Medford Mail Tribune y Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OKKCOX, SUNDAY, DKCKM HKll 21. !!);!(). No, 272. Today By Arthur Brbbane A Papal Flying Field, Russia's Slave Labor. Safe From Volcanoes, Mr. Shaw, He Scorns Us. Copyright King Feature Synd., Inc. Many things have been done by the popes important to h n m a n 'beings everywhere They have ciieonraned the arts, and the world owes to them its greatest pictures, statues, buildings. T hey established Europe's first universities and sent missionaries exploring and civilizing aimn Indians of our Great Lakes and the Chinese in Asia. The present pope now ap pears as a friend and promoter of aviation, and in a most im portant direction. Within the limited Vatican City territory allotted to the J"papacy, by Mussolini, there is not room for a full sized avia tion field. The pope, therefore- will encourage develop ment of the helicopter, that rises and lands perpendicularly and will have a small helicopter airport. This is important to scien tific aviation, and will enable the pope at any time to leave papal territory for any destin ation without entering upon territory that may become hos tile. The Leajrnc of Karons labor bureau gives information about labor conditions in Russia. All jobs are obtained through gov- eminent agencies. Any work man can quit by giving seven days' notice. Hut if he does quit, he is railed an industrial "deserter" mid for six months after he quits, although he may be a highly skilled man, the govern ment gives him nothing to do but manual labor. Then he is reinstated. This is Russia's much talked of "slave labor." It certainly is not "free labor," as the western world understands it. However, Russia considers industrial success a matter of v life and death, as western na tions consider military success a matter of life and death. In n military crisis we sent three million men to Europe without asking their permis sion, and if one deserted the punishment was something worse than a job at manual labor. It was DKATU. Iliissiii lonslrteis Industrial tit timph as Important us military tri umph. Russian labor conditions norrlry us, because they aro new. We take It lor granted, that a boy of eighteen, tired, exhausted by a tons march and golni! to sleep on scnlry duly should he put to death, it's all a matter of custom. We should he humbly thankful for a country free from volcanic actlv- y ' t tD ,Hffirii1i tn itnacino the hor- rnr of a rcrent eruption in .lava Liiin.i tr. noiivnH at work in the fields. Imagine a stream of rA hnl lava. Bon feel wide. To feet -..111... .!..( mtrtn V(m fill- u IIIKii, ll'MIHfc .., . l ....II. n..virlni, vIIIhitcS. I1IS ,-V.'i.i o Or Imagine the siuht that nn't the eyes of terrified villagers, ihe viilrniilt- peak covered with a heavy tilaik cloud. Intense flashes of llchtolng shooting through It. The lava flow changed fertile fields to desert. lo you wonder that nature frightened men In the early days, rausing them to invent tormenting devils, and strange gods Indifferent to their welfare. (Jcorgn Iternard Shaw says Americans like to be ridiculed. "1 nm careful never to say a civil word to them, and they adore me," says he. Mr. Shaw does not thoroughly understand the American charac ter. If he went to the monkey house In any American foologieai garden, hn would see back of the 4, bara Utile creatures with whiskers Dot unlike hie ow-n. Americans on their side of the bara would be amused by the Slm- (Conllnued on Pale Seven) COAST GETS It MILLION FOR RELIEF Congress Adjourns Amid Dissension Progress ives and Democrats Fight Hoover-Special Sessions Looms As Strife Grows. WASHINGTON. Doc. 21. UP) Tho federal aid highway allot ments under tho emergency moas uro Include: Californin, $3,108,233. Idaho, $1,008,036. Montana, (1,671.030. Oregon, 91,32087. Wellington, $1,270,933. Tho river and harbor allot ments include: South Pacific division, $993, 090. North Pacific division, $l,GD5, 000. Tutai. s.r.oo.ooo. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. ffl (Sunday) Ctockhands had crept past midnight when congress quit early today for the holidays after voting $311,000,000 In emergency relief as its Christmas gift to tho i nation. It was a snarling, strife-torn senate that yielded to permit en actment of tho emergency legis lation, and anxious leaders looked ahead with misgivings to the pros pect of finishing tho regular busi ness before March 4. The senate began Its session at 1 1 a. m., Saturday and made stub born, hailing, hard fought pro gress throughout tho day and into the night. Tho last action was tho passage of the $100,000,000 farm board appropriation, which was fought to completion whllo house members, their own work long sineo finished, watched the clock, told stories, and yawned. Tho heralded Republican-Democratic cooperation movement to speed legislation and to avoid an extra session of congress in tho spring was all hut buried under tho dissension which flared Into both parties. None of tho regular appropria tion bills carrying the funds to meet the covernment's exnenses during tho next year got through ! the senate for final enactment and thero must bo disposed of be foro March if tho extra session is to bo avoided. : Beginning with apparent cordi ality toward the president, the mood of many senators changed quickly after ho issued a state ment that "tho senate was Play ing politics at tho expense of hu man misery.'' The senate had passed a drought relief bill for $60,000,000. instead of tho lower figure wanted by the administration and amendments to the $116,000,000 for Immediate uso on public improvements had not been to Mr. Hoover's liking. In addition, bills carrying au thorizations of hundreds of mil lions beyond tho program outlined had been Introduced. Hardly a day passed after tho last fell that Mr. Hoover was not criticised and assailed on tho scnato floor, west ern progressives Joining Demo crats in tho attacks. Ml POST HAS L OKKCOX CITY. Ore., Dec. 20. P Members or Meade PoHt No. 2, (irand Army of tho Itepubli', met here today fur llio la.st time. Thinning rankn moved the vet era iih to adopt a resolution to Kive up tiii-lr rhurter mid disband. Only nine of the 1 7 nienibf rn of the pout wero physically able to attend the biMt meeting. 1'hll ander Meade, 7-. Is the youngest of the 17 and (Jeorsc W. Wen riovrr, I0L'. the oldest. All property of tho post was turned over tu the Ma bio au ficbl p'lHt, Veterans of Korean Wain all exrept t he post colors. These wore carried home by David MnArthur. cor-beorer for tho patst i!7 years. ESPEE PROJECT ATj K LA M ATI I KA U.S. Ore. Ieo. 2f-hV Auth-rl Vt'on f'r th" Southern pin-irie i.illioad to ln-sin filling tn uer,. of l.n.d on ihe west side ..f liike Kwnuna wa re-. CelVeit here ludrtj . , I iredging of the hike bottom i to fill the land will be started M! j once, fjfflclals of the road t-aid. nnd ft will lie fuHowfd immedia tely by a IH'Mj.nao industrial proj ect Including spur racks running onto tho property. NEW YORK WELCOMES EINSTEIN J -. -v Ri ul5 i Aaitociated Presi Photo . Prof. Albert Einstein, who has repeatedly stated his dislike for public appearances, braved the throngs at New York City hall to receive the city's official welcome. He is shown with Mrs. Einstein, Mayor James J. Walker (left) and President Nicholas Murr Butler (right) of Columbia university during the reception. 11 JURORS FOR PORTLAND POOR nnvifiTin imiiRFn Fnnn UUII I IUIIUM 111 IIUUUMLU I uUw OREGON URGED CHRISTMAS DAY i . New Law Would Lessen Hung Jury Chance More Fingerprints Favored By District Attorneys Elect Officers. POHTLAXI), Dec. "20. (p)Tn clu.slon in the judgment rolls in all criminal cases of the finger print!, photograph and signal uro of nil convicted criminal was recom mended in a resolution ndupted to day by the Oregon District Attor neys asHoHution. The attorneys pointed out nuei a procedure would make It much easier to identify an old offender; no matter what name he may be using and would nave the expense of officers traveling long distances to identify a prisoner. Another resolution proposed a law by which 11 jurors would be, allowed to return a verdict In all) criminal cases, except thosp where the death penalty is Involved. j Tho association decided to ftp- j point a committee ti study needed! prison reforms with cfpcelal notice: to youthful and first offenders. , The attorney were virtually unanl- moiis in the opinion Oregon ne?dsi an institution for young offender. I Charles Carpenter, dean of tho : I Diversity of Oregon law school, In an address before the assochi- j tlon sa:d the chief trouble In his. school va that It cannot keep the best teachers becaune other school; offer la rger sa la lies. He Mild t he small iitcndame at tho school made It Impossible for Oregon lo pay high salaries. The following officers :iinl mem bers of tho executive committor were elected: Samuel 10. Notion, Heppner. president: ICdwIn D. Hicks, Canyon City, vice president; John Maker, Hood I liver, secre tary. Kxecutive commlltep. Kted A. Miller. Oregon City; C. AV. liarrick. Tillamook, and Karl K. Xott, Mc Mlnnville. SEATTLE CLERK I SHATTLi;. Dec. I'O. (VPl Al lictrlcclly, grocery clerk, shot nnd kliU d one robber and wotindcd anotht?r hero tonight after one of the men had rifled his ciif.h reg ister. r.etrkelly told police, after Ihe robh r ran to his waiting ear, hn sei-ed his gun, ran to the si-Je walk and fired three times at the fbelng bandits. He said oil" of the men toppled over In his se.it. A iduirt time after the holdup, polico found two men In their wrecked eiir In another flection of the city. One occupant was dead and the other badly Injured. They believed them the same persons who robbed Hetrlcelly. SAf.KM. Ore., Dec. 20. (P I.e.. M. Uuie. for 22 years stew ard at t he Mat hospital for (he InKane, died at his home here etiterday. PORTLAND, Dec. 20 (Pi--Phil Jackson, publiMhAr of the Journal. whp today eler-tM president of the Portland How Festival association for 1S1. Dates for next year'n celebration are June 11 and 1 2. I Huge Star Flashes Cheer From Tall Tree Builder Gives Freely Mayor Ba ker Right Up In Front at Celebration. PORTLAND, Oro., Deo, 20. (yp) A huge, stur flushed a mes- HHge of hopo and cheer to Port land's less fortumito hero tonight. It was a Noon star, fivo foot In diameter. Bet on tho top of a 1 27-foot Christmus tree, Hald to bo tho largest in the world. Below tho star thousands of varl-colored HghtM glowed warmly through the dark branches. Tho treo was lighted by Gov ernor A. V. Norblad at the con clusion of Impressive ceremonies conducted by stato and city ex ecutives. Then Mayor Georgo L. Baker called for gifts for the tree. A moment later 15 largo trucks, loaded to capacity with foodstuffs and clothing, moved to tho base of the treo and discharged thole car go. It was tho gift of Harry Mll tleman, apartment hotiso builder, and his employes. Several tons of provisions and clothing arrived from other sources. The Sunshine division, police charity organization, took charge of tho gifts and will dlstrlbuto them Christmas day. NOTED E 10 AID CHARITY POUTLANI), Ore,, Dec. 20. (P For charily 's sako a scoro or more of Portland officials anil prominent citizens will return to (heir boyhood vocations on Mon day. For two hours at noon Portland nevdmys will give up their fav orite corners to these former news bo ys v ho o uca aga in will try to raise I heir voices above tho roar of traffic. The "newsboys' will Include dvv. A. W. Norblad. District At torney .Stanley Myers, Chief of Pnlbo I,. V, Jenkins, City Com missioner h'tanhopo Pier, - Circuit Judge W, A. Kkwall and others. Their earnings will go to the Stinsh Ine d I vision, polico charity organisation. TltKNTON. S. J- Dec. id. (A1) Cn. CharlcH A. Lindbergh said tonight hn had no intention of moving west. lie explained an Innpeetlon trip for the Transcontinental Air Transport company would take him into that section for only a brief time. When he riches California, he said, he Intends to have repair and changes made on his plnnt. The colonel and his wife arrived nt 5:00 p. m.. today from Engle wood where they spnt the day. IlllPllf; IRKWTAL RENTAL! ii 1 1 1 ii ii i nil ii i PESTERERS Executive Director ot G. 0. P. Admits Spending Own Cash to Defeat Morris, Who Bolted to Al Smith Now Resignation Be quested In Senate Up heaval.. . 1. II AltOl.l) Ol.lVllH WASHINGTON, Iei 2 0. (!') A republican domnml (hut IMbrrt II. l.Ucttn, of Konluoky. roslKii as exofudvc dlicitul- uf llu- li'iiubll ciin riullonal cuintnlltri, wuh imulu during heated dobnlo In llio scn ato Into toduy ufter l.liom' frank admission that he helped finance the last campaign UKalnsl Senator Norrls. republican. In Nebraska. I Senator Howell, Norrls1 col league, demanded that l.uoiia re Klitn. Senator (Jlcnn, repulillcaii, Illinois, rlnillenKed the repilbli ennism of Nnrrin and tho latter replied with a denunciation of Lu cas. He (tve his reasons for sup porting Alfrerl ,ltl, I.. i,,v j told the senate he hail no apology or opposing Herbert Hoover and would do it again. "If the republican national com inllteo lias any respect for Its reputation It will uK for Lucas' resignation immediately," Howell mid. Lucas had told the senalo cam paign funds committee enrller In the day he puld more than (4,0ou out ot his own pocket for antl Norrls literature last October for circulation in Nebraska. He said the national committee had noth ing to do with It, but he wanted to see Norrls defeated because he was u democrat.'' Norrls defondud his actlonw In upposlng Hoover two years ago, H sttld Hoover waa on tho side of tho "power trust and was op ixiwd to-farm relief." "Ho was wrong on both Issues," he aewertcd. Senntor Cutting, republican. New Mexico: precipitated the out break by asking Senator I'Vsh, of Ohio, in Ills capacity us chairman of tile republican national com mittee, If a report wore true that Lucas IihiI tendered Ills resigna tion. I'ess, who had refused li see newspapermen all day, denied It. 'ulllng then called ultclillon I" Lucas' IcHtlmony heforo tho Nye Investigators nnd asked I'"okh If lie intended doing anything about It. "I do not," Ke replied curtly. Nye earlier, hnd Informed news papermen ho bad Invited Kess to appear before his committee hut that Kess wild he had no Informa tion on the subject und saw no reason to testify. tllenn called attention to , re ports that Hie democratic national committee had declined to aid tlllbert M. Ilitclicock, Norrls' dem ocratiiT opponent, because Norrls had supported Smith. This brought Senator Tydings. of Maryland, chairman of the democratic, senatorial committee, to ilin floor with the Htatement that he sent Hitchcock a cheek for $1,000 but it was returned with tho explanation the nominee "always believed In limited cam paign fundf." PONZI, 'SLICKER' HOHTON, I'ec. 20. (!) Charles Ponzl, whose financial "bubble" cost the public millions of dollars, will be arrested on a deportation warrant charging him with moral turpitude when he Is released from isiaio prison, no was ioiu ouiciauy today. in answer to his protest that moral turpltudn was crime against chastity, Mrs. Anna C. M, Tllllng hast, U. H. I in migration commis sioner for the port of Host on, In formed him by letter today that turpitude wan "an act of huso nest, vlleness or depravity in the private and social duties which man owes to his follow men or to society In general, contrary to tho accepted und customary rule of right and duty between man and man. .... KALKM, Ore., Dee. HO. (!' MHyor IJvcslry announced today a reception nnd hall would be held hero In honor of Mr. nnd Mi Julius h. Meier January 12, the night of Meier's Inauguration as governor. The event will take place iQthe state armory. V:. HOOVER GRAFT III tl SENATE ACTION Annual 'Raid On Treasury' Quashed Competitive Bids For Leases Sought -Indiana Garage Is Mon ey Maker. WASMLMiTOX, Dec. 0. (tV) The senate today rejected a con ference report cm tho 9 1,014,000, ono treusury-tmst office a pproprla tbiu bill after Senator Itlnliic. itc puldii'un, Wtsittnsln, charged It would "jicl pctuato" a system of posioftlco leases which constitutes an annual "raid on the treasury" of from 910.00U.0O0 to 9 1 5,000,000. Some ftenuturs ulso voted against the report because It did not curry the usual appropriations for salary Increases to government employes, Tho hill was. sent back to confer ence by a vote of 43 to 24. if Hlalne, clurirmrja of a senate, committee which is investigating post office leases, objected to the report because it had eliminated a provision to require., c ompetltlvo bidding for lca.sts on post off ice gartiges. He charged the post off ice de partment with awarding leases to "favorites" without competitive bidding. Itlain said the government was paying exorbitant rentals on TiOa buildings and the annual rentals ranged from 13 to 60 per cent of the value of the properties with an average of about 25 per cent. Ho cited a statement by Post master Ctcncral Krown that eight per cent of the value of a building Is "reasonable rental" and 10 per cent "excessive." Jtlalne said his com mil lee had found a lease for a postoffice gu ru go In Indianapolis, valued at 937,000. for which tho government was paying a rental uf . 90,100 yearly. L Opinion Holding Volstead Act Invalid Ignored By Wickersham Commission Highest Court of Land To Hear Appeal. WASHINGTON. Iec. :;i).(P) The Clark decision holding tho ISlh amendment Invalid does mt mean a thing to the Wickersham law enforcement commission. Wont camo from commission 1 circles today that tho pending re port would not be held up untIM tho supremo court passed on the case and that no cognlxanco wo u ITT be taken off tho New Jersey Judge's ruling. WAKIHNC1TON, Dee. 20. (F The government's challenge of tho recent decision of Judgo Clark In New Jersey, holding tho prohibi tion amendment Invalid, was filed today at tho supremo court. Taking direct Issuo with the district judge, tho government through (Solicitor General Thacher will ask tho supremo court to hold the Dtth amendment' was legally ratified and that tho national pro hibition act und other laws en acted under tho prohibition amendment aro valid. Attorney General Mitchell ex pects to obtain from counsel for tho two men under Indictment, W. II. (Spriiguo and W. J. llowey, a waiver ho tho appeal may bo pre wnted lo tho court when it ends Its present recess on January 5. The department of Just ten will expect Its appeal to get before the court for consideration not biter (ban January K The supreme court one week after the appeal In submitted will announce whether tho caso will bo heard on lLf merit. Kfforts wllr bo made lo havo tho appeal argued during tho week of Jan on ry 19. If t heso fa 1 1 It will be lato In February before It call be heard. BULLETIN Kl JOHIH'H, Mo.. Dec. 21.-(VP) CMunday) A crowd of approxi mately IfiO men, most of them aroused cltlxens of Muryvlllc, Mo., sought entrance curly today to tho Kiirhunan county Jail, where ltay mond tlunn, 80-year old hpgro confessed slayer of Miss Velma Colter, 18-year old Maryvlllo teacher, wns held. 10 very policeman In the city and the fire department wero sum mnned to the Jail. ERSEY RULING ON LIQUOR MEANSNOTHING Succeeds Overman .tssocfdlcd I'rcsa Photo Cameron Morrison of Charlotte, appointed United States senator from North Carolina to succeed tho Vate Lee S. Overman. PLANTSREADY New Model Production Makes Future Bright For Auto Industry. With Work For Thousands Inven tory Causes Shutdown. DKTUOIT, Dec. 20. (P) Al though several Detroit automobile plant that brought out their new modelH following a mid-summer, shutdown havo ugain suspended production lor Inventory "periods, optimistic statements for tho Im mediate futuro of tho motor car industry camo from two sources today. W. H. "Knudsoh, president and (rone ml, manager of tho Chevrolet Motor Car company, which went' into production on new models only u few weeks ago, announced, tho total factory forco now num bers ao.lifil men and that 10,000 moro a ro to bo added In Jiinu-' ary. ' A. U. Wid man, works manager of Cadillac Motor Car company, which closed for Inventory on De cember IX. said that 6,000 men will resume work on January C. This will be r.00 moro than wero at work at tho time tho - plant closed. E, All Other Lands In World War Suffer Depression Survey Shows-Texts and Politics Blamed For Poor Conditions. N 10W Y 0 1 It, Dec. 20. (!) Tho national 'Industrial couforence board's semi-annual survey uf world economic conditions, made public today, .notes no definite signs ot business recovery In coun tries which have been In tho dol drums for several years. ll alo Mays that commercial nnd Industrial activity hi nations which hail retntcd depression with fair su'-enHs prior u 1 u;mi began blacken In the early autumn of this year. The conference board finds," says a jtynnpsl of tho report, "that overproduction, combined In some lutiiiirt'M with arbitrary prlco fix ing, burdensome taxation, unwise HtiinuluHtn of economic activity, by tint government leading to ex cessive public Indebtedness and Im pairment of public credit, political uucertiilni cs and revolutions have all contributed to a dislocation of Ihe normal conduct of business throughout tho world. "It appears from Ihe survey that i how Kuropcan eountrleH which did not take an netlvo part In the World war havo not suffered so much from the prevailing depres sion as have the others. Franco, ami to a less extent Itvtglum, are (he only countries 1 hut took part In (be prent conflict which aro still relatively free from the effects of world-wide depression.' Tin; wi-;atmi:ii Oregon: Cloudy (Sunday nnd Monday, occasional rains north west portion; no change In tem perature; fresh southeast wind off shore. CHEVROLET AND CADILLAC AUTO WORLD SURVEY SHOWS FRANC E SY F 1 Ai LABOR GET President Signs Bill Provid ing Millions for Construc tion and Drought Area Loans Democrats Seek More Relief. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. T') President Hoover lato today sign ed tho bill putting (116,000,000 Immediately at hla disposal for now Jobs on federal Improvements throughout tho nation. This emergency measure, got through congress early in tho aft ornoon and together with tho uieasuro authorizing $45,000,000 for loans to drought stricken farm ers to put In next year's crops was promptly signed. Tho $45,000,000 must still bo appropriated. This will be done immediately after the holidays and meunwhilo arrangements wilt b prefected for getting tho loans to tho farmers. Tho $116,000,000 Is available at onco and will bo put into Immed iate use. In his recommendations and In his public statements con cerning them tho president has emphasized that work can begin Immediately. All tho technical phases such as obtaining sites, architectural planning and engineering havo been completed on all the projects ' included under tho recommenda tions. Mr. Hoover has said actual employment under the bill can sturt tn most coses within from one to three months. Tho bill, in addition to allowing acluul tabor to start on buildings and other projects, will provide labor In various Industries, such as steel, brick, nuarrying, und. In machinery manufacturing, which will supply materials. The legislation completed tho omci'Konoy program reoommonded by X'resldont Hoover but as . tho sonato gavo final approval to tho $116,000,000 It heard a new ap peal for additional rellof. r ' tionutora LaPollotto, Republican, Wisconsin, and Walsh, ' Democrat) Massachusetts, assailed the appro priation as a; "drop in the bucket." They read reports from an; inde pendent survey iof employment conditions in moro than 200 cities conducted by themselves and do mandod that congress enact a direct appropriation to be spent In relief work. H o n a t o r Glllott, Republican, Massachusetts, supported the con tention of the administration that tho cities and communities with tho aid of tho Red Cross could moot their own problems. He urged that Amorlcan self reliance bo fostorcd as "the sure way to continued growth and prosperity for America." . Tho emergency appropriation bill allocates the fund as follows: Federal aid highway system $80,000,000. IC Ivors and harbors work, $22, 600,000. , Mississippi flood control $3, ooo.ooo. , t , , National forest improvements $3,000,000. , ( . r r i Construutlon forest highways $3,000,000. Jtoad In unreserved public lands und Indian reservations $5,009, -000. However, tho legislation gives to President Hoover tho right to al locato tho funds as ho sees fit If emergencies develop. Democrats and Republican Independents In tho senate fought this provision but finally wero defeated by a roll call, WASHINGTON. Doe, 20. P The senate tonight confirmed Frank It. McNInch of North Car olina, us a member of tho power commission. IN OVER 1 I'OUTLANl), Ore., Doc. !0. (T) Tho monthly bullrihiK ,nurvpy ot H. V. Ktruus and Co!, received hern toiluy, nuld building permits IhhupU In rcproMontntlvo - nn.on i IIIoh last month exceeded In val imllon Ihom (turned In November, 192!, und In t)i.-loUer of this year. Tho figure were: November, 1 020. t. 168. 513: Novombor, loan, $1.(189,413; Ootobor, 1930, 82'i, 000. . i Tho liiruent perocntHco of Kln wuh In ' KUKono, tho report said. Hull. ling peiniltH Issued there lw"t month were valued at $133,691 an axlnt $13.5000 In tho corres ponding month last year. I'ortlund bulldlnu permits laot month wero $933,960 as compared to $919,300 In November, 1939. GOLDEN 1