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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOB 1934 Tweuty-iiiiith Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1935. No. 2S2. row fin lo)U LTU The Weather Forecast : Unsettled; occasional rains tonight and Wednesday; mod erate temperatures. Highest esterday 55 Lowest this morning ... ..... S- HIE TiiEMEHEl By Paul Mai Ion (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. Feb. Signor Mussolini Is not sending all those ' troops down to the Ethiopian border Just to get sun burned. Tou may have noticed he la very vague about the exact number i sent. Also about That he expects them to do when they get there. One American nwimi,n In Rome - Iready has been warned officially about over-- estimating PAUL MALLON IThere are other obvious Indications thtt II Duce has clamped down the ltd. Some fincy morning about five weeks from now you will probably awaken to find that the troops who embarked from Rome a few days ago have found It necessary to move from Italian Somaliland Into the central mountains In Ethiopia near the French railway. Those are excellent mountains, They are particularly excellent from the standpoint of Italian coloniza tion. The climate is Ideal, temper ate at all times, and the soil the richest In Afrtca for cultivation pur poses. Furthermore, the mountains hold hidden mineral deposits, which are waiting for someone to dig them out. Such an Invasion of Ethiopia would be In self-defense, of course, pos sibly something like the self-defense which required Japan to seize Man chukuo to save Itself from China. At least this Is the Ethiopian In the Mussolini woodpile, as discerned by the best Washington diplomatic Sources on the basis of their prl 'vate advices from European capitals, lncltidlng Rome. They may be wrong, but they do not think so. These deductions did not require the services of a diplomatic Sherlock Holmes. The only thing worth having In Ethiopia Is the central mountain I range.. However, Mussolini Is likely to have his hands full If he tries to get It. The last time Italy tried to Invade the hinterland, the Ethiopians slaughtered nearly 10,000 Italians. The troops will have to cross swelt ering, fever-ridden jungle lowlands in which modern weapons of war fare are less effective than the In dian warfare tactics of the fanatical Ethiopian tribesmen. Furthermore, the Ethiopians, who for centuries have been successful In repelling foreign Invaders, especially the Italians, are spoiling for a fight. v A K'-Ir The morale of American diplomats , In Europe has dropped considerably, if It has not collapsed entirely, since the senate blocked American adher ence to the world court. One of the foremost ambassadors made an off-the-record speech about it recently which his superiors in the state department would Just asjdins said this afternoon, that upon soon forget. There will certainly be trouble If the senate every finds out about It. This ambassador has de scribed himself as "very unhappy and I don't care who knows it." Others have been embarrassed In their relations with European states men because they were certain the court resolution would he adopted and of course made promises and predictions which now cannot be ful filled. The senate action seems to have caused a much greater stir In Euro pean diplomatic circles than It did here. Some of our diplomats have j a feeling that they might as well come home now and do some spring planting in the back yard. Their sit nation In European capitnls is about as congenial as that of the Ethiopian minister In Rome. There are only 320,000 people In this country who use electricity for sll power In their homes. Only a mil lion use power for cooking, five mil lion for refrigeration, and thirteen million homes hsve electric lights. The federal power commission ha dug up these data to push the agita tion for cheaper electrical rates. It is furnishing strong Inspiration on the InMde for fulfillment of the Roosevelt power policy. The new dealers believe It shows that h field is lde open for vast expansion In the use of electricity by cheapen tng it. If the senate ever tries to conduct a real 1nve:tl(intlon of the NRA, It wtll take years. The oricmM cedtfy Ir.z Is no! hard to fathom, but lt Ir rrrtviiMr-e that remit. Ptrftnz-f-t r.srr,p.e is the l'irr.hr cvj?. Th NBA pub'intv divilon his r.". t an nounced It. but t'-.e I-irrh'r roue has ben chanced esarf;y thirty t:nv E-.-rn i o' n papa. Johnvn, the ct.:ThI. would nM recccnlre ).'. 1 in. br rh'.'.d now. Jiit to i!.t t.ie the or; cl req'ii! ox! ? pro- I-a SENATE PEWS' BILLS TO ROT IS S Lower Branch May Refuse to Consider Senate's Measures Until Coopera-i tion Obtained, Is Warning SALEM, Feb! 19. (AP) Members of the house of representatives today. Irked by the apparent lack of con sideration of their measures In the sennte. today threatened a similar re volt to that which delayed action for several days in the Oregon legis lature two years ago. Members of the lower house, head ed by Representative Moore Hamil ton of Jackson county, Democrat, declared they had enough support to table senate bills until the senate either refrains from killing house measures or starts to bring many out of committees, which have been held up since late last month. The threat was made public today. Bills Left to Rot. "Members are getting tired of hav ing their bills allowed to rot on sen ate committees." Hamilton declared. "The senate has many meritorious measures that must come before the house, and others worthy of con sideration. We have no desire to place an obstacle in the path of this legislation, but we take the position that many of our bills of equal Im portance should receive action. By tabling the bills we will not cause their deathj but place ourselves In a position to trade take the bills off the table if and when' the senate de cides to bring our bills out of the various commit tees."- To date 425 bills have been Intro duced In the house. A number have been withdrawn In order that sub stitute bills covering the contents of several might be consolidated in one bill. Others have been Indefi nitely postponed and many have been put to death by senate disap proval. But of this number approxi mately one-fourth are still awaiting action by senate committees. In ad dltlon to nearly a dozen of house resolutions and memorials. .Martin UNI Delayed. Of the bills yet to come on the floor of the senate are two admlnls- tratlon measures, house bills Nos. 1 and 4. The latter was reported out today with a 4 to 3 adverse ma jority report, with the minority re port carrying amendments. This deals (Continued on Page Five.) f The state supreme court today. Is sued an order dismissing the ap peal, and affirming the conviction of T. J. Enright. local attorney found guilty by a Jackson county circuit court Jury of driving an auto while intoxicated. Enright was sentenced to 8en-e three months in the I J a. i 1 . county District Attorney George A. Cod the receipt of the mandate from the supreme court, a commitment and warrant for serving of sentence would be Issued. Enright was found guilty of the crime charged, November 22 last. He served notice of appeal, and was granted an extension of time to per fect it. The time expired January 22. Enright was found guilty in Jus tice court of the same charge and sentenced to 30 days In the county jail, and fined 9100. The Jail sen tence was suspended upon payment of the fine. BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 19. (AP) 1 The Idaho 8tate 5enat ' by votB of o t-w io intu uum v dioii; liquor stores oui. ino measure was approved yesterday by the house 26 to 22 and now goes to the governor, who has indicated he will sign It Immediately. Mining Industry Buoyed By Gold Clause Opinion DENVER. Feb. 19. ( AP) The , west's metal mining Industry today credited the new deal "gold victory" in the supreme court with removing the chl?f obstacle "fear" to rich rewards for the men who seek for- tunes in sliver and cold. Thf rhif bneiit leaders of the In- fhitry sav Is to be expected as the rei'ilt of the hich tribunal's decision yetrrday in the rra Is restora tion of con i'-n"e in mining and re- nic al rjf the Its future. uncertainty felt c er With the gold clause upheld, mln tng m"n blleve money which has hen withheld by investors mil Ivcin t p'jur In ;o develop old and ailxer ;- . c-i;rt (Kri -ion WAV in - rv j.., r ft n ' -.i.r iiurf- - pr- .,i s-iir -.Mil rn.iiif t $ J5 Bean Shower Bath For Wife Grounds For Divorce Edict CAMDEN. M. J.. Feb. 19. (AP) Testimony that her husband pave her a shower bath of baked beans haa won a divorce recom mendation for Mrs. Rebecca F. Donovan, 37. She testified In chancery court that her tuba-playing husband threatened her life and trailed her at night when she took short walks, before showering her with a bowl of beans. BADMINTON STARS HERE TONIGHT EOR EXHI The champions of the Oregon state badminton tournament which ended at Portland Sunday, together with the Washington state champions, will appesr in Medford tonight at the senior high school In an exhibition match of badminton. The exmmtion will be open to the public with no admission charge. Hamilton "Ham" Law. the out standing player In the Potland tour nament, winning both the singles and mixed doubles championship, is a former resident of Medford. "Ham" graduated from the Medford high school In 1930. He was an ardent tennis player and won his letter in this sport at the local school. After graduation from high school here, he moved to Seattle where he now resides. Law la also the Washington state title holder and the runner-up to the Canadian champion. Other members of the group who win appear in the exhibition are Mr. and Mrs. Keith Weston who now hold the mixed doubles title of Seattle. They are among the out standing players of the west. VI McCarl and Bert Barkhuff. for merly of Saskatoon, Canada, are the (Continued on Page Eight) -4- TL, CALLED BY DEATH Robert Lee Daniels passed away at his home on the south Pacific high way near the Ever Shady park Mon day evening from heart trouble. He had been a resident of Medford (or the past twelve years, representing the Caswell Coffee company of San Francisco, for the past ten years. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of Medford, Ore. Mr. Daniels leaves his wife, Lottie, and two step children. Frank Hull of Medford. Mrs. R. M. Evans, of Wash ington, D. C, and two grand children. Funeral services will be held at the Pert funeral home, Thursday at 2:00 p. m under auspices of the Chris tian Science church. Interment in Siskiyou Memorial park. He leaves a host of friends who will be grieved by his passing as he was a pleasant and agreeable gentleman. 4 15 March 15 Is the final date for signing of 1935 hog-corn contracts, according to word received by County Agent Robert O. FowleT. Most of the 104 signers of contracts last year have renewed them, according to the -n1mtT The contract. have i been simplified, and under them It ls possible for new signers to gain contracts. Last year Fowler had charge of j both Jackson county and Josephine , county. He now has only charge of I this county. Fesr the court would give an ad- j ver ruling, say mining men. kept capital from becoming Interested In t mtnlne while the eold cases were ! lm? aeCdPd. Had an adverse ruling j been given, they said, gold might i have dropped to the level prior to President Roosevelt's price -fixing proclamation. Jewe F. Mrivonsld of Lesdvllle. -ompr;,M o( thtf m,n twhn In Colo . president of the Colorado Met- jB,klwn co,mty will meet st the Hol 1 Mining a-soriatlon and an opera- I(r hoM Th,jrBrfa7 evening. Feb. 31. tor himIf. said he felt the decision ' .t trrordin to an announce- , would "remove the uncertainty that exi.ted ana stsnmre tne goia price. From Mark A. SklnneT. superlnten - dent of the federal mint here came i this opinion: ' The d-riMmi will tend to sttmu- ' late m:ne dr finpnKiit. There Is no rj' i rt of that. Howe'.er. I ee no In - 'rs'ion of a gold price advance COPY OF T Strange Note With Greek, Yiddish, Turkish Words Also in Infernal Machine Postoffice Probe Is On WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (AP) Examination of bomb received In the mail yesterday at the office of Senator Huey P. Long, disclosed today & piece of paper used In constructing the Instrument bore a strange mes sage, i War department Interpreters in-! formed Long's office the message con tained Greek, Yiddish and Turkish words, and was translated as follows: "Quit stalling around and send Moor Ar. In my opinion now ia the time to strike. Send Ar here Instead of Portland. Less danger suspicion. (Signed) Ml FN." The package was postmarked Med ford, Ore., and contained a portion of the Medford Mall Tribune, dated Feb ruary 3. Investigators said they did not be lieve the note waa directed to Senator Long because hsd the bomb exploded the paper probably would have been destroyed. The piece of paper on which the note was written was wrapped about four "dead" matches, and investiga tors said they believed this was to serve as a coll In conducting a apark. A small bottle, which was broken when the bomb was received, was examined by agriculture department chemists who said they were unable to determine what It had contained but were satisfied it was not nitro glycerine. The bomb was returned to the postoffice department where Inspec tors sought to learn the Identity of the sender. Senator Long, who was In Tork when the bomb arrived, expected at the capital today. New was The February 3rd Issue of the Mall Tribune contains a lead story under Bacon Rouge, La., date line stating that "Huey P. Long today postponed indefinitely his 'murder plot' inquiry after hearing a wit ness testify as high as 920.000 had been offered for Long's bead." Medford postoffice officials were unable to throw any light whatever upon the package which, according to Washington, D. C, investigators, bore a Medford, Ore., postmark. It la expected that postal special agents will make an investigation here but what clues, if any they may have upon which to work, are undivulged. 4 PASSES, AGED 82 Mrs. Rowena Bonney. 82, mother of Frank Bonney of Bonney's Orllt north of here, passed away at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Maud Scott In Woodburn, Ore., last night. Mrs. Bonney la an old time resi dent of southern Oregon, and leaves a host of relatives and friends In Medford. Interment will be Thurs day from Mrs. Scott's home in Wood burn. MS BIG SAVING McMINNVILLE. Ore.. Feb. 19 fAP) Oregon will have two million dot- ilsrs with which to match federal road money if the state highway commission can save as much this yenr as lt did last. R. H. Baldock, state highway engi neer, last night told members of the West Side Highway sstociatlon of the economies and savings effected by the commission In 1934. The commission, he said, ssved more than $1,250,000 last year "and expects the Income to exceed ex penditures thia year." 10 Tn fc-Vt r1 M sitters s ssor 1 at Ion . Ti,nt bT Milton Coe. president ;of tne or(tni?.atlon. ( -j- miln speaker of the evening wn b w a. "Bill" Ostes. and after 'the program a new .:retary-treasurer ! wju be elert-d to fill the unexpired ! term of Frsnla Nfff. ho left rerent- ; r Tory for hi dea-re Ht the lint- ritr. A1 men lesrhers in the Held In Kidnaping: Jew Poyle (top and Edna Murray (bottom), known as the "kissing ban dit,' were arrested In Pittsburgh. Has., and were analtlnr, action on a federal charge of conspiring In the Bremer kidnaping at St. Paul. (Asso ciated Press Photo.) BANKERS SEE LITTLE EFFECT !N MEDFORD Local banking authorities were agreed today that while having prac tically no effect In Medford, so far away from the nation's banking cen ters, Hhe gold clause decision hand ed down by the supreme court yes terday will undoubtedly have a good moral effect In restoring corffldence to the people of the United States. President E. H. Harder, of the First National bank here, today stated that the ruling will remove the last barrier to confidence In this country, and will result in a type of credit Inflation, in which the banking Institutions will have less fear In lending, and the people less fear in borrowing money. Other than that, he said that the clpf te would have no particular effect In this city. Fred Wahl, cashier of the Farmer's and Fruitgrower's bank, asserted the same thing, stressing the point of the morsl effect of increased confi dence, as did Geo. T. Frey, of the Medford National bank. JAS. W.CLARK OF James W. Clark, a resident of Gold Hill for the past 22 years, passed away In that city at 4:30 Tuesday morning at the age of 78. Mr. Clark was born In Illinois August 14, 1856. He leaves four daughters, Mrs. Carl Carman of Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. William Powell. Saratoga, Wyoming: Mrs. Clyde Walker and Mr. George Hammeraley of Oold Hill. Also 14 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted by Conger Funeral Parlors at the Rock Point cemetery at 2:00 p.m. Thursday with Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Interment will he be side his wife who psssed away In March, 1933. 4 GAS BRANCH CHIEFS Assistant managers of the Rose burg, Ashland and Orants Ps brsnches of the Southern Oregon Clsa corporation have been called to the local offices this evening. It was an- i nouived, to confer with J. B. Brault. 'general manager, regarding the es jpanaion program. Tnone who will attend sr Al Parr of Ashland, T A. Anieraon, Jr.. of Osnta Pass. M. R. Brown of Rn- 'btjrg. atl district managers, and Har- . old Wilson of Medford, service man- I ager. During the meeting the interests of the compsny In serving ea"h lo 'rslity will be discussed and plans will be ttikfn up'in connection with the new petrMeum na'ural gas pro- 1 5 1 V -aa. ' k (J GOLD HILL DIES $192,000,000 FOR L E Largest Spending Program; in 15 Years Submitted Air Corps Given Big In crease to Aid Expansion WASHINGTON. Feb? 19. -(AP) The largest military spending pro gram In 15 years was started through congress today. The house appropriations commit tee wrote Its okeh upon expenditure of $318,131,482 by the army during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. It told the war department It might pledge an additional A7.686.7A3 for airplanes. The total recommended was 48.816,648 more than for the 1935 appropriations. The committee said It stood ready to provide additional funds If Pres ident Roosevelt takes advantage of the authority the bill gives him to increase the army's strength from 118.750 to 166,000 men. Far Over Former Budgets Taking the navy Into account, the committees report said, the 1936 budget for national defense Is ap proximately 100,000.000 In excess of the largest regular annual appropri ations made for national defense since the enactment of the budget law in 1921, The commlttee'a action on the navy supply bill haa not yet been reported, but the budget ap proved by the president railed for $792,000,000 for the two military branches. The committee boosted the war department's military allowance $672, 205 over budget recommendations. (Continued on Pnge Eight) GAS COMPANY HEADS 10 D. E. Tork, vice president of the Southern Oregon Oas corporation . returned to Medford yesterday from Portland. Mr, York, who resides In San Francisco, is in southern Ore1 gon in the interests of petroleum natural gas which la to be Installed In the four cities now served by the Southern Oregon Gas corporation with manufactured gas. Construction work on the new project will pro ceed under his direction. The business trip which Mr. York Just completed, began February 8th. when he accompanied J. A. Ward, president of the company, and J B. Brauli, general manager to Salem, Seattle and back to Portland, where Mr. Ward was taken HI with a severe cold and assigned to bed by the at tending physician. Mr. York remained with Mr, Ward In Portland, while Mr. Brault re turned by train Thursday to resume his duties In the main offices here. He reports Mr. Ward's condition Im proving but states that It will be necessary for the official to return to his horn In Ssn Francisco to rest and convalesce. Mr. York will take up his work In the vicinity Immediately In prep aration for the new gas project. It Is his Intention to movo his con struction headquarters to Ashlsnd at once, where operations will proceed upon the construction work plan ned. O. Davles, the company engineer, will accompany him to the Ashland offices of the Southern Oregon Gaa corporation, where they win make their headquarters until the Instal lation has been completed. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. (AP) Operations of the Hammond Lum ber company mill at Mill City, Ore., will be curtailed at once. George B. McLeod, company mansger told the Associated Press last night. Execution Witness Says Women Died Bravely Br Rudolf Josten J f ore dawn within the courtyard of Associated Press Foreign Staff the grim old prison. The night was (Copyright, 1933, by the Associated ! pitch black but the seen was lllum- Press) BERLIN, Feb. 19. fAP) Benlta Von Falkenhayn and Renate Von Nat7.mer went to the executioners' block In Ploetwnses prison with more outward calm and bravery than any men within the memory of prison authorities. An absolutely reliable description of their beheading, yesterday, kept secret by the government, was given to the Associated Press todav by a men who waa there and witnessed every step of the procedure. First and foremost, he praised the upright bearing and composure of the two Oerman women who paid with their ltea for their revelations to a foreign government of Oermany's military a' ret. This Is hi story: loo uccuuoa wh (wium64 Lt. Governor Owes Existence to Lack Of Birth Control OLYMTIA. Wash., Feb. 19 ( AP) Lt. Gov. Victor A. Meyers es corted his 84-year-old mother to the rostrum of the Washington state senate, over which he pre sides. He aested his mother beside htm and turned to the members. "As the next to the youngest of 16 children." said he, "I wouldn't be here today If my parents had known anything about what we were discussing last week the birth control bill.' E, ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb. 10. (AP) A plan to bring canned tomato products under the provisions of the! Oregon-Washington melon- tomato code, with a prospect of more than doubling the output of canneries in the two states, is under considera tion by the Canners' association and the Joint melon-tomato control board, according to C. Wesley Wil liams of this city, treasurer of the board.. Average consumption of csnned tomato products in the two states amounts to 500,000 cases annually, Mr. Williams reports, while produc tion cf Oregon and Washington can neries averages only about 100.000 cases per year. Canned tomato products. It Is re ported, are Imported by Pacific north west Jobbers prlnclpslly from Mary land. Utah and California, where : cannery waes ranging from 8 to 13 cents per hour give much lower can ning cost, than in Oregon ana Washington where the labor laws establish a minimum wage of 37 V cents per hour for cannery workers. The melon-tomsto control board of the two states. Mr. Williams says, has proposed to the Canners' asso ciation that all tomato products be brought under the code and that minimum price to retailers be es tablished to provide a fair return to growers, with reasonable profits to canners. Jobbers and transportation agencies. An assessment on all canned to mato producta sold In the two states, Including those brought In from other states, would be need for an Advertising campaign to promote the consumption of the northwest pro ducts. A conference to arrange final de tails Is to be held prior to March IS. Mr. Williams reports. TO SALEM CONCLAVE County Judge Earl B. Day left yesteday for Salem where he was called to confer with other county Judges of the state, and legislative leaders on pending legislation. af fecttng public lands and the old age pension. The land laws under con sideration would arrange details for marginal land settlement In connec tion with federal rehabilitation plans, The old age pension law. would provide a source of revenue for pay ment of the pensions, and remove some of the burden from the coun ties. The old age pension law, as first passed, provided for the pensions but made no provisions for funds to psy them, discommoding the counties seriously. Dr. R. W. Sieeter announced today that his or rices in the Medford build ing are being moved, from room 202 to room 219. The new location la In the rear of the building, and la being equipped with new instruments. Dr. sieeter said. The new offices will be open tomorrow Inated brightly with floodlights, The execution of both women took only six minutes. "Frau Von Falkenhayn, said the tyewttness, "was the first to be exe cuted. When she was led Into the j lights that illuminated the court yard of the prison, she wslked first to the improvised stand for the Jury which was witnessing the affair. "Her hands were chained to her bak. She stood there and heard once more the verdict of death read aloud by the state prosecutor. "Bowing before a crucifix on a table, dimly lit by tall wax candles. the prosecutor surrendered Frau Von Falkenhayn to the executioner with the words; LONG RESPITE BY APPEAUNG CASE Open Break With Reilly Near As Result of Attorney's Desire Delay Appeal Pro cedureShowdown Aim TRENTON, N. J., Teh. J9.(AP) Bruno Richard Hauptmann's appeal from a conviction of murder of the Lindbergh baby today was thrown into the state's highest tribunal, the court of errors and appeals. Chancellor Luther A. Campbell de nied the application of defense coun sel for an appeal to the supreme court which automatically places the case before the higher court. The appeal will probably be heard at the next term of the court which starts May 31. Respite From Death Today's action means Hauptmann will have a respite from the death sentence until sometime In Septem ber or October, as a further appeal to the court of pardons can be made If the court of errors and appeals up holds his conviction. Justice Thomas W. Trenchavd granted the application of Haupt mann. to require New Jersey to pay the coat of printing the trial record for appeal purposes. Hauptmann's attorneys, C. Lloyd Fisher and Frederick A. Pope, won their first appellate move during a 20 (Continued on Page Eight) 4- AGENT 1ES1ES WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. (AP) Wade Crawford, superintendent of the Klamath reservation In Oregon, told an Investigating sub-committee of the house Indian affair commit tee today that green timber had been felled on the reservation In violation of the law. Crawford is the first Indian to be come superintendent of the agency. Ben Mitchell, delegate of the tribe, haa asked for the superintendent's removal. Under an act of congress timber sales on the Klamath reservation must be approved by the Klamath Indian general council. TO DATE IN COUNTY To date, 404 dog licenses have been Issued by the county clerk for the coming year. Final date for pro curement of licenses Is March 1, when the county court has announc ed lt will start a round-up of un licensed dogs In city and country districts. It la estimated there are 2200 dogs In Jackson county. To aid citizens. Chief of Police Talent of Ashland has been deputized for the Issuance of dog licenses, and residents of that city may procure them, without the necessity of a trip to the court house. SANTA MONICA, Cut., Feb. 18. See by today 's papers Mr. Townsend appeurcd before the senate committed ami they bad a lot of Cnn and laughter nt his plan. Well, they cun have some fun with the amount, but they can't have much fun with the idea of paying a pension. You see, it's not just some idealistic crank's or bolshevistic idea. All the rest of the world are doing it but us We thought we had a better idea. We called it a "poor farm," and everybody that could afford it or had any po litical influence put their oh! relatives there. Now Townsend may have t" take only 25 or 15 per cent, of his original idea, but the Bcna tors are nnt going to laugh themselves out of paying a pension.