V THE MORNING OREGOXTAX, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1923
II BUDGET BILL
HAS CLEAR SAILING
Mouse Committee and Bu
reau in Full Accord.
HEARINGS TO BE BRIEF
pleasure, Providing for 86,000
Enlisted Men, Expected (o'fio
Through as It Stands. ;
WASHINGTOS. t. C, Nov. 14.
'Judged by the headway made today
by the house sub-committee on ap-
ropriations, which will frame II
lUext year's navy budget. will sail
through unruffled seas.
There was no indication at the
close of the first hearing behind
closed doors of another fight like
that which marked the passage of
the bill last spring. The navy de
partment, the budget Dureau and:
Chairman Kelly's sub - committee, i
conducting the hearing, were in full
accord on the enlisted personnel
86,000 and the same number or
ships as are now in commission.
The construction programme will
ontlnue and the question of scrap
ping holds over uutil all the powers
nave ratified the naval treaty.
Apparently delighted with the
speed and harmony achieved, mem
bers of the committee predicted that
the hearings would be brief and thatj
the bill would go through substan
tially as it stands today. 'Chairman
Keliey explained that since tlie house
had fought so recently over the size
of the navy and had fixed it at 86,
000, there was no reason for a
change, since nothing had developed
to make any change in the total
teem necessary.
. $2S,0(IO,000 Xot Enough.
It was understood that the total
appropriation asked for would be
somewhat in excess of the $298,000.
000 shown on the face of the last
bill, principally because there was
an unexpended balance on hand of
J46.OO0.O0O July 1, due to the- cessa
tion of construction at the time of
the arms conference. This $46,000,
000 was not shown in the appropria
tion bill as having been made avail
able for the present fiscal year.
Whatever new construction funds
are provided in the bill for the next
year will be an actual outlay of
cash.
Secretary Denby, Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt, Rear-Adm'ral
Coontz, chief A operations, Rear
Admiral Washington and others dis
cussed the naval situation with the
committees at an all-day sessio
i';-. Denby, it was said, insisted that
the enlisted force could not be put
below' 86.000 and members indicated
that there would be no attempt to
go lower. T
While work on the naval bill was
proceeding another sub-committee,
of which Chairman Madden of the
general committee is in charge,
heard representatives of the interna."
! revenue bureau as to needs for the
next fiscal year, to be included in
the treasury bill's total.
promoition Commissioner Haynes
will appear tomorrow. The prohibi
tion bureau, it was said, will ask for
about $9,000,000 for enforcement of
the Volstead law and for 200 addi
tional field workers. The appro
priation for enforcement this- year
Was about $9,250,000.
The treasury Will is expected to
carry about $12,000,000 for refund
of income taxes illegally collected.
The treasury recently announced
that it would ask for $42,000,000 for
refunds and whatever amount is
recommended probably will be put
into a deficiency bill. "
The bill for the departments of
state and justice has been com
pleted so far as the state depart
ment half is concerned, and Attorney-Genera,!
Daugherty will tell the
committee tomorow or Thursday of
his requirements for the next 12
months. The bill for the depart
ments ot commerce and labor, writ
ten into one, is under way and the
agricultural department bill will be
taken up tomorrow.
On the opening day of the regu
lar session in December the first
completed measure will be pre
sented to the house. The others will
go forward rapidly under a new
programme which calls for a clean
up by the house by the middle of
January.
WAGES TAKEN U
PROCEDURE FOR NEW PACT
TO BE DECIDED.
Operators at Chicago to Resume
Meeting With Representatives
of Mine Workers.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14. With two
tentative plans under consideration
by a sub-committee,, coal operators
identified with the Cleveland wage
conference last August tomorrow
will resume their second day's
cession with the mine workers to
formulate a method of procedure for
making a new wage agreement at
a joint meeting scheduled for
January S, either in Cleveland fir
Chicago.
The present agreement with the
eoft coal miners, which ended a
five months' coal strike, expires
ZVIarcli 31. The Cleveland agree
ment, anticipating its expiration,
provided for this committee, which
is now meetins- in Chicago in the
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Mr. and Mrs. Portland:
I want to tell you that
.Mr. Baskerville's hound '
at the Peoples is no
relative of mine.
"STRONGHEART"
hope of averting another coal s Wike
next spring.
One of the plans reported to have
been proposed provides for a na
tional executive board of miners
and operators to establish a national
basis for wages doing away with
the old' central competitive- field
basis with- differentials above and
ielow for districts which operate
tinier exraordinary conditional The
other tentativn plan, it was stated,
proposes anational Joint committee
to formulate a" agreement that will
be upheld by both sides at the
January conference. . '
Both plans are regarded ,in some
circles as a concession ' to the
miners, as it is known they favor
national agreements, while ' the
opej-ators prefer separate' or dis
trict settlements. However, the
author of the first plan, it was said,
intended -that the miners' desire for
a national agreement would be met
while the ' operators would still re-
YOl'THFUL HIPPODROME STAR
SOUGHT HI PHOMOTliRS. . ,
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Olive JobnKOQ,
Not every girl of 15 years is so
"much sought after as Olive John
son, little actress at the Hippo
drome this week, who has taken
part in more' than 100 moving
pictures and whose stage career,
numbers eight years.
Raymond Hitchcock, with whom
she played throughout 1921 in-"Hitch-Koo,"
wants her back; Flo
Ziegfield has made dozens of
overtures to get her in his follies
of 1923. soon to start out, and
Gus Edwards would do much to
get her for hs famous Bandbox
Revues.
"But I want to finish this
, vaudeville tour first," Oliie said
yesterday. "You see, I'm polishing
up on my French, German and
Italian. I have to practice my
piano lessons, and then I must
become more proficient ;in my
contortions and acrobatics."
Her chief ambition, she con
fided, is to emulate her aunt, Rae
Samuels, "The Blue Streak of
Vaudeville," who recently made a
successful appearance in Portland.
tain some degree of autonomy -over
certain districts.
In the joint session this, after
noon, which lasted only a short
time, John I,. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers, declared
the miners "are in an open frame
Kof mind ready to discuss any pro
posals from thef operators." After
Mr. Lewis' short'talk the joint ses
sion adjourned and the operators
took up discussion - of their two
plans, ,
Both sides expressed beliefs that
some method of procedure for. fix
ing? the 1923 wage scale' would be
adopted here, thus averting another
nation-wide soft coal strike in Apt iU
NEW-GUMP BOOM BEGINS
Chinless Candidate Proposed for
President at Reception.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 14.
(Special.) A "Gump for President"
boom was formally launched Sat
urday night at the "country home
of Clement Scott of this city, grand
tiler of the Elks of the United
States. ' Mr. Gump was a guest at
the celebration which closely fol
lowed his election to congress by
the narrow plurality .of 37 votes.
The Gumps received a great ova
tion as they rode along- the illuminated-
lane leading to the Seott
home. A Dig bonfire on tlie.lawn
preceded the banquet. The suc
cessful aspirant made a speech in
which he reiterated, his pledge to
stand 100 per cent for the people
at all times and to never wear any
man's collar but his own. -'
Astoria Building Is Sold.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
For the fourth time the property
has changed hands within the last
two years, .the three-story business
block at the northwest corner ot
Twelfth and Duane streets was sold
today. H. R. Hoefler disposed of the
building to Charles H. Neimi of Sea
side. The consideration was said to
have been $40,000."
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FASCiSTI CHAMPION
OF MIDDLE CLASSES
Triumph in Italy Is Doom of
Bolshevist Curse.
EUROPE WATCHES. RISING
Peoples of. AH Nations Regard
Latin Political Uptieaval as .
"' Beacon. ' r Freedomt' -
- BY OTIS SWIFT AND
- V. DE SANTO. -
(Chicago Tribune Fore-iEn -News 'Service.
Copyright, 1922. by tljp Chicago;jTrlbune.)
ROfE, Inov. 14. Behind'' the dra
matic revolutionary" coup 'whereby
Benito Mussolini's black shirt fas
cist! legions seized control of the
Italian ' government, is one of the
most remarkable pages' of history
since the'war in Europe. t 1
Two years ago Italy's 40.000.000
peopJe. impoverished and enervated
by war, totiered toward seemingly
unavertable bolshevlsm and an
archy. About 2,000,000 workers
flaunted . red flags and defied the
government. Factories were; seized
and 'Soviets proclaimed. Italy
seemed doomed to follow Eussia's
path. . . , -Communism
Stamped Ont.
Today militant socialism aijd com
munism is dead, stamped out by an
intense nationalistic movement that
swept in a flame of ardemi patriot
ism from Sicily to the Alps. ;
This movement fascism was
born two years ago. At ' the time
it seemed impossible that the sweep
ing tide of bolshevism could be
stemmed. The brilliant triuihph of
this fight for preservation' of law
and order makes it one of the most
significant potent forces of Euro
pean thought today.
Austria and Hungary already
have adopted it in a battle against
h.sidious propaganda. Germany has
built up similar organizations un
der different names. It represects
a rallying of Europe's harassed and
war" destituted people in what to
Europe is almost a life and. death
struggle against Moscow's panacea
of paradise. ' '
Situation Is Analyzed.
A careful analysis of the psychol
ogy of history since the war- in
Europe is .necessary, to understand
the swing in'- the last two years of
Italian political sentiment from the
extreme radical left to the Inten
sive conservat've right.
The world war left the people of
Europe bled white, discontented,
and hopeless. Italy had 500,000
dead, 1.000,000 cripples, add 1,000,
000 unemployed. Peace did not bring
a promised land fit for heroes. The
war seemed to ,have been fought in
vain. Europe's political balances of
power, secret treaties, and under
ground diplomacy In the nineteenth
century culminated in a debacle.
Something was wrong with the
scheme of things. - .. .
Morcow Injects Poison.
Into this fertile ground Moscow
sowed the seeds of bolshevlsm, of
fering a new humanitarism solution
of the world's troubles. : Clever
propaganda told the workman that
he owned the millionaire's home, fur
coat, automobile, Havana cigars and
champagne. It gave him a red flag,
battle cries, and war" songs, made
him a member of a great secret so
ciety that would overthrow the
world. All this color, romance 'and
promise of wealth and happiness had
a vivid appeal. Europe s workmen
fell into line for tickets to the lotus
eaters' heave.n.
Italy was particularly vulnerable
as theoretic parlor socialism had
been ultra fashionable in the pre
vious 20 years among the intelli-
gensia. Bolshevism seemed about
to triumph'.
Middle Class Awakening.
Meanwhile the middle class, which
was the backbone of Europe, did not
agree. They had. however, no rally
ing point for a unified anti-bolshevik
action. "Middleelass unions" were
organized to fight for stability, but
they were drab, stodgy, unimagina
tive affairs. None wanted to wear
a button proclaiming himself one
of the middle class.
Fascism gave the Italian middle
class a real rallying point. Signor
Mussolini made a fight to retain the
status quo of the dramatic, forceful
crusade with a universal imagina
tive appeal to the highest ideals of
law, order and patriotism. He made
the workman see that a fight or
law and order -was .quite as heroio
as a fight for disorder and anarchy.
This secret movement was a suc
cess. Signor Mussolini, aged 38, was
born to a poor blacksmith and be
gan practical life as a school teach
er. He was converted to socialism
and became editor of the socialist
paper Ayanti at Milan. He was cast
out of the socialist party when he
enlisted 'in the war as a private sol
dier, getting the rank of sergeant
at the front. When he returned
from the war he founded the Popolo
d'ltalia, an anti-communist newspa
per. At the height of the bolshevik
crisis he organized a secret society
to fight the red movement, begin
ningwith 0 ex-officers and soldiers
fronr the upper and middle classes,
who met in Milan cafes and the
Popolo editorial rooms.
Their burning of the Avanti of
fices in 1920 first called attention
to their activities. The movement
gained strength rapidly. Coupled
with the slogan, "Italy first, last
and always," was all the color and
picturesqueness of modern knight
errantry for -the sajvation of the
country; " .- . '
Legions of Caesar Emulated.
It was Based on the organization
of Caesar's legions, and officers
ranked as centurions and decurins. !
Following the precedent of Gari- I
baldi's fighters,- the members wore j
special uniforms of black .tasseled
fez shaped hats and black shirts.
Songs , and battle cries were copied
from the glorious traditions of Ro
man legionnaires. Admittance to the
society became difficult, and a sol
emn oath of . patriotism was re
quired. Rigorous discipline pre
vailed. -
Women played a hie- part. They
formed units, wore uniforms and
ticiLuimeu uangerous missions.
The spread of the militant middle
class campaign against anarchy
plunged Italy into civil war, wherein
the government was an impotent on
looker. The fascisti raiued and
burned socialist headquarters, broke
up .demonstrations and carried on
reprisals, wherein, according to
their figures, 6000 fascisti and 10,000
radicals were killed.
D'AnnunzIo Feeds Flame.
Gabriel d'Annunzio's seizure of
Fiume fed the flame of patriotism.
The terrorized socialist party lost
i,uuu,uuu members in two years. At
the present moment the Fascisti
forces have an organized army of
1,000,00.0 men with airplane, artil
lery and cavalry units.
When Signor Mussolini Issued his
48-hour ultimatum demanding that
the FAscisti take over the govern
ment the whole country stood be
hind him. The great silent middle
class body of people, who believe
in the preservation of, sound gov
ernment, had found a rallying point.
Fascist! Policy Detailed.
The brief policy of the Mussolini
government is "back to normalcy
and a little bit better." The leaders
plan to carry out the following at
titude on Italy's problems:
1. Foreign affairs. No change in the
peace status quo of Europe beyond as
suring the powers that Italy wiil not be
used as a pawn in any one's politica;
ga.me. - ' .
2. Infernal policV. Th strictest econ
omy, including the sellingr of state rail
roads, telephone and telegraph services,
which are lyt paying. House cleaning In
the bureaucratic departments in which
are 500,000 office holders. Speeding up
industrial production by increasing trade
with countries which can give Italy raw
materials, particularly America.
3. Stabilizing the exchange by In
creased production. Signor Mussolini
has prohiised restoration of the world's
confidence will raise the. lire, which is
now worth 5 eents, to 10 cents within
six months.
4. To solve the surplus of population
by an agreement with South America,
particularly Brazil, to receive emi
grants froni Italy's 40,000,000 people of
whom 250,000 form the annual surplus.
Attitude Toward Russia Defined.
5. Recognition or Russia to depend on
the attitude of the other powers.
6. To maintain'' the Italian influence
in the near east, but to observe a non
partisan attitude in the Anglo-French
oriental differences.
7. To continue the development of
Africa, but not to expand territorially.
8. To preserve the status quo of
Fiume, but not-to give the Fiume government-financial
assistance. The lead
ers hold that Italy cannot permit the
loss of control, on the Adriatic or the
Jugo-Slavian development of naval
power..
9. To maintain an efficient army and
train the whole nation to fight. To
maintain a navy equal to France. The
leaders say: "Italy must maintain a
position as one of the first-class powers
m Europe. We have seen that being a
little sister to the great powers is a
profitless and thankless game."
10. To preserve the present form of
constitutional monarchy, wherein the
king is a national symbol with limited
powers. Before the advent of .Fascism
the monarchial .Idea was - tattering in
Italy and the abolition of 'the monarchy
was seriously discussed. The movement
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Portland's Leading Clothier for Over Half aCentury
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ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
A touring car. owned by Louis C.
Barzee. of 126 East Fifteenth street.
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