The Weather
roreoast: Fatr and continued mild
today and Monday,
Temperature:
Highest yesterday ...... PO
Lowest this morning.... .. 50
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snlti and In most cases proTe to be
a good InTestment. Try them.
MEDFORD, OREGON, ERIDAY, JUNE 5t; 1933.
No. 7S.
Thirtieth Year
Medford Mail Tribu
NE
Afas I
By PAUL MAM.ON
Copt rich t. li5, By I'aul Mallon
WASHINGTON, June 22. The
pare figure of Prof Felix Frankfur
ter, liberal lawyer-economist, darted
In and out of the White House un
noticed on sever
al occasions Just
before President
Roosevelt sent
his wealth-sharing
tax proposals
to congress. This
same Harvard
counselor paid
several visits ear
lier to Hyde ParH
while the presl
dent was there,
although none
noted his pres
ence except the
MALLON
sparrows In the trees.
Also unrecorded were simultane
ous calls at both places by Prof. Ray
Moley. the weekly Boswcll of new
deal viewpoint.
Both gentlemen carried fountain
pens In their pockets and Ideas In
pens in u "....... Thin I
u now to
"S' original draft was composed !
In the seclusion or Hyoe rarn mi" ,
edited upon the presidents return
here.
The president confounded some of
his best friends by making his pro
posal now. They have known the Idea
has been in the back of his head for
more than six months. That much
has been published. But. until re
cently, he Intended delaying presen
tation of it until next year. What
changed his mind apparently was the
existing political situation, the ne
cessity of heading off Huey and the
republicans at the same time.
But he timed the presentation even
down to a minute. The message was
given to the White House messenger
(Maurice Lattal as soon as the stock
market closed Wednesday. Latta was
sent to the senate with it, but was
Instructed not to enter the chamber
until the senate passed the security
bill. Mr. Latta hid outside the sen
ate door nearly an hour, peeking In
occasionally through the door. As
soon as the security hill was out of
the way, ho Jumped In.
I Also confounded were tho demo
' eratlc leaders In congress. A senator
who Is supposed to be In charge of
uch legislation for the administra
tion confided to friends that he did
not know Bbout the message until
two hours before It was delivered.
The reason Mr. Roosevelt did not
consult his party men on the Hill
was that he knew they would be
against any such far-reaching pro
posal. They would have pulled wires
to stop him. Now, all they can do
is to fume and fret In silence.
Another reason why Mr. Roosevelt
believed it was sate to strike now Is
that soma of his conservative friends
have been telling him that recovery
psychology Is getting a little too fai
i ...... ...ui a. laact the new dCAl'a
best authority on the stock market j
thought that this particular barom
eter was moving up too fast, out of
line with substantial Improvement.
He informed the White House last
Tuesdflv that. If stocks continued to 1
:,u ttrenh th noW de.il !
might soon have
Its hands. '
, market problem on
A similarly striking new Idea which
the president now has In the far i
corner of his mind Is one for new j
NRA legislation. It Is based on the !
novel theory that the federal govern- j
ment may legislate against the hours
and wages of corporations in stales;
other '.han the ones In which they !
are Incorporated.
For instance, many corporations'
are Incorporated in Delaware hut ;
few operate. !
The idea is that it would be icai
for the government to institute the
regulations of the NRA against these
corporations In all states except Del
aware, either by use of taxing power
or otherwise.
Tills is only one of several unex
pressed NRA Ideas of which you may
or msy not hear more shortly.
Only six congress members were
recorded against two controversial
items in the Roosevelt reform pro
gram the other day fix out of 531
After wrangling for months th
the !
rnH the social security hilt
PAL I.
73 to 6 on the same dav that thejtions being made except by groups
house passed the Wagner-Connery la- 1 legally constituted under the Oregon
bor bill without the formality of a ,
record vote I Engineers said the expenditure will
r The explanation behind this as-' involve approximately 250.000.
founding shrinkage of opposition is j The organization which probably
that these are two measures which : will be formed will be the Southern
few politicians dare to oppose openly. Benton County Improvement district.
Both were subjected to strong under- I The work to be included will be
cover opposition. Repented attempts . cleaning out of Mary's river west as
were made to soften them by amend- j fw a Philomath, straightening and
ments. Efforts to delay them have j cleaning the muddy river as far as
been made secretly bv some of the ! Alpine and cleaning of Dawson creek
me congressmen who voted for to the Bellfountaln area.
them.
But when It came time to vote.
only a hare half dozen cared or dard
to face the strong class appeal which
thr.e measures have.
Some sponsors of the social secur
ity bill will confide for your own
pm ate ear alone that the bill Is
even nw not efficiently drawn. They
Itnow it will have to be chanced
many times before It becomes fully
(Continued on Page Nine
PARIS Eden promise? to rooper
nr with FTnnec In nuiMtns; peace
r--t v.st em s;rrd upen last February.
POSTAL
LISTED
Deficiency Bill Contains
$102,000 for P.W.A. Pro
ject, This City; Details
Not Stated Definitely.
Postmaster DeSoura surmised that
the 102,000 Intended appropriation
was to cover the cost of repairing the
present postofflce building here, and
the possible addition of several new
rooms to house the overflow from
the park and forest services now oc
cupying the former Record-Herald
building. DeSou7A, City Superintend
ent Fred Scheffel and the Chamber
of Commerce have been working on
such a project for many, months.
About a month ago an Inspector
for the treasury department was here
and made a thorough check up on
the building and, although his rec
ommendations to the treasury de
partment were not made known. It la
understood by postal officials here
repairs. The estimate of ths local
men was In the neighborhood of 76.-
The present building was completed
In 1916 at a cost of (125.000.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 22.
(API Several new postofflce build
ings loomed aa a possibility for Ore
gon today, plus an appropriation of
about $30,000,000 for public works
projects which an authoritative source
Indicated would be started around
July 1.
The postofflces were provided for
In the second deficiency bill which
passed Hie house yesterday and
which now goes to the senate. Total
allotment under the bill Is 58,000.
000. an amount deemed sufficient to
provide bulldlnga In 433 of the pres
ent list of 1200 cities seeking allot
ments under the measure.
Cities on the eligible list set up
under the bill, together with the
maximum expenditures where such
rpcomniendatlons were made. Include
16 In Oregon listed as follows:
Ashland. STI.onn; Baker. S25.000 In
addition to 49,000 previously appro
priated: Eugene, 225.000: Medford,
102,000: Onario, $76,000: Dallas 74,
ooo: Tillamook, 74,000: Albany,
Burns, Cottage Grove, Lakevlew, Pen
dleton, Roseburg, St. Helens, Salem
and The Dalles.
Washington has 24 cities on the
eligible list for postofflces.
The $30,000,000 for Oregon. In ad
dition to the postofflces provided for
in the deficiency bill, la to be ad
ministered by E. J. Griffith of Port
land, who Indicated before he left
Washington that he probably would
make some changes In the present
state program. He declined details,
however. The set-up for Oregon pro
vides for an assistant to Grlfilth and
three regional directors.
The 530.000.000 disclosed as aet
aside for this state ts a part of the
$100,000,000 which reliable sources
said yesterday would be available for
public works projects by July 1. Un-
'"c'""r; 11
was announced that
Washington would receive $31,000,000
and Utah and Idaho between $25.
000.000 and $30,000,000 each.
Administrators today were faced
J "
with the task of getting their
ganinons in rtumura, W uK.u u
the public works projects immedi
ately.
Regarding the proposed postofflces
"nd" the deficiency bill. It was made
dear that the treasury and postofflce
departments are not bound to choose
the cities named in the select list of
1200. the measure providing that their
Powers be discretionary.
GET ELOOD
CORVALLIS. Ore., June 22. (AP)
It was declared here today that
United States engineers will approve
the flood and erosion control pro
ject involving approximately 20.000
acres in southern Benton county.
Local officials were told the pro
ject would be approved as soon as a
request for approval came from a
local organization legally constituted.
The state law prohibits appllca-
Warner at IHamond l-ake
BEND. Ore.. June 22. ( AP) Glenn
S. "Pop" Warner of Gridiron fame
tackled something else besides a foot
ball yesterday and found It to his
liking. Pop. in fact, went rishing at
Diamond Lake and returned h?re
with a fine basket of trout. He left
last night for Hermtston to visit a
brother.
fjicland AM frame
TAP-IS. June 22. ( AP) France to
day won England back to coopera
tion, temporarily at leat. in building
the romplfx v.ptem of peace
p;irr tli: n;:io:i hoV!' nfteary to
guarantee her against attack.
The
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llannnti M- Walev, 24, and his wife Mat-Rind. lf. are shunn In this As Mtcltiied Pres. photo us they up pea ml
June 21, the dov Ualev was sentcn red lo 45 rear hi federal prison for k Idnuplng nine-year-old dporse flr
erhaeuser In Tacoma .May 24. Both ana Mulling. Sentence of Mrs. Waley was deferred, waiey was aio wnienrcd
to two years for conspiracy, the sentence lo run concurrently with the 4."i-ycar term. Waley Is handcuffed to a
federal aRent. Mrs. Waley was taken back to the Thurston county Jail, while her husband was taken to McNeil
Island federal prison. (AP I'hoto)
DIES BILL WOULD
Nation-Wide Drive Launched!
for Passage, and Give
Employment to Native
Born Americans.
WASHINGTON, June 22. (p) A
nation-wide campaign for legislation
to deport approximately 6.000.000 al
iens as a partial solution to the Uni
ted States' unemployment problem
waa pressed, today by 155 orga.nl7.a
tions. Estimated by Hepresentative
Dies. (D., Tex.), to represent five
million people.
Plans to organ 1m ten million na
tive born and naturalized cltlzeni for
a drive to get congressional action on
the Dies deportation bill were report
ed by the tall Texan aa he thumbed
50.000 letters and telegrams received
in support of the measure.
The organization la to be called
"the Americans" as is to be organ
ized in each state on a non-sectarian
and non-partisan basis, he said. .
"At least 150 congressmen hare
pledged themselves in favor of the
bill, which provides that no alien
can hold a Job In this country that
can be filled by a citizen." he said.
"It Us about the ime legislation as
the alien deportation laws enforced
In England. Prance. Germany and
Italy, to reduce unemployment.
"ir there were no aliens In this
country we would not have an unem
ployment problem." he continued, as
serting there were around 18.500.000
foreign bom in this country, "more
than seven million of which hare
not been nationalized."
"I have authentic information that
Germany deported 3.000.000 aliens.
France. 2.000.000 and has started a
drive to deport a million more." he
said.
Saying his bill, pending before the
house Immigration committee, was on
a "reciprocal basis," Dies explained
"we would let many French aliens
writ In this country as France lets
i American citizens work in France."
SPURS BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, June 22. (API
The commerce department said to
day "There was no Indication that
the NRA situation was exerting any
pronounced effect on trade one way
or the other."
In the face of code abandonment.
It reported "widespread gains" in te
tall trade in Its weekly survey of 33
cities. The same survey, however,
noted a breakdown In code wages and
hours in many sections.
"The trends In wholesale trade."
the survey said, "were of no special
significance with gains and losses be
ing about equally balanced through
out the country.
"In Los Angeles, the weekly buft
ness Index reached its highest point
since 1933, while retail trade In St.
Louis, retarded by cool and wet
weather, registered a gain of seven
per cent over the previous week,
LONDON Macdonald reported
planning visit to U. 3. to discuss war
debts, currency stabilization and
navies with Roosevelt.
BULLETIN
i Night fiame
j R. TT. E
Is Anpea 6 15 1
. tti 4 4 2
Griaud :id Glo-on. P trrett.
tTnoma and BottarlnJ.
Seperated Waleys
DEATH PENALTY TO
GIRL'S ASSAULTER
Peoria Machinist Confesses
Slaying Hostess in Ceme
tery Admits 16 Care
fully Planned Attacks.
PF.ORIA, 111., June 22. (P) States
Attorney E. V. Champion tonight said
he would seek quick trial and the
death penalty for Gerald Thompson.
25, who confessed to police the brutal
cemetery slaying of Mildred Hall
mark, 19, pretty and popular cafe
hOHtefw. us,
Thompson, arrested last night on
suspicion but without evidence then
that he was implicated In the ravish
ing and slaying of the young woman
last Saturday night, ponded all quer
ies at first but finally confessed, Act
ing Chief of Police Fred Nussbnum
said, when he was trapped by a He
detector and his diary.
"Yes I did It 'II tell." he sobbed,
detectives said.
His diary, they added, recorded six
teen other assault on Peoria girls,
all chosen because they would not
prosecute for fear of publicity.
In the confession, made public by
Nussbaum and T. P. Sullivan of the
Illinois att police, Thompson, a
machinist at a tractor plant, assert
ed he was driving home from a call
on his "steady" girl when he sighted
Miss Hallmark waiting for a street
car.
He "picked her up" drove toward
Springdale cemetery, and ended her
resistance with a blow on the chin,
the confession said. After assaulting
her. he left the body I na ditch, the
statement said. Miss Hallmark's death
was reported due to a broken neck.
Thompson was secretly moved to
Bloomlngton to be held there until
resentment against him here dies
down.
Police said that during the inves
tigation into the slaying. Thompson
along with other fellow workers of
Miss Hallmark father at the tractor
plant, signed a pact vowing ven
geance for her death. They said, how
ever, that the other workers noticed
he refrained from participation In of
fers of rewards for the slayer's appre
hension. Police were holding Julian Bax
ter. 24, an amateur photographer they
said was a friend of Thompson. In
addition to careful planning of eich
attack, the police said Thompson car
ried scissors to cut hi victims cloth
ing snd in some instances took pho
tographs of them.
BE
. i io nours
NEXT CRIME FOElH-
WASHINGTON. June 22 uv, Al
i though there are no "O-women" in
j the federal bureau of investigation,
Director J. Edcar Hoover today said
I thla was a possibility if the present
field force of 000 investlcetnrs "ever
: la expanded to 1.500 or 2.000 opera
I tors."
I As to the ancient axiom that wo
i men cannot keep a secret Important
I In nrewnt oneratlon nf th ,,ri.m,
I the bachelor director Insisted "that
nocning to do with It."
"We now have a comparatively
small militant force that must move
to every part of the country In every
strata of life on almost instant no
tice." H'vvrr said. "That's why we
had to use all men.
"So far as Integrity and ability are
concern) there is not a minute'
doubt that women co'ild qualify as
agents. Certain women probably
could learn to fire a gun."
WIGGINS. Miss, One nro lynrh
rd. anoMier w luppM after aita- k or
Mite girl, 'intuit,"
READY TO PROVE
NEGLECT CHARGES
Roads Not Built, Land Un
cleared, and Forced to
Build Homes; Senate
Quiz Looms.
PALMER, Alaska, June 22. (AP)
With tho United States senate de
manding a report on conditions In
the Matauuska valley colonization
project, a group of between 40 and
50 protesting colonists prepared today
to go into greater detail, if necessary.
In their charges of mal-admlnlstni-
Uon. ....... p
Patrick Hemmor and Mrs. I. M.
Sandvlk started the Investigation
with telegrams and letters to Presi
dent Roosevelt, Relief Administrator
Harry Hopkins, and senators from
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota,
where the colonists .had their homes.
Don Irwin, manager of the project,
had no Immediate comment.
Hopkins' aides Indicated he would
quickly furnish a report asked by the
senate after Senator Vandenberg (R
Mich.) had read a message from two
of the colonists asserting no houses
or roads had been built, tools and
government food had not been de
livered and commissary prices exorbi
tant. One of the colonists' chief com
plaints was against the FERA con
tingent of 600 men sent from Cali
fornia to build the colony. They de
clared that group had failed to cloar
the land or build houses and the col
onists themselves were forced to do
that work. Recently a group of 30
discontented FERA workers left the
project for the states.
PACIFIC CLIPPER
ALAMEDA. Calif., June 22. ( AP)
Completing Its fourth flight be
tween Hawaii and California, the
Pan - American Airways' pioneering
clipper seaplane came In "blind"
here today to end an easy conquest
of headwinds and clouds over a 2400
mile stretch of the Pacific.
Tne big four-motored craft, re
turning this time from an experi
mental flight which had taken It
half way across the ocean to tiny
Midway Isyand, skimmed gracefully
onto San Francisco bay at 12:10
p.m., (Pacific standard time.)
Despite the headwinds and dense
cloud banks, the plane made the
2400-mile flight in the fast time oi
18 hours and 39 minutes. The record
6 houra and .10 minutes was
034 by Sir Charles KlngMord-
ALL COMING WEEK
OREGON: Fair Sunday and Mon
day but occasional clouds on coast;
warmer with falling humidity In in
terior; moderate northwest wind off
the coast,
j SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. (AP)
I Weekly weather outlook: For June
; 24-29, far western atates, the out
look for the coming wrk is for nor
i mat temperature and generally fair
weather, but with considerable cloud
iness along the coast, with showers
by the latter part of the week on the
Washington and Oregon coast.
of
German naval nfrrement may plate
(jen"ri von Kircnrmrop sr. neau oi
t GinTian foreign office.
ATTORf BLOCKS'
MRS.'.EYS PLAN
TO ' .AD GUILTY;
j
Kidnaper's Wife to Face'
Jury and Lose Chance fori
Light Sentence Trial '
Date Set for Monday.
TACOMA. June 33. (Sad-faced,
red-eyed from weeping, 19-year-old
Mrs. Margaret Thulln Waley aat in
a cheerless cell In Olympla tonight
awaiting Federal Judge E. E. Cuah
man'a decision Monday as to when
she must face a Jury and demand ac
quittal of kidnaping and conspiring
to kidnap George Woyerhaeuser. 0.
Three times in three days he
sought against the efforts of her hus
band, Harmon M. Waley. to admit
her guilt and accept the felon's brand
Waley accepted when he pleaded guil
ty yesterday and received a 45-year
sentence.
And three times In three days.
Judge Cuahman refused to accept
her plea, finally entering a not gull
plea for her. on her attorney's state
ment that she could not be guilty.
The attorney, Stephen J. O'Brien, de
manded that she go through the fan
fare, the drama, the hurly-burly,
publicity, expense and delay of a reg
ulation trial.
Todav'a Drocedure Disced the girl
in the position of resisting efforts to
prove her innocent. She wept when
they said she had to atad trial.
But Judge Cuahman was insistent
in being more interested In seeing
Justice done than In answering any
public clamor for speedy sentence
for the accused girl.
The net result was that Mrs. Waley,
who faced the prospect of a compar
atively light sentence on a guilty
plea, now gambles with a Jury on ac
quittal or conviction and the pos
sibility of a life sentence under the
Lindbergh law. Also she must stand
trial on the mall extortion Indict
ment which the government dismiss
ed when she agreed to plead guilty.
PRESIDENT PLEA
EOR WEALTH TAX
'POLITICAL MOVE1
WASHINGTON, June 32.
Members of congress welcomed the
end of their busiest week tonight
wttb the conviction among them that
a presidential campaign on the
broadest grounds since slavery days
Is taking siiape.
If there was doubt before, three
days reflection over tha long-range
Roosevelt tax program tempered it.
It was indicative today when Sena
tor Long, (D., La.), promised "e.'ery
atom of support" If the administra
tion pushes this latest proposal. He
epitomized the sentiments of some
of his colleagues with the title of his
senate speech, derived fom tha French
Revolution: "No enemies to the left."
Representative Snell, the republi
can leader, put the views of m.iny
into words, too, when ha comment
ed "that share-the-wealth suggestion
was purely a political move."
Repeatedly President Roosevelt has
sought to depict the administration
as above purely partisan considera
tions. A question now Is whether he
envisions a campaign next year based
on "the new deal against the old
parties as such."
His climactic message Wednesday
evidenced determination to battle for
new deal objectives by constitutional
amendments, should that be neces
sary. Supreme court rulings In the
October session are expected more
than ever to point the way. One
amendment, to ban tax-exempt bonds,
la already proposed for immediate
submission.
Decrying tha trend, republican
leaders contend with growing vehem
ence that the campaign aystcm itself
Is at stake.
"Our nation is again at the cross
ways." chairman Henry P. Fletcher
of the O. O. P. told a West Virginia
audience. "The election next year
will be one of the most Important
ever held since the adoption and rati
fication of the constitution."
BOURBON TOILER
GETS STATE POST
PORTLAND, Ore., June 33. W
John J. Beckman, chairman of the
Multnomah democratic central com
mittee, has been named attorney for
building and loan association affairs
of the state corporation department,
it was disclosed today.
The appointment was made a week
or more ago. before Corporation Com
mlssloner Charles H. Carey went
south, but did not become publicly
known until today.
Only last night Beckman was given
a vote of confidence by the Multno
mah county democratic delegation In
the state legislature.
Beckman had been assailed by a
group of central committee workers
clamoring to be placed on the stste
payrolls themsolve
Idaho Mill Worker
Undressed Down to
Shoes by Buzz Saw
TROT, Idaho, June 32. (AP)
A spinning circular saw undressed
Charles Gleser, a sawmill worker,
right down to his boots but he
was alive today to tell the story.
Gelser's trousers caught in the
bolts on the saw shaft and he fas
dashed unconscious on the floor.
When he regained his senses, he
was nude, except for his shoes,
while his clothing whirled around
the shaft.
He saved the tops of his socks
for aouveniri.
HUEY CHALLENGES
SINCERITY F. D. RS
'SOAK RICH' PLAN
Sen. Robinson Urges Early
Passage to Calm Busi
nessDemocratic Revolt
in Congress Over New
Deal Bill Seen.
WASHINGTON, June 30. (APi
To avoid putting business under a
cloud of "uncertainty for the long
interim between this and the next
session of congress. Senator Robinson,
the democratic leader, today advo
cated enactment of President Roose
velt's new tax-the-rlch proposals
now, even though It prolonged the
session Indefinitely.
This pronouncement, coming as
somewhat of a surprise, was delivered
to newspapermen after a brief Sat
urday session In which Senator Long
(D.. La.) challenged the president to
push a bill immediately to "break up
concentration of big fortunes."
Standing outside the chamber Rob
inson asserted it would "leave the
country In a state of uncertainty" to
have the tax proposals hang over un
til next winter without action.
WASHINGTON, Juna 32. (AP)
New signs of undercover dissatisfac
tion with several New Deal measures
arose today, leading some congres
sional chiefs privately to express fears
of a major uprising In democratic
ranks unless the session ends soon or
different tactics are adopted.
Concrete evidence of the dlsoon
tent Included there:
1. Fourteen of the 33 senators who
signed the petition for action before
adjournment on share - the-wea.th
taxes were Democrats, some of whom
expressed "off-the-record" fears that
the president's advocacy of the taxes
might have been only a political
move.
3. Disclosure that an actual ma
jority of house members had opposed
the Wagner labor disputes bill, which
was passed without a roll call.
3. The fact that members of the
house ways and means committee
were openly expressing doubts of the
constitutionality of the Ouffey coal
bill, which la on the president's
"must" list.
4. A private poll In the house Indi
cated a substantial majority against
abolition of all "unnecessary" utili
ties holding companies, despite presi
dential pressure to awing things the
other way.
Because of the share-the-wealth
taxes petition, Senate leaders weighed
their previous decision to put thru
the nuisance tax extension measure
without considering the new levies.
They decided to put tha question di
rectly to the president.
STATE COLLEGE IS
GIFTS ENRICHED
CORVALLIS. Ore., June 33. (AP)
Orrgon State coUrge has been en
riched the past year by glfta aggre
gating nearly 160 ,000 and loan, of
material and equipment valued at
more than 933.000.
Numeroua other donation! of Ta-
rloua typea upon which no monetary
valuation has been placed have been
received.
Thl, la exclusive of the thouaanda
of dollara of federal funda granted
to the atate'i AAA activities which
are centered at the college.
The largeat Individual contributor
waa Mra. Mary J. L. McDonald of San
rrancleco, who gave approximately
12000 In addition to book, valued at
S0OO, to the library and furnished a
apeclal room for the large McDonald
collection In the library at a coot to
her of about 12850. She also gave
land valued at 16000 to tha school
of forestry.
IRE FARM COIN
SAN FRANCISCO. June 32. (AP)
Pacific coast retail trade was re
ported strong and wholesale markets
were particularly active In home-
wares, shoes, drugs and auto acces
aoriea. Higher farm Incomes were
credited with stimulating trade.
Lumber and export lines were hin
dered by labor difficulties.
Y
Police Ready to Suppress
! Picket Violence Law and
Order to Be Maintained
Union Heads Firm.
PORTLAND. Ore., June 22. ( AP)
"Adequate" police protection was
promised tonight to at least six Port
land sawmills which plan to break
the seven-weeks-old lumber strike
here and reopen Monday.
Chief of Police Harry Nilcs an
nounced that 90 city police, with
county and state officers standing
by, wilt report at 6:30 a. m. Monday
at the West Oregon, Clark & Wilson.
Eastern Sc Western. Multnomah Lum
ber & Box, Southeast Portland, and
the Inman-Poulsen mills, which he
said notified his office they will re
open. Jones Lumber company was con
sidered a possible seventh to reopen.
"Our only purpose la to see that
law and order Is maintained." Chief
Niles declared, adding that If any
violence occurs police will drive pick
ets away entirely or arrest them.
"I'm wondering if they (the police)
aren't really trying to precipitate vio
lence?" queried D. E. Nlckerson, pres
ident of the Oregon Federation of
Labor and chairman of the Portland
Central Labor Council's strategy com
mittee.
"I hope they uphold the law. as
they say. and not get off on any
'left-handed" angles. We're standing
pat.rt
It was understood picket lines
would be strengthened.
Some 3000 men normally are em
ployed In the nine principal mllla
which were closed by the strike here.
The operators steadfastly have re
fused to negotiate with the union-,
but have capitulated to the wage de
mands now made by the Sawmill and
Timber Workers' union forces under
leadership of A. W. Mulr, executive
vice-president of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners, American Fed
eration of Labor affiliate.
The Portland1 plants were ready to
pay an average of 5 cents an hour
more than before the strike, but
would not make any agreement with
the A. F. of L. union.
At Salem. Governor Charles H. Mar
tin said that If men wished to war
"they will receive adequate protec
tion." 40-HR. WEEK SEEN
WASHINGTON. June 22. (AP) A
40-hour work week, with time and a
half pay for overtime, emerged today
as a possible standard for all volun
tary codes under the new NRA.
Despite organized labor demands
for a 30-hour week, the longer period
apparently was gathering support as
NRA and federal trade commission
officials continued their studies of
how Jointly to prepare voluntary
agreements.
PORTLAND FLIER
OKBHALIS, Wash., June 22. (T)
Benton H. Luttrell, about 40, of
Portland, a member of a visiting fly
ing squadron of the Sportsmen's Pi
lots of Oregon, was killed shortly be
fore 6 p. m. tonight as his plane
plunged to earth In the northwest
part of Oentralla. A wing apparently
had torn loose from his ship, wit
nesses said.
ROME Mussolini will ask Eden
to reconsider his four-power pact.
SAYS'
IIOIjIA'WOOD, Cnlif., Jun
21. All the biff influential
papers today are full of the
"sock- the rich," and you can
tell from the tone of their
voices they have been "sock
ed." But as the scheme is
mostly on inheritance he don't
really hit cm good till they
die.
So I would call that th
nearest to a painless tax that
could be invented. You don't
pav it till you dio and then you
don't know it.
I would sure liked to have
seen Iluey's face when he was
woke up in the middle of the
ni(iht by tho president who
said, "Lay over Huey, I want,
to get in with you." Yours,
fit
C lilt. McMauakt faadicau. ta.