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1 PAY NOW! The Salvation Army needs your support in its Good Cheer fund. Make your payment now! m THE WEATHER Fair' today but tog In valley. Monday, cloady fol lowed by rains. Winds to bo fresh, easterly. . EIGHTIETH YEAR DELEGATION TO TALK OVER TO BE SENATOR Relief Felt in Republican Ranks When Court Does Not Demand Vote. Boom for Archerd Attempt ed by Sidney Miller Does -' i Not Strike Fire . "A. you were is the sharp or der In the senatorial racancy . sit uation In Marlon county through the decision of the supreme court denying writ of mandamus to force the governor to call a spe cial election. Since the death of Lloyd Reynolds, who was elected , to the office last month, there 1 has been controversy, over how the successor should be chosen. First the governor asked the at torney general how the office was to be' filled; and the attor ney general replied' the only method at present is to call an election. The governor listened to the Marion county taxpayers and refused to call the election be cause . of its cost to the county, whereupon George Putnam ap pealed to the supreme court for order from the court forcing the governor to act. The court re fuses and now the county is back where it was just after the governor's decision. ; Up to County Delegation To Outline Method The Marion county delegation will now proceed to prepare some measure' for early introduction at the session so the county will not long be deprived of a sen ator. Members of the delegation who could be reached Saturday agreed that it was up to them to work out a formula for this par ticular situation. Senator Sam H. Brown, dean of the delegation, advised The Statesman from Gervais yester day that he would come to Salem soon and get the delegation to gether to go over the matter. "I have no candidate of my own," said Mr. Brown. "I am interested in getting a good man to repre sent the county. "Naturally lbjop one is obtained whom I can work with and one who will not an tagonise the administration; and hope our delegation can agree quickly on a bill to bo introduced at the opening of the session. Lee McAllister and James W. Mott, representatives, agreed that the problem is now up to the delegation. Homer Gouley could not be reached, and Dr. W. "Carlton Smith, another represen tative, will not return from his California -trip until Monday night. Shortly after that the dele gation will confer on this and oth er matters of interest to the county. . " Perry Is Relieved When Word Is Received One happy man yesterday was (Turn to page 2, col. 1J ; FIGHT LOOMS OVER mars Extradition papers " to. bring R. J. "Dick O'Leary back to Sa lem to answer charges of obtain ing money under false preten ses will be. presented to Gover nor Norblad Monday morning. Papers were held up yesterday because one of the county offi cials who must sign them was out of town. - It Is pretty definitely estab lished that O'Leary's agents here will make an effort to fight the extradition orders. Hearing on the matter, will probably be at 11 o'clock Monday morning. O Leary, former local resiaur t ftwnM. was arrested several days ago near Los Angeles on warrant issued out of Justice court here on complaint of Joe Bowersoxi driver for the Cherry City Baking company. A 332 check to the baker which was re turned for lack of funds was ba sis for the complaint. IN RETURN All a Joke" McMahan's View of Boomerang Quiz at's all a big Jokes comment ed Judge L. H. MeMahan when questioned on report from Al bany that the Linn county pand Jury might b requested to 1ot tigate the office of the circuit Judge himself. . . . . McMahan Friday exploded bombshell In the Linn county court room when ho ordered in vestigation of Linn county orn Iw H U believed this is the first time in the history of the .tat. any -circuit Judgo tas ever . Jto etrueted a grand Jury to investi gate county offices. Basis for the reported fn level his own guns on MCMa hau'ls id to ba la that case, which come under hi. jurisdiction have piled up for several months beyond that ;le galS specified. It 1. McMa han in report to th. state treas Srer in making bl. 1T tQ L 22 -worn all case, before- Ma This Fast Liner. Sooii to Ply In Coast to Orient Business ; In a beautiful ceremony, at wlikh the president of the United States was present, the new eight million dollar tarbo electric liner "President Hoover" was launched. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the nation's chief executive christened the ship "President Hoo ver, in honor of her husband, with a bottle of waters collected from the seven seas, by roasters of Dollar-Round-the-World liners. This ship, the largest ever built in American yards, for the Amer ican merchant marine, will go into service in June 103 Lr and will operate on a schedule from San Francisco to the orient and return OH BANQUETED UPON RETIREMENT J.. Telephone Official Ends 38 Years of Service in His Company W. H. Dancy, who has Just an nounced his retirement from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company after S 8 years of service, and Mrs. Dancy were accorded a banquet and ovation In the Ma sonic temple banquet rooms Sat urday night with about 80 peo ple resent, many of whom were from. Portland. The banquet had been 'arranged and planned by the local telephone people with James McMulIen. acting wire chief in general charge assisted by Miss Haxel Cook, Salem chief opera tor, and R. J. Sumner, from the Salem business office. Toastmaster for the occasion was P. Bacon, district commercial manager of Portland. Talks were made by H. R. Risley, for mer general commercial manager of the Oregon area; J. W. Dodge, present general commercial man ager; I. D. Wlnslow, general com mercial supervisor of Oregon area; O. C. Hoff. plant engineer; R. J. Collins, commercial engineer of Oregon area; J. A. Gamble, Jr., general employment supervisor, all of Portland; and H. V. Collins, Salem manager; G. C. Osburn, revenue accountant, Oregon area, of Portland. Wives of several, of these men were present. There was also a large repre sentation from the Telephone Pi oneers association of Oregon, among them being A. J. Vance, president. Mr. Dancy is a mem ber of this organization. As a token of the esteem in which the group holds Mr. Dancy, he was presented with a gold watch. Mr. Dancy began work with the telegraph company as a lineman 38 years ago' and practically all his service has been in Marion county. Ho worked up through the various positions of manager, district commercial manager and retired from the position of com mercial representative for the Sa lem district. of more' than CO days standing have been disposed of. "I'm perfectly willing to turn the grand Jury over my work and let it investigate all It wants to. McMahan declared. Records show that McMahan ha. been busy in the Albany court sine. October 21 and that his time has been - taken with trying of eases all that time. When Judge Kelly was appoint ed to the supreme court the Jut of September, Judge McMahan was transferred to : department one of the circuit court for Mar lon and Linn counties. 7 - It 1 supposed that, in case his work is behind, the change in his office.' plus the fact that a X 0-day vacation fell Just at this time also, may be responsible for faet that, some fit the cases at this end of hie cpurt bar. piled up. 1 i . V . OREGON WHEAT MEN KEN IE0EHME Capper Plan to Mill Wheat Now Held by Uncle Sam Also Gets nod HEPPNER. Ore., Dec. 13. (AP) The eastern Oregon wheat league's executive commit tee here today endorsed the de benture plan of farm relief and approved Senator Capper's pro posal to dispose of much of the wheat held by the national grain corporation. The league's annual conven tion closed today. The committee said the wheat held by the corporation menaced the market whether held or sold. Senator Capper's ; plan, it was said, was to mill as much of the wheat as possible and give the flour to the needy. The league reiterated its ap proval of barge transportation on the Columbia river and en dorsed a bill proposed by Sen ator Stelwer which would pro vide channel improvement, in the upper river. The Umatilla rapids project was approved as in harmony with President Hoover's inland waterway Improvement program. Extension of Cooperative Groups Urged " The cooperative marketing committee endorsed the North Pacific ' grain cooperative and urged Its expansion. The com mittee, however, asked . that more information be given to lo cal members and that more local handling facilities, be controlled by the local cooperative.. The' league decided to ask Governor-Elect Julius L. Meier to "leave the present efficient grain inspection service" Intact". A special resolution commend ing: Oregon State college for its research and extension service in the interest of eastern 'Oregon wheat growers was adopted. Hopeful Wife is Siill of Belief Husband's Alive ' i '1 ' VANCOUVER, B. C, Dee. 13. (AP) Believing her husband and his two Seattle companion, are .till alive, Mrs. Robin Rena hanotday wired the Dominion minister of national defense urging-a March la mountain, back of Prince Rupert. B. C. - Renahan, Sam Clerk and Frank Hatcher disappeared nearly sev en week, ago while flying along the coast where search, abandon ed now by five American and Ca nadian planes, was made. : Nurses Eager to See Poor Buddy ? TOLEDO. Dee. 13. (AP) Charlea- "Buddy Rogers motion picture actor; was recovering in Toledo hospital from an opera tion for aeute oppendicltis. Phy sician, believed he will . remain in the hospital until Christmas. VnrtM miaA 'the corridor as the film farorite vu -wheeled to the operation room todax. - FOUNDED 1831 Sakm, Oregon,-Sunday Morning, December 14, 1930 STEEfi CHIEF 0 ET Political Observers Doubt If Trouble is Solved by Senator's Group Friends of Former Premier Lose Little Time in .- Launching Attack - PARIS'. Dee. 13. (AP) Frenchmen of every .had. of po litical belief were asking them selves ' tonight' how long the Steeg government, completed to day, would last. After struggling with wnat seemed to be almost insoluble difficulties. .Senator Theodore Steeg presented the country with a ministry to succeed the defeat ed one headed by Andre Tar dleu. But there were plenty of political observers who doubted if the real trouble confronting the country had been solved by Steeg's success. New Government Rest. Solely on "Left Wing The new government rests solely on the left and Is In no wise a "concentration" or repub lican government which most politicians say would be the only kind with a chance of long life. Friends of former Premier Tardieu lost little time in declar ing war on the new cabinet and tonight two demands for Inter pellation on Its policies had al ready been addressed to the president of the chamber of dep uties. The cabinet follows: Premier and minister of col onies, Theodore Steeg; enterior, Georges Leygues; Justice, Henri Cheron; foreign affairs, Aristide Briand; finance, Louis i Germain Martin; budget,- Maurice Pal made; war, Louis Barthou; ma rine. Albert Sarraut; education, Camilla Chautemps; public works, Edouard Daladier; com merce, Louis Loucheur; agricul ture, Victor Boret; labor, Edou ard Grinds; pensions, Robert Thoumyre; air, Paul Palnleve; merchant marine, Charles Dan lelou; posts and telegraph. Charge. George. Bonnet; . public health, Corres Queuille. GOOD-WILL FUND Previously reported. 9371416 Spa Confectionery 2.00 Elma H. Kennedy.. 1.00 D. A. White Son 10.00 Tames F. Mathews. . 8.00 C. K. gpauldlng . . . SO.OO Street kettles, Sat., - Dec 13 42.88 Total to date ... $450.24 "The great cry Is for Jobs and not charity," says Ensign Wil liams, "and I wish to commend the efforts of the state, county and city to create additional jobs to meet the situation." "To offer a man charity, when he honestly wants a Job, Is, at the very best, to arouse some resent ment against society In general and to damage that man, self-respect," the ensign state.. "Thl is a poor business policy and can well become a dangerous one." Williams say. that anyone, even one with a heart of .tone, would be deeply touched by the storle. ef need which are poured into the ears of Salvation Army worker, every day, and cite, the following as typical case, which have come to his personal notice within the past three days. L. A 33-year-old boy who. be cause hi father is sick, is now the sole support of a family of eight. J. Two families. 13 persona in all, occupying one house which rents for 8. per momn. ueaus oi both famllie. out of work one of them an ex-service man. 3. Young man aged 18 sole support of mother and five young er brothers ana sister, miner killed three years ago. Mother finds work in summer but winter is a trying time. 4. Man In business in saiem. Steadily going behind.' Must get work. Glad to eijcn no for any kind of laboring work.' - 5. Nineteen -year -old young married man. .Wife and young babr to supoort and no work tor months. " t. Ten In family. Father out oi work. Well recommended by lo cal business man. - 9 V.mll Jvfit-: Babv boV Just released from hospital. Fath er out or wore: ior some ub m . I. College graduate. Family of five. Musician, out of work for months. Willing to do pick and shovel work. 7-" SISLER STEPS DOWN ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec 11. (AP) George Sisler,- who, in 123, was voted the most valu able player to hi. team, the St. Louis Browns, in the American league, la leaving the major league. : Sisler has made a deal for himself whereby he Joins the Rochester team of the interna tional .league, : and become, a member of the St. Louis Cardi nal organization. ' - GAB ET N DAY JOBS, not cum, IS CBr, WILLIAMS BnVMMnnnanKannHnnanHBnWBanVnVHBaBn REBEL FORCES QUELLEDWORD FROMGAPITOL 20 Killed in Sharp Battle in Northern Spain; Right Is Made to Hills Communications Reestab lished; Cabinet Finds Outlook Encouraging MADRID, Dec. IS (AP) The Spanish government asserted tonight that the Insurrectionary movement in northern Spain had been aurpressed and claimed that about 20 rebels were killed in a sharp battle this morning. Loyal forcea sweeping up from the Huesca garrison, backed by federal troop, from Saragassa, met near Ayerbe, the garrison which revolted yesteTday at Jaca and bombarded them more than an hour with artillery shells. The rebel, were stated to have fled to the hills in disorder, abandoning numerous weapons and some motor trucks. About 100 were captured and a number of others were wounded. MOrder Elsewhere is not Impaired, Statement "Public order everywhere else in Spain has not been Impaired," the communique concluded. Another statement said that when the defeated rebels turned back toward Jaca they were met by loyal troops who had by this time taken over the city and were forced to flee to ; the mountains and forests. The cabinet discussed the poli tical situation at length tonight and said conditions were practi cally normal now in the Jaca Huesca region, with the move ment completely crushed and communications being rapidly re established. Government sources, while de scribing the rebel loss as heavy, said that oniy five federals had been killed in the entire move ment so far. These were civil guards, killed as the movement began yesterday. A statement is sued as the cabinet concluded Its session said nothing about its losses In today's battle. Ambulance. Go About to Pick up Wounded In the meantime, ambulances and surgeons are going over the region and still picking up wound ed. Some of these hare been placed in hospitals at Huesca and others at Saragossa. Dispatches from Huesca says a rebel captain and two lieutenants are the first prisoner, to be con demned in the courtmartlal to be conducted in that city. It was be lieved these men would be shot tomorrow morning, although the authorities refused to give defin ite Information aiid some suspect ed the officers had already been shot. OF UMTALI. Southern Rhodesia, Africa, Dec. 13. (AP) The big game hunting expedition of Dr. R. L. Magoon, American dentist famed as a hunter, ended disastrously today with the death of himself and his wife -a. case the police said was ap parent murder and suicide. The hunter and his wife had been married only two months, but were reported to have quar reled frequently. Authorities Mild it was evident, as shown by the position of the bodies, that Dr. Magoon had killed his wife with some .ort of heavy instru ment and then had taken his own life. - Mrs. Magoon came from Ore gon two month, ago for the wedding, which was performed at Salisbury, bringing with her two daughter, by a previous marriage. The girl, slept in an other part of the house last night and the first indication of tragedy was discovered this morning- by a native servant who knocked on hi. master's oeo room door as he brought break fast. When he heard no re sponse he entered and found Mrs. Magoon dead on the bed and her husband', body nearby on the floor. Treasury is to Get Huge Sums This Next Week WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (AP) Nearly two billion dollars will travel the financial road, through the treasury next week and when the dust ha. settled $159,000,000 ef the amount will be locked in government coffers. - In three day. the variou. pay ments into the treasury will total $1,051,000,000, while expendi ture, will amount to $(72,000. 000. - ; The immense business cf those days'. December IS, IS and 17, i due to the December financing. collection ef the third quarters' narment of income - taxes, pay ment of maturing obligations, re ceipt of war debt payment, from foreign government, and payment of interest on the public debt, . , FORMER WH OREGON MURDERED B anno n. Admits He Killed 6 in Family; Father is in Oregon Horrible Crime in North Dakota Said to Have Followed Quarrel; Father, Mother and Children Brutally Taken WILLISTON, N. D., Dec 13. ( AP) Yielding to im portunities of his mother and a minister, Charles Bannon, 22 year old farmer, confessed today, his attorney said, that he slew an entire family of six last February after a quar rel starting over farm chores. 1 Bannon's alleged admissions to his attorney, A. J. Knox, came after two days of almost continuaquestioning by authorities investigating the disappearance-of the Al bert E. Ha veri family from their farm near here and the insistence of his mother, the attorney and a minister, that he "tell the truth". Here's New Phone GIA Who NeveYz Seen Primping! NEW YORK, Dee. 13. (AP) The new supervisor of phoned telegrams in the Western Union office is an odd-looking sort with one green and one red eye and a white light where the nose ought to be. But when it conies to thinking fast, company offi cials said tonight the bright est telephone operator isn't in it. Robot's the name. "She" Is a small cabinet connect ed with a roomful of tangled wires, switches and para phernalia. It took engineer, two years to build the thing and would take a layman as long to describe it. Its purpose is to speed the telephoning of telegrams. It does it by taking calls from the prospective customer and passing them on to a selected receiving operator in a large room fall of girls. The average call now takes only a second, offi cials said. nr. 3, sister, 1, DIE INjEND FIRE Mother, at Neighbors, Sees Home in Flames; Babes Perish, Help Cornea BEND. Ore., Dec. 13 (AP) Estel, three-year-old boy, and Burneva, one-year-old girl, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mc Daniel, were burned to death here tonight in a fire that de stroyed the family home. Mrs. McDanlel had put the chil dren to bed and had gone to the home of her next door neighbor. When she was about to leave she saw her home was In flames. Firemen fought their way into the biasing house but the chil dren were dead when they reach ed them. PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 13 (AP) Fred McDaniel, father of two children who were burned to death at Bend tonight, is serving a sentence at Kelly Butte prison here. When Informed of the death, he was so overcome he was un able to say anything but "I don't believe it. Burneva would have been one year old tomor row. McDanlel was sentenced to 30 day. 'and fined $600 for opera tion of a still. He said he was out of work and set up the .till to make a living. TO SOLO TtOUND WORLD BOSTON, Dec. 13. (AP) Eddie Schneider, former holder of the Junior trans-continental flight record, today announced he would hop off on a lone flight around the world next June. He said he would leave Roosevelt field and make stops at Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Alaska and Seattle and that he expected the flight to require 33 days. 5th Avenue See Riot as Communists Fight Police NEW TORE, Dee. 13 apt Uptown Fifth avenue with its Christmas .hopper, and elite traffle was the seene of riot and struggle, Jeer, and cheer., tor nearly an hour today as several hundred . communists attempted to carry banner, of denunciation paat the French consulate in East Fortieth street. The demonstration was an out growth of tbe recent treason trial. In soviet-Russia at which It was charged other power, were plotting against Russia. The call, printed in the "Daily Worker," communist organ, declared it would be ."the worker.' answer to the imperialists of France in the United State.- -Imperialism of Great .! Nation. 1. Denounced Banner., pulled from beneath coat. as the communist, began Bannon, according to Knox, declared he ' shot Daniel Haven, 19, after a quarrel pver chores about the barn on the Haven farm, killed Leland, 10, in an other quarrel and then shot Mr. and Mrs. Haven when they Came to the barn to Investigate the absence of their sons. The three year old child was the next vic tim and finally a three month's old girl was clubbed to death with a rifle butt. Crime One of Most Brutal la State's History State's Attorney J. S. Taylor and other officials planned to obtain a signed statement from Bannon tonight and later to file charges of first degree murder against the youth whose story revealed one of the most brutal crimes in the state's history. Meanwhile officials were checking Bannon's latest story. The story said Bannon buried the bodies In the barn on the Haven farm, but later exhumed those of Mrs. Haven and the three year old child when de composition made their presence noticeable. Mrs. Haven's body he said, was hauled to a cave on his mother's farm nearby, where searchers found parts of it late today. The bodies of the elder Haven, his two sons and the in fant were recovered Thursday but only parts of the three Tear old child's body were found. The Haven family had been missing since February 10 last, when young Bannon, with his father, James F. Bannon, took possession of the farm and rep resented themselves as tenants. The Havens, Bannon said, bad moved to Oregon, but close friends of the Jimlly became ap prehensive thrce.gh failure to re ceive any word from them and started an inquiry. Arrested on a charge of Illeg ally disposing of property from the Haven farm, Bannon made conflicting"" statements and changed his story repeatedly but was firm in declaring he knew nothing of he family's where abouts. Later, however, he de clared Mrs. Haven had slain the family in a fit of Insanity and that he helped bury their bodies. Portland Raise In Gas Price is Not Put in Here A two and a halt cent raise In the wholesale .price of gaso line in Portland ; yesterday had no echo in Salem, queries to a number of service stations last night indicated. The raise in wholesale gas In Portland sent the retail price there up to 22 cents a gallon. Even at the new retail price of gas In Portland, consumers here are paying less than the 24 cent figure which has prevailed here since the last gas war flurry. 'Tammany9 Healy Jury Splits Up NEW TORK, Dec. 13 (AP) The second "silk stocking" Jury to try Martin J. Healy, former Tammany leader, and Thomas T. Tommany, ex-sheriff 'a clerk, on a charge of selling a city Judge ship, failed to reach an agree ment after more than 13 hours deliberation today and was ' dis charged at 13:30 o'clock. A pre vious Jury two week. 1 go also failed ta agree. . their march into Fortieth street, . . m . 1 1 . aenouncea auegea imperialism 01 France, Great Britain and the United State.. The- red column reached a point between Fifth avenue and the consulate when a handful of police charged, using club, and fist, and tearing down the signs. Driven back to Fifth avenue, Reds again lifted their banners and broke into song. Traffle clogged as the street filled with crowds of curious. Fights be tween bystanders and commun ists broke out. Augmented squad, of police charged .gain and split the com munist, into two 'groups. But the communists united again and were attacked-again. Each time they fell back into the crowd. only to emerge holding their tat- (tered banner, aloft. No. 225 TWISTING DASH BRINGS Mi TO EST POINTERS 70,000 Spectators Look on At Battle to Death in . Charity Encounter Stecker Gallops 57 Yards To Bring Count; Navy is . Stubborn Loser Iy EDWARD J. NEIL (Associated Press Sports Writer) , YANKEE - STADIUM. New; York, Dec. 13 (AP) One twist- lng. dazsllng dash of D7 yard, lifted Army to victory ever Navy today In sweet charity', benevolent renewal of an an cient, fighting rivalry. For three full periods, the gold-crested cadets from the bluffs of West Point, and the grim, battered sailors from the shores of the Chesepeake, locked in an even, desperate - grapple, while 70.000 howling partisans, among them the nobility or the nobility of the business, social, and service worlds, yelled for the 'break" that finally decided the struggle. Then, in one perfect indlrldual play, as If in answer, to tlio prayers of the Army, Cadet Ray, Stecker. 170 pound j of rail op ine power, tore the Naftry apart and raced the 57 yards to the goal that gave Army a 0 to 0 triumph. -Stecker Takes Ball On His Own of 3-Yard Line Stecker took the ball on hn own 4 3-yard lfue and streaked behind masked Interference at Lew Bryan and Wes Byng. Navy's right tackle and end. He last his mates as he hit the scrimmage line but he never faltered. Swinging wide, stiff-arming the' Inner line of the midship men's defensive, Stecker swung into the open. As he hit into Navy .territory his knees chugzed higher, he hugged the ball to his chest, and Just galloped straight away down the far side line for the sailor goal. There wasn't "any Army man in front to help him. The second ary swung on him as he eroHd Navy's 30-yard line and he sim ply plowed through them. Ocar Hagberg, middle fullback, luuced and missed on the 25-yard line. Dale Bauer, the quarterback, took his shot and failed as Steck er. head up and legs churning, -swung over the 15-yard stripe. Lou Kirn. Navy's fine plunging back, could Jnst tag him with an open band as he hit the goal. That. one play, perfect because of the strength and courage of the big halfback from Haielton. Pa., gave Army a victory that should have been won fn the very first quarter. Twice in thst period, with Stecker, the all round hero of the day, and Tow Kildajr. of Ssn Antonio, Tex., smashes that bit four to five yards at a time out of Navy' desperate line, drove down the r ''I field to the very mouth of the middy goal. Passes for Touchdowns Fall Wild Over Goal But each time, once after a thrust that carried ,5b" yards to Navy's 14-yard line, and again on a 21-yard drtre to the sailors' 1 C yard stripe. Stecker tried to p&ss for touchdowns when Army couldn't seem to miss gaining through the line, and both tim. his tosses were Incomplete over the goal for touchbacks. The first time this happened Navy's plight was aggravated by a bad pass from center that rolled all the way to the six inch mark before being dove Into a pile of Army men and got it back. Big "Blimp" Bowstrom, Naty's captain and kicking tackle, got his kick away to "Appleknocker" ! Bowman. Cadet quarterback from (Turn to page 3, col. 4) MiJlirilo, DEfMSZ;j WASHINGTON. Dec. 1$ (AP) Opposition to the confirma tion of Frank R. McNInch. of North Carolina, to . the power commission was voiced today by Senator Robinson, i of Arkansas, the democratic leader. The interstate commerce cone mittee will vote Monday on the five nominee, selected by Presi dent Hoover for the reorganized commission and ' the issue then will be up to the senate. Robinson Indicated it was hi. position that the appointment ot McNlacb. who voted for Presi dent Hoover in 1923. violates the spirit of the law requiring that not more than three of the five member, .hall be from the same Party. McNInch is one ot the first Hoover-democrat, to become in volved in a controversy over ap pointment However, the demo crat are not united on the issue. Senator .Wheeler, democrat, ' Montana, a member of the inter state commerce committee, an nounced he was inclined to sup port the nominee. Opposition also has been ex pressed before the committee tj Marcel Car sand, of Loulslat- In behalf of Governor. Long' c! that state
