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1 feSr 1 flMmt VACATION TI3IE - . Ilare The Statesman fol low while n your vacation. Mailed to any address 23 cents for two weeks. Just telephone 9101. THE WEATHER ' Unsettled and mild today I- and Saturday, showers to day; Max. Temp. Thursday 72, Mln. 53, rain .05, river -.8 foot. ' ' ElGUTJf-FmST YEAR - Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, June 26, 1931 No. 1 SALEI1II GREETS izerfafey TO BE FOHfJIED STATE EDITORS SESSION TODAY i 0 Jm 1 5 ' Ruth Crashes But She!! Try Again 11 vmuu a i PLAHT STARTED V Post and Gatty Take j off at Moscow, Apparently, Little Vearied by Three Lengthy Flights Behind Them Confident of Setting Lower Mark for Globe" Circuit; To Stop at Nova Sibersk, About Halfway Point ' MOSCOW. June It. (AP) (Friday) Wiley Post and HaroM Gatty. American round-the-world fliers, hopped off at 5 a. m. today X(10 p. m.. E. S. T. Thursday) for Irkutsk, ' Siberia. ,.;. 'Js l: ;i i .: They expect to stop en route at Nora Sibersk. about half, way to Irkutsk, for tueL They should reach there late today and may remain oxer night. , I j The distance ' from Moscow to Irkutsk la 2600 miles. I The delicate task of charting their course, and other last-mln- li te preparations at the field, de layed them several boars beyond the time originally set for the takeoff and obliged them to aban don their plan of reaching Irk utsk late Friday night. , The distance from here to Nora Sibersk Is approximately 1450 - miles. . .v;.vi : , r U MOSCOW. June 15. (AP) - The American airmen, Wiley Pnat nf Harold Gatty. reached Moscow today COH hours 1 after honnlnr off from New ; York on their attempt to set a new jround- ,the-world speed record. i Th fliers settled their little airplane down at October" air drome .In a perfeet "landing at E-iA ti m. 10:20 a. m.. E. S. T.). and were greeted cordially by soviet and civil aviation officials. Leaving their machine to he TAfnoled they went to a hotel to rest and later to be honor guests at a banq.net. tirttti mMi'r In excellent con dition, apparently unwearied by the flight of more man svo miies from, Berlin, which they accom tiahi in iiifhtlr mors than eight hours, despite fog and rain over Poland. 1 . 1 They expressed confidence they would reacn new ion again less than the scheduled 10 days. They expected to arrive at Nome June 28. EUI ADVISES IB'S RELEASE - : " ;: 1 . SACRAMENTO. June 1 25. fiDi Aituirt Einstein, noted German scientist, sent GoTernor Rolph a letter, translated today. appealing for an -aosoiute par a rn. Thomas Mooney and v nniinra. who were convicted as -perpetrators of the 191$ San Francisco preparedness day parade bombing. ! . .'I The letter was sent from Pots dam, Germany. 4t .v.ki im nf tiiA decided opinion," the letter read, "that a miscarriage of Justice undoubted ly appears in me present unalterably, therefore. I am sure that you, Mr. Governor, would perform a high service of real justice it you iu" vv. men absolute par don after a sad fate of 15 yr of grieL" ; vmi-'. i Meet Billy Smithers, of 'Memory Lane ' Program Introducing Billy Page, bettef known as Billy Smithers, age 10, of Memory Lane radio fame. Bil ly is a guest at the Marlon for a couple of days. wo reporters cornered brown eyed Billy. , "How old are you, really I Thirteen." . "How long have you been in radio?" "Four years." Quite as com posed as even grown up ..-Amos or Andy might he was Billy. . "How did you get Into, radio! A slight shoulder gesture Inti mated that it "Just happened. 'A lady In the . office, Mrs. Church, said one day she thought I had a good roice for radio. She tried it out; decided it was good. I've been working ever since." By the way, Billy is tall and slender; offhand, about five feet six. His hair Is brown. Ha was wearing a light tweed suit. "What do . you do when you're not working at the radio?" I "Go to school and rehearse, most of the time." He revealed, with prompting, that he Is a student In the high Registration Marks Formal Opening This Morning; Banquet Tonight Entertainment Features to Be Numerous; Large Number Expected NfiwsTiatiprmM . reporters, edl- nn " TMihllahATK with their wives and families, are guests of Salem toaay ana tomorrow in tneir m annual state convention. - Th fcn illness meetincr of the executive committee of the State Editorial association at the Mar ion hotel last night marked the formal opening- of the gathering but the majority of the newsmen are expected in the city this morn ing when registration tor ue con vention will heetn at 9 o'clock in the hall of representatives at the state capitoi. ? - s The opening -session, la to be held at 10 a-ni. In the hall of re presentatives when Ralph R- Cronise, Albany publisher, and president of the i association! pre sides. ' Governor Julius L. Meier is to welcome the visitors to the city. - I- Radio's Effect on Papers is Topic ! ' Don E. Gilman of San , Francis co, vice president f the National Broadcasting association ana western manager. la to disCUSS "Radio Broadcast Advertising and the Newspaper' as the principal subject at the morning meeting. Harris Ellsworth, editor of the Roseburg News-Review will lead discussion following the ad dress. . ! Jndee Wallace ' McCamant of Portland la to tell the newsmen about plans for the nation-wide celebration for the 200th anni versary of the birth of George Washington. He Is Oregon com- (Turn to page 11, col. 1) iUBLES TAX Deemed Unconstitutional on Five Counts; Portland Residents Plaintiffs Tnlnnr.tlon restralnlne the state tax commission from enforcing the Oregon Intangibles tax law was AAmanded in rait filed in circuit court here yesterday. The suit at tacks constitutionality oi tne in tangibles tax law. Maude B. Greene and Mary A. Caswell, both of Portland, are piaintiiis. Defendants -are Earl L. Fisher, John H. Carkln and Charles V. Galloway as tax commissioners Julius Meier as governor and L H. Van WinVlA attornev eenerat. . Constitutionality is assailed on five nolnts. and ! nlalntif fs also charge that despite the fact that the act refers to the tax as one upon net income, the tax is actu ally imposed upon gross income from lntangiDies. Claimed Void in ITiv T'ai-tlrnljun The constitutional nolnts upon which demand for the Injunction Is based are: I Alleged violation, of section 2, article 2, providing that unless nHflrallv.Anthorlzed by major ity of voters neither state nor oth er body to which tax levying pow ers have been delegated, shall in any year exercise ; mat power io mIm mora rerenua than the total amount levied by it in the preced ing year, plus 6 per cent tnereoi. Alleged violation of the section which provides for unirorm taxa tion nn the same class of subjects - Alleged violation of require ment 'that the legislature enact unlfonn laws of assessment and (Continued on page 11, col. l) one (upper ninth grade) class at Lowell high school in San Fran Hro where he has spent virtual ly all his life. Lowell is the old est high school In that section, BUIy is on four NBC programs a week: Memory Lane and Shell Happy Time each once; and Cow hoT Kids twice. I He emphasised the rehearsing business at least three times; it's the secret of NBC success, he says with pride. Every program that roes on the i air over the Krvtc n.twnrk fa rWpn two com plete rehearsals before it Is pre sented to tne puDUC ana one oi these, is for timing, That's why there are no Texlng w! or Jars, he explained. : " .. nf fnnru Billv has a hobby r. nnniAa- He likes riding and pretty soon he's going to learn to nlay polo. a a ibuuw aAin worir as a profession. : s That led - to a Question ; which caused him to remark: , "I have to save up, for college "You're good; most boys put (Turn to page., coi. ,. ifjjufjciii no Roth Nichols is seen in the cockpit the St. John, N. B., airport Monday night. The accident was caused when sue was Diinaea oy ui setting sun. Miss Nichols was painfully but not srionsry hurt, and announced from her hospital bed that- she would start her plans over again for the flight across the Atlantic ocean thus rudely inter- rupted. Telephoto transmitted over Bell system to San Francisco. j EXHIBIT OF SALEM Greater Oregon Display is Feature of Farmers' Market Opening J The formal onenlne of the new Farmers' Market at 35 North Liberty, street tomorrow is to be accompanied by an extensive dis play of Salem manufactured prod ucts arranged by the Woman's Greater Oregon association, re cently organized Salem branch of the state-wide organization. Mem bers of the organization have can vassed the city and have arranged no less than S3 exhibits of Salem made goods. The display will be shown for six days beginning Sat urday. ' ""''I"-' In addition to the display of manufactured products a score of booths managed by Salem ag ricultural producers will offer to the public a wide variety of fruits and vegetables grown in this dis trict. Exhibitors of manufactured products here Include the follow ing firms: Gleason Glove company, uity Ice works. Spa home-made can dles, Paulus Packing company, Reld Murdock & Co., Oregon Pack ing company. Hunt Bros, pacaing company, Martoss Mfg. company, Andreson ft Son, Inc., Marion Creamery company. Capital Dair ies, Producers Milk company, Val ley Packing company, ; Chas. K. Spaulding company, W. W. Rose- braugh company. Miles Linen company, baiem , (Turn to page 11. col. 8) IS HIED CHIEF LION LA GRANDE. Ore., June 25 (APIFrank Walker, of spring flnld. waa rhosen district gover nor at the closing business session of the Lions club convention here today. Klamath Falls was se lected as the next convention rirr. Karla W ' Hodees. New York, international president, one of the speakers on todays program, complimented the Oregon Lions on their erowth last year. Frank Tate. Portland, was re elected secretary and a movement was launched to name District Governor Jack Ferris to a national office at the Toronto convention Work amonr the blind was se lected as the major activity, for the coming year. President Newell Williams, President-elect Leland Smith and Dr. CaTl Emmons are the -Salem delegates who hare been at the Lions convention at La uranae. UNIQUE OF E . LONDON, June 2. (AP) (Frldav) Alfred Alovsius "Trad er" Horn, co-author of the hook "Trader Horn," died early today In a hospital at Whltstable after a brief illness. He was about 78 years old. Trader" Horn rose from a ped dler of trinkets ia Johannesburg, South Africa, to a social lion In the literary capitals of the world, He spent most of his life among the natives of the dark continent and capitalized his lore In the book" "Trader Horn" written in collaboration with Mrs. Ethelreda Lewis. :.. ' He visited America In 1928, de livering, a series of lectures and amazing literary gatherings with his tales. of adventures In the Jun gle. Conouerlng a desire to return to Africa, he went to England and spent the last years of his life with his sister. . PRODUCTS OFFERED FRANK WALKER ra TRAD B BIDS of her speed plane after it piled Fliers Near Collapse at Endof Trip BREMEN, Germany, June 25 (AP) Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriia, the second -pair of Amer ican transatlantic fliers to land In Germany In two days, came down at Bremen at 9:40 o'clock tonight, 240 miles short of Co penhagen, the goal of their flight across the ocean. They were utterly exhausted and Hoiriia was on the verge of collapse from the strain of keep ing the ship aloft for 32 hours and more. . ; Hillig, after a telephone con versation, with the chairman of the reception committee awaiting then at Copenhagen, wanted to go on to Denmark with another pilot who knew the way, but Hoirlis Insisted he would be able to start In the morning so both fliers went to bed, leaving orders that they were not to be dis turbed. The chairman at Copen hagen told them 100,000 persons were at the airport. - Before they turned In rthey said they wanted to get off for Co penhagen, a flight of about 240 miles, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning (5 ann. E.S.T.). 100 and Better Ninth Straight Day For Kansas KANSAS CITY, June 24 (AP) Headed by a 106 at Neo- desha, Kansas communities par aded high temperatures again to day and Missouri was a close run ner-up. r At Wichita 103 was reached. Emporia, Kans., reported a new season's record of 101. It was the ninth straight day In Kansas for temperatures of around 100 or better. In Missouri. St Louis and Kan sas City had temperatures of 99 RAILS SHOW DECREASE NEW YORK. June 25. (AP) The first 18 railroads to report May results showed net operating Income of 110,312,000, a decrease of 33.7 ner cent from il5.573,uo reported for the corresponding month last year. I FALLS FROM PEER ROSEBURG, Ore., June 25 f API R. B. Mlsner. 68. of Port land, was killed today by a fall from a steel pier on me onage now under construction at Han cock mountain. Mlsner was steel foreman for Clyde Catching, con tractor for the bridge. Mlsner. reports said, was work ing at the top of the 30-foot pier. His neck was broken and his head crushed in the f all. i NATIVE OF TJOTJNTT EUGENE, Ore-, June SS5 (AP) William W. Branstet ter, 5, Lane county, coroner, died here today. Be had been in ill health for several months and underwent a major, opera tion Tuesday. Branstetter had been res ident of Lane county all his life. He had been county cor oner for the past 11 years. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. ' i FIRE INVESTIGATED HILLSBORO. Ore., June 2 5 (AP) Lee Schroeder, 44, was vara tnnlrht for investlra- tlosr in connection with a fire that destroyed the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Lloyd three miles north of Hillsboro Wednes day.- , . " Sheriff J. W. Connell said no (RffSqdn fJ.Briefe - w in a twisted heap while landing at IN TAXES PAID IN . HeaVieSt Mai EXDeCted tOr T-.-i tii Be Available yet J- Returns estimated at one mil-1 Hon dollars were In the offices MILLION DOLLARS of the State tax commission aeroifahHr ara. nnlta nlontifnl nn thA late last night, Twenty-one thou- sand returns) had Deen receiveu ag 8Uitable weaving machinery from an-estimated total of ""can be installed'to handle produc- 000. ' ! Today's incoming mail prooaD- W -will be the heaviest of the I year, the commissioners saia. un- ' . i I . srlll . T-T fler the law, iae codiuibbiuu " " accept ail returns yiaccu mails last night witnoui lmpoems penalty and 5 interest. Many ot thffA belated returns probably Many ot will not be received until Satur day or Sunday. John Carkln, secretary : of the commission, said it would be July B before the amount ot money received under the new tax laws would be determined, ho estima ted, however, that close to 40,000 returns would be received and that the receipts would aggregate approximately $2,500,000. Jtfoney received unaer me - n it intanrihles tax Uvi .n wri lowering the property tax. ana wm n (Turn to page li, coi. j Elks Here Plan Special Train To Convention Plans lOr baiem tin " " er a special train to take a large en. senator Willard Marks of Al hnT of the membership to tnei.a, ... .. .,,(.,,,. national Elks convention in Se- attle July - have Deen giTen up. It was announced following the lodge meeting last msuu The local EIXS- Dana, airecieyion th orient. S Oscar steeinammer, win mv r . " it m -.v. tend tne convenwon v" i. narsdA Thursday. July , however-. A special ca'r vrill Je nsea ror tne DanomemM-. will leave here Wednesday n& return Thursaay nignt. Tentative nlans were also made forthe Salem Elks to en ter a float in the parade, HiEsboro Youth Held Coroner of Lane Dies Roseburg man Killed '. G. A. R. Sessions end warrant had been Issued for . . a.a - .L.t.i- ecnroeaer dui ini um pruuuij in, th mn iiinr. Sheriff Connell said Schroeder told him he visited his mowers home Wednesday hut found no one there. . After doing a few chores and packing some articles he-left. The fire, the sheriff said, was discovered soon after - ward. The residence and its zur - nlshlngs were destroyed. INSTALL OFFICERS. ' PORTLAND. Ore., June 2 (AP) Installation of officers and a noonday banquet brought the 60 th annual encampment ot the Grand Army of the Republic. department of Oregon, to a close here today. Dr. Joseph C. Hall was named adjutant general for Oregon; and W. F. McLaughlin, Albany, was appointed officer of .the day for the next state convention. FOWLER TRIAL ON ' BAKER. Ore.. June 25 (AP) A. B. Cherry, La Grande city manager, testifying here today In the retrial of Mrs. Emma Fow ler, former La Grande city treas urer, told the jury Mrs. Fowjer called him after her arrest and said if she were allowed to go to Portland "she would return ev ery nenny of shortage to La Grande that the hooks showed.: Organization to Take Place in romana oaiuruay .Veatch Announces Oneration Already on. Full Basis Expected at Once ; Following Meeting Affairs of the . Oregon LJnen Mill company here will be one step nearer adjustment tomorrow after the format organization: of the Salem Linen mills which Is scheduled for Saturday morning In Portland. John C. Veatch, at torney for the new corporation. said his clients expected to choose the officers and directors of the new concern then and thereby to be one step nearer taking over the affairs of the Oregon L.men aiui company. - , Under the terms of the reor- j ganlsation all outstanding un- funded debts of the Oregon com- ganlzatlon through sale or Donas and the new Salem Linen Mills Is to take over the plant, equipment and goodwill, subject to an out standing bond Issue of 2150,000. Ooeratlon of the plant In North Salem is to begin at once, In fact few spinning machines are al ready in operation and more will he put at work as soon as they can be reconditioned. F. J. Gllbraltb, manager of the Miles Linen com- pany as well as of the newly or ganized plant, has orders on hand for four months' output In yarn from the mill as well as for a con- .Merahla nuantitr of linen crash goods. Markets for other linen COast, Gilbraith says, and as fast tlon, the newly organized company will seek outlets for linen towei- lng, linen material ' and niece I J . m i gouus oi yanous aiuus. I i. f lr. l. I - I v cuu; nauuutv I " ira ikiwxu Gilbraith exDects to ro east in j the near future to purchase new (Turn to page 2, col. 7) PUBLIC INVITED TO Tonight's banauet of the state UntnrUi association at the Mar- 1 .ti t. Ann thm nnMir Salem cltlxens and. s ate omciais are cordially invited to aitena. Tne mar a rn srr is I l.bu. neser- -.- k tb U,rtnn inrf tloVeta maw K on - talned at the desk. This Is a banquet given by. the people of Salem for the editors of the state and President Crawford of the chamber of commerce urges a good attendance of towns hannn to nnnn In mi mil wnm- Senat0r Charles L. Mcrfhry will g,T6 a brlef informal address, and Dr Frederick Starr, famous i . . 'mi . i i, Bitriiusii a.uu Maimer win iua EDITORS' BI DET Aft -v, nOT ),Jenw which said that either Queen I -"v-" " banquet is sponsored by the Sa- h -ifc . , 8 tend the banquet are cordially nTited to attend the dance. Shows Robbers Way Out; Leads HTrk Rlirnl A PV nvftcLnn r-. k t kt t. w wot. 'fcsfiAaii m. two ii.L tors the contents of his cash reg- lster and added, for good mea- . . vt.i " v"... v.. v I - . . . . risea. "mere s a policeman out i. ... h The robbers observed that he told the truth. I "Go out the hack door," he said. Hot did not explain that the I back door opened upona blind J alley. He sent the policeman to 1 show them the way out. one escaped. A bullet, probably fatal, felled the other. AN APPEAL! The Statesman ia under-t-v a to find employment for n man, the head of n family, who is in extreme need. His child Is dying with with . cancer in the Doern becker hospital and his wife Is staying with the child. Two J other small children are' at the home at the edge of Salem. The man has worked whenever" he could get work; and now seeks work, not charity, to pro Tide food for his children. We ask people who have jobs which this man could do to please telephone The Statesman, OlOt, so he may be able to provide the neces sities of life for his family. Highlights of First Highway Commission i Meeting Held lUre H.' B. TanDoxer of Port land reelected chairman of the commission. - - ..- . General redaction ia wages . and salaries and - retrench Bient in number " of hired employes decided spon. . . Million dollar winter pro, gram discussed and tenta tively agreed upon with fed eral government cooperation if possible. - Conference with county court sought to work out provisions of Kiddle bill pro viding for secondary high way system. Contract awarded for 1.10 miles concrete pavement en Oswego section of Pacific highway. Contract awarded for 2.8 miles regradlng? and resurfacing on Warren-Hug? section of Oregon' Coast highway. , Numerous delegations ap pear asking road improve ments, notably Portland group headed by Senator Dunne seeking better grade and fewer curves on Pacific highway south of Ashland. RECORD B G S AVAILABLE TODAY TWO SCCTe Firms Take Part In Annual Event Here; Crowds Expected ! Local newspapers, packed to the margins: with news of Sa lem's lowest prices in 14 annual I bargain days, will be outdone to- I day by the actual offerings In the two score firms participating in the bargain occasion. Low commodity prices added to the special reductions always made for bargain day, have combined to give shoppers an event extra ordinary. An unusually large crowds is expected to take ad vantage of the offerings. .Many merchants have added extra help for ' the bargain day and many stores have gone out tnIr waX to provide compell- I ln assortments or articles, weii- I selected m style ana Quality ana -V;,"' , ' i y , i -oi In the bargain events are: I ttiii.. ir.....)M. - TT I jiciibuiuo wv., . v. (Turn to page 11, col. 1) po BUT DETAILS MIXED LONDON. June 26 (AP) (Friday) Reports were printed I In this mornings newspapers on i vi- ji...t.ii. vi I TTnlo. nf Rnmin i. nr Uml. Mar- rvn...- 7 pTI7 vt. VTi I da Lupescu, friend of King Carol, 'VS7 mM .orresnondent of the Daily Herald said rumors were current in Bucharest that one of the two women was ill of poison ing. but that it was difficult to obtain confirmation or denial. One of the reports, this corres iuiml.ii nM vaa that Urn T ,n- pescu had been found unconscious tlon was not dangerous and that I the king's physicians attended her. When she recovered, the re- ??" ia sue ten ior rs lD -nwwuw. A. i The Vienna correspondent o the Daily Exnress said that Queen I ir.ltet li A iikAii TAiAn nv mis i . .T:. -.ili.T. ; ,,. I take and that officials or ner nousenoia na coum of her illness. Sales Major Oregon 's ijiim'i Kat This rent srticls sf S wrW. 4Unr with the lis Um ladoatry la Oreroa deals priseipslly with ths n 5 PJ,S- , rttt. of the malor problems fac ing the management ot the state flax industry is that of sales. In the opinion of William Elnzig. newly-appointed secretary of the board of control, this Is the most pressing problem ana pernaps- me one of most Importance before the board. . , At casual glance the problem of selling flax would seem a small one. There are, or were, or wm be, two local mills to take fibre. The northwest provides & consid erable market for tow. seed ana ground food find a ready market. But It must DO rememoereu that nn industry handling as great a nroduct as the annual output of fibre here can have a pillar-to-post sales policy. There must be mm II Million' Dollar Winter Program Favored At Meetinj County Courts Will be Road Program Expected discord withla the ' state highway commission did net -appear at the first meeting of the organization at the state offiee building here yesterday. Instead the three commissioners puuhe4 through an extended agenda ef work, mutually agreed that a $1. 000,000 to $1,500,000 construc tion program this winter was nec essary to meet conditions of un employment, concurred with. Chairman H. B. VanDuzer's state ment that a general retrench ment in department expenditures was necessary, and as the session closed, quickly and without oppo sition, chose Van Duzer as chair man of the commission for tb -following year, j , ' i Van Duzer's nomination, made by Commissioner Lynch and sec onded by Commissioner Spauld ing, apparently closed a breach which had been looming In the commission since Lynch offered a resolution calling for the elec tion at the last meeting in Port- -land. . "There has been talk since my motion that I made it to embar rass Mr. Van Duzer," Lynch ex plained. "Nothing like this waa in my mind or that of Mr. Spauld ing. I appreciate Van Duzer and ' his efforts but I think It will pre vent disturbance in future yeara ' to make the tenure of the chair manship definite and the election regular matter." Next Meeting Will Be Held in Salem The commissioners did not dis- cuss the matter ot meeting plaes but Chairman Van Duzer announ ced at the close of the sessien that the next session would te held In Salem at the capitoi. Res olutions on the subject of meet ing place were received and placed On file from chambers ef commerce in Portland and front the Salem chamber of commerce. Throughout the afternoon ses sion, the - commission gave the hulk of Its attention to ways ef providing extra 'work this winter and funds to provide the work and at the same time to a Jz, 000 cut in annual expense for the highway commission w h I e Spaulding declared could bsssxade if. proper business practices were employed. Van Duzer concurred with the commissioner from Marlon coua-' ty and said In his opinion the sal-. ary scale and some of the wages paid In the highway commission could go lower. "This organiza tion is not political hut Is a bus iness organization and must take cognizance In substantial reduc tions made In other fields of bus iness," Van Duzer said. "The peo ple will think, tae situation has been met If vfe make wise re trenchments, i The state should pay a good wage, but not an ex travagant wage. It must not fer get that the office man doesn't participate In earnings In good times and only in had times does he have opportunity to recoup this loss. However, I believe we have delayed long enough In mak ing reductions and I favor such reductions now. I do not bellere they should be drastic." Useless Expense Found, Indicated State Highway Engineer Klein was asked to draw up a statement of the number of employes now on the department's payroll and; the wages or salaries paid each so the board could act upon this at its next meeting which is te be held In Salem, Friday, July 8. Spaulding indicated he had found considerable useless ex pense In the department. He scored employing three watchmen at the state highway shop here, , said more superintendents in yr (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Problem in Flax Industry rigid standards "In quality ot flax furnished. There must be a steady flow of fibre available so manu facturers will not plan to secure fibre here and then find orders canceled or not , , filled. "Tea should outline ' a ' sales program and rigidly enforce such a pro gram," writes Mr. Elnzig to the board. "This should be done la an effort to win back customer con fidence which is sadly lacking, . Policy up to Board In the future the problem must be settled by the board ot control regarding a direct 'or brokerage sales polcy. Elnzig leans toward the latter policy because he 'does not believe the present operating managment can succssf ully han dle sales In addition to dealing with the flax growers and han dling processing at th state plant. (Turn to page 11, col. 5i - ; J