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The OREGON STATESMAN, Satan, Urezon, Tuesday Moraine, December 13, 1938
Court Buffets
NLRB2dTime
Labor Board Is Reversed
in Case Where Sailors
f
Staged Sit-Down
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-(ff-The
supreme court-today thwart
ed an effort of the national labor
relations board to reinstate 145
seamen who were discharged aft
er two ships had beenselxed in
sitdown strikes.
Without I explaining its action,
the court refused "a board request
it reriew a decision of the fifth
federal circuit court, which., set
aside a board order requiring re
instatement of the men.
. The order had been directed
against the Peninsular and Occi
dental Steamship company. -V
Second Setback
It was the second setback with
in as many weeks for the NLRB.
The court ruled formally last
Monday that the board had ex
ceeded its : authority in ordering
cancellation of contracts between
AFL unions and the Consolidated
Edison company of New York. As
in that case, the American Feder
ation of. Labor appeared, in oppo
sition to the board in the proceed
ing ended today.
in the steamship, dispute, the
NLRB ordered the strikers rein
stated with back pay. It contend
ed the men were discharged be
cause they joined and : assisted
the National Maritime' union,- a
CIO affiliate.
At the time of the disputethe
International Seamen's union
t AFL) had contracts with the
, company, , which operates the
steamers Florida and, Cuba be
tween Miami and Fort' Tampa,
Fla., and Havana.
Strike at Tampa
rCrew members on the Florida
struck at Tampa on June 4, 1937.
asserting they wished to change
their union affiliation from the
AFL to the CIO. -Members of the
Cuba crew Joined the strike. It
was settled by Intervention of the
labor . department.
Two weeks later members of
the crew on the Cuba who still fa
vored AFL affiliation refused to
sail with those who had Joined
the CIO, and a new'strike result-'
ed. Crews of both the Florida and
the Cuba were discharged and the
AFL ; union, under ' its contract,
supplied new crews.
: The circuit court decided the
seizing of the ships by sit-down
strikers was "at least prima far
cle .evidence that the crews were
guilty of mutiny."
Jvlt added: .
i 'It would be gross negligence
for a vessel to put to sea with that
kind of a crew." .
. The AFL contended the circuit
court's decision should be allowed
to stand. It argued the labor
board order "declined to give ef
fect to an existing contract."
Cole to Inspect
Holly Shipments
PprOlTlfl TlQ.ln. Vll t f
, u.,1UK.uuu; ior tnip-
ment to California should take It
to C. A. Cole at the state depart
ment agriculture today through
Friday, County Agent Harry L.
Riches states.
Riches and his assistant, Rob
ert E. Rieder, will leave this
morning : for- Corvallis to attend
the four-day session of the annual
extension conference. They will
be back at their desks Saturday
morning.
Regulations on holly shipments
have changed this year, and only
the holiday greenery designed
for California points needs to be
Inspected at this time, Riches
states.
Garner Boomed for President
Portland Has 54th
I Traffic Fatality
' PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 12-(p)-Mrs.
Alma Campbell, 74, became
Portland's 54 th traffic victim of
the year, when she was hit by a
truck and fatally, injured tonight.
- The drlTer, Harry M. Gregory,
Vancouver, Wash., was charged
with involuntary manslaughter af
ter Accident Investigator George
-Phillips reported that the vehicle
was traveling at a high rate of
speed and had swerved out of
control. ; Gregory was released on
11000 ball. '
Miner Uses Hands
To Dig Self out
nivania rAss, uec. iz-fiip)-Wllllam
Frlsch, Holland gold
miner, was in a hospital today
with a -possibly broken back af
ter he; dug his way out of a
mine cave-in yesterday. 4
Frlsch told hospital attendants
he used his hands to burrow out
after a cave-In buried him, and
then crawled unaided to the
mine entrance, -where he' called
for help.
Veteran Slashes Throat
At Hospital in Portland
PORTLAND. Dec. 12j-ip)-rjno
Wange, 47, Houghton, Wash.,
' took his life by slashing his throat
at the United States Veterans'
hospital yesterday. Deputy Coro
ner G. W. Snooks said today. Phy
sicians said Wange, who was to
have returned home this week,
suffered from an Internal malady.
92-Yecr-Old Woman Diet
As Resutt "of bad Burnt
' PORTLAND Dec5 XS-pWMrs.
Viola Turlay, 92. was fatally
. burned yesterday by flame Irom
a open stove. Her - 7-year-old
son, Ben ' Turlay, beat out i the
flames but-the aged woman died
fit short time later. , . - j
LaCrande Gets Cold Wave
LA GRANDE, Dee. IXHTVA
seasonal , mark t was established
last Bight when the temperature
dropped , td a minimum of IX de
grees' above zero. A day earlier
the mercury showed a compara
tively balmy 59 degrees. -
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Bin. Fred Moore, Mrs. Mande Blair, Jesse I Garner and Mrs.
J. B. Wright
. . . . . '
Before the old Garner home at Detroit, Tcjl, relatives of Vice Presi
dent John Nance Garner participate in' a "Garner-for-president'
boom. It was in this log cabin, background, that Gamer's mother
was' born. Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Fred Moore, niece of the
vice president; Mrs. Maude Blair, a sister; Jesse L. Garner, m
brother, and Mrs. J. R Wright, a sister.
Sheridan Downey
Asks End of WPA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-;P)-Sheridan
Downey, democratic senator-elect
from California, said
today the WPA "is demoralizing
the country, and it has got to go.''
Downey, who supported the
$30-every-Thursday pension plan
In California, said the federal re
lief agency should be replaced by
a national pension system costing
several billions annually. He add
ed he was drafting a national pen
sion program, with payments
starting at either 50 or 60.
Although saying he had not de
cided .how the payments could be
financed, the Californian asserted
issuance of new currency might
be one way.
Lots .Turned Over
To City of Salem
Twenty pieces of Salem proper
ty were deeded by the county
court by quit claim to the city
y-sterday in exchange for
$1536.56 in delinquent taxes. The
parcels ranged in size from one
lot to one acre.
The county originally took the
property by delinquent tax fore
closure. In order to be able to
give good title to buyers, the city
then went through its own fore
closure proceedings based on
street lions.
The tax payment represented
the principal accrued against the
properties, les? the city's share of
the various levies and less Inter
est and penalty.
Marine Reserves
To Use old Ship
The navy department has ac
cepted an invitation from the
Battleship Oregon commission to
use the Battleship Oregon as
headquarters for the proposed
new marine corps reserve unit to
be established in this state.
Navy department officials said
the ship could be used for drills
and instructional purposes to good
advantage.
' The invitation was sent to
navy department officials by Gov
ernor Charles H. Martin.
Abductors Shown
By Kidnaped Girl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-()-Washington
detectives said to
night Mary Brown, 18, Oxon Hill,
Md.. girl "positively" had identi
fied the picture of one man and
"partially" identified a second as
those of two of the three persons
she said kidnaped her early this
month.
The identifications were made
Jrom the "rogues gallery" of the
metropolitan police. The names of
the two men were not made pub-He.
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Qass in Wrapping
Of Gifts Offered
The first meeting, of a special
short unit vocational class in
"Package and Gift Wrapping"
will be held at 255, North Lib
erty street at 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day. This is a commercial class
and not open to housewives .or
others not classified as sales per
sons. One or two additional ses
sions will be held at times and
places selected by those enrolled.
Two competent instructors have
been obtained and demonstra
tions will be made by specialists
in certain types of package wrap
ping. The fundamentals of pack
age wrapping as well as fancy
gift wrapping will becovered by
the course. A class fee of fifty
cents per person will be charged.
This class is being offered
through the cooperation of the
state board of vocational ed'ica
tion with the Salem -public
schools and local merchants. Fur
ther information can be obtained
by calling the department of vo
cational training, Salem'" public
schools, phone 6737.
Trotsky Says
NewDealMild
"V.-.', ' '-. ' -
Palliative for Diseased
Body, but no Cure,
Says Russian
TUCSON, Arts., Dec. 1
teon Trotsky, exiled Russian rev
olutionary, in an interview re
leased, here tonight, describes the
new deal as not revolutionary but
as "a program pf mere palliatives
seeking to cure a badly diseased
body."
Trotsky, Interviewed in his
guarded villa near Mexico City by
William R. Mathews, publisher of
the Arizona Dally Star of Tucson,
said the new deal program "rep
resents the culmination of the fi
nal . contradictions in tha decay
and fall of capitalism.
Cure Neglected
"It will, of course, fall, because
it Is doing nothing to cure the
causes xf the diseases," the one
time head of the soviet war ma
chine declared.
"Capitalism has reached its.
xenith in America and has ex
hausted itself. It is now living
on its savings, consuming its own
tat
"Look at your unemployed. No
form of society can continue long
that permits such conditions to
exist. Ton are doing nothing to
increase wealth."
Trotsky asserted that the "de
mocracy of capitalism is finished."
Points to France
"Look at France, where it is
making dying gasps," he said.
"Note how Daladier is asking for
full powers. That means dicta
torship." He predicted a "terrible revo
lution" in the United States, and
described Mayor Frank Hague of
Jersey City as a more powerful
figure than President Roosevelt
and as the symbol of American
political action. The Rockefel
lers, he believes, symbolize this
nation's ruling class.
"You will have a revolution, a
terrible revolution," the famed
exile told Mathews. "What course
It takes will depend much on what
Mr. Rockefeller tells Mr. Hague
to do. Mr. Rockefeller is a sym
bol "of the American ruling class,
and Mr. Hague Is a symbol of Its
political tools."
Soil Improvement
Study Opens 19th
DALLAS Several Polk county
farmers will have a part in the
soil improvement short course at
Oregon State college Monday and
Tuesday, December 19 and 20,
and indications are that there will
be a large attendance of farmers
from over the valley.
According to information re
ceived at the coupty agent's office,
considerable new information will
be given on the subject of ferti
lizers. Boron, an element found In
ordinary borax, has given phenom
lnal returns on certain soils and
usually it can be applied cheaply.
This and other minor elements
are to be discussed in the short
course. Irrigation and soil fertility
trials will also be considered as
part of the program.
Statesman Policy
Pas for Injury
" ' Albert J. ' Evan. Jr., Salem
rente two, holder of a dollar
North American Accident Insur
ence company policy issued by The
Oregon Statesman to its subscrib
ers, has been mailed a $25 cheek
to cover injuries sustained several
weeks. ago.
Evans suffered a broken arm
when he was struck and knocked,
down by a car he was cranking.
Patriotic Essay ;
Contest Offered
The Salem Lion's club auxil
iary, headed "by Mrs. Harry W.
Scott, is sponsoring a contest to
encourage - patriotism among the
school children of the city. The
contest is open to all ' pupils of
the- social science department cf
the Leslie and Parrish junior
high schools. The students will
be required to write themes on
"A Contemporary American and
His Contribution To Our Country.-
-
Miss Joy Mills, head of the so
cial scienee department of .-the
Salem schools, is directing the
contest. A group of social science
teachers from the senior high
school will act as Judges. A $5
and (2.50 prize will be awarded
and three honorable mentions
will be given. The awards will
be presented at the Christmas
assemblies at the two schools.
North End School
Teachers in Meet
W O O D B U R N The ennnal
North Marlon county teachers' In
stitute was held at Woodbnrn high
school Saturday morning with
over 100 teachers attending. Har
old Davis of Silverton, county
president of the Marion County
Teachers' association, presided.
Speakers included Rex Putnam,
state superintendent of public in
struction, who spoke to teachers
of the upper grade division; Dr.
Vern D. Bain, former superintend
ent of Woodburn schools, who
talked to the high school teachers,
and Dr. Macomber pf the Univer
sity of Oregon, who spke to de
partmental teachers.
At a general assembly, Silas
Gaiser, Salem, president of the
Oregon State Teachers' associa
tion, spoke on proposed legislation
affecting Oregon schools.
Road Heads Back
From Taxes Meet
Members, of the state highway
rommission returned here Mon
day from Dallas, Texas, where
they attended the national con
vention of state highway officials.
R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, was one of the princi
pal speakers at the gathering. He
said every state in the union was
represented and a large number
of important subjects were, dis
cussed. Baldock said the next meeting
of the highway commission would
be held in Portland Thursday and
Friday.'
Winslow Firingj :
Upheld by Probe
Charge of. Discourteous
Conduct to Prisoner
Found Justified
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had received the cut alongside
his left ear while coming to the
station." jt
Wlnslow Says
He Gave- Warning
Wlnslow testified ; he had ear
lier In the evening told Suiting
to go home but that he had re
turned on his beat to find Stall
ing, still In a drunken condition,
on the street. He said that Stall
ing,, when told he'd either have
to go home or to jail, swore at
him and -took a swing at jhlm.
"He pulled back and tried to
wrestle away from me all the
nay to the station," Wlnslow
said. ' ' :-
"I was getting tired and out
or wind," Wlnslow said when
asked If he had not lost his tem
per. "1 might have been k little
mad."
Others testifying for the de
fense Included: j
Roy Mclntyre, co-propriietor of
the Dlnty Moore cafe, ffom In
front of which Stalling was ar
rested. "I ordered Stalling out
of my place earlier. In the after
noon," Mclntyre said. .
Augustus Dlmlck, who said
Stalling was "fighting drunk"
and that he had swung an Wins
low. Walter Stoltz, Harold Busick
and Van Wleder, who J1 test:
fled as to Winslow's efficiency
as an officer.
Stephen A. Stone, reporter who
interviewed Stalling as he , was
being released from tie jail.
Stone testified that Stalling told
htm he was not on the floor of
the police station and could re
member nothing of what hap
pened. Printed Budgejts
Going Into Mail
Printed state budgets for the
1939-40 biennium were being
mailed out here Monday by the
state budget department. The dis
tribution is restricted to members
of the 1939 legislature, heads of
state departments and the news
papers. The budgets contain all depart
ment and institutional requests,
together with appropriations ap
proved by Governor Charles H.
Martin and the state budget divi
sion. All legislative appropriations
must receive the approval of the
joint ways and means committee
before being sent to the house
where all bills carrying appropria
tions originate. j
Mrs, Jennie Ellis Dies
In Portland at Age 76
PORTLAND, Dec. 12-jp)-Mrs.
Jennie C. Ellis, 76, long-time resi
dent of Albany, died here yester
day, j
Six sons survive, including
William of Salem. j .
Christmas Carols
Provided Shoppers
. ' r ' .
A male quartet composed of
members of the store staff twice
dally broadcasts Christmas carols
over a public address system in
the Montgomery - Ward store.
Christmas musio is featured from
the third floor "studio" where
Ewald Frant. Neil Fleming, Paul
Sllke and Alvlo Helbert harmonize
old favorites to the. piarto accom
paniment ot Miss Dorothy Leiper.
Manager Barkley J Newman in
vites the public Jot hear the
"broadcasts" on any floor during
the morning or afternoon.
Regional Realtor
Gathering Friday
One of the regional meetings
for real estate brokers and sales
men conducted at intervals by the
state real estate department,
headed by Hugh Earl and Wil
liam L. Graham, is scheduled for
Friday night in Portland at the
Aero club, 804 Southwest Taylor
street. There wlll.be a :30 p. m.
dinner followed by a speaking
program.
David B. Simpson, northwest
regional vice-president of the Na
tional Associated of Real Estate
Boards, will be the principal
speaker. Others Include Claude II.
Murphy of Albany, president of
the state association; Henry E
Reed, former Multnomah county
assessor who will discuss apprals
als; Stanley Freeman of Salem,
"Progress and Alms ot the Col
lectors In Oregon:" -T. W. Zim
merman of Portland, secretary of
the state board, and Bernard
Eastman of Ontario who will dis
cuss the next state convention to
be held there next summer. Gov
ernor Charles H. Martin and Governor-elect
Charles A. Sprague
have been invited to attend.
League of Cities
Meet Wednesday
Legislative matters pertinent to'
Oregon cities will be explained
during a League of Oregon Cities
meeting at the Golden Pheasant
restaurant Wednesday noon, It
was announced yesterday by May
or V. E. Kuhn. past president of
the league.
President Charles Huggins,
Marshfield mavor. Executive Sec
retary Herman Kehrll and possi
biy one or two members of the
executive board will meet with
city officials ol the" Salem district
to explain matters expected to
come before the 1939 legislature
that are of particular importance
to cities.
Flow of Christmas Mail
At Postoffice Heavier
Christmas mail, both outgoing
and incoming, began in earnest at
the local postoffice yesterday.
A steady flow ot patrons ap
peared throughout the day at the
stamp and the two parcel post
windows, but at no time was there
congestion. Postmaster H. R.
Crawford reports.
France, Britain
Hoping for Memel
Envoys to Express Hope'
at Berlin That Nazis
Won't Cobble
LONDON, Dec. IZ--Great
Britain and France conveyed con
cern to Germany today over the
possibility she may swallow little
Memel In another, thrust to tho
east. . - -J
; Prime Minister -Neville Cham
berlain informed the h o U s e of
commons that,, the British and
French envoys in Berlin had been
instructed to "Join" in "express
ing the hope that the German
government will use its influence
to insure respect" for the 1924
statute ot Memel, which gave the
former German territory a meas
ure of autonomy u n d e r Lithu
anian control.
Britain and France are signa
tories ot the 1924 convention, but
no informed observers in London
expected them to do more than
protest if Chancellor Hitler should
"permit" the Memel Germans to
come back to the reich.
It was considered problematical
whether such a return' would take
the form of actual annexation by
Germany or conform to the Dan
zig pattern of a separate nazl state
controlled through. the nazl party
from Berlin.
Government Club
Meeting Tonight
The executive committee of the
Good Government club will meet
at the courthouse tonight at 7:30
o'clock to plan a program of ac
tivities for the coining year. The
immediate issues to be discussed
tonight include: '
The billboard ordinance before
the city council; proposal to estab
lish a cooperative industrial en
terprise to salvage and convert
waste. material and provide em
ployment; the firemen's pension
bill to be introduced in the legis
lature;, the "Farmer" Jones bill
fcr promoting use of Oregon
fruits In wine production; cooper
ation with the Marion county re
lief committee and other agencies
to bring about more satisfactory
distribution or relief funds and
old age assistance allotments.
The general public is invited
to attend.
Capitol Will Get
Restaurant Soon
H. O. Tenney, Milwaukie, will
equip and operate the new state
capltol restaurant. Secretary ol
State Snell announced Monday.
Equipment will be Installed
within the next few days and th
restaurant will be ready for oper
ation January 7. The 1939 leg-"
islature convenes January 9.
Tenney has been engaged in
the restaurant business for many
years. The restaurant will be In
the basement of the new capltol
building. -
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