The Oregon daily journal., July 10, 1920, Page 2, Image 2

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
SATURDAY, JULY ' 10, ZZ0.
CALIFORNIA AGAIN
MAY BE FOUND
DEI
By David lawrence.
"(CopyrMM 1930.)
Log Angelea. July ' 10.- Hlatory
' ha an annoying: way of repeating it
ac'lf, eapeclally ' in politics, and If
Senator Harding Isn't wary and Govr
ernor Cox alertly "coop" hi rival
publisher on the altuation in South
ern California, the eastern world may.
be tensely hanging over telegraph
tickers again on election night, and
watching the returns from Los An
geles county to tell whether Califor
nia has gone' Republican or' Demo-
cratic. ' , -
For a while eastern Republicans may
profess Joy over Senator Johnson's dec
laration that he will support the Re
publican ticket. They do not know as
yet what the Joker Is In that statement.
The truth is Senator Johnson confidently
expect Senator Harding; to Interpret the
Republican platform as a reoudiation of
the treaty of Versailles, which contains
the covenant of th League of , Nations,
and if the Republican candidate agrees
with Johnson or if the California Sena
tor acts as spokesman out here for
Harding on the League of Nations issue,
the Republican managers back East may
Just as well put California in the doubt
ful column.
ITOT BOUND VT PAETT
It must not be forgotten that Los
Angelea county is ordinarily Republican
but that in the recent Hoover-Johnson
primaries, the former food administrator
carried the southern section of the state
with a campatftn in favor of the league
of Nations. Hoover's recent announce
ment supporting the candidacy of Sena
tor Harding with a statement Interpret
ing the Republican platform as looking
toward 5 the ratification of the peace
treaty and covenant of the league with
reservations helped to drew Republicans
toward Harding, but they are wondering
now whether tbe interpretation of Hoo
ver or Johnson is a' reflection of the
views and Intentions of the Republican
candidate for the presidnecy.
They won't hesitate a moment here to
ote the Democratic ticket if it appears
that a progressive heads that ticket or
if the moral side of a transcendent Is
sue is with the Democrats. 1
THET WANT lEAGCE
The women of California ' turned the
last election and they will figure largely
: in this contest. Such votes aa they didn t
turn were diverted by Hiram Johnson s
known lack of interest in the Republican
nominee. Now Johnson has a big fol
lowing, especially in Northern Cali
fornia, and he has but to issue a state
ment recording, ss he did the Other day,
his support of the ticket, and If the
candidate doesn't express similar views
in speeches, the people who follow John
son know what to do when election day
comes around. v :
Yet If Senator Harding were to fol
low Johnsqn and come out against the
League of Nations, which today em
braces the principal nations with the ex
ception of the United States, Turkey
and Russia, he would alienate the peo
ple in Southern California who are
strong for a-league such as-in already in
existence and who do not favor a new
gathering at some distant date as some
persons have interpreted the meaning of
the Republican plank.
"CTUAI. STAND UNK2TOWST
The Irish voters in San Francisco and
that vicinity have been persuaded to be
. lieve that the league somehow retards
Irish freedom, but should Senator Hard
' Ing cater to currents of thought in
Northern- California that have been
stirred up by Senator Johnson, he will
run the risk of losing the pro-league
. vote In all parts of the state. Including
the north. .
People here are, watching Governor
Cox. too. They have heard that he is
lukewarm on the League of Nations,
and thsy-suspect that his friendship for
1 the Idea Is perfunctory obedience to a
platform dictated by Wilson. Having
" been nominated by Tammany and other
Democratic organisations known to con
tain large proportions of Irish voters as
. opposed to the league, there is consider
able doubt here as to what will be Cox!
real attitude. - - ;
HARDING XU8T BE "WART "
Of-course. Northern California is wet
and is already inclined to Cox for that
reason. If the Ohio governor makes a
campaign which leaves the broad in
ference that he is for the wet side' of
the argument, he may recruit votes in
the northern section of the state irre
spective of his views on the League
of Nations. 1 - ;
But if Harding or Cox wishes to make
sure of Southern California, which can
easily, be the pivotal factor In winning
the state electoral vote, and possibly the
whole election, a elearcut statement on
the league issue would clarify matters
considerably, and if Senator Harding
doesn't interpret the Republican plat
form, he may rest assured Hiram John
son will do It for him in Just such a
statement as ne nas already Issued. A
iew more such interpretations and Hat.
Ing may well begin to worry about
California repeating what she did in
THIRD PARTY MELTING
POT IS NOW STEAMING
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sembled delegates came IS minutes after
mey naa garnered m the hall, when
cheers were aiven for N,iini m,...
J. A. H. Hopkins, as be stepped onto the
speaker's platform.
A moment later, led by. the Wisconsin
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John D. Rockefeller Jr with bis family and guests, arrived In Portland
Friday afternoon for a brief visit, chiefly spent on the .Columbia river
highway, where the son of the world's richest man showed his five
eons one of the Interesting features of their y "See Anaerlcsi First"
; tour. Above- Rockefeller and hl family have their pictures taken
In truly adept Rockefeller fasbio n- veiling I their faces ' with hands,
cameras and furs. The women and children of the party object nc-
cestsfnlly to the notoriety of photographs. Below John I. Jr. In the
happy mood that accompanied hla Portland visit, the first in 25 years.
delegation, the delegate- rose and sang
"On Wisconsin !' the University of Wis
consin song, as a psychological boost for
Senator La Follette. This was followed
by a rendition, of The Bowery," .where-
upon the New York delegation arose and
exercised its vocal chords.
The convention was opened Informally
at 11:25 with the singing of "The Star
Spangled Banner," j followed - by "Hall,
Hail, ithe Gang's All Here," "Smiles.-
The ! Long. Long . Trail," which was 1
whistled as an encore, "Illinois" : and j
"Dixie." r ;
At ! the : time the convention opened
enrery seat in the ball was filled and
scores of delegates wer forced to re
main standing at tbe rear of the ball.
The convention was formally called
to order at 11:45. " t
The invocation was given by the Rev,
Noble S. Elderkin of the parkridge Com
munity, church. Chicago.) ,
PBAT8 FOR 1?EW HOFE
"Give us the courage of those of long
ago.'' h prayed. ; "Lead us out In a
new i spirit, a new hope and with a
holler ambition than rnenvhave dreamed
before." ( t
Chairman Hopkins, following the
prayer, said r : '
"We are here today to open up to
the American people a channel by
which the country , will be ablet to
fight the things nearest to their hearts.
Just! as Lincoln, half ' a century ago,
struck Off the Shackles of slavery, we
are here today to strike, the shackles
of economic slavery from us. We need
such - a , channel. opportunity never
comes to - a man twice, and we have
that opportunity today.
There ; are difficulties in s our way.
but i they : are minor difficulties. The
essential Job for us to do is to unite
our forces upon a common platform
and! upon a common candidate."
CHKEK8 FOB MTtRBT
"This convention Is not concentrated
on one candidate," shouted Hopkins..
"We may even beat ; the record and
take SO ballots.' Let no man think he
is the only man who can lead this
movement to success. '
At the Conclusion of his brief sneech
Hopkins turned the gavel over to Allen
McCurdy "of New York, temporary
enairman. - :
When McCurdy ; declared that the
call for the convention was based upon
the -. "conviction that the two existing
political parties were united In their
determination to perpetuate evils which
the . American people were - determined
to destroy." there was an enthusiastic
burst of cheers, -
McCurdy's speech particularly ' de
nounced special ; economic - privilege.
and when he declared that the capital
of the United States was In Wan street
and not In Washington the delegates
stood and cheered. .
McCurdy's reference to the Non
partisan defeat of the old political par
ties In North Dakota also was greeted
witn shouts of approval.
BEXotrjrcES ori pabties
"Can we unite on nit issuer asked
McCurdy -when he declared the para
mount issue of the 1826 -campaign would
De the destruction of special srlviles-e.
- Delegates leaped to their feet and cried
yeS. rV.
When McCurdy declared that the
Democrats and . Republicans, after years
of secret slavery, had come into the open
and "revealed themselves to themselves
and to the nation as birds of prey," a
I great yen or approval aroaa.
j McCurdy's jibes at the old order of
i uungs continued to tickle the crowd.
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His reference to reaction as a pick
pocket was met with, laughter and cries
of "good." . ; ; , " ; "
Delegates Jumped to 'their feet and
waved hats, handkerchiefs and sticks
when McCurdy said. "We ought to have
public ownership of the department of
justice.".'; ' ; ." .: .
"Tee." shoircea the laelegates. : . -' i
CALLS V. 8. PtrTTOCBACT '
In scathing terms McCurdy declared
that the country had become "a plu
tocracy" as tbe result of corporation and
big business control and declared that
the chief Issue between the new party
and ' the Democratic -and 'Republican
parties was the "abolition of economic
privilege, which has grown more1ower
ful than slavery, ever became," r -i ;
The two bther parties he termed the'
right and left wings "of the bird of
prey," and declared that all party lines
had ; long disappeared between thern.
"They are merely two vast . business
organisations bidding for the opportun
ity to be the agent of the rapacious In
terests for- the next four years." he de
clared, and his hearers rose and cheered.
Time after time durlnr his sneech the
delegates forced him to stop while they
staged demonstrations of approval Men
tion of the name of Attorney General A.
Miccnell Palmer wa hissed frorri all
parts of the hall, and the statement that
"we waged an illegal war 'with a nation
with whom ws had no quarrel," drew
round after round of ehauts of approval
When, hearing theend of his address,
Mr: McCurdy asked of his hearers
whether the third party -could unite so
strongly that it could eome into power
and abolish the evils he had outlined, he
was greeted by shouts of "We will do it"
COMMITTEES AJfXOTJKCED .
- At ' the conclusion of the ' address,
every delegate in the hall rose and
cheered.-- Many stood on chairs waving
their hats -about wildly. . All stats ban
ners were swung wildly about in tba aif.
It required three minutes of gavel
pounding to restore order.
Names of the. members f the rules
snd credentials committee were then
announced as Charles F. Hoffman of
Florida, chairman ; Dorr Carroll , ' of
North Dakota and Mrs. Olympia Brown
of Maryland, and of the permanent or
ganisation committee - aa Mrs. X. : M.
A sco ugh, chairman j Judge Arthur O.
Wray of Nebraska and George Schilling
of Illinois. , '
ABOLISH .rjfIT RTJLE -
Chairman Hoffman ; of the ' committee
on rules and credentials took the plat
form and read its report when the ses
sion reconvened. The report declared
the unit rule would not be recognised.
The total leal vote of the convention
was fixed by the report at J. The suc
cessful presidential and vtoe presidential
nominee would be required to aecura
270. a majority vote, before he Is nomi
nated. .- t,'.i. : -,''. j
The report of the permanent organi-
sauon committee named the following
as the permanent officers of the con
vention: i ";. ;. '
Chairman, Harley ChrlstiaftsOrf, Utah ;
first vice chairman, Marie Tudor Oar
land, Massachusetts ; second vice chair
man, Harry H. WUlock, Pennsylvania ;
secretary, Frank Stevens, Delaware; as
sistant secretary, Xna Phillips WUUams.
Wisconsin ; sergeants at arms, Carl Jur
gens, Wisconsin ; Samuel B. Coleman,
Ohio, and Nellie Camegle, Minnesota.
The committee. In its report, also pro
posed that the platform and resolutions
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FAMILY SEE CITY'S SIGHTS
COX VICTORY SEEN
BY NUGENT, WHO
Progressivenees of the Democratic
platform, coupls& with, popularity of
the presidential nominee selected at
the Ssji Francisco convention, means
continued Democratic, - supremacy,
predicted James R. Nugent of New
ark, N. J., Saturday morning. .
Nugent, who lntroduced the anti-prohibition
plank to the platform adopted
at San Francisco and led the fight for
its adoption, arrived on a special section
of Southern Pacific train No. 16, to
gether with 75 New Jersey Democrats.
He and Mayor Donnelly of Trenton -led
the delegation.
"The .Republican platform is reaction
ary, and the Democratic platform is pro
gressive: so it is not hard to -tell which
Is going to be the most popular this fall,"
said Nugent V V '
"The New Jersey delegation and every
other. delegation is pleased with the plat
form as far as we know, and we are
strongly backing Governor James M.
Cox Of Ohio for presidents We cast our
votes for Cox after the seventh ballot.
prior to that having favored our native
son, Governor Edwards of New Jersey."
Nugent said be had,' attended many
conventions, but had never been at One
before where the enthusiasm and unan
imity of opinion on various qustlons was
equalled. He predicted a sweeping vic
tory for Cox. and said he had little doubt
of his ability to carry New Jersey.
; There were 125 New Jersey Democrats
in attendance at the convention, but 40
of them went home by other routes. The
party, which arrived , at 9:15 a. nv, left
immediately for a trip over the Columbia
river highway, and will , leave at -11
o'clock Saturday evening. -
committee be composed of ope member
from each state. .
FIGHT OVER FEBSOXXEL
A fight developed over the roposal
of the committee that the personnel of
the convention political procedure com
mittee be the same as that ; of the 48,
several of the delegates objecting" cn
the ground that a big majority of the
committee members were eastern men.
It was on this committee that the chief
work of attempting to effect , a coalition
with other political groups now meeting
In Chicago will falL It was finally Je-
clded that the present members be re
tained with tbe addition of 10 members
to be elected later.. Following- this the
convention adjourned until 6 o'clock.
LABOR WAXT8 HAStB
From the standpoint of the party
leaders, the most desired coalition is one
with the jecently organised labor party,
but that organisation has balked at com
ing unreservedly into the - third party
stronghold.
A labor party committee met until late
last night with committee of 48 leaders,
but few results ware accomplished. The
labor leaders : insisted that, their party
be given recognition in the official name
of the third party, and also tnat tne
latter adopt, practically in its entirety,
the labor party's platform. To this the
committee of. 41 representatives .Would
not agree."''; "'-r.:. ,..-; :;; Y y's
jrOK-PARTISA 8 I!T . ' ",
' In : the meantime the labor party
strengthens its own political fences by
effecting an understanding with the Non
partisan league of South Dakota, an
other group particularly desired' by the
third parly backers. Announcement of
this was received as Indicating that the
Non-partisan league will- stand by the
labor party in whatever move the latter
makes and that if a merger with the
labor group cannot be effected the Non
partisan .league will desert the third
party. t"f
c Two other groups which had failed to
come In at the time the convention
opened were the Single Tax party and
the American Constitutional party. The
former's chief objection' to a coalition Is
the strong sentiment among' committee
Of 41 members for Senator La Follettee
of Wisconsin as the party nominee.
HEARST IS HAM ED
Speaking for the constitutionalists Ed
ward T. O'Laughlin. a leader of tho Or
ganisation, said that the desirability of
all groups getting-together Into one big
party could not J disputed, and that
tbe only question was how the union
could be effected. He admitted that a
trend toward coalition existed. Last
night the constitutionalists held a meet
ing at which William Randolph Hearst
was strongly advocated as the man to
head the third party ticket. '
Unless the . eight various groups can
Unite In the third party, their meetings
here may- result in the birth of fourth,
fifth and even more parties, each with
a national ticket in the field and all
running on "liberal" platforms..
Presentation of the platform and the
nomination of candidates will not take
(place) unto Monday or Tuesday.
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PORTLAND
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CONGRESSMEN GO
ON OREGON LANDS
TO BE RECLAIMED
Bend, July " Traveling -; more
than 150 . miles via auto from Kla
mathFalls, during which stops wers
ImsaElbt Crater' Lake and Crescent,
tho members of - tho appropriations
committee of -the house of repre
sentatives arrived' in Bend Friday
night to find, at (the end a sumptu
ous dinner prepared for them by the
members : of the Bend Commercial
club. : . i '..'.- ;
The visiting party Includes Charles B.
Timberlake, Colorado, of the ways and
means committee ; Representative N. J
Slnnott of Oregon ; . -"Farmer" Smith,
Union Pacific agriculturist, and Dele
gates Aya. and Hethlngton from the
Portland Chamber of Commerce, They
left Crater Lake Friday morning on their
trip north in autos . provided by mem
bers of the Bend Commercial club.
PARTY OOF 9 FISHING T
Appropriations committee members In
the party were , Chairman James W
Good of . Idaho. Burton L. French V of
Idaho. John M. Eans of Montana, Louis
C. Cramton Of MlchlganWIlliam R.
Wood of Indiana, Joseph W- Byrns of
Tennessee and John E. Egan of New
Jersey. - Director of the Reclamation
Service Arthur P. Davis. State Engineer
Percy A. Cupper, Assistant Director J.
B, Beadie and Adolf K. Barta. clerk to
the committee, are the other members
of the party.
Representatives Wood, Byrns and
Egan went with Forest .. Supervisor N.
G. Jaeobson to Davis lake for some real
fishing, of whicb they had but a taste
here Thursday.
ADDITIONS TO PABK ' s
Stephen T. Mather, director of the
United States national park service, who
had been with i the party up to this
point, went to Ashland and will Join
the congressmen In Portland. - Vice
President E. V. McConnlck of the
Southern Pacific, ; who , has done much
to make the tour a success," was at the
lake Thursday, but went ' to Ashland
with Mather. - --
Director Davis, with Cupper, will visit
Benham Falls on the way in.
-At, an ' informal meeting Thursday
night, National : Park Director Mather,
Congressman Sinnott and Vice President
McCormick of the Southern Pacific urged
the inclusion in Crater Lake National
park of other natural beauty spots. Rec
lamation Service Director Davis spoke
tt the unappreciated beauties of Anna
Canyon; and said that he wta glad to
he going to Bend on account of Central
Oregon's irrigation possibilities.
ROTTE OF TOTJR
The tour of the eoinmhtee is made pri
marily for the purpose of obtaining flrat
hand information regarding irrigation
needs in Central Oregon and to investi
gate the possibilities of the proposed
Benham Falls project, a report upon the
approval of which ; has recently been
filed with the reclamation , service by
W, O, Crosby, a noted geologist of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
": Saturday morning. In charge of a mem
ber of the : Bend Commercial club, the
congressmen were taken over a larae
portion of tbe area to be covered by the
proposed nennam Falls project, merging
from Bend to Redmond, Prineville anl
then north Into Jefferson county, the
home of the proposed north unit Droiect.
the largest of the units under considera
tion.
Baker County Wants Aid
Baker, -July .,10. A committee - from
the Baker county Chamber of Com
merce will probably go to : Pendleton
July 16 - to confer with Congressman
N. J. Slnnott and the house appropria
tions committee in regard to the de
velopment of irrigation in Baker county.
An effort will be made to bring the
party to Baker to look over the Powder
river project
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Charge of Plot to
Kill Wealthy Man's
Wife Is t Dismissed
Washington. July 10. (U. P.) Federal
Judge Hardesty. at a preliminary hear
ing Friday, - dismissed the charge of
criminal conspiracy against C. A. Know,
wealthy patent attorney, Mrs. r Edna
Acker. - woman detective employed by
Snow to shadow bis wife, and - her
chaurreur.
In dismissing the case. Jadre Har.
desty declared the only significant tes
timony was that of Davis and Mrs.
Snow regarding the telephone" conversa
tion between Snow and Mjca. Afk&r,
k jy "t", ' s
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ABOLISH ECONOMIC
PRIVILEGE. IS PLEA
OF THIRD PARTY
Chicago. July 10. U. P4 Allen
BIcCurdy, New York city, temporary
chairman of the committee of 48
national convention, in his keynote
speech proposed' . as - a platform
"abolish' economic privileges." He
spoke as fololws: , ,
Dilating on that phrase, McCurdy
said a host of reforms would follow
the victory . of a 'party fighting for
that ' abolishment! ? I : V -' H
- McCardy prefaced hl assertion of the
necessity :r tor a third party with i the
statement that the Committee' of Forty
eight believes in the two party system,
that the two parties now; in existence
really are but "the right and left wing
of the same bird of prey." i
The Democratic and Republican par
ties, he said, concealed "under t these
names aa unyielding, opposition to the
popular win." That they , are of the
same stock. Is proven, he said, by the
fact that they consolidate when the peo
ple, as in North Dakota,, unite In; their
own - behalf,
3TEW FABTT KOT SOCIALISTIC
The new party, he said, offers no.pana
cea for all ills and it Is not Socialistic.
"Through our platform,"- McCurdy
said, "we declare that Just as in 860
the paramount Issue in American life
was the abolition of special privilege of
chattel slavery, so the paramount issue
of 1910 Is the -abolition of economic
privilege which hasigrown more power
ful than slavery ever became. ;
"It we can unite, there Is ground to
hope that In that i union we will have
formed a political party with a platform
through which the majority of-our fel
low citizens can realize a hope too long
deferreC Failure win strike a severe
blow at - a generation already twice
disappointed once by the collapse of
the Progressive party and again by the
Incomprehensible contradiction between
the words and the deeds of the present
administration." ' . . v: " .
The platforms of the two old parties
might have been written by a convention
of corporation lawyers and Wall street
bankers. McCurdy said, and added :
"Over the trail of these national fail
ures is to be drawn "the red herring of
international relations. This Is an an
cient trick of reaction. If it succeeds in
1920 the American people will discover
toe late that they have assumed the po
sition of a man gasing Intently at th-
moon that the pickpocket may more
easily relieve him of his possessions.
How dare we permit foreign relations
to dominate this campaign? Exploited
ourselves, .shall we give the power to
exploit other peoples to our own ex
ploiters? ; a
The Republican bid is bold. It reads
out of Its councils,' every man and
woman who ever stood for any form of
human rights, adopts a platform that
evades, equivocates or straddles every
living Issue; paves the way for a war
by which in-exchange for the lives and
treasure of the people. Mexican oil shall
be delivered to the interests; indorses
the infamous Esch-Cummlns bill over
the protests of farmers, workers and In
formed citizens, and consistently crowns
Its work by nominating as candidate for
the presidency a proven, steady wheel
horse politician guaranteed to f stand
without hitching.
DEMOCRATIC BIB BRAZE
"The Democratic bid Is more thn
bold; it Is brazen. With mild reserva
tions it not only claims - a partisan
credit which belongs to the whole na
tion, for fighting and winning the War,
but it -declares It administered the con
duct - of that war wtthout the taint of
scandak And, the ghosts of Hog Island,
aircraft and - shipbuilding and - canton
ment construction and nitrate plant ap
propriations are . still stalking through
the land. ' '- - ' , ',- 1
- "Nor is that alL Failure to protect a
people against Jprot iteering In time of
war might bo forgiven, but to break the
faith of a whole nation cannot be for
given. That is the bitter experience of
these past years. We all remember with
gratitude the words -that thrilled our
hearts and kindled a fervent hope that
we were really In the dawn of a . new
day. We felt the inspiration of a leader
who was to guide .us into a more com
plete realisation of the things we bad
always held nearest our hearts.
"Yet, It is by these words the Demo
cratic party must be Judged. By these
words it is weighed in the balance and
found unworthy : of human confidence.
For into the expectant hope went the
devastating arm of Burleson and
Palmer destroying every vestige of civil
liberty we ever held dear and turning
the light of freedom Into darkness.-
PALMER ATTACKED ,r .
McCurdy attacked Palmer, saying the
Democratic party, through its indorse
ment of that official's work, would lead
"us back to the days of Phillip II of
Spam and the unspeakable Metternlch
of Austria and cause their Inquisitions,
secret police, spies, espionage, arrests
without warrants, private prisons, il
legal detentions and star chamber pro
ceedings to supplant the methods pro
vided in the bill of rights, which has
been the bulwark- of Anglo-Saxon free
dom for nine centuries."
.The proposed platform "abolishes ecox
nomlc privilege." he said, declares the
principal cause of the distress of this
people is economic in its nature and can
be removed only by economic action.
"No reference is msde to any political
reform," MoCurdy said. "With privi
lege abolished, they will not be heeded.
Other needed Improvements In the -organisation
of government will afford no
relief -unto after privilege is abolisned."
TJjri03r LABOR nTBOKSEB
McCurdy said the Committee of Forty
eight indorses the right of labor to bar
gain collectively and denounces the use
of injunctions in labor cases.
t.The greatest need of labor?' he said,
"is tbe greatest need of the whole coun
try t not more laws, but more liberty.
The farmers have already discovered
and have acted upon this fact. Not un
til the farmers of North Dakota united
On a program did the farmers obtain re
lief. - - , . -. .
- "Do existing parties face these facts
(the cost of living) and acknowledge the
breakdown of production and of distri
bution and suggest . any remedy? Of
course not. Neither makes a gestsre jo
ward making the basic resource "of the
people accessible to the people. .'
"Victory would see our whole system
of production and distribution gradually
reorganizing for the service of tbe needs
of the people. With all manufacturers
and an consumers interested only in the
efficiency . for ' the - transportation sys
tem and no small group interested - In
rebates, construction and supply com
panies, a method of efficient operation
would undoubtedly be evolved satis
factory to workers, shipper and con
sumer alike.
"The resulting Increase ef . production
would create more Jobs than men. giv
ing labor tbe opportunity work out
such a solution of Its problems in that
Independence and responsibility to it
self and to - Industry which only con
stant employment can give.
WOULD REDUCE PRICES
"Prices would be reduced to fairness.
A nation of tenants : would be trans
formed Into, a nation of home owners.
-The . only people who would not be
benefited by the abolition of privilege
are its direct beneficiaries , and their
court of vassals who never would be
missed In a world of honest workers?
"Ten thousand problems our program
does not mention. ' Ten thousand ills It
does not attempt te cure. This one prob
lem, we maintain, la the problem of our
own day and generation.
"Let- us not deceive ourselves . and
others. We promise . through this abo
lition no golden age. We aim at no im
possible end. Legitimate capital has no
ground to quarrel with us. Our desire is
to stimulate initiative by restoring com
petition. If the size is equaled by fit
ness to serve big business would prove
a. blessing, not a curse." "
ZIONIST MEETING
py Dorothy Thompson
London, July 10. (I. N. S.)-The
stormy debate in the International
Zionist conference Friday was fol
lowed today by . charges that a fac
tion of delegates Is attempting to
overthrow the old Zionist leaders to
replace them by younger and more
radical men.
The program of this faction calls for:
- 1. A Jewish world congress to make
plans for the new state of Palestine;
2. Creation of a Jewish armed legion
to support ' the new Zionist government
when it is formed ;
3. An "open immigration" policy for
Palestine. - '
- Dr. Max Nordau wants the British
government to fix a definite time limit
for its mandate over Palestine and he
demands that the negotiations between
the Zionist leaders and the allies, prior
to the San Remo conference, be pub
lished. ' ' ,
Aviator and Woman
Passenger Are Killed
Salisbury, Beach, Mass.; July 10. (L
N. S.) Gordon H. Groh of Lynn, ex
hibition aviator, was killed and Mrs.
Richard H. Long of Framlngham. wife
of the former Democratic candidate for
governor, fatally Injured when an air
plane driven by Groh crashed 100 feet
to the waterfront today. Mra Long was
a passenger in the machine. She died
later. '. I , .
For acetylene welders a hand shield
for protection from the Intense heat has
been Invented. by a Mlssourlan.
CHARGES HURLED IN
Families Who Start
the good custom of using
Iinsttanit Postam
as their table beverage, seldom
change back to coffee. There
" frequently follows such a gain
in . health that , this comfort,
together -with Postum's satis-"
lying flavor, makes the change
a permanent one.
K "you have, not started using
Postum, why not order a pack-?
age fromy our grocer? -
"There's
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Ina
- Battle Creek, Michigan
WANTED
AT ONCE
NON-UNION
OPERATORS
PIANISTS
ORGANISTS
STAGE HANDS
Must be able to furnuh references
as' to ability and experience.
t 'V .
Apply in Person
i , Room No. 6
LIBERTY THEATRE BUILDING
AUTOISTS VMRfJED
THAT RATIONING OF
RisniifiF IIKFIY
Los Angeles. July 10. (I. N. S.)
further warning to consumers of
the existing shortage of gasoline in
California was issued today by Sec
retary H. II. Maxson of the inde
pendent Petroleum Marketers' asso
ciation, coincident with which he
announced t he had wired to
Texas for six carloads of "casehead"
gas to be used in increasing the lo
cal supply. -
."Gasoline production Is about 25 per
cent below normal at the present time.-'
declared Maxson. "There are approxi
mately 600,000- motor cars In California,
the third largest number In any state of
the Union, and It is largely up to the
consumers and motoring public to help
solve the situation. .
"It appears that rationing of gasoline
may ultimately be necessary."
The matter of seeking federal cohtml
In a system of rationing has been din-
acute shortage.
Warm Welcome to
Wilson, New Head
Of Woodmen Order
J. O. Wilson, head manager of the
Woodmen of the World, received a
rousing welcome Friday night at the
Union station, when more than 500
members of the order, mostly of his
home camp, Multnomah No. 77, greeted
him.' He was escorted to the hall at
112 Bast . Sixth street by a procession
of 103 automobile, headed by the chief
of police, followed "by the degree team
and citizens. The reception committee
included M, D. George, L. B. Smith
and W. B. Jett. Roacoe P. Hurst, past
consul commander of the camp, made
the address of welcome before over
1200 members.
Wilson has been clerk of Multnomah
camp since 1910, and his recent elec
tion aa head manager of the order is a
recognition of another Portland young
man who haa made good.
Unfilled Tonnage of
Steel Is 10,978,817
New York. July 10. U. P.) Unfilled
tonnage of the United States fiteel cor
poration announced today, 'totaled 10,.
978,817 on June 30. against 10.940.46S
on May 31, 10.J59.747 en April 30 and
1.892,855 en June 30. 11.
a Reason
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