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B.V PAUL MALLOX
(Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon.)
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. You can't
beat this administration for smart
politics.
Just when all possible tricks seem
to have been tried, along comes Mr.
Roosevelt with a new one.
The latest Is the unprecedented
manner In which he submitted the
stock market and communications Is
sues to congress. Instead of sending
a message making specific recommen
dations for legislation as all presl-
dents have done, he merely slipped an
envelope under the door of several
congressional committees. The en
velope contained recommendations,
not from him, but from two boards
he created, to study the stock market
and communications problems.
He said absolutely nothing about
what he wanted or how, when or
where he wanted tt.
Concerning the communications re
port, he advised the congressional
committeemen to come up and see
him at the proper time. That was all.
This subtle step Is supposed to
have been devised by certain wise old
heads among democratic leaders on
the hill. It was well thought out.
They are passing around the so
called Inside yarn that the purpose is
solely to get congress out of town as
soon as possible. They say the presl
dent does not care for action on such
questions Immediately.
There seems to be an Inside to the
Inside on that Idea.
By refraining from specific recom
mendations the president also re-
trains from taking a chance on get
ting his fingers burned about such
doubtful Ideas.
The method seems to be the third
phase of his well -conceived plan for
controlling congress.
!
The first phase was his opening
message to the session. Instead of
submitting the customary legislative
program, he offered some ideas about
what a great thing It was that they
were all pals together.
Then when he really wanted some
specific legislation later, he sent up a
fast message demanding action on It,
and only it, at once. Witness the
money bill and the supplemental re
lief bills.
The Idea has worked brilliantly.
If a full legislative program had
been submitted at the opening of the
session, time would have been offered
for formation of the usual opposition
blocs. As it is the opposition cannot
. get started.
By feeding out his recommenda
tions from time to time, he controls
even the subjects to be discussed in
congress.
The same day the stock market and
communications letters were left
under the door, the president sent a
message In the customary official
channel. He asked for C950.000.000
more for th relief program. He left
no doubt about what he wanted done
on that question.
New Yorkers who knew Mr. Roose
velt well at Albany are amazed. They
point out that he did not handle the
legislature, the press and the oppo
sition party with such cleverness as
he has exhibited since he came to
Washington.
The answer specifically applicable
to the congressional angle is that he
has had the wholehearted confidence
of three or four very smart veteran
legislators.
Vice-President Garner, Senators
Byrnes and Pat Harrison, Congress
man Rayburn. as well as the nominal
leaders, have been of valuable assist
tance. LEBANON IN IN JAIL
ALBANY. Ore., Jan. 30. p) Ac
e lined of violating the state kidnap
ing law, two men were held In Jail
here today on the complaint of John
Bowles of Albany that they had
threatened him with death unless he
gave them 30 "ransom."
The men. residents of Lebanon,
were Clay Cornwell and Dorsey Lanis
bury. The former was arrested Mon
day at ht home. Police said they
found him hidden in a closet Lands
bury was takfn Into custody at the
lumber mill where he worked. State
Policeman Walter Winters said both
had prison records.
LONDON. Jan. 30 (AP) The cm
eral Idea of ne satiations deigned to
lea4 to eventual stabilisation of the
pound and the dollar would be wel
comed In Oreat B-ltatn. It was stated
authoritatively today.
laondon. r-mreie. has rece trrd no
overt n-a to br;n such talk.. sur
ges ted by Hf nry Morftithau, Jr..
United sutei secretary of treasury.
DUE WEDNESDAY
President Issues Order for
Taking Over of National
Gold Supply After Sign
ing Devaluation Measure
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP)
President Roosevelt issued Hie
orders necessary to take over the
national gold supply late today,
shortly after signing the dollar
devaluation bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP)
! President Roosevelt late today signed
: the bill giving the treasury title to
I the gold in the federal reserve banks
! and bestowing upon him the power
to devalue the dollar by from 40 to
' 50 per cent.
i The president signed the bill at
3:54 p. m.. In the presence of Secre
tary Morgenthau and members of the
press.
He withheld Immediate announce
ment of the first moves under the
new monetary authority.
It was indicated that a proclama
tion fixing the value of the dollar
somewhere between 50 and 60 cents
would not be Issued before tomorrow.
Smiling and Joshing with the news
papermen circled about his desk, the
president remarked as he picked up
his pen: ,
"This Is about the nicest birthday
present I ever had."
SEASONALSAG IN
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. (AP)
Industrial employment in Oregon
declined seasonally In December, the
federal reserve bank of San Francisco
reported today after a study, of 115
firms.
Largest decreases, both In payrolls
and number of employes, were In the
food products and lumber and allied
Industries.
The bank's data Indicated "the
number employed in Oregon Indus
tries was about 18 per cent, higher
in. 1933 than In the preceding year,
an increase considerably larger than
in the United 3tatcs as A whole," the
report said.
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PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 30. (AP)
A reduction of one cent a dozen In
' Ulfl BCiliUg fJitlQ V Ttfto moil iiiouc
I here at noon today. It was said by
j George C. Keeney, general .manager
- of Pacific Cooperative Poultry Pro
ducers. 1
j The new price made extras 27c,
j standards 15c, and mediums 14 cents
! a dozen.
j Butter prices were held Intact dur-
lng the late session of the produce
exchange with all curb values un
j changed.
SOUP KITCHENS FEED
NEW YORK. Jan. 3C (AP) The
cold wave that brought a 62-degrce
drop in temperature yesterday caused
the mercury to drop to 6 degrees
above zero today and saw one of the
most elaborate relief setups organised
in New York in operation.
Seventeen field kitchens were ad
ded to the fifteen set up late yester
day under special orders issued by
Mayor F. H. LaOuardia, which provid
ed that every resource or the city be
made available to hotise and feed the
poor during the emergency.
Rogers, Sans Dress Suit
Enjoys Garners Dinner
Br TIKMS J. HAMILTON, .lit.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Take '
it from Will Rogers, the e:abor:ci
dinner staged by the man he eill;
'Cactus Jack" Oarner and his wife '
for Mr. and Mrs. Prankiin D. Hw
wit "sure was a fine party."
Why, said Rogers, sneaking loud
e:io;iah for Senator M"Nary of Ore-'
gen and Representative flnell of New;
Yorit to hear him. "there was Jjst;
enonrh Republicans there for d:a-!
turbanre purposes." j
H added t:iat for hi part of the
o. liner he had lmhtd evcrj bo-Iy. t
tuit no on etmM to in.r.d
Tiie vice-president and Mia. Cared .
Today the people of the nation ire wishing their leader, President
Rooeevelt, happy birthday. The oeeaslon la being celebrated at eome
5,000 birthday balla from coast to coast.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP) President Roosevelt waa deluged today
with a mighty birthday greeting from every sector of the country.
Looking forward to his birthday party tonight with hl "buddies of
1920" and workers at the White House, the president knanged to acknow
ledge his 52nd birthday celebration In a talk over the air at 11:30 p. m.,
E. S. T.
Telegraph greetings were estimated at 180.000. Birthday cards were
calculated to total another 100.000. Bundles carrying all manner of gifts
were stacked high in the executive office. Birthday cakes were on about
every desk. .
ROOSEVELT BALL
AT
Announcement was made this after
noon by the committee in charge,
that the Roosevelt ball will be held
In the Oriental Garden at the Nat
attorium tonight, and the Elks club
hall will not be used unless crowded
conditions make the additional hall
necessary. The announcement stated
that inability to secure sufficient or
chestras for both halls made the
change in plans necessary.
Dancing will start at 9:30 at the
oriental garden.
The national radio
program will be received here be
tween 8:30 and 9:30 o'clock and loud
speakers will be placed In the hall
so that all interested may hear with
ear.
The ball, which will be one of thou
sands held throughout the nation to
night, will honor President Franklin
D. Roosewlt on his 52nd birthday and
the proceeds will be devoted to the
Warm Springs foundation for the
cure and prevention ol Infantile
paralysis.
FORMER TEACHER OF
SO.
SALEM. Jan. 30. (AP) Mrs. Ella
Anderson England, 48, well known
school teacher and singer of this and
southern Oregon communities, died
here late yesterday. She was gradu
ated from the state normal school
at AMi land in 1005, while living at
Med ford.
Among places where she taught was
Eugene, where she was employed In
the schools four years. Her father,
J. D. Anderson, died three weeks ago
and her mother died last May.
had the honor of being the first to
entertain the President and M;.
Roosevelt at dinner this season, and
as proof of their social success the
party lasted until nearly midnleht.
Staged on the glaavd-In roof of
one of Washington's smart hotels,
with the interior warmth accentual
by the coldet weather here in year,
the party was lent more brilliance
by ceiebrltlea and a caviar-down-the
list-menu.
Rogers, who fw here with his wife
fiom California Jut to attend. evi
hsd a jckf on himflf. He wa t:f
oily one not wearing "white lie and
tails."
SETS
IN
MOSCOW. Jan. 30. (A,P) A soviet
civil aviation stratosphere balloon,
which took off on an unannounced
ascension today was reported In
message from its crew to have reached
the record-breaking height of 30,000
meters (67.585 feet).
The balloon, known as the "Oaoa
vlakhlm." attained that altitude at
11:59 a. m., Moscow time (4:29 a. m.,
E. S. T.)
A radio message from the bag said
a descent was being atsrted imme
diately. At that position, the crew reported
the temperature outelcle was between
33 and 49 degrees below zero and 4
below Inside.
The message "all la well" was
flashed from the balloon only to be
followed with the additional word
that visibility was so poor the crew
could not determine their exact posi
tion. Airplanes were dispatched from the
Moscow military airdrome to help the
stratosphere crew locate themselves.
The balloon was taken up In spite
of bitter cold weather in an effort
to beat the mark of 02,304 feet set
In September by the Russian military
balloon Stratostat U. S. 8. R.
TO
DETROIT, Jan. 30, (AP) A fund
of $50,000 today was presented to the
Warm Springs (Oa.) Foundation by
trustees of the Horace H. and Mary
A. Rackham fund. In connection with
the nation-wide observance of Presi
dent Roosevelt's birthday.
The fund, totMIng 18,000,000. was
established by the late Horace H.
Rackham, Detroit attorney and early
day associate of Henry Ford.
POTAMfOG
AGREEMENT TALKED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 (AP)
The farm administration announced
today tt was considering formation
of a marketing agreement between
potato growers and shippers.
The agreement would sck to bring
about orderly marketing and prevent
the antieipated large crop from hav
ing a depreulon. '
POPULATION SHIFT
AMONG F. R. PLANS
10 BEIIERNAIN
New Machinery to Expend
Billions Being Set Up for
Reconstruction CWA
Fund Speeding Is Sought
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP)
New machinery that may expend bil
lions, altering In its course the na
tion's industrial and agricultural map
today advanced in part beyond the
blue-print stage in the administra
tion's reconstruction laboratories. I
Among the developing plana were
these:
A movement to shift hundreds of
thousands of unemployed from com
munities where once booming Indus
tries have left them stranded Into
the open country or "smaller com
munities where industries are mov-;
lng."
Plan Dairy Aid
A half billion dollar emergency
program to aid the dairy Industry
throughout the country and to help
cattlemen located principally In the
west:
A new effort toward modernization
of homes that the federal home loan
organization hopes will send hun
dreds of millions Into such channels
and the construction of new dwel
lings; A movement on Capitol Hill to
speed the appropriation of $950,000,
000 for carrying on the civil works
program, at least until spring, and
providing fresh direct relief funds:
The mapping there and at the
labor department of an unemploy
ment insurance bill, .designed in the
words of Secretary Perkins, to do
away with bread lines;
Consideration at the agricultural
adjustment administration of pos
sibly applying a compulsory program
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CRUMBLING ICE
BAY OF WHALES, Antartlca (Via
Mackay Radio.) Jan. 30. (fT) The
four-mile Ice front of the Bay of
Whales where Admiral Richard E.
Byrd and his Antarctic expedition are
attempting to land supplies for their
winter camp from their flagship, ap
peared today to be disrupting.
The whole Ice barrier was crevass
lng rapidly.
Tnls afternoon a crack opened Just
behind the half-way relay depot one
mile and a half from "pressure camp.
Admiral Byrd said he feared that
Pressu re cam p is m e n a ced t oge t h er
with lta tons of stores which had
been cached there for transport to
Little America, site of the permanent
camp.
KLAMATH EILES
LIQUOR APPEAL
SALEM. Jan. 30. (AP) The city
of Klamath Falls, plaintiff In the re
cent Knox liquor control test suit,
Monday filed a transcript of appeal
in the state supreme court. Aa soon
as briefs are filed, probably tomorrow,
the court will fix the time of hear
ing. Judge L. O. Lewelllng, in a circuit
court decision here last week, held
the law constitutional.
Trial proceedings has In no way
interfered with the routine of the
state liquor commission which Is
completing plans to establish state
liquor stores and to license dealers in
beverages containing less than 14 per
cent alcohol.
PORTLAND. Jan. 30. f AP) Fire,
which police believe may have been
i set by two men seen running from
the place, destroyed the tlOOOO home
of Peter Vran, a nurseryman, here
before dawn today.
Vran en id he was awakened by a
muffled explosion. He saw two men
running from the houso and fired
! two shotgun chargea at them. He
j then discovered the entire lower floor
' of the house In flames.
1 He told detectlvea that two meeka
' ago he received a threatening letter
ordering him to move from the real
deive. on of the show places of the
'district
HITLER DISCLAIMS
Charicellor Is Vehement in
Address to Reichstag and
Foreign Diplomats
Crowd in Great Ovation
By 1,0118 P. LOrilNER
Associated Tress Foreign Staff.
BERLIN, Jan. 30. (AP) Chancel
lor Adolf Hitler of Germany declared
today that Germany had no inten
tions of violating the security of i
Austria.
His declaration was made during
an address to the Reichstag and a
crowd of foreign diplomats packed
into the Kroll opera house, where
Germany centered Its celebration of
the first anniversary of Hitler's ascen
sion to the leadership .of the Reich.
Given Ovation.
When Hitler left the chancellery
to go to the opera house his path j
down the famous Boulevard TJnter den
Linden was a acene of unprecedented :
enthusiasm. Thousands of spectators
formed a solid bank along the entire
route bursting Into wild cheers as the
chancellor passed.
"To the German government!
great regret," said Hitler, "its rela
tions with the present Austrian gov
ernment are not satisfactory. s
"The fault la not ours. The asser
tion that Germany plana to violate
Austria Is absurd and Incapable of
proof,
"But It Is only natural that an Idea
which has deeply stirred and per
meated the German nation would not
halt at the frontier posts of a coun
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TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 80. (AP) A
band of men early today lynched
Robert Johnson, negro, held for In
vestigation for an alleged attack on a
white woman.
Deputy Constable T. M. Graves re
ported he was kidnaped, beaten and'
then freed when the negro, whom he
was transferring from the city Jail In
charge of state authorities, was shot
down.
The shooting took place in an Iso
lated section 16 mllea from here a
short time after Graves took the
negro from the Jail.
Police released Johnson to Graves
when the deputy constable appeared
with warrants charging Johnson with
petty larceny,
KIDNAPERS SILENT
FOURTEENTH DAY
ST. PAUL, Jan. 30 (AP) Fourteen
days days of alternate hope and
anxiety have passed since Edward G.
Bremer, wealthy St, Paul banker, was
taken by kidnapers demanding $200.
000 ransom and still no sign has been
given, outwardly at least, as to when
he might be freed.
Persistent reports that at least one
contact with the gang had been ef
fected since the original ransom note
was found shortly after Bremer waa
seized Jan. 17, continued In the face
of family denials and a new display
of optimism by kin of the 37 year old
owner and president of the Commer
cial State bank.
Mills Slap at Bourbons
Seen as Candidacy Hint
WAflHIrJOTON. Jan. 30. (T)
Senator Robinson, tha Democratic
leader, said in a formal statement to
day the Topeka addreaa of Ogden
Mills, Hoover secretary of the treas
ury, was "notable In that it indicates
his candidacy for the presidential
nomination on the Republican ticket
and tha platform upon which he ex
pects to run."
t TOPEKA, Ksns., Jan. 30. (A', De-
clar:ng be la opposed to "revolution-
ary change without popular mandtt.
I and to government by men without
I any practical limitations br law, Og
1 den L, Mills, secretary of the treasury
i under President Hoover, last night
I urjed hla fellow Republicans to be
on guard against unwlat and unde
' lrabl public policlea.
Anne Lindbergh
Awarded Medal
For Flight Aid
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. (D
Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh to
day was awarded the Hubbard gold
medal by the National Geographic
society for her "brilliant accom
plishments as radio operator, aernl
navigator and co-pllot."
She is the first woman to receive
the medal. It has been conferred
on nine men, Including her hus
band, Charles A. Lindbergh, with
whom she recently made an ex
tensive air Journey.
OF PLANS 10 FREE
OUTLAWS' LEADER
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 30. ( AP)
Lieut. Chester Butler of the Indiana
state police this afternoon ordered j
road blockades established at Monon j
and Medaryvllle following reports j
that three automobiles bearing armed J
men were headed for Crown Point I
where John Dllllnger may be placed
In Jail tonight.
FC.T WORTH, Tex., Jan. 30 (AP)
John Dllllnger, mid western gang I
leader, arrived here by airplane from
Tucson, Ariz., at 8:44 a. m. today In
custody of four officers who are re
turning him to Indiana to face mur- I
der charges.
When Dllllnger emerged from the
plane for an interview with newsmen
at El Paso he was wearing an officer's
overcoat, bare-headed and hla ahlrt
waa torn down the front.
Dllllnger said he had been ''rail
roaded." He complained that officers
had dragged htm out of hla Jail cell
at Tucson, Arls., without coat or hat
and forced into the plane, depriving
htm of the benefit of a hearing which
ha said had been scheduled for "to
morrow." TUC0ON, Arte., Jan. 30. (yp) The
last of the Dllllnger gang of Indiana
Harry Plerpont, Charles Makley and
Russell Clark were put Into a pri
vate car here this morning to be
attached to the regular train sched
uled to leave at 10:59 a. m., mountain
atandard time, for Indiana. Being
taken with them was Mary Kinder,
wanted for aiding in a prison de
livery. GET PEN TERMS
PORTLAND, Ora., Jan. 30. (P)
Arlln Arthur Adama, 33, waa aehtenced
to four yeara In federal prison, and
Buck Maxwell, 28. received a aii-year
sentence today when they pleaded
guilty to passing counterfeit Mo
notes.
Secret service agenta said the
youtha passed many of tha bills hers
during the Christmas shopping rush.
They Implicated John M. Stadia; In
tha manufacture of the apurloua bill".
Stadlg waa Indicted here but waa re
antly arrested In California and will
Ni prosecuted there.
Adama served a previous sentenoe in
San Quentln prison for forgery.
PHONE SALARY SLASH
RESTRAINER EXTENDED
PORTLAND. Jan. 30. (AP) A
temporary order restraining Charles
M. Thomaa. Oregon public utllltlea
commissioner, from enforcing salary
reductions ha has ordered for the
Pacific Tolephone Ic Telegraph com
pany, waa extended by order of Fed
eral Judge James Alger Fee Monday.
He spoka of perils of a govern
mental dictatorship and declared the
Democratic administration haa at
tempted to extend the powers of the
federal government.
"The abdication by congress and
the delegation of powers to the ex
ecutive," Mills asserted, "are in effect
creating a government of men with
out any practical limitations by law"
It u the duty of the minority."
he continued, "to Insist that import
ant measurea shall not be adopted
until they have been subjected to the
teats of critical analyst and open
discussion, unhampered by inttmida
tlon of any kind, to the end that
public opinion may be informed, ani
the people themselves afforded the
opportunity to reach sound Judj
, mnt."
NEVADA, IS
OF SERIES
SEVERE SHAKES
Dozen Buildings Damaged
1 1 hi ty omuuks nuuui uuu
Schools Are Dismissed
Children Kept Out of Doors
MINA. Nev.. Jan. 30. (p) Nearly
a dozen buildings were damacrd,
some badly, in a series of earth
quake that rocked this area today
Thirty shock, or decreasing in
tensity, were felt within an hour
after a major quake at 11:24 a. m.
They were continuing at Intervals of
every few minutes this afternoon.
The Palace Garage building a brick
structure, was badly damaged. Stores
suffered heavily, the stocks being
tumbled to floors. Chimneys top
pled from homes.
Schools were dismissed for the day
and children were kept out-of-doors.
No injuries were reported.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.
An earthquake described by Univer
sity of California seismologists as
"very sharp," was felt in widely Svr
arated parts of the west today.
Four shocks were recorded on the
University of Nevada seismograph and
reports from Yerlngton, 100 mllea
south of Reno, said the shocks crack
ed a wall In the Lyon county court
house. At Sac rumen to, Cal., a light quaka
was felt at 12:18 p. m. IP.ST.) Na
damage waa reported although build
Inga swayed and chandeliers in tha '
state cap Hot swung for several min
utes.
Occupant of several tall bulldinga
at Salt Iake City reported they felt
the quake at 1 :20 p. m. M.S.T.l
They said the shock was slight and
no damage waa done.
WASHINOTO!. Jan. 30. (P)
Representatives from two more groups
of states came into the growing house
silver block today and pledged them
selves to work for free coinage with
out a fixed ratio.
After a discussion led by Represen
tative (D., Colo), prime mover of '.he-
silver harmonizing efforts on the
house side, the following committees
were named to work with previously
Organized tones: '
Pacific coast: Knute Hill (D.,
Wash.), Pierce (D., Ore.), and Ford
(D., Cal.): middle-west, Magnus John
son (F-L., Minn.), Wlllford (D.,
Iowa), and Duncan (D.t Mo.)
WA3HINOTON, Jan. 30. (API-
President Roosevelt today nominated
Joseph B. Poind enter of Hawaii to
be governor of Hawaii. In naming
Polndexter governor of the Pacific
Islands, the- president abandoned a
previous Intention to appoint an out
sider to this post.
SALEJM. Jan. 30. iP) Four hear
ings involving applications to operate
as motor carriers under the state
transportation act have been aet for
February S, in Salem, Herbert Hauser,
superintendent of state transporta
tion, announced todny.
WILL
ROGERS
'soys:
NEW YORK, Jim. 20. Well,
visited tho spiinte Snturclny and
renewed mnny plensnnt ac
(iiiiintiinees. Thoy are a finn
buncli o fellows when you tnkn
into consideration the Rmoiint
of tiling the people lay onto
them. Tliey rant at eaeh other
in there, then cme out and arn
good fellows.
Hud the pleasure of tsittintf
hy Mrs. Aliee Longworth in thn
senate nailery when the (.'old
bill was pnsseil. Aliee, due to
the Roosevelt tradition, took it
right on the ehin and smiled.
She sincerely believes that no
president ever carried the faith
of as many peoplo as this dis
tant relative.
. lH Ktfsmal Iratlota, Ua.