounded Sunday afternoon near Hot Lake in Union county by a rifle bullet fired by one of two men from a nearby hillside into a flat car in which Hrown and several other transients were rid Ine. Brown was taken off the train here and lodged In a hospital. He was not expected to live. Other transients on the car told stnto police here that three oilier builetfl were fired Into the flat car by the two men whose Bednn they saw narked a short dlBtance away. The state police were at a loss to account for the shooting. It was known that a number of squirrel hunters were In the viclV.y yes terday afternoon. Feud Oven Columbia River Union of Timber Workers Demands 10 Pet. ; Wage Boost. PORTLAND, April 12 (AP) Tabulation or ballots at the Port-, lund labor temple revealed last night a decisive rejection on the purt of Columbia river loggers nnd snwmfll workers or the oner oi. 10 por cent wage Increases with a minimum boost of 71 cents an hour. Thirteen thousand ballots were cast with (ho vote between 25 nnd 3 to 1 against the proposal of 20' logging operators and employera. Tho Columbia district council or the lumber nnd sawmill workera' union hnd requested a horizontal Increase of 10 cents an hour, elim ination of a joint employer-union arbitration hoard and control of loggers' hiring halls, now directed by tlio state labor commissioner. Other Strikes settled Tho picture was brighter in oth er sections of Oregon- and Wash ington, however. Strikes involving 200 sawmill and timber workers In Tillamook county nnd 275 plywood workers In longvlew wore settled and Coos Hay members of the sawmill and timber workers' union employed In four bay mills tenta tively accepted an offer of wage Increases. In 'Tillamook, . A. F. Hnrtung, nresldent of tho Columbia river district '..council ,of .the union, TSaid, the men voted to return to' work when their "demands were met by employers. Loggers will re ceive wage Increases of from 15 to 18 cents an hour nnd mill em ployes will get a 10 cents nn hour Increase, he said. Operations were expected to resume today. Tillamook area wage scales have been slightly under the Port land level, but comparable to the scale In the upper Willamette val ley heretofore. At Longvlew employes or tne m. & M. Plywood corporation's plant, closed by a walkout April 1, re turned to work with tne lormai statement by the plywood and ve noer workers' locnl that It was uiidor a "temporary working agree ment." Boost At North Bend At North Bend the Increase will total 74 cents nn hour by May 1, I ho first 21 cents being effective ns of April 1 and tho remainder oc ine added at the later date. Meanwhile a conference between (Continued on page 6) Tl T CLEVELAND. April 12. (AP) Upon the rugged physique fuiniliar for years to baseball runs depend ed today chances for tlio recovery of Trls speaker, 1, rornior mana ger of the Cleveland lndlnna and slur centerflelder, whose skull was fractured In a full from the sec ond story porch of his home. "His condition is critical," sain Dr. E. 11. Castle, nt Lakeside hos pital, "but 1 think he'll make it. lie has taken care of himself and is strong. Hospital attendants said early today his condition was "satisfac tory." Speaker's left arm was broken also anil his. face severely lacerat ed when a porch railing gave way yesterday while he waB putting up a flower box ror his wne. Tho one-time Idol of youthful diamond Tans plunged hend-flrst 16 feet to a stone walk, edged with Ingged cohblesloneB. Speaker enlnod hla feet and walked to a lawn chair without assistance. He was cairied to an niubulance ngalnst his protestB. SHINGLE MILL TO BE BUILT AT DRAIN DRAIN, April 12. Announcement was mnde here today by Clyde Catching Hint ho Is starting con structlon nt once on a shingle mill to bo erected on property he re cently purchased from Wlllinm Moore. Tho site Is Immcdlntnly oast of tho railroad Iracks. Two saw mills at Drain are now employing more than 50 men. while more than 100 mill workera are em ployed In plants on Smith river giving Drain tho bonoflt of sub stantial payrolls from the lumber ing Industry, . ' l 1 NGLAND PUTS T Hood Will Guard Shipping From Spanish Rebels; Land Battle Now in Fifth Day. (By tho Associated Press) Great Britain ordered hor might- est men-of-war to the liny of Bis cay today to protect British ship ping on the high Bona against Spanish Insurgent vessels .block ading Spain's north const. ' As the hugo battle crulsor Hood, most powerful warship in the world, nearod Ihn blockaded wa ters, another British war vessel need to the rescue of a merchant man reported "detolnod" by the Insurgents. Shipping circles later Bald, however, tho report probably was only a confusion of names. Tho British cabinet's hurriedly cnlled Sunday aesslon decided on the reinforced liavnl gunrd In the rtnv of Biscay but refused to guar antee protection to British fond ships entering Spanish territorial waters. Tho lnsurgonts nre at tempting to prevent food from reaching; the besieged city or un bolt and have declared provisions argocs will bo regarded as con traband. ' Battle In Fifth Day. More than 3,000 government troops wore osllinntod to hnvo been slaughtered west of Madrid In u surprise Insurgent attack against the right flunk or tlio government army. As the bloody bnttlo ontorod KB 'ill day. nn offlclftl,,liiaurgont communique" reported Gonoral Mla ja'a forcea routed in ono of thoir sovoroBt defeats on the Madrid front. Government sources said "only slight modifications" of their linos wore nocosBltnted by the heavy In surgent counter-attack after which the Mndrld troops attacked again In force near the race track along the Corumla highway, In tho Kl Pnrdo scclor. A blnst of dyntimlto Isolated the boslegers' two most formidable gnr- (Continued on pnge 6) TWO STUDENTS DIE PULLMAN, Wash., April 12. (AP) Plunging more than 400 foot when tho wing of thoir gilder col lapsed over a bank of Snake rlvor southwest of hero, two Washing ton Stnto college students woro dond here today. Tho victims, Cloyd L. Artman, junior from Orovlllo mid claimant to nmntoiir snaring records: and Frank Seo, sophomoro from Colfax, plummeted to their dentils In a twisted mass of splinters nnd can vns whllo n crowd of spectators looked on from n high bluff above the river near Wnwnwal. Tlio twoBoatod glider waB built recently by the Washington state College Aero club. CAR FOR EDUCATION BOARD IS OPPOSED SALEM, April 12. (AP) After authorizing liiu purchase of 25 new trucks and bodies for tho state highway department, tho hoard of control held up today the purchusc nf a new atitnmobilo for the state board of higher education, with the comment "let the students walk." The enr was requested for trans- portal Ion of 20 to 25 students In the udvuncn course in surveying, at tho state college. The distance to he traveled would be between nnd 10 miles. "Lot's suggest they walk as ninny of our pioneers did," (lover nor Martin declared. "That march wouldn't hurt Iho students. " The requisition, however, was not i Jected but action was postponed. 49 CONVICTS FREED IN PAST MONTH SALEM. Anrll 12 (AP) Forly- nino prisoners were let out of the slate penitent Inry during the pnst month whllo 39 new ones woro an milted. Wnrden James LcwIb re ported to the board of control todny, IwIb sb id many or those dia- cbirged had either served their terms or were paroled. Borne of the-parolees came under the now law granting good time crodlf. : The population of the penlton Unry todny was 1,075. It had reach ed 100, Lewis said. GREATES 1 SHIP ON DUTY Local Sewer Project Put on "Inquiry' List Tho proposed Intercepting; Bow er and sewage disposal plant for tho city of Roseburg Is placed on tho program for inimedlnto Investi gation or construction In recom mendations made to President Roosevelt . by the National Re sources committee. The commit tee proposes nn orderly plan of in vestigation nnd cnnBtructlon nnd ccominonds a program carrying projects estimated to coBt $620,88.- 000. Tho committee approved 190 projects In Oregon, Wnshtngton nnd ldnho, 'some for Inimedlnto construction, othora for deferred construction, and othera for inves tigation or construction. Tho Roseburg project, estimated at $80,000, is recommended for Im mediate Investigation or construc- Inn ns Is the extension of the south otty of the Umpqun rlvor, a project proposed from Reedsport, nt nil es timated coat of $600,000. Tho committee nlao propoBes collection of data for Intelligent planning with regard to elimination of pollution In tho Rogue and Ump qua rivers nnd extension of Irriga tion on lnndB adjoining those streams, . MISHAPS KILL 3 One Victim Former O. S. C. Baseball Star; 4th Man Drowns in Coos. - PORTLAND; Anrll ' 42: f API Sudden deaUstrnck four (tines 111 Oregon' over the' week-end,' auto mobiles being responsible for throe of tho lives snuffed out. A fourth victim was drowned.- Fred Nlglftlngnle, 28, Ontario, former Oregon State college base ball atnr, died instantly when his car struck the side rail of the in terstnte bridge on the Oregon Trail highway noar Ontario, throwing 11 1 in out Into tho path of another machine driven by A. McCIuro, Nyssu. Mnrlln Fnherty, who was riding with Nightingale, suffered a bnclc Injury and raco cuts. wis. McClure sustained' lacerations nnd brul bob. Nlglitlngoln, besides his widow, is survived by his paronla, Mr. nnd Mrs. Louis Nightingale, Molnlla, and a hrothor. Joseph Tolo, 51, Applegate, dlod after falling out of a car on tho Missouri Flat road nenr Applegate In Jnckson county, when a door flew open whllo riding home from a dance. I V. E. Snow, about 50, was struck down by a cur as he walked along the highway near Klamath Falls city limits nnd died 30 minutes In ter at a hospital. The drivor of tho automobile failed to stop and give aid, pnlfco said. They started a ctty-wlilo search for the enr on a tip from another motorist thnt a black sedan Bped down the high way shortly before tlio mlshnp. Snow, who was well dressed, wns Identified only by a liquor permit In IiIb- pocket. Tho accident hap pened two hours after tlfe closo of traffic safety week lu Klamuth Falls. Inlgo Edlund, about 35, wns drowned nt North Bend when he fell ovor tho railing of a Bhlp ok It flocked at a lumber mill. Officers (Continued on ra;o 6) WORRIES AUDITORS ON ONE-CENT CHECK PORTLAND, April 12. (AP) David M. Lloyd wonderod todny how mucii it cost the u, H, Irons' ury to hnlnnco its hooka becauso of u one-cent check. Lloyd, retired fire captain, got a one-cent check from tho treasury becuune he overpaid the linme owners lonn corporation. .He I bought It such n good souvenir that he kept It. Eventually the treasury grew persistent nver his fnilurn to cash II and by that time he had lost It. Finally ho swore out nn affida vit t'lrat he had received the check and 'another wns Issued. He promptly cashed tlm second check to the relief of treasury au ditors. MEDAL AWARDED VET PATIENT HERE George Covey of 'Selma, Jose phine county, n patient nt the vet erans hospital In RnsebiirR, lias been awarded a medal lu the Or der nf the Purple llenrt for heroic Borvlre during tho World war. ac cording to word received today. Covey Is in tho hospital here re covering from Injuries received throe weeks ago when I. M. David son of Selma died nt the wheel and his automobile turned over. GOVERNMENT TRIMS IN SUPREME COURT BATTLE ON 5 INTERSTATE BUSINESSES Justices Stand 5 to 4 Unanimous on 5th, Which Guarantee Right of Collective Bargaining in Fixing Working Hours and Pay Rates. WASHINGTON, April 12. CAP) -The suDreme court gave the government a major stitutionality or the Wagner labor relations net as applied to all business engaged in interstate commerce. '. Speculation was stirred immediately as to whether the tri bunal's decisions in five cases would affect President Roose velt's fight for reorganizing the tribunal. William Green, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, had described the Wagner act as "the magna charta of labor." (It guarantees ' collective bargaining to workmen in ne gotiating with employers on wacres. hours of work nnd other labor conditions.) Some Senators ' Think Bill for Reform Is Blocked, Others Say Not. WASHINGTON, April 12. (AP) Opponents and advocates of the Koosovoit court reorganization bill drew contradictory Interpretations todny-fromttnr bii promo 'nnrl'suc Hon In upholding the Wagner la bor filiations Inw, ; Senate lenders of tho fight agnlnat tho bill hailed the court's deulslous as a factor that would go fur toward defeating Hie court re organization plan. Supporters of the bill, however, dollied the decisions would have any offoct on the controversy. Roth Bldos expressed delight with tho court's finding that the law was constitutional. Sonator Wheeler, a loader of tho opposition to the bill, forecast flatly the decisions would "mean the defeat" ' of tho president's measure. I fool now there can't bo any oxciibo for wanting 15 members on the court," Wheeler Bald. . Attorney Qeneral Cummlnga de clared the ruling constituted "a Bwoeplng government victory.' ' For more reasons than one' the declslohs of today show the wis dom and soundness of the presi dent's plan," he aaid, but smiling ly refused to disclose what "rea- boiib" ho hnd lu mind. Solicitor General Stanley Reed, ono of the government uttorneya who urgiietl the litigation Defore the court, said of tho opinions: "A realistic treatment of the coiiBtltutlonnl problems Involved in federal labor legislation. Honntor Counnlly (D., Tex.), one of tho lenders of the opposition camp, said tho decisions would hnvo a "profound effect" on those mem hers of congrons still undecid ed about the court bill. "It will Blow up the drive for the bill," Connally flnld. "A car with two flat tires can't run as well hb one with four good tlrea." "Chaos" Held Uncleared Senator LuFollolto (Prog., WIb.) Insisted, however, tho court ver dicts would have no Influence on tho bill. "Any person who cnine to the conclusion that he wan In favor of tho bill ,and realized tho need for It, Is not going to bo affeclcd by one or more decisions, Ln . For lotto said. "The chaotic condition created by Hie court III pnBt deel Blons has nnt been altered by tills (Contliltiod on pnge 0) Penalty of Two First Offenders Deferred; Leniency for One Asked The pracllrn of postponed sen tences used by Circuit Judgo Cnrl E. Wlmborly In enact) Involving first offenders was Invoked again today when Cecil Spnrllng of Rid dle, charged with theft of furni ture, and Orvlllo H. Spencer, ac cused of burglary In a grocory ntore horo, wero arraigned for aontenco. Iloth had entered pleas of guilty. Sentence was postponed until July 15, during which time both defen dants will remain In the county Jail , Tho practice of the court haa been to grant paroles from penitentiary sentoncos Imposed at tho expiration of the terms In coun ty lull. on Four Decisions And victory today by upholding con Four of the supremo court's de cisions, Involving tho Jones and Lnughllu Steel corporation nf Pitts burgh, tho Friiohauf Trailer com pany of Detroit, the Frlcdmuu Harry Marks Clothing company, Inc., of Richmond und tho Asso ciated Pross, woro flvo to four de cisions. . - - - - -- The court wns unanimous In the Washington, Virginia, and Mary land coach compnny case, Roberts, Hughes Deliver JtiBtice RobortB, who haa held the lmlanco of power lu some flvo 1 to tour decisions, delivered tho 5- . to-4 opinion upholding tho Wng- .: nor uct did not vloluto freedom ot itis tn'oan and oould he applied to tho Associated Press, He also de livered tho unanimous decision in tho "Crininf eohi'pany 'case. , " . . Chief Justice Hughes, who waa 75 years old ''yesterday,, delivered the opinions In the other three .cases. The four dissenting justices McReynolds, Sutherland. Van De- vuntor und Butler ln nn opinion reud by McReynolds, contended thnt the court's rulings in the Wagner cases roversed tho view of Interstate comnierco expressed . ln deoisloiiB outlawing NRA nnd the Ouffoy coal net. In those two decisions, tlio court said: "The local character of mining, of manufacturing nnd of crop growing Is a fact, and remains a fact, whatover may bo done with, tho products," '" Organizing Right Upheld "Employes," Huglien ussorted ln tho Jones und Lnughllu decision, "have as clour a right to orgnnlzo and select their representatives for lawful purposes as the respond ent (stool corporation) has to or-, ganize its business and select its own officers and agents." The question of collective bar gaining, uphold by tho court III businesses 1 engaged ill Interoatatu commerce, hue been tho niiijur point of disputo In tho rocout series of sit-down strikes. Under the decisinn, the-legislation Ib nppllcablo to all buattiesscB -held to ho lu lntorstulo commerce. The ruling, holding that a stout company, a trailer company nnd a. clothing manufacturing concern were cngnged In lntorstulo com merce, broudened the applicability of tho statute fur beyond what , ItB opponeiita contended woro tho proper boundnrloa. The conch compnny admitted that 11b activities wore In Inter state commerce. In each of tho flvo Boparato de cisions, tho tribunal sustained or ders of tho national labor rela tions board directing tho reinstate ment of empioyofl who had been discharged for what the govern men contended worn "uiifnlr lubor practices." Dissent Voiced Jusllco McReynoldB delivered the dissenting opinion In the ntuel, coach company (trailer! and cloth- (Continued on page 6) Sparling, recently arrested nt Rlddlo, pleaded guilty to taking furniture from a home owned by Rose Moore of Portland. The bouse hnd been left furnlBhed but unoc cupied following tho death of tha former owner, Joseph Shoff. A lengthy petition, asking; the court to grant leniency for Spen cer, was preaented to the court In connection with today's arraign ment nf the 19-yoar-old husband and fnther, -who had pleaded guilty to robbing the Doer Creek Safeway Btore, Spencer, a former resident of Eugene, had no previous record for criminal offenses, It was stated, and had been a good worker when, ahlo to secure employment,