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By PAUL MALLOV
(Copyright, 1033. by Paul Mallon.)
Money.
WASHINGTON. Oct. IB. yP) Econ
nomtc advisers to the President are
running around tearing tsielr hilr
about the. monetary rumora In current
circulation.
The latest one la that the President
considers devaluation absurd and will
probably Issue currency In a restrain
ed inflationary way.
Treasury officials swooned en masse
like the- Russian ballet In tha march
of the wooden soldier when they
heard that one. At first they feared
some monetary crank had reached
the presidential ear and then circulat
ed the story. Then they thought the
Idea behind It was to create conlua
Ion and heighten public Interest In
what the Drealdent may ultimately qo.
Their feet-on-the ground view of
the monetary situation la aa simple
as A B O.
Only two courses are known to have
been seriously recommended to tho
president, unless he Is getting secret
advloo from a Oulja board.
The first course Is that he do noth
ing except Issue a atatemcnt. In this
statement h could say the value of
the dollar today Is indeterminate.. It
haa not yet found Its nstural level.
Too many apeculative lnflunces are
at work on It.
He could say that next year some
time, when the dollar finds Its na
Ural level, he will reorganize the mon
etary system. But never would he do
anything to debase the currency of
the country.
That would be fine If congress
were not convening In January.
Background
Anyone who knows anything about
the existing Washington situation
wn r.ii7. rnnerM cannot be expect
ed to go along with a aane policy
like that. It has a majority for infla
tion, awlft. wild inflation, any kind.
It can be expected to force his hand
at the first opportunity.
Therefore Mr. Roosevelt must con
alder the existing political situation
In Sis currency pollcy.Not only must
he promise a currency stamnty wnicn
will dispel existing financial uncer
tainty. He must also do something
which will prevent the wolves In con
gress from taking the situation out
of his hands.
A statement clearing up exist'.:
doubta la all he needs to prevent
creeping paralysis of the capital mar
ket, but It would leave him a con
tinuous battle with the Inflationists.
He may decide on that course, but
his best friends doubt It.
Alternative
The only other alternative Is to
make a stab now at what would be a
good value for the dollar and devalue
to that point before January 3.
Today the stab would probably hit
cent. Last week It would have
been 63 cents. No one can tell what
It will be next week. That is only of
secondary Importance. If you are go
lnr to make a stab In the dark and
you know It will be somewhere be
tween 63 and say 70. It doe not make
much real difference exactly which
nolnt vou hit.
Mr. Roosevelt la NOT anxious t3
make this stab. The main reason for
his shyness Is doubt about what It
will d to commodity prices. Mom
economists believe it will remove
whatever speculative hope is left In
the commodity markets.
But It would also remove currency
uncertainty and permit normal prog
ress In business.
The big thing Is that It would take
the matter out of the hands of con
gress before the wolves can assemble
Methods
The best Inside monetary expert
ar advising against the devaluation
process augecsted by the commltfe
for the nation. That committee wan- ,
tha president to depreciate the price
of gold Instead of reducing the num
ber of gold grain In the dollar.
The two steps are inter-helated to a
erest extent, but the natural way to
proceed would be through direct dol
lar action.
Fundamentals
There are no foreign exchanje ob
stee.es to devaluation this minute If
the president wants to do It.
It would be better If we could get
an agreement with England. Buch an
agreement would encourage world
confidence In the success of the move.
But It is NOT necessary.
Most foreign exchange experts con
cede that Britain will follow our move
by readjusting tier currency to a
working, living basis.
We do not care about Prance. Our
devaluation would probably force her
to accept our basl.
I.a Guardia
The best Inside McKee sources say
odds on their candidate right now
ought to . th 4 to 3. Thit rep
resents s .-nn-" from a week ago
when Mciv ' it a heavier favorite.
The reuui' '.lie chance in the
very forcel-.i. .-a.-npatgn being con
ducted by tr.st sr.rwd politician. Ex
Congressn.i It ousrdla. His prom
ise to rest e city t ilary cuts and the
iOwtt oi Pag Epur.4 J
Medford Mail Tmbpne
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Also Favors Paying Of Sold"
ier Bonus Declares Peo
pie "Plundered" And Sit
uation Now "Intolerable "
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 19. (AP)
Agricultural areas tfiday were de
scribee, as a "seeching mass of un
rest" by Governor Charles W. Bryan
in a general attack on the entire
national recovery program.
Bryan, brother of the late William
Jennings Bryan, said he did not
know what the farmers unrest might
lead to but said It waa "bringing on
a condition we can't shut our eyes
to."
He called the administration's agri
cultural plans a "one-sided, so-called
farm relief" program, and said It ap
peared that "all of tho anti-trust
laws have been either nullified or
over ridden." That "the people are
now being plundered," and that "the
remedies so far suggested by the fed
eral government were to loan more
money which In Itself la hastening
the downfall of everyone who bor
rows under present conditions."
The governor said the policy or
"pouring money in at the top" again
had failed. He endorsed senator
George W. Norris' recommendation
that liberty bonds be paid with new
currency Instead of being refunded
and said he now favored payment of
the soldiers bonus in new currency
means of putting money Into
circulation in every precinct and ev
ery grocery store.
"The unrest in the nation is in
creasing," Bryan said. "The prices of
the farmers' products are decreasing
so .his throt Is being cut from both
ears at once. '
"The only remedy so far in sight,
as everything else tried has failed, is
to increase the rarmers income oy
Increasing the amount of basic
money in circulation with which to
bid for his products."
The governor made his comment
in connection with the North Da
kota wheat embargo, which he said
he had been asked to apply to Ne
braska by Governor Langer and farm
leaders.
"While vitally interested in secur
ing relief for farmers from the worse
than one-sided so-called farm relief
plana which have developed,". Bryan
said, "the suggestion of an embargo
so clearly la unconstitutional both
under the state and federal consti
tutions, I did not feel it advisable
to enter upon such a course.
"I do feel that the present Intol
erable situation must be speedily re
lieved.
"It appeara as though all of the
anti-trust laws which had formerly
protected the buying public from un
conclonable profiteering have been
nullified or overridden and the peo
ple are now being plundered through
collusion of organized business groups
on a scale never heretofore dreamed
of."
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PLEA FOR INFLATED
LAUREL, Miss., Oct. 19. (AP)
Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of
the finance committee, today renewed
his plea for Immediate inflationary
measures by the national adminis
tration, urging the issuance of "not
more than three billon dollars" in
treasury notes against silver pur
chases. Pointing out that the president
,had been authorized to employ four
different means to bring about dol
lar adjustment, Harrison said:
"Only one of these plans has been
utlllred. Thei others have not. And
I have to aay today with respect to
the failure of the administration to
utilize the three other plans U not in
a spirit of criticism."
Harrison spoke at an industrial fair
on a program honoring himself, Sen
ator Hubert Stevens and Buddy Myer,
second baseman with the Washing
ton baseball team.
"TViere are some of us," Harrison
said, "who believe that the credit
of the government would not be Im
paired if under the provisions of the
legislation we passed, treasury notes
in the amount of not more than
three billion dollars should be Issued
by the government.
"If this government, England and
Prance, or either one of them, could
agree upon the purchase of silver at
the market price and Issue stiver
certificates against it. in the opinion
of a great many of us. It would have
a most wholesome and beneficial ef
fect. AM of the. thine r hin
comklrred by the administration at!
wujaingtoa.
Whiskey to Soothe Doomed Man
ANTI-RUM CHIEFS
OF OREGON FLAY
Mercy League Urges 'Die
Bravely' W. C. T. U
President Says Death
Ends 'III Effects' In Tacit
Approval.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (AP) Dal.
la Egan, condemned convict of San
Qucntln. Cal., prison, today waa urged
by the Men's League of Mercy to "face
legal murder bravely."
Governor James Rolph, Jr., of Cal-
Ifornla ha ordered that Egan be
given "all the whiskey he wanta to
drink" before be Is hanged on Prl
day.
Tha league sent this telegram to
Egan:
Face legal murder bravely. Die
trusting God."
It was signed by Ernest Whttehorse
Corns, executive secretary.
"Apparently they want to get Egan
blind drunk before hanging him,"
declared a league apokesman.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 19. (UP)
Oregon dry leaders today attacked
the plan of Governor James Rolph,
Jr., to give a California condemned
convict "all the liquor he wanta to
drink" before he is hanged.
It la cheating the law," declared
Dr. H. J. Maulbetscn', chairman of
Vie headquarters committee of the
Anti-Liquor League of Oregon.-
If a convict la to die for a crime.
that sentence Is imposed as a deter
rent on others. That deterrent force
is lost if he Is allowed to deaden his
senses and be executed while In a
stupor," he said.
E. A. Heacock, president of the
league, declared he "couldn't expect
any. more in this day and age A
man should at least be in his right
mind when he goes Into eternity."
"If anyono is going to have liquor
it Is better to give It to someone
who la going to die rl&'it away and
wouldn't suffer from Its in effects,"
remarked Ada Jolley, state n real dent
or tne w. c. T. u.
SALEM, Oct. 19. !, A fifth pos
sible vacancy in the state legislature
when It convenes In extraordinary
session here November 30, waa con
sidered here today when the status
of Representative Herbert Gordon of
Multnomah county, special deputy in
tne corporation department, was
questioned by some state officials.
Pour vacancies already exist, those
of Representatives Earl Day and Ed
u. n.eiiy or Jackson county, and Sen
ators Llnn E. Jones of Clackamas and
Edwin Allen of Washington county.
Their places will be filled either by
appointment of the governor, with
approval of the bouse in which the
vacancy exists, or by appointment of
the county courts, whichever of the
measures understood to be In preo
aratlon Is adopted at the opening of
the session.
The seat of Herbert Gordon, ac
cording to an attorney-enrala opin
ion. Is vacant. The opinion was given
James W. Mott, former corporation
commissioner, December 8 of last
year. However, Gordon served in the
as deputy durin most of the legisla
tive term. His rieht to a seat at that
time apparently was not questioned
by the house, at least there Is no rec
ord to that effect.
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SALEM, Oct. 19 7p tate police
arrests totaling 4 S3 in traffic viola
tions, 260 in general law enforce
ment and 19 In the game law di
vision were reported by Superintend
ent Charles P. Pray for the month
of September.
In traffic violations, an Increase
was noted in the number of intoxi
cated automobile drivers for a total
of 36 for the month. Sixty-eight were
arrested without drivers' licenses. 57
for reckless driving and 42 in con
nection with the motor transport-
tinn Aft. Tots! fln jumM for
traffic violations were 15.52. and
LEGISLATURE NOW
SHORT 5 IONS
VAN WINKLE SAYS
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19,
Tells of 'Smacking'
Alice White (above), blond
actress, testified before the Los
Angeles county grand jury that
John Warburton, English actor,
"smacked me and threw me down
and beat me." (Associated Press
Photo)
Federal Law Ere Governor's
Edict, Railroads Hold
Suggest Farmers Aid By
Obeying Order
felSMARCK. N. D., Oct. 19. (AP)
Wheat bound for out-state points
moved across the North Dakota bor
der today despite the embargo of Gov,
William .Langer, who told his adju
tant general to call out National
Guardsmen to enforce his edict.
As deflence came from the rail
roads, who announced they believed
the embargo Illegal and chose to obey
the laws of congress respecting In
terstate commerce, Gov. Floyd B. Ol
son of Minnesota, formally declining
Langer's invitation to Join in the
embargo, urged federal control of
production, marketing and price fix
ing to aid the farmer.
Railroad executives In. St. Paul
said their companies would continue
to accept wheat as usual in North
Dakota and ship It until Interfered
with, when recourse to courts by
them or a shipper was probable.
Langer -In reply, said his troops
would halt shipments as soon as a
direct report of violatlonwas made.
Railroad men at Fargo said wheat was
moving into Minnesota from there.
Presidents of four railroads serving
the state sent Langer a message
from St. Paul today, reiterating that
the carriers must abide by federal
laws despite the embargo.
The message, signed by W. P. Ken
ney. of the Great Northern, C. T.'Jaf
fray. of the Soo line. H. A. Scandrett,
of the Milwaukee, and Charles Don
nelly of the Northern Pacific also said
"We fully realize the paramount nec
essity of higher grain prices for our
farmers and If the people of North
Dakota, obey your command, common
carriers will In no way be involved
in this matter."
The reference was to shippers with
holding consignments and not offer
ing them. An offer means the rail
roads must accept the grain, they
said.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (API Radio
waves which have been traveling
through space for 40,000 years, ap
parently from distant stars, are
picked up with an antenna ahown
here by Karl O. Jaiuky of the Bell
laboratories.
The waves are electro- mag
netic undulations about 60 feet long.
On a radio set tuned to 14 6 meters'
they registered as a faint, sizzling
sound.
For more than ft year J a rutty has
been picking up these celestial sig
nals. Their uninterrupted buzz sug
gests that they are not calts from
intelligent beings somewhere elM In
t&ft Universe
ill
Not For Oregon
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Oct. 19.
(P) Calculating by its incomplet
ed tally of receipts, the state
board of equalization estimated
today that revenue from the two
and one-half per cent sales tax
for the first short quarter, August
and September, will total moro
than eleht million dollars.
TO ENFORCE PACTS
France Heads Move To Balk
Any Boundary Changes
Nazi Air Defense Plans
Launched.
(By the Associated Press)
A chain of steel almost completely
encircles Germany today backing
with cold metal the terms of treaties
which bind her within her rambling
borders.
To stretch In almost any direction,
the land of Nazi ism would have to
penetrate border defenses thrown up
with Increasing vigilance since the
war.
The German finance ministry an
nounced that expenditures for de
fense against her air attacks could
be deducted in full from Income, and
corporation tax returns. These de
fense works could Include cellars, gas
masks, the training of special squad
rons and the substitution of con
crete floors for less substantial ones.
Only last month, still unsatisfied
despite heavy reinforcements all
along the line, Austria got the ap
proval of France ' and Great Britain
to raise a special body of 8000 men.
But Austria's big-scale prepara
tions for defense along the Austro
German line are more than matched
by those of which Belgium and
France now boast.
While Belgium .had hesitated a bit
over laying out more funds for fron
tier defenses, she went ahead with
appropriations to complete them
even before Germany's explosive
withdrawal from the league' and the
arms conference.
Meantime, France, urged on by
veterans of her wars with Germany
and a people that never can forget
the last one, has forged a powerful
chain Including a trench and case
mate system.
For three years, workers in the
Metz and Laulter region have welded
this strong chain along a 120-mile
front.
' So, the French foreign office said
the other day that France felt safe
"in might and right."
Yet France isn't through even
now.
The arms budget, Premier Daladler
has asserted more than once since
Germany's withdrawal from world
armament negotiations, must not be
tampered with economy or no econ
omy. While men have been digging and
marching and arming along the
fronts of Belgium, Austria and
France, an ultimatum .has come out
from Praha, Czecho-Slovakta:
"Any revision of the war treaties
so far as Czecho-Slovakla's bounda
ries are concerned can be carried out
only with military force. "
Poland, meanwhile, long ago had
let it be known that vigorous oppo
sition would greet any German ef
forts to revise Germany's eastern
boundaries.
Poland never will surrender the
province of Pomorz the so-called
Polish corridor without a war, a
spesker declared to the accompani
ment of cheers In parliament at War
saw. Added to these movements, Prime
Minister Staunlng declared at Co
penhagen only Tuesday, referring to
discussion of reinforcements for
the southern Danl&h frontier, that It
would be "defended to the limit."
Little Switzerland was heard from
in connection with arms and arma
ments yesterday. .
Reports reached International cir
cles at Geneva that the Swiss mili
tary leaders were to ask extraordi
nary credit of 8S.000.000 gold francs
(23,800,000) to Increase armaments.
WfXHl Dealers Met
A meeting of wood dealers of Jack
son county will be held at the Cham
ber of Commerce tonight at 8 o'clock
and all dealers are urged to be pres
ent. A special subcommittee ap
pointed some time ago win have a
number of Important matters to pre
sent at that time.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 19. (AP) 1
When the University of Kentucky j
Wildcats tangle with the Generals ,
of Washington and Lee Saturday on
the gridiron at Roannke. Va . six
Kenturkiana will be on tha oppon-1
W teQ, 1
1933
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VALLEY PLEA FOR
Sen. Steiwer Here, Says Ap
praiser Due Nov. 1
Solon On Tour Agricul
tural Sections Of State.
News, long anticipated by directors
of southern Oregon Irrigation dis
tricts, was brought to Medford today
by Senator Frederick W. Steiwer, who
announced that he had been advised
from his Washington office that the
appraiser would be in Medford No
vember 1, for appraisal of districts
seeking loans from that special fund
allocated by law to the rehabilitation
of irrigation districts.
The wire followed the senator here
and was opened a short time before
he Joined the irrigation district di
rectors at luncheon at the Hotel Med
ford. Included are the Talent, Med
ford and Gold Hill districts, whose
applications have been approved for
appraisal. '
Olen Arnspiger, secretary-manager
or the Talent irrigation district, stat
ed that the news was indicative of
definite progress in the direction of
receiving the loans, and that all dis
trict officials had eagerly awaited def
inite announcement of Appraiser
Meredith's arrival here.
On a tour of the entire state, Sen
ator Steiwer stated that he was giv
ing particular attention on this trip
to the agricultural credit situation
As a member of the banking and cur
rency committee, this is one import
ant phase of his work. There are now
so many kinds of agricultural credit,
the senator explained, that it la
rather confusing to discuss them
The banking and currency commit
tee is handling all R. F. C. legls'.a
tlon.
A number of complaints have come
In from different sections regarding
the delay in granting loans, and Sen
ator Steiwer stated he la here to hear
the complaints, with the aim of
speeding action.
"Some farmers in Oregon." he stat
ed, "are already better off. Independ
ent of the expansion of national
credit. The hop growers, the wool
growers and the .wheat men who sold
early are better off."
"Unfortunately, the dairy and meat
industries are still left flat." Asked
what explanation he gave for the lat
ter condition. Senator Steiwer stated
that he didn't give any.
Farmers with adequate security, he
stated, he feels aure will obtain their
loans. The RACC. he added, has al
ready given out ft7.000.000 in Oregon.-
Immediately following his arrival
here the Indications were that the
senator would have a busy day with
various groups haunting his room
and the hotel lobby. In anticipation
of an Interview. Among them were
farmers interested In loans, members
of the Americsn lgion and the Dis
abled American Veterans, along with
Irrigation district directors.
EUGRNK, Ore., Oct. IP. CAP)
Advocating the opening of all state
lands to homestead entry, F. W.
Stevens, sponsor of tre recall move
ment against Governor Meier, ad
dressed 20 persons here last night on
taxation.
Declaring the governor waa, like a
smsll-town banker who had gone
broke because he could not draw Vie
line between friendship and business,
the speaker said he would make the i
governor "spend 9100 to every dime
I spend" In the recall campaign.
The aged speaker again denied that'
the truck interests were sponsoring
tne recall movement, but he attacked
the truck and bus law as class legis
lations. Petitions for the recall were in cir
culation here today but sponsors had
nothing to say as to the number of
nanes they were obtaining.
"old Prlre
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (API-
Treasury new mined gold prlre, 929.18
per ounce; 93 15 under Wednesday s
quotation.
Strange Death
ALTOONA. Pa., Oct, 19.
Twrt weeks ago Mrs. Florence Davis,
80, was pecked on the arm by a
chicken she was feeding. Yester
dav she died from tetanus.
Brings Good Cheer
St - Tsh,
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NATOR FREDERICK STEIWER
DRASTIC CURB OF
Control Production Under
NRA To End Ruin Of
Plenty Started In Textile
Plants.
By JAMES COPE
(Associated Press Stajf Writer.) '
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (p) A
drastlo application of the Industrial
control principle to everyday trade is
now under way, with cotton textiles
ine trying ground of the exoerlment.
From now on no man may start a
new cotton mill without approval of
Hugh a. Johnson, after a committee
of cotton men elected to supervise
operation of the Industry's code have
made recommendations. Not only
mm, out no mm owner may increase
his productive machinery without the
same approval, recorded in a certifi
cate bearing the administrator's slg
nature.
Johnson approved regulations to
this effect yesterday while President
Roosevelt and his recovery aides work
ed hours over price policies for retail
stores. The President's decision on
the retail lseue was not expected be
fore tomorrow.
The new rule for the cotton In
dustry, for so long as the code con
tinues and the President approves,
requires, In exact language, an ad
ministrator's certificate "prior to the
Installation of additional productive
machinery by persons engaged or en
gaging in the cotton textile Indus
try." Officials Interpret the regulations
as closing cotton textiles to newcom
ers, except through the purchase of
existing Interests and says It means
production may be kept to market
demand.
It is a far cry, officials recognize,
from the day hardly yet gone by
when any man with a will and some
means or Ingenuity could in this land
set himself up to do most anything
he had a mind to.
The only thing yet done that com
pares with the sweeping mastery of
the new act Is the production alloca
tion established by the federal gov
ernment over the oil industry, which.
as an exploiter of natural resources,
Is regarded as Invested with a seml
publlc character. - - .
Coming next is the steel industry's
prohibition of new Installations for
pig iron or bessemer atel produc
tion, a control more or less automat
ically enforced hy the current low
condition of the Industry.
PORTLAND. Oct. 19. (--Although
the delinquency on the current Mult
nomah county tax roll la approxi
mately 38 per cent, county officials
announce that sufficient delinquent
taxes for previous years have been
collected since January 1 to come
within 0 per cent of raising the cur
rent revenue.
The amount of the 1932 tax roll,
payable this year, is 910,430,797, of
which half, or 98,310,399, should hare
been collected by this date. The
amount actually paid by October 1
was ftfl.010,4.9, a delinquency of 30
per cent. However, 91.092.000 due in
previous years has been received.
Plane Victim Found
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Octo. 19.
(AP) Tha body of William Davl of
Boston, Mass., one of three Ameri
cana killed In an airplane crash yes
terday, was recovered today from
Managua lake. Into which Uie plan
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President Shifts Probe To
Department Of Justice
After Recent Success
Capone One Suspected.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (API
Recent aucceaa In rounding up kid
napera ha prompted the department
of Justice to undertake a fuller, co
ordinated Investigation of the 30.
month-old Lindbergh kidnaping.
Sanctioned by President Boosevelt
In his desire to consolidate all kid
naping Investigation under the jus
tic. department, the move followa
disclosure of the withdrawal from
the case of the lone Income tax In
vestlgator that haa been working
on It.
This agent, rrank Wilson, of Ca
pone Income tax Inveatlgatlon fame.
wa taken off the case thla week
by Elmer L. Irev. -hi-. . u.
. ....... v, wla ,uwr
nal revenue bureau's Intelligence unit.
...u reiurnro to nn former duties
with the unlt'i field offir. in n.,.,
more.
They refused to discuss the matter
further, but It was learned Wilson'
withdrawal had White House ap
proval. r
At the same time Attorney General
Cummlngs, after conference with
the president, ordered J. Eduar Hoo
ver, director of the Justice depart
ment's division of Investigation, to
assume Jurisdiction over federal, aa.
tlvltlea In tha Lindbergh case, with
a view to giving New Jersey authori
ties full benefit of data on known
kidnapers amasw.fi h. t.,.t
. I n in n.u.M . 1 . . . . . . .
, v. .110 icaerai Kiansp-
Ing law.
Justice Investigator offered their
service at Hopewoll during early
phases of the Lindbergh tragedy,
alorur with other fi-rfnr.i 1.
the varlou departments, but they
withdrew from the case many monthi
ago.
The field of federal activity wa
left free to two of Irey'a men, Wil
son and A. P. Madden, Both of whom
went to Hopewell a few days after
the abduction, at a time when l
w tnougni 11 uapone might know
something about the crime.
Manaen was sent back to his reg
ular post In Chlcaco several mnnth.
ago, but Wilson, an aco of Irey'a
time to running down clues In co
operation wun coionei h. Normsn
SchwartrJconf. head ot the Jerspv
Officials said that In taking WIN'
son off the csso, no criticism of hti
work was implied.
Will
ROGERS
BJ3VEI5LY IIILLSCul., Oct.
18. In order to see what little
information I can pick up dur
ing these "loco" days, I talk
and ask questions of everyone I
meet.
Yesterday I ran into a fellow
who had hitch-hiked his way
out here from New York. Rath
er dignified old bird, but kinder
down at the heels. He give me
about the most information I
have had. He hopes they won't
inflate; in fact, hopes they an
nounce they will soon go back
on gold. Then everybody will
know what their money is
worth. Had optimistic hopes
of our future, thought too manv
people both large and small,
looked too much to the govern
ment to fix their troubles and
do nothing themselves. He
wasn't sore at the world and
had a good word for everyone.
As I let him out of my car to
catch a ride with someone else
I asked his name. Said it was
Baruch, Bernard Baruch. So
pick up all old men you meet.
Some of 'em are mighty smart.
?lu fa?
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