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1 LITTLE MERCHANTS AU Statesman carriers are charged for all papers they deliver. Pleaite notify the of fice when changing address. Telephone 9101. WEATHER Fair,' rontinned cold to-i day, Monday clondy, rising t temperature; Max. Temp. Saturday SI, Mia. 5, river 8 feet, northerly wind. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY -SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 11, 1932 No. 221 Ireakin Gold Wave Monday is Forecast; Skaters Enjoy Sport Still Cold This Mo But Previous Mark Is not Reached 5 Degrees is Record; Ice Navigable at Monkey Island HOURLY TEMPERATURES 2 a.m 10 3 a.m. . . . . 8 4 a.m 8 5 a.m..,.. 7 6 a.m.. ... 6 7 a.m 6 8 a.m 6 9 a.m 13 10 a.m 18 11 a.m 21 Noon 26 1 p.m 29 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m, 5 p.m. .31 ,29 .27 .25 6 p.m 24 7 p.m 19 8 p.m..... 18 9 p.m 13 10 p.m 14 11 p.m 17 Midnight ..14 1 a.m 11 Welcome word came over the wire from the federal weather observer at Portland last night prediction of a break in the last four days' cold snap. Fair weather and continued cold Is forecast for today but for tomorrow, increasing cloudiness and rislcg temperatures. Yesterday's temperatures not only set a new minimum for the year, 6 degrees around 8 a.m., but also " reached the highest point, 31 degrees, since 4 p.m. last Wednesday. This maximum, which came at 2 o'clock yester day afternoon, was Quickly eras ed and the mercury dropped ewirtly downward with few vari ations until at midnight the of ficial thermometer degistered 14 degrees and at 1 o'clock this morning, 11 degrees. Several Skating Ponds Are In Use Downtown thermometers last night registered three to four degrees lower than the one at the airport, 10 degrees at mid- For a few hours yesterday af ternoon, the north wind kicked up again and at 4 o'clock reach ed a velocity of 19 miles. By midnight it had slowod to a mod erate breeze. Even If the weather does warm up again, scattered groups of ice Bkating fans assured themselves of at least one taste of the sport this winter when they tried cut on Monkey island as the fair grounds, the gravel pit near the state school for the deaf and the lfcke on the fourth fairway at the Salem golf club. While an Inch of Ice formed acToss Minto slough yesterday, it was neither strong nor smooth enough for safe, good skating. . Shortage of Coal 1 Her Is Reported The unexpected early cold nap caught fuel dealers here off guard and a shortage of eoal quickly developed. Some dealers were doling out their supply three sacks at a time to make It go around. Others had eoal enough only for customers who had ordered It In advance. Ordera generally had been plac ed for coal to arrive here around the middle of the month, dealers aid. Maintenance work on county nnr1 has been brought to a bait on account of the frozen rronnd. Demands for wood and food were Increasing yesterday, the county court announced. The eourt will attempt to keep needy people from running out of fuel, members stated. 8CIO, Dec. 10. The mercury dropped to six degrees above rero In Sclo Saturday morning, setting a new low for the year. RICKEY, Dec. 10. The ther mometer dropped to Just below aero here this morning. Water pipes are bursting and canned fruit freezing. Some families are trying to save their food supplies by running oil and electric beat ers ln the storerooms. KINOWOOD, Dec. 10. A near panic was caused here Thursday by the sudden cessation of "power on the electric line. Several house wives who were operating power washers. Irons and ranges sent an argent SOS to headquarters and relief was speedily forthcoming. The blame Is variously placed on the cold snap, the high wind and Hoover. Mobilizing Dry Forces Planned To Balk Repeal WASHINGTON, Dee. 10 (AP) . A eall for a national conference of prohibition organisations to mobiliis the dry sentiment ot America and to defeat" repeal and modification movements was de elded on today by directors of the Anti-Saloon league of America. The conference, under the plan announced, would bo hufd In Washington February 14-1 f, and Invitations will he sent the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union, ehurch and social service boards and commissions. Truck Gardener Wz)1kincr A1nn& JVtVaWjw Killed PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (AP) Yeon Hoy, 30, Chinese truck gar dener living near Portland, was killed tonight when he was struck by an automobile driven by George M. Allen, Jr., 23, of Portland on the Columbia river highway near here tonight. Allen told deputy sheriffs he had just passed two oncoming busses and had dimmed his lights out of courtesy to them. When he turned them on bright again, he said, he saw the Chinese walking on the pavement directly in front of him, and he was unable to stop his car in time. IS E Dallas boy one of Pair to Compete in Northwest Exams This Week PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10 (AP) Robert Hayter, 21, of Dal las, student at the University of Oregon, and J. Burke Knapp, Jr., 19, of Portland, student at Stan ford university, were selected to night as winners of the state Rhodes scholarship contest. They were chosen from among eight students after oral examinations here that lasted nearly all day. The two will represent Oregon at the regional contest next Wed nesday at Spokane, Wash., when two winners from each of six northwest states will compete for scholarships. Out of the twelve contestants, four will be chosen to receive the scholarships, each of which provides for two years or more of study at Oxford univer sity with all expenses paid. Robert Hayter, majoring In pre medics at the University of Ore gon, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hayter of Dallas and a graduate of Dallas high school. Before entering the university he was enrolled at the New Mexico Military institute at Roswell, N. M. J. Burke Knapp Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Knapp of Portland,. and a graduate of Grant high school here. I WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (AP) A nlea that the old wine decs.n- ter be restored to the dinner ta- ble was made by representatives of the grape growing Industry to- day before the house way and means committee ln its hearings nn Ueislatlnn of wlce and beer. For hours the committee heard "ntnrll f.rmntAd vinnua H. onnr" Ttnild hv a French wine on ronro.iintntiroo t I the many grape producing states Prohibitionists will state their side of the case Monday. Dr. James M. Doran, commie sioner of Industrial, alcohol, ll testimony before the house appro priations committee, recommend ed the use of a federal permit sys tem to control the manufacture of legalized beer. He said It was 'Very desirable if not necessary to employ such a control method. The wine proponents were bead ed by Representative Lea (D Calif.), who declared the gTape producers 'are at tne mercy oi the bootleggers' He estimated a tax of 20 cents a gallon as pro- viaea in me wouier oui woma produce more man szu,uuu,vuv in federal revenue annually on a consumption of more than 100, 000,000 gallons. California Cold And Arctic Hot By Comparison AN FRANCISCO, Dee. 10 (AP) Geographical conceptions of what weather should be were knocked slightly haywire today by California temperatures low- er than some Alaskan readings, by the alleged appearance of a waterspout ln San Francisco bay and by cold in the far west from the Canadian border to the Mex - ican line. Point Barrow, Alaska, which ls ln the Arctic circle and la the northernmost American settle - ment on the American continent, reported the mercury stood SO above aero tills morning. It was 7 below tero at Lake Tahoe, Calif., last night and there were many California readings under SO above today. JSan Francisco registered if, the coldest day lnj is years, ROBERT HAYTER Hi CIO DAT UD AT HOUSE HEAW SNOW BLANKET SPREADS AFAR; SHUNS OREGON All Rest of Nation Except Extreme South Covered; Some Relief Given Meacham Retains Limelight As Cold Spot of State; Crescent is Next (By The Associated Press) Snow came over a vast area yesterday to ease the cold spell and provide what federal weather forecasters called one of the most widespread moisture precipita tions in years. The white crystals fell In all parts of the United States, except Oregon and the southern tier of states. In Texas and the southeast there was rain. The season's first snow fell along the southern coast from Washington to New York. The snow was particularly heavy on the western side of the Appa lachians, drifting in some places to five feet in West Virginia. The east as well as the Missis sippi and the Ohio vaiieys were to iuur unci l ii a 11 tuutiy, iuo government predicted. "Contin ued cold" and "colder" were promised the midlands. Lander. Wyo., recorded .18 de grees below zero. Yellowstone Park JO below, and Helena. Mont.. IB. Some California noints were fn!rti than Pninfr Qsptaw A T o ka. which was 30 degrees' above ero PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10 - (AP) While Oregon generally was still fast in the grip of the cold spell the thermometer sagged to 16 above in Portland today, I reaching a new low for the season. A constant sun, however, and an abatement of the wind brought the mercury up to 29 degrees, the highest maximum of this period of frigidity. Continued cold and fair weath er today, but increasing Cloudi ness with rising tmnonitnra Mnn day is Oregon's program as fore- (Turn to page 8, col. 7) GETS LOOSE 161 ROCK, 111., Dee. 10 (AP) The elusive Robert W. Wocker. 2i. was captured first the day after an official of the Sumner auue nana: ot stocmana, ui.. wa aianapea uct. is, lvsi. He capea. Later, Jacksonville, Fla., laiugrmn reporcea wey naa a line on him, and still later, from amornia came woro ne waa neu. out woc&er evaaea euora i to apprehend him. v.. wwr l m m - mm a i Last month officials In Med- ford. Ore., said they hai Wocker under arrest. Ol imm in t.mi. v I oueriii i.rnsi i-aeips leu nere auu aiauou uac. wun aim pris- m. A . - M t..l lit I oner. VsOgaizam or wt cner re putation, the sheriff took no chances. He chained Wocker to hlm- Wocker slept in an upper wrm ana in snenn in a lower berth as Phelps returned the prisoner, I n A. . M mm t M oomewnere, me snerur saia, I a a ti . a r oeiweea l v.ro88e, wis., ana sa nnah, 111., this morning, the sheriff woke up. He had a nice 1 piece of chain attached to hlm- but no prisoner. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (AP) Amid a din of annlauRe. dele- e.te to the Farmers National Re- f nef conference concluded their tint national convention todav .fter adontlnir resolutions advo- eating Immediate payment of the soldiers' bonus and recognition of soviet Russia. Through a driving snowstorm. the first ot the winter here, many I of the Z50 farmers who came from every section of the nation began- the Journey homeward ln dilapidated trucks and automo biles. Most of them remained ov ernight for an early morning I start- House members from eight northwestern and mldwestern states agreed to support leglsla- tlon giving the secretary ot agrl- culture a free hand ln dealing with federal seed, feed and crop production loans to farmers un able to meet payments this year. I Before adjournment ot their four-day meeting the farmers set I up an organization to press for 1 enactment of their legislative de- I mands. Including a moratorium on I farm debts and an end to orie tions. These proposals were car- 1 ried yesterday to President Hoo - I Ter and congress. I , - I ALLEGED DRUNKS JAILED I Two loeal men were jailed by i city police last night on charged lot being drank: H. W. Hendrlck - J son, SOS South Winter street, and Lloyd Bundln, Si 80 North Fourth 'street.; ELUSIVE PR SONER i n His Slayer is Believed Held WALTER WANDER WELL is no sura Warrant Charging W. J. Guy With Crime Is Planned In Spite of Alibi LONG BEACH. Calif.. Dec. 10 (AP) A warrant charging William James "Curly Guy with the killing of Captain Walter Wanderwell, noted globe trotter, win De issued muhusj, u was uu nounced tonight by h. m. Bray- ton, district attorney's deputy. who said "we believe we have un covered enough evidence against him." Brayton's announcement ended an an day conrerence Deiween himself, county authorities and Long Beach police who have been Investigating the shooting to death Monday night of the adven turer aboard his yacht, Carma Guy. who was arrested early last Tuesday at the home of his aviator friend, Edward DeLarm, told authorities previously he was 30 miles distant from the Long Beach waterfront when Wander- well was slain. He said he was at DeLarm's home. Brayton's statement came soon after Long Beach police an nounced DeLarm had been placed under technical arrest as a mater lal witness because of his know ledge of Guy's whereabouts Mon day night Onv rp.T.rm and Mrs. Isabella nTj.rm the Indian aviator's wife. hai told authorities Guy was at their home until f n. m. Monday, p0HCe said Wanderwell was shot ln tne Dack between p. m. and g;i5 p. m Practically the entire day, Bray- tm ftM. w inent in endeavoring to gnatter Guy's alibi. Guy bad auarreled with Wanderwell dur- ing 0M 0f the globe trotter's world eraises and acaln less than .v. . Alnha Wanderwell, striking widow of the ...ntnr,r rtM noiio fin at. ' - i - ' - tamnt.rf n itnnr a Wnnderwell C3 - - . Hollvwood anartment. Dll-Jc TJon-f CllirViU.i Mailt T- - Tr-k 17, . lXait?S Jepi DUl Pool Eliminated WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (AP) The nation's larger rail roads asked the Interstate com merce commission today to ex tend after March SI the rate in creases now In effect but to ellm lnate the plan which sends the revenues into a pool from which needy carriers may borrow. FIELDS THIRD MEMBER PORTLAND, Ore., Deo. 10. (AP) Arthur L. Fields president of the Portland chamber of com merce was today named the third member of the board of arbitra tion to determine what prices are to be paid by the local milk dis tributors to the Dairy Coopera tive association tor milk. Charles Eckleman, formerly owner of a distributing company, was chosen by the milk distrib- utors ana M. N. Dana, Fortiand newspaperman was chosen by the cooperative, wnicn represents about 1,600 dairymen In the Port land and Salem milk areas. These two men selected Fields as the i third member ot the group. LEAGUE HAS MEET PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10 (AP) The league of Oregon cit ies cooperating with, the Univer- I sity of Oregon will maintain an I information bureau In the rotun- Ida ot the state capitol at Salem when the state legislature Is In session next month. It was an nounced here today after the I close ot the two-day meeting of the league's legislative eommlt- tee at the Portland city hall. Wil llam Briggs, elty attorney of Ash W1H ' gj&riefs FRANCE READY TO PAY IF Agreement on war Debts on That Basis Discussed But not Certain Decision Waits Completion Of Negotiations With Britain, Reported PARIS, Dec. 10 (AP) Al though Premier Herrlot has yet to announce the fact, it was as serted in official circles tonight he undoubtedly will recommend to parliament that next Thurs day's payment of interest on the French war debt to the United States be made with reservations. These reservations, It was said, will follow those Great Britain Is understood to be formulating. It was asserted the cabinet had ar rived at this decision, but the res ervations it will recommend have not been fully decided upon. One is likely to be that this payment shall be the last one until a gen eral and final revision is made. The cabinet held a five hour sesaion today, most of which was devoted to discussion of disarm ament because of the Imminence of decisions to be made at Gen eva. The cabinet will meet again tomorrow, but the government's decision as to its recommenda tions to parliament likely will not be made before the chamber of deputies session Monday, when Trance's final attitude will be set tled. The foreign affairs and finance committees worked out a resolu tion providing for payment but only on the condition the United States agree before Thursday to a debt conference which would li quidate the entire problem. Members of the delegation which presented this resolution to the premier quoted him as say ing it tended toward the govern ment's intentions, although he made reservations because nego tiations still are continuing with England over a policy acceptable to both nations. T BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. Dec. 10. (AP) Two men, tentatively Identified as L. C. Dunn, wealthy undertaker of Des Moines, la., and Lawrence B. Schmitt, 26, his pilot, were found dead tonight In the wreckage of Dunn's cabin plane. Officers said previous reports that three persons had died in the crash proved to be erroneous. The bodies were found In a pas tare on the million-acre King ranch, 17 miles east of Raymond- Tille, by a party of hunters. Dunn and Schmitt left the air port here Tuesday, planning to fly to Austin and then to Arizona and California. The pilot gave his home as Dewar, la., ln signing the airport register. Attendants at the airport said the weather was foggy when the plane took off. C. W. Blackwell of the Harllng en airport staff said the cowling of the plane was blistered, Indicat ing It caught fire In the air. The motor was torn from the wreck age of the four-place cabin ship NEGRO MUST HANG KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 10. (AP) A Jury voted here today to hang Theodore Jordan, young negro, for the murder of F. T. Sullivan, white southern Pacific dining ear steward of Oakland, Cal., here last summer. NEW PARLEY CALLED TWO MS OF PLANE'S CRASH Milk Arbiters Chosen Cities To Have Bureau Cold Causes Four Fires Multnomah Levy Reduced land and president of the league, will he In charge of the bureau. MED FORD HOMES BURN MEDFORD, Ore., Deo. 10.- (AP) Four Medford homes were seriously damaged by fire to night. The fires were caused by hot stoves, as the coldest weather of the year swept the Rogue river valley. The mercury stood at 10 degrees above sero at 10 o'clock The sky was clear, with a bitter wind blowing. Slippery and ley pavements hampered the firemen Rogue river had lee clear across In the upper Trail district, and sero temperatures were reported from the Butte Falls, Prospect, and Union Creek districts. The mercury registered four degrees above this morning. NEARLY TWO MILLS PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. (AP) The tax levy for Multno mah county will be 1.9 mills less ln 18SS than in 1932, the county tax supervising and conservation commission announced today upon completion of its work of reduc ing the budgets ot the five local tax-levying bodies. ' City and county salaries are scheduled to be cut from IS to SO per cent. Special Legislative Session is Called by Tackle Taxation Relief Problem Small Taxing Bodies Ones to be Rescued State can get its Funds by Property Levy; aim In Special Session is to Avoid Damaging Counties, Cities; Issue Ramified By SHELDON FOR better or for worse, the state administration has crossed its Rubicon of indecision and summoned a special session of the legislature. Governor Meier's announcement ate Saturday that 90 senators called to Salem to determine or 1933 removes a matter which for a month has been a con ference and press topic to the def- O- inite determination ot the legisla tive branch of government. The questions that body faces are these: 1. Shall the special session ln the five days allotted it, provide other sources of revenue than a 14 -mill property tax for state purposes ln 193 37 2. It a substitute for a property tax Is determined upon, shall it be a sales tax, a higher Income tax, a combination of both or some other form ot taxation as yet un discussed? Many newspapers and some leg islators continue to declare that the only real problem is one of cutting state expenses; accom plish this and no property tax. sales tax or Income tax will be needed. Redncinsj Expense Won't be Sufficient The Inescapable fact, however, is that one form of tax must be levied for the state deficit has grown so large and the provisions of the state constitution are so clear that an amount equal to a 3 V, -mill levy on real property must be raised, no matter now great the expenditure slashes may be. Governor Meier has Indicated informally that a general tax on all retail sales would be extreme ly advantageous ln meeting the di lemma but it is to be noticed that his eall for the special session does not cite the sales tax as the method the legislature must fol low if it pleases the administra tion. Plainly. Meier, himself a mer chant, knows the sales tax will be keenly. felt by the retailer ana ne is perfectly willing that the solu tion of the tax problem be passed on to the legislature rather than assumed by himself. Moreover, the sales tax has al ready been denounced by the state grange which prefers a higher in come tax. In the face of the de feat of a higher Income tax No vember 8, the administration has evidently felt it unwise to at tempt to do at the legislature what the voters disapproved. However if the legislators desire such a tax, their wishes will be respected. Situation Similar To U. 8. Government's Aa larlslators study the states predicament closely they will find tt not unlike that of the federal government which has found ex penses relatively as high as ln nalmr days while its taxauon sources have withered like flow ers in a December storm. Unlike the federal government, however. the state eannot borrow to meet Its deficit. Its sole borrowings can be made only on taxes ln the process of collection and when this full limit has been borrowed the state's ability to meet, its bills Is gone. It must either get new sources of revenue or let its pay rolls go unpaid and Its bills mount. For officers of the state treasury department say there can be no legal Interest-bearing war rants issued by the state, except against taxes levied and ln process of collection. And Jf these taxes are not made available, the state Is at a financial Impasse. ADD SMALL D In the final analysis, the spe cial session is a move to help school district, city and county fi nances, rather than the state's For Old Man Oregon, as a gov ernment, can reach out Its collec tion hand and take Its SH-mlll tax, come what may, replenish Its coffers and get along very nicely. But meanwhile the local districts will be that much more Impoverished. With exery expec tation that tax delinquency will Increase In 1? SS. the plight of many of these groups will be piti ful. Insofar as their securities are held by banks ln their territories, as well as by Individuals who need cash, not county, school dis trict and city warrants and bonds, the very commercial fabric of many sections of the state is af fected. It is altogether possible that the special session will be so dis organized, the time so short, the conflicting voices and plans so numerous, that nothing will be done. In that event, tax relief passed In the regular session will come too late for by May 5, 1131, the state property tax will have (Turn to page S, eoL I) Governor leier; F. SACKETT and representatives would be upon a state policy of taxation Maintaining Tariff one of Recommendations Made At Portland Meet PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 10 (AP) F. J. Hagenbarth ot Spencer, Idaho waa re-elected president of the National Wool Growers' association tor the 20th successive year at the closing session of the association's 6Sth annual convention here today. Alter Hearing committee re ports and electing officers the wool growers adjourned with the expressed belief that Salt Lake city would be their 1933 con vention city, although official de cision concerning the location will not be made until the mid summer meeting. The keeping of Import duties on all agricultural and livestock and meat products and on raw and manufactured wool; estab lishment of duties on carpet and floor covering wools; praise of the Reconstruction Finance cor poration for having been of "un told value to the livestock and agricultural Industries and to the whole country but the sugges tion of a more liberal attitude on what constitutes "full and adequate security"; criticism of the federal land banks for what was described as a general re fusal to extend low rates of in terest and amortization on graz ing land; a program ot tax re duction with the accompanying demand that federal and state appropriations for agriculture be reduced only ln proportion to appropriations for other pur poses these were the recom mendations made in the report of the committee on general reso lutions, which was read by E. 8. Mayer ot Texas. A unanimously adopted reso lution urged that sale of the pub lie domain to private Interests at low prices on long term pay ments Is the way to bring about the ideal administration of pub lic lands. Maag, Employed At Capitol Here 20 Years, Passes William Maag, of 1208 Court street, an employe at the state capitol for 20 years, died at the Good' Samaritan hospital In Port land yesterday. He Is survived by his widow, Es ther Parker Maag of Salem; son, H. Herbert Maag of Mill City; daughter, Esther Green of Salem; brother, Martin Maag of Wath ena, Kans. Funeral arrangements are ln charge of the Clough-Barriek mortuary and announcements will be made later. The Day in Washington (By the Associated Press) Repubucaa leaders at con ference discuss reorganization . of party. Farmers' relief delegates dose convention with resolutions ad vocating cash payment ot bonus and recognition ot Russia. Railroads ask interstate commerce' commission to eat tend rate Increases' but elim inate pooling plan. Grape growing industry repre sentatives urge house ways and means committee to legalise wines. Anti-Saloon league directors decide fe call national confer ence of prohibition organ tve tfcHU to fight repeal and modi-flcatioa. 11 OF WOOL E ROWERS Wffl SOLONS CALLED TO MEET HERE No Direct Mention Made of Sales tax in Summons Issued Last Night Short Meeting to Adjourn Before Regular Session Starts January 9 Tuesday, January 3, the 1933 legislature of Oregon will convene in this city in special sesaion to consider the state's problems of taxation and relief. Governor Jul ius L. Meier Issued the formal call late Saturday from his Port land office. The special session, called to attack problems of taxation and relief, will convene less than a week before the regular session, which will open January 9. Governor Meier pointed out that the special session Is called, even if only a week before thp regular session, because 90 days must elapse following adjournment of a legislative session before the laws it enacted become operative. Hence, a tax law passed at the regular session would not take ef fect until the last part of May, a date considered too late to help the tax situation, while tax meas ures adopted at the special session will be operative April 7. No recommendation Is specifi cally made as to the form the tax program should take, but the ex ecutive ln his statement said that despite economies in state govern ment, revenues have decreased to the point' where they are insuffi cient, and that a property tax must be revived unless the legis lature finds some other source of revenue. No Direct Mention Of Levy on Sales In conferences between Gover nor Meier and Businesss men and legislators a sales tax has been talked of sympathetically as an emergency means of clearing up the state's financial situation without restoration of the prop erty tax. Governor Meier's state ment last night, however, did not recommend this or any other spe cific form of taxation. It is believed mechanics of the special session will be simple. Fol lowing a caucus In Salem January 2, the senate and house will or ganize January 3. Fred E. Kiddle of Union county is understood al ready to have sufficient votes pledged to elect him president ot the senate and Earl W. Snell of Gilliam county likewise is said to have enough votes pledged to elect him speaker of the house. Each presiding officer will appoint a resolutions committee and a committee on taxation. Senate acd house committees on taxation will meet Jointly. Legislators pointed out last night that by suspension of the rules the Joint committee can launch Into hearings by Wed nesday. This would allow three days for hearings and the tax measures could be passed Satur day. The legislature would then adjourn, to reconvene the follow ing Monday for the regular ses sion. Property Tax Held Antiquated System The governor's statement in part follows: "I have determined to convene the 37th legislative assembly in special session on January 3, 1933. I have decided to take this action ln order that a determination may be had of the question as to whether or not we shall retain as part of our system for raising state revenue the property tax. handed down to us from feudal days. "The elimination ot this anti quated, burdensome and inequit able tax from our state levy has been and still is one of the major ohjectlves of my administration. "Furthermore, the state is faced with the necessity of assuming a share of the expense ot unem ployment relief. Federal legisla tion makes loans available to the state for unemployment relief only upon condition that the state shall exhaust its available resources be fore applying for federal aid. It has been made perfectly dear to us that If such action Is not taken, we eannot turn to the federal gov ernment for relief. Additional Revenue Not Needed, Claims "Let me make it clear that the tax question Is not one of finding additional revenue to meet an in creasing cost ot government. On the contrary, the eost of state government has been substantially reduced during the present blen nlum and will be drastically re-., dnced If the legislature follows the recommendations contained in the (Turn to page S, eol. S) JANUARY THIRD