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FOUNLDEP 1651
EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon,' Thursday Morning, February 28, 1935
No. 290
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$72,751,
000
Works Pro
Planning
Expenditure of Huge
Sum, Willamette-
Control Listed
Board's First. Report
Reduces Proposals
90 Per Cent
Projects for the expenditure of
public funds in the sum of $72,
751,000, the moneys coming from
relief appropriations made at
Washing-ton, were recommended
to Governor Charles H. Martin
yesterday in the first major re
port of bis newly organized plan
ning board to reach the execu
tive's desk. The projects consti
tute a 90 per cent reduction in
total proposed expenditures from
a $700,000,000 aggregate request,
made by sub-divisions of the state
In the list of projects they recent
ly submitted to C. C. Hockley,
state engineer for PWA.
Major among the projects re
commended by the board was one"
calling for an outlay of $36,000,
000 for flood control, drainage,
Irrigation and navigation develop
ment In the Willamette valley
watershed. Sub-divisions of this
project would include a $29,800,
000 for flood control, $2,(00,000
for construction of levees, $2,000,
000 for flood-control on tribu
taries to the Willamette river,
$120,000 for the construction of
revetment and bank work, $200,
000 for a preliminary survey of
the entire project.
Sewage Disposal Plants
Along River Advocated
Next largest, project approved
by the planning board is one call
ing for a $17,672,000 for forest
resources . control- and 1 conserva
tion In the state. The "planning
board also approved a water puri
fication plan for the entire Wil
lamette valley which would in
volve construction of sewage dis
posal plants In all the principal
cities along the river. The entire
project bas an estimated cost ot
$12,000,000.
Other projects which received
Irrigation development. Includ
ing the Owyhee, Vale, Deschutes
and Burnt river systems, $3,400,
000. . Two topographical map studies
at an aggregate cost of $280,000.
Construction of - transmission
lines from Bonneville; $2,000,
000. Further hydro - electric power
development, $300,000.
Conservation and development
ot fish resources, $20,000.
Study of 'Oregon communities
and their physical and social
characteristics, $8500.
'Study of land resources of the
-state, their classification and seg
regation, $710,000. -' . '
Survey and preliminary drill
ing of mineral resources of the
state, $40,000.
Survey of Bonneville metallur
gical opportunities, $230,000.
- Study of water resources of the
state, $91,000.
The governor said he was pleas
ed with the work of his board.
Funds are expected over a period
of years through . relief moneys
Washington will provide
, WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-(fl
An appropriation of $187,000 tor
the Chemawa Indian school at
Salem, Ore., Is Included in the
Interior department appropriation
bill reported today to the house.
The bill provides $118,500 for
support of students and mainten
ance oi ouuaings; s?uuo ior tooa
and clothing; $20,500 for voca
tional training extension j work
and $40,000 for a heating plant
for the school.
; The bill 'contains a recommen
dation that the Indian bureau
discontinue Its program of clos
ing out non-reservation Indian
schools such as the one-at Salem.
Nusslein Taking
Stoefen's Place
WithTennisPros
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 27.-V
-Nans Nusslein, former bolder of
the world's professional cham
pionship, will replace Lester Sto
efen of Los Angeles as a member
ot Bill Tilden's professional ten
nis troupers Maich 7 in Minneap
olis, Bill O'Brien, manager of the
barnstormers, announced tonight.
For the pas: several days Sto
efen has hardly been able to play
owing to an attack ot intestinal
Influenza and be bas been grant
ed a two months leave of absence.
Nusalela at present Is la Florida.
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CHEMAWA REPORTED
in State
jects Given
Board Okeh
Johns Hopkins V
Has New Prexy
New president of Johns Hopkins
university at Baltimore is Dr.
Isaiah Bowman of New York,
president of the American Geo
graphical Society. He holds de
grees from Harvard and Yale. r
TO
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"It Happened One Night" is
Chosen as Best Movie
Production of Year
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.;, Feb. 27.
-tfp)-Claudette Colbert and. Clark
Gable were voted to havei-giyenU
the best screen performances In
1934 by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences at Its
seventh annual awards banquet
here tonight.
The banquet was a colorful af
fair, attended by the flower of
the film colony. More than S00
persons heard Irvln S. Cobb, the
author, and humprist, and a re
cent recruit to screen ranks as a
comedian give praise to the win
ners as he presented the awards.
Like most Hollywood banquets,
this one was late getting under
way. It was to have begun at
8 p. m., but it was 9:30 before
anybody began eating.
The awards given to Miss Col
bert and Gable were for their ap
pearances in the picture. "It Hap
pened One Night," in which they
co-starred.
"It Happened One Night," pro
duced by Columbia Studios, was
chosen the best motion picture of
the year. Frank Capra, was given
the best direction award for , his
work In this same picture, and
Robert Riskin was held to have
made the best screen adaptation
in preparing this story from an
original by Samuel Hopkins Ad
ams. Arthur Caesar was given the
award for the best original screen
story, "Manhattan Melodrama."
BANK ROBBERS GET 500
SEILING, Okla., Feb.
The First State bank 1 of Selling
was- robbed of approximately
$600 late this afternoon by two
young bandits who entered the
bank with drawn . guns while a
companion waited in a rcar out
T
side.
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COLLECTIONS GAIN '
McMINNVILLE. Ore., Feb. 27.
-(-Delinquent tax collections in
Yamhill county since the first of
the .year have exceeded receipts of
current taxes, Sheriff George W.
Manning announced today. "
Delinquent tax. collections dur
ing that time bare been $44,775
while $34,323 current taxes have
been collected. t
100 MEN EMPLOYED .
ST. HELENS, Ore., Feb. 27.
-fly-The Flr-Tex plant here re-
turned operation this week witn
almost 100 men working on the
three shifts. vi
: Manager Ray Slmmerall said .
every former employe was at bis
old post when the plant renew
ed operation.
The return to steady employ
ment for m number of men made
openings for others on SEltA
projects..-
SEARCH CONTINUED
NEWPORT. Ore., Feb. 27.-MP)
-Search' went on here tonight for
the three bodies still missing In
the Y a q u 1 n a bay sea disaster
which claimed fire Uvea here yes
terday. ;,v,.-; :: -;-;..v :-
Bodies vtlll missing were those
of William Stnlts, coast guards
man, and Vernon Jackson of Flor
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MINISTERS WILL
Untoward Incident" During
Operations In Pacific
Feared by Clergy
Military Training Declared
Against by Methodist
Men at Seminar
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. tl-(ff)
-Decision to warn their churches
and communities that any "unto
ward incident" during the naval
maneuvers in the north Pacific
might precipitate war was made
here today by 32 Pacific north
west Methodist ministers.
At the peace seminar here the
ministers voted to secure vigor
ous protests to President Roose
velt against the maneuvers.
Dr. Charles F. Boss of Chica
go,' who led the seminar, spoke
against compulsory military
training in land grant colleges
and said the original land grant
act required only that military
training be taught, not that it be
made compulsory.
In a formal report, the minis
ters warned that present United
States policies, if continued,
would make war in the Pacific
within two years a grave danger.
The ministers discussed me
thods of bringing about peace,
rather that methods of prevent
ing war.
Would Have More
Physical Training
"Military training
has to be
supplemented by special courses
of physical education, even In
the regular army," stated the re
port, read by the Rev. S. Darlow
Johnson of Portland.
"The military courses teach
that military service is synony
mous with service to country.
The compulsory aspect of mili
tary ' training in schools is con
trary to the Ideals of the Chris
tian religion.'
. The semln also agreed to
seek elimination of the citizens'
military training camps as a
"waste of taxpayers' money." A
study ot CCC camps was recom
mended. LOUIE LEE FREED
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27-fl?J
Louie Lee, 19, Chinese charged
with mailing a $50,000 extortion
demand to his father, Jimmie Lee
of St. Paul, Ore., was released
today on $500 bond bis father
furnished.
Young Lee's bearing was set
for April 29 before the United
States commissioner, upon motion
of Carl C. Donaugh, United
States district attorney. Donaugh
said federal officers would con
tinue their investigations and
advised the family meanwhile to
reconcile its differences.
Donaugh said Lee related that
he had a grievance against his
father so disappeared and sent
him a $50,000 ransom demand
for bis own release to frighten
his father, '
SAILOR STRIKE DENIED
SEATTLE, Feb. 27. -(-Although
Peter B. Gill, business
agent for the Sailors Union of the
Pacific, denied that a strike is in
prospect, the Alaska Steamship
company today advanced the Se
attle sailing date of Its steamship
Victorja from Saturday to tomor
1
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BOND
Delinquent Taxes Paid
St. Helens Mill Opens
3 Bodies Still Missing
Sturgeon Ron is Large
ence and Nick Laine ot Astoria,
deckhands on the dredge Heiba
which went to pieces while cross
ing In over the bar. ,
AT OREGON CITY
. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27
(f)-TbJs year's sturgeon ran
now underway in the Columbia
river and tributaries is unus
ually large, the state game de
partment reported today.
, The big fish, following the
smelt in from the sea to reach
their native spawning beds, are
already gathered In great num
bers in. the Willamette river at
Oregon City and in the Colum
bia river, it was reported.
' JUMPS OFF BRIDGE
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb.'27.-(ff)
-Disregarding the pleadings of
her. daughter Wanda, 10, Mrs.
Eva Hunt today Jumped from the
Burnside bridge into the Willam
ette river but was rescued by the
crew of the tugboat cruiser which
happened to be passing.
' "Mother said she was going to
Jump Into the river so I followed
her from home," Wanda tearfully
told police.
Dr. D. C. Burkes, alienist, ad
judges the woman . insane and
Circuit Judge George Taxwell
committed her -to the state hos
pital at Salem. ---7-...X.-
Duce Expert
Airplane Pilot
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Premier Benito Mussolini, an ex
pert pilot of planes as well as
of matters of state, is pictured
at the controls of an Italian
army plane in recent flight over
Rome.
FEDERAL RELIEF IS
i,
FERA Must Have Assurance
State Will Contribute,
Martin is Told
The federal relief administra
tion yesterday withdrew all fur
ther support from Oregon until
legislation providing for the
state's cooperation with federal
authorities the next two years is
enacted. Governor Martin an
nounced late yesterday afternoon
following a telephone conference
with Aubrey Williams, deputy re
lief administrator, at Washington.
"Williams approved our $,
000,000 relief program as I out
lined It to him," the governor said.
Martin said Williams insisted that
the federal relief administration
must have some tangible evidence
that the state will go ahead, with
such a plan and the action of the
legislature, with bills passed and
signed. Is necessary before more
U. S. funds will be forthcoming.
Governor Martin said the Joint
ways and means committee of the
legislature had tentatively approv
ed the relief program-in a confer
ence earlier this week. Approxi
mately $4,000,000 is to be raised
for direct work relief, the money
going to match funds the federal
government will provide. An addi
tional $2,000,000 Is to be provided
by the state to use for unemploy
able relief for counties and for
old-age pensions.
The state has received Its fed
eral relief funds for February but
none for March have been forth
coming. Four Deaths
Are Caused,
Island Rain
HONOLULU, T. H.. Feb. 27.-(;p)-With
four known dead and
four others missing in a torren
tial rainstorm, national guard
units were called out tonight to
prevent looting in evacuated
areas In the lowlands of Hono
lulu. The four deaths were reported
at Waiawa, 20 miles from the
city. Police said the victims were
believed to have perished in a
swollen- stream.
"In the city, radio stations broad
cast police warnings to residents
of low lying districts to evacuate
and asked others to stay off the
streets as much as possible. Fire
squads were swamped with rescue
calls, many caused by short cir
cuiting of power transformers. All
reserve police were called to duty.
Householders said the hail
stones covered lawns "like snow.
Some of the stones were three in
ches in circumference.'
City and county engineers re
ported the town of Walalua, 40
miles from here, was completely
cut off and a number ot bridges
were endangered. -
Rain has been falling here for
three dafs and many canefields
were already Inundated to a depth
of four or five feet.
Arkansas Solons
Vote Wet; Dries
Win in Alabama
LITTLE ROCK, Ark Feb. f.7-(JP)-Bj
a two thirds vote, the Ar
kansas bouse today Joined the sen
ate in approving an Immediate end
ot prohibition In this state, dry
for 19 years. , t
BIRMINGHAM, Ala , Feb. 27-(jF-Alabama,
which two years ago
voted for repeal ot national pro
hibition, was on record tonight
through a popular referendum In
favor of retaining Its own rigid
dr laws.
OREGON
RULED ILLEGAL
Section 7-A Inapplicable to
Industry in Interstate
Commerce, Held
Weirton Case Judge Upholds
Company Union Plan;
Appeal Looms
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 27.
(JP) A history - making federal
court decision today established
the legality of the Weirton Steel
company's employe representa
tion plan and held that section
7-A, heart of the national Indus
trial recovery act, is Inapplicable
to the company because it Is not
engaged in interstate commerce
in its relations to its employes.
Judge John P. Nields wrote
the decision, holding that the plan
of employe representation a so
called cofhpany union in effect
among the employees of the de
fendant, affords a lawful and ef
fective organization of the em
ployes for collective bargaining
through representatives of their
own choosing.
Restraint On Company
Union is Denied
The government's suit, regard
ed as a major test of the act's la
bor guarantee provisions, was dis
missed and the plea for an in
junction to restrain the company
from dealing with the employees
through the medium of the com
pany plan was denied.
The decision reiterated that
congress may pass laws regulat
ing business only of an interstate
or foreign nature and held that
the Weirton company is not en
gaged in such business "save to
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Elaborate Plans Being Made
by Willamette Hosts;
Tickets Scarce
With what promises to be ihe
most elaborate Freshman Glee
ever staged by Willamette univer
sity, the 27th annual program
contest to be presented In the Wil
lamette gymnasium. Is Bearing
completion. The program will be
presented Saturday night, with
the four classes competing for the
coveted banner. The theme upon
which each class bases this year's
song and music Is "fight."
Freshman Glee is a welcoming
expression extended to the upper
classmen and to the alumni by the
freshman class. Tickets have
never been so bard to obtain as
this year. Students receive the
mjority of tickets; a few have
gone to the alumni but this sup
ply Is exhausted.
Betting among students as to
the outcome of the contest,
though forbidden on the campus,
is gaining momentum. If history
repeats itself, Helen Benner, a
daughter of Joseph Benner, Salem
postal clerk, will be the first per
son to write the winning song
three times In succession. She has
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9 oi Duck Squad
Start Practice at
Ventura Camp
. VENTURA, Calif., Feb. 27.-flP)
-Starting practice a tew; days
ahead ot the - remainder of tho
squad, nine members of the Port
land baseball . club reported at
their camp here.
Gil English, regular third base
man, and Harry Davis, first base
man acquired from Detroit, ar
rived here early this week. Today,
Buddy Ryan, new manager of the
Beavers, arrived with Bob Garret
son, first baseman; .Hal Turpln,
Henry Ulrich and Bob Houtchens,
pitchers; Verne Richards, catch
er; Warren Wodeag and Bill Svll
ich, rookie infielders.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Feb. 2 7.-()-Jules
Strongbow, 275-pound Oklahoma
Indian, outlasted Ted Cox, 220,
Lodi, Cal., badman, tor two out ot
three falls In a fistic grappling
bout here tonight.' -
Just before Strongbow gained
the deciding fall he almost fell
into the orchestra pit when the
ring ropes were torn from their
posts by the ponderous, weight of
the battling behemoths. - .
. Interspersing rights to the Jaw
with his usual shoulder butts, Ted
Thrye, 202, Portland, gained two
ot three falls from Jack Wash
burn, 238, Boston.
PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 27.-(P)
(gGonzaga university took an
early lead over Washington State
college and won, 29 to 25, in their
non-conference game here tonight.
Gonzaga led at the half, IS to 10.
e noun
CONGRESS SEEK
1 ORE NOTICE
Forming "Secret 100" With
Intent of Gaining More
Liberal Treatment
Propose 5-Point Program of
Legislation, Procedure;
Demo Leaders Worry
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-(P)-Young
house members who are
organizing the "secret 100" claim
ed today that they already had
won not only promises but actual
more liberal treatment by the old
er leaders.
But they served quiet notice
nevertheless that unless the addi
tional promises were lived up to,
their fight would be brought Into
the open.
Meanwhile, democratic leaders
on Capitol Hill, evidencing some
alarm over the general situation
in congress, made plans to advise
President Roosevelt to resort to
new strategy to get the national
assembly more solidly behind his
measures. This they proposed to
do soon after his return tomor
row from Hyde Park.
Hope Held Roosevelt
Can Conjure Support
They are hoping that the presi
dent can conjure democratic in
surgency into support of new deal
legislation as in times past. Speak
er Byrna and other leaders, view
ing the "secret hundred" move
ment had this to say today:
"What more could we do for
the new members?"
The youngsters still asking
that their names not be divulged
replied with a recitation of
what had been done, and said they
would insist upon more ot the
same. They listed the following as
some things they already had
achieved:
More Clerk Hire
Funds Sought
1. A chance to vote Monday on
a bill to let each member hare
$6000 Instead Of $6000 a year so
additional clerks may be employ
ed to handle mounting mail.
.prompt consideration of
plans to repeal the provisions of
law requiring publicity for Income
tax returns.
3. Promises that no more gag
rules forbidding amendments
would be used except in extreme
cases.
4. Assurance that there will be
a "more equitable" distribution of
patronage.
6. An agreement to let the
house choose between the Patman
and American Legion bonus pay
off bills.
23 BRITISH DR01
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 27.
-(A3) - The coast guard cutter
Crane today made a third day's
fruitless search for three men and
a small boat unreported since they
left here 11 days ago on what
should bare been a six-hour cruise
to Bell island hot springs.
The boat never arrived there,
although most of the 50-mile pas
sage is sheltered water. The boat,
the T-2305, carried James H.
"Curly" Fraser, Robert Buchanan
and D. E. "Kentucky" Butler.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-()-A roar
ing galo that crippled many ships
In the Atlantic tonight apparent
ly had sent the 3,259-ton British
freighter Blairgowie, with her
crew of 28 to the bottom.
As other battered vessels crept
into port or fought to ride out
the storm's fury, three ships
w h 1 e h spent nearly ten hours
searching for the Blairgowie re
ported they could find no trace
of her.
3 MEN
BOST LOST
M id- Year Entrance in Salem
Schools is Done A way W ith
Elemlnatlon of mid-year en
trance to Salem schools, uniform
payment ot janitors on, a unit
service basis, and consideration
of natural and artificial lighting
adjustment in school rooms, were
the highlights ot the directors
meeting last night.
On recommendation of Superin
tendent Galser the board went
on record eliminating mid-year
registration at all the schools and
authorised Immediate reclassifi
cation . of present odd-semester
groups so -as to make them uni
form with the regular classes.
mental age of six years, to be
determined by tests, -was named
as the Qualification for entrance
Into the elementary schools with
December 1 of the fall term
being the age dead-line. For chil
dren who reach six years be
tween that date and March 1,
special tests will . be provided
with entrance contingent on their
passing the standard mental re
quirements for a six-year old.
R
Executive Declares if 50
is Passed He'll Exercise
Will Oppose Raising Any
Ways-Means Committee
SALA
"Amazed at Committee Action Tuesday, Governor Says
State Workers Disliking Present Salaries Will Be
Replaced From List of 10,000 Applicants on Hand;
Veto Would Work Against Him
GOVERNOR CHARLES H. MARTIN launched a counter
attack late yesterday to the "revolt" of the joint ways
and means committee of the legislature which Tuesday nighty
overrode . the administration and granted a 50 per cent
restoration of old salary cuts to all state employes.
Holding fast to the position he took early in the
session no increases in pay for state workers the gover
nor took the offensive again by declaring he would exercise
hia budgetary control powers and restrain any state official
under his control from restoring a single salary in 1935
1936. Going farther, he intimated that any state workers
who did not like the salaries they were receiving, could be
readily replaced from the 10,000 applications for jobs the
governor now has in his office.
World News af
a
oiance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic)
WILMINGTON, Del. Feder
al district court -holds collective
bargaining provision of NRA may
not be 'applied to Wierton Steel
company; justice department in
dicates it will appeal.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Federal
district judge holds congress has
prices ifi bituminous coal mtaing
Industry,
WASHINGTON Administra
tion leaders bear that at least
two Insurgent democrats will
abandon stand for prevailing
wage amendment In 24,880,000,
000 work-relief bill; compromise
efforts continue.
WASHINGTON Secretary
Wallace predicts food price jump
of 11 per cent in first six months
of 1935.
WASHINGTON Representa
tive McCormack charges link be
tween Russia and V. S. commun
ists; house committee sets date
for hearing on proposals to with
draw Russian recognition.
WASHINGTON House pro
mised opportunity to vote on
anti-war profits measure as sen
ate hears Bethlehem shipbuilding
corporation and subsidiaries made
368,000,000 during world war.
ST. PAUL Farmer brings
three emaciated animals to cap
itol; senate promptly passes
3500,000 livestock relief meas
ure. WASHINGTON U. S signs
reciprocal trade pact with Bel
gium, slashing tariffs on more
than 100 important items.
Foreign:
ROME - Two more Italian
troop ships sail for east Africa as
Ethiopian emperor denies hostile
Intentions and calls for with
drawal of Italian reinforcements.
PORTSMOUTH, England
Courtmartial orders Captain H. R.
Sawbridge of H. M. S. Renown
stripped of command as result of
collision with another battle
cruiser during maneuvers off
Spain.
MINGTU, China Chinese
government begins social revol
utions to eradicate communism In
central provinces.
A survey of janitor work with
say for each lob figured on the
basis of floor space units' was
submitted chowinr substandard
wages for the janitors at-Highland
and ' Englewood schools. Su
perintendent Galser recommenaea
that . the gross discrepancies be
remedied as soon as the board
could agree on a fair unit scale
of pay. Definite action was de
ferred. ; . J, ; . ; - "V -
, Reporting on poor natural and
artificial , lighting facilities -discovered
In i. thorough investiga
tion at Lincoln, Tew Park and
Richmond schools, William - M.
Hamilton and George Hlbbert of
the Portland - General - Electric
company . recommended Improve
ments such as Indirect artificial
lighting and softening of interi
ors. lighter shades, and larger
windows to make better use of
natural light. The board deferred
action pending runner investigation-
REVOLT
Per Cent Restoration Bill
Budgetary Control Power;
Salary in 1935-36, Says;
Goes Into Huddle
The governor said he was
"amazed" to observe in Wednes
day morning papers that the
ways and means committee of
the session had disregarded his
flat statement ot the day before
and bad lifted salaries.
Committee Goes Into
Executive Session
Governor Martin's 1 statement
came late yesterday- and - threw
confusion into the ways and
means committee which scurried
into executive session to determ
ine what its next move would be.
After ihe meeting, members et
the ways and means committee-'
said no action would be taken
until" Governor Martin's tall
W?1113 Jead "
mlttee will meet tonight and is
expected to discuss in full the po
sition the group will take in
view of the administration's op
position to salary increases.
The executive denied that he
would veto the salary increase
bill, pointing out that such action
would restore all salaries to the
full 1931-1932 basis since the ex
isting 5 to 30 salary reduction
law expires March 1. Instead he
will clamp down upon all depart
ments under his control flat or
ders that 1933-1934 rates ot pay
shall prevail. WhUe he is not in
full charge of the state Institu
tions, it is expected that other
members of the stale board . of
control would . follow Martin's
lead, rather than break with him
and establish salaries out of line
with those In departments direct
ly under the administration's con
trol Governor Martin's full state
ment follows:
State's Load Near
Breaking Point, Asserts
"I have been unalterably op
posed to any more taxes on prop
erty as well as on business," Gov
ernor Martin declared. "The state
has reached a point where the
load on both Is at the breaking
point. . . . i
"That. being the case. In season
and out, I have urged that we keep
expenses of government down to
a minimum, saving every cent
which cculd be had which would
not affect the efficiency of gov
ernment. -
"Tuesday, I called the joint
ways and means committee of the
legislature Into a conference and
discussed fully and frankly with
the members the appropriation
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DATE SET FOB VOTE
Tuesday, March 19, was set as
the date for a recall election in
Lane county when voters there
will decide whether to retain or
Merriam, republican. Secretary of
State Snell set the date when
Merriam did not resign in the five
day period permitted him after
filing of sufficient, signatures of
voters with the secretary of state
to bring about the recall election.
Tawnsend elnbs In Lane county
sponsored the election, claiming
f rrim refnsed to suDDort their
old-age pension scheme as he , is
alleged by them to nave promisee
Merriam did vote for a resolution
in the house memorializing con
gress to enact the Townsend plan
nrmnma other snltable legisla
tion comparable with the Ameri
can standards of Irving.
The estimated cost of the eleo