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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932.
Twenty-Seventh Year
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Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
SENATOR EDDY, Of Roseburg, sug
gest the catling of a special see
Ioq at tha legislature to amend the
motor vehicle lav so that automo
bile license few may be paid in In
atallmenta preferably quarterly In
stallment. In that way, he thlcka, more peo
ple would be Induced to buy li
censes for their cars, thus bringing
more money Into the etate highway
fund and at the aame time malting
It easier for the car owner to pay.
TO THIS proposal, state highway
officials offer two principal ob
jections: 1. Installment buying would In
crease heavily the cost of collecting
license fee money.
2. The commission Is going to
need the money. In order to meet
Its commitment sooner than the
Installment plan would bring It in.
THESE are reasonable objections,
of course. Yet, to this writer,
it appears, and has for some time,
that it would be desirable to make
automobile license fees psysbie in
Installments.
License fees In Oregon are rather
high, and there Is much demand for
reduction of them which woum
handicap the whole highway pro
gram, and might even throw the
burden of highway bond retirement
back onto property, which would be
a calamity.
If installment buying of licenses
headed that off. it would be well
worth while.
IlfHY NOT, for example, add a dol-
lar to the cost of licensee bought
on the Installment plan? That would
help to cover the additional colleC'
tlon exoense.
Already we charge a dollar extra
for license plates .bought locally
through the sheriff's office, and
lane numbers of people are prov
Ing their willingness to pay for this
convenience.
The Idea of Installment buylng.of
license plBtea reauy anouiuu
dropped without careful study,
PASSINO from the serious to the
frivolous, have you heard this
MMt
"What would be a sure cure for
the depression?'
"Putting all the men on on con'
tlnent and all the women on an
other. Everybody would then get
busy BUILDINQ BOATS."
npHERE Is talk in Germany of a
dictatorship, which means absO'
lute rulershlp by one man. In Itsiy
they hsve a dictatorship already.
In Slam, where King Prajadbipok
one of the last of the world's heredi
tary absolute rulers, alia on the
throne, some sort of revolution la
under way aa these words are writ
ten, and It appears from sketchy
rfi.nntches thst It Is directed at the
king and that a constitutional mon
archy is demanded.
You can't please all the people
all the time, can you? No matter
what form of government you have
SPEAKING of dictatorahlpa, thia
curious rumor got loose in Klam-
th Falls a while back, and appar
ently was taken seriously by 4 con
siderable number of people; at any
rate, it brought many calls for in
formation to the newspapers:
Both houses of congress are in
executive session, with spectatora
and newspapermen barred, and the
Cuestlon under consideration Is eo
TABUSHMENT OP A DICTATOR
SHIP in the United 8tatf."
Beat that, if you can.
THIS writer, who travels rather
widely over Oregon and talks to
many people, Is surprised and some
what distressed at the lack of con
fidence In and the LACK OP RE
SPECT for government in this eoun
trv at the present moment.
But. admitting that thia is true
etablls!iment of a dictatorship In
the United States Is about the last
thine that could hsppen.
We still have more confidence in
ALL of us than In an ONE of us.
Rev. Bennett To
Retain Charge
PORTLAND. Jnne 37 (API Rev
iiinmtn ci. Bennett has been re
appointed minister to the Methodist
csurca la aieaiora.
GOVERNOR'S FOES
DOUBLE EFFORTS
STOP NOMINATION
arley Accepts Order of
Chief to Abide by Old Rule
Vote On Abrogation
Predicted Very Close
ALBANY, N. Y., Jane 37 (AP)
fjorrriior Franklin O. Hoose
Telt today telegraphed sup
porter! at the Democratic na
tional convention to cease their
efforts to abrogate the two
thirds convention rule.
CHICAGO, June 37. (AP) The
Roosevelt order against continuance
of the fight to eliminate the two-
thirds rule was received at head
quarters and promptly accepted aa
final by Jamea A. Parley, head of the
Roosevelt board of strategy.
With the southern atatea In re
volt against abrogation of the cen
tury old rule at this time, the
Roosevelt leaders had been in con
ference during the morning con
sidering a reversal of policy.
The switch came after a check up
of the delegations showed the re
sult on abrogation of the two-thirds
rule to be hanging by a very narrow
margin, but the Rooseveltiana In
sisted up to the iBst that they had
the votes.
(southerners Refused Aid.
Whether the Roosevelt board of
strategy hers had conferred witn
the governor before nts order came
was not msde known. The end, of
the fight for abrogation was sig
nalled as the Roosevelt chieftain
called in southern leaders for con
ferences late In the morning after
Alabama and North Carolina, two
Roosevelt delegations, had overwhelm.
Inglv rejected the Roosevelt move
to knock out the two-thirds rule.
Willing to stand on tha -two.
thirds rule, the Roosevelt spokesman
confidently predicted the nomination
of the New York governor, obviously
counting on the bulk of New York'a
84 votea to turn the trick.
However, tha opposition was elated
at the collapse of the fight for the
two-thirds abrogation and was re
doubling efforts to stop Roosevelt.
Lavs Controversial Point,
Senator Walsh. Montana, Roosevelt
candidet for the permanent chair
manship, said he wsa glad to hear
of the governor's statement because
it will dispose of a very contro
versial subject."
"In my Judgment the governor is
Bood sport, he added.
V. Y. Dallman, leBder of the
downstate Illinois Roosevelt forces
and one of the "key" floor men tor
Parley, Interpreted the governor's
action as "evidence that Roosevelt
believes he has enough strength to
win without abrogation."
I'm atlll for ths majority rule,
Governor Harry H. Woodrlng or
Kanaaa said, "because it follows the
precedent of all Democratic atate
organtzatlona and because the two-
thirds rule Is undemocratic."
Klamath Palls. Mr. and Mrs. John
Kitribus opened Arcade coffee shop
at 1034 Main street.
The name of Alfred E. Rmltn
(aboej will he plared before the
liemotratir ronvenlinn hy finternor
liwpt B. fly fhIol nf MBMStllu-
Mtts, an actiie SmltD worker,
!hbf 14 wSlffSm N IP ft w
i i i ii
Ex-Klan Chief
Declared Sane
By Examiners
CHICAGO, June 37. (AP)
Edward Young Clarke, former
high Ku Klux Klan official and
more recently promoter of a new
fraternal organization called Ess
kaye. Inc., haa been pronounced
sane by psychiatrists of the Cook
county psychopathic hospital, to
which he had himself committed
as ft paranoalc.
Dr. V. G. Urse, one of the hos
pital's chief alienists, aald yes
terday no trace could be found
of mental ailment and auch a re
port would be made to Judge
Charles Allen at a sanity hearing
for Clarke Thursday.
TAG MORATORIUM
1! BE GRANTED
IS 1
SALSM, Ore., June 27. (AP) j
Governor Julius I. Meier today indi
cated he would not calJ a special ses
sion oj the atate legislature aa sug
gested by Senator B. Eddy of Rose
burg in a letter received at the exec
utive offices today. The session was
suggested to enact legislation mak
ing possible quarterly lnsiaHmenw
payments for automobile licenses.
When asked here wast ne jmenoea
to do regarding the suggestion, the
governor replied "What do need
with a special session of the legisla
ture? If there is anything to be
done to relieve the situation we can
do that without a session."
The governor was then asked If be
planned to declare a short morator
ium on new license pEatea for auto
mobiles, extending the time for en
forcement of the law to August 1,
instead of July 1. He replied "1 do
not know
The governor's statement concern
ing the special session was interpret
ed here to-mean that if thero is a
great need for an extension, he would
declare a moratorium.
RARE DISEASES
DIAGNOSED HERE
Eward Burnett, 65, transient, whose
home it at Bice Lake, Minn., was
found lying in a fence corner, de
lirious froh a high sevej, and suJfer-
ing from what Dr. Drummond of the
County Health oflics diagnosed as
a case of Rocky Mountain spotted fe
ver. Burnett was given care, and iso
lated. The Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
is a contagious disease caused by the
bite of wood tick. It is a rare disease
for this section.
Dr. Drummond also reported two
cases of tuirsmia, a disease caused
from akin infection,, in the Central
Point district. In the local cases, in
fection was caused while skinning
rabbits. The aliment is contagious
and dangerous, and starts in bruises
or cuts. Dr. Drummond Is preparing
an article on its care, cure, and pre
cautionary steps.
jfrJ J. AA(Ka
Openlnf of the llemm-ralle national tinntion In fhtcain litints to the pari iesilnj fnraods the preldentlal acd)darles of many of U
on-. Party leaders fltorlnj prrnnlne nll-i in the ratHrnlton f "'bn t. Its-lob, t'nUman of the Hemorratie xslimai coniKiifiee; ltl
Miou, national eteruttrr rommlttee rhslrmsn; Aiben IV. Hartley, siaied to be ip..,: tontewioa rnstrman and kesaaitf, and laoina t.
Waik, ; house and Walsh, Vltd by costotlsj factions t tht UBSortaat pott of permtlKat fljljiTBtn.
Biting Attack on G.O.P.;
Dry Repeal Submission
Feature Demo. Keynote
Barkiey of Kentucky Blames Coolidge,
Mellon for "Speculation Orgy"
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Hit
CHICAGO, June 37. AP) In a
keynote speech bristling with denun-i
elation of the Hoover administration.
Senator Aiben W. Barkiey today urg
ed the democratic national conven
tion to favor a vote by the people on
repealing the eighteenth amendment
and called upon the nation to turn
the republicans out of office.
Describing the Republican plank
on prohibition as "a promiscuous ag
glomeration of scran-lumber," the
Kentucklan aald the Democrats should
recommend passage of a -congressional
resolution repealing the 18th
amendment, to be voted on by atate
conventions chosen solely for that
purpose.
Barkiey denounced the aepunucans
and President Hoover for the "exhor
biiaM and Indefensible rates" of the
Smoot-Sfswley tariff act and promla-
ed to "lift tariff-making above the
sordid processes of log-rollera and
back-scratchers.
Farm Relief Promised
He excoriated the administration's
farm policy and said the Democrats
would undertake "to remove from the
shoulders of agriculture a portion of
the unnatural burden which It bears
becsuse oi&ere have been able to shift
it there through special legislation la
their own behalf."
Paving his respects to the Hoover
administration, the keynoter recalled
that the president "and hia Republi
can congress took charge of the gov
ernment" on March 4, 1939, and add
ed:
"But every prediction, every prom
ise, every assurance mad by them to
obtain votes has turned to ashes In
their hands," .and every pretense has
been exposed in all its naked affecta
tion. "Agriculture has continued its col
laspe. Industry haa languished be
yond any previous record. Credit has
been restricted until finance and pro
ductive enterprise are frightened- and
stagnant and there is constantly
marching a greater army of unem
ployed men and women in search of
honest toll than has ever been ex
perienced by this or any other na
tion."
Mismanagement Blamed 4
"There la nothing wrong with this
republic" he added, "except that It
haa been mismanaged, exploited and
demoralized for more than a decade
by a leadership incomparably short
sighted and bereft of true statesman
ship. Incapable of understanding and
dealing with fundamental causes.
and incapable even how In the midst
of its tearful havoc of understand
ing the extent of its own mischief1
Declaring that "we must by a ma
jor operation remove from the body
of our nation and the world, both of
which are sick and dejected, the dead
flesh and decayed bonce resulting
from 13 years of Republican quack
ery," Barkiey continued;
"We must apply to the hopeful but
misused patient the recuperative pro-
cesses of a democracy which for
century and half has responded to
the emergencies which have always
beset us at the end of every period
of Republican control which lasted
long enough for its virus to tase ef
fect."
Rum Violation Hit
Concerning the eighteenth amend
ment, Barkiey said "so long aa it la
a part" of the constitution "no cltl-
aen of tha republic haa a legal or
moral right to violate it," and add
d:
Whatever may tee th divergent
views of men and women on the mer
its or demerits of the eighteenth
amendment aa a national policy, it ia
Inconceivable that this or any other
part of the constitution of the United
States should apply to only a part and
not the whole of the American na
tion. That great Instrument declares
that 'this constitution and tha laws
made ill pursuance thereof shall be
the aupreme law of the land.' But it
cannot be the aupreme law of the
land If It can be abrogated by the;
people of a part of the land while re
maining In force over the rest oi
them. Such a conception destroy the
very nature- and structure, of the con
stitution, for If it can be made thus
to qualify or.e of ita provisions it
may be made to qualify all of them.
This would be the end of the consti
tution Itself.
Under these circumstances this
convention osves It to the people of
the nation to make it declaration
upon this aubjsct clear, understand
able and unequivocal. There la no
reason why the people ahould be de
cs. vd or deluded. There la no reason
why a political declaration should
look in every direction and see noth
ing.
Resubmission Advocated
"In order, therefore, to obtain ths
present will of the American people
on this subject of universal contro
versy, this convention should In the
platform her to be adopted recom
mend the passage by congress of
resolution repealing the eighteenth
amendment and its submission to
the people of the atatea through con
tentions whose delegates ahali be
chosen upon thia issue alone.
"if the people are to pass again
.upon thia question, let them pass
upon it is such bald, naked and un
equivocal terma aa to make thai? de
cision intelligent and certain.
"If their verdict shall be In favor
of retaining the eighteenth amend
ment in the constitution, let every
true cltixen of the nation accept the
decision and abide by it in letter and
la spirit.
"If the verdict shall be for th re
peal of the amendment then let every
branch of ths nationM government
exercise all the powers they possess
to protect the states in the observ
ance and enforcement of the laws
which they ahsii enact to control.
Continued on Page Eight)
OREGON'S BANNER
FOR PRODI TEST
Texas Delegation In Fist
Fight Before March Be
ginsCheer Party Heroes
in Harmony Opening
ctii.;o, June 2?. AP
The JSrUKHYiSlle platform cohi
tnlue was given notice today by
Senator Wail of JlassaetmwlU
he would take a report to the
convention floor asking far a
plank pledging the party to re
peal the 381b Hir.cntmrnt and
ittiinediaia modification of th
Volstead Art.
CHICAGO STASftiM, June ST.-
APS The first session of tha Demo
cratic national convention adjourned
today at 4:05 p.m. The next ses
sion waa ordered to. begin at noon
tomorrow.
Postponing Ha real decisions and
forgetting most of its troubles, the
convention in a three-hour opening
session marched and paraded for a
new test on prohibition, cheered
its party heroes, and finally set up
it
working committee amid
outward show of perfect harmony.
Only once over prohibition was
there any show of the deep-runuins
current of controversy which prem
ised so sweep up across the conten
tion fioor iater ia tlje Jt.
Oid-Time F&rade Staged.
Set off by a prohibition submU
slon declaration by Senator Barkiey
of Kentucky, the keynoter, a real
old-time convention parade twisted
and danced for Its minutea around
the big stadium. In the end, awy
etate atandarit, bat those of Ne
braska, Oklahoma, Jiorin Carolina,
Aiah&TTi &d K&Rra had been car
ried into the cheering demonstra
Texas got into U after a fist fight
in the deEegation, At first the
divided delegation threw the balance
in favor of standing fast, but
era It csme up for the submisslonisU
and the standard ?ent bobbing away.
partly demolished. Tws? women were
knocked down feat no on waa badly
hurt.
ffieb Momat of Oay,
The pichibitlfm celebration waa
the high moment of a session which
also cheered Wilson, Jefferson and
other pant heroes, and gave a dozen
of Its present leaders ovations
they appeared an floor or platform.
Word of Gcverricr Sooseyeit's re-
sxieat that hi delegate give up the
fight- against the two-wrtts bgjb,
nating rale reached the contention
floor in the mSOfc of Senator Bark
ley's speech. It sent many of the
leaders Into conference,
4
Beer Possession
Brings $35 Fine
J, & W3fcr was Knrd 3S in Jas-
tica mrt today, charged with tha
possession of Jiquor State police
searched Walker'a home on Crater
Ls&ke highway near Med ford Saturday
night, on a search warrant, and sia-
ed 53 pints of br.
BASEBALL
RESULTS
American.
FSt
Boston
13 3
it) l
Ltsen-
PhiJadelphJa J
Battel its: Andrews, Mr f
bee and Tt.se; Sarashaw and Coch
rane, Keying.
Second me
Boston
. 3
Philadelphia
Jft&ionewaki r.d
Connolly; Jreita and Cochrane,
St. Louis at Cleveland postponed;
rain.
Her, William Bchoelef. CervaSi,
Oregfsj i&iz&d tbree broken rib,
and hia daughter Hiidejsard, cine,
had all her front teeth knocked out.
when 4h ato In which they were
riding was hit head-on, by an auto
driven fey Ed T. Staples. Ashland
realtor and southern Oregon pioneer.
The accident eociird about ii:S0
thia Bwiming on BcfcwH Hill,
Staples eeapd JHjttry, Two feHca-
hikera riding with hira were ordered
by the state pvYir to "make for Cali
fornia without delay One of the
young hitchhikers sustained a bad
cut on the forearm.
The urate police learned in their
Investigation Staples was coming
down the crokd Siarkweil Hiii, near
Bsiie post 353, Ke applied the brakes,
and hi car skidded directly into the
SchoeJer auto.
Bey. choeler waa rushed to thia
city whera hia injury wa treated by
Dr. B, C, Wilson, and hia daughter
treated by Dr. B. h. Lftgeson, First
aid waa administered at Gold Hill.
Following tha accident, according
to the state jxrftre, two of tn, faar
hitchhikera. teeirlended by Stni,
threatened hiss with prosecution, for
violation of the Oregon law, prohibit
ing "free ride to t?nsJnt,, unless
h made a sash settlement.
E GASOLINE
P
An Increase of J14 cent In tli
price of gasoline, which brings the
retail prise its Mt city up to 33
osrtia, was announced thia afternoon
by tlss local Standard on Cempuaj
at California aa Union Oii tarn
nany agencies, in keening with Use
advarx- ss price, reported iroat
Portland and San Francises.
RichfieSsS, Shell snd Associated sta
tion had received no notice of the
increase this afieraoon, snd gasoline
was atlll offered there for 30 cents.
No report waa obtained from tha
independent atatlsna, vhere y$tr
6s?'s price to&s is cents.
Ttt increase, a explained tey A.
P. .Jofenwn, EraanssBF of the Stand
ard Oil c&mnan? nere, la tne result
of the control effected in crude oil
production, whltn naturally brought
an increase In the price of that
product and autesnattcalij boosted
the gasoline price.
The caatnaltn of Ror. erankiin
It. Hooseteit fsbriw) foe b
rraile nomination aa preldrnt a
heeo managed hr 4tmf i. f aflfj
toelowj of fift vejfe
JoNffl BEATEN
kndml Feud ef Orange and
Green Flares Anew As 0s
vsut Travel to Dublin
Eushamife Congress
BELFAST. Northern Tlnd, nz
27, $AF$ Soffire s Irish ms aiwS
and w&sws BuiKfii snore or teas r
loua injuries today after a flaring of
the ancient feud feetweea the Orange
and the Green yesterday.
In several parts of northern Ireland
Catholic piigriras, on their m-sy fes the
eJoj&sg ceressoniea of t&e SucharistSa
congress at SbUs we? attacked
After rliw jSo4 in four l5
seven of oine trains carrying the pil
grims were atoned between Parts
down and Belfast, Excursion etam
era carrying pilgrim also were pelted
wUh atones at Iame and several men
wer struck, St-rss-p aiso erse&ed s3sru
the windows of the St, &af?iR
chspej at Iatb.
To Prot C&rdinal
As a Tsauit of &e attacks the
government of northern Ireland waa
taking precaution today to protect
Cardinal Lsisri, the papal legate, when
ha visits Ulster tcmorrcw. Every part
of his route from the free atate bor
oni3n&d on Fag Tar
- By LESLIE SMITH
(Associated PreM Staff Writer)
CHiCAGG, June I?. jAPj Aer-
nwnt to TiKHBaa i, vcsjah
nf Monissa Jor emnnt hairas
of t Semocrttio natienai cortrers
tlon which opened oday, was reached
by the Oregon delegation of JO is
cancna at Oregoa hesdquarters .
Sunday, Aorogation of tha two-
thirds rale in favor of majority rule,
likewise waa approved by the Oregoa
group.
Although t oonfidetitlai poll i&2nd
ths cr;f jrsrSr-r. feady to follow t3
Koose?elt organleatloa is th
statter of & vicr-prrs-.eotisl candi
date, it was decided at the caucus
to support MiSicn A, aSiller of Port,
land tor that position. Whether
this support Is purely nominal, tlx
result of Miller's scattered wriie-la
ots Sb 3 Muy tSeetlea, s nat
dettrnsiised in the ueua, or s
SJwre any iBdScstloB to so wef
it woitid continiie. Thert waa talt
of asiiirjf ifflier to release ths oei
gatien, bat it was understood
ths delegates that this did not
with the favor of the ei-senstor.
The Gregsn delegation .Toted
aissport a gr4caUati piss draws
by 8. B. AidrlcSs, dliof f !S
Pendleton Bast-Oregonias. bub
ir.ar sns3det3os of sericulture SsJ
ths gowmnsett em the
aa that asjeyed by indasiry. -i
K Carson, Jr resolatiaEs tonunit
teeman. waa tostrucied te press thia
proposal.
Ok itc the retii ot his
o" i "daustb B- fS
ton t nasry h, assitd
hia wile, 5- wiS !-'J!T''5K
b, then fatallj shot oSosself with
a shotgus SunoaT,
Tht daughter, Sonnla. told Coro
ner 3 C. iwi" was awak
ened ri la the tnoristeg bl ne
-e1a' : 4s. ah
w h HseSSer, ahotgsja ia
ruaaScg down th sa.
TU5M1SS3TOS. S. 5- 3u 5T
(APi Co!. Snarl. A. Urn! derail wa
sworn In as th first preseeutlon wit
neae a th trial of John Hfh
CurSI tod.,
Th tiha rit toot th stand
Sa tii triai nf Cutis en Srg ef
sbttriseting ititso SB th stdsasiaf
of SsS Ssahy Prosseator Asthsnj
H. tiasKl. la sis epasSng trraswat,
bad toia th aalcaly aeiected JJt?
th Korfol shipbuilder had been in
actual contact with th aldnapsrs
and Knew wiser that war aaa to
otiia boy u tfiiiod.