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VOL. XL I NO. 4
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PORTLAND, OliEGOX, ' SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1923
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MPHESSED
bk farmers; bloc
Solidified Faction Seems
Destined to Stay.
GREAT EVENTS UNDER WAY
Agriculture Now Recognized
as Backbone of Country.
PURPOSE IS THREE-FOLD
Co-operative Marketing, Credit
and Placing of Farmer on Re
serve Board Objectives.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1821. by the New York Eve
ning Post. Inc. Published by ar
rangement. )
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 21. You
can look at the farmers' bloc from
any point you choose, you can exam
ine ltg personnel and Its mechanism
minutely and critically, you can ap
proach It with the skepticism born
of recollection of similar movements
In the past, you can talk with the In
dividuals and the Interests who ae
plore It and who argue that It should
be eliminated; but the end of any
such survey of the farm bloc Is that
It Is without any doubt the largest
single interest in American politics,
that It Is likely to continue to have
the balance of power for a consider
able period, and that It Is more likely
to grow than to diminish.
The older political leaders In both
parties who deplore the farm bloc
and who predict Its early passing, are
misled by one of the most frequent
causes of self deceit, namely, by the
length of their own memories. Unless
there Is careful examination of the
analogy between the past and the
present, experience can readily throw
you off the track.
Skepticism Is Shown.
Some of these older political leaders
have memories that go as far back
as the Patrons of Husbandry; the
farmers' alliance, the agricultural
.wheel which started In Prairie
county, Arkansas, and spread to power
In eight southwestern states, the
Ancient Order of Gleaners, and half a
dozon similar organizations. Re
membering; how all of these arose, had
their day of power, and declined, the
skeptical older politicians say that.
In due course, the farm bloc will be
as one with these. It is undeniably
' true that the organized farmer in
American politics Is nothing new.
Politicians and others with any con
siderable political experience remem
ber Newt Gresham'a Farmers union,
started In Bains county, Texas, of
which a contemporary historian,
whose narrative was quajlfled by per
sonal enthusiasm, said, "ah Aladdin
army of a million men with a deadly
concentration of purpose that would
brook no denial, came into almost In
stant existence."
It was of another organization, the
Farmers' alliance In the elections of
1J.90. that a historian of the times
said, "after these elections, 40 mem
bers of the new congress were pledged
to support tho demands of the farm-
ns' alliance, and Its leaders were said
to have selected beforehand the place
which they wished this group to oc
cupy on cither side of the center aisle
In the house of representatives, where
they expected to hold the balance of
power, and to take the place of the
'center" In tho French assembly."
(irent Forres Moving.
If that quotation from a historian
of 1S90 reads much like a present
'day newspaper account of the farm
bloc, still more docs a quotation from
an account written In 1892, of "Sock,
less" Jerry Simpson's populists. The
author of this account, by the way,
was Mr. Hamlin Garland. His words
of 1892 sound a little like something
Senator Tom Heflin of Alabama
might iw today about the present
farm bloc:
The alliance wedge." said Mr. Gar-
U'out-luilt-il on 1'aae a. Column l.
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'LONDON TO CONTROL
YOUTHS AT MOVIES
PARENTS MUST ACCOMPANY
CHILDREN UNDER 16.
Youngsters Will Not Be Permitted
to Witness "Adult" Films
Without Guardian.
(Copyright. 1022. by The Orercnlan.)
LONDON, Jan. 21. (Special Cable.)
London has decreed that children
under 16 years of age shall not see
certain moving pictures unless taken
to the exhibition by parents or
guardians. The new film censorship
provides:
"That films passed by' the British
board of film censors for public ex
hibition be exhibited to adults only
provided that this condition eh-1 not
apply In the case of a child accom
panied by Its parents or bonafide
guardian and that this condition shaU
not operate until on and after July 1,
1922."
That seems a reasonable proposi
tion, but a good deal of difficulty
arose over the definition of the word
"adult." The result was that an
amendment was added to this condi
tion and passed after a long discus
sion in which- the expression "adult"
was made clearer. In this amendment
the following; words occurred:
Toung person shall mean a person
under, or appearing to be under th
age of. 16 years.
When the amended condition takes
effect, therefore, no child' under the
age of 16 years will be allowed to
witness films that have been passed
for adult exhibition only unless ac
companied by a parent or guardian.
The films that are passed by the
British board of film censors are di
vided Into two categories. The first
are passed for "universal" exhibition
and the second for "public" or "adult"
exhibition only. It is only for the
second class of films that those who
are not adults will be excluded under
the new regulations.
BIRD'S PRAYER ANSWERED
Sick
Parrot on Shipboard
Gets
Brandy and Recovers.
NEW YORK. Jan. 21. (Special.)
A plea for a prescription usually falls
on deaf ears In these dry days. But
Ship Surgeon Gidilngs of the liner
Kroonland has a heart: On the rough
voyage to this port Dr. Glddlngs was
called to attend "Baby," a gray Afri
can parrot, belonging to Miss Beulah
McMillan, an American missionary
from the Congo. "Baby" was seasick,
and mighty seasick.
Having given up everything, In
cluding hope, he was engaged In his
star accomplishment, the repetition
of a prayer In English and African
dialect, when the doctor called.
"That's a prayer that deserves to
be answered," said Dr. Glddlngs, and
prescribed a half teaspoonful of
brandy every hour. "Baby" recovered
his health and bung on to his spirits.
No prohibition enforcement official
attempted to confiscate his bottle
when he landed.
ALL ILLS PROVIDED FOR
New York Hotel Now Has Menu
for Every Ailment.
NEW YORK. Jan. 21. (Special.)
Joy for the plump! Also for the
dyspeptic and under-nourished. One
of the big hotels has added seven
special diets to Its menu. The diets
take care of every ill from hardening
of the arteries to neuritis, from con
valescing to old age. You pick your
III, pick your diet and summon the
waiter.
"No. 4." say you. "Yes, sir," says
the waiter, "hyper-acidity and we
have a very tasty angina pectoris
luncheon "
INJURED BOY SUCCUMBS
Fall Under Motor Truck Fatal to
Alexander Heed, 9.
Alexander Reed, 9. died yesterday
Good Samaritan hospital from in
juries suffered Friday when he fell
beneath the wheels of a motor truck
on the Linnton road. His right leg
was mangled so badly that amputa
tion was necessary and death was
due to loss of blood and shock.
The lad was the son of Claude Reed
tf Llnnton. The body was taken to
the morgue, but It was announced
Inter there would be no Inquest.
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TttAM FWCktA SoPAE GTWEA CAUSES
POPE LOSES LONG
BUTTLE FOB LIFE
Death Claims Pontiff at
6 A. IVT. Sunday.
HOPE GIVEN UP AT MIDNIGHT
Holy Father Remains Cheer
ful During Illness. ,
HOUSEHOLD AT BEDSIDE
Cardinal Gasparrl and Attending
Physicians Also With ' Pa
tient Until Last.
ROME. Jan. 12. (By the Associated
Press.) Pope Benedict died at 6
o'clock this morning.
The end had been expected for sev
eral hours. The attending physicians,
Cardinal .Gasparri and other members
of the pope's household were present
at the bedside.
From midnight all hope had been
abandoned and at 2 o'clock Dr. Bat
tistini had announced that the pope
could not live longer than four hours
at the maximum.
At 3 o'clock Dr. Cherubinl. Cardinal
Giorgl and the pope's nephew gath
ered around the bedside, the end
seemingly being near. The pope ap
peared to be In considerable distress.
His extremities then were becoming
cold.
Deatk Symptoms Ksticcd.
Alter the publication of the bulletin
announcing that all hope had been
given up, Monsignor Nigone, Father
Basil and Dr. Battistini also remained
by te bedside. After a time the doc
tor told his holiness that they were
praying for the peace of the world, to
which the pope replied:
"I would willingly offer my life
for the peace of the world."
He then turned on his side and lay
watching those near him.
At 2 A. M. the first, definite symp
toms of approaching death were
marked.
At one lucid period last night the
pope was able to partake of nourish
ment; he" then instructed the major
domo to wake him in time for mass,
to be Celebrated at 6:30 A. M. in his
chapel, adjoining the bedroom.
There had been moments Saturday
when it was feared the end had come,
but stimulants revived the pontiff,
and his natural powers of resistance
carried him through the turning point
temporarily. He seemed to cling to
life as did Pope Pius X in 1914 when
the final outcome mas In doubt for
many hours.
Patient Visited Often. ,
Dr. Battistini, the chief attending
physician, visited the patient several
times Saturday night.
Saturday was a day of great un
certainty In Rome and deep anxiety
among those who watched and prayed
at the Vatican, for virtually all hope
of the pope's recovery had been aban
doned even in early morning. -
As the hours passed, the wonder
grew at the recuperative powers of
the pope which enabled him to pass
from one sinking spell and another
to periods of comparative testfulness
and strength. It was this changing
condition that Inspired hope at one
moment and gave rise to rumors of
death by another.
Sleep Helos Resistance.
It was thought that If the pope
passed safely through the night he
would have a chance of life after the
dawn, and so it proved.
In the early part of the day sleep
came and seemed to add to his powers
of resistance. Throughout the day
great crowds gathered around the
Vatican, and a double row of royal
guards took up positions In the out
skirts of St. Peters, forming a pas
sage way for diplomatic representa
tives, prelates and other notables.
Cardinal Gasparrl, papal secretary
of state, received many telegrams
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VV-ftN TO WVOtS.
! DANCING IN SCHOOLS
HOT LUNCHEON ISSUE
PASTOR LAYS DOWN BARRAGE
ON DIRECTOR WOODWARD.
Debate at Noon Session- of Civic
League Replete With Bitter
Oratory by Speakers.
Several thousand years of dancing,
from biblical days down to the pres
ent time, came in for condemnation
or eulogy by speakers as the case
might be, wnen the debate on the sub
ject of school dancing; was held at the
luncheon of the civic league at the
Benson hotel, yesterday noon. In
which Dr. Clarence True Wilson and
Judge John H. Stevenson led oppos
ing factions In the battle of oratory.
Even Salome, that well-known orig
inator of a certain school of dancing,
received a barrage from the anti-dancing
forces.
William F. Woodward, school
director, was made the special target
of an oratorical bombardment by Dr.
Wilson and his associates. Dr. Charles
MacCaughey, pastor of the Centenary
Wilbur church. Dr. Wilson produced
a clipping of an article printed in
The Oregonlan of November 16, In
which Mr. Woodward was quoted as
making charges substantially the
same as those which the anti-dancing
forces had made. In the article In
question, which dealt particularly
with students reading trashy litera
ture, Mr. Woodward was quoted as
saying:
"Were you aware that student
swains decline to attend a girl
orange crop In the vicinity of Porter-
whose mother wished to come along
as a chaperon?" in referring to
dances. "Or that a girl who wears
corsets at a dance, even the filmiest
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly
winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 42
dea-reea; minimum temperature o-t de
grees.
Departments. ,
Churches. Section 5, pase 2.
Books. .Section 6, pase S.
Schools. Section S. pase .
Automobile. Section .
Editorial. Section 3, page .
Dramatic. Section 4, pase ft.
Moving- picture news. Section 4, page 1.
Real estate and building news. ' Section 4.
page 9.
Chess and checkers. Section 4, page 8.
Flowers for borne and garden. Section s,
page 10.
Music. Section S. page 9. '
Women's Features.
Fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4.
Madam Rlchefs column.- Section 3, pages.
page 5.
Anctlon bridge. Section It. page 8.
Child welfare column. Section 5, page 6.
Society. Section 8. page 1.
Women's activities. Section S, page 8.
Special Features.
Love mania hi latest disease. Magazine
section, page 1.
South sea vamp makes fortune. Magazine
section, page 2.
"The Fulflller" fiction feature. Magazine
section, page 3.
News of world as seen by camera. Maga
xlne section, psge 4.
Tbese are hard times for titles. Maga
xlne section, page 6.
Standards of American patriotism and life.
Magazine section, page 6.
How a blind and deaf girl sees and hears.
Magazine section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page 8.
The Oregon code of ethics for Journalism.
Section 5. page 1.
Women prominent in news of the day.
Section o, page 3.
Fresh air cocktail beats alcohol. Section
fi. page 5.
Darling's cartoons on topics of the day.
Section 5. page 7.
Jamee J. Montague feature. -Section 5,
page 7.
Home arrangement. Section 5. page 8.
Portland youngsters win high scores. Sec
tion 3, page 10.
Mrs. Harding is great hostess. Section 4,
page 4.
Many specimens of flora and fauna
brought from Africa. Section 4, page 5.
Stump burner simplifies clearing. Section
4, page 8.
Foreign.
Pope Benedict is dead. Page 1.
Premier Polncare and Prime Minister
Iioyd George expected to claeh. Section
1. page 18.
Berlin bars DoMar Steamship company
from office. Section 1. page ft.
France ts declared modern Chanticleer.
Section 1, page 6.
Island of Gunkey bootleg paradise. Section
1. page
Premier l.loyd George fays alt European
governments have been invited to Genoa
conferences. Section 1, page 12.
Ulster signs pact with free s-tate. Section
1. page 2.
London to bar youths from certain films.
Section 1, page 1.
National.
Country declared to be leaderless. Section
1 page 10.
SOME RECENT NEWS EVENTS AS
l-T II.
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SUNNY CALIFORNIA
DUE FOR MORE COLD
FURTHER KILLING FROSTS ARE
FORECAST t"OR STATE.
Much Damage Already Is Done to
Oranges and Temons Relief
Measures Discussed.
&Xn FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. Killing
frost for all : California, except re
gions adjacent to the 'ocean, was the
forecast Issued by the weather bu
reau here tonight for early tomor
row morning. More moderate tem
peratures may be expected later In
the north and central portions of the
state, the forecast said.
Estimates on frost damage to
oranges and lemons In southern Cali
fornia during the present cold snap
ran from SO to '75 per cent. In some
sections, according to a statement Is
sued by the state division of markets
today. In others very little loss was
reported. Large distributors were
said to have withdrawn their prices
Damage to lettuce, according to the
market division's advices, was re
ported "considerable." In some sec
tions of Los Angeles county that crop
was declared ruined.
Cabbage, spinacn and artichokes
suffered damage in the San Fran
cisco section.
Rain was the prediction for the
western parts of Oregon and Wash
ington, with continued cold and snow
for the eastern sections of those
states.
Additional. reports of crop damage
In California were received by various
agencies in San Francisco today. The
ville, normally 2400 carloads, was re
ported to be 70 per cent destroyed and
the early crops of peas.- tomatoes,
squash, cucumbers and peppers In the
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National.
Social season at Its height at capital and
every day gay one. Section 1. page 17.
Alliance plan of miners and rail union
dead. Section 1, page 15.
Committee favors publishing pacts on Chi
na. Section 1. page &.
Nation impressed by farmers' bloc Sec
tion 1, page U
United States departmental change plana
ready. Section 1, page 1.
Domestic.
More killing frosts forecast for California.
Section 1. page 1.
Arbuckle prosecution's objection to Miss
Provost's testimony fail. Section 1,
page 2.
Railroads agreed to negotiate with em
ployes on territorial basis. Section 1,
page 5.
Pacific Northwest.
Malneur lake dispute near settlement. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Golden spike to be driven on government
railway In Alaska in February. Section
1, page 8.
Proposed cut in Washington legislature
meets opposition. Section 1,. page 8.
Washington phone rates to be probed. Sec-
tton 1, page 8.
Seattle's municipal railway ts white ele
phant. Section 1, page 7.
University newspaper closes war againet
compulsory military training. Decemoer
1, page 1.
8 ports.
Rlckard accused of attacking girl. Section
2, page 1.
Horse lovers of Portland sfiow increased
interest. Section 2, page 4.
Late Hap Hogan roman-tic figure. Section
2. page 4.
Stanford fire light but touted highly. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Fight fans rfllnk Fulton tried to stall. Sec
tion 2. page 8.
Ball training this year to cost 1175.000. Sec
tion 2. page 3.
Johnny Buff holds title Insecurely. Section
2. page 3.
Portland and Spokane teams will bowl for
purse of glOUO In home-and-home series.
Section 2, page 2.
Outlook slim for municipal links golfer.
Section 2, page 2.
Old-time battlers enter many pursuits. Sec
tion 2. page 2.
Ruth visits Landis but judge is too ill to
hear plea. Section 2. page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Dealers report broader demand for Oregon
AnnlM KM.IIA1I 1. ntr. '21.
Short covering sends wheat higher at Chi- )
cago. Section 1, page 21.
Steel and other speculative stocks under
pressure. . Section 1. page 21.
Portland's grain elevator Is equal to fastest.
bectlon I, page IV.
Great industrial mergers Indicated in trade
review. Section 1, page 20.
Portlanders demand more data on pro
posed, marine pool. Section 1, page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
High Scottish rite official to be here this
week. Section 1, page 18.
Health entertainment given In Buckman
-school. Section 1. page 19.
Lack of inspectors hampers building and
. homes construction, feectlon 1, page ltk
Use of Lone Fir cemetery as park is urged.
Section 1, page 14.
Oregon counties yet in position to issue
millions in road bonus. Section 1,
page 14.
Community chest to require $708,777. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Primary campaign In Oregon now con
sidered fairly under way. Section 1,
page 10-
Danclng in schools subject of blttivr de
bate at Civic league luncheon. Section
1. page 1.
CARTOONIST PERRY
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MILITARY
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CLOSED
University Paper Leaves
Issue Up to Regents.
DISARMAMENT IS BACKED
Principle of Reserve Officers'
Corps Attacked.
TIME WANTED FOR STUDY
Oregon Emerald Points Out Oppo
sition to Policy; Investiga
tion Is Promised.
EUGE.VE. Or., Jan. 21. (Special.)
The University of Oregon .student
daily newspaper, the Emerald, has
closed an -editorial campaign agajnst
retention of the reserve officers'
training' corps work as compulsory
with men students for graduation and
has left the Issue to be Investigated
by President Campbell for the board
of regents.
The Emerald declared It repre
sented a majority of student body sen
timent. It set up that the reserved
officers' training- corps was out of
harmony with the trend toward world
peace as manifested In the limitation
of armaments conference; that the
colleges and universities should set
an example of disarmament, and that
the four hours a week demanded of
freshmen and sophomores for com
pulsory military education were dif
ficult to spare In a university that
was pushing Its student body hard
in all academic departments.
Only Principle Attacked.
'The Emerald explained, however,
that Major Raymond C. Baird, com
mandant, a regular army officer -assigned
to the university by the war
department, "has made the most of
the reserved officers' training corps
under his command, a fact recognized
by the university and his superiors
In the war department," and further
that it "has no quarrel with Major
Baird, with the personnel or any
member of the personnel, in the local
corps," but "attacks the reserve offi
cers' training corps in principle."
The Emerald also said that If "in
the better judgment of the regents
and the administration It Is not Ore
gon's place to start the movement na
tionally for elimination of the re
serve officers' training corps from
the colleges, then we must wait. '
Case Presented to Resents.
A number of letters were printed and
the campaign was the principal stu
dent topic during the past dozen
most students would prefer not to
drill but that they were willing to
drill if they found an Issue of na
tional defense was really Involved.
The university regents chanced to
have their mid-year meeting last
Tuesday and President Campbell laid
the facts before them. Issuing the
following statement after adjourn
ment: "At the meeting of the board of re
gents I presented the question raised
by the Kmerald editorially and a num
ber of student correspondents through
its columns as to the need and the de-'
sirability of continuing the reserve of
ficers' training corps as a department
in the university. I was requested oy
the board to collect all the informa
tion available bearing on the govern
ment's plans and wishes in v'.nnection
with the reserve officers' training
corps and also regarding Its work and
status in other state institutions, to
be presented for consideration at the
next meeting of the board. The board
desires a comprehensive view of the
entire situation In order that It may
serve to the best advantage every In
terest Involved.
Contract Is Pointed On.
"The university is under a contract
of indefinite time limit with the gov
ernment to maintain the reserve of
ficers' training corps as a department
on the campus, in consideration of the
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GLIMPSES THEM.
5L DOESNV UKE.E.1-
lU. S. DEPARTMENTAL
CHANGE PLANS READY
PROPOSALS ARE LAID BEFORE
PRESIDENT HARDING.
Consolidation of War and Navy
Sccrotar ships One of Sug
gestions of Committee.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 11.
Dans for reorganization of the gov
ernment departments, as worked out
try Walter . F. Brown, chairman of
the joint congressional commission
charged with that task, were laid be
fore President Harding today, but
were not made public pending consld
eratton by the president and has cab
inet and their transmission to con
gress. The proposals, however, were un
derstood to be preliminary In nature.
They were said to embody recommen
dations for the consolidation of the
war and navy departments Into one
department, to be known as the de
partment of national defense, and for
creation of a new department to be
called the department of public wel
fare. The department of national defense,
as It has been considered by fir.
Brown, would have a secretary and
under that official under-secretaries
for war and for navy. The proposal
that the department of labor be con
solidated with other bureaus In the
department of public welfare was un
derstood to have been abandoned. Or
ganized labor and workers generally
have opposed strongly the wiping out
of the labor department.
Transfer of bureaus to the proposed
public welfare department and to
other departments is expected to be
the point of controversy in the work
ing out of the recommendations. The
best information available showed
that the principal transfers to be rec
ommended were:
The bureaus of good roads and mar
kets from the department of agricul
ture to the department of commerce;
the foreBt service from the depart
ment of agriculture to the interior
department; the patent office and the
bureau of education, from the Interior
department lo the new public welfare
department; the coast guard service
from the treasury to the department
of national defense, and the consoli
dation of all the secret service agen
cies in the department of justice.
Debate In the senate several days
ago on the work of the commission
developed that practically all the
work thus far had been done by Mr.
Brown, who was appointed by the
president and designated by him as
chairman.
WHALE BATTLE REPORTED
Many Monsters of Deep Seen Dying
on Surface of Ocean.
LONDON, Jan. 81. That the mon
sters of the deep fight in groups as
well as engage in personal encoun
ters, was declared by Captain G.
Evered Poole, a commissioner in the
Gold Coast colony, who wrote the
following to his brother:
"Between Sierra Leon and Sekondi
we steamed through, for more than
an hour, a blood-red sea, and saw
some hundreds of whales dead or dy
ing on the surface of the water. Some
were just able Co move slowly along;
few. if any, could move quickly.
There must have been a sanguinary
battle, supposed to have been put up
by swordfish. It was a most appalling
sight and the extent of the bloody
expanse must have represented the
death of many more whales than
were Visible. No one on our ship had
ever seen or even heard of anything
approaching such a spectacle before."
RENTALS SJJLL SOAR
Additional Evidence of Increases
Presented to Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 21. Ad
ditional evidence of soaring rental
charges here was given today to the
senate by Senator Smoot, republican,
Utah, who said that the owners of
the building which houses the depart
ment of Juxtice had proposed an in
crease of "only" some 400 or GOO per
cent" when the lease expires In June.
Senator King, democrat, Utah, sug
gested that the government appeal
the case to the district rent commis
sion. "I'll say," responded Senator Smoot,
"that we are not going to pay the
Increase unless the supreme court
says we must."
TAt. coc
TO STAY
PORTLAND CHEST
BUDGET 798
,777 '
Provisions Are Made for
45 Organizations.
$50,000 REDUCTION EFFECTED
Efficiency Is Increased After
One Year of System..
46,497 NEEDY GET HELP
Duplication and Overlapping Re
duced and Economical Op
eration Assured.
It will take $798,777 to fill Tort
land's community chest for the com
ing year. This will take care of 45
agencies of charitable and citizen
building character. The campaign
will start January 30, and It Is hoped
to finish the job by February 8.
This is more than 150.000 less than
the budget of last year. Increased
efficiency through chest operation as
compared with Individual charitabio
work In Portland has accomplished
this large aavh.g. Duplication and
overlapping have been reduced be
cause of community chest supervision
of Portland's charities.
The number of agencies operating
through the community chest has
been reduced during the first year
by 25 per cent' Last year the num
ber of chest agencies was 60; this
year it Is 45. Despite the fact that
there is more need for relief of all
kinds, due to the prevailing unem
ployment situation, careful manage
ment by the chest officials has ac
complished a substantial reduction in
the coming year's budget.
Allocations Are Msde.
Allocations were completed during
the last week and exact amounts as
signed to each worthy charity. These
are made public by the committee' so
that chest subscribers may know
exactly the many useful purposes to
which their money will be put. In
announcing these figures the chest
management gives the following brief
summary of what tho chest has ac
complished during the last year:
Babies and children to Ihe number
of 1584 have been cared for in various
homes, and 15,791 mothered during
day-time hours In the Fruit and
Flower Mission Day nursery. Un
employed, homeless men to the num
ber of 5896 wre cared for. In the
girls' rescue homes. 843 girls and 317
babies were sheltered. Through
health agencies 40,432 sick persons
were treated and 80,000 citizens were
educated in disease prevention. Two
hundred and ejjKhty-f if blplcss old
people were cared for.
4,4I17 Needy t.et Help.
Needy folk to 'the number of 46.
497 w-ere helped and 6898 families
were supported. Ex-prlsoners num
bering 152 were re-established
through agencies handling that work.
Thousands of working girls were
helped through their clubs. Moals
'.otuling 276.431, 9953 rooms and 5-19
jobs were furnished them. The chest
helped 46.497 persons in a number of
ways In the settlements. It helped
27,300 boys anil young men. 27,944
girls and young women and 12, 375
travelers through Its citizenship and
character-building agencies.
In all, Portland citizens were helped
125,253 times through the good of
fices of the chest, the services rang
ing from swims to Jobs. Chest sub
scribers last year were enabled alxo
to Btipply food to hundreds of thou
sands of unfortunate persons In the
famine districts of various war-
stricken countries.
Cheat Declared Surrean.
Because of prevailing business con
ditions, the first year of the chest't
operation has been a difficult one, ycl
every beneficiary has voted it a great
success and a vast improvement over
the old way of doing things. The
experience gn'ned in this pioneering
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