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EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, February 13, 1937
Price 3e; Newsstands 5e
No. 278
Obt
FMn Grows
Issue of Farm
Labor Treated
In Grange Bill
Conciliation Board Will
Be Proposed to Rule
in Rural Disputes
Not Planned to Replace
Measures I Already in
Sight, Explained
On the eve of the battle in the
house over two labor bills the
Oregon Btate grange legislative
committee ; which opposed the
adoption of bouse bills 56 and 67,
is proposing a bill to establish a
state board of conciliation for
farm labor, as distinct from the
prent state board of concilia
tion. This measure Is not a sub
stitute for pending legislation. It
represents the i grange's attempt
to meet the problem of strikes
among farm laborers s u c h as
have beset California producers.
The grange bill is expected to be
-introduced today.
The bill would set up a con
ciliation board ' of five members.
.The state labor' commissioner
would name two members of rec
ognized labor unions and two
farmers from lists submitted by
the state grange and the farmers'
union. These four would name a
fifth neutral i member. Board
members would, get $5 a day and
expenses for time employed. The
board would govern labor rela
tions on farms, and in the hand
ling and processing of perishable
crops.... : f
.The farm labor conciliation
board would be required to keep
In touch with i the farm labor
situation. encourage growers to
file schedule of wages for the
harvesting of crops early enough
so that farm laborers could file
protests if they object to the
scale. In case of protest the
board Is Instructed to hold hear
ings and seek ! to conciliate op
posing views.? If a labor dispute
is pending involving ten or more
employes the board shall encour
age the appointment of a board of
arbitration. This board shall hold
hearings and make public its rec
ommendations. In case of a strike
the board shall try to effect an
agreement under which the em
ployes will continue work to
avoid loss of crops with the wage
scale to be agreed to later.
Men seeking to organize unions
of farm laborers must show a
card Identifying them with a rec
ognized labor union. If they have
no such card then .they , m u s t
register with the county clerk,
giving particulars regarding the
organization. The purpose of this
.requirement. It was explained, is
to prevent communistic agitators
from attempting to organize la
bor under the guise of labor
unions.
Ray Gill, state grange master,
said that many farmers were
fearful of strikes at the time
when perishable crops are being
harvested,' when delay might be
disastrous. The new machinery is
proposed In an effort to prevent
such strikes through securing
posting of wages and conciliation
and arbitration.
. Lynn Parr Reelected ?
. MARSHFIELJD, Ore.; Feb. 12,
(-School directors elected Su
perintendent Lynn P a rr to an
other two-year term. He has
headed this city's school system
since coming here from Coquille
In 1924. r .
Ways-Means
Still Under
Appropriations approved by the
ways and means committee up to
last night remained slightly below
sums recommended by Governor
Charles H. Martin. The score
stood: . -
Approved by committee
S47.1C9.83. I
' Recommended by governor
J9.716.140.19. i
Planning Board
Request Held Cp .
The state planning board's re
quest for $51,180 elicited con
siderable discussion after a Joiifl
ways and means group had . rec
ommended $40,000. The latter
proposal was held up pending fur
ther study. The planning board is
spending "a lot" of money, Sen
ator Walker opined, while Senator
Strayer declared he would favor
wiping out the entire appropria
tion.; v '-;.-..: j
f "It looks as though we shoot
away a lot of money, Senator
Best added. :
l- senator Strayer also censured
state lnstlutltlon -heads who con
tract financial obligations outside
of their biennial budgets. A $1.
051.53 obligation Incurred by the
state school for the b 1 i n d, to
which Strayer ; referred specific
ally, was explained by Superin
tendent Walter R. Dry as the re-
APP
Adams Chosen to Draft
National Police School
Plan: is Granted b-ave
' f s ' - - -, y .
Head of Vocational Education Hr sen for
I Important Federal Task; .' Work
Here Achieves Natio. .otice
THE Oregon state board for vocational: education yesterday
granted its director, 0. D. Adams, a three-months leave
of absence to permit him to accept an assignment by
the United States office of education to set up a nationwide
plan for police training. Reports were that the appointment
came to Adams through pioneering work along this line
Odone in Oregon.
Labor Battle May
Be Delayed Today
Leaders Reported Backing
Move For Re-Referral
to Committee
Labor legislation which was
to have come up for its first
floor battle in the house of rep
resentatives today after' pushing
pension bills, slot machine and
miscellaneous other measures in
to the background, may be post
poned, it was reported last night.
Efforts Made
For Re-referral
Two bills, one to require reg
istration of unions with the state
corporation department, and the
other to prevent - sympathy
strikes, were scheduled to come
before the house on divided com
mittee reports from the 'labor
and industries committee. The
groups split five to four with
the majority recommending In
d e f 1 n i te postponement. Last
night concerted efforts were be
ing : made to have them re-referred
to committee for further
consideration. Whether sufficient
strength can be mustered for the
move will not be knownntil the
vote is put back before the bouse
today. Administrative leaders
were known to be back of the
latest development.
The house labor and Industry
committee is one of the hardest
working groups in the house. It
Is meeting each morning at 9
o'clock in an effort to handle all
the bills referred to It. Other
bils of major. Importance which
rest with it are the labor re
lations act and the measure to
make longshoreing a public utili
ty. .
Student Fund at
Leslie Is Looted
Nearly $100 in cafeteria and
candy counter funds was stolen
from Leslie junior high school
Thursday night by a burglar who
jimmied two doors to gain
entrance to the building.
The money was taken from a
small safe in the office of Princi
pal LaMoine R. Clark. Friday is
the usual banking day for the
school funds and a week's cafe
teria and candy counter receipts,
plus a few dollars on hand for
locker deposit refunds, made up
the amount in the safe..
: The burglar gained entrance by
forcing a door leading into the
school from a fire escape and also
the door of the principal's office.
ropriations
Martin Figure
suit of confusion in Ills bookkeep
ing department.
After State Forester Ferguson
had protested to the committee
against any reduction in a re
quested appropriation of $244,000
for: his department, he admitted
nnder questioning by Senator
Walker that the state board of
forestry had not officially approv
ed the amount of his request at a
meeting. '
I think all requests of approp
riations of this sort should come
from the boards and not from
their administration,' Walker de
clared. "Requesting a $20,000 approp
riation to assist the Spanish-American
War Veterans In bringing
their i national ; encampment to
Portland In 1938, Jay Upton, Bend
attorney and spokesman, declared
the money would not be spent un
less the encampment was held. He
said 3000 accredited delegates
and. 15,000 other visitors would
attend. ;,' ' .
Employment " Service.
Request Halved .
The committee reduced the re
quested $138,000 appropriation
for the state employment service
to $48,000, cut the state training
school request from $109,742 to
$10.8.551.01 and allowed a request
for $250 to print executive
proclamations. v
Mr.' Adams will leave by auto-
mobile with Mrs. Adams and their
four children some time before
March 1 and travel to Washing
ton, D. C, via California and the
southern states. His assignment
of duty for the federal office is
for March,; April and May.
The Oregon vocational educa
tion department has received na
tionwide notice for an apprentice
training program developed here,
of which an active unit is eon
ducted in connection with the Sa
lem public schools. The . depart
ment under Adams' guidance also
has set up training programs for
firemen, for the United States
forest service and for railroad
workmen. : Adams has also been
cooperating with the League of
Oregon Cities in the formation of
police training schools, now In the
developing stage.
McMahan-Bar War
Taken to Solons
County Lawyers Committee
Avers Local Situation
to Be "Intolerable"
Marion county's civil war rag
ing between Judge L. H. Mc
Mahan, senior judge of the
Marlon-Linn circuit bench, and
the attorneys of the 'Marion
county bar - carried" into legisla
tive halls yesterday. Members of
the legislative committee of the
Marion county bar association
appeared before the house re
vision of .laws committee with
four bills to correct what they
termed 'an Intolerable situation.
Two of the bills received favor?
able action by the committee.
Proposes : Definite
Dates for Trials
One bill given approval was
directed at the action - of Judge
McMahan in setting a number of
cases to be tried immediately
following each other starting on
a certain date. The proposed
law would require that a judge
shall set a definite trial date
for each ease in open court.
The other bill approved was
directed against the long-lived
grand juries, continued , over a
number of terms by the judge.
The bill . would provide that a
grand jury could be continued
for only one term, : thus allowing
a maximum of two terms for an
investigating group.
Two other measures were
studied by the committee but
were to referred to the judiciary
group for investigation. One is
similar to a measure which met
defeat in the 1933 session. It
would provide that the senior
judge of the district should sit
in the equity side ; of the court.
At the present - time the senior
judge sits in the law court and
has ' control of the grand jury.
The other measure is a bill
to require that the trial judge
should be required to instruct
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KENTUCKY PENITENTIARY GOES CAMPING
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Here Is Tiew of the tent prison, under guard of soldiers and prison keepers, which was set up on
high, ground outside of the Kentucky state penetentlary at Frankfort when flood, waters rose to a
dangerous height within the walls. The evacuation of the prisoners came after thejl had rioted in
fear of death by drowning. .
State Library i
Building Plan
Now in Senate
$500,000 Appropriation
Sought; Federal Aid
i Is Held Probable
House Reconsiders Vote
Killing Proposal for
Highway Structure
Senator McKay introduced a
bill in the senate Friday to provide
for the construction of a state
library building, with an, appro
priation for the purpose. The
power is vested In the state board
of control, which would have pow
er also to locate the building on
the lands now owned by the state
for capitol grounds, or which may
be acquired north of Court street.
The : sum appropriated Is $500,
000 from the general fund.
The McKay bill authorizes the
state to obtain federal aid, and it
is anticipated that a 45 per cent
PWA grant could be obtained.
The 'heed for the library has
long been recognized. The pres
ent library la greatly overcrowded
and working conditions are con
sidered unusually poor. Many leg
islators have expressed themselves
as friendly to the library proposal.
Senator Burke introduced a bill
giving the state board of control
power to buy or to build an office
building In Portland. It carries no
appropriation but would permit
cooperation with the federal gov
ernment. The cost would be re
tired through rentals now being
paid on state offices in Portland.
After sending to defeat, by a
33 to 25 vote, a bill by the Marion
county delegation to enable the
state highway commission to buy
land and erect an office building
"when and if they see fit" the
house yesterday afternoon recon
sidered its iorning action and
sent the bill back to committee
for amendment. .
In moving for reconsideration.
Representative Walter Fuhrer said
that 7 several - points had been
brought out during the debate on
the bill that he believed could be
amended satisfactorily. The vote
on the reconsideration was 48 to
13.
Objection to the bill came when
members pointed out that there
was no limit placed On the com
mission and that the power was
Mandatory. Members also declared
that they were being forced by
the state capitol commission to do
by Indirection what they had vot
ed not to do directly. It was de
clared that the legislature had
voted at the special session to buy
no additional land for the Capitol
buildings, but that the location of
the new capitol had made addi
tional land necessary for the com
pletion of the group.
The house passed eight house
and senate measures during its
sessions yesterday. Among them
were measures to reduce the man
ufacturing tax on wines and an
other to provide for the payment
of county planning boards. Six new
committee bills were introduced.
In the new blUs was one by the
banking and corporations com
mittee to authorize banks to loan
up to $1000 on installment loans
at a one per cent a month dis
count rate.
Although the house reconsid
ered the only unfavorable action
It took on a bill on the floor yes
terday, it did, by the adoption of
adverse committee reports. Indef
initely postpone eight measures.
Included was a measure to place
a tax on slot and pin ball ma
chines and another to regulate ad
vertising and sale of tobaccos.
Albany College
To Remain For
Year At Least
. AXJ1AXY, Ore Feb. 12-CP)-Dr.
. Thomas W. Bibb,
president of Albany college,
aid r today the institution
would not be moved from
'this city for next year's
school term. The announce
ment was made to set at
rest rumors of an imminent
change.
t- Dr. Bibb also said the
'Portland unit of Albany col
.'lege, offering two-year
courses, would be maintain
ed at least two more years.
, Conflicting reports pre
vailed since a committee of
eight met recently in Port
land to discuss a proposal
.to move the school here to
larger center. Dr. Bibb
aid no official action would
be taken until the Presby
terian synod Is held In Pen
dleton in July.
River Gin
terce
To Resume Soon
Steamer Northwestern to
Fly Willamette When
Steamships Arrive
River shipping probably will be
resumed between Salem and Port
land within the next three weeks.
Manager Dewey Greiner of the
Salem Navigation company re
ported yesterday. As soon as sea
going vessels i begin bringing
goods to the Portland docks
again for delivery to Salem, the
firm's packet " steamer. North
western, will be returned to the
Salem-Portland service.
Low Water, Then Strike
Prevent River Freighting
, Exceptionally low water last
summer and extending unseason
ably Into the late fall, caused a
longer period of river Inactivity
here than usual. Then came the
maritime strike and further de
lay.. ' ' - ; y " V. ,.
Salem warehouses are, bulging
with - paper and pepesW product
awaiting shipment to Portland
docks by steamer, Greiner said.
To relieve the warehouse conges
tion here, approximately 2000
tons of paper were trucked to
Portland storage houses during
the strike period.
"It takes about three weeks
for ships to travel from the east
to the west coast. Greiner said,
"and shippers are having diffi
culty getting space on the boats."
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Quins' Abduction
Plotted, Waniing
TORONTO. Feb. lZ-( Canadian
Press) -Ontario police were report
ed tonight to have doubled the
guard around the home of the Dl-
onne quintuplets at Callander.
They acted, it was said, after
an unnamed bus traveler told offi
cers at Long Branch, Ont., that
he had heard two foreign-looking
men discussing kidnaping two of
the five girls.
Neither, government officials
nor provincial police at Toronto
would confirm the report that they
were investigating the story, ' -
Premier Mitchell Hepburn ad
mitted he had heard the rumor.
adding that "police are - fully
aware of the situation.
David A. Croll, minister of wel
fare and a guardian of the quin
tuplets, said at "Windsor he had
not heard of the report, but de
clared it was "fantastic
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Marine Unions
Are Involved
hiNew
Discharge Book" Issues
Threaten1 to Tie Up
Commerce Again
Temporary Injunction Is
Obtained as "Double
Cross" Is Charged
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lt.-(P)
Three unions; plunged the west
coast maritime Industry Into an
other crisis today with a court
attack on the . "discharge book"
provision of the new federal ship
ping act and ; a threat to tie up
ocean traffic again unless the
law is changed.
Representatives of the seamen,
marine firemen and the cooks and
stewards union ' obtained a tem
porary order from Federal Judge
M. J, Roche designed to block en
forcement of j the discharge book
provision. j
Two ships I appeared to be in
the immediate; path of the con-
rtroversy here; ; and although the
operators announced a 24-hour
delay In their sailing as due to
"cargo difficulties," the legal
status of their crews remained to
be determined.!
Employers Are Not
Directly Involved
The controversy did not direct
ly Involve employers, since it was
concerted imovement of unli
censed seafaring men against a
federal law which the union men
say would enable operators to
discriminate against individual
workers. ;
Harry Lundberg, head of the
sailors unloni
and E. F. Burke,
of the cooks
and stewards.
charged the
workers had been
double crossed" on promises of
federal authorities to withhold
enforcement Of the law pending
action ; on proposed changes now
before congress. - .
The law requires all seagoing
workers below: the rank ef mas
ters to carry -discharge books
showing their- employment.- rec
ord, and service certificates as
to their rating and ability.
Enforcement Once
Delayed to 20th
O n : -vigorous representations
from west coast workers and
rank-and-file seamen on the east
coast, the commerce department
deferred until February 20 en
forcement of the service certif
icate requirement but two days
ago began insisting on seagoing
workers carrying the discharge
books. 1 1
This developed lust as the big
west coast shipping Industry was
getting into Its old swing on
emerging from the 98-day strike.
- Technically the court order re
strains John : Rylander, United
States shipping commissioner
here, from refusing to attend the
signing of ship's articles in in
stances where the crew has re
fused to produce the discharge
books. Rylander could not be
reached immediately for com
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Fair Management
Seeks WA Help
7 ImproTement and construction
of roads and sidewalks, landscap
ing and painting at the state fair
grounds is covered in a, SSl.tfto
WPA project j submitted for ap
proval yesterday. The project la
the largest formulated locally, for
several weeks.:i
The federal I government will
furnish $15,491 and the sponsor
S1C.1C4 It the 'nroiect receirea an-
nrovai. :
- Director J, E. Smith stated that
the project would not cover the
reconstruction jot barns and other
buildings at the fairgrounds dam
aged by the recent snowstorm.
W. U. Takes Third
. lii Peace Oratory
Edwin klnneman of Willamette
university placed third and won
a 120 prise in the Oregon state
peace otutorlcal contest at Pa
cific university last night. His
subject was, "Illusion of Reality??
First prise of ISO went to John
McCormlck, Oregon State college,
and second, $S0, to Eugene Loom
is, University of Portland. Other
entrants represented Pacific and
Iinfleld colleges. . :
- Professor Herbert E. Rahe of
Willamette was one of the . five
Judges of the Contest. .
Dave Jones Trial Set
" Feb, 23,: Murder Case
THE DALLES, Ore., Feb. 12-(A-Clrcnlt
court set February 23
today as the date for the trial of
Dave Jones, Wasco county" wheat
rancher who was Indicted for first
degree murder as a. result of the
fatal shooting of his. brother,
Owen, last November 4.
senator Liaw
Ray Mo
To Criticize Move
Amounts to Abolishing High Tribunal
Says Montana Man; Former Brain
Truster Makes Radio Attack
Over 40 in, Senate Will Vcte Against
Change, Claimed; Union League's
Blast Cheers President, Word
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 ( AP) President Roosevelt
standing pat on his court proposals as the only sure and
speedy way to attain new deal goals, met increasing
opposition tonight within his own party.
Senator Clark (D.. Mo.) announced he was
and total disagreement" with
power to name six new justices
4It amounts essentially to abolishing the supreme court
of the United States as it has existed since the foundation of
thte republic," he said, "and the setting up of a new tribunal
in its stead with reference to a particular situation and with
reference to particular litigation! which has recently been or
Veterans' Relief
Group Is Planned
County Legion Council's
Silverton Meeting Is
Largely Attended
. SILVERTON, Feb. 12 For
mation of a county-wide veterans'
relief organisation was favored
after extensive discussion by the
record turnout of veterans at the
meeting here tonight of the Mar
lon County Council of the Ameri
can Legion. The proposal will .be
referred back to the various posts.
Purpose of the organisation would
be prevention of duplication In
welfare work among the needy
veterans.
The next meeting of the council
will be at Mt. Angel April-1, it
was : announced. Sam Yoder of
Woodburn, county commander,
presided at the meeting here. Oth
er officers are Frank Walker of
Mt. Angel, rice-commander, and
Harry Wilson of Silverton, secre
tary. - ,
Guests Included Mose Palmateer
of Salem, state vice-commander;
Roy Davenport of Silverton, dis
trict commander; Fred Deiner of
Newberg, William Hanson from
Iowa and Paul Oemmel of Hepp
ner. Auxiliary Notes
Membership Gain
The gain In membership In the
American Legion Auxiliary over
last year was the central theme of
discussion at the meeting of the
Marion County Assembly, presided
over by Mrs. Rose Butsch of Mt.
Angel, county president. A feature
was the report, in verse, presented
by Helen MeLeod of Salem, depart
ment chairman of community ser
vice. Mrs. Mae Waters, department
president, also attended as well as
Mrs. Beryl Porter, department
publicity chairman; and . Mrs.
Emma Pearce, department vice
chairman. Mrs. A. J. Titus of Sil
verton is county secretary.
. The birthday of Mrs. A. C. Bar
ber, said to be the only .great
grandmother In Marlon - county,
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West Salem to
: Orderly Civic
West Salem ' must no longer
grow "like Topsy" but In an
o r d e rly, planned-for-the-f uture
manner, lho city ' administration
has decided with the result that
a new planning board will meet
with the council . there Tuesday
night to discuss the first of a
series of major improvement pro
jects. .
West Salem, along with Salem.
Is growing rapidly. Its popula
tion Is estimated at between
1300 and 100 people as against
970 in 1930 and only 204 In
1920. ' i "
Four, Projects. Are
Under Consideration
Three major work projects and
one of planning are now under
e o n s i d e ration. The planning
board hopes to obtain WPA as
sistance . In laying storm sewers
to drain the low-lying . sections
of . toe community, to resnrrejr
the streets end establish uniform
grades and to sponsor construc
tion of revetments along the
Willamette liver bank. These
projects will be discussed Tues
day night -
v Some of the new board's plans
were . disclosed yesterday by
Mayor John S. Friesen. ex-offielo
chairman. . and . Lieutenant-Col
onel C A. Robertson, secretary.
"West Salem . has grown up 1
and
le v Latest
in "complete
the president's!
request for
to the supreme court.
-omay in me near future ne penn
ing before the court."
Clark, son of Chimp Clark, the
famous former speaker of the
house of representatives, thua
aligned himself in the court fight
with such democrats as King of
Utah, Glass and Byrd of Virginia
and Gillette of Iowa,
The president's! senate oppon
ents previously had counted Clark
among 40 to 4S senators they said
would vote against enlarging the
high court. But he had not prev
iously gone on record.
-1 The president during the day
had given no sign of yielding '
either to the outright opposition
or to friends urging a compromise.
At a press conference he said a
Nebraska law, mentioned by Sen
ator Norris (Ind-Neb) as the pot
sible basis for alternate legisla
tion, probably was grounded In a
provision for the state constitu
tion, and that a federal proposi
tion along the same lines would
require an amendment to the con
stitution. He was represented by
administration officials as having
decided that an amendment would
require too much time and run the
risk of being defeated easily by
organized opposition In only 13
states. .
Raymond Moley; former mem
ber of the Roosevelt "brain trust,"
joined the ranks of the opposition
outside congress. In a radio ad
dress he said the proposed su
preme court change "strikes at
the heart of democratic government."-
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Stephen T. Early, secretary to
the president, saldj Mr. Roosevelt
was hopeful some criticism of bis
court proposals would prove as
good an omen as the boos he got
in Wall Street during the last
campaign. j
. ! Early said the president arose
slightly indisposed, today but felt
better Immediately upon reading
of opposition by the union league
dab of New York.
Early's gibe was the first an
swer from the White House to the
storm of criticism stirred by the
president's proposals.
1 Attorney General Cumminrs.
who helped Mr. Roosevelt shape
his proposals, announced he would
explain them In a coast-to-coast
radio address at 7 p. ni. (E.S.T.)
Sunday night.
Plan; Seeks
ment
rapidly but in heltenkelter
fashion," Colonel Robertson com
mented. "We hope with this
board, established under state
law, to bring a more orderly de
velopment that will Include he
fast-growing residential sections
on the hills and along Wallace
road, outside the city limits."
The West Salem board, as with
the Salem planning and sonlng
commission, has Jurisdiction over
property In an six-mile radius
from the city limits. A new son
lng code, providing proper re
strictions on business, industrial
and residential districts, is con
templaMtfl by the board mem
bers to supplant 1 an old ordi
nance which has not been fol- '
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A L LA D n
of TO DAu
. By R. C.
j There's no debate, a library
for Oregon is needed, but legis
lators hesitate lest budget be
exceeded; an office building
too Is on the present bouse
agenda but yesterday almost
became, superfluous addenda.
Develop