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MEDFOKL), OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1932.
Twenty-Seventh Year
No. 232,
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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
BEFORE the cold apell that visited
the Paclflo Coast recently pro
viding us, for a tew days, with some
thing other than the depression to
talk about cabbage waa selling at
retail lor around a cent pound.
It la now selling lo around SEVEN
eenta a pound.
WHY?
Well, thla la tha atory: Here
on the Paclflo Coast, we don't store
cabbage In root cellara. but leave It
.....i.- weather cold enough to
damage cabbage not being expected
here. But thla winter tha cold
weather CAME, and the cabbage crop
of Oregon. WasMlngon and California
was extensively damaged.
The damage reduced supply, and
in response to the reduced supply
the price WENT UP.
w w ftr law could have been
li passed, and It nothing had hap
pened to change the existing rela-
tlonshlp between aupply and demand
the price of cabbage would have re
mained low.
The farm board could have spent
millions of dollars In market-sustain
tag operations, as It did In the caae
of wheat and cotton, but If nothing
had happened the price of cabbage
would STILL HAVE REMAINED
LOW.
But along comes a freeze and dam
iibbm extensively, thus
CHANGING the relationship between
aupply and demand by reducing the
available aupply, and IMMEDIATE
LY the price of cabbage goes ifp
sharply.
WE CAN talk until we are niac
in the face about why prices
of farm producta are low and who
la responsible for It, and congress can
pass lawa from now until doomsday
la an effort to provide relief, but
tha fact remains that SUPPLY AND
DEMAND control prlcea.
When there are more sellers than
buyers, prlcea will be low and will
STAY low. But when aomethlng
happens to bring mora buyers than
sellers Into the market, prlcea will
RISE.
That alwaya has been the case, and
It always will be.
LAST year, onions were Ihlgh In
price, whereas for yeara previ
ously they had been low. Why?
Well, for many yeara the price of
onions waa so low that It didn't pay
to raise them, so production fell off.
Then, all of a sudden, It waa discov
ered that the aupply of onions was
low, and at once more buyers than
aellera appeared In the markets. That
Is to say, the demand waa greater
( than the supply.
So the price WENT UP.
np he price of wheat la disastrously
L low. and has remained so for
years, In spit of costly and world
wide efforts to raise It: such aa our
half-blllloa dollar farm board enter
prise. Why has the price of wheat re
mained low?
VJERE are some figures that tell
I tell the story.
For tha five years before the war,
wheat acreage In the United States
averaged 50,829,000 acres. The price
Tha price average at Chicago for
these five yeara waa 79.4 cents per
bushel.
Then along cornea the war, with a
tremendous demand for wheat, and
soaring prlcea the prlcea rising
sharply because, In consequence of
war demand, there were more buy
ers than sellers In the market.
In 1919, the price of wheat In Chi
cago waa 2.23'-i. and the land sown
to wheat In this country had In
creased to 73.019,000 acrea. That Is
to say, wheat acreage In thla country
had Increased approximately 60 per
cent.
fHS war ended In November, 1918,
1 but of course, the demand for
wheat did not Immediately fall off,
and It took several years for Russia
and other war-torn countries to get
back to normal production. But the
war demand DID finally end, and
Russia and other European produc
ers DID get back to normal produc
tion, so that In time there were more
sellers than buvers of wheat In the
markets.
So the price went down and
STAYED DOWN, because the big
wheat acreage stimulated by the war
remained In wheat. Wheat acreage
In the United States li Jttll far above
(Continued on Pag Four)
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Advocates of Foaming Stein
Carry Final Roll Call, 230
to 165 First .Direct
Vote to Loosen Laws
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. IP)
Upon passage of the beer bill by
the house, senate Icadera an
nounced that prompt considera
tion would be given to the
measure by their branch.
WASHINGTON, Dec. .1 (AP) The
house passed the Collier beer bill to
day with votes to spare.
In a crashing finale to two days of
tumultous debate, the representatives
went on record for legalizing of beer
containing 3.3 per cent of alcohol by
weight, an amount equal to 4 per
cent by volume.
The final roll call came upon the
heels of an overwhelming refusal to
send the bill back to the committee,
an action which topped a day-long
procession of votes to beat back every
single amendment offered.
First Direct Vote
The action marked the first time
since adoption of the Volstead Act
that either branch of congress had
held a vote directly on the Issue of
relaxing the fundamental prohibition
enforcement law.
The beer advocates piled up a
comfortable majority on the first call
of the roll, aa compared with the de
feat last year of a 'beer measure 328
to 169.
The chamber waa crowded during
ine progress of the call. The galler
ies were sprinkled with many repre
sentatives of wet and dry organiza
tions.
The bill waa passed by a vote of
230 to 105.
Senate leadera announced plans for
prompt consideration of the beer bill.
Senator Robinson, Democratlo lead-
, said he would ask to have the
measure referred to the Judiciary com-
mlttee and then to the finance com
mittee. He said he saw no reason for delay
In either committee, and gave assur
ance the bill would be given "prompt
action."
Chairman Norrla of the Judiciary
committee aald unless there were ob
jections to It, he would refer the bill
to the same aubcommlttee now con
sidering prohibition repeal legisla
tion, headed by Senator Blaine (R.,
Wis.)
Republlcana voting against the bill
Included Hawley of Oregon.
BT. FALLS SEEKS
FEDERAL MONEY
The city of Butte rails today pre
pared an application to .the FVderM
Reconstruction corporation, for
loan of tMOOO, to be used In con
struction of a water system.
The application will be filed with
the finance corporation branch at
Portland. Attorney Porter J. Neff
complied the papers for the loan, and
said It would be forwarded to Port
land tomorrow.
If the application Is granted, the
money sought will be available, with
in a month.
The loan is sought by Butte Palls,
through Its city council, under the
Finance Corporation clause covering
municipal public works.
Today's Sunlight
Shortest of Year
CHICAGO. 111.. Dec. 31. (AP) If
you wish to accomplish a day's work
today you'll have to work Just a
little faster than usual.
It's the shortest day of the year
In the northern hC3.lsn.here.
Winter, despite recent signs to the
contrary, officially arrives at 6:15
o'clock (P. B. T.) tonight.
Immigration
During Depression
WASHINGTON. Te. 21. VT Sec
retary Stlmson today reported to
President Hoover thst as a result of
emergency bars ajralnst Immigration,
over 500.000 aliens who normally
would have entered the United States
"during the economic deprewlon"
have been held out.
The secretary of state reported this
result had ta?en accomplished solely
through the enforcement of existing
provlnlons of law, principally the
clause excluding persons likely to
become a public charge."
Breaking down his total into small
er figures. Stlmson said that during
the fiscal year ended Jun? 30, 132.
only 12.697 quota Immigration visas
were Iued as compared with the to
tal annual quntrjs of 153.811.
In addition, he said, there waa a
u "-v ti
Lester M. Hall of St. Loult, called
the oldest active scoutmaster In the
United States, was congratulated
by President Hoover on his eighti
eth birthday anniversary. (Associ
ated Press Photo)
FLU EPIDEMIC IN
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 21. (AP)
Influenza In probably the most viru
lent form since the plague of 1918,
now Is sweeping over Oregon and
southwestern Washington, health of
ficers said today Probably-a-dssen
schools In the section are closed and
the sick list la estimated at several
thousand.
Deaths are believed to .have reach
ed 0 or 25. three having been re
ported from The Dalles within a
week.
In Portland estimates of those 111
from influenza range from 300 to
400, At The Dalles physicians said
they had treated 500 or 600. More
than 800 pupils and 13 teachers there
were absent. Salem had mote than
200 students 111, and at Corvallls
nearly that number were 111. More
than 600 children In Vancouver were
Influenza victims, with normal ab
sences running about 100 a day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. (AP) A
growing spread of Influenza now to
taling 33,823 reported cases, was an
nounced today by the public health
service.
There were 3,088 cases November
19: 6,036 cases November 36; -14,201
cases December 3; 26,144 cases De
cember 10. The disease -has been
mostly mild and the deattis few.
On the west coast the disease Is
on the decline.
Journalism Class
Inspects Job Shop
The Journalism clas of the Medford
high school visited the Job depart
ment of the Mall Tribune this morn
ing, accompanied b Ralph Bailey,
Instructor, and devoted the full ctaai
hour to viewing equipment In the
shop and watching progress of the
HI Times, school paper, published by
the Job department on Orape street.
There were 30 students In the dele
gation.
REFUSE EXTRADITION
CHAIN GANG FUGITIVE
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 21. (AP)
Governor A. Harry Moore today re
fused to extradite Robert Elliott
Bums, fugitive author, to Georgia,
where he twice escaped from a chain
Sng.
.- ...
Sheridan V. K. Fraker and Roy
Neely opening card room and radio
and sporting goods store In old Ideal
Cafe building.
Sharply Cut
reduction In the number of allnn
not subject to quota limitations from
45,990 during the previous fiscal year
to 24.040 during the past year.
As compwed with the 107,460 non
quota atlens who entered the United
States during the fi-al year ended
June 30. 1030. he pointed out. the
reduction last year was one of 776
prr cent.
"The number of non-quota 1mm!
gratlon vIaas luud to native o
non-quota countries, which comprl
most of the countries of the western
hemisphere during the period men
tioned, amounted to 0,392. he said
"representing a dccrciAe of S2.6 and
84 9 per cent as compared with 19,
815 and 62 41. respectively, the num
ber of familiar visas issued during
the previous two years."
STATES IN NIGHT
Series of Shocks, Starting at
10:10 PM., Center in Ne
vadaCalifornia Startled
by Pronounced Rocking
As Tar rm could he ascertained
In Medford today, no one In this
vlclii it y f Pit I lie rnrt hquak
whlcV visited western territory
lat night.
SAN PRANCIiSCO. Dec. 21. (yp) A
strong earthquake shook virtually the
entire western United States, embrac
ing about a fifth of the nation, last
night. Seismologists said It was the
most severe in the area since 1025.
No serious damage was reported
from the series of shocks which be
gan at 10:10 p. m. (Pacific Standard
time) and continued with diminish
ing intensity until 11:15 o'clock. The
quake centered In Nevada where win
dows of some buildings were shat
tered. Wide Area Rocked.
Clocks were stopped In cities as
widely separated as Salt Lake City,
Utah, and Fresno, Cal. Chandeliers
swayed, pictures were thrown awry
and some crockery broken.
A few minutes later newspapers in
the area received hundreds of tele
phone calls asking the source of the
shocks. Most of the queries came
from persons reporting swaying chan
deliers or stopped docks.
Center In Nevada.
Seismologists agreed the quake cen
tered in Nevada, where several minor
(Continued on Page Pour)
THURSDAY BALL IN
OF
The Medford Asoclatlon of the Un
employed announce dtoday through
the manager, Harry G. moo re, tnat
the work on the group will continue
throughout the winter, and that, In
order to assist In the financing of
operations; a public dance will be
given on Thursday evening, Decem
ber 22, at Dreamland hall, In the
Ch liners building. Music for the oc
casion will be provided by the Oregon
Lumberjacks.
The organization has been in ex
istence since early last summer, and
numbers nearly BOO residents of Med
ford in Its membership, nearly all
of whom are heads of families, many
of them home owners. The associa
tion Is organized for the purpose of
aiding each member In the solution
of mutual problems, and a great deal
of constructive work has already been
accomplished, according to general
reports.
The assolatlon'a work has been
carried on largely without a great
deal of publicity, but through Its
efforts a?veral thousand hours of
work have been provided to the mem
bers of the group. It has secured
and distributed to Its members over
150 tons of foodstuffs, during the
fall and early winter months, and
maintains a commissary department,
located in the old city hall building.
where material Is gathered for dis
tribution to the unemployed.
The funds derived from the dance
Thursday evening will be used to fur
ther increase the aupply of materials
In the commlseary, and to provide
additional work for many of the un-
moloved in the city, according to
Mr. Moore, and a generous response
on the part of the public la urgca.
6 SCARLETTEVER
CEI
Dr. C. I. DrummoiMl. county phy
slclan, atatd this morning that about
alx caM of acarlrt fewr ara under
quarantine at th. prant tlma In
Central Point, with two caa "quit
severe." The epidemic, h. stated, has
been prevalent there since early m
the fall, and has not been cleared
up "as a result of carelessness of the
people who have It. and fall to re
port, In order that they might be
placed under quarantine.'1
Dr. Drummond said that aeveral
who had been qtiarantlned did not
observe the restrictions, thereby
spreading the Illness.
Voorhies Attends
Credit Board Meet
Colonel Gordon Voorhle. local or
chardtat and member of the regional
agricultural credit corporation board.
left last night for Portland for a
meeting of tha board. He took with
him an application form mada up
here for consideration of the board
The application blank la recommend
ed for use in obtalnlnf loans,
In order that southern Oregon
kiddles may enjoy the fine Christ
mas services to be featured Sun
day by Medford churches, the Mail
Tribune's free Christmas matinee
has been postponed until Monday
morning. This change waa ar
ranged through the cooperation of
Don Qeddes, manager of the Pox
Craterlan.and Elno Hemmila, man
ager of the Fox Rial to.
The same program will be pre
sented at both theaters at 10:30
a. m.. Monday, both houses being
provided by the Fox Theaters so
that all Rogue River valley kiddles
may enjoy this special movie treat.
A carefully selected holiday pro
gram has been secured Oeddirs and
Hemmila for the free Christmas
matinee. The feature picture will
be "Forblddln Adventure." with a
fine caat, sure to appeal to the
Juvenile audiences. This cast will
Include such favorites as Edna May
Oliver, MItzl Green. Jackie Searles
and Louise Faxenda. A popular
Mickey MeOulre comedy, "Mickey's
Helping Hand," and a clever car
toon comedy will top off the fine
Tribune matinee bill.
All children will be welcome at
the Craterlan and Rlalto theaters
Monday morning at thla holiday
show.
NAB AUTO THIEVES
AFTER WILD CHASE
LPT.
otto Rutier. 33. of Central Point,
paroled three yeara ago In local courts
on a burglary charge; Arthur Hod, 33,
trn!nt who arrived here two
weeks ago from Mlnneaota and Qladya
nwin. 1. nf Jacksonville, wera ar-
rested tav state nollca about two
o'clock this morning. In a barnyard
near Central Point, following a wild
auto chase over country roada In
stolen car, during which shot were
fired by the law,
The atata police allege that Rutzer,
driver of a stolen auto, desperately
endeavored to elude the purauers by
forcing their car off road embank
menta. Five or alx shots were fired
In an effort to stop the fugitives
They finally drove Into a barnyard.
and were cornered. Whenever ine
state police auto drove alongside the
fleeing auto. Rutzer rerusea 10 stop,
and. authorities say, tried to force
them Into the ditch.
The trio were In an auto belonging
to Sanford Richardson or central
Point. It had been stolen from South
Central avenue, near the cratenan
theater earlier In the evening.
one of the ahota fired by the awie
TV.1II- struck tha back Of tha Rich
ardson car. The Owln girl became
frightened during the wild ride. Dur-
lng Its height ahe attempted to stop
the auto by turning off the awltch,
i,t iT,.trt turned off the lights'. She
told Dollce she laid down on the floor
of the auto and neggea nuizer to svuh.
. . . . . . -
m.. n.. inntr the lanes and
h.tween the Midway Highway
k. n.oirir Hlcrhwav. norm 01
r, , mnA the hllhhUb aHQ
m ti.. -r,ti.
According to the atate police, the
.tnien
, .r. from the streets of this city,
irio WIB unni. uv " - -
.uu. -
and valley towns, and the city police
are checking to determine If more
local autos were not taken by them.
last night, they are accused of taking
ine auto neionging to wuimm n.
lock. flIB Columbua avenue, thta city,
from In front of the Methodist church
Isst Sundsy; an auto belonging to
Mrs. Oladys Gassaway of Port Jones.
Calif., from In front of the Commu
nity hospital, and an auto belonging
to Dewey Acree of the Central '""'nt
district. The Acree car waa stolen
first by a Chlco. Calif., youth, visit
ing kin In the valley, and then by the
arrested group, the state police aver.
All the stolen vehicles, according to
the authorities, hsd keys left In them
which made theft easy. The gang
would use the machines for "loyrld
In. " and then abandon there The
state police sllege artlclea left ;n the
autos were taken.
Police records ahow that Rutzer waa
arrested In 1829 for burglarizing the
Durant garage In this city, and wsa
sentenced to three years In stste pris
on, and paroled. He la atlll under the
oa role.
Rod arrived In thla section two
weeks ago from Minnesota, and little
Is known of his record. If any. He
la said to have relatives living In this
county.
State police say the Owln girl hss
been under observation for aeveral
months. A Ssms Valley girl of tender
yeara, la also Involved, but the stste
police are aatlsfled she knew nothing
of the criminal oueratlona. and Is
the victim of bad companlone.
Bhe
waa told the autos were rented
Her
name la withheld from publication.
The Owln girl ts held In the woman
ward at the county Jail; Rutzer and
Rod In the city Jail.
Criminal Information will be filed
against them, aa soon aa a complete
check on their eecapadea have been
ma(,.
f
Orexnn Heartier
Unsettled tonight and Thursday;
proosoij rain nortnwret; normni wmi
perature; moderate ehangeabla wind
offshore,
OVER COL. LIBBY
Telegram From Steiwer Says
Federal Status With
drawn at Request of Gov
ernor and State Adjutant
PORTLAND, Deo. 21. (AP) The
name of Governor Meier appeared to-
day In the controverey surrounding
the withdrawal of federal recognition
of Colonel Eugene O. Llbby of the
Oregon National Guard.
Although the governor said "I
stayed out of the mess,' and declared
he had made no rocommendatlons In
the Llbby case, a telegram received to
day from Senator Frederick Steiwer
said the war department withdrew
recognition of Llbby at the requeat of
the governor and the state aajuiani.
The telegram waa addressed to Paul
Doyle of the disabled American vete
rans of the World war, wno naa asseu
Steiwer to Investigate t,ie caae,
Governor Meter sain. If nia name
had been used In the Llbby contro.
versv It waa used without his au
thority.
The telegram from senator oieiwm
aid!
'Have talked with chief or mum.
concerning Colonel Llbbv and ha a-
vises me action waa taken after rec
ommendation made by tha governor
and atata adjutant. Advises file In
dicates a thorough investigation
made and It waa concensus of opinion
among offlcera of regiment that Llbby
waa temperamentally unfitted ror me
nost. I have asked that a written re
port covering reasons for the action
be furnished me, and when it is re-
celved I will communicate wim j
further. Assure you of my desire to
correct any iniustice aone.
Llbbv here today declared: "T pro-
pose to see thla thing through, and
will ask for a oompiew innws
Into administration of'th, Oregon
National ousrd. aa well aa tha con
duct of this case against me.
"It smacks too much of pure rail
roading" to ba let go by without
challenge, especially sfter my 31
yeara of aotlve service."
BUDGETS TESTIFY
TO POPULAR CRY
FOR EXPENSE CUT
The definite tendency of Medford
people to reduce expenditures ror me
coming year to fit their pocketbooka
a evidenced In the budgets filed by
cltv and schools at the county asses-
sor's office, and the aama tendency Is
. . . - hiiH , ,n-
repcauKi ia j,.i,"
Jackson county, puouo meeting
which will be held Friday morning
at iu ocioca v me vu,v ,uu.
in. City DUOROt lOT
teroay, nroviaea ror an epenuinu.
01 .ioi.idi.. -
waa 173,333 .00, showing a cut for
... . -a. lit
tins year 01 o.lm. in., w... o.cu
. rt innrnf mtUll twn
thirds of a mill tax.
The Medford school district, which
filed Its budget some time ago, ahow-
decresae. The
amount of district tax to be levied.
according to this year'a budget, la
(179,709.31 aa against (3M.031.31 for
Isst year, representing a reduction of
I74.3is.00, whlcn msana tnat tne
school levy alone will be more than
eight, mills less than last year.
Thla saving waa made by a cut ox
M3 851 on operating expenses and
a cut of better than ,30,000.00 In the
debt load.
Tha Jackson county budget aa pro
posed for the coming yesr 1, 333.
871.33 against I3S3.830.GO for Isst
year, representing a saving or sou,-
040.44.
4
Burns Charleston ' OU Co. eon-
tracted to begin drilling for oil on
leasee about 11 mllea from her.
Use of Wheat for Money
Held Prosperity Remedy
LONDON, Dee. 31-(AP) The use
of wheat aa a baste for money would
double tha price of grain and provide
a awlft avenue for return of prosper
ity, believes J. T. Oarllng. a director
of the Midland bank, one of Eng-
land's Important financial Inatltu-
tlona,
Darling, who would link wn.ai to
s gold and ,nver, nenevee - tnat in
wheat aa a baala for currency we poa-
seas an even more powenm in.tru-
ment for raising prices and atlmulat-
lng world trad.."
"Wheat," ha declared when an-
noiinclng tha plan, "haa In a marked
laegree one oi wi. qualities ui vu,-
rency basis In that It U In universal
demand and haa a world-wide mar-
- '
There would be a central super
1 bank as custodian for iuoh -toea, and
Dies In Flames
Claire Vance, crack flyer and
veteran of the air mail lines, who
had flown 7.800 hours in his career,
was found dead In tha burned
wreckage of hit plane in the Con
tra Costa. Cal.. hills. He crashed a
few minutes after leaving Oakland
Airport In a heavy storm, bound
for Reno, Nov. (Associated Presi
Photo)
(ill
DECLARED LEGAL
IN ALL RESPECTS
A report, widely circulated over the
state and northern California that all
marriages performed by County Judge
0. B. Lamkln since November 18 were
Illegal and not binding, la a false and
sensational statement, not based on
the law according, to the atate at
torney-general, In an opinion on the
point which holds the Judge Lamkln
knot-tying Is legal, valid, constitu
tional, and according to Dan Cupid,
The attorney-general ruled that Judge
Lamkln waa appointed by Governor
Meier to serve until January 2. 1033,
when the new county Judge will be
sworn In.
It had been argued that under the
Oregon law, County Judge-elect Fehl
was entitled to asume office Novem
ber 18. Tha attorney-general In his
ruling, cited Oregon law, and held
that Fehl had filed for the regular
term, which starts January 2, and not
for the unexpired term of the late
Judge Alex Sparrow, which would ex
pire in January, 1035.
Thirty-four coup lea have been wed
by Judge Lamkln since November :S,
according to the county clerk's office.
A majority of the newlyweda hailed
from northern California points. The
county clerk's office reported today
that the past week there had been a
lull, and that the usual Christmas
rush from California had not been
manifested. The clerk attributed this
to the depression, and storms In the
Siskiyou, rather than any fear that
Judge Lamkln knots were not secure
and legal.
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IN BILLIARD FINALS
mm YORK, Dec. HI. (Ft The
national poclrct billiard champion
ship lies strictly between Ralph
Oreenleaf of New York and Brwln
Rudolph of Cleveland, with the other
eight hopefuls definitely also-rans.
Oreenleaf 'a seventh auwrealve vie.
tory of the current ehsmplonahlp
tournament, a 13S to 00 triumph
over 33-year-old Jimmy, Caraa Isst
night, together with Rudolph's sixth
winning game In seven starts, left
these two veteran masters of the
game the sole remaining contendere
for the crown now h,!d by Green.
leaf.
gold and allver a formed the baale
for tha currency. His plan aa ad
vanced considers only the British
.moire and would use 800.000,000
bushels of wheat.
"DebU could then be settled by
debit and credit In the ledger of the
custodian. Nor would It matter In
how many elevatora or warehouses
tha wheat waa stored, or In what em.
plra countries they were situated, so
long aa they belonged to tne aama
organisation and were aubject to ef
ficient care and Inspection. Tha loca
tion of the wheat would then become
a matter of convenience for the ultl
mate marketing of It."
Tracing tha Idea back to tha daya
of Abraham, and tha centuries before
when wheat waa widely used as
money and etored In temples, h.
would form a auper-central-bank em-
gracing the amilrt
ALREADY BEING
GR001DF0R1
New York's Ex-Senator Now
G. 0 P. Hope to Beat
Roosevelt 4 Years Hence;
Cannon Trying Comeback
Br PAIX MAM.OV.
(Copyright. McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Some
eastern Republican wets are organis
ing a sub-rosa insurrection against
their party floor leader, Bert Snell,
They have been quietly buttonholing
their brethren In dark corners, sound
tng out the chances of Representative
James W. Wndsworth for Snell's Job.
So far they have met with a fairly
good response.
If they get far enough along with '
their movement they will pit Wads
worth against Snell when leaders of
the new congress are chosen, after
March 4.
The wets seems to feel Snell has
not given the Republican party In
the house the kind of leadership It
ought to have. He voted for the
Oarner repeal resolution, but he did
not try to push the resolution
through. Up to this time he hss
(ways been considered a dry.
Back In their minds also la th
Idea of pushing Wadsworth forward
as a presidential candidate In 1036.
They think they can build hlrn up
to that prominence if they can only "
get the leadership.
Wadsworth Is thoroughly capable.
There la no doubt about that. Ha
waa in the senate for msny yeara. He
lost out when Republican drya In
his atate rebelled against hla wet
atand. How tha times seem made
for him.
Snell got the leadership two yeara
ago by kicking cut Tlllson. He naa
been very successful. Both ha and
Wadsworth ara conservative.
Snell 'has not heard about the
movement against him, but when he
doea tha fur will fly.
Mister fftlmson was peeved about
the New York Times saying that
laughter came from the room where
he and Treasury Secretary Mllla were
writing the second debt note to the
British.
The secretary of state let It be
known that he thought auch a trivial
thing ahould not appear In newi
papers. He declined to Indicate what
the laughter was about.
(Continued on Page Five)
SALEM, Ore., Deo. 31, (AP) Ore
gon'a governor, Julius L. Meier, will
not Issue Chrlatmae presents to peni
tentiary Inmates In tha form of par
done. The governor today reiterated
tha atatement he made s year ago
Uiat no additional clomency because
of Chrlatmaa would ba considered.
The governor further stated he waa
giving consideration to pardon rec
ommendations now before htm In the
usual form and that ha would not
alter hla procedure because of the
holiday season. Last year the execu
tive did not announce any additional
pardons at Chrlatmaa time.
Will
ROGERS
LOU ANGKLES, Jo. 20.
See where France has Paul
Boncoitr to form a new cabinet.
Six years ago in Geneva at a
disarmament conference he was
head of France's delegation
and I saw quite a lot of him.
He is very able. I have always
wondered since tnen why they
never used him more.
France will pay and it can't
possibly hurt them as bad as
it will some of our writers and
American financiers. I never
saw people so broken-hearted
over our country receiving s
little dab of money.
Congress voting on beer
again. It passed tho people,
but they can't get it through
congress.
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