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Legislative News The Statesman provides uoiplete coTtiaae dan nf The Weather Cloudy followed' by rain mow today nd Sunday, lightly warmer; Max. Temp. Friday 89, Mia. 84. fiver rain .08, cloudy. all important events and trends In the Oregon legis lative session. EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morninr, January 241S37 Price 3e; Nevrastanda 5c No. 2S1 rrn ri EDeaiUEi Toll jl owns- AbOmB POUNDDD I65f " ' lettely Flooded; 26 J7.S Ibemawff jof Parley Amendment to Control Wage, Hours Drafted .Would - Provide Congress With Power to Limit Industry Details Group of liberals to Be Organized "Feb. 1 to Support Program NEW" YORK, Jan. 23-UP-The Xirst draft ox a proposed constitu tional amendment empowering congress to regulate hours and wages of labor was completed to day for presentation to congress. As drawn by a group of consti tutional lawyers headedby Or. Joseph P. Cbamberlin, of Colum bia unlTerslty, it was worded to: ( 1 ) Delegate definitely to congress the right to set lim its on hours and wages in In dustry. (2) Specifically bar the 14th amendment which says no citizen shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law from being ap plied to prevent such regula tion. : - ( 3 ) Prevent the action of the above No. 2 from destroying or weakening civil liberties guar anteed under the 14th amend ment and under the bill of .I.VI. ' The proposal wis drafted in connection with formation of a "national committee to clarify the constitution by amendment," a group of liberals which will org anize at Detroiton'February 1. The amendment In its original form was included in a report to be made by the lawyers Dr. Phamhsrlaln TYr Nnol Dnwllnr Columbia professor who acted as consultant in the case TVA won before the supreme court; Dr. Herman Gray, of New Tors: uni versity; and Dr.. Lloyd Garrison, of the Wisconsin School of Law on Monday to a committee of which Charles C. ' Burlington, former president of. the American Bar association, is chairman. A drive to obtain Its enactment will center on the proposition that it is a clarification, rather than a change, in the constitution ' which is desired. " ' The movement for an amend ment crystallized in four states New York, Michigan, Ohio, Washington after the supreme court held the New York mini mum wage law for women uncon stitutional. State committees to "larifv" the constitution were formed in each. . Official representatives of each of the 48 states hare been Invited to the Detroit gathering. Boundary Dispute Solution Sought OLYMPIA, Jan. 23-iip)-Tbe boundary dispute between Wash ington and Oregon, popped up again today when Sen. Fred S. nnrnn nf Knnkann announced he would introduce a legislative pro posal Monday proTiawg tor- a commission to negotiate a com pact with the neignoonng siai. Since 1909 there has been a dispute betwen the two common wealths over the dividing line in ha shout Sand Island in the Columbia river. That year a decision fixed the boundary at the north channel, Jmt the loca tion frequently changes by reason of the action or winas, uaw mrnnll. th bill States. The area In dispute is valuable for fishing purposes. "Th definite and final Iocs tlon of a boundary lino with re lation to fixed mqnmumenta lo cated on the aajacen npnu -ih.rofnr Af rr,t economic and political importance to both in terested states ana tneir air wni," the bill stated. Trail Pageant Set EUGBNE. Ore., Jan. 28-fl5)-TnnM't 1937 Oreron Trail Pio neer pageant will be held July 21, 23 and 24, officials announcea. Broadcast to Be Resumed Monday Night The Statesman's regular legislative summary will be broadcast over radio station KSLM Monday night, pre senting the events of Mon day's activity In the two booses. The broadcasts, pre sented last week for tbe first time, are begun prompt ly at - o'clock. Perk ins Plans Formal 'Invitation' Viewed as Ukase, if No Progress Lewis Ready, General Motors Declines Suggestion for Meeting; Partial ; ! Plants Tuesday WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (AP) The government may de mand that General Motors and striking1 automobile work ers open peace negotiations, tonight : ' . The way Secretary Perkins means fail she may send out "a Weather Various, None of It Good Silver Thaws Prevail in Many Sections; More Winter Promised (By the Associated Press) Winter threw a variety of weather over the Pacific north west last night none of it good and prophets of the .U. S. weather bureau predicted it would be worse before a change came. Western Washington and Ore gon had silver thaws, fresh snow and slush. East of the Cascade mountains. snow fell and temperatures hov ered over. zero. .. The weather bureau promised; For Washington; .Clearing to day, but snow in the east bortioniJ colder nortn ana west portions; l much colder ; tonight. A possible break was in sight lor tomorrow. For Oregon: ; Snow today, ex cept clearing northwest portion; colder tonight. Fair weather was offered for tomorrow, except on the coast where it would be un settled. Bellingham A silver thaw forced state highway sanding crews into action as highways be came veritable "rinks." The min imum was 30. Seattle Slushy snow slicked the pavements and mingled rain melted part of it, preparing the (Turn to page 5, col. 4) Voorhies Head of State Publishers EUGENE, ORE., Jan. 23-UP)- The Oregon Press conference named as President today A. E. Voorhies, publisher of the Grants Pass ( Daily X Courier, at the con cluding session of its 19th annual convention. Prof. George Turnbull, profes sor of journalism at the Universi ty of Oregon, was re-elected sec retary. 4 In a discussion of foreign news. Jay. C. Allen, war correspondent for Chicago and London newspap ers. ; predicted Spanish loyalists eventually would sweep through Tebel forces so violently that the drive "will make everything that has' gone before look like child's Play." Cottage Farm Fugitive . Being Sought by Police State police last night were looking for James E. Ciueden, who escaped yesterday afternoon from the Cottage, farm. The defi nite time of the man's leaving was not known as he was missed when a check-up was made last night. Ciueden was committed from Multnomah county. Shipowners Clarify Offer to Longshoremen in New Effort SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23.-ff) --Shipowners moved tonight to break the main deadlock in the 86-day maritime strike by "clar ifying": their peace offer to the longshoremen's union,' key or ganization in the long.tieup. They added a Promise which would assure the dockmen a prac tical six-hour day at 95 cents an hour and $1.40 for overtime. Won't Insist Upon Early Relief Gangs The clarification set forth that the owners did not "contemplate insistence upon relief gangs of longshoremen, before 5 p. m. : This' meant they would agree to pay the longshoremen 95 cents an hour for any six hours between S a. m. and . 5 p. m and that if the same dockmen should con tinue work after, their six-hour Re - Opening - of Some Being Planned official conciliators indicated ! . put it today was that if other formal invitation to negotia- Otions. However, there was . no doubt among Informed . observers that the "invitation" would ? be virtually a demand, f. Miss Perkins said she already had suggested informally that Al fred P. Sloan Jr., General Motors president, and John L. Lewis, strike director, get together to work out a peace, agreement. General Motors, she added, had rejected her proposal. Lewis has said he accepted. "My desire is to get negotiations re-established," Mlsss Perkins said. "That Is the wise thing to do." The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in its period ical, "Washington Review," said today that "Increasing labor dis turbances constitute a major threat to continued business ex pansion and re-employment." DETROIT. Jan. 23 General Motors corporation announced (Turn to page S, coL 3 ) Phantom Farm Is Offered For Sale County Owns But Doesn't Know Where It Is, as Deal Unrecorded I Marion county has a phantom farm for sale. The farm, four acres in size, Is on the county assessment books, but its location other than that It Js a part of a 74-acre tract near Champoeg Is a myaery, H. Wil liam Thlelson. the county court's property agent, said yesterday. The four-acre plot got on the tax collector's books after the owner of the tract had sold the small piece of land on contract but, since the contract was never recorded, the exact location is un known. Thlelson said, however. he thought by making inquiries in the neighborhood he could find (Turn to page I, col. 4) May Force Motor Firm to Contract TOLEDO. O., Jan. 23 - Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers of America, said at a mass meeting sponsord by the committee for industrial . organization tonight General Motors Corp. is going to sign a ' contract before we get through with them." Martin said the strikers at Gen era! . Motors plants are not the result of. temporary conditions. but of long-standing, accumulated grievances. He said that In It 32, the average annual salary of auto workers was $800: in 1935, $900, and in 1936, $1200. In 1936. he said. General Motors' earnings amounted to $228,000,000. Tbe . auto workers, president said an annual income of $1200 is not sufficient to provide a "de cent living.",. shift they would receive $1.40 an hour for the overtime. . The previous : owner r offer would have required the union to furnish men at "straight time" pay rates to finish out the work dayjtoS p. m. if the starting gang completed Its six hours be fore that time. ? The new offer apparently ap proached closely to an alternat ive demand of the - longshore men for 15 cents an hour for the tlx hour work hours .between t a to. and 1 p. m., and $L40 overtime thereafter. : Both a 1 d e s announced they would meet not later than to morrow to take up the' proposal. The union also .demanded that its affiliated workers, the check' ers, be given a similar contract. Owners said this matter also would be taken up Monday. Minted Pope Growing Weaker; Fear I For Life Felt Periods of Intense Pain Suffered; Physicians Remain atUedside Danger of Gangrene Now Held Extreme; Heart Condition Watched VATICAN CITY. Jan." 24-OPV- ( Sunday) -Worried physicians at tending Pope Plus XI hovered at his bedside through the night as he experienced frequent periods of intense pain early today. Reliable sources said the pope. wearied almost to the point of unconsciousness, slept for brief spells but that the morning was marked by frequent wakeful per iods in which he. suffered intense pain. Earlier, a semi-official bulletin said tbe pontiff was "resting at well as can be expected." . Yesterday, the danger of gan grene in his left leg was seen as threatening still further the pre carious life of ailing Pope Pius. Injections Given To Stop Infections He wss given injections to check possible infection in an open sore on the leg,' caused by the breaking of a varicose rein. The 79-year-old holy father took less nourishment than dar ing recent days. Drowsiness over came him after the Injections. Vatican physicians hare siren up hope for his complete recov ery, but hold that if the threat ened gangrene could be averted. tbe 'supreme pontiff might lire for some time. The pope's' chief physician, Dr. Aminta Milanl. was understood to be greatly concerned over the danger of gangrene, believed dne to the almost complete stoppage of circulation in thepontlff's leg, Strain Upon Heart Is Farther Hazard The strain of the pope's com plicated illness on his heart pre sented another hazard wnicn. Vatican sources said, might re sult in his sudden death even if gangrene were forestalled. His condition in the past tew (Turn to page I, coL 4) Goose Lake Title Argument Revived LAKEVIEW. ORE.. Jan. 23- (JPy-Rumblings of what may prove the forerunner of a aeterminea effort to settle once and for all the title to the receding bed of Goose lake on the Oregon-Cali fornia line were heard here today. More than 100 stockmen met to discuss a recent' ruling of the department of the Interior that the bed of what once was one of the largest bodies of fresh water In the nation now was under gov ernment ownership as a part of California's grazing district nam ber 2. It was decided to hold a public protest meeting at the courthouse here February 1. Tbe lake' once was 60 miles long and carried boats from Lake view to Alturas. Calif. It now is 15 miles in length. Oregon stock men set forth claims a third ox the lake bed is In Oregon and that ownership rests with the state sublect to riparian rights. The stockmen went on record unanimously opposing administra tion of the Oregon side of tne lake by California Interests. About 125 persons make use of tbe lace bed in this county, mostly for graz ing purposes. Late Sports EUGENE, ORE., J i. 23-(ff)- Tbe University of Oivgon Frosn made it two - straight over the Oregon State Rooks tonight with a last-half drive which netted a Bl-to-41 victory. The Frosh won at Corvallls last night in the Initial game of the annual "little CiTil war." The Rooks- led 23 to 15 at half- time, but were unable to hold the advantage. Krueger, rook, ana Dick, Frosh, each tallied 14 points. McMINNVILLE. ORB., Jan. 2S -)-Linfleld college basketeers edged out Bellingham normal ,53 to 52 tonight In -the last few sec onds of a wild, tree-scorlntr game. The home team wildcats lea 26 to 26 at half-time. Stranz, Lintield forward, kept the Unfleld five In the. running by scoring 20 points. . Evacuation of ReformatoryV Conditions Within Prison Declared "Horrible" ; Try Escape : . One Missing;' Flood Puts Out Light, Heat Is Also Impossible " FRANFORT. Kr.. Jan. 2 2-lJPk- Evacuatlon of the 2,900 men and women prisoners in the state reformatory here was undertaken late today after the flooded structure had been without heat and light for 24 hours and two dozen inmates had attempted to escape by swimming ' the . ley waters. .-. Most, of the fugitives turned back after one dip Into the water six-feet or more deep and others gave up as guards fired over their heads. Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson said all but one had been accounted for. He either drowned or escaped. Water stood a foot or more deep today . In the prison yard and first floor cells. Shouts 'and other noises were heard across the flood water to day. Warden James Hammond; former state commander of the American Legion, was backed by up all the available national guardsmen here. Order Is Maintained Despite Handicaps The warden declared order was being maintained today, but he described conditions In the prison as "horrible" due to lack oz drinking water; heat, light and sanitation. Work was being pushed today to lay a - new pipe line to carry drinking water to those who couldn't be removed before to morrow. ' : - . : - RnrAAr A. "R. Cnandler ' or- AereA the evacuation and ordered all available boats ' commandeer ed. He Instructed that : the wo men prisoners be taken out first. Work already had been started (Turn to page eoi. oj Relief Requests Of FJR. Win Out WASHINGTON. Jan. 23-UP)- Some represenatlves said tonight that President Roosevelt's $790,' 000.000 relief request won the approval of a house appropria tions sub-committee this after noon. Mr. Roosevelt rea nested the fund recently to carry on relief for the next fire months. The sub-committee assigned to con sider the request heard aemanas from some groups, in congress and out, for a much larger a mannt. Rnt after it acted upon the question at a closed session today, word spreaa mat tne presi dent's figure had won. Chairman-Buchanan (D-Tex) has called, a meeting of tbe en tire appropriations committee tor Monday morning: a n d officials said the relief bill would be sent to the house- at noon, rspeaaer Bankhead said, however, that consideration of the measure there would be , delayed until Tuesday.' - .. ".' Pollock, Federal Jurist, Is Galle3 if A ks A ft CITY. Kas.. Jan. 24. -(Sunday)-P-Judge John J. Pollock, 79, of tne ieaerai as trlct court of Kansas, died early today at his suburban home. - Judge Pollock, who had been on the federal court bench since 191)3. had been unconscious since last Monday when he was brought to, his home from his Texas ranch. He was suffering from a diabetic ailment. - Friday - physicians re ported he had been stricken with pneumonia.. Survivors Include his widow, Mrs. Bulah Pollock; a daughter. Mrs. Lucille Jennings. Kansas City, Kas., and a sister, Mrs. John Caldwell, New Athens, Ohio. Skiers 'Rlay Reach Detroit, Qaimed 7 Jointer sports enthusiasts can reach Detroit over the North Santiam highway today, : County Engineer N. C Hubbs announc ed last night after making tele phone .contact with that com munity He said Road Patrolman Frank Bewley, working evenings with a heavy crawler plow, had been able to get the road in good traveling conditions : but advised that equipping of cars making the trip with chains was Imperative. Earlier in the day. Hubbs had been unable to get in toucji with Detroit because telephone serrlee I was out of order. . InmtesBegim Thousands of Homes Like This Are Abandoned as-Floods Sweep Wider J Deserted needed A deserted home and an inundated mala highway near West Frank fort, 111., tell the story that Is common to' 800,000 Inhabitants of the middle western, states, though the disaster has grown lmmeas nrably worse since these pictures wrere taken. Townsend Fund Is Growing Slimmer Fleming Has $34.12 lift; Transactions Tax Up to $18.51 Figure " CHELAN,. Jan. 2S-ff)-Happy though . nearly 'poor again.) 43-year-old C. C. Fleming ended his first week ' of painless Spending tonight with $34.12 in his pouch and a good-sized fuss brewing about his Townsend revolving dol lar experiment. T Fleming and his 68-year-old wife did the week's washing, but ambled downtown long enough to spend $9.91 despite Mrs. Flem ing's "touch of neuritis." It rais ed the total expenditures to $1S.49. The total in the 2 per cent transactions tax "kitty" reached $18.51. j The incipient storm over the ex periment followed a letter to) Isom Lamb. Chelan county Townsend supervisor and donor of the $200. He said it was signed "McGroarty Boosters" and threatened to! spoil tbe spending ' test by hoarding the ear-marked dollar bills. Lamb, said the "boosters" re presented a "rebel group In the Townsend movement." . Lamb quoted the letter: "We people are. not going to. stand by and see our chance for future se curity destroyed by failure of your experiment, which we know can not work. I Mayor W. T. Price immedi ately called a conference of mer chants to seek agreement on a plan to assess 2 per cent on all transactions. - The revenue would go toward pensions for every per son in Chelan over 45. Thorkildson Funeral to . Be on Monday Afternoon SILVERTON, JanI 23 Funer al services for Mrs. Bertha! Thor kildson, 49, who died here Fri day, will be held from the Im- manuel church Monday at 2 p. m. with Rev. J. M. Jenson officiating. Arrangements are in charge of Ekman's mortuary,. Burial will be In the Evens valley cemetery. Econ om ic A id Germany if Armament Halts PARIS. Jan. 2--PremIer Leon Blum tomorrow will offer economic help to Germany if the Reich will drop its rearmament program, authorized sources -said. His proposal will be made In a speech at Lyon, when he will appeal publicly to Reichsfuehrer Hitler to cooperate in a general European settlement' designed to reduce Europe's : armies; these persons asserted. - j , ; . It was understood Blunt would propose these five -moves! In his speech:- : - -.-r ;v',''vrv" 1. Termination of German re armament. wEIcn French always considers a threat to her safety and which is in violation of the post-war Versailles treaty. 2. Adoption by Hitler of "eonslliatpry view toward Eur opean political questions, h-tt 8. Immediate publication of European national defense bud gets. .-' : !' - 4. Open announcement of arms programs. -to he followed! by lim itation and eventual reduction. heme highway Japanese Cabinet Ousted Crisis On Diet Aroused Over Hirota Failure to Harmonize ' Opposing factions TOKYO Jan. 22WA-Tbe' Jan. m j V- -f ar anese . caDinet teu today oerore tne bitter attacks of a parliament aroused against apparent army efforts to snonsor a militarist or fascist type of government. For the first time-In the his tory of the diet, the house of representatives succeeded in oust ing a government unable to reach a compromise between the military and the . opposing polit ical parties. After a' tense 20-minute ses sion. Premier Kokl Hirota tend ered to the emperor the collect ive resignation of the 320-day old cabinet. . His majesty commanded Hir ota to carry on temporarily. pending selection of a new cab inet. During that time the diet will. remain suspended. Many, observers agreed the cab inet's v resignation . complicated rather than eased the situation. with the . crisis entering a . new stage . of struggle between polit ical - parties and the army tor control of the next government. Political parties ,were champ ioning a coalition ...government. dominated by diet '(parliament) members by Including represent atives of , Japanese bureaucracy. one army man and one navy of ficial., the latter two being . Im perative under the existing Im perial ordinance. - - - - '.Final, decision to end the crisis, it appeared to informed observers, rested with the emp eror who was said to be depend inr upon the representations of veteran statesmen and. close ad visers to the throne. Tillamook Builds TILLAMOOK, Ore.. Jan, 23-4P) Tillamook's building permits to talling $33,499 In 1938 consti tuted a 171 per cent gain over 1935 and a 800 per cent Increase as compared wltlul933.. to Be Offered ' 5. Adherence to a "united front," based on guarantees - of mutual aid between France and Great Britain. BERLIN. Jan. 24-(Sunday)- GPV-Beriin's Sunday papers - to day unleashed an apparently in spired editorial barrage against any idea hard-pressed Germany, like a beggar, may be seeking favors. The editorials were circulated throughout the ; nation by the German telegraph agency, Deut- sches Tfachrlchtenburo. , . ' Since all the editorials referred to the recent speech of Anthony Eden, British ' foreign , minister, some sources ; believed they In dicated the general tone of Reichsfuehrer Hitler's reply at the '.Reichstag . session ; next Sat urday. ,;. . ' .: ;. - (Foreign Minister Eden, speak ing -Tuesday , before the , House of Commons, asserted Germany's actions could decide Europe i future.) . - " Influenza and Hunger Cause ow pUTollton, Ky., Wholly Under Water as Well as Other Cities Looting Causes Martial Law Decree; Ohio Is I Continuing Rise LOUISVILLE. KY. J.n 9- it -The first word from flood-strick en carroiuon. Ky., was received late today when T. M. Mlnnlsh called the of flea of th a Press here. : Mlnnlsh reoorted h tf 12 miles out Of Carroll tnn Mrv- ing telephone equipment with him. Climbing a pole he was able to contact the Louisville exchange of the telephone company. -: The' call from Minnlah. Amm- clated Press correspondent at Car- roncon, was the first direct word received from there in three days. "Ererr business honsa fn rr. rollton" Is closed and every one has water in it," Mlnnlsh reported. "The entire eitv la anrronmdMt by water and we are faclnr - a food and fuel shortage within tha next 36 hours. No lives have been lost and everybody is working to aid one another." - Mlnnlsh said Prestonvllla across the i Ohio river from Carrollton was almost covered by water. He estimated the flood damage in that area at . well over a million dollars. CHICAGO, Jan. 23-UPr-Dcaths attributed to flood waters in creased tonight to 28 and resi dents in the stricken midwest con tinued to evacuate homes in wide spread danger zones. Nearly. 300,000 were homeless. Many, were ill from lnfluensa. pneumonia, hunger and exposure. Medical supplies and doctors were needed quickly in many flood- run Into unestimated millions of dollars. Shawneetown, I1L. the state's oldest settlement, was evacuated except for 250 men who sought to plug leaks in a levee, rhere was an acute food shortage. Tbe supply , of bread, flour and po- -ta toes was completely exhausted. The town's 1.200 residents fled to nearby hills. - Five hundred' refugees were housed in a school house outside the village. One doctor attempted . to care for 28 cases, of pneumonia, and Influ enza and treat dozens of others tor exposure. The temperature was 14 degrees above zero. Looting Results In . Martial Law Order . Looting of homes and stores la the Aurora, Ind., flood area re sulted In Gov. M. Clifford Town- send placing the city under mar tial law. He ordered 50 national guardsmen at Columbus, Ind., to leave for patrol duty at Aurora immediately. 'lie unio river conunnea 10 rive most of the way along Its course. Cincinnati which had counted a property loss of at least $5,000,000, faced the pros pect of. tne river rising to TS er 73.5 feet. It stood tonight at 72.8. Carrollton. Ky., reported Itself surrounded by water. All business I (Turn ; to page 8, eoi. 7) Minnesota Timber Strike Is Settled DULUTH, Minn.. Jan. Minnesota's 1 1 r b e r workers strike, which halted one of tao state's major Industries tnors than three weeks, was settled to night In conferences of workers. employers and committeemen ap- pointd by Governor Benson. The workers agreed to return to work Monday. Terms of the settlement, an nouneed ' by tlncber operators pginaen, proviae mi: , Men on general logging work will receive an Increase from $8f to $70 per month. Board will remain at the level of $30 per month as previously. : Men working on piece work shall receive an Increase amount ing to sixteen and two-thirds of the previous scale. Settlement of the striko wfll affect approximately . 4000 lum berjacks. " " A L LAD E d TODAV , By BvC. 1 .. ' i ... vuinrt to the-elements and hunger's searching pain make the lot of midwest refu gees a hard one to maintain. The labor . secretary hints that, orders may ; ensue for forced, negotiations If tbe leaders -won't come through. SufferineN '-!.: U