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Medford Mail Trieune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1934.
No. 109.
ITSJ
The Weather
forecast: Fair Sunday. Little chance
In temperature.
Temperature:
Highest yesterday n
Lowest yesterday .... 68
TOIL
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(Paul Mallon, whosa signature
usually appears over thla dla- i
patch, la on a brief Yacatlon. Dur-
ing his absence the column will
be composed of contributions
from leading Washington corre
spondents.) (Copyright, 1034, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 37. A
really huge operation in the battle
against the forces of nature la being
carried on by the government with
out being made generally manifest to
the public. This is the cattle-buying
program of the agricultural adjust-
ment administration In connection
with the drouth. It Is a double-edged
performance and has the purpose of
killing two birds with one stone. It
Ss. at the same time, an emergency
relief effort and an attack on the
hideous anomaly of want In the
midst of plenty.
The problem was not so much how
o got surpluses into needy areas as
tow to do it without dislocating the
existing system and doing injury to
normal business and upsetting mar
kets. Distress was so great In some
quarters, however, that it had to be
attempted and the Job fell to the lot
ctf AAA when congress, toward the
Close of the session, appropriated,
.round $5,000,000 for drouth relief.
Kext, AAA drouth experts realized
that the plight of cattle raisers, with
millions of head of dying cattle on
their hands, demanded immediate, ac
tion. AAA men put their heads to
gether with FERA and worked out a
plan. AAA would buy the cattle,
FERA would slaughter them and dis
tribute the meat to the needy.
AAA decided to use the machinery
of the department of agriculture's
bureau of animal Industry to work
the plan. The bureau of animal in
dustry has cattle inspectors all over
the country. When an area has been
designated by the drouth experts as
an emergency region, the cattle In
spectors move In and start to buy
cattle from farmers who want to sell.
Already these Inspectors have visit
ed 101.759 farms In 17 states. They
have purchased 31 per cent of the
cattle on those farms. Most of the
purchases were made In the Dakotas,
Minnesota and Texas. Of the 1,363.
832 head of cattle bought that way,
about 10 per cent had to be con
demned as unfit for food purposes.
The cost of these cattle Is estimated
at between seven and ten million
dollars.
AAA's part of the Job ends with
the purchase of the cattle. As soon
a the animals aic bought they be
come the property of FERA "a surplus
relief corporation.
FERA, through Its state and local
relief organisations, ships the cattle
from the farms to the nearest meat
packing center. The principal mar
kets to which cattle have been ship
ped are Chicago, Kansas City, East St.
Louis. South St. Paul, Wichita, Oma
ha and Sioux City.
At these centers the cattle are
slaughtered and the meat canned, to
be distributed among the needy next
winter. The meat never comes into
competition with meat that moves
through the business channels, since
It will be distributed free to people
who otherwise would not buy any
meat.
The packing firms, which slaughter
and can tiie meat for the govern
ment, are paid a fee for their part of
the work, but the meat remains gov
ernment property.
There Is one point where the trick
does not work so smoothly and the
government finds Itself competing
with prlvste buslucss.
That la In connection with the
hide of the snlmals. The hide axe
worth a good deal of money, and the
government has been letting the
meat packera keep the hides as part
payment for their services.
But, unlike the meat, the hides are
not kept off the market. They find
their way to market almost Immedi
ately and the hide people are grum-
bung that their market has been de
moralized by the sudden over-supply.
That serve only to show that the
trick of carrying on such a large op
eration without competing with pri
vate business Is not a easy a It
looks.
Cattle in drou;h areas which are
not sent Immediately to slaughter
are saved by being transported to re
gions where there has been adequate
rainfall and the pastures ara still
green. In thla process th, an!rp!s
taka long railroad Journey and are
unloaded In placet a thousand or
more mile from home. Tralnloads
of them from the plains of the Da
kotas, Nebraska and Kanaae are ar
riving dally in Virginia. Oeorgla,
Maryland and other atatea where
there la still feed for them.
The next problem which la being
considered shifting famine from
the localities where they have been
rendered destitute and where there Is
no possibility, for some time to come,
of their making a living will not be
eo easy. There government planners
win come up against human Inertia
i and the human will and are likely to
ncoumer resistance. The dumb
beasts hsve no ssy In the mstter, bu.
DOCKS LATE TODAY
10
Governor Firm to Open Chief
Port of State Unless
Unions Relent Wholesale
Arrest of Pickets Media
tion Board Hopeful.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 33. (&).
John R. finee of the Marine Engin
eers' Benefit association local said he
received a telegram late today from
the Master Mason pilots at San Fran
cisco stating that maritime workers
would return to work Monday.
Conrad Negstad. president of tha
Portland local of the International
Longshoremen's association, said long
shoremen had received no notification
that a time for return to work had
been set.
Negstad said picketing of the Port
land port would continue tomorrow
However he admitted that since it
was Sunday only a few pickets would
be at each dock.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 98. p
Wholesale arrest of waterfront pick
eta were made here thla afternoon as
officers carried out Mayor Joseph Car
son's edict that only two or thKO
pickets would be permitted at each
dock.
Governor Julius L. Meier asserted
tonight the Portland port "will be
open at 0 o'clock Monday morning."
This was taken to mean that national
guardsmen will be moved to the Port
land waterfront lata Sunday night un
less union longshoremen announced
tomorrow that they will return tc
work Monday morning.
The 1100 troops which have been
encamped more than a week at Camp
Wlthycombe near here had their first
pay day today.
Late today city police had arretted
134 and county officers more thar.
100. The pickets were loaded into
trucks and hauled to police headquar
ters where attorneys were arranging
ball.
The pickets made no resistance to
arrest. Polios ordered pickets to d a-
perse and those who failed to obey
were arrested on charges of 'disorder
ly conduct.
It was expected attorneys for 1
longshoremen would question legality
of limiting the number of pickets In
given areas.
Longshoremen were await In word
from San Francisco directing when to
return to work. Meanwhile limited
loading operations progressed here un
der armed guards. However drayage to
and from docks was practically at a
standstill as union truckers refused
to move cargo handled by non-union
dock workers.
A few more cases of violence by
"beat-up" gangs were reported and
employers attributed them to the
strike.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. (Af
ter waiting all day for word from
longshoremen and maritime workers
that would end the long Pacific com
waterfront strike, President Rooss
velt's mediation board adjourned late
this afternoon saying It expected to
hear from all sides In the long trouble
tomorrow and that It felt "decidedly
hopeful."
Thf board had expected answer
from both the longshoremen and
j marine workers as to whether, pend-
lng arbitration and conciliation, they
would return to their Jobs under the
conditions offered yesterdsy by ship
ping employers.
Published report said the district
executive committee of the Interna,
tlonal Longshoremen's sssoclstlon had
voted unanimously for acceptance of
the condltlona. J. J. Plnnegan, a mem
mer of the committee, denied this
we the case but the rumor thst the
longshoremen hsd acted favorably
persisted despite his comment.
SAW FRANCISCO, July 28. (AP)
Reports that leadera of striking
Pacific coast longshoremen pivotal
unton In the prolonged blockade of
ports had accepted proposals for a
return to work, possibly by Monday,
gslned wide circulation here tonight.
A definite announcement of the
dock workera plans, union officials
said. Is expected to come from a
special mass meeting of longshore
men called for tomorrow night.
Meetings were also called for to
morrow by heada of seafaring crafta.
striking alllea of the longshoremen,
at which "armistice-' proposals of
fered bT employers through Presi
dent Roosevelt's mediation board
will be discussed.
A "decidedly hopeful" view wsa
exorrssed by members of the board
after a day of conferencea during
which definite repllea to th em
ployer' offers were awaited from the
coast executive commltteea of the
International Loncshoremene asso
ciation and the International Sea.
men Union.
The major obstacle to a definite
committment from all crafts for re
turning to work. It ws reported,
wss the pledges of the various unions
not to return to work until griev
ances of all were given consider
BELOVED STAR OF
IS
Long Suffering of 'Ugly
Duckling' Ends Last
Years of Up-and-Down
Career Full of Triumphs
and High Public Esteem
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 28.
(AP) Succumbing to a long af
fliction with cancer, heart trouble
and uremia,
Marie Dressier,
62, widely be
loved stage and
screen actress,
died here today.
Death came at
3.35 p. m., for
the self - styled
"ugly duckling"
who became a
swan, of laughter
during a career
replete with both
hardships and
glory. Under care
of two physic
ians and several
nurses, she died at the C. K. O.
Billings estate where she went from
Hollywood three months ago because
of a physical breakdown. Hops for
her recovery was abandoned some
four weeks sgo, despite a store of
vitality that surprised her physicians.
Miss Dressier learned two years ago
she had an Incurable ailment, but
took a course of treatment that en
abled her to make two more pic
tures at Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer studio,
Culver City, by working only a few
hours daily. Finally, however, she was
forced to seek a long rest.
Movie success came lata In life
to Miss Dressier, who was one of
the most popular players In Holly
wood, and the beloved comlo char
acter in such screen triumphs as
"Anna Christie," "Mln and Bill,
"Reducing "Tugboat Annie" and
the late "Christopher Bean."
After an up-and-down career on
the stage, she first came to Holly
wood In 1014 and played In a com
edy with the then little known Char
lie Chaplin and the late Mabel
Normand. Her return to the stage
soon afterward proved almost dis
astrous to her career.
The stage wns not receptive to a
woman of the age Miss Dressier had
reached after liberty bond sales serv
ice during the world war for nine
years. She was barely able to man
age a living.
She came back to Hollywood as a
last resort in the late 'HQ's, fine got
small parts until finally she sur
prised the movie world with her role
of "Marthy" in "Anna Christie"
a role she was given through Inter
cession of the scenarist, Prances
Marlon.
From then on, Miss Dressier had
Hollywood almost at her feet.
Her success brought a new trend
In the movies the featuring and
starring of the old trouper type of
players, in contrast to the habitual
"youth and romance" tendency of
film exploitation.
She became a sort of tradition In
Hollywood. She reached such heights
of public esteem that her birthday
became a significant event. On her
62nd birthday last fall, she was hon
ored with a party at her studio,
Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer, attended by
1 ,000 persons, including movie not
ables, the late Governor Rolph of
California and other officials.
Her birthday cake weighed
pounds.
600
1429. PERISH IN
(By the Associated Press)
Rain la still the crying need of the
fsrm belt. Withering heat which took
1429 Uvea waa routed generally to
day, but the rains which came merely
moistened the surface toll, leaving
unchanged the prediction of greatly
Impaired crop yield. - -
with many section facing water
shortage and pastures dried, drought
stricken cattle continue to flood the
markets.
Women Pilots Plan
To Organize Awry
badti iun rM Jul 9 I API
! inyinf in formation, five planea car
rying eign women puoia rifru
lste today from Seattle. However,
their plans to Install a Portlsnd chap.
t nf AmnrtJi WMnn Pilots WSS
I postponed because the Portland
women pnota were perticipauns; in
the air atunts at the Oregon trail
celebration at Eugene, Ore.
r"1"trtan Killer
SALEM. July 38. f AP Richard
Archer, 19. son of W. B. Archer of
700 Raat Burnaide street. Portland.
wse killed when atriKk by an auto
mobile driven by Richard B. Pierce of
jutem. while walking north on the
I Pacific highway between Woodburo
ta4 U3f4s Va
M
t I
it!' W!
George D. Hubbard, former fed
eral collector of customs In Seattle,
Wash, was indicted after grand
Jury had Investigated the handling
of confiscated liquor by customs
agents during Hubbard's tenure.
STRATO AVIATORS
PLUNGE 60,000 FT.
IN RIPPED CRAFT
Land Safe in Parachutes On
Nebraska Farm Aloft
Ten Hours Radio Tells of
Sky Drama Think In
struments Damaged.
. HOLDREDGB, Neb., July 38. (AP)
A trip of daring army aviators,
their explorations of the strato
sphere cut short at approximately
60,000 feet by a damaged balloon,
ended a perilous descent successfully
on a prairie near this small town
late today.
The three courageous airmen saved
themselves by leaping overboard as
the mammoth craft, Us three-acre
bag ripped end to end and flutter
ing In the wind and Its gondola
swsylng, plummeted toward the
earth from one mile up.
They floated to earth in their
parachutes and were unscathed.
The wreckage crashed to the
ground at 5 p. m., Central Stand
ard Time, 12 miles northwest of
here.
The Curious Come
Five thousand persons swarmed to
the scene. Ropes were strung to
hold them back while the three sky
voyagers themselves seized axes and
pried Into the gondola to see if their
precious scientific instruments had
been damaged. Reports "were current
that moat of them, together with
the thin alloy sphere, had been
smashed. The body of the cubicli
was noticeably bent.
For ten hours and 15 minutes the
Intrepid trio had been aloft, but
since 2:25, when ugly rips appeared
on the upperslde of the envelope,
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Stratosphere
Thrills Related
j. By the Associated Press.
(All Times Central Standard)
60,000 feet 68 below ro, and "all
well" was reported. Balloon I ts ex
pected to ro higher, then a sudden
and unexplained drop.
65.000 feet Kepner at 2:30 p. m.
radioed "we're In trouble up here."
Bsg dropped at 400 to 600 feet a min
ute. Anything' likely to happen wss
the cryptic report.
63,000 feet "We're trying to bring
her down esay," wss the radio word
at 8:14 p. m.
45,000 feet Someone was overheard
In the gondola to say: "This damned
thing has gone nuts!"
37,000 feet Said Kepner at 3.37
p. m.: "The bottom of the bag looks
like a sieve." And added noncha
lantly, "there's nothing we can do
about It." Discovered rent 60 feet long
and three feet wide.
30,000 feet Craft falling rapidly.
Kepner reported to superiors In Wash-
Ington stating gas wss "rotten and
bag worse. Too busy to talk much.
11,000 feet At 4 28 Kepner said:
"We're now where we can Jump."
Portholes of the gondola opened and
"stand by for crash or balling out."
On tha ground the army men Joked
about their escape.
SALEM. July"aa f ApT-Elghteen
employes of the motor csrrlers di
vision of the public utilities com
mission today received notice tnelr
Jobs were at an end due to reported
insufficient funds to carry on the
Mill enactment of the transportation
act.
PRANK PORT, Ky.. July 3.-
-fAP)
fnv th. mmrnnA lima this Ti.r
National Ouardamen were on duty'tne Spokane. Portland A Seattle rail-
at the cspltol and the ciecutlva
mansion todav fnllowlm rerelnta of
thwatp aasinst the life of Oovernor
STATE SOCIALISM
DRIFT DESCRIED
IP.
Sen. Steiwer Flays Demo
cratic Brain Trust Tinker
ing With Private and Bu-
reau Rule Mott Hits Con
gress 'Surrender Power'
EUGENE, Salem, 28. (AP) Open
ing a salvos of the republican bom
bardment against the democratic ad
ministration were fired here today
as Senator Frederick W. Steiwer and
Congressman Jamea W. Mott lashed
out at the executive branch of the
government, charging It with appar
ent approval of a drift toward "state
socialism In substance If not in
form" and with the assumption of
legislative powers vested in congress
by the American constlstution.
Tht occasion oi me Domoaramen.
was the state convention of county
chapters of Oregon Republican clubs
here at which permanent organiza
tion was perfected.
E. Britt Nedry. Tlgard, was elected
president; Mildred Portner, Fort
land, secretary; Burton Hutton, Cor
ral lis, treasurer; Joo Singer. Port
land, sergeant-at-arms. The follow
ing three vice-presidents were named:
Ernest A. Miller, Salem, first dis
trict; John Kilkenny, Pendleton, sec
ond district; Alan Bynon, Portland,
third district.
Taking for his theme what he
termed the tendency of the country
to slip into "paternalism, the sub
stance of which la state socialism,"
Senator Steiwer called upon repub
lican voters to preserve the Amerl-J
can constitution and tie basic prin
ciples of the republican party.
The Oregon senator took, occasion
to charge the "theorists and reform
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RIFLE REGIMENTS
NEW YORK. July 28. (AP) The
organisation of an emergency rifle
regiment of 1,200 picked marksmen
to "Increase the efficiency of police
to meet emergencies" was ordered
today by Commissioner John P.
O'Ryan.
The move followed by less than
34 hours threats of a strike on pub
lic works administration contracts tn
Manhattan.
Police also undertook lssuanoe of
Identifying credentials to authorized
representatives of labor unions, do
ing so, O'Ryan said, at the request
of union officials.
The union credentials. Issued by
Chief Inspector Lewis J. Valentine,
included a letter with a photograph
attached. The sole purpose waa, he
said, to prevent racketeers and gun
men from Injecting themselves into
labor controversies.
Present plans for the rifle regi
ment are to have 400 men on duty
each eight hour shift. Police offic
ials estimate mobilization of the
entire regiment would take but one
hour.
The PWA strike question, threat
ened by 100 leadera of the workers
at a meeting yesterday, la scheduled
to be considered tomorrow by build
ing and construction trade unions.
-The PWA workers' representatives
charged that contractors were paying
wages below union -scale. Approxi
mately 600 millions of dollars worth
of PWA projects are under con
struction In New York.
PERIL INCREASES
WENATCHEB, ah., July S8. 'jVl
Fire menaced north central Wash
ington forest tonight, with (our
known riras out oi control snd the
woods dangerously dry.
Wenatchee National forest offlclil
were preparing to aend a crew to a
tire Just over the Kittitas county Hue.
It had burned over a section of tint
ber near Co lock urn paaa tonight.
Plfty men were dispatched today to
a fire in the Entlat yalley which had
covered nearly 100 acrea.
Supervisor Mover of the Colvillc
National forest asked for help from
CCC camps tonight, saying two fires
were rsging uncontrolled, and two
others, corralled today were still dan
gerous.
Humidity was down to II percen-.
today, the lowest within the memo:)
of forest of&lcisl here.
PORTLAND, July aa (APl-
vlr on the Portlsnd-Sesslde line of
rma waa neo up irom anon 3 p. m
yatrdy until varly Iviay by a
ven-car derailment ten miles from
WASHINGTON FIRE
its IF M
XL f:
! (
AL 1
Volney P. Mooney, Jr., national
commander of the Disabled Amerl
can Veterans and Los Angeles at
torney, has been appointed special
counsel for the congressional com
mittee Investigating un-American
ictivltiea on the Paclflo coast.
50
AT DORRIS, CALIF.
ILL
Wind Fanned Flames Spread
. and Cause $500,000 Loss
Many Jobless After
Disaster S.P. Rushes Aid
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 28.
CP) A hot, roaring fire destroyed half
the to?-n of Dorrla, Cal., 20 miles
southwest of here, it was reported
late today.
The flames reduced 60 residences to
smoldering embers and also wiped
out a hotel and tha telephone office.
The fire spread from tha box factory
of the Associated Lumber and Box
company, which burned.
Loss of the box factory put 136
men out of work in the town of
760 Tersons.
A telegraph operator who waa call
ed upon to fight the fire, returned
to his post later and told of tha
conflagration. The first report of the
fire came from a telephone operator
while the roof of the building hous
ing the telephone office was afire.
No more word was received until
the telegraphic report came through.
The Southern Pacific answered a
call by sending a crew and equip
ment from here.
E
Oregon: Cloudy on the coast,
otherwise fair Sundsy and Monday;
somewhat lower temperature east
portion; little change In humidity;
moderate west and northwest wind
offshore.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 38. (AP)
The outlook for the coming week
In far western atatea is for fair
weather preceded by scattered thun
dershowers In high mountains of
Nevada and southern California first
of wek; cooler In Interior near first
of week.
ITALIAN PLANES
ROME, July 38. (AP) An offic
lal announcement tonight said 300
military planes were participating In
aerial maneuvers In the Italian dis
tricts of Emilia and Veneto. the lat
ter extending to the Austrian bor
der at the Province of Carlnthla.
The announcement said a group
of bombardment plans was partici
pating In a feigned bombing of mili
tary railway centers at an Important
city of the Veneto, and that on an
other occasion fast pursuit planes
had succeeded In Improving ' their
effective defensive potentlslltles.
The announcement dtd not say
how close to the border the exer
clnea were held, but the Veneto em.
braces some of the most Important
centers for troops operating along
the frontier.
I'mbe Mlslisn At "ea .
BRATTLE, July 38. (API Called
for Monday morning, a board of In
quiry will investigate the ramming
of the Purse seiner Umatilla by the
battleship Artgona off Tatonth Light
last Thursday morning. Rear. Ad
miral John M. Haingan, commandant
nf the I3'h naval district, sunounced
bare Wuaj,
Clatsop County To
Bar Its Communists
From Charity Lists
ASTORIA, Ore., July 38. OP)
Communists and all others "con
nected with an organisation op
posed to the principles of Ameri
can government," were stricken
from relief rolls by action of ttte
Clatsop county relief committee to
day. "No person advocating the com
munist program or any other pro
gram calling for the overthrow of
the American government is going
to keep on drawing aid and sus
tenance from the public relief
fund aa long as we can help it,'
declared County Judge Guy Boy
ington, chairman of the relief
group.
Petitions recently were filed In
tha county clerk's office here ad
vocating establishment of the com.
munlst party aa a regular political
party In the state. The names oi
a large number of persons drawing
county relief aid, or holding state
emergency relief administration
Jobs, were found on the petitions.
NAZfSINFLIGHT
Slain Dollfuss Buried As
Fierce Fighting Continues
Italy Eyes Situation
Europe Frowns On Haps
burg Prince's Ambition
(By the Associated Press)
Prlnoa Ton atarhemteerg'a govern'
msnt appeared to be slowly gaining
control of the naet rebellion, although
bitter fight In which has taken an
estimated toll of 700 Uvea among
nszls and loyal trops continued.
Austria burled Its alatn Chancellor
Dollfuss amid ceremonies of state In
a temporary grav near historic
Schoenbrunn park and palaos while
grJef -stricken thousands looked on.
There were no disorders.
Italy, with fresh troops in striking
dlstanoa .of the border and 48.U0O
fighting men posed to enter Austria
if necessary, wsa watchfully awaiting
the outcome of events. No troops were
known to hava crossed the border.
The war visibly faded In London
as government officials left Whitehall
for the week-end expressing con II
denoe In the government of Prlnoe
con fltarhemberg.
The Hapsburg monarchist element
was reported active in Vienna. They
wish to place Archduke Otto on the
throne. The notion met with insistent
objections from all neighboring quar
ters. Italy's attitude la flatly against
restoration. To Prance Hapsbuig rule
means centuries of past opposition to
French influence in Europe. German
naeia expressed fear the monarch Is!
Influenoa would, spread to Germany.
TEXAS COUNTING
DALLAS, Tel., July M . P) Jams
V. Allred, aUtea attorney general, ai
aumed the lead for the gubernatorial
nomination tonight In early Ubuls
tlons of the vote from the atatewldo
primary election.
Allred'a closest opponent was O. 0.
McDonald, sponsored by Oovernor
Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson and Uer
huaband, Jame E. Ferguson, Impeach'
rd former governor. Mrs. Ferguson la
retiring from the offloa.
Six men were seeking the nomlns
tlon for governor.
aenator Tom Connally on the face
of early return waa running well
ahead of Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.
for the senatorial nomination.
EDICT OP MAYOR
PORTLAND, Or., July 18 flV
Picket Itne on the Portland water
front thinned tonight after police
made wholesale arrest under Maror
Carson's edict thst only three pick
ets would be permitted at each dork
City and county officers placed dis
orderly conduct ehargea agalnat SIC
picket who Ignored order to du
pe ra.
Conrad Negatad, president of the
Portlsnd local of the International
Longshoremen's Msoclstlon, did not
admit Mayor Carson's order waa the
cause for thinning of picket ranks.
However, police reported they found
ne, mof, Ua Uuw ft enj one, pUo.
'RED' LITERATURE,
MEMBERSHIP LIST
SEIZEBJRAIBS
Officers Search Local Radi
cal Nests Saturday
Stockman Held to Grand
Jury Agitators Get Busy
State police and the sheriff of
fice, acting under the direction of
the district attorney, Saturday morn
ing, raided the headquarters of the
"Cannery and Agricultural Workera-
Union." In the old P. & . depot
on East Main atreet. and the resi
dence of Jamea E. Stockman. 83?
South Central avenue, and aelzed
Communlstto literature, membership
cards, and partial list of mem
bers. The authorities stated, that
correspondence uncovered ahowed th
local unit received orders from gen
eral office In Sacramento. Calif..
and that Stockman was In chargs
of distribution of Communistic lit
erature here.
The raid followed the arrest on
Thursday evening of Clarence L.
Cluster, organlrer, on a telegraphto
warrant from Douglas county charg
ing failure to provide for his two
minor children. Stockman waa ar
rested at the aame time when he
allegedly tried to rescue Cluster from
the law.
Stockmsn was given a preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
William R. Coleman Saturday morn
ing, and bound over to the grand
Jury, under bonda of loOOO. which
he was unable to furnish. Stockman
acted aa hla own counsel. He called
three wttneases, Allen Rudell, a re
cent arrival from Bend, Ed Ketlor
and C. A. Burnett of thla city. Three
state troopera testified that while
Cluster waa being searched. Stock
man rushed Into the room and
shouted:
"You can't get away with that,
Let ma aee that fake warrant!"
It was also testified that Stock
man tried to Interfere with the re
moval of Cluster. Hs 1 charged with
"attempting to rescue a prisoner,"
which under Oregon law, provldea
a senteno of from two to ten years
in state prison upon conviction.
The court tn binding stockman
over to the grand Jury, told him
"You should have had a lawyer. You
have made no effort to rebut any
of the evidence against you."
Try Old Backet
Prldsy night handbills were dis
tributed throughout the residential
districts, calling upon "workera to
pack the courtroom at th trial of
Jim atockman, militant orchard
worker, and demand tola release,
along with the releaa of Comrade
Cluster."
About 35 people responded to th
call. Including a number who were
familiar flgurea during the Banks
Fehl courthouse disturbance. Offi
cers took pictures of the audience,
Coplea of the handbllla were
brought Saturday morning to the
aherlff and district attorney's office,
by local workers. Two protested vig
orously against their dlatrlbutlon,
and picturesquely demanded, "Quit
fooling and do aomethlng about th
agitators."
He "Mules" Medforil
Stockman during the trial admit
ted the authorship of a letter found
In a typewriter In th P. & E. head
quarters In which he declared, "I
hate Medford like aln." He recount
ed difficulties encountered In "or
gsntzlng the workers here" and "poor
soles of literature." The letter waa
addressed to a "Comrade Cox" at
Salem, and urged him to "get Com
rade Rudell and party to com ber
from Bend for mass organlalng." Th
Klamath Pall secretary "should b
told not to send any workera here
to pick fruit," the letter also ad
vised. Th letter alao Rave the name of
new member In thla city. Nine, In
cluding two women were listed from
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WILL
ROGER?
ABOARD S. S. MAIjOLO,
July 27. Poor old Austria. If
ever 8 nation ne. inert to move
out and nettle ara.inK different
nciu-hborg it's her. Tlioy divid
ed her up o much after the
last war till there was nothing
left but this little game fight
ing cock Dollfuss. Now they
got him.
There was a fellow that look
ed like ho waa doing a hcroio
job of trying to hold the tew
strands together of what had
been a great nation, Now it's a
fresh piece of meat to be
thrown to the neighboring
wolves.
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