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MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1932.
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, By FRANK JENKINS
I rT A vote ol 230 to 165. the Souse
IS of representatives passes the bill
for S3 per cent beer. Last year, a
bill providing lor beer waa DEFEAT
ED by a vote of 228 to 169.
People change their minds, don't
they?
THE beer bill passed by the house
carries a tax oi 5 a barrel, which
la expected to bring a lot of money
Into the federal treasury.
Will It?
Nobody, of course, can answer that
question at Vie present moment. But
there are grave doubte. The beer. If
It la legal, will contain only 3.2 per
cent alcohol, which la pretty tame
compared to the home brew people
have been drinking drinking people,
v that Is.
Do you reckon the beer drinkers
who have been drinking high-powered
home brew will pay real money
for 3.2 per cent beer?
THERE la a temporary shortage of
turkeys on the California mar
kets due to the recent cold weather,
which had a tendency to keep pro
ducers from killing birds in normal
numbers.
The shortage, of course, will be
quickly made up, for there are plenty
of turkeys In the country. But It
results Immediately In rush orders
from California for Oregon turkeys.
THE polnt.lt this:
The cold weather prevents tur
keys from reaching California mar
kets In normal numbers, and so buy
ing IMMEDIATELY picks up. Supply,
you see, falls temporarily below de
ls mand.
When that happens, there Is al
ways a rush to buy. If supply to
meet the demand la not forthcom
ing, PRICES ItlSE. '
SUPPLY and demand rule the price.
From time to time, we try to kid
ourselves that this Isn't the case, but
we are only kidding ourselves.
AT A mass meeting at Tillamook,
the highway commission la crit
icised sharply for Its newly announc
ed policy of retrenchment which Is
expected to result, temporarily, at
least In abandonment of construc
tion of the Wilson River road.
Tillamook WANTS the Wilson River
road.
WE WANT what we want when we
want it. But It we get every
thing we want In the way of publlo
service, taxes are going to remain
high.
a nt it will have to be remem
A bered that if we are going to
reduce automobile license fees we'll
have to DO WITHOUT something.
That Is the way of the world.
mi nEORGES HARET pronounc-
L) ed Zhorzhe Haray eminent
French redlologlst, dies at the age of
68 aa a result of X-ray burns aus
talned In the course of hla work.
Previously, aa a result of X-ray
burns, the fingers of his right hand
and then hla entire right arm had
been amputated. But these mutlla
tlona didn't cause ,hlm to cease his
work.
Ones admiration goes out un
grudgingly to men of courage like
that. It la their breed that keeps
the world going forward.
FRIEND said yesterday to thla
writer:
"I was up Tennessee Gulch the
other day, and In the course of less
than three miles I ran across five
men panning the gravel for gold. I
asked one of them: "How are you
making out?' and he answered: 'Oh,
getting by and getting enough to
eat. but that'a about all. Some daya
I make 60 cents, and on a few lucky
day's I've panned out as much aa 63.
Then, on a lot of other daya I make
nothing, at all. But I'm not com
plaining.' "
Tennessee Gulch Is a tributary of
Cow Creek, which runs Into the
South Umpqua. It was quite a fam
ous mining district In the big gold
days of Southern Oregon.
iif ETTINO by and getting enough
Vi to eat.' Not very much In the
way of achievement, according to the
standards of a few years ssto, la It?
But, according to the standards of
todny. It Is a LOT. For thee men
who are taking a few ceni in sold
j per day gut of the stream beds of
Southern Oregon are working out
their own salvation, taking care of
THEMSELVES, according to the good
old American standards of self-reliance
that made Vila country what
It la.
BILL MUST TAKE
COMMITTEE PATH
Bingham's Move For Im
mediate Consideration De
feated 48 To 23 Ballot
Not Considered As Test.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. (AP)
Senate action on beer was postponed
until after the New Yer.r today when
It rejected a move to get Immediate
consideration tor the house 3.3 per
cent beer measure. I
Members of both parties Joined In
voting down, 48 to 23, a motion by
Senator Bingham, Connecticut Re
publican and long time beer advo
cate, to take up the question with
out committe consideration.
Not a Test
The vote was not considered by
senate leaders as a test on the Issue,
but to be merely a decision that the
house bill must go through the
usual routine study. '
Chairman Norrls has called a meet
ing of the Judiciary committee for
Monday to begin this procedure, but
with a quorum at that time unlikely.
action probably will go over until
after the Christmas recess beginning
today. Norr!s has predicted passage
of the bill but whether President
Hoover would sign It Is a subject of
speculation.
Democrats Agreed
Shortly before the senate met.
Democratic members agreed at a con
ference to oppose the Bingham mo
tion, and send the question to com
mittee. Twenty - one Republicans Joined
with 26 Democrats and Senator Ship-
stead, lone Farmer-Laborlte, In forc
ing this procedure. Eleven Repub
licans and 12 Democrats voted for
the Bingham motion.
The vote was followed by assur
ance from Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas, minority leader, that the
Democrat were not delaying action.
He said he was warranted In prom
ising speedy committee consideration,
Despite the announced plan of
Bingham for a "snap vote" on the
Issue, the senate galleries were only
partially filled.
TWO LIVES LOST
CHICAGO, Dec. 23 (AP) Two men
were burned to death and several
others Injured today as a six story
grain elevator was destroyed by fire.
The blaze ruined the elevator and
probably a million bushels of wheat
and other grains at a loss estimated
at $1,000,000.
A dust explosion In the cupola atop
the structure apparently touched off
the granary and It became a flaming
torch.
In less than an hour the blaze
had swept from top to bottom, men
acing near structures. One man was
carried, fatally burned, from the ele
vator and another's body was thrown
to a dock on the nearby Chicago river
by an explosion.
10 RETURN CONTROL
NEW YORK, DM. 23. IP) Plans
for restoring control and manage
ment o fthe Portland Oeneral Elec
tric company, to Pacific coast inter
ests were speeded today when It
revealed that the Chase National
bank of New York had aureed to 'd-
vanoa a loan of (7,500,000 for that
purpose.
The loan will be used to pay off a
like amount of the company's 4 per
cent gold notes, which mature on
January 1, and control. It was said,
will be transferred b a group of
capitalists, headed by E. A. Pierce ec
Co.. Interests, to northwestern utility
operators.
CHILD CHOKED TO DEATH
BY RELIGIOUS 'HEALERS'
LINDEN, Tex., Dec. 23. (A9! Despite a purported confession, officers
today continued an Investigation of the death of a five-year-old girl,
allegedly at the hands or two Itinerant pre sobers who sought to "drive
out the devil' they believed respon- slble for her partial paralysis.
Murder charges were Md axaint
the two Paul Oaks and v,iS brother.
Coy Oaks and precautions taken to
prevtnt possible mob veneeance.
Sheriff Nat Curtrticht said the two
aciiMxl mn, described by him as M
the Apostolic Pith. admitted thy
had choked the cht'.d to drath In en
attempt to cure her.
Officers aaid the preachers came
to Cass county several months aro
from another section of Texas, had
bn holdlnir meetlnes in rural com
m unit if and had pre aohd on the
subject of faith healing. The child
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Clay
France Launches
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Elimination Of $3000 Ex
pense Item For Sale Of
County-owned Land Urged
Dead Indian Rd Argued.
Elimination from the 1032 budget
estimates of a 93000 Item for expense
In the sale of county-owned land, and
the changing of the wording of the
"Estimated Dellquency for 1933," to
read "Outstanding Warrants," was the
principal changes urged at the annual
public hearing held this morning in
the auditorium of tl.j courthouse.
Close to 100 taxpayers representing
all sections of the county were pres
ent. The total estimated budget, county,
state and schools Is $332,871.22. Two
thirds of this amount la for schools,
sub-divided as follows:
High schools and county schools,
$143,650.60;
Elementary schools, (60,000.
The balance Is for county govern
ment and Its branches.
The school apportionments are
classified as "untouchables," and
mandatory as fixed by laws.
The meeting lasted until 12:60. It
was delayed 40 minutes at the start
by County Judge O. B. Lamkln being
tardy. The meeting adjourned upon
motion of W. T. Grieve of Prospect,
which carried, though C. C. Hoover
of the West Side wanted to voles i
motion thanking the Budget conv
mlttee for Its work and George Iver-
son of Medford wanted the reductions
for the year read.
Urged By Grand Jury
The elimination of the $3000 land
sale Item, was In accordance with
recent recommendation of the grand
Jury.
A motion for the merging of the
watermaster's and the county sur
veyor's office was voted down, after
Mike Hanley of Lake Creek, declared,
"I have as much. If not more to do.
with Irrigation and the watermaster's
office than any man In the county,
and they should be left as they are.
I know the watermaster is on the
Jump and earns his money."
Appropriation of $15,000 for the
gravelling of the Dead Indian road
was protested by L. M. Sweet of Sam's
Valley and Mike Hanley of Lake
Creek and upheld by Budget Com
mitteeman Henry O. Enders of Ash
land, and others from the south end
of the county, and George Iverson of
this city who said the Chamber of
Commerce committee had Investigate
ed the matter, and "that It was Just
a question of protecting money al
ready invested and that It would aid
farmers and sawmill operators of the
district.
Sams Valley Favored
L. M. Sweet of Sams Valley favored
cutting the Item t-j $12,000 and Chair
man Ben E. Harder entered the duu
cussion with the declaration "that the
Sams Valley district has received more
road money per population than any
section of the state."
Chairman Harder at the start of the
meeting, explained to the meeting
that any vote they might take waa
not mandatory, but any suggestions
would be considered by the county
court.
I. M. Sweet of Sams Valley urged
that the salary of the rural school
supervisor of $840 be made the same
as the salary of the chief deputy In
sheriffs office at $1220 per year.
Sweet also favored the clipping of the
chief deputy In the treasurer's office
to $60 per month from $100. Sweet
argued that "a good looking girl could
be secured to do the work for that
sum."
Women Back Agent
A delegation of rural district wo
men opposed the proposal to abolish
the office of Home Demonstration
agent. It waa finally agreed after
some argument that "Item be left as
It Is." The proposal to cut the first
.rtfirse's pay In the health department
to $1200 did not reach the argument-
ton, allegedly waa killed last Tues
day at the Clayton home.
Prom George Wilon, a neighbor of
the Claytons, officers said they re
ceived information as to how the
child died. Wilson said he found
two mn kneHlng over the prostrate
form of the child. They ordered him
to leave, deWarirm he was a "devil."
He said the child father waa in the
room.
Dr. O. St. Taylor, Cass county health
officer, said the child had been chok
ed to ds'.h.
A preliminary hearing for the
brothers waa set for December 26,
Post Office Open
All Day Saturday
F or Yule Mailing
Due to Christmas falling on
Sunday this year, the postofflce
will clean up all package deliv
eries Saturday night and will keep
the stamp, general delivery, spec
ial delivery and registry windows
open until 8 o'clock in the even
ing for the convenience of pat
rons. There will be no delivery of
mail Sunday and Monday, unless
It bears a special delivery stamp.
Although the volume of mail
handled this Christmas season has
been below normal, postofflce f
flclals report a surprisingly large
number of outgoing packages.
JOB RACKETEERING
TIRES WAITER, HE
By Raymond Crowley
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. (AP) Ben
ny Glast, a waiter out of a job,
believes that In real life as well
In Greek tragedies the violent
action should take place offstage.
Five hundred members of Waiters
Union, Local No. 1, gathered last
night at Beethoven ball on the East
Side to nominate officers. As the
meeting swung into action, Glaat tip
toed up an aisle, and mounted the
stage.
"Could I see you outside a mom
ent?" he whispered to business agents
Jack Lasher and Morris Turkel.
They said yes. He ushered them
Into an ante room, closed the door
softly, and drew & pistol.
"I didn't want to talk to you,'
police quoted him as saying, "I want
ed to give It to you."
Then, so police were told, he fired
two shots that dropped the business
agents. One was wounded In the
groin and the other In the thigh.
Plercely now, Glast stalked back
onto the stage, the smoking gun In
his hand.
"I gave It to 'em," he announced,
before the 600. "I took them out
side so you fellows wouldn't get Into
trouble.. I'll make the sacrifice for
you men."
There were a few scattered cries
from the audience.
"Scram 1" someone shouted. "Run
for it before the cops get here."
At the back of the hall a police
man appeared.
"Drop that gun," he commanded
"or I will kill you."
"Come on," said Glast, laying
down the gun. "I won't run away.'
At a police station, he said: "I
haven't had a Job for two years. My
wife Is starving, my daughter Sylvia
has to live with her grandmother
In Chicago. I pleaded with Lasher
and Turkel six weeks ago to get
something for me. They said they
couldn't help it, they couldn't do it."
The next day, he asserted, a man
who identified himself as a "go-be
tween" visited him and said he could
get him a Job If he gave him sev
eral hundred dollars. Glast said that
Infuriated him.
Police were told two factions In
the union have been at odds. De
tectU'es said some members declared
that to get Jobs they had to pay
persons who hold no office In the
union. Others said these statements
were made by a faction ticking of
fice.
Glast, the police were told, came
here four years ago from Chicago
where he had been business agent of
a local.
ative stage. Sweet sought cuts on
many Hems of salary and said that
the request were made upon "the
unanimous vote of the Sams Valley
Grange."
It was also aiULtested that the Mono
mnnrnmrlnllnn h a-nfc tn S1(Vtil Th '
question of an emergency fund aboli
tion was also dlscuased. but dropped
when It was explained that It "took
care of unforeseen happenings, such
as floods."
The principal speakers at the ses
sion were: William T. Grieve of Pros
pect, W. N. (Fsrmer Bill) Carl of the
Apple ate, L. M. Sweet of Sams Val
ley, Emmett Nealon of Sams Valley,
Henry Schultz of Sama Valley, George
Iverson of Medford and George An
diews of Bllvtew. Many of the lead
ing farmers of the valley were pres
ent at the start, but left at dinner
time. The suggestions made at the meet
ing will be considered by the county
court. The budget must be turned
over to the assessor's office by Decem
ber 31.
Elmer Ellsworth
Passes in Eugene
EUOF.NE. Ore., Dec. 23 (API
Elmr E. Ellsworth, for many years
prominent In the lumber Industry
of the state, died at the Pacific Chris
tian hospital here early this morning.
He was 69 years old.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Eva El In worth, cm a son, Harris Ells
worth, editor of the Rose burg Mews
Review.
Direct Debt Negotiation
DRAMATIC CALL
Paul Boncour Requests Edge
To Take Matter Up With
Washington For Solution
As Soon As Possible.
PARIS. France. Dec. 23. (AP)
Paul-Boncour suddenly and dramati
cally virtually launched debt nego
tiations with America today by per
sonally calling upon U. S. Ambassa
dor Edge at the embassy.
He asked that Mr. Edge take the
matter up with Washington so that
France may help In reaching a solu
tion of the debts question.
Mr. Edge had let It be known to
M. Paul-Boncour he would be pleased
If the premier could receive him so
Edge might convey his respects to
the new premier and foreign minis
ter.
The foreign office sent no reply
to this request during the day.
Calls on Ambassador
Suddenly M. Paul-Boncour, accom
panied by Pierre de Froqulrles, di
rector of protocol, arrived at the em
bassy chancellory and asked to see
Mr. Edge.
Information from American sources
Indicates that M. Paul-Boncour ex
pressed a desire to receive any as
sistance possible from the embassy
and the Washington government
which would enable him to take up
the debt question with the chamber
of deputies and enable the govern
ment and the chamber to reach
solution of the question as soon as
possible.
Plain Talk Used
It Is stated there was no mincing
of words throughout the conference,
which was characterized by the finest
spirit 6r goodwill on both sides, and
that the conversations did much to
clear the atmosphere.
Apparently, M. Paul-Boncour re
frained from making any prediction
as to when the chamber might alter
Its attitude concerning postponement
of the December payment.
However, It was understood, he did
Intimate to Mr. Edge his fervent
hope that Mr. Edge would take the
matter up with the Washington gov
ernment so negotiations might be
continued uninterrupted.
M. Paul-Boncour's call was the first
of a scries of calls he made to the
chiefs of diplomatic missions.
It was the first concrete step of
the new government in fulfillment of
Its policy announced yesterday In
the chamber of deputies to continue
negotiations with the United Btates.
Gets Chamber Harking
Without a battle or even a skir
mish, M. Paul Boncour obtained a
substantial majority yesterday in the
chamber of deputies authorizing him
to pursue debt negotiations within
limits already set by Its votes, and
As far as waa ascertainable, how
ever, few. If any, deputies knew of
the Hoover-Roosevelt correspondence
made public yesterday, before they
voted. (President Hoover abandon-
(Continued on Page Eight)
Portland, ore., Dec. as (AP)
Pine production In the west dropped
to a new low for the week ending
December 174 the Western Pine as
sociation reported today. New busi
ness was slightly higher than for
the previous week, but about 53 per
cent under the three-year average
for December. Orders Increased
slightly and were about 14 per cent
of sawmill capacity. Shipments
about balanced orders.
New business totaled 10,007,000
feet for the week. 3 per cent better
than t.he previous week. Of 116 mills
reporting to the association, only 30
were operating.
Shipments were 19,736.000 feet, and
production 13,265.000 feet. Ptoduc
tlon was 9 5 per cent of capacity as
compared with 12.9 per cent for the
previous week, and 19 per cent for
the year to dat.
LITTLE CHANGE IN
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. (JT)
Members -,t the office force of Repre
jntat' ,t Robert R. Butler, critically
HI with pneumonia, Mid today there
had been apparent change in hit con
dition during the night.
The Oregon representative rallied
lightly yesterday after physicians
had pronounced his clndltion grave
and the change for the better revived
bpoe for hla recovery.
GIRL SCOUTS HONOR MRS. HOOVER
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Girl scouts entertained Mrs. Hoover with Christmas carols at a
pre-Christmas party, and Suzanne Boone, daughter of tha White
House physician, is shown presenting the first lady with a gift (Aa
'aciated Press Photo.
DEPOSITORS GET
$8,624,985 FROIVI
FEDERAL SOURCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. ()The
comptroller of the currency today
announced that $8,624,98o In cash
will be distributed Immediately to
depositors of 09 suspended national
banks throughout the country.
The amount, largest in any month
for some time, was obtained partly
by the comptroller borrowing from the
Reconstruction Finance corporation,
so as to get as much money as pos
sible in the Christmas stockings of
depositors.
The loans were obtained on the
good assets of some of the closed
banks and will be repaid as the af
fairs of the these suspended institu
tions are liquidated. All the pay
ments will be made by tomorrow
night.
All the money, In checks, said F.
O. Await, acting comptroller, will be
available at the offices of receivers
of the banks and if depositors do not
get It, It will be only because they
fall to call.
He did not, however name the In
stitutions for which the dividends
are being made, neither did he dis
close the amount borrowed from t'ae
reconstruction corporation.
So far this year the comptroller's
office has distributed r total of ap
proximately $106,000,000 In dlvtdenos
to depositors of atispendrd banks, 3,
000.000 going out in November,
i Hoover9 s Christmas
On Island Is Plan
6EA ISLAND. Oa., Dee. 33. (AP)
A telegram rerelved here today from
Howard Coffin In New York said
President Hoover will spend Christ
mas night as Coffin's guest on "spe
loe Island. Coffin Is expected at his
home here tonight.
BODY OF MURDERED GIRL
FOUND STUFFED INTO BAG
. MOLINE. Ill , Dec. 23. (AP)
year old department store clerk, and
Investigators today as they sifted the
In the hope of solving the mystery.
waa found yesterday beneath a river
The investigators knew she had.
telephoned hr dressmaker from the
store where she was employed shout
a bright Christmas dress last Wed
nesday night, that she also talked
to an unidentified man with whom
she made an appointment, but
whether she ever kept It or not re
mained unknown but they did know
that she nevrr kept an appointment
with the dressmaker, whose Christ
mas dress will be 'Mix Oendler's
shroud.
The police said they were convinced
that ransom was not the motive for
the brutal slaying, although a note
demanding 12,000 was found by ber
UNKNOWN SANTA'
OUTFITS FAMILY
AT LOCAL STORE
Tt happens seldom, except In falry
land or In the stories that story'
tellers tell but It happened In Med
ford yesterday and no one waa dream
lng. The family whisked from rags
Into nice warm clothing, was sure
of that this morning, when each
member was found still In possession
of the gifts of yesterday.
From 'their destitute home In thla
city, mother, father and five children
were taken downtown by a "fairy
god fat her" and into a shop, where
clothing for each and every one was
purchased.
Shoes, underclothes, shirts, over
alls and stockings were bought to
replace the ill-fitting, ragged ones
worn, and to warm toes, snuggled
stockinglesa Into rough shoes. From
the oldest down to the youngest
child, Just two. nil wer in desperate
need of what they got. School equip
ment was also bought for those at
tending school, and honest-to-good
ness Santa Claus having told the
mat-chant to "give them everything
they nwd; I'll come back and pay
the bill."
As he went out the door, the father
turned to the merchant to ask
in
bewildered tone. "Who is that man?
He was told, and the merchant, tell
ing the story today, quoted him as
adding, "There Is a name and h ma
I shall never forget."
Returning to the shop to pay the
bill, the man, whose name the mer
chant also refused to reveal today,
explained that he ha 1 planned to
take his family south for the hoi I
days, but upon second thought
elded It would be mora fnn to make
someone else happy for Christmas.
Wallowa Mm. Ei7ia WHks prepar
ing to move cafe to Gillespie build'
lng.
Who klllM Miss Pose Gendler. 22-
why, were questions that puKslert
few known facts about hr death
Hr body, stuffed In a burlap sack,
bridge. Her skull was crushed.
parents, almost at the same time the
body was discovered.
One theory waa that the girl was
slsln when she repulsed advances of
her kidnapers.
Henry Beck, called by two youth
who found stains on the bridge,
found the body bound, gagged with
a dirty cloth and stuffed Into the
bag. Tha Rkull fracture was cauied
by the fall of the body from the
bridge to the Ice on the river, the
police believed.
Bork and the boys were summoned
to appear at a coroner's Inquest to
day.
AT
orgnette Circle In Frenzy
Over Diplomatic Reception
Secretary Mills Thinks
Too Fast For His Enemies
nj rui, mai.i.ov.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. The lorg
nette circle of highest Washington
society Is In a frenzy at Mrs. Hoover.
It seems the First Lady Invited too
many ladles from out in the country
to attend the diplomatic reception
thla year. About 1,800 invitations
were' sent out. They went mslnly
to those who were kind to Mrs. Hoov
er during her recent campaign trav
els. Aa a result, few Invitations were
sent to Washington socialites.
The blow was heavy to them. They
ways hold parties at their
homes after the reception. Thla year
they had to sit on their hands until
the reception waa over and the diplo
matic guests arrived from the Whlta
House.
Retaliation la now being discussed.
Certain senators at planning; to
break soma mora or leas sensational
vldence ahortly concerning Wall
Streetera who cheated on their In
come tax returns.
That Is the motive behind reopen
ing of the stock market Investigation
by the senate banking committee.
Inveatlgatora have tound that soma
additional pool and stick syndicate
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SALEM, Deo. 28. (AP) All offi
cers elected November 8, with tha
exception of the state legislature,
will assume office January 2 thla
yeBr, Attortiey-Oeneral I. H. Van
Winkle held In an opinion here late
yesterday.
The question was raised by Wasoo
county because of the fact that
January 2, the first Monday, will
be observed aa a holiday. The law
provldea that such officers elected
on the previous November, with the
exception of governor and legislators,
assume office the first Monday In
January.
Senate Relents
On Appointments
WA8HINCITON, Deo. 33. (API-
Democrats In the senate relented to
day In their campaign against ap
polnteca of President Hoover and per
mitted confirmation of officers In
the army, navy and marine corpa for
varloua promotions.
HARRIET JAY, WRITER
PASSES IN ENGLAND
ILFORD, ESSEX, Eng., Deo. 23.
(AP) Harriet Jay, 69, novelist and
dramatfst, died today.
She wrote "A Marriage of Conven
ience" and other novels. Among her
plays was "When Knights Were
Bold."
WILL
ROGERS
LOS ANGELES, Deo. 221
don't know why Mr. Hoover
s all exi-itod over the debt yet.
Thnt's all over now. He did a
mighty good job. We was owed
about one hundred and twenty-
five million and he collected
over a hundred. Anybody who
can get four-fifths nowadays is
doing a mighty good job of col
lection, and besides, France is
going to pay, so it looks like the
debt thing is all settled till next
December when it will be Mr.
Roosevelt's Christmas present
to try and get on our tree.
Time to worry over a debt is
before you get it, not after you
got four-fifths of it. So argu
ing over the debt now is just
like arguing over the lust elec
tion. Tours,
C mi. pt1i In. U