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MEDFORD, OliEGOX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, v 1921
KO. 279
MEDFORD
MEDFORD S CAMP GROUND BILL
PASSES IN SENATE,
PICTURE mLIS DEFEATED
Measure Giving Rights to Incorporated Cities to Appropriate
Land for Parks, Playgrounds, Aviation Fields and Camp
Grounds Passes Senate Hurd's Measure Regulating
Movies Indefinitely Postponed Schedule of Auto License
Fees Adopted by Joint Committee. Based on Relative Weight
of Motor Cars Deer Season From September 1 st. '
SALEM, Ore., Fob. 15. Today the
senate passed a ' bill Introduced by
Senator Thomas by request relating to
rights of Incorporated cities to appro
priate land for purposes of building
parks and playgrounds, giving right to
purchase land for aviation fields and
camp grounds. This bill was framed
by citizens of Medford desirous of pro
mating camp ground and aviation field
facilities. . ,i .
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 15. Over the
protest of several members who object
ed to the legislature conferring upon
administrative heads of departments,
the power to fix salaries, the house
yesterday afternoon passed two bills
introduced by Senator Lachmund, re
lating to the pay of officers and em
ployes at the state penitentiary.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 15. Following
the passage by the senate yesterday
of hlB hill providing for the appoint
ment by the governor of a commission
er to regulate the co-operative market
ing of meats, Senator Upton withdrew
senate bills 138, 139 and 140, three
other regulatory measures affecting
the moat Industry introduced by him.
; Movie Bill Killed "
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 15. Representa
tive Hurd's motion picture regulation
bills, one of which would have made
It a crime to show any motion picture
or play In which a crime was repro
duced, were indefinitely postponed by
the house yesterday afternoon on the
recommendation of the house commit
tee on health and public morals. The
bill made it a misdemeanor to sell
theater tickets when seats were not
available.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 15 the schedule
of revised license fees for automobiles
which Is to go into the general motor
vehicle bill. Introduced In the house by
the joint committee on roads and high
ways as house bill No. 339, was adopt
ed at a meeting of the joint committee
last night. It replaces the schedule
embodied In the bllUas Introduced. It
is, ion the weight basis and Is founded
theoretically on the tendency of differ
ent weights of motor vehicles to wear
the highways. .;
'While the schedule for trucks, based
ort; total width of tires was not includ
ed In the motion, members Bald the
schedule embodies in the printed bill
wolild be adopted by the committee.
lAs compared with the present sched
ule the minimum weight is raised from
1600 to 1700 pounds.
. -1 r ' Game Code Passes
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 15. With Sena
tors Strayer and LaFollette voting in
the negative, the game code bill,
house bill No. 100, Introduced by the
committee on game, passed the senate
yesterday. The bill was amended to
meet an objection raised by Senator
Hare so that the deer shooting season
is from September 1 to October 31 in
stead of from August 15 to October 15.
Co-operation Bill Up
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 16. The senate
revision of laws committee last night
heard arguments on senate bill 284, In
tended to amend and fortiry the provis
ions of the status under which co
operative marketing organizations op
erate.
SENATE ORDERS SECRETARY HOUSTON
TO PAY NO MORE MONEY TO EUROPE
WASHINGTON, Feb. IB. Secretary
Houston was notified formally today
by the Benate Judiciary committee that
he "Bhould pay out no more money on
account of any commitments of loan3
to foreign countries until the facts
have been submitted to this committee
and It has had an opportunity to con
sider the same and report to .the
senate."
The committee's action was unanim
ous on a motion of Senator Reed, dem
ocrat, Missouri, author of a pending
resolution to Btop all advances by the
treasury to the allied governments.
Decision to take Immediate and di
rect action was made after Senator
Brandegee, republican, Connecticut,
MOVING
According to statements by C. E.
Spence, master of the state grange and
Professor Hector MacPherson of the
United States bureau of markets and a
member of the faculty of the agricul
tural college, the amendments propose
to define the public policy of the state
In regard to co-operative marketing as
sociations, validate the marketing
agreement now used by the majority of
the associations and give the Btauiniy
of the law to the penalties embodied
in these contracts for violations by
members.
Minority Report Lost.
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 15. After a de
bate the senate today voted down a
minority report of the judiciary com
mittee signed by .Vinton and Kyan,
against the Farrell bill giving the child
welfare commission wider authority
relative to the adoption of children.
The majority report was adopted and
the bill goes to third reading.
The measures provide that when a
petition for adoption reaches the coun
ty court, the child welfare commission
must be notified. The commission then
has twenty days in which to investi
gate the status of the child and the
condition of tho home proposing to
adopt It and report back to the counts
court.
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 15. The house
today passed a number of bills which
had passed the senate and which oie
now ready for the governor's signa
ture. Among them "were a bill provid
ing for employment of home teachers
to Americanize foreign born children
and parents. A measure organizing
the Oregon National Guard and one
regulating the classification and sale
of eggs.
BOY. 1 4f ON PAROLE
FOR BANK HUT,
STEAOT
SPOKANE, Feb. 15. Elliott Wood
Mitchener, aged 14, who last Novem
ber was accused of the thett or 4duu
from a Philadelphia bank by which he
was employed as a messenger, was
being sought here today In connection
with tho alleged theft of $11,600 in
Liberty bonds from the trunk of his
father C. B. Mitchener, nt Coeur
d'Aleno, Idaho, yesterday.
According to Information given tho
authorities at Cocur d'Aleno by the
boy's father, J2.100 worth of tho miss
ing bonds were not registered, but the
remaining $0,500 were registered. His
father expressed tho belief that the
boy had come to this city and tho po
lice hero were furnished with his de
scription. Of the funds stolen nt Philadelphia,
$3,600 worth were said to have been
recovered. The boy was paroled in
the custody of his father, whose Illness
was declared to have prompted mm
to take the bank's funds In an effort
to Join his parent.
SYDNEY, N. S. W Feb. lii. Dur
ing a demonstration of the unem
ployed here today, Sir W. H. David
son, the governor, was mobb6d and a
detachment of the police was stoned.
had Informed the committeo that Mr.
Houston recently had told the foreign
relations committee that he felt in
honor bound to make additional ad
vances to the governments for which
credits had been established If those
governments asked for the money.
Senators Reed and Brandegee said
$37,000,000 additional could be advanc
ed to foreign governments and Senator
Reed declared the secretary should be
prevented from making any advances
while the committee was considering
legislation to stop all further loans.
Secretary Houston promised to ap
pear tomorrow and bring all docu
ments referring to loan negotiations
with foreign countries.
Navy Man Fails in
Attempt to Blow Up
The President's Yacht
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
An enlisted man of the navy is
under arrest at tho navy yard
here In connection with an al
leged plot to blow up the presi-
dential yacht Mayflower.
The man under arrest, whose
name was not divulged, was said
to have aproached a superior
officer and offered him a bribe
to allow a package, supposed to
have contained a bomb, to be
'brought aboard the Mayflower
4 at a certain hour.
An appointment the man was
alleged to have made with un-
other person at a park here,
where ho was supposed to re
's" celvo the package, was kept by
secret servico men, but the puck-
age was not delivered.
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SPEEDING UP
Thomas, Carter and Sheldon
Busy With Measures of Local
Interest Talent Station Aid
Threatened Last Week to
Be Hectic One.
SALEM, Feb. 11. (Special). The
last week of tho legislative Bession
opens with tho promise of a grand rush
on the part of nearly every member
to get through his particular pt.t bills
with the usual result of a general
slaughter of a' largo .numbor of the
measures now in the hopper and the
passage of the usual grist of ill-consid
ered and possibly ill-advised legisla
tion. . ,
The Jnckson county dolegatiou in
common with the other county dele
gations have Important measures be
fore tho two houses not yet passed
upon. Senator Thomas has introduced
two bills requested by the city council
of Medford respecting parks, auto
campgrounds and aviation fields. An
other bill by Sehator Thomas validates
the city's title to lots secured under
foreclosure of assessments.
The published reports regarding the
county officers' salary bill are In error
in one particular: tho county asses
sor's salary was raised to $2,000 in
stead of $2100. - The changes made in
the bill are: County treasurer from
$1200 to $1800; county assessor from
$1500 to $2000; sohool superintendent
from $1800 to $2000,: and the limit
placed on-the sheriffs' expense allow
ance is raised from $800 to $1200, "
. Road Bill Lags ..-":'!
Representative f Carter: Is giving his
time largely to. roads and-highways
and reapportionment measures. The
highway program is lagging lament
ably .and will have to be pushed thru
under stress during the coming week.
There Is almost certain to be a read
justment for the basis of auto licensing
the probability being that the basis
will be on the hundred-weight of the
car's gross weight, but with a factor
increasing with the Increased weight
of the car; in other words, the license
will not be absolutely according to tho
weight of' the car but will Increase
more rapidly In the case of the heavier
and more expensive car. Mr. Sheldon
is fighting to put Into the bill a recog
nition of the depreciating value of old
cars by a rebate on the license. There
is opposition to his proposal but he
may win out. '
Jackson county would probably lose
some of her representation In the legis
lature if the report of the reapportion
ment committee Is adopted. Messrs.
Thomas and Sheldon are backing Mr.
Carter in his looking after this Impor
tant matter.
Economy Watchword
Mr. Sheldon is giving most of hl9
attention to the appropriation for Prof?
Relmer's Experimental Station at Tal
ent and the Medford armory bill, both
of which are having hard sledding be
cause of the strong pica for economy.
Mr. Sheldon feels that he has nearly
if not quite an even chance to put both
of them through.
Ail three members of the delegation
are doing their utmost to secure some
action on the alien population mea
sure. Liberty Bond
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 Liberty bonds
closed: 3'4's 91.04. First 4's 87.30;
second 4'a 86.80. First 4!4's 87.20; sec
ond 44's 86.86; third 4Vi' 90.14;
fourth i U ' 87 fl? Vlplnrv !.' 97 22:
victory 4-Vs 87.22.
ACKSON
DELEGATION
ANTI-AUEN
BILLPASSED
BY HOUSE
Anti-Jap Measure Modeled
After California Law Wins
Out by Vote of 34 to 25
Representative Leonard of
Portland Leads Fight for Bill
Denies Unconstitutional.
S.-YLI'lM, Ore, li-.Mt p. in., Special)
Tho somite today pn.scl a hill In
troduced by Thomas by mincst, to
cancel nil clnims against, the Nhorlff
nnd clerk of Jackson county on ac
count, of tho failure of the Hank of
Jacksonville. "
In tho iloliato preceding tho pas
sago of tho nntl-itlicn bill Represen
tative Carter, of Jackson county ap
plauded California's action 111 puni
ing string-lit anti-Jawiiicso legisla
tion and declared their only mistake
was in not passing it earlier.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 15. An nnll
alien land bill modeled after the Cali
fornia law was passed today by the
Oregon house of representatives, 34
to 25, with one member absent. The'
senate has not yet acted on the meas
ure. The bill was Introduced over the
signatures of tho American Legion
delegation of tho house and was In
dorsed by tho state executive com
mittee of tho legion.
Telegrams from United Slntos Sen
ator McNary, voicing theexpresslon of
United States Senator Lodge, chair
man of the committee on foreign af
fairs in which Lodge urged that the
state defer action ponding notion by
tho government, "satisfactory to the
western people," v 'ere read by lneiu-
bors. opposed to t'.io: passage of the
bill at this time.
In launching his argument In -support
of tho measure as drafted, Itop
resentatlvo Leonard of Portland dwelt
upon the constitutional questions in
volved and clnliucd that there was no
question of tho constitutionality of
this act.
SPARKS FROM
TODAY'S WIRE
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 15. St.
John Skinner, said to have been the
first white child born In EiiKone, Ore.,
died at Twin Fa 11 a, Idaho, last night,
according to word reaching here. Eiv
gene in said to have been named after
the decendent's father, Eugene Skin
ner. , LONDON, Feb. 15. BlrlhB In Eng
land and Wales during- 1020 reached
the highest figure ever recorded, and
the death rate was the lowest, accord
ing to an official report. The birth
rate per thousand was 25. 41 and the
death rate 12.4. The deaths of in
fants under tho ngo of one year were
80 per thousand.
Daily Record of
the Crime Wave
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15-foospon
dency over extended 111 health and un
employment led Myron Black, laborer,
to shoot his six year old daughter, him
self and a lodger at hl homo hero to
day, according to the police record. He
also shot his four months old daughter
Rhoda, but the wound was superficial.
Black arose at 3 o'clock, his wife
told police. He went Into tho room of
Raymond Buns, the lodger, and shot
and killed him while he slept. He then
went Into the room occupied by his
wife and children. After struggling
with his wife he Bhnt Ellen, six years
old, through the head and wounded his
other daughter. He went Into another
room and killed himself.
PONTIAC, Mich., Feb. 15. Two safe
blowers opened the vault In the Far
mere and Merchants bank at Utica,
near here early today but were driven
back by a wave of mustard gas, that
had been placed in the vault. The men
fled empty-handed.
A can of gas had been placed in the
vault by bank officials In such a post
tion that it was broken open when the
door was forced.
CHAMPAION, III., Fob. 13. In an
address here last night, W. E. (Pussy
foot) Johnson, International temper
ance worker, assailed critics of Judge
K. M. Landis. The judge's critics are
concerned, he Bald, because the court
delayed sentence of a youth accused
of embezzlement, yet they are not con
cerned In the canes) of bootleggers on
suspended sentence. Johnson said ho
convicted 600 bootleggers in Wisconsin
and that some of them are at liberty
under their third suspended sentence.
Signs Pointing to
Industrial Revival
On Pacific Coast
SPOKANE, Feb. 15 Unemploy
ment is decreasing in the Pacific
northwest and tho Rocky moun
tain region and there are marked
signs of an industrial revival, it
was declared today by federal
employment directors gathered in
conference here.
Edward II. Alderworth of San
Francisco, who said he hud com
pleted a trip from San Diego' to
Vancouver, n. C, said he found
Indications of renewed activity In
the lumbering and other Indus
tries. Similar reports were mado
by Glen M. Coo of Denver and W.
C. Carpenter of this city.
Mr. Aldworth said unemploy
ment was worse In Washington
than In Oregon and California.
Uprising in State of Tonk Re
ported From London
People Fleeing Toward Brit
ish Territory Mohamme
dan Ruler Faces Death.
LONDON, Feb. IS. 'Revolution
has broken out In the Indinn state of
Tonk in Rnjputnns, says a Reutor's
dlBjmtch from Alnnhabud. After
agreeing to tho demand of tho peo
ple, the INnwnb, Molinmadnn ruler
of the district, arrested loadors In
tho movement, whereupon rioting
broke out. State troops are engag
ed by rioters.
People are fleeing toward British
territory. The capital of tho dis
trict Is located in tho city of Tonk,
about fifty miles south of Jaipur.
Tonk is ono of tho 21 Indian stales
included In the Rajputnn's district
which covers a vast area In the
northwestern part of tho Indian pen
insula. Tonk has an area of 2,553
square miles and in 1911 had a pop
ulation of 303,181. Most of the pop
ulation aro Hindus.
RANGOON, 'British India, Feb. 15.
The legislative council of Burma has
passed a resolution demanding tho
granting of the vote to women. The
resolution wns adopted unanimously.
LONDON, Feb. 10. In closing his
speech ..front the throno today, King
George said', bills woitld.be submitted
for reorganization of the railways of
Great Britain, completion). Iimtl
purchase' in; Ireland; ,and facilitating
a church Union in Scotland. . ' ,i
'Regarding the dominions, the king
said he prayed .that the assumption
by Mb subjects In India of their new
political responsibilities would se
cure a progressive administration and
nn eraly , appeasement of political
strife,
The policy regarding Egypt, fol
lowing Investigation of tho special
mission sent there, ho declared, would
bo laid before the members of par
liament.
The king said arrangements had
been made to renew personal con
sultntions between his home and
overseas ministers.
LIFE SENTENCE
ED
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 15. Russell
Brake will have to serve life sentence
in the state penitentiary with his ac
complice, Georgo L. Moore, for tho
murder of Harry. Dubinsky. The sir
prcme courtjn an opinion written by
Justice Harris today affirmed the
judgment of conviction of the circuit
court of Clackamas county, carrying a
sentence of life Imprisonment.
Brake was jointly Indicted with
Moore, the latter pleading guilty and
Is now serving time In the peniten
tiary. Brake was tried by Jury and
convicted of murder In tho second do-
gree. ,
8ALT LAKE CITY, Fob. 15. All
records were broken at tho local Unit
ed Slates land office todny when 66
persons filed applications to prospect
for oil. Some of the applications were
for hind which underlies tho Great
Halt Lake.
REVOLUTION
BREAKS OUT
; NORTH INDIA
IN SPEECH FROM THRONE KING
GEORGE CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN
IRELAND; URGESJSSIAN TRADE
British Monarch, Surrounded by Medieval Pomp, Protected by
Sharp Shooters and Armed Guard, Formally Opens Parlia
mentPrince of Wales Is Given Tumultous Reception
Premier Lloyd-George Expected to Successfully Weather
Most Severe Crisis of His Stormy Career Irish Problem
Unemployment, Relations With Russia Serious Issues. i
LONDON. Feb. IB. Violenco will
not solve tho Irish problem, King
Georgo declared today in his speech
from tho throno to tho two houses of
pnrllamcut in formally opening tho
session. Ono of tho outstanding sec
tions of his address referred to Ire
land, tho king saying:
"Tho situation in Ireland still
Cannes me distress. ' A misguided sec
tion of tho Irish peoplo pel-Hint in re
sorting to methods of criminal vio
lence with tho object of establishing
an Independent republic.
"Neither Irish unity, nor Irish self
government can be attained by this
means."
Free Trade With KiiksIii.
Tho king's speech was brief, but
touched on numerous vital questions
confronting the government. At tho
outset It referred to the coming con
ferences to be held in London nnd at
tended by the representatives of al
lied nations, Germany and Turkey.
"I earnestly trust." said King
George, "that by this means further
progress may be made In giving ef
fect to treaties of pcaco in re-establishing
concord In Europe and restor
ing tranquility in tho Near East."
King George expressed himself ns fa
vorably disposed toward a commercial
treaty with soviot Russia saying:
"It Is my hopo that negotiations for
a trado ngroemcnt with Kusslu also
bo brought to n successful conclusion."
Forco Deplored,
In discussing tho Irish question, tho
king said:
"Arrangements for bringing Into
force tho government's Irish act aro
now well ndvnncod, and I earnestly
trust that in the near futtiro tho ma
jority of tho peoplo will show their
determination to repudiate violenco
and glvo effect to an act which con
fers upon them responsibilities of self
government and provides liincliinary
by which they cun attain Irish unity
by constitutional means."
Solution of tho problem of unem
employmenl does not rest with parlia
ment, ho declared.
"Tho most pressing problem con
fronting you," ho said, "is that of
unemployment which is a result of
world-wide restriction of trade. This
may bo alleviated, but It cannot be
cured by legislative means. This
problem, with Its acute and distress
ing consoquences for hundreds of our
follow citizens, is recoclvlng tho con
stant and anxious attention of my
ministers, who aro striving to revive
trade and prosperity and In tho mean
time, nssfst thoso, who, unfortunately
have no employment. You will be In
vited to pass a bill extending provis
ious which were mado for tho unem
ployed under tho unemployment In
surance act."
(This act provides that employes
p"ay n premium against unemployment
by which they receive government as
sistance if they aro out of work),
' Economy Demanded.
"A measure will also bo introduced
in tho house of commons," ho con
tinued, with certain aspects of unfair
and abnormal industrial competition.
I earnestly hope these efforts may be
seconded by tho loynl and frank co
operation of employers and employed
for It is through co-operation of capi
tal and labor, in a spirit of mutual
trust and confidence that early so
lution of this gravo problem may be
found."
King Georgo announced "tho deter
mination of tho government to re
duco expenditures to the lowest level
consistent with tho well-being of the
empire, and he stated a bill would be
presented dealing "with the Bnlo of
alcoholic liquor in the light of ex
perience gained during the war."
LONDON, Feb. 16. New pollltcal
alignments and the proposal of legis
iEC'Y DANIELS' URGES GOVERNMENT
OF
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. In n plea
for federal ownership of nit high pow
er rudio stations, Secretary Dnnlcls In
a letter to Chairman Pnge ofthe sen
ate naval committee, today declared
that "If thero Is ono thing In which
there should be a monopoly It Is
monopoly of the air, and tilts mono
poly should not bo given over to pri
vato Interests."
Mr. Daniels' letter was in answer
to a request from Sonntor Page for
an opinion on the resolution intro
duced by Bcnntor Polndexter, repub
lican, Washington, to regulnte tho
operation of, and foster the dovelop
'ment of radio communication.
Asserting that ho wns fully aware
of the opposition that existed to gov
ernment ownership of pulillo utilities.
lative and governmental issues of tre
mendous import to tho people of
Great Britain were foi-e5ihii,l nwuri In
parliament re-assembled hero today.
uuer a recess or seven weeks. Op
position to tho Lloyd Georgo ministry
iceinea io navo reached a climax and
ind discontent with ninny of the poli
les it bus pursued in the recent past,
t amicared the stnhllitv nf thn .nwi
net would bo given its crucial test be
fore tho final adjournment of tho boh.
sion next summer.
Attacks OI1 thn l?nvnrnmnt anamaA
certain to center about Ireland, tho
onumons prevailing in that island,
ind the plans of tho premier for fu
uio government of the Irish people,
former sunnortcrs of th enniitinn
government wore among those who
Wel'O most bitter In their onmmont- n..
tho Irish situation and appeared to bo
unucu wun tno opposition.
Unemployment Crisis.
The domestic situation contori,,
about conditions of unemployment
and high taxes, brought new elementn
in me suio or tnoso opposing Mr.
Lloyd Georgo, while the policies the
premier adopted relative to trade with
itussni anu acceptance of a British
mnndato for Mesopotamia seemingly
wont far toward disintegrating tho ap
parently overwhelming majority hold
by tho premier In the house of com
mons.
ColIailSO Of the T.lnvrl Clnnru-n rmln,A
wus not forecast as It was foreseen ho
probably would bo able to control
enough votes in commons to carry
inrougn nis ministers' plans, but It
Was evident that thn nwmlnK '
be called upon to fight in his most
vigorous manner If ho was to come
unscather from the sturrglc.
Hoynlty Protected.
Ceremonies ineirinnt tn thn nnnnlni.
of parliament were invested with all
their nre-war snlnnrlnr. hi, thn
geantry of tho day was shot through '
with a sinister note, as elnborato pre
cautions had been taken to protect
members of the royal family from
violence and to prevent untoward in-
ciuonts in notn houses. Visitors wero
excluded from galleries and lobbies in.
tho houses of parliament and heavy
reinforcements of constables and
guards hud been, stationed at tho ap
proaches of Westminister and through
Whitehall. At strategic points sharp
shooters hnd been placed to check any
nttompt at disorder.
The ancient practice of searching
tho vaults beneath tho parliament
Duiiuings, which was Instituted In
1606 as a result nf thn ftitv TTnurtrna
gunpowder plot, was carried out with
far grenter thoroughness than usual
this; morning by yeomen from tho .
Tower of London, who wore their pic
turesque uniforms.
1'rliico Gets Ovation.
Hundreds of thousands thronged
tho streets of London fro mearly day
break to watch tho royalties on their
way to parliament. King George nnd
Queen Marv rniln In n cHlda nnni.
which left Buckingham palace shortly
noioro noon.
Tho Prince of Wales drove from St,
.lames palaco and reached parliament
ahead of tho king and received tu
multuouB applause.
With old time nomn. nnrllnmanlon,
committees mot the royul personage
and after donning their robes, the king
nsconueo tno tnrono In tho house of
lords, where the commons members
wero summoned. Tho Prince of
Wales, gorgeously robed, sat on the
king's right.
Ambassador and Mrs. John W. Da
vis and L. Lanier Wlnslow, first sec
retary of the American embassy, rep
resented tho United States. Tho
Hpnnlsh, French, Italian and Japanese
iby driving to the ceremonies In thAlr
'.stnte coaches.
. I'- e f
Mr. Daniels declared experiences bo
fore nnd during the war demonstrated
that rndlo stations within the United
Stntes were being used for tho trans
mission of "unneutral" messages.
"Ono grave danger that confronts
us," tho letter said, "Is tho possibility,
I might sny, the probability, of a com
bination through Interlocking di
rectorates of tho private cable interests '
with the private radio interests, for
It Is not Inconceivable that the In
terests that own and control tho
cables might also bo interested In a
radio corporation whoso special Inter
ests might bo served by the provis
ions of the pending bill.
"Amateur stations should be under
government control," Mr. Daniels declares.