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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday 7A Lowest this morning . 43 Medford Mail Tribune Watch th IRIHUNK'S I fclOA i CLASSIFIED ADS . . V Lota of good bargain VSjr that mats genuine tfV& savings. i J Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1934. No. 309. IU1 (Ml uuu ji EB BET (7 fo) EHBED By Paul Mallon . Copyright, 1934, By Paul Mallon To The Rescue WASHINGTON, March 22. The ad ministration had the Idea at first that both aides were bluffing In the automobile- strike Issue. Its private Information, for Instance, indicated that the labor unions' had just about one-third of the enroll ment atrength they claimed. If that waa true, the unions were In no posi tion to strike. . Nevertheless, the bluffing became 00 realistic at the last minute that it was obviously getting out of control, The unions had real grievances and something bad to be done for them, i Two thinga were needed: A decision F In the Weir ton steel labor case and an Appeal to the automobile union heads Jrom the president. These were deliv ered in the nick of time within a few hours of the time set for calling the strike. . Action As soon as Wall Street saw those two moves. It ran stocks up two and more points within twenty minutes. It did not await the response from the union chiefs before boosting prices. The fact that Mr. Roosevelt invited the union m was enough for the marketeers. That was a remarkable spontaneous display of confidence in Mr. Roose velt's ability to work the situation out. The Welrton announcement was an other exan-.jle of perfect timing by Ing the cast around for months, it de cided to act at the moment the de cision was most needed. No one can yrove It, but of courae.thc department got lta orders from the White House. Reality , This new stock market bill Is the real one. . It will be enacted Into la-w before V the end of this session without muh more modification. -e--'"rhe"rjest proof that it -is-a fairly Rood bill Is the fact that both the liberals and the wall Streeters re disappointed in it. One liberal close ly associated with its preparation threw up his hands after It was an nounced and said nis enorts in puo lie service were over forever. The Wall street objections ere most- ly noise also. The marketeers helped boost stock prices in connection with the automobile decision the very day the bill was announced. Margins Absurdities in the original stock market bill have been almost entire ly eliminated in the new measure, without sacrificing strong control. One feature may cause trouble. Wall Streeters say the high margin requirement will encourage violent fluctuations. They contend sincerely that margin buying cushions the de clines and moderates the upswings They may be right, but no one will attempt to defend margin buying on Its own merits. It has none. It means playing the market without the mon- I ey to do it. It means nuying swcks without the money to pay lor mem. Fundamentally, It Is not a sound idea. Most disinterested non-partisans exree the change la worth a trial. At any rate It will be tried whether the wall streetera want It or not. Mutiny? The administration will see to It that the market Relation bill' la psssed by the house substantially as It atattds. However, It may encounter trouble from Its own right hand mar ket man, Ferdinand Pecora, when the bill gets Into the senate. ' The whisper is going around that Mr. Pecora Is dissatisfied because the bill left out many of hia pet reforms. He has a close working alliance with a few senators who are planning to load the bill up with Pecora amend ments. Quicksilver The Dies sliver bill does not amount to much. Its powers are purely per i missive end may never be used. At least, not unless the administration wants to use them. For that reason the administration did not try very hard to stop the bill in the house. Indeed, there are inner indications that It encouraged Speak er Ralney to bring the bill up. The bill It wanted to block Is the Fleslnger silver bill, which proposes to do big things. Its passage would be really eerlous. That Is why the Fleslnger bill did not -come up for a vote. Chances The administration's smartness may be all In vain. The senate Is getting ready to pass a Fleslnger silver bill or something worse In lieu of the Dies bill. That means the allver Issue rr.ay go to conference between the senate and the house. In which case the house sllrerltes would back down swiftly and let the important bill go through. It Is a possibility, but only a vague one. The administration can block the legislation in a dozen different ways if it cares and dares to do so. Notes Treasury Secretary Morgenthau bad ly timed his shot sending Prof. Rog ers to China. It was meant to be a sop to the house allverltes who were Tot ing that day on the Die bill, but it I came too late. Also the move was ':iitly too obvious to have any rcil Continued on Pag JTlv HOUSE BALKS AT SENATE PLAN BY 220 T01 74 VOTE Next Step Now Up to Higher Congress Branch Senate Defeats Philippine Inde pendence Bill Amendment WASHINGTON, March 22. (AP) The senate today defeated the Dickin son amendment to the Philippine in dependence bill, which would have reduced the transition period , from ten years to five. WASHINGTON, March 22. (AP) The house today refused to Join the senate In voting higher allowances for war veterans than the administra tion desires. A veto had been promised by Presi dent Roosevelt If it approved the higher senate figures. Earlier the house, by 22B to 164, insisted on restoration of only 10 per cent of cut federal pay by July 1 as opposed to 15 per cent voted by the senate. The next step will be up to the senate. It can concur In the house action or again disagree. In the lat ter event, further efforts would be made by a committee of . both branches to adjust differences. The vote rejecting the senate's vete rans program was 220 to 174. Speaker Ralney voted "No." WASHINGTON, March 23. (AP) The president today gave himself over to the delegation of automobile labor union spokesmen. He listened, with holding his suggestions for settlement of that industrial dispute until he had a chance to weigh what waa said this afternoon alongside what the manufacturers told him yesterday. NEW YORK, March ' 22. (AP) .Former .Governor Alfred E. Smith, -to; day formally announced his resigna tion as editor-ln-chlef of the' "New Outlook," a fact that became known last night. Although the resignation was re ported to have been prompted by disagreement with Frank A. Tlchenc publisher of the magazine, over the air mail controversy, the former gov ernor gave pressure of other business obligations as the sole reason. PRESIDENT SPEEDS WASHINGTON, March 32. (AP) President Roosevelt speeded work for return of airmail lines to private concerns at a conference today with officials of the postofflce and com merce departments and Attorney General Cummlngs. The group was called In as efforts were made on Capitol Hin to hasten the new legislation for contract bid ding. Secretary Roper and the following representatives of the postofflce de partment were present: W. W. Howes and Harllee Branch, assistant postmasters general, and Karl Crowley, solicitor. Apparently the president Is pre paring for action as soon as he gets the rfceessary legislation. WASHINGTON. March 32. (AP) Public works allotment changes made today included: ' Changes In allotments previously made included: Loan and grant of 7 1,000 to Klam ath Falls, Ore., Increased to $75,000 because of revised estimate of cost. Final Wire Flashes ATHENS, March 22. p) Mr,. Snmuet Instill, whose husband Is 'some where at sea," presumably aboard the Greek freighter Malntls, took to lier bed today, she was reported to he III from the strain attendant upon her husband's departure from his eighteen months' haren In Greece. ROUEN, France. March 22. (;p tanker La Glrafe was killed today by dock of the Port Jerome Oil refinery. BOGOTA.. Colombia, March 33. jp) The Scadla airline today announced It had decided to suspend search flights for the airplane "Von Krohn," which disappeared 13 days ago In the dense Jungle of the Choco district. NEW YORK, March 22. ffi Violence of major proportions broke out among striking taxlcab drivers today, a crowd nf about 200 men moving In disjointed groups through streets In the mldtown section leaving behind them a trail of wrecked and disabled taxlcnbs and bruised and beaten drivers. RM.F-IGII, N. C. March 12. UP The late smith Reynolds three-year-old daughter and the Infant son he never lived to see may yet find them selves sole heirs to his 3S-mllllon share of the Reynolds tobacco fortune. Refusal of the North Carolina courts to approve s famllr agreement to nse the bulk nf the hinds for establishment of a charitable foundation left lt disposition In dnuht today with Uie likelihood then will be long litigation i before It i partitioned, File Epidemic Suit fern 4 ht. vat r w W. V. O'Keefe and his wife (above) of San Olego, Cal., filed a $600,000 damage eult against Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, Chicago health commissioner, and the Audi torium hotel of Chicago, charging they contracted amoebic dysentery as a result of the defendants' al leged negligence. (Associated Press Photo) IRRIGATION HEAD TO SAVE WATER A program for utilizing all "flood waters" now available for crop pro duction was announced today by Gen eral Manager Olen Arnsplger of the Medford and . Talent Irrigation dis tricts; to the end. that the use of ir rigation' storage water' be delayed as long as possible. Orchard Ists of the two districts were advised to turn ' under their cover crops, cultivate and exercise all pos sible care to cut down the waste water. In the Medford district all possible flood waters of Bear creek are being used at the present time to fill up the ground with moisture for future use. Manager Arnsplger thought the ground would hold moisture for two months, "If soaked and cultivated.1 In the Talent district, Manager Arnsplger said "the flood water sup ply Is nil." He advised these growers to turn under the cover crops, and cultivate extensively, to retain any moisture. In the Medford district. Manager Arnsplger said the flood waters would be used as much as possible for the riext week or ten days, after which It would be used for Irrigation of gar dens and alfalfa. Conditions applying to the Medford district also apply to the Rogue River district. Manager Arnsplger said the Idea now, was to get every drop of water poMlble into the grounds, in order that the storage water would .not be drawn upon until July. Prospect of irrigation water for late crops like tomatoes, were classified by Manager Arnsplger as "slim." At the present time, Fish lake and Four Mile lake, storage sites for the Medford district are three-quarters full. Hlatt Prairie and Emigrant dam supply sources of the Talent district are about one -third full, Manager Arnsplger said. The altuation would be benefited by a rainy spring. A trace of rain-fell last night. miss ingall's hops over andes summit BUENOS AIRES, March 33. (AP) Laura Ingalls, diminutive New York avlatrlx, rested today after her "mag nificent Joy ride" over the Andea yesterday. She waa the first American woman filer to make the hop solo and she described the flight from Santiago, Chile, as "gorgeous." The crew of 13 men of the gasoline s violent explosion and fire at the OF SOLVED; 9 BODIES F Pan-American Airways Ship,! Missing 20 Months, Found j in Argentina Mountains i Snow Preserves Remains MENDOZA, Argentina, March 22. (JP) One of the greatest mysteries of the air was solved today when search ers found the wreck of the Pan-American airways liner "San Jose," lost twenty months ago In a flight over the Andes. They found the bodies of the nine occupants of the plane, two of them United States citizens, preserved un der a heavy blanket of snow. Seven bodies were in good condi tion, but the other two were head less. The plane was found crumpled In the . Argentine mountains, four miles south of Puente Del Inca. Its disappearance caused a wide spread search. For days after it was lost on a flight between Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires other planes cruised back and forth over the regular route, in constant radio communication with Mendoza and Santiago. Other expeditions were sent out on foot, through snow-covered mountain passes. In an effort to determine the fate of the fliers. The ship carried six passengers and three crew members. The passengers were: F. E. Camus, division traffic man ager of the airline. J, c. Eabate. O. E. Pezet. E. E. Raffo. Plnkus Rotszyld. F. L. America. The orew were: Charles J. Robinson, pilot. C. W. Myers, radio operator. A. Woods, steward. The San, Jose left Santiago at 0:40 a. m. July 16, 1032. Its radio was last heard at 7:40 a. m. LIMA, Peru, March 32. T) Three persona were killed today when a Pen- American Grace alrwaya plane crasn ed at the takeoff. On board the plane, and Injured In the oraah, waa Samuel Trucco, Chilean ambassador to the United States. Twelve persona were aboard the plane which was heading south to ward Chile. All three members of the airliner's crew were killed. They were: Homer V. Parris, pilot. Lawrence Wagner, radio operator. Prank Large, steward. The injured were: Ambassador Truce), hip and pelvis bones fractured; senorlta Grace Truc co, his daughter, shoulder broken Senorlta Carmela Buatamante. John McGregor, vice-president of pan-American Oraoe airline, a part of Pan-American alrwaya. It was believed one of the motors failed at about 65 feet of altitude, Dems To Draft Horace Walter PORTLAND, March 33. (P) The Journal said today that Horace E. Walter of Corvallla la to be "draftsd" aa a candidate for the democratic nomination aa secretary of atate, "ac cording to a plan devised by a com mittee of democrats." Walter waa formerly assistant in the Oregon office of the Home Own era' Loan corporation. He resigned af ter differing with J. P. Lipscomb manager. EARLIER BANK CALL HELD POSSIBILITY WASHINGTON, March 33. (AP) A natlopal bank call Is considered at the treasury to be an early possibility. Last year because of the bank holi day, the first 1033 call was delayed until June. This year, with the banks considered by officials to be In ex cellent condition, especially with the bolstering of millions of reconstruc tion corporation funda, a much earlier call seems In order. BANDITS B0AST?HEY WORK WITH DILLINGER 6T. CLOUD, Fla., March 31. (P Law officers extended a search over Florida today for three men who held up the Citizens State bank of this city yesterday and escaped with ap proximal. y 110.600 after warning their victims they were members of the John DUUnger gang. PORTLAND, Ore.. March 22. (AP) Evidence that freight trafrio on the Willamette river Is Increasing Is seen In the announcement today by the Salem Navigation Co, that It has placed the steamer "Stranger" on the run between Salem and Portland, op rat inn opposite the steamer , 'Itarthweafcern," THREE KILLED IN PERUVIAN CRASH Fortune of Long Once 30 Million Now Under Million KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 22. (AP) The R. A. Long will, pre sented In probate court today, discloses that a fortune once esti mated at 30.000,000, marking tho lumberman the "city's richest man," had shrunk to less than one million. The will, drafted July 27, 1032, provides for a division of his es tate between the daughters, Mrs. Lou la Long Combs and Mrs. Sally A. Ellis, first setting up an Inde pendent income of $30,000 a year for Mrs. Combs. during the life of a trim, to end In 1039. TWO KILLED IN E SOUTH BEND, Wasft., March 22. (AP) Within three daya after 19 planes had been ordered "grounded" Dy state authorities for tailing to comply with federal aviation regula tions, two men were dead here to day, Qua Schultz, 49. Long Beach town, marshal, and Charles Strauhal, 35, a Poclflc county deputy sheriff, victims of an air crash. StrauAal'a plane went to a side slip when making a turn about 150 feat In tho air here yesterday after noon and plunged to earth. The wreckage caught fire and both bodlea were badly burned. Schultz Is survived by his widow. Mrs. Frances Schultz, of Klainah Falls, Ore., and two daughters, Lcona, of Seattle, and Marjorle, of Portland. 3E LOSS OF LIFE IN HAKODATE FIRE TOKYO, March 22. p)--The gov eraor of the profecturo of. Hokkaido announced officially today that the casualties in the fire which destroyed Vie beautiful city of Hakodate yes terday were: Killed, 650. Wounded, 460. Houses destroyed, 23,000. It was Japan's direst tragedy since the Tokyo-Yokohama earthquake and holocaust of 1023. Witnesses described the city which held 213,000 citizens as "a living hell" today. Firemen, police and soldiers moved through the still smoking buildings searching for corpses, - SCHOOLS OF CITY At a meeting of the city school board last night It was decided to continue school through May. This plan will provide 36 weeks of school this year, Instead of the regular 38 wcek year customary In Medford. By operating on the same restricted basis that has been In effect since February 1, It will be possible to continue through the 36-week year. The board found It Impossible at this time to make any provision for another school year. Announcement was made today of the marriage Wednesday afternoon In Yreka, Calir, of Miss Melva Parrett, secretary at the state police district offices here, and State Police Patrol man Harry Mlnto. The city Judge of Yroka performed the ceremony. Mrs. Mlnto Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Parrett of 35 North Orange street, this city, and Mr. Mlnto Is the son of Mr. end Mrs. Frank Mlnto of Salem. BRIGHT IN AREA SPOKANE, Wash., March 22. (AP) A picture of brightening business conditions In northwest states was brought to the annual conference of credit men of the Pacific northwest, Owen S. Dlbbern of San Francisco, manager of the western division of the National Assocatlon of Credit Men, told the 260 delegates registered at the conference that the Pacific north went Is the "bright spot" of the I u western mm. FORMER RADIO STAR HURT IN AUTO SMASH CHEYENNE. Wyo., March 22. yTj Charles B. Irwin, rt.ee horse owner and stockman, showed some improve ment today. Suffering from broken rlbe and In ternal injuries Incurred In an autO' mobile accident yesterday, the M yer ,oi4 rcjdeo star spent lair U6Mb i CCC WOT, iS NUMBER CAMPS i MEDFORD ZONE Eleven Camps Added to Major Armstrong's Com mand to Make Total of 20 Medford Buying Center Medford Civilian Conservation corps headquarters Is to be greatly aug mented for the summer period, with tho addition of 11 camps under Its supervision, according to information received here from corps area head quarters at the Presidio, Ban Fran cisco, It was announced today. Tills will place twenty camps under the command of Major Clare H. Arm strong. The strength of the camps will re main the aame as during the past year 200 men In each company. bringing the total for the district to 4000. Three camps will be added to the Medford district from the Redding. Calif., area, while eight camps are to be taken out of the Eugene district's supervision, and placed under the local commandant. Arrangements had previously been made for locating nine camps In this section. During the past six months period there were 10 camps under Medford headquarters, while last summer there were fourteen. The addition of the 11 camps, bringing the total to 20, will greatly (Continued on Pan Three) AIRPORT EYED BY L To make further Inspection of the Medford airport and to confer with olty and airport offclala here, E. D, Yuravltoh of the United States de partment of commerce, alrwaya di vision; Basil B. Smith, In charge of CWA projectn for airways, with head quarters In Portland; and O. A. Proll, of the United States department of commerce .airways division, arrived In Medford yesterday. They spent some time at the local airport and continued to Grants Pass for Inspection there before re turning to Medford. They left for the north today and will continue to Bend. F WASHINGTON, Mar 22. (AP) An openly antagonistic and critical group of 12S representatives of co operative dairy marketing organiza tions met here today to draft a pro test against the farm administra tion's new program for the dairy In dustry. John Brandt of Minneapolis, presi dent of a large northwestern co-op erative creamery, said at the confer ence, In explaining a proposed sub stitute plan, that Secretary Wallace was "unreliable" and had not lived up to promises made In connection with butter market stabilisation op e patrons last fall, IS W WITNESS COUrtTHOUSE, Uma. O., March 22 (P) For the second time this month an Indiana convict who onoe followed John DUUnger came to Lima today to help the state convict a member of the DUUnger mob. Edward Shouse, testifying In the trial of Russell Clark, aald the sleepy Clark was one of the three men who entered Allen county Jail last Octo- ber 12, killed Sheriff Jess Sarber. and freed DUUnger, TINY GIRL TORN, KILLED BY FEROCIOUS TERRIERS OAKHAM, Mass., March Jl. Wr Eunice Dean, 4 yeara old, 1, dead, the victim of a ferocloua attack by two terriers. The little girl died last night elht houra after the dogs attacked and mangled her. The dogs, caught and killed by constables, are to be exam ined at a laboratory to determine whether they had rabies. Eunice, daughter of George Dean, traveling aalesman. rode a little way with her father yesterday when he started out in his automobll. on a puitaosi top. Her Son Charged In Ocean Slaying Mme. Paul Dubonnet (above), the former Jean Nash, once hailed as the world's beat dressed woman," left Paris for New York where her son, Andrew D. Klrwan, has been charged with murder on the high seas. Ho waa accused of atabblng a fellow passenger aboard the liner President Garfield. (Associated Press Photo) COSTS OF LABOR WASHINGTON, March 22. (AP) NBA today ordered that retail food prices contain a 6 per cent and whole sale a 2 per cent allowance for "act ual wages of labor." It was explained thftt this docs not mean a corresponding Increase In prices, but simply allocates tho share of costs chargeable to labor. The action was taken by Hugh S. Johnson, the NBA administrator, In fixing the allowance for wholesale and retail food prices, which under the NBA code must not be below cost. Since the food code went Into ef feot there had beon no regulation of labor- coats, though the 'code, pro hibits sale below cost Including la bor. The mark-up, Johnson ordered, will bo based on the Invoice or replace ment cost, whichever Is lowest, af ter deduction of all legitimate trade discounts, exclusive of cash discounts. C. W. Smith, administration mem ber of the national food and grocery distributors' code authority, said the allowance had been requested by both ohaln and Independent dealers. The allowance will become effect ive March 31. WASHINGTON, March 22. (AP) President Roosevelt may require In dustrial concerns to obtain a license to operate. This power is given htm under section 4B of tho national re covery act. It says: "Whenever tho president shall find that destructive wago or price cut ting or other activities contrary to t,he policy of this title are being practiced In any trade or Industry or any subdivision thereof, and, after such publlo notice and hearing he shalt specify, shall find It essential to license business enterprises In or der to make effective a code of fair competition or an agreement under this title or otherwise to effectuate the policy of this title, and ahall publicly so announce, so no person shall, after a date fixed In suah an nouncement, engage in or carry on any business. In or affecting. Inter state or foreign commerce, specified In such announcement, unless he shall have first obtained a license Issued pursuant to lueh regulations as the president shall prescribe. The president may suspend or revoke any such license, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, for violation of the terms or conditions thereof," SHELTON CANDIDATE SECRETARY OF STATE SALEM. March 23. (AP) Joe r Shelton of Portland, former newa papor publisher of Eugena, filed with the secretary of state today his decla ration of candidacy for the Demo cratls nomination for secretary of state. Then she got out and started to walk back home. A little later a pass erby, George Grimes, saw th dogs, both Boston terriers, tugging and growling at the girl, who lay uncon scious. He drove them away and sum moned aid. Physicians said th. dogs had torn sll her clothing away and lasceratrd her body from head to foot. Her father was notified s hs drove through Leomlnlster, and polios furn lahed htm a motorcycl. escort but he failed to reach his daughter', beds Ids ibttor Uy 4led, ASHLAND DEFEATS COQUILLE'S QUINT BY m SCORE Jefferson High Put Out of Tourney by Dallas in Up set Silverton Gives La Grande 39 to 8 Defeat Ashland 45; Coquille 23. Scores Wednesday. Coquille, 37; Mitchell. 21. Ashland. 26; Columbia, 23. The Dalles, 35; Jefferson, 28, Astoria, 47; Dallas 20. Eugene, 32; La Grande, 30. Klamath Falls, 31; Silverton 28. Salem, 33; Pendleton, 26. Franklin, 15; McMlnnvllIe, 14. Scores Today. (Consolation flight) Columbia. 39; Mitchell, 25. Dallas, 35; Jefferson High, 28. Silverton, 39; La Grande, a, McMlnnvlHe, 20; Pendleton, 15. (First championship game, Ash-land-Coquille scheduled for 3 p. m.) SALEM, Ore., March 22. (AP) In one complete upset and another unexpected one-sided contest, three high sobool basketball teams were elimlnted from the tournament here this morning Jefferson high of Portland, La Grando and Mitchell, The winners Dallas, Silverton and Columbia, respectively will continue In the consolation series. Dallas high school, w,htch yesterday took a 47-to-20 drubbing at the hands of Astoria, today cut out the Port land city co-champlona without a win in the tourney by taking tho contest, 35 to 28. Ti-.b greatest surprise in the con solation series was the manner In which Silverton trounced La Grande. which appeared all spent after lta grueling overtime contest with Eu gene late yesterday. The final acoro was 30 to 8 in favor of the Marlon county lads. Columbia preps recovered their f not-breaking combination and re mained In the series by taking Mitchell, from central regon, to the tune Of 39 to 25.. Columbia will now play Dallas, w,hlle Silverton will meet the winner of the PendletoB-McMlnnville coo test, both games to be played to morrow morning. SALEM, Ore., March 32. (AP) Halr-breadtA margins sent four of the eight successful basketball teams Into the championship flight at th. ISth annual tournament which open ed here yesterday, while the other four had leas trouble disposing of their competitors. Eight teams wore thua eliminated from any of the first four places, but still romaln In th consolation series. Prsnklln high of Portlsnd closed the first day's resslon by a slngl. point margin over McMlnnvllIe, 13 to 14. Salem had leas trouble wltji Pendleton, 33 to 26, but llttlo Dean, Galloway scored 10 polnta for East ern Oregon to take high honors for the day. Eugene was forced to two overtime periods to win, 32 to 30, from La Grande, and only succeeded then when Danner, Eugene center, tossed a long one with but seconds to go. Klamnth Takes Bllverton Silverton put up a good battle against Klamath Palls, the latter playing without a single substitution, but wero defeated, 31 to 26. Astoria (Continued on Pago Four.) Will ROGER? 'lays: HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Mar. 21 Just like to show you what our cousins are doing in the way of toting tho mail: "Lon don, March 16. Tho British postoffice showed a profit at tho end of this fiscal year, end ing February 1, of $70,000,000. Last year $57,000,000. Tostof fico profits are applied to the reduction of taxes." We lost $150,000,000 a year. Who's looncy now? They also run tho telephone tnd telegraph, go when you say "government can't run a busi acss," you mean our govern ment can't run it. So don't forget to always put that word 'our" in there. Jim, this is no reflection on you and your P. 0. gang, . It's on our lawmakers who won't jharge for a letter, paper or crate of eggs what it costs to carry it, be it by plane, boat, train or mule, and charge accordingly.
