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46th YEAR, No. 96
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1934
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SHOW HOUSES
OF CITY VICTIMS
OF VANDALISM
SignsTorn Down, Frames
Destroyed in Theater
Lobbies, Drug Stores
Well Dressed Young
Couple Seen In Act
Similar Damage Before
Signs were torn down, picture
frames destroyed and general dam
age done by vandals at the lobby
entrances of three Salem theaters
last night, end similar damage done
at two downtown drug stores. Cash
reward lor capture of the vandals
Is being offered by Managers Carl
Porter of the ELsinore theater and
Ott Schmidt of the Grand. Similar
damage has been done before. It
vas said.
At the Elsinore theater the per
petrators of the damage were s-'en
by Darrel Lash, night clerk of the
New Salem hotel across the street.
The noise of ripping wood and
cardboard was loud enough to
awaken Lash, who was asleep In
the lobby of the hotel. He describ
ed the vandals as a young man and
young woman, 19 or 20 years old
apparently. After tearing down the
signs and pictures they took the
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OREGON HOME
OF KIDNAPER
Hiecinsvllle, Mo April 21 (Pi A
man identified by the Missouri
state hiehway patrol as Arthur
Vought, 23, wanted for the abduc
tion of State Patrolman Chester R.
Oliver by three men Thursday, was
captured here today after he had
kidnaped ft 19-year-old boy.
The kidnaped boy. Patrolman H
H. Holt said, was Victor Kreuzen
stein, son of the Rev. O. B. Kreu
senstein of Billingsville.
Holt, who with Herbert Cook,
Hlppinsvllle constable, captured the
man, said the fugitive crawled
through a window in the Kreuzen
jtein home about 2 a. m. and wait
ed until members of the minister's
family awakened several hours later.
He robbed the family of about
$25. The man then said he wanted
Victor Krcuzenstein to drive him
to Kansas City.
B. Marvin Casteel, superintend
ent of the state highway patrol
men, yesterday said Virgil Marks
and James E. Dixon, alias James E
Clark, had confessed the Thursday
abduction of Oliver and implicated
a third man. The patrolman kid
naped at Warsaw was released un
Harmed.
State penitentiary records do not
show anyone named Arthur Vought
ever confined there, but there was
an inmate Kenneth Vaught. He was
known outside the prison as "Bla-
ckie." and since the man mentioned
In the above dispatch was also
known as "Blackie," and Is said to
have done time in Oregon, it Is be
lieved they may be the same man.
Vaught was received at the prison
from Lane county October 21, 1940,
on a three-year sentence for obtain
ing money by false pretenses. He
was discharged October 19, 1932, and
subsequently served a term In the
Multnomah county jail.
Vaught had been a soldier and in
the prison was known as "Sarg." He
was 20 years old wnen received
there.
State Must Furnish
Own Gasoline Storage
States Oil Manager
Statements made by William Einzip, state purchasing
agent, that the Union Oil company would provide temporary
storage and delivery for 30.000 gallons of first structure
gasoline purchased by the state
were erroneous, P. H. Schnell, dis
trict sales manager of the oil com
pany said today.
"Such an arrangement would be
In direct violation of the code under
which our company operates," de
clared Sen n ell,
We sold the state 30.000 gallons
at 5'a cents a gallon f.ob. T a com a.
Wash. Once the gasoline is delivered
here the matter of storage and de
livery to state institutions rests en
tirely with the state. Statements to
the contrary have caused us con
siderable embarrassment.'
Yesterday Einzlg said the com
pany would provide temporary stor
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
We heard about a man over at
Monitor who awhile back asked the
county for permission to move his
house through a bridge ai mat
place. The bridge Is a covered type
bridge 15-feet wide and the house
was 16-feet wide so the county hes
itated. The man decided to move
the house anyway and started on
the Job of taking a 16-foot bouse
through the 15-foot bridge. The
house went through all right, says
the report, after it got stuck in the
middle and two tractors hauled It
out. The bridge is still there but
the house will assist to relieve the
unemployment situation around
Monitor by the time its put back
together again.
WATCHFUL WAITING
The other day Ed Lytle, Roy
Foreman, Doc Hockett and John
Caughell all received invitations
from a female voice over the phone.
Each was told that a 16-passenger
airplane was to land at the airport
that afternoon and he had been
signaled out for a special Invitation
to take a trip to Seattle and back.
Ed Lytle was at the racetrack. Roy
Foreman was asleep. But the In
vitation was too good. Ed put up
his racers, Roy got up and dressed
and both hustled to the airport
where they found Doc and John.
The quartette sat around three or
lour hours, so the story goes, wait
ing for a 16-passenger plane. Fin
ally one of them went to the of
fice and asked about the plane and
found there wasn't any such plane
due. Sure, boys, we were ti id who
pulled the trick on you but
won't tell.
Salem theaters have juffered from
vandals this week, lobby displays
being ruined and other damage
done. Now, If there had been an
American Legion convention In
town
Salem asparagus was so doggonsd
good this year the asparagus beetles
ate it all up before It could get
to the cans. That's the kind of
fodder we grow around here.
When bigger and better aspara
gus beetles are grown they'll be
found on Salem asparagus.
We saw a lot of candidates stand
ing along the curbs this morning
watching the big Christian Endeav
or parade go by. We know what
the candidates were thinking about.
Each one was thinking to himself,
"Now, if I could only get all those
votes." Sure enough there was a
likely posse 1 of votes in that pa
rade. Our old friend Art Kirkham, chief
announcer for KOIN, is scheduled
to tell chamber of commerce mem
bers Monday about "Radio from
the Inside." It would also be in
teresting. Art, to take a radio an
nouncer apart while you are here
and see what makes it work. But,
at that. Art hasn't near as many
of the well known in ides as a lot
of radio announcers we've heard.
WOMAN KIDNAPER
PUT UNDER ARREST
St. Paul, April 21 iry-Indicted on
a charge of conspiracy in connec
tion with the kidnaping of Charles
Boettcher II, of Denver, Colo- Mrs.
Alvina Ruth Kohler, a sister-in-law
of Verne Sankey, was arrested In
St. Paul last night and held.pending
arrangements for her removal to
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Mrs. Kohler, a sister of Fern May
Sanky, widow of the outlaw, Indict
ed on the same charge, was indicted
by the district court in South Da
kota last March 24, Werner Annl,
head of the district office of the
department of Justice here, an
nounced this morning.
Arrangements were being made to
conduct a removal hearing before a
federal Judge today.
age and deliver gasoline to the var
ious state institutions. This arrange
ment .according to Einzlg, would
permit the state to construct a cen
tral 200,000 gallon storage tank and
smaller tanks at the Institutions.
Later in the day Elnzig said the
state might construct a 500,000 to
600,000 gallon tank.
Asked how much It would cost,
Elnzig estimated a figure of $12,000.
This amount, however, was said by
some engineering officials to be
woefully small.
The state's gasoline contract
which provide? for the purchase of
"(CosKluded on paire , column )
PRICE FIXING
POLICY HELD
HOT FEASIBLE
Cabinet Committee Re
ports Adversely Upon
Proposal of President
More Information Re
quired To Make Judge
ment Possible
(Copyright. 1934. by Asiocltttd Prcu)
Washington, April 21 (Ai Presi
dent Roosevelt has been advised di
rectly by a special cabinet commit
tee that the creation of a policy on
price-fixing is not yet feasible.
Tills conclusion was rested on the
White House desk by Secretaries
Perkins, Roper, Wallace and Attor
ney General Cummings despite de
mands of price-fixing's friends and
foes that a policy be enunciated.
The report, still withheld from
publication, was authoritatively
described, as recommending that
positive steps be taken to get in
formation which would make an
objective judgment possible.
The report is short. It makes no
attempt to decide the merits 01
questions as to whether prices have
risen too far under NRA price con
trol provisions In codes or whether
such provisions have been condu
cive to monopoly.
The document was said authori
tatively to state that many factors
besides prices, or the misuse of price
control methods, may have brought
harmful results. Thus It was sain
that a specific determination of the
part prices have played is at pres-
Concluded on page 9. column )
GOLD DOLLAR
VALUE UPHELD
(CopyrlKlit by Unltrd Prt
Washington. April 21 IP Auth.
oritative sources today described the
administration as determined for
the oresent to prevent the American
dollar from falling below Its gold
parity even though It may become
necessary to permit gold exports to
Europe.
This is expected to be the policy
of the administration, at least for
the time beine, rather than use of
its $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund
set up several months ago to con
trol the dollar's value.
Despite the decline in the dollar,
accompanied by widespread rumors
of a further devaluation of the dol
lar, a raising of the current $35 per
ounce buying price for gold or In
flationary monetary steps, possibili
ties of a large movement of gold
out of the United States were dis
counted. The government's newly revalued
gold stocks on April 18, reached a
new record high level of $7,745,744,
495, or about $1.25 for each dollar
of American money outstanding.
Even though billions of dollars of
gold were to leave the United States
the American dollar could still be
backed by gold a hundred cents on
the dollar.
Not one cent of the $2,000,000,000
government stabilization fund set
up early this year out of the profits
of the dollar devaluation Is believed
to have been spent in exchange op
erations. $179,702,687 PAID
FOR ACREAGE CUTS
Washington, April 21 Ches
ter C Davis, farm administrator,
today said American farmers partic
ipating in acreage reduction prog
rams up to April 1, had received
$179,702,687. The payments were
made to 1,862,532 farmers who sign
ed wheat, cotton and tobacco con
tracts, renting portions of their ac
reage to the government.
The payments were distributed by
commodities as follows: $112,472,670
to 1.032.154 cotton growers; $65,632,
728 to 789,614 wheat farmers; and
$1,597,288 to 31,764 tobacco produc
ers. The administration also spent
$52,346,622 for surplus removal op
erations involving wheat, hogs and
dairy products, and $11,696,150 for
administrative expenses.
Benefit payments by states In
cluded: Idaho $2,284,524; Montana
$3,680,986; Oregon $1,789,895; Wash,
in g ton $3,916,921.
RECTIFYING BILL
Washington. April 21 (A't Presi
dent Roosevelt today slimed two
amendments to the distilled spirits
rectifying Industry code, making It
possible lor rectifiers to bottle
straisht whisky without paying the
30 cent rallonaee tax and ff bid
ding rectifiers to buy bootleg liquor.
Future Emperor
Thl It the first picture of little
Prince AkihitoTiugu-No-Miya, taken
the day he became' three months
eld. He It the heir to the throne of
Nippon. (Associated Press Photo).
ASTOR TO FACE
QUIZ BY SENATE
Washington, April 21 (VP) Two
or President Roosevelt s companions
on his recent fishing trip face re
publican questioning when the
senate ocean mail Inquiry is re
sumed. Chairman Black (D., Ala.), of the
senate ocean and air mail Investi
gating committee gave a definite
promise yesterday that Kermlt
Roosevelt and Vincent As tor would
be called for questioning as to
whether affairs of the Interna
tional Mercantile Marine company
were discussed during the southern
cruise aboard Astor s yacht Nour
mahal. Kermlt Roosevelt Is vice-president
of the company. Senator Robinson
(R., Ind.), who extracted the prom
ise from Black, said Astor was a
big stockholder. Kermit Roosevelt,!
in New York, asserted he had no,
business communication with his
office during the cruise.
Tills development in the ocean
mail inquiry came as experts from
three federal departments dissected
43 new air mail bids for 21 sky
routes, some of them the lowest in
postal history.
Postmaster-General Parley said
it would be "several days" before
contracts could be awarded. He or
dered determination among other
things of whether the bidding com
panies which held cancelled con
tracts had reorganized sufficiently
to meet the department's stern or
der.
There were prospects of more air
mail fireworks ahead today.
WARNS RUSSIA
WAR PROBABLE
Moscow, April 21 fP Under the
lash of President Michael Kalinin.
Soviet leaders pushed forward to
day a vast program for defense
against war.
Returning from a country-wide
tour, the president struck at the
vulnerable spots in Russia's de
fensive armor. He urged particu
larly In a call published In the
newspaper La Pravda the training
of women and children "and oth
ers not fit for military service" to
rarrv on should their men be called
to fight.
"Some think," president Kalinin
said, "that since war has not yet
been proclaimed against the Soviet
union It will not be done at ail
Those so thinking have lost their
vigilance."
He condemned rural Soviets for
their inactivity in training women.
children and men not physically
capable of going to war "to carry
out the work of the collective farms
when all able-bodied persons are
mobilized.'
"Imperialists are preparing new
wars against the U SS R," one
reads, and there are others such as :
"Japanese imperialists are organiz
ing anti-Soviet provocations In the
far east;" "Workers, peasants, red
soldiers, strengthen the defenses of
our country. Long live the far
eastern red armv "
OREGON DISTRICTS
RECEIVE RFC LOANS
Washlneton, April 21 The
reconstruction finance corporation
today approved loans to assist it;
refinancing 12 drainage district
throughout the country. The loaa
approved include:
Canyon creek irrigation district.
Madison and Fremont counties
Idaho. 120.000.
Eacle Point Irrigation district
Jarkstn county. Ore. $Et2,000.
Srjuaw crck Irrigation district.
Desclmt and Jefferson counties
Ore, $70,000.
i i
LEAGUE FACES
JAPPOLICIES
Hands-Off China Decla
ration To Bring World
Conference May 14
China To Place Troubles
Before Body But Def
inite Action Doubtful
Geneva, April 21 (LP) Japan's
startling "hands off" Chinese dec
larations may be raised In what
will amount to a world conference
when the League of Nations com
mittee on Manchukuo meets here
May 14, it was indicated today.
League of Nation officials, al
ready chagrined over the complete
defeat of the League's efforts to
curb activities of Japan in Man
chukuo, frankly took a most seri
ous view of the latest Tokyo state
ments. Confronted with a new step for
ward in Japan's aim to assert full
leadership In eastern Asia, League
officials seemed Inclined to favor
a showdown and to welcome a gen
eral discussion of far eastern af
fairs at the May 14 meeting the
iirst in nearly a year of the Man
chukuo committee.
From the standpoint of the
League as a body, there was no
doubt that a strong stand against
Japan would be welcomed. But
as Geneva is but the shell of the
organization, and Its members have
their own problems In the far east,
there was some speculation wheth
er a "strong stand" could be adopt
ed.
In Its efforts to curb Japan's pen
etration Into Manchuria, the League
suffered a severe defeat and loss of
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MOTTBIDSTO
FORMJEW RULE
Representative James W. Mott,
says information reaching Salem,
was yesterday appointed by the
chairman of the house roads com
mittee as member of a sub-committee
of two democrats and one
republican to formulate a rule for
debate and vote on the roads com
mittee bill recently reported. The
bill would authorize the appropria
tion of $400,000,000 as aid to the
states for road construction out of
funds to be appropriated In the
new public works bill.
Application for a rule has been
filed by the sub-committee and a
hearing on the application has
been promised by the rules com
mittee the coming week.
Representative Mott has con
ferred with all republican member;;
of the rules committee and re
ports them favorable to granting a
rule for immediate consideration.
Oregon's share of the road money,
if the bill Is passed in its present
form, will be about $6,000,000.
PWA WATER LOAN
CONTRACT MAY 5
City Attorney Chris J. Kowltz
and Mayor Douglas McKay today
received a telegram from the pub
lic works administration at Wash
ington saying that the contract
for loan of $2,500,000 to Salem for
a municipal water works system
would be mailed on or before May 5.
The PWA had previously set April
23 as the date, but the telegram
said it had not been possible to
complete the contract by that time.
No decision has yet been reach
ed whether Mayor McKay will go
to Washington to represent the city
In the negotiations with the PWA.
The utilities committee of the city
council is to meet Monday and de
cide this.
Since the city officials are In the
dark as to what the contract con
tains, particularly with reference to
purchase of the existing piani oi
the Oreeon-Washing ton Water Ser
vice company, there Is considerable
sentiment In favor of sending the
mayor east.
No Damage Caused
By Latest Shaker
Los Angeles. April 21 P) An
earthquake which shook a section
of the area devastated by the earth
shocks of March, 1633, caused no
damage, police reported toriav. Tin
disturbance, timed at 8.16:50 and
8: 1A -52 p. m. Inst nit'ht, was felt
in Huntington Park, Vernon, Bfl
South Gate and May wood. Police
said many persons mi took It for
an explosion.
Protest SERA Set-up
For Payment Upon
County Projects
Dissatisfaction with alleged discrimination in the tiro-
posed method of payment under the new SKUA settio is be
coming apparent with a move already growing among county
rfelief committees to protest to the state relief committee
against regulations set up by the federal relief administra
tion. Already a letter has gone out
from the Lane county relief com- j
miiiee, a copy or wnicn nas been
received here. Obviously the copy
was sent here not only to give the
local committee an Idea of the Lane
county committee's views but to ;
enlist support from the Marion ,
county committee to the protest.
Under regulations as prescribed
for this county Salem, West Salem
and Silverton have been designated
as an urban area, to include the
cities and the residential sections
outside the city limits proper and
immediately adjacent. The balance
of the county is to be carried as
to work -for-relief basis payable in
kind. In other words men employ
ed on SERA projects in the urban
areas will be paid for their labor
In cash. Outside of this district
they will receive remuneration in
(Concluded on pane 9, column 6)
INSULL STATES
NOW A PAUPER
fCoprrlcht, 1934. by United Prets
Aboard S. S. Exilona, off North
African Coast, April 21 (IP) Sam
uel Insull is a "pauper, but cheer
ful because adversity has brought
offers of help from scores of un
expected friends," he told the Unit
ed Press today in an exclusive In
terview, aboard . the "prison ship"
bearing him back to the United
States for trial.
Confined to his cabin by the
mountainous seas through which
the Exilona plunged her way, the
aged former utilities magnate,
speaking almost in a whisper, scout
ed reports of a vast hidden fortune
saved from the collapse of his mid
dle west utilities empire.
"The story that I brought $20,-
000.000 to Europe is nonsense," he
said. If I possessed such sums I
would have been able to prevent the
collapse of my interests, using a
little here and there.
"During' my stay In Europe I
spent carefully; wasted Very little,
but even this small expenditure
was a heavy drain as I am a virtual
pauper."
"I am not afraid," the white-
haired former utilities magnate
said as the vessel sirened its way
through the fog-dimmed seas.
He expressed extreme gratillra
tion for the efforts of friends who
are arranging the dr tails of his
defense on charges in Chicago.
$7,800 A DAY SAVED
AIRMAIL CONTRACTS
Washington, April 21 Mi The
postoffice department expects to
save $7800 a day on airman as a re
suit of the new bids opened yester
day. Department officials estimated
the average bid was 30 cents a mile
as compared with 42 cents before
the old contracts were cancelled.
Examining data accompanying the
bids, officials found that E. R
Breech, former General Motors ex
ecutive, was president of three bid
ding companies, Eastern Airlines,
Inc., TWA, Inc., and General Air
lines, Inc. Breech also is chairman
of North American Aviation, holding
company for the three lines.
SEEKS TO ENJOIN
LIQUOR BOARD
Portland, April 21 A') Action was
filed in circuit court here Friday
by A. J. Tully, candidate for coun
ty commissioner, to enjoin the state
liquor commission from prohibit
ing the circulation of home rule
liquor amendment petitions at
places licensed by the commission
to sell beer and wine.
The liquor control commission re
putedly prohibited circulation of the
petitions In beer and wine places
on grounds such circulation In such
establishment was a violation of
a provision of the state liquor law
a-hich prohibits such placs from
making any contribution to a po
litical measure.
Jackson County Tot
Loses Life In Fire
Mfdford. Ore . April 21 M'p Two-year-old
Dolores Evrhard was
burmd to ifath late Friday when
the fiimilv rmdence in the west
Phoenix district was destroyd b
fire.
Two other children escaped. Slate
ylice believe the children had been
playmg with matches.
FRENCH POLICE
SUPPRESS RIOTS
Paris, April 21 wn Police ruled
the streets of Paris again today
after a night of violence seen by
some as setting the stage for seri
ous outbreaks to come.
Before police and mobile guards
could quell a raging mob of 6.0O0
communists, and extremists, at
least 200 persons were Injured by
clubs, feet and fists.
Out of the howling throng, offi
cers grabbed 040 persons and bust
led them off to jails, but all were
released.
The mob shouted Its defiance
around the city hall in a demon
stration against the government's
recent decrees slashing the pay of
civil employes.
Today, although pleased with the
improved system of handling riots
usea m putting aown the mob,
some quarters wondered how long
it will be before riots flare again.
The disorders were viewed as mere
ly a sort of "rehearsal" tot May
day.
Under the system worked out
after the fatal riots of February,
the police attacked groups of man
ifestants as they emerged from the
narrow, medieval streets around
the hall.
Those who resisted were loaded
Into buses and carted away. The
940 taken in custody were rounded
up within half an hour in this
way. The scheme proved so ef
fective that only 2,000 of 3.000 po
lice mobilized in preparation for
the demonstration were used.
Several policemen, attacked when
separated from their fellows, were
beaten before they could be res
cued. One was hurt badly.
WHITE HOUSE
SILVER PARLEY
Washington. April 21 fD Presi
dent Roosevelt and senate silver
advocates canvassed the monetary
question at a White House confer
ence today but further conferences
will be required to reach a final
decision on new legislation to aid
the metal.
The silver advocates left the
White House .smiling and appar
ently in a good moot!, but they of
fered no comment.
Stephen T. Early, a secretary to
the president, announced:
"There was a thorough discus
sion of the whole world monetary
question. Including both pold and
-silver. There will be further con
ferences." Chairman Harrison of the senate
finance committee rescrib-d the
conference as a "very sympathetic
hearinir."
"If it is necessary to have legis
lation." he said, "I think we can
get together on n satisfactory bill."
GI II L HUNS AWAY
State police were notified today
that Anna Lee Smith, 17, of North
Bend, an inmate of the girls' in
dustrial school, had run away early
this mornitiK. Search was imme
diately started.
Cheering And Singing
Christian Endeavorers
Stage Big Street Parade
ChrorinK find sintfinir as thoy marched, approximately
2,000 Christian Kruleavorers,
section of the state, paraded
nf the city shortly before noon Sat -
urdav. The parade which stretched
out over a mile was led by Colonel
Carle Abrams, followed by Boy
Scouts, carrying the colors. A com
bined band made up of musicians
from Hubbard and Willamette uni
versity provided music. The pa
rade was a feature of the 50t.h state
convention of Christ iHn Endeavoi
which Is tving held upon the cam
pus of Willamette university.
Beginning lait Thursday nlnht
the conversion has grown in In
terest daily with the result an alt
time record for atfndarve was
brokpn Friday afternoon when
1CJ3 deleafs had signed the regis
CRIMINOLOGIST
TESTIFIES FOR
PROSECUTIOH
Finger Prints On Revolver
Declared Not To Be
Horan's
Impossible for Manning's
Victim To Have Been
On His Feet
Klamath Falls. April 21 UPy Dr.
O. E. Hemrich, California crimin
ologist, said today Ralph Horan's
fingerprints were not on the gun
found clutched in the legislators
left hand. This corroborated the
testimony of Leigh Ackerman,
Klamath Falls police officer. Pho
tographs of three prints have been
accepted as &tate exhibits.
The state completed direct ex
amination of the doctor at noon
Cross examination will start Mon
day morning.
Klamath Falls, April 21 (flV-The
prosecution's master detective and
criminologist, Dr. O. E. Heinrich of
Berkeley, led a Jury of men on an
exploration trip today designed to
attack any defense theory Horace
M. Manning engaged in a gun duel
with Ralph W. Horan before the
young legislator was found shot to
death on Lincoln's birthday.
The professorial appearing Hein
rich, testifying slowly and metho
(.Concluded onjntge 9, column 1
RELIEF FROM
HEAT COMING
Portland. Ore., April 21 OP)
Some relief from the heat wave
which set several new April records
in Oregon Friday was forecast by
the weather bureau today.
Cloudy and unsettled weather
was in store for the weekend with
probably occasional local showers.
Umatilla topped the Oregon noc
spots Friday with a temperature
of 99 degrees.
Portland, The Dalles, Roseburg,
Yakima and Pasco saw the mercury
rise to 90. Albany saw a new record
established at 87 degrees.
Some rain fhowers fell up the
valley late in the day and thunder
showers appeared on the make in
and around Portland but did not
materialize.
Minimum temperature here dur
ing the nicht was 57 decrees, ore
degree higher than Friday.
RAILROAD UNIONS
REJEGTJPROPOSAL
Washington, April 21 (LP) Rail
road labor leaders today refused to
accept immediately President Roose
velt's proposal that workers con
tinue under the present 10 per cent
wage reduction for six months.
When Joseph B. Eastman, federal
coordinator ol transportation, called
upon union leaders fur an answer,
they discussed the question briefly
and said a final decision could not
be reached until they had further
instructions from workers.
"They just weren't in a position
yet to give their answer." Eastman
said atNT the conference. The co
ordinator has spent a largo part of
his time during the las two monttia
trying to settle the dispute l etvetn
labor and railway managements.
representing virtually every
through the downtown sections
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ter books.
An address by Dr. Daniel A. Pol
ing, president of International Soc
iety of Christian Endeavor and of
the World's Christian Endeavor
Union, of New York, will bring the
convention to a close Sunday night.
Dr. Poting was experted to reach
Salem In time to deliver the first
of the series of three addresses dur
ing the Saturday niht meeting at
7:30 o'cloek.
After communion services for
dMcgnten tn the gymnasium of
Will.une'te university, the vIMtors
will wek the various churches of
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