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Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 30, 1932
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POLITICS PASS
ZERO HOUR ID
WINDUP STARTS
Shorter Elections Shown
Necessary; Campaigns
Overstrain Nation
Even Roosevelt bet not
Found, Oregon; Church
Endorsements Loom
Beware of Goblins Monday Night;
Its an Old Hallowe'en Custom
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
The 1932 political campaign
has seen its zero hour, its charge
and counter charge, and any rotes
now captured by either party will
be few. The situation resembles
evangelistic services. Good preach
ers know few souls are saved after
the first half hour.
Governor Roosevelt will tour
New England this week and Pres
ident Hoover after a major speech
in New York on Monday may dash
for California and way points but
the campaign is nearly through
and speculation on its outcome Is
the major topic for the week
ahead.
The prolonged pre-conveution
campaign and the four and one
half months' campaign thereafter
demonstrate in this parlous year
the necessity of shorter and snap
pier national elections. Germany
and England have their political
moments and the fight runs high
but the battle is over long before
a major American engagement
goes over the top and out into no
man's land. Along with the Norris
amendment which abolishes the
lame-duck congress and puts the
Incoming president into office two
months ahead of the now prevail
ing time, there might well be
added a section to cut down po
litical campaigns one third and
relieve the nation of the untoward
strain of a too extended and need
lessly repetitive political battle
Smith Speech Highlight;
Hoover Rebuttal Effective
The past week, nevertheless, has
brought Its moments. Alfred E.
Smith's speech at Newark was the
highlight followed closely by Pres
ident Hoover's scorching, slashing
and effective rebuttal Friday night
at Indianapolis. Smith's speech
showed the rancor of 1928. His
diatribes at all persoss, parties
and creeds which happened to op
pose his views seared into the
minds and hearts of any number
of neutral or pro-Roosevelt re
publicans and sent them scurry
lng back to the fold.
Smith's managers here and la
the east quickly saw the patent
weakness of his Newark speech
Oregon democratic newspapers
played the speech down or did not
print it at all. Democratic leaders
in Portland burned up the wires
commanding that Smith be jerked
Roosevelt went into a huddle in
New York City with Farley and
within 24 hours Smith had been
pulled from fneNnational lineup
and his future addresses confined
to the territory where Al has in
fluence. i
Smith's Immediate effect here
was to galvanize church groups
dry groups, and others into more
vigorous, aroused action on be-
half,xf the republican candidate.
Slippery Sam Tariff
Policy Loses Lumbermen
The slippery Sam tariff policy
of Mr. Roosevelt also came home
to roost during the last week.
Some worried westerners wired
the governor to take a stand on
agricultural duties. Whereupon
Mr. Roosevelt announced that "ob
viously" be would do nothing to
reduce these. Quick to see how
compromising and Insincere the
democratic candidate's policy on
tariff had been, Mr. Hoover show
ed Friday night at Indianapolis
the chameleon which Roosevelt's
tariff policy had been. In Oregon
the lumber industry ' has massed
to support the president and thus
to encourage the gains in produc
tion and price which have come
in the last two months, solely due
to tariff. '
The Literary Digest and other
polls are being used by the demo
cratic party as proof conclusive
that this campaign Is all over but
the shouting. They ignore the fact
that the vast majority of the votes
cast were balloted before the ma
jor Hoover offensive started, be
ginning with his speech at De
Moines, on October 4. This writer
cast his Digest ballot September
22, a date which indicates when
the western sample ballots began
to arrive. No serious political ob
server believes the Digest's poll of
14 to 8 for . Roosevelt In Oregon
will be sustained; even money
conld not be obtained in Salem
last week on Roosevelt to carry
Oregon, so overwhelming has been
the republican registration and so
secure has this state been for re
publicanism throughout its 73
years of statehood.
Women's Vote in
Pool Is Overlooked
Another factor overlooked by
poll pronouncements Is that the
men's vote has been three tinges
as numerous as that of women.
According to the New York Times,
. in the Hearst poll which shows
- 1S1 electoral votes for Hoover. Of
' the men voting 53 per cent went
for Roosevelt; . only only 52 per
cent of the women went for the
democrat. Thus the percentage of
Roosevelt's lead Is all out of pro
portion of the actual vote, women
considered. The women's rote will
run from 40 to 5 per cent of the
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HOPEFUL SIGNS
FOR HOP PRICE
SEEN AT MEET
Growers Pass Resolutions
In Support of Repeal
Of Anderson law
5
V
4
Against Saloon; Find no
Difference in Parties
On Tariff Issues
Politicians
Enter Volley
Ball Tourney
Monday night October 31, the
Democrats. Republicans, Social-
i5s and Prohibitionists will en
gagenot in a debate, but in
competition for volleyball cham
pionship. The tournament will
continue for from four to six
weeks at the Y. M. C. A.
Although no Literary Digest
poll has been taken, U appears as
if the Prohibitionists and the So
cialists have just as good a
chance as the other two parties,
stated R. R. Boardman, physical
director, last night. Chester Page,
Sr., is in charge of the tourna
ment. Lineups are as follows: Demo
crats, Captain Hill, Brown, Elfs
trom. Galloway, Wilson, Moore,
McXamara, Neuner; Republicans,
Captain Hilborn, Ford, Acton,
Dodge, Moe, Carkin, Reid and
Probert; Socialists. Captain Bar
rick, Schnuelle, Mentzer," Hull,
Page JrH, Birtehett, Lindbeck;
Prohibitionists, Gregg. Lee, Owen,
Hardie, Thomas, Abrams and
NORMALS CREDITED
IN OTHER STATES
38 States Recognize Oregon
Teacher Training as
Standard
ARMISTICE 11
IM 1
Expressing confidence that the
1 price of 1932 Oregon hops will
I yet reach a 25 cent market, T. A.
Livesley of Salem late yester
day afternoon concluded in a
speech on marketing, the business
and program sessions of the first
annual meeting of the Oregon Hop
Growers' association.
Resolutions of major impor- ,eyer
I tance adopted by the nearly 200
growers in attendance Included
one in which the association went
on record in connection with the
: Anderson bone dry law as firmly
opposed to return of saloons in
this state. A second resolution
relative to the tariff reiterated
1 the association's non-political pol
icy, declaring that both parties
ISo'ntitt.'hoB enrueadndptrh0e: Acting Chief Since Lipp De-
I fore each individual should de
clare for himself or herself poli
tical affiliation. F. E. Durbin of
Salem was chairman of this com
mittee.
A motion for the floor for re
commendation to the
BEARCATS
E
EDGE OUT HELD
E
MOOT
Loggers Still Near Title
As Willamette Must
Meet Tough Foes
Strenuous Campaign
Bring President
On West Coast Trip
lay
Keene's men Keyed up and
Outfight Visitors in
Punishing Contest
RYAN IS P
E
AT
1HT
By RALPH CURTIS
Keyed up to an Intense fighting
pitch, Willamette university's sur
prising Bearcats battled a suppos
edly .stronger ,
but potaibly
compla cent
College of Pu
get Sound
; eleven off its
I feet on Sweet-
land field Sat
urday night,
but failed to
c
I, V
X- -R
Pair Held Upon
Assault Charge
Filed by Woman
City police last ntght arrested
and jailed Harold LaVock, 170
South 18th street, and Mrs. Es
ther Getty, 2465 North Fifth
street, on charges of assault and
battery preferred by Bertha
Moore, whose address was not
known, they reported early this
morning. The warrant was Issued
by Judge Miller Hayden, Justice
of the peace.
LaVock and Mrs. Getty, police
said they were informed, dragged
the Moore woman from an auto
mobile and handled her roughly,
early In the evening.
Address atNew York
Monday is Awaited
By Many Hearers
Blackmail Charge is
Hurled at Bourbon
Finance Seeker
'1
Lovall Qribbl
parted is Advanced on
Basis of Work
With Wrestling Card
Are Attractions
Oregon's normal schools are
quite generally recognized as stan
dard by the Btate departments of
education of other states, Charles
A. Howard, state superintendent
of public instruction announced
here Saturday.
Howard's statement was based
on information obtained from
each state school superintendent
or commissioner of education, and
was Issued primarily to counter
act Information that has been
broadcast to the effect that Ore
gon's normal schools are not ac
credited Institutions in other
states.
Replies from 39 states indicate
that 38 of them recognize the
Oregon normal schools as stan
dard two-year teacher training In
stitutions. Michigan is the only
one of the 39 states that does not
give the Oregon normal schools
such recognition.
Xo Extra Work
Required, 18 States
Eighteen of these states issue
teachers' certificates to the grad
uates of Oregon's normal schools
without additional examination or
courses. Seven issue certificates
with the single provision that the
courses taken must correspond to
certain specified subject grouping.
Nine others have set up specific
examinations or courses of their
own which must be taken by all
normal school graduates coming
from other states before certifi
cates will be granted.
There are four states, Arizona,
California, Maryland and Wash
ington, that require more than
two years of elementary teacher
training before a certificate will
be issued.
"This investigation was made,"
Howard said, 'in order to secure
accurate information on which to
base replies to many inquiries
that have recently como to this
department as to the standing of
the Oregon normal schools. These
figures should set at rest the ru
mor that these institutions are
without recognition outside of
Oregon.
"All three of Oregon's normal
schools are on the accredited list
(Torn to page 3, col. t)
CHEMAWA. Oct. 29 (Special)
Special recognition has been
various I anr1fil -Tniriea TV T?van. whn fnr
units of the state association that the past two years has been as
selling and planting of roots be gi8tant superintendent of the Che
curtailed was Voted down. DiS- vnatnnl .ohnnl thrnnph
cusslon durin? the afternoon
TWO FOOtball Games Along ,ncllned' however, to holding ber lt to th0 ,uperlntendent of
-"t m 'uo yrcseui ugure. I this BChOOl
Talking on production and cim-A th tranufpr nt ft TT T.lnn.
market survey, Mr. Livesley gave to the Sacramento Agency, Cali
the following statistics relative to fornla. in April 1931, Mr. Ryan
the hop world: bM Actinz suDerinlendent of
Plans for the extensive two-day The Pacific coast 1932 hop he Chemawa school. Durlnr this
Armistice celebration SDonsored production Is 16,965 bales less
by Capital Post No. 9, American tnn ltl, when the total pro- ments have been made at the lo
Legion are shaping up excellently auction was over 133,000 bales. cai institution whieh have re
and the event srives nromise of ex- Oregon this year harvested 65.0O&
ceeding last year's in interest and les " against 86,000 in 1931: from all persons interested in the
nnanciai success, ueneral cnalr- mcrewo ox a.owu welfare of the school and student
man J. T. Delhuey declared last bales this year and Washington body.
nignt. All details have been fully s"gni increase, uregon acreage Mr. Ryan', background In train
worked out, he said. h" increased 3,000 in the last hnc w experience srives him am-
The celebration will begin at 7 lwo Tears. The 1931 price opened pi8 qualifications for this exacting
'clock Thursday night. November 15 cents; dropped to 10 cents anil reanoBKlhlA nnaitlnn nf iniuh
iu, witn me city ehamplonshln nu c l cenis. intendent of one of the largest In
1 . I . m at a a
IOOtoail eame on Sweetland field .uruyen acreage in 1141 was Ml.n .w.tlnnal irhMli in th
between the Parrish and Leslie &J.885, a decrease of 16,942 over United States. He holds a Bachel
Junior high school elevens. How- e preceeding year, with the orB and Master's degree from the
ara Mapie win rereree. Following fr.1""""1 oaies enorc University of Wisconsin in addl-
me game, at 9 o'clock, a double "r TOl , L,v' to specialized work In edu-
main event wrestling match with 605 bales. Certified continental catlon at Columbia University in
a lively curtain riser will be of- (Turn to page 3, col. 4) New Tork cu and otne ja-n.,,.
tlons of higher education. For the
past 17 years he has engaged in
educational work, during which
time he has been on the staff of
the Tempe Normal school, educa
tlonal supervisor for the state de
partment of education in Arizona
as well as supervisor of vocation
al education in Delaware and
Kentucky.
line in any of -' . . - .
its threats ' .
and the con
test ended v
scoreless. s rjv
This out
come Rives
puzet Sound considerable advant
age in its quest of the Northwest
conference title, as lt faces only
the nominal threat of Albany col
lege and is virtually certain to
finish the season still unbeaten
while Willamette must still hold
the fort against attacks by the
dangerous Unfield, Pacific ana
Whitman squads
Willamette held the upper nana
every minute of the game, the
Loggers making only two unim
pressive sallies Into Bearcat terri
tory. The home squad's superior
ity is evidenced by the statistics;
MOTT DIES PA
T
111 HflWLEY ATTACK
fered at the armory. Onas Olson
la now arranging the program.
At 10 o clock Armistice day
morning, the annual parade will
start from Marion square, led by
the Salem national champion
drum corps. Several bands and a
large number of organizations
will march. The parade will wind
up at the soldier s monument,
(Turn to page 3, col. 6)
CM
T PAD BUDGET
AVERS DIRECTOR
Political Advertisement
Lacked his Approval,
Candidate Asserts
Anxious to correct any possible
Impression that a political ad
vertisement issued presumably In
his behalf but containing state
ments to which he objected.
might have been published with
his approval or consent, James W,
Mott, republican candidate for
295 yard, gained from scrimmage JSTSSS. Vit
nrday furnished The Statesman
the following communication:
I read today in the Hollywood
ge-u r. signed by the W. O. W. Old
TTlVlBL IUBL UU W Ul VUO V HlWl V am. 1.. a ,
such a ease, has been ac- d,dacy for consreM, ;dTer
and 16 first downs, to the Log
aers' 86 yards and four first
downs. Unfortunately, the sug
cepted by the rule-makers.
Three Threat to
Z . .v- vo1f mary campaign opponent.
Three times in the first half
Willamette, on the strength of Ht-
tlsement contained a very nncom
pllmentary reference to my prl-
Mr
Hawley.
"I wish to state most emphatl-
Ue Johnny Oravecs fleet rnning cal,y that th,s adTertl8ement was
and Hanford Olson's terrific
plunging, knocked at the gates of
(Turn to page 3, col. 6)
lEU'S JOB
IMBALANCE
Mrs. E. Mayer,
Mother of Mrs.
Meier Passes ltem ,nciuded ,n tn'r require-
y ments, Henry M. Hanzen, state
State department heads who
pad their budgets for the years
1933 and 1934, in anticipation
of substantial reductions being
made by state budget officials.
will be called "on the carpet" to
explain In detail each and every
DEMOLISHED
INJURIES SLIGHT
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 29
(AP) Mrs. Estelle Mayer, 75,
mother of Mrs. Julius L. Meier,
died today in the Portland apart
ments of Governor and Mrs
budget director
Saturday..
declared here
nil t ia -. 1 n Snu.ian
T! n0.U!!mvntvWJL". mad,e Although two light automobiles
collided head on and were almost
the
lng, only one person, Milo Nelson
of Dallas, was Injured. He was
by Hanzen after he had invest!
rated a number nf- fends-eta rw I . ....
0 - 1 ' I fAMAlaH.i1 Vawmm mm
Meier after an Illness lasting sev- w i, j,. I i-ans uuy road early this morn
t"u"lU8- t , that at least three of these bud
mtu. juayer was uum June i, t-nAA .. th.. v.j v
1857. at New Orleans as Estelle padded for tne Bol( purpose of to a hospital where It was
Acaerman. bne came to Portland attttinr nv r.d nctlnna that I CV"A cu ukB cuiei injury coiisisi-
when but a girl Here she mar- may be nece8gary by the state ed of ?adlT, "shed hand. It
ried S. Julius Mayer, president hndrt dnartrant was undetermined whether or not
of Fleckensteln A Mayer. ' "I want to be absolute!? fair he fed Internal Injuries
Through the long span of years wtth tt huda nf it i Miss Eva Schults of Black
she lived in this city, she took an gtitutlons and departments " Han- Rock- drlTln aedan. apparently
active part in the development of un contined "but I do not in- ws blinded by the lights of an
Portland, especially along social tnd to annr'ove budreta which approaching touring car driven by
UnM- have not been, nrenarad in eon- Mr- vern Alsip of Dallas. The
She was active in child welfare formjtT with Governor Meier's Schults car left the road, then
wora ana pnnaninropic euier- nomv nrnmm rtnda-.ta k.r. I ran oaca on ana met the Alsln ma
prises, and In the council of Jew- lag evidence of padding will be cn,n head on. t was reported
published wholly without my
knowledge or consent, and while
I appreciate the interest In my
candidacy shown by those re
sponsible for the sdvertisement
I regret very much that they
made reference to my former op
ponent in this manner.
'Upon reading this advertise
ment, I Immediately wrote to the
Hollywood Press and to both
1 dally papers, my letter contained
the above statement. Today's
Capital Journal did not publish
Whether W. W. Ridehalgh shall the letter. Instead thereof an ex
be retained in the capacity of su- cerpt from the advertisement
pervlgor of state transportation containing the objectionable ref
probably will be decided definitely erence in question was published
at a meeting of the state board of in the 'Sips' column and labeled
control to be held here next Tues- 'From a Mott for Congress Ad.
dar. lt was announced Saturday This, of course, is untrue, and
at the executive department. All although it apeared in the hu
three members of the board were morous column of the Journal
expected to attend Tusday's I do npt consider it humorous,
meeting.
The proposal to abolish this of
flee came before the board of con
trol a week ago when Hal E. Hoss.
secretary of state, demanded a re
port showing what progress had
been made by Ridehalgh In cur
tailing governmental costs. Hoss
said he had not been able to ob
tain this information first-hand.
ing women.
Hopgrowers Hear Prohi
Laws Vigorously Scored
subjected to the moat earefnl scrn- Both cars were overturned.
tiny of my department. Hanzen
--v .
the next biennlum probably MJfiTnanfl 11 riPAW
would be sent to the nrlnter ear- CJ"a"" iOiicaifjf
ly in December.
Declaring lt was time, for the
nation to wake up and do away
with the Illegitimate liquor busi
ness by abolishing prohibition
and inaugurating governmentdis
pensing of liquor, Thomas G. Ry
an. Portland attorney, scored pro
hibition, its leaders and its mo
tives in a 30-minute address Sat
urday night at the banquet of
Oregon hopgrowers held at the
Marion hotel.
Ryan said it was a matter of
record that there were 1155
speakeasies In Washington, D. C.
alone. "They are everywhere, ev
en under the 'very eyes of the
W. C. T. U the Methodist head
quarters and' the Anti-Saloon
league offices there," lie declar
ed. "The city ir rifled by boot
Jeggers who work throughout
congress and even into the White
House."
Ryan called for the restoration
of the liquor traffic through the
government as a means of eco
nomic restoration in America. He
said the sale of ' liquor would
bring S400.e00.000- in revenue
to the federal government, would
use 80,000,000 bushels of grain
and thus wipe out farm distress
o-
and would eliminate the $18,000
000 annual evpenditure now go
ing for so-called prohibition enforcement.
Why should we let so much
of your money flow Into Canada
For Literature
On G. O. P. Side
An Increasing demand for re-
Willamette Choir
Will Broadcast
07fT fCfrW 'PflflaxT publican literature was reported
VUay yesterda- at headquarters nere.
; .1 . . Precinct workers have reported in
Willamette university students ,. ..
V o a- vi , T.. . . . r . T. t. spend a large portion of the com
off the Canadian war debt?" he (station KGW at 3:30 o'clock this I . . ,.
cried.
afternoon. At that time, the
Ryan said that Dr. Clarence university's philharmonic choir is f"V"
lng week out in their districts
making a personal canvass of the
t .
were motivated in their work by made up of selected members of Lh " T",,:;, t"v7.i.r
t i--i u ...t. I a that he already had checked every
original work of the W. C. T. U. club, made a successful tour of J10"8 a JfAAe-7
J .. v,. .v. -r,.. I .v. ...... - the vote about 50-50 on Hoover
working for temperance they did
good. It was only when their in-
good. It was only when their In-1 rr D-7---fluence
extended to the leglsla-llOp trrOCLUCerS
tlve halls and made -supine mor
al cowards" of political leaders,
that their influence became vane-
fulr Ryan declared. Hopgrowers of Oregon are ov-
and Roosevelt. A number of
women reported they would vote
for Hoover although the alleged
WflT 'PolCPVP" I democratic. Hoover's recent radio
' w va a, 1 . . i
peecnes oiti maLei ikuj in
creased his popularity, the pre-
Tt.i. ant a-n AT btnr . v. .wu. I clnet worker reported, and save
composed of liars, hypocrites ana Franklin D. Roosevelt, a straw ' """"
pulpiteers as it Is," Ryan pleaded, poll held yesterday at their meet-
He said he was rigidly against the lag here revealed. Men , Voted:
return of the saloon and admitted I Roosevelt 14S, Hoover 1. Worn
that many of the conditions de-1 en voted Roosevelt 58, Hoover
scribed in "Ten Nights in a Bar I 2. One of the hopmen character-1 Portland Saturday night that Bar-
Room" were real.- - Used pro-Hoover hop growers as I bara Jane Thorns f Portland and
. Ryan said regulation by law of I "traitors' and manifested eager-1 Ted Gilbert of Oorrallla were the
neonle's habits in eating and I ness to ascertain who the hypo-1 wlnnera in the state Atwater
-1 Turn to page S, col. 5) crites were. 'Kent radio audition eentest.
TIXKERS AJXOL'.NCKW
Announcement was made
la
MAJOft ADDRESS MONDAY
A major address of the cam
paign .will be delivered Mon
day in Xew York City by Pre
sident Herbert Hoover. It will
be nationally broadcast and
will be received In Oregon be
ginning at 6 p.m. Monday.
KGW will carry the national
broadcast In this territory.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (AP)
Definitely decided upon an
other and more protracted Jour
ney into the middle-western po
litical arena a trip to be marked
by three or four speeches Pre-
siaent Hoover late today returned
to the White House for a brief
stop before carrying his campaign
nrst along the eastern seaboard.
The president plans to leave
the national capital again on
Monday morning to swing
through Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
New York, and then late Wed
nesday or Thursday he will turn
westward once more.
Although his plans are tenta
tive, with details still to be de
cided, Mr. Hoover probably will
go through Chicago. Minneapolis.
Springfield. 111., and St. Louis.
In the order named. Dozens of
rear platform appearances would
be arranged.
Some of the president's closest
advisors are somewhat doubtful
he will make a trip to the west
coast, must most of his plans
have been arranged so that an
eleventh hour shift would be pos
sible. As he traveled back today from
Indianapolis and his fourth ma
jor address in the interior, the
chief executive took no rest from
his drive for .re-election.
At half a dozen halts in West
Virginia and western Maryland
he told audiences ranging from
the hundreds to several thousand,
as estimated by police, that the
"forces of depression" are in fur
ther retreat. '
Upjohn Lad Hurt
As He Runs Into
Stevens Machine
William, seven-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Upjohn.
Governor Meier declared that 914 South Liberty street, suffered
while Ridehalgh's operations had I painful bruises about the head
been satisfactory, he could see no I and legs late yesterday afternoon
reason for continuing the depart- as the result of running into an
ment. Rufus C. Holman, state
treasurer. Indicated that he was
opposed to abolishing Ridehalgh's
Job until such time as he had re
ceived a report showing what has
been accomplished.
Ridehalgh contends that
through a check of state transpor
tation and expense accounts of of
ficials and employees, he has been
able to save the state a large
amount of money annually.
automobile driven by Fred Stev
ens of Gervals at South Commer
cial and Bush streets. The exam
ing physicians said he was not ser
iously injured.
A witness told police, they said,
that the lad ran against the right
front wheel of the car, then rolled
underneath and Stevens stopped
almost instantly, thus avoiding
running over the boy.
Stevens was not held.
Three Amendments to
City Charter Proposed
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (AP)
The republican national com
mittee tonight issued a statement
saying that G. A. Eddy, president
of the Goss Printing Press com
pany, Chicago, has complained to
Franklin D. Roosevelt, democra
tic presidential nominee, that his
campaign organization had ap
proached him with a "flagrant at
tempt at political blackmail" in
seeking campaign funds.
"In mid-October. A. P. Homer.
director of the marine committee
of the finance division of the dem
ocratic national committee. Hotel
Biltmore. New York. City, sent two
letters to Mr. Eddy soliciting
funds for the campaign." te re
publican statement said.
"In the first. Mr. Homer called
attention that Governor Roose
velt, 'while assistant secretary of
the navy, was the man who per
sonally saw that your contract
was reinstated after its cancella
tion on Armistice day,' and then
requested Mr. Eddy to send a
campaign contribution In the form
of a check to F. C. Walker, treas
urer of the democratic national
campaign committee.
"On the next day (Oct. 14) Mr.
Homer sent a second letter to
Mr. Eddy, toning down the first,
but at the same time setting forth
that 'in view of the friendly re
lations between Mr. Roosevelt
while assistant secretary of the
navy, and your company, I feel
sure that you will be glad to send
a substantial check to help with
this campaign.'
When the Salem voter enters 1
the polls one week from Tuesday,
he will find on his ballot, in ad
dition to an almost appalling
number of places to mark his
county,, state and -national X's,
three city charter amendments to
pass upon and one or two city of
ficers to choose, according to his
ward. With the city measures and
candidates tailing the ballot, it
will be with a sigh of relief that
he realizes he- is nearly through
making these X's.
City police last week began
campaigning vigorously for the
main proposed -charter amend
ment, that to place the police de
partment under the same civil
service regulations as was don
to the Ore department following
the May eity election. This meas
ure has received endorsements of
many, ci vie organizations. Opin
ions on Its merits are being spok
en variously bat, considering the
huge majority vote for the fire
department eivil service, and ob
veraely, the fact many unfavor
able votes will bo cast by persons
who have met the police officers
1 ander disagreeable circumstances
it is fairly probably that this
amendment will be adopted.
The other two proposed charter
amendments involve lowering the
city's service charge for making
sidewalk and street improve
ments. That lt will be accepted by
the voters is without doubt in this
period of complaint against taxes.
How the race for the combined
position of city recorder, police
Judge and purchasing agent will
end is a sizeable question mark at
present. Both Mark Poulsen, the
incumbent, and H. S. Bosshard,
his opponent, have many staunch
friends. Bosshard is campaign
ing heavily.
Citizens in four of the seven
wards will choose aldermen since
no candidate In these areas ob
tained a majority In May. Candi
dates are:
-First ward C. L. Par .enter.
H. H, Vandevort, Incumbent; sec
ond Walter Fuhrer, Frank P.
Marshall; sixth Carl B. Arm-
priest, Chris 3. Kowits, in cum
bent; seventh H. C Leaven
worth, Paul R. Hendricks, incum
bent,
NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (AP)
James A. Farley, democratic
national chairman, said tonight
that "neither I nor any member
of the (democratic finance) com
mittee ever gave anyone authority
to solicit funds In such a man
ner," as described In a republican
national committee statement
quoting correspondence C. A.
Eddy of Chicago said he had re
ceived from A. P. Homer of the
democratic finance division.
October Building
Holds Up to Last
Month's Permits
October has held its own with
September as a building month. :
records of E. C. Bushnell, eity
Knfldfna In fnArf er bVaw At 1jw.
Ing time yesterday, permits for
the month totalled $11,892, Jun
12(3 under last month. Sixty-two
permits were Issued. 1 A year ago
in inni wa xzi.-txb rnr no-.
mlts. . I ' -7. -a. -
Nine of the permits this month
were for new construction which
was to cost a otal of $1125. . A
L$3000 and a $2500. house were
started. .