IN THE CHURCHES
A feature of The States
man on Saturday Is re
sume of the coming week
end's events in Salem's
many churches.
THE WEATHER -Partly
clondy today, fair
Sunday, tempera tore un
changed; Max. Temp. Friday
7a, Mln. 46, river 1.4 feet,
westerly winds, clondy.
FOUMDEP 1831
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, Jane 1, 1935
No- 57
HERAT!
BY ROOSEVELT
Decision Puts Nation Back
' in Horse and Buggy Day
President Asserts
Agreement to Proceed With
' Program as Recently
Mapped, Reported
' WASHINGTON, May 3
President Roosevelt today ap
pealed the supreme court's NRA
decision to the people.
Hinting strongly at an effort to
rsvlse the constitution, he asserted.-
at a press conference unique
In. his administration, that the na
tion must decide whether the fed
eral government shall, or shall
not, have authority to deal with
what the administration considers
grave economic and social prob
lems of national scope and im
port. -
The president challenged direct
ly the supreme court's interpreta
tion of the fundamental law and
told a hundred reporters gath
ered in an atmosphere of tension
that the court had "relegated
the nation to the days of the horse
and buggy."
Two Courses Open
President Asserts
' Surveying the wreckage of
KRA, the chief executive declared
the federal alcohol control admin
Istration, as now constituted, had
.. been abolished and that the agri
cultural adjustment administra
tion and securities exchange com-
mission were mreaienea. wnue
stock and staple markets quickly
.. a VTM. It-
hit a downward trend. Washing
ton Interpreted Mr. Roosevelt's
remarks as indicating future ad
ministration policy would follow
one or two'courses:
The submission of an amend
ment to the constitution giving
congress specifically the powers it
sought to wield in XRA, but which
the court said was denied to the
federal government by the funda
mental law. '
A campaign of public education
and agitation intended to find its
reflection in a change In the
court's philosophy which led it to
confine Interstate commerce, as
Mr. Roosevelt interpreted the op
inion, to goods in transit.
Proceed with Program,
Apparent Decision
In a conference with three of
his senate lieutenants late today,
Mr. Roosevelt was reported to
have agreed that congress should
proceed with the legislative pro
gram mapped out prior to the su
preme court decision rather than
attempt to draft something im
mediately to replace the recovery
law.
" The conferees, including Sena
tors Byrnes (D-SO), Wagner (D
NY), and La Follette (PRO-WIS.)
reported ' that congress would go
ahead with the social security bill,
the Wagner labor bill, the AAA
amendments and the public util
ity holding bilL
It was understood that there
would be no effort to rush
through any kind of legislation to
replace the wrecked NRA.
. i After the conference Senator
Byrnes said "So far as I know
there Is no program to draft any
thing to take the place of NRA at
thia time." ' "
PnbUc school wind op their
rear a- activities next week with
report cards to be loaned Friday,
June 7, The senior high school
will have its . baccalaureate ser-
- vice tomorrow morning at the El-
; sinore theatre at 11 a.m. Rev. H.
& Stover will deliver the sermon.
Friday night, June 7. high
school graduation exercises will
take place at the Elslnore for 356
seniors. Dr. Bruce R. Baxter is
the speaker.
Both junior high schools are
planning 9-A assemblies on Wed
nesday. Parrlsh has 215 pupils
- In the class. Merit and honor
wards for the year will be an
. Bounced at the assembly and pro
' motion certificates presented to
the 9-A students. li -
Leslie has a class of 167, the
- largest in the history of the
school. The S-A. class is putting
, on the program next Wednesday
which includes a play and musl
- -cal numbers. Parents of the 9-A
class are Invited to the assem
Monday afternoon at Leslie the
student body officers will be in
stalled and -Tuesday : the Girls'
- league will Induct Its new leaders
Into office.
MRS. KXCKEX DIES
BALTIMORE, May- gl-CSV
Mrs. - H. fit. Meneken, writer,
teacher and lecturer, and wife oS
. the editor and author. died late
today at the Johns Hopkins hos
pital. Death resulted front an Ill
ness she had suffered at inter
. vale, for a year but that became
III
1D0FHIEK
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
XRA situation in Washington:
President Roosevelt seeks to
appeal supreme court's NRA de
cision to the people, hints at eft
fort to revise constitution. Says
PACE gone, AAA and SEC threat
ened. Some leaders of both parties
express opposition to changing
constitution; others support pre
sident Wallace seeks to amend AAA,
carry on program.
General Johnson proposes
"new NRA"; details a secret;
Donald Richberg reported per
turbed at Johnson's activity.
Other domestic:
T a c o m a. Wash. Suspicion
grows that Alvin Karpis gang kid
naped little George Weyerhaeu
ser.
Fifteen die In Colorado floods;
two Nebraska towns reported ob
literated. Foreign :
Paris Fernard Boulsson forms
coalition cabinet to save franc,
wresting decree powers from
chamber of deputies.
Karachi, India Three earth
quakes shatter .Quetta, dead esti
mated at 20,000.
London Britain- prepares to
defend her citizens Involved in
threatened hostilities between
Chinese and Japan.
Bogota, Colombia German
minister near death from beat
ing; 15 native suspects arrested.
KARPIS GANGSTER
IN
Volney Davis Seen There in
Last Few Days; Others
' of Mob Mentioned
(ConTTieht. 1915. by Associated Pre)
TACOMA, May 31-P)-Mount-ing
reports that linked gangsters
of Alvin Karpis and Baby Face
Nelson with the kidnaping of
George Weyerhaeuser, whirled
through the grim wait tonight for
his captors to contact the fran
tic family.
Silence that muffled, all of fir
eial activities in the 1200,000
week-old snatch stiffened in the
face of reports, with point blank
refusal to comment on their im
portance. ThC'Jmes of Volney Davis,
lieutenant of Karpis, who is
sought in the Edward G. Bremer
kidnaping; John Paul Chase, con
victed member of the Nelson
gang, and Ed Bentz, associate of
Harvey Bailey and George "Ma
chine Gun" Kelly, were Injected
in a fast developing picture of cir
cumstance. Stories of two persons today
placed a man resembling Davis
here over the weekend, where he
had been reported seen by three
other people previously.
Told by the kidnaper they
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Oregon Assured
Of Highway Fund
Over 5 Millions
Formal notification that Ore
gon would reeeive $5,400,009
from the federal relief program
for expenditure in 1935-1936 on
its highways, was received at the
state house yesterday. Of this
sum, 12,300,000 must be spent for
the elimination of railroad grade
crossings and the remainder of
33.100,000 must go for road and
street improvements.
The specific projects to which
the moneys can go will not be des
ignated by the state highway, com
mission until Washington's rules
for the expenditure of the moneys
are received.
The highway department has
projects surveyed calling for an
aggregate expenditure of $30,-
ooe.oeo.
WORD
Drainage Projects Not to
Be Local Expense, Staled
Drainage projects to be carried
on nnder the emergency relief
appropriation for 1935 will be
federal projects entirely, and
farmers do not have to spend a
dollar for the work, according
to Information presented to the
Willamette Valley Projects com
mittee,, which met yesterday af
ternoon at the chamber of com
merce here with Douglas McKay,
chairman, presiding.
Word received In Portland this
week In connection with applica
tion for projects for flood con
trol and other matters coming un
der the emergency appropriation
was relayed to the committee by
the secretary, R. H. KIpp. With
this information at hand, first
completed applications for pro
jects on the valley, development
are expected to go through the
committee's hands shortly for ap
proval' or disapproval. .
The projects committee yester
day endorsed a preliminary appli
cation presented by Benton coun
ty members for flood and soil
erosion control on the Big Muddy
creek in - south Benton county.
This preliminary application will
now go before the state planning
board.
BALUCHISTAN'S
QUE
DEATHS
EXCEED 20,000
Expected to Go Much Higher
When Checkup Made in
Outlying Regions
No Americans Either Killed
or Injured, Word From
Consul at Karachi
(Copyright, 1935. by Associated Press)
KARACHI, IrrJia, May Zl.-iJPy-Three
tremendous rumbling earth
shocks shattered the northwest
frontier city of Quetta early to
day, killing an estimated 20,000
Europeans and natives.
It was feared the death toll
woudl go much higher with re
ceipt of reports from outlying dis
tricts, especially that between
Quetta and Kalat.
Tonight many of the dead still
lay buried beneath debris, at
which exhausted soldiers and vol
unteer relief workers were fran
tically tearing.
Unnumbered thousands were
left homeless, destitute and pan-ick-stricken
when the three suc
cessive quakes, the most violent
last 60 seconds, racked their
homes to pieces about them.
Scores of British and Indian
troops dropped in the streets from
sheer exhaustion after unbroken
hours of digging into debris, suc
coring the uncounted injured and
organizing relief activities.
One relief train left Karachi to
night. Another was being pre
pared. Aboard It were physicians,
nurses, railway men, medical sup
plies and food. Messages from
Quetta, sent by wireless because
land lines were wrecked, said
food was enough for several days.
Few fresh details as to the ex
tent of the catastrophy were forth
coming owing to the destruction
of the Quetta wireless station.
Messages were being sent by way
of.Sibi, 70 miles from Quetta.
; Meager advices said 50 Euro
peans and 153 Indians injured in
the quake had been extricated
from the ruins by military rescue
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DEAL TO BE LARGE
About 20 carloads of black
cherries will be shipped from this
district to eastern and midwest
markets this season by the Sa
lem Cherry Growers' association,
according to present prospects, O.
E. Brooks, manager, said yester
day. The largest amount picked
yet, estimated now at 10 car
loads, will come from the big 215
acre Lambert a orchards near, here
this year.
Price prospects on the fresh
shipment deal are the best in
some years. Brooks says. The first
carload of California blacks
reaching the eastern markets re
cently orougnt 22 cents per
pound, which would mean about
15 cents to the shippers. With a
short crop in California, Oregon
cherries have a better chance than
usual in the east. The California
crop Is estimated at 30 to 40
per cent short, on the blacks,
while in Oregon lacks. for fresh
snipment are expected to run
better than last , year and, about
75 per cent of a normal yield. .
Growers averaged about 5
cents per pound on the black deal
last year, Brooks said.
First shipment from here will
go out about July 1. it Is expected.
On that date last year the fresh
shipment deal had been finished.
which engineers and others In
terested have been doing survey
work off and on for the past 40
years, Is understood to be top
among the valley development
items which, Governor Martin
hopes to see realised.
Claude Buchanan of Corvallis.
presenting the resolution asking
for endorsement of this project,
declared work could be started
at once. The resolution1 asks for
establishment of a CCC camp or
other feasible means as the first
step to straightening and Improv
ing the stream. t
The Big Muddy project would
run for a 15-mlle drainage course
and include 20,900 acres oil land.
This creek, in south Benton
county, runs Into Mary's i river,
whjch in turn empties into the
Willamette.
Kipp, in daily touch with the
army engineers In Portland, de
clared there has been more en
couragement In the past few days
on development of the Willam
ette river than there has been in
the past five years. ..- !--..
' Applications for flood control
or similar works under the 1935
emergency " relief appropriation
will go from the state planning
CH
SHOT
Sawmill Labor Peace
Efforts Are Shifted
To Puget Sound A rea
Longview and Astoria Strikes are Settled but
Portland Operators Reported as
Refusing Deal With Muir
PORTLAND, Ore., May 31 (AP) With the Longview,
Wash., section of the Pacific northwest lumber strike
definitely settled and the Astoria, Ore., section following
suit, new settlement efforts tonight shifted to the Puget
Sound area.
A. W. Muir, executive of the carpenters and joiners'
' o union and spokesman for the
BOND BUYERS EVE
E
Numerous Inquiries Arrive
at Office of Recorder;
Will Be Serial
Bond buyers are already evi
dencing much interest in the $1,--100,000
water purchase issue Sa
lem will sell here June 24, War
ren Jones, city recorder, an
nounced yesterday. A number of
written Inquiries have been re
ceived about the proposed issue
and several bond buyers have
come to Salem to look over the
terms on which the bonds will
be put out. Formal advertise
ments on the issue are being pub
lished today and will be for
warded to bond houses through
out the northwest.
June 17 the city of Salem will
receive bids for 173,000 refund
ing issue which will take the
place of a like amount of Ban
croft bonds whih will be called.
These maturities will run from
one to 10 years from the time of
issue an dare expected to be
greatly sought after by buyers.
The water purchase bonds are
serials, the maturity dates run
ning from five to 30 years from
the date of issue. One bond buy
er here yesterday expressed the
opinion that the city could make
a much more favorable deal if.
it would bring all the maturity
dates to within 15 years of the
time of issue.
"This would undoubtedly ne
cessitate the need for refinancing
a part of the bonds when the 15
years were up but it would allow
the city the advantages of the low
rates now prevailing on short
time securities," he observed.
"We find no large buyers of
bonds interested in maturities
running beyond 15 jtears.
"No one knows what the rate
of interest will be at that time.
On the other hand, the demand
for short-time securities is huge.
Buyers feel that they cannot lose
much, even if inflation comes, by
an investment in short-time se
curities; they do not want to be
caught, however, with long-time
securities at low rates and to see
inflation come and no opportun
ity for them to get out of fixed
yield securities except at a con
siderable loss in principal."
NORTH END OILING
REQUESTS ON FILE
Two requests for the county
court to spend money oiling roads
in the north end of Marion coun
ty were filed with the court yes
terday. The court has not yet de
signated which roads It will oil
In that district.
One of the petitions asks for
oiling of the road from the Cham-
poeg park road to the St.-Paul
Woodburn hirhway. There are
many signers to the petition
which sets out that the road
should be oiled because of the
heavy traffic each summer to
Champoeg.
The other petition asks fof oil
ing of the Battle Creek road to
Turner. The petitioners allege
that heavy trucks, hauling rock
from the crusher, throw so mucn
dust, the crops along the road
are harmed. The court. In the pe
tition, is also asked to cut down
the speed at which trucks are al
lowed to run. over the road.
Albert S.Wells,
State's Chemist
24 Years, Called
Following 24 years as state
chemist. Albert S. Wells, 57, died
at a local hospital yesterday, al
ter a brief Illness. He lived at
334 Wvatt court.
A Salem boy, he entered Ore
gon State college, where he fin
ished his collegiate stpdies. He
was a prominent member of the
Presbyterian church and of Sun-
nyside lodge, A. F. as A. M o:
Portland.
He Is survived by his wife.
Gertrude Moores Wells; a daugh
ter. Miss Virginia, both of Sa
lem; a son, Bruce A. Wells of
Portland; mother, Mrs. - L H.
Wells of Portland; two brothers.
Dr. Richmond Wells of Portland
and Dr. Lee A. Wells of Rose-
burg, and a sister, Mrs. E. S.
Robe of Albany, Funeral arrange
ments are being handled by
WATER ISSUE HER
Clougb-Barrick company.
striking sawmill and timber
workers' union, left today for Se
attle.
Current reports were that
Portland operators still refused
to dicker with him.
At Longview, strikers who ac
cepted a compromise plan calling
for five cents an hour Increase
In wages wsnt back to work in
camps and planing mills today
with the main mills to open
Monday.
The Youngs Bay mill at War-
renton near Astoria, reopened to
day under terms of a union agree
ment, said to be based on a mini-
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T
33 of Them Attend Lebanon
Strawberry Show; Help
at Coronation
Salem Cherrians, 33 strong, at
tending the Lebanon strawberry
festival yesterday, reported an ex
ceptionally fine reception there
upon their return home last night,
and also reported this year's fes
tival one of the best on record.
The Cherrians participated in
the strawberry festival parade,
prior to which King Bing William
Schlitt and the council of nobles
paid a .courtesy call to Festival
Queen Alice I of Halsey and her
eight princesses.
The local marching unit, clad
in their new white uniforms and
new straw hats bearing Cherrian
ribbons to match the Cherrian
tie, was given the place of honor
in the parade, squads marching
front and rear and flanking the
float bearing the queen and her
attendants. The marching units
and queen's float followed the
float bearing the largest straw
berry shortcake In the world, the
product of Rep. T. Y. Munyon,
cake chef.
At close of the parade, unus
ually long. King Bing Schlitt es
corted Queen Alice to her throne,
with a Cherrian assigned as escort
to each of the eight princesses
All Cherrians occupied platform
seats along with the royal party.
Before the crowning ceremonies,
performed by King Bing Schlitt,
the king bing spoke briefly over
the loud speaker and each Cher
rian introduced the princess to
whom he had been assigned.
The address of welcome and
presentation of key to the town
to the Cherrians and several
thousand assembled visitors was
made by Rep. Munyon.
Later, the festival officials ten
dered the Cherrians lunch, includ
ing a' piece of the big shortcake.
In the afternoon, music features
were provided by the Lebanon 40
piece Junior drum corps and the
Albany high school 40-piece band,
Mrs. Cora Reid
On County Jobs
Quarter Century
Mrs. Cora Reid today begins
her 1 5th year of service at the
courthouse, nearly 21 years of
which have been spent in the
county school superintendent's
office where Mrs. Reid Is now
assistant superintendent.
"I have enjoyed the work from
the outset, Mrs. Reid comment
ed yesterday. "Every year seems
to go more rapidly. In the time I
have spent In the school super
intendent's office the growth in
the schools has been noteworthy.
In that period union high school
districts have come and free
transportation grade and high
schools.
Mrs. Reld's first work in the
courthouse was in the county
clerk's office when R. D. Allen
was in charge there.
Walnut Growers
To Gather Today
About 200 walnut growers from
this section are expected to gatn
er at the chamber of commerce
auditorium here this afternoon' at
2 o'clock, when officers of the As
sociated Walnut Growers of Ore
ron will , explain the move to
bring Oregon growers into a sep
arate movement from the Califor
nia marketing set-up.
A local unit of the new state
association will be formed during
the afternoon, leaders anticipate.
KPEEDIXQ CHARGED ..
. Carl A. Kable was picked np by
local police last night at 7: SO on
FESTIVAL SUCCESS
1
a charge of speeding. ..
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AWAY IN FLO
LATEST REPORT
22 Known Dead in Colorado
and Wyoming; Missouri
River Over Banks
Parks and Max, Nebraska,
Rumored Inundated and
Deaths are Feared
(By the Associated Press)
Killing floods knifed through
highways, ruined crops and left
scores homeless in lowlands along
stream beds between the Rockies
and the Mississippi Friday night
while Californlans fought a levee
break on the snow-fed San Joa
quin river.
Colorado and Wyoming listed
22 dead. Nebraska had uncon
firmed reports of six more deaths.
Two boys were reported drowned
at Tokepa, Kan.
Thirty families were driven to
higher ground by the San Joaquin
flood. More than 5000 acres of
rich farming land were inundated
with the crumbling of a levee 10
miles east of Manteca, Cal. Sixty
SERA workers were rushed to cut
through the levee below the
break to relieve the pressure.
The lower Missouri river reach
ed flood stage, with the water
from the Colorado and Wyoming
deluge to come.
The toll was uncertain as bro
ken wires, blocked roads and
darkness drew a curtain over the
picture of devastation in south
western Nebraska, eastern Col
orado and Wyoming, where the
raging waters rolled with great
est fury.
Torrential rains caused evac
uations in the mid-continent as
far south as the Texas border
country.
Unverified reports from Neb
raska that the towns of Parks
and Max had been washed away
caused fears of an added death
toll. Included in a maze of re
ports was that six men perished
at McCook when flood waters
wrecked a bridge.
Communication lines to south
western Nebraska's flood area
went out about 7 p. m., cutting
off further word from McCook
and other communities which
were checking reports of millions
of dollars property damage.
IS
Damages of 3460 for the theft
of a valuable diamond ring from
his Chome, 444, North Cottage
street, were awarded in circuit
court here yesterday to O. E
Price against the Union Pacific
Casualty Insurance company. The
jury was ont three hours.
Price asked $500 in his suit,
The jury awarded him an addi
tional S 100 for attorney's fees.
Price set out In his case that
the ring was stolen from his
house in July, 1933, but declared
its loss was not ascertained until
December. 1933.
The defending company held
that proof of the theft had not
been adequately made and that
Mrs .Price, to whom the ring bad
been given, was the proper plain
tiff rather than her nusbana.
f ATtTVlCS A TIRES TED
Tvn aanth bound marines -were
removed from the Southern Paci
fic train last night, and booked
by the Salem police on charge of
being drunk. Tney were uiarence
Lahman and Roy Keranen and
were headed for San Diego.
MEQ
AWARDED
1 Fill,
Mrs. Neal Carter Winner
In Round
By JESSIE STEELE '
Mrs." Neal Carter of Monmouth
will receive the first prise of Jl
in cash through the mail and. Ma
rie Burgoyne, 865 Hood street.
and Lorraine Takayama, route 2,
box 252, may call at the States
mar office tor their recipe boxes
or second prizes In the Round Ta
ble contest.
Next week the contest goes back
to a cash basis for the awarding
of prises, $l.for the first and 50
cents cash to the two second win
ners. The topic will be tomatoes.
Good fresh tomatoes are available
on the market now and canned
ones are always on hand. Re
cipes may call for tomato Juice as
well as the fruit. Any sort of re
cipe is welcome just so the prin
cipal ingredient Is tomatoes. The
deadline is Thursday noon, June
Here are this week's prize win
ners: ... .
Faney Veal Loaf
t lbs. gtMC baUiag VMl (skoalda)
: 3 Urt Bec aioa
4 aarJ-koiUa cr
Alt Ul4 MCHV
Cover Teal with water, add the
onion slices and cook until meat
is so tender It falls to pieces. At
Answers Blast
From Savants
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DR. W. J. KERR
B
Consent of All Parties is
Obtained in Advance;
Cabinet Mixture
(CopvriKht, 1935, by Associated Press)
PARIS, May Sl-H-Ferdinand
Bouisson, who ruled the chamber
of deputies for nine years, formed
a new coalition cabinet Ho save
the franc tonight by wresting de
cree powers from the chamber
within 24 hours after former
Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandin
fell on the same issue.
The granting of decree powers
to Bouisson by the chamber for a
virtual financial and economic dic
tatorship seemed assured. Bouis
son, before forming his ministry,
exacted consent from various po
litical parties because of the na
tional emergency "The cabinet
will appear before . parliament
Monday.
Bouisson will read the minis
terial declaration, but will make
no argument and will conduct no
debate to get his dictatorial pow
ers which already have been
agreed upon.
Bouisson's cabinet has 11 hold
overs, all in the same jobs except
for Henri Roy, minister of agri
culture, who was minister of pub
lic works under Flandin.
There are four senators In the
cabinet Caillaux, Laval, Roy and
Roustin three non-parliamentarians
Petain, Maurin, and De
naln and 15 deputies.
The political complexion ranges
from Maurin, on the extreme
right, to Frossard, on the extreme
left.
Rotary Plow in
Deep Drifts at
Cascade Summit
BEND, Ore.. May 31.-(ff)-The
rotary snow plow sent Into the
Cascades west of Sisters more
than a week ago reached the
deep drifts at the east approach
to the big. cut. near Summit,
today .
Packed Into this highway cnt
is the' deepest snow in the his
tory of the stormy Cascades.
When ueasared two weeks ago
the snow was 35 feet deep there.
The. rotary crew experienced
considerable difficulty la reach
ing the summit drifts, boring
through snow eight feet deep in
places.
Table Contest
o-
least. 1H enps of-liquid should be
left In -the Pan. Salt and pepper
well.. Lift out meat onto a dish
and drain the liquid. Add 1 tea
spoon gelatine to the liquid. Cnt
the meat Into small pieces with
the scissors. ; Pack in half of the
meat firmly In a mold lay the
eggs In whole, end to end down
the center of the mold. : Pack the
rest of the meat in on ton and
pour the liquid over It, When
set, lift out. and cnt in slices.
There will be an egg circle In the
center or eaen slice, serve on a
bed of lettuce. Serves 10.
Mrs. Neal Carter,
Monmouth, Ore.
...
Teal Hide 'X Seek
ps flour J
1 tMipoon salt
' I ttupovm taking pawner
P ITHt milk as udtl .. r ' .
S btstea crs
1 ft raps cXopp4 teke4 vctl
1 teaspoon. mix4 mustard
. It taupfloa: tustl salt ad WP
troth .t vater
Make a bisccuit dough, of the
flour, salt, baking powder, short
ening and milk, using Just enough
to make a dough. Roll into -
sheet half an inch thick, having
1 N t
I
DUISSOFJ
ASSURED
DICTATORIAL POWER
the ends even.' Mix the other in
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KERR ANSWERS
CHARGES IDE
Denies Participation, Any
Deal Over Appointment
to Chancellorship
System Working Admirably;
Recognition of Rumors
Criticized in Reply
PORTLAND, Ore., May 3I.-(ff)
-W. J. Kerr, chancellor of higher
education in Oregon, tonight ans
wered some of the charges mad
by a committee of the American
Association of University Profes
sors and said criticism did net
make it incumbent that he resign.
"My responsibilities are to the
board of higher education, to all
of the institutions in the state sys
tem and to the people of the en
tire state," he said.
Chancellor Kerr called atten
tion to the fact that his resigna
tion had been in the hands of the
board for more than a year and
declared he had given every as
sistance possible toward selection
of a successor.
He declared many of the charg
es In the report were "unaccom
panied by any substantiating
facts" and said the unified state
system is "organized and func
tioning on a practical working ba
sis that has evoked the wide ad
miration of educators."
The A. A. U. P. report recom
mended that Dr. Kerr be retired
as chancellor to bring harmony to
Oregon's system of higher edu
cation. His statement follows, in part:
"While I am informed that it is
the customary procedure of the
A. A. U. P. to supply advance
proof of copies of impending re
ports to principals concerned, I
have not been supplied with such
a copy either by .the committee or
by the national body, though I
note in the press that mimeo
graphed copies have been circu
lated by the association chapter at
I.Q.M. . l iug vuij sig
ment, therefore, I am dependent
upon the press for information on
the contents of the report.
"It Is to be observed that the
report is filled largely with the
repetition of old 'charges against
the chancellor, unsupported by ev
idence or accompanied by findings
of fact, though numerous recom
mendations are included for the
guidance of the state board of
higher education. Charges against
the board are repeated to the ef
fect that bad Judgment and breach
of faith was shown. . . .
"As I stated when elected to the
chancellorship in September,
1932, I had no illusions regarding
the responsibilities to be carried
or the difficulties to be surmount- t
ed. The position was accepted
with a view of helping develop the
program established by the board.
but with no thought or continuing
in office beyond the period when
the organization could be stabil
ised and conditions became such
that a successor suitable to the
board could be obtained.
"Although I have no desire to
consider publicly the mass of ma
terial which appears to have been
taken before the committee, and
which It now makes public, there
are some charges of such a na
ture as to Impugn my personal
Integrity as a state educational
officiaL To these I wish to give
specific reply, since the public Is
entitled to the facts.
"1.. Statements repeated In the
report that there was a direct or
implied "deal" made with sne in
connection with my appointment
to the chancellorship are esttlrely
unfounded. At no time When I
was approached regarding accept
ing the chancellorship . was the
Zora-Maeeherson bill . ever, men
tioned directly or Indirectly. Nor
was there any. reference to . the
chancellor's office.
"2. Any statement that 1 ""in
cited," Induced, urged or other-
Tumi a, taa 9 4 1
Dim ninp nnrtdiTc
UUILUIIID ILIIIUIIU
BIGGEST SINCE
Salem - building ' permits for
May totaled $100,174. the largest
for any month since 1930. Earl
Bushnell, building Inspector, an
nounced late yesterday. Coupled
with the permits for the first,
four months of 435, the permits
for the year amount to $178,851,
an amount which - exceeds by
$5000 the total building done In
1032 1n this city and Is only
$10,000 less than the total of
construction for 1832.
i With the steady increase la
business -and residential work,
the mark of $ 27T.0 6 9 f or 1034
Is certain to be exceeded before
the' year la ended, Bushnell be
lieves, -y.,,
Ninety - one building permits
were Issued Jiere In May. Of these
It 'were for new construction
projects with an estimated cost
of $80.41$. Seventy-two ot the
nermits were for alteration and
repair lobs witn an aggregate es
timated cost of $13,959,-
.grave only - recently. f
The Big Muddy project, on
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