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i I "LESS THAN 4c DAILY The Statesman's ananal bnrsaln :, period . is on; v For ; . less :than a cent daily yoa - may i have this paper, delly- ' ered by mail ia Oregon.- Subscribe now; $3. 1U. v ' TOE WEATHER ; Fair today and Thursday, moderate temperature; Mar. Temp. Tuesday 73, JUn. 54, river - SJi' feet, northerly wind. ; FOUNLD.np . 1631 i EKJIH Y-flUST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, September 16, 1931 VV'SiV; No. 140 SITE Will Ramble Into Salem Today; ailing IP 1 11 If TTTI iiV ..!--:Vv: Repeat Scene of 26-Xears Ago COf'FIDEriGE I f! OF RELIEF 2-J ilV " . " I Of T jv -i ij ; . nn t Tl r 1 mri'-r-i ! 5? -..m- s if(mmm kVV '-Z!;- -I 1 V.I v ' SJ vA'A'J 1 1 v y V V I I ' I Tfi tlopeW Ton Pinding i - HEAS Mass Meeting Fails to .fake Secret Vote of Patrons ; On Teaching Method v . i . . President Landers . Refers ; To Possible : Closing of j ' r Monmouth School . . ' MONMOUTH. Sept 15. (Soe- elal) A" resolution expressing the i conriaenee oJ this community In the Oregon Normal school and Its administration, -was -passed at a mass meeting; here tonight, called by Mayor F. f R. Bowersox.: , The crowd filled -the auditorium and corridors of 'the Legion hall to overflowing. J -The resolution was passed with out a dissenting rote, though it was observed that many of those present did not vote, and: some opposition was evident though it did not find Its way;Into the for mal dtecnssioii.!? - ! Deplore Publicity". fff-X. Given to CJompIainta"" ,. The resolution, follows: ' "To" the state board of higher i f education: . j , : !i ; "Whereas: There has been con ' siderable publicity given to com plaints registered against the Normal school at Monmouth both through the idaily press and by certain Individuals, and ' -' "Whereas: (These complaints do : not represent .the sentiment of this community,. ; ;.. ?, b "Therefore, be it resolved that we, the people ofthe city of Mon- mouth in miss meeting assembled. in and pledge our support to the Oregon Normal school and its ad ministration." , - The resolution was offered by - E. C. Cole, j i . i Proposed Secret' "' Ballot Not Taken n ,: . aiayqr tjowersoi .purpose m calling the meeting was "to en able the parents of children of district No. 13 Monmouth, to ex nress to their local school dlrec- iii i jan niT I'nnw ill i hi-i'iit umiiul. . A V.ll.fc their apprevalor - disapproval of teaching methods In vogue in the training schooL" - -. - - ' Ira C. Powell was chairman. Speakers included Mrs. t F. E. ChambersT ex-president of thelo- ..cal Parent-Teacher -association;, who said she, Tarortd many of the methods but also disapproved of some parts of the. teaching, pro gram: Thomas H. Gentle, who . spoke In favor of adopting .modi fication of the presenN methods;! and C. A. Stanwood, assistant to Delmer K. Dewey; director of the training school. Mr. Stanwood pointed out that Dewey and not President Lander Jnstitnted the activities program. Mr. : Dewey la out of the state and could not at tend the meeting.' r " P A suggestion that all present excepting parents and teachers be excluded, was- not acted upon. In an address to the crowd (Turn to page 2, coL 5) j. Referee and Not Opponent Tosses . Kruse For Fall SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. (AP) Everett Marshall of La Junta. ' Colo., ' won the feature wrestling bout here tonight which ended when the referee threw! his opponent, BobXrusei of Portland, Ore. ' ' -V -:' 1 - ' Each had taken a lall, Marshall the iirst with an airplane spin in 11 minutes and Kruse the second with a double wristlock In 15 minutes. Referee Charley Andrew warned Kruse several times about lugging while they were contest ing for the third fair and finally awarded the bout to Marshall on "a f ouL Kruse let loose a haymaker which landed on ! Andrew's chin and the referee jumped on Kruse and threw nlm with a headlock. Marshall weighed 218; Kruse 1. lie TRIAL IS STARTED " . . PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 15. (AP) Mrs. . Vera Jilbert's suit against e; R. Wilson in which she seeks $1000 ,damagt $ 500 each for two kisses opened in district court here today.JThe case will be continued tomorrow. Mrs Jilbert charged Wilson forr eibly kissed her June 15 and June 28 while she was employed by him. L FIRST IS YEARS " ENTERPRISE, . Ore Sept. ' 15 (AP) The first grizily bear teen la this comity for nearly SO years waa shot and" killed yesterday by B. C Stoiie-. man,- goverBmen hunter. ? The. . bear weighed about OOO pounds.' , The animal waa said to have killed 65 sheep In the Ch esnlm . mn neighborhood fn the past few weeks, I -"' INTEREST IS LOWER EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 15 (AP) Fiirii eltT council last Ight awarded to Rufus C. Hoi - 3h , V:( I ' 'H f ' tii. jf jfpNI l 'yr' V . -A X? ' i k ,....w.-c x, At top, Dwight D. Huss at the tiller of OId Scoot in 1005 checking up with J. W. Abbott, federal highway official, six miles out of . Portland, bis goal to win the first continental antgmobile race. To day when he passes throngh Salem again Huss will look more as he does In the lower picture. Mayor Gregory and committee of local citizens will meet him at the south city limits. , ' FACING BALM SUIT Breach of Promise Alleged . Against Hutton ! While I iHoneymoon is on LOS ANGELES,' Sept. 15 (AP) The honeymoon of Aimee Semple McPherson and her new husband,. Davis L. Hutton, was interrupted today by Hatton's al leged "pastTt V . r" It bad been much the same with Mrs.! Minnie "Ma" Kennedy, her mother, when she married a few months ago. Myrtle H. St. Pierre; 24 year old nurse, filed a 1200,000 breach of . promise auit against the 230 pouadNew York- and Los Angeles baritone today.' It was only Sunday r that the evangelist and her singer husband elopedt by airplane to Yuma, Ari zona. ;and - were married. They were making preparations to leave for Ventura, CaL; and port- (Turn to page 2, col. 2) r URBES PWiiCE Rufus C. -Holman, state treas urer, favors the use f Oregon labor exclusively on all state pro jects, pr that at least It be given preference, he anaouncedl yester day, i Holman will make his rec ommendations in r the form of a resolution to the state board of control. He also suggests that hand labor be used instead -f machine work wherever possible. Holman suggested that a pub lic employment agent, or agency, be selected in each county in Ore gon to recommend labor to con tractors engaged in public work. The I 'unemployment committees appointed recently by the gotern ment might be used for this pur pose, Holman said.' , - In- -eases where contracts can not be awarded conditional upon the employment of Oregon , labor, Holman suggested that the state proceed by force account in line with the action taken by Mult nomah county in the construction of the Columbia river highway. ADMITS - HnVRUX KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Sept. 15. AP) Domlnlk Hoefler pleaded guilty today to hit and run charges! ia connection with the death here several Weeks ago of E. J. Conley. Hoefler will be sentenced Saturday. i n Asks S500 for Each Kiss Grizzly Bear is Killed V State Buys Eugene Bonds V Mail Plane f Forced "Down mani as state treasurer, a . J200,- 000 -i Issue of Eugene Might and water bonds. Holman bids 'was 4 per cent Interest and a pre mium of 61 cents on every 3100. The bonds" are being issued to replace a previous issue bearing a higher! rate of- interest.! LANDS ON SAND B.1R HOOD RIVER, Ore.,' Sept. 15 rAPl Fiord Kleagle. flying a varaetr air mail Diane from Pasco to Portland, was forced, down on a'sand bar In the Columbia river here today. A cylinder head blew off the engine. The man was transferred to another plane sent here from Portland. ... , RRAKEMAN K ; "KLAMATH FALLS,' Ore., 15ept 15 (AP) William Renter, :M oreat Northern tjbrakeman was killed near: here today, when he was i cauKht . between J two araw kars while coupling two empty ears. He is survived by his wi dow 'and nine children in super .tor. Wis. Ti PROH! LAW REPEAL MEASURE IS FILED Gross Sales tax Initiative Petition Also Entered At Hoss 'Office An initiative petition calling j for repeal ' of the - prohibition amendment to the state constitu tion and another enacting a gross sales tax law on Institutions doing more than 1 2 00,00 ' annually were filed yesterday with the se cretary of state's office here. Jo seph F. Klrby filed the prohibi tion amendment , while the sales tax measure was filed by the In dependent Merchants', association of which Elton Watkins is presl- J-m "'fWn treasurer, and Wilford L. Long is secretary. All of the men reside in. Portland. The prohibition repeal meas ure Is similar to the one mea a few weeks ago by George Byland. t asks for the repeal of the con stitutional amendment along with the repeal of the Anderson prohi bition law.;-:. hv-:-- ' The sales tax measure applies only to retail . merchants , with a business In excess of f 200,000 an nually. The proposed tax, which Is to relieve real property, would range from one-twentieth of: one per-cent to two and a half per cent on gross sales exceeding 4,- 000.800 annually. Both petitions ; must be signed by 17.083 voters before July '7 of next year, in order to be placed on the ballot at the November elec tion in 1932. -i.ii,' ANAL WIG' PLANS ELABORATE The word is on with fall open ing" for the public stands waiting at the door .to know what to wear this fall and : winter. In order that the night of this opening may be as complete as possible the Ad club committee in charge of ar rangements is bending every ef fort to have something on the program , for everybody. I The latest addition to the num bers to ho presented is from Wil lamette university. Just what this will be is to be announced later. Streets will be elosed as last year on State from High to Liberty streets, and on Liberty from Court to Stte and from Court to Chemeketa. .. , The Scotch Kiltie band will also give a demonstration for the bene fit of the appreciative public and there will be programs in progress in each block. The numbers are being so arranged that one will be given in one; diock ana men the performers will move on to the next bJ,ock, thus the program will ,"rotate.- , . , n Li tr . r f Highway Board Meeting Plans : Not Given Out , Desnita a reneral view thai the state highway . commission would meet .Thursday, (no confirmation of that date could be secured last night by The Statesman from H. B. VanDuxer, chairman, i -At his residence VanDuxer stated that he hid not named or agreed-upon a date or a place for the meeting. He added that no date or place will be named until Commissioner William Hanley re turns from a trip he is .making in the south. . ,i , : ' AUTOS ATTACKED V EL PASO, Tex.L Sept. 15 (AP) Several automobiles ! bearing American citizens from Juares to El Paso were attacked near the international bridge here I this Mnlnr fcv Mexicans celebrating the eve of Mexico's independence day. v r . . f riendly Alliance ; Better Than" Sword However He Jells Britain; r Partnership for Benefit of AH " Revealed as his Recent "Dreamt LONDON,. Sept. IB. (AP) Proclaiming himself the represen tative 'of India's "dumb and semi starred . millions," Mahatma Gan dhi today, laid before the federal structures committee of the round table conference his demand for complete Independence from Great Britain. li ;; . At the same time he left open the door lor negotiations along mora moderate lines, j ' "if you can show me my claim Inimical to the Interests of the dumb -millions I will personally revise it," he said. "I am open to conviction but even so I shall have to ask my principals to consent to that revision." j Relates Dream of Friendly Alliance The mahatma, who said not a word during the' firsts-session of the committee yesterday because Monday is his day of silence, pro claimed his program in clear tones, speaking, as always, with measured slowness. He made his address, for which he used no notes, as he sat hunched in a chair at the side of the towering Lord Sankey, chairman of the commit tee. Mr. Gandhi told of dream which came to him as he was n earing Britain's shores last week a dream of equal partnership between Great Britain and India. "I do not for a moment mini mize the ability of Britain to hold India in - subjection , under the sword," he said. I But which, he asked, would be better, "an enslaved rebellious In dia or an India an esteemed part ner with Great Britain to share her sorrows and take part side by side with hecln hermiafortune? An India that, If, jifldevor''ber: own will can fight sideTy side with Britain, not for the exploita tion of a single race or a single hnman being, but, it might be, for the good of the whole world." LANDERS HEARING SLATED THURSDAY Hearing of charges preferred against J. S. Landers, president of the Oregon state normal school at Monmouth, will be resumed here tomorrow morning. Dr. E. E. LIndsey, secretary of the state board of higher education an nounced yesterday. The hearings will be conducted by Mrs. Walter M. Pierce of' La- Grande and C. L. Starr of Port land, members of the board of higher, education and the normal school investigating committee appointed May 28. The senate chamber In the statehouse has been reserved for the hearing. Dr. LIndsey announced that he had summoned more than 60 witnesses. Thursday's hearing will be given over to investigation of complaints relating to the curric ulum, faculty, raising of grades and the teachers training depart ment of the normal school. It was indicated that three days will be required to conclude the probe. :i BATTALINO WINS HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 15 (AP) Bat BatUlino.- world's featherweight champion, tonight decisively defeated Eddie Shea of Chicago in a ten round non-title fight. Aimee and i Her Choir Leader Wed David L. Hutton, singer, about to wedding; in the cabin of a plane wife, who witnessed the ceremony. KEW TORK, Sept.. 15 (AP) The time limit of its fuel sup ply having long ' since passed, . the dwindling hope for the finding of the Lisbon to New York plane of three foreign fliers lay tonightin the steamers . and patrol boats flying along the eastern, seaboard. The, plane with its. 4 3 hours of fuel was more than 12 hoars over that limit and unreported at 4 p. m. E.S.T. j ,"' . - Coast guard cutters ind a few planes,;- piloted - by . sympathetic Leng Island blrdmen at their own expense," searched parts of the North "Atlantic coast .without . re sult. - - f For abrief time hope was rer Tired wnSh a large gray plane was sighted over Keeae. N. H-, at noon, too high for lti markings to be distinguished. Airmen said it would have been due in New York at 3 o'clock had it been the Eaa." When that hour passed with no sign of. the fliers the re vived hope quickly died. 1 TO LEAVE TOHIGHT Parade to Leave Armory at 7 P. M.; Public Will " Gather at Station i The Capital Post No. 4 drum corps members will stage their own send-off celebration tonight.: No formal goodbye-and-good-luck program is planned by , eivlc or ganizations. ; 4 At 7 o'clock the drummers And 1 DnSler WH : march from the. ar- uiurj 10 oia.i siretsi ana mere go on parade, playing their national competition . repertoire ot eight pieces. Preceding their departure on the three special cars from the Southern Pacific depot at 8:20 o'clock, they will play one number on the station platform. if According to S their ' schedule, they will leave Portland, at Hi 00 o'clock, the Salem cars compris ing a part of of the 12-car sec tions of the Northwest Special American Leeion convention Detroit Sunday morning. l i ' This year's national drum corps competition is expected to be the keenest ever. It is the belief ! of members of the corps who hare participated in previous nation wide contests that-. Salem's troupe has even the drummers from the larger cities ( worried this year. The Capital Post No. S corps pre vious drawback, j old uniforms, now is eliminated. , I f That national eup is their goal. School Gets Increase of 96 Students SILVERTON, Sept. 15 This year's enrollment, at the close of the first day of' Sllverton's schools shows an increase of 98 over that of the first day of last year. , The enrollment, it Is be lieved, will not be completed be fore the third week as many of the high school' students in par ticular are out harvesting either hops are prunes as yet. . The greatest; Increase in en rollment is in .the Junior high school where this .year's enroll ment Is J 08 In comparison to last .year's 260. The Eugene Field building, which houses the primary division, had an enroll ment Monday night of 490 sin comparison to 440 . of a year ago. The senior ! high school stands the same, .113. ' -. A faculty of 40 cares for the complete enrollment ot, t8i in the three buildings. W M IS kiss his bride, Aimee Semple McPherson, at the conclusion at Tama, Arizona. In the backgrouK are Rolph McPherson and his 2 Welfare Agencies Meet to Prevent Duplication, : Assure' Efficiency 1 Home People and. Deservinjg ! - T; be AidedjirSingle : r Under the leadership of the Sa lem chamber of commerce! steps were, initiated last night toward co-ordinaMng the relief work which will be required in Salem during the coming winter. A meeting of the loeal citizen and representatives of agencies: hav ing to do with welfare work; was held In the chamber rooms last night; and a set-np of an organ ization' created. The plan worked out was to avoid duplication as much as possible, -use existing agencies which have experience in handling charity work,, use' train ed Investigators to make 'sure of the merits of applicants for. aid. and to . co-ordinate relief work with provision: of employment to lighten the load of direct laid re quired. 'I-;- ,:' -t' - - . j -,' i The single committee which the chamber of commerce meeting authorized was a finance commit tee. Last year a voluntary group known as Community Service raised a considerable sum! for charity. This committee is to be taken over and enlarged. Later in the fall a general, single : cam paign will be put on fori raising funds' on - a continuing i basis through the wlntes) months. ; Pres ident Crawford-of the-chamber of commerce will "appoint this com mittee. " ' 1 Red Cross Worker Will Assist Task Judge Rossman of the Red Crqss offered t the assistance of the Red Cross secretary to act as a eo-ordinator of relief applica tions, , to prevent duplication of aid f rpm different charity! bodies. She would also act as a trained in vestigator wherever inquiry as to need-wasr caUed fertes Thora Boeschen,rtheRediCIoss "secre- .tary, has been doing this, work lo cally foe the county ! court for some time past. : The group voted to accept the (Turn to page' 2, cel. EUGENE, Ore., Sept 15 (AP) Eugene's threatened milk war con tinued to , hang fire today; i The Eugene Milk Producers' as sociation met this morning land named a special cbmmittee to con fer with; the distributors in van ef fort toi settle their differences amicably .The distributors,1 reports circulated here said,! were consid ering acceding to the producers demands. Rumors of a possible retail price boost also were heard. A group of 23 producers who ase members of the; Eugene I Milk Producers association and who also hold epntracta with the Eu gene Farmers' creamery; the 'larg est distributor organization In the city, met today and signed an agreement to ' ask ' the' creamery board of directors to release them from their contracts. - , , The producers are asking $2.25 a hundred on .4 per cent milk. V r' CONFERENCE CALLED, ' t WASHINGTON, I j BepU. . If .-r-(AP) A four-day conference, to deal with the whole ' question of home construction and ownership has been called by President Hoo ver to . meet - on December i 2, in Washington under the chairman ship of Secretary Lamont. ; : .' ' of their EUGENE M LKWAR NOW WN , ? ; . " x ' -S - v a; . . - . a .-.ir iiijwlVV. I -.1 Aft m Med! Highlights of fiay At Oregon's. Labor, f Federation Meeting -I-; Total of Si resolutions in trodaced : in first; two ' days, li H. A. Dlrectorlj Chicago,' tells labor unemployment in surance neceesaryi and wage redactions Inevitable. ' ; "' Highway ! Commissioner Spaaldlng Is eondemned for proposal- to cat Wages of state, highway employes. V; Senator J. EJ liennett ex plains hia 5o,0O0,0O0 bond proposal to conTbntion.. ' C. ;C. Haiet state grange master,, aaya labokf s Interests similar to. those jof farmers.' James Taylor J president, Washington 4 Federation! of Labor, says domestic market enough for 'America. Eugene Smith holds I war debta from Europe mnst be remitted. If if ff;- . Vitf1 Astoria Invites convention there in 1032 and mentions "key to wine cellar. J Trip to Silver Creek falls this afternoon t annual ban quet and election of officers tonight, jv:-;- r;. f-vl .ruu ' I' 1 DIES AT OLYMRIA Washington Jurist,: Native Of Salem and Formerly Marion Surveyor OLTMPIA, Wssh.. Sept. 5 (AP) Justice Mark A. FuUer ton, veteran member ofsthe state supreme court, died ; at 1 5 p. , m., here today following anl extended illness caused by heart I trouble. ; Justice' Fullerton was strleken nearly two months ago and for the past three Weeks had been confined to his bed. All hopes for his recovery were abandoned several days ago and members of his family were summoned ' to Olympia. j ' . :sJ - , , ! Justice j Fullerton' was serving his sixth 'consecutive term as, a justice of the supreme court and; in! point of, service, wasl the old est member on the bench; j He was born at ' Salem Ore. j November 13, .1858, the third of 11 children. ? , He wft educated In the public schools of Oregon and at Willam ette university. He qualified aa a ; civil englneerf while studying law. . Iji 1881 he was appointed surJ veyor of , Marion- county, Oregon, and in 1882 United SUtes deputy surveyor for the state of Oregonj He was admitted to the bar in Oregon in 1883, moving soon after to the I territory i of Wash ington, Where he .was admitted to practice in 1885:!! '-ft ; ; I : Justice j Fullerton was elected for, his first term on the supreme behch in - 1898 I He served two terms as chief justice. - j Ralph's Hop Dryer Total Loss With Crop DALLAS. Sebti 1K- The! hnn dryer on the Chester Ralph place was burned i to the ground early Tuesday morning.! Tho entire crop of j hops was in 'the dryer at the time,; with about; two days pick ing unfinished.. The loss Is par tially f covered by Insurance. The yard Is Owned hy Mr. Ralph and James Linn ! of - Salem but has been operated by; a Mr. Jains this season.SSijti'f -i - . r j This Is the second hop dryer to burn this season' the other being the Oscar Smith" dryer in the Bridgeport district which burned last week.'' ... I ' i '' ni-. li M Governdr'Says i He Will Return Within 10 'li PORTLAND, Ore.,! Sept. 15 ' (AP) Governor Julius L. Meier, who has been at a hotel: here re cuperating from illness, I said j to night he probably , would return to his offica at Salem. In about ten! 'days. :i vj -V "", . ; The governor Bald he was feel Isg well but that he intended to take a! short rest before he re turned to his office. ; ' Child . Severely; i l::lBitteiby Iog JEFFERSON, Beptl 15 Billy Donovan, three; year old son of Mr.! and Mrs, Donavan, swho are pleklng prunes In the O. M. Aup perle orchard near hereof was se verely bitten en the face by a dog.. The local physician-; dressed the wound which was about an .inch long and, quite deep. The young-v1 . a a a o 1' a 1 1 V ster is getting along nicely. MARK M7 oraerrs Labor-Employer - S Into System is Outlined i To Convention Repeal of Prohibiticn Resolution may be ' jVbted bri Today . 1 1 :S - " l ' 1 T; ' 1 " , While! the Oregon state feder ation of labor was adopting reo ; lutions. disapproving reduction ; ef wages either by the state or by ' private Industry, yesterday la the second day of its annual conren tion, it rwas listening also to a' plea for unemployment insurance ' to protect labor against future depressions which were held in evitable.! , . ,: . . Tuesday sessions of the ; enli ven tion were attended by more than 200 persons, representative of virtually every section of the state. When recess was taken to night a total of 31: resolutions had been introduced, fy . '" Several of the convention com mittees met last night and it i likely that a large number of the resolutions wll be reported ' out today. It was indicated that the resolution dealing with prohibi tion would Inspire a lively debate. The annual reports of William Cooper, president,; and Ben T. Ov borne, executive secretary, prob ably will be approved witbeat lengthy discussion. i; Kindergartens May Receive Support f ' Two resolutions " were offered !Just prior to recessing yesterday. One Of these was.. drafted by Mr. Osborne, and related to the' establishment of - kindergarten schools in cooperation with the national kindergarten field asso ciation. The other urged that in stitutions not actually engaged in physical relief be eliminated from sharing In the resources of cer tain charitable agencies. A 'group of women, represeat Ing the iWaverly Babv Home ia Portland, appeared before . the convention, and -explained the operations of that Institution. " A system of unemploymeat In surance which afford practical re lief for' the periodic and inevitable unemployment problem was urg ed upon the Oregon State Federa tion of Labor yesterday by Prof. H. A. Director, member of the faculty of the University of Chica go.. Director averred no system of regularizing f Unemployment had as yet. been f devised 'which would always assure labor ea Jobs. He advocated an in dust ry- labor-state system of unemploy ment Insurance; - j ' "You mark my words; the A. F. of L. will adopt such a program," Director said. I "The trouble i that such' Insurance cannot be wft dertakren in bad tiroes and when', times are good no: One wants It." Denies Systems in t En rope are ,Doles,i The speaker denied that tie English and German system were "doles saying that in Gernraay virtually all the support came from workers and capitals while in England : the greatest part of the relief was apart from the government. 1 1 With the insurance system dole, labor can maintain its wage scale. Director said, because tho unemployed man has some sub sistence to get along with. With out the inurance 1 system, wages cannot bo maintained. "You can talk all you wish about keeping np wises; they are not being kept ' up and ! they are not going to be," j Director said. High wages depend on the strength of the labor organlia tlons together with little unem ployment Xow with jobs at aV premiam, wages are bound tojro down unless workers have some thing to fall back on. In Chicago where I live the union scale is fry ing ostensibly kept up but the union workers rather than stand In a bread line are working let half the scale." ;f - , Condemn Spa aiding; -For Wage cat Plant The resolution condemning Mr. Spaulding for his proposal to re duce wages of the: employes of the state highway department, was .signed by ; 1 5 prominent members of organised labor ia Oregon. ;i The delegates not only condemned Mr. Spauldlng's ) ac tion, but;' called upon the state -highway commissleu to maintain the wages of Its employes at tte existing i level, r ? f 1 j -The resjolution read in part:1 j - "Any reduction in wages of these employes would be- an-h-vitatlon to highway contractors to pay a lower scale to employes engaged In highway construction, thus extending the evil effect beyond the regular: employes cf the highway ' department," The resolution urged the state highway department to standard lxs rather than reduce its war Favor Portland for National Legion Meet The convention went on reco.d favoring Portland as the 19 32 convention city of the Natier a) American Legion. The resolu tion was Approved without being; ,: (Turn to page z, con-17 :.! v 4 r
