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lature has not repealed and did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
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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.
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LAST TIMES TODAY
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Today 1:30 P.M.
Also Slim SsmunerrllU Cosiedy
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Harry Carey la "The Last of
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SUNDAY, MONDAY
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CootinwoB Performance
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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