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Wild welcome
For Roosevelt
Million Turn : Out, Stage
i Noisy ? Demonstration;
"Vivas" Prolonged
Police Lines are Broken
j and Some Celebrants
Bashed on Heads
BUENOS AIRES. Not. 3
-One million j Argentines j (trt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
the greatest mass welcome in
their nation's history when he
' arrived today to open conferences
by which 21 American republics
hope to build a citadel of perma
nent peace In the new world
Argentine secret service men
said the wild ovations , w b 1 e b
' lasted far into the bot night ex
ceeded those accorded England's
King Edward VIII when, as
Prince - of Wales, he visited
Buenos Aires in 1931. "
Spontaneous salvos of cheer
ing and "vivas!" rolled about the
presidential party for 16 min-
utes without interruption tonight
when be drove to the Casa Rosada
to pay a formal call on Argen
tine's President Agustin Justo.
Similar demonstrations earlier
roared .from the throngs which
lined the route along which he
rode in the afternoon after land
ing from the United States cruiser
Indianapolis.
Police Lines Are-.
Broken by Crowds
At both the afternoon and eve
ning demonstrations spectators
. broke through police lines in
their enthusiasm.
When President Roosevelt, in
a flower-covered car, drove up to
the Casa Rosada, a crowd almost
filled the nearby Blaza de Mayo.
. am area two blocks vide and three
blocks long. - ...--
The e z u b e rant Argentines
shouted "viva7 democracy!" and
"viva Roosevelt!" until the
- United States and . Argentine
presidents appeared on a balcony.
The two smiled and waved and
shook hands in view of the crowd.
, The roof and every window of
a seven-story building opposite
the Casa Rosada were filled with
onlookers, tossing flowers and
cheering.
Is Introduced to .".
Argentine Cabinet -'
Before bis call on the Argen
'. tine president, President Roose
velt conferred with Secretary ot
State Hull and Sumner Welles,
assistant secretary of state,, on
the general j program and objec
tives of the inter-American con
ference, j
' In the Casa Rosado, President
Justo introduced the American
executive to the assembled - Ar
. gentlne cabinet.
The president dined wtih Sec
. retary of State Hull and Mrs.
Hull and other delegates to the
conference.
It was disclosed - that before
the president left Rio de Janeiro
several members of the preslden
' tlal party, including Jarns Roose
velt, : received decorations of the
Brazilion Order of the Southern
Cross. :
" ; The evening meeting of . the Ar
gentine and United States presi
dents was. their second . of the
day, for Justo greeted President
Roosevelt as he-ieft the Indian
apolis aJ rode with him through
ine noisy throng to the United
States embassy.
Some who broke through police
markers in attempts' to reach the
' presidential ; car felt the blows of
police clubs' as their excited dis
order threatened to Jam the 11
car procession' bf United States
and Argentine officials. One
mounted grenadier went down
with his hone, and another rider
was unseated.
Railroad Orders
Much Equipment
CHICAGO. ! Nov. 30.-(ifp)-T b e
Santa Fe railroad announced to
night It "bad -placed orders for
$20,303,925 worth of new freight
cars,, locomotives, rail, and' rail
fastenings, giving "convincing evi
dence of the Santa Fe's confidence
In the continued upturn ot busi-j
ess." -
The equipment order, said If.' J.
Collins, general purchasing agent.
Included 3025 new freight train
ears costing 310.183.925. and 27
locomotives, costing 33,985,000.
Hood River Man
Is Crash Victim
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Nov. 30.
-jry-Vi.' I. Harris was dead to
night of a fractured skull receiv
ed when an automobile plunged
off the road near here,
W. M. Adams, another occu
pant . ot the machine, received
minor injuries.
Plot to Murder
Him ! Frustrated
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Assassin Seeking
Hirota Arrested
Ignoring of Graft Charge
Prompts Attempt Says
Japanese Aged 36
TOKYO. Dec. l.-(TueBday)-UP)
-An attempt to assassinate Prem
ier Koki Hirota was frustrated to
day "when police arrested j a sus
picious man armed with dynamite
and a razor-edged spearhead.
Police said the suspect, Ka Wa
tanabe, 36, confessed be had been
seeking a chance to kill f Hirota
for three days. He said he sought
revenge, police quoted him, be
cause of his unanswered petition
to the premier allegedly exposing
a case of graft in his home pre-y
lecture, Fukushima. I . ,
When he was arrested, sitting
on a bench in a down town park,
Watanabe had with him petitions
addressed to five other cabinet
members and letters of farewell to
bis family. ; 1
Police said they could find no
political backing for Watanabe
and believed he was deranged.
Chile Denies She
Recognizes Italy
Conquest Domain
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 30.-(jip)-tForeign
office officials, in
the "face of an announcement in
Rome that Chile had recognized
the Itaio-Ethiopian empire, to
night said no explicit instructions
had been sent to Rome by which
Chile recognized Italian sov
ereignty over Ethiopia.
(A dispatch from Rome stated
Chilean recognition of the Italo
Ethlopian empire was announced
formally today after Ambassador
Alberto Cariola had presented a
copy ot his credentials to Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzoi Ciano.)
. Officials stated Rome probably
interpreted as recognition the in
structions sent to Chilean . Am
bassador Alberto Cariola to pre
sent his credentials to "the king
of Italy and emperor ot Ethiopia."
... They stated Chile likely would
act ' in accord with other Latin
American nations. I
An official statement it was
said,' would be made tomorrow. '
.- Truck Thief Is Seen
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Ralph Doughty,. Hebo district
farmer, telephoned state police
here at C p. m. last night that his
pickup truck, Oregon license
F-3115, bad been stolen: at 4:30.
Neighbors said a young man,
about 22 years old, drove away
with It.
Historic
London
LONDON. Nor. 30-ipWLon-
don's - most spectaeular I f i r e in
modern times .tonight destroyed
the historic Crystal Palace, show
place and amusement center for
millions since the days of Queen
Victoria. . j -
The blaze started In a woman's
cloakroom in a manner not de
termined and within j an hour
turned the vast glass and , iron
building Into a flrey furnace.
Hundreds of thousands of spec
tators watched the destruction of
the building from vantage points
throughout; the London area.
Streams of molten glass "ore
back fir fighters, several of
whom were. Injured.
Valuable Television
Equipment : Is Lost .
. There was no loss of life and
the property loss had not been
estimated, but it w a believed
large.: -' .
Valuable, experimental televis
ion equipment of the Balrd Tele
Crystal
Destroy
BuadgMark;
Fo vember
tahed Here
19 Exceeded, Total Is
Eight Times That of t
Same Period '35
Capitol and Postoffice
Will Increase Year's
Figure This Month :
Last month did an about-face
for the construction industry in
Salem and produced more than
eight times as great a building
permit value as November. 1935.
and more than one and one-half
times as great as the former re
cord November, 1929.
The 86 permits issued last
month at the city hall represented
360,009 worth of repairs, altera-'
tions and new construction. The
November, 1935, figure was 37,
390 and the November, 1929,
mark, 334,991.40.
In past years November with
few exceptions has been the low
period of the year for construction
activities. Permits in 1934 am
ounted to 313,438, in 1933 to
39105. In 1932 to $5685, in 1931
to $8099.60 and in 1930 to $17,
730.50. Expect to Double
Total This Month
Decembert permits probably
will double the year's already
bigh-reeord-setting constructions
total $1,652,817.35. Erection of
both the new $2,006,137 state cap
itol and the 3255.600 federal
building are about to begin.
These! two major building pro
jects are expected by builders' row
to encourage a continuance of the
heavy pace set by the school and
state construction program In
dwelling production and In major
business structure alteration and
modernization.
Of last month's 86 permits, 34
were for $52,441 worth of new
construction. These included 181
new houses whose aggregate cost
was set out in the permits at $44,
116.50. Other major construc
tion permits consisted of those for
the $5150 Portland General Elec
tric company storage 1 garage, the
$2000 addition to the Pohle-Staver
Implement. company building and
the $1000 plant at which concrete
pipe for the city's gravity water
line will be manufactured. Elev
en of the permits were for erection
of private garages. 1
The year's 147th permit for a
new bouse was taken out yester
day by Ethel Roberts. This will
be a $22x7; duplex, to be located at
360 Union street.
Democratic House
Caucus Cancelled
PORTLAND, Nor. 30.-;p-Can-cellatlon
of a democratic caucus of
house members was announced to
day by Representative Ellis W.
Barnes of Multnomah county.
' Political observers said the move
pointed to the election of Harry
D. Boivin, Klamath county, as
speaker of the house.
The southern Oregon legislator
has claimed 40 of the possible 60
votes.
Portland's Year I
Traffic Toll 72
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 30)
Death from automobile acci
dents on the streets of Portland
stood at 72 tonight -with the
police year up for expiration at
midnight Forty-six of the vic
tims were pedestrians.
More than 17,000 crashes
brought injuries to 3418 persons.
November topped the 12-month
period from last December 1 with
14 deaths. January; was second
with 10..; "I i
Palace of
ed byFlames
vision 1 laboratories and a . collec
tion ot music by George Freder
ick Handel valued at many thou
sands, ot pounds sterling -w e r e
desttroyed. M , ,
The palace, erected in 1 8 51 in
Hyde Park for the world exhibi
tion and later moved across the
Thames eight miles south ot Lon
don, was the property of the Brit
ish nation. , i- -V
Hundreds of families living in
the vicinity ot the structure were
forced to evacuate their homes.
Crowds lined the Thames em
bankment as sparks shot high Into
the air, some landing two miles
from the scene. i - . '
One of the 282-foot towers .col
lapsed and the vast glass structure,
ISO 8 feet long, glowed like a mol
ten furnace. ''$
Over 1,000,000 persons hare
visited the $6,750,000 building an
nually for musical festivals land
exhibitions. '
Dicito Performs!
: Thorough Job of
Courting Trouble
SILVERTON, Not. S 0-
When it comes to getting into
' trouble. Albert Dicito takes a
back ; a e a t to , nobody iu the
matter of thoroughness.;
He .was driving ! along
highway here today without
1. Car license. i
t . 2. Operator's license, j .
3. Brakes.
And he bumped into a car
containing: i !
1. One constable.
2. One deputy sheriff. ;
3. One assistant district at
torney. 4. One coroner.
The coroner's services -ere
not required, but the other of
ficers did their duty and DKito,
in justice court, was required
to pay a $7.50 fine, court costs
and cost of repairing damage
to the officers' car. j
The officers were Constable
S. A. Pitney, Deputy Sheriff
B. G. Honeycutt, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Joseph FeUon
and Coroner L. E. Barrier
Worsted Workers
Given Protection
Foundation Plant R
esumes
Operation; Stand
Union Is Slated
PORTLAND, Nov. SO.-iCity
and state police gathered at the
Foundation Worsted today sis the
plant resumed production after a
week's shutdown. Tonight pro
tection was extended to the
workers homes. j
Twenty automobiles with
about 60 employes arrived it the
plant this morning and departed
again tonight without demonstra
tion, j
Employes contended that pick
et lines at the Orezoft Worsted
company, nearby firm closed by
strike, bad been extended to tne
Foundation Worsted. jThey said
they were satisfied with working
conditions and bad no dispute
th'elrepleTe'' ' . r-.:-
J. E. Lee, secretary or textile
union, claimed the Foundation
Worsted was a department of the
Oregon Worsted-
Governor Martin expressed
keen satisfaction Monday jwhen
advised from Portland that em
ployes of the Foundation Worsted
company had returned to jwork
under ' police protection without
trouble.
"This shows what can be done
when you take the bit in the
mouth," . Governor Martin j said.
"These men and women were not
on strike but were driven j from
their posts by strikers at an
other plant. I have always been
ot the opinion that mea and
women who want to fwork should
have that privilege.'.
Governor Martin said his
only
state
regret was that Oregon's
police Is limited to less thah 125
men.
"If we had a larger state
police
force we would have less trouble.
Governor Martin continued
The governor indicated that he
might ask for an increase in the
personnel ot the state police de
partment at the next legislative
session. t
U. S. Business Hit
By Lloyd George
NEW YORK, Nov.
David Lloyd George, war time
premier of England, . asserts in
bis newest -volume of war mem
oirs that delays In equipping the
American army In Franca were
due to stubbornness and obstruc
tionist tactics by American jindus
try as well as by individuals.
The volume, number 5! in a
series, will be published tomor
row. It reiterates criticism of
Gen. John J. Pershing, whe com
manded the American ; xpedl
tionery force and adds uncom
plimentary appraisals of the late
President Woodrow Wilson.
Lloyd . George -writes that the
English' and French offered, out
of their experience, a d v ij c e to
American manufacturers war
materials. ?- ' , j
"The American industrialists
were' inclined to regard our lec
tures as an invitation' to j them,
who were masters of all the man
ufacturing arts, to take post
graduate e o u r s e at a jdame's
school writes the .Welsh Estates
man. - .; ; : ; .'
"The serious 4elays that oc
curred in ' equipping the great
army of men that America sent
to Europe were largely attribut
able to this psychology.
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Kitcanis header Die
i Exhaust Fumes Blamed
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PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. 0.-ff)
Exhaust from an automobile en
gine brought death today to John
Wisdom, 45, president 'tot the
KIwanis club. Wisdom was over
come as be repaired bis machine
In the garage at the family home.
France Seeks
Defense Pact
j Against Foes
Hoping to Line Up With
Britain and Possibly j
Belgium' Revealed 1
iSven United States May
Extend Sympathetic
Aid, Hope There -
LONDON, Nov. 30.-WVRell-
able indications tonight pointed
to British acceptance ot . the re
ported French plan for a mutual
assistance pact with England and
Belgium, although Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden in the house
of commons declared "his majes
ty's government . has explicitly
deprecated any tendency to divide
the world into conflicting camps."
Informed quarters said after
ward his remark was aimed only
at pacts of aggression.
j PARIS, Nov. 30.-(fl3)-France,
looking at a rearmed Germany on
her border and at spreading Ital
ian Influence in the Balkans be
yond, today sought a three-power
alliance against the fascist Euro
pean bloc.
j Specifically France strove to
line up with Great Britain In mu
tual military ! assistance pacts if
either should be attacked.
a In addition, the French plan was
extend the same offer to Bel
gium, traditional battleground of
France and her enemies, informed
sources said.
j Foreign observers felt the Uni
ted States might be urged at least
t6 demonstrate sympathetic if not
actual adherence.
- Carrying out France's announ
ced determination to build her
defenses to meet attack from any
quarter, the superior naval coun
cil recommended increased naval
construction o v e r a period of
years, "In principle," but made
pmUic-no--figures. . ',. , ,,
Foreign Minister Yvonne" Del
bos was expected to disclose details
of his foreign policy in the cham
ber of deputies Dec. 4, after which
Premier Blum Is to ask a vote of
confidence for his steady resist-
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Strikers Seek to
Starve Out Union
Men Involved in OutLaw"
Move Would Withhold
Dues, Latest Idea -
NEW YORK. Not. S0-(M-
Striking seamen Toted tonight .to
"tarve out" financially, the inter
national seamens. union, : whose
officials hare refused to sanction
the maritime walkout on the east
coast. . j .
The strikers approved a plan to
name trustees to collect dues and
held them in trust pending out
come of the waterfront labor
trouble and a determination of
what officials will , represent the
union in the future.
Similar action was taken In
1934 on the west coast by the
sailors union when Its charter was
revoked by the I. S. U. during a
strike.' !' ' ' I i :
The strikers tonight also adopt
ed a resolution calling for a fight
against "economic . royalists'! in
the American Federation i of La
bor. At Its Tampa convention, the
A. F. of L. adopted a resolution
condemning the east coast, mart
time strike as an outlaw move
ment not aproved by its elected
officials. ..;!
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Chrbinite Mines
Being Reopened
GRANTS PASS. Not. 30.-V
The reopening of chromlte mines
in southwestern Ore g o n and
northwestern California, ) was an
nounced toaay or jonn naio uvj-
len, geologist tor the Rustless
Iron and Steel corporation of Bal
timore. .. i J . 'i'-.-i,--1
Ore forshipment In the spring
is! being mined at the rate of 20
tons a day. Allen said the own
ers did not wish to disclose the
location of the mines, until ship
ping operations are undertaken, j
The company Is active In Jo
sephine and i Curry counties in
Oregon and Del Norte county In
California.- !'--, r. . - -' i ..: f
PORTLAND,' Nor. S0-P)-Indl-aaa's
wrestling ruffian, Jack Lips
comb, survived a battle royal here
tonight. . : 'Vjr
.J Lipscomb and Jack Clayborn,
negro, outlasted Bob Castle; Don
Sagal of Salem, Bulldog Jackson
and Walter Achlu. The j midwest
erner then stopped the t negro in
seven minutes with a crab bold.
Late Sports
All-Time Drought Mark
For November Set Here
In Month Just Finished
Precipitation for Usually
Over Half Inch, Breaking 1929 Record ; No
Relief in Sight; Fire Threat Reduced
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A N ALL-TIME record for
J Salem by the month which closed last night. Last
month s total precipitation measured up to only .51 inch.
It was .12 inch below the previous low November mark, set
in 1929. ; ' ': i'i ' -v - ' I--
The weather bureau's first daily forecast "for December
Slide Threats at
Juneau Resuming
Rescue Crews Are Ordered
Back; Dirt Loosed But .
No Damage Doue '
JUNEAU, Alaska. Nov. SO.-Cff5)
Rescue crews working in the de
bris of last week's great land
slide' were ordered away tonight
and guards posted along Mount
Roberts as the danger of recur
rent landslides increased as a 24
hour downpour of rain continued.
Workmen said there would be
no attempt to return to the
crushed apartment house area un
til the rain abated.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Not. iO.-HJP)
A heavy downfall of rain loosen
ed another landslide on Mount
Roberts above the city today: but:
did no damage.
The slide occurred above j the;
point where the great avalanche
of a week ago plunged down the:
mountainside over the apartment:
house area killing 15 persons. j
The weather bureau said 1.40;
inches of rain had fallen during!
the last 24 hours. t
, Airplane transportation was at
a standstill because of a dense
tog which clung close to: the;
ground. Pilot Chet Brown, who
with 12, passengers and a co-pilot
made a forced landing last week
oft Ciy straits, said he would at-
tempt a flight to Cordova via the
inside passage as soon as the tog
lifted. j
Unable to push through from
Whitehorse Y. T., Pacific Alaska
Airways planes unloaded t h e i f
mail and freight at Whitehorse
to be put on trains for Skagwayj
Business .firms and citizen
continued contributing to : the
fund to aid victims of the great
slide. About 312,000 already has
been raised. Juneau citizens
cabled the Seattle chamber - of
commerce that 320,000 would be
needed, for rehabilitation work.
Omon Shipments j
Sent to England
NEW YORK, Nor.- 10.-JP)-A
"sample" shipment of . 50,000
pounds of onions will leave New
York Friday for England, cut on
from its normal supply by the
Spanish citil war, and if approved
will be followed by a consignment
ot 15,000.000 pounds, Benjamin
Balish, of Dingf elder & Balish,
onion dealers, said today. '
The British .government has
decided to establish a food de
fense department. ' : If
" - Balish said the deal was put
through by brokers not Identified
with the onion trade but declined
to name them.! :V '
It will be the first load of it
size since 1 9 1 4 . Balish explained
that Valencia, Spain, the main
source of. British supply the past
25 years had been stopped by
civil strife and England had
turned first to Hungary and then
to this country for its supply, f
Vermont Governor Arrested;
Conceals Bank ThefU Charge
; RUTLAND, Vt, Nor. Z9Pf
Vermont's grey-haired' governor,
Charles M. Smith, : president Of
the Rutland Marble Savings, bank,
was arrested today, charged wit
concealing an employe's alleged
thefts from the bank be headed.
State's Attorney Asa S. Bloom
er said the governor's arrest
grew out of a bookkeeper's al
leged thefts amounting to more
than a - quarter-million dollars. )
' High Sheriff Henry A. Adams
arrested the; 68-year-old execu
tive la tho privacy of his bank
office, then escorted him to the
courthouse in . this county seat
Follows Conviction - j
Of Bookkeeper - - .' 'f,
, There, four houm later, Earje
Kinsley, former republican j na
tional committeeman: and an In
surance company, executive here,
and his x wife, furnished - 3.00
baa to free him.- I ... I
; His, arrest: came just a week
after the bookkeeper. J o h n J.
Cocklln, 42, world war veteran.
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Wet Period Is Barely
i I . 'a ... -
Kovember dryness was set!
in
-9ieit zarmers in as nig a quanoary
as ever over the advisability of
: planting. Fair weather, with I lo
cal valley fogs, was the predic
tion. . ' -.,..:.-
While November, 1935, was
also a relatively dry month, with
less than two Inches of precipi
tation, November, 1934, ap
proached the 10-inch mark. No
vember, 1933, brought 1.63
inches of rainfall. ' . .1
The weather bureau records in
dicate that November can be Jan
exceptionally wet as well as dry
m o n t h. November, 1896, saw
16.99 inches of rain, 33.3 times
as much as fell here last month.
Other wet Novembers have In
cluded: I
1897. 11.67 Inches; 1909,
10.S6 inches; 1921, 10.37 inches;
1893, 9.33 inches; 1926, 9.30
inches; 1899, 9.22 inches; 1932,
7.96 inches, and 1931, 7.38
inches. - i
Last month's rain came almost
entirely in mid-month, with .42
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Costa Rica Trade
Pact Is Revealed
U.I S. Accord With Eighth
of Nations, in Present!
Parley Announced j
4 WASHINGTON, Nor. 30.-ff-On
the " eve of President Roose
velt's address at Buenos Aires i to
the Inter-American conference for
promotion of peace and trade, the
state department announced today
the signing of a reciprocal trade
treaty with the eighth of the 21
nations attending. I
! The newest signatory is Costa
Rica, whose agreement to extend
reciprocal trade benefits brings to
15 the number of countries with
which such treaties have been an
nounced, t -
Negotiations have been opened
with Italy, Spain and Salvador for
other reciprocal pacts. ' The Span-
lsh conversations have been de
layed pending settlement of cur
rent internal troubles. .1
: On the basis of last year's trade,
the Costa Rican treaty affects ap
proximately 33,000,000 worth of
United States products yearly,
chiefly manufactured ' goods and
processed foodstuffs, and Importa
tions from the country running be
tween 12.000.000 and, 33,000,000.
Wheat and Cereal i
Products Benefit ' . t
Chief' United States exports to
benefit from the treaty are wheat
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250 Turkeys Are
f J Stolen I at Pugh's
F if ore- than - 250 turkeys . were
stolen from the Jesse Pugh farm
on -Albany route two, four miles
south ot Jefferson, Thanksgiving
evening, Pugh Informed state po
lice yesterday. Atfer counting the
remainder ot his flock,-he said
between 250 and 300 were missing.-
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, Members of tho Pugh family
heard prowlers in the turkey pens
that night; when Pugh returned
home, he found the birds the
thieves left behind had been let
out and were running wild. i
was- convicted of - embezzling
$124,000 from the bank over u a
nine-year period.- - : r
: During his trial, Cocklln testi
fied the governor had told him
the bank's " shortage - brought
about by the alleged thefts would
never be made public. , .1 '
,i The governor .was - not ar
raigned today, nor-was the day
set for his appearance In . court
to answer to tho charge.- ' f
His arrest caused a sensation
in this city, following as It did
tiro prerious arrests t o n r j of
them prominent Vermont citizens'
-In connection witn Jtno ease: t
! i Outlining . the . case, - Bloomer
charged the thefts began in 1923
and continued until the shortage
In the bank funds was discorered
in 1933. ;.-;.;-.:----"-'"ri "
: ; Cocklln was then discharged,
he said, and the losses written
off charged to surplus and un
divided profits ot the bank In a
resolution adopted by; tho trus
tees;. . : ? : - .-!. . ,
Spealdn-Toiir
t
Is Started by
gep
Is Viewed as Prelude to
Mass Demonstrations .
-by Strike Groups
Political Action . Looms,
Forecast in Talk to
Seattle Workers
- SEATTLE, Nor. 30.-(VPresl-dent
Harry Bridges ot the Inter
national Longshoremen's associa
tion ot the Pacific coast said here
tonight longshoremen were going
to enter politics "in no uncertain
manner and - continue its ever
widening inland march uatil
every port is 100 per cent union.
. Addressing a huge maritime
strike mass meeting, which po
lice estimated was attended by 8
000 persons,, Bridges said:
"Waterfront associations ee
the necessity of political action.
We. see the necessity of having
mayors like the one you have
Seattle. We are away behind la
San Francisco as far as mayor
go. But we are going to try to
do something about it - and it
won't be in 1940." i
Few Companies are
Holding Back, Claim I
Bridges said a settlement l
the maritime strike was being1
held up "by three or four ship
companies on the Pacific coast.
He named the American-Hawaiian
line, the Matson line and the Dol
lar line. ,1 " - 1
He said maritime workers were
anxious to end the strike and
were willing to negotiate. .
"Subsidized shipowners canTua
their ships empty "without a
single passenger and not lose a
niekle," he said. 1
"We find that since 1928 ship
owners have been given a gift of
something like $177,000,000 to
compete with foreign ships. That
amount, mind you, does not In
clude' the - companies' loans - or
mall contracts. It Is money stolen
and grafted out of our men."
SAN 'FRANCISCO, Nov. 30-4V
Maritime strike leaders turned
their attention to speaking en
gagements today while peace ne
gotiations lagged and tho tie-up
of coast commerce entered its
second month. i
: New efforts were started to
obtain movement of food supplies
to Hawaii, cut off from formal
mainland commerce, after settle- v
ment last week of this problem
as It affected Alaska, j
On another labor front la the
Los Angeles harbor area, union
truck ' drivers began a campaign
to unionize all oil truck drivers',
but police announced they wouM
arrest pickets stopping traffic oaM
highways. ; j
Harry Bridges, military preeU
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DeLong to Retire
At Onte, Reveals
' Walter DeLong. long time con
stable of , the Salem district, yes ,
terday submitted his resignation
from that office to take effect
immediately. The county court
will-meet this morning to select
a successor. to DeLong.! It is be
lieved that Earl- Adams, con
stable elect; w!ho will take office
January Jl, wilj be appointed.
" Had ". DeLong completed bis
term he would have served la
that capacity for 18 years.
Though no reason was given in
the written .resignation for the
move, friends explained that De
Long was in ill health and did,
not feel that he could keep up
with the work. i
DeLong did not run for re
election at jthe last election. Ia
the primary" he was defeated ia
a race against M. B. Ilayden for
justice of peace. j ,
Adams was elected to the sob I- ;
tlon .in a close race with Herman
Brown, his republican opponent
at the general election. '
Harry. Brid
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