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MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933.
No. 114.
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Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
FOR daya end day we've been
talking about big, heavy aubjecta
national recovery acta, death pen
alty for kidnaper-, electtona and
their results, etc. So let'a pause,
for a moment, and talk about some
thing pleasant.
What could be pleasanter to talk
about than our own great' promis
ing Southern Oregon country, which
we air love and have unbounded
faith In?
A MONO the 'admirers of this
great Southern Oregon country
of ours la Dr. J. Christopher O'Day
of Honolulu.
Last year Dr. O'Day came to Ore
gon to attend the annual meeting
ef the stats medical association,
which waa held In Klamath Falls.
He formerly practiced In Portland,
moving to Honolulu In 1817. and
has retained hla membership In the
Oregon State Medical association.
Be fell in love, head over heels.
with the Southern Oregon country,
and told himself that next year be
was coins to bring Mrs. O'Dsy to
' aee It.
f AST Tuesday they arrived In
aw Southern Oregon,' and have been
busy every minute since seeing the
country.
They went to Crater Lake, Of
course, and among other things went
fishing on the lake. Luck was with
the doctor, and he got hla limit the
first day, including a five-pound
trout.
If you've ever had a five-pound
trout on the end of a thin line,
you know It's worth coming all the
way from Honolulu to Oregon for.
TJCKT?
1j Sayl If you've ever bragged to
your wife about some particular
country, and especially about some
particular fishing ground, telling her
that the flan fairly fight for the
privilege of getting on your hook,
you know what uaually happens.
Nine tlmea out of ten, when you
take, here there to prove it,,, you
can't catch anything better than
cold.
And here Dr. O'Day brings his
wife all the way from Honolulu to
'. prove a fisherman's tale and get
his LIMIT at Crater Lake the very
first day, Including a flve-pounder,
Luckl This writer can tell him
he's fairly lathered with It.
HPHE doctor will be here for about
ten aays yet, ana nea iwivws
forward to keen enjoyment every day,
And then he's going back to Hone
lulu, after first visiting Portland for
a few days, to sing the praises of
the Southern Oregon country and
make the Hawallans Just aa Jealous
as he can.
"You've got the greatest country
en earth," he aaya enthusiastically.
"I love it. And I'm going to seize
every opportunity I can get to
visit It."
Qood for Dr. O'Day. He's the kind
of person we like to see. He can1
come too often.
THIS column ha been harping for
1 weeks on the favorable agrlcul
tural altuatlon of the Southern Ore'
ion country.
In a year of general crop short'
age In the United States, resulting
In rising prices' for agricultural pro'
ducte, the Southern Oregon country
has good crops, Douglaa county will
harvest a near-record prune crop,
Jackson county la looking forward
to a good pear crop. Klamath coun
tya potato crop will set a new rec
Wool la bringing good prices, and
lambs will be worth a lot more this
fall than In the recent past. With
the grain crop of the country aa
whole a practical failure, such grain
lands as we have In Southern Ore
con will produce at least a normal
crop.
' There Is every indication that the
goose will hang high for ua, agrl
culturally speaking, this fall.
TH1S la a great country we live In,
1 aa we point out In our slogan
here In the Rogue River valley. Let's
he PROUD of It. When we talk of
It. let's awell out our cheat and
TALK BIO.
Big talk haa done a lot for Cali
fornia, and California hunt and
never did have, anything more to
(Continued on Pago Six)
PENQLETON GROCERS
SET TRADING HOURS
PENDLETON. Ore.. Aug. 8. (API
Grocers and butchera of Pendleton
last sight toted to fall In line en
the recovery program. Beginning
Monday they will observe trading
hours of 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. on week
!vs srid 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. on
Saturdays.
OF FOflJ TRIAL
Opposing Counsel And Ac
cused Judge In Frequent
Collision Impeaching
Witnesses Will Be Called.
KLAMATH PALLS. Ore, Aug. 8.
API Cross examination of Earl H.
Pehl, n-unty Judge of Jackson coun-
ty, on trial here charged with ballot
theft conspiracy, waa under way au ,
morning, and marked by frequent
clashes between opposing counsel
and the defendant and Assistant At
torney General Ralph E. Moody. Pehl
waa still on the stand at noon re
cess. At one stage of the proceedings
Circuit Judge George P. Sklpwortb
warned the atorneys: "There will be
no moie wrangling."
When the state showed by the rec
ords In the present trial and Pehl'a
testimony before the recount pro
ceedings last February a discrepancy.
Pehl leplled:
Vent Backs Up
"Yes, that la correct, If the rec
ords have not been changed." The
assistant attorney general asked
heatedly: "Do you sit there and ac
cuse me of changing the records?"
Pehl, after a moment's hesitation-
answered :
"No, 1 don't exactly do that."
Several tlmea the court Instructed
Pahl to make direct answers to que
ries. The state Indicated by Its line
of questioning that it was laying the
foundation of Impeachment or Pehl
and other defense wltnessea on vital
points.
Inspectec. Ballot Boxes
Pehl testified on hla direct exami
nation he was never nearer the dis
puted ballot pouches, when they
were stored In the clerk' office last
December, than the main counter.
The state read a portion of his testi
mony In vie recount proceedings,
that he had gons behind the coun
ter and Inspected the ballot pouchea.
The state showed under cross ex
amination that Pehl in his direct
testimony said that he felt "no po
litical obligations" to Tom L. Bre
cheen, a co-defendant, for financial
aid. '
Pehl admitted that Brecheen .had
been instrumental in aecurlng a 91,
600 loun from J. T. Thomas of Ash-
land 'last December, but that th
money was not available for Pehl's
use -until some time' alter tne ap
pointment of Thomas' son and John
Glenn of Ashland to Jail posts.
Dictated Appointments
The state said it would . introduce
Deputy Sheriff Phil Lowd to testify
that Fehl .had been active In Induc
ing Sheriff-elect O. L. Schermerhom
to absent himself In California until
Schermerhom assumed office, amd
that Pehl had dictated Echermer-
horn's appointment of Thomas and
Glenn.
C. L Knight and Paul Mccurley,
members of the October term of the
Jackson county grand Jury, will be
called aa witnesses to Impeach tne
testimony of Mrs. Edith R. Pattern,
secretary of the grsnd Jury, who tes
tified yesterday that Fern addressed
the "Good Government Congress"
meeting on the night of the ballot
robbery at the request of the grand
Jury. The atate contends this was
the individual act of Mrs. Patton
and nut Che grand Jury aa a body.
Hired Sheriff's Counsel
The atate also indicated it would
ahow that Pehl telephoned Elton
Watklns. Portland attorney, last De
cember and asked him to represent
Schermerhom In the recount case,
(Continued on Page Five)
Fehl on Witness Stand
In Own Behalf as Trial
Approaches Final Phase
County Judge Accused in Ballot Theft
Denies Any Part in Crime or
Criticism Recount Ruling
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. . Eart H. Fehl. county Judge of Jackson,
on trial here, charged with ballot theft conspiracy, took th stand on
hla own behalf at 2 :J0 Vclock Wednesday afternoon, and at the close
of the court day cut short ten minutes by the noisy operatlona of
a steam roller outside waa still on the atand. under examination of At
torney A. C. Hough, chief defense counsel.
Fehl corroborated In partial detalla
some of the strongest evidence pre
sented sgalnat him, but denied that
he had any part In the ballot rob
bery, that hs had spoken derogator
lly of Circuit Judge Skipworth'e de
cision ordering the recount, at the
"Good Government Congress" meet
ing or that he had removed stickers
from bsllot pouches, left In the
clerk's office, to lesve the Impres
sion thst they had been tampered
with aa a basis for a denial of the
recount.
Uniered at Vault
Fehl admitted a conversation with
Brecheen at the sheriffs vault, as
testified to by Mrs. Catherine Dan
iels, Jail matron, the Sexton broth
ers, and C. W. (Chuk) Davis.
Fehl testified that he had lingered
five or six minute at tba vault and
talked to Brecheen and while thus
engaged, the Sexton brothere came
up Fehl war, en rout to the audi
torium at Uia Uma.
Widow On Trial
Mrs. Jessie Costello It on trial In
Salem, Mass., charged with the poi
son slaying of her fire captain hue
band, William Costello. (Associated
Press Photo)
IE TRIAL
IN BALLOT THEFT
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 3. Claude
Ward, brother-in-law of L. A. Banks,
through his attorney, W. E. Phlpps,
yesterday demanded a separate trial
on the charge of ballot theft com
pllclty. The motion for severance
was granted by Circuit Judge George
P. Skip worth.
Ward, with Oliver, Martin. J. Croft
and Tom L. Brecheen, Joined with
Fehl In seeking a Changs of venue
to Klamath county.
Attorneys for Croft. Martin and
Brecheen, agreed to be tried together.
and Ward was Included In the ar
rangement, without hla consent.
The trial of Martin, Croft and Bre
cheen ta scheduled to start as soon
aa possible after the Fehl trial is
completed.
Brecheen, the testimony of the
state in all previous trials has shown.
was active around the courthouse on
the rtight of the ballot-stealing, both
inside and outside, and to have urg
ed the Sexton brothers to take more
ballots, after thS' first four '".pouches
were removed. Testimony also show
ed Brecheen was a frequent table
guest at the county Jail, a friend of
Fehl and Glenn, and conspicuous
around the courthouse during the
period when the Banks-bred turmoil
was at Its height last January and
February. Witnesses have also testi
fied that Brecheen slept in the wom
an's ward of the county Jail -the nlgnt
after the ballot robbery. Brecheen is
the only one of the ballot case de
fendants to remain in Jail without
bonds since his arrest last February.
Oliver Martin, a former resident
of Klamath Falls, and described by
one prospective Juror as "an unsuc
cessful farmer." Is alleged by the atate
and corroborated by witnesses In the
other trials, to have been the "cen
tral guard" at the southwest corner
and to have relayed messages from
the rear.
Croft Is still in Jail, but enjoyed
a ahort period of liberty. Mrs. Ernest
Da hack of Eagle Point withdrew as a
bondswoman, and Croft was placed In
custody again. He la known aa "the
man with the horse hair coat." The
state claims he waa one of those pres
ent in Fehl'a office on the evening
before the robbery, when It la
serted that plana
. ..--a- M v
for the robbery
were discussed,
Brecheen
asked about the Tault
and the combination thereto. The
witness said he asked the Sexton
boy "what business he hsd with the
comblnstlon," or "how hs got It."
The youth replied that he had watch,
ed the clerk while he opened the
door.
Pehl said the principal tople of
conversation waa the county com
mlssary. Inasmuch as It waa ordered
closed March 1.
Warned Bot,
The accused official said. Just be
fore he left to address the "con
gress." he told the Sexton s, "I don't
want you boys monkeying sround
the vault, or fooling with the rec
ords In this courthouse." He ssld
he went to the auditorium with A.
L. Hugg and proceeded to the plat
form. The Sexton testified on direct ex
amination for the sta-e thst Pehl
told lhm. "Id hat like h I to aee
Continued on Pig. Ttuee
IN RETAIL STORES
Chamber Of Commerce Re
ceives Word That Em
ployes May Not Work
Over Limit, Announced.
There haa been no change an
nounced in the code adopted last
Saturday by Medford merchant un
der the National Recovery Act or
President Roosevelt, the Chsmber of
Commerce announced here today.
following a telephone interview with
Administrator Frank Messenger in
Portland. The 40-hour week still
stands under the President's re-em
ployment agreement, Administrator
Messenger- informed Medford this
morning, stating that he had a tele
gram from Washington to that ef
fect. The 48-hour week has not
been adopted for employes of any
store.
Announcement recently made to
the effect that food store employers
would be allowed to work employ
48 hours a week was described today
aa premature.
Must Add Help. -
Any atore wishing to stay open for
a number of hours, which cannot be
cared for by the present staff, work
lng at the rate of 40 hours a week,
will under the code be required to
hire extra help. There has been no
chance in the wage agreement, ana
the government will demand strict
enforcement.
Food stores of Medford will be
open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. each
day, except Saturday, when they wilt
remain open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m..
It was announced today, following
a meeting of that group. Consider-
able additional help will be hired in
order to comply with the wage agree
ment, the food merchants stated,
The change in hours will become ef
fective tomorrow. Tonight the stores
will be closing at S o'clock, aa usual.
Defeats Own Purpose.
The members of the food group in
slated today that they will be per
mitted to hire employes for 48 hours
a week, Instead of 30, and that un
der the early closing hours first
adopted, they were doing less Instead
of more business, and using leas help,
thereby defeating the purpose of the
President's emergency re-employment
waee agreement,:...,.
Neighborhood' store representatives
met last night. M. C. "Doc" Wright
stated today, and organised an as
sociation to be known as "Neighbor
hood Store Retail Merchants Associa
tion." He said that the group had
not yet agreed on hours for opening
and closing stores and would in the
meantime observe those adopted last
(Continued on Page Five)
OF
E
Away over in the beautiful city of
Honolulu they are wondering, too,
"How sre the fish biting In the
Rogue?" according to a letter received
today from Miss Margaret Melllng.
winner of the Mall Tribune popular
ity contest, who Is now enjoying her
price, a trip to the Islands.
"Rogue river and Klamath liver
are quite well known here," Miss
Melllng writes. "Several people have
asked me how the fish are biting.
"This la certainly some place, but
I think that Oregon can equal it In
every way so far as beauty la con
cerned," "Miss Medfcrd" also states
In the letter, throwing back a bouquet
for her home state.
Her time in the islands, she an
nounces, has been crowded with moTe
parties than she attended all the pre
vious years of her life, and she de
scribes her trip to the Islands on the
Empress of Japan aa "Just grand,"
snd the ship as a "floating palace."
Flowers from the Chamber of Com
merce, a trip with Pathe News, an
introduction to Norman poster, the
motion picture star, are among other
highlights of the stay In the Islands
mentioned by Miss Melllng.
While In Honolulu, she is guest of
the Mall Tribune at the Royal H
wallan hotel.
E
SUPPLIESLOCALLY
WASHINGTON, Aug. I fAPl
Camp commanders of the civilian
conservation corps today were ord
ered to purchase subsistence supplies
from local merchants except In cases
where the cost would be greater than
the expense of obtaining the supplies
from the nearest army post and
transporting them to the camps.
Heretofore camp commanders have
purchased perishable supplies from
local merchants, but have obtained
all non-perishable supplies from
army posts.
GRANTHAM INJURED
BY SLIDE AT THIRD
OHICAOO, Aug. OP) Oeorge
Oranthsm, star tnflelder for the Cin
cinnati Reds, dislocated hla right leg
tn the seventh inning of the Red
Cub game today, when he slid into
third bav. He waa carried off the
field.
BASEBALL
American
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. AP) Lefty
Drove handed the Yankees their
first shutout line August 3. 1931.
today aa he pitched Philadelphia to
a 7 to 0 victory today, giving only
five htta. The shutout waa the flrat
for the Yanka after 308 consecutive
scoring games.
The Yanka' feat of scoring In SOB
games, established a new all-time
record for major league clubs.
The score: . H. E.
Philadelphia - 7 9 0
New York 0 5 3
Orovs and Cochrane: Allen, Fen-
nock, Derena and Dickey.
National
The score: R. H. E-
Cincinnati .. ...... 18 0
Chicago - 3 8 1
Derringer and Manton; Bush and
Campbell.
The score: . ,
R. H.
... 0 S
3 8
Zachary
Brooklyn .. .
Boston
Carroll and Lopea:
Hogan. - J
The score:
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Dean and Wilson; Swift and Fin
ney. (Called end 8th, rain).
AGAINST STAGE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3. (AP)
Mra.' Almee Semple McPheraon-Hut.
ton said today she would not go on
a vaudeville tour.
"We die discuss the matter snd my
board approved an offer I have from
a great chain of theaters." said the
Angelua temple evangelist.. "But
after thinking the matter over, I find
I cannot conscientiously carry out
such a plan."
Mrs. Mcpherson said the report
that she would preach good, old
fashioned sermons free sfter each
vaudeville performance must have
come from the elders' announcement
that they bad approved the theater
chain offer.. v
:
NEW 70RK, Aug. 3. OF) WAll
Street and Its volatile security "mar
kets shuffled about somewhat un
certainly today, following announce
ment of new and drastic rules adopt
ed by the New Tor It Stock Exchange
to curb unbridled speculation.
The new requirements compel all
exchange members to demand a mini
mum of 80 per cent margins on ac
counts totaling less than 80,000, and
not less than 30 per cent on accounts
of -more than 85,000.- Not so long
ago. in more orderly markets, 10 per
oent margins were the rule,. .
IN EFFECT SOON
PORTLAND, Aug. 3. CAP) The
belief that the national lumber code
will be In effect by next Tuesday
waa expressed here today by Oeorge
Oerllnger, lumnerman, , wno waa
member of the national emergency
committee which met In Washington,
D. 0., recently to work out detalla
of the national recovery program,
"It la orobable." he aaldi "that the
national lumber code will be ap
proved, with some revisions, this
week. The wage basis la expected
to be 4214 cent and hour In both
mills and logging camps, and the
time provision la expected to bo 40
hours a week.
It
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NEW TORK, Aug. . P A cabled
story from Cap Ferrst on the Prench
Riviera, quoting Mra. Cora Brown
Potter, retired actress, aa aaylng Pola
Negri had informed her she was to
marry Harold F. MoCormlck, brought
quick denlala today from both Miss
Negri and Mr. Mccormick.
Mra. Potter Is the mother of the
rormer Flfl Btllman, . who married
Fowler Mccormick, son of Harold Mc
cormick. She said Miss Negri had
told her of the engagement because
of the family relatlonahlp.
Miss Negri la sailing for America
September .
M'NARWOEPART FOR
RESIDENCE IN OREGON
PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. . (API
A Washington, D. C, dispatch to the
Journal todsy ssld Senator snd Mra.
Charles L. McNary left thla afternoon
for Oregon. They will stop briefly
In Clilcaco tA visit frlenda and
the exposition, hut expect to reach
Portland Monday.
DENVER Fl fJDED
ASDAMfAKS,
5,000huMELESS
Cherry Creek Overflows Re
taining Walls Business
At Standstill-Lights And
Power Are Shut Off.
DENVER, Colo.. Aug. 3 (AP)
Roaring three feet above the tops of
eight-foot high retaining walls, flood
waters of Cherry creek, swollen by
heavy rains last night and the break- 1
lng of Castle wood dam east of Den-
ver, today were welling Into streets j
far from the creek's ordinary-course
and forcing city dwellera from their
homes.
Usually a friendly stream running
little more than a foot or two deep, j
the creek from which Colorado plo-I
neers panned much gold, waa an
unruly torrent of muddy flood, carry
ing tons of debris as It swept thru
the city.
fluslness United
Business was at a standstill In
downtown Denver aa power and light
service was cut off shortly after 0
a.m. (M8.T.) when the flood waters
, demolished transmission lines In
sweeping the Champa street bridge
away.
Employes in business firms were
working by candle light.
Public Service company officials
said they were making every effort to
restore the power and light service by
putting emergency equipment Into
use.
It was unofficially estimated 8000
persona were driven from homes In
the city slong Cherry creek and the
South Platte river.
Damage at Minimum
Damage to fashionable homes in
the Denver country club and Cherry
Hill districts was not expected to be
large as the flood waters started, to
recede after filling streets In those
areas. ,
Two steel and concrete bridges and
one of concrete which carry traffic on
the busy streets of Logan, Curtis and
Colorado Boulevard were so torn and
battered by the waters and their
heavy load of timbers, trees and oth
er wreckage, that they collapsed early
today. . , t .
Police, forewarned of the water
menace, raced through city districts
along the creek and routed out sleep
ing reaiaente. in the agricultural
area between Denver and Castlewood
dam, 40 miles away4 telephone opera
tors and volunteers warned farmers
and their families who were In dan
ger.
No, loss of life had been reported
early today, but It was feared some
persons along the route of the flood
might have been caught and drowned
In their homes or where highways
cross the water course. Mra. Claude
Hill. BO. waa drowned yesterday near
Colorado Springs when caught by a
similar cloudburst. ,
Recovery Code Explained
For Employers Guidance
Oh Hours, Pay Rates
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. (UP)
Here are answers to questions re
gsrdlng speclflo problems raised by
President Roosevelt's Voluntary re
employment agreementa aa compiled
from official NRA sources.
Q. Can an employer work an em
ploye In a retail store during the
rush period In the morning, and
then release him until another busy
period In mid-afternoon?
- A. Thla would be Interpreted as a
violation of the spirit of the agree
ment. Q Are luncheon and rest periods
deductable from the number of houra
worked to bring the total within the
specified number?
A. Tea, within reason. Prolonged
luncheon and rest periods would be
regarded however, aa opposed to the
spirit of the agreement.
Q. la an employer obliged to retain
all present employes,, regardless of
their efficiency?
A. No, there Is nothing In the
agreement compelling an employer to
retain particular employes, provided
the ones he hires are psld at leaat
the minimum wage.
Q. What would prevent an employ
er from discharging persons now re
ceiving more than the minimum and
hiring inexperienced workera at low
er pay, thua creating a new group
of unemployed?
A. Thla would be regarded aa a
violation of the agreemenl to spresd
employment and Increase wages.
There Is no provision In the blanket
agreement for a report on personnel
and wages added, but a question
naire la to be distributed on thla
point and those who hart made no
real contribution to reemployment
will be deprived of the blue eagle.
Q. How du the smaller employers
receive the blank agreement forms?
A. If the forma are not received
through the mall they miy be ob
tained at the local posMfflcf.
9 Do public utllltlea one under
the recovery act so far at the blan
ket agreement and aepars'o codes cl
fair competition are concerned?
A. Tea.
q. Are railroads affected and will
dispatchers, operator., conductors
snd trainmen be put on shorter work
weeks? - -
Questioned
'.MiafcisasaW H&y
1 1 'nr MM
E. Basset Curtis, Oakland. Cal.,
accountant, was held and questioned
In connection with the death of Dal.
bert Aposhlan, 7, In San Diego. The
boy's mutilated body waa found In
San Diego bay. (Associated Press
Photo)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (AP)
The y waa cleared today for big
employers of labor under contract
to Join the country-wide NRA pro
gram without altering existing wage
and hour terms.
While Hufth S. Johnson aa head of
the lecovery administration, contln
ued efforta to bring peace to the coal
strike territory of western Pennsylva
nia, Donald Rlchberg his general
counsel Issued an Interpretation of
President Roosevelt's voluntary agree
ment under which contracts reached
by collective bargaining and which
specify a definite number of hours
employment per week, may be main
tained unimpaired.
The employer affected, to obaln
his blue eagle Insignia, must con
form In other ways to the wage and
employment Increasing move, how
ever. - '
Newspapers are a principal group
affectnd toy the new ruling, alnce a
huge proportion have their mechani
cal fotcea now under union-negoti
ated contracts. ,
- Johnson's coal peace conferences
were suddenly suspended until late
afternoon at the request of the mine
operators Involved.
Me in time, the effects of one of
the codes of fair practice now in
force became evident. The navy
awarded millions of dollars worth of
ship contracts to private yards which
will operate on a 83-hour week un
der the new code, and, simultane
ously, civilian employes In the navy
yards were ordered on a flat five-day,
40-hour week. Further adjustment
and changes may be made later.
A. It baa been assumed that rail'
roada are not under the NRA. The
NRA haa not made a speclflo rul
ing.
Q. Does the NRA affect workera on
large estates, gsrdeners, chauffeurs,
mslds, etc?
A. No.
q. How will hotel employes be af
fected?
A. They will be regarded aa "serv
ice" employes with a . maximum work
week of 40 hours and graduated
minimum pay depending on the sire
of their city.
Q. Will there be any objection to
agreements for uniform opening and
closing hours In stores of any given
city?
A. No, provided the stores do not
reduce their hours below the 83
specified In paragraph two of the
agreement.
Q. A waitress la paid 80 cents
day and tins. Must the 80 cents
be raised to the minimum wage of
U.
A. The unofficial Interpretation la
that tlna may be counted In com
puting the total weekly remunera
tlon.
q. Can an employer force employ.
es to take time off during the day
to come within the hour limit on
a aeven-day irhedule?
A. An employer may not violate
the aplrlt of the agreement by forc
lng employes to take unreasonsble
amounta of time Off during the day.
Section 8 of the agreement pledgee
the employer "not to use ny sub'
terfuge to frustrate the spirit ana
Intent of hla agreement."
q. Is there any limitation of the
maximum houra of operation of
atore or service?
A. No.
QUa barber Included In the 40
hour limitation?
A. Tea. the employments luted un
der the service category, whose houra
would be limited to 40, Include
beauty parlor operators, elevator op
eratora. restaurant workera, barbera,
drivers. Janitors, dish washers, dellV'
ery men. mstchmen, porters and fill'
lng station operators,
E
RUINS DRAMA IN
Labor Secretary's Speech
Given Out Prematurely
Johnson Carries Punch
In Dealing With Industry
Cop.vrlf.ht, 1033, by Paul Mallon
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. Madam
Perkins nearly ruined the big event
In the steel code.
It had been carefully rehearsed
I backstage for the maximum theatri
cal effect. No one was supposed to
know that the steel companies were
abandoning the open shop section of
their code. It waa to be sprung spon
taneously at the opening of the bear
ing. General Johnson was supposed to
say (sternly) the open shop provis
ion could NOT stand beoause It
modifies the law of congress. Then
Lamont was to chime In (meekly)
for the steel people and agree. The
ateel Institute waa to meet on the
state and give in (with reeling.)
They all acted out their parts per
fectly no one missed a cue. The
sternness, meekness and grimacing
were all well done. But somehow or
another the scene fell flat. No one
applauded. .
Some of Johnson's drama makers
investigated. They found that Ma
dame Perkins had prepared a bril
liant speech on the ateel labor sub
ject two days before. She sent ad
vance mimeographed copies around
to the Washington newspaper offices
about 13 hours before the hearing
was scheduled.
In It ahe congratulated the steel
crowd for abandoning the open shop
provision.
That set the town agog. Johnson,'
Lamont and a hundred others were
routed out of bed by eager newamen
asking If It waa true that steel had
given up the ship. They manager to
keep anyone from publishing the
story, but they could not keep it
from being whispered around.
The result was that nearly every
one knew the plot of the drama in
advance. It was about aa thrilling as
stttlng through a movie the second
time.
(Continued on Page Seven)
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ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 8 (AP)
An apparent attempt to kidnap
one or more of the three children
Dr. and Mra. Charles W. Msyo
esrly Tuesday, waa revealed today.
The children, ranging In age from
'4 to six years, are grandchildren
of Dr. Charlea R. Mayo, world fam
ous surgeon.
Mlaa Marie Langseth, nurse, said
she was awakened about 2:S0 a. m..
by the sound of an approaching aut
omobile. Within a few minutes, she
said, a man walked qulet'y up the
back atalrway of the house and ap
proached the children's door. He
turned the knob, and hurriedly de
parted when the nurse shouted
'Who's there?"
O'CONNELL KIDNAPING
MAY BE "TEXT BOOK
ALBANY, W. T., Aug. S-(AP) It
waa reported here today that a sug
gestion will be made to President
Roosevelt tomorrow to send Prof.
Raymond Moley, assistant secretary
of state, to Albany to begin hla na
tional crime investigation with ft flrat
hand study of the kidnaping of John
O'Connell, Jr., member ox the
powerful democratic family. ,
Wheat testing 05 pounds to the
bushel aa It came from the field waa
harvested on a farm near Plalnvlew.
WILL-
ROGERS
'tnvc
Says:
BEVERLY 1ULLS, Gil., Aug.
2. Yesterday before breakfast
the U. S. treasury offered
$350,000,000 worth of bonds
and before they had reached
the ham and eggs they were all
sold. That means sold and
paid for and salted away, not
part paid for and the rest on
margins till you sold 'em over
the ticker to somebody else.
raw
If industry eould interest
some permanent buyera like
Roosevelt' can in bis business,
then they could truly call
themselves .industrialist. As
it is now they are just manu-'
facturins dice for Wall Street,
(o shoot craps with. Nobody
is buying s pair to keep. J
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