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THE CAPITAL JOUHNAIj, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1985
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Tax Collection Costs
In California, the cost of tax collecting has evidently
developed into a science for the benefit of tax-eaters. Con
troller Roy L. Riley reports that the Board of Equalization,
the tax collecting body, is spending:
Forty-two cents to collect a dollar of liquor revenue.
Sixty-one cents to collect a dollar of truck tax revenue.
On the other hand, the same agency spends only 214 cents to collect
a sales tax dollar and a fraction of a cent to collect a gas tax dollar.
This raises an interesting comparison with the cost of
tax collections in Oregon. Liquor tax collections cost 5.5 cents
on the dollar here, as against 42 cents in California, truck
and bus revenues cost 3 cents as against 61 cents in Cali
fornia proving that Oregon's tax collecting is far more effi
cient and economical than California's.
The expenses of collecting various forms of taxes in Ore
gon for 1934 as taken from official records, is as follows:
LIQUOR TAXES (BEER AND WINE)
Actual cost of collection aomewhat less because item of administra
tive expense includes portion of cost of general administrative depart
ment. Total collected 264,693
Total administration expense 14,538
Percentage of cost of collection 6.5
TRUCK AND BUS TAXES AND FEES, EXCLUDING LICENSES
Total collected 619,902
Total administrative expense, Including
expense of supervision 83,000
Actual expense chargabte to collection 19,265
Percentage of cost of collection 3 plus
AUTO AND TRUCK LICENSES AND OPERATORS' LICENSES
Total collected $2,218,905
Total administrative expense 262,216
Percentage of collection cost 11-2
(This Includes operators' license division, a purely regulatory func
tion, where cost of collecting $53,467 Is $35,186).
Actual percentage of collecting lloense revenues Is 10 percent.
GASOLINE TAX REVENUES
Total collected less refunds $7,209,074
Total administrative expense including
handling of 32,000 refunds 22,400
Percentage of cost of collection .3 of 1 percent
PERSONAL AND PROPERTY TAXES (Marion County)
Total collected $1,801,225
Total Expense 36,020
Percentage of cost of collection... 2 percent
INCOME AND EXCISE TAXES
? Total collected $1,800,000
Total expense 41,536
Percentage of cost of collection 3.3 percent
The Merriam Recall
Only half of the registered vole in Lane county turned
out to vote on the recall of Representative H. C. Merriam,
which carried by 7,384 to 4,464. The recall was instigated
by the Townsend pension plan clubs as a rebuke for Merri
am's alleged betrayal of a promise claimed to have been made
to support the pension plan in the legislature, which the
legislator denied making.
The recall election cost the taxpayers of Lane county
$400 and comes after the legislature has adjourned and, un
less a special session is called, which is improbable, the work
of a representative for the biennium is over. So the election
is merely a spite gesture, and its success is due to the organ
ized effort back of it, and the general apathy of the public.
It is an example of an attempt to coerce a public official
acrainst his convictions in behalf of an organized minority, an
instance of pressure politics and mass hysteria, engendered
by a political theory. But most of the voters regarded it as
an object lesson to public officials who before election prom
ise anything and after election repudiate their promises. Had
Merriam been an avowed opponent of the Townsend scheme
at election time, instead of an equivocal straddler there would
have been no basis for recall, for his opponents could not
charge broken faith.
The general public will not analyze the facts, but
view it as a reprisal for not supporting the Townsend plan,
which after nil is up to congress and not to legislatures. The
recall will not enhance the reputation of cither Lane county
or Oregon.
Exit "Rah-Rah"
In the annual report of the
Advancement of Teaching, it is
"rah-rah college boy, with his
parties, is passing. The report
The student on the campus Li no longer the blase, sophisticated stu
dent of the twenties; he Is a hard-working, serious-minded person who
demands more of the college library, the laboratory and the Instructor
than did his brother of a decade ago. He is Increasingly a patron of the
seminar, the serious lecture, the art
This student Is deflating the "rah-rah boy" of yesterday. He has a
different attitude toward scholarship, research, athletics, fraternities, and
student activities it can almost be said that the present college student
Is the person Hint the college professor was asking for a decade ago.
The "side shows" (nptly so called by Woodrow Wilson) have lost much
of their glamour.
Presumably this is ono benefit the depression has
wrought there is always some good to be found in every
evil. Small colleges were never much troubled with the "rah
rah" boys, their students were always dominated by the seri
ous and hard working. The play boys chose a bigger field for
their amusement, for college to them was a place to have a
good time or to play football rather than to secure an education.
Church Class Guest
At Hawkins' Home
Dallas The XL class of the Meth
odist church met at the home of
Mrs. O. L. Hawkins Monday night
with Mrs. Mllo Borgcy as assistant
hostess. After a short business ses
lon the group enjoyed a sewing and
social hour.
Members present were Mrs. P. J.
Voth, Mrs, Fred Elliott, Mrs. Peter
Berg, Mrs. L. A. Tallmnn. Mrs. J.
H. Cady, Mrs. W. p. Miller, Mrs.
Roy. Woodman, Mrs. Cteorga Prcs-l
Editor and Publisher
Boys
Carnegie Foundation for the
stated that the era of the
coonskin coat and his wild
says:
gallery, the symphony concert.
cott, Mrs. A. J. Lai sen, Mrs. Carl
Graves. Mrs. Roy Llvesny, Mrs. Ran
dall Buell, Mrs. Holdcn, Mrs. Cora
McBee, Mrs. Guy Shreevc, Mrs. C.
O, Hawkins. Mrs. N. L. Guy. Mrs
A. Mills. Mrs. Marian Strlckler.
Mrs. Dora Garrett. Miss Frances
Dempsey and Mrs. M. A. DeOraff.
FLOUR EXPORTS SHOWN
Oregon exported a total of 33.857
barrels of flour during the month of
February, according to C. W. Wright,
chief of the division of grain in
spection of the slate department
of agriculture.
V-V Z. UAPID-flS
FIRE
SYNOPSIS : The Mont.n. Kid tnd Ma
teo Rubric have recovered the emerald
irown of Our Lady Irom the governor 01
Duraya, who had stolen It from the
church. But the beautiful Rofclta has be
trayed them: Montana has returned his
half of the crown to the bishop, but Ma
teo has been captured, tortured, and now
belnr taken to the horrible valley or
the Dead. Montana and Brother Pascual
are followlna. with small hope of being
able to help Mateo.
Chapter 31
HORROR TALE
Each morning Pascual had a set
speech in which he pointed out to
Montana that they were not bent
mission where success could
be hoped for. For himself there
was duty and an oath to lead him.
What was there for Montana?
"There Is a friend waiting," said
Montana, finally.
And after the morning in which
he made that answer, Brother Pas
cual gave up the daily entreaty.
They kept doggedly to the trail.
It would have been possible to go
down towards the coast and find
better roads, but along those roads
might be traveling men who had
seen the published notice of a ten-thousand-peso
reward for a tall man
with black hair and blue eyes. So
they had to keep to the terrible
back country.
For Pascual there was a short-
legged mule because only short
legs, he used to say. could possibly
endure the strain of his weight. For
the Kid there was the red mare.
Sally. And they led with them a
towering black stallion. Neither ol
them ever mounted the big horse,
but each felt that it would be a sac
rilege to ride the horse of a man
who might be dead who was sure
ly in agony.
One night, when they were far
south, Montana asked a few direct
questions.
Pascual," he said, "tell me in
brief not about the ghostly part
of it or the legend but what Is the
fact about the Valley of the Dead.
The friar pointed to the land.
"It is a bad place." he said. ' But
when water comes on the sand, any
thing will grow. Well, there Is one
valley where water flows and that
valley was bought by two men
bought for nothing.
They took laborers to the place.
They planted tobacco. Never was
such tobacco seen. It grew as weeds
grow. It grew up out of the sand
by magic. But some of the men
who tended it grew Hi. Others ran
away. The sun addled the brain, it
was so strong, and all about them
was the ugly desert.
Here the mar paused and stood
up and surveyed the flut horizon.
He sat down again and went on:
What was to be done? Tobacco
meant money. Beautiful tobacco
would grow in that valley, but there
were no men to cultivate It. As
fast as the labor was brought In
the men would run away again
"The desert was a terrible thing
to cross. But anything was Better
than the valley. So the men who
owned the valley thought of a plan.
They went to the government.
"They said: 'Why do you spend
much money on your prisons? Give
us the evil-doers. We will take such
care of them that the will never
be seen again. And Instead of
charging money for keeping them,
as your prisons do, we win pay you
a little bit for every man. Yes.-and
even a little for the women.'"
"True!" muttered the Kid. "There
are women in the valley. I'd for
gotten that. So the government be
gan to ship down the criminals
the murderers, and that sort of
thing, eh?"
"At first, yes. But after a while
there were not enough murderers.
Then the men in the valley and
particularly Senor Juan-Silva be
gan to offer more money a head.
They would send for a whole Jall
ful of prisoners.
"Some were vagrants. Some were
petty thieves. Some had disturbed
the peace. One had been drunk.
One waa accused of being a revolu
tionist. And all of them were sent
to die together in the Valley of the
Dead. That Is why the tobacco
grows there so beautifully and Senor
Juan-Silva grows richer each year.
It is he who owns the entire valley,
now."
"This Juan-Silva." said the Kid.
"What sort of a man Is he?"
"They tell me that he is not a
man."
"A devil, then?"
"If It were not for him, then the
valley would be closed. Who but
Juan-Silva would want to live there
while the hundreds and the thou
sands die around him?"
"What does he use for guard?"
asked Montana.
"Only Indians. They are willing
to work there, happily, because they
love to see the Mexicans die. They
are well paid. They are the hunt
ing-dogsthey are the pack which
Juan-Silva loves to keep around him
these men, and a few others who
are outcasts who cannot be taken
back into their old places among
men. They arc the links between
the inside of the valley and the
outside scoundrels who can afford
to sec their fellows dying around
them!"
"Hal!" said the Kid. 'This Junn
SUva, as you call him this center
of the entire system he's the sort
of a fellow that I'd like to see."
"Yes." said the friar, "ho Is a
man to tiec and to forget. He is
a man be yond prayers, I should say,
my brother."
Then they came upon sight of
the valley.
They had tolled all the day up a
gradual slope and they came be
fore evening to the edge of the
highest plateau. Before them they
saw the landscape descending step
beyond step Into a dimness of sand
dust and sun mist, and beyond the
dimness the landscape rose again.
In step beyond step.
After a time, by a change of the
wind or of the light or perhaps
their eyes were a little more ac
customed to peering into the strange
mist It seemed that the bottom of
ROMANCE BY (VAN IVAN.
the view cleared out, as sediment
clears out of water.
And now they could make out,
distinctly, a faint sheen of dull,
purplish, dusty green in the bottom
valley of all. It was not like a
valley. It was like a great trench
which had been hollowed out and
out and out until no breath of wind
could ever stir In it, and anly the
focusscd and refocussed and accu
mulated sun was hoarded there In
masses of Infinite heat.
(To be Continued)
RALSTON IS CALLED
MILL CITY CHURCH
Scio A large congregation gath
ered Sunday for the farewell ser
mon of Rev. E. W. Ralston of the
Scio Christian church, who is to as
sume the pastorate at Mill City next
Sunday. Rev. Ralston has occupied
the pulpit here for several years, at
times serving the Crabtree and Bil
yeu Den churches in connection
with the Scio unit. He has a splen
did standing In the church and in
the community generally, and mem
bers of his congregation especially
regret his leaving. He and the fam
ily will continue to reside on their
small farm a few miles east of scio.
It is stated no definite plans have
been made for Rev. Ralston's suc
cessor here, but Rev. V. L. Loucks
of the Baptist church will occupy
the pulpit on April 7, it is stated.
Continuation of
Indict Seven
(Continued from page 1)
mond Lumber company.
James P. Barry, San Francisco,
engineer for the Hammond com
panies.
William A. Harding, Raymond-
ville, Texas, director of the Willacy
county water control and improve
ment district No. 1.
Frank P. McElwrath, Corsicana,
Texas, contractor and banker.
Harry A. Welty, Fort Worth, Tex.
lormer engineer examiner for the
Texas PWA.
Cole. Harding and Hammond re
putedly are millionaires. Barry also
is said to be wealthy.
The blanket 18-page indictment,
citing 28 alleged overt acts, charged
the government would have been
defrauded of more than $400,000 if
the conspiracy had been successful
The penalty for conspiracy to de
fraud the government, which was
the crime charged, is two years' im
prisonment or $10,000 fine, or both.
Assistant District Attorney John
W. Flhelly announced the accused
would be brought here for arraign
ment and trial at the earliest pos
sible date.
Continuation of
Senate Kills
From page One
loans and grants to states and sub
divisions.
You go down to PWA and try
to get a loan for such a purpose and
see how far you get," Bone replied.
After Byrnes' statement, the Bone
power-loan amendment was reject
ed without a roll call.
An amendment by Senator Walsh
(D., Mass.), to extend the civilian
conservation corps, for two years
from March 30 was then approved.
Washington. March 21 HP) A
house vote on currency inflation
was assured today when Represen-
tntive Wright Patman, ID- Texasi
offered his inflation-bonus bill as
substitute for the American Le
gion bond issue payoff measure.
Patmnn's plan for paying off tne
S2.000.000.000 In adjusted service
certificates probably will not reach
a vote until tomorrow.
The substitute motion was made
after the house ended 10 hours of
general debntc on the question of
how to pay the bonus to 3.900,000
World war veterans.
Library Benefit
Tea Brings Cash
Independence A silver tea. which
netted a nice sum for the library
fund, was given at the Woman's
club Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. S. B
Walker. Mrs. Z. C. Kimball and
Mrs. Elmer Barnhart were hostesses
dining the afternoon. v
A number of business men swell
ed the attendance of the afternoon
Mrs. Wunder, In charge of an or
chestra, furnished music for the af
ternoon. Tills Is an annual affair
for the benefit of the library fund,
sponsored by members of the club.
Mountaineer Work
Told by Missionary
Woodburn The Presbyterian mis
slonnry society met in the church
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. D. J,
Olllanders presided and opened the
meeting with prnyor. Mrs. O. F. Lar
son gave a vocal solo, playing her
own accompaniment.
The speaker for the afternoon was
nev. Olllanders who told many in
teresting things of his work among
the mountaineers of the south. The
devotions were led by Mrs. Jane
Mack.
The society Is very grateful to all
who so loyally patronized its food
salcand cafeteria lunch which was
held Saturday at the Ogle building.
Hazel Green Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Rasmussen entertained recently
with a birthday dinner compliment.
Ing their daughter Marilyn. Covers
were placed for the honor guest
Marilyn Rasmussen, Mr. and Mrs
Qrorge Hove and children. Evelyn.
Donna Dean and Bobble of Sliver-
ton and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Rasmussen-
NEW FAMILIES
ARE INFORMED
Dallas The influx of new famil
ies, particularly In the rural dis
tricts, was responsible lor a new
thought in the mind of County
Agent J. R. Beck early in the month
of January.
In the course of his numerous
visits as county agent to the various
districts, Beck discovered that many
of the newcomers were at a distinct
disadvantage, due to the fact that in
many cases they hailed from the
middle west, where farming con
ditions were much different from
those existent in the Willamette
valley. Why not a school for those
newcomers? By the middle fo Feb
ruary a program had been drafted
embracing a series of education
metlngs on some or the different
phases of farming In the county.
Three meetings have been held In
the court house on Saturday after
noons for the past three weeks. Co
operation with merchants secured
door and other prizes for those who
attend. The innovation has proved
a success. The attendance grows
each week and incidentally, the Idea
has been adopted throughout the
western part of the state by the
respective county agents. Sufficient
prof that the "Hello, Neighbor" get-
togethers are a worthwhile achieve
ment. POLK WELL SUPPLIED
WITH POISON GRAIN
Dallas Squirrel poison has been
distributed to almost every section
of Polk county and now Is readily
available for the anual spring cam
paign. Good weather will bring the
squirrels out In numbers and it will
be a simple matter to poison them.
Poison supplies have been placed
at Lincoln, West Salem, Brush Col
lege, Independence, Monmouth, Air
he. Pedee, Falls City, Perry dale and
Dallas.
This poisoned barley is prepared
by the extension service and is dis
tributed at cost for the use of local
farmers. This year the poison is
put up in three different sizes of
bags and are to sell to farmers at
25c, 35c and 50c depending on the
size. The variation in size Is made
to accommodate the farmers who
have large and small holdings of
property.
SKETCHES ARE USED
WITH CLUB ADDRESS
Hubbard Mrs. Elmer Slauffer
was in charge of the weekly meet
ing of the Monday club when she
spoke on art, illustrating her talk
with small free hand sketches. Mrs.
Stauffer does sketching and illus
trating as a pastime and during her
talk she brought out that such a
hobby was a splendid diversion.
She exhibited a group of sketches
specially drawn for some of her or
iginal verse. After her talk a port
folio of drawings made by Dr. a. A.
P. de Lespinasse, father of Dr, A. P.
de Lespinasse, in 1869 was exhibited
and Mrs. Stauffer drew attention to
the different type of work.
The second meeting of the county
form of government wilt be held
Monday evening at the de Lespinas
se home. Visitors interested in this
discussion are welcome according to
Mrs. Neva McKenzie, president of
the club.
Continuation of
Reich Spurns
From page One
developments. London taking the
view, unofficially, that the Berlin
attitude is an unexpected jolt.
Baron Konstantin von Neurath,
Hitler's foreign minister, struck the
latest blow by declaring as the
protest notes were delivered into
his hand: the German government
must decline to entertain the pro
test.
Berlin Astonished by the rebuff
they received from the Reich for
eign minister, the French and Ital
lan ambassadors jent long reports
to their governments of the start
ling reception they were accorded by
Richsfuehrers representative,
Geneva The League of Nations
was considered to be confronted by
the gravest crisis in its history.
Rome Italy is ready for a war
movement, said Balstrocchi, under
secretary of war. in the presence of
Mussolini in a meeting of the cham
ber of deputies.
Washington President Roosevelt
and his foreign affairs advisers
studied a report from the United
States embassy at London giving
the official British version of the
German rearmament situation. It
was said no decision had been
reached on any possible Washington
action.
Vienna Austria took another step
toward military preparedness by
publication of revised laws authoriZ'
Ing the commandeering of private
vehicles and civilian skill for mili
tary purposes in time of peace.
London In the House of Conv
mons George Lansbury, laborltc, de
clared an armaments race "must ul
timately plunge us into war and the
destruction of civilization.
Moscow Foreign quarters here
said they believed the full support
of the Soviet would be given the
French in the raising of the Ger
man armaments question in the
League of Nations.
Vatican City Prelates said Pope
Pius is preparing both an allocution
and an encyclical letter in which he
will plead for peace and disarma
ment. The allocution will be read In
a secret consistory before the Cardi
nals April 1.
SuveT Miss Eileen Ftederickson
of Corvallls is spending the spring
vacation with her uncle, Harry Kcs
ter and wife.
News Behind
The News
By Paul MaJlon
Washington. March 21 Qraft and
libel are hard words, except when
used in anger by politico-statesmen.
Hence the new
dealers are not
taking the Hop-klns-Davey
m u d
slinging contest as
seriously as the
words being emit
ted by both par
ticipants would
Indicate. To them,
it has some of the
elements of rela
tively good polit
ical fun.
PAUL MALLON
Un-noticed n a-
tlonally. Ohio's Davey ana reliefer
Hopkins have been shooting paper
wads at each other for months. It
began when Hopkins demanded,
soon after Davey's inauguration,
that Ohio pay a larger percentage of
relief costs. Hopkins wrote scorching
letters to Davey which were answer.
ed at a similarly rising temperature.
Golne Up Hopkins pointed out
the federal government paid 78, 83,
80 and 78 percent of the Ohio relief
load in four recent months. He de
manded that Ohio pay at least $2,
000,000 monthly, or about 20 percent.
Davey met that demand with a
refusal, accompanied by charges
that the Ohio relief set-up was in
efficient, full of red tape and run
by Washington, although the state
had the responsibility. He asked
Hopkins to take it over two weeks
ago. At that time, Hopkins refused
on the ground that it was the state's
job to run relief.
The situation attracted national
attention only when Hopkins picked
up a mudpie full of graft charges
and hurled it at Davey and "certain
high officials," saying they were
shaking down businessmen, and Da
vey replied with a charge of libel.
The assumption at federal emer
gency relief headquarters is that se
veral people may get soiled in the
current melee, but no one will get
hurt.
Significance Everyone close to
the government knows there has
been a certain amount of favoritism,
inefficiency and red tape in relief,
Such things are always hard to
prove, but all admit they exist. They
coma nardiy be avoided in the em
ergency handling of that much mo
ney.
The only argument is about how
much money is inefficiently spent.
Everyone has his own idea about
that. You may be sure, however,
that snoopy congressmen and others
have not been able to find very
much in provable form, else there
would have been a congressional in
vestigation long before this.
Politics Another reason there has
not been an investigation is that
congressmen generally believe Hop
kins (whom they do not like) has
tried hard to be fair-minded. He has
not been noticeably amenable to it.
For instance, Hopkins has not
played ball directly with Postmaster
General Farley at any time, al
though occasionally he has felt what
might be called the Farley influence,
as relayed to him oy the highest
third parties.
Farley does not know It and Hop
kins hopes the postmaster general
never will find out, but one influ
ential FERA official (an engineer)
CUNTOWN'
CHRISTOPHER'S DELIGHT
By Mary Graham Bonner
Do you remember that I received
five cents for Christmas?" asked
Christopher Columbus Crow.
I do," cackled.
Top Notch, the;
rooster. 4,I have a,
good memory."
Well." contin
ued Christ oDher.
I am going toV
put it in my bank.
Then I am going
to leave my bank
on Willy Nilly'si
shell and if any
one wishes to help
mo fill it nr rp-
- - - v ,
ceives any money . Jtael
as a reward or tovm JtcI
any other reason. f-S- 3-2r M
I hope such a person will want to
help along the noble work of Chris
topher, and add the amount to
what is in my bank."
"You're the noble work, eh?" Top
Notch cackled.
"Of course," cawed Christopher.
"You see there is a slit in the bank
and you can put anv money thru
it."
"I see." nodded Top Notch.
Christopher put his bank on Willy
Nilly's shelf.
Christopher was delighted with
his bank. He was as happy as could
be. He flew up to his nest to take a
little nap, and now WUly Nllly left
the house to go down to rake up
some old leaves that had made the
banks of the ducks' pond very un
tidy. Top Notch was left alone In the
house. But soon he, too, went out of
doors.
"Maybe,"' he thought. "1 am not
as clever as Christopher, but Just let
him see how I can get the better ot
him and play a good joke on htm
this time."
Top Notch was as busy as could
be. When he finished, his eyes were
tired. They had been useful, how
ever, he thought.
J Tomorrow; Top Notch's Prank.
is not only a republican, but once
organized s Hoover club.
Tactic Hopkins' tactics are
shrewdly designed to keep his own
feet dry. He has stopped every pre
vious publicity surge about FERA
graft by announcing suspicious cir
cumstances himself, before anyone
else could. He has set up a thin skel
eton organization here, employing
600 persons. He has passed the re
sponsibility for the final handling
of the money over to the states. This
decentralizes his responsibility for
graft. Under such a system, there
can be a maximum of graft with a
minimum of notice. This is admitted
privately by the FERA officials, but
they Insist It is the only way to get
quick action and preserve stater
righto.
Contrast this with the PWA sys
tem. Secretary Ickes attempts to
avoid graft through a highly cen
tralized Washington set-up, thus In.
creasing red tape to the point where
tne emciency of his organization is
curtailed if not destroyed.
Disappointment Much of the op
position to the pending bank bill
has come Imperceptibly from bank
ing sources.
A committee representing the
powerful American Bankers' associa
tion has been holding a series of
quiet conferences with Governor Ec
cles of federal reserve. The bankers
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three (3) cents for reply.
Q. What is the amount outstand
ing of non-taxable securities? J.W.H.
A. Tax exempt securities now total
$25,265,000,000.
Q. Mow does the speed at which
Sir Malcolm Campbell has driven
an automobile compare with the
speed of a pistol bullet? J.P.
A. The speed of a Colt 45 auto
matic service bullet is about twice
that which Sir Malcolm has at
tained. Q. Where are the heaviest snow
falls in the United States? K.L.S.
A. Generally speaking, they oc
cur in the central portions of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, Califor
nia.
Q. How much is spent to main
tain poor houses in this country?
C.J.B.
A. It is estimated that the cost
and upkeep of poor houses in the
states where these are still in ex
istence amounts to $2,500,000,000
annually.
Q. What is the Mexican name for
hashish? F.T,
A. Marijuana Is the local Mexi
can name for the potent drug se
cured from Indian hemp which is
called hashish in the Orient.
Q. How much money is lost in the
United States through embezzle
ment? F.C.
A. The yearly loss of the Ameri
can public from embezzlement Is
estimated at 9160,000,000 a year.
Q. What does the consumer's ad
visory board do? CMS.
A. It is composed of members
representing the interests and view
points of consumers. It advises the
national Industrial recovery board
how provisions of proposed codes
affect the Interests of consumers,
especially with regard to prices and
standards of quality.
Q. Please give information about
talking books for the blind. E.A.M.
A. The talking books are sound
records played on a reproducing
machine. Three machines have
been developed, all of which are
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State of the
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Ceremonially
clean ac
cording to
Jewish law
Pronoun
Symbol for
ital Hum
Meaning
Tree
Smoking
device
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wanted certain changes and sue-
ceeded In gaining some, but the big
gest change they got was one e
cesslvely distasteful to them.
This relates to open market oper
ations. The bankers contended that
bank governors should have power
to direct any government bond-buy-ing
programs. They thought the bill
should be liberalized In that respect.
Instead, the house banking and
currency committee eliminated en
tirely the authority of governors In
that respect. As It stands now, the
bill gives the federal reserve board
full authority oyer open market op
erations, providing that It consult a
committee of Jive bank governors.
There was a time when bankers
had some influence In Washington.
Shame Treasury officials finally
are becoming shamefaced about
their default of gold payment to
Panama. A change of policy may be
announce dshortly.
In view of everything the United
States has said to the world about
the sanctity of treaties and interna
tional debts, the treasury refusal to
pay Panama her canal rent In gold
makes the state department teal
foolish. '
The treasury has been worried
about the effect a Panama payment
would have on the larger question
of foreign holders of liberty bonds,
but the treasury lawyers will get
around that.
Questions
portable. They will be sold by the
American Foundation for the Blind.
The records are light, but substan-
tial enough to be sent through the
mall. They play 18 minutes to the
side. The library of congress Is
working on plans which will make
it possible to borrow talking books
wherever Braille books are avail
able, m
Q. Please give the names of thi
Jewish members of congress. N.R.C.
A. Jewish members of the house
of representatives are: Isaac Bach
arach of New Jersey, Sol Bloom of
New York, Emanuel Celler of New
York, William Citron of Connecti
cut, Samuel Dickstein of New York,
Henry Ellenbogen of Pennsylvania.
Florence Kahn of California, H. P.
Kopplemann of Conecticut, Theo
dore Peyser of New York and Adolph
J. Sabath of Illinois. There are
no Jewish members of the senate
at present.
Q. How much coffee has been
destroyed In Brazil? H.A.
A. Brazil destroyed 1,147,000 bags
of coffee in August. 1934. the larg
est amount for any month since
September, 1933. Since the begin
ning of the destruction program in
June, 1931, 31,082,000 bags of coffee
have been burned.
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work."
"Come on," Pancho yells, and nt
gives him a jerk.
"I'm meaner than anyone else In
Wyoming!"
(Puff suddenly wishes he'd given
up roaming.)
The one de
feated
Summary
Legislator
Brazilian
money of
account
Wooden pro
pellers .
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on a shoe
Golf clubs
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middle
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Pertaining to
heat
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Retain
Encourage
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tared
Feminine
name
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water
Wild animal
Breathes
quickly
Frees
Peel
Device for
catching
Public convey
ance: colloq.
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2. To pieces
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afrnln
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church
6. Piece out
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7- Inclinations
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9. Swi..s mountains