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FOUMDEP 1631
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning:, April 5, 1935
No. ft
CIVIL SERVICE
: HUSH MEETING
Council Committees, Board
Violate! Charter toy
Barring Public
Amendment of Even Repeal
of Police and Fire
System Talked
Envelooinsr themselves : in the
secrecy of an "executive session"
Salem's city civil service comml
doners, council police and fire
department committeemen and
Mayor V. E. Knhn last night met
in the city record's office to dis
cuss changes which may be pro
posed to the present charter civil
service provisions.
The only statement made at
the close of the meeting was that
the commission and committees
wouldrmeet again next Wednes
day night, possibly to reach a de
cision on action to be recommend
ed. Although the city charter states
In regard to the city council that
its deliberations and proceed
ings, and also of any committee
appointed by the mayor or coun
cil, shall be public," the group re
fused to allow a press represen
tative to attend the meeting. City
Attorney Chris J. Kowltz suggest
ed it could go into executive ses
sion to avoid the public meeting
rule.
Changes or Repeal
Frequently Ravored
Ever since the summer of 1832,
following voting of the civil serv
ice act by the people in May of
"that year, sentiment has been ex
pressed by one councilman or an
other and occasionally by the
civil service commissioners, that
the act should be amended, if not
repealed.
I The recent case of W. D. Ed
wards, fireman, whom the com
mission sought unsuccessfully to
suspend for four months" over the
order of Fire Chief Hutton sus
pending him for .only 3Cfcars.
brought the amendment talk
again to the surface. Several of
ficials were understood to feel
the civil service amendment
should he changed to give the
commission greater power over
city civil service employes, in
cluding the fire and police chiefs.
Suggestions also have been
heard that the chiefs be removed
from civil service standing. As
the charter amendment now
stands neither the fire or police
department heads nor their sub
ordinates may be removed except
for cause, such as inefficiency,
dishonesty, mental or physical un
fitness, disgraceful conduct, hab
itual drunkenness, or conviction
of a felony.
TWO MEET DEATH
GALLUP, N. M., April 4.HP)
The slaying of a sheriff and a
miner in furious rioting by more
than 800 unemployed bent on lib
erating a woman and two jobless
men under arrest brought sweep
lng police measures in this coal
center tonight with the seizure of
30 suspects and, the mobilizing of
125 armed deputies.
In hospitals were seven wound
ed, one of these also a woman,
and among the suspects were 10
women.
The bloody clash during the
morning came suddenly after a
court hearing for the trio of un
employed under arrest, who were
accused of forcibly reoccupying a
dwelling from which one of their
number had been evicted.
The city was outwardly quiet
as darkness fell and the com
munity authorities reinforced by
the state attorney-general, Frank
Pat ton, in personal questioning
of the- suspects appeared to have
the situation in hand.
The dead:
Sheriff M. R. Carmlchael.
Ignacio "Sena" Velarde, 37,
jobless and a world war veteran.
GAS THIEF CAUGHT
31
Nimble legs saved a young gas
oline thief from an interview with
.police at headquarters last night.
And the long vigilance of Arthur
J. Flint, 1095 North Church
street, for the persons who had
been draining the fuel tank on
his automobile went for naught.
- Flint and a friend caught one
of two youths in the act of steal
ing ths. gasoline, Flint told po
lice, and drove toward headquar
ters with him. Just as they were
about to park in front of the city
hall," their prisoner leaped tree of
the car and fled faster than Flint
could run.
Police, hearing; Tllnt'a cries of
"stop them!", took up the chase,
but the youth evaded them.
: Flint said he had long been try-
" lng to catch the persons who had
heen stealing his- gasolln.
III EVICTION RIOT
BUT
PRINTS AWAY
Oil Hopes are Bright
In Jefferson Region;
'Dome' Drilling is on
)
K. D. Rodebaugh Takes Over Operations, Gets
Leases on All Available Land; Tie-up
With Major Company Hinted
"DUMORED change in ownership of the Steiwer dome oil
XV drilling operations about
confirmed yesterday when K.
here for several -months, told
over interests of E. S. Collins
land, in development of the well.
w
t f k I
orid rsews at
Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
WASHINGTON House ap
proaches vote on anti-war profit
bill in face of drive to eliminate
labor conscription.
WASHINGTON Congress con
ferees compromise direct labor
provision, reach final agreement
on $4,880,000,000 relief bill.
LOS ANGELES Upton Sin
clair, successful in municipal end
poverty election, plans national
movement; silent on presidential
hopes.
WASHINGTON Administra
tion picks poultry case for new
NRA court test.
GALLUP. N. M. Sheriff, job
less miner shot to death, seven
wounded in eviction riot.
WASHINGTON Both English,
United States defense budgets
near peace time records.
KANSAS CITY Farmers ob
ject to pauper clauses in federal
anti-dust program.
WASHINGTON Congressional
leaders express belief passage of
social security bill will halt at
tempts to obtain federal sales
tax.
Foreign :
LONDON British cabinet
awaits return of Capt. Eden with
reports.
BERNE France and Switzer
land join forces to investigate
nazi activities.
PARIS French officials indi
cate objective at Stresa will be
to "frighten" Germany with unit
ed front.
PARIS Seven plans bring six
tons of gold from Netherlands.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., April 4.
-P)-Department of justice op
eratives tonight reported their in
vestigation showed the late John
Dillinger carried a blue steel au
tomatic pistol not a "wooden
gun" when he escaped from the
Crown Point, Ind.. jail on March
3, 1934, and that he was given
assistance from outside.
The federal agents reported
verbally tonight to United States
Attorney James R. Fleming of
the northern Indiana district on
their long investigation into the
sensational break of the desper
ado who became the nation's
number one public enemy before
he was shot down on a Chicago
street by officers July 22, 1934.
Fleming announced the agents
reported no facts upon which
criminal charges could be based.
Lake county officials were criti
cized in many quarters after Dil
linger and Herbert Youngblood,
negro prisoner, fled their "escape-
proof" jail.
City's Receipts
Cut; No Beer Tax
Abandonment of Salem's beer
tax occasioned by a change in
state liquor regulations last month
caused a drop in receipts of City
Recorder A. Warren" Jones. Tfltal
receipts amounted ot $798.06. Of
this sum 1393 came from fines
and forfeitures, $395.06 from
beer tax stamp sales and $10
from zoning change fees.
LEARN HUNGER
MD REAL PISTOL
Eight Institution Heads
SHU Uncertain of Jobs
Heads of eight state Institutions
were in continued uncertainty
about their jobs yesterday al
though two members of the state
board of control gave assurances,
out of meeting, that no changes In
the superintendenctes of the state
plants was contemplated.
The state board of control this
week ducked the matter of reap
pointing or replacing Institution
heads.
"Every head of a state institu
tion has his job for life as long as
he runs the plant efficiently," Ru
fus C. Holman, state treasurer,
said yesterday. "I do not consider
these men are serving on any
stated term; they are appointed
to hold office at th pleasure of
the board and the board's feeling
in the matter is determined by the
way the institution is run."
Secretary of State Snell Is
known ty favor the reappointment
of most if not all of the eight
11 miles south of Salem was
D. Rodebaugh, who has been
The Statesman he has taken
and P. J. Brix, both of Port
Along with the change, there
is apparent among landowners In
that territory a renewed-hope that
Steiwer dome will develop Into
the first genuine oil well In th
Willamette valley.
Rodebaugh, at the Senator ho
tel here, gave no indication that
he is connected with a major oil
company, as rumored, but per
sons In the Jefferson area who
have given leases In connection
with the drilling, hold to the be
lief that some big oil company
is behind the new setup.
Drilling operations at the Stei
wer dome, where a derrick has
stod for more than two years, shut
down In February and resumed
this month. Rodebaugh said he
expects to have six or eight men
working continuously at the well
within a short time, or as soon as
necessary repairs are completed.
He would make no statement
of depth to which be expected the
drill would have to go. Presum
ably a depth of between 1100 and
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'WILD WEST' TIN
IS
Four Men Rob Passengers;
One Offers Resistance
and is Wounded .
KANKAKEE, I1L, April i.(JP)
Operating in wild western fashion,
four men, three masked, tonight
systematically robbed two score
passengers on an Illinois fast mail
and passenger train, shot and
wounded one man, and escaped
wfth an undetermined amount of
cash and jewelry.
The robbers apparently board
ed the train, the "Lousiane,"
southbound for Louisiana resort
points, as it stopped either at
53rd street in Chicago or in su
burban Kensington.
They posed as passengers un
til the train was well under way
and then, donning masks and
cowing the train crew, went
through four cocahes, taking val
uables. They made no attempt
to enter the mail cars, first re
ports said.
George Kerr, Chicago salesman,
was shot in the hip by the sole
unmasked robber, when he offer
ed resistance, grappling for the
desperado's weapon.
He was removed to St. Mary's
hospital here for treatment after
the train halted to report the
holdup.
The men escaped as the train
slowed to a stop. Sheriff John
Stack said apparently confeder
ates awaited the bandit quartet
here to aid them in the escape.
He organized posses immediately
to scour the countryside.
Badge on His Cap
Saves Policeman;
Assailant Flees
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-(JP)
-The last words Policeman Ralph
McKenna heard as he looked into
the muzzle of a gun held by a
man he sought to arrest were:
"I'm going to bump you off."
McKenna was informed at the
emergency hospital where he re
covered consciousness sometime
later here today that the badge
on his cap had deflected the bul
let and saved his life. He Identi
fied the man he had sought to
take in custody as an ex-convict.
The man escaped.
heads of state Institutions who
have not yet been assured of their
status for the coming four years.
Snell would like to have the mat
ter disposed of.
Governor Martin has delayed
the institution heads appointment
in order to have more time to
check the institutions and the way
their superintendents were man
aging them
Institutions and the superinten
dents who have not yet been re
appointed to their, positions are
Blind Trades school, Orvllle Gam
ble; Blind school, Walter R. Dry;
Deaf school, J. Lyman Steed; In
dustrial school for girls, Mrs
j Clara C. Patterson; Oregon Falr-
Jriew home, Dr. R. D. Byrd; Boys
training school, Sam Laughlin;
state tuberculosis hospital, Sa
lem, Dr. G. C. Bellinger; state
tuberculosis hospital, The Dalles,
Dr. Odeli,
T
CABELL CHOSEN
CHAIRMAN FOR
HIGHWAY BOARD
Convenience, Not Dictation
by Governor, Reason for
Decision, Reported
Washburne to Remain Short
Time Following Request;
Statement Issued
Henry Failing Cabell of Port
land was named chairman of the
state highway commission at a
meeting of that body held late
yesterday in Portland. He sue
ceeds Leslie M. Scott to whose
place on the commission be was
named last Saturday by Gover
nor Charles H. Martin.
The selection of Cabell was not
dictated by the governor, it was
understood. His residence in Port
land was held to make It more
practical that he serve as chair
man than either of the other
members of the commission. Carl
Washburne of Eugene and Ed
Aldrich of Pendleton, other com
missioned, who were at the meet
ing.
Mr. Washburne is to remain on
the commission for the time be
ing, it was stated at the highway
commission gathering as well as
at the governor's office. While
he Is anxious to be relieved of
his duties, Washburne said he
would comply with Governor
Martin's wishes that he stay for
an Indefinite period so two new
members would not be placed on
the commission simultaneously.
The governor also is understood
to be undecided on his choice for
Washburne's successor.
Southern Oregon
Man to Be Named
In a formal statement here
yesterday Governor Martin said
he considered the highway com
mission one of the most import
ant state agencies. He said Wash
burne's successor, when named,
would be a man from southern
Oregon, who could give freely of
bis time to the service of the
entire state.
Selection of the n"ewcommIS
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E
ISSUE IIP TONIGHT
Issuance of $130,000 worth of
general obligation bonds to pro
vide funds for redeeming city war
rants and thereby saving interest
charges will be among a num
ber of measures the council will
consider at an adjourned meet
ine at the city hall tonight. This
warrant retirement plan was au
thorized by the state legislature
last month.
Mayor V. E. Kuhn last night
said it was unlikely any special
election ordinances would be in
troduced tonight. The council
Monday called off an election it
had set for April 12 to vote $22,-
O00 worth of bonds to raise the
city's share of the proposed $100,'
000 B and D streets Btorm Bewer
projects. Another special election
proposal pending is one by Alder
man VanPatten to submit again
to voters a bond issue to finance
construction of a sewage disposal
plant. The bonds originally au
thorized for this purpose were not
acceptable to the public works aa
ministration and could not be
sold to raise the money needed
The city recorder's force was
working hard yesterday in effort
to have copies of Van Patten's
59-page traffic code printed in
time to place them In the council
men's hands tonight. ; The meas
ure was introduced Monday.
HITLER MAY OFFER
TO KEEP BOUNDARY
BERLIN, April 4.-HUP)-OffIcIal
sources said tonight Adolf Hitler
would startle the three-power con
ference at Stresa next week with
an offer to accept Germany's pres
ent boundaries for at least 10
years.
The offer, which has been kept
secret, will be made through Sir
'John Simon, British foreign sec
retary, who already has der Fueh
rer's proposal in black and white
A typewritten memorandum
was given Simon when he w a
here 10 days ago.
A Nazi pledge not. to go to
war, it was said officially, will be
In the form of non-aggression
pacts which Hitler offered as a
substitute for the proposed east
ern Locarno pact.
Tho offer Hitler made Simon
contained four things:
1. Non-aggression. ;
2. Non-interference with inter
nal affairs.
3. Non-assistance of any ag
gressor. 4. Consultation among the
powers in case any trouble should
arise. j 4
The pact would be signed be
tween individual countries but
later could be assimilated into a
general scheme. :
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Here she Is the Pan-American Clipper queen of America's commercial aircraft taxilnjr to the new
Pan-American Airways base at Alameda airport, on San Francisco bay. Five thousand persons greet
ed the 10-ton ship when It arrived from Miami, Fla. Plans went ahead immediately to send the four
motored monster on Its first Pacific test flight. The huge craft Is in
Mustek. All controls In the plane are duplicated, while the engines
ment In the rear, where the navigator also functions. The American Clipper has a wing spread of
114 feet, wider than the front of four average city homes. It has a cruising speed of 102 miles an
hour. The plane carries a radio-compass steering rig. Watertight doorways mark off each compart
ment International Illustrated News Photo.
PENS
MHEET1
Rev. J. A. Smith of Cottage
Grove is Moderator;
Burns Preaches
Delegates of Willamette Pres
bytery, opening a two-day session
at the First Presbyterian church
here yesterday afternoon, elected
Rev. J. A. Smith, Cottage Grove,
moderator and continued Elder F.
Graham. Cove Orchard, as
temporary clerk. Rev. Grover C-
Birtchet is host pastor.
Rev. John S. Burns, retiring
moderator, preached the presby
tery serman last night, expanding
his subiect. "Get One Hundred
Times as Much. and. . . ." from
the disciple's question, "Now what
are we to get " Rev. Burns point
ed to the deep tangible values ol
religion, and stressed three things
derived from the church:
1. Unequalled fellowship of the
follu..whA,eto know and to do
the will of God: 2. cnance oi
sacrificial service: 3. Horizon for
living life at its best or for see
ing life in the light of eternity
And without these, he urged, life
Is a sordid emptiness.
Detailed explanation of the re
creation project from the exten
sion division at the state college,
Corvallis, was given by Miss Ger
trude Skow, in charge of the pro
ject and home demonstration
agent at large. A forum hour on
church relationships conducted by
Rev. E. W. Warrington followed.
The presbytery received Rev. J.
W. Hood from southern Oregon
presbytery. He takes the Ger-
vais charge. Dismissions were
voted for three retired pastors
Rev. E.'B. Carey, Lebanon, dis
missed to the southern Oregon
presbytery; Rev. E. B. Blair, Al
bany; and Rev. WT. J. Large, Eu
gene. The following standing commit
tees were named, the first two
names being ministers and the
third au elder:
Judicial H. G. Hanson, Inde
pendence; Johns S. Burns and C.
H. Sedgwick, Creswell.
Bills and overtures H. L. Gra
fious, Newport; H. G. JCenney,
McMinnville, and J. B. Bates, Sa
lem. Finance James O'Hara, Leba
non; C. L. Atwood, Mill City; and
L. M. Palmer, Albany.
Session records James McAul
ey, Mill City; G. R. Cromley,
Woodburn; S. M. Day, Eugene.
Necrology Dr. Grover C. Bir
tchet. Salem, and Elder T. H
Halleck, Newport.
Resolutions M. S. Weber, of
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Late Sports
PORTLAND, -Ore., April
Portland grapplers won six of
the weight championships tonight
in the Pacific northwest A. A. U.
wrestling tournament while Ta-
coma gained two and Salem one.
The Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic club, tournament host, gain
ed five championships while the
other champions all went to Y.
M. C. A. grapplers of the three
winning towns. Washington State
college was the only other group
placing a man in the finals.
Final results:
112 pounds: Sam Shioshi of
the Portland T. beat Chicalo Shi
oshl of Portland Y.
118 pounds: Lee Knowles of
Salem Y. beat Darrell Peterson of
the Portland Y.
126 pounds: Jim Board well of
Multnomah club beat Al Gibson
of Portland Y.
135 pounds: Herb Hutton of
Multnomah club beat Stewart
Brokenshire of Multnomah, club
145 pounds: Walter Noack ot
Multnomah club heat Tom Abra
ham of Portland Y.
155 pounds: Chet Newton of
Multnomah club heat Norman
Burke of Tacoma Y.
ICS pounds: Gerald Kelso of
Tacoma Y. beat Homer La Barre
of Multnomah club.
175 pounds: Al Hennefer of Ta
coma Y. beat Jim Miller of Wash
Inston State college.
HeavrwAirht: Olefin Savage of
Multnomah club beat Lewis Jeiek j
- of Tacoma Y.
PLANE READY FOR OCEAN HOP
Huge Bridge
Is Replaced
In Jig Time
BONNEVILLE, Ore., April 4.-()-Matching
wits against nature,
and racing against time, workmen
today moved a 150-foot, 200-ton
steel railroad bridge 30 feet to a
new location during a lull in train
schedules.
Any hitch In the ticklish oper
ation would have held up train
traffic, possibly for hours. But so
well laid were the plans that the
temporary bridge was torn out
and the new one rolled into place
and anchored in six short hours.
The task was one of the many
difficult engineering operations
required in construction of the
federal Bonneville power and nav- I
igation dam across the Columbia
river here.
The bridge moving operation
was the most difficult, yet most
interesting of the contract for re
location of the Spokane, Portland
& Seattle railway to a higher level
above the anticipated back-water
level from Bonneville dam.
The tracks werestill vibrating
from the 10 a., m. train which
rumbled over the temporary struc
ture when workmen tackled it and
soon hoisted it piece by piece into
the gully at the side.
Then the permanent bridge,
over which trains had sped many
times at the old location, was
skidded slowly but steadily for
ward on greased rails until it had
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T
TO" CLARK IS IDE
Payment of $9700 to Colonel
A. E. Clark as legal fees for work
done for Charles M. Thomas, for
mer utilities commissioner, has
been made through the secretary
of state's office, it was learned
yesterday.
Clark's bill was incurred in con
nection with the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company case
which Is still pending in circuit
court in Multnomah county.
When it was presented early
this year, the secretary of state's
office asked for an opinion on the
legality of the charge. Attorney
General Van Winkle ruled that the
utilities commissioner was author
ized to retain counsel and that
the fee paid was discretionary
with him. Since the voucher call
ing for Clark's payment had been
duly signed by Thomas, the attorney-general
held the secretary
of state must honor the charge
and draw the warrant.
Criticism of the fee persisted in
the legislature and the warrant
was held up.
DISPUTED
H
Mrs. Glen Thurston Wins
Asparagus Recipe Contest
By JESSIE STEELE
Asparagus in three different
and delicious dishes describes the
prize winning recipes of the
Round Table contest this week.
Mrs. Glen Thurston of Scio and
Mrs. I la M. Alexander, route 1,
Aumsville, wH receive their
prizes of $1 and 50 cents, respec
tively, through the mall.
Mrs. Monte Harris, route 1, box
223, may obtain the ' other 50
cent prize by calling at The States
man office.
With Easter Just two weeks
away, the topic next week will be
Easter recipes. There is always
a great deal of entertaining done
at Eastertlme . . . luncheons,
breakfasts apd dinners to say
nothing of late bridge suppers.
Any recipe that expresses the col
or motif of Easter or that sym
bolizes in some way the foods
usually associated with the sea
son will be eligible. This Includes,
ot course, hot cross buns. The
contest closes Thursday noon,
April n:
Here are this week's winners:
- Tosca Salad
1 m uptnpi Up
command of Captain Edward G.
are controlled from a compart
TO STMT WORK 1
HOSPITAL ADDITIOH
Excavation to Begin Before
Plans Entirely Finished;
PWA Help Talked
In order to hurry construction
of the much needed addition to
the state hospital here, the state
board of control yesterday ordered
excavation of the foundations
and basement of the new structure
to begin next week.
While the preliminary work is
being done, by state hospital pa
tients under supervision ot fore
men from the hospital staff, ar
chitects will complete plans for
the new building. The last legis
lature authorized $100,000 as an
outright appropriation for the
hospital addition.
C. C. Hockjey, engineer for
PWA, in this state, conferred at
length yesterday with the board
regarding federal funds which
may be obtained to augment the
construction program for which
the legislature provided. Further
conferences with the board are
planned. Hockley indicated the
federal government would pro
bably be willing to assist the state
with the latter putting up 70 per
cent of the money for construc
tion and PWA advancing the re
maining 30 per cent as an outright
grant.
In addition to the state hospital
addition here, a $56,000 expendi
ture at the tuberculosis hospital
has been authorized and 50,000
has been appropriated for a dor
mitory for the state school for the
blind.
Funds are still on hand for the
construction of a $25,000 fire
proof vault at the statehouse.
Governor Meier, because of a
temporary difficulty with the late
Secretary of State Hoss, blocked
erection of this vault although, it
was greatly needed.
Plans are on hand for the vault
and the state board of control Is
expected shortly to consider the
advisability of constructing it
this summer.
PROHI LEADER DIES
PORTLAND, Ore., April i.-JP)
-The Rev. G. Louis Tufts, D. D.,
76, retired Methodist minister
and dry crusader, died here today
following a brief illness. Dr.
Tufts was the organizer of the
Oregon anti-liquor league when it
was known aa the anti-saloon lea
gue. IitTZ ADMITS GUILT
YREKA, Calif., April 4.-P)-A
puzzled judge heard 21-year-old
Aldrich W. Lutz of Portland, Ore.,
insist he wanted to plead guilty
to murder and be hanged, while
his court-appointed attorney si
multaneously offered a not guilty
plea in superior court today.
ltt copa cold balled potttoei, eat la
trips
1 cap cold boiled ham, cot in strips
6 hard boiled ergs
1 larfr cop of French fretting
1 medium pickle, sour er sweet, chop
ped 1 tablespoon .finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
small firm head of le Unco
Combine a little over half of
the French dressing, to which
pickle, parsley and onion have
been added, with the potatoes and
ham which have been cut in
strips. - Chill. . Arrange shredded
lettuce on six salad plates. Place
mound of potato and ham mix
ture in center of lettuce. Arrange
asparagus, tips up, around the
salad. Cut the eggs In lengthwise
strips and place around the as
paragus. Pour the rest of the
French dressing over all. Serve
very cold to six people. Use your
own French dressing recipe and
as much as you desire.
Mrs. Glen Thurston
Scio, 6re.
Asparagus Stew
Use one pound of fresh aspar
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RELIEFS
PASSAGE
ASSURED
Sudden Compromise Breaks
Long Deadlock; Bourbon
Leaders Win Most Points
House Leaders Say
25 Per Cent of State Jobs
Cost Must Be for Labor;
Vote Early Today, Senate
Before Weekend, Hope
By CSCIL B. DICKSON
WASHINGTON, April 4-0$P)-Early
final enactment of the long
delayed $4,880,000,000 roll eft
work bill was assured tonight af
ter the Roosevelt administration
late today won what house leaders
called the big end of a compromise
on the Thorny labor cost amend
ment. The break In the week's dead
lock -came at a suddenly called
meeting of congressional confer
ees that lasted only a few min
utes. An agreement was reached on
the much modified provision pro
viding that 25 per cent of the
costs of each PWA state project
go for labor. The president, how
ever, was authorized to determ
ine just how much was spent for
labor, direct or Indirect.
Immediately after the confer
ence, Speaker Byrns made plans
to bring the conference report up
in the house for action the first
thing tomorrow" with the view
to sending it to the senate for
adoption before the weekend. He
said there was little doubt that
the house would accept the com
promise. . . .. .
Speeding Passage;
Funds Badly Needed
Pressure Is to be put on both
branches to speed final passage
In order to make much needed
funds available for relief in April
and to carry on the civilian con
servation corps which legally ex
pired March 31.
Democratic leaders who now
have wrestled with the bill for
74 days hope to send the meas
ure by airplane to President Roo
sevelt for his signature. He is
fishing off the Florida coast.
Harry L. Hopkins, relief ad
ministrator, said today, however
that his agency had enough money
for the remainder of the week
and possibly the first half of next
week. r
The row centered on the pro
posal favored by Senator Glass
(D-Va), head of the senate group,
which woud provide that 33 1-3
per cent of the $900,000,000 ten
tatively set aside for loans and
grants to states mutt be spent for
direct" labor.
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PORTLAND, Ore., April 4-GP)
-Portland's maritime strike front
was as peaceful today as tnugh
the two arriving tankers were
pouring oil on troubled waters
instead of depositing a week's
supply of fuel oil Into storage
tanks.
Back of the peaceful seen was
hope on the one hand that con
ference in San Francisco would
lead to settlement of the strike,
of international seamen's union
members for union recognition by
major oil companies, and en th
other hand the grim reality of
the labor struggle which paired
large police forces opposite pick
ets. Police lined the Willamette riv
er banks and others stood on the
decks of a harbor patrol boat this
morning as the Standard OH tank
er Lubrlco and the Union Oil
tanker La Placentla warped into
dock to discharge 3,000,000-gal-lon
cargoes.
Pickets 8 ho wed more Interest
In their waterfront bonfires than
in the arriving vessels, especially
since police stood between.
CUT WARRAXT RATE
PORTLAND, Ore., April 4-(ff)
-Interest rates on Multnomah
county warrants were reduced
from five to three per cent , to- .
day at a conference between
county officials and the Portland
clearing house association. .
nnTMAN WIXS OPENER
WALLA WALLA, Wash- April
4-py-Stx errors and failure of
the Idaho Vandals to bunch their
hits enabled the Whitman Mis
sionaries to open their baseball
season with a 4 to 1 victory.
GERDA HUNT TO WED
REDWOOD CITY," Calif.; April
4 .P)NotIce of intention to wed
was filed here today by Erich A.
Funke, 81, New York City. anT
Gerda Hunt, Salem, Ore.
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