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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 2, 1939
Price Se; Newsstands 5c
No. 110
Groats Asking
AutonomyEven
If War Result
Yugoslavia Becomes Hot
- Spot in-European
Politics
Danzig Is Roiled Over
Ban Put on Herring
Imports
(By the Associated .Press)
Courthouse Is Girded
For Renewal of Battle
Police Stoned
46 HURT AS STRIKERS STORM FACTORY
FDR Hits Back
As Lending Bill
Dies in House
Declares Action Is BIoW
to Industry, Relief,
Taxpayers
In Detroit at
As Grand Jury Gathers
Auto
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New Angles on' Suggested Countj Court Inquiry I Outbreak Is Only. Action
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Are" Expected to r,iow tin in Session I of Violence in Three
Called IV McMahan Labor Disputes
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Factory
Yugoslavia and Danzig, one a
nation and the other a free city
as a result of the World war, came
to the front again yesterday as
Europe's twin trouble spots 25
years after the start of that con
flict. "
In Yugoslavia the leader of
autonomy-demanding Croats de
clared Croatia would secede
even though "it will probably
mean a world war" unless his
neonle obtained home rule
auickly.
- Regarding the role Germany
might play in the threatened se
cession or the Croats, wno account
for a third of Yugaslavla's 15,
630.000 population. Dr. Vladko
MacheV. the Croat leader, de
clared:
"All right Germany then let
her come and make order. Some
one must make order in Yugo
slavia. If Belgrade can't, Germany
can."
"Margarine War'
Brines Tension
In Danzig, political tension
mounted as free city nazis accused
Poland of launching a trade war
by refusing to permit further Im
ports of margarine and herring.
Germans in Danzig declared
Poland's latest move in "the her
ring and margarine war" was a
"general attack on Danzig's vital
economic measures."
The nazis. charging this and
previous Polish trade restrictions
would deprive Danzig of $5,000,-.
000 of business annually, threat
ened to turn to the German mar
ket without regard for the cus
toms union with Warsaw.
Great Britain, meanwhile, dis
closed new strides towards readi
ness for any emergency many
expected It In the fall as parlia
ment approached Its summer re
cess. - V - ;-s.
British Mission
Off to Moscow -
A British military mission pre
pared to leave tor Moscow for
Joint Britisb-French-Soviet Rus
sian military talks.
From the soviet capital came an
official declaration that the Brit-
Ish formula defining "Indirect agi I
. . . i .....
gression in tne proposeu uiuiu
assistance pact among tne mree
powers left loopholes for poten-
tial aggressors.
The soviet communique too
issue with a statement before the
British "parliament Monday that
the three nations were anxious
not to appear desirous of en-
croaching upon the independence I
of other states. I
"In reality the difference Is not I
whether to encroach or not to en- I
croach on the independence of the I
Baltic states," the soviet state-
ment said, "but that no loophole
should be left in the formula of
indirect aggression.' "
Spaniards Aiming
AtEngland s Rock
. . . . t tm n v w
rovernment press gave'notice to-1
MALIU1U. AUK. A. trt
day that Spain wants Gibralter,
in A SirOHgnolU liuui wuim i
has dominated the western en-1
trance to the Mediterranean for i
234 years. -
Tha newspapers seized on the
anniversary of- the loss or tne
rockMn 1704 to condemn .ng
land for her role In the war of the
Spanish succession wnicn eo w
her selxure or uioraiiar. .
Informed persons said, how-
ever, it probably would be somemaxlmum ct only 78 Monday, be
tlffl before the Gibraltar -Usu n a lose nope the recent heat
reaches the point of actual discus
sions between London and Ma
drid. ,
No newspaper ventured to pre
dict just how Gibraltar could be
regained, but all said there would
b satisfactory action to that end
under Generalissimo Francisco
Franco because Spain, no longer
weak, was on her way back to a
position as a world power.
Warden to Keep
On Job, Despite
Poison Attempt
CHICO. Calif.. Aug.' l.P)-
William Price. l;W-old
game warden, ncum or an asser- fr Wright field to St Jacoba.
ed arsenic poisoning plot, declared " d tack at 20.000-toot alti
tonlght he would continue rigor- tTV-" " .-
ons enforcement oi we xisn anui IUUatt nhui, held the pre
game laws In the mountain com-1 k of 2W.S7t miles per
munity of Cohasset, :.la mUwlh , ,i , -
northeast of here. . v I -
"When I leave there X will go
feet first, Price declared today
as authorities sought clues that
might lad to the person who pat
arsenic In Price's well. Four mem-
bera of Price's family of five be-
came in from the poisoning, but
were saved by prompt treatment.
Price who said he had enemies
because he did' bis doliar-a-year
wurdpn'a ioh too thoroughly, dls-
closed he had Information that an NEW YORK, Aug. l-iff-Snow-attempt
would be made to kill him I storms swirled : over Kansas and
rim-in tha deer season, and "call I Pittsburgh today. V
It an accident," ! '
Courthouse circles
round in the county c
special grand jury i'
yesterday the jury p &j
reportedly at 10 r g
The call was u.
xxxl to
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Pass Under Track
For Walkers Okeh
Final Obstacle Removed
fofr Tunnel Between
School, Field
The last obstacle hindering con
struction of the long-talked-of pe
destrian tunnel under the South
ern Pacific tracks between the
Parrish junior high school
grounds and dinger field appar
ently was removed -yesterday
when Ormond R. Bean, state pub
lic utilities commissioner, annoi-n
ced he had approved the project.
The school board had virtually
completed arrangements with
Southern Pacific officials to build
the underpass when it was dis
covered the site lay witnin the
path of a platted but unused por
tion of Lamberson street. The tra
veled part of the street ends at
the railroad right-of-way.
The tunnel proposed will be
made long enough to permit con
struction at some future date of a
second railway track above. By
agreement the school district and
the city will furnish all labor, ma
terial and equipment for building
the underpass and the Southern
Pacific will handle the engineer
ing supervision.
The utilities commissioner aid
proper fencing of the right-of-way
along with construction of the un
derpass would remove a serious
present hazard to public safety.
Guild Takes Slap
At Wire Services
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l-(P)-
A membership campaign umong
press associations and pending
national legislation shared the at
tention today of delegates to the
sixth annual convention of the
American Newspaper guild here.
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a report wnicn cnaractenzea
the labor policies of the United
Press, Associated Press and In-
ternationai News service as be-
longing to "the social dark ages'
was turned over to the conven
tion's wire service committee.
Presented by Morris Watson of
the international executive board.
u recommended establishment of
three regional committees to con-
duct organizing campaigns in the
west, In the Great Lakes region
and in central and southwestern
United States.
By unanimous vote the 100-
odd delegates dispatched a mes
sage to Washington asking favor
able action on the J800.-00.000
United States housing authority
bill which was at the moment
awaiting house action.
A Q
O a. a.
nr.. -m .
With 11 I lanrvAao
" fe 3
After letting July become his-
tory with a couple of cool days. Or
Man Heat yesterday showed he
was !! doinr business at the
ume 0ld stand by starting Aug-
U8t 0f witn a blistering 92-degree
maximum.
Local residents, cooled off by a
cloudy weekend when the mer
-rv reached C Snndav and i
wave had spent itself and 01' Sol
would try for no new records.
Army Airmen
See Snow Fall Over Kansas
DAYTON. O.. Aug. l.-()-The
US army air corps announced to
night Its second world record in
three days as aviation leaders
turned toward this home of the
Wright Brothers lor .tomorrow s
JOth anniversary of army flying
A "flying fortress" today car
ried i.000 kilograms (li.uza
Sl'S
SfiSl mlleaai hour. It stke
The air corps sent its largest
fjTinx fortress" four-engined
bomber cross .country to t
hours," 14 minutes and SO seconds,
OP -g. to 250 miles an our.r
only a, few hours before, the
irmy announced shattering of the
world's record for load-flight rft-
cr flying a ISH ton cargo of sand
and water to 8.200 feet aboard
i another ship of similar type,
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1 Four army fliers, racing along
A for another preUminary
?,XV?WX
called back into session today,
have been made bv Circuit I
judge lu a. McMahan, who gavel
the special instructions regard-1
ing the county court early last I states and across the lnternatlon
month and followed them up with! al line In Nova Scotia, but there
a request that Governor Charles I
A. Sprague appoint a special I
prosecutor. The governor de-il
clined, after County Judge J. C.I
Siegmund had made charges
against McMahan personally. I
Although Judge McMahan last I
week directed the grand jury not j
to consult with District Attorney I
Lyle J. Page relative to the in-1
vestigation. Page and his deputy, I
Joseph B. Felton, will be at the
courthouse today, he said after I
learning the jury was to be con- I
vened. I
We will be there on other
business in Judge McMahan's de-
partment anyway," Page ex-1
plained.
The "other business" includes I
a criminal case and an official
appearance In a divorce case.
When Page called In the grand
jury last week with the announce- I
ment that Judges McMahan and I
Siegmund would be asked to ap-
pear, McMahan objected, told the
jury iPage was disqualified and
attaeked the district attorney's I
acceptance of county money for
office rent and stenographic hire. I
The jury was adjourned after a I
10-minute session. . , I
Judge McMahan the same day
said "a competent attorney"
would be obtained to assist the
grand jury in its probe of county
court practices.
"Live Alone" Gal
Is to Learn How
Other Half Lives
VALLEY FORGE, Pa Aug.
lrim-D ark- haired. Marjotte
Hlllis, who liked living alone so
much, she wrote a book about it,
got married today. -j
The 49-year-old New Yorker,;
famed as author of "Live Alone
and Like It," capitulated to ro
mance in a marriage to Thomas
Henry Roulston, 03, Brooklyn
chain store operator.
They'll sail oa the Norman-"
die from New York tomorrow
night for a Europe honeymoon.
"I'm all excited." confessed
the bride whose friends kept
reminding her she once wrote
that it was better to read la a
bathtub than wait around for a
swain's telephone call.
What did she have to say for
herself, falling in love like this
after all that about the advan
tages of being a bachelor girl?
"I've taken so much kidding'
I'm used to it." j
Cantor Flattered 1
By Gollob's Suit
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug.
MPh-Eddie Cantor, screen and
radio i comedian, said today he was
r14f avajl" hv tha Tflvn r ' a am I
, . f t.
J751.000 damage suit against him
and others by Charles Gollob and to employes in contract negotia
hls wife, Elsie. j Hons asked bv the union.
The Gellobs charged they were
beaten when they left a radio I
studlo after the regular broad-
cast. They named Bert Gordon, j agreement was reached by Sep
known professoinally as the "madltember 30, no contract will exist
Russian," as their assailant l
"That's the first time such
high value has been placed upon
my bad jokes," Cantor said, j
The Gollobs claimed that after
listening to "ancient and not rery
fanny gags." they decided to
leave, not wishing to take part In
a political discussion which f ol-
lowed the broadcast
Snap Records;
six miles above the earth, shivered
in a temperature IS degrees below
tero, fahrenheit, while earthbound
folks sweltered in the middle SOs.
We had on heavy coats but it
was still plenty cold," said Capt
Leonard F. Barman, co-pilot of
the army's new 22-ton (Boeing
3S) "flying ; fortress," w M e h
landed at Floyd Bennett field here
after spanning the continent non
stop from Burbank, Calif., In i t
hours, 14 minutes. SO seconds.
"We . were sitting up there in
the sub - stratosphere, at about
23.000 feet over West Kansas and
Pittsburgh; and the snowstorms
wars pretty tierce.'
The weather bureau reported
that at the same time the "fort
ress waa passing overhead, the
ground temperature in Kansas
was about SS and la Pittsburgh
about SS.
" Dr. James H. Kimball, principal
federal meterologlst here, e.
plained why snowstorms in the
sub - stratosphere never
earth in the summer.
reach
"The lower air Is so hot and dry
that the moisture Is absorbed im
mediately " he said. "It would
take huge quantities to last long
enough to reach the ground.'
Cleveland, South Barre
Again Cdm Follows
Monday Riots
(Br tha Associated Press
Industrial production was nam-
pered yesterday by strikes In three
was violence only In the Detroit
area.
There, B0 policemen, escorting
85 non-striking workers from a
General Motors Fisher body plant.
were stoned in the late afternoon
by several hundred CIO tool and
die workers. It was the third
skirmish of the day at that point.
but there was no report of serious
injuries.
Altogether, 12 General Motors
units were Involved In the CIO
United Auto Workers walkout, the
issue centering on the union a de-
mand for a separate agreement
covering skilled tool and die
workers. The present agreement,
drafted In 1937, encompasses only
production employes,
Cleveland Calm
After Rioting
Calm returned to Cleveland,
where on Monday 46 were hurt In
engagements between the police
and CIO auto workers on strike at
the Fisher body plant there
Obeying police orders, the un-
ionists reduced their picket squads
to seven at each of the plant's
five entrances, one of their spokes
men protesting at the same time
that It was "purely a violation of
our civil rights
The labor relations board,
meanwhile, directed that elections
be held at each of the plants of
the Chrysler Motor products and
Briggs Manufacturing companies,
with certain exceptions, in which
employes will vote whether they
wish to be represented for collec
tive bargaining purposes by the
CIO-UAW or the AFL-UAW
Peace Returns
To South Barre
Like Cleveland, South Barre,
Mass.. scene of a strike at the
Barre Wool combing compaajior
higher wages and reinstatement of
four employes, reported a return
to relative peace. Although there
were crowds about the plant most
of the day, they were not per
mitted to form groups.
In Boston, Governor Saltonstall
accused an executive of the com
pany of taking an "outrageous"
and "high-handed" attitude to
ward the Massachusetts concilia
tion board, and explained that
Lieutenant Governor Cahill had
ordered steel-helmeted state troop
ers into the town last night only
because of the "possibility of
bloodshed."
The Canadian strikes were con
fined to Plctour county, NS, where
five units of the Nova Scotia Steel
and Coal company four collerles
and a mill lay idle last night.
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Stevedores Won t
Have Concessions
l,.,..? wa-
'J?1WT .HSnriation. to-
d notiled tBe international
' . A.a n
l-ongsboremen s union mai
.r.t new concessions
in a letter to Harry Bridges,
cresldent of the ILWTJ. Foists al-
so pointed out that unless a new
I between the employers and the
union,
Bridges, following a secret vote
of unionists and action of the
executive committee, notified Foi-
He yesterday the union would
? negotiations be opened
rr discussion of wage increases.
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clarification of picket line dis
putes and problems relating to
labor-saving devices.
The union contended wages naa
not been increased for five years.
but Foisle disputed the assertion.
NYA Head States
Yonth Needs Aid
a
Against Oldsters
BOSTON. A nr. l-UPV-Aubrev
I Williams, national youth admin-
lstrator. . declared today that
"young people must organize to
protect themselves against the
terrific organization of the aged
for pnblie benefits.
He said in an interview that
the voting age "might well be
lowered" so that youth will have
more of a voice.
I rjirfnt" 1 ime
Car Bad for Thief
PORTLAND. Aug. l-A-Leon-
ara iuxin. zz. jcugene. anew
nothing . about t eight overtime
parking tags but they landed him
I to jail on an automobile larceny
charge. - '
Patrolman W. C Hogue spot
ted an automobile he recognized
as one he hid tagged several
times. . It turned out . Elkin waa
not the owner.
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A. club-wielding, brick tossing and tear gas bombing riot at Cleveland's strike-bound Fisher body plant
of General Motors Corporation Injured 48 persons Monday when crowds of CIO, United Automobile
Workers, estimated at 8,000, massed at gates to "shut down the plant." Police said fighting started
when strikers stoned cars carrying non-strikers into the plant. At least 300 tear gas shells were hurled
daring the riot. Photo shows action during the height of the clash.
by police. (ITS).
Mother of Three
Slain by Husband
Woman Chopped to Death
With Ax r Man Cuts
His Wrists
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 1(J?)
A father's fear that his wife no
longer loved him orphaned three
small children today. :
The terrified youngsters found
their mother chopped to death
with an ax and their father with
his throat slashed in a two-room
apartment.
Detectives Horack and Al
Elchenberger said Charles Brant,
42, killed his wife, Anxtett Brant,
25, and committed suicide by sev
ering arteries in his neck and
wrists with a butcher knife and
razor blade. ;
The detectives said' Brant, re
cently released from a World war
veterans' hospital, feared his
wife would leave him, because of
a series of domestic quarrels.
Elchenberger said the children,
Grace, t, Charles, S, and Jimmy,
5, were asleep in a nearby bed
when their father wielded the
long-handled ax.
Elchenberger learned Brant
suffered from diabetes and was
to have reentered the hospital
today.
It's Early to Bed
For Dried Bombay
BOMBAY, India, Aug. l.-UP)-
The Bombay government tonight
imposed a 10 p. m. curfew for 14
days in an effort to curb further
violence following today's riots in
which 65 persons were injured in
fighting over the new prohibition
law.
Moslems on a holiday parade
stoned Hindu onlookers who, as
followers of Mahatma Gandhi,
have supported the dry law, first
to be imposed for any- large com
munity since the United States re
pealed prohibition. i
The Moslems, although abstain
ers by religion, were led by Par
sees, who control most of the
city's liquor trade and fear that
loss of city revenues will lead to
higher taxes.
Late Sports
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 1-UP)-
Johnny Frederick's sacrifice fly
in the eighth scored Harry Rosen
berg from third and j gave Port-H
land a t to a victory over Holly
wood tonight In the opening game
of their series. :: 1
The lead see-aawed up until
the sixth. Portland collected three
runs in the first inning as Jef
ferles and Rosenberg singled and
scored on Manager Bill Sweeney's
triple. Hawkins' double counted
8weeney. : . t
Portland ; ; l 10 1
Hollywood - ; -S 10 1
Liska and Fernandas. Osborne,
Muncrief (S) and BrenseL
1 - 9
OAKLAND. Calif:, Aug. l-(ff-
Mlght game: i
San Francisco . i 0 0
Oakland -. ? , '.7...1 1 0
; Shores, Koupal (S), Quay (S)
and : Spring. -, CantwelL Darrow
(), Gay (7). and RalmondL
t SACRAMENTO, Aug.
Night gams: jj .
Los Angeles,. , ., , US
Sacramento .. ,, ", 3
; t
r
Flores and R. Collins. Schmidt
and Grilk. -:- - ,
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Aug. l-(P)
iight game: 1
Seattle J i 9
San Diego . S 11
. Walker- and Campbell. Crag-
head, Tobin (2) and Detora,
Two Steeplejacks
Find big Chimney
Job Plenty Warm
Take it from the two work
men who are painting the 185
foot concrete smokestack on
the new capitol heating plant
on 12th street the sun has
been rather ardent these last
few days.
Swung tight against the big
stack, the painters plied their
brushes Friday, when it was
97, and yesterday when it was
92. ; They reported they got all
the breeze that there was, but
there wasn't any.
Even their fellow workers, oa
the main building below, said
the roof got hot enough to burn
the eeles of their feet. It took
the two steeplejacks two or
three days to paint the big
stack.
And, to make matters worse
you guessed it theyr'e
painting the building white.
2d Channel Voted
For Panama Canal
WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-(P)-
Heeding an admonition to make
the Panama Canal invulnerable.
the house today approved a i eas-
ure providing for an ultimate ex
penditure of $277,000,000 to build
an additional channel for the
great waterway.
Passage was bitterly protested,
however, by Rep. Izac (D-Calif)
who urged a Nicaraguan route In
stead, on the ground an air attack
at Panama would "destroy" the
whole route, while greater, protec
tion would be afforded by two
canals from 400 to 700 miles
apart.
New Road Survey
In South Started
GRANTS PASS, Aug. l.-UIV
A state highway engineering crew
will set up headquarters here
Monday to begin breaking down a
mountain barrier between Cali
fornia, southern Oregon and the
Willamette valley.
The crew will survey a new
route for the Pacific highway be
tween Grants Pass and Canyon-
ville, the first section to be
mapped will be the Grants Pass
Graves Creek route Just north of
Sexton mountain.
CIO Starts Building Union
Pledged to
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1-tfV,
The CIO formally launched a new
anion in the construction field
today, pledged to make every ef
fort to eliminate strikes and work
stoppages during adjustment of
differences with employers. '
Crisp green and white charters
of the "united construction workers-organising
committee" were
mailed to 2 ft locala throughout
the country, These miscellaneous
groups already were in existence
and affiliated with the CIO will
form the nueleua of the new or
ganization. Hitherto, . the con
struction field'; virtually has been
dominated by unions affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor. f..i " ::-.:-y::;-
Officials said SO more locals
would be eligible tor charters as
soon as the CIO could complete
an investigation of them and that
a dozen newly-formed locals had
applied tor charters. - "r-"t
The anti-strike policy waa set
forth In a rale which requires the
UCWOC to "make every effort to
stabilise labor conditions in the
construction industry and elimi
nate strikes and stoppagea of
work during the adjudication of
grievances.". ...
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Striker at bottom is being clubbed
Roosevelt Decides
Hatch Bill Action
But He Hasn't Let It out
yet What His Action Is
Going to Be
WASHINGTON, Aug. !-()-President
Roosevelt tord report
ers today he had made up his
mind what to do about the Hatch
bilk curtailing political activity by
most federal employes and would
make known his decision tomor
row. Earlier in the day officials close
to the president had indicated he
would have, a statement of some
kind on the subject within . 24
hours. They would not disclose,
however, whether Mr. Roosevelt
would sign the measure, veto it
or let it become law without his
signature.
One newspaperman, attempting
to draw out the president, asked
him at his press conference whe
ther Senator Hatch (D-NM), the
author of the bill, would want as
a souvenir the pen used on the
legislation. Mr. Roosevelt Jokingly
replied that not even this ques
tion was settled.
Among other provisions, the
Hatch bill prohibits federal em
ployes below the rank of policy
making 'officials from taking part
in politics other than by voting.
Attorney General Murphy, who
had been asked to study the legal
phraseology of the bill, called
upon the president immediately
after his press conference. He re
mained more than an hour.
He said he would return to the
White House later tonight for a
final review of the measure.
Italy Army Moves
Near to Frontier
MILAN, Italy, Aug. l-(;p)-Long
lines of trucks loaded with troops
and supplies rolled along with bat
teries of artillery, tanks, ambu
lances, and bicycle troops across
the plains of Lombardy today in
preparation for the Italian army's
maneuvers near the French fron
tier. The culminating phase of the
war games, a counter - attack
against a simulated invasion from
France, is scheduled to begin: at
dawn, Aug. 3. More than 50,000
soldiers operating over an area of
8800 square miles will take part
Avert Striking
The committee suggests the in
sertion . of a clause in . all eon-
tracts between - locals and con
tractors providing ; that s "there
shall be no suspension of work on
account of auch differences"- i
"wages, working rules and other
conditions ' of - employment" or
"any . local trouble of any kind."
In : the event of any dispute.
"an earnest effort" will be made
to settle it by negotiation first.
between the aggrieved party and
the construction foreman: second.
between the union business agent
and the foreman; third, between
a union committee and the com
pany head; and fourth, between
the state union director and the
company, .jv.-v .v -
If all these negotiatlona fall,
the state director, on behalf of
the anion, la empowered to agree
with the company upon an umpire
whose decision "shall be binding
upon both parties and shall not
be subject to reopening by either
party - except.- by mutual - agree
ment.
The rales further provide that
"pending the adjudication of any
dispute, construction workers
shall not cease work.". '
House Coalition Victor
as Bill Not Admitted
for Debate
WASHINGTON. Aug. l.-(fPy-In
a swift, unexpected debacle,
the Roosevelt lending bill was
killed in the house today; where
upon the president struck back
with a declaration that the action
was a blow to industry, the un
employed and the taxpayers.
With a Jubilant coalition of re
publicans and democrats in com
mand, the chamber refused, by a
vote of 193 to 166, lo take the
11,950,000,000 measure up for
debate. This action followed sen
ate passage yesterday of a much
reduced, $1,615,000,000 version
of the same 'program. .
'After witnessing the dramatie
display of insurgency today. Rep.
Rayburn of Texas, the administra
tion leader, indicated that the
other major money bill on the ad
ministration program the S800,
010,000 housing bill was as
good as dead.
While battle-weary legislators
prepared to adjourn congress by
Saturday night, President Roose
velt received reporters at his press
conference. In a calm tone, be
said that while he was not criti
cizing the legislators for some
thing they had a perfect right to
do, those who would be adversely
affected had a right to know
where the responsibility lay and
the names of those who voted
against house consideration of the
measure.
FDR Holds Action
Hits Industries ,
A large number of industries
would not have their production
increased as he planned, he said,
and a large number of relict
clients who would have got jobs
would have to remain on relief
This, he said, would cost the tax
payers a good many hundred mil
lion of dollars-
The house action today came
after Rayburn had made an ap
peal to his democratic colleagues,
saying that when the president
recommended a program "it 4 is
asking little" of the house to con
sider it.
Before the crowded chamber.
his voice rising higher and higher,
he said that to obtain recovery it
is .necessary that "labor be em
ployed and capital active, on the
farm, in the mine and ia the
counting house."
Two Virginians Representa
tives Woodrum and Robertson
both assailed the measure. Wood-
rum said it proposed a "revolu
tionary departure" from the gov
ernment's traditional method ef
appropriating money.
British Economist
Held Bill Source
Robertson declared that he be
lieved the proposition came from a
British economist, John Maynard
Keynes, who was "unable to cell
his own country on the theory of
spending for recovery" and so
came to America and "sold" Mar-
riner S. Eccles, chairman of the
federal reserve board.
The vote that followed re-
emphasized the split in democratic
ranks and the smooth operation
of the republican house machine
bent on blocking the program.
Not a single republican voted to
have the bill considered.
Joined with the 146 republicans
who voted against consideration
were 47 democrats. The 163 demo
crats for taking up the bill were
supported by three minor party
members two Wisconsin pro
gressives and the only American-
laborite.
Immediately' after the house
had blasted the program out of
the picture Representative Ray
burn, in an interview with news
men, remarked with a grin:
"It won't be long now."
Rayburn said he referred to
adjournment.
(Pierce, Oregon, voted against,
Angell and Mott, Oregon, repub
licans, voted against)
WPA Rule Changes
Receive Set Back
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 - (Jp) -The
death of the administration
lending bill gave a setback today
to legislators seeking modifica
tion of the new 18-month furlough
rule for WPA workers, but It was
announced that the fight would be
pressed nevertheless.
As passed by the senate, the
lending bill contained an amend
ment modifying the rule, but when
the bill died today , that, amend
ment ' also died. Senator Murray
(D-Mont). who offered the amend
ment, said - he wonld try to at
tach it to tha third deficiency
bill. . " .. -
Silyerton Man Is
Dead After Crash
TACOMA, Aug. l-ff)-Charies
Grogan, SI, of Silverton, died in a
hospital here : tonight from in
juries received ' in an automobile
accident - early Sunday, - sending
Pierce county's 1930 traffic death
toll to 20. His brother. Fat Gro
gan, and Elmer Jones, of Pehastin,
Wash., were driving the machines
Involved In the crash. .