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PCUNDDD 1651
EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, July 10, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
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Cheap Tactics
Charge Voiced
On Court Bill
Administration Appeals
to ! Mass Prejudice,
Wheeler Charges ,
Morally Wrong, Asserts
Westerner; Germany,
Italy Held Model
WASHINGTON, July 9.-(JP)-The
furious senate struggle over
the Roosevelt court bill led to
charges today that the adminis
tration Is guilty of "cheap tac
tics" and counter-accusations
that politics are being played in
the supreme court.
First Senator Wheeler (D
Mont), in a Tenement speech that
lasted almost all day, declared
that besides using cheap strategy,
the administration stands con
Ticted of "Intolerance" and of
playing on "mass prejudices" In
Its campaign to revamp the high
court.
Later ' Senator Minton (D-Ind)
arose to declare that Supremo
Court Justice Roberta changed
bis Tiews after listening "to the
political i Toice" of Chief Justice
Hughes.
House May Recess
While Senate Rows
Meantime the house, with com
paratively little business to do
until the senate ends debate on
the court bill and thus releases
a log-Jam of legislation-, heard
Majority Leader Raybnrnot
Texas say the chamber may take
two weeks oft while the senate
battle toes on.
Wheeler, during his speech,
called the court bill itself "moral
ly wrong," an effort to do "by
subterfuge" what the administra
tion dared not do openly, and a
"violation of -the spirit of , the
constitution" which he compared
with the treatment of the courts
In Germany and Italy.
The compromise bill now be
fore the senate, which calls for
the appointment of new judges
at the rate of one a year instead
of all at once, Is as bad as the
AiMvtnaT WIiaaIap PAntPnrfeit T-Ta
called It "slow motion" packing
of the court.
The hard-hitting speech of the
Montana liberal was the first to
be made by the opposition In the
senate debate on the measure.
Previously, administration
speakers were kept under a con
stant fire of questions and Inter
ruptions by the opposition, lead'
Ing many times to angry shouted
th h .?mtnitr-
tion let Wheeler proceed almost
without Interruption. Virtually
bis only Interrogators were those
who agreed with him.
Prejudice Appeal
From the outset of the contro
versy more than fire months ago,
Wheeler said, the administration
tried to "stir up mass prejudices"
In favor of the-bill, by Implying
that flood sufferers, drought suf
ferers,; farmers and others would
receive no federal assistance un
less the bill was passed.
Secretary Wallace, he added,
tried to "stir up the farmers,"
and Harry Hopkins, the relief
administrator, had attempted to
"stir up" those on the WPA rolls.
The bill, he said, was In effect
an effort to amend the constitu
tion by the appointment of judges
who will change the trend of de
cisions interpreting that docu
mnf H dared the admlnlstra-
l-":Sr
w"7.llu " X. 2 . Tr.T
' SETf Bulllvant, Portland attorney, for
Bh.Ip HfTJ -7. election aa one of the governors
iain ?2 J ?l 'LhtJtit of tn 0reon br. were tiled
-You can't set up a dictatorship h Jth p M Sercombe Becre
In this country If you keep the uVr today Ha will be a candi
three branches of the government
He i quoted Attorney General
Cummlnga as saying the bill was
Intended to produce a court that
would "meet the needs of the
imes. -
"They have courts In Germany
and Italy." Wheeler added, "and I
hev hare men on them appointed
to meet the needs of the times
.. Jl.i. tKU l I
as loose aicukiuiv w w
Large Crowd out
A - T?icf- Pnnprkrt
At -T ITS I ViUilCCI. I
a crowd estimated at 2000 sat
r strolled about in Wfllson park
last night as the x-piece mnmci -
sal concert band directed by H. N.
Stoudenmeyer, - wpwu i"iacunj on ue at as crop, saai-twice-a-week
outdoor season of I tional word came ; to Governor
band music -
The program . ' rangea irom mgton, D. a, that the earner
marches and light opera selections J report was erroneous and that
- . . Hn-.li. . nrnl i.v. -.t. .
. Tit." Mendelssohn.- and all
' .Tsr were received well bj the
ttn1lAnce. The new captiui uuu
tn - looming DtCK n
itand. apparently is an aid to a
!rl- a the band was easily
wrd in all Pts of the park:
;TMs was the , first of a series of
; . n ha neiQ IUCbUMI mm
li. ; . . . -.
France to Open Border
To Sh ipments to Sj in
If Accord Not R jhed
Formula on Neutrality hy First of tweek De'mand;
Would Favor Madrid Faction Which Turns
Tide, Shoving Insurgents feack
LONDON, July 9 (AP) France, weary jf prolonged bick
ering over Europe's efforts to isolate the Spanish wax,
today intimated to other powers that unless they can
agree on some formula "beginning next week" she may throw
open her Spanish border to passage of arms and men.
The French stand, presented by Ambassador Charles
i O Cor bin in two meetings of the
Glen Porter new
Legion Head Here
Mem Pearce Adjutant for
Coming Year; Johnson
Vice-Commander
Glen Porter was unanimous
choice for commander of Capital
post No. 9, American Legion, at
an election meeting held last
night at Fraternal temple. Porter
succeeds George Averett In the
office.
In contests for eight other
posts, Art Johnson was elected
first vice-commander; George Ed
wards, second vice-commander;
Mem Pearce, adjutant; Alford
Wiljiams, finance officer; Irl Mc
Sherry, historian; C. V. Richard
son, chaplain; Fred Jaeger,
quartermaster; and Al Fellen,
sergeant-at-arms.
Douglas McKay was elected to
the memorial building fund com
mittee, nd William Bliren to the
cemetery fond' committee. The
executive committee, a - rralt
of the election, will Include
George Averett,; Kins Bartletl,
William Bllven, Don McLeod and
Hans Hofstetter.
In the election of delegates to
the department convention, to be
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Bus, Auto Collide
But Injury Slight
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jandrall, 597
North Liberty, received shock and
minor bruises in an accident at
patftol and Hunt streets In
which their automobile and 4 Pa
cific Greyhound passenger bus
figured, shortly. before 10:30 Fri
day night.
The stage, operated by Charles
D. Berthelson of Portland, was
traveling north on Capitol behind
the car operated by Mrs. Jandrall.
The woman, in her report to offi
cers, stated she signalled a left
turn, then seeing she did not
have room for the turn, pulled
back into the northbound traffic
lane, where the collision occurred.
Mr. Jandrall verified her report.
Berthelson stated he did not
see a signal from the automobile,
and several of the bus passengers
backed his story.
The Salem first aid car was sent
to render assistance to the couple
In the automobile. The machine
was not badly damaged.
Bullivant Candidate
. PORTLAND, July -Nom-
I mating petitions lor Rupert K
dtgtricU
Flax Growers
Continuation of ll. S Help
Flax growers of the Willamette
valley, already facing a record
crop and fair prices, with the fed
eral subsidy as additional com-
I pensatlon. received additional
eneering news Friday when It
was disclosed that recent reports
the subsidy would be withdrawn
I next Tear were erroneous. -
I just when growers were be-
1 coming reconciled to the prospect
I that the federal aid would - be
I Charles H. Martin from Wash-
I processing the crop that would
have to be foregone. There are
- i ts (rsipwu uu ine buuhiu
o iucowto ui cr.
J Raima Prove
Benefit to Flax t
As tor this year's I crop, the
J heavy IJune rains which caused
i win ivu.i uiuut u. uiuu,u
lit turns out now that their losses
full 27-nations, non-intervention
committee, confronted that group
with a new problem but apparent
ly did little to break Its deadlock.
France favors the Spanish gov
ernment and her threatened ac
tion would aid its cause.!
The negotiators turned to Brit
ain, In her familiar role of con
ciliator, to urge that she put for
ward a solution of their dilemma.
Thereon rested continued hopes
that the opposed Anglo-French
and Italo-German stands could
be reconciled. 1
MADRID. July l-(jPHGoveni-ment
defenders of Madrid, trans
formed into an offensive force
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Roosevelts Avoid
Taxes, Is Charge
First Lady's Radio
Talks
Cited by Rep. Fish at
Hearing on Evasion
WASHINGTON, July .-SJ)-A
charge by Representative Fish (R
NT) that Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt avoided Income taxes by using
revenue law "loophole drew
retorts from members of a con
gressional Inquiry committee to
day that he had a brainstorm" and
was offering "unadulterated hear
say" evidence, r j -
The senate-house committee on
tax evasion and avoidance heard
Fish say Mrs. Roosevelt had sign
ed a radio contract In 1935 under
which she was to receive, $1 each
for ten broadcasts and the spon
sors were to turn over f 3,0 00 aft
er each program to thei America
Friends service committee, a char
itable organization in i Philadel
phia. ! i
Fish also expressed belief the
Income tax returns of Henry Mor
genthau, jr., before he became
treasury secretary, would show
creation of family, trusts used for
exchange of property; between
Morgenthau and his wife.
He also mentioned James and
Elliott Roosevelt, and Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt Boettiger, children of
the president; Harry ii Hopkins,
WPA administrator, and John L.
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Newspaper Guild
Criticizes Green
WASHINGTON, July 8-CP)-The
American Newspaper, guild
issued a statement today saying
that ' William Green, j American
Federation of Labor president, is
"encouraging the vigilante move
ment which is the American equiv
alent of nazlism.? i
The statement followed by a
day the assertion of Green that
the public resents CIO tactics. It
said: ': .v A. y-'
"At the very moment that his
brothers in the A. F. of L. are
lying dead or dying outside the
walls of Mellon's aluminum plant
In Alcoa, President Green - aits
back and prates about 'labor vio
lence." "
See Big Crop,
were not so great as was feared
gre
proved an unmitigated blessing
to the flax producers.
P. E. Thomason. flax , grower
of the Turner district, was In
Salem Friday with some samples
of his crop,' still green, uniform
ly heavy and approximately 45
Inches high; the best looking
flax, Mr. Thomason said, that he
has seen in years of acquaintance
with this Industry. -
- Fields throughout the' -WHam-ette
valley are all of comparable
quality. Mr. Thomason reported,
Flax harvest will not -begin for
about three weeks.
: Last year the Oregon flax pro
duction was above average, to
taling about 5183 tons in com
parlson to the 50(3 tons on which
the subsidy allotment had been
based, - but Mr. Thomason's pre-
di:ona Indicated that figure
would-be exceeded-this year.
The valley's output despite the'
excellent crop ' in ' prospect, will
still be far short of manufacture
needs, of the Unea Industry hert
Navy Lannctes
Last Effort in
Amelia Search
Lexington on Last Part
of Long Dash ; Planes
Will Be Released
- '
Case Gets Attention in
Congress ; Poor Jur
Force Deplored
HONOLULU. July .-flVThe
navy launched Its final efforts to
find Amelia Earhart In the vast
equatorial Pacific tonight as the
mighty aircraft carrier Lexington
sped toward the equator to send
her 62 planes Into the far-flung
hunt.
Refuelled after a dash to Ha
waii from San Diego, the Lexing
ton sailed from Lahaina Roads at
3:25 p. m. (8:55 p. m. EST) on a
voyage of more than 1,500 miles
to the area under search.
Aboard the carrier, which ex
pected to actively Join the hunt
Monday morning, were 10,000 ex
tra gallons of aviation gasoline to
supply the planes which can scan
nearly 60,000 square miles daily.
The destroyers Drayton, Lam-
son and Cushing accompanied the
Lexington into the hunt, which
found other rescuers virtually
abandoning hope for the aviatrix
and her navigator, Frederick J.
Noonan, who vanished near bleak
Howland Island a week ago on a
world flight.
Planes which were catapulted
from the battleship Colorado for
the third day flew over Gardiner
and McKean islands, western ex
tremities of the Phoenix group,
and Corondolet reef, but sighted
only ruined guano works and the
wreckage of a tramp steamer, lost
many years ago.
Thousands of birds, frightened
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Sino-Japan Clash
Is Smoothed out
PEIPING, July 9.-6P-Chine8e
and Japanese officials agreed to
night the clash of their troops
west of Pelplng had been "local
ized" and one more dangerous
Sino-Japanese affray, containing
the seeds of wider conflict, passed
from the military to the diplo
matic stage.
All Chinese forces and most of
the Japanese had been withdrawn
from the fighting 'zone around
the beautiful Marco Polo bridge
and the walled village of Wan-
pinghsien, where several thou
sand troops had been In Inter
mittent conflict from 11 p. m.
Wednesday until this afternoon.
In this area along the Tungtlng
river, roughly 10 miles west of
Peiping, units of the Chinese
army ' and Japan's North China
garrison clashed while the Jap
anese were conducting "war
games" near Marco Polo bridge.
Each aide aald the other fired
first. Chinese casualties were re
ported to total several scores;
Japanese said they lost 10 killed
and had 221 wounded.
A mutually "face-saving" com
promise to end the trouble was
reached in Peiping at 4 a. m. to
day, but a day of suspicion and
skirmishing passed before it was
carried out.
Train-Auto Crash
Fatal to Strong
CAN BY, July 9.-UP,-CWe
Strong, 28, died in an ambulance
while en route to a hospital after
his car was struck by a Southern
Pacific train at the D street cross
ing here this morning.
The car was rolled 86 feet by
the Impact and tossed up on the
bank beside the track.
Jack Brewer, 14, an eye wit
ness, said -Strong was driving at a
moderate speed and attempted to
apply his brakes and swing aside
as he saw the approaching train.
Deaton Drowned
As Launch Upset
PORTLAND, July $Hj-Lee
B. Deaton, 20. was drowned in the
Portland harbor last night when a
launch carrying him and three
companions overturned In the
wake of a river steamer.
v The harbor patrol pulled in one
of bis companions. Sam Knchen-
thall who became exhausted after
a futile attempt to save Deaton.
Pitchfork Injures Eye
Mary-Caroline Levene, A, was
brought to the Salem general
hospital late Friday tor treatment
of an injury to her ere caused by
a pitchfork. Seriousness , of the
injury was not yet fully deter
mined The accident occurred at
the. home of the girl's father,
Clyde Levene, near 'Monroe.
LEXINGTON
, . . . ..;.' q
Bashed from San Diego, the TJ. 8. S.
earcn lor Amelia jsartuut Fntnam and Fred Noonan, missing globe-glrallng fliers, bat the vessel
carryms S3 planes still had 1500 miles to go and was not expected to release planes for the actual
quest wntil Honday. The Lexington was snapped from the air for this picture. International Illus
trated News photo, i
Hot Wave Spread,
Death Toll Is 92
More Records Are Broken
in East and Midwest;
. Relief Unpromised
(By the Associated Press)
The moet protracted heat wave
of 1937 spread rapidly Friday,
and enveloped most of the states
east of the Rockies.
Deaths attributed to the swel
tering spell totaled. 82.
Scattered showers and cloud
formations in many parts of the
nation failed to break the siege.
No-General relief was sighted. ,
The season's heat record was
shattered for the third puccesslve
day In New York City. The offi
cial thermometer there registered
35.1 at 3 p. m, (EST). The humid
ity was ,33.
Nearby; Newark recorded 89.8
while a pirot at the airport there
reported a reading of 95 at 1,600
feet. ri .
Residents Of Philadelphia and
Wilmington, Del., watched the
mercury advance to 97 degrees
high mark for the year.
The torrid pall over the prairie
states of the west, the east and
New England extended Into the
south during the day.
These temperatures gauged the
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Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., July 8.-UP)-
The Portland Beavers took a
three-to-one lead In their series
with Oakland here tonight, push
ing over the winning run for a 8
to 2 victory in the 10 th Inning
after Steve Coscarart's wild
throw, scoring Browne, had let
the Oaks tie the score in the
ninth. '
The Beavers scored twice in the
first, and held the Oaks scoreless
for seven innings. x
Bongiorannl opened the 10th
with a walk from Pitcher Piecho
ta, who lad been pitching bril
liantly, and took second on Lee's
sacrifice. Piechota, under orders
from the bench, walked Sweeney,
and Douglas took the mound to
pitch to Fredericks and Clabaugh,
both lefthanded hitters. Freder
icks bounced a single off Doug
las' glove, filling the sacks, and
Clabaugh's long fly brought in the
winning run.
Oakland 1 .2 8 2
Portland i ...3 8 1
Piechota, Douglas and Baker;
Llska and Cronin, Tresh.
LOS ANGELES, July 9.-flV,
The Angels routed Gene Lillard,
their former - third baseman col
league and league home run king,
tonight, winning from San Fran
cisco, 11 to 3. '
San Francisco 3 T 0
Los Angeles .. -. 11 11 0
Lillard; and Woodall; Thomas
and Collins. .
SEATTLE, July 9.-JP)-Two
homers enabled Sacramento's Sen
ators to even their series with the
Seattle Indians here tonight, 3 to
2. Each team has won two games.
Art Garibaldi hit for the cir
cuit In the first with Verges on,
and Nick Cullop homed again for
the Senators in the third. -Sacramento
, ! 3 ' 12 1
Rattl' j ; , 11 o
Freitas; and Cooper; , Osborn
and Femandes.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.-V
The San Diego Padrea won.theiw
third straight game form the Mis
sions here tonight, 7 to 2.
San Diego ' .7 11 1
Missions ! . ,, ..;,.,,;. ' v t
Salvo and Detore; Osborne, Ni
cholas and Oaten. ..
: WESTERN Urn LEAGUE
Tacoma 7, Spokane 4. -Vancouver
I, Yakima 4. v
Le wiiton g; Wsnatchee I.
JOINS IN EARHART SEARCH
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it
airplane carrier Lexington left Honoluln late Friday to Join in the
Stunt Girl Makes
Unexpected Stop,
Corvallis Airport
CORVALLIS, July .--Bernadlne
Lewis King of Cali
fornia, one of the star stunt
fliers of Oregon's touring air
circus, made a forced landing
at the Corvallis airport t h 1 a
afternoon when a bearing
burned out in the motor of her
plane.
With Allan Greenwood, man
ager of the air tour, as a pass
enger, she was en route from
Salem to Marshfield for the
troupe's next show.
Blinded by oil, Mrs. King
missed the runway on her first
attempt to land, but managed
to lift the ship safely into the
air and landed successfully on
the second try.
The engine will be taken to
Portland for repairs.
Hess, McColloch
In Running, View
PORTLAND, July 9.-(P)-Ver-non
D. Bull, state representative
from La Grande, said tonight on
his return from Washington,
D. C, that the choice for appoint
ment to the federal judgeship lay
between Claude McColloch of
Klamath Falls and Henry Hess
of La Grande.
Bull said he had spent some
time in the national capital, his
chief purpose being to oppose the
naming of McColloch to the posi
tion in Oregon made vacant last
year by the death of John Mc-
Nary.
Th La Grande democrat said
he' was willing to make a bet that
either one , or the other of the
two men named would be ap?
pointed probably within ten days.
A Washington, D. C, dispatch
today stated that Joseph B. Keen'
an, , assistant to the attorney gen
eral, returned to the capital yes
terday from an "out-of-town
trip" reported to include a visit
to Oregon to Investigate candi
dates for the judgeship.
Albany Athlete Rescues '
Child in Nehalem River
WHEELER, July 9.-UP)-Wal.
ter Stabln, Albany college athlete.
rescued Dale Baker, 3, from the
Nehalem river here after Dale's
brother Everett, 7, had called for
help. Staben saw the child lying
on the river bottom, brought him
to the dock and revived him. '
Wilson Whiffs Seven in Row
As Silver Falls Wins Asain
' Tonight' Schedule
7:30 St. Helens vs. Mantle
club.' "
$ .9:00 Reliable Shoe vs. Toledo.
SILVERTON, July $ Dek
bert "Saueak Wilson, veteran
Silver Falls porider, struck out
seven men in succession in the
second, third and fourth innings
tonight as the host team in the
Oregon semi-pro baseball tourna
ment handed Consolidated Freight
its first defeat, 4 to 2. while Sil
ver Falls galloped into the quarr
ter-finals.,rv r'V-Tv,-;
Sellwood unleashed a 10-hit at
tack to drive Southern Pacific out
of the tournament by winning 7
to 1 behind the four-hit pitching
of Bob Houtchens who fanned sev
en. Dave Beeson was Sellwood's
hitting star with a triple and two
singles.; fc-rt'v'.:.
-r Sllverton's celebrated new ball
hark was filled with .the biggest
crowd of the tournament, atten
dance area exceeding the opening
Federal Workers
Forbidden Strike
Roosevelt Echoes Martin
in Announcing Aides
may Sign up, OO
WASHINGTON, July 9
President Roosevelt made clear
today that strikes by federal
workers are barred, although be
declared such employes are free
to join unions. .
Unionization of these, workers
is now being undertaken by the
John L. Lewis Committee tor In
dustrial Organisation.- The presi
dent, after -expressing the opinion
they should not have the right to
strike, ' added that civil service
rules withhold this privilege.
He also asserted that since
government wages are fixed by
congress and that government
enters into no contracts with its
employes, there can be no bar
gaining about pay.
Mr. Roosevelt's assertions were
made at a press conference which
dealt briefly with several other
subjects.
The president declined to com
ment on reports that he and
Lewis are near a break. Telling
reporters he would not affirm, or
deny, various stories being circu-
lated, he laughingly said that rnle
applied also to Vice-President
Garner's departure from Wash
ington. Mr. Garner has gone
home to Texas, arousing much
speculation.
The president . reiterated a
hope that a wage and hour bill
would be enacted this session.
Responding to other questions,
he said he was not , considering
& constitutional amendment for
compulsory retirement of su
preme court Justices at 75, or a
proposal to limit their terms.
Bicycle ajid Auto
Crash, Girl' Hurt
Lavonla Gregg, 13, received cuts
and bruises severe enough to re
quire treatment at Salem Gener
al hospital when the bicycle she
was riding collided yesterday with
an automobile on ' the Salem-Sil-verton
highway near Bond's wood
yard. . - v " ''
I, The driver of the car, whose
name could not be learned, was
not held. The girl was - not seri
ously hurt.' Lavonla is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gregg,
route 7. . , -'
night, as "Squeak" Wilson took
the mound against the strong
Freighters in the second game.
Don - Burch of the Silver Falls
mound staff wo hurt while work
ing in the mill this afternoon and
was not able to start as sched
uled. . ' - ' "
His absence looked serious
when the visitors got to Wilson
tor three hits Including Mtnto'a
double and Pietila's triple for two
runs In the first Inning, but SO
verton . came right back: tn ' the
second with a pair to tie the score.
Carpenter. Schwab and Moe sin
gled in succession. Carpenter com
ing in on Moe's hit. Schwab
scored on Sheldon's outfield fly.
Then Wilson started his almost
unprecedented strikeout perform
ance and In the midst of It his
team got another ran in the third
to move ahead i when Bonney
Tripled and Carpenter; hit-' again
to bring hlnCln-x i -.jr
! In the Sixth tor Silverton, Bon
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Speed Vital in
Retaining U.S.
Aid in Project
Plans Must Be Prepared
in Oregon, Required
by Capitol Board
Purchase of Block 83 It
Advised; no General
Policy Set Forth ,
PORTLAND, July 9-6?-Tbe
capitol reconstruction commis
sion, pressed to meet a "deadline" .
In acquiring 8450,000 from the
public works administration, mov
ed swiftly today to select archi
tects and obtain property on the
four Salem blocks adjacent ' to
the new statehouse for develop
ments authorized i by the legisla
ture. Warned by Ralph Moody, as
sistant attorney , general, - that
plans and specifications must be
rushed to Washington to receive
the benefits offered by the act
extending the PWA, the commis
sion agreed to name Trowbridge
Livingstone and Francis : E.
Keally, New York, designers of
the capitol building, along with
Whitehouse and Church of Port
land as the Oregon associates, to
draw plans and specifications for
buildings the commission may un
dertake. The selection was con
tingent upon satisfactory terms.
A telegram went forward to the
New York architects advising
them plans must be completed la
Oregon "to save delay and ex-1
pense and meet local demands."
They were instructed to confer
with the Portland firm to arrange
terms . of . association.
Commissioner T. H. Banfield of
Portland received authority to
take options on property in the
fenr blocks with view to. purchase,
"at the lowest j possible price." ,
Banfield will consult three avail
able appraisals, j along with the
commission's own estimates, and
if satisfactory agreements cannot j
be reached he iwill recommend
condemnation action.
Immediate Action ,
Advised by Moody
Moody, who returned recently
from a conference with adminis
tration and PWA executives and
the Oregon delegation In congress,
said new government regulations
"recaptured" the 3450,000 in fed
eral funds for the proposed lib
rary and office building. He said
it was necessary to take action,
Immediately as there were many
projects already prepared and
eager for the funds available un
der the extended PWA. .
Although the administration is
friendly to the Oregon plan and
iua urEgva ueiegnuuu nas sen
"outstanding work in protecting"
the 3450,000, Moody said:
"You can't ask for an exten
sion and get It There are . too
many people wanting this money.
It will put us all in an embarrass
ing position it we don't get our
plana ready in time after all this
work has been done in recaptur
ing the 1450,000."
"Any request for further time
will be "Impolitic" and endanger
the entire prpgram, he added. A
three months limit to start and
complete designs and specifica
tions was taken to mean Novem
ber 1 as the deadline. Actual con
structlon may start a month after
the plans are completed and be
concluded In a year. : ; .
Although the commission has
not fully determined the scope of
development, Informal discussion
suggested a single building. Com
missioner E. l7 Dalton proposed
a four-story library building with
one floor devoted to office space.
He - estimated the cost at - about
8700,000. Commissioner Robert
Sawyer tentatively favored an ex
elusive library building. Further
studies . of capitol development
will be undertaken with the high
way commission, authorized by
the legislature to erect a building
of its own. j :
Block 83 Purchase j - " if
Advised by Banfield i- - ,
Banfield reported he Inter
viewed all property owners oa
block 83 at Salem, probable site
of the new structure, and advised
purchase. He said there were
many vacancies and old ' prop
erties. The commission, however,
does not want to buy the build-;
lngs. He added that money Is on
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BALLADE
of TODAV
v , By R. a . 7
When Martin said employes.
- of the state might Join r the
. union If they should - desire, -but
not tor better pay nego-
tlate,-" his . words filled many
liberals- with ire; now Roose- -velt.
.the; worker's - greatest '
friend, has broadcast words that .
i have the same effect; they run "
eontrary to the i- New Deal
trend, some irate blasts will t o