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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON TUESDAY. JANUARY 3, 1933 CapitaUiJoiirnal Salem, Oregon Established March 1, 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 136 B. commercial street. Teiepnone mi. news ttuu. GEOROE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv carrier 10 cents a week: 49 cents a month: iS.OO a year In advanoe By mall in Marlon, Pollc, Linn and Yamhill counties, one month 80 cents; 3 months $1.25; 8 months $2.25; 1 year 14.00. Elsewhere 60 cents a month 6 montlia $2.75; $5.00 a year In advance. FULL LEASED W1UB SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED I'RESS AND THE UNITED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "With or without offense to friends or foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." Byron The Tax Problem Although Governor Meier presents no specific tax pro gram for the special session to solve financial and relief problems, he suggests that a general sales tax is unavoidable to raise revenue for state purposes to relieve the state pro perty tax and to provide unemployment relief. He estimates the state deficiency at $4,000,000, an increase of $1,000,000 since he took office, caused, despite economies effected in administration, by falling off in expected income tax receipts and failure to levy a state property tax last year. The plan of the tax commission for a sales tax based on the Mississippi plan, is suggested by the executive. He esti mates the number of unemployed in the state at 67,078 and asks a $500,000 appropriation for relief purposes, to be financed by the proceeds of the sales tax. The amount is little enough. Unquestionably the legislature will resort to drastic pruning of the budget, but unless a great many state activi ties are eliminated which they can well be during the de pression this will not balance the budget nor reduce the deficit materially. We have long been living beyond our incomes, individuals as well as state and readjustment is necessary. The alternative to a sales tax is a higher income tax, but there are few incomes to tax, the existing levies are high enough and the people last November voted down an increase. If the income levies were doubled, the needed revenue would not be forthcoming, for it is not there. Only in times ot prosperity is the income tax a heavy producer. The sales tax seems as fair as any tax, for every one would contribute his or her share. To be sure it is a tax on consumption, but so is the gasoline tax, the tobacco tax, the nuisance taxes and numerous other indirect levies, sucn as are imposed by tariffs. The sales tax is utilized by Canada and most European nations and has solved the problems of many of our own states. If not made too high it would not impose hardship. Japan Seizing Jehol Japan has resumed its forcible annexation of China by attempting seizure of Shanhaikwan, at the junction of the great wall and the Gulf of Liaotung. North of the wall is Manchuria, south is China proper. The southern province of Manchuria is Jehol, which Japan already claims on its official maps, and the latest attack is to complete the con quest of Jehol the gateway to North China. It is climed that the Japanese object is to renew war fare prior to the opening of the league of nations meeting January 15 as well as the convening of the Japanese diet in Tokio on the 20th. With a state of war existing which the Japanese will blame on the Chinese as they did the attack on Mukden, the plea of self defense will be made to stay league action and at the same time appeal to Japanese patriotism for a conlinution of the present government in power. The purposes of Japan are transparent the nation is bent on imperialism to prevent revolution at home as well as annex a rich territory in defiance of treaties. But the league, dominated by the big imperialistic powers, is power less to act except to raise the moral issue which comes with poor grace from nations defaulting their national debts. What Europe Hopes In an article in yesterday's Capital Journal by a leading European statesman, under the nom do plume of "John Statesman" it is said that liberal leaders abroad look to 'America for the signal for world recovery, expecting Roose yclt to put into effect n five point plan. This plan in brief is for a policy of complete separation of America nnd Europe, such as existed before the war. Even indirect participation only creates new responsibilities nnd danger. Isolated, the United Slates has great power, but when she mixes in European disorders she loses authority and prestige. The facts seem to bear this out. Abolition of the Hawlcy-Smoot tariff is expected, for Euroiie is convinced this tariff precipitated both the world and American crises, resulting in retaliation by 23 European nations with virulent protective tariffs. It should be replaced by sensible commercial treaties, Abolition of prohibition, which has diminished American prestige abroad by its corruption, the rise of criminal gangs and made Uncle Sain nn object of mocking, sarcasm and ridicule, is expected. The control of Wall Street, which has employed American capital fantastically a powerful if un conscious force for disorder, is held essential, as is the bal ancing of the American budget to sustain the dollar. Important as the war debts are, the feeling abroad is that the new administration can start recovery by carrying out the above policies, convinced that some solution will be found for the debts issue. Endorsed by Wall Street - The Wall Street Journal, organ of high finance, has endorsod the proposed allotment plan for farm relief, holding that it offers a practical way out for raw material producers, including the farmers. It is held that it would expand the rural purchasing power by over half a billion dollars a year and thus start recovery. It declares: The allotment plan Is not a mere Isolated farm relief measure. It goes to the core of the general business problem tliat Is In the mind ol every serious thinker In these disturbed times: Is there no way of ration ally oontrolllni; the relation of supply to demand under the capitalistic system; or must the business world be forever at the mercy of blind chance, as unregulated In the supreme essential of stable prosperity ns the winds and the rains? If successful In agriculture It may be applied to other extractive or natural resource Industries; and, perhaps, still further Wall Street, which has steadfastly opposed all previous furm relief measures, finally comprehends that there can be no recovery until the purchasing power of the farm has been restored and hence endorses the new proposal. Commenting upon the pending legislation, Senator M'Nary is quoted as follows: I am not sanguine that any measure that Involves a conscious effort to equallzo or adjust prices' of agricultural commodities will meet with presidential approval at this time. If It shall become evident that executive disapproval Is certain the relief measure will be the occasion j of a special session of Congress. INTRIGUE FILM AND BIG NAMED STARS, COMING Stephen Roberts, director of The Night of June 13," a story of In trigue In a large-city suburb which cornea to the Warner Bros. Elslnore theater Wednesday and Thursday, points out that most ot Hollywood's present-day personnel has made good in the film capital as the re suit of an Invitation. Miss Allen was starred In London and New York. Miss Dee got to films via stage worn with the Pasadena Community Players. Ruggles had a long stage career before going into the movies. Miss Boland Is a Broad way favorite, and has been ever since her fifteenth birthday. Grape, win had 37 years of stage expert, ence. "The Night of June 13." in which thoy display their cooperative tal ents, Is the story of the manner in which a man on trial for the mur der of his wife a crime of which he Is Innocent, for she died by her own nana Is Incriminated by his neighbors, who lie on the witness stand to cover up their own petty Delinquencies. Ginger Rogers, popular Broadway lavonte, Is very much In her ele- ment as the heroine of "Carnival Boat," the BUI Boyd starring vehicle wnich comes to the Warner Bros. Capitol theater Wedncrday and inursaay. Several of the big sequences of Carnival Boat" take place on this typical floating "palace of enter tainment" which once a year brings tne glamor and gaiety of the the ater to the wilds of the tlmberlands. Miss Rogers makes her second ap. pearance opposite Bill Boyd in this attraction, having shared honors with this popular RKO Fathe star in "Suicide Fleet." the comedy. thriller of the navy which was one of the season's hits. Marie Provost also has an actress role In the boat sequences. Others in the "Carnival Boat" cast include Hobart Bosworth. Fred Kohler. Ed gar nenneay ana Marry sweet. Al bert Bogcll directed. The National Whirligig News Behind the News By Paul Mallon Washington That taboo topto Inflation is getting serious con sideration in the privacy of con gressional cloakrooms. Conservatives are beginning to play with the idea. You would be surprised at the names of reaction ary statesmen who are trying to una a practical way ol promoting more ana easier money. Ill at Is the real purpose behind the coming Pat Harrison hearings m tne Benate finance committee. Economists, financiers, and states men will be 6ounded out on the pos sibility of safe inflationary pro grams. The effort will be masked as a general economic investigation. The conservatives ore being driv en toward this new effort by the spread of more radical ideas such as technocracy. The wisest of them are beginning to realize that unless they do something themselves they may have worse tilings thrust upon them. They are being encouraged confidentially by certain bankers and financiers in New York and elsewhere who think some expert ment along these lines is the next natural step in the lagging light against deflation. The discussion Is In an Incipient state. Most private endorsers of the plan even reject the word infla tion. They are groping for a new word. It may be called reflation again but that is a more Inaccurate description of the idea than inlla tion is. They do not want printing press money of the kind advocated by Congressmen Rankin and Patman. They merely want more money and easier money under a scheme which will get It into the hands of debtors and improve commodity prices. Tne old credit inflation scheme of the Federal Roserve politely call ed reflation only pumped money into the banks and no further. They want to pump that much money and more beyond the banks Into in dustry, commerce and labor. What they are looking for now is a for mula for that process. There Is some reason to believe one may be found and promoted during the next six months. No opportunity exists for working out the idea before the inaugura tion of the Roosevelt administra tion. It could not be done by Hoo vcrltes. It is not a part of the pub lic new deal platform of the president-elect. He has several other improvement ideas he apparently wants to try first. If the existing Inflation or refla tion idea works out It will come in a non-partisan way. Some bankers on the sidelines think the inquiry will prove nothing can be worked out. They believe ev idence will show we have more mo ney now than we can use. Banks arc bulging with liquidity. They will bring out likewise that tampering with the currency might adversely alfect the price of government bonds and make things worse. For eign gold withdrawals also might result. Whatever Is done will not bo rash. An excellent source snys that Wall Streeters have already been tipped off to keep their shirts on when the mnttr becomes public. A certain ex cellent Wall Street source claims to have a promise from congressional authorities that nothing will be passed to influence price levels. A crrUln officer of the R.F.C. Is not so sur! th.it all their loans arc free from gratt. Ho has noticed lo cal politicians from out in the country besieging the corporation headquarters dally. He has seen their agitated pleas for help for lo cal concerns. He knows that these politicians are supposed to pay their own expenses to Washington for the purpose of getting these loans for private individuals, This official skeptic that he is has his doubts that all of these poll tlcians are pure and big-hearted men. He cannot prove anything but he thinks they may be getting a rake-off from the favored local concerns. He Is making a personal Investigation of tills phase of the R.F.C. situation. There will be a quick vacancy on the Supreme Court bench if plans stand. Justice Mcucynolas will re tire on full pension, but probably not until after the President-elect can appoint his successor. Continuation of MEIER TALKS TAXES (from page one) difficulties, offers the only means Of providing sufficient revenue to permit the cancellation of the state levy on property." On the second purpose for which he called the special session, the governor recommended that not less than $500,000 should be made available for relief purposes during the special session. There are an proximately 67,078 unemployed In the state, he said, and held that "the problem of affording relief to those unfortunate men, women and children Is as much a duty of the state as of the federal government. Introducing his appeal for the legislature to take some definite step to remove the tax on real prop erty, the governor reviewed the his- tory of the state deficit, which now approximates $4,000,000. He traced the deficit back to 1024 during Gov ernor Walter Pierce's administra tion when efforts to reduce the property tax were being made, Carrying the review further the governor related the savings effect ed during the two years of his ad ministration, but that "due to the economic depression there was a shrinkage beyond all expectations in revenue" from intangibles, excise and Income taxes the past year, fur ther adding to the deficit which was about (3,000,000 when he took of fice. Last year the governor llft?d the 4Mi mill levy on real property, The state tax commission for next year has levied a 2.9 mill tax on real property and the governor cnargca that "whether this restored proper ty tax shall remain and be contin ued hereafter is the question you have been convened to determine. The time has come, in my Judg ment, when your honorable body should devise ways and means for abolishing this tax In its entirety forever." In conclusion, the governor ap pealed to "Those who may have come here with political prejudices to rise above them." He added that in this hour of our people's dis tress and need we should lay aside all petty grievances, personal ani mosities and blind partisanship," COUNTY EMPLOYES FILE OFFICIAL BONDS All deputies and clerks In county offices with the exception of those in the sheriff's office received re appointment today and filed thelr oaths of office with the county clerk, there being no indication of change of personnel In any of the office forces because of the 10 per cent cut Imposed by the budget meeting of last week. The county court today also ap proved all official bonds of officials required to carry a bond. These included a $45,000 bond for the state treasurer and a $5,000 bond for his deputy, the bond being de creased by the budget committee from $100,000 to $50,000 to make a saving In premium. The bonds of the sheriff wore also approved, one for $50,000 to cover his work as tax collector and another for $10,000 to cover him as sheriff. In addition a $10,000 bond for the county clerk was approved: $3000 for the school superintendent and $5000 for the county recorder. HOLD GREGORY ON DOUBLE CHARGE Roger Gregory of Salem, who was arrested Saturday night after he Is alleged to have fired ft .22-calibre rifle Into the rear of an occupied automobile, faced two charges when haled Into justice court today. On a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon Gregory entered plea of not guilty. His bond was fixed at $1500 which he could not furnish and he is in Jail pending preliminary hearing. It Is alleged also that tne gun with which he is said to have been armed was stolen from Webb Ram age, and the other charge against Gregory Is possession of stolen pro perty. To this charge Gregory also pleaded not guilty, his bond being fixed at $500 which he could not furnish. REAMER ESCAPES BUT IS RECAPTURED Dallas Late Sunday afternoon during the absence of Sheriff Hook, er, L. H. Reamer of Independence, ho was arrested on December 29 by state police on a charge of rape, made his escape through a narrow Indow of the county Jail. The win dow, which is In the exercise room, Is about 8 Inches wide and 18 Inches to two feet long. From the window the prisoner apparently dropped backward tJme 20 feet to the ground. State police and sheriff's deputies looked for tho escaped man until 30 o clock Tuesday morning when they found him in a barn north of Independence. They Immediately re turned him to the city jau. LEGION HOST TO SPANISH VETS JAN'RY 1 5 Spanish War Veterans ot Salem will be guests for a specially ar- ranged meeting and entertainment to be given by Capital Post No. 8 American Legion, on January 16 with members of the other veter- an organizations of the city invited to attend, it was decided at a meet ing of the post Monday night, special committee of five will be named oy Commander Allan Car son to assist in the entertainment of the a. A. R. at its annual meet ing later in the year. A represen tatlve group from the post will at tend the city council Tuesday meet ing when Douglas McKay, past post commander, assumes his office as mayor of tho city. Salem will send its national cham plonshlp drum corps and a large delegation to McMlnnvllle Friday evening to take part in the Yam hill county pow-wow. It Is planned to leave from Tom Hill's place at Twelfth and Leslie streets at 6:45 o clock with transportation to be available for those who are with out automobiles. The post went on record in ap preciation of the donation of the St. Joseph parish hall by Father Buck: for the Christmas dinner to the needy of the city and to the Klwanis club for Its contribution of toys for the Legion and Auxiliary children's party Just previous to Christmas, visitors at the meet ing included Commander Jack Day of West Hill post at Multnoman who Is a member of the house of representatives from Washington county: J. O. Johnson, first com mander of the post and also state junior baseball chairman, and a K. Weldenfeld, past commander of the Police and Firemen's post at san Francisco and a former mem ber of the state executive commit tee of the California department who assisted In the preliminary or ganization of the new post at West Salem. Continuation of JAPS SEIZE JEHOL (from page one) the Chinese seaport about 10 miles southwest of shanhaikwan. Mean while Japanese sources here said today s air. land and sea attack on Shanhaikwan aimed at "elimina tion" of Chinese troops in that area They said 4,000 Japanese infantry and cavalry soldiers, two naval de stroyers and seven air bombers were participating In tne attack on the Chinese side of the eastern ter minus of Chinas great wall. The Japanese Dciievea tne ac tion was likely to result In per manent occupation of the Chinese city of Shanhaikwan, but present hostilities weTe expected to be lo calized without moving farther southward or Into Jehol province, between China proper and Man churia. Advices from Chanwangtao stated the situation there was quiet but tense, with Chinese troops noicung themselves in readiness for any emergency Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, chairman of the nationalist government mill tory affairs commission arrived to day from Nlngpo, following a visit to his birthplace at the nearby village of Fenghwa. The general immediately con ferred with Dr. T. V. Soong, finance minister, concerning Shanhaikwan developments, declining, however, to reveal the nature of the conversa tion exoeot indicating he was re turning to Nanking immediately. Dr. soong cnaraccerizea tne at tack on Shanhaikwan as "only an other step In the carefully laid plans of Japanese militarists" to invade Mongolia and North enma. After Chiang Kai-Shek had Jcit Dr. Soong Issued a statement, on the latest outbreak. "Two live bombs were discovered in a Japanese police station at Shanhaikwan," he said, "that is the pretext for the latest Japanese drive in the north. It may go down in history with the mythical explo sion on the South Manchuria rail way track that fateful night last September. It Is not difficult to divine tne motives for tills lntest drive. Jehol, the gateway to North China and Mongolia, has long been coveted by the Japanese militarists, but attack ing that mountainous province the midwinter presents difficulties. They hope that pressure upon Tientsin and Peiplng through Shanhaikwan will result in its surrender without fighting. 'Thus 1033 begins as 1932 began with the shadow of Japanese mili tarism cast over a world desperately in need of peace. "The Chinese people, In the throes of readjustment to modern condi tions, are ill-prppnred to resist .7a- pan's powerful military machine, but my country will meet a recur rence of the horrors of foreign In vasion with the same courage and fortitude It has shown In the year Just closed." Washington, Jan. S (R Secre tary Stlmson and others watched the Slno-Japanese situation closely today and without effort to mini mize tile seriousness ot the occupa tion of Shanhalkao by Japanese forces Official dispatches gave no Indi cation of the origin of the fighting, State department records do not show there are any Americans In Shanhaikwan. An officer and 20 privates of the 15th Infantry are stationed at Chlngwangtoa, 10 miles south. These troops are part of the regi ment stationed at Tientsin and par- ticlpatcs with the troops of other western powers in guarding the rail way betwocn Chlngwangtoa and Tientsin. Chingwangtoa has a har bor and is the port of entry used by the American forces. Continuation of FLOOD DANGER OVER (from page one) worse than at any time in the last four years. As a precaution. Mis sion street where it crosses Mill creek, was blockaded to traffic as the water which swept across the pavement had materially weakened the railings of the bridge and un til It subsides a check cannot be made as to the condition of the structure. Owing to water In the basement of the West Salem school buildings it was impossible to re -open Tues day following the holiday vocation and this was extended through tne remainder of the week with class work to be resumed next Monday morning. Transportation from the south was handicapped, with the Cascade branch blocked by snow and the Shasta line by water. The Cascade limited or tne southern Facmo, due here at 1:29 In the afternoon, did not arrive until 1 o'clock Tues day morning! delayed nearly 12 hours. Through busses from the south were running three hours behind schedule, having difficulty In getting through the Cottage Grove section because of high water. Many of the streets in the Lane county town resembled rivers and conditions have only been worse two or three times in tne past, ac cording to Elbert Bcde, newspaper publisher of that city and reading clerk for the house of representa tives. While the county court could not tell today until water had subsldede to what extent If any water flow ing over the county roads had done in many directions outside of Salem in the wake of the recent heavy downpours there were two reports of serious damage done by slides on market roads. One report was of a bad slide at the foot of the Hopmere hill where the Wheatland market road de scends into Mission bottom just be yond the Intersection of the market road. However, it was stated it would not be necessary to close this road. The grade there is a compara tively new one worked out under a high bank and the water poured down over it In a small deluge. Another slide on the Abiqua, however, did cause that road, or part of it, to be closed until repairs can be made. This slide is about a quarter of a mile up the creek from the Coleman bridge. Portland, Jan. 3 (Pi Danger of extensivo flood damage In the Wil lamette valley appeared remote to day as the river began to fall at Eugene and above, while the San- tlam river and lesser tributaries were falling rapidly. The Willamette rose one foot at Portland and probably will con tinue to rise slightly for a day or so, the weather bureau said. The stage here this morning was 7.3 feet, At Eugene where some damage was threatened the river reached a erst of 11.3feet at midnight and then began to subside. Occasional light rain was forecast for Portland and the Willamette valley for tonight and Wednesday. For several hours serious flood damage appeared probable in the upper valley. "Tent City," near the Ferry street bridge In Eugene, was evacuated and those living in the place were moved into the armory where the Bed Cross cared for them. The exceptionally hard rains were not confined to the valley, however, although possible danger there held the greatest danger. Marshfield and North Bend had 3.96 inches of rain, and Roseburg had 2.58 Inches. Two feet of fresh snow fell in the Mount Hood sports area Sunday night, marooning 75 automobiles until snowplows forced their way tlirough the drifts. Since Saturday four feet of snow fell at Government camp, bringing the total to nearly 7 tent on the level. $15,051 SPENT 1932 ON PAVING STREETS OF GITY For two reasons street paving In Salem was at a lower ebb during 1032 than for some years. Ono reason was economic, and the other the fact that Salem is ono of the best paved cities in the west and not much new street improvement was needed. The total for the year was only 2.7 miles, costing $15,051. The major job was removing the bottle-neck in the vicinity of tne new North Commercial street bridge and paving the approaches, the im provement covering the street from D to Belmont. The cost was $11,738. Other Important Jobs were a block each on Gaines and Wilbur streets, the resurfacing ot High from Court to Marlon and the improvement of Cherry avenue. Sidewalk construction was stress ed in 1032, and the policy was as far as possible to put the burden of It on property owners who were able to stand the cost. Sewer construc tion was not a major item during 1032, most of this work having been done under the sewer reconstruc tion program during the Llvesley administration. Paving operations ot the last five years are on record as follows: 1928 square yards paved, 140,G3u.(J, cost $304,038.45; 1029 square yards paved 124,526.03, cost $258,700; 1930 square yards paved 13,418.92, cost $28,629; 1931 square yards pavod 11,222.71, cost $23,865; 1032 square yards paved 7738.01, cost $15,051.44. The total mileage of pavement in Salem is now 72.78 miles. Continuation of- RELIEF BILL (from page one) ators were present Cost Igan and Wheeler, (D., Mont.). In his opening statement, Costl- gan declared "the most startling de velopment in this nation-wide trag edy" has been the failure of many of the nation's leaders in economic and other lines to "combat and con quer the problem" of unemployment. Approximately 12,000,000 persons normally employed, he said, are now out of work and many others ore on part time. He expressed the hope that the hearings would tend to make pub lic opinion "articulate" in a demand for federal aid. Continuation of- LEGISLATURE (from page one) HOW SHARP? i ill 4 No package con tain, gcnulne"BLUE BLADES" unlcu It carries the poArall ol King C GilUtta. Gillette has developed a secret device that definitely measures the sharpness of a shaving edge. This ingen ious photo-electric tester posi tively proves that the "BLUE BLADE" is the sharpest we have ever produced. themselves to be held in any such restraint. Last night in caucus the house approved such a limitation, but an attempt to tie the senate down similarly was side-stepped. xoaay members or tne upper house, anticipating days of idleness while revenue bills, which have to originate in the house, are reaching tne noor of the senate for consider ation, were taking seriously if not in concerted unison of letting down the bars to the Introduction and consideration of bills in order that they may dive Into the business be fore them. Such action, senators as sert, would reduce the volume of business to come before the regular session and would enable the com mittees to get down to work. , There were persistent reports that both Pred Kiddle, president of the senate, and Earl Snell, speaker of the house, would appoint all of their i standing committees for the regular session within the next day or two to permit them to start considera tion of problems they know they will have to consider. During the afternoon Speaker Snell was expected to name the) members of the two house commit tees which will sit Jointly In con sideration ot revenue and tax bills in the special session. They will bj the committees on assessment and taxation and taxation and revenue, each to be composed ot nine mem bers. 4 Under senate resolution No. 1 President Kiddle was authorized to appoint a committee of seven mem bers on revision of laws and a committee or nine on assessment and taxation, which committees will ...... Il,,lli nrllh the tWO hOUa committees In consideration of tax ation mattors during me sp:.. session. Kiddle asked that he be permitted to delay appointments to the committees until tomorrow. Meanwhile there wai an agitation growing among certain members ot Uie BfHHW ""J" Journ the special session without any action, go nome anu hwm uv a ni.o thf fnv and unemploy ment problems nt tho regular scs- ' 1 . -. ITO-.li. I-.... 1 1 .111 . sion nexu mummy. B""u"k"' was, Judging from reserved com- mnHo i.u momliprs. hciGhten- ed to somo extent by their reactions to the governor's message. Few of the members of either crmnta would comment freely on the message, but thero was a general opinion mat me cawu n.,a "lnmnpri th whole com plicated problem in our laps" and left them to find their way out. There wero few so optimistic as to believe that anything in the way of tax legislation can be accomplished in the space Ol live nays ueiorc m 1i- .nclnn la 0VWPt.fd tfl fitarL but bills to postpone the opening of the regular session and prolong ths special known to have been draft edhad not made their appearance. The veteran Senator William Strayer, dean of the upper house and recognized leader of the demo cratic bloc in that body, started the ball rolling for Immediate adjourn ment of the special session at last night's caucus meeting. Today his l,taa nma tinmtncHnnalllV ealninS! cround, particularly after senators hod heard the governor's message. Strayer declares tnat it is loousn nnu nnri fnllv tn nt.tamrt to enact any tax program in the short time allotcd to the special session, ana asserts that there Is no need for a special session, which can only increase legislative costs by several thousands of dollars. TTa nrAnnuui thflf. ftvlHnrr llUVS be amended in the regular session to remove the threat of defeating emirjency tax legislation at a spe cial election after the first half ot tax payments are due. Strayer is also one of the lead ers in the thought that before the legislature attempts to draft a tax program it should nave a cnanco to dive into the budget, trim stato how much, if any additional tax revenue is going to oe necaca. COURT DISMISSES INACTIVE CASES Today was houseclcaning day In Judge Lewclling's court in more ways than one. In the first instance it was the day to have up some 127 coses for consideration on which no action has been taken for the past year. If no further action Is taken today or attorneys do not request a continuance then such cases will go off. the docket for dismissal. The other need for housecleaning was in the judge's chambers where some time during the holidays a huge chunk of plaster had fallen from the high celling and spattered itself over the floor. The judge today also had a leng thy motion docket for consideration with a great grist of cases of minor importance to come up either for setting, to pass on some motion or to dispose of otherwise. &mm mews lor California travelers Since we introduced these Tourist fares in 1928, we havs consistently pursued the policy of fitting them to the require ments of our passengers. First they were good in coaches only. Then they were honored in tourist sleeping cars. Drastic reductions were made in the roondtrips. And now, with further reductions in the fares, longer limits, stopover privileges and the inclusion of many more California desti nations, we know you will agree that these fares are today's outstanding travel value. 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