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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 13, 1921
LABOR
ni mil rniin
1 b
in
id mbi
10 FIGHT FOR LIFE
Unemployment Situation Is
Regarded as Serious.
RECENT ATTACKS NOTED
Harden Colfax Declares Council
of War Will Be Held Soon to
Consider All Problems.
ET HARDEN" COLFAX.
(Copyright. 1521. by The Oregonian.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 12.
Organized labor soon will marshal In
Its force, capable to meet ' a crisis
which it visualizes as follows:
Nearly 4,U00.00O men are out of
"work.
Wges are declining at a rate from
two to thrte times the rate of decline
Jn living icsts.
Wel'.-crganized attacks, well fi
nanced, are In full swing- against'
Union labor and even against the de
partment of labor itself.
That is the situation as organized
labcr see it tda. To meet that
situation and to- solve, If possible,
Its problems, international unions
throughout America will send 110 of
their chief official to the labor con
ference here February 22.
Offensive I Considered.
Even now how organized labor can
take the offensive against hostile
forces is fiow.i fdr consideration. The
conference wi'.! be at one a council
of war and an inventory of labor's
strength.
The meeting- will rot be open to the
general public, but as it promises to
be one of the most momentous called
by the American Federation of Labor
In recent years, statements will be is
sued regarding its proceedings. The
view of organized labor leaders 1n
advance of the meeting is that un
employment may yet become more
eerious, not in the number of men
out of work, but in the condition of
the employed.
They point out that thus far It has
been possible for idle men to draw
on their war-time eav'ngs or to sell
liberty bonds, but when these re
pr.urees are exhausted matters, they
ny, will be much worse- than- now.
The comment is made by labor men
that the same employers who, a few
months ago. were calling for In
creased production, are those, who
now have closed their lactones.
Administration Change Feared.
Then conditions were forestalled by
a campaign put under way by the
department of labor to stimulate con
struction and public works. Now,
however, the department, for lack of
funds and because of the coming
change of administration, is unable
to act.
Labor men are apprehensive, too,
that the change of administration
will not be for the better, so far as
the department is concerned. The Im
pression prevails in labor circles that
many influential interests are hostile
to organized labor and to the depart
ment. Positive statements from the
republican side have contributed to
that feeling. In any event, J. J. Davis
is not looked upon by organized labor
as an acceptable secretary, for,
though at one time he was a labor
organizer, he gave up that work to
organize fraternal bodies and has of
late years been a banker.
Herbert Hoover is reported to have
been offfered the labor portfolio and
to have declined It, urging that a real
labor man be chosen. The present
secretary. William B. Wilson, it is
said has been suggested for re-employment.
" Staff la Held Bl-Partlaan.
Hardly less important than the ap
pointment of a secretary is the selec
tion of the conclusion force. These
men, some 30 in all, are not under the
civil service, but ahe present staff is
bi-partisan, and through eight years
experience, including the very heavy
work during the war, its members
have before experts, . each in some
trade or industry. If jobs are distrib
uted as patronage, or given to men
suspected of prejudice, much uissatis
faction on organized labor's part will
result.
Statistics regarding living costs
will figure prominently in the dis
cussions at the conference. Labor will
contend that through the period of
advance wage increases constantly
lagged behind prices, and that now
living costs have fallen only 7.5 per
cent, whereas wage reductions Of 10
to 25 per cent have been put into
etfect.
4 NEW BRIDGES PLANNED
Contracts to Be Let March 1 at
Portland Highway Meeting.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
tour overhead railroad crossings and
fcur bridges are to be contracted y
the state highway commission at a
meeting to be held at Portland March
1, according to announcements made
by the highway department today.
Following are the structures in
cluded in the improvements and their
locations:
Two bridges over Burnt river about
cne mile from Weathcrby station.
linker county.
One crossing over Burnt river com
bined with a crossing of "the O.-W.
& N. company about four miles
from Huntington, Baker county.
One bridge over the Umpqua river
Ir. Hoseburg, Douglas 'county.
One bridge over the Umpqua river
at Myrtle creek, Douglas county.
One crossing of the Altamont canal
about seven miles east of Klamath
Falls.
One crossing of the Oregon East
ern railway near Dairy, about 18
miles east of Klamath Falls.
One crossing of the Southern Pa
cific -tracks about three miles south
of Eugene.
D SHIPS WERE
E
BUILT, SAYS HURLEY
Shipping Board Mistakes De
clared Inevitable.
TRIBUTE PAID TO SCHWAB
Speed of American Builders Said
to Have Scared Germans, Heart
ened French, Enthused British.
DOCTOR STRIKES WOMAN
Dr. E. X. Crockett Arrested on
Charge of Fuilurc to Help.
When an automobile struck Mrs.
J. M. Manning, 396 Morrison street,
last night, knocking her down 'and
bruising one leg, the driver con
tinued on his way. Shortly he was
halted by a motorist who witnessed
the accident, W. E. Morris, 1480 East
Hoyt street, who took his license
number and informed him that he
had struck a woman. The driver,
Dr. Ernest N. Crockett. BOO Aine
worth avenue, then returned to East
Morrison and Water streets, where
the accident occurred, examined his
victim and took her to the city
emergency hospital. He said that he
did not know he had struck Mrs.
Manning.
Crockett was arrested on a charge
of failing to render assistance, and
released on recognizance. Mrs. Man-
ning. who is 60 years old was found
to be only slightly injured.
CONVENTION DATE IS SET
American Legion's State Reunion
Will Be Held July 1 and 2.
EUGENE. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Lane County post, American legion,
has set Friday and Saturday, July 1
and 2, as dates for the state conven
Hon of tne legion to be held this year
in this city. Detailed arrangements
for the convention have been left to
the local post by the department of
Oregon.
Efforts will be made to have
Eugene's Fourth of July celebration
cover four days, beginning with the
legion convention. It has been sug
gested by, members of the local post
that one means of entertaining the
visiting veterans will be excursions
up the McKenzie highway.
Resolutions favoring the elimina
tion of Japanese as land holders in
this state have been forwarded to
Lane county representatives and sen
ators in the legislature.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 12.
Both tbe allies and the Germans were
astounded at the rapidity with which
the shipping board constructed ships
after the United States entered the
war. a house Investigating commit
tee was informed today by E. N. Hur
ley of Chicago, chairman of the board
from July. 1917, to the summer of
1919.
Hfeh government officials in Eng
land, France and Italy told him after
the armistice, he said, that they were
highly pleased at the achievements
of tho board. He learned, also, he
said, that the Germans, too, had been
amazed at tne Doaru s pruBmiiiim:.
He discussed the favorable com
ment he had heard aDroaa aner
touching on criticisms in this coun
try. Admitting mistakes had been
made, he said that was inevitable.
ince it was necessary to create a
mammoth organization quickly to
turn out shps.
Needed Ships Delivered.
"We delivered ships." he declared.
"That's what we were supposed to
do."
Shipping board officers profited by
their mistakes and took pains not
to repeat them, he said, adding tnat
the country could view with pride the
board's accomplishment.
Mr. Hurley mild tribute to the men
associated with him, especially Charles
M. Schwab, who, he said, had been
drafted to ta! e charge of construe'
tion when satisfactory progress was
not being made. At the peace confer
ence, Mr. Hurley continued, Clemen
ceau told him that this appointment
had frightened the Germans, heart
ened the French and enthused tne
British.
"I know that his appointment." he
added, "inspired the American people
to get behind the shipbuilding " pro
gramme. '
He expressed optimism over the
future of the American merchant ma
rine, but said too many ships might
prove a liability in case of insuffi
cient cargoes.
Wooden Ships Condemned.
Junking of the government's wood
en ships was favored by Mr. Hurley,
who said tbe vessels were no longer
of any use or practical value.
Mr. Hurley denied he had prom
lsed wooden shipyard owners suffi
cient contracts for three turns on
their ways, regardless of an early
termination nt the war.
Discussing the placing of contracts
in Japan for steel ships, Mr. Hurley
said the Increased expense was justi
fied because the United States had
to have ships in a hurry and the Jap
anese yards were .Able to rush de
livery.
Asked whether any ship construc
tion . companies had "held up" the
goVernm3.1t during the war, Mr. Hur
ley exclaimed:
"They drove hard bat-gains, every
one of them. You would have done
the sam. but they delivered ships."
HARNEY WINS IN DEBATE
Vale High School Team Beaten In
District Contest.
BURNS. Or., Feb. 12 (Special.)
The Harney county high school de-
feated the Vale high school Friday
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photoplay that stands
out as one of the most
charming things that the
silver sheet has mirrored
these many days.
"THE PUNCH
OF THE IRISH"
Comedy
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SPECIAL
SUNDAY
CONCERT
12:30 Noon
Today
evening in the first district debate
of the. southeast section. The ques
tion was, "Resolved. That Ireland
shuldvbe given the dominion plan
or government.
The affirmative team from Vale,
composed of Mis Francis Hornbeck
and Lawrence Propst, met Harney
county negative, upheld- by - MiltoD
Brown and Howard MilJer, at Burns.
Ralph Sweet and I'"rnk Loggan
represented the Harney high af
firmative at Vale and received the
two-to-one decision of. the judges.
The decision for. tho Burns high
negative was two to one.
HAL DUBI0USAB0UT SUN
Youngster From South Has All but
Forgotten Old Sol.
Four-year-old Hal had spent three
of his four years in Los Angeles. His
parents moved to Portland at the be
ginning of the rainy season last fall.
For a time Hal pestered his mother
W'th questions like "Why don't the
sun shine. Mom?" and "When is it
going to stop raining?"
But in a couple of weeks he ap
parently ..iiecame satisfied. Yesterday
he wanted to go out doors to play.
"Walt until it stops raining and the
sun shines, then you may go out,"
she told him.
Hal's face assumed a puzzled ex
pression, as if he were endeavoring
to recall vague associations. Finally
he asked, innocently, "What sun,
Mom?" -
SCAPP00SE WINS DEBATE
it. Helens High School- Defeated in
State League Contest.
ST. HELENS. Or., Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Debaters of 6L Helens High
school were defeated by rivals from
Scappoose ' when the teams clashed
here Friday night in one of the con
tests of the state high school league.
Members of the winning Scappoose
High school team were Clara Hau
gerud and James Watts and of the
St. Helens team, Carl Tucker and Sig
Wellborn.
The question was, "Resolved, That
section 28 of the Jones marine bill
should be enforced." The local de
baters had the negative and the vis
itors the affirmative. Judges of the
contest were Judge Robert Morrow,
R. L. Sabin and George Brown, all
of Portland.
FRANCE'S EAR DEAF
T0GE1M1
Premier Briand Said to Be
Firm for Reparations.
TEUTON COUP IS. FEARED
Likelihood of Amicable Outcome
of London Conference Is
Doubled at Paris.
BY LINCOLN EYRE.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS. Feb. 12. (Special cable.)
Any likelihood of the London con
ference resulting in an amicable un
derstanding with the Germans, based
on their acceptance of the allied
reparations programme, is fast evap
orating. Already in french official
circles there is talk of turning the
meeting scheduled to begin on Feb
ruary 28 into a discussion of the
best means of applying the penalties
which the supreme council has re
solved to inflict upon Germany in
the event of her non-acceptance of
the Paris terms.
At the ministry of foreign affairs
it is stated that Germany's obvious
effort to postpone a final settlement
of the reparations problem is doubt
less inspired by the hope tha; her
opposition to the allies will find a
favorable echo in Washington after
Harding's inauguration. French of
ficialdom believes that Berlin is in
for a severe disappointment in this
respect. Whatever the new adminis
tration may be, however, the present
French government ia resolved to in
sist upon the integral application of
the system of payments laid down.
Briand is confident that in this stand
he has the British cabinet's whole
hearted support.
That Germany expects to .find some
way of bargaining along the lines in
dicated by Foreign Minister Simons
in the reichstag is believed here.
This the French will under no cir
cumstances permit. Indeed, among
the deputies there is a strong current
of opinion in favor of abandoning the
London conference altogether if the
faintest possibll'ty that it will he
come another Spa should arise. Tins
doctrine is'approved by s;ich impor
tant papers as the Petit Parisien and
the Temps.
The former Intimates that Ger
many's air of defiance may make the
presence of her representatives at the
council table with the allied states
men impossible.- The Temps asks
what useful purpose can be served by
the proposed ionference if the Ger
mans come, to London with the idea
of rejecting the Paris agreement,
"utilizing against the entente the
support of the new American government"-
and trusting in bolshevik ag
gression to disturb Europe to such
an extent that the Versailles treaty
will be torn to pioces.
This view, however, is certainly not
that of the French government, as
interpreted at the Qua! d'Orsay. Pre
mier Briand, a cording to those
authorized to spei-k for hiin, will go
to London, no matter what the Ger
mans may do unless his ministry is
overthrown by the chamber, which
thus far appears improbable.
The presumption is that, arriving
in England on February 21, the date
on which the conference to deal with
the Turkish question is, scheduled to
begin, he will remain there until the
reparation deliberations. wUU or
without the German delegates, are
ended. Both he and Lloyd George, it
is understood, feel that a definite set
tlement of this question should be
arrived at before Mr. Harding takes
office, so that the allies can lay a
clear statement of their case before
the new president.
Rains Lower Snow Level. ,
BEND, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Heavy rains In the mountain have
lowered the snow level two feet
within the last two days, according
to reports brought to Bend by em
ployes of the Tumalo fish' hatchery,
who have Just finished taking more
than 6,000,000 brook trout eggs at
Elk lake.
Bend Pupils Petition Board.
BEND, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Seeking to obtain the services of an
ex-instructor, pupils in the Central
grade' school today petitioned the
Bend school board to appoint Mrs.
Mildred Williams as their teacher.
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