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The Weather Forecast: Increased cloudiness fol lowed by rain or snow Sunday; not much change In temperature. Highest yesterday . 34 I-owrat yesterday .... . ; : edford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award rOR 1834 Tweuty-niiitli' Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 19..."). No. 256. M By Paul Mallon .Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. This is the moat peculiar congress we have bad In a long time. You may have suspected from glancing at the front pages lately that It adjourned after th opening lenlon three weeks ago. Judg ing from the nolM made ao far no one has been In session except Huey Long. .The fact Is that both houses have been twiddling -their thumbs. S e s a t o n a have been held only about half the time, n t. thfc Prurient Roose-; -One reason ta that President Roose- . velt has delayed the submission of his program, but there are deeper and more significant reasons. About one-third of the present con gress Is new. These freshmen hardly know how to get from tncir oiuce to the floor and back again without getting lost. Most of them so far have only a vague notion what this legislating business Is all about. It J will bo weeks. If not months or years, before all of them get on to the ropes. Another third Is made up of repub licans, who are In a very docile mood. They are not going to start anything- All you have left are the old-time democrats, who are the leaders, and a few old faithful geysers like Long and Thomas, who spout every hour on the hour. The result la that Mr. Roosevelt and his leaders have the reins on this congress tighter than on the last on. But do not let that fool you. Down underneath, there Is fire. The two thirds who do not yet know how, or do not care, to express themselves are not asleep. You can get a tip on how they feel by noting the way they Its ten Intently to the Longs and the Thomases. Last session, when Long spoke. It was a good opportunity for everyone to go to lunch. He was a clown. No one took him seriously. This year he la a genius. Incredible ns It may seem, most good politicians now con sider him that; not, of course. In re lation to common sense,- to finance or government, but solely In political salesmanship. He has promised to make every man a king. No one can raise him on that one unless a pro mise Is made to make every man a dictator, but. even so. a king's life is softer. The freshmen may not know much, but they know Hucy's Hooey goes over big with unintelligent voters and also with a lot of intelligent ones who have suffered so much that they are past calm reasoning. Mr. Roosevelt knows this situation and baa been handling things mainly to keep the congress from running after the false prophets. That strate gy was apparent in all recent moves. Aa things stack up now, he will be successful generally, although he will have to make concessions. But don't by any means believe everything Is aa quiet aa it seems along the Potomac. The mayor of a large eastern city went to see Long a few days ago. He asked the senator to visit his town ; and make a ehare-the-wealth speech. Long barked back: I ". "I don't have to go traveling all j around the country. I reach my peo ple on the radio." That Is the Roosevelt technique, but you could hardly classify Hucy's harangues as "fireside talks." Reports of the resignation of Hous er James A. Moffett arc getting to be a dime a down In the Washington whispering gallery. Even his friends admit he plans to sever his connec tion with the New Deal sometime soon so he may return to the otl business, but they ?ay he will not quit until the senate has confirmed him. Some have even gone so far as to pick his successor. A good bet is Charles Edison, son of the late Inven tor, who Is a state official of the National Emergency Council. Edison was associated with Prank Walker in the drafting of the housing legisla tion and has a keen Interest in the problem. The housing administration has' de veloped publicity science further than ny other New Deal bureau. Among other things, It now puts out daily a digest sheet with circular chart showing exactly what the press think of it. One such chart recently show ed 80 per cent of the press favorable and 16 per cent neutral. What pleases the New Deal econom IsM so much about the Increased steel production la that some of It ta due m increased orders for machinery. Tiat may mean the Mart of a pick-up in raciory renaDimnurm. If i? & PA I I. MALI. ON I NRA Chairman Clay Williams Idea tnc opening game, meeting an eat of news was to pledge a reporter to j ern Oregon opponent. secrecy recently about the fart that lOominued on Page Three) , Urn ThW anUhe City pour- had found no rlu last night leadine to the arret of the b-jrg'.ar or buralars who entered th .v.- w--.-.-, r....... P,r,n rwi" Vl l"' Mru4V'14 w E;g Co. 128 North Grape street. jonie tirr.e Fnd with nine rif r.aiclnc a""ay I; a bf- , , aniean. T-a. c-.ihah tHiDh gndoW BITTER COLD S Eleven Deaths Attributed to Storm Falling Roof Kills Roseburg Man Coldest Weather of Year in Valley fc Oregon: Increasing cloudlneaa Sun- ! ds follows by anow br Sunday . night west portion; Monday, unset-1 tied with anow and not qult ao cold; Increasing east and southeast wind off the coast. BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. (AP) Weekly forecast for January 21 to January 28. Inclusive: Frequently un settled weather, with occasional anowa over mountains and plateaus. Sub - normal temperaturea. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19. (API Bitter cold weather was in prospect again for the Pacific Northwest and California for the week-end. following eight days of blizzards and rain, wl,h eleven deaths attributed to the storm. Railroad and airline schedules were disrupted. Communities in Idaho. Washington and Oregon were buried under the deepest snow blanket In years, but main highways were kept open. The dead In Washington stat were Robert Balcombe. 21. and Virginia Brown. 19, killed when their bobsled crashed into an automobile near Aberdeen, and Jack McLeod. 64, who died of exposure at Belllngham. " The collapse or a snow packed roof killed Edward Everts. 44. at Rose burg. Ote. Frank Cunningham was killed at High Rivers. Alta.. when a Canadian Pacific train crashed into his automobile, and George Anderson. taxi driver, crashed to his death when his car skidded. Two pedestrians were killed in Berkeley, Calif., by automo biles whose drivers said the rain blinded them. At Tacoma. Wash.. Clifford Sevcrln. 18-year old high school senior, was fatally Injured when his sled hit a telephone pole. The storm, spreading into Arizona, was blamed for two deaths in an ac cident near Ashfork. In the Cascade mountains, near Rnndlc, Wash., state game officials took hay and feed to a herd of 150 deer trapped In the drifts. A snow blanket 5 to 7 Inches deep covered Seattle where the temperature of 15 above was the lowest since 1924. Frank Dorbandt. Alaskan pilot, and three passengers turned up safe at Atlin, B. C, after being unreported several hours. The San Francisco bay region ex perienced the coldest weather of the season. Ice formed on pools on San Francisco streets which were washed by .59 of an inch of rain in 24 hours. While commercial airlines service from San Francisco was not Inter rupted today, the weather condition between Elko. Nev., and Cheyenne, Wyo., halted aerial traffic, the UnltM Airlines reported. In southern California snow cov ered the mountain tops. Los Angeles was visited by lightning, wind and hall and a near cloudburst struck Pasadena and Altadena. San Diego reported a storm wind that reached the velocity of 30 miles an hour, I blowing down signboards and treses 1 and disrupting light service Mercury at 23 Here Skies cleared over southern Oregon Friday night, plunging the mercury j in Mcdford to a new low record for ( this winter. 22 degrees, and changing j the soft snow or slush, that had pre viously made travel hazardous. Into Ice. Med ford and vicinity were given freezing weather both Friday and Sat urday nights, but In some of the mountain areas, where highways have been opened through snow lying in five-foot depths. Increased cloudiness kept the temperature at a slightly higher point. The Pacific highway over the Sis kiyou was made more slippery by the freeze, and occasional flurries yesterday of fine, dry snow Increased the need for chains there and on the Greensprlngs road. Blizzards continued to rage in the Klamath Palls and Dunsmutr areas. according to reports Saturday. The freezing temperature compares with a mark of 24 degrees reached here last December 0. and a low rec ord for the preceding winter of 15 degrees, reached on January 22, 1634. Autolsta. besides being faced with the hazards of travel on any of the Ing sun and aridity, they have be-1 Charged with assault with a dancer hiffhwava leadlnz from Medford. i come unwllllne obtecta of charltr In : ous weapon, William C. Mahan. 45. opened their doors In many Instances Saturday morning to find froren ra dlators. BULLETIN PORTLAND. OTf., Jan. 19. ,vp, ror me l u 'n w ni.tory 01 - - " Salem high, boat teem, will plav In Bracket drawings were made here today for t'ne tournament which w.ll re he:d at Willamette university on March 20. 21. 22 and 23. At usuai. t'.ie to rrtlAn fans .V 1 1 1 n to the same dl v ui: on and ; f successful in the flrt round w:il r-,t in the ifmni eVmmrr.onshlD - - ( rouaa. -The klu represent. :-.g me ja-.- a innvn. jvt-.n:? h itt- .i :itet r Portl.tnd champion in ('-a rouad. 1934 Gasoline Sales In Oregon Show 7 Million Gallon Gain SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 19. (API Gasoline sales In Oregon during 1934 gained a total of 7.072.611 gallons over 1933. resulting in a tax Increase of ll.016.6U, it was announced from the state depart ment today. Gallonag In 1934 was 165.976,480 and taxes 8,206, 923. Iaat month 11.807.831 gallons were sold with a resulting tax of 590,391 . compared to II .070.452 gallons and 553,523 In taxes In December, 1933. HAUPTMANN'S BAY JERSEY COURT primn CUfprl Ac r:PQf Pip. Ol UllU OlcUCU H rilol ue fense Witness Seven Questions and Answers Ready State's Case Draws to Close. FLEMINGTON, N. J.. Jan. 19. (AP) Soon, probably next Wednesday, will come Bruno Richard Haupt mann's day In court. For 13 torturing days the slender, almost emaciated carpenter of Ka menz the footpad, the church thief of Kamenz has watched, stared at. I slumped from and (twice) snarled t the pointing fingers. His ears have rung with the reiterated : "It was Hauptmann." Before another week la over he will get his chance to deny the testimony by which the state ot New Jersey Is endeavoring to route him straight to the electric chair, for a baby's mur der. When that day comes he will no longer have to alt, aa he has for most of the 13 days, and shake his head time after time In violent negation. No more, probably, will he have to listen to testimony so disturbing as to cause him to say (as he did to the cab driver, Perrone): "You are a liar." or (as he did to the federal detective, Stsk): "Mister, mister, atop lying! You are telling a, story 1" The state will gather together Ito bag ends of testimony, and perhaps some new and sensational evidence aa well, on Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday, if the program holds. It will be Hauptmann's turn to talk, and he will be the rtrst of scores of defense witnesses to take tlie stand. When he has placed his hand cn the court Bible and has sworn to tell the Bible truth to all questions put to him, he will speak the simple but vital lines his counsel have said he will speak. To all but one of the seven questions to be asked htm. Hauptmann will answer: "No." "Did you kidnap the Lindbergh baby? Did you kill the Lindbergh baby? Did you collect the random money?" Bruno Richard Hauptmann will sav "No." His counsel will ask him then: "Where did you get the ransom money which was found In your home?" Hauptmann. deviating for the first time from his string of negatives. I will say: "Prom Isador Flscht" Once the defense starts the pre- ntation of its case there is small ...u, f -nv Plirtn mVntifm , th t whJc caused Hauptmann's blonde, ex-waitress wife Anna, to rise from her place and cry out in interruption of testl i mony: "Mrs. Achenbach, you are ly 1 ing." HILLSBORO AREA FACE STARVATION HILLSBORO. Ore.. Jan. 10. (AP) The pestilent spectre of starvation ; faces some AO mid-west drought- fleeing families who arrived here Justj in time for Oregon's most severe win-I ter In years. Driven from the mid-west by hir- Washington county. Under relief regulation,, the faml- Ilea are classed aa transients and they suffer through a cut In the transient; fund allotment. The usual appro. prlatlon of 7J0 for the county waa1 cut to l'250 for January. fort to patch up family troubles development followed persist- This amount has been exhausted ! met his wife on the street shortlj ent rrsloTtM that there waa sharp dl emergenry relief administration em-; after noon. ; vergenee of opinion among members plovea reported. He told officer, that Vila wlfe,;of lhe board' Itaclf. It doesn't take care or tne rami- vp nftve hw MmarkM Rt w Well, chairman of the county relief i committee. "With the money gone, there Is nothing the local relief of- flee can do for them." "We cant do a thing for them," another relief worker said in d prratlon. There a noting for them to do but starve.' roller (tlrlt Improve I nrTON u.u t.n lQfAPi th. oin rtf t.-r h r vw,"v " .' . . " a more inquiring mina man nerjper cenv in urimm Viwmwju predecessor or 50. 2o or even i yars lent new nope looay itt inn-rw-j ' . i M .w i, ... nrt vifV.wrw.rt. rtf Anirrimn rvirV and lard r - oton. nrLtrint of WeiltvltT col- I lege SF DEAL BILLS Excutive Asked Quick Ac tion, but Solons Dawdle Controversies Due to Flare Coming Week in Legisla te; Take Week-End Rest SALEM. Jan. 19. (API The In itial skirmish on the floor of the house on the first of the major ad ministration measures to come be fore the members of either house I sent the budget control bill back to j th MmmlttM nn administration and reorganization as the Oregon legisla- , ture adjourned today over the week end. The proposal, known as house bill 3. would center the control of bud gets with the governor and place the power of department consolidations with the executive. , It was on the calendar for final passage but when It come up for consideration a fight was made to send the measure to the revision of laws committee. The motion was made by Represen tative Homer Angell of Multnomah county, who stated the complete change in the form of government should go before a committee of law- 1 yers. His motion was amended to send the bill back to the committee which had previously reported It out ami Angell 's contention was lost by vote of 30 to 25. With this action the four major administration bills, which were launched smoothly the first of the week with special messages from the governor, thus were all back into committees despite the plea of the executive to bring them out immed iately. The four are the placing of fees and collections made by com missions and boards into the general fund, creation of a super planning commission, the budget bill and the county unit system for public schools. The first of the biennial proposals designed to Inject the state highway commission Into politics la scheduled for Introduction into the 38th legis lature early next week In the form of a bill to make appointment of the atat highway engineer by the highway commission subject to ap proval of the legislature. Among other controversial bill slated for Introduction next week is one by Representative Ross, prohibit ing oil companies from selling gaso line at both wholesale and retail. The measure is aimed at those large oil concerns operating company owned stations to the disadvantage of privately owned stations. It pro vldes that none of these major oil companies could operate, or own stock in any retail service station in Oregon. TO FORECLOSE TAX Preparations are being made by county officials to file tax proceed- ings as required by law for unpaid taxes for the years 1928. 1929 and 1930. This list will include the prop- erty of approximately twelve hundred 6omc 17 yea-r h Junior, In a ro persons. mance. But there are her letters to neports coming to the county court ' prove It. Pat as her "Sweet Potato." indicate that there are some taxpay- I letters read at the trial showed, era in the county who are not aware ' of the fact that the foreclosure list may include their property, and all taxpayers are requested to -carefully examine their tax receipts to deter mine whether or not their taxes for the years Indicated are delinquent. If the tax ds vers receipts have been mislaid the information could be obtained from the sheriff's office or the county clerk's office where a complete list of delinquent taxes for those years la on file. EUGENE STREETS EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 10. ( AP) i Portland, waa held In the county Jail here following a shooting melee on Willamette atreet here thla afternoon during whl"i his wife waa shot. Mahan. who told of fir. r. he canw to Eugene Thursday night In an ef - uiaays iwanan. xa. reiusea ma or- I mand that she return home with him ; ana. according to nia story, ne puijro I a small automatic from his pocxet tn an effort to frighten her. Mrs. Mahan xrabted for the gun which went off in the scuffle, the bullet shattering the end of one of her flnftrs and breaking the k!as in a window of a nearby shoe Morrr. Hog Tpert Itrljh1 er. ! WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 (API An nfftnml renort of decline of 7 6 - ' " . nn th reult of the w per cent slash la tariff on imported beer. CRIMINAL SYNDICALIS! N RIAL OF SEVENTEEN STARTS Alleged communists charged with violating California's syndicalism laws went to trial In Sacramento with Neil McAllister as a special attorney general heading the prosecution. Four of ths 17 being tried are (left to right) Lorlne Norman. Caroline Decker. Jack Warnick and Pat Chambers. (Associated Press Photos KIN DF COOLIDGE DAKOTA GOVERNOR REPINES IN JAIL jOUSTED BY HOUSE FOR STOLEN LOVEiVOTE KEEPS SEAT Unable to Pay Wife of Her "Sweet Potato" $5000 Judgment Want Romeo for Throwing Eggs Letters Tell All. RUTLAND, Vt.. Jan. 10. (AP) A cousin of Calvin Cool Id go and nt-?cc of a former governor of Vermont, Miss Bertha Moore, la In Jail be cause she can't raise the 15.000 a Jury decided she must pay the wile of her "Sweet Potato." missing ash collec tor who was the object ot her af fections. She's starting her thirds-month of Incarceration and Is likely to be held three months more if she doesn't find the $5,000 the Jury said was due to Mrs. Carmen (Pat) Oilman in an alienation verdict. Pat, the romeo of the piece la missing. He Jumped bail after recent arraignment on a charge of assaulting a Ludlow restaurant employe. Speci fically he Is accused of having tossed eggs at his victim. Tho middle-aged Miss Moore ha 5 the sympathy of her old neighbors in Ludlow, where for many years she served as village clerk. There the niece of former Governor William W. Stlckney is known as a kindly wo man, who kept the best flower and vegetable garden In the community. They remember that Miss Moore with a basket of flowers and vege tables, enroute to a neighbor, was an almost dally sight. They hope she soon will have her freedom. In Vermont, however a delay of six months la customary before a person lfl "wca Pr n. ana ",HV- 11 appears, may De Misa Moore e avenue of escape. It la difficult for her old neighbors i aasocmt miss Moore ana fat, T VII IIHIWU I UUIUlf G WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. ZAP) Rfl- t newlng his criticism of Secretary Hull's methods. George N. Peek, spe cial advisor to the president on for egn trade, today urged reorganization of the administration's foreign trade policies and program. Peek, former farm administrator presented a five-point plan to correct what he railed "mistakes' and give Amrrlcans an opportunity to compete "successfully" with other nations. WASHINGTON, Jan. ID. UP) Don I aid n. nirhbfrg waa dlKclowrl today to b, ln almimmrnX, official. ; of NRA- administrative board rtlchberg. head of the national l mPrgf,npy concil and also of the ffrollD n,nrH to draft NR. A policy. said at ths White House It wa unfortunate impression" that the au tomobile code was to be renewed au tomatically on February 1. Members of the board had said they knew of no difficulties in the way of renewal. Idhri.k 'talk a hakm As dlMrlrt governor of the organt- Mtlon. Glen Pahrlck of this city was ' n, .h. Kurw, iitun v j nnirm n:mr chid numr ih.j. 1 hud iven f I n tl larlv honond at meet- m. "t me f.ugne ana Portland (club the day before. Non-Partisan League Effort; to Seize State Control Faces Legal Fight Executive Dismisses Mili tary Guard. BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 10. ( AP) Disdaining any but peaceful means. Governor Thomas H. Moodle today re tained possession of his office In a tense political at tun t Ion precipitated by his Impeachment yesterday In the North Dakota house of representa tives. Ordering withdrawn two national guardsmen who had been on wntob against possible attempts to remove him, Moodle declined to give up hla office to Lieut. Gov. Walter H. Wel- ford until the situation Js clarified. He said he contemplated legal action. Opinions differed whether his sus pension provided In the case of Im peached officers until their case li decided by the senate would take effect Immediately. Attorney Gen eral P. O. Sathre, affiliated with the Non-Partisan league group which sponsored the Impeachment, advised the governor yesterday's action waa Incomplete. Welford, also a Non-Partisan leag uer. If he takes over the governor's, duties, would be the state's fourth chief executive In a little more than six months. Ole H. Olson, then lieutenant gov ernor, took over the office when Wil liam Langer. among those behind the Impeachment move, was removed af ter his federal court conviction of a felony. Moodle took office on Janu ary 7. Non-Parttaan lehgue leaders plan ned at today's house session to ap point a board of managers for the Impeachment. The impeachment resolution, with out specifying violations, charged "crimes, corrupt conduct, malfeasance and misdemeanors In office." Lead ers indicated a charge Moodle "usurp ed" the office, knowing he was not a citizen of the United States, would be the basl of efforts to convict him. Moodle, born In Canada, has reiterated that he is a United States citizen. FOR ESCAPE GUN NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (AP) Cracking under rigorous questioning by federal department of Justice agents, members of the notorious 'ri tte gang tonight were reported by Frank X. Foy, head of the New York office of the department of Justice, to have confessed to robberies In Pennsylvania and Maryland and to , , , yort area. Robert Mais, the gang leader. And hla chief lieutenant, Walter Legenz. condemned murderers, were said by Fay to have given complete details of their break for freedom In Rich mond, Va. "They admitted," Fay asserts, "that thev paid a guard named Oeorge Duke, who sines has killed hlmae'.f, 200 to smuggle guns to them. He furnllied the guns, leaving them in a paper stv-k at the end of s cell corridor. Put I'ubllr UrM CHIfAOO. Jan. 10. ( AP) Tne ! mnf list the nation's "drink- i ln ere nrd todav to filve first t inn iv l ao ooo - , K5 American let tax collections and .Miner's profits be a secondary 'concern. IB. F FRUIT1NLEAGUE Prof. Hartman Addresses Annual Meet On Pear Market Conditions in East Dr. Bean Gives Report J. B. Kirk was elected president of the Fruit Growers league at the an nual meeting Saturday afternoon, Harry Rosenberg, first vice president; Martin Luther, second vice president, and A. H. Banwell, secretary-treasurer. Annual report of Dr. G. Bean waa given to the growers present. In cluding comment on freight rates, spray rcnldue, cannery Bartlett con irol; professor Henry Hartman's serv ice In the east, Southern Oregon ex periment station, Medford experiment station, fruit crop financing, North west fruit code and export agree ments with France. , The main address of the meeting was given by Professor Hartman who covered the fruit situation as he saw it during a three Months stay In the east. He found conditions In Chicago not particularly good and conditions tn Detroit were described as far from satisfactory as the city had been hard hit by tho depression. Another con dition which reacted against Rogue valley pears waa the apparent lack of cooperation In Detroit between dealers and those Interested In the fruit trade. Prof. Hartman said. He found Boston a very satisfactory mar ket for Rogue valley pears as the good feeling between the trade and the auction presented a happy situ atlon. New York was somewhat the same aa 1933, he stated, but condi tions there as they pertained to sale of Medford pears are aa yet a long way from normal. However, he said New York, has consumed more fruit in 1034 than heretofore. In Phila delphia, the situation Is similar to Detroit with certain friction In evi dence In the fruit trade. (Continued on Page Pour. . ' T. O. McCollum, about 36. 122 West 14th street, wag taken to the Sacred Heart hospital last night and treated for slight concussion of the brain; scalp, face and hand cuts he received In an accident on the Crater lAke highway, near Agate station, about 0 o'clock. Dr. L. D. Inskeep, who attended McCollum, aald he believed the car he waa In turned over several times. The Injured man. brought to Med ford tn a dazed condition, aald he had walked from the wreck aa far as Four Corners. Dr. Inskeep said at 10:30, tast night his condition was not serious and later reports from the hospital aald he was resting better. Name of the driver of the car. which waa traveling toward Medford at the time of the wreck, was not learned. SAY GOLD CLAUSE DECISION REACHED WASHTNOTON. Jan. 10. (APl Nina high Justices of the supreme court, although guarding their secret closely, left surface signs after a pro longed conference today that they had reached a decision In the his torlc "gold clause" rases. In the purely physical actions of the court trained observers aaw hints of th possibility of another of the famous 6-4 decisions. The justices themselves were silent aa always. But of the six who remained closeted to gether after the conference broke up. five ham ben labeled "progressive." , 40 10 65, 10 HELP SOCIAL GET Congress Plans Changes in Roosevelt Program to In clude Middle-Aged To Speed Action Townscnd Plan Not Considered. Br W. B. K.HtSDALK .suelntcd Pre Slarf Writer) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. ( AP) A proposal that the states raise their share of the money to finance old age pensions through Income and inheritance taxes was made today by Representative Lewis (D., Md.) co author of the bill to curry out the administration plan. Lewis made hla proposal In a radio speech at about the same time some other members of congress were ex pressing concern for the plight of the man between 40 and 65 arrange ments were being made for congres sional scrutiny of the plan in hear ings next week. These members, while declining for the present to be quoted, said they were endeavoring to work out modlfl cations to the program of President Roosevelt which would aid the un employed person who was more than 40 and less than 65. These members pointed out that most business organizations had a maximum age at which they .em ployed persons, some establishments hiring no one over 35. For the per son between 40 and 68. they said. It was extremely difficult to obtain employment. The old age pension plan of Presi dent Roosevelt contemplates giving pensions to persons who have reached 65. Some of those who aided in work ing out the pension system said th a t wh He the p ergon be twee n 40 and 65 would not be eligible for old age pensions, he would not be barred from employment In the public works program which li to be hur ried through congress. A close scrutiny of the presidential program 1 wag planned by the com mittees of congress that will handle the plan. The ways and means com mittee prepared to hear on Monday Dr. Edwin 8. Wlttc. who headed the committee of experta that did the groundwork for the cabinet security committee. On the following day. the ways and means committee will hear Sec retary Perkins and the senate finance committee will open hearings by listening to Senator Wagner (D., N. Y), the administration -stalwart who Introduced the bill. Speaker Byrne said the house would send the bill through as rap Idly as possible In response to the president's request for speed. In the same breath, he said the Townsend 9200 a month pension plan 'was out. WAVE FLAG, DRILL T( 2AT0N ROUGE, L Jan. 19. (AP) Marshalled In military formation under a billowing American flag. 340 East Baton Rouge parish citizens were organized late today Into the head quarters "shock troop battalion ot the Square Deal association which Is challenging Senator Huey P. Long'a dictatorship. Assembling in row of "com pa nlea" at the notes of a bugle call, citizens of varying classes mechan ics, laborers and well-dressed business men fell Into battalion line at the parish airport to form th Square Deal association's central "manpower" unit. There was no actual drilling or mil itary maneuvers. There were no guns carried. But the elements of mili tary organisation and appearance were closely followed. l'llM.ADF.M'HIA, Jan. IS. Well, I just this minute comn out of Washinnton. Tho scnutu oponc! at 12 o'clock. Huey (.'rnbbcd 'em by the ears at 12:0.") and shook 'cm till 4 o'clock. Well, when he turned 'cm loose they was ready to o home and behave themselves. They was talking on the world court. 1 don't know what the world court has got to do with pulling ns through tho rest of this winter. It's the su preme court we arc interested in right now, not the world court, but that is just about like tho senate to make that mistake in the nnms and be arguing over the wrong court. riiilndelphia is booming. ) SQUELCH HUEY 8