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------ . ' . - . s EIGHTY YEARS , - Place order bow for The Statesman's ' 8Xh Anniver sary edition, -a review of Salem history. I Use order blank page S. THE .WEATHER j UnsctUcl . with rain to- day, clearing Friday; Max. , temperature Wednesday BO, Mia. 43, river 3 feet, rain ..41 foot, south wind. I FOUMDOD 1831 EIGHTIETH YEAR . Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 12, 1931 ' ; No. CCD C. I(; SPilULDlOB ''a' " ' ' - ' - '' World Renowned Architect Here Porto Rico Debaters Defeated By Willamette dii Prohi Issue IB. IDEAS SifllEO TTl v. rnm.i' all Wa IVBIGHT TELLS HIGHER SCHOOL LUMP SUM BILL 111 ilDGITEG TORE HIGHWAY 0 1 World Famous Builder Here -Fcr, Address is Heard : By Large Crowd f . . . - ; , . " . Simplicity, Naturalness and - Plasticity are Key : : notes, Shown f : ;- ; By OLIVE M. DOAK - And a prophet came "am one them -bringing the gospel of so called "new thought- in archi tecture and aa be talked it was hard to realise that he was the great Frank Lloyd Wright, self styled "a : builder of many build-in gs and hungry to bulld.more a working architect talking but of experience." : It was hard to realise that tho grey haired man sitting so In formally oa the edge of the table at the front of the assembly room of the - chamber of eom i merce, talking of the, doctrine of simplicity, sincerity. Integrity, and honesty in the life of man as applied to the buildings in which he liTes was the same man who designed and supervised the building of the famous Tokyo ho tel, the only building to with stand the earthquake which de stroyed the buildings of Tokyo not so long ago. - .But: as he talked one realised that his" (quiet philosophy, his own appealing simplicity was as much a part -of his scheme of . architecture as his. blueprints. Said Mr. Wright In part: "Modern architecture is a de mand upon 111 itself ; architec ture is life and life is a kind of architecture. - Straight lines and flat surfaces are the groat sim pllfiers of building- Just as they are the great simplifiers of life itself. But- until we can grasp ' organle simplicity, eliminate the insignificant, and back plain, se vere lines with the same qualities In 'our, every day life, until we bund out of life for life, until aU this is done the straight line lid flat surface which character ise the modern arcfcjteeturt) will be oniyvanotner -style . Plaaticity Central -. Thesae of Trend . This nw thought" in archi tecture is built upon the element of plasticity and pull; no beams, no posts, no columns,, no light wires or plumbing placed fast in the building but - rather all swinging free and held in place by the cantilever 'principle which underlies modern architecture. (Turn to pago J, coL 3) . - Coed Debaters . To Vie Tonight f On Gandhilssue In Waller hall tonight the women - debaters of Willamette university will uphold the af firmative while the University of Idaho will debate the negative on the Question, "Resolved, That Ghandhl has been a benefit to India. The time for the debate Is set for 7:10 o'clock. . . At the same time, members of the Willamette freshmen class will clash with . representatives of the University of Oregon on the question, Resolved, That the nations shoul dad opt "a policy ' of free trade.' "This debate will be held in room 21, Eaton hall, on the campus.--:.'. ' j. Windows now Spring Opening Dressup Veiled windows in the , shops will whet the curiosity of Salem citizens for the. next two' days while the 'merchants make ready the beauties which twill herald the coming of spring in window displays Friday night when the Ad club sponsors the official busi ness reception to spring. In the windows will be the tra ditional cards which make up the fortune hunt, which includes the holder of a lucky card matching a card found in a window finding himself in possession of some. ar ticle in the window. The win dows will bo unveiled at ; 7:30 o'clock when whistles will sound the fact that spring opening has gotten away to a good start. - The following merchants will participate In the spring opening gaiety; - " Wm. Gahlsdorf. Portland Gen eral Klectrie Co., Miller's, Arehart & Aldrlch, H. L. Stiff Furniture Co., Pickens Haynes, Welter Hardware Co., The Fashtonette, Adams Florist, PresnaU Paint "shop, ' Eof f Electric Co.; Holmes Golden Rule store, Vanity Hat shop, Eoff Eectlrie Co.. Holmes Monarch grocery, j. W. "Doc Lewis drug store, Hamilton , Fur niture Co., Margaret's Baby shop, ,Maz O. Buren, Commercial Dook store, c.' J. Breler Co., U. S. Bank, MeMarr store No. 19. Perry Drug store, Imperial Furniture Co., Kay's Coat 4b. Dress, shop, Gray belle. Midget Market, Price -Shoe Co., Shipley's, The Bon art. Jewel Box. Elliott Dry Goods Co., Worth's Dept. store. First Nation al bank. Central Pharmacy, Wil liams'. Self-Serriee store. White House reetaurant, Emmons Inc., FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUR INJURED AS P BIG BUS CRASHES Mud Splashed on Windshield I Causes Accident; Woman I Most Seriously Hurt Three men and a woman were Injured, but not seriously, short ly after; o'clock last night wnen an Oregon stage, one of the Pa cific Greyhound lines. left toe pavement a mile north of Suri- nyslde. I : ' - ' " :. The woman, Mrs.' George By ron Milloy of CI E. 31st North, Portland is in the Deaconess hos pital where she will probably be two ot three days recuperating from severe' bruises, and injur ies to her left side. She also sus tained bad cut on her left leg. The men, Robert Atkinson, Ches ter McDonald and C. ' B. Penney, all of Portland, were taken to the Salem General hospital In the Golden ! ambulance. Minor cuts and. bruises were attended, and the men were : on their way to Portland before 9 o'clock." - i .The accident resulted when a passing: ear slung muddy water on the - stage, windshield and blinded; the vision of the driver1. One wheel of the big bus got into the ' soft shoulder at this point and- the rest of the machine was dragged over the edge of ' tho grade and crashed, breaking tho windows, , throwing passengers la a huddle and caving in the side of the bus. :-i -V i Traffic was tied up and it was fully two hours before cars were running through. The stage had not been pulled back onto . the road at a late hour last night. ) A new shoulder has Just: been finished at this point In the road, about opposite the old Chicken Roost, making It harder to pull the stage back to the pavement. ... ' Cigarette Evil Address Lista ? "The Evil Effects of the Cln ette wlll be subject-of a lecturjs and stereoptlcan pictures to be delivered by E. F- Atchley of Eu gene ai i ue r irsi uunsuan. church at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Atchley represents the Ant cigarette league of Oregon, . . Veiled for Geo. C; Will, Dr. Henry Morris, Red-, Cross Phwrmacy, Atlas Foothealth ' Shoe Book store. store, Smart Shop. Crown ' Drug store, Pat ton's Book store. Bloom's Foot-rite Shoe Co., How ard Corset shop. Wooperi. & Hunt, Haniger Hat shop. State Savings it Loan Assn., Salem Leading Ar my store, Oscar D. Olson, Kafa terla Shoe store, Hartman Bros;;, F. W. Woolworth i Co.. Capital Drug ttore. ' Caldwell tc Parker. Metropolitan of Delaware, Vlb bert f Todd, - Capitol - Foristi, Pomeroy & Keene, Buster Brown, F. E. Shafer, Ladd & -Bush. Adolph ; Cigar store, Thompson Glntscb, Safeway store No. ST. MeMarr store No. 79. Byrnes, Inc. The Spa, Portland Gas A Coke Co.; C F. Brelthaupt, Anderson Candy shop, Alex Jones, Dr. Scott Gunnell 4b Robb, French Shop, J. C Penney Co. Safeway store NO. 519. Fry Drug store. Square Deil Hardware.;. - : i "; : Director's, : Bishop's, V fialem Hardware, Geo. E. AUen, Irish Cash stores, E. W. Cooley grocery. Western Auto Supply Co., Les Neumau's Outing store,' Love, the Jeweler, Bake-rlte Bakery. " It Automobile and service station dealers who will display cars: Reo Sales 4k Service Co., Bonesteele Motor Co., WUlys Motors Inc., Sa lem Auto Co., State Motors, James H. Maden, Inc., Douglas McKay Chevrolet Co., Willamette Motors, Ins., Otto J. Wilson; Loder Bros1.. Valley Motor Co., Wood-Wheaton Motor Co., W. L. Anderson, Inc., Packard Service 4b Sales, Smith & Watklns, Day 4b NUes. Frank Doollttle. Marlon Garage. Good- I rich SUvertown, lac, . . I . SaFem man Succeeds Pop : Gates of Medford on . Commission Senator Pledges. Service to ; Best Interests of ' ; Entire-State : . ' ' . Charles . K. Spanldlng.': Salem' mm owner 'and state senator from Marion county,' was appointed by Governor Meier yesterday after noon a member of the state high way - commission, h He' takes the place of C E. "Pop" Gates of Med ford,? who was removed by the governor. y.. . ;.;r-i;: .. " Informed Wednesday that the place on the state highway com mission had been given to him, Mr. Spauldlng. expressed himself as "entirely surprised', and - de clared that at. no time had Mr. Meier consulted -: him : regarding the appointment, f He said he was highly gratified by the honor and declared "I am going to' work for the interests of all the state. . Senator , Spauldlng i admitted that within the last year he. had told friends that: the state high way commissioner's post would appeal to him as an opportunity for constructive ; work for ; the state. " .. i . i r "I sLall try to make the money go as far as it "will and to see that needed roads are built," de clared the senator. - Mr. Spauldlng has been a resi dent of Salem for many years. He Is president of the C. K. Spauld lng Logging company here and of the ! Spauldlng . pulp mill at New berg. In both companies he holds extensive stock interests. - : Mr. Spauldlng was ; appointed state . senator by Governor Meier in January, to succeed the - late Senator Lloyd T. Reynolds. : He served as a member of the ways and means committee- during the legislative session and had other important committe assignments. Mr. Gates first was appointed A member of the state highway com mission April 1, 1927, by the late Governor Patterson. He was reap pointed by ex-Governor' Norblad on March 31, 1930. i : i i ;;i .Governor - Meier refused to comment on the appointment, oth er than to laud Mr. Spauldlng as a man of unusual business ability." The appointment was announc ed following a lengthy conference between the "governor and : H. B. VanDuxer of Portland, chairman of the state highway commission. EK DAWS IS HEARD irj RECITAL A brilliant program was sung Wednesday night in the First Methodist church by Ernest Davis, tenor. Mr. Davis was of com manding figure and together with a vigrant personality and remark ably lovely tenor volee, hequite carried his audience away. Encore after encore was , demanded ' and he graciously granted them. ; A full, clear tenor voice, at air times backed with secure reserve power, made the well-balanced program a Joy to hear. Each num ber seemed -Individually lovely, but the recitative, - "My Arms Against This Gorgias," by Han del; "Celeste Alda, by Verdi, and "I Pagllacel", as an encore, were above the heigh ths. Delightful interpretative power and delicacy and humor were also shown in an encore "If I were. r ; This effort on the part of Wil lamette university music depart ment to bring artists to .Salem people la an admirable gesture, which.it is hoped will be -better supported at the next attempt. Hop Men Asked i To Hire White Labor; Reply "With calls for work and ; food continuing to pour In on i the county court. County Commis sioner Jim Smith has asked hop men here to -assist in the unem ployment situation by giving more work to white- men and less to Filipino and Japanese men. The hop men. or at least one of them, told the commissioner they had lined up outside labor because at' a crucial time in the harvest last year It was impossi ble to get local laborers. Because of this, the hop men feel Justl-. fled in holding to labor that they are sure of now... , ,. , A situation like the one now faced was predicted by one hop grower .last - fall when repeated calls tor help In saving the crop failed to arouse laborers. Astoria Takes . Overtime Game ' RAINIER. Ore., March 11 (AP) Astoria high school, win ner of the staU basketball cham pionship last year, defeated Rain ier high, IS to 21, la an overtime game here tonight. The second game of the series for the dis trict title will bo played as As toria tomorrow night. - I - ' . -.. . Above appear Antonio J. CoIotsmIo,' v f- Gntierrex, members of the .. debate squad. Colorado and Gntlerres took part in toe debate witn Willamette's team here Wednesday night," losing; to Willamette oa t; an andlence deci&lon. ,:i;!v.:x W'", -'-'.."'Y'' .:f-t W. U t)ebatbrs Win OtiDryZ ' : '' ' si. Audience .Vote is 58 to Upholders of Wet Claim;' 24 Persons Admit Conversion to Prohibition WILiiAMETTE tmiversity, represented by Roy. Harland and Charles Campbell, defeated the representatives of the University of Porto Rico by a score of 58 to 25 in a de bate at the local institution Wednesday night. The score was based on the vote of members of the audience; Dr.EG. H. Alden was chairman of the meeting:. " " . I.. ' j r-j -O I Tbe visitors were represented Waldport is State Board The executive committee of the state high school athletic associa tion, at a meeting here Wednes day, disqualified the , Waldport high school from participating in athletic contests until after March 21, . x . . This means that the Waldport high school will not be allowed to participate la basketball games with other high school teams this season, although they will be eli gible to enter baseball; contests af ter their reinstatement on March 23. It will now (be necessary far the officials to select another team to play tho University high school of Eugene In the district tourna ment at Albany Friday night, A team from Shedd or Monroe prob ably win he selected for this hon or. " ' V The disqualification of the Waldport team was based on the use of Henry Hardesty as a mem ber of the school's basketball team. Members of the executive committee said that Hardesty did not attend school ; last: semester and therefore was not eligible to participate in athletic sports this semester.'' V --. ' H i.-.i Use of Hardesty was protested by the Newport high schooL Mem bers of the committee meeting here Wednesday were; Paul "T. Jackson, Klamath Falls, president of the state association; Austin Landreth, Pendleton. I vice-president, and J. L. Gary, West Linn, secretary..' ... "'?-!:. Dogs Sagacity Saves Child fas -Wolves Attack - SEQUIN FALLS, 6nt. March 11'. (API "Sport".... died so anj 18-montns-oioTBaDy couia live. Three wolves crouched near the carriage, of Andre MInette's baby. The dog sensed the danger and drew step by step the greycoated trio away from the Child. Sudden ly he turned and ran, the wolves howling after him. t - - "Sport" did not come back.' Gets Two Years For Toting Guns - . f - J i . I, KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. March 1 1 i API W ill lam Clement 20, who staged" a one-man "wild west" celebration at Malln two weeks ago was sentenced to two years In prison today; after he waa convicted of carrying : con cealed firearms. si . .i -. RAIX AT KLAMATH KLAMATH FALLS,! Ore., March 11 (AP) More than .22 of an inch of rain .. fell , In eonnty today. ;, i Klamath ROLL OF Ruled Out by The Statesman in planning' for the celebration ef its 80th. anniversary desires to prepare a RoU of noaor. We want the names of aU those residents of Marion and Polk counties who: 1. Were hern In "Oregon territory on or before March V 1831. i . - - ' - v. 2. Any couples who have been married SO years or over. ' 8. The names of all who nave been continoous subscribers to TThe Statesman for fifty years or longer. t , - - ; " " Please send In your name V The Statesman enters the ranks of octogWMtrtans" and da sires to celebrate the event properly. ' - " . 3 : : - The Oregon Statesman, - - - - f Jrua Enrique Geigel suad Vkto University of Porto Rico travellngj did Question 25 Against Porto Rico by victor Gutierres and Antonio Colorado who argued the affirm ative of the question "Resolved, That this house condemns pro hibition. Harland and - Camp bell upheld the negative they argued for prohibition. ' ' Coordinated with the outright ballot for the winning team, there were 24 persons, in the au dience 'Who were swayed -to the cause of prohibition by the argu ments of the local . debaters, while 12 persons were convinced that prohibition should be con demned. Between the last rebuttal speech and the rendering of the decision. Mr. Colorado answered Questions concerning Porto Rico which were put by members of the audience. - A piano solo was presented -by Miss Doris Corbin. The points brought out for the affirmative included the follow ing: drinking has the sanction of tradition it has always been present; prohibition Is move ment of intolerance and radical ism. ' Prohibition has not been effective since drinking Is still going on; in addition, the 18th (Turn to page 2, col. i) ' . Mustachios Will Adorn ' Faces Secret clubs, study clubs, art clubs and even the principal's big club are all passe at the senior high school- since yesterday. They have been cast to the font; winds . and allowed to flutter about aa they may. And In .their place comes mustache club! It Is for senior boys only.. -' v , Jest or no jest, already about 16 senior boys have signed up, to becomd charter members of mus tachlo gang, with the first name on the line none other than that of the student . body president, Ronald Hudklns. ,, .. While some, may say the pur pose of the club is apparent 4n its very name whether it be - to coax ; out or to keep on some may dispute this. Afleast, it is hinted; part of the scheme behind the, club may be emulation of a certain faculty member. . Will Call Bids Soon on North ; Sahtiam Sector Following final work of the federal surveyors on - the North San tiam highway sector from. De troit . east, announcement . was made in Portland yesterday that bids for the - construction would be called for as soon as working agreement on right-of-way is con eluded between the Southern Pa cific and the , Marlon county court. -; ;" :. '', :""' The project is made possible by funds to be given half by the fed eral road bureau and half by the Marlon county court. .. HONOR and address and gfve appropriate Drafted so Economies Could Be Made, Explained in . Letter! to Meier In Accord With Governor in Effort to Save; Survey : -Beport is Awaited " i "PORTLAND,! Ore, March. 11--AP)- The Oregonlan" tomorrow will publish' a letter addressed to Governor Julius L.-Meier by the state board of higher educa tion in reply Jto the governor's demand for a faring of $500,000. in the appropriation bill for the Institutions of higher ed nation. . The, letter says In part: - "Pursuant to your request for an expression of the members of the Oregon state board of higher education present In your office on March 10, 1931, and of those who could be reached by tele phone Or wire, we wish to make response. ! ;; .. j "Tour statement to us as we have it In mind was: It was your purpose to veto the bill or to veto the emergency, clause attached to the bill unless the members of the board would enter into an agree ment with you that during the next biennium there would be ex pended for the - operation and maintenance of the institutions of higher learning . of the state $500,000 less than was provided for in house bill No. 40$." Board In Accord On Economy Aim " "We wish to convey to you our appreciation of your courtesy: In (Turn to page 2, col. 7) i HALTS TRIAL OF BOWLES HILLSBORO, Ore., March 11. (aPi iafiuensa brought a temporary halt to the Bowles- Loncks murder 'trial here today. Three jurors, f John A, Bene- flel, Harold Cutting and Emll Sgger, all farmers. : were placed under the care of Dr. J. O. Robb, county physician, and J. : E. Reeves, one of the bailiffs, was ill at his home. :. 1 - i The Jurors were exposed to in fluenza over 'the week-end ad journment when Francis Nibler became 111. Hei was allowed to go home Monday. : r i v t. a. w . . ' . a uimun 4aag i nasiex oraerea adjournment of 1 the trial . until Monday but ruled that the re maining Jurors must be kept to gether over the adjournment. The three sick jurors were Iso lated in the women's dormatory adjacent to the Jury room. J5r. Robb ' said their condition was not serious and said he believed they would be able to return to work Monday. INSAfllW DEFENSE TOPIC ' Insanity as a Defense", was the topic of , an address given by John Carson, district attorney of Marion county at Wednesday's sessions of the annual police school now being held under the direction of the law department of Willamette university. ' Luke S.- May of Seattle, con sulting . criminologist, . discussed the recognition, preservation and presentation : of criminal evi dence." 'ii; j''-- Other speakers yesterday in cluded Martin Ferry, Salem at torney; Elizabeth Lossing, head of the crime prevention division of the Berkeley. Calif., police de partment; Dr. Robert Gatke, as sociate . prof eesor of j history and political . science . . at Willamette university, and ; Captain Frank Ervin, of the Portland police de partment. ''I t-1 The school wUl continue until late Saturday. ; ! . r. V Try Denison on j ' ' Liquor Charge WASHINGTON, March 11. (AP) - The story of the seizure more than two years ago of ' 24 bottles . labeled whiskey and gin in the office of Edward E. Deni son, then a representative from Illinois, was related to a Jury of eight men and four women nl Dis trict of Columbia -supreme court today at the opening of Denlson's trial on liquor possession charges. Umpqua ' Colony , Group Organized r ROSEBURG. Ore March 11. (AP) -A group attempting to se cure homestead filings on the Fish crek burn of the Umpqua nation al forest : today '' organized ' the "North Umpqua Colony." The or ganization' was "recorded In- the county clerk's office. Emory Davis was named . chairman of the col ony and Mrs. E. H. Best, seere- INFLUENZA unsiw FACES CRISIS SAYS 111 Calls for Cooperation ; to Solve Financial Prob-." -Jem of Fund Slash EUGENE, Ore.. March 11. (AP) The University of Oregon now faces one of the many great crises f t : has confronted In the past. Or. .Arnold , Bonnet j Hall, president of the university, told students and faculty members to day in commenting upon Gover nor Meier's ' action in cutting $500,000 from the legislative ap propratoin for Oregon's Institu tions of higher education. ' r In a statement President Hall said, in part: I ' "While the action of the gover nor, does not affect the millage taxes or continuing! appropria tions, It does limit and tie up for a minimum period of ! three months the extra appropriation so necessary to the continued and ef ficient ; administration of the uni versity in all its branches. Cannot See Way : Through Problems ' . "Thes university is nof con fronted with one of the greatest crises that It has had ltd confront frequently in the past. At i this time the administration, does: not yet see its way through the prob lems of the next two years, i "As ! sincerely as -1 know bow, I want to ask the . students and the ' faculty not to be unduly alarmed. If, for the time being, we must bow our heads to the fi nancial exigencies of the times, let us do so with dedoubled determin ation that the university will tri umphantly weather this storm as it has weathered other dramatic difficulties .in : its turbulent ! but heroic i history. j i- TO TALK 11 1 'i v ( i The; governor yesterday signed house bill 422, by Representa tives Lee and Hamilton provid ing that the crime of libel shall extendi to persons who speak over;; radio broadcasting stations. Approval also was given house bill 439, by the joint ways and means; committee, appropriating $150,000 for use of the i state emergency board during the cur rent i biennium. Heretofore the authorizations of this board; were unlimited, and aggregated j more than; $500,000 during the! past two years. . i The governor also has signed senate bill 153, by the revision of laws committee, ; prohibiting the possession or use of "stink bombs". This bill originally was introduced by Senator Burke, but later was amended by - the ; re vision of laws committee. The bill attacking the "stink bomb" nuisance - was requested '- by a large number of Portland theater owners, Oregon Project ; 4 Will be Revived WASHINGTON," D,' C, March 1 1 ( AP ) After a f con f erence today with Senators Stelwer and McNary, both of Oregon, recla mation ; commissioner Mead said the bureau would request $100, 000 in Its estimates next Decem ber for rehabilitation of the Stan fiold, ' Ore., .'reclamation district. Irriga ti on is CO Senate bill 315, the so-called Coped bill, fell under the gover nor's teto ax yesterday along with a grist of other legislative actions which failed to secure executive approval.- Under the bill a pend ing application of the California Oregon Power company for a $4,-600.000- development on the Klamath river near Keno, was to be transferred to the newly cre ated hydro-electric commission for its consideration.- . i -This bill resulted la 'a number of publio hearings and was oppos ed by "more than 100 irrigation is tain the Klamath Basin district. The last of these hearings was held before Governor Meier here last Saturday. - , - "It appears that under section 47-1201, Oregon code, as constru ed by the supreme court in the ease of In re: waters of Umatilla river," reads the governor's mes sage "the United Statee now has a prior and superior right to the use of all of the waters of the Klamath Basin, Including the wa ters sought to be appropriated by the power company, by reason of having tiled its notice of Intention DtlEED UEL'UD ...... 10 Cop ,...' . ' ; .... I r Mpve is Under Clct:d; Legally .. but" not Yet Attacked (' Meier Atierts Fcl'Zi Irutitutlori Able to Strufgle Along: . Governor Julius L. Meier yea-' terday afterdoon by ; exeeutfve ! flat cut $500,000 from the U 181.13 appropriated by the lee- Islature to the fire state lnstitn tions of higher education. veto, said by authorities to be of questionable constitutionality was aimed, he declared, to afford relief to "the tax-, situation con- : fronting the state a situation so 1 acute. that people 'are unable to pay tnelr taxes." ; ,'1 ' In his Teto message, addressed to .Secretary of State HoksJ the jfovernor pointed out that the re- i duction of $500,000 constituted a cut; of less than five per cent in. the ; total sum of $11,358,373 over i which the state board ef higher education has control dur ing the coming biennium. Confident Schools Can Get Along ' "I , am confident that the amount vetoed will not material ly hamper the activities of our higher institutions . of , j learning and that within the next bienni um the state board of higher ed ucation will undoubtedly intro duce additional savings and ecou omles," the governor declared. Questions of the constitution ality of the governor's veto arose yesterday on the grounds that the law Is apparently rigid in Us requirements that the chief exec utive either approve an appropri ation' bill, veto single items of ap propriation or veto the entire bill. Since the educational appro priation made by the legislature was in a lump sum, it was point ed out by observers at the eapi tol that the governor was allowed under the law no $500,000 trim ming of an item. ; Spokesmen for the governor said after the veto was announ ced yesterday that Governor Meier was fully aware of the-legal situation but had made- the drastle cut for what he felt was the best Interest of the state. They pointed out that the legis lature, by lumping the appropria tion, had denied to the"1 governor the exercise of any executive cretlon In the veto of part of the total appropriation. Members of the state board ef education as well as presidents (Turn to page 2, col. 1) liS PLAD FOR BLOSSOM U ' . Chairmen of committees to have charge of various feature er Blossom day were appointed by i Carl D. Gabrlelson, King BIng ef ; the Cherrians, at a meeting ef ' ; tbe council of nobles Wednesday night.' Blossom day is to be Easter Sunday, April 5, provided that blossoms are at the right : stage.: J. H. Maden will bead a com j mitiee arranging, for cars to meet- ; trains and stages, O. E. -Wilson' j the publicity comraitteeb Gus Hix- son advance photographs, Lee ! Unruh transportation and IL- R- Worth the committee arranging to j have Cherrians In charge of di- i rectin'g traffic for the Bossom day i tours.' ; . .. Each member of tbeCherriaRs . Is to be assigned to duty 'on one of these committees. " ts. Win as Bill is Vetoed to .appropriate such waters an. I otherwise having compiled with, gie terms of the act. i "Clearly, no legislation by the state can. In any way, affect tha rights of the United . States ta such waters. It these waters hav not been subject to appropriation In the past by reason of the su perior claim of the 'government, that condition cannot be changed by this act. : .... i . 'It is claimed, however, that the waters sought by the power company, are , below any point where they could be used by the government and therefore ! woakl be subject to appropriation by the state, : or with the consent of the state, providing this act should be approved and become effective. It being contended that It: would en able the power company to make application to the Oregon hydro electric commission for the r'sf to use these waters, j "Insofar as the power company Is concerned, the act deals olr with pending applications tor ta right to appropriate and use' tl water of the Klamath river b.low the town of Keno for the genera tion of electricity. t t l - V 'up ' -