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7 T X 1 t M i i I j I i i ; - '( . . . ... i I i SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR fiJiiiiT L e 1 1 e, r . Sent Broadcast Throughout State Charges .Superintendent Mentally unoaianced. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES , ASKED TO INVESTIGATE Doctor Who Signed Propa ganda Not Able, to Be . Found in Vicinity, . .Federal, .authorities ;Jwill be asked . to investigate what la ap parently ah effort by state-wide propaganda to undermine , Super- intendent ef ", Public: Instruction Churchill ; with school authorities of the. state -and to -conipletely discredit the t work- of his depairt- ment, - come tq light here today 1 when friends of Mr. Churchill let the contents of a letter leak out which has been;circulated feroad ' cast ; :; anong, educators, ; school boards and others interested. : tv BT Doctor SPottnd u-,- The - letter charges Superintendent-Churchill Is laboring under a. virulent form of Insanity; that he.- is? using - an. Insane ; influence over; county .superintendents and teachers, and. asks that any evi dence ; to further substantiate- the v .-charges -included; in the letter be X forwarded to certain people . In Portland, - iThe ; letter - is signed , in typewriter, by 'Thomas -Carroll, M M., D." presumably of : Portland, . but . an. Investigation - falls -: to i rer . veaL : the , ; existence of any such . physician . there. s : ..-To Ask Investigation , Incensed - t the ; charges con , tained In the .communication, which they say are so palpably false as to perhaps be the product '. themaelvee f an - insane -mind. : friends of the state superlnten - dent will lay. the letter . and any' others at hand before the federal ! authorities with the demand that : , the perpetrators ot the propa , -. gandar be apprehended, if pos- ' ilble.' h - , f .. v '.v , Superintendent Churchill, hira - self declined to give more - than . brief comment on the letter to day, although he admitted he has : his suspicions as to who may be responsible, for it. -. ',,." .Ask" Confidence ,; t . i Wording' has been ; changed. ;in a, number pf the- letters, some of them urging that the .matter ,1 be treated in, strictest confidence, saying "we want to work quietly on thia. V " ' Numerous of these comiinunica; tions have : been sent in .to Mr. Churchill's office from varlqua educators and others . in , several parts of the state.4 and it is ap parent , a .studied ..effort, is made ( to reach every quarter where such 1 a letter would be harmful to the : work, of the state department. ' The letter apparently most gen erally used Is as follows: .t , "A ? iisycho-therapeutic ' expert , has made n analysis of jthe men l ital condition of State Supt. John Churchill, and. while the report v that jhe; is virulently': Insane has not been absolutely corroborated, the indications are that . this is the unpleasant. troth: Mental ex amination will contnue for some time,; he has been found mentally ; pernicious, harmful and unsound. "If you find his mental condi r tion harmful to the teachers or i students ( In - your community, re port it to a physician ' in whom you have confidence, and ask him to send 'the information to City Supt. Grout', to "the Central Re- publican Committee, or to Dr. .Alfred Baoh,. roster and Spring i Roads, Lents, Portland. , ; ' ."He Is manifestly Irrational In , bis boasted mental control of su perintendents , and teachers; also . not, sparing the ptls under their 'charge.. V -, ; v . . j v j..-. j "He is at present in the custody -. of his family and., will probably take a few treatments In a private sanitarium. Very truly yours. THOMAS CARROL. M.D." , ; THE WEATHER OREGON Sunday fair; mod ; erata winds mostly westerly; Local Weather . (Saturday)- Maximum temperature .50. , Mfnjmum temperature 25 River, 4.1. , Rainfall, none. i "Atmosphere, clear. ' Wind, north. . - GRAVE PERIL SEEN mm ES' OF FRENGM TROOPS .' .;v . - ' j f ' 1 -.. .BERLIN, March 3. (By The Associated press), -Prime importance is attributed in the Berjin press, today, to the oc cupation by the French of Mannheim, Karlsrhue and Darm stadt, and all available dispatches bearing upon the develop ment receive, prominent, display. v . j. t r , - Some quarters see in the extended occupation a grave peril to the south German states and the belief is expressed that Chancellor Cuno's visit next Monday to. -Munich,- stop ping off at Stuttgart inroute, may have unusual significance in. yiejnr of the new. advance:. ; - ; . Special dispatches from Karlsrhqe report that, an official protest; has, been made by ;thev Baden government which at the sarne time is urging the populace to remain calm. t. f ,v Mannheim, Karlsrhue arid Darmstadt are the largest and most important cities -occupied in the southern Bhineland since the Ruhr action began and the American troops were withdrawn.! v T.f. i IwlhSSOURI CITY Eight. Persons Injured and Much i Property Damage Done by Storm. .ST.: JOSEPH. Mo., March 3. Eight persons are known to have been Injured, two probably fatal ly and property, damaged at from 1250,000 to $750,000 caused by a tornado, which struck St. Joseph early4 tonlghtj i. ; - . The tornadq hit. at the plant of the. Collier-Aams Manufacturing company near the union station and cut a path two blocks. wide for two . miles across the. city. Thou sands "of ' dollars' damage was done.. . . . . , , Mildred vTaytor, two ; months old negro baby, with, its twin, was in its mother's attns. .The wind lifted: one baby and , hurled it across the room. ' The other was not, touched, j . . .The': injuries to other persons were slight, j , KANSAS CITT, Mo., March 3 A wind which; reached a, velocity of 42 miles an hour struck Kan Baa City tonight. It was aceojm panied by rain and .hail which lasted several - minutes, a A rapid drop in temperature ensued".' From 60 jdegrees at, 5 p. m. the mercury dropped to 38 at midnight. No serious damage was reported. WEATHER DURING ED Past Month Marked by Snow, Sleet,v Rain, Hail and Some Sunshine. i Looking back over the weather figures for February most .people, even- those with a settled grouch, will be almost glad that they hung on as j long as ? they , did. is. still a pretty good state to live. in. : . ' There were 20 days during the month when the thermometer dropped to 32 degrees or lower. That Is almost a record for Ore gon. The coldest, however, was only' 19 above ero on the 14th. The hottest point was on the 28th, when the mercury register ed ,61 degrees. The greatest variation in i any one day was 29 degrees, Ifrom 61 down to ?.2 on th 28th. On only one day, the 4th, did the mercury stay as low as the freezing1 point. There was ' 7 1-2 Inches of snow and a total precipitation of 2.62 Inches. The ehaviest Talntall in any one day was .90 cf an inch on the 12th. Four teen days were cloudy, 8 partly cloudy, and only 6 were listed as clear. Rain or snow fell on only V12 days during the month and sleet once, on the 16th. Interviews with local fruit men indicate that the fruit is in al- kmost 100 per cent,, good .condi tion in the valley eo lar . as win ter damage goes. I has been reported that a few loganberries that were trained up last fall may have lost a ver yfew , tips ny freezing, but Jt; Is said that tbe damage Us negligible, it In deed t may not be a, good, thing. to nip off an occasional too-long tip. Nothing else seems to have FEBRUARY .1- 3. 2I. r ADVANCE DUSSELDORP March 3.- (By the Associated Press) Measures for extension of -the administra tion of public utilities in the Ruhr under Frentfh and Belgian occu pation have just been announced by General DeGouette. Now that his railroads in the Ruhr and Rhineland have, been, taken, over, arrangements are completed to operate the parcel post system in this area. i . f- . ; ...All parcel post . .stations and parcels in transit were seized to day. The dellar basis . will . be used hereafter in the valuation of all coal produced in the Ruhr on which the. french and Belgians are to collect from mine, owners a 40 per cent tax. toe reparations. This polcy t is , announced in con nection with details ot mine con- i trol. . NEW YORK, March 3. - The United States has. no .more right to stop France from going . into the Ruhr than France would have In compelling this country to.nafc uralize the Japanese, declared EUbu Ropt.Jf ormer secretary f of state, in ah address ,to .the newly appointed executive bddy of the committee of one hundred on for eign relations at its initial meet ing today. , . . -The primary purpose of the committee of one hundred, Mr. Root said ;is to Iget Lalo' the heads of the American people, a series of non-controversial facts to which every one would agree but with which nine-tenths .of the people of, the United States do not know tacs which form the .neces sary basis of all sound reasoning upon international affairs.!' ,MThe voters need certain ele mentary data .regarding ; national rights;, national ;,, duties . and na tional manners, be asserted, and the- next thing - was -secure the means by which this information could be gotten into their minds, "some way of cutting down the economic Joss in millions, billons and trillions of words precipitated upon the world - today which'' is frightful." - PUSSES 'IE HOI Pioneer; Resident Dies at Age of 85 Years Crossed Plains in 1852. Michael J. Egan of , Gervais, tor more than 60 years a resi dent of Marion county, died yesterday at the Deaconess hos pital following a short illness. He would have been 85 j, years old next Wednesday,. March 7. He is survived J by a brother. William H. Egan of Gervais and cne sister,: Mrs. Ellen Masse y. Mr. Egan wag born In New Castle, New- Brunswick In 1838 and crossed the plains t Oregon Ith his parents in 1852. He lived for af while. In Benton county coming later to Marion county. ' He - attended the schools in Salem and later studied law at Willamette university. ; He was active tin political Cir ces' heing a member of the Dem ocrat party.' He was interested in literature and wrote consider able. He had farmed. -in Mar ion county,' near Gervais for many years and has hosts of friends in Salem and . Marion county who will grieve to know of his death. . . '.. r Mr. Egan was 111 only Bince Wednesday. An .attack of In fluenza was responsible for his death. - The funeral, will be held Tues day at -4-0 , o'clock from the . SL Joseph's, church in. Salem.. Rev. J. R, Ruck will brriciate and burial will be . in" the Catholic SALEM, OREGON, SUNpAY MOANING, MARCH 4, 1923 WILL BRING BATTLESHIP TO PORTLAND Six Representatives of Mili ! iry .nd.NavaJ Organiza tion (Going to Bremerton. t - , i : PORTLAND, Or., March 3. Six men representing military and naval organizations of , Ore- gon left here today for Bremer ton Navy Yard, Wash., to make arrangements for the voyaged to Portland of the historic battle ship Oregon. The- state legisla ture recently appropriated money for maintenance of the vessel; at Portland JiarborJ f The Oregon committee besides recommending , some minor re pairs necessary before the voy age is undertaken Is to ask es pecially for retention of the old battle flag carried when the ves sel made its notable trip around Cape Horn to join the American fleet in Cuban waters, and fhe silver, service, valued' at f 50,00 presented to the officers rafss by the- state- - of (Oregon shortly after the-christening of the ves sel. . ; i ' Y ' ' . . ' HIPS GREW FMBline Warns, Sleepers of Pfre on Babmda;,Boat Re ported Total Loss. SAN FRANCISCO, March 3. Headed for San Francisco, the steamer Celilo, - which responded to an S.'- O. S. call from the motqr ship Babinda, which ''waa destroy ed 4y.fire.early today, will arliye iere late tonight will all members of the crew aboard. Just what caused the fire In the engine room of the Babinda, has not yet been learned, as reports from the. rescue-ship have .; taeeu vefy; meagre. The motorship, however, " was., reported to.hav been a total Joss. For a while the rescue ship, after .taking all mem bers of the crew aboard. 'stood by but abandoned her vigil when .it became apparent 'there was no hope, of ,sava'ge. - -a- I , Soon after' the ,, Celilo steamed away a fleet of small fishing ves sels and' otheKsalvage vessels put out to the, Babinda,. where, they stood by in . hope or. gathering what few .valuables might be sal vaged from the fire wrecked ves sel. ' V ,J ii'.;'-.. ' . Last reports indicate.. that the hull of the Babinda has jieaded in the direction of shore, fanned by a stiff breeze. . -ct is Heard Out of the chaos of fire, out of the destruction, of the motprship Babin.da, one outstanding figure loomed . here-tonight as the indi viduaf hero of the disaster it was Jerry, ship's mascot and chief mouser. But Jerry, most heroes, perished in like the flames, the only fatality. Last night Jerry, members of the crew , said when they landed here tonight, promenaded back and forth upon the 'deck, evident ly engaged in rendering his night ly concert of meows and cat calls. But, finally, Jerry became rest less. Instead of confining: his ac tivities merely i to, a- concert, he scratched and tried In every man ner to attract, attention, After Captain Harry Maland re tired Jerry jumped-upon his bunk tugging at the covers. Somewhat Irritated, Captain Maland flung Jerry outside and closed the door. Not content with having distrub ed the captain's repose, Jerry wandered into the officers quar ters, where t hp "did his stuff." Again tie was relegated to the outside. W.-'-ii'- Unable to Save 8Iiip v .Whatever rebuffs the crew gave bim.., Jerry.. paid uw heed to their warning but instead attempted to warn - tbem.- , Finally, they say, Jerry engaged In a veritable cater wauling party alone, . which he continued until the fire was dis covered at 3.: 4 5 o'clock this morning- , . :t ' Efforts' to1 stem the fire's ad vance were futile, however. All men donned gas masks but sevr eral were overcome by the smoke and they were. forced to give up the fight. - The cause or the fire which originated in the engine room was said to be unknown. No one was seriously injured in the rescue. ATTEND KKK BAXQUET PORTLAND. Or., March 3. Governor Walter M. Iierce and Mayor George L. Baker of Port land were guests; .and x speakers tonight at a banquet given by the' Ku Klux- Klan lnhono of Fred L. Gilford, grand dragon Pi 4he Ku Klax Klaa fit Oregon. LIQUOR GOOD FOR SOLDIERS GENERAL SAYS Light Wines and Beer Helps Arniy Man Thinks. - -NEW YORK, March3. Major General Henry T. Allen, comman der of the American army of oc cupation, came home on the steamship-George Washington to day, the last of America's gener als to. return from the World war. .With him came his wife, two more Henry T. Aliens his son, a captain of cavalry and his grandson, born on the Rhine, 15 months ago to Captain Allen's French . wife a scpre,of staff of ficers and 54 casual, enlisted men. :, Modified prohibition allowing the troops light wines and beer General Allen declared., has, prov ed most effective in maintaining dscipline among the men. ACTIVE YEAR IS FORECAST fiany New improvements 'Being Made; Manufactur ers Increase Capacity. One - wouldn't have to travel very far through the manufac turing, section of Salem to be assured - that. this, year is ; going to set a new record mark for all kinds of manufacturing. Down at the Spaulding mills a considerable increase in - the box department is to be made. Last year there were not enough boxes on the coast to', handle the fruit trade properly Hany fruits waited well, past their proper time' for picking or shipping be cause boxes were not available. The Spaulding factory is one of the largest in the state. It uses 35,000 -feet of lumber daily oi approximately 800,000 feet a month; and at only 10 months a year this would require an an nual supply of 8,000,000 feet of lumber. This capacity is to be largely ..Increased for the coming season'.-" ; . . More Wotod Needed The paper mill is starting some new. improvement almost every day. The recent factory addition called for a bigger wood supply. Heretofore they have hauled in much of their wood by truck or by rail in cordwood form.. With the new wood house on the river bank they now, float the huge hemlock and white fir logs Into two t or three-foot sec tions by a giant swinging cut off saw and . then run them through a gigantic steam split ting machine that, -with a 1000 pound steam axe splits the sec tions, into portions ready for jthe mace r a tor. -They . (have 4 wo of t nese .huge, steam ; axes that have the splitting ability of 100 .men. : The, big new - Fourdrinier pa per machine is about v. ready to set up ' in the new., part of the milk, and it will require a i vast addition, to the pulp supply. Everywhere the mill calls foj (Continued on page 6) r.v' .- . EX-Kffl IIFFICIIIL AGAIN AT LIBERTY Charge "Imperial Giant" f With Violating Mann Act; ! - $1,000 Bond Given. ATLANTA, Ga., March 3. Ed Ward Young Clarke, former act ing, imperial wizard of the Ku Kiux Klan. was tonight. at liberty on bond of $1,000 following his arrest here today by federal au thorities on a warrant charging him with violating the Mann act. The warrant grew out of- an in dictment returned against Clarke by the federal grand jury at Hous ton, Tex. -. , . ,.. .j; A certified copy of the indict ment, reached here early, today. Clarke, wias notified that a warrant had bee i , issued and., voluntarily surrendered. No date has been set for Clarke's appearance in Houston . -. ,v --'."f . The Uue bill charges the former klan loader with -having transport ed a young woman from Houston to New Orleans' for Immoral purposes.- ; Recently Clarke, while holding the rank of "imperial giant" re !it?d from the organization. 4 , FILIBUSTER IN CONGRESS DELAYS BILL Resolution for Purchase of Fertilizer is Held Up, by Orators Who Tie Business in Knot. MINOR BILLS ABLE TO SQUEEZE THROUGH Tariff Lead Declared Only Administration Triumph Achieved Thus Far. w WASHINGTON, March 3. The waning hours tonight of the 67th congress which expires by . law Sunday noon,, were troubled with a pre-adjournment wrangle that gave an extraordinary touch to the final season of "swan songs" and (arewells to men and meas- ures, N'ght sessions . were held by both senate and house to clear away the last real legislative bus iness on the calendars.. Tomor row's , sessions will begin at 10 o'clock, giving a two-hour period for the final formalities. , Presi dent Harding will go. to the capi tol to sign the eleventh hour bills, and sharply at noon the congress will pass into history. i The, congressional books virtu ally were closed early tonight with only one major measure, the farm credits bill, caught inf the turmoil and jam of the closing hours. Small Bills Get Thronph. - It? was held waiting most of the day while a double-headed filibuster in . both senate and house raged over the senate reso lution providing $10,000,000 for purchase of fertilizer. House leaders ' had held up the resolu tion, and Its supporters retaliated bv provoking a filibuster of hours that tied j house procedure in a knot. Then a sympathetic fili buster was started in the senate southern senators threatening all legislation in an' effort to force action on jthe fertilizer meas ures. --u.v ri-- i .- In the course of the day, how ever, and during the evening hours scores of minor bills man aged to squeeze under the wire, and others received their - death blows. ..The ... debate turned on many .subjects. . Many statements praising the two. year's record of congress were made by Republi can leadecs while, opposite views were voiced; by. their political op ponents. , Revision of jtbe tariff and internal revenue tax' laws with reduction of expenditures and army ands navy forces were claim ed by) thef Republicansi as . out- standing. achievements, but Sen ator Robinson , of Arkansas the acting Demjocrat leader, , issued a statement declaring thatjthe tT iff, was the only "administration triumph." Other, important bills, he saftl, were by-partisan, and he declared the present administra tion 'was "reaping: a. harvest of condemnation and Repudiation. Houses in Nasty Humor Both branches of congress went at high speed on their last work ing day until the filibustering de veloped. Among the measures put through were the $156,700,000 deficiency appropriation bill, . the Sweet bill for war veterans re lief, a senate resolution ordering an investigation of the gold and silver industry and a resolution continuing the $240 bonus for government, employes. The ! fertilizer filibuster threw both senate and house into a nasty humor and there were bit ter clashes in both., .House lead ers were charged with "tyranny" and senators quarreled over the usual pre-adjournment situation in which members' minor bills were snarled in the jam. i Crowds of spectators overflowed the galleries tonight and the lob bies and corridors swirling with those urging action on various pet bills. Members scurried back and forth for conferences In the efforts to save legislation from destruction. For more than 100 members this was virtually" their .Jast j day of service and good-bye greetings Were ; numerous and sometimes touching. The house halted its filbiuster for a half hour -to pre sent a large chest of silver to Representative Mondell -of Wyo ming, retiring Republican leader. Nominations Kent -" " During the day the 'administra tion proposal for American repre sentation, on the world court was definitely. 'laid, to .rest until the new congress - convenes next De- (Continued pn gago 2j CIGARETTE CASES DON'T WORRY JUDGE Newspaper Man Smokes Cigar in Restaurant, but Calen dar Already Swamped. SALT LAKE CITY, March 3. When, the cases of A N, McKay and ssven others charged with vi olation of the state anti-cigarette law came up before City Judge Poel Pratt today they were indef initely postponed. Too many ser ious cases are on the calendar the judge ruled. .... Mr. McKay, general manager of the Salt Lake , Tribune, is charged with having smoked a cigar in a restaurant thus Violating that sec tion of the anti-cigarette . law which prohibits Smoking In public places. .... The attention of Salt Lake City residents has switched, from the trial of alleged violators of the cigarette law. to the state legisla ture, where efforts to pass a sub stitute cigarette measure , are un der way. .. 1 HEADS WOULD " Sill.' Superintendents of Institu tions Willing to Make 1 Personal Sacrifices. With $25,000 cut by the legis lature from v the., salary - list for the Oregon State Hospital by the last legislature, and a cut in maintenance of over 15 per cent made at the boys training school Superintendent Steiner of ' : the hoepital and Superintendent KuBer of the training school not only declared to . the board : of control today they would remain within their appropriations, but further asserted if : salary cuts were, necessary they each would voluntarily"-, inflict ; on themselves ealary 'reductions in proportion to that made. on, other employes. I Economics . Under Way Superintendent Steiner told the I oard that with the conditions tbe institution is facing this year it will be carrying a Dooulaton considerably in e'xfcess of the leg- .. I ... V lsiative appropriations provided, based on a reasonable per capita cost. . But. he asserted, eoono mlos already were under way which by force of necessity would, bring the expenses down .to meet the situation. - He. further said , he had discussed the matter with his professional staff and all of them had agreed to suffer salary cuts if necessary. ' s - Would Cot Salaries , "While the superintendent of the Oregon hospital ; receives $100 a year less than that' paid to , any other. , superintendent in any of the f other coast : states, said Dr. Steiner; Nnevprtheless I wish i to 'jv the informa tion if aiiy cut l is made' in sal aries the superintendent will (Continued on page 3) ETC HIE UP TO GUI Executive to Be Called Upon to Decide Sentence of Walters, Governor Pieree will be tailed upon next Tuesday to say wheth er life or death shall be accorded to a human being when he will hold a hearing to determine the fate of Husted Walters, who Is now doomed to die on the scaf fold at the penitentiary next Sat urday , . He expects a delegation of mem bers of the American legion, with legal representatives to make the appeal for Walters, "an ex-service man. ;:; ' ".' J : :- .... - Walters Is sentenced to die for the murder of Jerome ' Palmer, a Portland policeman, on November 17, 1920.. Behind that crime is a term -served In the reformatory in Granite. Okla., to which ho was sentenced for five years -in isle.-- .;t- . , K .,. Since big incarceration in the Ienitentiary. prison officals have stated Walters has shown a low degree of mentalty and appar ently prison life has affected him somewhat, although he has the reputation of being a model pris oner and maintains a cheerful dis position. . Governor. Pierce is expecting prgctlcalljr an, all-dajr hearingr PIS CREDITS IS APPROVED BY G0N6RESB Bill Is Now Ready for Sub mission to f r e s i d e n t Hardinia Issue in Doubt Until 1 1 P. M. DEMOCRATS ARRAIGN : REPUBLICAN RECORD Robinson Asserts Adminis tration Reaping Harvest ! of Condemnation. WASIUNGTON, March 3 Both the senate and the house approv ed ; the conference . report on the farm credits bill tonight and the measure la ready for submissioa to president :? Harding when , he visits the capital prior to sine dla adjournment tomorrow to eiga bills.; . . . ' , . It was not until 11 o'clock that; the safety of the legislation was assured through the adoption, without a record vote, of the con ference argreement by the senate. Ther-house. a few hours previous- , ly had approved it, 77 to 34.: . Managers " on the i party of the house explained in a formal state ment -.to he house that the bill as agreed to in conference would create two distinct rural credit organizations, the -federal inter mediate credit banks and the na tional ; agricultural credit corpor ations. The former; would 1 be placed) under , the control and man agement of the 'federal farm loan boarl and the latter under . tte supervision of the comptroller of the currency. . - Banks Held Necessity , "While the two systems will furnish relief to the agricultural ihterests iot ; Ihft '' country," '.the state said ; in part, "the federal intermediate credit banks will more particularly take care of the needs of certain classes and might come - nearer f than would ' the na tional agricultural corporations la taking care of th entire needs of the general agriculture : public; the national: agricultural f credits corporations . will make certain the earing for. In a; national way, the livestock and cooperative mart ketlng requirements." " WASHINGTON. March 3. rAtf arraignment (, of the Republican party's, record was made by Sena- torRpbisoh of Arkansas, acting nomnirtic floor leader, ins ai statement tonight, reviewing the administration's policies ana acis, foreign and domestic.. President Harding and Secretary Hughes were criticised for alleged failure to adopt a helpful international policy and the Republican con gress was assailed for alleged failures.1 ' , v ' ' "The present administration, V said Senator Robison. "la now; reaping a harvest of condemna tion, and repudiation. ' Th6 legis lative' and executive policies ad vanced toy president Harding have broken down. This ! attribut able to the reactionary character of the policies and to the irre concilable factions existing with in the Republican partj." No very Important legislative achievements can be awarded the 67th congress "with a- single ex ception of the Fordney-McCumber tariff act," Senator Robison de clared, adding: . "All other important measures enacted during the congress now expiring have been of a non partisan nature and have received the support of Demdcrats In both houses of congress. 4 . Policies Critlclwd ! . "The president's policies re-cnortnp- the' most important sub jects presented by him, excluding the British debt settlement act, have been openly repudiated by innirrn5i8. 1 refer to the still subsidy tlil and the message re commending, thembership ior tno unuea siaies in mo penuaucm, court of international Justice:.'5' I' "The administration's foreign; licy," Senator Robison contln- jnt . ued, "is incomprehensible even to those responsible for it." The United , States in former adminis trations took advanced position in the promotion of arbitration;' now we are In the humiliating at- tHnAn nt taring hnrkward and standin ctill white European peo- ' . . ... ' t ! pies, in the mazo ana coniusioa nr finsnclil nnrf eronomc rtrob- - lems which threaten their under- slRhding. are stumbling and stag gering forward." - Secrecy In Secretary mi sues management of foreign , Hffalrs was charged and deplored by Sen ator Robison, who said that'Mr (Contlnaed on page 6V FU euffered. t . . . . 1