12 Honrs Ahead
-While afternoon papers
lumber in postoffice botes.
The Statesman la printed
and goes, 12 hours ahead, to
Its rural readers.
. The Weather
Cloudy or foggy today and
Sunday, temperature below
normal; Max. Temp. Friday
48, Mln. 85, river 6.2 feet,
northerly winds.
FOUNDED 1851
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 25, 1936
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 261
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Crash
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Shorter Time
For Camp
. Is Vote Issue
Oregon Spends Too Much
Time on Politics Say
Change Opponents
.September Primary Will
Afford Ample Period;
on Ballot Jan. 31
MOTOR'S KOTE: Tint U iU tint
( fear articles dealing with tha atata
article dull with th proposed Beptem-
ker primary law. i '
By SHELDON P. SACKETT
For years there has been talk
that the May to1 November inter
val between nominating and gen
eral elections in Oregon was too
long. With a statewide election
in order every two years, six
months out of 24 for a primary
general election ! interval consum
ed 25 per cent of the time and
left the public and the candidates
thoroughly tired of an out-moded
election practice.
Warren Irwin, piano-pushing
politician in Multnomah county,
espoused the move for a later pri
mary in his 1934 campaign, as
had Candidate Martin who fre
quently declared that the long
campaign was an abomination to
the candidates and an imposition
on the public.
Irwin was elected to the house.
Shortly after his arrival, having
secured the chairmanship of the
committee on elections, Irwin in
troduced the September primary
bill. The measure was finally put
throughthe 1935 regular session
with only one substantial change.
A referendum clause was attach
ed and thus at, the first state eiec-
tinn nlnrn that SAsaloti th a meas
ure is before the voters.
Arguments Against
Change Impractical
Arguments made against the
change in primary election dates
may be plausible; they are cot
practical. Among pot shots
thrown at the September primary
is the charge that a poor man can
not run for office. The facts are
That a man can start his campaign
any time he wishes he can an
nounce he seeks the nomination
in January and cover the state on
foot by September; the only dif
ficulty will be the fact that peo
ple are not interested ic politics
until a few weeks before election
time and the aspirant tor oifice
will have difficulty getting audi
ences. Once he is nominated he
has nearly two months to cam
paign before the general election.
Wlth a car and any candidate,
no matter how poor, has an auto
he can make the state readily
in that period and he will also
v auie iu use me muio ana ue
newspapers two vehicles for
public information without which
no political aspirant can succeed.
A group is. making the charge
that the September -primary is
bad because it falls Inthe har
vest period and I the farmer is
thereby disfranchised. Yet It was
Morton . Tompkins and Ray Gill,
grange leaders, who, in 1931.
when both were in the house,
sought an August primary. One
tfate Is as -bad as the other as
far as interfering with farmers'
work is concerned. The facts are
that the farmer can get away a
few hours to vote whatever time
the primary comes just as he can
take a holiday July 4 or go to
the state fair the first week in
September.
Six Months Too '
Long to Campaign -
The average citizen, who does
tny careful thinking about tbe
primary system in Oregon, knows
the six months interval is far
tqo long. The only reason it may
be continued is : inertia unwil
lingness on the part of citizens to
make a change no matter how
much that chanee is needed. The
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History of Bonus
Vetoes Is Traced
WASHINGTON, Jan. UHJPr
Here is a' "veto" history of bo
nus legislation:
1922, Warren G. Harding:
"Though undying gratitude Is
the meed ... It is hot to be said
that a material bestowal is an ob
ligation." -i:;
1 9 2 4-MJalvin. Coolldge:
'There is no moral Justification
..for it.4 . - , .-
" 19314-Herbert Hoover:
"The henna act (for payment In
1945) was passed . . . upon the
, explicit understanding . ;. that
the matter was closed." 1
1935 Franklin D Roosevelt:
"The (nation's) credit is sate
but It cannot ultimately ha safe
If we engage in a policy of yield
ing to eacn and an . . . groups.'
1936 Franklin DRooseveIt:
"I respectfully refer the mem-
hers of the senate and of -. the
house .. . to every word of what
I said then (In 1935).- ?.
Fingerprint Leads to Capture
Of Fiend Slayer of Fresno Girl
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"That's my business," Elton IL Stone told officers when questioned
as to the motive for the slaying of Mary Louise Stammer, 14, daugh
ter of a prominent Fresno, Cal attorney. Stone Is pictured with
his captors. Left to right are Owen Kessel of the California state
bureau of identification. Deputy Sheriff John Ford, Stone, Gerald
Mohler, district attorney's investigator, and Undersherlff C. A.
Tarr of Fresno. Insisting that he had a "grudge" against the Stam
mer family, Stone refused to elaborate but tbe authorities assert
they attach little significance to his statement and declared they
believe the slaying may be classed as a "sex crime."- International
Illustrated News Photo.
Pacifism Invites
War, Declaration
Permanent Peace Efforts
Must Be Universal, Is
C. E. Meeting Advice
Flaunting of resolutions calling
for utter pacifism before the na
tions of the world Invites war; un
til peace sentiment Is universal
the United States had better main
tain an army, a navy and an air
force sufficient to protect herself
against an aggressor "in the
throes of an evil passion," Rev.
Arnold Q. Weniger, .pastor of the
Calvary Baptist church here, toW
a Christian Endeavor peace rally
for the county held last night at
the Knight Memorial church.
War can be curtailed. Rev.
Weniger said, by better distribu
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Gold Nugget Stickpin
Pretented to Martin
By Mine School Group
A gold nugget stickpin was
proudly displayed here yesterday
by Governor Charles H. Martin
a souvenir of his trip to Grants
Pass this week where he inspect
ed a mining school which has been
set up there through his overtures
to the federal government. He
reported that the new plan of min
ing field assay had been dubbed
the "Charlie Martin" method and
indicated he was pleased with the
selection. The pin was presented
by students at the school, now
numbering more than 1000.
Forty per cent of the students
at the school are practical miners,
he reported. Karl Ladewig and 12
assistants are instructors at the
school. An Initial 'allocation of
125,000 has been made.
Defendant in Scottsboro
Case Wounded by Officer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 24.-(if)-Violence
flared 1n the five-year-old
Scottsboro attack ease
today when one of the nine negro
defendants allegedly attacked an
Alabama officer and was shot In
the head.
Ozie Powell, the negro, under
went an operation tonight and
was given a "better than even
chance" for life as Gov. Bibb
Graves ordered Adjutant General
John C Coleman of the Alabama
national guard to "survey the sit
uation" and assist in Investiga
tion of the encounter.
The bullet was removed from
Powell's head in two pieces by
Dr. W. S. Littlejhon, brain sur
geon, and the negro's chance for
recovery was described as "good."
Prisoner Drew
Knife Is Claim W
The Scottsboro negroes, hand
Cuffed in three, were being trans
ferred from - tbe scene of their
trials at Decatur to the Jail here
by automobile when Powell alleg
edly, drew a knife and cut Depu
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MiU Gty Timber
Deal Is Imminent
Hammond Firm's Okeh to
Be Signal For Buying
Clatskanie Plant
As soon as formal approval of a
sale of timber can be had from
the Hammond Lumber company,
San Francisco, negotiations will
be completed for the purchase of
mill equipment for the new coop
erative plant at Mill City, The
Statesman was advised yesterday.
The Portland office of the Ham
mond company has already ap
proved sale of the timber and ap
proval from San Francisco Is ex
pected early next week.
A new spirit is in evidence In
Mill City sincp the cooperative
mill plans were announced. Sev
eral real estate deals have been
completed; new business firms are
opening and everywhere there Is
an expression of confidence that
the new venture will be a success.
915,000 Received
Cash Subscriptions ,
Stock -in the cooperative is be
ing sold at SI 00 a share. It was
learned yesterday that 1 15,0 00 in
cash subscriptions have been re
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Guests Escape Unhurt
As Weaver Hotel Afire
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24-OP)
Forty-one guests at the Weaver
hotel escaped without injury from
a fire -which damaged the struc
ture early today. Six of the 41
climbed down ladders and one, a
woman, was carried to safety by
firemen. Damage was estimated
at $5,000.
ty Sheriff Edgar Blalock, near
Cullman, Ala., and was shot by
Sheriff Sandlin. Blalock was not
seriously cut.
The governor ordered Capt.
Potter Smith of the Alabama high
way patrol, to Birmingham and
advised Sheriff Fred McDuff of
Jefferson county he wanted an
"adequate guard maintained
around Powell to protect him
from any "111 feeling."
The shooting fanned the- flame
of controversy which has assumed
world wide proportions in' this
case. Norman Thomas, socialist
leader, and the Scottsboro defense
committee in New York. Immedi
ately assailed Alabama authori
ties, the . defense committee as
serting it was "typical of the
whole proceedings in the Scotts
boro trials." -s,.t -o
Tne incident : occurred a near
Cullman, Ala., as the prisoner
were being transferred to the
Jefferson county Jail in Binning
ham following postponement of
.f v:iiniTTllWttM
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Packing Plant
Labor Dispute
Reported Here
Negotiations to Settle
Issue Expected to
Get Under Way
Shipment of Allegedly
Unfair Meat From
East is Cause
Negotiations between represen
tatives of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters & Butcher Workmen's un
ion and officials of the Valley
Packing company were expected
to get under way today following
a labor difficulty yesterday which
resulted in 40 men of the packing
company being out of work last
night.
Officials of the company char
acterized the difficulty as a
strike"; members of the union
said they had been "locked out"
when they discussed the situation
at a meeting at labor headquar
ters for the union last night.
Difficulties arose over a car
load of meat which arrived at the
Valley Packing company's plant
from Morrell & Co., Sioux Falls,
South Dakota packers. Curtis
Cross, manager of the packing
plant here, said he had purchased
the meat on representations that
the eastern firm had settled its
difficulties with its union. When
the car was ready for unloading,
men working at the plant here no
tified Cross that they would not
unload the meat and demanded
that it be shipped back because it
came from an "unfair" plant.
Sale of Plant Here
Seriously Considered
Mr: Cross said last night that
the meat received yesterday would
be uploaded today. He said the
management of the local plant
had seriously considered a sale of
the packing company to eastern
interests if problems of purchas
ing goods for processing could
not be treated as those for the
management and owners of the
plant to handle.
He emphasized the point that
there was no "lockout" of the
men, saying he stood ready at all
times to retain the members of
the union provided they would go
about their duties of handling the
meats provided for them. He said
the Morrell & Co. meat was being
sold8teadily on the coast, without
interference. The particular car
which arrived yesterday was need
ed by the packing company in its
operations here, he stated, be
cause meats purchased In the car
shipment were not at the present
time obtainable on the local mar
ket. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3)
Lumber Shipment
Decrease Is Seen
SEATTLE. Jan. 25-CV-The
ennual report of the Pacific Lum
ber Inspection -bureau, Seattle, to
day showed a 12.3 per cent drep
In lumber exports to world mar
kets outside the United States and
Canada from the Douglas fir re
gions of Washington, Oregon and
British Columbia.
Exports covered by the bureau
totaled 156,000.000 board feet
in 1935, compared with 1,550,
000,000 in 1934, a decrease of
194,421,000.
"This heavy loss," the bureau
explained, "was borne chiefly by
the American mills. Their ship
ments totaled 564,131.000 feet in
1935, and 719,787,000 in 1934,
a difference of 155,656,000, or a
21.6 per cent loss.
British Columbia mills shipped
tc outside foreign markets 791,
965,000 feet, compared with 830,
719,000 In 1934, a loss of 38,
764,000, or 4.65 per cent"
"Exporters pointed ; out that
1935 was the third successive
year the British Columbia plants,
with 2 per cent of capacity, en
joyed half or more of the foreign
lumber trade of the area," the bu
reau explained.
Courthouse Not in Real
Danger From Blaze But
New Vault to Be Rushed
Unperturbed by threat of fire at
the courthouse early Thursday
evening, Commissioner LeR o y
Hewlett said yesterday there was
little chance . of a conflagration
which would burn, the courthouse.
He said the blaze Thursday night
had been quickly extinguished and
commented that the fire was in a
location where it could not have
readily spread.
j Nevertheless work will be push
ed on. the new vault the county
court Is constructing, Hewlett
pointed out. The new structure, fa
tne basement of the courthouse,
will keep the tax rolls of the coun
ty and other records whose loss
by fire would be very costly. The
vault should be finished by Feb
ruary l.
Merriam Will
Wed Her Soon
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The .marriage of Governor Frank
F. Merriam of California and
Mrs. Jessie Stewart Lipsey, 66
year old widow of Long Beach,
Calif., is scheduled to take
plae aitJii Mission Inn at Riv
'ersJjvV3dMi'.y International
Illustrated News Photo.
Salem High Band
First in Contest
Win on Music, St. Helens
Ahead For Precision;
Musicians Praised
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24.-UP)
-The Salem high school band won
first place for musical ability to
night In a contest held in con
nection with the winter sports
carnival parade. The parade drew
an estimated 25,000 persons to
Portland's downtown streets.
Honors for marching precision
went to the St. Helens band.
About 30 units formed the pa
rade which required an hour to
pass.
Grand sweepstakes for floats
went to the Llpman Wclfe com
pany, second in commercial aw
ards went to Meier & Frank, and
third to the Northwestern Elec
tric company.
First and second non-commercial
honors went to the Silver
Star Ski club and the Mt. Hood
activities organization respective
ly. The parade comprised a Pre
liminary to the week-end's sports
carnival af Mt Hood.
The Salem band marched down
Portland's streets last -night -to
the acclaim of thousand's of spec
tators along the streets. Jack Pol
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Three Autos Pass
Over Slain Negro
SEATTLE, Jan. 24.-(i?s)-Three
automobiles in swift - succession
ran over the body of James E.
Young, 40, negro, who was killed
tonight on the SeatUe-Tacbma
highway near here.
Coroner's deputies said the
driver of the second car kept go
ing. Adolph J. Schussler of Carbon
ado was quoted by the officers as
saying he first: struck Toung,
Talking along the road, after an
other car swerved and missed
him. Robert G. Wright, Seat
tle, driving the third automobile,
also ran over Youtfg.
iTie Dogs, The Dalles
THE DALLES, Ore . Jan. 24.
(flVChief of Police Frank Heater
ordered that dogs be kept tied to
day and the city employed a dog
catcher to round up strays. - The
order was an aftermath of the
.several score cases of rabies which
resulted in similar measures . in
Portland. -
U. S.. Aids Golf Plans '
.BAKER, Ore., Jan. 24.-(P)-Sppnsors
of the plan to construct
a golf course here with the aid
of WPA funds said today the pro
ject has been approved in Wash
ington. The program calls for an
expenditure of $14,000 by the
WPA and 12,000 by sponsors. "
Constitution
Tinkering Hit
By John Davis
Centralizing of Power
Would Be Dangerous
Noted Demo Says :
Regulation is Synonym
for Tyranny, Warns;
Oath is Recalled
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.
John W. Davis assailed proposals
for sweeping constitutional
amendment tonight in an anti
new deal prelude to Alfred E.
Smith's expected attack upon tbe
Roosevelt administration tomor
row night.
The former democratic presi
dential candidate and, also like
Smith, a founder of the American
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Snow Follows Up
East's Cold Wave
Temperatures Up Slightly
In Some Sections But
North Sub-Zero
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-()-Fresh
snows swept out of the Northwest
tonight in the van of a new cold
wave.
The double assault presaged a
swift end to the brief respite from
some of the most frigid weather
of the century.
Although temperatures eased
slowly upward daring the day
from South Dakota to New York,
sub-zero and sub-freezing condi
tions formed the rule in the north
ern states. A recapitulation
showed 129 persons had died in
16 states from causes traceable
directly or indirectly to three days
of abnormal frigidity.
Snow was forecast all the way
to the Atlantic seaboard.
New York City, with a death
toll of five, had a non reading of
ten above. Municipal coffee hous
es and flophouses were overtaxed.
A milk shortage developed in the
snowbound regions upstate. Police
halted travel on some highways
still being cleared of one of the
worst snows on record.
Portions of six major Pennsyl
vania highways were still blocked.
Rescuers put through mountain
ous drifts to reach 16 pupils who
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little HopcHeld
For Young Fadden
LONGMIRE, Mt. Rainier Na
tional Park, Jan. 24. - (JF) Two
searching parties on Mt Rainier
returned to camps tonight with
no word of Delmar Fadden, 23,
of Seattle, missing since January
12.
One group had gone today to
Anvil Rock, near Camp Muir,
while the east side party split to
check various rest cabins on that
side of the mountain.
O. W. Carlson, assistant park
superintendent, voiced little hope
tonight that Fadden would be
found alive. After talking by ra
dio to the east side base camp at
Glacier Basin, he said two men
would go Saturday to Mystic lake
to hunt there for the missing
youth; while Ome Daiver, of Se
attle, and one other man would
return to Steamboat Prow to
search again in the district where
two of Fadden's bamboo trail
markers were found Thursday.
Game Conservation as Farm
Issue Stressed, F FA Meet
SILVERTON, Jan. 24 Con
servation of wild life lies with
people of the soil and the solu
tion of small game conservation
in Orego nis largely a - farm
problem, said R. E. Dimmick,
wild life professor from Oregon
State college, in ' his talk before
members of the Future Farmers
Alumni in its convention banquet
at Silvbrton tonight.
The speaker went on to ex
plain that in some sections farm
ers were getting money for the
bird shot on their land and in
turn the farmers must do their
part in game management. He
pointed out that in various places
huntsmen purchased scrip and for
each bird shot on a f irrm a piece
of scrip was given the farm own
er. The scrip was redeemable at
50 cents a bird. This program
should be Carried further, in the
opinion of the speaker. - "
Various Theories . ' -On
Game OutUned
, Mr. Dimmick also pointed out
the various points of view of wold
Bombers Plunge to
Ground After TJiey,
Collide; Two Saveci
Pair Only Slightly Hurt When They
Bail Out; Roar Heard All Over
Honolulu as Crash Occurs
Lieutenant, Five Enlisted Men Meet
Death in One of Worst Aviation
Accidents Islands Have Seen
IT
ONOLTJLU, Jan. 24. (AP) Six army fliers were
killed tonight when two
1000 feet over Luke field
in flames.
The victims one of Hawaii's worst aviation disasters
comprised one officer and five enlisted men. Army authori
ties named them as:
Lieut. William G Beard, San Francisco.
Staff Sergt. Bernard F. Jablonwsky.
Privates John B. Hartman, Chicago ; Bruce Taylor, Gard
ner and Parkhurst.
Further identification or home addresses of the victims
was not immediately available.
Two others aboard the planes escaped the shattering
League Adjourns
Sans Peace Plan
Meanwhile Italians, Foes
Continue Dispute on
Whose Men Killed '
(By the Associated Press)
Italian newspaper dispatches
said Friday night 8.000 Ethio
pians were killed and 4,000 cap
tured in a great battle on the Eth
iopian northern front.
An official Ethiopian announce
ment, however, said the Italians
had lost 1,700 soldiers while
8,000 had been taken prisoners.
The League of National council
adjourned at Geneva without of
fering any plan to terminate hos
tilities. Experts, however, will
consider the effectiveness of pres
ent sanctions against Italy next
Wednesday, and oil experts will
meet February 3 to discuss possi
ble application of an oil embargo.
Premier Mussolini warned lea
gue members that they must be
individually responsible for their
actions against Italy. The agree
ment by which Britain, France,
Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia
decided to Join forces in the event
of an unprovoked Italian attack
was called by II Duce "a danger
to European peace."
Mussolini said the nations which
agreed to this security arrange
ment based it on an "arbitrary
and non-existent hypothesis" of
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Bass of Mills Brothers
. Quartet Dies But Others
Will Carry On, Declared
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24.-(ff)
-The manager of the Mills vocal
quartet, after learning of the
death of John Mills at Bellefon
taine, Ohio, said tonight the fath
er, John Mills, sr., and his three
other sons would continue their
singing.
. BELLEFONTAINE, 0., Jan. 24.
-P)-John Mills. 30, bass with the
Mills "brothers vocal quartet, died
today at the home of his mother,
Eatbel Mills Jackson. He had been
suffering with a lung ailment.
life conservation: the protection
ists' point of view, that no wild
life should be destroyed. This Is
the aesthetic point of view, he
explained. The social point of
view is that game should be so
Increased that hunUng and f ish-
ing . may be earned on without
limit The economic point of view
favors the increasing of wold life.
but an increasing carried on la
harmony with farm life. The lat
ter point of view will have to be
come predominating, according to
Dimmick. The carrying ability of
grating lands will have to be
determined and a division made
So that so much may be appor
tioned to the grazing of wild ani
mals and so much for that of do
mestic animals. , . ; -
: Mr. Dimmick . touched upon
many other phases of wild life. He
told of the various animals which
had become extinct in Oregon, of
the CO million dollar annual fur
catch in tbe United States of
which 60 per cent was acredited
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big bombing planes collided
and plunged to the ground
Ocrash
oy Daumg out in para
chutes. They are Air Reserve
Lieut. Charles E. Fisher of Ashe
ville, N. C, and Private Lanigan.
Each suffered minor lacera
tions and braises iu the collision
which occurred shortly after 1
o'clock (9:30 p. m.. Pacific Stan
dard Time).
The planes came together with
a par heard virtually all over
Honolulu, several miles away, and
the glare of the burning ships
was visible along famous Waikikl
beach, which is 10 miles front
Luke field on Ford island.
.Vine Engaged In
Night Maneuvers
Lieut. John K. Gerhart. adjut
ant at Luke field, said the ill-
fated planes were members of a
group of nine of the Seventv-r.ec-
ond bombardment sauailrnn
which was flying over the field
in regular night maneuvers.
The planes were amone thrM
in the last element of the group
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Manager Form Is
Needed Says Kuhn
Mayor Addresses 20-30 on
Charter Change; Ski
Plans Announced
Mayor V. E. Kuhn addressed
members of the 20-30 club at
their meeting at the Quelle hut
night on the proposed change in
the city charter calling for a Man
ager form of government and a
city council of seven elective offi
cials, who would In turn name the
manager. ' ,
The. mayor pointed out that at .
present there are 14 members oa
the council and 17 committees of
which the charter designates no
particular authority to which they
are responsible. He said that the
manager could not become a die-.
tator in any sense of the word as'
he would be subject to removal by
the same body which would name
him, the council. Speaking from
the viewpoint of one familiar with
city affairs, but not asking the
Twenty-Thirtians to vote one way
or the other on the measure. May
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Bridges Repeats -Lockout
Wanting
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24.-W)
-Militant waterfront union lead-.
er Harry Bridges today charged
thlp owners already had started
the coastwide maritime labor
"lockout" which he told President
Roosevelt would "attain tha pro
portions of a civil war" unless the
government Intervened. ,
However, Mervyn , Rathbone,
district secretary of the maritime
federation of the Pacific, declared
he had Information the chip own
ers planned to call the coastwise
lockout Monday. .
Thomas G. Plant, president , of
(he San Francisco waterfront em
ployers association and spokes
man for ship owners, declared. K ' "
f "Employers would welcome V a .
complete and thorough govern
ment investigation , . . . In fact,
we have earnestly endeavored for
months to bring about Justi such
an impartial Inquiry. v;: ;K
"Plant said the executive com
mittee of his organization cwas
meeting later today. Bt not to ".
discuss Bridges, charges." he '
said. "We're going to consider
tow to make the union observer'
their contracts.. .