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.
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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
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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
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for the sake of their nerves."
WHAT A RELIEF to the spectators to light up their
Camels and ease the strain of watching a thrilling finish.
Whenever you feel keyed up, excited, have ft Camel
for the sake of your nerves, for the added pleasure In
Camel's costlier tobaccos.
IT IS MORE FUN TO KNOW
Since tobacco quality ' is
all important in a cigarette,
Camels are made from
finer, MORE EXPENSIVE
tobaccos than any other
popular brand.
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TURN TO CAMELS
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body who enjoys smoking a lot to smoke
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