PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 7. 1933 ) j IS GIOR NEED FOR LEW No Progress Made Toward Purpose Extra Session Is Called to Face (Contlno "from par 11 solutions the session will con Ten. In regular order next Monday- and in due time new tax pills will be born: Perhaps an Income tax, perhaps an inheri tan co tax, perhaps a tax on to baceo, perc&ance as three - sena tors - womM " hare it, a 10 per cent tax on proceeds from mort gage foreclosures. But why hur rr about new taxes? Repeal those levied, ignore the deficit, allow unlimited warrant issuance, slash the budget in seme fantastic manner: Such is the "program" at the statehouse if there is a program. The truth of it la both houses are suffering sadly from a lack first of study of the real con dition of the state, second, of enough courage to do what is needed and, third, of willing ness to take leadership. Frank Lonergan in the house might have provided the rally ing center, called signals for a time, brought the house out of a huddle and gotten somewhere. As it Is, for the last four days, open season has been on for all manner of suggestions and J actions most of which ignore the basic (acts of the state's sit uation, i Abolition of Levy Faces Court Test A few legislators know this: 1. Any tax measures passed at this or the regular session can not become law for 90 days. When February 7 comes with a tax bill passed and signed, May ; 5 must likewise come before the bill becomes law. J. In the meanwhile the le gality of any legislative aboli tion of the December 1922, state levy is almost certain to be tested in the courts. How can the legislature do away with a millage levied by law the legis lature has not repealed and did not change until at least a week after the levy was made? 2. Furthermore, what of the deficit? The legislature has a constitutional mandate to levy the full amount of the 8 per cent 11m- itation to meet it. Is it not en-l- tlrely likely that failure on the part of the legislature to perform . would bring mandamus action ; against the state tax commission, the legislature's agent, to compel it to levy a tax which the legisla ture ignored? To date no formal message from the executive branch of gov ernment has been forthcoming . since the session was convened In special session. It appeared doubt ful yesterday if the administra tion was going to interest itself further into a field which is con stitutionally that of the legislative branch of government. Two Problems are Totally Ignored ' However it was certain that the two specific problems laid before the legislature In the special mes sage of Tuesday had been to all Intents ignored ; no substitute tax for the burdensome real property levy had been passed and it is ut terly unlikely that any such tax passed in regular session would be effective in time to relieve property owners by May 5 when real property taxes come due. No relief measure has been introduc ed, much less passed, and after a prolonged bearing yesterday be fore the senate committee and the house committee on relief. Port- landers who appeared to ask state kelp frankly confessed grave doubt f the state would do anything now to help tne 57,000 un employ ed people in the state. Such Is the situation in Salem after tour days of legislative fu tllity. Foster is Given Year's Sentence, Burglary Count R. L. Foster, charged jointly with Frank Morse with burglary not In a dwelling, was sentenced ,to a year in the state prison yes terday when he appeared before Judge L. H. McMahan. Foster and Morse, arrested In -Portland a few weeks ago, both have criminal records, and are credited with being heads of ' gang of chicken thieves that have 'been working throughout the state. Morse was sentenced to a year ' la the penitentiary and Is serving ' time. Foster will likely be dress ed, la. today from the. county Jail here. Ross Nam ed Head .0 W O. W. Here For Coming Year The local lodge of Woodmen of i the World met at the Fraternal , temple last night and elected the ; following officers tor the coming reari .-:'- - H. M. Smaller, past council commander; O.. D. Ross, eouncll commander; D. B.- Walker, ad Tlsor lieutenant; George R. Staf vlord,: "banker; W. B. Judaon, .clerk; E. C. Crawford, escort; August Rischer, watchman; O. A. Willson, sentry; George W. Chap f xaat C. C W6lvH F. C. Lut. . managers; S. C. Donaldson, cap : ttin; L. Ox Altaian, physician. Refreshments were served fol lowing the business meeting. HAHIi'8- FATHER ILL : QUiyABTv. JsB, Mr. and .Mrs.H Herman.- Hahn spent the ' . weekend in ' Longview visiting MrswHahn'sifatber, George Peed, who. has been seriously 11L 1. " ,4.H CLUB TODAY 1 HA7ESVHJLB, Jan., Jean fltettler wiU be hOPtesa to the girls 4-H clsb tudsy at , the aiihsrt .tttuef nome. HEADED CO-OP J v. e J ' yt E. X. Di-on, manager Of the F. citic Cooperative Pooltrj Fro- ducer.' aWiaUon. who died of influenaa In Portland Thnrs- day. BELIEF HELD ED (Continued from pags 1) he represented more than 70,000 hungry mouths in Multnomah county. "We are faced with state-wide destitution. Frank declared, ''and the time has arrived when the state should take some action, Politics, commercialism and per sonalities should be forgotten. There are more than 22,000 per sons registered for employment In Multnomah county at this time. and 99 per cent of them are will ing to work. We must act fear lessly and tight this batlte through. I believe in a work pro gram rather than a dole." The committees investigation of unemployment conditions In the state was explained by Paul V Maris, of the state college faculty and Governor Meier's commission. Four Million Spent For Relict Already Maris said figures obtained by the committee showed more than 24,000,000 had been expended by the counties for relief work dur- ing 10 months last year. He In- dicated that a larger amount of money would be required to noet 1 . A n ,4 .-. 1 1111 Relief work has become one of .""l?"?: confronting the citizens of this state," Maris continued, "and the operation of this function should be placed on an efficiency basis. Every case should be Investi gated." Maris pointed out that Multno- r man county had raised more than $3,000,000 for relief work during the last year, exclusive of moneys contributed for welfare work. Vir tually all of this money was raised by tax levies and bond issues Revival of Industry Instead of a continuation of tax levies and uuiiu iooucs was Busi u J Stack, secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, as a means of solving the unemploy- uicui. nauauuu in iu use or ime nuias 1 y ooie urgci i it. uram, siaie iaDor com- mission, recommenaea mm an . . i 1 . 1 lands reclaimed by the counties for taxes be improved by the state and then be made available for the unemployed. Hhe safd such a plan would not only provide a living for thousands of men now unemployed but would restore the lands to the tax rolls and re lieve the existing tax burdens Representative Abrams explain ed that the purpose of the unem ployment committee was to find work for those in distress rather than provide doles. Operations of the state highway commission during the past 11 months were reviewed by Leslie Scott, chairman. He declared that I three were men within his hear-1 lng who had criticised the high- I tt Ml way department because It had at-1 If f's office following the explo tempted to keep Its expenditures I slon, he said, he found that tne within Its income and had de- manded an honest return for all funds expended. When the nresent state high-1 war commission assumed office it inherited a program of hand la-1 bor, Scott said. "This has since been eliminated and virtually all work is now being done under contract. We have found this an economic measure and In accord ance with the demands of the fed eral government. We are now facing the most serious situation In the history of the highway department. Our rev enues . are a conjecture and we have expended all funds within our limitations. It was within the power of tho highway commission during the past year to wreck the credit of the state Scott said that approximately; $12,000,000 had been expended by the highway department in 1922. Of this amount $4,000,000 was tor Interest and debt and $9, 000,000 for construction and maintenance. Bandits Remind Victim His Loss Wholly Insured PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. tAfj Two men held nn M. V. Wallace, manager of a store, here tonight and exhibited what ap parently was ah unusual display of sympathy.- After ordering Wallace and his two clerks, William Davis and Pat Donovan, Into a back room, one 01 me roDDers ordered: "Lie down on the floor and don't get excited. The money is inaured and youll lose nothing." After rifling the cash register of an undisclosed amount of mon ey", the robbers left the store and escaped in what polios said was ,a stolen automobile. PHOPEHTY LEVY REPEAL-SOUGHT Diversion of Millage From Educational Millage it One Plan Advanced (Continued from page 1) Representative Snider signed a minority report recommending that this appropriation be cut to 2160,000. The minority report was defeated. Some of this sav ing will come from salaries. while other Items affected in clude allowances for unit com manders and the expense of equipment, arms and uniforms. Representative Abrams report ed to the committee that more than 135.000 could be saved by the enactment .of legislation pro viding that all legal services for a a J A a 4. l.lt . M . Bw"u" ""As 'iT v. , b? iLL- L " J7. to employ three additional lawyers la the at torney general's office, but that these would be paid out of funds collected from the departments for services rendered. Figures presented by Abrams shewed that $70,482 was expend ed by state departments for legal services during the past two years. exclusive of the operating costs of the attorney general's deoart- ment. Institution Savings RejPort D1! Snb-committees appointed 10 re port on prospective institutional savings during the next two years asked for further time, and were granted until early tomorrow. when the formal statement show ing me acuviues 01 me ways ana means committee during the 48 hour period will be prepared for presentation to the house. Gor don estimated that the tithing proposal would return to the state treasurer $1,000,000 during the blennlum, It was announced by the ways and means committee that many other reductions In the budget Pnably would be made during the regular legislative session which opens next Monday. Diversion of 2 per sent of the millage tax for higher educational Institutions will cover a period of two years. Walker declared that the total cuts affecting the higher educa- "onL laltn, deluding the K "'""V proxlmate 50 per cent. This was disputed by Gordon It was Indicated that other re- v! lil! -ays and means committee meets this morning. LEGAL VENDING OF (Continued from Das 1) lock, and the stock of liquor must Ka It anr In f Vi itaKlnat sf all tlmes and locked except wnen ,Q use. One druggist estimates it takes about 20 minutes work to handle tha prescription, in the filling of each of which a careful check must b reCorded, even to regl3- terlng the strip number of the bottle on the nreseriDtinn. Onlv pints may be sold The druggist must present the prescriptions and duplicate before the 10th of each month to the su- pervlsor, and the store is open to inspection at all time. Mystery Blast Destroys Auto, Farmer States HILLSBORO, Ont.. Jan. (AP) J. W. Harrader, living on a farm near this city, reported to the sheriffs office here today that his automobile was demol ished by an explosion last night. Wnen lie tried to call the sher telephone wires had been cat, ap- parently by the same person that I had placed the explosive in the car. I Harrader said he could offer no motive for the act. LAST DAT r2 t!i8J 1 f - STARTING TOMORROW CLIVE BROOK MIRIAM JORDAN ERNSTTORENCE U STARTED ERNEST TORRENC6 County Tax Delinquencies Hardest on . (Ooattnued Irons pa 1) Xa connection with tax matters. a stud of the deilnqnent tax roll (or the past seven years, alnoe 121, shows only allxhtly more than T per cent delinquency o4 the combined roll at the end of MARION OOUNTY DELINQUENT TAX ROLL Deoexaber Year Total RoU 1925 .$1.869,6f.lT 192$ .,i..U. 1,918,882.24 1927 ..U....7... 2,036,114.95 1928 nkN.Mn 2,128,849.4$ 192$ miMu.. 2,118.008.92 1930 jrili;..... 2.026,488.09 1921 ! 4. 1,724,T89.88 Total of all delinquency Deiinqaency at End of Each Collection Tear for Last Three Rolls Tear Total Roll $2,113,008.93 1930 2.026,466.00 1921 1,734,789.88 19Sl 1929 1920 1921 Percentage of delinquency 1929 roll Percent age of delinquency 1930 roll Percentage of delinquency 1921 roll (The tax rou for each year Total amount of all delinquent taxes Total amount of all delinquent taxes Total amount of all delinquent taxes (These figures Include interest end penalty.) Percentage of DeUnqaencr, 1925-1931, Iaclasive Per Cent Total Roll Delinquency Delinquency $12,829,872.57 $969,745.11 7.01 RED CROSS MOVES TO NEW OUTERS Community Service Red Cross headquarters will be removed from present rooms la ths First National Bank building to rooms on the second floor of the Eld- ridge building, 248 North Com mercial street, this week end, Ellis Purvine, Service presi dent, announced last night. Hiss Thora Y. Boesen, Red Criss sec retary, and Miss Carolyn Parker, Service employe, will take up registration of needy persons In the new quarters Monday. The change in location of the offices was necessitated by the continually growing crowd of persons applying lor rood and clothing. They have been almost overrunning the fourth floor of the bank building. Use of three rooms in the Eld- ridge building is being donated by Ed Baker, according to Mr. Purvine. H inkier Off to Regain Record, Australia Hop LONDON, Jan. 7 (Saturday) (AP) The Australia airman. Bert Hlnkler, left Feltham air drome in Middlesex at 2:10 a. m.. today on a solo flight to Australia, in an effort to set a new speed record for the distance. In October, 1930, Wing Com mander Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith broke Hlnkler's - previous record of 15 days for the flight by five days. In the next year, O. W. A. Scott made It in 9 days, 4 hours, 11 minutes. In November, 1931, C. A. Butler made the flight In 9 days, 2 hours, 29 min utes. Scott finally set the pres ent record in April 29, 1922, by making it in 8 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes. His distance was 13,187 miles. HABoOvltaittt Tit Home of 25c Talkies LAST TIMES TODAY Mickey Mouse Matinee Today 1:30 P.M. Also Slim SsmunerrllU Cosiedy News, Cartoon Comedy and Harry Carey la "The Last of the MobJcaas' ATTEND OUR 9 O'CLOCK SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN FOB OUR 11:15 MIDNIGHT MATINEE Jeyee Comptoa Ivaa Lebedeft Lyle Talbot Beryl Mercer SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY CootinwoB Performance Smday, 21 to 11 F. H. Thf Greatest Woman's Pu ttrre Erer Produced FANNIE HURST'S with IRENE DUNNE JOHN BOLES George Meeker, Zasn Pitts, June Clyde, William BakewelL Arietta Duncan, Doris Lloyd, Paul . Wiegel, Jane Darwell, Shirley' Grey, James - Donlaa. Walter Catlett General Fund ftJJli although thf l$$l X&jjfr I UctAle in 111! shows ft heafr in orease in aeunq.uencies over tarn 110 roll Tho delinquent situation from 1121. including all credits op to December $1, 1922, is contained la tho following tablet 81, 193 Collected Delinquent Dee. 81, 1928 $ 8.480.42 17.696.62 27,048.28 40.414.28 77.378.70 232,918.76 566.812.18 Dee. 21. 1922 $1,881,485.74 1.901,185.71 2,009,066.72 2,086.225.18 2.040.620.22 1,792.547.24 1,168.976.66 .....$969,745.11 Colected During Delinquent End of Year $260,368.93 441.474.25 565,815.18 Tear $1,857,684.99 1.584.991.75 1,168,976.65 at end of collection year 12.2 at end of collection year 21.7 at end of collection year is collected the next year.) collected la 1930. .$182,950.65 collected in 1931.. 18J.55Z.80 collected la 1932.. 242,859.56 I OF IN DECENTLY PORTLAND. Jan. 8. (AP) Edward L. Wells, meteorologist in charge of the United States weather bureau here, busied him self with figures today and an nounced some interesting statis tics on the heavy rainfall that swooped down upon the Willam ette valley New Year'a day. "Throughout the drainage ba sin of the Willamette river. Wells said, "the average rainfall for this period was about three Inches. This represents a weight of about 2.429,982.000 tons. "The transportation of this great weight of water is in Itself an enormous item. However, the amount of energy used in trans porting it Is small In comparison with that required to change it into vapor, 10 that It might be transported. "It required as much heat to vaporize this more thaa 2,000, 000,000 tons of water as It would to raise the temperature of more than 12,000,000 tons of water from the freesing point to the boiling point." Wells said about 400 tons of rain fell on each etty block in Portland and 34 tons on the aver age residential lot. HUSKIES WIN AGAIN SEATTLE, Jan. 6 ( AP) The University of Washington basket ball team, after trailing by four points at half time, spurted to night in the second halt to defeat the Ellensburg Normal quintet. 38 to 24, In a non-conference game. The visitors led at the rest period, 14 to 10. TWO BILLIOTI TONS Mickey Mouse Club: MeeU Today at 1 P. M. SPECIAL FEATURE PICTURE ""ITDM JAWED' Come on kids! Join thg rW LAST TIMES TODAY! i4 M FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE STARS ALL TOGETHER IN A FLAMING, MODERN STORY THAT IS REALLY DIFFERENT! III CL0HDE& MIIIA! cn ptttt 1 r;.v v. I-iVa I 4Vl IT ii'K I a -' n ; a TONIGHT AT 1 - r-' : 1 Mot drank of Wifh EDNA X TRACE FOUrS OF hi I Mrs- Dorm an Describes men Who Forced her to Drive South on Highway State police report no trace of the two men who on last Son- day night compelled Mrs. Eldon Dorman to drive them south on the Pacific highway. Mr. Dorman la motion picture operator of the Hollywood theatre. After the midnight matinee Saturday night, Mrs. Dorman took the family car and came downtown to get some articles for a luncheon to be served to some friends who had assembled at their home nearby. As she approached the stop street sign entering Court from Cottage street, two men, one with a gun, forced themselves Into the seat with her and com manded her, with the gun press ed at her side, to drive south. onto -the Paclfis highway. They demanded that she keep cool and drive fast, while the men crouched as much out of sight as possible when meeting or passed by other machines. She told them the ear had but little gasoline. They took the flash light belonging; to the car and ex amlned the gas supply, searched her pockets and the car tor valu ables, and commanded her to drive on as long as the supply of gas held out. She had some small change, which they did not Ana. Mrs. Dorman, frightened half to death, drove on and on. Two or three times, the men exam ined the gas supply, but would not tell Mrs. Dorman how much was left. They dodged into a side road when the supply ran ont about six miles south of Junc tion City, a mile from the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gore, at daybreak. Mrs. Dorman, cold, shivering, drenched in the storm that was raging, hurried to the Gore home, where she phoned to the state police at Eugene, and also to her husband at 3a lem. Ray Stum bo of the Holly wood theatre and Mr. Dorman raced with the Stumbo ear to the relief of the terrified woman. and the Eugene state police off! cor had already responded. One of the holdup men was about 28 to 20, dark, with brown suit,, gray overcoat. The other was of medium complexion, wore a cap and Jacket, light trousers. and no overcoat. He looked like a high school boy, about 20. The older man had the gun, and sat next to the driver; the boy was apparently unarmed. They had no baggage of any kind. They spoke tew words to Mrs. Dorman; were polite, rather well dressed but she thought the larger man looked like a prise fighter. The men had no masks. Their main protection from Iden tification was the darkness of the night, and they were appar ently about ready to release their unwilling driver even be fore the supply of gas failed. In Starker Case Attorneys for plaintiff in damage action of Frank Moonsr as administrator vs. J. A. Starkar, has tiled motion asking to be psrmltted to Inspect the automobile which featured la the fatal accident last February 13, in which Frances Mooner was killed. Affidavit states defense at torneys are attempting to produce evidence from the automobile damaging to case of plaintiff. Think of it! 11:30 P. M. si ;s none MitMddwcl 4p In Htm oO wsj lov Drama wrsjKhe)d sts&ie frm an nrtplra In crtatloal I I U Jl ii II V Areerico tfeeo as human oafSS-- MAY OLIVES Gift"" The Gall Board By OLIVE M. DOAK WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Jack Oakie and Mar ion Nixon in "Madison Square Garden. WARNER BROS. ELSINORE Today Warren William and Ann Dvorak la "3 on a Match." HOLLYWOOD Today Reginald Denny The Iron Master." In THE GRAND Today Buck Jones in "Sun- down Rider.- NEW 0. S. BUILDING DAMAGED BT BLAZE WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. (AP) Fire raged for a brief time tonight through the steel frame work of the new Interstate com merce department building, and construction officials blamed sa botage. H. D. Watts, vice-president of James Stewart ft Co., said the watchman had run a man from ths building shortly before the flames were discovered. Watts said there had been, no labor troubles. He expressed fear after a preliminary examination that work on the building, which was to have been completed by December 1, as one of keystones in the government's elaborate building program, might be held up six months. Wooden planking and scaffold ing high up in the steel skeleton caught fire shortly after dark. Tire apparatus rushed through the crowds on Pennsylvania ave nue Just leaving work. Hamper ed by lack of fire plugs, which had been taken up during the construction work, they were some time getting water to the blase. Wooden forms already placed tor the concrete roof suf fered the greatest damage. Second Basketball Star Slashes Thumb FALLS CITY, Jan. 8. Herbert Donkln, who recently accidentally cut off his thumb while cutting wood, is the second member of th high school basketball team to suffer a like accident. The oth er player was Wilbur Howell. He met with his accident about month ago. Both boys are good players and the accidents have proved a handicap to the local team. LAST TIMES TODAY! ROMANTIC! DRAMATIC! SPECTACULAR! in JTTAID TJJT jrOJNIDAyj Exotic women! Cruel men of tne world's last terror-shadowed frontier! ". Deep in the heart of the Kongo, a " white man and his blood-thirsty apt this sarage empire! un " .,-.,V EXTRA! r.2ai?ilG Polly MOHAN femaus MARCHERS 6 SHE OF COHORTS (Continued from pag 1) ker here yesterday are carried out, the marchers will arrive in Salem around 3 p. m. tomorrow. Reports that they would spend the night in Fraternal temple rooms were unofficial. Floyd M. White, secretary of the temple associa tion board, said last night that the matter was being considered but was still undecided. The local "hunger march" com mittee, of which Frank Cox is chairman, la reported to have been collecting foodstuffs and so liciting funds to feed the army during its one-night stay here. Walker Informed legislators- yesterday that no demonstration woald be attempted in Salem, and that the demands of the army would be presented to the Joint session by a spokesman to be se lected at a meeting here Sunday night. It was indicated that either Walker or Lovelace would be chosen to appear at the special session. Governor Meier indicat ed that he would attend the Joint session la the role of a spectator. Immediate cash relief and un employment insurance are the two chief demands Walker said would be made. (Coottnae frote p- 1) Price gave beer to Mary Caslda resulting in bis being freed of a second charge, contributing to the delinquency of a minor. By conviction on the on charge, Price faces possible re vocation of a parole from s two - year penitentiary sentence passed la Roseburg some time ago when he pleaded guilty te being accessory to a forgery. It was through mention of this sit nation and intimation of a per Jury complaint that Lyle J. Page, deputy district attorney, finally elicited from Price admission that he had grabbed the wrists of Mrs. Caslda during the dis agreement In her home. Mickey Mouse Gab Meet Saturday 1 P. M. at Warner Bros. Elsinore Stage Entertainment PRIZES FUN JICI IAKIE O MilUl 11X61 Tssjtst?E2JUI Z1SI PITTS wa. earn sr. LEV CUT PRICE HELD BUILTY ON BATTERY COUNT ia-J-J"ir vmatTm RESSILEIIX and in "DANGEROUS