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RESCUE Hi IS t 0. P. TASK Convention Resolves Many j Issues; Lowell Paget '. - Named President (Continued from Page 1) ory. We suggest aa one of the pos sible methods of payment that the same be paid from the $4,800, 000.000 fund recently "voted to the president for relief purposes." pre-conventlon candidacies tar., president, apart from that of Lowell Paget of Portland, blew op and be veal Into that office with out opposition. - Efforts of one grdup to place William MeGllch ri$t. Jr. of Salem In that office as a protest to farther leadership - from Portland, failed when Mc Gilchrist refused to accept the po sition were he elected. Mildred Fortner. Portland, was reflected secretary and Don New berry, Medlord, was chosen treas urer, succeeding Barton Hutton, Corrallis. Cecil . Chrlsman. Wal lowa, was elected, sergeant-at-eris. : ! STi executive conrmlttee, chos en"? by congressional districts: (District No.. 1 Wllliaia Mc cfchrist, jr., Salem, vlce-presl-"delit; Hannah Martin. Salem; Will Knight, Rosebnrg; Marvin Stipwortn, Marshfield. fpistrlct No. 1 Herb Jones, pigneville, Tice-president; John F. Kilkenny, Pendleton; Ted Gillen waiters, Klamath Falls George Stadleman, The Dalles. district No. 3 Bert Gooding, Tieje-president; Delia Hodler, New ton Smjth and Lamar Tooae, all ofPortland.' -? . Rosef&C Quoted Anrnt .Constitution lV jit)ne ''Of ' the first resolations -adopted iKas one relating , to tbe federal constitution. ' In quoting Pjfcsident Roosevelt," the resoln tiejn declared he said: "Our con stitution is so simple and practi cal that it is possible always to zneet extraordinary needs by changes In emphasis without loss oft! essential form' plaude E. lagans, Corrallis ed ited, objected to the wording of ' tfcjs resolution. I think we should insert a phrase to show . tfajit President Roosevelt said that before he lost his mind," Ingalls declared. We ought to do it so the people won i gei me iue tliit Mr. Roosevelt is still In favor- with the constitution. In galls' motion to amend carried. Senator C. K. Spanlding of Mar lorf county pleaded that the Par tydopt a progressive note, pointt . ln$ to 97,000 votes cast for pro trtissivism in the last general elec tion in the state. "We must be organized to help the common peaple," Spaulding said. "I'm a progressive and I don't care who ki$ws It." Korblad Opposes - YQlng Resolations jYalter Norblad, young repre sentative from Astoria, urged the clfbs not to adopt the resolutions, declaring that the press would in terpret them as the basic planks In J Oregon s republican piauorm. Hi' said adopting the resolutions might pat the party's chances in jeopardy. His motion indefinitely to J, postpone the resolutions failed. Battle which had centered ; about voting representation at an nual .' state conventions c a m e briefly to lite again during the af ternoon, aession when the consti tution" of the club, as drawn np by tbe constitution committee, was read for approval of the dele gates. All articles- except article eight, which stated. In substance, that "one out 'of ten paid up members could be elected as voting dele gate,, and no club could elect more than Its county's represen tation in the state legislature, or less than two," were unanim ously accepted. The argument advanced by Ten nis Wyer of Hood River was that the support of small counties was needed desperately in general bal loting ' -We need, the help of the ; smallest counties," he said. His - argument Intimated that, under article -eight, the- Portland and MultnomaJu county area would , rule conventions ' because of its population.. Banquet Keysoted Attacks Policies The. convention .closed last - night with 300 delegates Attend ing a'bantluet at the Marion ho teL r "Since the days of Theodore Roosevelt there has been an -aiteb-eedouble-U of a degener acy," declared "General" H. V. Cater, Ulllsboro, keynoter at the. gathering. Gates, bugler In the "V. civil war. Is a former Union Pa . elf ie construction engineer. Introduced as a "rugged Indi vidualist" and a "black republl ' can who doesn't mince words," Gates savagely attacked demo cratic policies. "We supposed F. D. R. would support the promises he made, but he repudiated his entire plat form with one exception the . elimination of child labor. Hejias repudiated bonds, the constitu tion, and gold." -."I am not an admirer of Huey - Long.' but I admire his truthful vocabulary when he deals with the administration," said Gates. "We are still In the valley of ; business depression, and the ad ministration makes It -no easier to get out. Hog raisers are paid a premium for not raising hogs. . Processing taxes on grain to the - amount rot' $0,000,000. have -. teenl'. declared unconstitutional and taxpayers are asking tor the return of ..those' taxes, and the administration, rdoesnffc want to .. fire It back, ... Dr. P. O. Riley was toastmas- ter, and Introduced many promi nent republicans to the assem blage. Musical entertainment was , furnished by Helen Giglio,: James Blanco and Joseph Torne of the. Portland Italian Republican club. Resolutions Adopted By Republican Clubs CONSTITUTION: We solemnly re-affirm our faith in the Constitution of the United States as the most complete plan yet de-' -vised for the government of a free people. In the words of President Franklin Roosevelt, we believe that "our con stitution system has proved itself the most superbly en during political mechanism the modern world has pro duced. ... f "We therefore deplore the.fferU of any man or po- . litieal party to attempt to circumvent Its plain provisions by legislative subterfuge in order to accomplish the no mentary design of one man or any group of men tempor arily in office. We particularly condemn proposals to : amend the constitution when they are born of partisan - expediency. . . . COXGR1CSS AND EXECUTIVE: We advocate a strict adherence to our long proven -and thoroughly- tested form "of constitutional Govern ' meat, with its separation and division of powers Into legislative, judicial and executive, and we deplore the sub servient surrender and supine abnegation by the members of Congress to the executive of its duties and powers in respect to enacting legislation. . . . MONEY: We believe in a sound currency based on gold and definitely stabilized by Congress, so that individual en terprise may have confidence in the future value of the dollar. In terms of which every man's plans for his present or future must necessarily be. made. This is a necessary foundation of enduring national recovery. ... In terms of the Democratic Platform of 1932, "we favor maintenance of the National credit by a federal bud get annually balanced on the basis of accurate executive estimates within revenues, raised by a system of taxation levied on the principle of ability to pay". ... If not for ourselves and national financial honor, then in the name of posterity, we favor replacement of an administration which, is already on the way toward trmting bond slaves of our children. FOREIGN PKBTS: We oppose the cancellation of foreign debts. "In 1933, the Democratic Party solemnly promised to "oppose cancellation of the debts owing to the United States by foreign nations". It was appropriate for the Democratic Party to then so say, for it was under a Democratic Administration that these public moneys were with generous hand loan ed to foreign countries, in many Instances without auth ority of law. But we earnestly submit that when a Democratic Ad ministration more solemnly and less wisely repudiates the national promise to repay our own bonds in money of the value received for them at time of sale, we cannot expect foreign national debtors to morally quicken in their duty to pay us. . . . GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE BUSINESS: We advocate, in terms of the Democratic Platform of 132, "the removal of government from all fields of pri-, vate enterprise except where necessary to develop public works and natural resources in the common interest". . . . BRAIN TRUSTERS: We oppose government by any others than those lawfully constituted and directly answerable to the peo ple. . . . YOUNGER VOTERS: Historically the Republican Party, nationally and within the state, has always found an active and prom inent place for the younger generation of voters. Never before has there been such opportunity for our younger citizens to render effective, patriotic service than now. . . . The Democratic Party has signally failed to recognize its responsibility to the youth of America by needlessly piling up debts which the young men and wom en of America and their posterity must eventually pay, . . . DISHONEST TAX PROPOSALS: "Under the stress of the depression many panaceas are proposed which are endorsed aa cure-alls for our ec onomic ills. Quacks and demagogues prey on the dis tress of the people to preach fantastic doctrines, experi mentation with which seems certain to lead to disaster. The current proposals under the glib phrase of "redis tribution of wealth" are a delusion and a snare, because they deceive thousands of people, contemplate a taxation so confiscatory as to threaten the existence of many en terprises". LABOR: We recognize and approve the principle of collective bargaining .in the matters concerning the conditions of labor and the wages paid therefor, the representatives of labor to be of labor's own choiee. . . . We are firmly com mitted to the principles that wages in America, must be kept consistent with American standards. 7 . . ANTI-TRUST LAWS: We stand for the fulfillment of that repudiated ' plank of the Democratic Platform of 1932, which read as follows: "We advocate strengthening and Impartial enforce ment of anti-trust laws". ... OLD AGE PKXSIOXS: We favor .pensions for the aged. We feel that the present limitations are inadequate, and urge that the same be reasonably increased as rapidly as tbe financial condition' of the nation will permit. We cannot hopefully see how this can be done until there is a change in ad ministration which will cease its drive toward national bankruptcy. PARTY SPOILS AND SPOLIATION: We are opposed to the Spoils System. We here re pudiate that course of party endeavor which has here-, tofore attempted to Justify itself in terms of the aged Democratic doctrine "To the victor belongs the spoils". We aubmlt that the thought behind such outmoded phil osophy is the negation of every profession of unselfish party purpose. ... RECALL: We regard the recall law as an extraordinary rem edy of government to be used only when the official ' against whom it is directed is. prima facie guilty of some misconduct In office which cannot be reached through . the avenue ot proper legal proceedings. We deplore it as ajkerremion of the -objects prompting its creation when it is used as a vehicle to punish men In office whose hon est Judgment legally exercised may-be at variance with' the selfish will of others. We particularly declare against the use of the recall aa a minority means to intimidate or embarraea officials in office, j . ' ' ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: We recommend that If the Government of the United States is to continue definitely committed to the policy of spending additional turns ot money for the purpose of hastening recovery from the present economic crisis, that the Adjusted Service Certificates of the veterans be fully -and immediately- paid, but, however, free from 'any scheme ot inflation or other specious monetary theory. We suggest as one of the possible methods of payment that the same 1e paid from the four billion eight hundred million dollar fund recently voted to the President for relief purposes, and as a most economical and geographi cal method of distributing the national relief intended, thereby. PU10 LIE TB E CDLLEG ... -e f . "j- ... " ; - -4. - Forty -Acre Tract int Bush Pasture Proposed if State Buys Site (Continued from Page 1) to build a tew capitol in Salem. The university campus, directly south of the old capitol location. Is thought to provide the most suitable plot ot ground available in Salem as an addition to the -1 present capitol site. Negotiations thus far have not resulted in any tentative figure being set on the value ot the uni versity campus and buildings. Some years ago the campus, with out buildings, was appraised at $250,000. Figures mentioned as the value ot the Willamette cam pus and Its buildings range from 1600,000 to 1800,000. Early this coming week Gover nor Martin is expected to for ward Oregon's formal application to PWA, asking that body to grant the state 46 ot the projected 93,509,009' needed lor a new cap itol. Legislature Will Decide Upon Site The choice of a site, ultimately, will be a matter for the legislature to decide. The administration be lieves that a commitment from PWA for 4S per cent of the cost can be made before the legislature convenes and determines bow much shall be spent for a new capitol, where the statehouse will be located, and how the money will be rajsed. . During the past week, W. H. Crowell, Portland architect, has made a preliminary stndy of the seeds of various state depart ments for space in the new build ing. Almost every request which, went to Crowell from a depart ment here asked for a first floor office, "on the corner." Crowell, with A. E. Doyle & As sociates ot Portland.; was com missioned by the planning board to assemble data on office space required In the new structure. Each state department heretofore housed in the old capitol as well as all departments in the . state office building and the supreme court building sent in estimates of their needs and tentative plans for the arrangement ot their rooms. Wields Baton mma bub ipoLoer from u.s I i t I i t I " ' .: EDDY DUCHIN SSoins ITERISTEI TRANSFER DUE City; Warrant for Million to Be Handed Griffin by Mayor Kuhn- ' .- (Continued -from Page 1) sentation to the city of a cheek from the eoapany for .several hundred dollars la payment of ap parently v.'dead' deposits mad by. ratepayers, soma of which date back 10 years or more. Other deposits Will be paid back to wa ter users by the company. ; Conclusion of the court form alities will leave one mere step to be taken, the payment of special counsel employed to prosecute the condemnation case. Estimates of special attorney hire costs have run as high as $30,000, although some city officials believe the fig ure finally agreed upon will . he much lower. The special attor neys include W. C. Wlnslow, Cus ter Ross and Roy Shields. Hf U (Continued from Page 1) vestigate the reich's treatment ot Jews and Catholics would be pig eonholed as a result pf state de partment opposition. BERLIN, July 27. - (JP) - Nazi- ! ism's big offensive against reac tionaries struck new terror Into Jews and steel helmet war veter ans today but Catholics, hereto fore under heavy fire, thought they discerned indications of an imminent truce. An olive branch was held out to Catholics by the official organ of the Hlldesheim Bishopric. It saw: "We consider true peace be tween the state and the Catholic church quite possible." Residents of Salem are among Oregonians and persons from southern Washington who are re sponding to a call for singing, talent being auditioned in Port land this week for Eddy Duchin's Texaco tirechlef broadcast from HaiivwnnA Tnasdav. August 6. Details of the audition contest were given in advertising in Tbe Statesman last week. A corps of radio authorities and audition judges are now hearing candi dates at the studios of KOW in Portland. From the field of applicants, one man and one woman .from the professional or non-professional entertainment field, will be selected and taken to Los Angeles next Saturday night for the broadcast of the following Tues day. In addition to the network performance, the winners will al so be featured with Duchln and his orchestra for a week at the famed Cocoanut Grove ot the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. Any solo singer may apply tor an audition by writing to station KGW, Portland, giving name, age, address, type of voice, musical experience, if any, and the titles of the songs he or she sings best. Letters must be received at stat tion KGW- before noon Thursday, August 1. All exnenses of the trip south and return will be paid for by Duchln s sponsor. Ten Are Burned To Death After Omnibus Crash MATANZAS, Cuba. July 27.-fl5) -Ten persons, trapped in the flam ing wreckage of an omnibus, died in a grade crossing smash at Jovellanoa today. Officials said five men and one woman were burned to death after the crash and that three men and a boy were killed instantly when a freight train struck the bus. Twenty six persons were aboard the bus at the time of the accident. Gold Coast Line To Port Oriord Is Disapproved WASHINGTON, July n.-QP)- Exa miner Prltchard of the Inter state commerce commission today in his report disapproved of the prepeaal ot the Gold Coast Rail road to build 10 miles of new line between Port Orford, on the agon coast, ana Leiana, ore.. loin with the Southern Pacific ' ' The examiner held there was Insufficient proof ' ot public de mand for the line which the rail company- sought to construct at a cost of 4400,000 to tap tim ber and mineral resources in southwestern. Oregon, IWOT ACRES FOII Wll SITE ED Ben Nevis, Scotland's ' loftiest mountain, is to have a telephone. (Continued from Page I) and Impressive ensemble can be created, provided that ample grounds are made available. On the other hand, lacking the prop er setting, no amount of money spent, on buildings could over come Ihe original blunder. s -' ' 11 we hare Judged public sen timent : correctly, there seems to be a marked desire, especially in Salem, to build at or near the old capitol location. By acquisi tion ot additional property either to the north or to the south, we feel that this popular demand can be .met. The present I grounds. even with . Wlllson park being transferred to state ownership, remains only one block wide. which certainly cannot be eonsid ered adequate la shape or size for Arpad E. Telo, Milwaukee, in a proper and advanced planning ot fourth round match. Our state's most important , pro ject. - . - "The state planning board has tentatively suggested a minimum expenditure of about three and half million dollars. This is con siderable less than the average per capita cost of western capitol buildings erected during this cen tury, based on . population at the time of construction. . "We endorse the recommenda tions of the planning board as published to date, but we again wish to emphasize the Importance Of this site. Rather than build on Insufficient, grounds, the cost al lowed for buildings should be re-' dooed.by the amount needed to pay tor additional grounda,-if the financial, condition of our state makes .this necessary, . . - Pitcher Is Hero When He Knocks Down Rabid Dog KANSAS CITY, Kas., July 17- (-Garland Hodson, x 1-year-old pitcher for the Kansas City, Mo., all-Amertcans, was- a hero to night but not because he struck out any "Casey", In the ninth. H felled a large dog, appar ently mad, which snapped vicious ly at fans, then dashed onto the field; Its ' mouth - dripping .foam. As the dog neared first base. Hod son let go a fast ball which,' struck the animal- in- - the- head. It dropped, and was carried from the field, rang said It was dead. COAST BRIDGE JOB (Continued from Page 1) general obligation bonds sold Fri day in Portland. Later the state will issue SI, 200.000 in obliga tions of less than five years term, brlnrinz to S4.200.000 its outlay on the coast bridges. The remain- insr Sl.ffOO.000 will be a grant. Never in the state's history has. it obtained highway moneys for building as cheaply as it did last week. The average interest rate on the 13,000,000 bond issue, tak ins Into consideration the dis count on the bonds, will be only 2.64 ner cent and the bonds will run from five to 25 years. Only two years ago the state paid six per cent on a. 11,509,000 issue while the bulk of its present bonds call for per cent annual in terest. None of the latter bonds are callable. Highway officials estimate that the state will save 1900.000 in interest on the coast highway bridre bonds between the rate at which the new bonds were pur chased by Portland banks and the 4 per cent rate paid under the toll-bridge bonds. SECRET RESQLuTIOn Slaughter in signing the petition, had, been approved, after a heat ed debate' over an amendment. Senator -Zimmerman and Slaugh ter' - are:;, members fof the" . state grange executive committee.' The Belitiew grange resolution re quested! their resignations as jnembers of the state executive committee. v R; E..Nealon of Central Point. district grange master for Jack son, eounty. said tonight he could give no -detalfs, "but the action taken -wrlU be Bent direct to an the parties 'concerned. - s Another grange member, who declined the use ot his name, jsaid TAU i.Caa tell you Is DO resolu tions were defeated." t Thi Bellvlew grange, according o reports, submitted, its resolu tion, for the approval of Pomona session.'!- . . -;-' . Prong homed antelope, once numerous in Texas, -a re nearly ex tinct. , ; .. ITM TO ATTEHD. IK TO DICTATE (Continued from Page 1) ten statement today to the effect that the problem of war or peace in Africa Is how squarely up to the League of Nations. Ethiopia, he stated, is seeking a peaceful settlement. Italy, he insisted. Is the aggres sor. And the league, he said, must decide whether one of its mem bers can violate another's Inte grity." Rome reported Eritrea, Italy's African colony, was already un der martial law. At London, an Italian official charged Halle Selassie liad de signs upon Italian territory in order to "extend his empire to the sea." PASSED BY GRANGE (Continued from Page 1) view grange 10 days ago, protest ing against any pardon to Banks, and condemning the action . of State Senator Peter Zimmerman of Yamhill county, and Albert THE SPA Makers of Salem's one different ice cream. It's the real old fashioned kind. Announcement . . . nnfsnfnYRiin .13 I wish to announce that I have tak en the agency in Salem district for - the AUTOMOBILES Present models now on display. You are invited to come in and look them over. ART'S Used Gar Lot 266 NORTH CHURCH STREET PHONE 3449 4 i Open Sundays and Evenings DAKE NEW LEADER MILWAUKEE, July 27. Arthur Date, of Portland, ore., moved, into first place in the mas-; ters division ot the American Chess Federation congress tourna ment here tonight, winning over The Oregon Fire Insurance Co. of McMinnville, Ore., Now ha assets of "OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS" .On Jane 30th. 935 their net assets reached and Wet Surplus $1,013,444.18 396,810.38 : 20,000.00 In addition their bonds appreciated, In excess of book values, orer -The best six months period in the history of the company, was-.ex. r -; perienced the first, six months of 1935, making an increase in volume of 32.4 over the same period of 1934. , - . 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