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The Weath.r t-oreeau: Cloudy, unsettled Sundaj; Monday, cooler. Temperature: i Highest yesterday - o Lowest jeterday . 43 MEBFORD Mail 1MBUNE AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1934 Thirtieth Year BEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL It, 1935. No. 19. By Paul Mallon Copyrlpht, 1935, by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, April 13. When ever silver comea In contact vlth a politician, a chemical reaction takes place in now. The pollttcos here handle gold or wheat issue a coolly as If they were hand ling a sack of po t a toes, But, whenever the sil ver iue get near them, they are transformed into whirling prophet of an ecstatic realm of grotesque exag PAUL MALLON it &v "5 gerations. This was what happened again on the latest sliver action by the treas ury, t was advertised In some quar ters aa a step to boost commodity prices. Also as a move toward Infla tion. None of the responsible govern ment officials said such things out - loud. But they did drop hints In quarters which would give these In terpretations the widest circulation. The simple truth seems to be that the treasury had to boost the price i of silver again to keep above the f world price. It waa an automatic step, required when the world price passed above the domestic price. And the reason why the domestic price must always be kept above the world price Is that the silver senators would raise glory halleluiah if it wasn't. That la the whole story In a paragraph. The only commodity price which will be Increased is that of silver. - The only Inflation which will be caused is In the chests of silver aenators and in the pockets of the speculators who have been shrewdly buvlng abroad. Those who are neither politicos nor silver! tea now see certain future pro babilities more clearly. The most Important ona ts thnt the next time the world price goes above the domestic price, President Roosevelt will hike the ante again. When that will be, no one can tell, except Mr. Roosevelt. He controls the world price as well aa the domes tic price because he la the biggest purchaser In the world market. It wa he who forced bis own hand this . time by actively buying world silver and bidding the- world price up over 64 cents an ounce. Now he can buy and bid up the world price again over his new 71-cent price, hike the do mestic price again and work himself up to (1.29 an ounce. It seems to be ft new kind of new deal card game, In which Mr. Roose velt plays all the hands and geta the only peek at the kitty besides. From these facts, you may conclude that the best way to get rich 1& to take your relief check and buy silver In Montreal. It looks like easy money, but there are several unknown fac tors. The main one la Mr. Roosevelt. While he Is committed to a silver price of $1.29. he can take 50 or 100 years to arrive at It, which would be too long for most speculators to wait. During the last sixteen months he haa raised silver from 45 cents to 71 cents, but you cannot accept that speed aa any Indication for the fu ture. Furthermore, he could turn around tomorrow and devalue the sli ver dollar commensurate with the pold dollar and" cause the world price of sliver to go down. No one expects (him to do that, because he has gone too far to back out that way profit ably. What the brst authorities here jrutss Is that he may hike the price once or twice more, possibly aometlmc next year, because that Is a political campaign year. After that, he may not care what the silver senators say. This, of course. Is purely an expert curw, based on the way the thing :iRR gone thus far. There are other ramifications, ex tending all the way to China. The A Chinese have suffered from our pur ehars of world silver, which have de pleted tetr silver currency backing. Further ptv'?es will deplete It still more. For this reason, the insiders here re now talking about the prospects cf an international loan to China. Sums around $100,000,000 are be In mentions, with Oreat Britain, and perhaps Prance, taking a share. A pecutlsr angle of this silver busl nes is that the treasury haa recently ien minting more silver dollars. It d-e not need them, because it has more than $500,000,000 of cartwheels now In It aults. Nevertheless. It minted about t3.5O0.0OO more last Tsr. Some more were minted the othrr dsy at San Francisco. It ts a 'err economical pastime, costing only ne cnt for each silver dollar. Tou may have noticed that the quarterback handed the labor ball a days aso to Madame Half-bak Pp'Vina. Sh has been sitting on the valines for many months, while Fullback Richbers haa been running tiic labor plsys (Continued on Page Eight) .r1 OrHt.tr ttm f-.M F.M. April 13 i APi Franks Ni,vn of Grant hlKh srliool. Port ni, 'm adjudged winner of the ex-'"Tirw-ir(noii uDa-ting contest, and Raranelll of Psrkroe high won in the int-rpre-stivr speakir.s con- : ,h Worn, annual forrn..c virn.rw.nt wh-.n, I -- i a: Wilis- h'.eu university or tooi.Ut. STATE 10 INVOKE NEW LI AGIST RELIEF 'CIISELER' Widespread Falsification Of Incomes To Be Curbed With Jail Terms, Fines Indigents Must Raise Gardens, Do Odd Jobs. PORTLAND, Ore., April 13. AP) A warning that any persona making a false statement for the purpose of obtaining relief through any Oregon relief agency la subject to fine and Imprlsoment was Issued today by the state relief administration. A law passed by the last legisla ture, providing a maximum fine of 100 or a Jail sentence not to exceed 60 days, or both, becomes effective at once, it waa announced. Widespread falsification of Incomes and other pertinent Information has been practiced in Oregon by persons seeking relief. It waa stated. Relief agencies previously were handicapped because there were no penalties for such falsification. The administration said the new law will enable more efficient hand ling of relief cases. To clear any misunderstanding re garding budgets, the plan for each family assures coverage of minimum basic needs. Case workers determine needs for current months and from this budget Is deducted the certain income a family will have on work relief projects or other work where the income may be augmented, It was explained. Other means of tightening down to preserve available relief funds for deserving Indigents was a recent or : der that relief client this year will be required to put In subsistence gardens where lota or parts of lota are available for planting. The relief administration expects those on relief rolls to do all they can toward their own support by rais ing gardens or securing other odd jobs. Married Women Barred SALEM, April 13. (AP) Married women whose husbands earn plenty to support their family will soon be excluded from those hired on the state navroll. Carl Cover, as sistant state budget director, nounced. He stated further that those wo men whoso husbands - were not earning enough to provide for their support would be retained. It waa expected the new policy would be placed In effect immed iately upon the return of Budget Director D. O. Hood next Monday. Cover said it had not been de cided whether the rule would apply to state institutions, since superin tendents of some of the institutions contended that married couples gave the beat service. A bill designed to eliminate mar ried women from the state payroll was Introduced at the last legislature by Representative Bull, but waa de feated. REJECT TAX FOR 1 HOLDERS PORTLAND, Ore.. April 13. (AP) A proposal that young Democrats who secure city, atate or federal Jobs give 1 per cent of their earnings to the Yoiinc Democratic League of Oregon was emphatically rejected tonight at the league's convention here. Clasps of surprise greeted the meas ure when It was read without warn ing from the convention floor. The proposal finally found a few champions who said anyone who gets a public Job a a result of his party loyalty should be grateful enough to contribute to keep the party In power. More patronage Is sought by the Young Democrats. Opponents decried the plan as a clear case of "buying patronage. a was voted down almost unanimously. The young Bourbons decided to hold their 1936 convention In Salem. U S. Bvirt of Corvallls was elected state president after Nadle Strayer of Baker challenged his cBndidscy from the floor by declaring he could not meet the age requirement of 40 years. Records showing that he was 40 years old were accepted. He succeeds R. n-irni Steven, of Portland. Governor Charles H. Martin, who headed the list of Democratic gslns In the last general election, urged In the morning session that all young cltlrens talus an Interest In politics. H. even urged that those who did not want to become Young Democrats become Youpg Republicans. Admitted Slaer Simtenred .ui P";' Tt"Z":"u here had not been re- mer today tor a . :an, his Innocence. I nher.it f hlrf WmnrrA POHTLAND. O-e. April 13. (API -Burt Brown Barker of Portland. .ire-Dresldent of the University of Oreson. was pp" ran Bir " '" " the Nstlonal fdowmern eommltt ,ep-e.en-.nr the bar association, it MI XMl- Sales of Twin Baby Buggies Show Gain, One-Tot Type Lags NEW YORK, April 11. (API The Assocatlon of Baby Carriage Dealers has received a report that, while sales of ordinary carriages showed some decrease, there la an extraordinary demand for twin perambulators. Paul Klepper, pres ident of the organization, suggest ed It might Indicate "the Influ ence of the new deal on produc tion." New carriages, Incidentally, are streamlined. E COIILLOUSTEO Action No Reflection On Conduct Of Office, But For Economy Com mission Votes Change. PORTLAND. Ore.. April 13. Abolition of the post of state game engineer wag voted today by the Ore gon state game commission at executive session here. The action which becomes Imme diately effective waa in interests of economy and no reflection on Ralph P Cowghlll who held the post the I past seven years, It waa stated. j "Engineers will be hired to do the work as It comes up," aaid Frank B. Wire, game supervisor. Dexter Rice, chairman of the new commission, announced the appoint ment of Charles Lock wood aa assist ant game supervisor. He haa been with the department aa a field man for a year. Installation by state auditors of a simple bookkeeping system for the commission wa voted on motion of Lew Wallace, commlsaion member. Similar action was taken recently by the liquor control commission. PORTLAND. Ore., April 13. () The unwanted bill of $156.66 for en tertainment of delegate to the wet era same conference here last July popped up again at today's meeting here of the state game commission, The old commission paid the bill from mergency funds but the aecre tary of state's office refused to re imburse the commission, contend ing the expenditure was not legal. The commission instructed Game Supervisor Prank B. Wire to confer with the secretary of state and deter mine how the matter can be settled. Wire said he felt the money was well spent and for legitimate Item. None wa spent for whiskey as pub licly charged, he declared, presenting an It! mi zed bill for proof. E- IS STILL UNSETTLED LONOVIEW. Wash., April 13. i'Pi Longvlew's one-man strike Contin ued In full force today as Bruce Hensley, radio operator aboard the S. S. Hanley. maintained his picket line at the Weyerhauser Timber com pany dock gate. "It's not a one-man strike." re plied Hensley to a request to pose for a picture. All of the operator of the Weyer hauser line are protesting. The com pany verbally agreed to raise our wages and they have not lived up to It. I went on strike Monday and when t didn't seem to be getting anywhere I started picketing." Because of Hensley's picket line, more than 80 longshoremen who hare been loading the Hanley since Mon day, refused to work and Hensley said the ship's crew la Just standing by waiting orders from the union. The ship will neither sail nor finish loading without a union wireless man aboard. Hensley said. A modest, likeable chap. Henaley calmly stands his ground, beside the gates of the great Industrial plant He considered hi situation anything hut a Joke. WINNIPKO. April 13. (API Royal Canadian Mounted Police here today doubted "very much" whether wheat smuggling on a large scale was at to quested by the U. S. customs official wheat serosa the border at midwest I pointa. and knew nothing of any nirrent movement, t Some mnnth azo. however. U. -t poli- made a drive on alleged wheat Ismucfflers. which resulted in several onvlrtion. chiefly in the Bt. Paul. 'Jsfisn ares. Unconfirmed reports were current here ia.st trimmer the practice fti to bring p1e into Csnsda and inysfwie lata lor wheal. CANADIAN WHEAT SMUGGLING AIRED T Colonization Plan Under Federal Authority Asked j For Crescent City Project Presented Relief Chiefs WASHINGTON, April 13 (AP) A colon! ration and development plan for Crescent City, Cal., to cost about $10,000,000, and offering a fair haven to the refugees from the parched drought area of the northwest, ha been suggested to the federal relief administration. The program would Include com pletion of the Oregon-California Coast railway between Grant Pass. Ore., 1 and Crescent City, and development of the natural harbor in the latter city. Establishment of some kind of a federal authority similar to that now developing the Tennessee valley waa suggested for the control of the rail road, the harbor and the admlnlsra tion of the colonization work. The plan was laid before the relief administration Friday by Richard D. Daniels, Washington, D. C attorney, who is representing the Redwood em pire. Daniels said he presented the matter to Col. Lawrence Weatbrook, head of the rural rehabilitation pro gram, rather 'than to the public works administration, because It ap peared to fit In better with relief plans. Under the relief program, tammea from the drought areas or from sub marginal land could find new homes In great numbers In the fertile val leys the development would open. Representative Lea, California Dem ocrat, said he foresaw the time when Crescent City would be the western te minus of a transcontinental rail line, with a deep water harbor serv ing the vast Inland area of southern Oregon, northern California and Ida ho. There la now, he aaid, no good outlet for the products of this re gion. Daniels said: "This area Is rich In mineral, timber and agricultural lands, and without doubt It would be aelf-llquldattng In addition to pro viding for the rehabilitation of thou aands." He mentioned that In past years established railroads had generally opposed completion of the Grants Pass-Crescent City link, but that all opposition now has been withdrawn. Daniels suggested that unified de velopment of both the harbor and the proposed railroad, In connection with a rural rehabilitation program, would create much employment for the needy families who would placed on the home project. be AT EUGENE MEET EUGENE. April 13. UPi The snap py Burn high school band took first honors In the claas "D" contest of the Uth annual high school band contest, held Prlday and Saturday at the University of Oregon. Santa Clara wa a close competitor of the win ners, shd received the rating of "su perlor." M. L. Bullard la director of the winning group, and Douglas Orme of Santa Clara. Three bands were rated equally fo: the "excellent" group. They are Ar Ungton. Clyde Simpson, director Heppner, directed by Harold W. Buh man, and Moro, directed by Clyde Simpson. Drain, directeed by M. L. Blackwcll. waa given a rating of "good." La Orande high school band, dl- lecteed by Andrew Loney. Jr., was awarded first place In the class "B" contest, held Saturday forenoon. Su perior rating waa given to the bands from Oregon City and West Linn. Qresham high and Medford were classed as excellent while the bands from The Dalles and Woodraw Wll ron Junior high of Eugene were classed as good. 4 STAGES REUNION PT.EMINGTON. N. J . April 13. !Pi The twelve plain folic of Hunterdon county who fixed the death penslt7 for Bruno Richard Hauptmann In .he Lindbergh Jtidnaplwr case, met senin tonlj?ht In restive mood exact 1 two months after their momen tua decision. In a spirit of gaiety sharply con trasting mith the timorous aolemnltj attending their announcement of th conviction the niht of Feb. 13, the Juror assembled for an "anniversary" dinner. The reunion took prf in the Union hotel, country hoatWry dtrcctJy oppoait the court house, where they wre quartered in virtual imprison ment during tha sla week of Haupt mann's trial. The affair mark the effort of the four womn and e:ht j men to make permanent their trla: asaouatioa bjr orjsa)nnal meeUi. EDEN CONFERS WITH RboilAN CHIEF if asCCSS Capt. Anthony Eden, Great Britain's young diplomat, 1$ shown dur. Ing his recent conference with I. V. Stalin of RussU on means of main taining peace In Europe, They are shown In the study of V. M. Molotov in the Kremlin in Moscow. Left to right: Eden, Stalin, Molo tov, I. Maiskl, Soviet ambassador to Great Britain; Lord Chllston. British ambassador to Moscow and Maxim Lltvinoff, Soviet commissar for forelan affairs. (Associated Press Phot E CUTTOlNIh1 House Debates Social Se curity Plans President Studies Relief Needs Long Session Predicted. W ASHI NGTON, April 13 . (P) One senate committee met today and the house debated the social security bill but for the most part congress and officialdom were preparing for the future. Amid the patter of debate, the house moved toward the time for balloting on proposed amendments to the security program, among them the Townsend old ae pension meas ure. Hlf way through it 20 hours of discussion on the security measure, the house was told that the Town send plan's pension had been whit tled down from 200 a month to $50 for citizens over 60 years of age. The opposition claimed the revis ion downward waa proof of the soundness of Us position and that the Townsend plan would get only half a hundred votes. President Roosevelt continued his study of relief plana and meanwhile It was disclosed that the administra tion expected to set up a permanent national planning board to map out a program for continuing public works propect. The senate finance committee pro ceeded with lta Investigation of NRA and heard small business representa tives urge continuance of the recov ery law. William A. Hollingsworth. president of the retail tobacco dealers of Amer ica, said the retail tobacco code was drawn for the little man. Other developments: Chairman Plttman of the senate foreign relations committee predicted speedy approval of mcaaurea designed to safeguard American neutrality. After a White House conference. It wa sold legislation for additional control of "hot oil" had received President Roosevelt's approval. SPEAKER AT MEET PENDLETON. April 13. (AP) Pull time county health units and making the public health conscious were the major points discussed by the OreRon Tuberculosis aMOclatlon in the clos ing day of the annual session here with over 100 delegates registered. The need for more health nursca over the atate was stressed by offi cial who described condition In their various counties. Dr. C. I. Drummond. Jackson county, and Dr. James Campbell. Douglas county, discussed the aucceas of health organlratlona In their sec tions. HUEY AIDE SUES TO TIE UP NEW ORLEANS, April IS. 7P, Oovernor O K. Allen, political all7 of Senator H-iey p. Lon. today filed suit In civil district court seeking to prevent Mayor T. Semmes Walma ley and members of the sewerage and water board from spending; 1.800. 000 of public works administration funn deposited in New Orleans banks for publt? improvement. The suit asked that the mayor, the board and the banks be restrain ed from usinfi the money on the con tention thst the eilstln board wn Ahol:h"d bv sn s't of th l.jlalaturr which. at up nc board. III ON COAST FACES ST1EPR0SPECT Loggers And Mill Workers In Five States Ask More Pay 75,000 Affected By Feared Move. SEATTLE, April 13. (AP) The dark gloom of & paralyzing strike In the lumber Industry of five west ern state Increased here today with the return of Charles W. Hope, director of the regional labor board, after an "opinion sounding" tour. His prediction la that the threat ened strike of loggers and lumber mill worker Is "more critical and far-reaching than last ycar'a long shore strike." 1 Demands of the ' 75.000 lumber workers, Hope snld. Are for 30 hour week. Increase in the mini mum wage standard from 45 to 7o cents an hour and pay of time and a half for overtime. The regional director toured the state of Washington, parts of Ore gon and northern Idaho and re ceived reports from the other states concerned, Montana and California. The result of his findings waa air mailed to officials In Washington, D. C. Employers have Indicated, he said. they will not accede to the demand and are contemplating cloalng mill, "unless a happy medium a to the demando 1 reached." Recently, Walter B. Nottleton, lumber company official, stated that such & strike might be a "boon" to the Industry by "giving it a rest and preventing overproduction." No lumber authority today would com ment on Nettlcton'a statement. Portland locnls of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union have gone on record to strike May 6, and eevcrAl hundred employes In six Olympla. Wash., mil la yestierday served notice of strike plans. Tim ber and sawmill workers of Ho qulam. Wash., will meet operators there tomorrow to confer on wages and hours. First rumora of the threatened strike were heard about three weeks ago. OREOON: Oeneralty fair flunday and Monday but unsettled south por tion; cooler; moderate northwest wind off the coast. SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. AP) OMtlnok for period April 15 to 20. inclusive: The outlook In the far western states for the coming week is for temperatures near or below normal and considerable cloudiness. There will be local rains at the beginning of the week In California, and later In the week in Washington and Ore gon. 4 TEXTILE INDUSTRY ATLANTA, Oa . April J3 (AP) Warning textile manufacturers "some thing more extreme "may come" If opponenta of the agricultural ad justment pr'tgrnm surced in dentroy Ing It. Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace todny reinteratrd the processing la on cotton will continue. Th secretary, here for two ad d reuse h. a poke to farmer frnm Oeor. j gta and surrounding staten at Wesley I Memorial church and auditorium late : In thr dy nd d'llvrd a Jttlcrson j day spcecii at th am plat. CLOUDY DAYS AND RAIN PREDICTED Rich, Plump Widow Ordered to Fulfill a Weighty Promise Norrlstown, Pa., April IS (AP) William Penn Lodse. athletic Instructor, hu a S30.000 gymna sium aa a reward lor reducing a woman', weight from 400 to 240 pound. Judge J. Burnett Holland awarded him the gym, upholding a verbal promise whlfh todge aaid Mrs. Eliza Jarman Tetlow. wealthy widow, made In gratitude before her death In 1031. OF LAND IS REST, OF Oregon Solon Figures All Would Benefit By June Adjournment, And Cur tailment Of Measures By President. WASH1NOTON, April 18. (API Contending that the first three and half montha of the present congres sional session have aeen only one really major measure enacted, senate Republican leaders asserted today that unless the administration pro gram It sharply curtailed congress will b here all summer. While the houae prepred to vote next week on administration bill No. a, the social security measure, and the senate pondered which of three bill to tackle. Senator McNary, Repuou can leader, expressed thla view: Congress could quit by mid-June If all but the social security. NRA ex tension, bonus and appropriation bill were scrapped. "If this rather hasty outline were pursued," the Oregon senator added "It 1 my Judgment that congress can conclude Its work by th middle of June. What the country need more than anything else la rest, re assurance and restoration of confl dence. All would profit by this happy eventuality, Including the adminis tration." Democratic leader reported thl week that President Roosevelt wanted the remainder of the program carried out, Including many measure not mentioned by McNary. They also said the executive waa satisfied with pro gress made to date. Despite these reports, these ap peared a rather general feeling on Capitol Hill that If only the NRA and social security bills get through, there will be little disappointment over results among th Democrat. McNary said It waa bis opinion at the start of the session that adjourn ment would come about mld-Jun. "And I still adhere to that view provided President Roosevelt curtail hi announced legislation program, h said. P.D.R. TALK OVER PLANS FOR 1936 WASHINGTON. April 13. (AP) An assertion . that Republican chancea for the presidency In 1938 are Improving, but varying views aa to how they should be capital ized, today emerged from brief and Informal political parley here be tween Colonel Frank Knox. Chi cago publisher, and Republican sen a tors. , Put forward by some senators as a possible presidential candidate against Frank! In D. Roosevelt next year, Colonel Knox first called on Senator Borah of Idaho, who want the party reorganised with new principles and leaders. He then spent another ten minute in the office of Senator Capper of Kan sas. The conferences coincided, but had no connection, with a fresh assault on the administration by Senator Hastlnga (R., Del.). He challenged what he aaid were Dem ocratic claims that Roosevelt pi at form promlsea had been fulfilled He asserted the people were "awak ening to thla perfidy" and a year from next November would "account In their own way for the deception practiced upon them. The spurt of Republican activity recalled recent report that Her bert Hoover might be planning to play a prominent role In grooming the O. O. P. for 1030. One Repuo llcan senator asserted privately ha understood the former prealdent felt he could stage a comeback as Qro' ver Cleveland did under somewhat similar economic circumstance in the nineties. Rare Mill Killed ALBANY, N. Y,, April 13. AP) The senate today killed a bill for constitutional amendment to legalist parl-mutuel betting. Th vota wat 19 to 31. tank Hill tllht lmm. WABHINOTON, April IS. ( AP) A harp congressional conflict over the omnlbu banking bill, in wnicn th rtmlnlstrstlon news today were variously represented, tonight threatened to grow Into one of the major battle of to ouloa. Italy, France, And England In Full Accord At Stresa Conference France Pledges Cordiality To Germany. STRESA. April IS. OfV-Ttaly. France and Fn gland closed tonight their history-making conference, as serting they had reached full agree ment on ways to save Europe from war. Th tirl-power parley wa called af ter Adolf Hitler's dramatis decision to rearm the relch which Franc. 1b an appeal to the leagu of nation, cellared perilous to pec. For the first time sine th Pari peace conference the heads of th three great western Europe power Benito Mussolini of Italy, Plerre Etlenne Flandin of France, Ramsay MacDonald of England met face-to- face to talk, over Europe' prospects of peace. After 18 busy hours at the eon. ference table, there were the authori tatively reported results: 1. A German offer to enter aa eastern non-aggresnlon pact provid ed ahe Is exempt from any mutual military assistance clause. 3. Decision to call Danublan na tions Into conference at Rome May 20 to discus ways of keeping little Austria Independent. 3. United support for France's ap peal to Geneva against Germany' treaty violation In rearming. 4. Approve! of the principle of an air pact for immediate aerial assist ance against an aggressor In western Europe. 5. Approval of Austrian, Hungarian and Bulgarian rearmament to some degree yet unspecified. The conferees also were reported agreed, although official confirma tion waa lacking, on: 1. A general European conference after the Danublan parleys 3. A proposed easteren Mediterra nean pact Unking Italy, Greece, Tur key and Yugoslavia. Furthermore,. France agreed to often her arraignment of Germany t the league of nation council ses sion opening Monday, thla In return fo? Britain's tacit approval- of th bi lateral mutual assistance pacta she feel should reenforce any general se curity system. French and Italian delegate to the conference also found time to extend and amplify provisions of the accord Mussolini and Pierre Laval, French foreign minister, reach at Rome January 7. An I talo-French mutual assistance pact 1 virtually la It final stages. wa stated authoritatively, and thl may be extended to bring In other ttln nation. Later an agree ment for friendship and consultation between the Latin bloc and Great Britain la envisaged. COAST LEADS IN PORTLAND, Or., April 1J.- W. D. Flander, field director for th flral hotialng admlnlitratlon, said today that th Fictile coast division 1 leading In carrying out th na tional housing program. Flander and hi party who rr her to confer with local and tat housing officials, visited BonMvill dam n th Columbia river today and left tonight for statue, Wah, for a conference with housing offlcl) here. A general feeling of optimism lor the euccea of the housing program prevail in Wshlngton becu of sn Increasing public response, Flan ders said. BEVKRLT HILLS, Cal., Apr. 12. Silver went up to 71 cents, so the paper any, which don't mpnn much to all of us, tor i doubt if we knew what it was before it went up. I guess th 70 cents was what it s worth und 1 cent tax. Down in Ktresa, Italy, the nations only met yesterday and by noon were 100 per cent in discord. Somebody suggested inviting Prussia, Germany and l'oland. It seems in mailing out the original invitations they bad overlooked them. It's awful hard for three na tions to entirely agree on how the other three will he run by them and thii is the kind of a mess that some folks wanted us into. Miriiaintt3fti . i St
