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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1937)
Made ; J. - Art Workc, K Ol . ' O T Capitol I Si Four Notable 1(0)1 Pension Are Outlined b Hogan, Wagner Are Thwarted In Quiz Effort Portland House Members Quit Meeting in Huff As Agenda Limited .' i: Over Three Million Cost of Lowering Age Limit Says Relief Leader ' Checkmated In their attempt to cross-examine Elmer Goudy.: state "relief administrator, during a meeting of ways and means sub committee last night, Representa tives Hogan and Wagner stormed out of the session. The meeting had been called for the purpose : of ascertaining Ihe amouit of v as ama a r-w In tha nATt h 1 1 11 ' getto carry on pension ana renei activities. . ' " ! j . . GoUdy was told by. Senator Pearson, chairman, i that be did not have to answer. questions put tr Mm hv Renresentatlves Waencr and Hogan, who were not mem bers of the sob-committee end were present among the specta tors. When the meeting opened Sen ator Pearson announced that it was designed merely to gain facts for use of the sub-committee in analyzing the relief budget Sev eral interruptions oy nogio tsa Wagner were permitted, but when Wagner tried to .put questions about how individual relief cases were handled. Senator Pearson rapped the gaveL "This meeting is for the pur pose of discussing the items in the budget," he said. "There will be a public shearing later." Phases covered during the course of the investigation were those of blind assistance, public assistance and old age pensions. A slight improvement in the un employment situation in. Oregon was noted by Goudy. after Sen ator Walker, chairman of the sen- a (a wava an1 4nAana - 4vitm1tTAA had raised, the question of whether the strike had affected unemploy ment. However, this improvement was not marked throughout the state. Goudy declared. Goudy presented figures to show that it would cost the state . and counties an additional 1 3, 061,800 for 1937-38 if the old age assistance eligibility were reduced Immediately from 70 to 65 years. One-half is borne by the state and half by the counties. The amount Is matched by the federal govern ment. - i Senator Angell, : Multnomah, asked if this expenditure would . not reduced somewhat the" relief In other divisions through transfer to the old age group. Goudy said that the amount saved would be counteracted by a tripling of the old-age assistance. , , - " : In response to a question con cerning how the counties would get enough money to pay their portion of the Increased expendi ture "through reduction to 65 years. County Judge Phipps of Wasco, said that some counties might not be able to do so. He ex plained that' some counties were budgeted now right up to the C per cent limitation. Around The Lobby MISS CELIA GAVIN who has been city attorney of The Dalles well, she says, for quite a long time was a spectator Jn the senate Tuesday and later sug gested to the senate committee on alcoholic traffic a bigger cut In revenues for cities. Frank Farrell, Medford city attorney, .backed her P. ; " i -j.; J:: .. " C. W. Clark, new senator from Douglas county," can speak with authority on municipal af fairs. He retired as mayor of Roseburjr Just, before assuming his legislative duties. Clark was succeeded as maydr by A. J Young, representative f r m Dopglaa county. Another warning was flashed to .the members of the house yester day. Speaker Harry Boivin again called the attention of . the mem bers to the necessity of getting their bills introduced. The speaker ' pointed out that eight days have already passed and that only 12 remain for the Introduction of bills. He said the rules would not be changed to permit mora bills ..' after the 20-day period. . ' . Notwithstanding the speaker's ' warning members are coins to melief frosts; : No Trouble in Prison Despite Court's Ruling All was quiet within the Oregon penitentiary Tuesday after convicts ! learned that the state supreme court had handed down two decision advers to the claims of Earl "H. FWiL ex-Jackson county judge, ' that he was not. en titled to release under good behavior credits. Warden Jam Lewis said there was no i disturbance. This waa in distinct contrast to the occurrence last Rum mer when a similar decision in the circuit court here was followed by rioting in which several , hundred convicts participated, one was killed and two were wounded. Some of the leaders In that riot are Mill In the "bull pen," It was reported. The fact that remedial legislation is being consid ered by the legislature is be lieved one factor causing the Inmates to receive Tuesday's decisions, calmly. Laxness in Liquor Enforcement Hit More Control, Less Sales Pressure Favored By Committee Chief The fa' il ure of law enforcement especially against beer parlors scored ; by members of the senate committee on alcoholic traffic at an informal meeting Tuesday. "Passing the buck" was the ap parent explanation of the laxness. City and county peace officers de pend on the state commission to do the policing but the commis sion has only ten license Inspec tors and six under-cover men to handle enforcement all over the state. Means of securing better co operation was discussed. "I think the emphasis has been too much for a ' selling organiza tion and not enough for control, which was the purpose of the Knox (Turn to Page 5, Col. 4) Fire Hits Twice;. Hot Pipe Blamed An over-heated stove at the home of Mrs. Henry Tade, 1544 Ferry street,' caused a fire which nearly destroyed the house before firemen could extinguish the blaze yesterday afternoon. A red-hot metal stovepipe from a small beating I stove, heavily stoked,! fell against the wall ot the house and started a blaze that aolckly mushroomed up through the ettlc.i Firemen, handicapped by lack of ' convenient hydrants and finding one hydrant frozen, were two hours In completely ex tinguishing the resulting blaze. No one was at home when the fire started. The same house, a one-story ! frame building, was more seriously damaged by a fire of similar nature ' about a year ago, firemen said. The alarm at 2:45 p. m. came simultaneously with another for a chimney fire at 1239 South High street. j " M i Happenings ground the Legislative HaUs, Including Some That House and Senate .Spectators Missed. take their own time In getting the measures into the house. Al ways slow In getting started, the house this Tear is slower because of the many new members who have , never seen, service beiore. There la no need for worry. There will be plenty of bills in the hop per before the session is over, i - i ' Because spectators have com plained that the lights in the house,: which 'hang bejow. tha balcony, and above the represen tatives, are hard on their eyee . as they fry to see what Is hap pening on the floor below. Rep resentative , H J d e yesterday asked that action , be taken to . shade the lights, so that tha ' people In the galleries could see better.! . Lights or no lights, some of th spectators will never be able to see all of the maneuv ers that go on around the floor of the boose before the session Is over. In fact, some pretty fast ones have already cone Into his-, tory, -i-. i -i; J '- ' :-fl:' : Committees are slow In warm ing up to their work this session. It is not surprising. Many of them, narticularly in tha house, are made op of men inexperienced In ecm- , (.Turn ,u page a,4coi. i j- Goudv i - ; ? ; - Court Rulings Clarify Prison Release Issue Fehl Loses Both Claims for Liberty on "Good Time Allowance "! . J ; Hi- Behavior Not Sufficient Evidence ; of , Fitness for Release, Held ; The way was cleared for any action the legislature may take in connection with prison parole problems and the disputed "good time allowance" statute, Tuesday when the state supreme court In two opinions ruled against the contention of ' Earl H. Fehl, ex Jackson county Judge, that he was entitled to unconditional release from the penitentiary. In one case Fehl sought to com pel Governor Martin to grant him a full pardon rather than a con ditional parole after be had served approximately two-thirds of his four-year sentence on a charge of ballot thefts In Jackson county. Fehl alleged he was entitled to good time credits. The opinion in this case was written by Justice John L. Rand with a special concurring opinion by Justice J. O. Bailey. Justice Percy; R. Kelly wrote a dissenting opinion - in which Justice Harry Belt concurred. 5 Caution la Parole Power Necessary. Jastice Kand wrote: . "The numerous cases whef e the most dastardly crimes have been committed In this and other states by persons under parole or pardoned before the expiration of their terms show the necessity of using great care and caution in the exercise of the pardoning power. . "In all such cases It is not the liberty of the criminal but the safety of; the public that should arst be considered." In the second case involving a habeas corpus proceeding, the application for a writ was denied and the suit was dismissed. This opinion was written by Justice Kelley, ; : Governor Martin granted a pa role to Fehl after expiration of his so-called minimum sentence on condition that he remain-out of Jackson county and that he refrain from participating in Jackson county affairs. Fehl 1 at first refused to accept the parole but later took advantage of the (Turn to page 2, col f) r 1 SPIRIT OF JACKSON SYMBOLIZES INAUGURAL TODAY j Parade et 19u)LU ; , j ' ' ' ; S "Z C T 7 nl I ' ir- . - - - i ; '7 .V1 , . , S " '- ft' t I ; v jj-' A -i J - '"S I: 'S. 11 i I , iKerlewtnt atand tn-fr t of esvMtolj ' ,. -7-- n I I BsTdV VhCBCBttasI I ' ..yS... mii imii(mK iMai'l ii - WWiv.',..,,.f, ""' ,"S""S-- . ' 1 " """ 1 r Second inaugural of Franklin D. Roosevelt aa president of the . United States today win reflect In spirit and tone the program which marked the atari of Andrew Jackson's second terra In office. The revlewlns atand la a repttea f Jvkson'a Tenneasee Leise, tie CeraT; Further Rains Forecast, Add Flood Tension Levees Crumble as Huge Crews Are Sent to Combat Water Ohio, Missouri, Illinois Hear -Forecasts - More ' Trouble Is Ahead ; (By The Associated Press) Forecasts of more rain In the southern portions of Ohio, Mis souri and Illinois added to the growing tension over . runaway rivers in mid-continent yesterday. Levees crumbled anew before the pressure of flooded streams, routing families and Inundating farms. Thousands of men were sent to the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. - Water spilled over scores of highways In half a dozen states, virtually Isolating some communi ties. ; The Ohio, already swollen -to flood stage along its 930 miles, was expected to rise to CO feet (Turn to page 2, col 6) Flu Spread Here Reported Gaining Epidemic Mild So Far; 22 Cases First Two Days Of Current Week A rapid upturn In the number of flu cases reported to the Mar ion county department of health in thei first two days of this week and an increasing list of absences caused by colds or the flu at pub lic schools Indicated yesterday that the flu virus was in the way of causing a mild epidemic.' Although the records of the county health department- record only cases for which doctors have been called in, they reflect rapid spread of the ailment. Monday and Tuesday of this week 22 cases were reported by doctors as com pared with 27 cases during the whole of last week and 16 cases In the previous week. Since In most cases doctors are not consulted the health depart ment's figures give only a slight percentage of the number actual ly suffering from the flu at pres ent. 11 Percent of Pupils Are Absent A better idea Is obtained from the announcement by Superinten dent Galser that 11 percent of the students enrolled In Salem public schools were absent from classes Tuesday morning. The ab sences .were greatest at the sen ior high school where the num ber was estimated at about 28 percent above normal. Absentees numbered. KS1 out of a total en (Tnxn'to Page i, Col. B) Capitol . Of FM Deadlock Leaves Peace Farther A way Coast ; Strike to Exceed Length of Walkout -in '34, Outlook Federal Officials Study Motor Strife But No Plans Revealed SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. ll-P)-A new deadlock among negotiator tonight made it certain that the maritime strike would exceed In length the memorable 83-day west coast walkout of 1934. With the , current tieup In Its 1 2nd day, both shipowners and longshoremen refused to budge from positions taken over the week-end that left them far apart on the question of wages and hours for dockmen. The employers offered long shoremen II and hour straight time and $1.50 for overtime on an 8-hour day basis, or 8 S cents straight and $1.40 overtime on a 6-hour day basis, which was ap proximately what : they formerly received. The workers rejected it J Union negotiators asked $1 an hour for all work between 8 a.tn.. Land J p. m., and $1.60 an hour outside that period. The employ ers refused to grant this. "We have made our last and best offer." said H. P. Melnlkow, a spokesman for the longshore men's union. f Employers refused to be Quoted bat were represented as feeling a series of complications involving other unions would derelop 8? they offered any more. DETROIT, Jan. 19-P)-Ths next step toward settling the strike which has nearly paralysed operations of the General Motors corporation, If . determined, was not disclosed tonight after a nine hour conference in the depart ment of labor at Washington. Present at the session were the "head of . the department. Miss Frances Perkins; Got. Frank Murphy of Michigan, and John L. Lewis, head of the committee for industrial organization, which has been supporting the strike of the United Automobile workers of America. ; Secretary Perkins Indicated the lengthy discussion .had not re sulted in any solution ot the labor situation hut she said the confer ence was not a "failure ixage. As President Roosevelt's request, the ceremonies wCl be as simple and fnfomai ae poasILIeV parajlcllcs aecondl inaugural of "CIA Ilkkory. ' . .7 JT. - , . . ' - - , ,v " ' T - ' " ; ' : I Gay; oil Eve T-r Full Program For Inaugural I Is Announced WASHINGTON. Jan. ip. (-Tb inaugural pre: gram: I ; j 11:40 a. to. (EST) the house convenes and proceeds In a body to the lnaagaral platform. - . . -"tT' " 11:50 the senate Convenes and proceeds tojthe plat fotai. - : j ' 12:00 President Roosevelt arrives with his 1 cabinet. 1 ! Senator Robinson (Ei Ark) administers the oath to Vice-President Garner. J ,1 Chief Justice Hughes ad ministers the oath to the president. Time uncertain: The aagural parade begins. J. Flax Acreage to I Be Bigger in 37 . - : : Mr. Angel Co-op Picks Two New Directors: Bern! Named President MT. ANGEL. Jan. 19 Approx imately (00 acres of flax will be grown during 1937 for the Mt. Angel Flax Growers' association according to reports made at the annual meeting held Tuesday! at the cooperative creamery hall. During the meeting 421 acres were signed up and sufficient more promised to complete the 500 acres! Acreage will stretch Into all of the surrounding I com munities, considerable to ' I be grown in the Sllverton district. Elected I at the meeting were two new ' directors, Albert Boch- sler and Albert Delhi both of Mt, Angel. Holdovers are Joe Bernt, Fred Klein and M. Wienachti Fol lowing the association meeting, the i board met to elect officers, who . Included, president, i Joe Bernt; rice president, M. Weln- acht. Fred J. Schwab is the man ager and secretary. -j Reports j also ' showed that (Turn to Page 5. Col. T) the Builders Busy in City Civic Center Carpenters are building forms for the basement wallsand center posts of the new capitol. At pres ent this work is going forward at the northeast corner of the ex cavation while concrete Is being poured in other portions for; the footings. T- - ! " " - I f" . At the postof f Ice site diggers are completing the excavation for the new building. . j o Carnival Ton Prevails With Gty Crowded Contrast to : Four Years Ago Marked Although Problems Remain Industrial Strife,! War Threats, New Deal's Future Uncertain ! WASHINGTON. Jan. 1-(V A crowded capital, vibrant. with1 gaiety, forgot dreary weather toj night and dismal prophecies of -more tomorrow, In -a carnival overture to the second Inaugura-i Hon ot President Franklin D. Roosevelt. : "'. .t.;; i...'. s i A throng of 250.000 is expect ed to attend the ceremonies or watch the parade, according to official : estimates. - ' Throughout the day and this evening the visi tors were arriving in dozens ot special trains, dozens of extra sec tions, holiday bent, ready to add their voices to tomorrow's ac claiming din. t . i The weather man was the only holdout from the festivities. To top off a cold rain today, he fore casts rain; possibly : even sleet or Snow, for tomorrow. Contrast to 1033 . Outlook Marked It waa an Inauguration eve la Vivid contrast with that ot four years ago. Then, it was a night Of subdued gaiety at best. Presi dent Hoover was up late at the white house; President-elect Roosevelt at the Mayflower hotel. Harried bankers were meeting In Naw York and Chicago and at the treasury here. In the morning all the hanks, were closed. Tonight the grim atmosphere of 1933 was absent. Democratic leaders spoke of how the wheels of Industry and finance are re volving at an ever-quickening tempo. Yet, all agreed the beginning ot the second Roosevelt adminis tration finds many problems still to be solved: the nation's number one Industry, automobile making, is combatting labor difficulties of spectacular magnitude; in the center ot the administration Is a deeply-cut conflict over just how tough the government shall be with the prlvajtely-owned public utilities; Europe quakes to a mul titude of war alarms. And blanketing It all. Is the still unanswered question of how much power the federal govern ment shall have to control the wages and working hours of its Citizens; whether the constitution gives ' it authority for these pur poses; whether the supreme court will respond to the president's de mand for a Mmor enlightened" in- trpretatlon of the basic law.- Siletz Logger Killed . TOLEDO. 0e. Jan. 19.-4PW A choker hook caused fatal in juries to John Stemple of Silets at the C. D. Johnson lumber camp. He was struck on.the head. Lpmp ulsory Labor Disputes" Bill Looms .... . - A One of. the most controversial measures expected to make ap pearance in, the current legisla tive session la. scheduled tor in troduction in the bouse today, it la ia measure to require both the employer, and worker to submit to ( arbitration' for 10. days . be fore a strike or lockout can oc cur. - . . Tha bill - is coming , Into the house with the- backing ot agri cultural interests, which have become-aroused-since the current maritime strike has .paralysed coast shipping and blocked move ment of their products. . Included in th sponsoring group are the Oregon Producers and Shippers. Eastern:. - Oregon Wheat Growers. . Oregon Wool Growers, Southern Oregon! Pear Growers and other agricultural Ists. y- :. ... Outlaw Sympathy " Strikes. 'Proposal , Tho other smeasures, -one out lawing sympathy strikes and 'the other- providing for registration o,f all industrial- organisations with the corporation commission er will he introduced today, it was understood. .Under the ? 0-day arbitration Artists Given Task, Learned New York Sculptors am Mural Painters Are Named hy Board Records Outstanding; If Statement of Gou 1? While in Salem Contracts have been closed! with four of America's most distin guished sculptors and mural paint era for . the decorative work on the n e wi Oregon state capitol. Commissions for; the: sculpture have beenr awarded by the! cap ltol reconstruction commission t Leo Friedlander and Ulrlo Eller husen: anA for the murals to liar, ry Faulknkr and Frank Schwann. All of thermea reside and work ia or near Nfew York City. Their seU ections were recommended b Francis Kieallr of the firm af ar-ti ltetcta who designed the capitol and endorsed by a aubcommltttt ot the commission. Dr. E. C. Dal- ton and Robert W. Sawyer he interviewed the artists in the eat. These men collaborated with Mr, Keally inj developing his original conception for the capitol pro ject. I . Three Sculpture Will Be Massive The art work which is contract ed for will Include two masfHe sculptures in stone, flanking tha entrance facade, and a bronze fig ure of heroic size symbolising the pioneer, which will stand on tea of the central tower. The aturaia include 9000 square feet of j In terior .decoration covering ihe wane or ut rotunda ana-oiriff appropriate spaces In the capitol. The total! cost of the art oi-M will be $183,000. The Oregon cap itol will be one. ot the few to; be built in which the entire art pro gram Is part of the initial deign and will.be completed with the structure itself. Many times th art work is neglected or omitted. When , added later the work 14 often not harmonious with tha architecture or within itself, j IT r9.wA tA a. ua.s who -served as technical advisep to the commission In preparing in , program of competition, was la Salem Tuesday paying a personal visit to see how the 'work a as progressing although he is no longer Identified with the under taking. He remarked that the artists engaged were among men of the highest standing In jart circles in this country. "Newsl of their belnr selected will ha ly publicised and will add great ly to the Interest In the new cap itol," said Could, Last night '.Mr, Gould addressed the Portland chapter ot the American institute of architects.' Recorde of Artist, Are Outstanding Leo Fried lander, sculptor, Kae born in White Plains, New York, in 1890. He studied in the Efole dee Beaux Arts, Pari and under a fellowship in the America Academy In Rome, 1918-1H6 His work includes. sculptures on the Washington memorial arch at Valley Forge; heads of Bee thoven and Bach at the Eastman school of music, Rochester; coU ossai riguree at the Masonic tem ple, Detroit; figures in the chap el at Berkeley, Cal., scplpUr at the George Eaatman memor ial, Rochester; at the Arlington memorial' bridge at Washington: at the entrance to the RCA build ing,. New York. . Ulrie Ellerhusen. sculptor, was born in Germany in 1897. j He (Turn to Page S, Col. 5)j Arbitration of hill, whenever a strike by km. ployes ' or lockout by employer was imminent, both parties would be compelled to notify the state board of conciliation and to request' the services of the board in bringing about a settlement. During the SO - days it would be unlawful for any person or or ganization to picket the premises of the employer. 1 An'vlolator could be punkb (Turn to page 2, col. 8) ALLAD E oTODAv x - By . R. C. . ..... . Roosevelt Inauguration gets the spotlight's brilliant glow . under auspices mare cheerful than about four yers ago. It's true hat strikes are deadlocked and some eastern rivers flood, that Europe's acting warlike while in Spain they're t;illlnr blood, and at home an epi demic spreads of dreaded, hate ful flu; but In spite of all, tLe- distant sky reflects a rosy hue.