The Sunday Oregonian., December 02, 1917, Section One, Page 9, Image 9

THE SUNDAY OREGOXUX,. PORTLAND DECEMBER 2, 1917.
CONGRESS TO MEET-.
IN VITAL SESSION
Oraft Law Is Likely to Be
Changed, Age Lowered,
J Other Plans Made.
CROWDER'S VIEWS URGED
One of Problems With Which Con
Cress Must Contend Is Shipbuild
ing: Programme Wilson to
Tussle With, Iiabor Question.
(Continued From First Pace.)
plies, and hundreds of other details
which depend upon appropriations.
Incident to the increase of the Army,
Congress doubtless will be asked to
amend the draft law to authorize the
drafting: of men 19 years and over,
lowering: the draft age two years. Sec
retary Baker some time ago declared
against lowering the draft age, al
though the General Staff of the Army
always has held out for a 19-year
minimum. General Crowder, the Pro
vost Marshal-General, in charge of the
draft. In recent instructions eent to
draft boards, discussing the classifica
tion of men enrolled under the draft
law, said: "Before this class (fourth
class) is reached It is perfectly safe to
cay that by the addition of other
classes as to age, eay those who have
attained the age of 21 since registra
tion day and perhaps adding the classes
of 18, 19 and 20-year-old men, we shall
have Included two or three million men
in our available list." This, coming
from General Crowder, Is the best evi
dence that the War Department will
recommend a lowering of the draft age,
and also the registration of those
young men who have come of draft
age since registration day. Today
these classes are erempt.
In addition to this legislation, must
fce more legislation and more appro
priations for Army supplies of all sorts;
clothing, tentage, rifles and other indi
vidual equipment; more airplanes; more
munitions and more guns; there must
be a vastly increased appropriation for
Army transportation and for Army sub
sistence; In fact, all the needs of the
Army now existent, and the Army pros
pective, up to June 30, 1919, must be
provided by Congress this session.
The Navy requires the same recog
nition. There will be the building ap
propriation; increased appropriations
lor personnel; provision for recruiting
more men to man the new warships
as they join the active naval list, and
adequate provision 'for the men, the
puns and the ships for the years to
come.
Millions Necessary for Ships. '
Shipping having become one of the
Biggest of war problems, and It being
evident that the present ship-building
programme Is not adequate to care for
the Army now in prospect, millions, if
not billions, more must be appropriated
Xor ships. When the War Department
talks of placing an army of three or
five or even seven million men in
Europe, and when It is remembered
that five tons of shipping is required
for each American Army man In
Kurope. It is evident that the 8,000.000
ton shipping programme Is far from
adequate to meet future needs. There
fore there must be "ships and still
more ships" and Congress must pro
vide the funds.
Beyond all this. In the matter of
appropriations. Congress must provide
for the expenses of running the nor
mal agencies of the Government, as
well as the abnormal agencies. In
Washington alone 40.000 employes have
been added to the clerical force of
Uncle Sam, and outside Washington
thousands of others have been em
ployed. The estimates will show an
effort to hold down appropriations for
public works not considered absolutely
essential, and economies will be recom
mended on river and harbor works. In
Rational parks, on public buildings,
etc.
Just what Congress will attempt in
the way of revenue legislation will be
determined largely by the recom
mendations submitted by the Secretary
of the Treasury. Congress will have
to look to Mr. McAdoo for a statement
as to the sufficiency or shortage of
revenue under existing laws, and If
more revenue be required he must es
tlraate the amount, and suggest ways
of raising it. It will not follow neces
sarily that his recommendations as to
methods will be aproved, but as to
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Aside from appropriations and rev
enue legislation. Congress may have to
deal with the labor question. What
the President will recommend. If any
thing, has not yet been disclosed, but
the Administration has been made
aware, as the country has been warned
during the past eight months, that the
labor question Is one of the biggest
single problems connected with the
war. Repeated strikes have tied up
ship building, lumbering, coal mining
and the mining of important minerals.
In other lines of Industry strikes have
been unimportant relatively. For the
winning of the war the United States
must have ships; It must have coal; It
must have lumber and metals, and It
must have uninterrupted transporta
tion.
How President Wilson will deal with
the labor question In his annual mes
sage, if at all. will not be known until
he communicates directly with Con
gress, but it Is certain that an effort
will be made to get through some sort
of bill which will prohibit strikes dur
ing the continuance of the war, espe
cially strikes that could tie up and
imperil, the important war industries.
It is too early to forecast the rate
of any such legislation, and the atti
tude of union labor may have a great
deal to do with the ultimate result.
There will be many other labor meas
ures Introduced, most of them for home
consumption, but a few which may re
ceive serious attention. The fact that
the success of the war, rather than the
fate of specific industries, hinges upon
labor, has raised that problem In Im
portance, and It Is one problem that
must be faced, much as members would
like to sidestep.
Investigations Are Rumored.
Mingled with the war legislation
may be expected a series of Congres
sional Investigations. It does not
necessarily follow that special com
mittees will be appointed, for they
usually accomplish nothing. But the
appropriations committees which re
port out the various money bills have
inquisitorial powers; they always hold
hearings, and in their hearings oppor
tunity will be afforded for probing
into expenditures made by various
Governmental agencies since our en
trance into the war. and such inves
tigations are assured.
The fuel administration Is going to
be one of the first new agencies Inves
tigated, and not only will Its expendi
tures, but its activities, be gone Into.
The food administration will come In
for Its share of attention; the Council
of National Defense, in all its rami
fications, must go on the gridiron; all
manner of war contracts will be Inves
tigated in detail to determine whether
the vast lump sum appropriations have
been expended wisely and cautiously,
and charges of undue influence on the
part of officials, official participation
in contracts, etc.. will be sifted to see
how much of current rumor is fact and
how much is fiction.
Conservation legislation will assume
a new importance this Winter. Hereto
fore water-power legislation has been
a sort of football to be dragged out at
intervals, kicked around a bit and then
put In cold storage. In the midst of
the war even the conservationists are
awakening to the fact that by sewing
up the water power, the coal, the tim
ber and the mineral resources of the
country and prohibiting development.
Congress has left the country In a pre
dicament and must now make amends
for past inaction. The shortage of
nitrates and the essential part they
play In war is expected to force a suf
ficient change of sentiment to let some
sort of water-power bill become a law.
Local Legislation to Be Held Down.
Aside from all the National legisla-.
tion that must be considered. Congress
and Congressmen will be called upon
to legislate and to look out for their
respective communities. Local legisla
tion doubtless will be held down to a
minimum, but with the Pacific Coast
clamoring to build more ships; with
shipyards available and not used; with
lumber in abundance and labor fairly
plenty, there is every reason why, by
the application of proper and forceful
Congressional pressure, more ship con
tracts should be awarded the yards
along the Pacific Coast. Even though
wood ships are not suitable for use in
the war zone, they are suitable for the
coastwise trade, and can be used safely
In the trans-Pacific trade and could
also be used in bringing coal from
Alaska. If that coal could be made
available. There is ample need for
wood ships and for barges on the Pa
clfic Coast, but they will only be built
in quantity in the event the Senators
and Representatives from the Coast
bring pressure to bear.
Thus far few contracts for the build
ing of airplanes have been placed on
the Pacific Coast, notwithstanding all
the airplane spruce and fir comes from
Oregon and Washington and notwith
standing many airplanes will be used
at the aviation schools on the Pacific
Coast. This is another problem that
can be solved by Congressional influ
ence oroDerly applied.
Pending before Congress is the re
port of the Helm Board favoring the
establishment of a submarine base at
Jibe mouth pf the Columbia River and
urging other bases In Washington and
California. Secretary Daniels, as a
measure of economy, will not recom
mend those appropriations, but a united
demand upon him from the Senators
and Representatives of all Pacific
Coast states will brine- about a rhirn
of attitude. Without this pressure there
wm De no appropriations for new naval
bases.
There Is much other local legislation
that will bob up, but little that will
become law. Where the Pacific Coast
can profit this session Is through united
effort on the part of the Senators and
Representatives from Oregon. Wash
lngton and California. There has never
been such co-operation in the past
there was never a better opportunity
for co-operation than now. In the mat
ter of ship contracts, airplane contracts
and adequate naval defense, the three
states have a common interest. 1 and
united effort will get much more than
Individual effort. With this common
interest the Coast states can get a
great deal by community work; If they
rail to unite In pressing their demands
the Coast will get Its usual allotment.
almost nil.
SLACKERS TO BE FIRST
MEX CONVICTED OF FAILURE TO
REGISTER FORFEIT ALL RIGHTS.
Provost Marshal-General Crowder In
structs Local Boards to Disregard
Numbers and Put Men In First Call.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. Under the
draft rules and regulations, effective
December 15, men convicted of failing
to register oil last June 5 will be dealt
with more harshly than under the old
system. Provost Marshal-General
Crowder announced today that such
men. Instead of being given jail sen
fences, as has been done in many cases
heretofore, will be so listed by local
boards as to Insure their call with the
first Increment summoned after the
new rules are put in force.
Local boards are directed not to send
the registration cards of the convicted
men to the State Adjutant-General for
serial number assignment, -but to place
them at the top of the first class liable
for call. Thus the men, it was pointed
out, will forfeit all chances of the
master list rotation, except in cases
where physical condition or the terms
of the law require exemption or de
f erred classification.
Men now under suspended sentence
for failing to register will be listed at
the top of the first class, it was an
nounced.
BANK IN FEDERAL RESERVE
Butler Banking Company Admitted
to National System.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec 1. (Special.)
The first etate bank outside of Port
land and the third for the state to re
ceive approval of an application, the
Butler Banking Company of this city
yesterday received notice, that the In
stitution bad been granted member
ship In the San Francisco Federal Re
serve Bank.
The Butler Bank, established here in
April. 1900. by Leslie Butler and his
son, Truman Butler, of The Dalles, is
the Apple Valleys pioneer financial
institution.
Pottery Is Xon-Essential.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 1. Pottery and
glass manufacturers in Eastern Ohio.
Northern West Virginia and 'Western
Pennsylvania were today notified that
their products had been listed as non
essentials by the Government, and
many manufacturers took this to mean
their plants would be closed for lack
of transportation facilities and fuel.
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With Elliott Dexter
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RISE OF JENNIE GUSHING
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A TANGLE OF TICKLES
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Assurance Company Sued.
Damages of $525 for alleged breach
of contract are "demanded from the
General Accident, Fire & Life Assur
ance Corporation in a suit filed yester
day by Hose M. LoefFel, who alleges a
health policy providing for sick bene
fits has not been satisfactorily adjust
ed by the defendant corporation.
Company D Auxiliary to Meet.
There will be an Important meeting
of the auxiliary of Company D on Tues
day evening in the East Side Library
at 7:30. Ai there are important busi
ness affairs to be discussed, it is urged
that all members attend.
Activities Turned to Red Cross.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Irvington branch of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
at a meeting held at the home of Miss
Adeline Henderson, voted to give up
for the period of the war papers, dis
cussions and other activities, and assist!
in the Red Cross work, now so urgently
needed. The next meeting of this
branch will be held at the Red Cross
headquarters and the members will do
all in their power to assist In making
bandages, sweaters, eocks and other
work. 11 '
MONROE MAN IS HANDLED
Anti-War Attitude Results In. "Xear"
- Tarring Party.
EVERETT, Wash.. Dec. 1. George W.
Croft, merchant of Monroe, a town near
here, was seized on his way home last
night by five masked men, tied and
taken by automobile three -miles from
town and released. Later a can of tar
was found there. Croff - had a large
sum of money in his possession, but It
was not taken. His daughter, who was
with him at the time of the assault,
ascribed it to her father's alleged anti
war attitude.
Croff was found by -the Sheriff and a
posse who had gone-in search of the
alleged Kidnapers.
Mine Machinery Is . Hauled.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) The work of hauling: machinery
and supplies to the Spirit Lake and
Mount St. Helens mines has begun. The
company has bad a crew of men Betting
the road In shape for hauling In sup
plies and machinery and preparing for
bringing out the ore. The ore will be
hauled to this place and snipped.
J. D. Young's Estate $32,600.
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Inventory filed yesterday in. the County
Court by the appraisers of the estate.
The estate consists chiefly of Portland
property and negotiable instruments.
A Long Island (N. Y.) grocer la offer
ing as a premium. Instead Of trading
stamps, a lump of sugar with every 10
cent purchase '
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FOR WAR BABIES
Announcement
On Page 6, Section 3
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