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MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1933.
No. 244.
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By FRANK JENKINS
SENATOR BORAH, we read, la pre
paring legislation "to reduce the
purchasing power oi the dollar."
Offhand, that dcesn't sound
good. Moat of us wlil be Inclined to
say: "I don't want the purchasing
power of my dollar reduced. I want
It INCREASED."
WATT a minute.
Reducing the purchasing power
of the dollar means that It will take
more dollars to purciSoae a given
quantity of commodities.
So, you see, If you have commodi
ties for salo, reducing the purchas
ing power of the dollar means that
you will ge more dollars for your
commodities.
That sounds better. ,
SUPPOSE, for example, that you
have wheat. Or potatoes. Or
lambs. Or beef steers.
The trouble Is that the purchasing
power of the dollar Is now so high
that It takes too few dollars to pur
chase a given quantity of these com
modities. So, we say, prices are too low.
Or SUPPOSE your labor Is all you
have to market. The same prin
ciple holds good. The purchasing
power of the dollar Is so high at the
present moment that It takes too few
dollars to purchase a given amount
of your time.
So we say that wages are too low.
HERE Is one of the things that are
troubling us:
Back In good times, ahead of 1B20,
we nearly all went into debt In one
way or another. A lot of us haven't
been able to pay off those debts we
contracted In good times.
The reason Is that we have been
getting too few dollars In return for
what we have to sell either labor or
commodities. In other words, the
purchasing power of t,he dollar Is too
high.
NOW let's see what has happened
to us In the way of these debts.
Suppose, back In 1928, you bor
rowed 100, and that at that time
you were getting 4 a day wages.
What you really borrowed was 35
days work that Is to say, It took 25
days work to pay your debt.
But now, let us suppose, you are
getting only a a day. That means,
you see, that it will now take FIFTY
days work to repay your debt.
For all practical purposes, aa far
as you are concerned, you have to
pay back twice as much as you bor
rowed. That Is what happens when the
purchasing power of the dollar ahlfts.
NEARLY everyone who has any
thing to sell will agree without
argument that REDUCING the pur
chasing power of the dollar or. In
other words, raising prices would be
good thing.
Whether the legislation Senator
Borah Is reported to be preparing will
accomplish that purpose Is another
story. Raising prices Isn't so simple
a thing that It can be brought about
with no more effort than passing a
law.
Prices are controlled chiefly by
supply and demand. When there are
more sellers than buyers, prices tend
to fall. When there are more buy
ers than sellers, prices tend to rise.
We1 can't psss a law requiring that
there shall be more buyers thsn sell
rs. Even If we did. It would do no
good. 0
PRICES, as expressed In money, are
apt to be confusing, and they
don't really mean as mucft as they
seem to mean.
Suppose, for example, that you
. hare a farm and your neighbor a
house, and that you want to trade.
It makes no difference what price
he puts his house In at If you put
your f.rm In at a corresponding
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Congress Formally
Notified Of Death
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (AP)
President Hoover formally notified
congress of the death of former Presl
ont Calvin Conlidse thU afternoon.
In a rfcial mcsMee which praled
the deceased aa having spent a life
tame of "devotion to our country,"
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ON RETURN FROM SHOPPING TRIP;
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Minutes After Ex-President's Return Home III From
Office Secretary in House, Unaware of Fate Would
Have Been 61 July A Was Only Living Ex-President
NORTHAMPTON. Mass., Jan. 5. (AP) Calvin Coolidge, former presi
dent of the United states, was found dead at his home by his wife this noun.
Death was said to hare been due to heart disease. His body was dis
covered by Mrs. Coolidge when she returned from a shopping tour.
Mr. CoolldRe was believed to have been dead about 15 minutes when
found.
Mr. CoolldRe went to his office this morning but returned home, accom
panied by his secretary, about 10 o'clock.
Mr. CoolldRe had complained of Indigestion during the past two or
three weeks but had not consulted a physician the past month.
Harry Ross, his secretary, said there
was nothing today to Indicate the
former President felt indisposed. They
sat talking for some time, he said,
then Mr. Coolidge went upstairs. Ross
waited for Mr. Coolidge to come down
and dismiss him for luncheon, as was
hLs custom. He was still waiting
when Mrs. Coolidge came home from
a shopping tour, went upstairs and
found him dead.
Apparently ho had been dead 15
minutes.
Mr. Coolidge would have been 01
years old next July 4.
The former President, who up to
the tlm of his death, was the only
surviving ex-President of the United
States, had gone to his law office
as usual this morning.
After & short time In the office.
Mr. Coolidge became distressed and
decided to return home. Harry Ross,
his secretary, returned to The Beeches
with him. Mrs. Coolidge, meanwhile,,
had gone to the center of the city
shopping.
Mr. Coolidge assured Ross that he
would be all right after a short rest.
After aiding the frmer President to
the bedroom Ross returned to the
first floor of the house to await the
return of Mrs. Coolidge.
When Mrs. Coolidge, 30 minutes
later, returned and Ross' told her of
Mr. Coolldge's Illness, she went Im
mediately to his bedroom. There she
found her husband's body. A doctor
was quickly summoned, but the for
mer President was beyond aid.
The doctor said Mr. Coolidge hjjd
been dead about 15 mlnuttf), so that
he must have passed away within a
few moments after Ross left the
room.
Born and reared In the humble
surroundings of a Vermont farm, Cal
vin. Coolidge was destined to go by
successive steps to the highest and
mightiest office of a great nation, to
administer Its affairs for six years
and to terminate his presidential ca
reer virtually of his own volition.
To the vice -presidency and to the
presidency, he brought a shrewd com
mon sense, a quiet personality in
vivid contrast with some of his pre
decessors, a keen native wit and many
homely likes and dislikes retained
from his New England boyhood.
Among his supporters he inspired
an ardent admiration and from his
political opponents he often received
the bitterest of denunciations. But
there were, nevertheless, many In the
latter group who valued his friend
ship and liked to smoke a cigar with
him and talk things over.
Reaching the presidency upon the
death of Warren G. Harding In 1923.
Mr. Coolidge was confronted with
problems of rehabilitation arising
from the World War and the depres
sion of 1621, and almost at once the
country was shaken by the scandals
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Here Yesterday Lee Port, ranger
at the Star ranger station In the
Applegate district, was a business vis
itor in Med$rd yesterday.
President Orders Period
Of Mourning for Calvin
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. (AP)
President Hoover, In a public proc
lamation, today praised Calvin Cool
idge aa a man whose name was known
"in'Shls own life time as a synonym
for sagacity and wisdom." and de
clared a period of mourning for 30
days.
In addition to ordering that flag
be kept at half mast on public build
ings for the next month, the presi
dent directed that military and naval
honors be paid to the former presi
dent on the day of his funeral, under
; the direction of the secretaries of war
f and navy.
Partial text of the president's proc
lamation follows:
"To the people of the United Stages:
"I. beTmes my wtrt duty to an
j nounee officially the death of Calvin
Coolidge, which occurred at bis home
NOTABLES VOICE
CALVIN COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (P)
The senate adjourned at p. m.
today out of respect for the late
Calvin Coolidge, former President.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. (AP)
President Hoover today announced
through his aides that he would at
tend the funeral of his predecessor,
probably leaving the national capital
tomorrow accompanied by represen
attlves of other branches of the gov
ernment. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (AP)
President Hoover was said by . associ
ates to have been "terribly shocked"
when the news of the death of Cal
vin Coolidge was given to htm at
luncheon.
The word reached the President
from one of his secretaries who had
been Informed but a moment before
by the Associated Press.
The shock extended Immediately to
both branches of congress, where
preparations were made to adjourn
senate and house without delay. In
respect to the late leader.
Knots of legislates gathered on the
floors of the chambers and In cor
ridors, discussing the death.
One fo the first tea comment was
Speaker Garner, who told newspaper
men "I was very fond of Mr. Cool
idge personally, and knew him very
well. He had many characteristics
of an outstanding American."
NEW YORK. Jan. 5. (AP) Former
Governor Alfred E. Smith declared
himself shocked and deeply grieved
today when Informed of the death of
former President Coolidge.
"I had a strong admiration for
him," said Smith, "Since he left
Washington I have been pleasantly
asKOCitaed with him. I am deeply
shocked to hear of his death."
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SPRING-LIKE DAY
PORTLAND. Jan. 5. (AP) Port
land today experienced Its warmest
January morning In two years with
the temperature at 60 degrees for the
minimum, and one degree lower than
yesterday's maximum. It was the
"warmest morning of the season since
November 17.
In the city of Northampton, Mass.. on
the fifth day of January, nineteen
hundred and thirty-three, at twelve
twenty-five o'clock in the afternoon.
"Mr. Coolidge had devoted hla en
tire life to the public service, and his
steady progress from councilman to
mayor of Northampton and thence
upward as member of the state sen
ate of Massachusetts, lieutenant gov
ernor and governor of Massachusetts,
to vice-president and president of
the United States, stands as a con
npieuous memorial to his private and
public virtues, his outstanding abil
ity, and his devotion to the public
welfare.
' "As an expression of the public sor
row. It Is ordered that the flags of
the White House and of the several
depart mentnl bulld!ii be dinVivd
i at half staff for a period of thirty
1 days."
Brilliant Career Closed
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MILESTONES IN CAREER OF CALVIN COOLIDGE
Born July 4, 1872, at Plymouth, Vt.
Received preliminary education in ungraded school at
Plymouth and at Black River Academy at Ludlow and
St. Johnshurg Academy.
, Was graduated at Amherst College in 1895. In senior
year won gold medal in national competition for best essay
on causes of the Revolutionary War.
Studied law in offices of Hammond and Field at North
ampton, Mass., and began practice there.
Entered politics as member of Northampton common
council, 1900-01.
City clerk of Northampton, 1904.
Married Grac A. Gqpdhue of Burlington, Vt., October
4, 1905.
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives,
1907-08.
Mayor of Northampton, 1910-11.
Member Massachusetts state senate, 1912-15, president
of the senate in 1914 and 1915.
Lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, 1916-18.
Elected governor of Massachusetts, two terms, 1919 and
1920.
Elected vice-president of the United States in Novem
ber, 1920.
Became president of the United States August 3, 1923,
upon the death of Warren G. Harding.
Elected president of the United States in November,
1924.
While on vacation August 2, 1927, issued famous state
ment, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928."
Retired from presidency March 4, 1929, and resumed
residence at Northampton, Mass.
IN 3 DAY BATTLE
PEIPINO. Liilna, Jan. 5. (AP)
Refugees pouring from Bhaahalltwan
said today that 3.000 Chinese civil
ian were killed In the three-day
battle at the beginning of this week
which resulted In the capture of that
city by the Japanese.
Scores of ho'nes In flhanhaikwan
were destroyed by artillery fire, they
said, and In some sections the bodies
of the dead were plied In the streets.
About 1.000 refugees are .here, but
it was estimated tliat altocether
10000 hi-i left Shar.halKran tor the
met r,f v.f.n hTM f.r Chin
wp.r.iii. on the oit not far from
the beleaguered otty. Soanhalkirao
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Coolidge.
was reported to be quiet today but It
was said that no concrete progress
had been made In negotiations for
peace.
Pacific Co-Op
Chief Passes
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. ft fAP)
E. J. Dixon, general manager of the
Pacific Co-operative Poultry Co-operative
Prociurers association, died
this morning from influenza. He was
48 years old. He had been general
manager of the poultry and egg as
socita'.on since 1923. within that pe
riod bringing that organization to
the front ranks In co-operative cir
cles. He was known throughout the
nation.
HAI.F.M, Ore., Jan, ft. (AP)
The senate this morning adopted
resolutions of rondo! nre for the
late senator B. W. Jolmnn of
Benton county, who died during
fits term of of rice.
Bench Warrants Issued by
Fehl On Behest Howard
Hill Signing of Court
Journal Claimed Illegal
Attorney William Brlggs, Jr.,
representing former County Judge
J,:, ink in and former Comlssloner
Nursed, this afternoon announced
that his rllents would not appear
fit court, because the bench war
rant Issued for their appearance
was Invalid In fhat It did not
have the proper seal. Judge Fehl
said this was correct, and that
new bench warrants would be
Issued.
County Judge Earl H. Fehl this
afternoon shortly before three o'clock
ordered Sheriff Gordon L. Schermer-
horn to bring Into court former
County Judge O. B. Lamkln of Ash
land, and former Commissioner Vic
tor Bursell of Central Point. JudgJ
Fehl informed ine snerur inac tne
two former officials were In his cus
tody and he was responsible for them.
Deputy Sheriff Amos Walker was
first detailed to find the two citizens
but reported that he was unable to
do so. The action came when at
torneys 1m former Judge Lamkln and
former Commissioner Bursell offered
to appear for them without their
presence. Judge Fehl overruled this
motion. --
The small county court room wift
packed with onlookers.
Bench warrants charging former
County Judge O. B. Lamkln of Ash
land and former Comlssloner Victor
Bursell of Central Point with "mutil
ation" of county record and contempt
of the county court, were Issued late
yesterday. The warrants were signed
by County Judge Earl H. Pahl, upon
an affidavit made by Howard A. Hill,
orchardlst.
The warrants were placed In the
hands of Sheriff Gordon L. schermer-
horn for service, and were served this
morning. Former Judge Lamkln ap
peared at the courthouse early, with
his attorney, W. M. Brlggs, Sr., of
Ashland. Former Commissioner Vic
tor Bursell was due to appear this
afternoon.
Delay Granted. '
Proceedings this morning were de
Iayed to grant Lamkln's attorney time
to prepare papers, and at noon court
adjourned until this afternoon. Coun
ty Judge Fehl presided.
It Is the contention of Attorney M.
O. Wllklns, who appeared as counsel
for Judge Fehl and Hill, that the
county court acted Illegally When It
signed the court J Journal Tuesday.
January S, and that the Issue not
alone concerns the validity of the
appointment as commissioner of R.
E. Nealon of Table Rock, to succeed
John Barneburg, resigned, but also
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Lone -Ran III
SALEM. Ore., Jan. 6. fAF) Frank
J. Lonergan, speaker of the last
house of representatives and one of
the leaders of the present session,
was confined to his .hotel room to
day with an attack of Influenza. He
was taken 111 late yesterday.
For Printing Economy.
SALEM, Jan. 8. (AP) Character
ising the plan as a further evidence
of the legislature's determination to
economize. Senator Joe Dunne today
! Introduced In the senate a resolution
which would limit the number of
printed measures and calendars to be
distributed free.
New Legislators Learn
Ropes Fast at Salem
By Mary (Irelner Kelly.
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 3. (Spt.) No
flock of freshmen ever crashed a col
lege with more bright-eyed eagerness
than did the 40 Initiates In the house
of representatives this morning. It
was their first day at school and they
were tht're to get matriculated as
soon as i-osslbia and make way for
the real fun.
And did they matriculate! It
wasn't but the matter of a couple
of recesses until the youngsters were
jumping up seconding motions along
with the older boys. Sometimes they
even beat them to It.
It was really a great day. Every
body and his stenographer flocked
the outer halls long before the ses
sion opened. One wondered what
they were afraid of missing.
Finally a number of the greyer
haired (entry melted swag. The sen
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Morning Paper
Publishes Lies
Asserts Nealon
Commissioner R. E. Nealon,
named to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of John Barne
burg, this morning characterized
as "false" and "political propa
ganda," the statement attributed
to htm In the Medford News. The
morning paper alleged that Com
missioner Nealon hud said during
the controversy jfihterday:
"To hell with the people, and
to hell with the grand Jury."
"I never said anything of the
kind," Commissioner Nealon de
clared emphatically. "It is a pure
He. without any truth, and made
out of whole cloth. It is Just like
a lot of other propaganda that has
been spread over the county the
past year.
'I told Judge Fehl that I came
to court with no promises or
pledges to anybody, and that I was
as free as a coyoflt on a chaparral
ranch. That my conscience was
my guide, and was prepared to do
knvthlntr fnr t.ViA crnnrl nf .Intmon
I county, as a wholo."
TALK ABOLISHING
STATE VETERANS
Legislators Indicate Deep
Study Will Be Made of
Activities Millions Lost
to State Is Contention
SALEM. Jan. 8. P) Pour new tax
measures were Introduced In the
house today while the Oregon legis
lature continued to mark time until
the waya and means committees make
a 48-hour aurvey of the atate budget
In orftr to ascertain the financial
condition of the atate before acting
upon the general aalea tar proposal
and other tax measures Introduced
OAliBM. Ja. a. m Pertinent
discussion of the World war veter
ans' atate aid commission by the
house taxation and assessment com
mission late yesterday gave rise to
definite Indications today an exnaus
tlve atudy would besmade of the situ
ation with a view of ultimate liquida
tion of the commission's business and
final abolishment of that department.
Harry M. Hansen, budgot director,
called before the committee to assist
In a hasty survey of the budget,
openly told the legislators that the
half-mill levy for this department
would have to be replaced next year;
that the commission has lost millions
of dollars In recent years because of
depreciation of property and statutes
providing only 4 per cent Interest to
be paid by veterans; and that the
state would lose millions more
whether the commission were abolish
ed or continued.
SALEM, Jan. 8. (F) Definite
knowledge of Oregon's need for In
creased revenue and deflnlt steps
looking toward the solution of the
state's financial difficulty will result
from the special session of the legis
lature before adjournment Is taken
A resolution will be Introduced to
day directing the waya and means and
taxation committees of the two
houses to delve further into the needs
for tax and other taz plans.
These were the decisions of legis
lative leaders called Into an infor
mal conference last night, and after
(Continued on Page Eight)
ate opened. Then the handsomer (?)
men disappeared. The house of rep
resentatives was called to order.
But those outer halls were still any
thing but empty. Young girls and
those not so young, young boys who
looked as though they should be In
school, and men of varying ages, paced
the corridors which led to the two
houses In session. Boms of them
were lobbyists. Most of them were
hoping for Jobs.
The large auditorium which houses
the representatives Is arranged some
what like a court room, with the
speaker occupying the Judges stand.
The clerk and his assistants sit lit a
row several feet down facing the same
direction. The representatives occupy
regular office desks and leather
cushioned chairs facing the speaker.
(Continued, on Page flve
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IN BUDGET DATA
FOR REAL FACTS
Secret Emissary Prowls Bu
reau to Gain Low-Down
Clique Fearful Garner
Stung by Sales Tax Action
By PAUL MALLON.
(Copyrighted by MoCIure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. ft. A Roose
velt emissary has been prowling se
cretly through the budget bureau re
cently. He is trying to establish the
real concVlon of federal finances for
the President - oleot. Apparently,
Roosevelt mistrusts the figures made
public
The Incident la causing a sttr
among the big boys. It shows Roose
velt la not relying on even his con
gressional advisers, but Is tryln to
find out things for himself.
Coming after the sales tax repudi-'
atlon, It makes the Washington clique
feel the new deal may not tv-?"
them. ' i
The Roosevelt-Gar ner sales U, dl ' '
pute looked like a stage play-out y.
wasn't. , . ,
The Vice-President-elect wan struck
to the core by Roooevelt's repudtsV
tion,. He waa particularly, hurt be- "
cause It came through the newspa
pers. He thought he had an agree
ment with Roosevelt to keep hands
off. The way his friends say he really
feels about It now la that if Roose
velt wants to mess with it, let him
go ahead.
The only Immediate effect la to
break up Garner's little poker game
with the Republicans.
The Democratlo gang here confi
dentially think Roosevelt does not
know as much about federal finances
as they do. Garner has been In that
business for 30 years.
There was enough peculiar busi
ness behind this Philippine indepen
dence bill to fill 10 volumes.
(Continued on Page Eight)
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BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Jan. 4.
"Hello, mister, was you ever asked t
make a New Year's prediction!"
"Say, I never been asked to cat on
New Year's."
"Have you ever been appointed on
a commission?"
"No, nor In Jail, either."
"Do you read prominent men's pre-
dirt Ions?"
"No, I never read fiction.
"Hare you a Job?"
"No, I am on a diet."
"What does the New Year hold hi
store for you?
"Wtiat New Year? Hare they rot
another one."
ILL
ROGERS
xQk "says:
"Do yon think the world leaders
can get us out of this?"
"They might. Ignorance got us In.
"What do you think of tech
nocracy ?"
"Nothing vmi cant spell will erer
work."
"What about the debts?"
"Well, I hear England paid 00 mil
lion, but It's only hearsay as far as
the unemployed Is concerned."
"Do you think we 'will get out of
this depression Just because we got
out of all the nthef?"
"Lots of folks drown nhat'i been
tn the water before,"
"What will give the unemployed
employment?"
"If somebody wM throw a monkey
wrench Into the machinery."
"Won't light wines and beer be
big nld to the poor?"
"They will If they will give 'em
away."
"Won't '33 see a change for the
better?"
" don't think so; we havent suf
fered enough. The Lord Is repaying
us for our foolishness during prosper
ous days. He Is not quite ready to
let us out of the doghouse yet."
"I will haul you down the road tf
you like,"
"What's down the road? I been to
both ends; one place li as good as
aliot her."
"Well, good lurk to you."
"Yes. that's what my congressman
said."
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