1 CIRCULATION
Average Daily and Sunday
tor May. 1935
Distribution 8151
; Net Paid 7792
- MEMBER A. B. C
THE WEATHEK
Fair-and moderately warm
today and Wednesday; Max.
Temp. Monday 82, Min. S8,
river, A feet, clear, northerly
winds.
FOUNDEP 1831
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Jane 4, 1935
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TRAFFIC
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Favorable Vote of 7 to
is Short of Majority;
Aspersions Cast
Vandevort Assails Ftihrer's
.Motives; Draws Reply
Following Session
- A code of traffic regulations
bringing together and up to date
in one measure more than 20 scat
tered ordinances, went down to a
7 to 3 defeat at the hand3 of the
city council laBt night, with Al
derman Henry H. Vandevort giv
ing it a final punch by casting a
reflection on Alderman Walter
Fuhrer's good faith as regarded
the bill, which Alderman Cuyler
Van Patten compiled and spon
sored. The seven votes favored
the bill but did not constitute a
majority. Four aldermen were ab
sent. "Do you support this bill?"
Vandevort questioned Fuhrer.
"I do," was the reply.
"Then I want to say that a
stage company, man told me you
were paid $119 to look out for his
interests." charged Vandevort. He
said his informant represented the
Dollar Stage lines.
"I deny the charge," Fuhrer re
torted; "but it is beneath my dig
nity to argue about it."
Hendricks likely to
Ask Reconsideration
Fuhrer lost out in an attempt to
change his vote to no and move
for reconsideration of the code
when he was held out of order be
cause the result of the vote had
been announced. Possibility that
reconsideration might be moved
at the next council meeting was
seen in action of Alderman Paul
R. Hendricks, who, councilmen
said, unexpectedly voted no. Oth
ers opposing were Alderman Van
devort and E. B. Perrine.
The stage line with which Van
devort connected Fuhrer would
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THOMAS SITS IT
Charles M. Thomas, former
utilities commissioner of Oregon,
took a ran at Governor Charles
H. Martin in addressing a power
conference Sunday at Hiwsooro,
aecordinz to reports of local men
yesterday who were at the meet
ing.
"You will never accomplish
anvthins: constructive on the pow
er issue in Oregon except over
the politically dead body of Mr.
Martin." Thomas averred. "If
Governor Martin doesn't know
that the federal government will
not build the distributing lines,
in competition with existing faci
lities, it ir because Os West has
not told him."'
G. W. Thiessen of Clackamas
county was named chairman of
the ten-count organization which
la to meet again June 20. Her
man E. I-flfVv of Salem will be
chairman of the Marion county
delegation. Included in the group
which went from here to- the con
ferenee were Sam Brown, former
state senator: R. B. Cooper, P. M.
Grerorv. A. M. Church and Laf-
ky. Ray W. Gill, state grange
.master, outlined the. history of
the power question in Oregon in
the opening address or the con
ferenee. -
DEBIT MID CREDIT
TOPEKA, Kan., June 3. - () -
Valuable crops were washed away
tndav bv maddv waters In Kansas
but agricultural experts Eaw a
counterbalancing benefit in sub
soil moisture.
" F. K. Reed, federal agricultur
al statistician, said many points
were receiving the first adequate
water-soaking" in four years.
"It'a easy to exaggerate the
amount of damage to crops from
excessive moisture," he empha
sized.
"While it a unfavorable, we
are going to have plenty of mois
ture in the soil and this will help
corn greatly. With normal grow
ing weather from now on, Kan
as still may produce an excellent
corn crop.
Wheat and oats, with harvest
less than a month away, stand to
suffer the" worst loss 'from the
wet weather. Reed said, but they
are planted : almost entirely on
high ground.
Corn, sorghum, and other row
crops usually found In the : low
lands, still may be replanted In
time to reach maturity.
- A late growing season permits
the Kansas farmer to plant corn
as late as June. Normally 95 per
cent of the crop has been sown
by now. Present estimates of the
plantings range, irom 60 to 66
- aa, CnntU nantiHil TTsn,,,
farmers were perturbed over the
111 ON POWER
OF Mil MIXED
wet conditions.
Cheery Greeting from Playmates
For Kidnaped Boy as He Returns
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A group of playmates of America's
greeting in front of the J. P. Weyerhaeuser home In Tacoma as
news quickly spreads of his safe return after a week spent In the
hands of kidnapers. George Weyerhaeuser, the object of their af
fections, was probably too bnsy telling his story to "G" men, to
go to the window and answer the friendly gesture. But what a story
he'll have to tell w he'll he does get oat to play with "the gang"
again! Central Press photo.
ABANDONED CAR IS
NEW KIDNAP GLUE
Was Stolen From Titcomb;
Karpis Gang Theory
Suddenly Fades
TACOMA, June Z(JP)An aban
doned automobile in Seattle was
revealed tonight a vital clue in
the government's relentlefs drjye
to trap George Weyerhaeuser's
kidnapers, now indicated as being
members of a northwest gang. "
The car, a tan sedan, ia owned
by F. Rodman Titccmb, uncle of
George, and said by the nine-year-old
boy to have paid the $200,000
ransom which freed him.
Sources close to the family had
said that when Titcomb paid the
ransom in an isolated night con-
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KIDNAPER SUSPECTS
DESCRIPTION COMES
Salem 'police yesterday received
a telegram request from depart
ment of justice agents at Tacoma,
Wash., to watch for three sus
pects in the Weyerhaeuser kid
naping case. Following the trio's
description, the telegram warned
that "these men are probably
armed."
The agents asked that the men,
probably driving a gray Buick
sedan with baggage trunk, or a
tan Hudson, be searched for $5,
110 and $20 bills of the Federal
Reserve bank oT San Francisco.
The trio was described as fol
lows: j:
No. 1 35 to 40 years old.
about six feet tall, weight 165
pounds, brown hair, eyes and
brows; dark complexion, slender
build, smooth, shaven, noticeable
lines around mouth, wore gray
hat and suit, possibly a Greek or
Macedonian.
No. 2 About 39 years, five
feet ten inches tall, weight 200.
heavy build, slightly prominent
stomach, dark hair and complex
ion, probably an American.
No. 3 About 40 years, five
feet nine or ten inches tall,
weight 160, brown hair, dark
complexion, possibly wearing a
small, close - cropped mustache,
brown checked coat, probably an
American.
Two Secret I ndiclments
Returned
Two secret indictments, along
with four open Indictments, were
returned late yesterday by the
Marion county grand jury.
Although rumor prevailed at
the courthouse that one of the se
cret reports of the Jury dealt with
the conduct of affairs by the sher
iff's office, confirmation was lack
ing and the district attorney's of
fice would make no statement late
last night. Judge I H. McMahan
was reported to havo Insisted to
the jury that the two indictments
not be published.
No arrests had been made In
connection with the secret Indict
ments late last night.
Should one of the Indictments
bring charges against the sher
iffs office, serving. of any war
rant would be through the cor
oner's office here. Coroner L. E.
Barrlck said late last night that
he had not be.n notified of any
findings of the grand jury which
'Xo. 1 boy" wave a homecoming
DAVIS TAKES IP'
"G" Men Too Good, Suspect
in Weyerhaeuser Case
Says in St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 3.-(P)-Glad,
he said, to "get it off his
chest," Volney Davis, known to
department of justice agents as
(he toughest member of the Bark-er-Karpls
mob, today pleaded
guilty to conspiracy to kidnap
Edward G. Bremer for ?200000.
"It's no use trying to beat these
G-guys," said Davis after plead
ing before Federal Judge M. M.
Joyce. He will be sentenced Fri
day, with life imprisonment the
possible penalty.
"They had it on me and I want
ed to get it off my chest," Davis
added. "The minute they read
that indictment I could see they
knew as much about this kidnap
ing as I did."
Details brought out by the gov
ernment in the trial of Arthur
"Doc" Barker, Davis said, had a
lot to do with his decision to
plead guilty. "I could see they
had the straight stuff almost ex
actly as it was pulled. I'm glad
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Demurrer Filed
By State Over
Governor's Pay
The state of Oregon yesterday
began its defense of the legal sal
ary of $7500 paid to the gover
nor by filing a demurrer to the
complaint recently filed in court
here by Ed A. Jory. In the de
murrer the state, through Attor
ney General I. H. Van Winkle and
Ralph Moody, deputy, set out that
the plaintiff lacks legal capacity
to sue since the suit is one' on
the relationship of the state to
all citizens rather than one citi
zen. The defendants also allege
that Jory's complaint does . not
state a sufficient basis for a suit.
Named as defendants to the suit
are Governor" Charles H. Martin,
State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman
and Secretary of State Earl Snell
At the present time the gcrvej-
nor receives 17500 a year from
which 27' per cent in reductions
are made. Jory contends the state
constitution forbids the governor
receiving more than 11500 a year
by Grand Jury
would cause action against the
sheriff. -
Included In the true bills found
was one against A. C. Anderson
for alleged assault on James
Preble. The latter was the only
complaining witness appearing be
fore the Jury.
The Jury indicted William Bar
baroff for burglary not In a dwell
ing, alleging that he had tried to
steal p r o p e r t y belonging to
George Hull.
A true t)ill was returned against
W. F. Selmer, the Jury finding
1 that he had attempted a chicken
theft April 21. John Wikberg was
the complaining witness. I
Harbin Thomas was Indicted
for burglary in a dwelling.
The jury returned a not -true
bill against W. C. Barchus, the
jurors finding that he wasn't
guilty of attempting to pass
check without sufficient funds.
W. F. Buckner la foreman of
the Jury and signed the reports.
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SCHOOL WINDUP
EXERCISES ARE
STARTING HERE
Baccalaureate Service is
Initial Event; Theatre
Filled to Capacity
Junior Highs and Grades to
Stage Activities; Last
Classes Wednesday
A baccalaureate service that
filled the Elsinore theatre with
senior high school students, par
ents and friends Sunday morning
started a week that will be a' busy
one for all Salem school children
and faculty members. Through
Friday there will daily be one or
mpre student gatherings of var
ious sorts that mark the close of
school on that day.
Classes in all schools will end
for the year Wednesday after
noon. Thursday will be a holiday
for students whle teachers pore
over examination papers ana
grade sheets. At 1 o'clock Friday
afternoon the boys and girls will
return to their school rooms to
receive semester report cards.
Highlights for the senior high
school will be the senior banquet
at the Masonic temple at 6:30
o'clock Thursday night with Sam
Sherrill, senior class president, as
toastmaster; commencement exer
cises at the Elsinore theatre at 10
o'clock Friday morning with Dr.
Bruce R. Baxter, president of
Willamette university, as the
speaker, and the Junior-senior
prom in the high school gym from
8 to 11:30 o'clock Friday night
Part-Time School
Group Paid Honors
In a separate unit of the school
system, the part-time continuation
school, Violet T. Swanson, direct
or, today noon will entertain at a
luncheon honoring five of her pu
pils who will receive high school
diplomas Friday and six who have
set perfect attendance records for
from one to two years.
The junior high schools will
fete their ninth-graders, who next
fall enter senior high school, with
programs Wednesday afternoon
. All Parrish junior high school
students will meet in their gym
nasium at 2:30 o'clock that af
ternoon for a program honoring
the more than 300 ninth grade
pupils. To these, promotion cer
tificates will be presented. Win
ners of scholastic honors, merit
awards based Jointly on scholar-
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T
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WASHINGTON, June 3- (JP) -A
minority report condemning the
Johnson-Ford hill to validate
more than 30 reclamation pro
jects initiated by'the public works
administration was filed today in
the house.
Serving notice all farm organ
izations opposed the measure.
five members of the flood control
committee stated in their report
some of the projects "are econom
ically and financially unsound."
They contended the projects con
flicted with the administration s
farm land policy.
The legislation, growing out of
the supreme court's ruling that
Secretary Ickes lacked authority
to undertake the Parker dam in
Arizona, was requested by the ad
ministration to validate 33 pro
jects on which the decision raised
legal doubt.
The report assailed the Grand
Coulee project on the Columbia
river, saying that while 6 3,0 00, -000,000
had been allocated, it was
the intention of the reclamation
service to spend $179,000,000.
EST FLOOD'S
DEATH LIST HALTS
(By the Associated Press)
Turbulent seas of floor water
rolled irresistibly over fertile
farm valleys of several western
states and Mexico Monday night,
making a lengthening trail of
death and property destruction.
A new account of at least 122
deaths in cloudburst-fed floods
that swept the valley of Mexico
came from Mexico, D. F., as relief
werkers counted a toll of nearly
200 lives in Nebraska and Kan
sas in unprecedented rampages of
rivers and swift-striking torna
does. Pushing across northeastern
Kansas from Nebraska, the
mighty crest of the Republican
river flood laid waste to farm
lands and low-lying city districts
last night. Residents had' been
warned long In advance and the
growth of the death toll lessened.
An incomplete survey of Amer
ican Red Cross officials at St
Louis last night showed 1,400
families had been made homeless
and 2,000 other families seriously
affected by floods and tornadoes
in Nebraska, Colorado and Kan-
Baa. -
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ASSAILS
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World News at
Glance
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(By The Associated Press)
NRA:
Washington President sum
mons cabinet, congressional lead
ers to NRA war council; orders
Richberg to keep NRA organiza
tion.
New York Business acts to re
tain NRA benefits.
Washington Labor forces seek
interstate pacts. ,,
Hyde Park, N. Y. Ogden Mills
says "voluntary agreements" can
"go a loig way."
Domestic:
Death toll reaches 200 in Kan
sas and Nebraska floods, damage
125,000,000.
Tacoma, Wash. Federal
agents hunt new mob in Weyer
haeuser kidnaping.
New York Normandie breaks
ocean speed records.
St. Paul Volney Davis, mem
ber of Barker-Karpis gang, pleads
guilty in ?200,000 Bremer kid
naping.
Des Moines Hoover issues
warning against limitation of
"open competition."
Washington Comptroller gen
eral builds emergency unit to ov
ersee work relief spending.
Washington United States,
Germany adopt new treaty minus
most favored nation clause.
Foreign :
Rome Italian authorities
charge Ethiopian forces killed 30
native Italian soldiers May 31.
London Great Britain offers
to seek Germany's admission to
World Naval conference.
Paris Finance Minister Call-
Jaux urges early stabilization of
franc, dollar and pound.
London King George observes
70th birthday.
Berlin New treaty seen as
threat to trade between United
States and Germany.
FLOODSJNMXICO
122 Known Dead; Rainstorm
Sends Torrents Down
Valley Streams
MEXICO, D. F., June 3-(jP)-At
least 122 persons were reported
officially to have drowned today
after torrential rain storms which
swept a number of mountainside
towns in the valley of Mexico.
The police delegate in Xochi-
milco, a town situated on a net
work of canals 12 miles from the
capital, informed headquarters
here that up to 8 p. m. tonight
100 bodies had been recovered in
the neighboring village of San Pe
dro and 22 in San Gregorio.
The delegate said the rains
started at 2:30 p. m. and within
two hours roads and fields were
flooded. Torrents of water swept
down the mountain side, carrying
residents of the villages and their
homes down into the valley.
Officials feared possibly hun
dreds of other persons had drown
ed, but said it would be Impossi
ble to learn the full extent of the
catastrophe until the waters re
ceded.
A religious festival was in pro
gress in San Pedro when the wat
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WASHINGTON, June 3-(P)-Two
efforts to build a new labor
structure over the debris of NRA
tonight centered in the capital.
The administration's labor de
partment had a hand in one, seek
ing to guide the formation of in
terstate compacts on minimum
wages, maximum hours, child la
bor, night work and other tea
tures that existed in NRA's dis
mantled code structure.
The American Federation of
Labor hammered on another plan
a proposal to make a nation
wide appeal for support of the
Wagner labor disputes bill with
its collective bargaining and anil
company union clauses.
But a more imminent problem
confronted labor, industry and the
administration from another
quarter the coal strike call is
sued by the United Mine Workers
to 450,000 bituminous miners.
This problem, like the others, was
intertwined with legislation, the
Guffey coal stabilization measure.
Secretary Perkins completed ar
rangements today for a meeting
of representatives of the north
eastern 'industrial states tomor
row to discuss the interstate labor
compacts.
Mercury at 82;
Helps No Crops
Salem's temperature went up
rapidly yesterday with 82 de
grees being recorded at the air
port late in the afternoon. The
increase was very noticeable,
coming after a cool Sunday. Con
tinued warm weather Is predict
ed today. Farmers generally are
reporting the weather is too
warm to do crops good. Rainfall
ia needed before the summer sea
son comes on in order to bring
to maturity crops planted late
this year because of the tiirdy
spring.
SCORES 1 IN
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PLAN
BEING
FORMULATED
T
ARE ARRANGED,
Principals of Senior and
Junior Highs, Janitors
to Get More Pay
Total Expense and Tax Not
to Be Increased; Book
Fund Also Raised
WnAT CITIZEN'S DID WITH
SALEM SCHOOL BUDGET
Raised salaries of principals
of senior, two junior high
schools.
Added $500 to library book
appropriation.
Provided fund for readjust
tnjr janitors salaries.
Effected transfers so that to
tal budget remains unchanged
from one proposed by the
board.
By juggling funds from item
to item the citizens' budget com
mittee last nigbt raised the sal
aries of secondary principals and
janitors and added 500 to the
library book appropriation with
out increasing the total 1935-36
budget agreed upon by the Salem
school directors last week. In less
than an hour rnd a half the bud
get was considered, approved and
signed by the committee.
One hundred dollar increases
were granted Principal Fred D.
Wolf of the senior high school
and Principal LaMoine R. Clark
of Leslie junior high and $200
to Principal H. F. Durham of
Parrish Junior high. The new sal
aries will be: Wolf, $2850; Mrs.
Clark, ?1900, and Durham, $2,-
000 a year. Mrs. David Wright,
board chairman, proposed the
change.
The fund for purchase of school
library books, championed at the
last directors' meeting by Super
intendent Silas Gaiser, was raised
by the committee from $1850 to
$2350. The need of more books
in the schools was stressed by
Don Upjohn, committeeman and
president of the Leslie Parent
Teacher association.
Janitors Salaries
Will Be Adjusted
The committee voted $1650
additional for janitors' salaries,
bringing the total appropriation
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ALL SPEED
NEW YORK. June 3.-H-
Shattering all trans- Atlantic
speed records, the new French
liner Normandie, largest ship
afloat, steamed into New York
harbor today on her maiden voy
age to the acclaim, of a city gone
slightly hysterical.
Thousands lined the waterfront
to watch the mammoth vessel
proceed to her berth up the Hud
son river. Every skyscraper in
Manhattan that could afford a
fair view held crowds of enthusi
astic spectators.
Police offici .It said they be
lieved tho reception given the
Normandie was second only to
the accolade extended Colonel
Charles Lindbergh on his trium
phal return from Paris.
In snatching from the Italian
liner Rex the mythical blue rib
bon of the Atlantic, the Norman
die averaged 29.64 knots on her
crossing from Southampton to
Ambrose, a distance of 3192
miles.
The time of the triumphant trip
by the new queen of the seas was
four days 11 hours and 42 min
utes. She made 748 miles one
day and for an hour maintained
a speed of 31.39 knots.
The Normandie carried a large
number of notables on her mai
den trip, including Mme. Lebrun,
the wife of the president of
France.
BUDGET
Ml
MARKS
Capitol Walls to Topple;
Second Blast Early Today
Second of a series of dynamite
blasts designed to raze the walls
of the old capitol will go off at
5:30 o'clock this morning, Fred
Leary, in charge of the razing
crew, announced last night. Men
of SERA worked late at the state
house yesterday preparing the
holes In which the powder will be
placed.
The first dynamiting was done
at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, a
gaping hole being torn in the west
walls in the south wing above the
foundation. The latter was not
loosened by the blast.
Expert powder men attributed
this to earth conditions under thai
capitol which caused the blast' to
go downwards Old-timers recall
ed that the structure was built on
a fill.
Blasting of the wall was guard
ed as a secret by officials and less
than 60 persons had gathered to
Witness the experiment'. State
and city police were on patrol du
ty and no person waa allowed to
RECOVERY
SE
Announcement on Salvaging
Meetings With Cabinet
Blue Eagle Administration
June 16, Richberg Makes
Sudden Decision Made When Belief is General That No
Action Will Be Forthcoming for a Week; Business
Advisory Council Urges Voluntary Plan to Retain
Benefits in Wages, Fair Trade Schemes
WASHINGTON, June 3. (AP) President Roosevelt, af
ter a period of some confusion for the new deal, tonight
determined to initiate swift action tomorrow to build some
structure on the wreckage of NRA.
Without forewarning, the White House late today an
nounced for tomorrow a special cabinet meeting, to be follow
ed by a special meeting of cabinet members and congressional
leaders, and capped by a special press conference at which the
president will announce his plans. .
Aside from a disclosure that the extraordinary series of
conferences would center on NRA, presidential aides were
silent. There was wide speculation, however, that Mr. Roose
velt had decided upon some action designed to perpetuate the
principles of the recovery agency, rendered defunct by the
O
MEET BE TW
Technical Discussions Will
Have Major Attention at
Three-Day Convention
Nurserymen from over the Pa
cific coast will open their annual
convention In Salem this morn
ing, at 9:30 o'clock, with the
three-day sessions to be held at
the chamber of commerce on
North Liberty street. About 100
visitors are expected.
A clinic on insect pest and plant
disease control conducted by the
state college extension depart
ment and the federal department
of agriculture will be one of the
convention high lights. The an
nual banquet is slated for Wed
nesday night at the Marion hotel,
and following the business meet
ing Thursday morning, the visi
tors and hosts will move in cara
van to Portland, where they will
be guests of the Portland Nursery
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Informed that certain Salem
merchants and manufacturers
were reducing drastically wages of
women employes, Labor Commis
sioner Gram late yesterday morn
ed employers that the unconstitu
tionality of NRA had In no sense
affected Oregon's minimum wage
laws.
"The minimum wage which can
be said women workers Is 30 cents
an hour," Gram said. He added
that the maximum work day for
women was nine hours and the
maximum work week was 48
hours.
Cannery orkers on a piece ba
sis must average 27 cents an
hour for at least 50 per cent of
the workeds. Women working at
straight pay in the canneries must
be paid a minimum of 30 cents an
hour.
go within half a block of the
building.
There were four separate char
ges of powder which were set off
simultaneously by an electrical
device. The explosion was muf
fled and could not be heard more
than a few blocks away. In
some parts of the city, particular
ly in that territory adjacent to
the capitol, windows rattled and
there was a heavy vibration.
Most of the bricks loosened by
the explosion fell into the Inter
ior and will be salvaged for con
struction operations at the state
institutions. Huge cracks In other
parts of the wall were visible fol
lowing the blast.
Suit of members of the Marlon
County Taxpayers' league Is on
appeal to the supreme court to
secure an Injunction against ras
ing of the walls. Dynamiting of
the old walla this week was tak
en as the board of control's an
awer, the protesting taxpayers
having lost' in circuit court here.
MINIMUM WAGE IN
EFFECT, WARING
LAIS
WILL BE
of NRA is Expected After
and Congressional Leaders
Not to Be Scrapped on
Known
supreme court s ruling a week ago
today.
A few minutes before the White
House issued its calls, Donald R.
Rkhberg. NRA head, let it be
known the elaborate blue eagle
administrative organization was
to be maintained regardless of the
recovery act's automatic expira
tion June 16.
President Roosevelt had told
him. he said, the 5400 employes
were not to be separated from
the pay rolls. What the arrange
ment for providing their pay
checks was to be he would not
disclose.
As to Just what-Mr. Roosevelt
will propose tomorrow, the capi
tal remained as much in the dark
as ever.
Earlier, a group of members
of the business advisory council
called upon Mr. Roosevelt to urge
that he foster some voluntary
form of fair-trade agreements to
carry on the NRA scheme.
.What the administration had in
mind for NRA was not immediate
ly known. But there apparently
was no doubt that the adminis
tration eventually would stand on
its invitation to the country to
decide on the question. .
Mr. Roosevelt continued receiv
ing callers with ideas on what
should be done. He talked by tele
phone also with businessmen and
public officials in distant sec
tions. Over the weekend some 200
letters or telegrams on the sub
ject of NRA were received, a con
siderable decline, from the pre
vious volume from which he was
measuring the nation's "re
action."
S eaker Byrns, prominent
among those woo enterea tne
presidential office, stirred p a
flurry of speculation by saying
that in the course of his discus
sion, the president made no men
tion, of a constitutional amend
ment, the goal, according to gen
eral interpretation, of the presi
dent's assertion on Friday that
the nation must decide whether
the federal government Is or is
not to have power to deal with
national economic and social
problems.
BLOCKADE KEPT UP
ON U1TLLA II
PENDLETON, Ore., June 3.-(PJ-Heavily-armed
deputy her
iffs maintained their blockade of
strategic roads of Umatilla coun
ty tonight, ready to shoot ft out
if necessary with a carload of
Weyerhaeuser kidnap saspects
who did a 100-mile an hoar dis
appearing act in this section late
Saturday.
The growing belief was tk tan
sedan carrying six brusque ap
pearing men slipped through be
fore the police net was completed.
State police who threw tbeir
full force and sub-machine guns
into the Intensive search returned
tonight to their regular patrol,
but still looked, for the mystery
car.
The car was sighted at Uma
tilla by a ranger and later passed
two deputy sheriffs who were .
alert for the abductors who ran
somed little George Weyerbaeus- .
er. of Tacoma. The deputies
wheeled and gave chase,' but their
91-mile an hour pace, was Insuffi
cient to catch the fleeing sedan.
Southwestern Washington offi
cers also continued on the alert
to nab the car and occupants in
case they hid In the northeastern
Oregon badlands and attempt .
dash from the area later.