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J - Home Sunday Paper . The Statesman' furnishes Salem "readers their only home-printed, home - edited Sunday paper, replete with news of their community. The Weather Mostly fair but with val lejr fogs today and Monday,; tempt ratore unchanged; ; Max. Temp. Saturday SO, : Min. 34, river CO feet, clear. FOUNDED 1691 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 26, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No.. 262 M Few. ' I i i .Flays Voting Friday Will Be light; Interest Lags f Uninformed Vote Likely to Defeat Every One 1 of Measures Up Resignations of Brown, Allen Highlights of Past Week By SHELDON F. SACKETT No great rush to the polls is going to occur in Oregon next Friday. The special election of January 31 is to be a Tote no one seriously wanted. Official pre dictions are tbat not more than, 36 per cent of the registered vot ers of the state will cast a ballot. In fact, no very satisfactory ex planation has been offered why this expensive state-wide poll was necessary. All of the measures on the ballot could well have, await ed the May primary or the No vember general election, two oth er occasions in 1935 when tax navers must nay. the costs of a statewide vote. j The sales tax, this time for old age pensions, provides the excuse for the election but two unsuc cessful attempts to persuade Ore gonians that a sales tax is an Im perative necessity to keep the state functioning has left most observers cynical about either ithe necessity for the tax or any chance what ever it has for adop tion. If Oregon in the depths of depression could not adopt a sales tax, the chances for its pas sage dow are indeed scant. Harry Hopkins Has Hole in Matter f The last special session per mitted itself to"Te razzle-dazsled on the sales tax. Harry , Hopkins at that time sent out his ukase that once and for all, the tate must assume full care of its; un employable citizens. Whereupon the legislature added the $1,000, 000 it had already set up for old age pensions to the unemploy ment fund, tossed in another million the counties had set aside for old-age pensions and left un touched more than $3,000,000 already available from actual or anticipated revenues on liquor V8 and taxes. In actuality the state will not require such a sum of relief money from its own treasury in 1936; the old-age pension funds could well j have been left untouched until a 1937 session could have seen clearly how much the state was there after to need for old-age pensions and relief. Governor Martin late yesterday came to the support of the sales tax which took forthrightness for the governor heretofore has op posed new taxes and in the cam paign said be did not ravor a sales tax. -However, his present position is fair; he says the legis lature explored all possibilities for old-age pension revenues and came, reluctantly to the sales tax as the only way to provide the money. The governor believes m old-age pensions: therefore he jnust support the tax with which to suddIv the money. i The tax is probably doomed, to defeat', with or without adminis trative support. Governor Meier did all in his power to support a . tax on two occasions and each time the new levy failed miser ably. Pension System May Worry Through There is a chance that the ex isting old-age pension system will weather through until 19 $7. The pension act of- 1935 as amended In the special session may not be operative until the state provides money to match federal funds. "The reasoning ic this: no sales tax; no money to match; hence no new pension act, thus the old act la in force. . Some statebouse at torneys! assert the new! pension law is operative when Uncle Sam is ready with hit ''money. In that event all old-age pensions moneys the state and the counties have automatically go into Unemploy ment relief funds and without sales tax income, the state and the counties are without a cent to go on with pension I payments until the 1937 legislature can straighten out the tangle. Jack E. Allen, state liquor ad ' miniatrator, walked out yesterday as he had threatened to da for - months. , He Is the third man to hold the Job since the commission started operations less! than two years ago. From the early weeks of his administration he suc ceeded Frank Spencer March 27. 1935 Allen has not been happy in his post. He did not get along well with Arthur McMahan, chair man, and while the administrator and the commission did not come to an open break, relations were strained. Little by little Allen's powers were siphoned away; Eu gene Kelty. deputy administrator, ' and Otto J. Runte, supervisor were entrusted with the actual ex . ecutive work and Aljen was left little bat' a title and a salary, Like his predecessor, Mr. Spen Turr to Pagr tv Col Bonus Bill Backers Celebrate; Final Senate Vote Due Monday V qui KRi xA ; fV , msv - f r CVFr mi $ ; V i'"' A" - V' - V' V ) A croup of proponents of the bill erans' bonus registering pleasure up for final vote to sustain or override nobody will predict the former the president's veto, in the senate tomorrow. From left, Ray Murphy, American Legion commander; Senator Fred Steiwer of Oregon; Col. John Taylor, legion official; Senator James Byrnes of South Carolina and James Van Foreign Wars. Filled Cooky Next Round Table Topic Ideal For School Lunch; More Scandinavian Recipes Given Filled cookies constitute the re cipe topic for this week's Round Table contest. This variety .of r.ookie keeps moist much longer than others and is fine for school lunch boxes. There is no limitation on the number of recipes which may be sent in. The deadline for them to be received at The Statesman of fice ia Thursday noon, January 30. Three cash ;-rizes are given weekly. Following are more Scandina vian ideas received last week: Swedish Fancake 1 cup bam or bacon, minced 1 tablespoon batter (it bam ia osed) 1 cup milk 4 tablespoon! flour 1 teaspoon aalt Dash of pepper Brown ham or bacon In large stiillet. Beat eggs, add milk and salt and pepper. Make a smooth I.aste with the flour and a little of the liquid. Add thj remaining liquid and beat until smooth Pour this into the skillet witL the (Turn to Page 8, Col. 4) Barde No Longer Affiliated. Held PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 25.-3) -C. E. Hansen, state area manager for the Townsend revolving pen sion clubs, issued a statement to day notifying the Townsend or ganization that J. N. "Jack" Barde of Portland, has no further connection with the . Townsend movement in any official capacity whatsoever." Hansen said the step was taken 'on account of political activities" and because Barde "permitted to be formed the corporations known as 'Townsendites. Inc.' for which papers were filed at Salem earlier this week. The state Townsend headquar ters here also said that Robert Zimmerman Adams, national co ordinator for ihe movement who came here in September, had been called to other fields," the Ore gonian said tonight. Burk Arrested Newly Idled Indictments Sheriff A. C. Burk was arrest-i ed yesterday and immediately re leased on his own recognizance on indictments which paralelled those1 of last spring which were thrown out in June, 193S, by Judge Fred W. Wilson of The Dalles on- the charge that the grand Jury had been influenced in reaching its decision. Yesterday's indictments again recited that Sheriff Burk had ne gligently allowed a prisoner to es cape from jail and also in anoth er case had voluntarily permitted a prisoner to escape. Arraignment Thia Week Is Expected Coroner L. E. Barrick, as re quired by law, "arrested" Burk and immediately freed him as Judge L. H. McMahan provided on the indictment where ball was waived. Arraignment is expected some time this week. - ; One Indictment grows out' ; of the release of Charles Craig from Jail November 28, 1933, one lmonth after he was Incarcerated. for Immediate payment of the vet. at passage of the measure. It is Zandt, chief of the eterans oi Parley on Labor Trouble Delayed 45 Men of Packing Plant Crew Idle; Previous Dispute Is Aired Expected negotiations hetween members of the ' Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Work men's union and officials of the Valley Packing company did not materialize yesterday with the re sult that the "strike" or "lock out" went into Its second day without any indication of when it would cease. Forty-five workers are out at the plant. Pickets patrolled the hlg'uway near the plant Saturday bearing "unfair" signs. The controversy developed when members of the union, working at the plant, re fused to unload a carload of meat packed by Morrell & Co., Sioux Falls, S. D., packers, on the ground that the meat was not handled by union men. Work at Standstill Unless Men Return Curtis Cross, manager of the plant, said last night that there would be no work in the pro cessing part of the plantJMonday j unless me uieu tuuno iu iciuiu. i He said all customers of the com- nsnv t.nnt1 ha aoi-Tori from utocks " " " i now on band. Members of the of fice and sales force turned to yesterday and unloaded the car load of meat from Morrell & Co. and stored it. Members of the union have in dicated they are willing to arbi trate with the packing firm here. It was learned yesterday that a delegation from the Salem cen tral trades and labor council had protested the erection of a boiler Second Officer Of Ship 1m TtJA FAw Slvino nl U Hetd tor slaying of Fltr;'n Pnnnmn - - - - COLON, Panama, Jan. 1$-(JP) -The chief electrician of - the Grace liner Santa Elena was fa tally shot aboard ship today and Second Officer Frank Boyd of the vessel was arrested and placed in jail at Cristobal. The victim was Alfred Thorn- sen, 37. a native of" Denmark. Authorities Bald they understood he and Boyd had quarreled after visiting a night club last night. on Pair of His sentence was for six months. Bnrk has contended he let Craig go under instructions from Judge McMahan. The other1 indictment grows out of the escape of Carl McKinney who got away when Melvin Strand, a trusty, allegedly was al lowed access to the keys to the jail. McMInney and Pat Cavin, who escaped with him, were both back in jail the morning after they fled. I Sheriff Will Serve Sans Interruption Thirty witnesses appeared be fore the grand Jury before the in dictments were returned. Sheriff Burk appeared at his own request. There will be no interference with Sheriff Burk's official duties due to the pending cases officers said. Unless he were convicted f a felony the sheriffs ofice cannot be vacated and the charges alleg ed against Burk are only misde meanors; conviction would not make it mandatory that he re linquish his office. . ' , j. New Taxes or Inflation Now Leading Issue Bonus Passage, Assured Tomorrow, Brings Up Tough Problems Leaders Fail to Join in Either Proposal but Funds Necessary WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-UPH Sharp argument over possibility of new taxes or of inflation spread in congress today as a prelude to the apparently certain senate overthrow of President Roose velt's bonus veto. The baby bond measure, pre senting the government with a bill for 12,491.000,000 will be brought up forthwith in the sen ate Monday for a final vote. Even the most conservative leaders predicted almost as thwacking a repudiation of the executive's veto as the 324 to 61 house over throw. Majority chiefs on both the house and senate sides definitely moved today, however, to build a backfire against talk of new lev ies to foot the bill. Harrison, Burns Deny Knowledge Chairman Harrison (D-Miss) of the senate finance committee, one of the authors of the bond bonus bill, replied to reports that some tax proposal in mind with a prompt comment that "they hav en't called me in."- Speaker Byrns paralleled Har rison in denying knowledge of any "downtown" tax suggestions, add ing his view that there was little possibility of new income taxes. He felt the income tax base should not be lowered and that taxes on higher brackets bring less money than "commonly thought." 'You can't soak the rich and get any money by it." Questioned about any possible alternative tax, the white-haired speaker simply said: "Ask Morgenthau." Few of the leaders Joined in the talk of inflation. It was wide spread nevertheless, with several plans advanced, and with one seg ment of the inflationary bloc planning a concerted effort when an appropriation measure is ad vanced to pay the bonus. Some have indicated a bonus money bill will be attached to one of the reg ular appropriation measures. wTJ f f TV WlPlTPT'chflfrl I ll AC AVIYVa OllClllI lllyk3 Suddenly in Taxi NEW YORK, Jan. 25 .-()- George W. Wickersham, one-time attorney general of the United States and later chairman of the commission which recommended continuation of national prohibi tion, died suddenly today taxicab. in a The cab driver who was taking luo ,8"jei,r"uia miuruej uu 8hort ride to a club luncheon with AW no 1 J A A 7s-year-oia attorney old friends discovered at his des- i tinotiAn that nta neRaaniroF va a i tination that his passenger was dead. A heart attack was believed re sponsible for the sudden death. His most recent activity in the legal field was as one of the guardians of 11-year old Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt's property, during the litigation over the child's custody. President Hoover appointed him head of the national law en- forcement commission in 1929. In a voluminous report, the commis sion suggested penal reforms and a closer link between federal and state enforcement agencies. Maritime Dispute Probe Requested SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. i5.-UP) Only a thorough congressional investigation can end the increas ingly threatening Pacific maritime dispute, both sides ag- Secretary of Labor Edward F. Mc- nrnilv'i nvutlAn fn. o rntinA . taKIa rniifiii nnM H nislMl Harry Bridges, militant long- shore leader, has informed Mc- Grady at Washington that un- lesn the TTnitMi stt rn.cfumpni intervenes, there will be launched on th Pncifl enaat within a month a struggle which inevit- ably will achieve the proportions of a civil war " In Washineton. late tddar. the international se&mon'a nninn mn. vention voted to ask President Rooseveji to appoint a commission to Investigate the entire maritime labor situation, thus endorsing Bridges request to Washington yesterday. ' , ' Former Cabinet Member Called George W. Wkkersham, one-time attorney general of the United States and chairman of the com mission which urged continu ation of national prohibition, who died suddenly in Nw York Saturday. Hunter Stresses Aesthetic Values Beautiful Has Application to Economic, Social Progress, Stated "The use of the beautiful has a directly applied relationship to the economic status of a nation and its social progress," Dr. Fred erick M. Hunter, chancellor of higher education in Oregon, told members of the- Central-Willamette Valley association of Phi Beta Kappa at their luncheon yesterday noon at the First Presbyterian church here. "In America, In some very im portant phases of our quest for the beautiful we have been re tuded," he declared. He ascrib ed the retardation in the appre ciation of beauty in this nation to ulititarianism and the "demand for cheapness so often fulfilled by mass production. "Fora century and a half we have been a people busied with the conquest of a continent and its resources. More Appreciation Of Beauty Acquired Dr. Hunter said he was con vinced the sation wa trending towards the appreciation of the beautiful in its national life. "More and more we are coming to ask for the fruits of culture," he added. "Our academic life must seek high and beautiful levels of ap preciation, enjoyment and ex pression if we would be true to (Turn to Page 2 Col. 6) Reactions Varied On Smith Speech WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-UP)- Sharn criticism from administra- 1 ' tion democrats, but an outpouring of from those critical of its activities' tonight greeted the speech of Alfred E. Smith before the American Liberty league. Here are some of the comments forthcoming almost as soon as he finished speaking: Former Governor Ely of Mas sachusetts: "I don't Bee how any democrat. can disagree with him. I don't think that any democrat who subscribed to the 1932 plat form conld disagree with him if he put the principles of his party above its organization." Senator Thomas, Oklahoma democrat who attended the din ner: "The democrats can afford to hire Al Smith to make that speech everywhere. If he makes this often enough Roosevelt is sure to be reelected.' Assert Van Vlack Admitted Slaying TWIN FALLS. Idaho. Jan. 25 -UPV-Over the strenuous, opposi- "on of defense attorneys, the Jury testimony that Doug ISS VSn V 1BCK D&a repeaieuij u 1 miliea We BUlYlug ui uia Vicvw young rormer wue, wiorn n, ana aescnueu uw t iw . Walter V. Beesley, Associated I Pre 8 s reporter. Sheriff E. F. Pra- ter and his deputy. A. C. Parker, I Chief Of police Of Buhl. Idaho, testified the defendant told tnem I he killed the 22-year-old woman I because he had promised her parents he would If officers were sent alter tne coupie in. meir flight from Tacoma. "She knew before she left Ta coma that I would if her father aent officers after us, Beesley testified Van Vlack told him in explanation of the killing. Sales Tax For Pensions Need Says Governor Serious Human Problem Causes Change From No-New-Tax Policy Social Security Program Should Be Backed Up; No Other Source Governor Charles H Martin late yesterday broke his post-legislative silence on the controver sial sales tax measures and in an extended statement came out un equivocally for the passage of the tax at the special election throughout the state next Friday. In supporting the tax, the gov ernor said, he was well aware he was breaking with his pre-deter-mined stand of "no new taxes." "But we are confronted by a serious human condition," the governor declared referring to the need of old-age pensions in Ore gon. I cannot join with those who would sacrifice the aged in their necessities for the sake of maintaining stubbornly an econ omic theory. Therefore I support this sales tax whole' heartedly, not because it is a sales tax, but because it is vitally necessary to bring aid and comfort, here and now, to thousands of aged men and women who are in distress, in want." Only Avenue For Adequate Pension Governor Martin made it plain in his statement that without the sales tax there could be no ade quate old-age pensions in Oregon in 1936. All federal help will be impossible to accept he declared, although he said social security legislation was all-important in the nation. "Neither the nation nor the state can ignore its re sponsibility to the aged and the destitute," the governor declared. He made it plain, however, that another special session of the legislature would not follow a failure of citizens of Oregon to pass the sales tax. "I would be .much distressed if the people of this state should reject this tax measure," he declared. "They would thus leave our needy old people in distress until the legis lature shall again take up the then more difficult problem of old-age assistance at its regular session a year hence." The governor said that he did not approve the findings of the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Thousands Honor Former Monarch LONDON, Jan. 25.-()-King Edward VIII went to his country home at Fort Belvedere to rest for the weekend today while thousands filed past his father's bier. The memory of King George was nonored at football games throughout the country. Audit ences stood and sang "Abide with Me," the late monarch's favorite hymn and one wfetch will be sung at his Xuneral Tuesday, and the national anthem was played. Thousands of schoolchildren used the Saturday holiday to pay homage to the late king. LONDON, Jan. 26.-;P)-When Westminster hall was closed for the night at 12:15 a. m a total of 260,819 persons had passed by the bier of King George. No sooner were the doors shut than a queue of persons, mostly women, began to form for the opening again at 8 a. m. today. Compulsory Student Fees Issue is Depression ' Born Editor's Kole: Thi i the leeond of foor rticlt detlinj with BMinw e - tor voter at th pfil election Friday, January 31. Thia article eoneerac the at dent fee bill. By SHELDON F. SACKETT Depression and the activities of a comparatively small group on the University of Oregon campus have brought before voters of all the state a matter wh!ch fo- two score years waa nevtr remotely considered as an "issue neces sitating a statewide vote. For years administrative authorities at state institutions of higher edu cation made payments of fees for student activities mandatory. These fees, divided among ath letic organizations, among publi cations, given. for extra-curricular entertainment brought to the cam pus and used by the student body organizations directly, furnished a uniform assessment on the stu dent body members and were not generally opposeJ. Came depression coupled with a strongly led opposition to the ath- kne program at the university oi Won't Take Hand in Campaign If Party Upholds Roosevelt Class Warfare, Bureaucratic Control of Citizenry Declared Fruits of Government's Democratic Platform of 1932 Greatest Such Document But Forgotten by Officials Says Co-Author WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (AP)-In a searing denuncia tion of the administration as faithless to the platform upon which it was elected, Alfred E. Smith gave notice tonight he would "take a walk" during the presidential cam paign unless Roosevelt policies are repudiated at Phila delphia. There were only two recourses open to "disciples of Jef ferson and Jackson and Cleveland," he told a cheerrca American Liberty league audience. "We can either take on the mantle of hypocrisy or w can take a walk and we probably will do the latter," he said. The words fell upon the eager ears of foremost mem bers of both major parties, some of whom had been asking o whether the "Happy Warrior oi Awards Given Out At F.F.A. Session Tom Miller of Silverton President; Reiling Is Winner in Contest SILVERTON," Jan. 2 5. Three voung Silverton farmers won hon ors for the Silverton Smith Hughes department and its In structor, Warren Crabtree, here today in the first state conven tion of Future Farmers alumni. Tom Miller was elected president of the group at the morning meet ing. Paul Reiling won first priie in the public speaking contest conducted in the afternoon and Herbert Jones was one of three to be awarded Master Farmer de grees for outstanding work All three are graduates of the Silver ton high school. The convention resumed ses sions Saturday morning at the Palace theatre. Kenneth Pettioone of Corvallis presided. Other offi cers chosen were vico presidents, Columbia River section John Lienhart of Canby; eastern Ore (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Pele Is Revenged Hawaiians Assert HONOLULU, Jan. 25.-(i!P)-Su-perstitious Hawaiians saw the hand of Madame Pele, volcano goddess, in the flaming death of six army aviators. Four weeks ago yesterday in the face of the natives' dire pre dictions of disaster Luke field airmen dropped bombs on Mauna Loa in a successful effort to stem a menacing flow of lava. - Priv ate John B. Hartman, who passed up a Christmas trip home to take part in the bombing, was one of those who died in the crash. "That's Madame Pele getting even," said the Hawaiians. "We said It wouldn't do." They predicted Dr. Thomas A. Jagar, government volcanologist who directed the bombing attack, will be the next to go. Oregon headed h Riiharrf Von. . W-.P Avnarnt. v I ' ' . mat j crmpug, ana tne Student DOjy fee I system suffered a severe attack. When Neuberger failed to induce the board of higher education to make fees optional an attorney general's opinion was obtained that the board of higher educa tion lacked legal authority to com pel payment of fees, which in re cent years have been $5 a student a term or SIS annually. Decision Hampers Student Affairs This decision, obtained In 193 4. proved a check to student body affairs on all campuses. Budgets tor student activities could not be accurately made, charges by stu dents were made that the faithful campus member paid the tolls for students who did not pay their fees and thus supported the stu dent extra-curricular activities. - In 1935 at the regtuar session of the legislature the Lane coun ty delegation led out in in trod uc- ,(Turn to Page t, CoL ) Present Course 1928 might not join an indepen dent party movement at the ex pense of the new deal or pos sibly support a republican nomt nee. They found he left unan swered whether or how he might seek between now and June te bring about the "reestablish ment" of party principles he ad vocated. Class Warfare and Bureaucracy Flayed ....Class warefare and bureau cratic domination of the citizenry impend, he warned, should the present "socialistic" federal course be continued. "There cau.be only one capital Washington, or Moscow," he continued with "a vigor that flush ed his already ruddy cheeks. "The people can breathe the clear. fresh air of America or the foul breath of soviet Russia. If the constitution wins, we win! The constitution has already won but the news has Rot reach ed certain ears." His next words were drowned out by cheering and laughter from the crowd which Jammed tbe ballroom of the Mayflower hotel. It was in the same room, aad be fore a scene similarly resplendent, that President Roosevelt recently r pledged to the Jackson day dinner that "we will not retreat." Platform of 1932 Ideal But Ignored Time and again Smith reverted to the Chicago platform of 1Z2 which he helped draft. Except tor stock exchange control and repeal of the 18th amendment, be said it has been "thrown in the waste basket." He went on: "Even our republican friends. and I know many of them; they talk to me freely we have our little confidences they have aQ agreed that it is the most compact. the most direct, and the mast in telligent political platform that was ever put forth." I am not a candidate for any nomination by any party at any time." smith said tonight, "and . what Is more I do not intend to lift my right hand to secure any nomination." -. Leaves Door Open One Solon Opines One democratic senator, who declined to be quoted, said Smith had not closed the door to & sem ination. He said It was signifi cant that Smith, in declaring he was not a candidate, had added that he would not lift a hand and that this indicated he would ac cept a nomination. To the democrats In congress appealed that election day he for gotten, "do the right, not the ex pedient thing." - Between spasms of applaase, he recommended tbat the legislators: "Stop compromising." ; 'Remember their oath f of fice." "Consider the constitution the civic bible'. Socialism was sow being sub stituted for democracy, he said, "and that .is why the nprenve court Is throwing out recent laws three letters at a time." Drunk Driving Through Saturday Night Traffic Charged to James Long . Charged with drunken drivin through Saturday night traffic, James O. Long, route six, was Jailed by city police early last night. No other car was involved In the case, police said. Melvin Miller, Capital hotel, was booked on a charge of speed- Injr....,., .'