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ilEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933. PACE THREE SECRET COUNCIL IS ORGANIZED TO DOLE WTRONAGE (Continued tiom rage One,.) ' Roosevelt had been elected tor life. He actually ataited picking engineers out of an engineering whoa who. In some cases atrawa were drawn. - In a northwestern atate the straw fell to an engineer for a group of electric power companies. It so hap pena that the new Democratic sena tor from the atate was elected on a platform built almost wholly on op position to those same power com panies. You can Imagine what the senator aald to Mr. Farley and Col. Sawyer. It could hardly he printed. A certain congressman had been working on the navy department for weeks to send a destroyer to the Fourth of July celebration In his home town. The chamber of com merce later Joined in the move, writ ing a letter to the department. The department finally acceded. But In making the announcement It address ed a letter to the chamber of com merce Instead of the congressman. His name was not mentioned. He re ceived no credit whatever. "The X" la supposed to avoid such dlfflcultlea. Hereafter each Democratic congress man will be given public credit for what he gets out of the government. No appointments, even of engineers. will be made In hla atate without consultation. "The X" has a secret chart. It shows 70 congressional districts which the Democrats might logically be expect ed to lose In the electlona next year. These 70 are normal Republican dis tricts carried by the Democrats In the landslide last fall. The congressmen from these districts sre being favored with appointments wherever possible. The far-sighted point Is to build up a strong Democratic organization In thia territory so as to maintain Dem ocratlc control In the next congress I Society and Clubs Edited by Eva Nealon Hamilton There Is a good reason why Otto Kahn and Prosecutor Pecora were shown to be laughing across the com mittee table lrt those pictures recent ly released. Pecora told one off the record on the International banker. He said he Had heard Kahn was walking on the lower east side and saw a sign over the store of a Jewish clothing mer chant. It read "Nathan Kahn, cousin to Otto Kahn." The sign burned Kahn up. He went to his lawyer and said: "Make that merchant take the sign down. You can give him up to five thousand dollars to keep him qu.et.but make him take It down." A few weeks later Kahn was walk ing In the same neighborhood and looked to see if the sign had been re moved. It had. In Its place was one reading: , "Nathan Kahn, formerly cousin of Otto Kahn." Refusing to affirm or deny the yarn, Kahn told another one on him self. He said he made a speech In England after the war. He admitted that he spoke in his usually strong German accent, but was amazed to find the English newspapers the next day stating his speech had been de livered in a "French-Canadian" ac cent. It seems the papers were re luctant to call It German. The best story on Kahn Is the one about hlo faux pas on bonds. While testifying he started philosophizing about bonds. He gTew very eloquent. He likened a railroad bond to a "ten der plant." "It must be nurtured," he said. "It must be watched." The root of the Snell-Farley bud get debate Is in the public debt. It Increased about three billions last year. It will increase about the same this fiscal year. That Is the extent of actual inflation so far. Also the ex tent to which the budget Is being winked at. Snell's attack and Farley's defense were purely political and not aca demic. The truth as usual Ilea about mid way between. Some of the best Roosevelt strate gists believe Farley made a mistake in answering Snell. It put him In the position of accepting the Republican Issue. They believe It would have been better to Ignore the attack. Tills Farley system of long range political planning Is an artistic de velopment far beyond the hit-and-miss schemes prevailing here in the past . . . Most of the 70 contestable congressional districts are In the mid dle west. Only two or three are In the south ... It Is far too early for any political prophecies on the next election. All will depend on the out come of economic rehabilitation measures the administration is now pressing . . . Statistically the Demo crats could lose all 70 of the hot seats and still control the house 340 to 187. The ex-Repub;lcan Ickea Is playing far closer to Farley on patronage mat ters than you would Imagine . . . Very close relations have been estab lished between them since Ickea first jumped orf the reservation and start ed making sppointments without re gard to Farley's wishes. NEGRO LYNCHED BY Guests of Kellyi Enjoy Holiday In Med ford Mrs. John L. MoGtnn and daugh ter. Miss Laura MoGlnn, of San Ma teo, Cal., house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Kelly and Mrs. Paul Grelner this week, are enjoying many trips through the southern Oregon country and considerable Informal entertaining arranged for their pleas ure. They arrived In MM ford for the Fourth of July holiday and motored to Crater Lake and Diamond lake with the Kellys. Last evening a swimming and tennis party and picnic supper in Li thia park at Ashland were added to the week's festivity. Miss McGinn is motoring to Grants Pass today so visit another friend from the Univer sity of Washington, where she attend ed school with Mrs. Kelly and where both were members of PI Beta Phi sorority. Olive Rebekahs Have Pleasant Meeting Olive Rebekah lodge No. 28. I. O. F. held its regular meeting Monday evening. The members brought school day lunches and a spelling match was enjoyed. Mrs. Kate Laidley, district deputy president, announced that installation of the officers would be held July 10th. A special meeting has been call ed for that evening and considerable time has been spent preparing for the installation ceremony. All members are urged to be pres ent and members of all other lodges in the district are Invited to attend, E. E. Reamcs Honored at Anniversary Party. PHOENIX, July 8. (Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Reames were honored with a party Friday at Mrs. Belle Furry's in honor of their 25th wedding anni versary. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fur ry and children, Mr. and Mrs. Mllo Furry and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Furry and daughter Patricia, Mrs. Donna Graffls, Mrs. Edwlna An derson, Karl Anderson. Harry Reames, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hearn and grandson. Mrs. Lillian Coleman, Miss Fay Carver, Misses Roberta and Ber- nlce Reames, the honor guest, Mr. and Mrs. e. E. Reames, and the hos tess, Mrs. Belle Furry. Phetteplaces Entertain at River Lodge Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Guy Phetteplace en tertained the Fourth of July at their river lodge at Edgewood park, for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Relchstein, Miss Es ther Alexander. Tom Green and Chick Buchanan. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Da vidson and daughter Nancy were also invited. Return from Vacation North Mr. and Mrs. S. Sumpter Smith re turned here today on the Oregonlan from Portland and Seaside where they have been vacationing for several days. At Seaside they were guests of United States Marshal and Mrs. Jack Day at their summer home. Mrs. Lytan and Children Here to Spend Summer Mrs. R. B. Lytan of Crookston, Minn., accompanied by daughters, Betty and Donna, Is here to spend the summer as guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Nutting, 902 Que - a Anne. Norman Smedes Here on Vacation Trip Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smedes and two small sons of Walla Walla, are guests in Med ford of Mrs. Smedes' mother, Mrs. R. R. Johnson for a few days. While here they will enjoy sev eral trips through the mountains and some fishing. Guests of Sollnftkys Here Over Holiday Mr. and Mrs. John D. Goss of Marshfield were interesting guests in Medford the first of the week, spend ing the holiday with the E. C. Soltns kys and visiting Crater Lake, while here in southern Oregon. Brownies Meet at Washington Friday Tomorrow afternoon at the Wash ington school, Medford Brownies will meet at 2 o'clock for a special session and all members are urged to be present and to bring pencil and paper with them. Degree of Honor Will Meet Thursday. There will be a meeting of the De gree of Honor Thursday evening in the Labor Union hall at 7:30 o'clock and all members are urged to be pres ent. It will be an open meeting. Eagles Auxiliary" . Plans Card Party A card party for July 11 is being planned by the Eagles Auxiliary and an invitation is extended all mem bers of the lodge and their families. Playing will begin at 8 o'clock. Mrs. R. A. Koppes Home From Stay In Portland Mrs. R. A. Koppes returned home Tuesday from visiting for a month in Portland as guest of her mother, Mrs. Nettle Nor mile, and her sister, Miss Mabel Normile. Mrs. Buslc Home From Portland Visit. Mrs. Daisy Buslc has returned from spending the past week In Portland with relatives and friends. t Kendalls Enjoy VWt In (ilendale Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kendall have returned to this city from spending several days In Glendale as guests of Mr. Kendall's parents. League of Western . Writers to Meet Mrs. O. R. Satchwell, president of the local branch of the League of Western Writers, has invited all per sons interested in the organization to meet at the Hotel Holland parlors next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Organization plans in Medford will be perfected at this session. . SUCCUMBS IN SALEM SALEM. July 6. (AP) Mra. Prank Merldlth. 63, daughter of the late Phil Metschan, Sr., former state treasurer, and member of the pioneer Oregon family of that name, died at her home here yesterday, Sho Is survived by her husband, a son, John Philip, both of Salem, and five brothers, Phil Metschan, Frank Metschan. H. A. Metschan, Otto Metschan and Dr. E. L. Met- Mrs. Anna Cattanach of Canyon city, ore., and Mrs. J. E Flanders of Portland. FAIRBANKS ABLE TO MOVE TO RESIDENCE NEW YORK. July 6. Up) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., screen actor who was stricken with pneumonia ten days ago, was sufficiently recovered today to be removed from Doctors hospital to the home of his mother, Mrs. Jack Whiting. NECESSITY OFTAX ON SALES TOLD BY (Continued from Page One.) It pointed out that there is scarce ly a piece of farm land in Oregon today which can be leased for a ren tal equivalent to the taxes against the land, and that the same was true with respect to the owners of homes in our cities and towns. It pointed out that, since the foundation of our commonwealth, real property had borne the lion's share of our tax burden, and ex pressed the opinion that real prop erty could not long do so without confiscation of the property and bankruptcy for our counties and mu nicipalities. I recommended tnat the legisla ture rr.ake a comprehensive study of every available source of revenue, Including gift. Inheritance, tobacco, income and sales taxes with a view of adopting an emergency tax to re lieve the heavy tax being borne by our larrrers and home owners. Not An Added Tax The administrations budget was sustained by the legislature, which, after conslderatlng for 60 days, econ omy and tax measures, enacted a general sales tax to provide revenue to relieve the owners of real prop edty from excessive taxation. I nlsh to make It plain, with all the emphasis at my command, that not a single dollar of the revenue to be derived from the proposed sales tnv Is to be used for additional ex penditures. On the contrary, every dollar so derived will be used to re duce state and local property taxes. So that there can be no possible misunderstanding as to the disposi tion uf revenues to be derived from Vie salts tax measure, l want to call attention to the fact that the law specifically provides that they are to be used to replace the last half of the atate property tax. the 1933 i mtll tax on property for sollders bo nus bonds, to create a fund of $250. 000 for unemployed relief, and that the oalance, until the tax expires by limitation July 1, 1935, shall be divided equally between the atate and counties. Specific provision is made that both the state and coun ties must use the halt apportioned to th?ru exclusively to replace taxes that would otherwise be levied on property. Will Aid Government Relief Referring to the unemployment feature of the sales tax bill, may I call your attention to the fact that it has been the policy of the federal government to insist upon the states doing their share in the relief of unemployment before allocation of federal funds for thia purpose. Be cause the salea tax is soon to be before the voters of Oregon, I am informed by Raymond B. Wilcox, vice-chairman of the state reconstruc tion lujLfYisory board, that the gov- ernmuVt request upon this state was deferred Mr. Wilcox said: "On my statement to Mr. Hop kins, the federal relief adminis trator, that the state of Oregon would vote on a sales tax July 21 which would not only If carried provide a moderate sum directly for relief, but more important, would relieve the counties of some burden and ultimately help in restoring then credit so that they could carry a fairer share of the relief load the relief ad ministrator postponed making Im mediate demands upon Oregon for further evidence of Its ability to meet Its requirements." Obviously, If the salea tax carries, we will .have proved to the federal government we are entitled to our share of federal relief for unem ployed, tax measure constituted a new de- i here and settle our lands. More re part ure in our system of taxation, eemly we have been advocating cheap the legislature aaw fit to submit it I water power In order to attract in to the electorate for approval or re jection at the polls. Farmer Is Exempt Since the submission of the meas ure it has been subjected to so much misrepresentation, that even farm or ganizations, Vie particular class that the measure was drafted to aid, have seen lit to oppose It. In this con nection, I wish to emphasize that farm products which are sold to deal era o: to each other for resale, are exempt from the tax, that the per sonal property tax is removed from livestock, from Implements, from growing crops, and that levies on farm property will be reduced both by the elimination of the state tax and oy the diversion of the funds with tlie counties. It Is extremely regre table that so much misrepresentation should have been made, so much false propa ganda broadcast with respect to this tax measure, that even the farmers and the owners of homes, who would derive great benefits In the way of reductions of tnelr taxes, should have been misled into opposing It. In addition to giving needed relief to taxpayers today, a lowering of the property tax will be conducive to the general prosperity of Oregon. High property taxes drive away Industry, discourage land ownership and con tribute to the general unemployment. We should put ourselves In a posi tion now so that when prosperity returns we can hold out Inducement to homeseekers, Industry and capi tal, that we have a low property tax levy. It Is a well-known fact that before one buys a farm or establishes a business or Industry one first asks. what is the tax rate? One inquires whether it Is .high or low If It Is ex cessive? Prospective home seekers or investors will go elsewhere If the tax levy is too high. Will Attract New Capital Oregon Is still In Its Industrial Infancy. For years we have been endeaorlng through various agen- In view of the fact that the sales cles, .o prevail upon people to come dustry. But to what avail would either of these accomplishments be. If we iiave tax levies tiat are so high that they confiscate our land and drive away capital? So it la not only a question of re lieving property owners to whom property tax has become ruinous, but the future Industrial welfare of the state la at stake. Failure to relieve property reduces employment and makea the workers plight more dis tressing. Relief to property ulti mately comes bacx to the worker. A sales tax Is not a new and novel tax. It has been tried out with sue cess. Increases Big Business Tax Did time permit, I should like to take occasion here to refute in de tail a misrepresentation that has been spread by political enemies regard lng the effect that t,he sales tax measure would have on large retail business institutions, but I shall pause long enough to point out that in a case with which X am famlller the business will pay several times as much under the sales tax as It will escape In' the abolition of the personal property tax. It has been stated that the company would save $90,000 a year if the sides tax passed Such a statement Is utterly false. In conclusion, let me reiterate that It Is not the purpose of the sales tax measure to provide more revenue, but solely to replace the property tax levied for state and local purposes. I p to the People Let me also aay that it has been a major objective of my administra tion from the beginning to reduce and abolish, if possible, property taxes on our farms and our homes. Let me say, too. In this connection, that in submitting this salea tax measure for your consideration, the recent legislative assembly had one purpose and one purpose only, and that was to lighten and make easier your fox burden. The legislators did not want to see counties going bank rupt, fchool activities seriously cur tailed oi suspended, and the main te nant of law and order reverting back to pioneer methods. Voters and property owners, the issue be lore you at t.'ie forthcoming special election is simple and clear. It is simply and purely a question, as to whether you prefer an emer gency sales tax for a brief period to relievo the property tax burden, or whether you prefer to continue the present tax system, which. In my opinion, Is antiquated, burdensome snd inequitable on real property. Un der oi.r Americnn form of govern ment, it Is a question for you, tha sovereign people of the state of Ore gon, to determine, and this, after you have ascertained all the facts. As a final appeal I urge you to study the measure without prejudice or bias, and having done so, to vota your convictions, regardless of par tisnn politics and misdirected propaganda. Copjrltht, 1933, a. J. BdjrooldJ Tobuco Coropsny CLINTON. S. C. July 8 (4W fl-ot. beaten and sirnttled, the body cf Norrls Brndy, Laurens county r.ezro, was found seven miles from here today a few hours after four white men had spirited him away from the Clinton jail where he had been held for striking Marvin LollU, 2 J year old truck driver. The body was found by Deputy 8 We riff T.ind More at Old Sardls Protect Your Roses From Plant Lice Don't let your lovely roses be spall ed by lice when It is so easy and cheap to protect them all season. Simply sprinkle the bushes with Bu-ha:h and you can know your roses will be safe. 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