Tb CCTCOH STATESMAN Scdera, Oregon. Sanday Horaing imrnary
FAGS FOUR
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The News ;
By PAUL MALLON
"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman. March 28, 1851
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Deliberation
Normally at about this stage of proceedings
someone remarks, conversationally if not edi
torially, that it is about time the legislature ad
journed so the people of Oregon may "settle
down" and proceed with their routine affairs
unperturbed by fear of drastic legislation which
may throw those affairs into confusion. ThA.
no such suggestion has been heard from respon
sible quarters is pretty fair indication that the
1941 legislature enjoys public confidence to a
o- hii than most.
If indeed any general concern about the legis
lature has been expressed, it has reflected fear
that the members would fail to do some of the
needful things, rather than some unwise things.
Concern in this direction, if it is at all general,
may be based or may have been heightened by
the members' delay, or the committees' delay, in
getting the more important and more compli
cated issues out onto the floor for disposition.
Just at present certain groups seem agitated or
on the point of becoming agitated, because the
unemployment compensation bills are still in
committee. , . . ,
In justice to the committee involved, it needs
to be recognized that these are weighty and
abstruse matters which require a great amount
of digesting. Reports this weekend indicate that
they will be reported out early in the week.
There were however disquieting reports, first
that the bills were being held up needlessly for
log-rolling purposes in connection with other
controversial issues, and second that they might
be rewritten in such form that undesirable
amendments might have to be accepted in or
der that the desirable ones, or even the one
necessary feature, might be enacted.
"miiet"' anttrndmeht is the one de-
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signed to make the employer's base period for
computing experience rating comply with the
federal social security law as amended in 1939.
If this amendment is not made, experience rat
ing may be as dead as though that section of the
present law were repealed, and employers must
continue to pay the uniform 2.7 per cent payroll
tax.
It is to be hoped that the unemployment com
pensation ; bills will come out shortly, and in
such forni that the legislature may vote separ
ately on each independent proposal for amend
ment. .
"Farmer" Jones' wine bill ought also to make
Its appearance on the floor soon. The Statesman
has heretofore expressed, the opinion that the
one vital change in the liquor law is better con
trol of wine and especially of fortified wine.
That attitude is unchanged despite the posses
sion of "new evidence" which might modify the
original opinion.
It is true, as the Woodburn Independent vig
orously asserted lasfweek, that fortified wine is
or was the cause of numerous deaths and
many cases of serious mental disorder. It is
necessary to note however that the present state
liquor commission has not been "sitting on its
hands"; all shipments of wine into Oregon are
analyzed and the injurious types are now being
barred. Insanity cases traced to fortified wine
showed a sharp drop in 1940.
But fortified wine is still too potent a bever
age to be sold without the controls which are
possible only through confining its sale to the
state liquor stores and agencies.
"New evidence" also is at hand in connection
with Sen. Coe McKenna's recently-introduced
copyright bill. It does not upset this news
paper's contention that copyright ought to be
strictly a federal matter, but it does explain
why state regulation is sought.
Publicity about the ASCAP controversy has
dealt almost entirely with its radio aspect. The
conditions which resulted in introduction of .this
bill have to do with ASCAP relation to the
motion picture theatres. ASCAP has in "effect
"pleaded guilty" to monopolistic practices in
connection with radio: If it is guilty there it,
must be double culpable in its dealings with
the theatres A radio station may avoid paying:
ASCAP fees, simply by neglecting - to play
ASCAP music; but a motion picture theatre has
no choice; It must play whatever music is on
the films it leases. j ,
It is claimed that Hollywood in dealing with
ASCAP "gets off easily" because it is a "big
customer" and also because it helps to popular
ize music. - To make up for the movie producers
low fees, theatres! are charged a "seat tax."
Theatre proprietors contend, that this is unjust
and the fee exorbitant, and. correction of this
situation is the purpose of the attempt to legis
' late in Oregon. The McKenna bill is an attempt
to do what the federal government has so far
failed to do. But it appears to be too general
In its provisions, as now written, in that it
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aonable association seeking to collect royalties.
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Though reasonably conservative, the legisla-
ture i not parsimonious. un me contrary, it
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jiaa rawer oiuianaeoiy ranuw
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ently, to the creation oi a uencii. aiemurj v.
- the ways and means commuue nave Dinneiy
suggested that a "paper deficit" may be nothing
more; that it may be overcome by increased in
come tax receipts: It Is true that increased re
ceipts from inheritance taxes and from tithing
rfnnti rfrAifM Lwirl in Offset M. deficit. Ut
no matter how 'much income tax receipts in
crease, they would not help to balance the bud
get; for when they hit the 6" per cent limitation,
ceiling, the remainder replaces certain iniHage
levies and if they are wipea out, " goes io on
set county property levies. : - ' ! S '
The last three state" administrations have,
with the help of the legislature, kept the state
budget in balance. If this present legislature
lets the bars down the state will find itself in
a serious situation, not immediately but two
years hence and thereafter. In the next few
davs, while decision on tag-end appropriations
are b-ing made, there ought to be a renewal of
-Lei UtLtenia2-','eere"e ' " 1,1 11 1
Liquidation
One wonders if Maxim Litvinoff was liqui
dated the other day because he could no long
er keep still about the terrible prank which
his masters played upon him.
It was Litvinoff, it will be remembered, who
for years stood at Geneva in all apparent sin
cerity for "collective security" against the ris
ing tide of fascism, and who constantly proposed
disarmament at a time when it was clear that
the slack policies of England and France would
never allow such a thing.
It was Litvinoff, more than any other man,
who continued to voice the Wilsonian prin
ciples of high-mindedness and somewhat
specious disinterestedness during the years
before the tempest; and it was Litvinoff who,
because of his own internationalist background,
could never forget that the original idea of
Marx and of the Russian revolution was .also
internationalist in spite of the fact that Stalin
had long since founded "a new Russian power
state. ' His betrayal was as mean and better as any
ever played on a statesman who appeared to be
sincere, withal Utopian. Litvinoff for years
preached a crusade of righteousness against the
sins of "imperialism" and "power politics" with
out realizing that in the final analysis the
state whose sentiments he purported to express
would prove to be the most imperial, the most
relentless and the most amoral of all- Perhaps
his ultimate liquidation is the penalty he paid
for failure to perceive the motives which were
working deep within the Kremlin.
Litvinoff has now been removed from the
party central committee, where he has been
placed since his dismissal as foreign affairs com
misar in May, 1939, for "failure in his duties."
Such a sentence in Russia is tantamount to
death outright, or a long, lingering demise in
some concentration camp which would make
tsarist punishments seem mild by comparison.
He marches on a road trod already by many
Russians who were stupid enough or naive
enough to believe that a just state could be built
on the precepts of an unjust book.
E. L. Wieder
Achievement of a single life objective, be it
public service, success in business, in making
friends or in some creative field, is scarcely re
markable. There is general belief that anyone
with fair capacity needs only in addition choice
of the objective, determination, concentration
and in some cases, courage. But linked with
that belief is the further notion that it entails
sacrifice of other desirable attainments; that a
mart bent on.making money or a better mouse
trap cannot spare the time and effort and at
tention required to perform useful public serv
ice and to wiiwarhost of friends.
And if occasionally, upon the termination of
a notable career, analysis seems to prove the
contrary, it appears more justifiable to conclude
instead that this career was but an exception
and the individual exceptional.
An exceptional citizen, indeed, was E. L.
Wieder, whose death Friday night is mourned
by the Salem community and by friends
throughout the state. Whatever may have
been the demands of his business interests,
they were adequately met but there was al
ways time and energy and attention to spare
for unselfish, unostentatious, conscientious com
' raunity service and for the making and cherish
ing of many friendships. '
In this skeptical age there are those who ques
tion the quality of fraternity exemplified by
the fraternal organizations; who suspect that
It is more a matter of form than of substance.
But in the life of E. L. Wieder who found in
those activities a satisfying expression of hut
natural friendliness, there is evidence that the
substance is there, for the acceptance of those
who can recognize and assimilate it. His was
a rich, full life which shed benefits upon large
numbers of his fellow-men.
Syllogisms
Argument by syllogism is often risky busi
ness. It means that the conclusion is only
right if the premises are right; and if one of
the premises, either the major or the minor is
all wet, the whole thing's haywire.
Try this one, for instance. In Clackamas
county last week II pinball operators pleaded
guilty to running fl legal pinball devices. Major
premise. Minor premise: Marion county is not
much dissimilar to Clackamas county. Conclu
sion: Maybe pinball operators who could be
made to plead guilty to running gambling de
vices could be found in Marion cC&niy. Proof:
Things equal to equal things are equal to each
other. ' -
Or try it this way. Marion and Clackamas
counties are similar in a lot of ways. Illegal
pinballs have been found in Clackamas county.
Conclusion: There is reason to believe they
might be found in Marion county. Proof: the
Change it again.' In Clackamas county of
ficers have been vigilant in tracking down il
legal pinball machines. In Marion county of
ficers have found no illegal- pinball machines.
Conclusion: Marion county officers are not as
vigilant as Clackamas county officers, , or the
' county is as pure as the sheriff claimed some
'time ago." '' V ;
Well, as we remarked earlier, syllogisms are
tricky things. A while back the county sheriff
was telling us about cleaning up the county
with" an unpaid deputy, but no; arrests were
ever made, then or since: .'Maybe the sheriffs
own major premise was wrong, and the county
' was clean." Or maybe the premise was right. . .
V, ; THE UTILE I X
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"Mightier Than the Sword" 1941 Version
ifts uoir BireaEsirastt
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Historian Barry sends 1-23-41
congratulations, gives a
brief outline of history
of provisional government:
V
(Concluding from yesterday:)
Quoting further Barry: "It has
been asserted that THE provi
sional government was establish
ed at Champoeg. May 2, 1843.
"The word THE' is absurd. If
the consecutive forms of local
government be regarded as a
unit, (there certainly was con
tinuity.) then the beginning was
February 18, 1841, when the en
tire community established a
wonderfully efficient local gov
ernment, which continued to
FUNCTION until July 5, 1843.
On July 3, 1844, one of the offl
. cials of 1841 functioned in his
office, and enabled a pioneer to
obtain money due to him, with
out charge.
m
"On February 18, 1841, the
laws of New York state were
specified, until a local code
should be adopted by the com
munity. On July 5, 1843, the
English-speaking portion of the
community adopted a code. One
law which the committee ap
pointed by the caucus had se
lected, was rejected, and one of
the laws of New York state was
substituted.
There was continuity, since
of the twenty charter members
of 1841, fourteen were active in
the reorganization, -or the second
form. Seven were elected offi
cers, four in the same office as
in 1841. There was continuity.
m
"If the view be taken that the
civil government of 1841 was
separate and distinct from the
second form: although there
were continuity; then the American-type
government, estab
lished by the Organic Act of
1845 was also a separate and dis
tinct government.
"In 1844 the second form had
three-heads, a triumvirate, or
executive committee of three;
instead of the American plan of
one chief executive. It had no
constitution; and had the law:
That any person refusing to
pay tax as In this act required
shall have no benefit of the laws
of Oregon and shall be disquali
fied rom voting at any election
in this country.'
V V
"That three-headed govern
ment, of the taxpayers, by the
taxpayers, and for the taxpayers,
was supplanted by the American-type
government, with, as
the constitution, the Organic Act
of 1845- with one chief execu
tive; and was a government, of
the people, by the people, and
for the people; and was one of
the best governments in the his
tory of the world.
"An honor be to the noble
pioneers of Oregon who estab
lished that efficient and satis
factory government It is a glory
not only of Oregon, but of the
United States which produced
such men. That Champoeg hum
bug robs those noble pioneers of
the honor justly due to them.
"The ridiculous saying that
THE" provisional government
was established at Champoeg,
May 2, 1843, is silly.
The little gathering at Cham
poeg May 2, 1843, was one of
the many meetings in a long se
ries, it was merely another
meeting, and was an INCIDENT,
and not an EVENT.
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"IF anything was established
it was a 'civil community, last
ing 65 days. The civil govern
ment of 1841 continued. On
June 13, 1843, $3,718.60 was
taken in by authority of that
government. On July 3, 1843,
one of the officers functioned in
officeuly 5, 1843, one law was
continued.
"If there were any Compact
Your Federal Income Tax
There is talk, despite previous promises to
the contrary, of a filibuster On the part of lend
lease bill opponents -until the war is over.
There is little profit in suggesting what would
most likely follow the filibuster, assuming that
it prevented aid to Britain. But if such tactics
" are employed they will supply all but conclu
sive evidence that the' bill's broad- grant of
powers to the president is necessary-7-that in
an emergency requiring speed, congress is
futiles
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tory or of any possession of the
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ganized and operated exclusive
ly for religious, charitable, scien
tific, literary, or educational pur
poses, or for the prevention of
cruelty to children or animals.
If a substantial part of its activi
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or otherwise attempting to in
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organization's income may inure
to the benefit of any private
shareholder or individual.
Contributions made to a mis
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gifts are to be used within the
United States or any of its pos-
sessions. Deduction of corporate
contributions is limited to 5 per
cent of the net income, exclusive
of "the corilt ibtttingrgrjyT"!
during those sixty-five days, it
had no head, like a canned sar
dine. It had no legislative body,
although a committee was ac
tive; yet was not a legislative
body. They merely represented
the" individuals who composed'
the caucus, and had no author
ity to make any laws for anyone
else. The caucus merely author
ized them to prepare' a code for
acceptance July 5, 1843, when
many laws were changed; then
enacted f or . English-speaking
settlers. -
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"Among the officers-elect
were Burns, magistrate-elect,
and Bridges, constable-elect..
They were not validated July 5,
1843, when the fourteen took'
oath and were 'duly initiated.
"There is ptobably nothing
outside of Mother Goose that is
as silly as the Champoeg hum
bug." The
Safety Valve
Letters from Statesman
Readers
SPKENQ APPAREL
To the Editor: The Statesman's
new spring apparel has all the
earmarks of No. 9 Rue De JLa
Paix transferred to "big time"
on Newspaper Row in lit o
hTYork near Broadway and then -landed
Kerplunk in Salem to sell
'em and no fooiin.
The wide white spaces fit to
T even permitting more "elas
ticity minus any Cdgetty and
with all sails set-including the
sternsus and "Jimmy Green the
fairway looks fair and. more to
spare coupled with the stellar
roles by MB, RG, PH and all
the rest in the extensive cast in
the wings and backstage waiting
.eagerly with their "copy J"
And the print is just right to
suit all hands especially the old
timers bothered with dim sight
and well, a feather-weight wall
up on their wallet. So in the
words of OTlatherty 111 say
"Good luck to yez and may you
enjoy big biz dolled-up in the
new phiz."
DAVID McEATHRON
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By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23;
There is nothing In the rumors
of a Knudsen resignation.1 As
long as the
can deal direct
ly with Presi
dent Roosevelt,
and not through
an intermedi
ary, he is in for
the duration.'
, This is prob
ably why the
new Hopkins
planning board
was pasted on
the defense set
up as an ad-
junct rather
than an overall policy-making
body. The difference is not
likely to be important, how-
' ever, in practical workings of
the new. committee. It will have
policy-making functions.
The satisfactory compromise
developing from recent admin
Istratrive . defense difficulties
will probably allow the ! new
dealers to do the planning and
' the business men to do the work.
Price Protector Leon Hender
son will be coming back from
his vacation shortly, strength
ened not only in health but pos
sibly also .in administrative
power.
Henderson found his price
holding down task unsatisfac
tory without additional authori
ty, and let the White House
Sow it. There was talk he
ght go to the SEC in Jerome
Frank's spot, but that has been
reserved for Edward Eicher.
Top rung of the defense com
mission expects instead, Hender
son will get his power.
Mr. Roosevelt's demand that
the press publicly examine Its
conscience for having published
information picked up through
congressmen about the' dispatch
of new fighting aircraft to Pa
cific outposts, has caused plenty
of upper case Introspection but
no action and was so intended.
My information indicates FDR
just wanted to put a damper on'
Congressional leaks concerning
To the Editor: May I say that
I am greatly In favor of reducing
the waiting period which pre
cedes payment of benefits to
those receiving . unemployment
compensation. My husband
(whose claim has been approved)
not only has put in three weeks
waiting period but six weeks be
sides, and has not even received
one check as yet. I would also
suggest hiring more office force.
We are about to lose our fur
niture and if he had these checks
($90 worth) now due him, or ra
ther overdue, would be of con
siderable help. Some of our
friends are having the same trou
ble. ' -
It is to be hoped the legisla
ture revises some of the compen
sation laws.
. , MRS. D. BROWN.
BOUQUET
To the Editor: The new print:
demonstrated in your newspaper
Is an improvement over the old
and easier to read too, just as
you say. : . ,
Your editorial page looks bet
ter too: more streamlined, though
It was conservative after a de-'
cent-fashion before. I think the
paper as a whole, with its new
: type, is more modern : without
being flashy. ?
all hiai future actions, and took
this -opportunity to make both
the congress and the press self
conscious about telling too much.
He is playing a delicately bal
anced game of pressure diplo-,
macy in the far east and he does
not want his thrusts and feints
overinierpreted ipr underesti
mated. : ' '". " I
No rave military secret was
involved this time; Certainly no
congressman would have let out
the news from General Mar
shall and no nevfspaper 1 would
have published It, if either had
the slightest notion the informa
tion coUld be harmful to national
welfare. . - . r .. !f, -.
Only; result will be to make
both the legislators and: the
newsmen a little more cautious.
As long as they, are jfree to use
their judgment as to what Is
for the welfare of the country,
the public may rest assured that
it Is getting straight news. Only
difference now is they know they
wul be required i to j face White
House tire if their judgment- errs.
! Democratic Chairman Ed
Flynn's friends tell that he' took
to Mr. Roosevelt a list of some
26 persons brought Into the war
department by Secretary Stkn
ssoa.and Undersecretary Patter
son, all of whom are-rshocking
though! 11 seemslrepablicans,
mostly Harvard men, but oppo
sites of the Frankurier type. Mr.
Flynnsaw this as jthe outrage
that i is, particularly as he is
organising for th 1942 congres
sional campaign. If the president
said anything it; Is not being
told. r j
One! of the things . General
McArthur told the congress
men fa executive session (and
this Is- certainly not a military
secret was that Japan clearly
had bitten off more than she
could chew.
Senator Dave ?Walsh is back'
from Massachusetts with infor
mation that business men are
having palsy conjuring the pros
pects of what Winant and Ben
" Cohen will do toi bring the new
deal t9 the British in London.
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WDtiami's Wedge
By FRANCIS GERARD
CHAPTER 23, Continued
Hermann paused a moment,
his face white and blazing.
"Hate them?" he whispered. "I
hate the very air they pollute!
The old man gently laid a
hand on the other's head. "And
so you must work my son, that
these people may have power no
more. We use such weapons as
we may find and we must seek
help from such people as are
not brutes as these are. As you
know, we must look to England
to see Justice done; for, with
all her faults, she has a habit
of ingrained honesty which goes
beyond the double-dealing and
muddle-headiness of her poli
ticians, and is found at the very
core and heart of all those
things which are the best in Eng
land! To her, to the United
States and to all humanitarians
we must turn, for they, alone,
are our hope and the hope of
all who would be decent and free
in. this world.
"Go back to your work, Her
mann, and know that you, too,
are doing your share to over
come these Nazis who would
goose-step in their jackboots
across the faces of mankind . . .
Tell me, he went on after a
little pause, "are your plans
nearly completed? - ,
"Yes, Rabbi.
They talked for a little while
longer; then, when Rabbi Eph
raim had blessed him, Hermann
Rothstein, alias Siegfried KJoffer,
returned to the other room.
"How do -you find him? asked
Raphael Gleiner.
Kloffer replied, "There Is
nothing wrong with his mind;
it is as keen as ever, but he
looks very frail, so full of years.
He paused In thought, then
looked up with a sigh. "Ra
phael, he said, M I want to have
a look at your Records Depart-
lt of which you are' so proud.
That's true, Hermann,
led the Swiss Jew. M It has
taken a lot of time, trouble,
' money and even lives, this tabu-'
la ting of enemy weaknesses. ,
Kloffer nodded. "I know, how
well I know It!"
Gleiner . and Kloffer made
their' way by a back staircase
through a steel . door which
opened with a combination lock.
.The' whole top floor was divided
into offices where a small staff
of hand-picked men : worked
during the day and slept In the
modernized basement at night.
One of these - : rooms was de
voted entirely to a card-Index
filing system.
"Who do you want to look
up?" asked Gleiner as they went
In.
. "A man called Stutz, Erich
Stutx."
"Is be a member of the Nazi
Party?"
"He was.
"Dead? suggested the other.
-"If so, his record will not be
in this room. It will 'be in our
room which : my assistant calls
the morgue.
No, he's not dead- yet," ex
- plained Hermann,' "but he-has
.been expelled : from the " Nazi
Party and Is now a fugitive in
England." , . '
! : t :
quickly. "Is he after you?"
"Yes. He is, replied Kloffer
grimly. "That fs why f have
got td know all about him to
make up-my mifid how best to
deal rith him."
Raphael1 Gleiner looked about
him at the great metal filing
cabinets which ran from floor to
ceiling all around the room. He
shook! his head. ! ,
"Statz is not; dead and no
longet a member of , the Nazi
Party .he- murmured. "Look
here, Hermann, i excuse me just
, a moment. I thihk I had better
call my assistant. I
He I picked upj a house tele- "4
nhnn nresserf . ' huttnn mrtd '
said, "Blattjher?... Gleiner
Herr j Rothstein . wants some in-
formation. I .!
A few minutes later, they were
joined by a little, dark, birdlike
man jhl a long, woolly dressing
gown; beneath, which his paja
m a J t r o users f showed luridly
purple.' After introductions, he
asked, "What was t you want
ed?" and Kloffer explained.
"This way, gentlemen," bark
ed Blattner, and they followed
him to another! room where he
, unlocked one of the filing cab
inets! He used no less than four 1
keys turned the lelectric light j
off and on seven times. The 1
, five foot steel raVer then rol
led . slowly forward apparently
, of its ' own volition..-Siegfried
Kloffer smiled, Burglar-proof??
"fe think s4".The little rec
ord I keeper hustled forward,
muttering "Stujtz, (Erich; Stutz.
Erich; until he extracted a card
andlheld it close Under his nose
to read.
"4ut what dpesthis tell us?"
asked Kloffer,! lookin at the
card over Blittner's shoulder
and) seeing nothing but appar
ently disjointed numerals.
"Oh, this is Inot the record,
Gleiner explained. "This is
merely the index. One man's
name may occur dozens of times
; In other records."
When Erich; Stutz's record
-wad finally assembled, it was
not ) a pleasant one. ,
Born of peasant 'stock in Pas
saui forty-fourf years ago. Erfch
Stutz had shown himself early
to be possessed of strong traits
' wtuch might fbe: described as
anti-social. At 115, i an assault on .
an fll-year-old) girl sent Stutz
flying from bis native village
' just ahead of an! angry crowd
carrying scythes and pitchforks.
Surprisingly enough, Erich
. Stutx next turned up in do-
. mesUc service as in under-foot-wk
. th. Mti ttt a noble
Prussian family, j.
-" "Who are these people?" asked
Kloffer, his finger; on the name
which stretched half way across
tthei typewritten page, punctu
ated at tatervals by vons and
"fThere are hone of them left
no," said Gleiner. "At least.
- none of the name. Relatives m
; the Wallenfelst The last of them,
a girl named fAdelheid, married
. young von Reinhold who died
recently.'