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MEDFOKi), OREGON", TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1933.
No. 293.
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Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in his
Inaugural speech, says:
"First of all, let me assert my firm
belief that the only thing we have
to fear is fear Itself; nameless, un
reasoning, unjustfled terror which
paralyzes needed efforts to convert
retreat Into advance."
HE HITS thnaU on tha head.
Remove this "nameless, unrea
soning, unjustified terror" that has
gripped the people of this country
and our business troubles will begin
to vanish as the early morning fogs
vanish before the hot sun.
W
HY does fear piny uch havoc
with the modern business struc
ture?
' Well, It's like this: Modern busi
ness la built pretty largely upon
credit bark credit, chiefly; some
thing like nine-tenths of all our buy
ing and selling, which constitute
business, being accomplished by
means of bank credit.
And bank credit, you must remem
ber, Is built upon BANK DEPOSITS.
GET this picture':'
Modern business, which provides
Jobs, which In turn provide buying
power, la built upon bank credit.
Bank credit la built upon bank de
posits about ten dollars in bank
credit, In normal times, arising out
of each dollar of deposits.
The savings of the people, you see,
deposited In the banks, provide the
foundation upon which the whole
structure of business resta.
When FEAR, by causing people to
remove their deposits from the banka,
DESTROYS THE FOUNDATION, the
structure must fall.
HAT'S all very wll,-yoirmay
asy. "but the banks ought to
be strong enough to stand up under
any emergency.
Listen:
Banks, no matter how strong they
are, CAN'T survive when all their
depositors take all their money out
all at the ssme time any more than
the atrongest man In the world can
survive when his heart stops beating.
BANKINO, like so' many of the use
ful devices that have made mod
era civilization possible, is bssed upon
simple fact discovered ages ago by
. eome smart Individual.
As of course you know, the first
bsnkers were merely SAFE KEEPERS.
That is to say, they provided a safe
place where people might keep their
treasure away from thieves, and they
charged a fee for the use of this safe
place.
We have a eurvtval of this Institu
tion In the modern safe deposit vault.
THEN, away back in the dim be
ginnings of recorded history, some
smart person discovered that all those
who brought their treasure to the
safe place for safe keeping didn't
ask for Its return ALL AT THE SAME
TTMB.
That atarted him to thinking, and
out of his thinking came this idea:
"Why not lend a part of thla accu
mulated treasure to those who need
It, using repayment aa they come
in to repay those who ask for the
return of their treasure? It will be
quite safe, because experience proves
that as long aa my customers HAVE
CONFIDENCE In me they won't all
ask for their treasure at the same
time."
The scheme worked,, and out of It
came the Immensely useful Institu
tion of banking, without which clvlll
ratlon could not have reached Its
present high level.
BUT mark thisi
The first bank whenever It was
startsd; whoever It was that founded
It COULDN'T have survived If ALL
Its customers had demanded the re
turn of their treasure all at the same
time any more than ANY Individual
modern bank, no matter how strong
It Is. can aurvlve If all Its depceltora
demand all their money all at the
same time.
. Banking, with all Its vt. useful
ness to mankind, Js BUILT upon the
simple fact that as long as depositors
have confidence In the hank they
won't ail demand thetr money at the
same time.
The whole thing is Just as simple
as that.
'O. YOU SFE
) to provide i
Jt ISN'T POSSIBLE
bank that will be i
(Continued on Page T9l
OF CITY JOIN IN
Brighter Outlook Prevails As
Decision Made to Meet
Emergency In Circula
tion Wednesday Morning
Business was looking up in the city
of Medford this afternoon, and a
brighter outlook flooded the horizon
for merchant, buyer, employer and
employe, as a meeting called to
launch an emergency Issue of local
scrip, opened at the chamber of com
merce at 2 o'clock.
For money of any other clink or
color "smells the same" to southern
Oregonlans, If It will buy. And thata
what local scrip will do. The cham
ber of commerce expects to have it
In circulation by tomorrow morning,
starting a complete turnover of the
wheels of business, partially para
lyzed since declaration of the bunk
ing holidays.
Business Men Backers
The scrip will be underwritten by
a group of local business men and
will be In an amount judged suffici
ent to care for the immediate neces
sity. If further issuance Is found
necessary, it was explained this after
noon, another group of business men
will be called in to participate In Its
launching.
The chamber of commerce 'meeting
thla afternoon was preceded by one
held at the city hall, at which B. E.
Harder, president of the First Nation
al bank, explained thoroughly the
banking situation, urging, an exten
sion of credit aa the cornerstone of
commerce, and the best solution of
the present situation. He predicted
the arrival here by Friday of clearing
house certificates to be Issued out of
Portland and approved temporary
plans to Issue local scrip, saying that
It could do no harm and would un
doubtedly furnish immediate' relief
here. The city hall aid auditorium
and' "corridors were filled to capacity
for his talk and many persons were
unable to gain entrance.
Bakery Has Own Issue
The Colonial Bakery today launch
ed lta own scrip to care for the pay
roll In the amount of 585. The
certificates will be accepted as pay
ment for merchandise at the Colonial
bakery or by any grocer or merchant
selling or serving products manufac
tured by the Colonial bakery.
Clearing house certificates expect
ed here within a few days will bring
retirement of the local scrip, accord
ing to the plan Both are expected
to stimulate buying and discourage
any tendency toward hoarding, Mr.
Harder pointed out this morning.
Clearing house certificates are be
ing Issued In preference to regular
currency, Mr. Harder explained to
prevent hoarding and start an imme
diate circulation of a medium of ex
change. Hoarding Problem
"Currency put out now," he stated,
"would probably go Into hiding.
Clearing house certificates will be
spent, bringing the business turn
over needed. Portland will pay us
clearing house certificates against
our balance, enabling their circula
tion here as soon as they are out."
Listing the banking regulations In
effect for today, which will liberalize
considerably the situation of yester
day, Mr. Harder stated "Front doors
will remain closed but side doors will
be open. We will "permit withdrawals
to drawer of check only In amount
limited to necessity. All checks will
be okehed by an officer before pay-
(Contlnued on Page Three)
SOVIET DECLINES TO
C0NFER1TH LEAGUE
MOaOOW, March 7. (AP) The
soviet government refused today to
participate In the League of Nations
consul atlve commission which Is to
deal with the Slno-Japanese conflict.
The reason ascribed was the "hos
tility" of the major participants
toward the soviet administration.
The refusal did not mention the
United States by name but obviously
referred to the absence of diplomatic
relations between Washington and
Moscow.
.
Jacksonville H. E,
Club Will Meet
With Mrs. Skinner
H. K. club of the Jacksonville
Orange will meet tomorrow afternoon
at the home of Mrs. R. A. Skinner of
the West Side district, It was an
nounced today. Mrs. Skinner has
extended a cordial Invitation to all
club members and ladles of the
Grange.
At the last meeting of Ihe club
held at the home of Mr. Anna Wendt,
a Washington luncheon was held, with
Mrs. Emma Conger as assistant
hostess. Eighteen were present, and
following the business session, games
were enjoyed with Mrs. Zola Pick
and Mr. Man Sims in chars. High
wnr prize was awarded Mrs Elsie
'Hoover.
New 'Mother Jones'
Mrs. Agnea Burns Wleck of
Belleville, lll.t who has been named
president of the auxiliary of the
Progressive Miners union of Illi
nois, is called the new "Mother
Jones" In the strife-torn Illinois coal
fields. (Associated Press Photo)
CLOSED TIGHT ON
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 7. (p)
Although banka in several Oregon
cities and towns were open for limit
ed operation today, Portland institu
tions remained closed under the na
tional and state holiday regulations.
while Portland bankers communicated
with the Federal Reserve bank in
San Francisco fcr further lnforma-
The Portland brsnch of the Fed
eral Reserve in San Francisco, they
said, was now the only link In the
city's financial structure not connect
ed for a reopening of banks here un
der a limited business program ai
laid out in the 13 regulations of the
secretary of the treasury.
Meanwhile, In other sections of
Oregon, emergency business waa be
ing conducted. At Salem the banks
opened today for emergency business.
Pome payroll disbursements were be-
In met, pending further Instructions
from Washington. D. C. The back
doors of Klamath Falls banks were
open for vital business.
Portland bankers said that until
the Federal Reserve bank released
their balances they would be unable
to operate under the terms of Secre
tary Woodln's regulations, since every
bank carries the greatest part of lte
balance In the Federal Reserve bank.
The '.Portland clearing house had
completed plans for Issuance of scrip
this morning, but this arrangement
was Interrupted by announcement
from Washington, i. C, that scrip
plans were to be delayed until Fri
day. (Bv the Associated Press.)
From their cages in the nation's
banks thousands of paying tellers
were confidently paying out and re
ceiving money again today.
They could do so becatise quick
action by the federal government
lifted some restrictions on deposits,
permitting release of deposits for es
sential purposes.
And their confidence of a return
to normalcy was heightened by a
second order authorising clearing
houses to Issue scrip or other medl
urns of exchange at the conclusion of
the national holiday Friday.
One huge New York lnsttutlon re
ported hoarders' gold was flowing in
to Its vault again to the count of
thousands of dollars. It was said
the deposits were being paid under
the trust fund regulations issued In
Washington.
ROSEBURG EASED
BY FEDERAL COIN
ROSEBURG, Ore., March 7.- AP)
Business channels In Roseburg were
expected to be relieved immediately
from the shortage of currency, as the
result of an order received this morn
ing permitting local banks to cash
checks drawn on the TJ. S. treasury.
Checks totaling approximately 7000
given federal employe, pensioners
and veterans provided with disability
allowance, received since the first of
March, are being paid toUny In cash.
Pendleton Menfs
Trial March 15
PORTLAND. March 7 fAPl Trial
of six Pendleton business men ac
cused of assault and battery on
James C. Turner. 73. of Ores-ham. was
today continued until Wednesday,
March IS. They were to have rone
i on trial hrre tomsrrcw. Tinner
j-harHed thv hat him when he re
I fused to sign a bank deposit waiver,
$5 AUTO FEE AND
TRUCK, BUS BILL
Legislature Passes Two Im
portant Measures Up for
Governor Meier's Signa
tureSales Tax in Debate
SALEM. March 7. (AP) Highway
legislation was disposed of In short
order In the senate of -the Oregon
legislature today, both the automo
bile license fee of 5 and one cent
gasoline tax, and the truck and bus
bill being passed by safe majorities.'
Both will become laws, unless votoed
by the governor, within 90 days from
adjournment of the legislature.
With these two major measures
disposed of and the sales tax consid
eration set for special order of busi
ness In the senate for 3 o'clock this
afternoon. It was believed sine die
adjournment could now be taken
either tomorrow night or Thursday.
There are many other bills to be con
sidered but debates on these were
expected to be limited.
Majority Oppose Sales Tax
The divided report on the sales tax
was returned by the taxation com
mittee during the forenoon, with the
majority opposed to the bill and the
minority favoring lta passage with
amendments, referring the bill to a
vote of the people A bill calling for
a special election In the event the
blK Is referred la still In a house
committee.
The house, after an all morning
debate, passed the taxation measure
calling for quarterly payment of pro
perty taxes and cancellation of all
penalty and Interest on delinquent
taxes prior to 1931.
Immediately after passage of the
automobile license bill and as part
of the same special order of busi
ness, the senate took up house bill
493, the bus and truck bill.
The bus and truck bill provides a
tar of one mill per ton-mile for large
carrying, concern, a,nd &bree-fourthB
of a mill per ton-mile for private
contractors.
The bill was assailed by Senator
Burke who called It "a railroad bill
pure and simple."
With all members present only
Brown, Burke, Staples and Zimmer
man voted against the truck and bus
bill.
A controvery between Judge L. H.
McMahan and Marlon county lawyers
that has been seething In the legis
lature for the last week, culminated
today In a victory for the Judge when
the senate defeated a bill that, would
have removed him from the law de
partment of the court.
KLAMATH RELIEF
L
SALEM. March 7. (AP) Andrew
Collier of Klamath Falls was named
chairman of the Klamatn county un
employment relief committee by Gov
ernor Julius L. Meier at noon today.
He will have six others on the com
mittee, three named by the governor
and three by the county court. The
three named by the governor Include
Claude McColloch, Mrs. Elizabeth
Sanders and A. J. Schlefersteln. all of
Klamath Falls.
Cabinet In Session.
WASHINGTON, March 7. (AP)
President Roosevelt and his cabinet
ended a two-hour session shortly after
4 o'clock on the banking situation
and a program for the special ses
sion of congress meeting Thursday.
Business on I. O. U. Basis
Ministers to All Wants
NEW YORK, March 7 (AP) Bus
iness turned to the public prints to
day to tell the man In the street
that he could trade as freely as he
liked on his good name; eat on It,
sleep on It, procure all the necessi
ties of life on It. travel on It, even
go to the theatre on It and take
along the folks.
The advertlsi ng columns of the
New York papers were crowded with
display announcements brimming
with encouragement for the present
and with optimism as to the future.
The ordinary pay-as-you-go family
was told that money might be tem
porarily scarce, that scrip might be
not yet available, but that credit was
still the cornerstone of commerce
and that despite the present crisis It
remained unshaken.
"If you haven't got a chame ac
count, hurry In and start one," was
the tenor of most of the department
store advertisements. And they sug
treated how to nise such accounts to
best advantage, even advocating of
fice workers eating lunch In the store
restaurants and charging the bill to
their accounts.
Hotels offered all their facilities on
a basis of trurt. PUam!h:p J'nea ad
vertised that checks wre arreptshle
and Jiiat scrip would be as soon a
Present Extreme
Is Turning Point
Declares Expert
NEW YORK. March 7. (AP)
The present situation may prove
to be the low point of the de
pression. In the opinion of A. D.
Whiteside, head of the- Dun and
Bradstreet Mercantile Agency.
"The American people may con
fidently rely upon the intelligence
and determination of the Ameri
can business man to carry on and
to progress from this point," said
Whiteside's statement.
FOR UNEMPLOYED
The Jackson County Unemployed
council, through lta secretary. O. H.
Qoss. today Issued the following de
tailed atatement. to the "unemployed
members of the Good Government
Congress":
Yesterday, Monday, March 8. a rep
resentative of the Unemployed Coun
cil of Jackson county made arrange
ments, through County Judge Fehl.
to speak for a few minutes upon UN
EMPLOYMENT and RELIEF In Jack
son county at the meeting to be held
at the court house. It Is a fact that
Mr. Llewellyn . A. Banka and Mra
Henrietta B. Martin were fully aware
that a short address was to be made
upon RELIEF and UNEMPLOYMENT.
In addition, perhaps one-half of the
unemployed workers present were also
aware of this fact. Despite this.
Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin deliberately
closed the meeting following Mr.
Banks' remarks without having an
nounced the unemployed representa
tive who stood near by.
Immediately after the meeting
Judge Fehl expressed surprise that
the unemployed were denied a voice
at the meeting.
Questioned by the Unemployed
Council-as o-her reasons for - the
tactics employed, Mrs. Martin replied :
"Mr. Ooss did not ask me ferbom
ALLY. I AM THE PRESIDENT of the
Good Government Congress, NOT
JUDGE FEHL."
One csn only conclude from this,
as well ss past actions, that neither
Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin or Llewellyn
A. Banks are Interested In the em
ployment of the unemployed or re
lief of the needy, but are using the
unemployed workers for their own
(Continued on Page Two) -
,
Fire at Keno Does
Damage of $20,000
KLAMATH FALLS. March 7. ,(AP)
Loss estimated by the owners at
n.iv e?n nnn w mused bv fire
which destroyed a general store and
a restaurant at Keno. ore., J me.
west of here, lsst night.
Roosevelt Eats
Lunch At Desk
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7. fl) Presi
dent Roosevelt had lunoh served at
hla desk In the executive office today
as he worked at his banking program
and prepared for Thursday's extra
session of congress.
WASHINGTON RELIEF
MEASURE IS SIGNED
OLYMPIA. Wash., March 7. (AP)
Governor Clarence D. Martin of
Washington signed the JO,000.000
unemployment relief bond Issue meas
ure today and announced steps would
be taken Immediately toward bring
ing an action before the state su
preme court to test its validity.
Issued. Alrplsne companies
and
other travel lb ma followed suit.
Broadway went even further than
the rest In extending a helping hand
to the temporarily embarrassed. Pro
ducers of one of the current hit In
vited playgoers to use checks for the
purchase of tickets and added that
if checks were not available I. O. U.'s
would do Just as well.
With all this encouragement and
reassurance that temporary shortage
of cash wssn't going to mean corre
sponding shortage of necessities or
even minor luxuries, the people con
tinued about their businesa with un
troubled calm.
Some of the stores went beyond
credit assurance In their advertise
ments and used newspaper p&ce to
diagnose the publics condition and
find It good.
Unrtr the heading "respiration
regular, pulse normal" one of the
larse stores said:
"A great store Is In ft key position
for testing public reaction to any
emergency operation. It Is pleasant,
therefore, to issue a public bulletin
(about the public) and report that
with the temporary financial tourni
quet snustly applied, hualness pro
ceeded under the most reassuring
condition.'
T
IN SPEECH PLANS
Permission to Use Gym for
Public Address Denied
Erstwhile Editor G.-G.
Leaders Leave in Dudgeon
PROSPECT, Ore., March 7. (Spl.)
Leaders of the so-called Oood Gov
ernment congress left here last night
in a huff when the school board de
nied permission for L. A. Banks to
speak at a meeting scheduled In the
school (rymnaslum. Permission had
previously been granted Earl H. Fehl
to speak but when he attempted to
Include the erstwhile editor In the
program he was Informed Banks
would not be permitted to speak.
Fehl, Banks and Henrietta B. Martin,
president of the Good Government
congress, then left Prospect, accord
ing to Information obtained here. .
Memoers of the Prospect district
school board are Tom Carlton, W. E
Mooney and L. A. Dltorth.
There came to th La strife torn
oounty today a blessed respite from
political turmoil and fantastic ru
mors and Inflammatory talk. There
were signs of peace, and an under
tone of optimism. '
For the first week-day since Janu
ary 2, the court house corridors this
morning were not filled with loung
ers and curiosity seekers. A dozen
men stood on the sidewalk and
laughed and Joked. Though It waa
a non-Judlclal day, due to the bank
moratorium, "with no official filings
being made and no court in session,
many people came on business. Court
house officials and workers marvelled
at the sudden welcome change.
Developments of Day
It was also quiet on all other
fronts, the developments of the last
24 hours being:
The district attorney's office start
ed an investigation of the claim of
L. A. Banks, honorary president of
the .. so-called "Good Government
congress" In his court house steps
speech Monday, that he had written
to the governor and other state of
ficials "unless we can have Justice,
I will take the field In. revolution
against you people now make the
most of It."
Strong public disapproval regis
tered of Incendiary speeches, and
launching of grave oharges against
officials and citizens, to fan preju
dices. ;
(Continued on Page Three)
STATE'S RECEIPTS
MAY TOP OUTGO
SALEM, March 7 (API Receipt
of the state government for the pres
ent blennlum were estimated by the
ways and means committee. In Its
final report, at 13.S08.000, or S3.009,
008 In excess of state expenditures,
leaving the latter to be applied to
the state deficit.
Receipts embrace tl2.446.000 esti
mated In the Hansen budget esti
mated to accrue from varloua activi
ties snd 150.000 from the '.'tithing"
bill .which has now passed both
houses.
Expenditures embrace 0,720.353 In
legislative appropriation, of which
5,435.083 I, the total of budget Items
and 234,300 non-budget Items; con
tinuing appropriations of 305,150;
and mlllaga taxes of 3.011,483, mak
ing s total of 0.888,902 In expendi
tures as against the $12,000,000 re
ceipts. WORK STARTS ON
One hundred fifty men today
started work in five-hour shifts on
the highway work in the Ashland
district, according to reports from
that city. Besides the ISO unskilled
laborers employed on the Job, there
will be an additional ten men.
Twenty-one per cent of the un
skilled laborers are selected from
Jackson county unemployed, the re
mainder being from Coos, Curry, and
Multnomah counties.
Work has started on two bridges
over Bear creek. Information from
Ashland states, and moving of heavy
machlneryls now underway.
DRY LEADERS MAP
EMERGENCY PLAN
WASHINGTON. March 7. (AP)
Plans for a nation-wide emergency
campaign to prevent ratification r
the prohibition repeal amendment
were laid today before a two-dsy
gathering of dry leaden, mostly
church men, assembled at the Cal
vary Baptist church.
The stategy proposed by a ways
and means committee selected from
among the nearly 1000 drys represent
ed, would drive st restoration of state
I prohibition laws. -
Bond Theft Suspect
Ray Winger, 19, Boise, Ida., high
school boy has been arrested on
charges of stealing $230,000 of state
of Idaho blank bonds and forging
namss of officials on them. He was
arrested In Omaha, where It was
alleged he confessed, In a purport
ed attempt to cash one of them,
(Associated Press Photo)
2
DENVER, Oolo., Mar. 7. (p) Two
alleged members of the gang that
kidnaped Charles Boettcher, n
wealthy young broker, for W0.000 ran
som are behind Jail bars, Chief 3f
Police A. T. Clark revealed today,
and two other men who helped stage
the abduction are known, and their
arrest is expected soon. .
Chief Clark announced that C. W.
Pierce was under arrest in Denver as
the alleged writer of the extortion
letters. He said Arthur Toungberg
was under arrest at Chamberlain!
S. D.
MITCHELL, fl. D., Mar. 1. (P)
Denver police captured a suspect In
the kidnaping of Charles Boettcher.
wealthy Denver broker, In a surprise
raid on an alleged hideout along the
Missouri river near Chamberlain last
night, and were reported concentrat
ed in that region today for further
operations against the alleged kid
naplng gang.
AT
11 ALSO ENJOYED
A. H. B unwell, newly appointed
secretary of the chamber of com
merce, outlined briefly the work to
be undertaken this year at the noon
luncheon of the Lions club at the
Hotel Holland today. The meeting
was attended by a large crowd and
an enjoyable program of music was
also presented. Miss Margaret Pen
nington and George Andrews enter
tained with duet and solo numbers,
accompanied at the piano by Mrs
George Andrews. The group of songs
included: "Wanting You." "A Boy
and a Olrl Were Dancing," "Take Me
In Your Arms' and "On the Street
of Dreams".
Short talks were given by W. T.
Lee, assessor of Klamath county, D,
E. Van Vac tor, district attorney, and
George E. Powell, deputy district at
torney, who were guests here today
from Klamath Falls.
Mm. Lawrence Pennington was
also a guest at today's luncheon, ac
companying the group of musicians,
Mrs. Mae Powell, wife of Dewey
Powell, was reported back at her.
home near Talent today, following
reports at the Medford city and state
police offices that she had disap
peared from the crowd at the Oood
Government congress meeting In
front of the courthouse yesterday
afternoon.
Joe Croft, member of the Good
Government cone: rem telephoned of
ficers lat yeaterday, asking if Mrs,
Powell waa being held In Jail. Croft
was released on $1000 bond the Inst
of the week on a charge of ''burglary
not In a dwelling" In connection
with the ballot theft at the court
house.
fir-ant Pass Banks open.
O RANTS PASS, March 7. AP)
Banka In Grants Pass continued open
for restricted banking business Tuee
dav without having actually closed
their doors for either the governor
ice the president's franking holiday.
E
NEW FIRST LADY
Three Thousand Letters
Await Answers From Mrs.
Roosevelt She Is Popu
lar With Girl Reporters
Br PAUI, MALM
(Copyrighted by MoClure Nen-spaper
Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7. Mra. Roose
velt has more to do with things than
you've heard. The Preeldent consults
her at least once a day and sometimes
oftener.
Site gets a tremendous amount of
msll. Right now she Is trying to
answer 3,000 letters that have piled
up on her. She answers all letters,
those knocking aa well as boosting.
With the exception that she won't
answer those with a political tinge.
She wrote some during the campaign.
the recipients published them and her
husband was embarrassed.
Everybody around the Roosevelt
Is fond of the First Lady. She eeea
the girl reporters whenever they want
to see her. They, In turn, do any
thing she asks.
For that reason you probably will
find that all domeatlo news from the .
White House will be favorable.
Col. Lewis Henry Howe, the Presi
dent's confidential secretary, has to
pay a price for his close association
with "Franklin," as he calls his chief.
Roosevelt taunts him unmercifully.
He Is still rsgglng him about the new
suit hs bought for his triumphal de
scent on Washington.
Mr. Ickes got his Job toy ssklng for
it.
The secretary of the Interior had
no Idea that he might rat such an
appointment. He was very ambitious
about Washington affairs of state. He
came to see his good friend. Prof.
BeTle of Columbia. The professor
suggested he might fit Into Mr.
Roosevelt's- cabinet picture, -i .
Nothing daunted, Mr. Ickes went to
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TO PHILIPPINE POST
WASHINGTON. Maroh T. (AP)
President Roosevelt today gave John
H. Holllday of Missouri, an ad Interim
appointment to continue as vice-gov
ernor of the Philippines.
The president accepted the resigna
tion of Theodore Roosevelt aa gov
ernor general and designated Holllday
as acting governor general after
Roosevelt sails from the Islands March
24.
Holllday was continued In office to
await the arrival of Homer 8. Cum
mlngs, of Connecticut, who will take
over the governor generalship after
he completes his' temporary appoint
ment aa attorney general In the
Roosevelt cabinet.
Klamath Banks
Making Change
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. March 7.
(AP) Banks In Klamath Falls had
their back doors open, safety deposit
boxes were available to depositors, snd
emergency business was being trans
acted today. The banks were making
change.
WILL
ROGERS
"eSflys:
SANTA MONICA, Cal Mar.
6. America hasn't been as
happy in three years as they
are today. No money, no work,
but they know they got a man
in there who is wise to con
gress, wise to our big bankers
and wise to our so-called big
men.
The whole country is with
him. Even if what ha does is
wrong they are with him, just
so he does something. If he
burned down the oapitol we
would cheer and say, "Well,
we at least got a firo started,
anyhow." ;
"We have had years of "don't
rock the boat." Go and sink
it if you want to. We might
just as well be swimming as
like we are." Yours,
v