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MEDFORD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1932.
No. 216.
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settled with occasional rains. Little
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Comment
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By FRANK JENKINS
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS lets
f contracta for two giant alrplanea
designed for paaaenger and freight
. aervlca over any of the world'! ocean
trade routes.
Each plane will be powered bj four
engines, and will carry 60 paaiengera
In addition to Its freight load.
Colonel Lindbergh - attends the
meeting of the board at which the
contracta are let.
SOMEBODY, you see, letlll look
ing forward to a future in which
there will be advancement and pro
gress. GOING to the other extreme, the
village of London, Ohio, shuts
V off Its electric llghta In order to save
tax money. Whereupon residents get
v out their lanterns and light their
own way about the streets.
But we AREN'T going back to the
kerosene lamp age. Tbla la merely
an Isolated Instance.
ROSS ALLENr of ' Salem, West Vir
ginia, la adjudged the healthiest
4-H club boy In the United Statea.
He tells the reporters he DOESN'T
like spinach, and never eata It.
ROSS ALLEN "isn't a food author
ity. Dr. Morrla Plshbeln, editor
of the Journal of the American Med
ical Association IS. Dr. PUhbeln
aays:
Y "Spinach la greatly overestimated.
Such stuff la for horsuj nd donkeys.
It may put Iron In your blood, but
It also puts a lot of aand In your
system.1'
ANYHOW, the world la making
SOME progress.
It was formerly believed, you know,
that only those foods that people
didn't like were good lor them. And
medicine, in order to have any cura
tive value, must taste like the very
devil.
. A few authorities in these days
are beginning to admit that foods
that are good to eat may be all right
from the health standpoint, and if
you are ever ao unfortunate aa to
have to take medicine you know
that most of It In these days haa a
rather agreeable taste.
SOUTHERN OREGON la a great
country for beef, mutton, pork
and potatoes, with prunes, broccoli
and years, and plenty of good golden
butter to spread over the bread
all food that tastes good as It goee
down and sticks to the ribs after It
gets there.
Some day, If human progress con
tinues, some food authority will arlae
in hla place and proclaim that these
delicious foods are actually GOOD
TOR PEOPLE.
y -OR generations ' in thla country
l" the idea persisted that it la Im
moral to have a good time. There
are varloua waya of doing It, of
course, some better than others, but
people are slowly coming around to
the notion that there la nothing In
herently sinful In enjoying life as
one goes along.
The world moves.
ABOR FEDERATION Plans Mll
Li ltant Drive for Shorter Work
Week." So reada a he.vlline in the
news cf toe day.
The Idea la that the shorter work
week will provide Jobs for more peo
ple, which will be a mighty good
thine.
It will ALSO provide more leisure
frf having a good time.
TO OUR great-grandfathers, that
would have seemed TERRIBLE.
Their belief was that one should
work from sunrise to sundown, and
do the chorea afterward by way of
light relaxation.
Leisure, In those days, wsa some
thing to be blushed for.
OFTEN enough,' then, leisure WAS
something to be blushed for,
for aa like aa not it was spent In a
saloon the saloon being about the
only place to spend leisure time,
aside from the streets, and getting
drunk waa about the ' only ' relaxa
tion available to ordinary people.
Even it the saloon should come
back, as a result of the swing of
the pendulum away from prohibi
tion. It wouldn't be aa bad aa It
used to be. People now hare more
and better ways of spending their
leisure time, and getting drunk la
f no longer the only relaxation to be
had.
In MANY WAYS the world moves.
Oold Beach John Theilen p'.ana 'o
reopen Oold Beach bakery In near
future.
E RELIEF
Speaker Makes Flat Predic
tionSecretary Stimson
- Hints Situation Made
Clear to Debtor Nations
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. (AP) A
flat prediction that congress will not
act to relieve America's war debtors
was made today by Speaker Garner.
At about the aame time. Secretary
Stimson told newspapermen "It may
not be necessary to reply" to the lat
est notes from Great Britain and
Prance asking suspension respectively
of payments of $95,650,000 and $20,
000,000 due In less than two weeks.
"Congress Is not going to change
the situation," the democratic vice-president-elect
told reporters.
Should Realize Necessity
"I said to Mr. Hoover,- when I was
down at the White House a week or
so ago, that the sooner the European
nations realized the United States
expects to be paid the better off the
whole world wilhbe," Garner added.
"I still think that.
'They (the debtor nations) may
continue to talk about It all they
please, but congress won't do any
thing about It. We have the right
over here to do what we think best,
Just as they have."
While he did not elaborate, the
statement of Secretary Stimson was
understood to mean the government
feels Its position has been clearly
stated In Its replies to the original
requests and that the latest commu
nications from Britain and France
present no new proposals requiring
answer.
No Reason Advanced
In answering the first British and
French notes as well as those from
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RAIL EXECUTIVES
NEW YORK, Dec. J (AP) Rail
road circles heard today that the
principal recommendation of the As
sociation of Railway Executives In
the extensive brief prepared for the
national transportation committee la
that wages of railway labor be per
manently "liquidated" by at least the
amount of the 10 per cent tempo
rary reduction now in effect.
The national committee, headed by
Calvin Coolldge, haa received the
brief, it la said, and will begin to
review it when the committee re
sumes its sessions December 8. The
document was approved by the ad
visory committee of the Association
of Railway Executives at a meeting
held earlier in the week.
FEARS NO SHARKS
VICTORIA, B. C., Deo. . JP) The
"Swimming Mailman of the South
seas," Charles 8. Ramsay, arrived
here today by the liner Niagara on
his way to hla avacado ranch at
Vista In southern California.
Ramsay, who haa lived for 20 year
In the Tonga group of islands, left
Honolulu late last month. For 11
yeara hla Job haa been to swim out
to ships off the Island of Nluafoou.
through surf too rough for a boat,
and tow back mall for the Island In
a 40-pound biscuit can, while sharks
trailed alongside.
"The sharks," he said, "seemed
playful. They never molested me."
Mrs. Garnett Out
'Eugene Hospital
EUGENE, Dec. J. (AP) Mrs. Ben
Oarnett, Medford. Injured In an auto,
mobile accident here November 30.
waa released from the hospital here
today. Her husband, who sustained
a fractured hln. Is still in th. fcmmitai
under medical treatment.
Borah Says Debts Only
One Depression Cause
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (AP)
Chairman For. of the senate for
eign relations committee ssld today
ths war debts owed this country were
only one cause of the world's econo
mic troubles and that It was "unfair
to ask the American taxpayers to
contribute their part for the removal
of these causes and leave behind
causes which will maJce their con
tributions wholly Ineffective."
"With the powerful presentation of
the world's present economic condi
tions found la the (Brit tab note
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For 'nearly 100 yeara the deed to a strip of land In what now Is
Chlcago'a loop haa carried a clause specifying "cow rights" to the atrip,
which cover land valued at $177,000. So It waa news when a real cow
and her calf walked along the path now the ground of a tunnel under
ekyacraper In connection with the opening of this year's International
Livestock enow. (Aaaoclated Pre Photo)
INGTONFF
WENATCHEE. -Wash., Dec 2. (AP)
Reversing a policy that has been In
effect for 28 years, the Washington
Horticultural society went on record
today- favoring drastic reduction In
the state's commercial fruit crops.
Exorbitant transportation costs was
given as the only reason.
Heretofore the association has di
rected Its efforts towards Increasing
fruit production In the state of
Washington, points out a resolution
drawn up by the "committee of
twenty" and adopted by the associa
tion. But "conditions have developed
that In the face of exorbitant trans
portation costs, It Is felt that the
time haa now come for a reversal of
our policy," the resolution reads.
The resolution calls for a perma
nent committee to make a study of
ways of reducing production and
recommends that Its findings be dis
seminated among all growers of the
state.
Month Moratorium
For Colfax Banks
COLFAX. Wash.. Dec. 2. (AP)
Mayor Simon Drelfus today proclaim
ed a two months' business holiday to
permit Colfax banks and other bus
iness Institutions 'to fight the de
pression." In his proclamation Mayor Drelfus
said the holiday waa made necessary
"by the low pnc of wheat and other
agricultural commodities."
Grange Leader
Dies In Durfur
CORVALLI8, Ore., Dev. 3. (AP)
M. M. Burtner, 70, of Dufur, widely
known for his leadership in Grange
affairs, died yesterday at his home
following a month's illness. He was
the father of John C. Burtner, prom
inent Corvallls newspaper man.
During three sessions of the state
legislature at Salem, M. M. Burtner
served as & member of the Orange
legislative committee. -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (AP)
Franklin W. Fort, chairman of the
federal home loan bank board, an
nounced today that the total of un
conditional and conditional stock
subscriptions In the federal home
loan bank system amounted to 11,
705,081. TOLEDO Bids received for dredg
ing approximately 32,000 cubic yards
of material from Depot slough, off
Yequlna river, near this place.
note, I entirely agree." said Borah,
"I think It la also true, as stated
In the note, 'the countries of the
world csn not even begin to consider
how to restore this mechanism until
the. causes which undermine confi
dence have been removed.
"Assuming that the debts Is nne of
the most Important causes, It is at
best only one. And It Is unfair to
ask the American tax payers to con
tribute their part for the removal of
these caunes and leave behind causes
which wis fr.sk t their contribution
wholly ineffective.
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UNIONTOWN, Pa., Deo. 2. (AP)
As several hundred atlf-stylcd "hun
ger marchers" moved out of Pitts
burgh billets early today on their
way to Washington, federal officers
raided alleged communist headquar
ters in Unlontown, where prepara
tions were under way to welcome the
"marchers."
About a score was arrested.
More than 500 men and women
breakfasted at Bohemian hall in
Pittsburgh, loaded trucks and auto
mobiles with gasoline and surplus
food paid for by the city and con
tinued their trek to the capital.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (AP)
nine women, among them several
social reglsterltes, were declined au
dience with President Hoover today
when they called at the White House
as members of what they termed
"The Women's Independent Commit
tee of the Constitutional Rights of
the Hunger Marchers."
Led by Mrs. William B. Field, Jr.
of New York, they filed Into the
office of Theodore Joslln, one of Mr.
Hoover's secretaries, and were told
by him It would be impossible for
them to present their petition to
the president In person.
After a protracted exchange, the
committee left the W,mt House car
rylng with them their petition, but
saying they would return later.
The petition asked for a favorable
reception to the marchers converg
ing here.
Mrs. .Field told newspaper men:
"We Intend to see Vice-President
Curtis, Spe&ker Garner and some of
the responsible members of ongress
Immediately." ...
She had 'acted as spokesman at
Joslln' office, asking who made the
decision that the president could not
be seen.
"I did," Joalln said.
"Is this the usual manner of re
ceiving petitions?" Mrs. Field ssked.
"Each Is Judged on its merits."
Joslln replied, adding that he was
In position to Judge the merits of
statements to be placed before the
chief executive.
BOOK OF WEEKS
TO LIE IN STATE
For the benefit of the many friends
of the late Fred W. Weaks who would
desire to take their final leave, the
remains will lie In state at the Con
ger chapel from 10 a. m. Saturday
until noon Sunday.
Services conducted by the Fev.
Alexander G. Bennett, will atart
promptly at 2:30 Sunday, after which
the body will be taken to Portland
for cremation.
Jap Near Death
From Slugging
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 2 (AP
Hospital authorities today h'ld little
hope for the recovery of Frank 8.
Matsueda, Japanese proprietor of a
Portland hotel who was slugged by
sn unidentified assailant last nl?ht
when he went to the hotel basement
to fix the furnare. Poii'.e exp.-ev.ed
belief the assailant's motive was robber.
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Last Five Months of Fiscal
Year Saw ; Deficit In
creased $751,311,422
Income Tax Returns Lag
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (AP) The
government ended five months of its
1933 fiscal year on November 30 with
a deficit of 9751.311.423 and a gross
public debt of 20,806,013,836.
The gross debt had Increased more
than 3 .000,000,000 aince November 30,
1931, when It amounted to $17,310,-
026.954.
The debt compared with a pre-war
debt on March 31, 1017 of H.282.044.
346 and the peak war debt on August
31, 1919, of 926.506,701.648.
During the five months of the
present year the government haa col
lected from all sources 680.894,151
and has spent 91.432,205,593.
Income Tax Lags.
The new taxes levied In the billion
dollar tax bill have caused mlscel
laneous Internal revenue to increase
approximately 973,000.000 over last
year, bringing In a total of 9314,320,-
105. The actual gain In these taxes,
however, was offset by a drop of 9155,-
000.000 In Income taxes collected in
five months of this year aa compared
to the same period a yesr ago.
The total collections from Income
tax on November 30 amounted to
$202,480,542.
Customa duties also have fallen,
bringing in 9117.723.232 in the five
months, as compared with 9170,840,
389 last year.
8pemltnr .Decreased, . .
The general expenditures showed a
decrease as compared to last year,
amounting to 9977,011.895, aa com
pared with 91.166.118.180, but Interest
on the public debt Increased, total
ing 9232.023,237 as' compared 'with
9195,710,857. Ordinary expenditures
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CHAMPION BEEF
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CHICAGO, Dec. 2. (VP) The cham
pion beef carcass at the International
Livestock exposition sold at auction
today for 27 cents a, pound, well above
the retail market for prime beef. It
was produced by J. Omar Cole of
Peru, Ind.
Betty Park man of Aledo, 111., 13-year-old
club girl, got 20 cents a
pound for the reserve champion car-
ERIN HOPE
OF FARM RELIEF
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2. (AP)
Expressing the hope that agricul
tural relief will be given fullest at
tention at the short session of con
gress, United States Senator Freder
ick Stelwer left Portland last night
for Washington, D. C He expects
to arrive In time for the opening of
the session Monday morning.
Before leaving the senator observed
that farm relief Is of mors Import
ance to the people of the northwest
than either the prohibition or the
foreign debts problems.
RAILROADER'S DEATH
LA GRANDE, Ore., Dee. 2. (AP)
Robert ("Jack") Newman, Jointly
charged with Fred Moore In connec
tion with the killing of E. L. Smith,
Union Pac'flc railroad detective, near
Hllgard, August 4, today pleaded
guilty to a charge of manslaughter
with the consent of the district at
torney, circuit Judge J. W. Knowles
sentenced Newman to four years In
the penitentiary and fined hlra 950
Sleeping Couple
. Near Cremation
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2. (AP)
C. E. Leaf was severely burned and
his wife escaped only by Jumping
out of a first-floor window when
flames destroyed their home here to
day. Mrs, Leaf awoke at 2:15 a. m.
to aee flames rolling from under the
door from the living room. She
streamed, awakening her husband
asleep in another room, then Jumped
through the bedroom window.
Property Vanishes.
TORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 2, (AP)
Property belonging to Mrs. D. A. Paine
of Eugene and valued at 93000, 1s
mUnlng from the room In a Portland
hftel where ahe stored It In 1929
when she moved from Portland to
Eugene, police disclosed today.
VOTE ON REPEAL
Garner Announces Permis
sion for Democratic Reso
lution Monday Judiciary
Committee Is Obstacle
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (AP)
Speaker Garner announced tonight
he would permit the democratic pro
hlbltlon repeal resolution to be
brought to a Vote Monday In the
house.
The announcement was made after
the judiciary committee declined oy
a vote or 10 to 6 to authorise Chair
man Sumners to submit the resolu
tion for a vote under suspension of
the rules.
"I will recognize Mr. Sumncra first;
If he wants to offer the resolution,"
Garner said. "If he doesn't want
to offer It I'll recognize Representa
tive Ralney of Illinois (the Demo
cratlo leader).
"I'm going to keep faith with the
American people," Garner continued
"No man living ever can say that I
have not kept faith with my con
stituents. This time they are the
American people and I am going to
keep faith with them.'
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BATTLES SLASH
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. (AP)
Pinch hitters of the National Guard,
with blood In their eyes, hurried to
Washington today to stave off. If
possible, a threatened cut of approxl?
mately one-half In militia drill ap
proprlatlona.
Ready to go to bat, a score or more
members of the National Guard as
sociation were en route with the
president Brigadier General Claude
V. Blrkhead, of San Antonio, Texas
and others already here, primed with
what they consider potent arguments.
Nearly 190.000 officers and men m
more than 3000 communities scattered
throughout the country would be af
fected by economy plans before the
budget bureau to lop off something
like 96.000,000 from the state militia
funds.
GREEN AGAIN TO
LEAD UNION IN
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 2. (AP)
William Green today waa unant
mously chosen president of - the
American Federation of Labor, for
the ninth consecutive year.
Green again reiterated his In ten
tlon to use vigorous methods to gain
acceptance of the federation's pro
gram of unemployment -Insurance
and the 30-hour week.
"We must translate the militant
spirit of this convention Into ac
tlon." he said. "We will plead for
co-operation, but where we cannot
get It, we will use every legitimate
power at our command."
WASHINGTON COAST
SEATfLB, Dec. 3. f AP) Storm
warnings flying along Puget Sound
and the Washington coast today sent
small craft scurrying for cover as a
wind -borne rain pelted the region
and sent small streams to flood stage
and overflowing onto low Unds.
The wind, mostly south and south
westerly reached moderate gale veloc
ity last night, but sent temperatures
in western Washington generally
above normal.
Druggist Beans Bandit
With Bottle of Syrup
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec J. fTl In
the simple syrup from a druggist's
soda fountain boitle polloe today
hoped to find the simple clue that
would lead to the apprehension of a
holdup man.
Whi-n the assailant wsUed Into a
Portland drug store last night and
confronted R- L. Jones, proprietor,
with a M caliber automatic, it waa
with the aiigiteslton that Jones turn
over to him the contents of th, cash
register.
Instead, the fearless pharmacist
turned over to him the contents of
a large bottle of simple ayrup. crash
ing the flask down lustily over the
gunman' head, Willie the tblclu
-.a y
Maurins Knouse of Emporia,
Kas., has been chosen as the 1932
-H club leadership champion from
thousands of competing farm girls.
(Associated Press Photol
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ILK PRICE HERE
Plana to be presented at an open
meeting of milk producers and dis
tributors, aimed to end th. strife
now existing and to bring the price
on whole milk back to a paying ba
sis, are being formulated this after
noon at a meeting of the committee,
appointed at yesterdny'a meeting. On
the committee are Dick Strauss of
Sams Valley, W. C. Blankenahlp of
Central Point, George Gtllman of the
Midway road, cnirater Wendt of Jack.
aonvllle and Ted ClcBsucr of the
Oold Seal creamery.
The committee la meeting with
(Continued on Page Twelve)
FAT SALARIES TO
MAY BREAK CITY
ALBANY, N. Y., Dee. 2. (AP)
The state moved quickly today to
help the government of New York
city avert what was called a threat
ened financial crisis.
Acting Governor Herbert H. Leh
man announced he would call an
extraordinary session of the legisla
ture next Friday.
The object Is to consider a proposal
to restore control over salaries now
(Continued on Page Twelve)
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SALEM. Dec. 3, (AP) Three In
cendiary fires, which police said were
all set between S and 6:30 o'clock
this morning, were successful In com
plete destruction of the Producers'
Co-operative cannery, and small dam
age to the Cobbs and Mitchell Lum
ber company, and the Oregon Elec
tric warehouse In Salem.
While the cannery was an old struc
ture, it was reported that stock In
the plant was extensive. An estimate
on the loss could not be made at
once. Fires In both the other Indus
trial plants were put out before they
did much damagft to buildings, but
stored hops -at the Oregon Electric
warehouse may have been damaged,
firemen reported.
sticky sucstance coursed sluggishly
down the man's neck and over his
suit, Jones attempted to wrest the
gun from him, but the aasallant
broke looae and sprinted out the
door, looking like an animated van
nilla sundae.
police were agreed that the only
way the would-be robber will ever
be able to get that ayrup off bis
suit will be to take It to a cleaner
and cleaners of the city have been
asked to notify polloe Immediately
If such a lob cornea In.
Jones later discovered thst while
he was struggling with the gunmsn
another light-fingered Individual re
moved IM from the till.
FOR COMPROMISE
IN DEBTSOF NEWS
Ousted Employes and Coun
sel for Both Sides In Meet
ing Receivership Action
Is Awaiting Outcome
Further proceedings in the hearing
on a petition for the appointment of
a receiver for the Medford News, L. A.
Banks, editor and publisher, were ad.
Journed thla afternoon until tomor
row at 10 o'clock. Attorney M. O,
Wllklna for the defense said that a
parley would be held between counsel
for both sides this afternoon In an
effort to reach a settlement.
The parley was attended by H. T.
Hubbnrd, Arthur Schoenl, ' Moore
Hamilton and Ernest Scott, former
News employees, and their attorneys,
E. E. Kelly. Porter J. Neff and Frank
DeSouaa, and Attorney M. O. Wllklna
and L. A. Banks. It waa held In the
courthouse law library.
Would Settle Case.
Attorney Wllklna said In open
court that "negotiations were under
way for a settlement of the case."
Judge James T. Brand directed that
the hearing of motlona and demur
rers in libel sulfa Instituted against
the Kewa be heard at four o'clock
this afternoon.
All legal action In connection with
the receivership case was In abeyance
pending the outcome of the parley.
Demurrer Overruled.
Judge Brand, at the morning ses
sion, sustained the demurrer of the
defense to the complAlnt fn the re
ceivership pica, and. at the afternoon
session, when an amended complaint
waa filed, overruled It,
Developments at the morning sea
slon of court were aa follows:
-The court sustained the demurrer
of the defense, In all but one claim
holding that the court had Jurisdic
tion, that ft was not necessary for
all creditors to be listed as plaintiffs,
but that the complaint should be
made stronger and more specific. In
that portion alleging insolvency. The
plaintiff was given the right to amend
the complaint to cover this ruling on
the demurrer and then overruled the
demurrer when this was done. -
After the decision of the court, at
torneys for the plaintiff filed an af
fidavit alleging contempt of court
against Llewellyn A. Banks, as editor
of ths morning paper.
Attempt to Influence.
The affidavit allege that the article
appearing November 18, entitled "Bra
eon Conspiracy," the article published
November 30, captioned, "More Hern
iations Hubbard's Treachery," and
the articles published today, headed
"Put the News Out of Business,'' and
"More Enlightenment," are "con
temptuous," Intended "to impede the
progress of Justice," "to Influence ths
court" during the pendency of ths
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PORTLAND Blda will be received
by Oregon atate highway commission
December 4, on road and bridge pro
ecta Involving (1,000,000.
Will
rogehs
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Deo.
1. They got a "gag" in these
colleges now; When they slip
up behind an old boy or girl
and say, "What are you going
to major in!"
"Oh, professor, I am not
goin' in tlio army; I ain't going
to do any majoring."
"I mean ,what U to be your
life 's work t Hurry up now, let
me know before noon."
Now there is nothing they
can do, - yet they are told to
make up their minds what it is.
Suppose professors and teach
ers wcro told they couldn't,
teach any more, but to make up
their miuds what they were go
ing to "major" in t
If somebody took my little
jok'es and good looks away
from me, I know it would take
mo a right smart spell before I
could make up my mind what
lo "major" in, especially if
this 18th amendment is voted
out. Tours,
IT