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MEDFORD. OltKGOX, SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1934.
No. 263.
By PAUL MAI.LON
Copyrlelit, 1034
Uplift
WASHINGTON, Jan. 37. The pub
Ho works and civilian employment
doles are really doing some uplllt.
In fact, they have brought the
only remarkable general Improve
ments notable In the business, pic
ture during the last three montha.
That deduction Is. clearly the fea-
ire of this month's balance chart
of business. It la a seasonally ad
Justed, unbiased table of government
and private statistics showing Just
exactly where we atand on bsslc
Items each month in relation to nor
mal i 1923-25).
This month the chart registers the
fact that Industry and labor have
come through another hard winter
wltftout gaining any ground or los
ing any. It shows our January con
dition generally about 10 per cent
better than last January and Just
about equal to January, 1932.
a . Doling
m,- i inHtnM whlp.h iumrjed UD
strongly during the last two or three
months were department store sales
htilMtnir
The Christmas month of Decem
ber was 8 per cent better this season
than last In tfie department stores.
That la NOT aa remarkable as the
fact that the usual dull month of
January showed a probable Jump of
13 plonta above last January.
It indicates clearly that the money
being poured out by the government
to city unemployed through the
CWA Is making retail buslneaa Im
prove against a strong seasonal trend.
The results o federal atlmulatlon
are even more noticeable In build
ing. That Industry was running only
48 per cent of normal three months
ago. In January it was 73 per
solely because of the PWA.
Balance
The result la that business Is
going into the second month of the
new year on a better balanced plane
t.han it haa been any time since the
depression started. Payrolls are still
less than they should be and foreign
trade la away out of line, but every
thing else production, employment,
salca freight loadings and buildings
are each fairly -well balanced with
the other.
They average about 70 per cent
ot normal, aa you can note by study
ing the chart on the editorial page.
Reasons
The confidential guess of experts
In that chart will be at least three
polnta better generally in February.
They are confident of strong fur
ther rise through the spring months.
You may be surprised to find that
the January figures on production,
employment and pay rolls are no
better. Certainly statistics you have
been reading from day to day during
the month Indicated we were soaring
In tfie skies,
There are two reasons for that.
One Is that auch lndustriea as tex
ti.. tai ind automobiles could
not get going during December and
January. Textiles naa to s" a
per cent reduction of the NRA code
requirements. That Industry over
stocked last summer and now la try
ing to adjust its output to current
demands.
Automobile production encountered
i rheumatism on the knee action
Uanrv Fnrrl 18 the Onl? One
who has been producing enough to
Supply orders. . ine oinern .inw mrc..
rf-iavaj m DAttintr their production
technique straightened out. One
manufacturer la supposea
had 70.000 orders on hand recently
that could not be filled.
The failure of automobile produc
tion caused the failure In demand
for steel.
All three together neutrallMd the
.Improvements show during the month
in other Industrial lines.
Rmy Olnsses
The other reason why financial
page statistics look better then they
are Is the la.-t that they are always
compared with last January. At that
time we were going down rasi ana
Just netting ready to bounce on the
bottom.
Any half decent figure for this
January looks like a boom time fig
ure w.'ien compared with January
f last year.
That situation will hold true for
the first six montha of this year at
least. (We touched bottom In March
last yean.
Trade
The Improvement In foreign trade
la attributed to the dollar policy and
prohibition repeal.
Liquor Imports In December
amounted to more than the Increase
In total Import. That means If. It
hart not been for liquor, our Importa
woulrt have fallen off.
The Increase In exporta la being
officially attributed to the fact that
the cheap dollar permitted buying
hers bv foreign nations. That seems
to be a correct assumption, but the
improvement Is hardly big enough
to brag about.
Some of It may be due to the deala
for exports we made with foreign
nations who want their liquor quo
tas. prmperltv fl?n
NEW YORK. Jan. 2". r A strtk
ot ws-.ters and kitchen help hed
spread through most of New York's
hotels today.
Lumber tlrirliter
SEATTlal. Jan. JT The We.t
Coast l.vunbe.-men evUUon i aid
odert iwoHNl wills '.n Wash-
intron and Oraion for tne weei end
i'ig -a&. 21 h!we4 a- Increase of
91 X TtVch w 37 3 per
cent over the prev.ous week.
$7,030,911 SPENT
Lions Share For Labor Bal
ance For Materials And
Expenses Multonmah
Leads As Beneficiary Of
Money Flood-
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 27. &) Op
to January 18, 15,809.103 OWA funds
waa spent m Oregon, State Relief
Chairman Raymond B. Wilcox an
nounced today.
Workers were paid M.780.371 of this
amount and $1,118,735 was spent for
materials and other expenses. Com
munlty contributions of 51,131,80j
brought the grand total spent in crea.
tire -work to $7,030,911. The report
waa prepared by Burton Palmer, as
sistant to Chairman Wilcox.
The largest county expenditure was
3.281.092 In Multnomah, Marlon was
second with t3ig.836 and Lane coun
ty third with $278,395. Clatsop coun.
ty's outlay was $229,373, and Clacka-
iaa county $285,605.
Religious adherence to Job quotas
in the various counties was reported
by Palmer. No further projects under
the civil works administration wl'.l
be approved by the state commlttco
until further orders are received from
national headquarters. Palmer said.
February 18 was the deadline set for
any dlsbursementa under the plan.
Under civil works service projects
$91,031 had been apent in providing
work for women, up to January 18.
The bulk of that amount, $60,887 was
spent In Multnomah county where It
waa augmented by $8305 local contri
butions. Included in the list of projects were
45 for relief and public health, edu
cation 38, library 21, predatory ani
mal control 9. and mlacellaneoua 10.
Initial allotment of 7000 federal
project department Jobs waa later
reduced to 3000 when the regular
CWA state allotment was increased
by 4000
Federal project activities Included
mosquito control, census enumera
tion, geodetic aurvey, investigations
for the bureau of economics, forest
service work, studies by the bureau
of plant Industries, fishery studies,
lighthouse ropalra, office helpera for
varloua federal department within
the state, Indian service projects,
ooast guard, marine and naval sta
tion, army fort and harbor defense
studies.
FUNDS ASKED FOR
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. (P)
President Roosevelt late today sent
to the White House a request for
950.000.000 for continuation of the
civil works administration and for di
rect federal relief.
The president asked this lump sum
without specifying the amounta to be
given for civil works and direct re
lief. In this form It leavea him free to
continue civil worka beyond the May
1 deadline If it becomes necessary.
HELD NEGLIGENT
TOPEKA, Kaa., Jan. 27. (API
The state board of administration
In a report made public tonight on
I Ita investigation of the escape of
j seven convicts from the Kansas pen
i Herniary January 19, accused the
warden of negligence and recom
mended the dismissal of three of
the prison guards.
Four of the convicts have been re
captured, a fifth slain and the oth
ers remain at large.
The board Bald Warden Lacey Simp
son waa negligent In having no guard
In No. 2'4 tower, the point at which
the convlcta went over the wall un
der cover of early morning darkness.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. (P De
mands for Immediate aalvnge of the
damaged timber in the Oregon forest
fire area where 325.000 acres of tlm-
I berland were burned over last sum
j mer, were voiced here In a committee
I report to the forest conservation eon
i ferenee.
BULLETIN
fiT. P.UT, Jan. 2. (Sunday)
(p)The Minneapolis Journal said
the ;oo.000 remom demanded by
the ktitnapnen of Frinard O. lire mer.
nentthy St. Paul hanker, ai believed
paid Saturday night on Ihe otitklrt
nf Minneapolis.
The Journal said FrancU Pan Won
and M f amrttd. both of Wolf Point,
Mnnt., aw a forge white wtk alnn
Irte the road annul loti .iril from
the l.yndHle avenue brlil;. Kouih oi
Mlnnrapnll nnd that a few nit mite
afterward a Inrge mud p;i! tired e
dan nit limit llene pints approm li
ed. After H pit-Mi. Ihe nt-iuprr
aid, Ihe Mtk had dlappt-are'l.
TUCSON FIRE
It was while fightino, this fire of the Congress Hotel, one of the best known hoatelrlea In Arizona,
that two Tucson firemen recognized two members of the John Dilllnger gang of terrorlata when they
were tipped for removing the baggage of Charlea Makley and Russell Clark, two of the four fugitives
captured In dramatic fashion several days later. John Dilllnger. one of 'he captured desperadoes, anj
his cohorta had been hunted and fought throughout the midwest and were wanted for murder banl
robberies, a wholesale Indiana penitentiary delivery and an Ohio Jail escape. (Associated Press Photo.
DEBATE BROCKWAY
HERE ONjEB. 21
Sales Tax Talk To Be Held
At Armory And Will Be
Open To Public Much
Interest'
Btate Gntuge Mwtr Ray Gl r and
Representative A. E. Brock way, who
la master of the Jacksonville Grange,
yesterday accepted the Invitation of
the Roxy Ann Orange to meet In an
open debate in this city February 21.
Master GUI, In the valley for the
meeting of the Pomona Grange at
Jacksonville, was contacted by the
Roxy Ann Grangers, who some time
ago went on record favoring the sales
tax.
The debate will be staged at the
Medford armory the night of Febru
ary 21 and will be open to the pub
lic. All townspeople of the valley,
as well as farmers, will be urged to
attend the gathering and hear both
sides of the tax question presented
by two of the strongest supporters
In the state of the negative and af
firmative. It was announced here some time
ago, unofficially, that Vie state
Grange master would debate Repre
sentative Brockway here next week.
The definite date for the debate, how
evr, was namd yesterday and agreed
upon by both men.
Opposition Vote Pciled
At a late vote taken, after 6
o'clock Inst night following the all
day meeting of the Pomona Grange
at Jacksonville, a resolution approv
ing the action of State O ranee Mas-
ter Ray Gill In opposing the fcales
tax was passed. There were about!
200 people present, but not more
than 100. It was estimated, who were
qualified as Pomona members.
The resolution was preceded by a
long talk opposing the tax, delivered
by Mr. Gill. Oeorge Palmlter, ex
master of the Oregon Grange, who
was present from Hood River, also
spoke. Representative A. B. Brock
way, staunch supporter of the sales
tax and master of the Jacksonville
Grange, was not given an opportu-
nlty to speak. Several persons, how-
everti were heard speaking for the
tax. among them Henry conger or
jacK&onvuie, . uryips oi cbkio
Point and VVm. ("Farmer Bill") Carle
of Applegate.
The resolution presented read:
"Whereas, our State Gringe exec
utive committee, legislative commit
tee and master are carrying out the
orders of the State Grange delegats,
in opposition to th sales tax measure;
and whereas, we believe them to be
In accordance with Orange -rincl-ples;
therefore, be It
"Resolv d, that we approve the ac
tion of our state officers in their
opposition to home bill No. 110.
SEEKS A
I PHILADEI PHIA jan 27 t AP)
president Roosevelt has been asked
to psrdon Orover Cleveland Bergdoll.
j notorious draft dodger, now in Ger
many. Mrs. Emma Bergdoll, his mother,
requested that the pardon be grant
i ed as part of the presidents birth
day celebration next Tuesday,
j Mrs. Bergdoll, who will be 73 next
I July, said her son had harmed no
one and should not be punished
i "I am lonely." she said,
I need
him to help me Ins three chil
dren I have iitr secu."
SLACKER BERGDOLL
'SMOKES OUT' DILLINGER GANG
E
TRESI
Blood Flows Freely As Police
Battered With Chairs In
Street Battle Water
Dampens Belligerents.
"'PARIS, Jan. 37. (pj The center
of Paris was & scene of wild turmoil
tonight as Infuriated royalists rioted
against thousands of massed police.
Elaborate precautions had been ta-c
en against a repetition of earlier an'.l
Rovernment demorrtt rat Ions, but the
monarchists, shouting Invective and
swinging chairs, repeatedly charged
through lines of mounted police and
foot officers.
The hours-long battle followed the
resignation of Premier camllle Chan
temps' cabinet, against whose alleged
part In the I4O.00j.OOO Stavlsky pawn
shop scandal the royalists have staged
frequent demonstrations In recent
weeks.
"Down with Chautemps!" was the
rallying cry of hundreds of rioters
who time and again smashed into the
ranks of authorities wielding any
weapon that came to hand.
Ranks of the bluecoats were broken
as groups of SO to 100 men struggled
throughout the spacious Place de V
Opera near the cafe De La Palx.
Magnesium flares were thrown at
the mounted officers, whose horses,
panic-stricken, reared and plunged
Every available policeman was on
duty. Firemen and guards aided In
the battle. Three blocks of helmcted
policemen were stationed around the
i place,
At the cafe De I Palx the mon
! archlsts seized chairs and smashed
them over the heads of the police
Blood flowed freely.
Mounted policemen rode again ar.i
again into the mob but the battles
were quieted only temporarily, to be
resumed more fiercely in a nearby
quarter.
Authorities smashed right and lt
with clubs. Firemen attached their
' hoses inside the opera while pol.co
guarded them from attacks. Then
streams of water were pounded upon
the mob
streets leading to the place we-e
barricaded with hib police buses and
patrol wagons, but the royal lata
smashed Into them successfully.
M. Chautemps. harried in the cham
ber of deputies' debates over t'.io
pawnshop collapse and embarrassed
by the riots over charges of financial
corruption, decided to throw up thfl
sponge and let someone else, pron
ably former Premier Edouard Her
rlot, try to calm the public tempest.
AUTOTLATE SALE
SALEM. Ore., Jsn 27. fAP)-Is-I
suanre of automobile licenses for the
! currnt v"r hftvt corn within 134ment, the happiness of those who
I ?' "l",In be same number Issued I helped him celebrate, and the sol-
was reported today by the secretary
of stste. Up to last night a total
pf 208,470 licensee were Issued.
f Rlt h and lrpnndent
MT HOLY. N. J., Jan 27,
Millard P. Edouard. 45, Los Angeles,
Calif., on his honeymoon trip to New
York, was found shot to desth in his
automobile about a mile from Flo:-
- ence early today. Hi bride told police
he had hol himself in a fit of des
pondency.
S
Stalin Implies Enemies Are
"Swine," And Warns
Against World Revolt. In
Foreign Policy Speech
MOSCOW, Jan. 27. -(P) A war
against the soviet union would start
a world revolution In Asia and Eu
rope, which would crush capitalistic
governments in a number of coun
tries, Joseph Stalin told the all-union
communist party congress tonight.
He decried the activities of "war
mongers" having designs againat the
soviet stste but pledged his country
to be ready for fight if necessary.
"We warn everybody not to poke
their snouts Into the soviet potato
patch," he declared, applying by im
plication the name "swine" to those
nations which cherish warlike designs
against Russia.
He singled out Japan and Germany
for particular criticism In the section
of his address which dealt with the
soviet foreign policy.
"It is a mistake to think an ambi
tion to wage war against the sovk-t
union and share its territory la held
only by Japanese military circles." he
said.
"We know very well It Is shared by
some political circles in Europe. But
If this happens It will be the most
dangerous war for mankind In his
tory not only because the population
of the soviet union wilt ftght to deitn
to defend the country but because the
war also will take place behind the
lines of our enemies, where our num
erous friends would deal a mortal
blow to those daring to take up arms
against the soviet union.
"These latter will be responsible
If they bring about a revolution In a
number of countries in Europe and
Asia and complete the destruction of
land-owner governments."
The head of the communist party
declared that "Japan needs a njn
AgitreMlon pact as much as the soviet
union' In recalling Russia's unsuc
cessful effort to negotiate Buch instru.
ments with the lslund empire In fur
therance of Ita expressed desire for
peace in the far cast.
The Russian expression 8talln used
for "snout" Is literally "awlne'i nos-
His speech his first public utteranre
in more than a year consisted of
about 30,000 words, fully one-fourti
of which was devoted to international
relations
EX-KAISER, AGED
fare Island prison where his sense
DOORN. The Netherlands, Jan. 27.!tIonal raid uncovered "gangster con-
(AP) Thousands of Rifts and mes
saces poured In upon WUhelm II to
day ft the former German kaiser ob
served hln 75th birthday anniversary.
Amid this demonstration of sent I
the aged but healthy man moved
: smlllnnly, happy and cordial during
the festivities.
Y Mend on Jitb
SAN FRANCUiCO, Jan. 27. p,
Henry R. Munson of Washington, D.
C. arrived here todsy and established
his office as district propect auditor
for the public works administration
with Jur:d!'"t:on over the states of
California, Oregon, Washington, an I
Nevada.
IOWA DEMP .MIC
LEADER HLD FOR
,F
Lieutenant Governor And
Broker Charged With
Diverting Investments And
Interfering For Personal
Gains.
DES MOINES. Iowa. Jan. 27.
(AP) Iowa's lieutenant governor.
Nelson G. Kraschel. and an invest
ment broker, Carleton D. Ben, were
prepared tonight to post 12.000 bonds
on charges of defrauding the govern
ment by interfering with the NIRA.
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey,
accepted the recommendation of TJ.
S, District Attorney Robert W. Col
flesh In setting that figure and agree
ing that the two men might sign
their own bonds. It was expected
the bonds would be offered In court
next week. Meantime, both men were
at liberty.
The conspiracy charge, federal of
ficers said, alleged that the lieuten
ant governor, ft leader In the Demo
cratic party In the state and former
executive secretary of the Iowa PWA,
conspired with Beh to persuade pol
itical subdivisions not to request 70
per cent federal government loans
for public works project. It charged
also that city and county officials
were then urged by the two men
to finance construction work through
Beh's Investment house here.
The government contends these al
leged acta defrauded It by Interfer
rlng with the functions of the NIRA
and the regulations of the public
works administration.
Trail of the case Is not expected
to begin until the term of federal
court beginning April 24. The trial
will be held In Des. Moines.
TAX ON AIR GIF!
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. (AP)
The Washington Star will say In
copyrighted story tomorrow that Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh, who waa
named before the senate air mail in
vestigating committee as a recipient
of a 250.000 atock "gift.'- from the
Transcontinental! Air Transport cor
poration, accepted the contribution
aa compensation for services rendered
and paid Income taxes on It.
Senator Black (D., Ala.), chairman
of the committee, said tonight he
knew nothing about Lindbergh's In
come tax affairs.
He said, however, he had received
from Lindbergh replies to ft formal
questionnaire sent by the committee.
He declined to make the answer pub
lic, explaining that Lindbergh's ques
tionnaire waa "one in about 400."
Nor would he aay whether the com
mittee planned to summon Lindbergh
to give him an opportunity to ex
plain publicly references to htm made
In previous testimony.
"There Isn't any doubt that the
stock waa a gift, In my opinion,"
he added.
STEELHEADS BITE
T
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 37. (AP)
Coast streams should be excellent
for tee 1 head fishing Sunday, accord
ing to word received here from sev
eral points on the coastline. Tilla
mook said several good catches were
reported yesterday and today. The
streams were clesr again, although
some mud was running In the Nea
tucca due to road construction In
the upper reaches. The weather on
the beaches yesterday and '.oday was
said to be Ideal.
NEW YORK. Jan. 37 WV-Auatln
H. MacCormack, slight youthful com
missioner of corrections, today quiet
ly ended a threatened revolt at Wel-
trol" and narcotic trafficking.
Commissioner MacCormlck was in
specting a cell block when 12 inmatea
lingered in the exercise yard after a
general call came for prisoners to re
turn to their cells.
HARD GUYS COWED
BY PRISON HEAD
Th. (troupaa.umKl defiant potur,Mt,rn wptMent.t,T wl, Ull
when guard told them to hurry alon
They aald they intended to atay where
they were.
MaoCormlck, overhearing tha argu
ment, ahouted to the prlaonera:
You will o bar to your placea
now or you will be carried back."
WASHINOTON, Jan. 87. (API A
plan to apeed prosecution of Texaa
vlolatora of the oil code and produc
tion curtailment order, waa adopted
tun. by Hecretary Irke, and Attor
ney Oeneral Cummloia.
Worry Will Have
Everybody Crazy
By 2139, Claimed
CHICAGO. Jan. 27. ( AP) Ev
erybody will be Insane by 2139
A. D. If the present Increase In In
sanity la maintained, the Execu
tives club was told by David Sea
bury, New York psychologist.
He spoke yesterday, asserting
that statisticians had reached the
conclusion that there has been a
30 per cent Increase In Insanity
during the last ten years,
De described worry as one of
the first steps toward insanity and
warned his audience against the
'worry monger."
"Beware," he said, "of the wor
ry monger. Half of the worries of
the world are started by people
of this sort. Their advice should
never be heeded.'
I
BACK FROM TEN'
Church Pest Makes Good
For Lord, After Lurid
Career As All - Around
Devil At Services.
OARTERVILLE. 111., Jan. 27. P1
The worshippers at the little Oak
Grove church south of here never
knew what to expect next with Corum
McGee thinking up new deviltry.
Once a bird flew Into the church.
MoQce whipped out ft pistol and shot
The fine was 50. Another time he
started ft watermelon rind fight.
Then his brother rode a horse into
church, but everyone said Corum was
responsible.
The finale came when two of ho
McGee boys and two others burned
up the church organ. The deacons
were enraged. The McGee boys weni
to the penitentiary for ft year. The
others turned state's evidence.
It was unanimously agreed six years
ago that Corum was an incurable
roughneck.
"Corum McGee will never mend his
ways," , they said.
There's a big revival now at the
little Oak Grove church and folks
come nigh tly from mile 'rqu nd .
Eighty already have hit the sawdust
trail.
The master of the trail la Corum
McGee, revivalist.
EARTHQUAKE 'EYE'
LATE INVENTION
By HOWARD W. IU.AKESl.Ef!
Atsm-lafed Press Science Editor
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 27. (AP)
A seismograph eye, which will fore
tell and forewarn against earthquake
destruction, was announced tonight
at Vie Massachusetts Institute ot
Technology.
The eye Is a spidery gadget, no
bigger than the palm of one hand.
It can "see" and map the rending
stresses in the walla of ft building
during an earthquake. Most of the
loaa of life cornea from these stresses,
and engineers have been unable to
compute them In advance to any
great extent.
MADIJ90N. Wis., Jan. 87. ;pi The
University of Wisconsin board of re
genta has accepted ths resignation of
Herbert A. Bork, comptroller, who
will assume ft similar position for the
Oregon atate board of higher educa
tion, It waa announced here today.
Jamea D. Phillips, business mana
ger, told the board Bork has been "a
veritable wlaard of accounting" In a
difficult and exacting position during
a period in which his work played an
important part In the administration
of the university's financial affairs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 37 (API
Indication that an lncraa will b
made In th appropriation for pra
atory animal control waa liven at
m Mnhniu. trail, nf a numbf-r ot
Doualaa, director of the budget.
The animated appropriation for
thla work In tha new budget la !,
000 aa compared with a prelou ap
propriation of more than asoo.ooo
Douglas Rava tha weatern membere
an extenalva hearing and requested
that Repreantativa Taylor of Colo
rado, Um of California and Pierce
of Oregon go oyer tha detalla of tha
budget etlmat with him apparent
ly with the view of Issuing a aup
plemental figure.
UNIVERSITY GETS
TIGURER WIZARD
VARMINT CONTROL
FUNDS BOOSTED
DEVALUFJOLLAR
In President's Hands Mon
dayQuick Action Ex
pected To Stem Adverse
European Trade Aspects.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 37 (API
Approved by both house and sen
ate. President Roosevelt's monetary
bill tonight lacked only the brief
final formalities of enactment before
It could give the chief executive
power to devalue the dollar and put
$2,000,000,000 to the taslt of protect
ing the foreign value of the nation's
currency.
Monday it will be brought up In
the house for consideration and
probably quick acceptance of amend
ments attached by the senate lim
iting the effectiveness of the meas
ure to three years, and making sev
eral minor changes. Then It will be
sent to the White House for Mr.
Roosevelt's signature and action.
Passage by the senate by a vote
of 06 to 23 came after administra
tion forces had beaten back a de
termined challenge from the expon
ents of remonetlzed sliver by the
breath-taking margin of two votes.
The vote was 4S tp 43. (Senator
McNary and Steiwer voted nay).
Wavering Democrats were awept
Into line Just before the roll-call by
a statement from their floor leader,
Robinson of Arkansas, that the pend
ing amendment to direct govern
ment purchase of 1790,000,000 worth
of silver and the Issuance of cur
rency against It waa "In conflict
with the plans of President Roose
velt. A little later, without administra
tion opposition, an amendment by
Senator Plttman (D., Nov.), was ac
cepted authorizing the president to
Issue, In his discretion, currency
against a liver bought from domestlo
miners, held In the treasury.
The only other amendment of any
Importance waa that limiting the
measure's life to three- years, and
that was put Into the bill without
objection from the administration.
The Roosevelt forces defeated an ef
fort to put the 2,000,000,000 stabili
zation fund In charge of ft board.
Btlverltes Fall
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. (AP)
The administration stepped ahead
on Its road to the cheaper dollar to
day, but nevertheless, had time left
to point out ft few fields of en
deavor that officials believe have too
low regulatory fences.
Stlverltcs failed In attempts to
burden the monetary bill with the i
ancient Issue of sixteen to one but
they were fought off by administra
tion supporters. The bill was paased- y
late In the day and sent to the house
for final action Monday.
Every sign polnta to ft quick use
by President Roosevelt of the powers
the bill will give him. First the
gold In the federal reserve banks
will be hauled Into the treasury.
Then the content of the dollar will
be thinned to give it only 40 to 00
per cent of Its present golden hue.
Prom the profit this process will give
the government, a stabilization fund
will be set up under Secretary Mot-
genthau to deal In foreign exchange
and government securities, holding
them at the levels the administra
tion believes they should cling to.
The president should get the meas
ure for signing Into law by the mid
dle of next week.
The task of building up emergency
flumes through which to tend bank
ing, industry, agriculture, and mon
ey to more satisfactory levels haa
kept the administration so busy that
today waa the first time It had got
ten around to sending congress rec
ommendations with respect to stock
exchanges, communications nd util
ity holding companies.
Will
rogehs
PatnC
Says:
ai.AHEMOKE, Olda., Jan. 2S
The old homing pigeon flew
back to its neat today. Crossed
ArizonH, Now Mexico and
Texas last niirlit, asleep all the
way. Fort Worth for break
fast. Anion Carter meets all
planes and sells tickets for the
bit! Koosevclt ball Tuesday
night. I bet Fort Worth raises
more money for that splendid
cause than any city five times
its size.
Bill Murray has taken good
care of the old state since 1
been none. In California we had
forgotten there was sueh
thing left as a bootlegger, but
bai-k in these states, Oklahoma,
Texas and Arkansas, they are
thicker than CWA workers.
till Hal fraalwia, t
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