Medford Mail T
AWARDED
Pulitzer Prize
UNE
FOR 1931
Thirtieth Year
(18 Pages Two Sections)
MED FORI, OKEGOX, SUNDAY, AFRIL 28, 19:'J.".
No. 31.
The Weather
Forecast: Fair Sunday and Monday;
not much change In temperature.
Temperature:
Highest yesterday - - " 14
I -one-it yesterday M ,. 42
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By PAfL MALLON
Copyright, 1935. by Paul Mellon.
WASHINGTON. April 37. Men who
moiled for gold In Robert W. Ser
vice's Alaska were ilaales compared
with the boya
who are moiling
for allver here
now. These lads
really get whnt
they go after.
Aa an Illustra
tion, the treasury
passed around
the word a late
as five p. m. last
Wednesday that
tt waa not going
to bow to the
allver speculators
and hike Its do
PAUL MALLON
The word wn;
mestic price again.
not official but It was sufficiently
authentic to cause the press services
to write stories to that effect.
One financial Journal wired Its New
TJork office that the treasury would
not do anything about silver for at
least a week.
Exactly three hours later at 8 p.m.)
the treasury acted. It announced the
proclamation boosting the price an
other 6 cents plus.
. Considerable mystery surrounds the
reason why the treasury chnnged Its
mind. An official explanation has
been handed out off-the-record that
It waa because one press service car
ried an erroneous story, which forced
the government tc act. This excuse
does not sound very convincing un
less you can stretch your Imagination
to the point of believing that the
treasury policy is at the whim of
erroneous , news dispatches. As a
matter of fact, the obviously Inade
quate explanation has only height
ened speculation as to what the real
reason was.
It cannot be blamed on Mr. Mor
genthau. He was home munching
clams on the half shell or some simi
lar entree containing no silver lnspl
ations. And Senator "Silver Key"
Pittman was not with him.
But if any of you amateur detec
tives want to go Into Uo matter, a
good tip for you is that the key to
the silver mystery is always in Mr.
i Pittman. As the No. 1 silver moller,
ha has quietly become the mc-st In
fluential force in malting silver pol
icy. Even the treasury cannot hold
out on him.
If you could find out to whom he
talked at the White House between
five and eight p. m.. and what he sa!d
in a loud voice about the failure of
the treasury to carry out the silver
price-hiking mandate of congress,
you might have the answer to it all.
A hidden fact behind the new re
.llef program is that the pump-prlm-lng
era Is Just about over. The
Keynes theory of spending our way
into prosperity is being. In the main,
put aside.
You cen see It in the way the
public works arriluiatration is being
squeezed out of a prominent part.
The PWA was instituted on tVia
Keynes theory. Administration au
thorities are now saying privately
that the president was never thor
oughly sold on the Idea, but desired
to try It out cautiously. He Is now
supposed to be convinced it Is cum
bersome, expensive and Inefficient.
The exact situation seems to be
(that the administration Is wriggling
out of it cautiously, without say in;
no. In order thnt it may not arouse
the Keynes disciples in congress (La
FoUett. tc
The theme behind the new program
la to care primarily for the Jobless
and Incidentally to stimulate mater
ial Industries.-
The trouble with this new iieneva
tion of college students Is they have
no gentility. They are always asking
Impolite questions. For instance, a
small .Troup of unzenteel Princeton
students waa In town recently confer
ring with Government officials and
asking questions bbout government.
In a !?fMon with an able aide of
Attorney General Cummlngs, they
wanted to know:
"Has tuere been any personal bins
In the trovernment prosecution of A.
V. Mellon?
"Explain why the government
maintains 15 investigating units, al
though the Justice department Is al
wavs talking about unifying laws."
The students also questioned Emil
Hurja. chief Farley aide. He was asked
to "Justify the spoils system." Appar
ently he did a fair Job because, atter
V xard. ore student observed: "You
know, the.e are two sides
question."
to the
Justice department, lawyer will not
admit it but they are bit dubious
about the Schechfr test of the NRA
chosen by Mr. Rlchberg. Thev have
noted the way the supreme court has
dodged opportunities to pass on the
full recovery act.
In the oil cae the court confined
ftself to a specific sertton (tC) alt'no
it could have reviewed the whole
NRA. It did the same thing in the
Spleiman case, involving the New
York state recovery act, which is a
ConunuM on Page Six)
Suit rtrln Outride
PFOKVNF. Wun. April 37 (APi
Further inveptieation by poll" to
day eon "'.need them '.he suicide of
Edward B. Hlntman. 37. nvtivi-
t?d hr an lrrpei'.dlnc A-itoTotv't-"
fiamn.- suit ra.ir than domes'.::
trouble.
PLAN REBUILDING!
NORTH WING FIRE!
i
SWEPTJAPITOL
Will Be Used for Temporary
Quarters SERA to Start
Salvaging at Once Con
trol Board Acts Securi
ties Safe.
SALEM. April 37. (AP) Rehabili
tation of the north wing, first floor
portion of the burned capltol build
ing, will be attempted by the board
of control, it waa announced todsy
when it was declared these offices
might be made available for tem
porary qutrtera.
The rest of what 'was Oregon's
capltol will be razed, beginning next
week, Governor Martin said, with the
work being done by the SERA. Sal
vage of as much of the materials aa
possible waa ordered.
The north wing ground floor had
haused the secretary of state, the
state treasurer and the state land
board . The section waa damaged
considerably but it was believed feas
ible to reconstruct that portion, the
board agreed. Architects will give
estimates the first of the week.
The governor has not mentioned a
special session to consider the new
capltol building, nor has he . said
when it might be constructed. The
new quarters were rented with a
view of occupancy for "two yeara or
longer.
The report of the planning board
for the capltol building program was
expected within a month and will
be used as a basis for the new build
ing program. Federal funds may be
obtained to assist In construction,
It was declared.
SALEM, April 37. ( AP ) State
offices, now homeless as the result
of the big fire at the state capltol
Thursday night, will be scattered
from the statehouse grounds through
out the city of Salem, as the result
of the board of control action to
day.
Many of the offices had been given
full authorization to start their pro
posed settlements at once white
others were gtTen until Monday to
obtain more data and report back to
the board at its session at that
time. -r - .
The suite capltol picture. as. pre-,
sented to the board at the present
time is as follows:
The governor's office will be on
the second floor of the supreme court
building. Also on that floor will be
the purchasing department and
State Treasurer Rufus Holman's pri
vate office.
The secretary of state will be lo
cated with the motor vehicle depart
ment in the state office building, on
the first floor. The press room will
also be located on the first floor of
the office building.
SALEM,' April 27. (AP) All bonds
and securities, amounting to more
than 91, 000.000, which were In the
vault of the state treasurer, were
intact. It was tound when the vault
was opened today.
The documents were transferred to
the Ladd is Bush bank.
Fred Psulus, deputy state treas
urer, announced the interior of the
vault had not even been heated, due
largely to the streams of water which
were played upon the vault during
the capital fire Thursday night.
All records and securities of the
state treasurer therefore were saved.
SALEM. April 27. ( AP ) Governor
Martin, upon being informed of the
two fires In Albany and Corvallla
today, declared "It must be the work
of a fire-bug leaving a red trail
behind him."
The series of fires, starting with
the First Methodist church in Cor
vallla, the fires at Bend, North Bend.
Sllverton and climaxed by the burn
ing of the state capltol, makes the
matter look very suspicious, mem
bers of the board of control com
mcnted.
ALBANY, Ore.. April 27. (API-
Fanned by a dry northeast wind,
flames today destroyed the auto mo
bile display pavilion at the Linn
county fair grounds here today and
damaged a stock shed before the
lire was checked.
In the burned structure were
stored machinery and hay. The tot a'
loss waa estimated by the fire de
partment at not more than 92300.
CORVALLIS, April 27 (AP) Dim
age of between $3000 and M0O0 was
caused here early today when fire
swept through a large residence for
merly occupied by the Alpha Tau
j Omega fraternity. George Murray and
his family escaped unharmed and
most of the furniture was saved by
nearby students who discovered the
blare. The building Is owned by C.
M. Lewla of Eugene. It Is directly
across the street from the residence
of President Oeorge W. Peavy of
Oregon State college.
FLOOD PERIL AT
L
ftPOKAKV. Wash-, April 37. (API
' Tie Spokane river, fed by melting
jnows In tr.e Coeur D'Alenes. was
tK-omlng along n'ar flood s'ae todv.
M twe . "t n cry e rle-
: iy.ns truncation of bujldlnj
ion low f round.
ADVISORY BOARD DISCUSSES FUTURE OF DIRIGIBLES
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j ,i0l Ik 1
An advisory board of scientist met In Washington, D. C, to discuss the future of dirigible In aviation.
Until the board makea a report all llghter-thin-air building has been halted by the navy. Those attending
tht aesslon were, left to right: Alfred V. Da Forest, M.I.T.; R. A. MIMikin, California Tech; Stephen Time
shenko. Michigan university; Dr. W. F. Durand, Stanford; Dr. Von Karman, California Tech. and Dr.
William Hovoaard. M.l.T. Associated Press Photo)
REPORT ON STATE
RELIEyXPECTED
Findings of Quiz Body in
Hands of Governor Com
ing Week All Complaints
Investigated.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 37. pi
Nothing particularly startling will be
contained in the report of Governor
Martin's committee Investigating re
lief administration in Oregon, the
Associated Press learned from usual
ly reliable sources tonight.
The report will be made early next
week to the governor who will make
first announcement of the findings,
said Senator El win A. McCormlck,
chairman of the committee.
"We have investigated every phase
of the relief setup about .which com
plaints were "made' in our hearings
and some phase. which weren't men
tioned by witnesses." McCormlck
said.
He would not say what the find
ings would be, but said a atudy of
the finances and a study of an audit
of relief funds were made.
However it waa learned that the
report would not be sensational
enough to cause a great attr.
"Our report should be in the hands
of the governor early next week."
McCormlck said. "We have completed
our investigations and now are draft
ing the report.
Sentiment favoring an Investiga
tion of the relief setup by a 'special
committee of the legislature was
headed off by Governor Charlea H,
Martin during the last session by his
promise to name a committee of his
own to conduct the investigation.
He Instructed his committee to ro
to the bottom of every possible angle
and not merely attempt to
"white-
wash" or vindicate the
ministration.
relief ad
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BUT QUOTA CUT
PORTLAND. Aprtt 27. (API A
dispatch to the Journal from Wash
ington. D. C, today said that "al
though under the expanded CCO pro
gram the number of camps in Ore
gon will be about doubled, the
number of workers to be drawn from
Oregon will be 1.483 less than be
fore. The dispatch said that Robert
Fechner. director of conservation
work, explained that the new quota
Is based 50 per cent on population
and 60 per cent on relief needs,
throwing a heavily Increased enroll
ment to large eastern cities. Oregon's
new man quota was put at 4.200.
L THEFT
PROVIDENCE. R. I., April 27.
(API Postal lnfpecors announced
today the solution of
mail truck robbery at
Mass., last Janusrv 23.
They said that all the robbers areitlons of Washington and Oregon.
known to them, that their hide-1
away has been found and that about '
IP0O0 of the stolen money has been
recovered.
Charges have been made naming
four men. The authorities say they
I know the identity of other, but are
withholding their names until ar
res's are made. Seventeen prons
isve been arrentd.
Solution erne than M hours
after the slaying of Andrew Mrola.
"number pool" operator, car thier,
and rancher. He waa trailed for
dayi
' dence
t "
o'
by federal aff.nte and Provi-iat an itngusrd4 eiwii trwSfl,. the
de'ertlves. up to tht veryjeraek Pennsylvania flysr cleve)aaar
;,f I:?'. '.I'.ls t.ly a; 2:0C,cauj:d I".e death of five pe;jii'
sltei noon to go
his death la Wrtnt&im. Mast.
HAY QUIT JULY
1
IF
Shortening of Roosevelt Pro
gram Proposed Borah
Disagrees No Delay On
Social Security Bill.
WASHINGTON. April 27. (AP)
Optimistically seeking a July 1 ad
journment, administration leader
today pressed for swifter considera
tion, and possibly some shortening,
of President Roosevelt's legislative
program.
Temperatures that brought a rore
taste of summer heat and sent leg
islators scurrying to golf courses de
spite a senate filibuster, prompted
some Democratic leaders to advocate
curtailment by Mr. Roosevelt of a
heavy schedule of administration
bills.
' In 'line with this sentiment wtu
a 'proposition to postpone temporar
ily the revision of NRA. This would
be accomplished by continuing the
present set-up for nine months from
the expiration date of June IS and
was to be submitted to Mr. Roose
velt at the first opportunity by Sen
ator Harrison (D . Miss.).
The movement to extend the pres
ent NRA was intended to give con
gress until next March 16 to act on
It finally. It has mounted rapidly
in both the senate and house In the
last few days. Should the president
approve the temporary extension,
leaders believe it would clear the
way for other pressing admlnistra-
tive matters.
But the NRA suggestion brought
an immediate protest from senator
Borah f R., Idaho) which foresnad
owed difficulty in a general agree
ment for a temporary extension.
While there was some talk on Cap
itol Hill about delaying further
action on the house-approved social
security bill, a high ranking admin
istration senator said there was no
present design in the senate to drop
the measure. Nevertheless, some
Democrats claimed that If Mr.
Roosevelt insists upon its enacemcnt
at this session, the July 1 quitting
hope will fade away.
The log Jam was In
the senate.
where a filibuster over the antl
lynching bill tied up progress
through the week, and delayed plans
of leaders to bring up Monday the
Harrifon bonus compromise bill.
Efforts to sidetrack the antl-lynch-Ing
bill were planned by southern
Democrats again Monday. U success
ful .this would make way for the
bonus compromise and undoubtedly
keep that branch busy for another
week.
ORBOON: Fair Sunday and Mon
day: rising temperature in east por
tion preceded bv frost or freezing
temperature Sunday morning; gentle
easterly wind off the coast.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 27. fAP)
Weekly weather outlook for period
April 29 to May 4.
Far Western flutes: Fair weather
FAIR AND NORMAL
WEEK'S OUTLOOK
the l29.000jand normal temperatures, exrepi, lor
t Fll River. I frost at beginning of week over the
' nlateau region and the eastern Dor-
SAME OLD STORY
AT THE CROSSING
BfAVnt FMitl. Pi . April 3.
I (Sunday) (AP) Ploughing Into
, the middle of a CF4ed autmoblle
Wi.nortly neio-e mtt.r..ant and injuti
to ttuet others, two of f kta 1
die.
TO SEIZE ISLES
'Emergency' Action Against
British and French Pos-
sessions Near American
Shores Told Senate
Committee.
By nor;Ms R. corm-xi.
(Copyright, 1035, by Associated Press)
. WASHINGTON. April 37. ( AP)
General F. M. AndreVs, chief of the
powerful new general headquarters
air force, was revealed tonight to
have told a house committee that In
an "emergency" the United States
"must be prepared to seize" British
and French Islands near American
shores.
Appearing at a secret session of the
house military committee, the print
ed transcript of which was made
available. Andrews made hla state
ment In supporting the Wilcox air
bae bill. The measure would auth
orize a half dozen strategic army avi
ation centers.
The G. H. Q. air chief declared that
"even with Canada neutral, the en
emy has the following bases avail
able: "Newfoundlimd. St. Pierre and
Mlquelt, French Island near New
foundland:" Bermuda; the Bahama;
Jamaica; Trinidad; British Honduras,
and the Lesser Antilles.
"To Insure against air attacks be
ing launched from any of these bases
In time of emergency," he said, "thby
must be kent under surveillance to
dlacover any evidence of preparation
jDf 8Ucn bases; and we must be ready
i t0 bomb Buch installations as soon as
i tney arc discovered.
"If the situation Is sufficiently vi
tal to require it, we must be pre
pared to scire there outlying bases to
prevent their development by the
enemy as bases of operation against
us.
Andrews did not explain what he
considered an "emergency," but prior
to reciting his list of possible
"enemy" bases, declared that "with
Canada involved on the side of a hos
tile coalition, many land bases and
sheltered water bases are available."
At another point, however, he
(added that "It la not believed Can
ada, unless forced to do so, would
ever Join a coalition ag.ilnst the
United States."
EYE STRIKE DATA
LONQVIEW. Wash.. April 27.-,7Pt
The executive counrii of the new
northwest council of sawmill and
timber workera met tonight to anal
yze 200 delegates' reporta on negotia
tions with operators for higher wage
and shorter hours. '
A. W. Muir, representing the Unit
ed Brotherhood of Carpenter and
Joiners, told the Associated Press thst
at the afternoon meeting, delegates'
reports indicated that a preponder
ance of the operators in Washington.
Oregon. Idaho, northern CaJlforni
and western Montana favored arbi
tration. '
Several locals, mostly In Washing
ton, have voted to strike My fl un
less their demands are met.
Hottest April Day
Since '26; Mercury
Hits 84.4 Degrees
Old Sol beat down upon south
ern Oregon so hsrd Friday after
noon that he tipped the tem
perature to an extreme April mark
of 84 4 degrees. This Is a record
for the year 193ft, according to
the weather bureau, and also the
highest April temperature nlnce
1M8, when the mercury reached
94 on the 27th and climbed to
on the tth of the month. The
high temperature of Friday reach
ed between 4 and 6 o'clock, was
rar v equiled TeiMaT. when
the hiehet recorded was 84.
SO'iKY III
Y SM TUESDAY;
mJE II
Final Arguments to Start at
Two o'Clock Tomorrow
Rebuttal Testimony
Closed Suddenly.
PORTLAND, April 27. (API On
Monday at 2 p.m. the next phase of
the Sollnsky iraud trial will be wit
nessed In federal court.
The trial of E. c. Sollnsky. dis
charged superintendent of Crater
lake National park, came to a bid
den halt in court here Friday after
noon as the defense and state wound
up rebuttals. Federal Judge Fee said
arguments and instructions to the
Jury will start Monday, afternoon.
The case will be given to the Jury
Tuesday.
Sollnsky la on trial on a charge
that he defrauded the government
by payroll manipulation. He testi
fied that he. himself, never had
direct contact with cash paid to
I. F. Davidson, former construction
j superintendent at the park, for
building an unauthorized boat. The
government had alleged that Sollnsky
directed payroll . manipulations to
obtain money for building the noat
which uon construction became
government property.
Davidson, however, testified In re
buttal that Sollnsky counted the
money out of envelopes taken from
his desk, and made notations aa to
the condition of the "boat account.'
The government has accused So
llnsky of carrying fictitious names
on the park payroll, and with keep
ing the money thus received in a
separate account.
Sollneky'a defense was an effort
to blame Edwin, who Is also under
fraud Indictment, for Irregularities
In park accounting. He declared that
he had no knowledge of bookkeeping,
and that Edwin arranged to Juggle
accounts to make possible the pur
chase of needed park equipment.
Sollnsky denied that he benefited
personally from the fraud Juggling.
G.O. P. HAS SLOGAN
MEET NEXT J
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.. April
27. (AP) Midwestern Republican
leaders struggled behind closed doors
today with plans to rejuvenate the
party, but reached open agreement
on only two points:
1. "Fight Roosevelt."
2. Call the much -discussed general
mid western meeting to draw up a
new set of party principles "early
in June." .
In announcing agreement, broadly,
on the time for the conference, Har
rison E. Spangler of Des Moines, na
tional committeeman for Iowa, said
the men In the parley here still
were at loggerheads over the city.
Thirteen delegates from eight states
were here tonight. Another delega
tion, from Nebraska, waa expected.
I
PORTLAND, April 27. f AP) A
circuit court Jury late yestcrdoy
awarded M. A. Holllngworth of Port
land 110,500 in his alienation of af
fections suit against George Klncatd
of Klamath Falls. Holllngworth sued
for 20.ooo.
A poll showed the Jury stood 0 to 3
In favor of the awnrd. Such a ma
jority Is sufficient for civil suit ver
dicts in Oregon. Judge Robert Tuck
er presided.
Klncnld was accused of enticing
Helen E. Holllngworth from the
plaintiff. Mrs. Holllngworth left her
husband July 7. 10.13, secured a dl
vorce and married Klncatd, testimony
snowed. The HollingwortTis were mar
rled In 1028.
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LONDON. April 37. (VP, Conflr i
matton from the Oerman defense
ministry that U-boat construction is
a part of the relch's armament pro
gram Jolted Europe today and created
the possibility of three-power con
ferences to consider a new violation
of the Versailles treaty.
Informed quarters Indicated tlist
formal steps would be taken by Brit
ain, France and Italy the powers
that met as Stress to hold consul
tations on tne naval development
which caused a new war scare In
European capitals.
n Uhal! "
SANTA CRUZ. Calif . April 2?.
Mary ptrkford, who has persistently
Jau7hed at report of a romance, be
tween her and CrWle 'Bubbv" Rog
ers, was an admlrahg "gallery" today
while Rogers placed golf.
4
CORVALLIS. Ore.. April 37 (AP)
Tlgard high school today was nam
ed state radio shorthand contest
champion for the fourth consecutive
year.
'Send $l(y Promoter
On Relief, Repents
And Gains Release
DENVER. April 37. (API The
"end-a-dime" chain rocketed into
a "send ltv' game today with
nearly 100.000 letters flooding the
mails each 24 hours here m a
scheme officially labeled Illegal
at Washington, but nevertheless
spreading into surrounding states.
A weary postal inspector mo
bilized sufficient evidence to
"make an example" of the first
arrext In the 10 enterprise. but
when an intended prisoner was
revealed as the head of a family,
on relief, with a crippled daugh
ter, authorities accepted his
pledge to quit the game and re
leaned him.
HUEY S FLAYING OF
;Share-thc-Wealth' Plan of
Kingfish Also Pleases
Chilled Farmers at Des
Moines Gathering.
bES MOINES. Ia April 27. ( AP)
A two-gun bombardment of critic
ism was loneed upon the national
democratic administration today by
Senator Huey Long of Louisiana and
Mllo Reno, president of the National
Farm Holiday association, before ft
cheering throng ot mid-western farm
ers here.
The Roosevelt ngrlcultursl program
was the favorite target of the orator
leal blasts, but outwardly there was
no encouragement for a third party
movement, whoae crystallisation some
political prophets had anticipated In
the platform meeting of the Louisi
ana dictator and the corn belt chief
tain who led the farm holiday
"strike" a year ago.
Long assailed the administration
for burning up "the surplus when tt 1
round people starving In the midst 1
of too much food" and aa a remedy
for this "depressing situation," of
fered his share the wealth program.
Tins proposal to give every family
95,000 homestead and annual In
come of from $2,000 to I2.Q00 evoked
salvos of cheers from ths holiday as-'
soclatloii convention crowd, estimated
at 10,000 by L. M. Peet, convention
manager.
"The Lord has called America to
Barbecue." Long shouted, "and 50,-
000.000 people aro starving.'
There were numerous interruptions
by his hearers who clapped their
hands and stamped their feet to reg
ister tholr approval.
The salf-styled Kingfish called for
a vote as he finished his address and
thousands extended their hands into
the cold wind which swept the state
fairgrounds.
"You newspapermen take that vote
and record It," the senator directed
as he stepped away from the table of
microphones.
Long denied hla Intention of criti
cizing cither of the major parties at
the start of the explanation of his
program, but Inserted into his speech
denunciations of every administration
since Wcodrow Wilson,
WILLAMETTE NEAR
WASHINGTON. April 27. (API
Representative- Mott (R., Ore.) said
today the chief of army engineer?
for rivers and harbors had requested
300.000 from the public works ad
ministration for Immediate emer
gency flood control work on the
Willamette river in Oregon.
Work on the Big Bend section near
Independence and the Eugene-H.tr-rlsburg
section would be started first,
Mott said.
The report on the general flood
control survey of the Willamette river
Is expected to be filed In Washington
this month. This general survey will
contain the recommendations of the
division engineer for a comprehen
sive plan of permanent flood control
on the Willamette, the representa
tive said.
ON SILVER ERONT
WASHINGTON, April 27. (AP)
Anxloua to avoid rapid fluctuations
and accompanying speculation, the
treasury stood pat on its silver price
today and announced the week-end
would see no change.
Apparently born of Internatlonm
monetary disturbances, this tempor
ary policy of watchful waiting seem
ed to have had an effect. From yes
terdsy's peak of B1 cents an ounce,
world prices slumped below the 77.57
cents fixed by the government April
34 for newly-mined domestic metal.
The treasury announcement, that
there would he no change In Its sil
ver policy over the week-end. came
after Secretary Morgenthau and his
counsel. Herman Oliphant. went oter
i the Htun'lon with Senator McCarran
(., Nov.j, at tlia secretary $ home,
T
TELL NATION OP
JOB PUNTOE
Decline in Relief Rolls Noted
Machinery Set Up for
Early Action Under Work"
Relief Measure.
WASHINGTON. April 37. (AP)
With fresh decreases reported In re.
Itef rolls, the door was opened to.
day to applications for Job-giving
projects to be carried out under tht
four billion dollar works Droeram.
Hlsh up among developments ot
the day were:
Harry I,. Hopklna reported the re.
llel population had reached a peale
in January and between January and
March had declined 230.000.
Secretary Ickes sent word to PWA
engineers to beRln accepting appll.
cations for funds for nonfederal
projects.
President Roosevelt drafted tht
speech In which tomorrow night ha
will explain to the country how hu
relief set-up will work and outline
what he expects congress to do ul
the remainder of the session.
Prank C. Walker geared his division
of application and Information to
function speedily on works proposals
that already aro coming In.
Morris Ucwellyn Cooke, a Phlla.
delphla engineer, was given close con
sideration for the post as head of the.
division of rural electrification.
A complete severance of the work
of Rexford a. Tugwcll as head of the
devlslon of rural resettlement front
the department of agriculture wri
worked out.
Hopkins' report on the relief pop
ulation said there had been a de
cline of 83.000 In the number of
persons on relief rolls during the
month of March. Ho said there were
now 30.440.000 persons on relief, thli
figure being represented by 4.940.000
families and 883.000 Individuals.
The relief administrator said the
peak of the relief population was
reached In January but that lnc
January 230.000 persons had gono olf
the rolls. Ho planned to 'keep a close
check on relief rolls during coming
months In an effort to clear them
of all persona able to work as swiftly
as tne wide-scaled activities of the
works drive develops,
GOVERNMENT OUT
BY U. S.
WASHINGTON, April 37 '
Striking a keynote against govern
ment In business, the United State
chamber of commerce today set high
In next week's convention program
a vigorous assault cm the Wheeler
Rayburn bill to abolish utilities hold
ing companies.
Drafted by a committee and re
garded as certain of the chamber's
approval, was a report condemning
"prohibitive and punitive measures"
against holding companies such jji
proposed In the bill drawn In both
senate and house after President
Roosevelt personally requested rigid
new legislation.
Officials said speeches and resolu
tions would be made against the so
called increasing encroachment of
government In business not only as
a regulator but as a competitor.
These other actions were expected
to deal with proposed banking legis
lation would increase government
control: with NRA and the presi
dent's authority to impose codes: the
Wagner labor disputes bill which is
held to interfere the employer'
rights; with unemployment and eth
er Insurance plans: with budge try
aspects of government spending.
WILL
ROGERS
MKVKliLY HILLS, Culif.,
April 2!!. Well, there has been
reat suspense and much guess
iui; as to who would rcnlly han
dle the "bid Koosevelt bank
rolL"' Mr fugwell has got tho
last laugh on all his critics. In
fact, Tujiwcll is tho only one of
all "cap and gown boys" that
the boss has ever really truste'l
with any dough. The other pro
fessors could recite their piece,
but couldn't get their fist in
the till.
A professor's theories have
often been considered work
able, but not when they applied
to actual cash, so this will he
any professor's first chanee of
gettint' on a race with real
money. They have always just
done it in their heads.
Yours,
simrBiviiuija'suttt.ut,