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EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning:, November 27, 1932
'rO-w. r " FOUNDED 1851 , " . j j 1
ISSiFDIl
SOLON MEETING
Economy, Salaries, . Motor
: . Licenses, - Prohibition
; Assure Fireworks
Higher ; j Edubation , Another
Sore" l Sppt?l Meier not
Sole Leader! now ;
By SHELDON P. SACKETT I
skn of the -legislature Is called
late in December -or early in Jan
nary, the main 1933, legislative
gathering will be a-political ahow
long to be remembered in Oregon.
For one thing, its membership
consists of more inexperienced
legislators than in any other lav
making group assembled in the
state. No well-oiled machine nota
ble in the Burdick-Moser-Jones,
et al, dais will be in evidence.
The 1931 legislature was de
cidedly a Meier-lead, we follow
aggregation. The "mandate of the
people" breathed fear into legis- I
lative hearts. The tialo is off the
administration and the cohesive
program expected in 1931 which
never fully materialised is not
probable this coming term.
Times Favorable
Tor Much Bickering
'Then the days are parlous.
Taxpayers are on the rampage,
Unemployment is huge, trouble
abounds. Whether from rambunc
tious Peter Zimmerman from
Yamhill county or roly-poly Joe
Dunne from Multnomah county
there are private panaceas for de
pression which at least a dozen
legislators will try to loose on the
people.
So gallery-goers should arrange
for seats early and reporters pre
pare for night sessions and extra
days. The 1933 legislature is cer
tain to be memorable.
What are a few of the problems
and questlons'which confront this
soon-to-convene body?
Presumably the most Impor
tant will be that of state econ
omy: a vast slash in operating
expense coupled with possible
new taxes to meet the state def
icit. Henry Hansen has announced
a biennium budget of not more
than $10,000,000 in contrast to
the S17.440.000 budget of 1931
1932. But will the legislature ap
prove the particular cuts Mr. Han
sen proposes 7 Will it not have its
own axe-victlms to offer? I How
about salary schedules? Is a max
imum 25 per cent slash suffi
cient? Hansen proposes but the
legislature will dispose and there
re about as many ideas on cut
ting costs as there are legislators.
Senators Draw np
Salary Schedule
Already several senators are
drawing up and announcing
through the press the salary
Schedule cuts they want. Some
want SO per cent reductions
! among the big fellows", others
rould abolish certain offices in
luding that of Mr. Hansen, the
power-behind-the throne in the
administration.
On the legislative subject ot
auto license ehanges, more uni
formity of opinion is seen in the
state than on any other subject.
The uniformity consists in gen
eral agreement that auto licenses
are too high and must come down.
Bui how fat? The extremists
want a general 1 3 license fee.
Senator Burke and other have
suggested IS. Some legislators
talk a general 10 per cent cut;
the state highway department is
thought to. favor a 2B per cent
cat , " -
Shall a tax of one cent then be
added: to gasoline? 'How much
larger , a percentage of the auto li
cense fees shall go to tne counties
who. now hare one-third of mon
eys taken In sent to them 7 There
will he much acrimonious arguing
before this cuestlon, is. threshed
Ut. '
High School Tnitloa ' '
Law Attack Certain '
f The high school tuition law and
the transportation law are bound
to come up for attack. Two years
ago the repeal of the transporta
tion law was proposed hut the
opponents of repeal packed the
legislative chambers at a hearing
and convinced sufficient house
members that transportation must
continue so the hill never got
across the eapltol hall. Nowadays
transportation is a greater", bur
den than ever on farmers and a
renewed and more forceful attack
Is pending. The Mt, Angel group
will also fight the tuition law and
will propose in lieu of the present
system, a . tuition plan which
would permit each district to rote
annually whether it would sub
mit itself to a tuition levy. If rH
did not, parents sending children
to high . school would: pay their
ttnuon out of their own pockets.
JfroniMtlon there'a another
fine festering spot for legislative
boils. The swing being wet, there
is no doubt that the forces on that
side will urge the legislature to
: complete the Job done by the peo
ple in votinjr down, the Anderson
. act. The push will thus be to re
peal ail ether enforcement act
' passed by the state aad to pave
the way for complete repeal when
- the Volstead act dies and the llth
, amendment is forgotten.
- Any If someone wishes to pros-
; mocticate trouble for the lttl leg-
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Suffering His .
First Illness
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HENRY FORD
PRISON SET AFIRE
One Shot Trying to Escape;
Complaint Against pen
Rations indicated
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 26
(AP), One prisoner was shot, the
dining room wrecked and a cell
house threatened by fire in a riot
at the Utah state prison tonight.
The blaze was brought under
control by several fire companies
which rushed to the scene aiid'the
250 rioting prisoners were sub
dued by prison guards before a
squad of 25 city policemen and
deputy sheriffs armed with tear
gas and machine guns arrived at
the prison.
The wounded prisoner was
Jesus Areso, who was shot in the
leg' when he attempted to rush
through a rear door of the prison
while guards were entering from
outside the walls. His condition
was not serious.
Warden R. E. Davis reported
the riot broke out while the men
were marching Into the dining
room for their evening meal. Aft
er approximately 250 of them had
reached the room, they began
smashing furniture and dishes.
They piled benches and chairs on
the large stove in the place, start
ing a fire.
Three' guards were Inside tne
dining room, but were unable to
cone with the situation. They were
successful, however, in closing the
doors, and confining the uprising
lo the dining room. No effort was
made to harm them, the prisoners
being content to wreck the room.
Warden Davis said ne was-un
able to explain the outbreak, but
said one of the men had written
'You're retting short, Silver" on
a blackboard which was found in
the room. Davis is known as
"silver toD" among the prisoners
because of his white hair and he
Indicated the "short" probably re
ferred to the prison rations. He
said, however, the men were well
fed.
Pepco'sPlan
To Refinance
Is Approved
WASHINGTON, Not. 2 (AP)
The federal power commission
today authorised the Portland
General Electric company of Ore
gen to issue $7,190,000 in gener
al mortgage notes to retire out
standing obligations.
The commission specified that
interest is not to exceed T per
cent, with no discount or commis
sion, and the Issue Is to mature
by Aug. 1, 11351
The issue will be used to par
an equal amount of the unsecured
4 per cent notes maturing Jan. 1.
1931, now In the hands of private
Investors and insurance compan
ies. Application for the permit was
made by Franklin T. Griffith of
Portland, president of the com
pany, which is a licensee t the
xeaerai power coxnmlsslon.
IS COICTS RIOT
TO HEAD XNSTXTTJTB
EUGENE, Nor. tV (AP) A
special dispatch from Washing
ton, D. C, states that Dr. Arnold
Bennett Hall, for six. years presi
dent Of the University ot Oregon,
has been made an honorary life
member in the National Associa
tion of Universities, "in recogni
tion ot the constructive nd states
manlike work" he did to establish
sound educational principles in
Oregon higher education. ,
; At the first of the year Or. Han
win become active head of the
Brookings Institute for; Govern
ment Research at Washington,
:h DRIVER ')LR2aKSTED 'r
PORTLAND. Not. SC. (JLP)'
George Godsll, t, at Portland
was killed tonight when an auto
mobile struck him while he was
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HOT FORD IN -HAS
OPERATION
Emergency Treatment Said
Entirely Successful;
Condition "Fine"
First Serious Illness for
Industrial Wizard; no
Fear of Outcome
DETROIT. Nov. VJj fAP)
(Sunday) There were ladle,
tions at 2 a. m. (Eastern Stand
ard time) today that no new de
velopments had occurred .since
the earlier announcement that
Henry Ford was "resting well"
after an operation. Dr. Roy D.
McClnre, who performed the op
eration, was not at the hospital.
DETROIT, Nor. 26. (AP)
The first serious illness of his 19
years sent Henry Ford to the hos
pital today for an emergency
hernia operation, which was pro
nounced a success.
The multi-millionaire ruler of
a great industrial empire com
plained of feeling 111 yesterday
he said he had a "cold" and to
day his ailment was diagnosed as
strangulated femoral hernia, a
condition which requires Immedi
ate surgical attention.
The operation was performed at
I p. m. at Henry Fdrd hospital,
an Institution Into which Ford has
put more than 110,000,000. Alter
failing to keep secret the illness
of the motor car magnate, the hos
pital in a formal announcement
said the operation was performed
by Its chief surgeon. Dr. Roy D.
McClure, and added that the pa
tient's temperature and pulse were
normal.
Late tonight Dr. McClure stated
Mr. Ford's condition was "fine."
It was learned also that the ap
pendix was removed in the course
of the operation.
Expected to Return
To Work Shortly
To these statements officials ot
the Ford Motor company who are
close to Mr. Ford added the pre
diction that he would be able to
return to his offices "in a week or
so." They were told by Dr. Mc
Clure that "Mr. Ford Is doing
very well."
The illness came as a surprise
even to the closest associates ot
' (Turn to page 3, col. 6)
TALKS TAX PU
Legislative matters were dis
cussed at the annual meeting of
the state board of forestry here
Saturday. Lynn Cronemiller. state
forester, attended.
The most Important legislative
proposal was a yield tax on mer
chantable timber. The proposed
law provides for a graduated re
duction each year in the regular
ad valorem taxes with a corres
ponding increase In the yield tax.
At the end of a IS year period all
timber would be on the same ba
sis of paying a yield tax at the
time of cutting which would be in
lieu of all ad valorem taxes with
the exception ot an annual forest
tee of five cents per acre.
Members of the hoard saidjtbey
felt that mora information was re
quired relative to the effect of A
such legislation and requested the
state forester to analyze the situa
tion farther and report at another
meeting to be held preceding the
legislature.
Report Martin
Resting Easily
MRTlJLND; Ore., Nor. II.
(AP) -Major-General Charles H.
Martin, United States representa
tive, from the third Oregon dis
trict, who underwent an operation
for appendicitis Friday, was re
ported as "resting comfortably"
tonight by his secretary, Sergeant
Earl R. Goodwin.
FORESTRY
Dr. Hall Paid Honors ,
Pedestrian la Killed
Klamath Store Robbed
Chicken Bone la Fatnl
crossing a street intersection here.
; Police said Archer Burgett, 20.
ot Portland was the driver oC the
ear. He was arrested on a charge
of inroluntary manslaughter.
-f THIRD TJMB IN TEAR
KLAMATH FALLS, Not. ie. -(AP)
While sereral customers
looked on, a Klamath Falls store
wag held up tonight and the man
ager robbed tf $300. It was the
third time the store had bees
held up or entered this ycaiy
WOMAN, CO, VICTIM - '
PORTLAND. NOT. It- (API-
Mrs. Gottlieb Regier, 10, of port
land died in a hospital here to
night. -She was admitted to the
hospital November it and was op
erated upon for remoTal - of a
chicken hone aha had swallowed.
Portland to
Remain Arid
Chief Avers
PORTLAND. Ore Not. 21
(AP) Chief of Police Leon V.
Jenkins said today that Portland
police will continue to enforce the
city ordinances covering liquor vi
olations despite repeal of the state
prohibition enforcement act.
The decision was announced
following a conference between
the chief and City Attorney Frank
Grant. Chief Jenkins said liquor
enforcement will continue with
the police department co-operat
ing with federal officers. -
He said that in a conference
with Federal District Prohibition
Officer W. K. Newell arrange
ments were made to turn over vi
olators of the federal laws to the
federal authorities for prosecu
tion.
The Portland police rice squad
will be eliminated December 1 as
formerly announced, however, the
chief said. Thereafter each pro
duct will be held responsible for
the enforcement of the law In its
district.
WILLIAMS WILL BE
SHERIFFS DEPUTY
Dalrymple Also Slated for
Job Under Burk, Says
Elected Official
Newell Williams will be first
deputy In the sheriff's office after
January 1, and A. N. Dalrymple
will be deputy In charge of tax col
lections, A. C. Burk, newly elected
county sheriff announced Satur
day. 11
Williams was formerly In the
finance business here and during
the past year has been in the life
insurance business. A one-time re
publican and secretary of the
county secretary committee, Wil
liams turned democrat this year,
supporting the county, state and
national ticket.
Dalrymple was warden of the
state penitentiary under Governor
Walter M. Pierce. He was in
charge during the break in which
"Oregon" Jones, Wlllos and Kelly
participated. He has been a life
long democrat and has represent
ed Oregon at the national conven
tions. Burk said yesterday that he had
not decided on all his assistants.
He said he might retain some of
Sheriff Bower's helpers after he
had Interviewed them and deter
mined upon their fitness and
found whether or not they would
' i a . .il1n.
1 W 19 LI 10 B la uuuci m jicw i-
I titration.
Burk said he would buy meals
for county prisoners as reasonably
as possible and would rebate to
the county any moneys saved over
the dally allowance ot 65 cents a
nrisoner. a nrice set by state law.
He is considering preparation
of the meals for the prisoners at
the county Jail but has not decid
ed upon this as yet.
SOT FEARFUL OF
LICEKCMS
PORTLAND. Ore.. Not. 21.
fAP) Leslie M. Scott, chairman
of the state highway commission
aid In a. statement here today
that tmnroTem'ent and mainten
ance of highways are involved in
automobile license cuts, and ad
vised a eut of not mora than one
third so that curtailed construc
tion and proper maintenance
mlxht be carried on.
Meager revenues, Scott suggest
ed, would impair maintenance,.
atOD construction, curtail employ
ment, hazard property taxpayers
with highway debt obligations
and expose the state to demands
for' further bond issues to match
federal aid.
He declared that construction
would end with a $1 license and
that Oregon's share of federal aid
would go to other states. He said
the same results would follow if
the license fees were eut in half
unless an added gas tax he estab
lished to make up the revenues.
Scott said the highway com
mission and engineers will follow
the revenue program of the leg
islature, and abandon ail con
struction and confine activities
to maintenance if such a policy is
adopted. He added: But the pub
lic should know the facts."
Missionary Said
Victim of Reds;
- Report Doubted
SHANGHAI. lundaT. Nor, 2 7
(AP) Chinese reports that, the
Reverend H, L. Ferguson, of the
Canadian China inland mission
died, at the hands of Chinese com
munists ...somewhere in Honan
province, were received today at
the mission - headquarters.
Missions officials said the ac
curacy ot the report waa not
known and they were seeking, to
learn the ReT. Mr. Ferguson's sta
tus from other supposedly reliable
sources. f ; t-. y- !-:"w-:y-:
The Canadian missionary "was
captured by communists at Chen-yank-Kuan,
Anh wet province, last
May 11. .-'-
TAX REDUCTION
AGREED ON BUT
METHODS VARY
Cheaper Meals, Elimination
Of Some County Jobs,
Are Suggestions
.
Equalization League Called
To Meet Again in Week; .
Officials Queried
Members ot the Marion County
Tax Equalisation and Reduction
league gathered here 125 in
number Saturday afternoon at
the chamber of commerce rooms
to discuss ways and means of
lowering taxes on real property
in 1933. ' There was unanimity
that taxes were too high; that
they must come down, but the
ways discussed varied from cheap
er meals for county jail prisoners
to abolition of half-holidays for
county clerks.
The upshot of the gathering.
at which Henry Zorn, president,
took charge, was a determination
to meet again next Saturday, De
cember 3, at 10 a.m. In Salem
and there formulate a definite
program for reduction to propose
to the county court at Its budget
voting session. Delegates number
ing one from each grange and
community organisation repre
sented yesterday here are to be
present at the next meeting and
to bring back authentic reports
on what tax reductions are sought
by their respective organizations.
North Carolina's '
System Praised
Yesterdays meeting was a
catch-as-catch-can survey of exist
ing tax Inequalities. The North
Carolina plan under which the
state assumes all charge of roads.
county and state, and thus re
lieves property of the entire road
construction and maintenance pro
gram, was proposed. M. Weinacht
declared high school transporta
tion costs must be eliminated and
tuition charges reduced or aband
oned.
Several speakers held for 20
per cent reductions In county
courthouse salaries and ellmina
tion of certain deputies. Mrs. 0.
V. Murray ot the Silverton Hills
grange urged support of a state
owned and operated bank which
would be official depositary for
municipal, county and state funds
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CITY ILL PUT Oil
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CHRISTMAS ATTIRE
Christmas Is Just 'round the
corner; and Salem will soon be
all decorated In holiday attire.
The Salem Ad club at the request
ot the business houses, undertook
the chore of doing the downtown
overhead decorating, and met with
splendid Tesponse in Its solicits
tion. As ..a result the customary
strands of cedar will be hung
across the streets, with large
wreaths in the middle.
The Salem Cherrlans will once
more provide for the Illumination
ot the three at the corner of the
courthouse lawn. They began this
years ago when the tree was
small. Now It has grown to good
slse and makes a beautiful Christ
mas tree.
The Ad club will light up a tree
as usual at the head ot Capitol
street ou the statehouse grounds.
These' decorations are expected
to' usher in the Christmas season
with old-time spirit and make Sa
lem Christmas-minded in spite of
the depression.
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PORTLAND. Not. 23. (AP)
Members ot the Oregon state gam
commission, meeting here today,
advocated abolition of the lobby
at the state legislature and a pol
icy of "hands off" on game mat
ters before that body.
A statement Issued by the com
mission after the meeting read:
"The commission declares posl
tlvelT against the maintenance of
a lobby at the legislature. No
member of the commission or the
tame department personnel should
engage in lobbying on game mat
ters.
"Member ot the commission
will hold themselves ready at all
times during the coming legisla
tive session to furnish informa
tion needed to guide sound con
servation laws, and wish members
ot the legislature to feel tree to
call anon them.. .
v The commission Informally dis
cussed game law recommendations
to the legislature based on recom
mendations gathered in a series of
14 district hearings conducted this
year. It Is said that a complete
legislative program, supporting
the 10-year wild life program, will
he announced soon,
EX-OFFICIAL DIES
' HAMILTON, Bermuda, Not. 2
(AP) Dr.. Francis L.' Patton,
who preceded Woodrow Wilson as
president of Princeton university,
died last night at King Edward
III hospital after a brief illness.
1
MIS 0
n
LOBBY
Roosevelt Relies on Professor
Moley for Advice oh Economics
r
Although he has already been dubbed as "RooseTelt's Colonel House"
by tne not-so-weu-iniormed who keep an eye 00 Affairs lm the bus
Uosud capital. Professor Raymond Moley, who served lm the ca
pacity of adviser to President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt at the
debt parley with President Hoover, in as different from the WI1
sonlaa strategist as chalk is from cheese. While Colonel Edward
House has been credited by would-be biographers with being the
influence behind many of the late President Wilson's policies
kind of power behind the throne, as it were -Moley is merely serv
ing the preaident-elort in the capacity of a human cyclopedia of
knowledge pertaining to economics aad other factors in govern
ment. Professor Moley who occupies the chair of public law at
Columbia university and Barnard college, supplied the data used in
the Roosevelt speeches during the campaign. In 1928 he performed
a similar service for Alfred K.
KELLER ATJD THREE
Ex-Empire Official Facing
Federal Charge; Stock
Sale is Involved
PORTLAND. Not. 2ff. (AP)
Accused of using the mails to de
fraud In the sale of stock of Na
thaniel Baldwin, Inc., of Salt Lake
City, four Portland men were ar
rested by federal officers here to
day on a removal warrant from
Butte, Mont. There are 14 other,
defendants In the case.
Those arrested here today were
Frank Keller, Jr., recently sen
tenced to three years Imprison
ment tor his association with the
defunct Pacific Empire Corpora
tion here; Joseph H. Green, John
E. Martin and George W. Ried-
man.
Each is accused ot 10 counts of
fraud through the sale of a total
ot 2,000,000 shares of Baldwin
stock at 31 a share. False repre
sentations and promises as to
earnings, prosperity and prospects
of the company are alleged. Eacn
man was ordered held under $10,-
000 bail. The company operated
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28-Cent Options
On Hops Quoted
At Independence
While no new hem sales were
resorted in this section yesterday.
hopmen hare not been idle, for
28-cent options are reported at In
dependence. The options expire
sometime Tuesday. To date, the
28-cent figure, is the highest op
tion In the northwest this year.
The high outright sale to 21
cents locally, and 2? cents tor a
hatch at Tacoma.
Buyers continue to comb the
field, but growers are holding al
most 100 per cent persistent.
HS ARRESTED
Asserted Dodging of Pay
Cuts to be
Refusal of certain state ap
pointive and elected officials, to
conform to Governor Meier's salary-
reduction and. equalisation
program will lead to unofficial,
and perhaps official investigation,
here this week according to an
nouncement Saturday at the state-
house. 'I -
Alleged manipulation, : through
which the salaries and wages of
certain state employes were In
creased immediately preceding the
data on which 'the reductions be
came effoctire, also la to-receive
consideration, it was reported. la
these eases, the employes who re
ceived wage Increases are now be
ing paid virtually at the same rat
as prior, to reductions. ih
i Records show that. while most
of the state officials and employes
submitted voluntarily to the re-i
ductlon, there are a few who have
failed to authorise a decrease -in
the amount of their monthly pay
cheeks or" make refunds to the
state treasurer. ' In other eases
where refunds were - authorised,
the amount of the redactions were
said to have reverted to soma de
partment account Instead et being
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Smith.
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Demand Retraction; Event
Some Time ago, Mission
Workers Conclude0
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sunday,
Not. 27 (AP) American mis
sionaries in the Fushun district
said today they believed the Chi
nese government -communique
charging that Japanese "massa
cred" 2700 Chinese peasants in
that neighborhood referred to oc
currences in September.
They said Chinese guerilla
forces raided Fushon on Septem
ber 16 and the Japanese suffered
about 100 casualties, Including
some civilians, after which Jap
anese planes bombed the villages
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T
BELLTNGHAM, Wash., Nov.
21 (AP) Whatcom county
sheriffs deputies tonight were
playing a game of "wait and
see' as Stere Mulner, 30-year old
Columbia Talley farmer, still held
them off his property with a
double-barreled shotgun after a
24-hour vigil.
When last seed by the depu
ties, as darkness settled once
mora oTer the peaceful Talley,
Mulner was pacing . back and
forth in front of bis home, his
shotgun orer his shoulder, they
said.
Mulner first defied lhe law
yesterday afternoon when he ran
Marshal William 8. Gaston, of
Sum as oft his place at the point
Of a shotgun when Gaston at
tempted to serve a summons on
him in a case tnrolving a suit for
wages.
Investigated
credited to the general fund for
the benefit of the taxpayers.
- Other instances were discovered
where officials have contended
that they were not authorised to
accept a reduction In salary be
cause of the laws under which
tney are operating, it waa re
ported that the legislature may be
requested to act in these eases.
. Records of the. secretary of
state show that virtually all of the
circuit Judges are now operating
under the reduced salary schedule,
although .two or three . of them
hare not sent in their refunds.
The state hankinr department
Is understood, from statehouse
records, to hare made no salary
reductions. . '' . i---Vt,-
Dr. B. E. Lindsay, secretary of
this state board of higher educa
tion; : Saturday denied press re
ports that he had refused to ac
cept a -reduction in salary. Lind
say declared that because of his
ecntract with the board he had
received his full monthly ? jay
check hut later had made a Te
trad to the stats, hoard of higher
education. ; This reduction,. Lind
say said; dated from October 1.
JAPANESE PROTEST
1SSACR
DEFIANT RICHER
STILL HOLDS FQH
1DIFICAW
OF WAR DEBTS
CHAMBER PLEA
Wouid.be Conditioned Upon
i Trade Concessions and ,
; Arms Reductions
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Hoover Sends Message "no" j
! To two More Countries
'"Asking Extension
i WASHINGTON. Not! 26 (AV .
In almost Identical notes, the
state department today told Po
land and Czechoslovakia the Unit-. .
ea btates could not relieve them
of payments due Dec, 15 but said
"the president is prepared to re
commend to congress that it con
stitute an agency. to examine. the
wnoie suhject" of war debts.
Simultaneously a committee of
the chamber of commerce of the
United States recommended that
the American government grant
its war debtors "modification"
conditioned on trade concessions
and reduction in armament expen
ditures. Containing many of the same
words and phrases that a'ppeared
in the notes sent previously to
France, Belgium and Great Bri
tain, the communications trans
mitted through the Polish em
bassy and the Czechoslovakia le
gation, emphasized anew Presi
dent Hoover's intention of seek
ing revival of the world war for
eign debt commission, or a simi
lar body.
As to the requested extension
of the moratorium to cover the
payments due Dec. 15, the com
munications said "no authority
lies .within the executive to grant
such an extension, and no facts
have been placed in our posses
sion which could be presented
to the congress for favorable
consideration."
Traylor and Strawn
Are on Committee
The chamber of commeree're
port described itself as presenting
"a business man's viewpoint as to
what should be the fair and wis .
course for the United States to
follow with regard to debts." It
was prepared by a committee of
business leaders including Melvin
A. Traylor, and under the chair
manship of Silas H. Strawn.
Cancellation was specifically
opposed but the report said the
American government, on "satis
factory proof of economic condi
tions materially altering the bases
ot existing debt agreements,
should "negotiate such modifica
tions ... as may be found In the
Interest of world recovery and the
American taxpayer and producer."
"If the United States makes
further adjustment of the terms
of. the debt settlements with the
European debtor governments'
the report continued, "such ad
justment must not throw the un
diminished tax burden upon the
American taxpayer."
Armament Reduction
Held Most Essential
"Most Important among the
measnres of relief which can be
brought to the American taxpayer,
and the taxpayer of all countries,
is a substantial reduction of arma
ment. Neither .the Interested debt
ors nor the rest of the world
should look to the United States
to forego debt payments without
assurance that such armament re
duction will be achieved.
'A further measure of relief.
Which In amount can equal or ex
ceed the relief through reduction .
ot armaments, can be 'brought
about through opening ot foreign
markets to American trade oa fair
competitive terms. In our opinion.
the United States government, in
any further negotiations with for
eign debtor countries with refer
ence to adjustment of the debts.
should seek such treatment for
our trade as to accomplish this
purpose.
Franco-Russian
N on-Aggression
.Pact is Haiied
PARIS. Not. 23 (AP) The
new Franco-Russian pact let con
ciliation and non aggression,
which has been approved! by the
French cabinet and is to be sign
ed Tuesday, was hailed by the
Paris press today as an important
Instrument ot stability in Europe.
Each country undertakes in the
treaty never "to resort to arms
against the other, either alone or
In conjunction with a third pow
er, and each promses to respect
the territories under the sover
eignty ot the other.
Asserted Bandit
Transferred to
V ; Juvenile Court
Because ,Y Sylvester "Buster,
Garrison . is only 1 1 years old,
Judge Miller Hayden yesterday
certified the youth oter to juven
ile court when ho appeared la
Justice court on warrant charging
assault and robbery being armed
with a dangerous weapon. He is
accused of attempting to rob Al
fred : Rose, 12, t living at : Hall s
Ferry.. ".. . '
Ball was set at flOOO.'but was
hot raised by the youth, who Is
in the county: jail.
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