KENT OP THE SUN" ;
You'll want to read Kent
daily in The Statesman; his
v 'Washington observation are ,
among the most pointed c
' written from the nation's ,
- capitaL ;'
THE WEATHEK
- Fair today and Thursday,
cooler, higher humidity; '
Max. Temp. Tuesday , 77,
alia. : 80, c river 1.3 feet,
cloudy, . northerly winds.
FOUMDHP 1651
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR . A
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morningy May 29, 1935
No. 54
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SCHOOL BUDGET
PR0P0SEDW1LL
rati mm
Is Minimum for Six Years
Although Expense Will
Be Higher, Shown :
.V WIIIJ - I III llMlid III wuuwi w
.9 ate . A . . .
. -rroposais uuesiionea
by Board Members
TENTATIVE SALEM SCHOOL,;
BUDG13T, TEAR J 935-36
Current e x p e n s e .
tax .J;S225,189.20
Bond service tax 17,700.00
Estimated receipts 1S9.700.00
ToUl expenditnres..$382,58929
Expenditures, 1934 --V'
-33 395.905.95
The citis'.ens' budget committee
for the Salem school district at
its first session next Monday night
- will receive a tentative budget pro
posing the maximum increase in
current expenses permitted by
law, which amounts to 6 per cent
of the highest amount levied with
in the last three years.
A decrease of $27,800 in re
quirements for meeting principal
and Interest payments on the dis
trict's bonds, however, makes the
total tax proposed the lowest in
six year's. The tentative current
expense levy Is $12,746.56 above
that for the past year; the total
tax, $22,889.29, which Includes
current expense and bond Bervke
levies, is down $16,053.44.
Need for Special
Room Questioned
This budget, submitted by Su
perintendent Silas Gaiser, was
tentatively agreed upon by the
school directors with its items
questioned only :' by Dr. B. P.
Pound, board ' member. Budget
committeemen named for z the
meeting Monday are William J.
Entreat, Chester M. Cox, Harley
O. White, C. A.- Sprague and
Douglas McKay, with Herbert E.
Barker.W. L. Phillips and Don
Upjohn as alternates, jj.. ..
Dr. Pound inquired particularly
as to the need of a special room
for physically handicapped chil
dren,, which would cost $1100,
and of $1850 for .library books.
There has been no special room
.during the present year and the 11-
brary book appropriation has been
$1206. The proposed book out
lay is the highest on record, ex
ceeding the previous maximum
amount, in 1928 and 1930, by
$350. A special Item for a full
time band instructor was readily
accepted. -
The superintendent vigorously
defended both questioned items
but said he would prefer to see
the special room eliminated rather
than cat the book appropriation.
"We now teach children to
read rapidly and voluminously,
he said. "They didn't in my day
and yours. If there ds anything to
be taken out of this budget, let's
take it from anything but library
books."
Teachers' Salaries
Vp Six Per Cent
With average costs of $63 per
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CHERRIES SOLD AT
SIX CETiTS. HEPDRT
Sale of a substantial Monnage
of Royal- Anne cherries at . six
' cents a pound was announced yes
terday by the Willamette- Cherry
Growers, Ine . the. R. D." Bodle
company of Seattle, .Wash., mak
ing the purchase. ' -..
The R. 7. Bodle company, it
' " " was announced, will operate In
the Salem territory this year and
will be in the market f or a con
- siderably heavier tonnage of Roy
al Anne cherries for brining than
r . was obtained yesterday from the
r Willamette Cherry Qrowers, Inc.
-While , the concern : Is well
known Jn this territory4 having
engaged in cold packing of Mar
shall strawberries in : the Salem
area for several years, the pur
chase yesterday arks the ini-.
'. tial venture of. the company here
j In the brining of cherries.
The Bodle . company' has estab
lished .its .'headquarters at ' the
Terminal Ice & Cold Storage com
' pany here and Is now barreling
strawberries there, 'Purchases -of
cherries and strawberries are. be
ing made on a cash basis. -
Auto Dealers to
Observe Code by
'Mutual Consent
ST. LOUIS. May 2S-P)-Th
nation's automobile dealers to
night took up their NRA code of
fair practices where It was ast
down by the United ' States su
preme court and prepared to cajr
ry it on by "mutual consent"
-After hurried telephone calls to
dealers in representative cities, F.
ww . , . & . a .
i. vv. A. vesper, presiaenc .oi id.
i ' National Automobile Dealers'' as-
l.l! 1. - . . . .
sociauon auu cu&irman vi ih
code control committee, announc
ed that major principles of the
outlawed N R A requirements
would be continued in force, -
ALASKA COLONISTS ARRIVE AT
urn y wi.aisii'i,'t-'Wj?r''y
r
These are the first Central Press
tansuka valley. In Alaska, where
chance for "new start in life.
snow capped mountains in the
If the modern American counterparts of the covered wagon pioneers of the last century thought
they were going to an abject wilderness, they were mistaken. Lower photo shows a scene upon their
arrival la Palmer, where they were not met by b; whiskered prospectors in furs, but by a fleet of lat
est type automobiles, driven by
Large Crowd at Meeting of
County Group; Britt 4
Nedry Speaker , ;
Ralph W. Emmons waslectelf
president of the Marion County
Republican club; George A; Kho
ten secretary, and Ernest W.
Miller treasurer, at the annual
meeting held a&the Argo hotel
last night. The meeting was large
ly attended, the main dining
room being used when' the crowd
overflowed the small Toom which
had been arranged for. .
Britt Nedry of Tigard, presi
dent of the state organization,
gave the principal address. He
declared the political outlook had
changed greatly within the last
few days. "The supreme court re
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APPEAL OF CAPITOL
Appeal of the decision of Judge
L. G.-Lewelling wherein the court
refused an injunction against raz
ing the ' walls of the old capitol
will be carried to the statesu
preme court, counsel for the plain
tiffs in the suit, announced yester
day. Papers on the appeal will
probably be filed today. Plaintiffs
in the suit are members of the
Marion County Taxpayers' league.
Roy R-Hewitt, one of the at
torneys representing the plaintiffs
in the suit, said engineers to be
retained b the plaintiffs to in
spect the walls, had not yet done
their Inspection job.
Meanwhile Fred G. Leary, in
charge of wrecking operations at
the statehouse, said he would be
gin today to pull down . the 12
stately columns at the east-and
west entrances of the burned
building. While the state board of
control has. gone on record favor
ing the salvaging of the columns
and their retention as memorials
of the old statehouse, whether the
columns will be kept depends on
the success the razing crew, has in
taking down the first column. :
Hunter Visits,
To Say on
A brief visit to Salem was paid
late yesterday by Dr. Frederick
IT. Hunter, chancellor of the Un
iversity of Denver, who has been
in Oregon for three days at the4
request of the state hoard of edu
cation which has Dr. Hunter un
der consideration for the position
of chancellor for the higher edu
cational institutions here. -
Dr. Hunter conferred 'while
here with Governor Charles : ttT
Martin. He also met and visited
with Charles Howard, state super
intendent of schools, . and Mrs.
Beatrice Walton Sacked, member
of the board of higher education.
Dr. Hunter, who was accompan
ied by E. C. Sammons, chairman
of the special committee on the
chancellorship of the board, said
he had spent Tuesday at the cam
puses at Eugene and Corvallis and
had also stopped for a brief time
at 'Monmouth. -
He - expressed : himself : as de
HNS HE1 OF
REPUBLICAN CLUB
photos showing fte arrival of midwest United States families at
Uncle Sana Is faking- them to farmsteads and loans to give them a
Above, the new tent city of Palmer, center of the project, with
background. The canvas homes, of
men in ordinary garb, tots in overalls and women in wash dresses.
'" . International Illustrated News Photo.
Rare Fossil
Is Found by
Local Youth
Wayne Dough ton, .Willamette
university student who spends his
spare time digging up fossils as
an amateur archeologist, un
knowingly picked np a rare seal
-:- a . . a .
Bj.uii near xaquina ma. may oe
one of the most important fossil
discoveries made in Oregon in re
cent years, it was learned yes
terday, i
Discovery of the value of the
find was made when Dr. E. LY
Packard, dean of science at Ore
gon State and a well known pa
leontologist was inspecting the
collection of fossils and Indian
relics that Doughton keeps in
the basement of his home. Dr.
Packard noted the rare skull, ex
amined It' and on further Inspec
tion announced . that it was the
second fossilized relic of the pre
historic seal ever to be found and
estimated its age at 20,000,000
years. It was thought to be from
miocene formations' near Astoria.
The first specimen was found
near Newport by Dr. John F.
Condon in 1906 and is now in the
Condon museum at the University
of Oregon. Dr. Condon classified
the fossil as Desmataphoca ore
gonensus. x '
First Oiling by
County to Begin
On Marion Roads
First oiling ; operations on
Marion county's road program for
this summer will begin about June
10, members of the county court
said yesterday. The Initial oiling
will be on the Marlon-Turner and
Marion - West Staytoh stretches
of road. Crashed rock for the jobs
is now being prepared and oiling
machinery assembled. I
Work on the new road machin
ery shops of the county just north
of the city is progressing rapidly
with foundations already In and
much of the grading work ac
complished. The site selected by
the county court lies between the
Pacific and Sllverton- highways.
- GYM AT TAFT BURNS
TAFT, Ore., r May -; 2 8-(P)-A
brush fire, fanned by a brisk
breeze from the Pacifie ocean.
rolled into Taft late today and
burned the community, gymna
sium at an estimated $4000 loss.
Has Little
lighted with the appearance of
Oregon and with Its higher educa
tlonal institutions. He said he
was not seeking the position of
chancellor and declared that the
board had not obligated Itself by
extending him r- an : invitation to
visit the, sUte..:;', -v-; - -
Dr. Hunter returned to Port
land last night and there took the
train for Denver in order to be
present" at commencement exer
cises at the University of Denver.
' Mr. Sammons did not : state
whether or set the board of high
er education would extend an in
vitation to Dr. Hunter to become
chancellor here, k :."
" The University" of Denver is a
Methodist institution with an en
rollment of 4000 students.; Dr.
Hunter receives , a " base pay . as
chancellor there of $ 1 5,0 0 0 sub
ject to reductions made during the
Ghancell
or ship
depression period. ,;. .
NEW HOME
UWIUM
course, are temporary domiciles.
BAB ASSOCIATION'S
MFJINBSET HEBE
Session Important as New
Integrated Setup Will
Be Finally Formed
For the first time In Its history.
the Oregon Bar association will
hold its annual convention In Sa
lem, it was announced here yes
terday, the dates for the meet
ing being set for September 27
and 28.
The meeting will be of especial
significance as the completion of
the organization of the integrated
bar association for the e,tate is
expected by that time.
Organization of the bar was au
thorized under a law passed ly
the 1935 legislature, the state to
be divided into three districts
from each of which three repre
sentatives are to be chosen to
serve as an executive committee
for the bar association.
With the formation of the in
tegrated bar, the old bar associ
ation setup, membership in which
was voluntary, will be superseded
by the new organization of which
all members of the bar- in Oregon
must be members and in which
an annual fee of $3 is charged.
In selecting cities for the 1935
meeting, Gearhart, Roseburg and
Salem were considered, the latter
being chosen because of its cen
tral location and due to the fact
the association had not met here
previously. It was also consid
ered wise to have the 1935 meet
ing at the capital where laws
changing the bar organization had
been passed.
Several hundred attorneys from
all parts of Oregon are to attend
the meeting here. President of
the Oregon Bar association Is
Judge James T. Brand of Marsh
field. Max Page is president of
the Marlon County Bar associa
tion which will help the state or
ganization, In making the conven
tion plans.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 2S.-)
-Covered only with a barrel. Miss
Grace Wick, who-was' nominated
for congress at a beer garden eon
ventlon here last fall, staged a
"one-woman", protest parade
through downtown Portland to
day. - ..,.-.,-..
: Judge S3. K. -Ekwall defeated
Miss Wick" for congress.
Ono of 40 pungent and caustic
slogans on her barrel declared she
was "one of the forgotten women
of the new deal.! ; .
Blasting democrats and repub
licans, alike, she declared those in
power kept herefrom obtaining
any public remunerative office. .
Her barrel carried the follow
ing slogans:
"We need more - humans and
fewer vultures in political office.
If Eve's fig leaves, I hope my
barrel stays. if-? .y .-' .
"We must nav new cards be
fore we can expect a new deal. :
"Now is the; time tor a third
party.. V; -Ai
. If more politicians would act
white, there would be fewer of
ns see red. ' . , .
, "This life -long democrat was
left holding the sack,"' .
ill IN BAIL
SWATS POLITICIANS
PROSPECT FOR
APPEARS GOOD
Longview Union Council is
on Record in Favor of
Wages'as Offered
Everett, St. Helens Regions
Have Encouraging News;
: Conciliators : Meet
PORTLAND, Ore., May 28HP)
-Indications that the back' of the
Pacific northwest lumber strike
might be broken soon were per
ceived in ' reports tonight from
strike fronts.
A. W. Muir, west coast execu
tive of the carpenters' and join
ers' union and spokesman for
striking , sawmill and timber
workers' union members, went to
Longview today and was under
stood to be conferring with Wey
erhaeuser plant operators there.
The Longview union council
has approved the five cents an
hour wage increase offered pre
viously by the Weyerhaeuser and
Long-Bell lumber plants, and re
jected by strikers. It was expect
ed many strikers now would ap
prove the plan if put to a vote.
There are about 5000 lumber
workers in the Longview area.
There was no further spread of
the strike, and at Everett, Wash.,
the outlook was more cheerful
when conferences were arranged
between nnlon committees and
sawmill operators. At least tour
sawmill operators had indicated
willingness to meet committees
from their own employes to dis
cuss ways of ending the strike. A
date for the conference was not
set.
Puget Sound Camps
Accept Going Wage
Charles L. Wheeler, executive
of the McCormick Lumber com
pany, announced here that work
ers at the company's Puget Sound
logging camps Monday night ac
cepted the same terms now pre
vailing at three McCormick mills
-50 cents an hour, 40-hour
week, and union recognition.
A night shift of 100 men has
been started at the St. Helens,
Ore., mill of the McCormick com
pany for the first time since
1932. The day shift employs 140
At Centralis, Wash., union ne
gotiations put 30 men back to
work at the Eastern Railway and
Lumber company's planing mill,
closed since May 10.
Agreements with a number of
other smaller operators , have
been made, it was announced at
labor headquarters here.
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AH PLANE CRASH
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK,
Calif., May 28 JP) Two army av
iators and two civilian motion
picture men were killed today In
the crash and burning of a bomb
ing plane of the 31st bombard
ment squadron two miles north
of Lodge Pole, near "Giant Forest,
The dead:
Lieutenant Edgar W. Root,
Birmingham, Ala., pilot.'
Private Guy F. Porter, Kansas
City, Mo. I
AUyn P. Alexander, San Fran
Cisco, Fox Newsreel camera man
Lewis S. Tappan, San Francis
co, sound technician.
The cause of the accident was
not determined. Other aviators
who saw the plane go down said
it circled until it crashed, and sug
gested the controls "may have been
fouled with the newsreel equip
ment.
Members of a telephone crew at
work near the scene of the crash
tried vainly to extinguish the
flames and reach the men.
The plane, carrying the num
ber 127, was one of a group of
bombers engaged in war maneu
vers , and ordered ' into .this area
today. About 10 o'clock, witness
es said, the plane appeared to be
in trouble and left the formation.
Circling, it turned on its back
and went into a flat spin, striking
the earth nose first. - ,
111 Grandmother
In Ignorance ot
Lad's Abduction
TACOMA, May 28-P)-The kid
naping of little George Weyer
haeuser Is a secret within the
Weyerhaeuser house, a tragedy
carefully guarded, from the boy's
grandmother; Mrs. Clara Walker,
who I friends disclosed lies criti
cally 111 from a paralytic stroke.
, With a smile on her face, Mrs,
J. E. Weyerhaeuser, George's mother,-and?
Mrs.; Walker daugh
ter, approaches the sick bed ; and
offers plausible- excuses for 'the
absence of the curly-haired young
ster. Information ' front the house
hold, reaching the friends land
neighbors, indicates the - Weyer
haeuser family fears to reveal the
truth, last the shock makes Mrs
Walker's condition more danjrer-
MEFT DFJTH
OUS..'- --. :r -. , 2t.
Hops Basic : Comijiodity
Athendmenl Passed by
United States Senate
ri ' . - -
Action Reported by McNary is Calculated to
4 Please; Industry Here; More Complete"
, ;Vote on Agreement is Advised
rpHE. United States senate yesterday adopted the amend
X ' ment to senate bill 626 making hops a basic commodity,
Senator Charles McNary yesterday wired Frank Needham,
Dne of the group of Oregon growers working for the hop
marketing agreement, which the basic commodity status will
enhance. " -
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
The NBA situation:
Washington ; : Administration
studies NRA reconstruction with
out decision amid reports of price-
cutting and threatened coal strike.
Supreme court's stern words
send administration leaders to
drastic revision of AAA, minute
scrutiny of TVA legislation.
Experts forecast congress tax
powers will stay confusion pre
dicted for liquor industry.
Labor chieftains consider drive
for new constitutional amendment
to succeed NRA.
New York Nation's business
and industrial leaders strive to
keep NRA standards voluntarily;
TJ. S. chamber of coiamerce presi
dent urges "no immediate chan
ges in hour, wage schedules."
Wall street's sudden rejoicing
over NRA decision interrupted by
sharpest stock market slump in
three months.
Domestic:
Tacoma Believe Weyerhaeuser
kidnapers laying final plans to
collect $200,000 ransom, deliver
child to parents, as "deadline"
nears.
Fresno, Cal. Two army fliers.
two cameramen killed when army
plane crashes.
Washington Two congression
al bonus camps make new mores
toward sending new' cash payment
bill up for expected presidential
veto."
Chicago Science promises life
trusteeship for Dlonne quintup
lets, celebrating first birthday
with . parents still angered about
government's care.
Canton, 0. Four wounded In.
new labor turmoil.
Washington New U. S. air
armada of 12,000 planes, 18,000
pilots planned.
Washington State department
hears report Paul Redfern, Amer
ican aviator lost in South America
eight years ago, found.
Washington New Inflationary
measure rising from wreckage of
court -killed Frazler-Lemke farm
mortgage act.
Foreign:
Paris Report resignation of
French cabinet possibility as par
liamentary opposition rises. to de
mands tor dictatorship to defend
franc.
Le Havre Normandie, largest
ship in commission, sails for New
York on maiden voyage with not
ables aboard.
London Ehiglish press head
lines NRA- defeat as "anarchy" in
American' industry.
Rain Comes but
I 'Fair3 Forecast
A slight rainfall was' recorded
here last night when a brisk
spring shower began falling about
10 p. m. Predictions for today.
however, were for a rising bar
ometer and fair weather. Farm
ers have complained recently that
Che season was too dry and that
a considerable rain was needed to
bring out crops which were plant
ed late due to the backward sea
son..
Death of NR A
- Little Change, View Here
Salem retailers and local Indus
trial concerns Were pondering the
effects of NRA abandonment on
their businesses yesterday and the
almost - unanimous . concern was
that little or no change would be
made in prevailing wages, hours;
and business practices.
A quick checkup of downtown
concerns revealed - In each ease
that wages now paid would be
continued and that no cuts were
planned because of NRA's break
down. Many business firms report
ed that they had consistently paid
wages above the minimum set by
NRA. -
In several Instances proprietors
said they planned to switch work
ing schedules In order to -permit
broken shifts while several own
ers said they would increase the
length of the work week but re
tain the' basic rate ' of pay each
hour. i' ' '?;"v
m Several retail concerns, who re
fused to let their names -be used,
said they believed lower retail pri
ces on a number of articles would
The senate bill adopted, plaees
a processing tax not to exceed two
cents , per pound for a maximum
of two years, or for the 1935 and
193S crops. ,
The basic commodity bin must
now go through the house which
is expected to concur without se
rious delay.
Mr. Needham stated however
that Oregon hon growers - who
hare not voted on the agreement
should get behind it without de
lay, in order to add their weight
to the movement toward getting
the biU through the house.
"This wire -from Senator Mc
Nary will greatly please growers,
Needham said, and also expressed
his own satisfaction at the man
ner in which the amendment
went through the house.
The last check on number of
growers in the coast states who
have voted on the hop marketing
agreement referendum, ballots
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Contact With Kidnapers is
Apparently Lacking as
Rumors Fizzle Out
TACOMA. Mar 28.-4PY-Letters
rumors and an approachine ran
som deadline marked the atnrv
tonight of young George Weyer-
naeuser's kidnaping as his par
ents offered the abductors a free
hand in negotiating for the $200,-
uuu aemanded.
Tomorrow, the time set for nav-
ment of the money will arrive.
ana tonight tne family apparent
ly still sought a contact with the
kidnapers.
An ad in the personal' column
of a Seattle newsnaDer. first nnb-
lished today, remained in early
eamons or tne same paper tonight.
This was interpreted as Indicating
no contact had yet been made.
Authorities of the Olympic pen
insula, meanwhile, sousrht vtthnnt
avail to locate two men and a
small boy for whom they purchas
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STEI1ETZ GUILTY
OF HISLAUn
NEW YORK, May 29.-(Wed-nesday)-(A-Joseph
L. Stelnmetx
was convicted of manslaughter in
the first degree by a jury early
today in his trial on a charge of
killing his 16-year-old bride.
The 'Jury brought in the .ver
dict after deliberating 14 hours
and 65 minutes.
It made a strong recommenda
tion for mercy.'
Stelnmetx was accused of kill
ing his wife and a priest, the
Rev. . Joseph Leonard.- In the
Knights of Columnus hotel last
November when he found the two
in a room.
. He was being ' tried only for
tne aeath of his wife.
Under a verdict of manslaugh
ter, he may be sentenced to one
to 20 years In prison. . t
Will Cause
result from' abandonment of -the
codes - and opined the consumer
would be benefitted. -
5 "We tried It times to get our
code adopted at Washington; each
time we found a new government
man there to make objections to
our proposals and, as a result we
never did have a code in opera
tion," one firm reported. '
, In a few instances business will
continue on a voluntary basis, the
provisions made mandatory under
the codes. Salem automobile deal
ers have tentatively agreed to con
tinue the National Auto Dealers'
association agreement relating to
the prices paid on used cars If
this price agreement ' continues
present rates of pay for employes
of local .dealers will continue;
otherwise a drop in wages or long
er hours may be expected.
Several email firms said they
considered NRA had been dead for
months and had paid no attention
to It,
. Only a few local stores contin
ued to display the blue eagle. ;
RANSOM DEADLINE
LOOMIi UP TODAY
IDE
, ill
BUSINESS H
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Leads in Program to -Reassure
Nation
Washington Uncertainty, is
Continuing; 'Strikes, '
Price Wars Eyed
NEW - YORK May 28. - () - r.
Business and industrial leader -throughout
the nation strove to
night to reassure themselves and
their . employes that the NRA
standard of hours, wages and fair
trade practices . would be contin
ued voluntarily.
As threats of strikes and price
wars began to rumble against a
confused economic horizon, a far
flung movement got under way
to dispel any fears that turmcSL
would result from yesterday's su
preme court' decision." ;
Declaring " the ' moment -had-come
for the American business
man to prove bis good faith, Har
per Sibley, newly-elected presi
dent of the United States cham
ber of commerce, called upon all
the employers within the cham
ber's purview "to make no im
mediate changes in hour or wage
schedules
"I am confident," he said, "that
this will be the policy of Ameri
can business."
Throughout the country ; the
large employers began falling la
line and the National Association
of 'Manufacturers announced late
in the afternoon that nearly 200
"of the largest maufacturers" In
the nation had informed their
workers that no Immediate
changes in hours, wages or work
ing conditions need be feared.
WASHINGTON. Mav 28.-ZPW
rPrice wars, strike threats and a
series of decisionless administra
tion conferences were today's af-,
termath to supreme court scrap
ping of NRA
The uncertainty spread swiftly
from the focal point of NRA to
other administration efforts.
unite House lieutenants on
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LIQUOR COMMISSI
EB
PORTLAND, Ore.. Mav 28-V
-The Qregon liquor' control com
mission today employed a private
attorney, declaring the state at
torney general's, office was slow
and unresponsiTe in furnishing
urgently needed opinions.
The commission voted to retain -
Austin Flegel, prominent Port- .
land attorney, and set his fee at
$125 a month.
It was declared the attorney
general failed te complete and
deliver a new set of regulations
asked by the commission and in "
the last two months has failed
to deliver - approximately 10 re
quested opinions.
. McMahan a uggested John J.
Beckman of Portland be retained
as attorney. Stanley G. Jewett,
Portland commission, ' nominated
Flegel and Judge James D. Burns
pf Condon seconded the nomina
tion. McMahan 'then ordered all files
of the commission now in , the
attorney general's posession to be
returned immediately.
A report at the meeting that li
quor salesmen bad been solicit
ing speakeasies to purchase cer
tain brands of whiskey brought
a quick ruling that any salesman
caught doing this would lose his
license.
CABINET COLLAPSE
FEARED 1 FBI!
Copyist, 1935. r AMelat4 Fc)
PARIS, May2$. The French
cabinet was reported tonight te be.
$o shaken at parliamentary oppo
sition to its demand for dictatorial
powers to defend the franc that
its resignation was a possibility. .
Friends of Premier Plerre-EU-enne
Flandin said, however, he
might attempt to dissolve parlia
ment and take his tight before the
country, it new elections, -i
Some parliamentarians asserted
the cabinet might resign tomor- -
row night unless opposition with
in the chamber finance committee
and former Premier Edouard Her
riot's powerful, radical socialist
party was overcome, -
Devaluation became an open is
sue as the cabinet, its political life
in the balance, asked parliament
to grant it sweeping emergency
powers to defend the franc. .
A grim, almost silent chamber
of deputies listened cooiy .while
Finance Minister Louis. Germain- '
Martin revealed the full frighten
ing extent of the flight from the :
franc, scathingly assailed "specu
lators, declared "devaluation
would cause general Impoverish
ment In France" and pleaded tor
near dictatorship in economic"
matters, . . -
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