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It TOE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919. LONG D WINTER FOR LABORER SEEN Closing of Employment Bu reau Set for Friday. MANY NOW SEEKING WORK Wilfred F. Smith, Director, Says Conditions to Be More Serious Than, Last Winter. That the Portland day laborer la to face a long, cold winter with a lean pocketbook is the prediction made yesterday by Wilfred F. Smith, direct or of the federal employment agency, which is to close its doors Friday. "We look for a more serious unem ployment situation than ever before," Mr. Smith declared. "Last winter, while the wooden shipyards went out, the steel ones suddenly expanded and cared for a good many of our men. The high tide was peached in Janu ary, when 12,000 men in Oregon were out of work, but I look for something much worse this year. It is likewise the opinion of this office that the reason there were no labor troubles last winter was because the federal employment service has a large staff scouring the state for jobs. A. large government or municipal employment office appeals to the men because it h-is the appearance of doing some thins for the individuals." Gloomy Prospect Seen. Mr. Smith admitted that he feels rather gloomy over the prospect and believes the closing of hi3 office through lack of funds will complicate the situation. The government had ordered it to close on October 15, but municipal aid was given and this en abled the staff to close its business by November 1. If it is possible to finance an employment service again under the direction either of city or mate, the government will loan furni ture and complete office equipment. Other large cities, realizing the hard ship the winter will work on the l iborers who had had government as sistance, are to a large extent sup porting similar bureaus, and it is hoped by those connected with the work that Portland will follow suit. If the 2-mill tax levy carries at the special city election on November 12, the city will immediately take steps to establish a municipal employment service, according to City Commis sioner Bigelow. Such service will not be as exten sive as has been the federal eervice, he explains, but it will be of suffi cient scope to handle both the men's and women's departments. Inasmuch as the city inaugurated the free em ployment service. It is not expected that any great difficulty will be en countered in establishing the eervice, and it is probable that, with the pas sage of the tax levy, the municipal service can begin November 20 or not later than December 1. Tito Hundred Placed Dally. The men's division of the present bureau is placing an average of 200 men daily. Yesterday morning Mr. Smith said he believed if he had had 1000 jobs he could have filled all of them with applicants who visited the windows with requests for employ ment. Seasonal workers now are coming In by the hundreds and about 3000 log gers and sawmill men soon will be in from the woods and mill towns. "There is no shortage of men in the lumber industry," said Charles Willis, who signs employes for the Bridal Veil, Milton Creek and Wind River Lumber companies and incidentally registers most of the loggers who have been visiting the federal employ ment office. "It is reported," 3ald Mr. Smith, "that on December 1 all of the ship yards will close entirely, probably not to open again until April. That will have a tremendous bearing on the sitution. and will put many high class men out on the streets tempo rarily. I also understand that the branch office at Liberty Temple has between 700 and 800 soldiers waiting for work. Some of them are former army officers. The women's division is feeling the strain, too. Mrs. Bruce Scott, head of this department, said that she bad funds enough pledged to keep the office open until the first of the year, if there were any assurance of it be ing continued after that time. TAC0MA HAS UNEMPLOYED Distress Due to Strikes Noted by Federal Official. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 27. (Special.) The adoption of the "American plan" by many employers and dis tress among workers due to strikes and slackening of construction work are noted by C. Roy Fleming, super intendent of the Tacoma office of the United States employment service, in his weekly report filed today. Three hundred meti for section work is the sole demand noted in this district during the week. Many ex-service men are out of work, due to the shipyard and pile drivers strikes, and with attendant conditions but S8 men were placed in jobs during the week. Light work for men who have been disabled is Daaiy wanted, ana mechanics are urged to register for a possible fu ture opening. "lohen he hands you this PERRY Red Tacleage CElRJEoJLf you're getting a breakfast food of uncommon food value. For Germea gives you infinitely more -in energy and health-return than the average breakfast cereal. Besides, Germea is truly eco nomical 1 A single cupful makes a breakfast for a family of six. SPERRYFL0URX0. Ten mills and forty-four dis tributing' point on the Pacific Coast. S. A. . K HUMAN A CO. Distributors. NET WEIGHT tUL 12 0& & iSt ;r ' fin "Merchandise of Merit Only - A MEM'S CILOTMES Store That Does Not Shout From the House Tops "Your Money Back if Not Satisfied" I - - Why? Because we are not here our business is to give you to refund your money- FOR CRISP. SNAPPY AUTUMN DAYS LIBERALS TO HAVE PARTY COXVEXTIOX WILL BE HELD IX ST. IiOUIS DECEMBER 9. NEW EPIDEMIC REPORTED Medical Men dive Attention to Hiccough Attack. SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco newspapers have given space recently to a discussion among medical men here as to the cause of a local epi domic of hiccoughs. Some physicians attributed It to the too emphatic "kick" in substitutes for liquor, and others said the parox ysms were caused by an attenuated influenza germ." SPANISH AUTHOR IN U. S Blasco Viscent Ibanez and Miss Anne Morgan Among Arrivals NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Blasco Vis cent Ibanez, Spanish author, arrived today on the La Lorraine from Havre, Miss Anne Morgan and a French delegation of 14 to the Internationa labor conference at Washington also were passengers. Land-Clearing Demonstration Set OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Oct. 27. (Special.) A land clearing demonstration will be held near Hillsboro some time in November, according to W. J. Gilmore, professor of farm mechanics at th college. All companies selling land clearing equipment will be invited to take part in the demonstration. Th land will be divided into small tracts where each exhibitor will have clones to show his equipment. Intelligent Programme of Social, Political and Economic Recon struction Is Object. NEW YORK. Because the dominat ing groups of both the democratic nd republican parties are "no longer capable of evolving or working out intelligently planned programme f social, political and economic re construction," men and women repre senting every state in the United States will gather in St. Louis De cember 9 to launch a new party which may wield a tremendous influence at the presidential election in 1920. The political forces of America are eenly interested in this movement ot only because of the influential ersons who will attend the confer- nce and probably lend their support to a new party, but also because past experience has shown that a third force in the. political world can easily wing the balance of power in the di rection that best suits its purpose. It s remembered that disaffection in the republican ranks in 1912 elected Pres ident Wilson. An organization known as the com mittee of 43 is sponsor for the move ment, and if a new party is launched this committee will be its directing force. The conference is expected to call together the scattered forces of liberalism to "nationalize politics. according to heads of the committee here, and it is for the conference to decide whether or not it should join forces with the farm and labor or ganizations to insure a greater meas ure of success for the new-born party, The paramount purpose of the com mittee of 48 is to summon from all parts of the country the leaders of its liberal thought and of its forward- looking citizens to meet in confer ence. Out of this is expected to grow an effective co-operation of organized labor and agricultural workers for the task of social reconstruction. At the present time the committee has no platform, no political creed; it is merely the organizing power from which the real political party is ex pected to spring. In order to determine the basis for platform, which will be discussed at the conference, a questionnaire was sent out to every member of the com mittee, asking their views on certain radical and conservative questions of the day. The returned answers show a surprising unanimity of opinion in regard to most of the present-day is sues. Some of the questions asked ere as follows: "Do you favor the Plumb plan? Do ycu favor the programme of the merican labor party? Do you favor he programme of the Nonpartisan league? Do you favor a federal de- artment of education with a mem ber of the cabinet at its head? Do you favor literal restoration of' the onstitutional rights of free press. freedom of speech and public assem blage? Do you think the United States should become a guarantor of merican foreign investments? Do you favor income and inheri tance taxes not only to raise revenue ut for the purpose of equalizing the distribution of wealth? Do you favor continuation of absolute control of foreign relations by the president? Do you favor free trade? Do you a- or the further restriction of immi gration? Do you favor compulsory iutary training? Do you favor the formation of a new political party?" Not only were most of these ques tions answered in the affirmative in ach case, but the writers elaborated n their views and displayed an even more radical tr. nd than the commit tee had expected to discover. Included in the membership of the committee are prominent lawyers. doctors, business men of high stand- rg. school teachers, university pro fessors, newspaper editors and report- rs, magazine writers, civil service mployes, salesmen, clergymen, man ual laborers, farmers and virtually every other branch of American in dustry and the professions. Three former United States senators, a nujn ber of Episcopal bishops, many former state legislators, are also members of the committee of 48. DM FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STS, SWETLAflD BLDQ, ASK FOR and GET IH3iriicEi7 TKe Original Halted IVSilk For Infants and Invalid Anii Imitation o4 Sobtitatet of the American Legion was formed Saturday night, when 21 ex-service men met in Masonic hall. The meet- I ing elected Lyle Jensen, temporary chairman; William Harper, tempo rary secretary; W. B. Follett, state chairman, assisted in the organiza tion. A membership campaign has been launched. GLOBE TROUSER-SEAT .UNION SUITS We have complete lines of the celebrated GLOBE Underwear, in all weights, styles and sizes. HOUSE GIFT TO Y. M. C. A. Eugene Campaign Aided by Dona tion or Miss M. E. McCornack. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 27. (Special) The gift of a two-story residence to be sold for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. fund now being raised here, was made by Miss Mary E. McCornack yesterday. The residence is old but said to be in good condition. It is expected that several hundred dollars will be added to the fund by its sale. Of the $30,000 which is desired to raise to pay off the debt on the Y. M. C. A. building and to maintain it for a year, all but $900 has been raised, not Including the sum to be derived from the sale of this house. Steam shrunken, they do not "nap" up. and the elasticity and soft ness are always retained. They are perfectly fitting and eminently) satis factory in ever; respect. No. 3333-G Soft gray wool-plated, medium weight suits; long or short sleeve styles $3. No. 136-G Winter weight, fleece lined cotton union suits; gray $2.50. No. 104-W Fine ribbed suits of soft, smooth. cotton yarns; white or ecru $3. No. 365-G Medium suits $5. weight fine ribbed wool mixture Junction City Forms Legion Post. JUNCTION (Special.) A- CITY, Or.. Oct. 27. Junction City, chapter SPEED DRIVERS SOUGHT Portland Men Said to Have Dam aged Highway Bridge. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 27. (Special.) A complaint was filed in the Justice court this afternoon charging Forrest Braley and George Adams of Portland with speeding over the Columbia river highway in Clatsop county, when making their record run from Port land on October 11. The charge is made ty Traffic Of fleer Carlson, who has secured five witnesses who saw a portion of the run. The defendants are also said to have knocked' the railing off a bridge near Svenson when their car skidded aa No. 3306 Heavy weight, fine quality worsted and cotton mixture suits. An exceptionally fine winter undergarment that will give lasting satisfaction $6. Mens Furnishings Shop, Just Inside Washington-Street Entrance Lipman, Wolfe & Co. they were running at a high rate over the structure. Artificial rubber has been made in an experimental way ror many years, but it is now reported that it has become a practical success, and that the great dye and color works at Elberfied. 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The style, materials and tailoring have never been surpassed. What a natural consequence then it was for Lipman. Wolfe & Co. to have selected these celebrated clothes for their great new Men's Department. We know that we are rendering a genuine service to the men of Portland in recommending and bringing for their selection STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHES. Men's Suits $30 to $70.00 Overcoats $40 to $87.50 Mens Store. Fiftli Floor Lipman. Wolfe 5- Co.