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EIGHTV-NINTII YEAR
Czlta, Orcn, Friday Morning Jitij U 1939
Prief 8e; Newtsltndj tt
No. 100
TED
Politic
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jBaeiiiijjig
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225::Brm; Jobs
Protest Here
Puts but Few
Off Projects
West. Salem Jobs Are Hit
Greatest With 192
Dropping Work
No Workers Quit on Jobs
on Roads in North
v End of County
Local WPA officials estimated
last night that approximately 225
of the nearly 1800 relief workers
in Marion and Polk counties left
their jobs at different times dur
ing the day yesterday in protest
against recent congressional . ac
tion lowering wages and increas
ing working hours on all WPA
projects. Nearly 200 strikers
gathered at 1:30 p. m. in Marion
park for a demonstration and
meeting. .
The. local strike, most effectire
In West Salem where 192 men left
relief projects,- was contrary to
the stand taken by the Oregon
Workers Alliance, state-wide or
ganization of f he group which
called the walkout Wednesday
night. - . -
Success of the strike on the
West Salem projects was ascribed
to the number of relatively large
projects there, where organiza
tional activities among the work
ers were most successful. Accord
ing to a check made late in the
afternoon no- workers on road
projects in the northern part of
the county bad quit. Foremen
were on duty at all working places
throughout the day ready to keep
those who wished to at work.
Ko Penalties
To Be Blade
It is expected that all strikers
will report for work this morning.
No penalizing action of any, sort
will be taken against them. Jay
WPA authorities.
Speakers at the' Marlon park
meeting included Charles W.
Crary and W. A. Chambers .repre
senting the labor council; both
pledged the support of organized
labor to the objectives of the
strikers, and outlined the steps
taken toward forcing withdrawal
of the WPA amendment objection
able to the local workers. Cham
bers urged that all strikers show
their loyalty to organized labor by
supporting shops displaying ; the
union label.
When an expected speaker from
the - International .Labor - Defense
organization in Portland failed to
appear, S. P. Davidson, an officer
In the carpenters' union took the
rostrum i. to denounce specific
points in the new WPA legisla
tion. "There is no hope for the
worker, he declared, "until boars
are shortened and wages raised.
The six-hour day and the five-day
week are the only solution." He
continued to condemn "the capi
talist press," the purpose of which
he asserted to be to "confuse the
people. - ;
A . motion, calling for a parade
was turned down by a show of
hands in favor of a telegram to
President Roosevelt opposing the
adjournment of congress until
the wages and hours clause of the
WPA act Is repealed. Pat Lyman
served as chairman of the meet
ing. ' .
(By the Associated Tress)
Attorney, General Frank Mur
phy struck another administration
blow at the WPA protest walkouts
yesterday by asserting that to tol
erate strikes against the govern-
ment would build up a "fascist
psychology' and might be "the
beginning of the end.' - h
Murphy's stand against ' the
WPA walkouts, which he previ
4usly had denounced as a strike
against government, was taken at
a press conference while thous
ands of WPA employes were par
ticipating . in a one-day work
stoppage and demonstration spon
sored by the Workers Alliance,
union of the unemployed.
Other ; WPAr developments in
eluded:
Colonel F. C. Harrington, WPA
commissioner, . disclosed that Je
had asked tbe Justice department
-for a ruling on the question whe
ther the "prevailing wage ' could
be paid on WPA projects started
before the new relief act became
effective July 1.
WPA officials said they consid
ered tbe strike over. Harrington
-Mid the "backbone was broken
by the agreement reached Wed
nesday on terms for reopening the
Minneapolis projects. He had re
ceived no further word on the
number, of strikers since a check-
ud. as of Monday, showed 21.600
still out, but said he believed"!
there had been a material reduc
tion since then. . -
Six Diein Crash
BERNE. Switzerland, July 20
LTVTbree passengers and three
rew members were killed today
when a commercial plane flying
between Vienna and Zurich
crashed near Constance. .
Danzig-Polish
Mounts Aft
Of Soldi on Border
Danzig Sends More Police to Border Points While.
Poland Fulminates That Mere Apology
Won't Be Sufficient
By ALVIN J. STEINKOPF
FREE CITY OF DANZIG, July 20. (AP) A Danzig
customs officer shot and killed a Polish soldier today near
the Danzig frontier village of Postelau and angered officials
of the Polish commission declared grimly tonight they 'would
demand satisfaction from the nazi-controlled free city. i
One Polish official said: "My government has not yet
acted formally but it would seem O
that we will not be appeased by
a mere apology in mis case.
The fatal shooting also irritated
the Danzig nazi authorities, and
heightened the tension along the
uneasy frontier with Poland.
More men from Daniig'i
strengthened police force were
sent to border points.
The Pole, whose name was giv
en here as Vitold Budziewicz, was
shot by Max Stein, a Danzig cus
toms inspector.
The Danzig and Polish versions
of what happened still were far
apart tonight. .
The Danzig story was that the
Pole had aimed his rifle at the
customs officer from a distance of
50 feet and that the latter, on
Danzig soil, fired "in indisputable
self defense."
"If Stein had not shot, he would
have been a dead man now," one
Danzig officer said.
The nazi newspaper Vorposten
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Firings on WPA
Open
in
PORTLAND, lurf zOV-Ivsn
y. Oakes, deputy state WPA ad
ministrator, advised Oregon WPA
workers today the first discharges
under the new relief act would
begin. August 1.
Oakes, who said a second re
duction would occur September 1,
explained those forced to accept
the "holiday" will be persons in
continuous employment for more
than 18 months. They cannot be
reemployed for at least 30" days.
"A check early next week will
reveal the number of dismissals.
Fifty-three jobs will be eliminated
with discontinuation of the fed
eral theatre project on Sept. 1.
The Workers' Alliance called
off the second protest to the ISO-
hour WPA month yesterday, a
week after the first effort fizzled
out However, the public was in
vited by the Workers' Alliance to
join In a protest mass meeting at
Eugene. The last such meeting
there attracted only about 25
persons.
Democrat Group
Vetoes Resolve
Praising Milher
PORTLAND, July 20.-(P)-The
Willamette Democratic society
voted down today a motion sec
onded by ex-Governc Charles H.
Martin to send an expression of
confidence to Major Laurence A.
Milner, a witness In the Harry
Bridges deportation hearing at
San Francisco.
Major Milner is a former Ore
gon national guardsman.
The motion wa Introduced by
Dellmore Lessard, attorney, who
said M liner's character bad been
"impugned" as the; result of bis
work in the deportation proceed
ings.
Auras
Plant Life Believed Viewed
As Mars Swings Near Earth
BLOEMFOXTEIN, i Union of
South Africa, July 20-4P)-Strong
evidence that plant life exists on
Mars was advanced today by Dr.
Earl C. Slipher, American
astronomer, after observation of
the planet which Is closer to the
earth this month .than it any
time since 1924. - !
Slipher, brother of the director
of the Lowell observatory at Flag
staff, Ariz., reported clearing wea
ther enabled him last night to
take tie first successful color pic
tures of Mars.
' His theory is founded on an ap
parent change In the planet's sur
face, regarded as his most import
ant discovery. ' 'Vrl'-f'::--'
The huge dark spot (soils la
ens), or great eye of Mars, seems
to have assumed a shape , not ob
served for SO years if ever before.
Slipher indicated this ; was
strong evidence plant life exists'on
the planet and suggested the
change was due to fresh vegetation
over an area roughly the size' of
the United States. " -(In
London, Dr. W. H. Steaven-
in WPA
jhooting
American Pastor
Is Held by Arabs
$5000 Ransom Is Sought
for Kidnaped Ohioan
Held in Hills
JERUSALEM, July lO.-F)-Arabs
bearing gifts of rice, flour
and choice fowls' took to the Moab
hills tonight to beseech a rebel
band of their own race to release
a kidnaped preacher from Ohio.
The prisoner is 29-year-old Ger
ould R. Goldner and the Arab kid
napers want 15,000, to free him,
according to Dr. Jacob Goldner,
his father, who also was kidnaped
but permitted to return to Jerusa
lem to arrange for ransom.
Dr. Goldner,. 17, b a Christian
church pastor In Cleveland; his
son li pastor of - the Christian
church at Mogadore, O. The let
ter's wife and their 10-months-old
son are la Cleveland. - The
younger Goldner attended Hiram
(O.l college and Tale dimity
United States' Consul George
Wadsworth Joined in the rescue
but a preliminary search by Brit
ish planes, police and military u-
thorities waa suspended while
friendly Arabs made an effort to
find the abductors.
The Arabs bearing gifts were
residents of the " area near the
Dead aea where the young minis
ter and his father were seized. In
fluential Arabs in Jerusalem also
were active and Greek monks of
the Mar Saba convent, which the
Goldners visited, started a separ
ate search.
Dr. Goldner said he and his son
left Jerusalem Tuesday and visit
ed Mar Sada that night, rising ear-
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New Rum Body Is
Not Going to Fool
PORTLAND, July 20P)-Tne
new state liquor control commis
sion's policy was tersely outlined
today by Chairman Lloyd J. Went
worth, Portland, when he re
marked I don't think we have
time to fool with those places that
do not obey the law.
Wentworth and Commissioners
J. N. Chambers, Salem, and Low
ell Stockman, Pendleton, revoked
two beer and wine licenses, grant
ed 10, suspended five and refused
12 at their first regular business
session. :
Chambers' opposition to grant
ing gasoline service stations beer
licenses was accepted as a general
rule by the commission. It also
expressed the opinion there
should be regulations against issu
ing beer and wine licenses to the
same establishment.
No - action was taken at the
morning session to retain or re
place the holdover administrator.
Otto Runte.
son, tne royal . astronomical so
ciety's Martian authority, declared
Dr. Sllpher's studies undoubtedly
would result in greater knowledge
about vegetation on Mars .and
should remove " any remaining
doubt that the theory of man
made canals on Mars is anything
but "sheer poppycock.)
Slipher and many other noted
astronomers are in the southern
hemisphere to observe the planet.
On July 27, Mars will swing the
closest it has been to the earth in
15 years only 36,000.000 miles
away. But the astronomer said he
did not expect any sensational re
sults on that particular night since
the planet already is near enough
tor taking numerous photographs.
liars' eye is near Its southern
ice-cap which now is breaking up
with the arrival of Martian spring.
giving vegetation of the . region
darker blue and greea shades. -
. After Mars approaches closest
to the earth a week hence, the Am
erican astronomer plans to go to
Johanesburc - tor further studies
of the planets '-:
Action
MarionjCounty
Feud Is to
To Gran
Siegmund and McMahan
to TeH It to the
Grand Jury r
Both Will Have Chances
to Elaborate on
Charges .
District Attorney Lyle V. Page
stated yesterday that Circuit
Judge L. H. McMahan and County
Judge John Siegmund, chief pro
t a k o n i s t s in what Governor
Charles A. Sprague Wednesday
called a "pot-kettle feud In Mar
ion county, win both be asked to
appear before- the grand Jury
when It convenes here next Mon
day morning.
Page said that Judge McMahan
would be given an opportunity to
make a statement regarding his
recent charge to the grand Jury in
which he urged investigation of
the official conduct of tbe Marion
county court.
County Judge Siegmund-, will
likewise have a chance to elabor
ate on his recent letter to Gover
nor Sprague asking for the ap
pointment of a special prosecutor
to investigate Judge McMahan's
department of the circuit court.
Neither Willing ; . -
To Comment
Page's action follows the gover
nor's refusal to appoint a prosecu
tor to conduct the Investigations
into either court. Neither Judge
Siegmund nor Judge McMahan
would comment on developments
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Savant Has Idea
A:
id
Suggests Change of Air
Blade Men Vomit, Tear
of "Lungs"
LONDON, July 20 (ffV A fa
mous British scientist, J. B. S.
Haldane, who teBted the effects
of foul air In a sealed chamber
and concluded it was unpleasant
but not torture, today suggested
a new theory why 89 men failed
to escape from the submarine
Thetis.
At a special inquiry Into the
disaster Haldane said the sudden
transfer from foul air in the sub
marine to the escape chamber,
while breathing the oxygen of the
Davis escape apparatus, might
have been too much for the men.
If the men had breathed oxy
gen from tanks for about 45 mi
nutes before entering the escape
chamber they might have escaped
without difficulty, he theorized.
Haldane. descTiblnr his use or
the Davis lung upon being freed
from an airtight steel cylinder
resembling the escape chamber,
said: . , ., - -r '--1-'
"For a minute or two I breath
ed Quite calmly and happily, then
I was seized with vomiting. I do
not say that I had to take the ap
paratus off but I did take it on."
He said he thought the men in
the Thetis attempting to escape
with the lungs may have experi
enced similar symptoms, torn off
their apparatus mouthpieces and
drowned.
Haldane's conclusion was that
tbe men who died might have had
severe headaches before losing
conciousnesa but that the experi
ence could not be called torture.
Sweetlahd Rapped
By Labor Leaders
PORTLAND. Ore:. July 2 O.-tfP)
-Two high officers of the Oregon
Federation of Labor took Monroe
Sweetland of. the Oregon Com
monwealth Federation to task to
day for telling the senate labor
committee that state sentiment
was "highly favorable to the con
tinuance of the Wagner net as it
Is." :" i --. v;;: I.-;:.
Sweetland, Commonwealth sec
retary, appeared before the com
mittee this week. ; .'
Paul E. Gurske, Labor Federa
tion president and D. E. Nicker
son, secretary, issued, a: Joint
stat ement reminding Sweetland
that " the labor - convention ap
proved revision of the Wagner act
in conformance with changes pro
posed by tbe AFL. ,
WPA Workers Are Urged ,
To Organize by Ed Lonx
' PORTLAND. Ore.. July 20-
-WPA workers were urged to
form a union' to "fight back
against the vicious attack against
WPA" .by Ed Loux, Industrial
Union Council (CIO), at an as
sembly here tonight. which.; drew
less' than -leOrr "r.---r:-The"
gathering was tn ?.protest
to recent Increase in WPA hours
without pay boosts- :i. z,.-'
Go
djury
?essteSay
Bridges Held
Card
Party
in
Portland . Man Testifies
dQ Head Said Mayhe -He
Was Member
Restaurant Man States
Bridges Frequented
Party Hangout
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. -UP)
Testimony of two witnesses at
the Harry Bridges deportation
hearing today linked the CIO
waterfront leader with alleged
communist activities.
William Henry Howard, 49, of
Portland, Ore., testified Bridges
told him in San Pedro, Calif., fol
lowing the 1)35 maritime federa
tion convention . there, "Well,
maybe I am a commie (commun
ist) and if I am, maybe I'd be
damned proud of it"
Joseph William Marcus, one
time waiter In a San Francisco
restaurant which he identified as
communist headquarters, said.
Bridges frequently visited there.
In his testimony another name
was added to the identity of "Ar
thur, Scott," also known as Kent,
described as an anti-radical work
er. Scott's arrest on burglary
charges in Beverly Hills, his guil
ty piea and commutation of his
sentence by f o r m e r Governor
Frank F. Merriam have cropped
up frequently in anestlonina br
attorneys for Bridges.
Adverse Witness
Is Subpoenaed
The defense also obtained a
subpoena for Capt. Charles Bake
sy, Santa Monica, as an adverse
witness. Defense Attorney Richard
Gladsteln told reporters Bakesy
"has it within his power to reveal
the inter-relation between Thomas
G. Plant (head of the waterfront
employers during the 193C-S7
maritime strike) and Stanley
Morton (Larry) Doyle and the
persecution of Bridges.
(Doyle, anti-radical worker, has
been subpoenaed to appear at the
hearing.) - 'iTf-,r- ;
Hewttd, Who said ij was an
ex-marine fireman wfc9 formerly
held a vice-presidency of district
council No. 3, of the Maritime
Federation of the Pacific in Port
land, said he did not Ilka
"Bridges attitude in trying to
grab control over every union on
the coast in the maritime indus
try." He said Bridges "has tried to
get control of the marine firemen,
but never succeeded in Seattle,
Portland or San Pedro."
Thomas Shoemaker, . chief of
government counsel, asked How
ard how Bridge sattempted to gain
control, and the witness an
swered :
Asserts Bridges
Used "Stooges'
Asked what he meant by that,
Howard replied, "Communist par
ty stooges."
Howard testified ' a "Blackle"
Cannilonga once told him Bridges
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ftlhiister Sought
On Check Charge
PORTLAND, July 20.-(ff-Rev.
Noel L. Murray, 34, ordained
Episcopal minister of Portland,
was sought by police of at least
two cities today, on charges of
issuing worthless' checks. Detec
tive 1A. L. D. Mancietaid.
A warrant for his arrest was
issued here and Manciet said the
churchman also was wanted in
Seattle.
"He has left a trail of bad
checks from Newark, N.' J., clear
across the country to Portland,"
Manciet said. "The amount comes
to about 33000."
The city church directory lists
Murray as the pastor of St Paul's
church in southeast Portland.
Adventists Elect '
Anderson as Head
' .-- ... -.
GLADSTONE, Ore., July 20.
(AVOregon Seventh Day Adven
tists, in their annual convention
today, reelected V. G. Anderson,
Portland, president of the con
ference. , -i:
C. S. Johnson, field missionary
secretary, told the delegates more
than $30,000 of books and maga
zines have been sold in two years
by 133 eolnorteurs engaged in
selling Seventh Day Adventist lit
erature.:
City Sans Slums
To Be Rlillenium
'' . iy- .'
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 20-4P)
-"When I see a city without slums
I will know the mlllenlum has ar
rived. Langdon Post, regional
representative of tne US housing
authority, declared on arrival here
today to address the institute of
northwest '; affairs.; -"CT--i:'-A , it. - "
He declared the federal housing
authority has no desire er inten-
tion of forcing itself or Its funds
on any eity . .' . the whole program
is based on cities taking the ini
tiative,'", . , . ...
Two-Shot Charlie (He IJissed Both)
& Opens big PITA Trapshoot Here
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Governor Sprague opened championship shooting ta the Pacific Inter
national Trapshoot association
shots from th gwsi Tee is holdiag above, bwt despite expert coacb
tag from Secretary of State Earl Saell the clay birds went Bailing
blithely on, unsha tiered. SnelL a fair conn try trapgunner himself,
later postea a very ereaitatue
Probe Into NLRB
Ordered by House
Five-Man Body to Study
Board, Suggest Change
if Needed
WASHINGTON, July SO (ff)
The House today voted an ex
tensive inquiry Into the national
labor relations board, ; approving
over the protests of a powerful
democratic bloc the creation of a
five-man investigating committee
with full subpoena powers to stu
dy the whole N. L. R. B. setup
and make any recommendations
for legislation.
The action, which carried the
chamber by a vote of 254 to 135,
came as a blow to Chairman Nor
ton (D-NJ) of the House Labor
committee, which has been con
sidering amendments to the act
since May 4.
Under the resolution Speaker
Bankhead Is to name a committee
whose duty will be to:
1. Find out whether the board
has been fair in its interpretation
of the law and in its decisions.
2. Check the effects of the act
on employer-employe relations
and upon economic conditions.
3. Find out whether the board
has "attempted to write into the
act purposes not justified by its
language. ,
4. Suggest amendments, 1 1
any, and determine whether con
gress should further define Inter
state commerce.
Strike Is Closed
At American Can
PORTLAND, July 20 UP) A
compromise settlement, details of
which were withheld, tonight end
ed the strike at' the American
Can company plant here, J. B.
McCallister, secretary of the Port
land " Iron, Steel and Tin Wor
kers, local 2070, CIO, announced.
The strike, .which started a
week ago, affected some 300 wor
kers. ,
Albahy Defeats
8 to 2 to Gain Final Round
SILVERTON, July 20-(Special)
-Southpaw Glen Elliott ran his
tournament strikeout record to
4f ia 25 Innings as he pitched
the Albany Oaks to an 8 to 2
victory over the Hills Creek Hill
billies here tonight, . the victory
carrying the Oaks into the finals
of this fourth annual Oregon state
semi-pro tournament.
They meet Silverton's Red Sox
at 8:20 Saturday night, and it the
Sox win the title's theirs. A vic
tory for the -Oaks, however, will
prolong the meet by at least one
more game and possibly two. :
- Two bobbles behind .hint kept
Elliott from a shutout perform
ance as he allowed the 'Billies six
hits, four of which were of- the
infield variety. They scored on
him once ia the fourth on Dunn's
single, his stolen base and Second
Baseman Dick Gentxkowe boot of
Howard Parks' roller, and onee In
the eighth when Garney singled,
frs
towrnameat yesterday with two
score of "9Z" kins ot of 100.
Japan SendsiNayy
To Sibena1 Coast
Russian Threat to Take
Over Sakhalin Rights
Is Held Reason
TOKYO, July 21-(ff)-A naval
ministry source disclosed today
that a section of the Japaner
fleet was assembling In northern
waters as a result of a soviet
Russian threat to confiscate Jap
anese coal and oil properties.
The size of the naval force, its
base and destination were not
stated. The naval source declared.
however, that "our ships and men
are ready.!
Asked if Japan were likely to
take armed action to prevent con
fiscation, he replied: "In my
opinion that is possible. The sit
uation is extremely grave."
(On Monday soviet Russia an
nounced rejection of a Japanese
demand in 'ultimatum form' re
garding the rights of Japanese oil
and coal concessionaires in Sak
halin island, which Is half Rus
sian and half Japanese. It is off
the Siberian coast.)
Fall From Bicycle
Results in Death
" Injuries sustained in a fall from
a bicycle Wednesday resulted in
the death of Agatha Wlllems, 13,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bern
hard B. Wlllems of West Salem,
at the Salem Deaconess hospital
yesterday morning. She died from
a fractured skull.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bernhard B. Wlllems of
West Salem;' brother, Waldo B.
Wlllems: sisters, Mrs. Hulda Dirk
of Minnesota, Mrs. Bertha Faden
recht.and Miss Margaret Wlllems,
both of Colorado. ,
Funeral announcements will be
from Clough-Barrack mortuary.
Hill Billies
took second on Oravec's error In
fielding the hall and scored on
Dunn's rap to short.
Elliott tied his own tourney
whiff record of 15, set in Albany's
first game of the meet, a seven-
inning tilt. His 48 has been ac
complished in going tbe full route
twice and making three relief ap
pearances. He has yet to give up
an earned run.
Bunching four of the 11 blows
they collected off Bun Kelsay la
the - fifth, ' including singles hy
Grant, Leptien and sater and m
double, by - McClaine, ": tbe - Oaks
scored five times to, along with
the single tallies that cams in the
second and third, put the game
away. The big inning also included
two walks,, one of which was a
political - gesture to t Oravec, and
four stolen" bases, .one of which
was a pilfering of home by Oravec.
' McClaine, right fielder, headed
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,n- e ., is. - v .
f i ? -f-v-?' . - " T- - - s - - :. . v, .
Puts Federal
Enrol
oy es ou t
OfC
Many Provisions Cut out
hy House Judiciary
Are Restored
Coalition Has Strucele
Before Measure Is
i Voted 242-133
WASHINGTON. July 20.-4PV- A
The house passed the Hatch bill
tonight after a bi-partisan coali
tion had scored victories in what
they called their effort to restore
the teeth to the measure banning
"politics in relief and barring
federal employes from political
campaigns.
During a long-drawn struggle,
the determined . coalition of re
publicans and democrats restored
many provisions which were ia
the measure as it passed the sen
ate weeks ago but which were la
ter stricken out by the house: Ju
diciary committee after President
Roosevelt bad objected-that tbe
measure was badly drawn.
The speaker announced the
house vote on final passage was
242 to 133. The measure now goes
back to the senate for action on
certain amendments.
- Led by Rep. Dempsey (D-NM),
the coalition got the house to ap
prove a provision forbidding a
vast army of federal office
holders to participate in national
political conventions or other po
litical activity.
Must Not Participate
la Campaigns
The section declares that, with
the exception of the president: a
few other officials, persons in tbe
executive branch of the govern
ment must not use their official
authority to influence an election,
and must not take part in. "po
litical management or political
campaigns."
The standing vote of 127 ta
103 went a long way to reatorlua
the Hatch bill to, the form in
which It passed the senate weeks
ago. Subsequent to senate pas
sage, President Roosevelt and oth
er administration men criticized
it as badly drawn and the house
judiciary committee altered It in
such a way that its sponsors raised
the cry that it had been "emascu
lated." A number of administration leg
islators fought doggedly tonight
tor the house committee's version.
They Insisted that the senate bill,
was so loose and so broad that it"
would prevent members of con
gress, for example, from running
for re-election.
Congressmen
Exempted
To meet the latter objection,
Rep. Dempsey wrote into his sec
tion approved tonight a clause
specifically exempting members of
congress from the bill's provi
sions. . Just before the vote, Represes- :
tatlve Parsons (D-111) was ruled
out of order when he offered an
amendment to prevent newspapers
from accepting money for political
advertisements or to permit them
or periodicals from expressing an
opinion regarding political candi
dates. Nettled by the republican solid
arity on the measure, two demo
crats offered facetious amend- -ments
which rolled up a surpris
ing vote.
Earlier, at the urging of Ren.
Mott (R-Ore), tbe house voted to
delete from the bill, rs presented
by the judiciary committee, a sec
tion saying that administrative
employes of the government hare
the right to "participate In the ac
tivities of political party." j .
This too was a victory for tbe
bit-partisan bloc bent on passing
the bill in substantially the form
It came from tbe senate. .
Kwangtung Port
Taken by Japan
HONGKONG, July 21-(Friday )
-P)-Swabue, Kwangtung prov
ince port midway between Hong
kong and Swatow, has been occu
pied by Japanese forces after na
val and aerial bombardments
which demolished Chinese shore
defenses.; "; '
Chinese reports from Swabue
said several hundred Japanese
blue-jackets were landed in the
offensive last evening.' The Chi
nese said the Invaders lost heav
ily. - 7;
' The landing force pushed into
the interior after Swabue was
taken.- -'A
Since the attackers were not
supported by army nnlts it was
believed the Japanese merely were "
ending. Chinese use of the port .
.which, since the loss of Swatow,
has , handled considerable Junk
borne Chinese trade, especially
exports to Hongkong. : 1
Scio Tribune Completes '
! 42nd Year's Publication
SCIO, July 20 With the cur
rent issue The Scio Tribune corn- :
pleted 42 years - of publication
The weekly newspaper has been
published under several "names.'
Jot Lytle is the present editor, r;