cloudy
tonight and 8unday. Normal
temperature. Fresh southeast and
south winds.
Local: Max. II; mln. 51; rain 0;
river 3.1 feet; part cloudy, south
wind.
CIRCULATION
Dallr average distribution lor the
month ending Juit 31 1B30
: 10,507
Average dally net paid 10,077
Member Audit Bureau ot Circulation
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Planes Opening Day.
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tions Of Compass.
Curtiss-Reynolds Airport, Chica
go JP Speed, flash and nerve took
the air Saturday and the breath of
enthusiasts as famous pilots of .the
world opened the tenth annual na
tional air races. One crash not a
serious one occurred Just before the
meet opened officially.
Hoisting of the American flag
and a speech from Senator Hiram
Bli.gham of Connecticut! were sig
nals for a tremendous hum of mo
tors with army fliers furnishing
the curtain-raiser in the form of
tactical maneuvers.
Marion Doret of France, flying a
speedy Dewoltlne, preceded the
opening ceremonies with off-the-
program death-defying antics. He
circled the field with his trim little
snip, dived toward the ground, al
most touched it then flew almost
straight up. He repeated the stunt
with variations and several times
succeeded in making the spectators
believe he was headed for a crash.
Frank M. Hawks, E. M. Laird and
(Concluded on page 9. column 7)
UATinu Dftviun
IIHIIUII rn I lliu
FOR WILD SPREE
OF INFLATION
Delhi, N. Y., tP) Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt in an address
here Friday night said the country
now was "paying the penalty for a
wild spree based on uneconomic,
unscientific and unbusinesslike
foundations."
He referred to "some people in a
very high position" as having given
the Impression a year- ago that
nothing could happen to prosperity.
"One reason,' the governor said,
"the country has passed through an
economic crisis is that some people
thought they discovered a new law,
that the old law of supply and de
mand could be scrapped. They
thought we could go on speeding up
production and that we would all
get richer and richer and in a lit
tle while we would all- become as
rich as the Rockefellers as long
is we did two things, paid high
rages to every one and continued
high-speed selling campaigns.
"It was said that instead of hav
ing one car, we would have two
rs In every garage. And then I
nippose the next step would be a
lew car for every one In the fam
ily, Including the baby. Now that
Is what I term the theory of lift
ing yourself up by the bootstraps.
"Well, we went along that way
for a while, confident our leaders
In politics and business were omin
lsclent, and then when production
had greatly outrun demand we
were taught the sad lesson in our
two stock market crashes that we
cannot get away from old Dame
Nature; we cannot get away from
the law of supply and demand.
"Some people In very high posi
tion gave the Impression a year ago
that nothing could happen to pros
perity, that everything was well
and that prosperity could not be
slowed down. And then old Dame
Nature asserted herself. We are
now paying the penalty for the wild
spree based on uneconomic, unsci
entific and unbusinesslike founda
tions." DROWNS TRYING
TO SAVE CHILD
Medford (IP) The bodies or Wil
liam Sherwood, automobile camp
proprietor, and his five year old
daughter were found floating In the
ibrebay of the California-Oregon
Power company station early Satur
day, presumably having drovmed
while fishing. No one saw the mis
hap. It was though, however, that
the girl fell Into the bay and both
died when the father attempted a
rescue.
Sherwood operated the Wlldwood
auto camp on the Medford -Crater
Lake highway, four miles from Pros
pect. The drownings occurred near
the camp. Sherwood was a world
war veteran and well-known In the
Rogue river valley. A wife and an
other small son survive.
snerwooa s moiner lives in aaicm
and funeral probably will be held
there.
Fliers Stage
FashionShow
At Air Races
Chicago tPi Modern aviation has
tossed aside its greasy' coveralls and
become a business lor snappy dres
sers.
nils was emphasised at the open
ing ot the tenth national air races
at Curtlss airport Saturday, when
even the mechanics appeared in
form-fitting breeches and berets.
Some wore boutonnieres.
The filers especially the women
fliers also showed a penchant for
berets, and were even more resplen
dent than the mechanics.
All were outshone, however. ty
the regiment of ushers employed to
(Concluded on page P. column at
JAP DANCER
GIRL WITHOUT
- ANY COUNTRY
Vancouver, B. C (IR There were
MO passengers aboard the liner
Empress of Japan when it docked
here Friday, but Saturday Naomi
Winter, who is a young and pretty
Japanese dancer, was the only one
of them left on board-the ship.
Not that she wants to be there.
but immigration authorities - can't
seem to agree whether her citizen
ship is Japanese, Canadian or
American.
The trouble started when Naomi
arrived here after a dancing tour
in Shangnal and Manila. She leu
the United States last June.
Naomi was born in Montreal Just
about 20 years ago, so It would seem
that she was Canadian. But she
married a citizen of the United
States and is divorcing him. The
decree is not final.- Canada says
that she lost her Canadian citizen
ship by marrying an American. The
United States says she isn't Amer
ican, because she Is not really bis
wife now.
The dark eyed dancer says that
even Japan won't own her. Al
though not by birth a citizen of
Japan, she had difficulty leaving
there on her present trip because
she did not have a visa from the
Japanese consul In San" Francisco,
from where she sailed in June.
REDUCE RATES
AS DROUTH AID
Chicago (IP) Reduced freight
rates on all railroads operating be
tween Chicago and the Pacific
coast to go Into effect Monday
and last until October 31 were
adopted by the western railroad
traffic executives committee Friday.
The reduced rates, adopted as a
measure of drouth relief, will allow
livestock owners to ship cattle into
undamaged feed areas at one-third
less than the usual freight rates.
The western traffic lines also will
carry feed and hay for livestock
into drouth areas at the one-third
off rate. . '
W. B. Boyd, chairman of the
committee, said the reductions
would apply on local rates only.
Livestock men shipping cattle to
market will not benefit, .
ly.
Cattle raisers ill be given the
low rates on certification of drouth
condition by the county agents.
Washington (IP) T.a American
Railway association Saturday an
nounced emergency freight rate re
ductions effective in north-western
drouth areas would amount to one
third of the regular rate.
The new tariffs on water, feed
and stock which Is not shipped to
market will be effective Immediate-
Pioneer Balloonist
Nearly Reached Pole
Log Book Discloses
Oslo (AP) Salmon-Auguste Andree, Swedish balloon
ist explorer who in 1897 tried to fly to the North Pole in a
balloon, was believed liere Saturday to have reached a point
less i nan aw miles from nis oo-
jectlve, and to have been beating
back to the Inhabited world when
death overtook him.
Dr. 8. Horn, scientist with the
expedition which August 8 found
Andree's body and those of his
two comrades, Nils Strlndberg and
Knut Frankel, said he did not think
their balloon landed on White Is
land, or Hvltveen. since there were
distinct traces of the party having
arrived by rowing or walking.
On the back patte of the balloon's
log, one of two books found in the
camp with the bodies, there is the
notation, "83 degrees north 32 east,"
HEAVY BALLOT
BEING POLLED
Sterling Leads In Early
- City Count But Ma
Ferguson In Country.
Figures Insufficient As
Yet To Indicate Trend
Of Primaries Result.
Dallas, Texas UP) Heavy ballot
ing reported over the state Satur
day indicated a record vote, would
be brought out in the bitter run-off
contest between Mrs. Miriam A. Fer
guson, former governor, and Ross
S. Sterling, Houston puoUsher, lor
the democratic nomination for gov
ernor. Unofficial and incomplete returns
were reported from scattered polling
places while the voting was in pro
gress, but the figures were unsuffl
cient to give any definite trend
Houston, the home of Sterling,
early reported that partial returns
from 21 city boxes gave Stelrlng
1128 votes, Mrs. Ferguson 396.
Mlneola, in east Texas, sent in an
early report of 14 votes for Mrs.
Ferguso nand one for Sterling.
San Antonio reported five pre
(Concluded on page 8, column 7f
TRUCK DRIVER
GIVES LIFE TO
HALT JSASTER
Los Angeles (IP) His clothes
ablaze with gasoline, Hugh D. Mil
ler, 35, gave up his life Friday night
to save more than 100 persons from
death or serious injury.
Miller died from burns after he
had succeeded in turning off the
safety valve of his gasoline truck,
preventing an explosion in the
midst of a crowded downtown mar
ket The driver was turned into a hu
man torch when gasoline from a
truck hose spattered on the motor
of a nearby automobile and threat
ened to Ignite the heavy load of
fuel.
With his last strength Miller
stopped the flow of gasoline. He
died soon after in a hospital.
His last thoughts were of his in
fant son, born to Mrs. Miller only
last Wednesday.
DENY ZITA AND
SON IN HUNGARY
Budapest, Hungary (AV-Officlal
denial by authorities that the for
mer Empress Zita and her son,
Otto, pretender to the Hungarian
throne, had returned to Budapest
to undertake a coup d'etat failed
Saturday to quiet excitement oc
casioned by the reports.
Despite denials of otto's return
police guarded public buildings and
other strategic positions.
First reports the young arch
duke had returned here, reached
the city four days ago at the begin
ning of festivities in honor of the
Hungarian St Emery.
The police promptly suppressed
publication of the rumor, which
was that Otto, clad in a priest's
robe, had arrived at the same time
as a large delegation of priests
from a seminary in Belgium, where
he has been In school.
with the date of entry, July 18.
1897, seven days after the start
of the balloon from Dane's Island,
Spitsbergen.
The position given Is some dis
tance north of the spot where the
men's bodies were found, and about
475 miles from the pole itself.
The captain of the sealer Bratt
vaag, which is bringing tr : bodies
back to Tromsoe, Norway, to arrive
there Sept. 10, said the camp was
arranged In an Intelligent manner.
Moccasins and other equipment
found were very much worn. Indl-
(Concluded on page V, column 8)
Lon Chaney Very
III In Hospital
At Los Angeles
Urn Angeles (AP) Lea
Chaney, film character ac
tor, was IB St Vincent's hos
pital, "Very, very . Ill" Sat
urday. Officials of his mo tin
picture studio who confirm
ed the unofficial reports at
the hospital, said he mnder
went twe Mood (nuufvsions
daring the night He ent
ered the hospital two weeks
ago upon returning from
New York, where he under
went an operation on his
throat
SARAZEN LEADS
WESTERN GOLF
OPEN TOURNEY
Indianwood Club, Irion, Mich., UP)
Gene Sarazen, New York profes
sional, had the western open golf
championship all but In the big at
the end of the first 83 holes and
with but nine to play Saturday.
Leading his nearest rival by six
strokes with a par shattering zu
score.
Indianwood Club, Orion, Mich.
(IP) The western open golf cham
pionship Saturday settled down to
a race between Oene sarazen,
stocky little Italian professional
from Flushing, L. I., and Al Wat-
rous of Detroit.
After 54 liours of play, Sarazen
led the field by three strokes with
a total of 211. Watrous held sec
ond place at 214, with Emerlck
Koosis ot Detroit, Mich., third, with
217.
. Walter Hagen, counted out of
the race since his disastrous open.
lng day 77, made one of his typi
cal comeback efforts Saturday and
turned in a 35-33 68 for the best
score In the morning. . The 68 which
included a course record of four
strokes below par for the incoming
nine, gave Hagen a tie for fourth
place with Laurie Ayton, of Evans
ton, HI., at 217 but with Sarazen
and Dudley playing at the top of
their game it appeared virtually Im
possible for even the "Haig to
overcome his six stroke handicap
in the final 18 holes.
FLOOD OF GOLD
WORRIES FRANCE
Paris (IP) A flood of gold threat
ened Saturday to cause the Bank
of France as much worry as did
the decline of the franc five years
ago.
Realizing fully the truth of the
old adage that there can be too
much of a good thing, the Bank of
France has been unable io stem
the onrushing tide of precious metal
that has filled its vast undo ground
storehouses almost to the limit
Paradoxically, the almost uninter
rupted influx of gold in the last 12
months has reached a point where
French economists have more anx
iety than foreign experts.
With France second to the United
States in gold, the weekly state,
ment of the Bank of France Frl.
day showed the gold reserves to be
46,952,230,408 francs, which Is a new
high peak ot 52.17 per cent In the
rauo or gold no paper currency.
The legal minimum ratio Is only
jo per cent.
GERMAN FLIERS
LAND IN GREENLAND
Ivlgtut, Greenland UP) Captain
Wolfgang Von Qronau and his
three German companions who
landed here Friday In a flight from
Iceland, will continue to Labrador
or Newfoundland Sunday If weath
er permits. They presumably are
on a flight to the United States al
though they have not so announced
definitely.
Von Oronau and the others,
Franz Hack, mechanic; Herr Al
brecht, wireless operator, and Ed
ward Zimmer, an aviation student,
took off from Reykjavik earlv Fri
day morning and indicated that
they were going to return to Ger
many. They flew westward, how
ever, and reached this point with'
out difficulty. -
ARREST AGNES MAN
FOR SETTING FIRES
Roseburg Wl Cecil Crlteser, 34,
Agneas, Curry county, Oregon, was
arrested Friday by C. C. Wells.
deputy United States Marshal, on
a charge of setting forest fires In
the Siskiyou national forest., In No
vember, 1929. Crlteser will be giv
en a hearing Wednesday. Ball was
fixed at 11,000.
INTERVENTION
IN CHINA HELD
AS NECESSITY
Former Attache Asserts
Humanitarian R e a
sons To Force Action.
Holds 200,000 Foreign
Troops Back By Navy
Could Restore Peace.
Wllliamstown, Mass. (IP) Foreign
intervention soon may be necessary
in China, Charles O. Batchelder,
former commercial attache of the
United States embassy in China,
said Saturday.
"There is a growing feeling that
sooner or later foreign intervention
will be necessary for humanitarian
reasons,' Batchelder said in a
speech at the Institute ot politics.
Order could be restored, he sug
gested, with 200,000 foreign troops
backed by navies. He estimated the
cost at (500,000,000 and said this
might be obtained in the form of a
loan secured by the salt and cus
toms receipts.
The money, he said, would be re
quired to disband the armies, build
and repair highways and railroads,
and improve agriculture and indus
try. Batchelder painted conditions as
growing steadily worse. He favored
the proposal that the Chinese ap
peal to the league ox nations to ap
"16nciud,d"o"n page 8. coluiin4)
GARRISON IN
SOUTHERN PERU
STAGES REVOLT
Lima, Peru UP) A serious military
revolt in southern Peru Saturday
threatened administration of Pres
ident Augusto B. Leguia.
The garrison at Arequlpa, third
city of the republic, was at the
helm of the movement. Revolting
under leadership of officers the gar
rison arrested the civil and military
chiefs of the department and Sat
urday was In complete control.
The government was said official
ly to be taking appropriate steps.
There were reports these Involved
sending of a fleet to Mollendo, port
nearby to Arequlpa, and in moving
aircraft against the city itself.
The newspaper La Prensa, offi
cial organ of the government, said
all was quiet in the departments of
Cuzco and Pino, which are north ot
Arequlpa.
Garrisons In those departments
remained loyal, the paper added,
and the Inhabitants believed that
the coup ot Sanchez Cerro in Are
qulpa was a fiasco.
$26,000 LOSS
IN GRAIN FIRES
Lewlston, Idaho, UPh-Two fires
which started in wheat fields In this
region Friday caused at least 126,
000 damage, and one of them was
still burning out of control in Tim
bet at midnight Friday.
One fire was started by sparks
from a wheat truck on a farm
owned by Carl Harris, Lewlston po
lice commissioner, and Charles
Kerby, near Sweet Water, 20 miles
southeast of here. It burned 450
acres of standing grain, an Indian's
bouse adjoining the farm, a truck
and a combine harvester outfit. The
owners estimated the loss at 120,
000, covered by insurance.
Elmer Shirley, driver of the
truck, was caught between the
main blaze and a back fire and
nearly lost his Ufe struggling
through the flames. As he readied
the edge he fell unconscious and
was found by fighters Just as the
flames reached his body.
MORE REDS SEIZED
' IN NANKING RAIDS
Nanking (IP) Accusing commun
ists of seeking to undermine the
government, garrison soldiers Sat
urday arrested 130 additional reds in
city-wide raids. Many communist
"cells" were smashed and huge
quantities of propaganda seized.
Nationalist authorities were stirred
to action by discovery Friday of
dynamite and other explosives in
the asserted plot of reds to destroy
government buildings. Twenty com
munists were arrested then to pre
vent disturbances within the capital.
Aimee and Temple
Disinherited by Ma
Stricken From Will
Los Angeles. (UP) Charging that Angelus temple was
"corrupt", Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of Mrs. Aimee Mc
Pherson. noted evangelist, Saturday disinherited the temple
and her daughter by striking
Mrs. McPherson was advised by her mother to give up
Angelus temple "because it is so
corrupt." She was urged to rebuild
her Four Square gospel In new sur
roundings to get away from tne
temple's "corrupt" atmosphere.
"It would be better for sister to
give up Angelus temple and go far
into the desert and build anew
than to remain under the control
of her present associates," Mrs.
Kennedy said from her cottage in
Brentwood sanitarium.
"The temple now is full of cor
ruptness, deceit and double deal
ing," Ma Kennedy charged. "Sister
apparently docs not realize this Dut
sometime she will see her present
(Concluded on page 8. column 7)
RED CONVERTS
BRANDED WITH
RED HOT IRONS
Hankow (F Red hot Iron brands,
burning the sickle emblem ot com
munlsm deep into the chest of Chi
nese converts to the cause, are re
ported being used In Hunan province
to assure loyalty to the red nag.
This Information- was brought
here by numerous persons who have
escaped from the clutches of the
communist and made their way to
Shanghai.
Red leaders, the reports said, or
dered wholesale branding to perma
nently mark converts to commun
ism, thereby making it easy to rec
ognize them if they deserted. Most
of those branded. It was said, had
been Intimidated into joining the
red cause.
Entire armies under suspicion
were branded, the refugees, who
themselves were burned with the
sickle brand, said. If the communist
leaders doubted loyalty of the forc
es, they ordered the branding, it was
said.
The inhuman practice took place
In an area which recently had been
over-run by communists, who kept
Inhabitants in a state of terror
through killing, burning and looting.
GUARDS BATTLE
WITH GUNMEN
Cuyahago Falls (IP) A detach
ment ot men armed with rifles
and hand grenades attacked the
construction camp of the Oarner
Construction company near here
Saturday.
A pitched battle ensued when
guards, stationed In rifle pits
about the camp replied to the at
tackers' fire. None of the guards
was wounded but It was believed
some of the attackers were hit,'
Labor troubles arising out of the
open shop policy the construction
firm prompted the company to
station the guards.
The 'Object of the attack seemed
to be destruction of a shaft sunk
by the construction company in
carrying out a $100,000 sewer pro
ject. One of the assailants succeeded
in hurling a hand grenade into the
shaft causing some damage.
Search of the surrounding wood
ed land after deputy sheriffs had
re-lnforced the guards, revealed
no trace of the gunmen.
SALTZMAN ACCEPTS
TRAFFIC PROMOTION
The Dalles, Ore. (IP) Lieutenant
Jay Baltzman of the state traffic
department Saturday announced
that he had accepted the promo
tion to captain ot tho southern Ore
gon traffic division, offered him
Friday by Hal Hoss, secretary of
state. Saltzman said that he was
ready for the transfer at any time.
although he felt regret at leaving
the eastern Oregon division where
he has been stationed for a num
ber of years.
Saltzman said Saturday that he.
Ra'fety and an officer by the name
of Shields took the oath of office
in 1820 at the same time, and that
he had been accepted In the traf
fic division, before Raffety was,
contradicting a statement made
Friday that he was admitted short
ly after Raffety. Saltzman re
ceived the No. 1 badge, he declared.
them from her will.
TOLAN WINNER
100 YARD DASH
N, A. A. U. FINAL
Pittsburgh AV-Eddie Tolan, the
"midnight express" from the Uni
versity of Michigan, beat out his
old rival George' Simpson of Ohio
State university to win the 100
yard dash final in a stirring finish
at the National Amateur Athletic
union championships Saturday af
ternoon.
Ray Conger of the Illinois A. C.
with his famous "bicycle sprint" In
the final furlong, won the national
mile running championship.
Conger won by ten yards from
Paul Rekers of Penn State college
with Rufus Kiser ot the University
of Washnigton third, and Gene
Venzke, Swedish-American A. C,
New York, fourth. Conger, gaug
ing pace perfectly, covered the mile
in four minutes, 19.8 seconds, nearly
five seconds faster than Leo Ler-
mond made In winning the event
last year at Denver.
Tolan. holder of the world's rec
ord of 9:5 seconds, was clocked at
9.7 on a track somewhat damp
from recent rain. He flashed into
the tape a couple of feet ahead of
Simpson after collaring him at the
50-yard mark. Simpson was five
feet ahead of Russell Sweet of the
San Francisco Olympic club who
was third with Cy Leland of Texas
Christian university, fourth. Hec
tor Dyer of the Los Angeles A. C,
and Charley Parmer of the Univer-
'(Concluded on page Y column Ti"
WIGFALL DEAD
FROM WOUNDS
Portland WV-Charles V. WIgfaU,
35, Portland attorney, was dead
Saturday, the victim of bullet
wounds inflicted by a robber who
attacked Wigfall after the attor
ney granted his request for a ride.
Police are hunting his assailant on
meager clues.
A revolver was found In the brush
near the scene of the shooting.
Wigfall was returning from an
amusement park when he was ac
coster by the stranger. Climbing
into Wigf all's automobile the stran
ger asked the attorney the time.
As Wigfall pulled forth his watch
the robber seized it and in the
struggle Wigfall was shot. He died
in a hospital.
CHURCH SERVICES
AT HOOYER CAMP
Washington OP) Sunday services
are to be held at President Hoover's
camp on the Rapldan in Virginia
henceforth. The president and Mrs.
Hoover will attend the initial ser
vices Sunday.
A portable organ has been sent to
the camp and the navy department
will designate a chaplain to conduct
services.
Census Count Lists
2,508,151 Without
Work Last April
Washington, (AP) A total of 2,508,151 able-bodied
Americans, comprising two per cent of the country'i total
population were listed Saturday by the census bureau as un
employed last April and looking
for work.
The total was announced on the
basis of preliminary returns from
every section of the country. The
bureau explained that six other
classes of unemployed were not in
cluded In the present total, but ad
ded that those "without a Job, able
to work and looked for a job'' un
questionably constituted the bulk
of those to be listed as unemployed.
Because tabulations have not
been completed on the number of
persons now gainfully employed, a
definite comparison was not avail
able. The bureau estimated, bow-
EXTRA SESSIOII
OF LEGISLATURE
CECESSARY
Luper Announces No Ac
tion To Be Taken oil
Power Applications.
Kay And Hoss Both Op
pose Calling Legisla
ture Norblad Silent
A special session of the state
legislature became unnecessary Sat
urday, in the opinion of both Sec
retary of State Hoes and State En
gineer Rhea Luper, when Luper
issued a statement that he would
issue no permits for large power
development on Oregon streams
until after the next regular session
of the legislature..
Hoss stated emphatically that he
was opposed to a special session, and
State Treasurer Kay took similar
statement in a statement Friday.
Attitude of Governor Norblad on
the question is not yet known. The
governor said Saturday that he ex
pected to issue ft statement next
Tuesday.
A number of telegrams reaching
the governor from Portland organ
izations have urged him to call a
special session it necessary for the .
enactment of legislation to block
corporations from appropriating tne
waters of Oregon streams for power
development. .
The importance of Lupera state
ment, in the opinion ot himaclt
Concluded on page 8. column 4)
FLETCHER TO
PRESIDE OVER
TARIFF BOARD
Washington (IP) President Hoov
er has placed in the hands of a
veteran diplomat, Henry p. Fletch
er, a Pennsylvanlan, the task of
directing the tariff commission la
its revision ot the Hawley-Smoot
law. ,
The appointment of Fletcher as
chairman of the commission, an
nounced by President Hoover Fri
day, was received with favor Sat
urday by republican protectionists
It was not so well received by
those who have opposed the high
tariff ideas usually held by con
gressional delegations from his
state. ,
The tariff commission assumed
new importance with Its enlarged
powers granted by the Hawley
Smoot act. President Hoover has
emphasized that he wants It to ussj
these powers to correct any delin
quencies in the act.
Fletcher comes to this import
ant post after 20 years of service
in the diplomatic corps, which was
concluded last year as ambassador
to Italy. He served also as am
bassador to Chile, Mexico, and
Belgium, and as undersecretary of
state, and before that In minor
diplomatic assignments. He was a
member of Roosevelt's Rough Rid
ers. Fletcher's long contact with for
eign governments has given him
an insight into their views on the
tariff. He takes up his duties at
a time when foreign governments
are particularly critical of the re
cently enacted tariff law.
He will become chairman on
September 10, under a recess ap
pointment which must be eon-'
firmed later by the senate.
ever, that the employed would ap
proximate 40 per cent ot the total
population. This would bring th
number idle to approximately five
per cent of the normally employed
population.
By states, the percentage of Job
seekers ranged from Oo In South
Dakota and Mississippi lo S3 In
Rhode Island and New Jersey and
33 In Michigan.
The othei classes to be covered
by the unemployment census In
clude those having Jobs but laid ofl
without pay; persons unableU
(Concluded on pas. t, column )