ersoh Myers in
The Salem District Needs to Bury
the Hammer and Get Rid of the Lag Vestige of the Old Inferiority Complex of Mossbackism
-Jeatlier forecast: Generally cloudy with
nosers on tbe coast and thunderstorms
in f mountains; cooler in tbe east por
tions; moderate west and southwest winds
on the coast. Maximum temperature yes
terday 77, minimum SI, river 1.9, rainfall
none, atmosphere part cloudy, wind north
west. When a man has been in politics for 10
years he is fit for nothing else, says a New
York writer. Is that a compliment or a
knock? Florida Times-Union.
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- SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1&28
PRICE FIVE CENTS
valem Is Now Air Minded, arid Je
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PROPOSE PLAN
:FORPUnGHASE
Committees of Fair Board
and Council Will Meet in
Near Future
MAXWELL PLEA TABLED
Absence of Proponent Causes Ac
f ceptance of Delay; State Street
Bridge Bids Held up for
"m' Change
Prospects that the state fair
boaita will purchase Salem's soon-to-be-extipct
city dump, wete seen
last night when Henry R. Craw
ford. eilrran of ' fair hoard Mm.
rsKaittee appointed for the purpose
t of negotiating a possible purchase
jppeared before the .city council
ua asked mat it authorize a sim
ilar committee.. ' ?
W. H. Dancy, acting mayor, on
instruction from tbe council ap
pointed the members of the sewer
committee, E. B. ' Grabenhorst,
Harry M. Hawkins and B. B. Her
rick. ' ' '-V: .-
Zone Matter Tabled ' I
The petition of Charles Maxwell
for a zone change which will per
mit him to operate his barbecue
-establishment on North Capitol
street, suffered another delay
when upon motion ot Alderman
; George Wenderoth it was' laid on
I tbe table. Supporters ot Mr. Max
well's request acceded to the delay)
for tbe reason, they said later, that
two of the councilmen who have
previously voted with them, were
absent. j:
Bids were to have been opened
on construction of the State -street
j6rldget bnt this Was not done, as
a the A-ouncll decided it wanted the
"treet kept open .through ; con-((tTV-bruction
of half of the bridge at
r T a time, as was done In the case of
tbe South Commercial street
bridge, instead of all at once as
was specified in the call for bids.
Vacation Reqneeted
The council heard a petition
from the scBool board for tbe "va
cation of parts of B and 13th
streets running between portions
of the school property in tbe vicin
ity of rParrish building and tbe
high school athletic field. Tbe
school district will open up a new
str? north of this property of
the afreets now platted are vacated
as is desired, it was explained by
Guy smith, attorney for tbe school
i noara. me petition must wait 30
1 days before final action.
J Plans for two new bridges not
t r w A
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BJHINU1INU LIUHT5
SNIKPOH DRAMA
ACCIDENT CAUSES BAN ON
V DISTANT PICNIC TRIPS
Four High School Thespians Suf
fer Minor Injuries In Head
On Crash
Members of Snikpoh, dramatic
'society at the senior high school.
held their annua! picnic at Nesko
. win on the Tillamook beaches
Sunday. All went welt, even to
the initiation ot the new Snik
. pohs. until tbe return trip when
fate dealt a shabby hand which Is
.scheduled to put a etop to future
' "distance" good times for tbe
amateur players as well as other
hlrh aphonl hnHlaa
Fate took the form of an auto-1
mobile head-on collision between
' Grande Ronde and Willamina in
hich four girls and a youth were
he cast. "Blinding Lights"
W might have been the title, were
h dramatist nArfnrmlnr hatnr
tne rootugnts. tor too bright
lights caused the pile up and car
ride into an inconvenient ditch.
Although Margaret Drager vu
rendered unconscious for 30 min
utes, none of the students was in
jured beyond i severe bruises and
jolts. Others starring la the per
formance were, Virginia Sisson.
i Lorraine Kinxer, Juanita Powell
"and the vne and only maler Keene
Waln.0-"
The car was rescued from the
-ditch yesterday morning by Ivan
Kafoury, the owner, who might
hn been in the accident had not
he and two other boya stayed at
Neskowln to nurse a burned out
bearing in Homer Smith's ma-
ehtoe.-.;v'r,ki z-i-c'-.- - -
Faculty advisors on the . trip
:. ;wer$ Mfsi Adah Ross' and Miss
r Lelia Johnson.' Henceforth, the
fdean of srirls mast place her ap-
ffproval upor
milar trips. City
" f "--r- W. Hug
Super! n ten
i decreed jt'
LIONS MEETING
TO BE BEST YET
STUNT NIGHT PROGRAM OPEN
TO PUBLIC. ANNOUNCED
Visitors to be Kept Ruyy; Ray
Riley and Carl Crusaa
Speaker
The Lions' state conventiorf.
which wiU be held in Salem pi-
aay ana saiuraay, win oe me ui
Lions gathering ever held In this
state, according to the determina-j
tion of members of tbe local club.
expressed at Monday's chamber of
commerce luncheon. J
The idea Is to give the visitors
more to do than tbey can possibly j
get done In the two dare of the
convention, it was explained by J.
E. Fitzgerald, chairman of the
general committee. He outlined
the program as it appeared in Sun
day's Statesman, adding that the
"stunt night" program at the arm
ory Friday evening is open to tbe
public. The lower floor is re
served for Lions and their ladies,
but the balcony will be open to
the general p ublic.
The convention speakers will in
oini r Riiv nromlnnt l.wn
official of California, who wlllj
sneak at the regular Lions' lunch-!
eon Friday noon, and Carl Crosan.
of Seattle who will be on the ban
quet program Saturday night. Jus
tice George Rossman will be toast-
master at the banquet.
After tbe Lions had Introduced
themselves by "roaring" in their
customary manner. President
Merrill D. Obling introduced John
Orr, wbo told some Inside secrets
on how the convention was se
cured for Salem.
Frank Neer, former Lions dis
trict governor, described tbe activ
ities of Lions clubs In Oregon, and
Harry W. Scott, past president of
the local den. told of the Lions
activities in Salem, mentioning
particularly work with the Boy'
Scouts, assisting tbe Girl Reserves
to build a cabin at their camp, thej
flower garden contest for Junior
high school pupils, and the Easter
egg bunt held last month.
C. A. Swope told of the value
which the convention will have tor
Salem, mentioning both the mone
Ur)TprofU which local -bustnew
will reap from the presence here
of between 500 to 790 visitors
and tbe prestige, advertising and
good will accrue to Salem through
entertaining these visitors.
S0L0NS INVITED SPEAK
WitJ Address C. of C. Monday;
McAllister Beats Paulson
The four men who will repre
sent Marion county in the lower
house of the state legislature next
wl
inter, are being invited to ad-
dress the Salem Chamber of Com
merce next Monday noon, it was
announced last night.
This formal Introduction of the
legislators to the business men of
Salem is a biennial event, and it is
expected that all of the four re
publican nominees, whose election
in November is taken for granted.
These men. according to the
official tabulation of votes re
leased by County Clerk T. G. Boy
er Monday, are Romeo Gouley.
Frank W. Settlemler. Dr. W.
Carlton Smith and Lee McAllister.
Total vote for tiie candidates as
listed following tbe official can
vass was announced as follows:
Gouley 375S. Settlemler 3735,!
Smith 3531. McAllister 3273,
Mark A. Paulson 32C3.' W. A
Weddle 2tS5. Carl E. Nelson
2987. U.- S. Page 283!. Otto J.
Wilson 3444 and A. Sc. Moores
227.
HAIL STORM FATAL TO 3
Terrific Gale Alo Injuries Many
Others in Texaa
LAREDO. Texas. May 21
(AP) Three persons were killed
and probably fifty were injured
when a 70 mile hail and wind
storm swept Laredo and Webb
county late today, doing property
damage amounting- to several
thousand dollars.
Valentin Villa Lobo. 14. was
killed when caught in a truck
field by the hail, and Sebastian
Salinas and Ronald Rodriguez,
cowboys, were killed when . a
house was blown down ten miles
south of here.
Villa Lobo s mother was ser
iously Injured by the-hail as she
worked with him in the field. G
A. Brewer, foreman -of the truck
farm, was also injured.
THANKS FOR SUPPORT
George Roesmaa, High" Man For
Supreme Court, Pleaaed .
George Rossman, who headed
the ticket for justice of the state
supreme court at the primary elec
tion Monday issued a statement
in which he . thanked the voters
for the manner In which they ral
lied to his support.
Justice Rossman polled approx
imately 10,000 more votes than
Justice Rand who finished sec
ond In the contest.. . . , .
TAX REDUCTION
BILL POT OVER
DESPITE FIEHT
More Than Jw0
Hundred
Million Cut Provided For
by Enactment
SURPASS
FIRST FIGURE
Both Senate and House Approve
. Slice In Levy Exceeding
Amount Specified By Cool
idge and Mellon
WASHINGTON. May 21 (AP)
The tax reduction bill was
passed tonight by the senate with
out a record vote. The measure
provides for a total slash of
$25.00.0t0 in the burden of the
taxpayers
In a desperate last minute drive
republicans succeeded in elimin
ating from the bill the only im
portant provision won by the dem
ocrata during the long tax contest
the proposal vfor a graduated
scale of lower rates on corpora
tions with incomes of 115,000 and
less.
This action was won on a tie
vote after two roll calls, with
Vice President Dawes deciding' the
issue. The elimination ot the
graduated scale prov'sion clipped
$24,000,000 from the total reduc
tion provided by the measure.
thus bringing tbe tax cut within
range of tbe $200,000,000 limita
tion set by President Coolidge and
Secretary Mellon.
Conference Comes Next
' Chairman Smoot of the senate
finance committee in charge of
tbe bill immediately asked that
the senate seek a conference with
tks hanae, which voted a $290.
000 00 redaction gad his request
waVaceeedsd to. Sewrniiiay-k
least are expected to be consumed
in tbe effort to obtain a compro
mise between the senate and
(CaUD4 on par )
BUILDING ACTIVITY GAIN
Salem One of Three in State;
Leads Outside of Portland
Salem was one of only three of
the larger cities in Oregon to show
an Increase in building for April
over the same month a year ago.
according to the S. W. Straus Jt
Co. survey. Salem reported $280,
518 In building permits for the
.month as compared to $245. 750
for April of 1927.
La Grands and Marshfield were
the other cities reporting increas
es. Salem also ranked first outside
ot Portland, in building totals foi
April. Eugene ' was third with
$102,200.
4,700 GIFTS
A lift for evenr znile he flew
posseseor of 4.70O trophic on the
- " ) - T ) ft ' ; 0 fA 0 4 ' r v i pi 1 HI.
sliver spheres, a loving cap from The London Dal y Mail, a matador s ctoaa and hat from Mexico,
and medals by the score Inclnding the Coagreeslonal Medal of . Honor . and the decoration of bis;
aasire town. Little Falls,-Mian.
LABOR NOMINEE
DROWNS AT BEND
socialist Candidate for u.
s. president dies hero
Frank T. Johns Carried Down
Tresvcheroiu Deschntes River
While Resetting Boy
BEND. Ore.. May 21. (AP) I
The Deschutes river an ice cold(
stream today gave up tbe body ,
. x. v -it uvn,
of Frank T. Johns, socialist-labor,
-
nominee for president, who ye -
terday gave his life in a futile at
tempt to save from drowning a
ten year old Bend boy. Tbe Port
land labor and political leader
went to his death when treacher
ous currents pulled him into the
swift running channel of the
mountain stream. The boy he was
trying to save died with him.
Johns but two weeka ago re
ceived word that the socialist-labor
party in convention In New
York had selected him as stand
ard bearer of the party and had
nominated him for the president
of the United States.
Yesterday he appeared here in
fhis first addrere of his campaign.
From tbe speakers' stand he
heard cries that a boy was drown
ing in the river. He jumped from
the stand and. removing only his
coat, dived Into the nearby river.
His clothes and the icy cross-currents
hampered him. He reached
the boy. Jack Rhodes, but could
not hold him above the surface.
In one last frantic effort he gave
the boy a mighty shove toward
shore and himself was swirled off
into the current. The boy sank
eoon and Johns, too, disappeared
below the water.
Toung Rhodes' body was recov
ered last night. It was not until
today that grapplers located the
body of the labor leader. He Is!
survived by his widow and tww
daughters' here; by sis mother,
Mrs. F. Agnes John. Los Angeles,
and a sister. Martha Johns, and
brother. Paul Johns who also re
side In Los Angeles. Another sis
ter. Nellie John, is a senior at
the University of Oregon.
Senator Receive Historical Mat
ter Prepared by D'Arcy
Judge Peter H. D'Arcy, Monday
received a telegram from Senator
McNary- that he had received
Judge D'Arcy's historic sketch or
Champoeg, for- use In furthering
the campaign for a memorial
building at Champoeg to cost ap
proximately $300,000.
Senator McNary said the sketch
which he characterized as "splen
did," would prove valuable to the
library committee which has the
proposal for a memorial building
under consideration. A bill author
izing an appropriation of $300,000
for the proposed structure already
ias been Introduced In congress
'jy Senator McNary.
Judge D'Arcy prepared the his
oric. sketch of Champoeg at the
equest of Senator McNary.
COME TO LINDBERGH IN YEAR
to Paris and then somemakes
first anniversary of hfat flight. Anions; the presents are two precioasV
M E. MEET FLAYS
MILITARY DRILL
ALL COMPULSORY TRAINING
IX SCHOOLS OPPOSED
General Conference Also Takes
Vigorous Action Protesting
Naval Expansion
KANSAS CITY. May21. (AP)
Strong opposition to compulsory
military training in colleges and
universities, and to all military
.
tr&ininr in hseh schools was ree-
jlstered here today by the quad-
renntal general conference of the
Methodist , Episcopal church
The conference recenty vigor
ously protested further appropria
tions by congress for extending na
val cruiser building past next year.
Action today followed one of the
most heated debates of tbe confer
ence in which advocates of pre
paredness pointed out that the
Methodist church was opposing an
established government policy
which requires that military train
ing be given at land grant educa
tional institutions.
"If that be so, let us recall that
the United States government is
not the master, bnt the servant of
the people." thundered Dr. Dan
iel L. Marsh, president of the Bos
ton university and chairman of
the committee on state of the
the church. Mr. Marsh closed the
debate with a stirring denunciation
of "militarism" rn the United
States as "unchristian."
Only about 50 of the 865 dele
gates voted against the resolution,
which also voiced opposition "to
tbe advertising of military train
ing camps by government post
marks on mail, the distribution of
which in this and foreign coun
tries tends to create a wrong Im
pression regarding the attitude of
the United States toward the spir
t of universal peace."
Professor Howard E. Simpson of
Grand Forks, N. D., declared mil
itary training in schools did not
make students militaristic, and
that people wbo believed it did
misunderstood American youth.
Tbe conference compromised on
the modernist-fundamentalist is
sue' which nad previously been
tesnt&atderatton when it ad
opted today-Vithout discussion a
resolution calling on preachers,
Catias4 ea pf 4)
ATTEND GRAIN HEARING
Public Service Commiseion leaves
For Seattle
Members of tbe public service
commission left here last night for
Seattle where they will attend the
so-called grain rate bearing to be
conducted by representatives of
the interstate commerce commis
sion. The commission was accom
panied by W. P. Ellis, attorney,
and A. F. Harvey, rate expert.
The hearing will be conducted
under the Hoch-Smith resolution
and affects grain rates in all parts
of the United States.
A similar investigation will be
conducted in Portland at the con
tusion of tbe Seattle hearing.
Col. Charles A. Lindbera-h the
ALL HOPE GOI
AS 1 38 MINERS
YETENTQWIBED
Work of Digging Into Wreck
ed Shaft Goes Forward
Despite Deaths
ONLY THIRTEEN ESCAPE
Sixty Bodies Already on Hand In
cluding one Worker Wbo
Passed awar After Being
Hashed to Hospital
MATHER, Pa., May 21. (AP)
Mather was a "village of lost
hope," tonight as the possibility
that any of the 138 miners en
tombed in the blast-wrecked Ma
ther mine were still alive grew
more and more remote. Two hun
dred and eleven men were in the
mine when the explosion occurred
last Saturday, 13 escaped and to
night the known death toll stood
at CO, the latter figure embracing
59 bodies taken from the pit and
one worker, who succumbed in a
hospital.
While nearly every one in the
little mining settlement believed
the imprisoned miners were dead,
rescue workers held a slender
thread of hope that some might
have bratticed themselves beyond
the reach of the death stealing gas
es generated by the explosion.
Fresh air was being constantly
pumped into tbe workings and air
locks were constructed by the res
cue squads as they advanced to
the Inner depths of the under
ground tunnels.
Bodies Removed
Twenty bodies were taken from
the mine today, and a number
were mutilated, indicating the
force of the blast was heavy In at
least certain sections of the work
ings.
Practically all the bodies recov
ered thus far were those of mem
bers of the day shift, caught leav
ing tbe mine after their tour of
duty.
The night crew, known to have
numbered considerably more than
100 miners, was working some
4,000 feet farther back from the
point where the bodies were found
today, according to the miners who
escaped. ,
Late today state troopers and
national gnardsmen from Waynes
burg forced the crowd on the sur
face to retreat a half mile from
the shaft, and at the same time all
rescue men were ordered from tbe
mine by rescue leaders. Earlier
the United States bureau of mines
announced a fire had been discov
ered In an air shaft between the
rescue squads and the entombed
men. Later it was said tbe flames
bad been extinguised with chem
icals. TAYLOR TRIAL LENGHTY
State's Case Not Completed
First Day of Hearing
In
The first day of the trial
Fred Taylor, colored, charged with
robbing the George Waters tobac
co warehouse here on February
17, ended yesterday afternoon
with the state still putting on its!
evidence against Taylor.
Weaving its web of evidence!
on a number of witnesses whose!
testimony tended to show that,Mrs- JohH Route Sailers
part ot the contents of the ware-j
house which disappeared at the,
time of its burglary early In the Mrs- Jonn Laue' rouie aa.
morning of February 17. was,8uffered a oeeP Rash OTer her left
found in Taylor's possession as he ee and severely injured right
speeded through McMinnville thatSleB nd ankle last night when she
same morning. jwas hit by an automobUe at 655
Taylor was represented by At-
-i
tornevs Joe Minton and
Ran
Forbes, former secretary of the!truck bT the oncoming machine
state public service commission. (la8t as ,he stepped off the curb
District Attorney John Carson and! ,n and M Tl u ls not known
Deputy Lyle J .Page represented
the state.
J. MYERS DUE THURSDAY
No Lunch cob Clab Meetings Today
or Wednesday, , Announced
'Battleships- on the Wlll-a-mette,
or Still Water from Salem
to tbe Falls." will be tbe striking
title of the talk which Jefferson
Myers, - member . of the United
States shipping board.il! deliver
at : tbe Marlon hotel- Thursday
noon,' at a -joint luncheon of the
Rtwanls and ftetary clubs and the
SaJem-ReaUy board. I- y
The Kiwanis and Rotary clubs
will not hold luncheons on their
regular meeting days. : The Lions
will hold their regular luncheon In
connection with the state conven
tion, bnt they have also been In
vited - to attend the Thursday
luncheon. '
HUGE DAM BREAK
EXPECTED SOON
12.000 PEOPLR4X UTAH VAL
LKT SKKK HIGHLANDS
Two Towns and Rich Agricultural
District to be Swept, by
Tremendous Flood
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH. May
21 (AP) Despite frantic ef
forts of hundreds of volunteer
workmen to prevent a break, the
Scofield dam, 130 miles south of
here broke within 2 hours, accord
ing to a special dispatch to the Salt
Lake Tribune at . 11 o'clock to
night. Should the structure crumble,
60.000 acre feet of water will
rfweep up on Castle Gate, Helper
and Price, the chief towns in the
path of the threatened disaster.
Early today the more than 12,000
residents of the district menaced
were warned and tonight were re
ported seeking high lands.
Four hundred men were bat
tling a 90 foot leak across the bot
tom of the dam which threatened
destruction since this morning.
The town of Castle Gate is in
the gravest danger in case of a
break as it is located only about
25 miles below the dam.
Working frantically with the
aid of flares and bonfires the vol
unteers under instructions from
engineers, erectl-d a temporary
dam of bags of sand and bales of
hay. Water had begun to flow
over the J temporary structure and
seepage caused it to slump to
wards the inside.
A trainload of 200 men from
Price. 31 miles from the dam, was
expected to arrive to aid in the
work.
The level of the water im-
nevnded behind the huge dike
was being gradually lowered and
those in charge of the work stat
ed that the danger was practic
ally over.
The break in the dam was dis
covered last evening and within
two hours carloads of sand and
sand bags started arriving and
volunteers for reinforcement of
the structure swarmed from all
parts of the surrounding country.
RENT STEIN ER BUILDING
State Calls for Bids on Two Con
struction Jobs June 2
Bids for basement construction
of the new state tuberculosis hos
pital at Tbe Dalles will be opened
June 2, according to announcement
made by the state botfrd of control
Monday. Plans for the basement
have been completed. The general
building plant probably will be
ready by July 1.
Tbe board ot control on June
2 also will open bids for the con
struction of the nurses' home at
the state hospital in Salem. Exca
vation operations for this struc
ture already have been completed.
The new state tuberculosis hos
pital will cost approximately
$100,000. This appropriation was
carried in a bill authorizing the
new institution.
The nurses' home will care for
180 persons and will release ap
proximately SO beds in the main
hospital.
The board of control Monday en
tered into a contract with Dr. R.
E. Lee Steiner and D. B. Jarman.
both of Salem, for lease to the
state of a building to be erected
ofiby Jarman and Steiner on private
property adjoining the stale su
preme court structure. The build
ing will be occupied by the state
printing office and the state mo-
tor vehicle department
si iff)
HITS PEDESTRIAN
"
1 injuries
"
iKortn loin street in ner attempt
lO
cross the street. She was
wno wa ai "
me drivers name was not re
porter, although he stopped and
helped the ' Injured lady off the
street.
She was Immediately rushed to
the Deaconess hospital where her
wounds were dressed, and .will be
able to return to her home In a
few days. ' She declared that she
did not see the machine until it
waa too lata, v
LIFE TERM FOR HOPKINS
Eastern Oregon Murderer Seat-
-.i --; red by;Cnit:Jndgi';;-
LA GRANDE, Ore..1 May 21.--
AP) Bert Hopkins, convicted
by a circuit court Jury at Enter
prise of shooting to death of E.
Ferdinand Sanday near. Flora last
winter, was sentenced -today - by
Jadge Fee to life in tbe stale pen
itentiary. - '
ES
KILL 11;
Over 100 Citizens of Ham
burg, Germany, Taken to
City Hospitalsii-
LEAK IN PHOSGENE TANK
Steady Rain Gives' Promise of
Some Relief From Tragic Slt-
at ion ; Graesome War
Scene Reenacted
HAMBURG, Germany, May 21.
(AP). A wispy, fog-like cloud
of phosgene, one of the most dead
ly of war gasee. which crept
through the streets of Hamburg
last night and today was dissipat
ed by rain and wind after it had
killed II persons and caused
more than 200 others to be sent
o hospitals. Physicians were
confident of saving theee patients
but their fate will be uncertain for
more than a week.
The gas drove some 350 fami
lies from their homes but tonight
all danger was regarded as end
ed and the authorities permitted
them to return.
There are 9S sufferers from
phosgene poisoning in hospitals at
Hamburg, about 100 others at
Wilhelmsburg and 30 at Ham
burg. Damage Terrific
As fitful breeze which preced
ed the rain wafted the gas aim
lessly to and fro, human, animal
and plant life succumbed. Men,
women and children ell uncon
scious; cattle dropped in the field;
chickens, ducks, cats and dor
died gaspingly, and trees., crop
and growing grass shrivelled.
People did not at flrefrealize
the dread menace that was over
whelming them but when tbey
comprehended tbey haphazardly
seized portable belongings and
fled for their lives. Ambulances
hurried through the streets all
night, recalling to tbe elders the
terrible cholera year of 189 2.
HAMBURG. May 21. CAP)
A wispy fog-like cloud of death
crept silently through the streets
of Hamburg last night and today,
killed eleven persons and sent
more than a hundred others to
hospitals to await not Improbable
death themselves.
This phosgene, one of the mwt
powerful of the war's poison gasea.
escaped from a tank In which
warm weather had forced a leak.
The tank contained eight cubic
(Conliantd on paf i
COOLIDGE'S VETO
FOR McNARY BILL
EQUALIZATION F E E STILL.
BOXE OF CONTENTION
President Confers With Leader
of Farm Relief Lobulation
Yesterday
WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP)
Preparing another veto of the
McNary-Haugen farm relief bill.
President Coolidge Is ready to
ask for passage of the measure
without the controversial equalis
ation fee before the summarre-
la taV& - - - 5 - '
e
This desire of the president )
get through the farm bill with."
the equalization fee Is believed to
have prompted him to summon to
the White House today Senator
McNary, republican, Oregon, and
Representative Haugen, republi
can. Iowa, co-authors of the legis
lation which has been sent to him
for the second time In as many
years.
There seems to be no ' doubt
among members of congress that
Mr. Coolidge is writing another
veto of tbe bill and principally e
account of the equalization fee
provision by which it proposes to
raise funds with which to market
surplus crops. Attorney General
Sargent has ruled this unconstitu
tional. - ' .
- While Senator Brookhart, re
publican, of Iowa, urged the pres
ident 'today to permit the bill to
become law wlthout his signature
in order that the . supreme court
might rule on the constitutional
ity of I the equalization fee, cloee
advisers of the chief executive be
lieve he is determined to write a
vfcv -. ).-, r .
tomorrow in the hope, of having
action at this neseion on the bill
without the equalization fee.
. Declining to admit they face .de
feat. Senator .McNary and Repre
sentative Haugen likewise wera
doubtiui of the course they will
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