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Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
Conference Ratifies Foot-
ball Schedules After Se
vere Wrangle
FIVE OPPONENTS FOR
OREGON INSTITUTIONS
California Universities and
Washington Draw. Light
er Season's Work
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 7.
The Pacific coast ' intercollegiate
conference today ratified football
schedules for the 1924 'season, af
ter two days discussion.
1 California, Stanford, University
of Southern California and Wash
ington will play four conference
games each. ' Oregon, the Oregon
Aggies, - Washington State and
Idaho will be called upon' to meet
five conference opponents.
The schedules approved today
were as follows:
California '
October' 25 Washington State
at Berkeley, :
November! -CSC at Berkeley.
November 8 Washington at
Scatle. "
November 22 Stanford at Palo
Alto. ' '
Sanford '
October 18 Oregon at Palo
Alto. ; - ' vX'x' , i
October 25- Idaho at Moscow.
November 8 USC at Los An
geles. 'V .. 'I '.
November 22. California at
Palo Alto. -University
of Southern California
October 18 Oregon Aggies at
Corvallis.
-'November 1 California at
Berkeley. '" -
November 8 Stanford at Lo
Angeles. ."i . .
November 22 Idaho at Los An
geles. '' i
Washington
October 25 Oregon Aggies at
Seattle. . ; .
November 1 Oregon at Eu
gene.". ," .... ,-
November t California at
- Seattle.
November 22 Washington
State at Seattle.
Washington State College
,( October ,1 8 Idaho at Moscow.
October 25 California at Berk
eley. November 8 Oregon Aggies at
Corvallis. ,
November 15 Oregon at ' Eu
gene. November 22 Washington at
Seattle.
y.. Oregon Aggies
- October 18 USC at Corvallis.
October 25 Washington at Se
attle. November 1 Idaho at Corval
lis. : i-ji - ; , ..V-Sh;.;.: f -
November 8 WSC at Corvallis.
November 22 Oregon at .Cor
vallis. ;
University of Oregon '
October 18 Stanford at Palo
Alto.
November 1 Washlgton at Eu
gene; November. 8 Idaho at Moscow.
November 15. WSC at Eugene.
- November 22 Oregon Aggies
at Corvallis.
., Idaho. ;
. October 18 WSC at Moscow.
October 2 5f Stanford at Mos
cow. . , ' 'X
November 1& Oregon Aggies at
Corvallis. ? '
November 8 Oregon ; at , Mos
cow. ' ": '" .-; v, -'X-X',X"-X ';;vr x:: x-
Novembcr 22 DSC at Los An
geles. No petitions for admission to
the conference were filed this year,
it was said. It had been rumored
-that the University of Nevada and
Gonzaga University of Spokane
might seek conference standing.
No action is to be taken this
jer on -the proposal to fix sched
ules of ; freshmen footbal . ltearas,
It was decided. The conference
also agreed that present eligibility
rules'shbuld stand without change.
. Election of officers will be held
- tomorrow.' ''X " ,
THE WEATHER
OREGON-Saturday general
ly fairi moderate westerly
winds. ' ' " ' ' -
LOCAL' WEATHER
! (Friday) '
' Maximum temperature 4a.
Minimum temperature 40.
River 13.5, rising.
' Raln,-;2yri . . i
Atmosphere,; cloudy.
Triads eoiith. '
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SWEET CIDER UNDER
'RiDHIBlU BAN IS
NEW FEDERAL ORDER
Sweet cider is now under the prohibition ban in Oregon
at least it is in Salem. Presumably the order; is state-wide in
scope, since it comes from Inspector Stipe, a federal prohibi
tion official in Portland.
Making of the cider will be allowed only on condition that
benzoate of soda is put into it to prevent fermentation. Manu
facturers say this ingredient can be tasted in the cider and
makes it generally unpopular enough to spoil the sales, and
make manufacturing unprofitable, so the result apparently
is going to be that there will be no sweet cider. : y : .
The order, it is understood, reaches the private home
as well as the general manufacturer, so if any of the apple
growers have private cider presses on their premises they are
going to be in the same class with bootleggers and moon-
snine distillers.
KIKG BiriG SOOfj
TO BE ELECTED
Al. Pierce and R. 0. Snelling
Possible Successors to
i Hamilton
With the annual Cherrian elec
tion approaching, : scheduled for
Tuesday night, there Is consider
able speculation as y who is go
ing to succeed W. M. Hamilton as
King' Bingj ' Al Pierce, manager
of the Marion hotel, seems to be
leading among guessers at the
present time, with R. O. Snelling
also strongly and frequently men
tioned. ; f : V
The position of King Bing is
considered one of the important lo
cal offices.! By virtue of his of
fice the king is a member of the
board of directors of the Chamber
of Commerce, and he becomes the
center of the admiring gaze of the
multitudes jnaJI cities of the state
that are visited by the Cherrians
on their annual summer and fall
junkets. . For the reason that the
Cherrians elect a new king every
year Mr. Hamilton is not a candi
date, to succeed himself.
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FEET IN 24 HOURS
Willamette Thought at Crest
of Flood Storm Condi
. . , tions Modified
The Willamette river rose more
than 10 feet during the 24 hours
ending at 7 o'clock last night, ac
cording to the official government
weather , report. J The Spaulding
gauge usually is higher than the
government one which is pror
tected and located on the lower
side of the bridge.
The river was 13.S feet at&ve
the low water mark last night at
7 o'clock, according to Local Ob
server Olllver.. He said that the
river was ; not 1 rising much, and
that ' he expected the crest of the
flood was almost reached. Only
.29 inches: of rain fell ' yesterday
as against 2.11 inches Thursday.
Since fair weather is predicted
for today it is expected that the
present danger of high water, if
there was snch a danger, has past.
PORTLAND, Dec. 74- Storm
conditions t over western Oregon
had 'greatly modified tonight, ac
cording to reports received here
from, various points. Wire com
munication . generally had been
restored except with the Coos Bay
district, where it was still only
intermittent.; Railroad service to
that district also was suspended,
owing Jo damage to a bridge span
ning Siuslaw river. 36 miles west
of Eugentf. ' A large tree,, falling
across the bridge, had crushed it.
The locomotive of a train bound
from Coos Bay 'yesterday struck a
rock on the track near the wreck
ed bridge and was badly damaged,
according j to word received here
today. , Train operations on the
Coos Bay branch were directed to
day by government" radio message
from Marshfleld to Seattle and
thence here by telegraph. "Marsh
field reported tonight that ; there
was little damage done by the
storm, but shipping was suspend-
Conditions In the lower Colum
bia river districts were much im
proved tonight, with repairs to the
storm damage under .way.
GAME'-APPROVED
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 7. A
resolution was passed""by the Pa
cific coast, conference at its meet
ing here today approving a game
between the United States naval
academy and the University, of
Yr-titcn Jaswirjr If 1924.
B filSES
TO
Ten-Cent Tax Per Member
on Various Organizations
Is Approved ;
Mrs. John A. Carson was elected
president of the Associated Chari
ties at the annual meeting last
night. Other . officers chosen
were Rev. Harry Johnson, vice
president; Mrs. M. E. Brewer, sec
retary and George Arbuckle,
treasurer. .
' It was decided to ask for the 10
cent tax per member on all or
ganizations in Salem as was done
In 1921. ; It was said by members
of the old board that the 10 cent
tax on members had been ' the
most effective method of bringing
in money and although many were
taxed In several .places little objection-
to the 10 cents each time
was noticed. . . - -v ; I. V f ? . j
Revi Mr. Johnson was named
chairman of a committee to draft
by-laws for the, association. Other
members qt the committee are S.
E. Davis and Harry Levy.
The board of the association
will meet at the Red Cross rooms
Monday night following '. the meet
ing of the Red' Cross executive
board when plans for' relief work
wjll be considered. The members
last night expressed the desire to
cooperate as far as possible with
the Red Cross board:. Two mem
bers of the Red Cross board. Mrs.
Carson and Mr. Arbuckle. are also
members of the board ot the Asso
ciated Charities. 1,
The plan of the association' is
to have representatives from the
various civic organizations form
the nucleus of the association.' An
effort will be made to enlist the
cooperation and aid of the towns
and communities in both Polk and
Marion counties that not only as
sistance may be rendered but that
funds may be collected in these
districts to carry on the work. It
was admitted, however, that Salem
would always contribute the greatest-amount
to the relief funds.
; Harry Levy, who has- been presi
dent for two years, made a general
report of the work he has done
during that time. He said some
plan must be found whereby the
public would report all those in
need to the headquarters of the
association that duplication might
not result.' He said that while ev
ery effort had been .made coop
eration with the Salvation army
was impossible for while the Sal
vation army reports cases of needy
to the Associated Charities it does
not notify them when they i have
cared for certain cases, which re
sulted sometinies in cases" du
plication. : ' 7,5 ".i
Many of "the cases coming td
him as presidentrwcre within the
provirlre of the county court but
since the court acted so slowly It
was necessary for the Associated
Charities' to give temporary aid.
v Since ; considerable relief work
has been done in Polk county
some of the cases were necessarily
brought before the Polk 'county
court. ' ; , .' ;' ' , . ' ' ' ,
I must say," said ' Mr'v Levy,
"that I have always had the most
hearty cooperation of Judge Robin
son. 1 have been j there many
times and have never gone out of
the court - house without getting
action on whatever matter I went
ftrr T wax thprp; kist wprk and
the court happened to be In ses
sion. They said Tso your judg
ment and get wh4t is i necessary
and' bill Polk county for if."
v A vote of thanks was given
Harry Levy by the delegates pres
ent last night, for his work-with
the association in the last, two
years, " "' : " " "
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CHARITIES
A GOOD BOARD
The Oregon Statesman does
not own the new directors of the
Red Cross, and a carefnlexam
ination of the list induces the
conclusion that no other news-,
paper does either, arrogant as
sumption to the ttontrary not
withstanding. The members of
that board are high grade, pub- .
He-spirited citizens and the nub
ile can rest assured that they
will do the right thing, 'what
ever that may bev
The Statesman had a duty, to
perform which It performed to
its satisfaction and to the satis- 1
faction of the public Its work
is done, and the newr board "is
'meeting the hearty approval of
ther imblic. This- paper has m
program to put through. It is
devoted only to the public good.
'And' the "names' of the new
board, indicate that the inter
ests of lie public are safe with
the; Red Cross directorate.
.White, Hamilton or Bishop
Might Succeed Perry as
President
Political cooks - engaged .In the
selection of candidates to drop in
to the political kettle from which
will come the president of the
Chamber of Commerce on Friday,
Dec 14, are almost as voluble as
King Tnt in his present condition.
Rumor, that accurate means of
spreading inside information, Is
more definite, and whispers the
name of three highly representa
tive citizens who might consent
to have their names placed in
nomination: for the office.
It is understood that an effort
is beine made upon the part of
friends to persuade Harley O.
White to allow his name to be
placed in the pot". Mr. White is a
conservative business man, en
gaged in the seed business. . He
has represented the city as mayor
and as' alderman and has gone
through the chairs in the school
board. -
Another representative business
man who could be depended upon
to guide the- Chamber of Com
merce, for the next 12 months Is
C. S. Hamilton. Again rumor, is
relied upon for information. Mr.
Hamilton has been engaged in
business here for a great many
vears. Being of a retiring nature,
Mr. Hamilton has not sought pub
lic honors and may be reluctant
to permit the using of his name.
While C. P. Bishop might not
even entertain the suggestion that
he allow himself to become a can
didate for nresident, he may be
put forth as a candidate. Mr. Bish
op has represented- the county as
state senator and' was a delegate
to the Republican national con
vention in Chicago that nominat
ed Hughes, and was a member of
(h. notification committee. He
is the founder of. a successful
group of woolen mills and owner
of the Salem Woolen Mills store.
' Under the provisions of the
constitution of the Chamber of
Commerce it is necessary to nom-
inatti three men for president.
None of the members of the nom
inating committee can be pnea
!,,., rtvtm vfn a suggestion as to
iwwo . " i
the men they have in mind. it
was stated last night that any man
the nominating committee might
i,,.t vrmiiil.' be - reDresentative.
conservative, and one who would
command the respect, connaence
.nnmration of all members.
The nominating committee con
sists of Dr. J. H. Garnjobst, u. u.
Boyer and W. M. MInier:
Positive assurance was given
yesterday by J. C. Perry. , presi
dent, that he would under no clr
consider a renomina
tlon. He was nominated two
years ago under protest, he sam.
and then had to serve another
year in addition. Having piloted
the Chamber of Commerce from
indebtedness to a sound financial
-Mr. Porrv thinks -that he
has done his share and is perfect
ly willing for someone to reuevw
. ..nnaihilities. The only
11 1 III Ul nj'".-" . ,
thing that he is anxious for is
that his successorbe consenrauve,
progressive, and not permit the
financial conditions that existed a
few years ago. ""
As-the"" political pot continues to
bubble and give of r various aro
mas, additional names may be
suggested as possible candidates;
tor the office.
:' BUVKRS KILLED
HAZARD, Ky., Dec. 7, Seven
miners were killed and' si others
were injured In a mine of the
mir Hwlr Coal com nany of
Carrs Fork,; Urn ilea from here,
am fhn rPUllt of dUSt And aS X-
plosloa fa h9 pine lato today4 .
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TRAIN SERVICE
IS HALTED BY
BIG FIR TREE
Forest Giant Falls on Steel
Bridge On Eugene - Coos
Bay Line Near Llnshaw
EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 7. All
train service on the Eugene-Coos
Bay branch of the Southern Pa
cific is interrupted on account of
a huge fir tree breaking down a
steel bridge near Llnshaw, 36
miles west of Eugene some' time
last night.
A jam of logs caused the water
to rise and overflow at one ap
proach to this bridge and this un
dermined a number of trees-, the
largest one, four feet thick, strik
ing the bridge. It is expected that
through traffic will bo resumed in
two or three days said railway of
ficials here today. A night ; pas
senger train during the storm of
two nights ago was stalled in the
mountains 34 miles west of here
on account of the locomotive strik
ing a huge rock on the track, ac
cording to word received today.
While the train was standing there
a big tree fell striking the loco
motive and disabling it. ,
The Willamette river at Eu
gene reached a 12-foot stage this
morning but had fallen a foot to
night. Farming lands along the
river were inundated and the Pa
cific highway between Eugene and
Junction City was under water at
several different places.
COICIL PLUMED
Fnnr Pmintloc Will f"nnnor'
vui vuuiitiw fiiu vuvpvi
ate With One Hired Exe
cutive jn Charge
A Boy Scout council to Include
four counties was planned at a
meeting of a joint committee here
last night. The counties to be In
cluded are Polk, Linn,. Benton
Marion and they would be under
the direction of one executive. K.
L. Haga, regional Scout executive
from Spokane was at the meeting
last night , which was attended by
representatives from Albany and
Corvallis as well as Salem' council
members. Polk members attend
ed the first meeting at which plans
for such an organization were
made but- sent no delegates last
night. They desire to enter the
new council.
The meeting: last night voted
to work out a budget and make
a Campaign for $7,650 to be di
vided among the counties. Mr.
Haga recently came from Bend in
Deschutes county where 5,0 7 5 in
cash was raised in spite of the
fact that the Red Cross had. just
finished a campaign for $3,000.
Since Bend has a population of
only 9000, Mr. Haga said he felt
there would be little difficulty in
raising the money in four counties
here.
The Willamette Boy Scout coun
cil ' has previously ' Included Polk
and Marion, counties with Howard
Zinser as scout executive. Mr.
Zinser recently announced that he
was resigning and Mr. Haga stated
last night that a number of coun
cils were bidding for' Mr. Zinsers
services. His application for the
Pullman, Wash., position, is to be
placed with the Pullman council
tonight; A meeting will be held
Tuesday in Aibany when finance
plans will be made for financing
the work. - The county apportion
ments will also be made by the
committees at ihat time and a
new scout ! executive -hired, i
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CHERRIAKS WILL
ELECT TUES
i Cherrians will elect officers for
1D24 next Tuesday night. The
election will be preceded by a
big banquet at 6:15 at the Cham
ber of Commerce. Nominations
will be made from the floor and
will be followed by the election.
AH will be new officers, in accord
ance to the Cherrian policy not
to re-elect any man. -., .
.' Retiring officers and their titles
are William H. Hamilton, King
Bing; A. A. Gueffroy, chancellor
of the rolls; D. W. Eyre, keeper
of the orchard; A. N. Pierce, lord
governor wood: I. R. Smith, ser-
geant-at-arms; George D. Alderin,
Duke of Lambert; Earl H. Ander
son, archbishop of Rickreall; O.
J. :Scbel,. Queen t Acne's escort;
Ralph H. Cooley, Marquis of Mar
aschino, and F. L. Waters, Earl of
Waldo; s- , , ,-:' -, , ;
'Officers - will be installed fol
lowing the annual banquet to be
held early in January. The In
stallaHon will., be. followed . by
initiation.
NEW BOY SCOUT
DAY
ADVOCATEO IN
H 0 01110 II El
Annual Report of Secretary
of Commerce Suggests
Measures to Expedite Pro
posed Action
INDUSTRIAL CONDITION
CITED AS REASON
Issue Raised By Require
ments of Transportation
Act of 1920
WASHINGTON. Dee. 7. Con
solidation of railroads, as pro
posed by present statutes but with
measures to expedite the process
which do not rxtst at present, is
urged in the forthcoming annual
report of Secretary Hoover.
; Extracts from the document,
made public today, declared that
commercial and industrial devel
opments of" the pasf two years
"point to imminent desirability of
early progress" in the matter.
' The Issue was raised by the re
quirement of the transportation
act of 1920 that the Interstate
commerce commission proceed to
lay out ' plan for merging exist
ing railroad systems to 19 or 20
great corporations, maintaining so
far as possible competitive char
acteristics of the present transpor
tation scheme. " .
Necessity Plainly Shown
"The past year's experience of
the commerce department in re
lation to transportation," Mr.
Hoover's report says, "has shown
even more emphatically than ever
before the necessity for the con
solidation of the railways into
larger systems under private own
ership, they principles ofti which
were established in" the "transpor
tation actof 1920. The difficul
ties of reorganizing the rate struc
ture so as to secure simplification
and' to give relief in primary pro-
ducts--agricultural, coal, etc.- byi
a fairer burden upon finished and
less than carload lots goods are
most insuperable until the differ
ent systems are possessed of more
diversified traffic and until the j
weaker roads have been absorbed. !
; Adequacy Is Goal
"The necessity to establish rail
way credit and finance oh a broad
er foundation than sole reliance
upon the issue of mortgage se
curities; the necessity of provis
ion for common utilization of ter
minal and other facilities the im
possibility of providing adequate
rolling" stock, - and 1 particularly
specialized cars, so long as the
burden falls solely upon the strong
roads'; the difficulties of more
definite control ! of - car servfee to
meet seasonal -demands and rout
ing; . the' Insuperable problems of
equalization in car Interchange;
the slow progress in standardiza
tion; and maintenance of equip
ment all point to the imminent
desirability of early progress with
consolidation, if we are to have
a transportation system adequate
to the necessities of the country
and containing in itself strength
for annual increase. '
"The policy of control of rates
is fixed by national and state leg
islation. This policy, has super
ceded the theory that reasonable
rates are to be obtained through
competitive action. The idea of
protection against excessive rates
through the maintenance of com
petition is now-dead. We should,
therefore, secure the largely pos
sible benefits ot consolidation into
larger systems by securing con
solidation in such fashion as will
protect and advance public inter
est. Negotiations Difficult
"The urgent importance of the
early consummation of consolida
tion warrants consideration of
methods to expedite it. ' Under
the present provision for wholly
voluntary action, subject to the
interstate commerce commission,
many consolidations ' are likely to
be long delayed. The difficulties
of negotiation between the mem
bers of the'groups that will be es
tablished by the interstate com
merce commission; the complica
tions arising from varying prior
ities of securities affecting the de
termination of terms of purchase
by one railway line of the prop
erty of another; the unwillingness
of some lines to acquire or to sell
others; the question of Individu
ality; the difficulties of establish
ing by; negotiation1' the rrative
value ot ono property to another;
the necessity of hold itrgf capitalisa
tion within, the'llnjlts of the, ac
tual property Rvalues; i- tha com
plexities and conflicts of state
(Continue ea paa 7).
SANTA CLAUS
ARRESTED IN
LOS ANGELES
Blue Laws Prohibit Street Car
Motonnen From Shooting
Rabbits From Cars
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. -Santa
Claus fell afoul of the law here
today ' and street car motormen
an dconductors who shoot jack
rabbits from their car platforms
faced a similar fate as the battle
of "blue laws" which has been
raging in Los Angeles since the
midnight halting of a motion pic
ture directors' ball Thanksgiving
eve swept on into its second hectic
week; '-, :' .';' ". . ;
' Joseph Johnson, wearing Saint
Nick's garments and white whisk
ers and otherwise impersonating
the genial gift giver in front of a
toy store on Broadway was haled
into the city prosecutor's office by
an investigator and- informed of
the ordinance which prohibits any
persons from : appearing on the
street in maskor disguise without
first obtaining, a proper .permit.
Johnson, father "of five- children,
pleaded ignorance of the law, and
the. city prosecutor remarking
that he "hadn't the heart to throw
Santa Claus in Jail" released him
with a warning. ,
, Meanwhile, Councilman Miles
Greggory, appointing himself a
committee of one to tabulate a list
of ordinances likely to be violated
by any citizen not properly in
formed of his peril, found that the
municipal statutes still, prohibit
drivers of street cars from shoot
ing jack-rabbits from their rear
platforms and warned street ear
employes to that effect.
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TO HELP ADJUST
Seasonal Employment Com
mission Organized- at
State House Yesterday
The seasonal employment com
mission is the name'pt a new vol
unteer organization that was form
ed at a conference in the office of
State Labor .Commissioner C. H.
Gram yesterday. . The purpose of
the organization is to put more
system' into the distribution of
seasonal labor throughout the
state. "'- ' . . -.
C. H. Gram was named chair
man of the commission, and Miss
Louise F. Shields, ; welfare work
er of Portland, secretary. 'Other
members are C. A. Kells, general
secretary of the Salem YMCA and
in charge of the federal' employ
ment bureau here, and Arthur W.
Jones, head of the municipal em
ployment bureau In Portland.
The usual condition at the har
vest period in Oregon is mainly
the reason for the hew organiza
tion. . Mr. Gram . explained that
while one part of the state may be
clamoring for help, another may
have a surplus of labor, and it is
this condition that the . commis
sion wishes to eliminate. y
No definite program of opera
tion has yet been outlined, except
that all employment bureaus will
be asked to. cooperate. A tele
gram was late yesterday sent to
(he - Horticultural society in ses
sion at The Dalles, apprising it of
the existence of the new commis
sion and offering assistance in
solving any of the labor troubles
with which the- society is wrestling.-"
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Welfare- work under adequate
supervision in- the. various com
munities of 'the .state during the
harvest season will be fostered by
the commission. -
FINAL FLASHES
i
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec, 7.
With the acquittal of John Brown
ing, son of the firearms Inventor,
and Marriher A. Browning, who
were charged with the murder of
Benjamin F. Ballantyne, John
Browning's brother-in-law, last
April 9, one of Utah's longest
murder cases came to & close.
The Jury was but but two hours
and ' had taken only ona ballot.
The Brownings are cousins.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. Dec 7.
A second attempt within a few
hours to wreck a passenger train
on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad near here resulted late
tonight in the derailment ot the
locomotive, tender, and combin
ation car of train No. 6, north
bound from Louisville.
CHICAGO. HL. Dec. 7. Blue
ribbon winners at the Internation
al livestock exposition and Grain
and hay show went under the ham
mer today.
HVEST
LABOR
BUSES!
SESSIOi! IS
STILL
While Congress Marks Tin:
Leaders Go Ahead YX
Reorganization of f.Ti:..
Committees ' -
ASSIGNMENTS UNLIKELY
b Monday 0PEr:i::i
Sharp Fight Develops Cv:
Places on Foreign Ha
lations Committes
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 Wtn -congress'
marked time today it:
leaders went ahead with tia reor
ganization or committees which i:
necessary before either the Lou s
or the senate can proceed vrU".
the ; serious business of &a ec -slon.
'-,.; -.'.-'
The Republican and Democrat
ic leaders, alike, were striving in
complete committee assignment:
by Monday when both houses w;".:
reconvene after ' a week-end r e
cess. Senate Democrats are pre
pared to start at that time ttc! -fight
for reorganization of tLa st ate,
but their motion to proceed t
the election of a president may t
deferred until the committee -signments
have bees finally deter
mined by that body.
Insnrgents Yet Uncertain
- The attitude of the Heputlica:;
insurgents in the prospective c; : -test
over reorganization still 13 u
defined and. may not be deterg ed
until after the makeup of tl
various committees is annon-c: ,
Senator La- Follette of - Wiscons:,:
their recoghized.leader, is still c
fined to bis home and it ws.3 i X
today at his office that If ha f:'
lowed; the advice of his physic!.,
he would .not-attend the eci-'.
next Monday.
A sharp fight developed t:"
In the Republican comisittc3 c
committees . over assignments -.
senators to the foreign relatl::
committee, before which 1 ra -ing'
President .Harding's prcr c
for American adherence to t
world court with resem'.l c -President
Coolidge, in his me ."
to congress yesterdayj eadcrs:
participation of the United rial
In the court with the ex; res.
stipulation that America wu r:
to . become involved in the lca.
of nations.
.'' Many Want riaces '
Fully a score of the El esaat
Republicans asked for places
this committee and it was re;c : :
ed that the committee on conn .
tees had narrowed the field to II
Lenroot of Wisconsin, Willis c L
Ohio, Pepper of Pennsylvania,
Edge of New Jersey and Elilr.3 c
West Virginia. Three places i :
to be filled.
There is a tacit understand:.- -that
Senators Johnson and
stead, the two Farmer-Labor ".
bers from Minnesota will be t&L
care of in committee consignmer
by the creation of additional rl
on the committees on which I -publican
leaders determine tL
shall sit. Some senators are urg
ing that Mr. Shlpstead be giver,
the extra place on the forela re
lations committee and others t
asking that Mr. Johnson be glv -the
extra place on the agricultur-I
committee. "
Assignments Delayed! "
Republican leaders have hor "
to have the committee assign
ments ready for a party confer
ence before the senate meets 11:::
day, but it was. said that unl:
more rapid progress was ins f z
tomorrow than was possible tol::
this could not , be accomplish: '..
The Democrats steering covuz.'.'
tee expects to complete Its wcrL
on committees tomorrow.
On the bouse side the Republi
can committee on committees '
its first meeting decided to li
the Democrats Increased repres
tation on all the standing cc re
mittees except the all-power' .
rules committee. The minor.,
will have four members as agaiz: -eight
for -the majority on rules,
the same ratio in effect darlas t! i
67th congress.
There -will be 11 Democrats ti
the ways and means commit-,
to 15 Republicans, the commit
tee's membership having been i
creased by one to assure Repr
llcan control. This Is the come::
tee which will Initiate any tax r
ductlon legislation.
Tentative Progress Blade
On the appropriations n :i
tee the ratio will bo
cans to -14 Democi
major committees w
a membership of
vision will be 12
The committee ,