The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 16, 1936, Page 1, Image 1

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    The Weather
Cloudy today and Monday,
probably snow, temperature
unchanged; Max. Temp. Sat
urday 38, Min. 17, norther
ly winds, cloudy.
FOUNDED 1651
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday- Morning, February 16, 1936
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 280
Sunday Features
Tour only Salem Sunday
paper Is The Statesman, with
extra feature for jour ex
tended reading time on the
day of leisure.
1 JKBVI 10
Pension Setup
For This Year
Be Offered
1U
Gondy Has Plan; Federal
Refusal Possible on
State Law Clause
Mt. Angel Well Ahead in
Flax Plant Program;
Cash is Need Now f
; By SHELDON F- SACKETT
Down from Portland this week
Will coma Elmer Goudy. state re
lief administrator, bringing with
him a detailed plan for a pro
posed county-state-federal old-age
pension project in Oregon for the
remaining months of 1936. This
plan will be submitted by Goudy
to Governor Martin. If the latter
approves it, back to the social se
curity board at Washington ' the
plan will go, tor the approval or
rejection of that body. Until such
a concrete proposal for pensions
is submitted to Washington, ; the
status of payments in this state
for 1936. cannot be determined.
Accompanying the state's! re
quest for old-age pension funds
will go an attorney-general's opin
ion 'on the 1935 old-age pension
law passed by the regular session
of the legislature. If the attorney
general rules as he is expected
to do that the enactment of the
special session, Senate Bill 43, is
tied up by the referendum peti
tions tiled 10 days ago, Oregon
is to proceed immediately to try
for federal funds under the 1935
regular session act.
Three-Way Pensions
Will Be Higher
If Washington approves Gou
dy's request for funds, to be dis
bursed through the state relief
organization in each of 36 coun
ties in Oregon, average pensions
of $11 a person a month for Ore
gon's needy aged are a thing of
the past. Instead of the counties
being the sole source of pension
moneys, the state -will have; its
$1,000,000 appropriation to nfatch
the county outlays while the fed
eral government will match the
aggregate contributions of Ufee
counties and 'the-'state.v-Tnat
means much higher pensions;
tot the maximum of $30 a month
for all "pensioners, probably a 50
to 100 per cent increase in the
present rate of pay. The exact
amount to be paid will not be
known until Mr. Goudy presents
his specific plan of pension dis
bursement. If Washington turns down Ore
gon's request and it is quite
possible it will do so none of
the pensioners now receiving
enhnt heln in Oreeon can look
for any advance in their checks
until another legislative session
has passed amendments to the
existing pension law. Governor
Martin is going to do his best to
get federal pension moneys this
year but he fears Comptroller
General McCarl will shake ' his
head over at least one defect in
the Oregon pension act the pro
vision that all real or personal
property turned over to the state
by applicants for pensions, or se
cured by the state after their
death -remain the property of
the state. The federal act makes
Uncle Sam joint owner of such
property with the state. The fed
eral government has put up half
the money, the reasoning goes,
and is therefore entitled to one
half the property received by the
pension board. This provision was
cured in the amended pension act
of 1935 the act now tied up
with a referendum. If Washing
ton Is a stickler on this point,
federal pension funds will be only
an impossiDie aream tne remain
ing months of this year in Ore
gon. . i
commencement of wort oni
three privately owned flax retting
,and scutching plants Is proving a
tedious task. First of the plants
which will probably. be under way
will be one at Mt. Angel. During
the week, nearly $2B00 has been
raised in stock for this plant in a
Salem selling campaign; the ; ob
jective is to secure $6000 in pre-
v ferred stock subscriptions. ! Mt.
Angel and its territory are td se
cure a like amount of stock sub
scriptions; WPA Is to put $19,000
Into each of the three plants and
working capital for the 19.36 Crop
is to be secured primarily through
the federal bank for cooperatives
at Spokane.
Administration is
llehlnd Program
The state administration is ex
tremely anxious to see these
plants succeed. They mark a! day
of departure from the decade
when all flax was handled throw gh
the state penitentiary to a day
when flax will be processed com
mercially and the fibre obtained
can be manufactured into goods
without fear by the processor of
the operation of state and federal
laws which prevent convict-made
. goods from moving into trade.
- All that ! now lacking to get
the scutching and retting plants
started at Mt Angel, at Hoialla
and Eugene, this year. Is local
capital to furnish a small equity
of the Investment The Mt Angel
group interested in the flax plants
has studied scutching and retting
wltn care; has made estimates of
costs; has looked into the finan
cial requirements of such a plant:
has secured a pledge of the; neces
.. sary flax acreage. With years of
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Drafts State
Pension Plans
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ELMER GOUDY
Three in Hospital
After Cars Cr asli
Injuries Not Serious, Is
Report; Mishap Occurs
Five Miles North
Three persona were in the hos
pital last night as a result of an
auto accident at 6:20 o'clock on
the Pacifie highway about five
miles north of Salem at the Che
mawa four corners. The two cars
involved were badly damaged,
state police reported.
The injured:
Theodore Edward Schultx, West
Fir, Oregon, suffering from cuts
about the head.
Auidd Preston Earls, 14, Lake
Lablsh, cuts and bruises.
Clarke Chester Jackson, 63.
cuts and internal injuries.
The accident occurred when Al
bert Langdon Earls, Lake Lablsh
who was driving his wife and
three children, together wiih
Tftckson, to Salem, pulled onto the
highway from a service station at
the Chemawa intersection. He
bad reached the highway and wa
driving south at about 15 or 20
miles per hour when the car driv
en by Schultz came over a rise in
the road and smashed into the
rear of the Earls car.
The crash was witnessed - by
Mrs. Charles Olson of route 7.
(Turn to Pae 2, Col. 1)
Will Vacate Part
Of Willson Park
Steps To Be Initiated at
Council's Session on
Monday, Expected
Steps will be initiated probably
ai the Monday night meeting of
tbe city council to vacate the east
portion of Willson park so it will
be available to the state capitol
reconstruction commission for use
in the development of the capitol.
The portion will include a half
a block from the present line of
the state grounds to a point about
175 feet west which is on the di
rect line with the center of the
alley between the Patton and Kay
properties on the north.
Dr. H. H. Ol'nger, member of
the capitol commission, says that
this amount is adequate for the
needs of the commission; and the
remainder will he left as a park
under the city control. By trans
ferring only the east portion of
the park the state will escape ine
principal cost of maintenance. Re
maining In the city portion of the
park will be the Waite fountain
and the bandstand.
Tbe procedure required is vaca
tion of the portion of Willson av
enue and then deeding the area to
the state. A favorable response
has been received from some of
the Willson heirs to the propo3-l
that they join in deeding the por
tion to the state. The matter will
be presented to all the heirs.
Curtailment of
On Relief,
Further reductions in the cost
of administering state relief in
Oregon were recommended yester
day to Governor Martin by Wal
lace S. Wharton, newly named
executive secretary.
Wharton reported that the ad
ministrative payroll for SERA had
been trimmed 40 per cent since
WPA began its operations In No
vember and the state took over
the load of direct relief for indi
gents. He said further reductions
could be made as the eounties as
sumed more and more of the
work, leaving the state -with the
"job of supervising, auditing and
disbursing all funds, theretofore
under the direct control of the
SERA offices."
Statement Pleases
Commissioner Hewlett
.- The statement of Wharton was
immediately praised by LeRoy
Hewlett, Marion county commis
sioner, who last month criticized
the administrative cost of relief
work in this county.
"I am pleased to see my ideas
coincide wi,th those of the new
budget director in reducing, per-
( soruiel .for relief administration
Record Entry
List Seen For
County Races
Democrats Make Up for
Oversight in 1932;
Plan Full Slate
Burk Strong With Party;
Some of Incumbents
Hard to Dethrone
At the present rate of new can
didacies for jobs at the court
house, more men and women will
have filed for office here by March
30 thin at any time in the coun
ty's history. With the exception
of the county judge's post and
one commissionership, all county
officials must run the gauntlet at
the promary and general elections
Four years ago the democrats
failed to fill their ticket and from
that time have been constantly
complaining about their lack of
forethought for anyone then with
an affiliation in an anti-Hoover
party had excellent opportunity to
win.
If enough volunteers do not
show up to contest for each coun
ty office, the party organization
or some of the non-legal party
groups such as the democratic so
ciety or the Young Democrats is
going to see that a slate of demo
crats is put into tbe field.
Sheriff Victim of
Unfavorable Publicity
To date the most interest In
county jobs centers in the posi
tion of sheriff. A. C. Burk, in
cumbent, has been in the newspa
pers frequently, often with unfav
orable publicity. Judge L. H. Mc
Mahan's repeated attacks on Burk
and the latter's second indictment
by the grand jury have raised the
hopes of onlookqra that the posi
tion of the sheriff was vulnerable
and that a new man .could get the
Job.
The democrats will support
Burk; probably he will have no
opposition in the primary for it
was Burk who pioneered for the
part in 1932 and got Jnto the
courthouse when all republicans
apart from Oscar Bower, sheriff,
were retained. Already three re
nublicans are out for the job:
James McGilchrist, H. F. Field.
"S'g" Harris of Brooks and there
will be more "Dick" Richardson,
who has handled the civil process
es department in the sheriff's of
fice for years will probably an
nounce. John Orr is toying with
the idea of seeking the sheriff's
position. f
Some of Incumbents
Certain to Remain
Unless the democrats or indi
vidual candidates on the republi
can ticket, can persuade the elec
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Too Many Reasons
For McGurn Death
CHICAGO. Feb. U-f)-A tan
gle of gangland hostilities ex
tending back seven years to the St.
Valentine's massacre of 1929 en
meshed tonight the hunt for tbe
slayers of dapper "machine gun"
Jack McGurn.
"Public enemy No. 6" on the or
iginal Chicago list, he died early
today, just 12 hours past the ex
act anniversary of the septuple
killing of George "Bugs" Moran
henchmen which spotlighted him
in national notoriety. Three pistol
men ended his "charmed life" in
a near northwest side bowling al
ley.. There were "Just too many rea
sons" why the death of the chief
mach'ne . gunner of the Capone
"Syndicate" could have been de
sired to make it easy to trace his
killers, said Mai Coghlan, assist
ant state's attorney.
"Police will have to untangle
many phases of his life before we
can even get started toward a so
lution," he added.
Overhead
Wharton Plea
and in cutting down overhead
costs," Hewlett commented last
night. "I think further reductions
are possible in - this county. We
started our new relief program
with 13 workers. These have now
been cut to ten. I believe we can
cut our present administrative
staff in half; the executive sec
retary, his secretary and three
cases workers should be enough."
The commissioner expressed
gratification at word that the
state was asking Washington to
assist with old-age pensions In
Oregon in 1936. "I hope Wash
ington will accept Mr. Goudy's
plan," he said. "Our old people
are in bad shape. Most of them
are only getting a pittance; the
small amount they now receive as
pensions is shameful. These cold
days are telling on the old peo
ple; I believe eight of onr pen
sioners have died within the last
two weeks." ..
State's Outlay is "
Over 28 Millions
In Wharton's report on relief,
he said the state's outlay for help
to seedy people since the relief or
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Ohio
Farm Aid Plan
Passes Senate
By Big Margin
Vote 56-20; McNary One
of Main Opponents
in Final Dehate
Constitutionality Issue is
Fought Out; Subsidy
Provision Made
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15HP)
Plowing under bi-partisan opposi
tion by an almost three to one
margin, administration forces to
day won senate passage of the
$500,000,000 soil conservation
subsidy brand of crop control.
The bill now goes to the house.
The senate vote, climaxing eleven
days of debate during which the
measure's constitutionality was
challenged and defended, was 56
to 20.
Forty-nine democrats, five re
publicans, the farmer-laborite,
Benson, and the progressive, La
follette, voted for the bill. Ni e
democrats and 11 republicans op
posed it.
McNary Moves to
Refer to Committee
Just before the last roll call, a
motion by Senator McNary, the
republican leader, to send the bill
back to committee with instruc
tions to report out a new proposal
In three weeks, was rejected 54 to
21.
McNary contended the bill was
"unworkable and unconstitution
al." He predicted after the sen
ate quit for the day that some
state would challenge it In the
courts.
Supporters argued it was con
stitutional under the supreme
court's interpretation of congress's
appropriating authority In its de
cision killing tbe AAA which the
soil bill is intended to replace.
Half BOllon For
Farmers Provided
The bill, introduced by Senator
Smith (D-SC) as a substitut for
a somewhat similar measure by
Senator Bankhead (D-Ala) would
authorize expenditures of half a
billion dollars in federal subsidies
to farmers based on their acreage
of crop land, soil-improving and
erosion-preventing crops, changes
In farming practices, and a per
centage of normal production en
tering domestic channels.
After two years, permanent
state-aid plans with the same ob
jective would become operative in
any state whose legislature ap
proved a formula prepared by the
secretary of agriculture.
Stove ExpL
losion
Kills 4 Children
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 15. -)-
Death, a snowshoe race with men
ingitis serum, fuel and food short
ages, 50-below zero temperatures
and record snowB tonight harass
ed the blizzard - swept Rocky
mountain area.
Four young children of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Stowall, of near Car
ter. Mont., died following an ex
plosion of a stove around which
they huddled as the temperature
outside their little home sank to
40 degrees below zero.- The mo
ther and two other children were
not expected to live. The father
was away at the time.
The deaths brought to eight the
number of persons who have per
ished in this region as a result of
the current cold blizzard wave.
Near Cody, Wyo., the snow
laden plains and wild ragged
peaks held the secret of an un
identified plane heard last night
over that town.
The Grover civilian conserva
tion corps camp, in isolated west
ern Wyoming, was under strict
quarantine after one case of spin
al meningitis was discovered.
Degree Per Hour
Mercury Decline
A temperature drop of exactly
one degree an hour from 7 p. m.
Saturday to 1 a. m. today, was
the novel feature of the most re
cent weather reports as Salem
prepared for another frigid week
end. The 1 o'clock reading how
ever was two degrees higher than
that of Saturday morning, indi
cating the renewed cold spell
which saw the mercury drop to 17
above sero that morning, had
slightly abated.
Hourly temperatures Saturday
night were: - i
7 19 n ss
8 . JS 13 24
27 1 2B
10 ,. 2
The sky was overcast Saturday
but this brought only slight re
lief from the cold, and not much'
more abatement was expected to
day. Snow was expected td fall in
some Darta of western flre?on '
Battle N
BIG GUNS
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As "Big Gnus" of the 1036 presidential campaign fire their opening salvos Al Smith (below center) al
though not a candidate, leads President Roosevelt's opponents in attack on New Deal policies. Senator
Borah of Idaho (top left); Governor London of Kansas (top right), and Frank Knox (below), Chi
cago publisher, are republican presidential poesi bilities while Governor Kugene Talmadge of Georgia
(below left) leads a threat of southern democratic secession.
Peace Parley For
Americas Planned
-
F. R. Invites Presidents of
Western Hemisphere to
Send Delegates
WASHINGTON, Feb. U.-yP)-President
Roosevelt tonight un
covered a proposal for an extra
ordinary inter-American confer
ence, encompassing the 20 Central
and South American governments
and aimed "at permanent peace
on this western continent."
In almost identical personal let
ters to the presidents of the var
ious republics, the chief executive
suggested that the parley be held
at Buenos Aires, Argentina, at an
early date. The cause of peace in
the new world, he said, is a matter
of "vital concern."
"These steps, furthermore," he
said, "would advance thecause of
world peace, inasmuch as the
agreements which might be reach
ed would supplement and rein
force: the efforts of the League of
Nations and of all other existing
or future peace agencies in seek
ing to prevent war."
Success Assured,
Method is Unusual
A favorable response to Mr.
Roosevelt's suggestion was gen
erally conceded. In fact, the stag
ing of such a peace parley was
virtually guaranteed in advance
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Relief Setup Hit
At Regional Meet
SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 15.-(iP)
-The third annual' Pacific North
west regional planning conference
adjourned its compreh e n s 1 v e
three-day session today after rec
ommending a "w ell defined na
tionwide land policy to bring
about the greatest possible use of
the land and water resources of
the United States."
The conference adopted the res
olution of the program and poiiti-
cies committee, stating "there can
be no prosperity if we destroy or
continually neglect the land. We
need a national land policy rec
ognising each section of the coun
try is entitled to a developed agri
culture within which reclamation
may take its proper place as part
of a great nationwide develop
ment and conservation enter
prise."
The conference adopted the pol
icies committee recommendation
for the return of the federal relief
program to "regularly constituted
public agencies and normal estab-
1 1 s h e d construction methods.'
The resolution did not mention
specific government agencies.
Three Arrested
Three men ran afoul the law
last night and as a result were
spending the night in jail charg
ed with drunkenness. The men
were F. J. Babbcock of Portland,
Albert Tracy of Salem and Charlie
Armey of South Dakota. .
OF CAMPAIGN AND TARGET
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McFadden Is
Heckled, Cuts
Speech Short
BALTIMORE, Feb. 15
(fl) Bernarr McFadden met
with so much heckling after
a criticism of the Roosevelt
administration here tonight
that he apparently cat short
an address he was making
and sat down.
McFadden, publisher of
the magazine Liberty, was
speaking at a dinner of the
advertising club. Some of bis
listeners booted parts of bis
speech loudly.
Nut Bread Recipe
Sought This Week
Round Table Issues Usual
Invitation ; More of
Liver Uses Given
Nut bread recipes of all sorts
are wanted at The Statesman
Round Table this week. They may
be for white or. dark, raised or
"cake" bread . . . any kind just so
they qualify as nut bread. All en
tries must reach the food editor
by 12 o'clock noon Thursday.
The liver recipe series con
tinues:
Spaghetti and Liver
tablespoons thorttmng
enp onion, chopped
2
1 enp liTer, cubed or (ronnd
1 teaspoon salt
H cup tomato pulp
H rop uncooked spaghetti
8 eups water
1 teaspoon parsley, minced
2 tablespoons grated cheese
Brown onion in shortening, add
cubed liver and seasoning. Cook
slowly for 10 minutes. Add toma
to pulp and continue cooking 20
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Sewing Project
it?
Recognition, State Leader
Salem Is gaining statewide rec
ognition in official relief circles
through its sewing project, in the
Chambers building here, which is
now employing 216 women. Visit
ing state relief and WPA officers
late last week Joined earlier offi
cial visitors in declaring the Sa
lem sewing room a leader in the
state.
But better than recognition, the
city is receiving triple benefits of
another sort from the project:
The sewing room provides a week
ly payroll approximating $5100,
it produces clothing for unemploy
able families garments whtcb
could in few Instances be paid for
out of scanty local relief funds
and it is of marked service to
state . institutions, which have
great . quantities of mending and
repairing to be done.
Many Garments For
Relief People Blended
; Dnring the last four days oper
ation of the sewing room, tne
women mended an estimated 300
garments sent in from Falrviaw
home, renovated 10 garments for
distribution by , the local Red
Ml
Snow's Prisoners
Sent Food by Air
Planes Ski-Equipped Take
S upplies ; Dynamite
Blasts Roads
CHICAGO, Feb. 15. -(JP)-Airplanes
and dynamite sped food
and fuel to starving prisoners of
the snow n the northwest tonight
as zero cold sank deeper into the
east.
Pleas for "pretty quick" aid
from a dozen towns hurried ski
equipped planes into the air and
over hnge drifts which had
blocked land rescue crews.
The ships could carry only light
supplies, however, and snowplows,
sleds and trucks floundered on.
Dynamite blasts shot snow and
ice high in the air after winter's
barriers repulsed the plows.
Four South Dakota communi
ties Red Owl, Twilight, Stone
ville and Fairpoint were in a
critical plight when the first ski
ship visited them. Another plane
was loaded with 800 pounds of
food for a second trip.
Snowplows Burrow
Ahead With Supplies
Snowplows, trucks and trac
tors, turned back once for re
pairs, bored on with greater sup
plies for them and for the resi
dents of Marcus, Opal, Murine,
Mudd Butte and Sulphur.
A snowplow hurrowed Into Ar
pon, isolated for weeks, and found
food in the general store but
drifts too high for townsfolk to
reach it.
A relief party brought Here
ford its first food since February
1. Fuel was gone, and residents
last night burned fence posts and
"anything else they can get their
hands on."
On the bleak Dakota prairies,
ranchers had not been heard from
for weeks.
Here Gets
Cross chapter and remodeled and
repaired 27 other garments to be
given out through the relief com
missary. It is not unusual for a
state institution to send in a
truckload of clothing, blankets or
sheets' at a time to be mended.
While mending and repairing
bare taken much of the working
time of the women in the sewing
room, the manufacture of new
garments of all sorts has progress
ed to a point ft which the boys'
slacks, men's shirts and women's
dresses, as examples, turned out
on this project are equal to the
readymade articles offered in the
stores.
; Last week the production ac
counts showed an output in four
days of .14 2 new garments, in add
ition to the mending and repairing
done. The list included 14 men's
shirts, 30 women's dresses, 14 sets
of women's and girls' undergar
ments, IS girls dresses, 15 pairs
of boys trousers, 11 children's
dresses, one boy's shirt, four pairs
of children's pajamas, two play
suits and fonr baby garments. Six-
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Borah Friends
And Foes War
Over Control
Opponents Eye Strategy
. of Entering Favorite
Son in Primaries
Democrats Seek to Stop
Disaffection Seen in
Al Smith 'Attacks
By EDWARD J. DUFFY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-VP)-After
months of drifting, maneu
vers in both major parties have
at last entered channels that may
influence the presidential cam
paign itself.
The situation in Ohio, where
some members of the republican
organization have been waveriag
over how to thwart Senator Bor
ah of Idaho, was the center of
interest tonight.
Borah himself implied tonight
that no question of a walkout on
the party was in mind, as T ex
pect to be the nominee of the
party myself." His statement was
in connection with a letter frua
the Illinois republican state
mittee asking that he pledge Mr
loyalty to the party.
Carl G. Bachmann, from Be
ah - for - president headquarters
here, announced that organiser
from throughout the state wvatt
meet at Akron tomorrow with
Representative Fish of New Yerk
and ex-Representative Johnson x
South Dakota. They propose, fee
said, to put the campaign "int
high gear and to secure the av
tire delegation of 52 for Borah,"
Backing "Favorite
Son" is Considered
The regular leaders in the state
meet later in the week. An at
tempt will be jnade to. deelde
whether to back a "favorite son"
candidate or support a contender
from without the state.
Day to day developments this
week added up to these major
facts and questions:
The new deal, by entry of Pres
ident . Roosevelt into the Illinois
and other primaries, plans extra
ordinary precautions to further a
harmonious convention at Phila
delphia. No opposition candidacy
has been declared.
Looking primarily to Alfred E.
Smith and Governor Talmadge of
Georgia for leadership, disaffect
ed democrats completed militant
attempts against party endorse
ment of the administration.
Borah and Knox
Certain to Contest
Hopes in the republican com
mand to avoid pre-conventios dis
sension have waned. Borah and
Col. Frank Knox decided te con
test in the Illinois primaries. Knox
headquarters in Chicago obtained
the papers required to file- in
Ohio.
Similar rivalry In other Impor
tant states, possibly with Gover
nor Landon of Kansas a flgtrre,
appears likely.
Alone among the potential GOP
nominees in speaking against the
old guard, Borah's aggressiveMsa
increases.
Both Smith and Borah- confine
themselves at present to working
within their parties. Both never
theless dwell on principles, sot
partisanship. Both realixw the
odds they are up against.
Will Smith, if his immediate
aims fail, support the republican
ticket?
Will Borah, if the Cleveland
convention rejects his wishes, tap
port the Roosevelt-Garner ticket?
Many capital discussions- dvrtog
the week ended up in those two
questions being asked. Nothing in
the outpourings of Lincoln day or
atory pointed to an answer.
Record Navy Fund
Bill Is Prepared
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-W)-A
naval appropriation bill that
will rocket expenditures tor na
tional defense to a new peace
time peak will start its trip
through congress Monday.
Chairman Cary (D.-Ky.l today
summoned the house naval ap
propriations sub - committee to
start hearings on a 543,S1,229
measure 167,859,920 morv that
the last navalr fund.
Combined with $ 545,22 C31I in
the war department appropria
tion bill that skimmed through
the house yesterday, the new leg
islation would boost army and
navy spending close to the
100,000,000 mark for tbe fiscal
year beginning next July 1.'
Of the army's total, however,
$118,359,985 was ear-marked tee
river and harbor Improvement
and othe'r non-military activities.
Cary said the navy bill, as It
now stands, would provide 12,
000,000 for 333 new airplane
and $13,980,369 for laying dewn
12 destroyers and six submarines
The total new appropriation tor
ship construction would be $182,-
600,000.; .