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MEDFOKD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933.
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Half Truths and Misinformation Spread by
Comment
on the
DayYNews
nv FRANK JENKINS
ON EVER? aide, you hear or read
:thls atatement: "The. way to
bring back prosperity la to go oK the
gold atandard. It la gold that la
throttling u.
"We need cheaper money."
S THAT true7
Let's do
little
1 Investigating.
suppose you work lor a living, as
most of us do, and that your only
income Is your wage-or your salary.
you like to think of yourself aa
earning a salary Instead of drawing
wages.
Now ask yourself this question:
What would cheaper, money do to
HE?"
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HERE Is the answer: It would
REDUCE your purchasing pow-
"whyf Well, you aee. It's like thte:
When money to cheapened, MORE of
It la required to buy thlnga. That
ja to aay, people demand more of the
cheaper money In return for w.bat
they have to sell.
The denominations' printed or
etamped on your money, of course,
don't change. What happens la that
prices of the things money buys OO
OP as the value of the money goes
down, .
KtOW let see' now that affects
IN those of ua who work for wages,
v" The price, ot Soaf of bread or a
sack of potatoea ot a pound of meat
can change overnight, and frequently
does. But wages, as everybody knowa,
change very slowly. When you lt
the boss for a raise, you seldom get
It RIGHT AWAY. If you get It at
all, It takes time.
Oheap money or no cheap money,
jold atandard or no gold standard,
you will go on for quite a while get
ting the same number of dollars
each week or month.
But meanwhile your cheaper dol
lars will BUY I.ESS, because prices
have gone up. You will be hurt, you
see, Instead of helped.
AS A matter of act! whatever tem
porary advantagea follow the
cheapening of money, through tam
pering with Vie gold standard or
otherwise, go to those who who em
ploy labor and COME OUT OP THE
POCKETS of those who work for
wages, because cheapening the value
of money amounta to the same thing
aa reducing wagea.
That la what happened when Eng
land went off the gold atandard. It
la what Is happening In Japan now.
The working people are being paid
In cheaper money, and aa a reault
the employer's costs have gone down.
It Is those who work for wages that
are taking the lose.
SO. If you workfor wages, you will
pause snd think quite a long
while before you advocate going off
the gold standard and thua cheapen
ing the value of the money you re
ceive aa wagea. You will remember
the yeara right alter the war began
when prlcee of everything you
bought were going up but when your
pay check STAYED THE SAME.
You were pretty hard hit in those
days, because your wagea wouldn't
buy aa much as they had bought be
fore, and so your standard of living
was lowered.
The same thing would happen
AGAIN if we went off the gold atan
dard and cheapened the value of our
money.
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TO. IT Isnt cheaper money we
11 need.
Cheapening the value of our money
la Just like buying a quart of milk
and then pouring a quart of water
Into It. The half gallon of WATER
ED milk yould have Just the same
food value, and no more, aa the
quart of whole milk had before the
water wea poured In.
There la no auch thing, you know,
aa something for nothing.
A-i.
WHAT we really need, and must
have before business conditions
can return to normal, la MORE CON-
FIDENCK, so that those who have
money will again begin to Invest It
In constructive enterprises which
sOnnnnuad on Paga Eighty
Maximum of $25,000 Month
Available After Firstof
March Is Word Given Pat
ton by Governor Meier
That Jackson county will receive
abundant relief funds from the Re
construction Finance Corporation be
ginning the first of March, and that
relief work will then be taken en
tirely out of local politics, was the
good news announced by Hamilton
Patton, director of county relief, to
day. It la believed that a maximum of
(25,000 a month will be available and
this will be an obligation of the
state not the county. It Is even pos
sible that the state will never be re
quired to pay this money back to
Uncle Sam.
The local funds will be distributed
by a Jackson county committee of
seven members to be named by Gov
ernor Meier, three of them to be
members' of t,he "county court, the
other four to be selected at large. .
This committee will have absolute
authority to determine how the
money will be used, whether for di
rect relief of want and suffering, or
for public work to provide employ
ment. The only check will be the
approval of the governor as to the
amount required. -
In Mr. Patton'a opinion this ar
rangement will solvo.lliis commun
lty'a -most pressing problem for the
remainder of the year and taking the
distribution of . relief money out of
the handa of the county court, which
is split by dissension, will remove
suffering and want from the sphere
of bitter personal and partisan poli
tics. All decisions of the commit
tee, which Is given almost absolute
power, will Be by a majority vote.
It la believed Governor Meier will se-
lect a committee which will be truly
represenattive of the entire com
munity and one that can work har
moniously and constructively.
This will make it possible to do
two things which as relief director I
tried to do. but because of the lack
of money and lack of harmony the
court was unable to do. First, give
no relief funds except direct charity
whlch are not paid back In some kind
of public work; and second, purchase
supplies from local merchants who
are willing to sell for a fair but not
aa unreasonable, profit." said Mr.
Patton.
The sentiment downtown when
this good news waa first announced
was that this solution of the un
employment problem, and assured re
lief locally without any cost to the
taxpayers, will go far toward quiet
lng the political hullabaloo and get
ting t,he community back to some
thing like peace and harmony once
more.
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CALL TO MEETING
District Attorney Cteorge Codding
announced this afternoon that he
would not be at the meeting of the
Good Government congress, called for
tomorrow morning at the armory,
when Interviewed toy the preae, re
garding statements made In the mor
ning newspaper.
Commissioner R. E. Nealon, sched
uled by the organization to appear
on the program, also announced that
he would not attend the meeting.
After talking with members of the
Oood Government congress, with
whom he Is personally acquainted, he
stated, he secured the Information
that his presence waa only desired In
an attempt to humiliate htm public
ly. He referred this morning to
previous experience at the meeting
on the court house steps, wnen n
was made impossible for him to state
his own case. He said he was inform
lng the Good Government congress
by letter that he would not ne pres
ent. MARSH FIELD, Ore.. Feb. 17. (AP)
Leroy Coffin. 38. was arrested here
yesterday. Police said that he at
tempted to resist arrest, and falling
to do so. pointed his revolver at his
own head. He waa overpowered by
the arresting officers. q
From Seattle Kemp Scott. J. O
Edwards and P. W. Besch are busl-
I new visitors in Medford today from
. Seattle, and were reglsQred at local
boUl this morning.
Japanese Well
Is Warning to
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Spokesman Declares Tokyo
Government Will Not Ac
cept Findings Russia
Also Creates New Snag
GENEVA, Feb. 17. (AP) Less
than an hour after the League of
Nations had transmitted to all the
world's government its report and
recommendations on ' the Manchu-
rlan dispute today,. Vosuke Mosuoka,
the Japanese spokesman, said me
government would not accept them.
He defended preparations for inva
sion of the province of Jcthol, assert-
lng that Japan will light U sue nas
to, but he evaded questions about
the possibility of his government's
withdrawal from the league.
Another snag appeared In the at-
tlude of the spokesman for Russia,
whose government togother-with that
of the United States, tbo league-
asked to co-operate In negotiations
for a Manohurlan settlement. He
Indicated Russia bellevos this new ef
fort to find a solution never will
reach the stage of negotiations pro
posed.
The league report on, Manchuria
denounces Japan's policy in that ter
ritory and seeks the aid of the unit
ed States in settling the dispute.
It declares - against maintenance
and recognition of the state of Man-
chukuo, proposes new negotiations
between China and Japan, with the
league again assisting, and extends
the Invitation to participate to Soviet
Russia aa well as to America.
(By the Associated Press)
These are some of the outstanding
recommendations In the League of
Nations report on the manchurtan
dispute:
The state of Manchukuo must be
dissolved and there must be rci, up
in Manchuria a governing organiza
tion under the sovereignty of and
compatible with the administrate
integrity of China.
The dispute must be settled ao
cording to the principles of the
league covenant, the Kellogg-Briand
pact and the nine-power treaty.
Japan must withdraw its troops
from Manchuria.
China and Japan, with a league
committee assisting, should open ne
gotiations with a view to settling
Vielr dispute.
The United States and Soviet Rus
sia, both non-members of the league,
will be Invited to participate as mem
bers of that league committee.
T PLEAS
Circuit Judge George F. Sklpworth
of Lane county, today advised the
county clerk that he would be here
next Monday, to hear arguments and
motions and other matters pertain
ing to the election contest filed by
Former Sheriff Ralph G. Jennings,
against Sheriff Gordon L. Schermer-
horn.
It is understood that pressure of
business In his own district has de
layed his appearance here.
Jennings alleges in his contest, that
as a "write -In" candidate he was
elected sheriff by "not less than 97
votes," and 381 votes for him were
cast out by election boards on "tech
nical errors."
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PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 17. ( AP)
Senator Frederick Steiwer'a t o t e
against the Blaine resolution to re
peal the 18th amendment yesterday
caused surprise among some of his
colleagues, it is stated in a special
dispatch from Washington. D. C, to
the Oregon Journal today.
The Oregon senator explained, the
dispatch said, that his vote was case
In accord with his personal commit
ments during the recent campaign.
Stelwer said he had refreshed his
memory from his office file and was
confirmed in the belief that he should
not vote for submission unless it
contained a reservation of the right
of the federal government to prevent
tie return of the saloon.
PACIFIC HIGHWAY
WORK WILL START
Work will start Monday, according
to present plans, on the Ashland unit
of the Pacific highway. The state
highway commission late yesterday
formally approved of the right of
way settlement and gave orders for
the work to start. The contract had
been previously let to Washburn &
Hall of Portland. Tbe survey and
other preliminary details were also
all completed several weeks ago.
The grading will cost approximate
ly $78,000. The Southern Pacific
under-crossing, bridges and other
Items will bring the total expendi
ture close to 9150,000. The money Is
derived from federal relief funds.
It is estimated that 60 men will
be employed. The workers, it is ex
pected,,. will be men of families and
of established residence in this
county, in order to complete the
work by June 30, the time allotted
by the government, - It is probable a
day and night shift will be main
tained oa the Job. -The-worta will be
a factor in relieving the unemploy
ment situation in this county,
The Ashland unit is 1.6 miles long
and has two bridges over Bear creek.
The so-called Talent unit of tbe
improvement project Is- still under
consideration by the state highway
commission. The Chamber of Com
merce., and other organizations of
Medford and Ashland filed a protest
against the route, insofar as It left
the business district of Talent off
the main route. Citizens felt that
he, change would be an unnecessar
ily heavy blow to Talent.
The matter has been pending since
the first of the year.
BILL IS PASSED
UP TO GOVERNOR
SALEM, Feb. 17. &) After a de
ade of effort on the part of the med
ical profession to get a fundamental
sciences bill through the legislature.
victory came today when the senate
passed the house bill Introduced by
Representative Dammasoh, himself a
physician. The bill was opposed by
the drugless healing schools. The vote
was 16 to 14. It came up aa a special
order measure.
The bill requires a knowledge of
five fundamental sciences by ail per
sona practicing healing, either with
or without drugs. Christian Scient
ists and optometrists being exempted
from Its provisions. Examinations
would be given by a board of lay
men appointed by the state board of
higher education. Senator Isaac e.
Staples of Portland, an optometri&t
by profession, carried the fight
against the bill.
SALEM. Feb. 17. ) Wet forces
in the state legislature will not quit
their fight for the calling of. a con
stitutional convention in the event
the repeal of the 18th amendment is
submitted to the states, It became
known today. A similar measure to
that defeated in the senate yesterday
was being prepared for Introduction
In the house.
Governor Julius L. Meier today r
turned his first veto of the regular
session when he gave his dlsapprovsl
to senate bill SO, providing the case
of William Russel Reed be reopened
by the state Industrial accident com
mission. The measure was proposed
by Senator George W. Dunn of Jack
son county.
SALEM. Feb. 17 Pt The 40th
and last day of the scheduled ses
sion of the Oregon state legislature
was opened today with prospects ot
a night meeting In the house and
no lndlcationa of aine die adjourn
ment until the end of next week.
The session waa expected to continue
at least eight daya overtime, for
u:h. senators and representatives
will serve without cost to the tax
payers. The 13 par day pay stops
.toaiefiU
Fight
League
STUBBORN BATTLE
FOR HON LIFE
Chicago Mayor's Condition
'Satisfactory' After Se
rious Wound by Bullets
Fired at President-Elect
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 17 (AP)
Dr. E. C. Thomas, county pliysl
(ilrlan, late today declared that
Giuseppe Zangara, who shot five
perxons Wednesday night, ait he
attempted to assassinate President-elect
Roosevelt, was sane.
The pronouncement was - made
some time after he examined the
prisoner In the Dade county Jail.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 17. (AP)
Without hearing a single phase
of the case, Criminal Judge E. C
Collin, In a five-mi nut court
session today, postponed until to
morrow the arraignment of !"
"seppe ZanRarrt. charged with the
attempted assassination of President-elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 17. CAP)
Mayor Anton Cermsk of Chicago and
Mrs. Joe H. Gill of Miami, who stop
ped two of the bullets Gulseppl Zan-
gara meant for Preslden-elect Roose
velt, rested well last night but their
condition was reported little changed
today.
The mayor's condition waa de
scribed by his doctors as "satisfac
tory with no complications," while
Mrs. Oill waa reported aa "holding
her own."
Others Recovering
Other victims of the wild ahote of
the swarthy little Immigrant who
bought an 8 pistol to demonstrate
his hate for all government were said
by hospital attaches to be resting
nicely and progressing. They were
Miss Margaret Km Is of Newark, N.
J.; William Slnnott of New York, and
Russell Caldwell of Cocoa nut Grove,
Fla.
Willie the condition of Mayor Cer
mak and Mrs. GHt waa watched
closely, Zangara was held in a cell
high up In the Dade county Jail
under close guard against rumors of
a possible attempt to kidnap, and
lynch him. , Cool and unafraid, he
awaited arralngment on charges of
attempting to murder President-elect
Roosevelt, Mlsa Kruls, Slnnott and
Caldwell.
Murder Charge Pends
Prison charges of 30 years are pos
sible on each of the charges but the
graclty of Zangara's punishment prob-
(Continued on Page Three)
CORVAMJ8, Ore., Feb. 17-(AP)
Emergency crop production loan ap
plications will be available for Ore
gon farmera within a week, O, R.
Hyslop, head of the farm cropa de
partment at Oregon State college,
waa advised In a wire today from
Senator Charlea L. Me.Nary. The sen
ator atated that loan machinery la
being speeded up and that compe
tent pereona will be appointed In
each county to assist in filling out
applications without cost to growers.
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SALEM, Ore., Feb. 17. (AP) Hope
held by the waya and means com
mittee that It was about to end Its
labors for this legislative session waa
dashed last night when that group
of 14 men ran Into unexpected snags.
With the governor's approved budget
already exceeded by some 130.000 or
140.000. the committee received a re
queat from the tnduatrlal accident
commission for a flat izoo.wo ap
propriatlon. and another from the
war veterans 'atate aid commission
to cover a deficit oX 14004QQ,
Banks to
JAILED FOR SHOOTING AT ROOSEVELT
' Associated Press telephoto of Joseph Zangara, without pants, after ,
ha was seized following hit attempt to assassinate President-elect
Roosevelt at M lamt, Fla. Five persons were wounded by Zangara's fire, j
Barrage of Propaganda
Implants Idea That Law
And Order Broken Down
Clever Psychology Used to Create Distrust
Good Government Congress Built
For Dictator's Own Profit
L. A. Bunks, dictator of the "llooil Government Congress" la font sain
ing the name of a "super psychologist," anion); I hose or the roiinly ivlio
ara keeping tliclr heads ami looking Into the current tnrninn with clear
eyes.
Banka has In mind the ultimate
control of county offices, for obvloua
reasons, and la laying down a barrage
of carefully concealed propaganda to
play on the minds of uninformed
folks to gain those ends. The last
move In this plan waa the formation
of the "Oood Government Congress,"
of which he haa complete control, it
this time.
People Sold. . - .
By mean of clever salesmanship,
he haa, through hla newapaper. Bold
many of the people of Jackson county
on the Idea that the,re la a breakdown
of law and order. He haa done this
by carefully concealing certain fact
In each case he seta forth, and In
playing to the aklea threada of truth
In each allegation. Persona who have
not had access to all the facta in the
several cases, and have heard the re
peated charges of law breakdown and
conspiracies, have believed the
charges, and are now the onea who are
aupportlng Banks in hla efforta to
avoid hla day of reckoning In court.
Many of these people. It la pointed
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Page Pour)
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CURLY GUY FREED
LONO BEACH, Cal- Feb. 17. JPy
The atate'a explanation of the sen
sationsl wanderwell murder mystery
a myatery with background and
developments rivalling detective fic
tion waa rejected by a Jury late last
night.
In four ballots, the Jury freed 13-year-old
Wlllln-m James "Curly" ouy
of the charge that he slew "Captain"
Wslter Wanderwell, 39, leader of an
adventure-seeking band of eight
young women and seven men, the
night of last December 6.
The almost fantuatlc career of
Wanderwell, Pollah-'oorn soldier of
fortune, was ended by' a pistol bullet
aboard his yacht "Carma," docked in
the ocean harbor here.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (AP)
The house Democrats. n caucus to
day, bound themselves to vote for
prohibition repeal Monday under
suspension of the house rules. The
TOW waa lib to 40,
Sway the People
OLETA ROGERS IS
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Oleta Rogers still topped the llet of
popularity contestant, according to
today's count, with Margaret Meillnj
and Ellow Mae Wilson close on her
heels. Other contestants are making
excellent showings snd the tabuli
tton Sunday will be awaited with
keen Interest.
The final tabulation at 6 o'clock
Saturday evening will determine the
winner of the added 110 cash prize
which will be given to the girl who
haa turned in the most ballots dur
ing the past week. This award will
be made, regardless or the totals, ana
la based only on the total votes se
cured since the count last Sunday.
When the first mid-week count is
made next week on Wednesday, the
Inactive girls who have been nom
inated will be dropped from the list.
in accordance with the procedure of
similar popularity contests which hovo
been coducted and are being held in
other cltiea of the United States,
However, all nominees will be pub
lished Sunday, with the final stand
ings at the end of the fourth week
on the six-week contest.
Today's tabulation Is as follow j:
Nome. Vote.
Ellow Mae Wllaon ..334,300
Harriet Campbell 1,000
Addye Allen 1,000
Dorothy Orth 1,000
Margaret Chlldera 14,000
Arvilla Burns 7.500
Margaret Mclllng .385,80O
Janet Wray Smith..
1,000
Vivian Meter
1300
1,000
Ethel Chord -
Sybil Jean Young -
Peggy Miller .
Jean Pabrlck .
Dean Holt , ,,
Betty Bardwell
Ruth Aahcraft
Kathleen Ness
Dorothy Slesd ........
1.000
1,000
MOO
1.000
1,000
1.000
1.000
1.000
4 Continued on rage Two
NEFFICIENCY IN
Committee Left Matters
Largely in Hands of Chair
man Norbeck, Whose Tal
ents Lie in Other Lines
By PATJt, MALLON
Copyrighted by McClure Newapaper
Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 17. fPl In-
efficiency rather than dUnonctty
scemi to have been the worst aln of
the srnate etcck market Investigators.
committee members h-tve left mas
ters largely to Chairman Noroeck.
They will not be awarded any mect-
aia tor Dravery but they do have the
legitimate excus. t-nat they were f ed
up with other mattera. NorbeJk
would probably admit that he knowa
aa little about aenate Investigating
as anyone In the senate. He knows
even lesa about banking and the
stock market. He la a shrewd and
worthy public official, but his talent
and experience are admittedly In
other lines.
That Is the real root of the trouble
raised by the New York group which
wants the aenate to Investigate the
Investigators.
Even before the "complaint waa
made, blunders' became ao frequent
that some senator became personally
alarmed about wliere Norbeck was
leading "them: "They had a confiden
tial session with film, saying bluntly
that what he was doing jnd not do
ing was reflecting unjustly on all
members of the committee.
Norbeck told them some of his
troubles, also. It was all very con
fidential but It may bo related now
to give you a closeup of what went
on backstage. Hla Inveatlgatora an-
parently dug up some red hot eva
sion cases. At least they thought
they were red hot. The treasury did
not think they were even lukewarm.
Treasury official warned Norbeck to
watch his atep and the atepa of his
investigators or the government would
get Into trouble.
The Investigators thought Norbeck
was calling them off. They auspect-
ed Wall Street, rather than ireoeury
innuence.
This la the explanation why two
committee Investigators resigned. At
least it la the explanation Norbeck
privately gave hie associates. The7
never doubted his integrity and do
not now.
Lack of leadership la what la at th
bottom of all thia current prohibi
tion horseplay.
Democratic Floor Leader Robinson
Is known not to sympathize with the
bare repeal Idea of the party plat
form. Construction of the legislation
was left to a progressive lame duck.
Senator Blaine. He did the beat he
could but he did not have the power
of the Democratic party behind him.
Senator Pat Harrison Jumped In to
push the Blaine resolution aa far as
the senate floor. The situation call
ed for something more than that.
To make matters worse the wet
split among themselves. The Asso
ciation Agalnat the Prohibition
amendment atarted attacking the
Blaine resolution because It was the
Republican not the Democratic plan.
That is also the view that Speaker
oarner rightly holds. He will not ac
cept anything the aenate doea except
straight repeal and the senate will not .
(Continued on Page Plve)
WlLL.
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb.
16. This depression must have
finally hit the aenate. - They
are investigating it. Iif they .
want to know what is holding
back relief measures all they
got to do is look in the mirror.
Papers today stated that Mr.
Hoover is going to issue a de
nunciation of congress and the
senate. Denounce 'cm. Every
body is surprised he hasn't
hot 'cm.
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