The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 26, 1936, Page 1, Image 1

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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
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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
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Bonus Bill Backers Celebrate;
Final Senate Vote Due Monday
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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....,., .'