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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 .
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