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Incidentally, These R. S. V. P. Unemployed Census Cards Should Make Valuable Additions to the Files of National Democratic Campaign Headquarters. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. in. yesterday S9 Highest UMiiponituri) yesterday ii:t l-mveMt temperature liwtr lilght 4S J'recipltation fur 2i bours,. 17 Precip. since, first of; month fi.62 Piedp. from Kept. 1. 1837-4- 10.74 Kxct-ss since. Kept.. l.'Tit;;? 4.03 ; LABOR ' i Vpion4 cuds continue to .spell bus of trouble for national Indus try. i Ylitf tiievituhle endiilK U sure lo Involvo itoru measures that will miikte' big ni-wi. lie a daily reader i.f Him XKWrSHKVIKW. i- ROSEBURG, OREGON, '. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1937. VOL. XLII NO. 175 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXVI NO. 95 OF THE EVENING NEWS a! J Ml Ul JWUli mm THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY HER MS IT Editorials on the DaysNewsl Ily FRANK JKNKINS OADDKST (big) wedding of a loug time is Hint of Grand Duke Ludwig von Hesse bei Khein and Miss Margaret Campbell Ged dea in London on Wednesday. His mother, his brother, his brother's wile and their children were killed In an airplane disaster while on their way to London to attend the . wedding. That honeymoon begins under a cloud of sorrow. A GUAM) duke with a flock of titles and with relatives scat tered all through Kuropean royal ty doesn't, seem tiki a real person, but the tragedy that took from him his mother, bis brother, his sister-in-law and his nieces and nephews probably bit him as bard as it would have hit any of us. Members of royally and the no- bility, you know, will bleed if wounded. They catch cold and sniffle. And iu Hie end, they must I UK. The only reason they're different from the rest of us is tiiat foolish liu mini beings have made them seem so. ROYALTY and nobility are ub surdities. Hut they are absurd ities because people have made tlmm so. -Most of the absurdities that are scattered around us ure the. result, or absurd things people" do or have done at some time in I ho past. This Is an imperfect world be- (Continued on page 4.) The annual I II club corn show opened this morning lor two days at (lie Hoschurg branch of the I'. S. National Innk. The exhibits will be on dispbn Sat 'inlay morning, and, for the beinf:t of evening shoppers, will al:o bo tipn be twecn 7 and S p. n. Saturday. The club member-i a:id llieh fathers will enjoy a banquet ar ii::in o'clock toniuiit hi Orl's 'Tav ern, where principel quests and speakeis are expected to b Georee Pierson. president of the Cortland Vnioii stockyards; H. C. Seymour, rtate club leader; Dr. It. K. Kore of Oregon Stale college, judge of (xbibits; .1. lioland Parker, eountv agricultural agent, and II. W. Grow. Smith-Hughes instructor at the Koschurg high school. Awards will be made at the ban quet tonight. First prize is a purebred Poland China boar, awarded by Mr. Pier son. Second prize is a scholarship to the 4-11 summer school. Kighi ..,. ,.,-lma ir.tn.r r,...t.i CI In CT are to be given by (lie L S. N.v tiotinl b:nk. Oddities Flashed My the Associated Press. Proof RICHMOND. Va A merchant told Justice Harold F. Snead that Uruce Schaaf contended the rear wheel of a bicycle wobbled and refused to pay a $29. N4 balance. Justice Snead doffed judicial robes, donned his derby, took a bi cycle ride. He returned and ordered Schaaf to pay the J.S4. Scientific COLIMIirS. Ind. There are l.vi members of the Colombo" hii-h school looting section and each of them had t qualify for member ship scletititically. The tests of voice power were made via volume-measuring ' vices hooked to tin school's public address system. The loudest ypp lers got the call. Palm for the most noise went to Clarence Veitnr Jr., gb'e club soloist. Wise Mama MARSHALL, Tex. Seven-year-old Hersohel McClure's mother didn't know where he was, but she FARM GONTRQL P'!1 NEARING I! JMPLETIOH uotas Included, Tax ocessing Dropped; ibuster on Lynch Bill Continues. WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. (AP) Congressional committees near ed completion of farm control bills today while senators and representatives devoted another day to talk. Chairman Smith ( D., 9. C, an nounced bis senate committee would vote tomorrow on an "ever normal granary" bill. The house commit tee, taking tip individual items, voted marketing quotas for corn ami voted down processing luxes on both corn and wheat. Senator liorah launched a criti cism of administration farm meas ures from the floor of the senate and indicated be would oppose pro visions of the "ever normal gran ary' proposals. "We're not getting anywhere with this reduction of production," the veteran Idaho republican said. "In the meantime wy're letting our people go hungry." Instead of storing farm products under a government plan against drought years, Horah said he fav ored taking government funds and buying surplus productions for distribution to the needy. Senator Connally (I)., Tex.), con tinued a filibuster by southerners against (lie anti-lynching bill. The house, starting another day of varied debate, was prevented from considering a resolution to declare, a state of War exlsls be Xwcen ''Japan and, China.', , There was a single objection lo consid eration, -which required unanimous consent. . . - A similar resolution wus being considered for the senate. Senator Nye (It.. N. IU. said a bi-partisan group of senators would meet next we;k to determine whether such a measure should be drafted. A house tax sub committee ten tatively agreed today to increase the exemptions from the undistri buted profits tax and to make up some of the revenue that would be lost by boosting the normal cor porate tax. In the anti-lynching debate. Con inilly demanded removal of n big sign condemning lynching from the wall of the senate chamber. Senator Vandenberg (U., Mich. I ami Senator Lewis (D., III.), join- tContnhipd nn page 3.) SIX BURN TO DEATH IN ONE-ROOM SHED FORT C OLLINS, Colo.. Nov. 1!) (AP) Six persons were burn ed to death early today while sleeping in a one-room shed rented for their living quarters after ih" close of the sugar beet harvesting campaign. The dead : Thorns Cebes, (IS. Sura Cebes, M, bis wife. llemiy Ortiz, ;!S, their daughter Canned Ortiz, 14, daughter of iJenny Ortiz. Sara On iz. another daughter. Henry Ortiz. 9. a son. Police Chief Kelley said the ex plosion of an oil stove, possibly trom the heat of a nearby coal stove, may have caused the fire. From Press Wire knows Herschel. She asked Fire Chief Sam Lindsay to help iocate the boy, missing four hours. "If he's In town and the lire whistle blows, he'll rush out to tin sidewalk he alwavs does." He did. eg Your Pardon CHICAGO There was nothing unusual t in Col. William W. Kd words' announcement that vacan clcs existed hi the army's clerical division. Hut when he was besieged by a foi-ce or women stenographers, the district recruiting chief said there must be some mistake. And there w as. He bad forgot ten to mention that the jobs wet j open to men only, qualified for regular army service. Time to Spare O M AHA, Neb. Postmaster Moorhead was almost certain that on Omaha signer of thn federal unempolymcnt census earn Is will iDg to work. The man listed him selt as partially employed and wrote he had worked M hours last week. Speed Demon Sets New Land Record Captain George Eyston IIONNKVILLK SALT FLATS, t'lab, Nov. 19. (API Capt. George, Kyston of Kngland oday set a new world s land speed rec ord of .'111.42 miles per hour. Kyston flashed through the mile and back again In a 24-cylinder racing giant for an average of ll.fd! seconds. Ky st oil's speed, the fastest mau has ever traveled In an automo bile, exceeded Sir Malcolm Camp bell's record in 1935 of :tt1.129: miles per hour by a wide margin. Kyston, a scholarly man of 4U who retired from the Ilritlsh army several years ago, clipped the northward mile iu 11.79 seconds for an average speed of 3nr.34 miles per hour and then sped back iu 11.3:1 seconds for an almost un believable mark of 317.74 miles per hour. PARIS. Nov. 19. (AP) Pre mier Chautenips' government won a smashing vote of confidence from the chamber of deputies tonight on pledges to crush armed enemies within France. Chautenips told parliament Inves tigation of the secret gagoulard, "hooded ones," organization had Implications of "terrible gravity," as the government smashed at what it believed to he one section of a powerful revolutionary organi zation capable of conducting nation-wide warfare. Police moved quickly, cooperat ing with all ministries in an effort to crush the armed, secret organi zation before it had opportunity to take action. Disclosure of the existence of one secret group last September led the government secret police to trail the parent organization. This finally resulted in a raid on "armories" where large stores of ammunition and arms. Including bombs and anti-aircraft, anti-tank and even field guns, were seized. The main thing worrying the government was who were the fi uartclal and political hackers of the organization. TWO BADLY INJURED WHEN AUTO UPSETS COLUSA. Calif., Nov. 19. (AP) Robert Redhead. 17, of Klamath Falls, Ore., and Mrs. K. H. Page were seriously injured today when their automobile overturned on a slippery highway south of Ar buckle. Kdwin D. Fox and Russell Itoach, also of Klamath Falls, were not seriously hurt. The four, em ployes of the Western Union Telet graph company, were on a vaca tion trip. Redhead, who was driving Mrs. Page's car, received a skull frac ture, and bis condition was re garded as critical. DOG'S BARK SAVES MILL FROM FLAMES RALKM, Nov. 1 9. ( AP) 'file vocal alarm of a mother dog. whose pups were hidden under a lumber pile, saved the C K. Spaiilding mill from possible seri ous damage by fire last lUght. A watchman, hearing her harks, discovered a blaze In a sawdust bin. WATER SYSTEM BUY FAVORED AT COOS M ARSHFIKLI), Nov. 19. (AP) A joint water committee from North Rend and Marshfteld agreed today to recommend formation of a water district with purchase of a privnto system, s DEFENSE LINE 1 PIVOT GRAGKED i Hi JHP ONSET "Hindenburg" Chain Near Nanking Shattered by Hard Blows; Chinese Increase Army. PARIS, Nov. 19. (AP) Foreign Minister Delbos told the chamber of deputies today that efforts to conciliate the Chinese-Japanese warfare at the Brussels conference had failed. He said a new step toward mediation must be taken at Geneva. The Brussels con ference recessed Monday for a week after passing a resolu tion critical of Japan. SHANGHAI. Nov. 19. (AP) Japanese troops today cracked the southern pivot of the Chinese "Hindenburg" line defending Nan king and struck shuttering blows ulong its cetral and northern fronts. Fighting through mud and ruin, Japanese drove ( ho last Chinese defenders from Hashing and oc cupied that vital southern link iu the "Hindenburg" chain. Central Japanese coin m n s approached within three miles of Soochow, the line's keystone, and northern detachments threatened to make untenable Chinese positions ut Changshu. About 125 miles northwest of the line, twelve Chinese divisions entrenched themselves in strong defense positions just . outside Nanking. The Nanking official spokesman declared Ihey were pre pared to defend the city "to Ihe last." liuside Nanking's walls, twq di visions of troops, . rushed to the capital from the Interior, after Shanghai fell Into Japancso'.hauds Nov. 9, prepared defense posts to be used in case the city even tually Is encircled and besieged. Embassies to Leave ' United Stales and other foreign embassies completed a r rung e mcnls to evacuate Nanking and follow the Chinese foreign office to Nankow as soon as Chinese of ficially announced the shitt. Dispatches from Tsingtao, sea ports of the North China prov ince of Shantung, said the Chinese fifty-first army was hurrying west ward to reinforce Chinese lines (Continued on page () FOOTBALL BATTLE IlKRKKLKY. Cnllf., Nov. 19 (AI'i Berkeley streets sur rounding the University of Califor nia campus were Uttered with de bris today alter a night of w hat police described as "vandalism" by persons celebrating the big game between California and Stan lord to be played Saturday al Palo Alto. - Police said 2"i 'persons were ar rested. Only eight of them were university students. Tin police as serted their offenses Included turning iu false fire alarms, and egg and apple throwing. An eler trie sign of a theater was damaged by a barrage or apples. Six officers were pushed aside as celebrants rushed a theater and pushed an automobile Into the lobby. Tires on automobiles were dr f la ted and the machines pushed on car tracks. Streel cars were re routed around the campus district. o MENACING BLUFF STIRS LOS ANGELES LOS ANOFLKS. Nov. lA.fAP) Fur thai an overdue rain might cause Ihe "moving bluff" of Kly siau park to come crashing down into nearby Riverside drive, caus ed city officials to keep half the drive roped off from t raff Ice to day. Warning was given that neigh borhood residences and business houses remained occupied at "great risk." A crew of CO men was luiy re routing two IIo.oimi-voIi power lines eway from the slide aden. It already has crushed In a large wa ter conduit for a. distance of 30U feet. The tree-covered bluff has drop ped 8 inches below aurroundlng ground and yesterday moved 11 inches In a northerly direction, arousing new fear that the half million tons of earth and roi t might come hurtling down In a landslide. T F CORPORATIONS House Committee to Hoist Exemptions on Surplus Profits Levy, Boost Normal Rates. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (AP) A house tax subcommittee ten tatively agreed today to increase exemptions from the uudlstrlhiit e 1 profits tax and to make up t.ome of the lost revenue by boost ing the normal corporate tax. Chairman Vinson ll)-Ky.) said utinuiittee members had talked of granting complete exemption from the undistributed profits levy to corporations having net incomes of $HUfUU, $15,001) and up to t2;V "00. No decision was reached, bow ever, on where to draw the line bt--iween firms that would pay the undistributed profits levy and those that would not. Previously the committee had decided on full exemptions tor corporatlons with incomes up to ?ri,uon. If Ihe exemption .Is granted to M'MKHi corporation. Vinson said, the federal revenues would be re duced by an estimated SUS.OIMt.Onu. An exemption up - lo Sl-VHiu would cost' $;ir).ouil,iiiiu, mid up to S2i),0uo some SMi.Omo.uiw. A $r0.()0(,(M)() reduction could be made up, however, the e'.'airmin asserted, by restoring the normal corporation tax to (he- approxi mate levels in effect before the undistributed profits tax was en acted last year. Those rates were U!4 per cent on the first S2.mu uf corporate income., 13 per cent on itie next flH.omt of income;1 M per cent on the next $25,11011 and. 1 per cent on all above SIO.UOu. Another Exemption Planned In another nlep to ease the tax load on business, Vinson said tin1 subcommittee tentatively ' bad de cided to exempt corporal ions emer ging from bankruptcy, or reorgan ization, from l he undisl it lulled profits tax. Rut Ihe exemption would be only for the three year.f after they came out. An exemption ot' all corporations (Continued on page (1) TO! WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. (AP) President Roosevelt asked the feleral trade commission today to investigate the report as soon as possible on reports of a "marked increase" iu living costs attribut able, in part to "monopolistic prac tices and other unwholesome meth ods ol competition." The president addressed a let ter to Chairman Ayres of Ihe com mission saying his attention had been directed to reports of a large increase in living costs this year as compared with recent years. The president said the increases were attributable In pari, accord ing to the reports reaching him, to monopolistic practices and oth er methods interfering with free competition. -o- FLYERS ACCUSED OF DISTURBING GEESE EUfiKNF, Nov. 19. (AP)Trlul of Vale Smith and Russell Stew art, Eugene, charged with "dis turbing migratory wild fowl by air plane," will be set in Justice court In the uear'ftiturc, it was announc ed today. The l wo men were arrested by state police during the recent mi gration of thousands of geese southwurd. Police charged Ihft men with flying a plane through the flocks of geese. They pleaded hot guilty. "Blue Law" Cracke Down In Boston 1IOSTON. Nov. 19. -(A P) An old Massachusetts "blue law" bobbed up toduy to forbid all forms of entertainment oth er than sacred concerts on Sun days. The HoHton licensing board notified ;jf0 hot ids, restaurants and clubs Attorney OeneiHl Paul A. Dever had Interpreted tho measure to bar orchestral or mechanical music, floor shows, Ringing n.t even radio pro gtams. Audiences as well as performers were subje t to fines, it said. Ml Goodyear L4s Result LABOR MESS IN PORTLAND INCREASING Mayor Urges NLR Board to End AFL-CIO Feud; Council Acts to End Violence. PORTLAND, Nov. 19. ( AP) Portland's dizzy labor maelstrom whirled foday uround the national labor relations board. In Washington. Joe Carson," port laud mayor, demanded the, board move- immediaiel to end the AF1 CIO sawmill dispute or step aside and let municipal officers "solve its problem. Charles Fahy, the board s gener al counsel, wired local CIO offi cials a denial he had told Ihe na tional conference of mayors, us quoted In a newspaper dispatch, that the board was without Juris diction in the Portland dispute. He said the board had jurisdiction in jurisdictional disputes where "representation of employes" was Involved. Firm Defies Hope Charles W. Hope, regional direc tor, denied the lumau-Poulbeu company's request for an em ployes' election and asked an ex planation of the rinn's alleged re f until t bmjiujn with tint .CIO sow.-, mill union, previously designated bargaining agency by thn hoard. , .. Hope.. advised , CIO leaders that '"f the employer refusees to bar gain, you have a 'right, to file charges under our net." Company officials said they hud "not answered" Hope's telegram, and Intended to go uhead wit It election plans. CIO leaders said they would picket the liiMiiu-Poulscu election and .sought the cooperation of 29 civic, religious and other organiza tions In a ClO-sponsored election covering the seven closed mills. Mill owners blamed the closures of an AFL boycott and n slack market. Tfio labor board has claimed au thority over neither. Closure Effect Spreads L'ffeet of Hie Coos bay port closure, resulting from refusal of longshoremen to handle AFL lum ber picketed by the CIO, spread mirth ward will) arrival of the steamer West Ira to uwult deliv ery by rail, expected Saturday, of tiiO.imu feet of AFL lumber from (Continued on page ( PORTLANDER WINS CAR LICENSE NO. 1 SALEM. Nov. 19 (AP) II. L. McCabe, Portland, received 193S automobile license plates No. 1 in the diawing in the secretary of state's otfice today. Morn than HI, 000 persons sought the first loo preferred numbers. No. 2 went lo A. . Johnson, Wa mic. Wasco county, while Joe Destefauo and Mrs. Charles Poole, both of Portland, received $ and 4, respectively. Irene Ritchie and R. II. HeustlB, both of Eugene, won 5 and (i. re spectively, while lucky 7 went to Frank II. Kmlth of Corvullis. o SCARED HOLDUP DUO FLEES MINUS LOOT PORTLAND, Nov. 19. ( AP) Two men entered a downtown club late yesterday, flourished gnus and demanded the money of customers Shaking so much that Tom Kelly. one of the Intended victims, said he didn't know whether he was be ing "searched or tickled, the gun men lined 10 persons against n wall and started to go through llieir pockets. Apparently fright ened by their act, the two gave It up as a bad job and fled without loot. ! TURKEY SHIPMENTS UNDER EXPECTATIONS SALEM. Nov. 19. (AP) Close of the Thanksgiving season will see more than half a million pounds of turkeys shipped to Cali fornia ami eastern markets, deal ers estimated. A Christmas trade of double the quantity was predicted. w.'-re lelow expectations, with thn general quality bettor than, last year and prices about three cents a pound higher. Akron Plants Closed of Scheduled Lay-Off Slayers of Labor Leader Corcoran Still at Large MINNEAPOLIS. Nov! 19. (AP) Spurred by regards of $11. 00n and aroused by reports that four oilier labor leaders were marked for death, investi gators delved into union activi ties today for u solution to the ambush slaying of Patrick J. Corcoran. Mayor Leach threw all the fa cilities of tho police department Into the search for the slayers who felled the ITt-year-old A. F. of L. unionist with a pistol bul let near bis home Wednesday night. Two organlKers for the United Electrical, Itadlo and Machine Workers, a CIO affiliate, charg ed In n loiter to Mayor IauvM that ''gangsters and racketeers Intel penetrated city labor organ izations. They said they had In formed Mayor Leach last July that a "dangerous situation" existed. Mayor Leach declined to com ment on the lettyr but said "we Intend to remove this blot and bring the criminals to speedy Justice." STRIKE BREAKERS Remingtdn Rand Defendant See Double Vindication; Prosecutor Rebuked. NEW HAVEN. Conn. Nov. 1!) (AP With an acquittal on strlkn- nreaklng cbarges .as a birthday present. M-yeur-old James II Hand Jr. pointed to the federal court verdict today as vindication in another case In which his firm, remington Hand Inc., had drawn harsh criticism from the national labor relations board. Rand and his ro-dcfencVinf. Pearl L. Rergoff. widely known us "king of Ihe strikebreakers." were acquitted yesterday of charges mat luey transported fu men to a strike-bound Remington Rand typewriter plant In Middletown Willi intent to Interfere with peace ful picketing. Rand contended I be men were millwrights, sent to dis mantle the plant. "This case Is Important as a test case, said Rand, "because the facts brought out in this case be fore u federal Judge and Jury dis prove charges brought by the na tional labor relations board against Remington Rand a year ago." In the case to which Rand re ferred Ihe labor hoard crilicl.ed the Remington Rand labor policy as "mcdleww, ami ordered rein statement of 4.0tMi AFL union stiikers at plants In Middletown, New l ork state and Ohio. Tho de cision is being contested In the courts. Judge Carroll C. Hincks rebuked the prosecution in his charge lo the jury, accusing It of Indies he dcHcrlhod as "an attempt to pol lute the stream of justice iu this court." Chillies H. Cnrr, siieclal assist ant attorney general sent from Washington to take charge of the prosecution, was rebuked by the Jurist for charging "suppression of (Cotitlniicd nn ini; I!) Old Age Aid Rtdes Include Pledge of Property, Relatives' Assistance Application forms for use in re nucHttng old age assistance by needy persons who have attained the aue of (Ti years, have been re ceived by the Houglns County Ite llef commit lee, i was unnounced today. The applications will he ready for dlslrlbul Ion Nov. 'Jti. The forms may he obtained al t be relief office on Die second floor of the courthouse Iu (tone burg. I lefinite proof of bil l hdute and bin h place must be furnished, lo get her wil h proof of residence in Oregon tor at least live out of nine years and one year con I in oiiflv prior to making application. This information should he pre pared prior to the visit of the caseworker. Current addi esses of all Immediate relatives also should he obtained. Relatives Mutt Aid There (ins been no Important change In this old age assistance i law other than the reduction of 12,000 IDLE, FIRM SAYS NO BUDGING Auto Workers at Pontiac Reject Plan to Abandon Strike That KeeDs 14,721 Idle. AKRON'. O.. Nov. IS. (AP) Twt'lvo llmutmni) fiuoilycnr Tiro it KulihPr company cniployos wore iillo today, llin ro.siilt of a HiMlowu li'iii:liitiild liy a Bc hi'iliili'd luy-off of 1 .OHO uol'Uol'H. OiHTtitionn wcro nuspmiried in (lie IhroB plmitH of the ItiiKeat o( Aki'im'u "bin three" rubber com- PHIlioH. John House, preKideiit of Good year loeiil. United Rubber Workers of Ameri, culled u union meet. ini? for Sunday to consider the sit down, lie said it started lit mid ulKht and was without union au thorization. C. C. Slusser, company Vice president and factory munnger, said: "Wo will not budce from our position. They can sit lown from now till the Fourth of July." Slusser nsHcrted he intent meet with union representatives today conceraliiB the scheduled lay-offs "hut It won't mean a IhlnR." ,:..nrfli'B workers, kitchen epuiloyofl, llnii maintenance crews were the only employes unaffected. The company cafeteria remained open company cafeteria remained open pany look no steps to bar workers, from tho premises. House mm id seniority rights worn an issue iu the. controversy, claim ing tho company .followed senior ity based on departments while the union seeks seniority recognition on a company-wlile basis. The company issued no state ment. AUTOMOBILE UNION TURNS DOWN PLEA TO END STRIKE I'ONTIAC, Mich., Nov. 19. (Al) The Pontine local of tho K'onlliiued nn pave (!) MANILA, I'. 1... Nov. 19 (AP) Deaths from the Philippine Islands' second typhoon within a eek Jumped sharply lo 40 today llh many iiiIshIuk as reports of sea disasters were received here. Northern Cebu province, cauaht In the vorlex or the typhoon, re ported II the worst In Its history. Sixty per cent of tin- homes iu some sectors were demolished. Heports Indicated widespread dnnuiKe lo public works, private property, crops, coconut and ba nana plantations swept by the tropical storm. The Ited Cross and the govern ment pushed relief work. Wednesday's typhoon was the islands' second within n week. On Arnilstlio day were killed on Luzon island, scores Injured and an estimated 4ii,imiii left homeless. :ige limit to li" years, It is announc ed. The provisions of granls to needy only still is in effect, and is not in any sense a pension, Kranklyn Voyt, executive secretary or the relief committee, reports. The committee, be states, must recognize ihe ability or legally re sponsible relatives to assist in ev ery case, take advantage of Indi vidual resources and the ability of each applicant to continue work and support himself. Property Pledge Needed The committee, Voyt states, will ieiiilre a pledge uf real properly iu accordance' w fth the law. This consists of a mortgage Hen, and is not u request to deed property, but Is merely nn Instrument in tended to guarantee to tho stato of Oregon und Douglas count reimbursement for grants made, after death of Ihe recipient or in case of sale of property. These; mortgage pledges can be released any time if reimbursement i4 made. Voyt says. UT