The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 23, 1940, Page 1, Image 1

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Wherever .News Is "
Whether it's in Berlin; or
In Chicago, In Salem or In
Labfeh Center. Statesman
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: Weather ?
' Fair, today and Wednes
day; little change In tem
Teratnre; cloudy on the
roast. Max. temp. Monday
84, min. 68. Rive? -4 ft.
Northwest wind.
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Lord Halifax Statement
- Also Studied; Asks
-. Prayers of US -
Sea 'Action Is . Reported ;
Troops Concentrated
in North Ireland ;
(By The Asosciated Press)
.The. world halted expectantly
today for Britain's final and re
sounding "nol" to Adolf Hitler's
offer of German-dictated peace. :
That answer generally was ex
pected to be giTen this1 afternoon
in the house of commons by Prime
Minister Winston Churchill, al
though, he has scheduled no for
mal speech.
On Britain's reply, authorized
German sources said, depends the
"zero moment" of Germany's
long-threatened blitzkrieg. ,
The Germans already knew
, what the answer would be, for
Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord
Halifax told the world in a radio
address last night that Britain
would keep on fighting "till free
dom for ourselves and others is
secure."
.Royal Air Force
Emphasizes Reply
And the German press acknowl
edged that the royal air force al
ready had given the reply in war
ring fashion' a vast Increase of
British raids on Germany since
Hitler's reichstag address of last
Friday.
The nazi air force meanwhile
maintained its constant harass
ment of Britain in thundering
raids this morning on England,
Scotland and Wales with heavy
Incendiary and high-explosive
bombs. .!
Formal comment' in Berlin was
reserved hot the' informal opinion
in German politicals circles was
that the British minister's address
"changed nothing." German offi
cialdom, however; waited to see
what Churchill might say.
The German press reported that
British air raids on Germany have
Increased greatly since Hitler's of
fer was made last Friday and
showed in advance what Church
ill's answer would be. Civilians
were reported killed by British
bombs in Bremen, Hamburg Wis
mar and Schwerin.
Prayers From US
Asked by Halifax ,
The prayers of the United
States for a British victory were
asked by Lord Halifax, who said
that across Che "wide Atlantic
there are mighty '-nations who
view his (Hitler's) works with
growing detestation." -
"The people of the United States
did not build their hew home in
order to surrender it to this fa
natic," Halifax' said.. "We may
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Soil Program Aid
Reductions Voted
WASHINGTON, July SJMffV
Rates established for cooperation
in the 1940 agricultural conser
vation program were cut 10 per
cent today.
Announcing this action, the
agricultural adjustment adminis
tration said it was necessitated by
a decrease in anticipated funds
and a larger participation in the
program. ,
The amount available for the
program, officials explained, was
reduced by congress order that
final payments' under the 1939
program be made from the $500,
00,000 appropriated for 1940. "
The conservation payments go
to farmers limiting their-acreage
of soil-depleting cropa . in ac
cordance with the national goals
established by the AAA. They
are distinct from the farm parity
payments which are not affected
by today's' decision.
The 10 per cent reduction Is
the maximum that the .AAA can
make. When enacting- the soil
conservation act, congress author
ised the AAA to raise or lower
the announced annual rates by as
much as 10 per cent to adjust
thehm to available funds.
M. L Annenberg
On Way to Prison
CHICAGO, July 22.-P)-M. X
Annenberg, who has agreed to pay
the US treasury $1,000,000 in
settlement of civil tax claims, was
on his way to prison tonight to
pay a three year penalty for vio
lating the federal tax laws.
" The gaunt : Philadelphia r pub
lisher, portrayed by his eounsel
as a man who was "broken in
health and "shackled" with debt,
surrendered shortly before noon
in the office of an attorney.
- Annenberg pleaded : guilty to
evading $1,217,298 in taxes on
his 1936 earnings. That consti
tuted one count of a six count
Indictment alleging failure to pay
25,S4S,3S4 ' In levies, penalties
and interest In his 1932-36 in
come. The prosecution has agreed
to dismiss all -remaining- charges
against him. .
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H1ZZONER AND-CENTENNIAL BOSS IN GAOL
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A whiskered brand of justice caught up with Balem's mayor, W. W. Chad wick, and Centennial Man
ager Irl S. McSherry jesterd a y i an d they became the first "calprita" to be Imprisoned in the Whis
kerinos' truck mounted stockade. Perpetrators of this particular deed were Claude Stevenson, left,
Harold Busick and George Stackman, chief longbeard of the Whiskerinos. Statesman staff photo.
Whiskerino Stockade Tenanted;
Ducking Trough Awaits Victims
Eii One Ear . .
Paul .Ilau8r9 Column
The city editor in his gruff way
told me to go out and get a story
about the Whiskerino .Stockade.
ti e a a n i
enow- wai MWi r' , ;!
was 010? to me,
He told 'me to
1
go out and get
the story and If s
got It. I couldn't U
miss. 1 '
I was the :
story."
Anyway I was
part of it.
Mavor Chad-
w 1 c k was the I
first prisoner I
Si
ry Cent ennlal rl H. hmmx. lr.
general manager, the second pris
oner to- ride In the Whiskerinos'
jolting jail.
It was right after Tommy
Hoxie, the Centennial press agent,
told me that that I became the
third prisoner.
I was tricked.
"Take a look around, Hoxie
said Innocently.
SuretM said even more in
nocently. That was when I made my first
misstep. The door slammed and
there was Hoxie leering at me
from the other side of the bars.
Never trust a press agent, especi
ally' around bars.
"Tou can't do this to me," I
said. I didn't say it with much
conviction.
I stood there eyeto that
I little patch of blue that prisen
i ers caU the sky. It was a. pretty
I sky and beside helped me, keep
! from looking at the people
gathering around. They were
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Work on Cannery
j ; S tarts in Albany
I ALBANY. July 22 Construc
tion work got under way today on
the cannery building which will
replace the one destroyed by fire
on July X, Plans for - the new
building call for a larger struc
ture than the former one.
, Work is expected to be com
pleted In time to allow for can
ning of tomatoes and other fall
crops. When completed and can
ning is started, a large number of
men and women will be afforded
employment. -
County's' Financial Status
$77,000 Belter, Reported
Marion" county's financial con
dition was $7 7,0 00. better at the
end of the f lscal period en June
30 than for th corresponding si
months of 1939,. the semi-annual
report issued yesterday by Coun
ty Treasurer Lawrence A. Rich
shows. v f " --. -
I The report points out that the
county h a d a' fund balance of
3459,193.26 at the end of Jim In
1940, as compared with a $375.
676 balance in the tame Account
last: year. - y ' '":vir!tt
JMnch of this is due, it states,
to a $113,224.03 surplus In the
tax advance fund at the end of
last month, where at the same
time year ago the fund stood
ia balance. ' t'5 -1 w "
On the other hand, $37,011
njore la outstanding warrants
showed on the 1940 "books than
on the 1939 account, ' and -the
county a year ego had. a balance
cf $81,062.12 for cUtribuUoa to
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Mayor and Centennial Manager Are First to Look
out From Inside Though Charges Are Vague ;
Barbed Wire to Make It More Secure
The Whiskerinos swept down like the wolf on the fold
Yesterday and put in force for the first time their threats
that citizens not obeying their rather intangible rules will
have to spend sometime in durance vile. . . ' r;
i 1 -The partfculaFlirahd of -durance yUe .-being dished out
by the Whiskerinos Is a high stockade of two by fours on a
truck. The Whiskerinos zouna it
a suitable jail yesterday, but de
cided a little barbed wire around
the top might help it.
Mayor W. W. Chadwick and
Irl S. McSherry, general manager
and director of tho Centennial,
were the first to be captured and
thrown into the hoosegow on
wheels.
There were no charges except
that Chadwick was mayor and
McSherry Centennial manager.
Leading the Whiskerino attack
were Chief Longbeard George
Stackman, Claude-Stevenson and
Tommy Hoxie, Centennial publici-
ty brewer.
The Whiskerinos later rounded
up other citizens whose infrac
tions against Whiskerino law
ranged from having too many
whiskers to having too few.
The ducking trough the Whis
kerinos are keeping for severe
cases was not put to use yester
day. T
Jack Garner Still
i
Silent on Future
WASHINGTON, July ll.-VPi-Vice-Presldent
Garner, still pub
licly silent on the nomination of
President Roosevelt for a third
term, boarded a train for Texas
here tonight and refused to say
when, it ever, he was coming
hack. .
s At the train to say goodbye
to him and Mrs. Garner were
Senator Connally (D-Tex) , Rep
resentative Rayburn (D-Tex), and
a group of other Texans. -
- Rayburn, long-time friend ; of
the Garners and a political ally
of the vice-president had tears
in his; .eyes. '-'- & -: . ; fc--; -f
. Senators Norris (Ind-Nebr) and
Glass (D-Va) had stopped by Gar
ner's office earlier ; to wish the
vice-president well, r
From the , start of ; the demo
cratic ' convention which renomi
nated : the president : and selected
Henry A. Wallace, a former re
publican, for his running mate.
Garner remained In seclusion.
the political subdivisions as com
pared with $26,454 this year.
v The treasurer pointed out that
the'' old-age pension fund, which
started the fiscal period with a
deficit of $14,994.12, : ended ' it
with a balance In excess of $15.
000. - The tax advance suspense
fund also shows $7000 to be credited-to
the old ag pension fund,
bringing its fiscal total to $2 2,
000. he reported.
TbM county gained also n Interest-
received 'from investments,
the report states. In 1839 $1714.
08 waa received from this source,
as compared with $19 7 8.1 6 ..this
year. On June SO the jcounty had
$132,668.92. Invested a 9 follows;
School ; district s No. 14, Marion
county,' bond.v $74,000;-;Eehool
district No.r 24, Marlon . "county,
bonds,! $35,000; - State Hank - of
Gervails, $15,OC0f MU1 City State
bank. $9000; and ia school and
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Employers' Forum
To Be Here Today
V. Vernon to Preside;
Association Sponsors
Parley Series
Albany, Lebanon and Mc
Minnville members of the1, Asso
ciated Employers of Oregon wUl
be represented by delegations in
attendance at the employers' con
ference which will be held this af
ternoon at the chamber of com
merce. The Salem meeting is the sec
ond of a series of five parleys held
under the sponsorship of the As
sociated -Employers of Oregon to
discuss proposed changes in the
state unemployment act.
The first of the meetings was
held at Portland yesterday and
subsequent ones are scheduled for
Eugene - Wednesday; Marshf ield
Thursday and for Medford.on Fri
day. E. V. Vernon, Salem, will pre
side at the meeting here 1 at 2
o'clock this afternoon. ' ,
The complete program follows:
Call to order, chairman, E. V.
Vernon, state director. Associated
Employers of Oregon. . '.
I "Purpose of Conference, Dan
Hay, Salem, executive manager of
Associated Employers of Oregon.
! "An J Analysis M of organised
Labor's Proposed Changes in tne
Compensation Act C. T. Haas,
Portland. s . -r - i '-. - ' '
' T !Duties and : Function of the
Unemployment Compensa tlon
Commission," Silas Galser. Salem,
administrator of commissiQn. "
: "Operation, of the Commission
Under, the 'Merit Rating . Sys
tem. " Virgil L. Sexton, Salem,
commission supervisor of research
and statistics. , .. : i
VThe Federal Viewpoint of So
cial LegislaUon,",, Fred W, Pack
wood, Portland. . '
-Open forum hour, conducted by
Vernon. -
Leaders in "Dief
; Strike Identified
I SAN FRANCISCO, July 22-ff
-Officials of -Alcatms prison said
today that ringleaders In an odd,
week-long diet strike.' Involving
scores of prisoners had been iden
tified and. were being segregated
to break up the demonstration. -
.Warden "James A.' Johnston de
clined to identify ; the leaders ' or
say? what they hoped to', accomp
lish by the protest In 1 which, they
have' refused to. eat more than
enough' food for subsistence. . :
i At ; dinner" today the .-prisoners
were served a meal which would
have cost 60" cents in? the average
restaurant;-The dissenters nibbled
at one or two foods,, rejected the
rest, ; and then went -quietly .to
their cells, officials said. . .
-The warden : expressed . belief
yesterday that frustration- and. a
desire of the convicts - for - more
privileges explained their conduct.
Heat Suffering
Severe and No
Letup in Sight
29 Deaths Directly Due
to Temperature, i29
Persons Drowned.
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Midwest, South
r (By, The Associated Press) '
: Millions of "Americans w e r e
harassed by. Intense heat Monday
and harried by advice that no
general break in the sultry spell
was in prospect, r .
Temperatures scaled - up Into
the nineties in the midwest; east
and south. .., -:
The cumulative count of deaths
attributed directly to the swelter
ing siege now nearly a week old
in some sections rose to 29
while 129 drownings were re
ported. Nebraska thermometers held
around the 100 degree mark for
the sixth successive day. Scattered
weekend rains brought limited
relief to some sections.
Detroit residents watched the
mercury ascend to 95, an all-time
record for the date. Readings
ranged up to 98 in Virginia.
Some of the high marks were
112 In Phoenix, Arts., 110 In
Yuma, Arix., 105 in Rapid City,
SO., 103 in Minneapolis. 107 in
Huron, SD., and Kansas City, 101
in Charles City, Iowa-, 100 in
North Platte, Neb., and Washing
ton, DC., 99 in Omaha and 98
In Des Moines, Cleveland, Sioux
City Iowa, and Cody, Wyo.
A few showers In Pennsylvania
failed to cool the state. Philadel
phia had, 90 degree warmth' be
fore noon. Similar conditions In
Washington prompted officials to
allow employes, in federal depart
ments without air-conditioning to
go-home fa Xh afternooTii " v:"
Hot. weather in the south was
common, too.
Forecasters reported no widespread-
relief was in sight al
though rains might afford breath
ing spells for some regions.
Heat deaths included Ohio 2,
South Dakota 2, New York 2, Wis
consin 3, Pennsylvania. 12, Minne
sota 1, Nebraska l, New Jersey
1, Kansas 1, Michigan 2, Iowa 2.
. Drownings included Arizona 1,
Missouri 2, Massachusetts 1, Illi
nois 6, Ohio 14, South Dakota 2,
New York 7, Wisconsin 4, Michi
gan 14, Pennsylvania 14, Minne
sota 4, New Jersey 7, Indiana 15,
Maryland 8, California 7, Iowa 2,
Connecticut 1, Georgia 1, Tennes
see 1, Alabama 2, Florida t, North
Dakota 2, Virginia 2.
Spanish War Vets
Eye Defense Need
Fifth Columns' Also Given
- Attention at Newport
as Session Opens
NEWPORT, Ore., July 12.-P).
-Jack ' Witherspoon of Seattle
told the opening of the United
Spanish War Veteran 32nd an
nual Oregon encampment today
that "there never was a time in
the history of our country when
we have needed adequate defense
as- we need it now. :
The past national commander
in chief advocated immediate reg
ular service r for the national
guard and compulsory military
training. He condemned subver
sive elements and said we should
"seek out the fifth columnists.' ,-
"Let us take inventory of the
termites and find out where we
stand," declared Ira D. Canfield
of Medford, state commander jot
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Al Smith Leading
Tliird Terra Foes
NEW, YORK. July 22-iTfr-The
New York1 Herald Tribune says
that former Governor Alfred "E.
Smith and other prominent demo
crats soon will announce " their
opposition . to - a third term for
President Roosevelt and will sup
port - republican , presidential
nominee Wendell I Willkie. -,
Smith conferred today , with
Jouett Ehouss of Kentucky, who
waa assistant secretary -;.et - the
treasury under President Wilson,
and John J. - Kaskob,. Smith's
campaign manager in ' the 11928
presidential campaign, the Trib
une Bald. '-;5 ..yv .
The major topic of the con
ference, it added, was how to
capitalize the anti-third term sen
timent most effectively in behlf of
Mr. Willkie."
Construction Bids Are
. Ashed for Substation
i PORTLAND, July 22.H5-The
Bonnevllla power adminiatration
invited . bids today - on the con
struction cf a reinforced concrete
building at its Salem . substation.
Elds' will be epeaei August
Cuban President Welcomes Hull
As I liter-America&Parley Opens
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Secretary of State Cordell Hall, at right, m he was presented to Pres
ident Frederico Laredo Bra, center, of Cuba at a reception Monday
In the presidential palace in Havana In honor of delegates to the
Inter-American conference AP Telemat. 1
Diplomatic
To Be Method of New
Government of Japan
Expansion and Close Cooperation With Axis Will
Be Policies, Made Plain; Commercial Plan
of Germany and Italy Accorded Praise
TOKYO, July 23 (Tuesday) (AP) Japan's expansion
minded one-party government laid out today a course of
"diplomatic blitzkrieg' in which Japan will act without
warning to achieve her ends by surprise.
Statements to the press by members of the cabinet
seated only last night indicated clearly that expansion and
closer cooperation with the axis '
powers are Japan's sure course.
Foreign Minister Yosuke Mat
suoka promised that the govern
ment would take advantage of the
"diplomatic blltskrieg" tactics by
which - the government -would
sweep toward Its objectives with
out preliminary exchanges, dis
cussions and delays. . ,
"Hitler's diplomatic strokes.
he said, "have been models of
shrewd . calculation.
. Ichixo Kobayashi, minister of
commerce, said Japan must un
hitch Itself from the economic or
bit of the United States and Brit
ain. .
- - "A high degree of state effi
ciency must be achieved through
hitching- ourselves to the Italo
German axis," . Kobayashi said,
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Three-Alarm Fire
ge Is
' PORTLAND, July 22.-(y-A
three-alarm fire Inflicted an esti
mated $30,000 - damage to a
downtown Portland clothing store
late today. Fire Investigator Wil
liam Goers reported.
, Fire Department Captain Er
nest R. Grenf ell's right hand was
severely cut by falling glass.
Goers said the fire, to which
30 pieces of fire fighting equip
ment were summoned, started
around rubbish cans on a base
ment staircase.
Heavy
Salem Gives Warm Welcome
To Touring 'Mississippians
One hundred ninety-four mem
bers ' of 1 the 'Know Mississippi
Better", entourage learned, it is
safe to say, a great . deal , more
about Salem and Oregon than lo
cal people did about Mississippi
during the three hours that the
touring party was in -Salem; on
Monday night. : - - . ' -
The visitors, headed by , Lieu
tenant Governor-Dennis Mur
phree, were greeted at the South
ern Pacifle station by several hun
dred Whiskerinos, Cherrians, pub
lic officials, members of the Jun
ior and senior chambers of com
merce and' Just "plain citiiens.
Some of . the visitors were taken
on tours cf the city including the
capital; a group of 60 .visited the
capitol and then was entertained
at a dinner at the Qaello spon
sored by the Junior chamber of
commerce. . .... .:.': : i .-v
The Hisslssipplans -knew be
fore the train had stopped that
snmethins-nnnsual was eoinz on
in Salem, for they were greeted
by a ruslliaae or snots tau Dianxi
from wild-west-appareled Whlar
kerlnos. , . -Arpreciation
for .the hcsjital-
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Blitzkrieg
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Resolution Solves
Water Fund Issue
Superintendent McOeary
Is Placed in Charge;
Bank. Is Notified
SILVERTON, July 22 Be
cause Silrerton's water commis
sion, would not peacefully -turn
over the water department funds
to the city as provided " by the
new charter adopted . in May. C
B. Anderson, Councilman, recom
mended at a special meeting
Monday night that resolutions
taking care - of the - issue be
passed. ' ; Mr. 'Anderson; A. L.
Coote and Reber Allen were ap
pointed some time ago as a com
mittee to work with" the water
commission in' hopes of a peace
ful settlement:' 1
Mr. Anderson reported Monday
night that he regretted that this
seemingly 'could not be done as
the commission,, composed Of Dr.
A. W. Simmons,' Roy Morley and
A. R. astman, insisted the elec
tion was, illegal and . refused to
turn over the funds. - '.' '
i f The ' first" resolution directed
and empowered Elgin McCleary,
water ' superintendent, to . take
over the water and sewer systems
and all equipment ''connected
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ity shown in Salem was expressed
at the dinner by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Murphree, r by -. Si Corley,
Mississippi commissioner of agri
culture, and by WF.-Bond. Mis
sissippi state commissioner . of
public welfare. Remarking that
(he hospitality 7 encountered , on
this year's Journey was the warm
est experienced in - the", 15 years
that the - tours have been made,
Mr. Bond said"-he believed this
was due to Americans' 'drawing
together because of a potential
external ' danger. '
I The . lieutenant - governor said
one purpose of the trip was- a
better appreciation -of-America,
but added that while the pioneers
who settled Oregon "and-the Mis-:
sisslppians who fought for their
convictions . la the Civil war did
not lack this appreciation, some
present-day citizens were perhaps
benefitted . by b e 1 a g ''shaken
awake" by the current world cri
sis. - ' .
j Governor Charles A. Eprague in
greeting the visitort, spoke appre
ciatively of the service to Oregon
cf a former Mlsslssippian, George
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Financing Plan
Linked up 7itli
Havana Parley
United, - States Policy Is
Outlined hy Hull at '
; . Opening Session
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Cooperation Is - Pledged
: by. Spokesmen Some
v " of Latin Nations
".WASHINGTON, : July ... 2.2-pU
President Roosevelt - asked cor
gress today to provide a 3500,
000,000 prop "for the fall, war-
distressed foreign trade Kf all 'the
American nations.
7 He " requested that the capi
tal and lending power of the export-import
bank be increased by
that amount so that it might "be
of greater 1 assistance to our
neighbors south ; of the Rio
Grande. Including1 financing the
handling and orderly.; marketing .
of some part of their surpluses."
His message said' that it was
in the Interests of United States
producers of wheats cotton, bee?,
metals and other export products,
as well as producers In other
American republics, "that there
shall not be a disorganized or
cutthroat market in those com
modities whicn we all "-export."
The president's message was
sent to congress coincidentally
with the second session of the
Havana conference of foreiga
ministers of the 21 American re
publics. '
By" J. C. STARK
HAVANA, July 22 The United
States offered Latin America its
leadership and dollars today in a
bold fight against the totalitarian
system of self-sufficient economy,
and called for Joint trusteeship
over any European colonies in the
western hemisphere threatened
with transfer to any other Euro
pean powers.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
defining the program r of his
country before the second confer
ence of American foreign min
isters, put the plan on a cooper a- V
tire basis but clearly Indicated the
United States was readr to throw
its full resources behind its exe
cution. . . y
In his speech, expected to as
sume the status of a policy-guiding
declaration for the confer
ence, Hull sharply condemned
"forces of ruthless conquest
which shrink from no means of
attaining their ends.
Pointedly, he served notice that
the United States would not
countenance any effort to "modify
the existing status" of European
possession in the western world,
"whatever by cession, by transfer,
or by any impairment whatsoever
cised." '
"Decisive remedial action" is
imperative, the tall, gray secre
tary declared, to combat subvr
slve activities he termed "an at
tempt, to - acquire domination f
the American republics by foreign
governments - in their own inter
ests . " . - r :
.' He endorsed a protectorate by
all the Americas over any threat
ened European holdings on this
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Profits Taxation
Joint Study Made
i "WASHINGTON, . July
Congressional and - treasury tax
experts began today a joint tny
of the .possibilities of. excess pro
fits' taxation to help raise revenue
for national defense and preTe&t
war millionaires.
Chairman Do"ightoa (D-NC) f
the house ways and means com
mittee said the conferees "Just sat
down to talk -things over" with
out " discussing specifically hew
the bill would be drafted.
He added. however, that as far.
as .he j was concerned the excess
levies . would be applied only t
corporation Incomes and that in
dividual incomes l would not be
touched. "He added that within
a week or ten days "a good start
would have been made on -drafting
a bill. "
In a brief message to congreM
July 1, " President Roosevelc
recommended' "a . steeply gradu
ated excess-profits tax, to be ap
plied to all Individuals and all
corporate organizations "without
discrimination.
WU Trustees toS
G)nsider Vacanov
r Chairman Paul B. Wallace has
Issued a call for the Willamette
university board f trustees to
meet in Salem on August 5 to set
in motion, search for a new
president to succeed Dr. Bruce A.
Baxter, who last week became
bishop of the Portland area of
the Methodist thr.rcb. :
"I presrsse a cocimittee w-U L
arpointei to tindls tti r.M ..-
Wallace said yesterday.
.Bishop Baxter Is exr: I
remain at least nor:-.-'.:y -president
cf . the university t:.;
early falL, . .