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NO. 13
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MEDFORD
SOVETS
1RY TO OUST COUP
REDSSTART
THE RECALL
Ftaht to Finish With Bolsheviki De
' : claret Cltv Commission Want to
Establish Ruslsnn Soviet System-
Issue Warrant for Arrett of J. C
Johns, Seattle Aqltator. Bnc ot
Nickels Given to Ball Out Paddy
Morris Trials Benin.
' TACOMA. Wni.li.. Anril 7. A nn
answer to tli" KtuiiH Inkvn lv thu
Central l.alior Council to attempt the
recall of tho TitPiiinn eilv commission
the city ol'ficiiils thin morning took
slcim to arrest moro of the lender
of tlio Tneoinn Soldier'. Sailors' nnd
Workers' Council. Iho o menus do
iduru thin organization U nolhiiiL'
moro nor less thun u reproduction
of a Russian, soviet.
Trinl of tho till men nnd women
nrrcstod on tho street Sulurdiiv for
selling Iml'H for the benefit ot Dip
council treasury will Jicuin thin nf
tornnim, When tlio preliminary
honrinirs nro hi'ld it is expected that
(inch person under nrrcKt will demand
a separate trlnl.
: OoinnilKKlonrnt Don't Worry
Members of tlio .cilv conmiiaisoh
this inorninir vxurewcd little worry
over tho recall movement. "Wo will
fight it out on thin lino despite 00
roonlk" K. H. 141 tit. commissioner
of'puhliu KiilVtv, who ordered llio nr
rest. Saturday, declared.
. Chief of I'olii'O Hurry Smith this
morning announced thnl n wnrnmt
would be issued for tlio arrest of John
, C. John, tlio Seattle lender, who is
charged with brine liiruolv. responsl
bio for tho diturbiineo bore. Steve
Burke, secretary trensuror of tho lo-
col Soldiers' nnd .Sailors' Council.
, U boini nouuht bv tlio offiwr nnd
will ho urroHtod a hooii iih found,
nnd 0. I,. Kcllinir. nnotbor of tho of.
iivoi of tho locnl couni'il. who iiooh
nn n returned Ciiniidiim Koldier. wnn
picked m nt tbo nolii'o Htntion when
' ho enmo in to tnlk with tbo men nr
roHtod Sntunbiv.
"1 nrmint tho ino." m'u Afnvor
C, M. Kiddi-ll. "If wa uro to bnve n
; filtlit botweon thu Himiim IloUhovik
idon nnd tho Amoriunii idun of uov
ornmont 1 urn for llio United Htnten.
Tho netion of thin bunch Siitnrdnv
.luHtil'icH tho act ion of tlio council In
refiiNinc tbem linv coiiiuwHion to eol
lei't moiiov on tbo BlreetH of llio fit v.
Tbo council went into lliiH tbini! tbor
ouirlilv. W knew what wo wen) do-
, ine when wo refiiHed their tooiiomI.
Wo inndo n enreful' invHtiL'ution nnd
diHeovored iunt wlmt tho ttru'wil rn
reuontH nnd ww deeiiled thuv'were not
, "wlmt wo wnntod to eneouriiiro luirc.
Tho bnd pIiiiho of tbo whole lliinir l
Hint thovnro hidinc their true ehiir-
netor behind tlio ebmk of honofittine
tlio noldiorx whom wo nil want to
help to tbo limit." , ,
IrfilHir Mnnibor for City '
' ' OommisHioiicr II. Rftv lliirrinon. n
member of nrirnnixoili labor nnd blm-
hoIC n dcjleBiito to tbo Control I,nbor
(. onncil. niiHomioiv roiimiuuuii ine
element tbnt in in oontrol of tbo In
bor eoiiwiil. "If tnv fnturn doncnild
on tho BUiiport of tbo Itolnhcvik Clo
ment-in labor, I want to fiiv that 1
will cot out," suid Hnrrison. "I nm
' .iiiHt ns mue,h n friend of lnbor ns I
ovor wn but thoso who bnvo irot in
power do not reproKont tbo intoroHts
: of nhor." ' ' v ;
' l'olieo offieialH Rpont nil foronoon
clicckinit up (bo linil of tbo (III pomnns
nrreHtud in tlio' riot Snturdnv. Tho
' hail run into snmo' IhoiiKunds o dol
lura, each Rack containinif about two
: nunrtH of Rmall ehnimo brought in n
bntr to lmil out "P.nddv" Morris, rndi-
, enl lendor, wIioko bnil wns put nt $!,
1)00, tho ebnriru niruinKt bim lieinL' in
(jitiiiK to n riot. .. ' ' . ' . , ! :
WILSON'S SHIP READY
FOR
1
WASHINGTON; -Xpril '7. Nnvnl
oCfieiiilH Hiiid todnv nu nows bnd been
roeoived in roirim! to llio tmnspovt
Cloonto WuHhiiiifton, but that tlio vos
noI wR nndentoinir hoi- usual "clonn
up" nt New York, prepuratorv to
Biiilinir for Hroat on April In, TIuh
would' put her on tho other k'uIo in
limn to start buck with Ilia president
on bout'U bv May 1. ,
CHARGE 0. S. DEPUTY
DRANK BOOZE TAKEN
PORTLAND, April 7. Tho
ChurKOH th lit , Deputy United
Hlutun Murnhnl' Horry, who nr-
rived In Portland Haturduy with
two prisoners nrrcstod at Rose-.
burg on tho charge of vIolatliiK
tho ' prohibition amendment,
drank noma of 'tho confiscated
liquor whllo on tho way to
Portland, wilt lio thnroly In von-
tlKitlod, United Stales Marshal
Alexander said today. Ho suid
he already had koiio fur enough
with Ilia Investigation to ho cor-
tain that tho charges had boon
grossly exnggarulod, at looat. .
DEMAND FALL
EBERT
E
Ratllcat Demands Presented Bv Dus
seldorf Orpanlzatlon Want Union
With Russian Soviet Government
and Surrender Ebert Scheldeman
to Council of German Republic.
lll:KSi:i.I)OHK, April 0. (Itv the
Affocintcd I'iviM.) Itndienl do-
iniinds bnvo been funnubileil bv the
workuion's omanir.iiticni here in its
polilienl uenerul strike. Tho demund!
include the immediate release of po-
Jilieul prisoners, eliminiition of cIiibh;
intuslieo, demolnlir.iition of tho null
tarv fort'OK, coalition with tho IStis
niun soviet uoveniment nnd surron-
ler of tho Khcrt-Shculcmuiin uoveni
ment to the council of tbo republic
The threat tbnt the licwlv nrnved
supply of food from entente sources
would bo withheld in the event of n
strike is .met bv tbo counter thrcnt
that the men will not resume work
until tbo food is I'orllieoniimr.
KSSKN. April (1. rv tbo Asso-
eiated 1'ress.) Tho strike situation
here shows little clinnco todnv. The
I reel car employes voted to join the
Krupp workers,' so tbnt tbo eitv's
transportation svsem is at n Mil mi
st ill, Kssen is itlxp without liuhts be
causa of the strike of tbo firemen.
In the Kubr iudustriul district ns
n whole there wus nn increnso vester;
dav in tbo total number of strikers.
BKIiMN, April . f Hv tbo Asso
ciated l'ress. Tbo Atrrnrinn
I.euL'uo lias sent n protest to tho nn
liounl uiinistrv nnd tbo foreien sce
rotnrv mininst its luck of netivo rep
rcsentntion in tbo delegation to the
I'nris conferi'iico. The Aitrnrinns de
mnnd that tlicv ho represented bv n
practical nirricullnrnlist.
ADMIRAL WM. S SIMS
AT
NEW YORK. April 7. Vice Ad
mlrnl Wm, 8. 81ms,' who! directed
America's war time operations tn
Kuroponn waters, arrived nt qunran
tine at 11:80 o'clock this afternoon
on tho British liner Mnurotnntn
Kscortod by n flotilla of destroyers
and niriilauos, tbe admiral's ship,
which nlso brought home 2700 Amer
ican soldlors, was met by n flcot of
harbor oratt hearing naval and mil
nlalpal oftlcors nnd momhors of' tho
ovorsons commandant's family. '
NOW LLOYD GEORGE
HAS SEVERE
. LONDON, April 7. An Importnnt
Btntomont on tho work ot tho ponco
oonforonoo which Promlcr ' Lloyd
Ooorgo bnd promised to make to
night hns boen postponed until Tues
day, according to a Contrnl News dis
patch from Purls. Tho British pro
filer, It. Is ndded, Is confined to his
Purls homo with a sovvro chill,
HUNWORKMENi
REGIM
FARMERS HOLD
FOOD AGAINST
MUNICH REDS
Strona Opposition Develops Aaalnst
Establishment of Soviet Govern
ment in Bavaria Popular Support
for New Reojme but Soldiers Re
main Neutral.
MUNICH. April 5. (Mv the Asso
ciated I'ross.) Tho troops hero ex
press M.vmpnthv with the soviet enuse.
They bnvo declared their intontion.
however, to maintain neutrality nnd
to prevent riotimr. At nil public
entherinus enthusiasm is shown in
fnvor of the soviet iden. .
NUHICMIIKnO. Itnvnrin. Anril 0.
vin Copenbniren. Tho Hnvnrinn nn
tionul conferenco of social democrats
hero has voted 42 to 8 nirninut tho
introduction of n soviet republic in
Ilnvnrin. ' ,-
HF.RI.IN. April 0. fnv the Asso
ciated 1'ress.l There hns been no
defhiito nows liej coneeniini; tho
situation in Munich since tho reports
wore received of tho enrlv existing
occurrences. Vroin such news ns hns
reached Herlin", , however, it soems
orobiible that n soviet covernmcnt
has not. vet been proclaimed in nnv
nav that can bo retarded as official
or bindine. .
The proponents of the plan met
with bI rone opposition in two ounr
tcrs. The Huvarinn diet, it is true,
enn .lmrdJv meet Tucsdnv,, ' bad
been the pnieriun., because it ia not
assured of tbo support of tho troops
in Munich ( who were reported in
Munich dispatches Snturduy to have
expressed sympathy with the soviet
cause but to iav declun-d' their in
tention to , maintain neutnihtv. al
thouth tbev would, notiiiirotecbithc
diet huihlinir which is armed with mn-
hino ituns." ,:
Tho proponents of tho soviet ulen.
however, bnvo met with crent oppo
sition on the part of the bourceoise.
on tbo one hnnd, nnd the peasants on
the other hnnd. The pensnnts hold
the trump card in their control of
tho supply of food stuffs which thev
hnvc declared thev would rcfuso to
deliver in ense a soviet covernmcnt
were proclaimed.
Radical I-ejulor Opposed
Tho nnoxneeted opposition to tho
ostahllshmon't at present of tho so v lot
form of government manifested by
Ilavarlu's most radical Independent,
Dr. l,ovln. hns not boon without Its
effect, ns ho wields groat Influence In
cortnln radical circles. Tho peasants'
Icaguo llkowlso Is opposing tho plan
with Increasing vigor and It Is both
politically and economically a strong
factor In Bavarian life,-.
Tho rumor spread broadcast yes-
tordny that the government and tho
dlot might movo to -Hamburg, In nor
thern Dnvarla, has beon officially do-
nlod. .
WARM SPRINGS PROJECT
TO VOTE IRRIGATION
PORTLAND, April ,7.-r-A specinl
election bus iust been culled for Mnv
7 next bv tho directors of tho Warm
Springs Irricution project, at which
tho voters of tho district will record
their will on h proposed issue of $(H)
000 bonds to complete tho pro.ioct,
Tbo cull for the election wns issued
followinc n mootiinr of tho Innd own
era of the district, nt which senti
ment dovelciped strongly fnvorinc tho
PrOPOSnl. ' ; '
KOREA ASKS AID TO
BUILD 1ST CHRISTIAN
WASHINGTON. April 7. Dr.
Syngmnn Rhoo, who according to cn
blo dispatches from .Shanghai, has
been named, secretary of. state of 5
Korean v. provisional revolutionary
government ostublished in Munchuria,
issued ' n Btntomont ; liero today in
which ho doclured it tho intontion of
tlio lenders of the movement to mnko
Christian 'country out' of Koron
"once it is froo of Jnpon."
"Tlns,;' snul tho statement, ."would
mnko Korea Ibn first .iniJcpcndcnt
eoiniU'v in Asia lo become, Christian.,
ALLEGED VICTIM OF
HOLD-UP HELD AS
GUILTY OF
PORTLAND, April 7. Trlco
Blnglch, who had gone to the
police station with an acquuin
tance, Btato Nickalovitch, to re-'
port that both ot them had been
bold up and robbed while walk
ing in the old Lewis and Clarke1
exposition grounds before day
light yesterday! morning, was
arrested by this police. Kach
man said he lost SCO. Tho po
llco said tbey bad learned that
Blaglch bad been living on bor
rowed money for several days,
had proposed tbe walk and had
ascertained 'first that bis ac
quaintance was unarmed. ,
W
E
PLACE AS IN 1913
OMAHA. Nob., April 7. Heavy
property damage but few personal in
juries of consoqiionce resulted from a
vicious tornado that swept across the
western residence section ot omana
last evening shortly after g o'clock.
Dundee and Clifton Hill sutfored the
greatest losses, many homes being
unroofed and in some cases, practic
ally ruined. . - : '
" It Is remarkable that this twister
swooped down upon tho city the same
day of tbe week as the more disas
trous storm of Easter Sunday, 1913.
and nearly exactly, six years after
wards. Moreover, last night's torna
do entered Omaha at exactly the
same spot as did Its deadlier prede
cessor and in general followed the
samo path for a considerable dis
tance.
Prances Mlcklon, six-year-old, ap
poars on the face of early reports the
only one who may die as the result
of the .visitation of the tornado. The
girl lies unconscious at the Univer
sity ot Nebraska hospital. Her back
appears broken. ,.
At Elmwood. where the storm
reached the proportion of a tornado.
every buildinc o nthe farm of Gconrc
Lens -was destroyed. j , .
Wlicn Mrs. Lens benrd the np
prouch of the storm she climbed into
bed with her three weeks' old bnbv.
Tho wind picked up tbe bed. enrried
it throuch tho nir for 200 feet nnd
then deposited it on a pile of brush.
Neither Mrs. Lens nor the child wns
injured.
LINCOLN, Noh., April 7. Wire
communication in parts of southeast
ern Nebraska was crippled today as a
result of a violent windstorm . last
night.- The greatest damage was at
Elmwood, Neb. No, loss ot lite oc
curred. " ,
UKRAINIANS WILL QUIT
IF GIVEN THE LOOT
LONDON. Anril 7. Tho Ukrain
ians are-willing to cease fighting the) INEW YORK, April 7. The Italian
Poles If a plebescite to deolde the I bureau of Information announced to
ownership ot territory In dispute be- day the receipt of information from
tween the two republic Is arranged Paris saying a wireless message from
undor the control ot.the entente, nc -
cordlng'to a statement by M. Holuho -
vltch, premier of West Ukraine, quot-
ed in a Vienna dispatch to the fblall.
(M. Holubovitch claimed for Ukraine
all' the territory between the River
San' nnd tho Russian frontier.
COUNTRY
' "Koreans will not stand for a
heathen autocratic government like
tbnt of Japan. - Thoy hnvo been
trained under Amoricnn Christian in
fluence and tho lenders nro nil im
bued ' with American demoerntio
ideas." '; ''.", ; .;,.'..'..
VAmoricn should help our cause for
bor own suko. Koron is the natural
buffer state in tho east, situntcd be
tween Japan, Cbinii nnd Asiatic Rus
sia, Like Belgium, for this reason,'
she bus always been tho battlefield
of bor neighbors, - Like Belgium also
REPORT GOVT
HUNGARY
I
3e!a Kun Foreion Minister Declared
Assassinated and Commune Oust
ed. Soviets Reported In Control
Saturday General Smuts In Bud
apest Exact Situation In Doubt
VIENNA. April 7. (Havas.)
The Iliincnrinn communist, eovern
nent in Hudupest has been over
hrown, nccordine to rumors current
n official circles, the newspapers
sav.
Bela Kun. tbe foreien minister, is
reported to have been assassinated.
' The reports do not sav whether the
attempted revolution in Budapest wes
organized by the socialists or fl:
boiirceoise pnrties.
The communist covernmcnt in-Bud-npest
wns , still in office Saturday
and on that day Bela Kun. in a state
ment suid n propostion bad been
made to General J. C. Smuts, the
chief allied representative in Buda
pest, that representatives of the va
rious states of the old Austrian em
pire and Rumania hold a conference
to discuss boundary and economic
questions. .
, Kcccnt reports from Budnpcst,hnve
indicated that the communist covern
mcnt , was not meeting with very
strong opposition, at least in the
Hungarian capital, in carrying out its
measures. . .
WASHINGTON. April 7. Advices
reachinir tho state department today
indirectly .from 'Vienna said a com
munist counter revolution seemed im
mincnt in German-Austria.
RIOTS AND
IN LAWRENCE STRIKE
" LAWRENCE. Mass.. April 7.-
Rioting marked bv orcmiscous firing
by strike sympathizers and police
opened the tenth week of the textile
strike here todnv. The outbreak oc
ourrcd in the vicinity of the Everett
mills shortly before 7 o'clock, a few
hours after the city have been stir
red bv the explosion of a bomb in a
tenement -house in the same neighbor
hood. '
Enrlv reports indicated that no one
wus injured bv the shooting although
several rotcrs and policemen were
injured bv sticks, stones nnd clubs.
Twentv-thrce nrrests were made
during the disturbances. ,
.. Women nnd children were netivo on
the picket lino during the morning.
It hnd been announced Inst night
that Hie children of strikers would
be kept from schools todnv becnuse
of alleged nnti-strike activities bv
teachers. In the mill districts women
with stones in their hands drove
nwnv children who attempted to bo
to school. ' '
ITALIANS DENY THERE IS
SEIGE AT FIUME
. Rome officially denied that a state
! of siege had been proclaimed at
Flume by the commander of the inter
' allied troops there. The South Slav
press bureau at Flume reported the
city to be tn a state of siege In a
I cablegram received here March 30
IN ASIA
slic maintained, bor independent ox
istenee, .; until ten vcurs ago, when
Jnpnn treacherously annexed her in
spite of her solemn treaty nnd plodgci
tq protect Koren 'apolitical indepond
onoo nnd torntonal integrity. '
; "The Korenns nre known as men
of the pen, while the Jnpnnese nro
men of tho sword. 1 only the Ko
roans are given the opportunity to
doveioo themselves without outside
interference, they will produce n now
model of ' Christum . civilization in
Abiu."
OVER
HROWN
GERMAN MAIDS STOP
FLIRTING WHEN THEIR
NAMES RE POSTED
-.
BONN, Rhenish Prussia, Mar.
31. To discourage fraterniza-
t!on on tbe part of the young
German women of Bonn with
British soldiers the military
authorities recently inaugurated
a system of posting the names
of women. Tbe first such pla
card to appear was on last Sun
day morning at the most prom
inent street corner. In Bonn.
' The week following the auth
orities reported that there was a
falling off in the number of
fraternization cases reported ot
more than 60 percent.
Secretary of War Accompanied Bv
Pershlnu's 9-Year-0ld Son. New
Ambassador to France and Con
qressional Delegation, Expects to
Be Gone Wook or Ten Davs.
NEW YORK. April 7 Secretary
of War Baker. Hugh C. Wallace ot
Tucoma. Wash.. , the new United
States ambassador . to France. 15
members of the house military affairs
committee, and Wnrren Pershing, the
9 year old son of General Pershing,
accompanied by his gunrdian. Ser
geant Welz, were passengers aboard
tho steamship Lcviuthan. which sail
ed from, here at noon today tor
France. "
Secretary Baker is going abroad to
attend meetings of tbe allied liquida
tion commission in Pans and fours
for settling payments between tug-
land. France nnd the United States
for war material He will be in
France only a week or ten days.
The congressional delegation
aboard tbe big liner was headed by.
former Chairman S. H. Dent of Ala
bama, and wns accompanied by rep
resentatives of the general staff of
the United States armv. Representa
tive Julius Knhn. of California, tbe
new chairman of the committee is al
ready in France.
Mr. Dent snul the representatives
would muke nn inspection tour of
American camps and military bases
in Franco and the occupied area."
Secretary Baker saltt ne nopea 10
surprise General Pershing by pre
senting his son, adding that the lad
had been living with his aunts, Miss
Mary Pershing and Mrs. D. M. Butler
at Lincoln, Neb. -
"This is a 'big boat, It doesn't rocK
I am not going to be sick and there's
moving pictures aboard," was the
boy's general answer to scores or
questions put to him by newspaper
correspondents. ,'.
TAKEN TO MOSCOW
ARCHANGEL. April G. (Bv tho
Associated Press.) M V. Arnold
of London. Ohio, and B. R. Rvall of
Bloomfield. N. J..- Y. JL C. A. work
ers who hnvo been missing for sev
eral days, and Hireo Amoricnn sol
diers neaptured bv the Bolsheviki on
the Bolsbie Ozcrki sector are being
taken to Moscow, according to infor
mation received in Archangel today
from Obozcrsknin. Thev are appar
ently boing well treated. '
MILLIONAIRE SENTENCED TO
; JAIL AS SUGAR SLACKER
LOS ANGELES. April 7. Huliett
Herritt of Pnsndenu, reputed n mil
lionaire, was v sentenced todnv bv
Judge Oscnr Trippot ot tho United
States district court ""hero to serve
five months in iail and pay n fine of
$5,000 following his conviction of
hoarding sugar in violation of food
restrictions. Mr. Merritt gnve notice
of appeal.
BAKER SAILS TO
ADJUST CLAIMS
OF WAR COSTS
SITUATION
IMPROVES
Bolshevik! Reverse and Report of Al
lied Reinforcements Quells Ardor
of Reds Threatened Finnish Re
volt Checked Ambassador Read
ing Denies Llovd Georae Intends to
Recoanlze Lenine Withdraw the
Canadians From Archanoel.
LONDON. April 7. There , hns
been ah improvement in conditions nt
Kundalakska. at the base of the Kola
peninsula on the White sea side, said ;
an officinl dispatch from Murmansk
dated April 5. - " -
A risine of the Finns. Karelians
and Bolsheviki had been planned on &
large scale, but announcements that
reinforcements for the, allied troops
were on the way and that other mili
tary preparations hnd been taken to
meet the situation overawed tho lead
ers. ' ''-'": '' '' ' '" 'V ' .,''
The leaders of the Finnish legion,
(among which, according to recent
London reports, a defection had been
threatened! have signed an agree
ment to the effect that they will i
the future comply with the wishes of
the commanding officer. This, savs
the dispatch, does not imply that the
danger has completely passcoV '' '
,.'(. . ., .' 'i .,:.:' r
Archangel. Xpnl (!. (Bv tbe As
spciiited Press.) The Hussion of
ficinl report on the f ightme in the
Sred Mokhrenga sector Friday
shows -that the Bolsheviki lost 700
dead and wounded in addition to the
108 prisoners taken bv the allied
forces. ' The ullies sustnuied no ens-
nnlties ' . 1 ;
The Bolsheviki today resnmed the
bombardment of the British') and
American positions on the Dvma riv-,
er.
WASHINGTON. April . 7 Lor
Rending, the British ambassador, au
thorized the statement today that
suggestions that .Premier. Llovd
George had advised the recognition
of Lenine or Trotzkv. the Russian
Bolshevik leaders, were wholly un
founded.: ;.
There have been many reports out
of Paris that strong influence was
being brought to Dear to nave ine
associated governments recognize the
Bolshevik regime in attempting to
work out a solution of the Russian
problem. Some of these rumors hnvo
connected the name of the British
premier with the movement. ;
VLADIVOSTOK. Siberia April .1
There is great rejoicing among the.
Cnnndinii troops here over the offi-,
einl announcement ' that Canaibun
troops are to be withdrawn from here
forthwith. Embarkation commences
about the middle of April. General
Elmslv will remain until tho end of
May administering affairs. .
PRESIDENT BETTER :
BUT STILL IN BED
; PARIS. April 7. President Wil
son's condition was improvod this
morning but bv tho'direction of Rear
Admirul Grnvson, his nhvsioian, the
president will remuin in his room to
day, attending no meetings.
Appnrentlv the president s cold is
in the last stages of the wearing off
process. He hopes to bo nblo to ro
sumo work on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON. April 7. Presi
dent Wilson is "steadily improving"
nlthoiigh still oonfined to his bed, ac
cording to a message received today
at tho. White House from Pnns,
INLAND EMPIRE FARMERS
CALL LABOR FROM FRISCO
' SEATTLE, April 7. Farm labor Is
needed so badly in eastorn Washing
ton that Lawrence Wood, Seattle,
stuto director of the federal employ
ment bureau has sent a call to Cali
fornia for help. There is a big labor
surplus in Snn Frnnciso, Mr.. Wood
has learned. About 1.000 men could
bo used on Washington farms nt
wiigcs from liO to $70 per month.