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The OREGON CTATESIIAN. Salen. Orcgorf. BsaZay Utntis. November 1933 PAGE EIGHT Ft II H SIDE Dallas Legion Post -to ' Sponsor Program Fea tures Here DALLAS, Nor. 1 On of the features of the Armistice day cel ebration to be held in Dallas this year, will be the high dWe of Walter Syron. member -ot the tire department Into a life net from the top of the high, school building. Syron Is well known for his daring In this respect. The stnnt can be witnessed from the La Creole field where the football game between Indepen - dence and Dallas will be held. James W. Mott of Salem la to be tbv speaker for the program to be held In the armory. Armis tice day morning at 10:45. Only one entry, Bnrreil Webb, has been made so far for the an nnal walking race, but It la expected- there will be a number of others before the time ar rives. The first- prise is 4U in cash. The rente will be from ' Dallas to Fir Villa across to Orr's corner and "back to Dallas. Ar rangements are in charge of Laird Woods and Frank Davis. LlOriS CLUB BUCKS aiuwons .The Salem Lions club went on record In the following resolu tions endorsing, the work of the Marlon count r health unit; ''Whereas the health conditions in Marion co nnty hare been ma terially lmprored. daring the past several yearv and the death 'rate decreased, and "Whereas this material benefit has een directly caused by the work and efforts of ' the Child Health, demonstration, and . "Whereas it Is firmly believed that this condition ' can only be continued through the future oper ation of this enterprise, ' . . "Therefore, be It resolved, by the Salem Lions club, that they believe-it would be a wise and just expenditure on the part of 1 the Marlon county court to contribute the funds necessary tor the per petuation ot this work, and "Be it further resoldred. that this resolution be spread upon the minutes ot the Lions club l r their meeting regularly held Thursday, October 10, 130, and that a copy thereof be forwarded tv the Hon orable J. C. Siegmund. county judge ot Marlon county, Oregon." Students Plan ProbeX' Fiat Serenade Facts Committees were appointed by Warren McMInim-3, president-of Willamette nnlversity students, to j . i k aKnatlAii and re- ommend steps for the fraternity-1 sorority serenading situation, fii day. la a special meeting after chapel. The committee; appoint ment resulted from complaints by citizens and police of Salem. ' Members of the inter-fraternity and lnter-sororlty councils will meet with their respective advisers to investigate -.he situation. X4 E. Tells Its Side on Buying Of Siletz Line The Oregon Electric company Friday filed with the public ser vice commission a copy of its brief in connection with its suit to acquire possession of the Valley and Siletz railroad, which extends from Independence, Polk county, into the Cascade timber range. The original brief was Wed with the interstate commerce commis sion. ' . The Northern Pacific Railroad ompany also is attempting to acquire the line. 4 1' v , VOTE X 41 FOR KecncCTi VJ. CANDIDATE FOR. JTSTICE OF THE PEACE For Salem District Democrat I pledge myself to a "fair and' impartial enforcement of the law with Justice to, all. Graduate Willamette Uni versity Law' Department, 1018. Taxpayer, Marion County. . Resident and farmer Hazel green district for the past ten years. Paid Adv. Autumn Styles FLATTERING TO THE Matron Type HQ75 Presented in this group are the slenderizing modes for the tall and slender and the short and stout matron. These frocks cxjme in the new fall shades, in. prints, flat crepes and satins. These are not just large size Dresses bat Tailored to fit the Tall and Slender - and the Short j and Stout Sizes 38 1 to 50 to $ 1975 135 North Liberty TeL 877 FOR CONGRESS V V I ! (R o wo ; j .j " - I Republican Candidate for Re-Election "No Interests to aerre but the, public Interests" . : : : j . Hawley. "A COriSCIEimOUS PUBLIC SERVANT" "One of the most distinguished citizens of Ore fttConoessman Hawley-4s to be in Ashland Thursday evening and Friday of this week, Con - grssman Hawley is the type -of Congressman who accepts his duties seriously. Sometimes possibly the problems of his: constituents seem of minor impor tance when compared with the weighty problems of titi renal nrtrw Rut. fVmo-ressmnri Hawlev is always ready to gfrelthei service for which he was elected. He was sent to Washington to serve the best inters J ests of his constituents, ana ne raxes nis joo ser iously. "As a result of his ability and his long service record, he now holds the most important political of fice in the Nation, except that of President. He Is Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. "Congressman Hawley has kept faith with his constituents. Much of the important legislation of the Northwest has found its inception with him. He is up for re-electionthis year. He is -deserving of undivided support." ' (Editorial in the Ashland Tidings, Oct. 22, 1930.). HAWLErS STANDING IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Congressman Hawley has served in the National Capital, Washington, D. C; with thousands of Sen-; a tors. Representatives and other public officials of all political parties, and always has been and is now urdversaHy- respected for his ability, diligence and sterling integrity by all. because of their personal knowledge of his character and public services. The late President Theodore Roosevelt and other leaders of the Republican party have given strong endorse ments of his public services and have urged his re election to Congress, and visitors from Oregon to Washington, D. C, all report the high esteem in which he is held there while mounting majorities at & . . a . . . m m WU A " A A X. home testily to tne good will oi nis constituency ai each election, and will again show commendationnext Tuesday. "PERSISTENT MISREPRESENTATION" Under the above caption The Dally Gazette-Times (ot Corrallls) under date of October 10,' 1930, has the following editorial comment! We have been through' a great many campaigns but do not remember one in which misrepresentation was so flag rant and so persistent. Let ns consider the absurd charges constantly made and reiterated concerning the alleged "re bates" made to the steel company and other big corpora tions. It Is now alleged that these rebates were made ia exchange for campaign contributions to the Republican par ty. The latter charge is only by inference, but the inference Is plainly intended to deceive the voters and at the same time avoid the libel laws. The steel case is the one most usually used by the Jour nal and its congressional candidate because- it is the largest Income tax payer lnr the United States. Briefly, the facts In the steel company case are that the company paid a tax for 1918-19 and '20 of $304,000,000. This was upon their own Income tax statements, all for years when Mr. Wilson was president. Mr. Mellon's experts going over the- complicated re turns of the 100 some subsidiaries ot the steel corpora tion, thought they discovered mistakes ot one kind and an other and levied an additional tax ot $39,000,000, which the corporation paid under protest and to avoid penalties. The whole matter was thereupon referred to the treasury tax ex perts and engineers and they spent eight or nine years on this investigation going back for a period of 0 years into the company's books to ascertain the disputed values of cer tain properties. When the treasury experts made their re port, it was, according to law, turned over to the joint com mittee of the house and senate, ot which Mr. Hawley is chairman. The committee then turned it over to their own tax experts, headed by the Mr. Parker who acted as tax ex pert for the Couzens committee -a committee unfriendly to Mr. Mellon. It may therefore be assumed that Mr. Parker is a thorough investigator and not unduly biased In favor ot the treasury report. The Joint committee's experts reported that the treasury's experts had found correctly. That shows the care exercised in the matter. Each member of the com mittee had 30 days in which to review the report for him self. The majority ot the committee was satisfied with the .report "-and so told Mr. Hawley. And what was the report? Namely, that $31,000,000 of the $39,000,000 assessed by the treasury In addition to the $304,000,000 which the company had paid on its own returns, was Illegally assessed. That left the government with $8,000,000 more than the steel company returns shotted it owed. One weald think, from reading the political mathematics exuded by the Journal and Mr. Delzell that the government had lost somethings when as a matter of fact it actually gained $8,000,000 as result of the treasury de partment's experts making the additional assessments. There was nothing unusual about the matter. Thou sands of other i corporations . and individuals upon whom Il legal assessments had been made, had the money illegally collected from them, returned. , The government could do nothing else. The steel company, for instance, had filed suit for a collection' of not only the $39,000,000 but tor other amounts Jt thought it had overpaid. It accepted the teasnry experts' findings 'in the matter and dismissed the suit, though decisions on the disputed points have since been made by the courts in other eases, and favorable to the tax .- payer. :, j . Mr. Garner had never examined the original reports though he was urged to do so by the committee. There is a good reason, i They till two good' slxed rooms from top to bottom. The books .on amortisation alone 'consist of SO vol umes 5 inches thick, SO inches long and 14 Inches wide. His whole procedure was for political purposes. Mr. Hawley an swered all of his alleged objections when the report ot the ' committee- finally came before the house and Mr. Garner -z never replied ! to Mr. Hawley's speech, although he had sev eral months in which to d6 so. ' Mr. Delzell sneak in behind the Congressional Record as hi authority, faMnr to recognize the reply to his stuff in the same record, failing to mention that the rebates had also to be approved by the appropriations committee and the congress, which they were. The Congressional Record la frequently made source behind which demagogues hide for refuge. : ..p . - ' Every year since 1920, the treasury department has lev led additional taxes over and above the amounts turned In' by Individuals and corporations, averaging a halt a billion a year. The total for the 11 years from-1920 Inclusive amount to $,175,344,599. Mr. Delsell and the Journal say nothing - about these additional levies over and above the returns, the most of them were from large corporations many ot wTiich were contributors to the Republican campaign fund. Nor do they say anything about the rebates of millions of dollars " given to Democrats as well aa Republicans, including the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. That there has been any politics played in the matter Is absurd as the ' records clearly show; The total rebates in the 11 years ' above mentioned were less thin 20 per cent ot the total in creases. It Mr. jHawley is to be blamed foV the rebates, he should also be credited with the Increases which amount to tiro times as, much as the rebates. , ' , ; These charges are contemptible and unworthy, of either .a candidate or s newspaper. In fact, we believe though we .'speak only from memory, the Oregon Journal itself was once listed as amongjtbose receiving a rebate on Its income tax. ', Perhaps that too .was in the interests of the Republican Party. '.,..! , , ' . (Paid adv. j Ronald C. Glover, Salem, Oregon.) sbbbbbUbbbbbsbbsbsbbsbbbbW ' ' , - . '. I v v . y - I " i 1 mi I f I --- : lJ- ,C- ' - I . -sr.,- - v . - . Y s t ! I - L ""Ti f fi x - I - .tt' . s . - x s v - y ' 1-. ... i t , " ...n,,..!,,.;,,,,,,, y oS, . rt Tfr DQgQTpiptBDD I OTERS of Oregon, it is proposed to pass a law. prohibit ing the sale of cigarettes in this state. You will have a chance to express your approval or disapproval of this measure at the referendum to be" held on November 4 -your chance to decide whether you are to be deprived of your fundamental rights to enjoy one of man's great solaces, a good smoke. What are you going to do about it. It is time to ACT! FA.CTS show that it is utterly futile for legislation directed against the sale of cigarettes to long endure. Branded as both UNPOPULAR and UNWARRANTED, anti-cigarette laws have been abolished in every state of the Union in which they were passed. The last of these states to ac cede to enlightened public opinion were Kansas andf Utah, both of which repealed their laws within the last few years. OLD-PREJUDICES REMOVED Close students of the situation have always looked upon anti tobacco agitation as having no real basis in fact. Old prejudices are gone it is to be hoped forever -and tobacco takes its rightful place in pubKq favor as every man's solace, the poor mail's luxury, and sometimes his only luxury. DON'T BE CAUGHT NAPPING A few: years ago Oregon voters killed a measure to tax ciga rettes by a vote of TWO to ONE. But don't think for a minute that this assures the defeat of this coming measure. It is time for every smoker every voter who believes in guar anteeing to himself the personal rights and liberties to which he is entitled to constitute himself a guardian of his rights. That's what .the ballot is for. Vote NO. ITS UP TO YOU i ' I If enough tobacco users will register their votes against this un just prohibition, it will undoubt edly be defeated. But if you sit backhand wait for someone else to protect your rights it may become a law.; . Therefore, get out and- Vote. Get -your friends td vote. Be sure that every man you know every man who loves his tobacco is present at the polls to prevent this measure fjom becoming a law. PaU advertisement by ' Tefteoee IfetcWts Association ec tke TJ. 8. Oscar T. Olsen, 408 East 50th St- Portland. (W. Mark ballot thus to vote NOt t . - . ' y. : -(,'.' ... ' '- , ' 'r "'"- "" I j ' 'i ' . 7 ' 1 --.-- O :. '..- - ,. ..-. -., i I