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By PAIL MAIXON
. (Copvrlght, 1935, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON, July 31. The fight
against Ben Cohen was a right against
Iht brain trust, all right, but there
was more behind
It than that.
Outsiders must
have been Just a
little puzzled to
note that such a
major issue arose
fcbout permitting
the new deal's
foremost legal
draftsman to sit
In on the con
gressional con
ference which Is
to decide the
final form of the
holding company
VWt MAIXUN
bill. Mr. Cohen
wrote the bill for congress In the
first place. He has been admitted
to conferences on previous bills he
has written. Furthermore, no one
has cared enough about who attend-
ed such conference meetings during
the past 143 years ever to make a
point about It strong enough to show
In the rule books.
It all may seem strange unless you
know some things which were not
mentioned or were only hinted at In
the debat.
tribute.
The fact Is, there are some things
tn previous laws which Mr. Cohen
has written that the congressmen did
not find out about until after the
laws had been passed. It Is also true
that some of the staunchest admin
istration supporters on that confer
ence committee are not capable of
defending the administration's posi
tion efficiently without Mr. Cohen.
Tou may suspect that Mr. Cohen
could easily remain in an adjoining
room and that he could coach the
administration conferees from there.
That would have been all right, out
they did not feel safe unless he heard
all that was said and done.
The bustle therefore was an unin
tentional tribute to the mystifying
sharpness of Mr. Cohen's legal halr-
splitting, but Just a little too strong
to be good.
Propaganda.
Our diplomats exchanged knowing
winks when they read the news that
Britain has secret plans to build a
tremendous new battle fleet. They
have heard that ono before.
Tou may have noticed that the
news was credited to the London
Herald. No one else had It. The fact
la the Herald was a government or
gan when MacDonald was In power.
It has been playing many govern
mental tunes since MacDonnld re
tired. What our men suspect is that the
British government wanted such a
story to get out for bargaining pur
poses in the coming negotiations with
the French and Italians. No one
here seriously believes Britain Is go
ing to embark on any such 750.OO0,
000 program.
Cooperation.
The Inside slant of our authorities
on the Increasingly tense antl-nazl
sentiment in this country Is this:
Aroused sympathizers on both sides
are probably unintentionally bringing
Berlin and Washington near to a
rupture. Both pro and antl-nazls
are propagandizing. The antis have
a preponderant appeal to citizens of
this country because of the persecu
tions of fellow religious sects In Ger
many. But it is the view of those
who control our international destiny
at this time that only failure and
danger can come from any attempt
to express the popular side of the
question with forceful diplomatic ac
tion. (Continued on Page Pour.)
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Fire Chief Elliott finding It neces
sary to tell half the people in town
that last nights two-alarm fire was
not that, but two separate small fires.
Pinto Colvlg, like an old warhorse
scenting smoke, down at the band
concert in the park last ntght. And
several hundred kids. smoke or no
smoke, swarming about yelling and
tripping over one another's feet.
Bob Dally of Htllcrest recovering
his stolen bike from the police sta
tion with a beam a yard long on his
face to pet the machine buck, and
promising the cops not to "bother"
them again.
Hunk Miller wondering whatever
became of the old wind -gauge t'.iat
ii"! to Apin so husiiy on the top of
trie Liberty buildlr.
A! Etcher. mean rassler. turning
softy, and fetching reporters lo'.lv
popa with a great deal of wacgi'h
laughter, but denying he was "cur
rying favor of the press."
Glenn Harrf-.cn. paprr carrier. f!l
iig :n I'.n the current nvxic
r-r bira hit hy dogs, and getting
l
Violent Scene Brings Recess
in Trial at Portland
Boasts of Ancestry in
Wild Demonstration and
Antics.
PORTLAND, Ore, July 31. (AP) :
"Count" George Hay Du Barry was j
re-admitted to federal court here to-
day and screamed violent denial that
he blew off his hands with a shot-
gun to collect disability Insurance j
from the Aetna Life Insurance com- ;
pany.
Time after time the Gold Beach
promoter and former Seattle piano i
retailer lost control and Jumped to i
his feet mouthing Irrelevant com- i
ments.
Federal Judge McNary, who ejected I
Du Barry for objecting during ques- I
tlonlng of his wife yesterday, re- i
proved Du Barry Intermittently today i
but took Into account the dlsposl- i
tlon of the defendant and Indulged
him In demonstrations such as never
before were witnessed In federal
court here.
Once Judge McNary called a recess
to allow the distraught "count" to
rega I n con t rol . His wl f e wa 1 ked to
the witness stand during one of his
outbursts and quieted him with
soothing words.
When Du Barry, who claims line
age with Madame Du Barry, French
court favorite, walked to the witness
stand,. Court Clerk Hal Ken yon said:
"Raise Jjur right hand and be
sworn.'
"I have no hands," Du Barry an
nounced heavily, and raised his right
arm. Today he. wore no artificial
hands, although he has appeared
with them In court until this time.
He calmly recited background, but
his tension Increased when he was
asked to relate events leading up to
the actual shooting. He told of rum
aging In his desk for keys to his car
and said that when he turned to go
his toe caught a cord running to a
lamp in his office. Th lamp fell
against his foot, and he stumbled,
dislodging the gun, wrapped In news
paper, which was leaning against a
swivel chair, he related. He said he
threw up his hands as he fell and
they were struck by the shotgun
blast.
"By some decree of fate I was put
here in this court In this condition,"
Du Barry shouted. "I shouldn't be
here. There should be no question
about this. All I ask under this flag
is Justice.'
When asked to recount events of
the evening, Du Barry Jumped up and
declaimed:
"What's the use of talking all this
rubbish and putting my wife to tor
ture this way? Why discuss such rot
in a court of equity? My God. I am
In pain. There are five writhing nerv
es In the stump of each arm. These
chiseling, welching Insurance com
panlea should never put me In this
position.''
When he was asked If he had sug
suggested to William Harner, a former
emptoye, that they kill a man re
sembling Du Barry and dump the
body In the ocean to collect Du Bar
ry's Insurance. Du Barry again ex
ploded wrathfully and screamed:
"Such a statement Is outrageous.
I come of a family hundreds of years
old, an honored family. Great God.
we Du Barrys kill ourselves, but never
another like that. We Du Barrys Just
don't do such things. I have honor."
Then he wandered Into a wild ti
rade. "The blood of John Hay flows In
,my veins, man. John Hay freed the
slaves of the world. I come here be
cause It Is my duty to the public to
come here and fight this thing Just
as John Hay fought slavery. I ask
only Justice in this court of equity.
uei mat, you press people. "
Judge McNary banged for order.
"Judge, your honor, I can't help
It I can't help It" Du Barry re
sumed. "Hell, I'll leave the stand.
I'll get out of this court. I'll go away.
I'd die for my wife and daughter.
Dont subject them to this any long
er. I don't need their dirty money.
Let 'em keep their policy
In further denial of the plot, Du
Barry declared; "Hell, I wouldn't lose
a little finger for the Aetna com
pany." WASHINGTON". July 31. f API
Congressional conferences on the
foclaJ security bill were deferred to
day for a week to permit experts to
attempt to work out a compromise
on the senate amendments excluding
1 nrlvata pension systems from the
! proposed natlon-wtde old age pension
1 plan.
j Members of the conference com
mittee said theie was no agreement
on even the principles cf a ccmpro
ml." but that Mme of the ef-wrs
felt rn mieM h worked out that.
SOCIAL SECURITY
HEARING DELAYED
I
P
Clyde L. Johnson (top), 24, was
closely guarded In jail to prevent
possible lynching after his arrest as
a suspect In the gun battle In which
Police Chief F. R. Daw of Dunsmuir,
Calif., was killed. He named his
companion aa Robert Miller, 30,
who was hunted by posses. Traffic
Officer George M alone (below)
escaped, with only slight wounds.
The shooting occurred when the
officers tried to arrest the two men
as robbery suspects. (Associated
Press Photos
SHIPPERS TO FIX
60' Cars Daily Till Then
Canners As Yet Make
No Offer for Bartlett Crop
SACRAMENTO, July 31. P The
Bartlett pear commodity committee
of the Celltornla tree fruit agreement
decided today to continue through
Saturday the dally shipment of 60
cara of pears to eastern markets.
The committee, under the chair
manship of W. P. Darsle of Walnut
Grove, will meet Saturday with the
Intention of fixing permanent ehlp-
menta. Darsle said the committee at
present lacks definite Information as
to the condition of the eastern mar
kets.
So far, Darsle aald, cannera have
not entered the market and have
made no bids for any of the 126.000
tons of Bartletts that California Is
producing this year. The average
price of California Bartlctta In the
eastern auction markets has Deen
2.80 e, box.
T
IN STATE, SHUNS
ANY THIRD PARTY
PORTLAND. July 31. (JP) The
Townaend 200-mo:.th revolving pen
sion organization will not go to the
expense of starting a new party, but
will "welcome help from any quar
ter. Including Huey Long." declared
the author. Dr. Francis E. Townsend,
who was here today.
Here to attend a statewide Town
send picnic the latter part of this
week, the Los Angeles doctor relter
sted he was not a candidate for pres
ident because he wants "to live a
while loncer."
He predicted passage of his p'.an
at the next congressional session, and
said he did not plan to reduce the
1200 provision.
Income Shares
Maryland funding, bid, 81853;
asked 817.88.
Quarterly Income shares, bid 11-37;
asked, 3181.
International lilMrlhutor Visits
Esw;n June. International Hrv3;er
r;irntati.e from th factory in
Prrtiand. is a Medford business vis
MEDFORD, OREGON,
FOR DAW SLAYER
DUNSMU1RSECT0R
Watch Home of Fugitive's
Wife at San Jose, Calif.
All Motorists and Hikers
Stopped for Quiz.
. SAN JOSE, Calif., July 31. (AP)
Police officers today broke Into an
apartment here which they said had
been vacated recently by Robert Mill
er, sought for the slaying of Police
Chief F. R. Daw at Dunsmuir.
Chief of Police J. N. Black Raid he
had learned a man, who he had Iden
tified positively as being Miller, had
occupied the downtown apartment
with his wife until recently.
Black said both Miller and his wife
had disappeared, but artlclea and
photographs found in the apartment
were Identified as those of Miller.
SAN JOSE. Calif., July 31. (AP)
Search for Robert Miller, sought for
the slaying of Police Chief F. R. Daw
at Dunsmuir. centered here today as
officers believed the man would at
tempt to visit his wife, who resides
here.
DUNSMUIR, Cal., July St. (PV A
widespread search for Robert Miller,
sought for the slaying of Police Chief
F. R. Daw. was renewed today, with
all motorists and hitch-hikers being
stopped and questioned.
The area 40 miles south of here
was patrolled In efforts to capture
the man, whose companion, O. L.
Johnson, was seized shortly after
Chief Daw was fatally wounded. John
son Is held In Jail at Yreka because
of reported threats of citizens against
him.
A coroner's inquest returned a ver
dict that Chief Daw had died of bul
let wounds inflicted by a person or
persons unknown, with Intent to kill.
An expert from the state bureau of
Identification was expected here to
determine whether the bullet found
In Daw's head came from a weapon
carried by Johnson or Miller. .
Daw was shot when he and County
Traffic Officer George Malone at
tempted to halt two alleged bandlta
suspected of a robbery In nearby Cas
tella. Malone suffered a slight scalp
wound.
300 TONS OF HAY
ON GORE RANCH
FLAME DESTROYED
Buildings Endangered But
Saved Cigarette Blamed
for Fire Late Yesterday
Three hundred tons of hay, part of
which was alfalfa and the rest oat
hay, several tons of seed and a quan
tity of fencing was destroyed by fire
late yesterday at the w. H. Gore
ranch west of Medford, and the fire
department, together with the state
fire patrol were still, at work con
trolling the blaze this afternoon.
The fire started on the knoll be
tween the Hanley and Gore ranches,
apparently having been set or started
from a carelessly discarded cigarette,
it was reported at the Gore ranch.
Buildings were endangered, but were
not damaged. The hay stacks were
still burning today.
Two other calls were made last
night by the fire department, causing
considerable alarm in the city as the
whistles were at first mistaken for a
two-alarm blaze.
Fire that caused slight damage In
a store room at the Wayne Keesee
home. 28 South Peach street, was ex
tinguished at 9:35, and a flue fire at
Car gill Court was extinguished at
10:30 before damage was done.
Fire Chief Roy Elliott reported to
day that anyone living In the coun-
' try who wishes to report a fire should
I call 963, the state fire patrol. Instead
j of first notifying the city depart
' ment. Fire permits for burning refuse
j In the country may also be secured
frm the state patrol.
SENATE VOTE TO
T
BAKER, Ore., Jul? 31 . ,7P State
Representative J. Richard Smruth-1
waite. Jr., has been appointed by!
Frances Perkins, secretary of labor,!
as veterans' placement officer of Ore- j
gon. and will assume his new duties
tomorrow.
This will create another vacancy In I
the 1; suture, as 8mruthwaltc said t
he would resign his legislative scat f
when ha bu qualified for his new i
' fiOaiUOft.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31,
National
First game
R. H. X.
Chicago 4 8 1
Pittsburgh : - 3 6 0
Henshaw. French and Hartnett;
Blanton and Padden.
First game
n. h. r.
Brooklyn fcM...-.M- S 10 1
Boston 3 6 1
Clark, Benge and Loper.; MacFay-
den, Betts and Hogan.
Second game
R. H. E-
Brooklyn , 0 5 1
Boston . 4 9 3
Babich, Munns, Rels and J. Taylor;
Frank house and Mueller.
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 8 13 0
New York 3 13 1
Davis and Todd; Hubbell, Chsgnon
and Dannlng.
American.
R. H. E.
St. Louis - 3 8 3
Detroit B 18 0
Andrews and Hefmsley; Bridges and
Cochrane.
R. H. E.
Cleveland ........ 4 8 0
Chicago - 8 13 0
Batteries: Harder, L. Brown and
Brenzel; Phelps and Sewell.
R. H. I.
Boston . 6 18 3
Washington - 4 13 0
W. FerreU and R. Ferrell; Newsom.
Russell and Bolton, Redmond.
ROSEBURG FOLKS
UPSETS AT SPAN
rf. T. Allison of Roseburg, a con
ductor for Southern Pacific lines, his
wife and the latter's sister, Mrs, Mar
garet Cotton, also of Roscburg, were
taken to the Sacred Heart hospital
shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon
for treatment of serious Injuries sus
tained when the car Allison was driv
ing turned turtle at the overhead
crossing near Tolo this afternoon.-
As physicians were busy examining
the Injured persons In the surgery
preparatory to X-ray examination,
extent of their injuries could not be
learned immediately.
It was reported that Mrs. Allison
was the most critically Injured, and
that Mr. Allison also suffered serious
injuries. Mrs. Cotton was reported
suffering from shock.
State police could not be contacted
immediately following the accident
for details as to Its cause.
T
OF
TAX
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 31. (AP)
Expressing doubt that the AAA pro
cessing tax, legislation is constitu
tional. Federal Judge John McNary
today granted a temporary restrain
ing order forbidding collection of 188.
ooo June processing taxes from the
Pillsbury Astoria flouring mill.
Decision will be made later on the
company's request for a permanent
order restraining collection of the fees
by the bureau of internal revenue.
Seventeen other like cases are
pending in the Oregon federal courts.
Two of the actions Involve compen
sating tax protests filed by the Haw
ley and St. Helens paper mlUs.
Pear Markets
NEW VORK, July 81. (AP-U. 8.
D.A.) Pear auction market allghtly
weaker; nine cars arrived; 10 Cali
fornia can unloaded; 4 can on track.
California Bartletts. (,138 boxes:
2.40-14.95; average 13.74.
CHICAOO. July 31. (AP) Pear
auction market. Six California cars
arrived; 3 cara on track; S earn aold.
California Bartletts, 3,60 boxes;
1 80-13.35: average ,2.40.
Grazing Areas Increaied.
WASMINOTON, July 31. (A, The
senate today passed the house bill
amending the Ttiyior grsrlng act to
increase the public domain available
for grazing districts from SO.oqo.OOO
to 142,000.000 acres. It now goes
back to the house for concurrence In
amendments.
Columbia Recede
THE DALLES. Ore. July 31. (AP)
The Columbia river, after drop
ping one-tenth of a foot In 34 hours,
was at the 16.2 foot stage todsy and
sttlj covered the Bomuvills main
channel cofferdam by two feet.
Wool Trade
BOSTON, July 3l APj CtJfiDA)
Trade in territory wools continued
fiioaUJ PA t Ma j4 UiM
1935.
Government to Pay Farmer
to Date Supreme Court
Decision, if Adverse
Plan Legal Safeguards.
WASHINGTON, July 31. (AP)
Price fixing was stricken out of the
AAA Amendment bill today by agree
ment of house conferees to the
amendment attached In the senate.
The price fixing amendment was
the only controversial point of any
moment considered by the conferees
at an unexpected session today.
Other questions wll be takon up to
morrow, Including import quotas, the
export debenture, the potato control
plan, and the senate amendment per
mitting suits for recovery of process
ing taxes where the processor shows
he did not pass on the tax.
WASHINGTON, July 31. T The
AAA announced today that a 18 per
cent reduction in wheat acreage In
1936 will be required of farmers who
sign contracts to adjust production.
At the same time, Cheater C. Davis,
farm administrator, told farmers that
if the supreme court should rule out
the AAA program, the government
would pay them for their "compli
ance" up to the "data of such a de
cision.' Making public detaila of the new
four-year wheat contract, Davis said:
"Even If an adverse decision by
the supreme court should materialize
at some future time, the contract In
Its present form is admirably devised
to protect both the farmers and the
government.
The new contract, to be offered to
farmera probably within two or three
weeks, will cover the crop years of
1936-39 inclusive. It will be subject
to termination at the end of any
marketing year by the secretary of
agriculture, and any grower wilt be
given the option of withdrawal at
the end of the first two-year period.
Davis urged farmers to sign as soon
(Continued on Page Eight)
SENATE REVISES
GOLD CLAUSE TO
ENABLE SUITS
Committee Approves Over
Administration Objection
Proof of Injury Must
Be Shown.
WASHINOTON. July 81. (AP)
Administering a sharp set-back to the
administration, the senate banking
committee today reported out the gold
clause bill revised to permit suits on
government obligations for six
months after enactment of the meas
ure. The amendment, by Senator Mc-
Adoo (D., Calif.), would permit suits
either on government "gold clause"
obligations now matured, or upon in
tereat coupons, but would require the
bondholder to show he had been In
Jured by the action of the govern
ment in refusing payment of gold on
Its obligations.
The charge was attached to the bill
by a vote of It to 7 over the opposl
tlon of administration leaders on the
co mm 1 tee who had sought to approve
the measure In a form outlawing all
suits on government gold notes or
obligations.
I The bill provided that for six
f months after enactment, suits for
l damage could be brought against the
I government "upon any gold clause
securities of the United States or for
Interest thereon, or upon any coin or
currency of the United States, or
upon any claim or demand arising
' out of any surrender, requisition,
' seizure, or acquisition of sny such
coin or currency or any gold or silver
and involving the effect or validity
of any change In the metallio content
of the dollar or other regulation of
the value of money."
The amendment would leave Intact
any such suits already pending. There
are two In the court of claims.
Rock Altai k.
CH EH A LIS. Wash.. July 31. (UP)
Deputy sheriffs patroled the mill
town of Mineral today after a group
of strikers gathered on a house top
and peppered non-union employes of
the West Ford Logging company with
rocks hurled from slingshots.
Foul Play Theory Fall.
PORTLAND, July ZliFt Death of
William Vactz. 88. vice-president of
the Oerman Aid society, resulted from
natural causes, finding by the cor
onera ofMc held today. Foul play
originally was advanced a a theory
atw Vsetjs bcni was discovered in
V44 looaw
Portland Mayor
Promises Highway
Aid This ' Section
PORTLAND, July 31. (API
Mayor Joseph Carson today had
pledged Portland's aid In securing
Improvements on the Pacific high
way in southern Oregon.
To the request by Mayor Thorn
ton S. Wiley of Ashland for such
cooperation. Mayor Carson replied
that the rest of the state benefit
ted materially by all Improve
ments which might result In In
creased tourist traffic.
AND ABDUCTED BY
JEALOUS
Crude Operation in Ceme
tery Kills Newlywed
Assailant Known, Escapes
at Service Station.
CHICAGO. July 31. 7P) Kidnaped
and brought by automobile to a lonely
wooded spot In Chicago's south side.
Dr. Walter J. Bauer, 38, of Cleveland.
a bridegroom of three weeks, today
was subjected to mutilation which
cost his life.
Five, hours after the operation, he
died at Jackson Park hospital. Before
his death he told police, they aald,
that he had been abducted at Ann
Arbor, Mich., by a man he had met
In a hotel there.
Dr. Bauer's bride, Marie, was noti
fied at the Laughlln hospital atKlrks
vllle. Mo., where she la a nurse. She
Informed police she was leaving at
once for Chicago.
Detective Howard Dolye, who ques
tioned Dr. Bauer, snld the vtctlm
named as a suspect a man whom
Mrs. Bauer had often aald was in
tensely Jealous and embittered be
cause of the marriage. Dr. Bauer did
not know the man personally, Doyle
said.
Dr. Bauer recently completed his
studies at the Laughlln School of
Osteopathy at Ktrkavllle, Mo. Three
weeks ago he was married. Thn,
leaving his bride at Klrksvllle, he
went to Ann Arbor for post-graduate
work at the University of Michigan.
At 1 :30 a. m. attendants at a uth
side filling station saw a small coupe
rolling slowly into the driveway. A
man leaped from the car and disap
peared Into the darkness.
From the automobile the attend
ants. Harry and Harold Anderson,
heard moans. They found Dr. Bauer,
bound hand and foot, in great pain,
and hurried him to Jackson Park
hospital.
There Dr. Bauer, weak from loss of
blood, dictated a telegram to his
bride. It read:
"Seriously ill in Chicago. Oome at
once."
Weakly he told his atory to Dete
tlva Doyle. As retold by the detec
tive, the story wss;
When Dr. Bauer strolled Into the
lobby of the Jennings House near
Ann Arbor last night he fell Into
(Continued on Page Eight)
TIE 0. S. C.
T, IS DEAD
CORVALLIS. Ore., July 31. (AP)
The flag at Oregon State college flut
tered at half-mast .today In memory
of Dr. J. K. Weaiherford of Albany
who died last night.
Dr. Weatherford was regent of Ore
gon State college 44 years, 38 of
which were in the capacity of presi
dent of the board, a record of con
tlnuous service believed unmatched
by any state Institution In the United
States.
Weatherford was graduated from
the college in 1873 and was one of the
first two receiving the honorary doc
tor degree here In 1023. He was ap
pointed to the board by six different
governors and served six years before
President W. J. Kerr came to Oregon.
Merging of the regent bodies into a
single stake bosrd In 1029 terminated
the service of Dr. Weatherford. His
term otherwise would have extended
to 1036.
As head of the regents, Dr. Weath
erford directed development of the
college from Us meager beginnings to
I Its prsent place of national proml
I nence.
i One of his final official acts was
direction of the building of the large
men's dormitory which bears his
name. He signed nearly 8000 Oregon
State college diplomas during the
more than four decades of his reg
ency. U'.ntworlh In Mrrifnrd Charlea
Wentm-orth. Naati distributor lor Ore
gon and aouthern Washington, la a
buMntaa visitor In Medford, confer-
No. 111.
IT HITS
EVASION BY
RICHESTPEOPLE
'58 Thriftiest' Escape Pay
ment by Exempt Securi
ties F. D. R. Talks to
Press on New Tax Bill
WASHINGTON. July 31. (AP)
Discussing the new tax bill with
newspapermen. President Roosevelt
observed today that 88 of the richest
persons In the United States paid no
federal tax in 1932 on 37 per cent of
their Income.
Facetiously referring to the group
aa the ''68 thriftiest people in the
United States," the President said
they escaped federal taxation princi
pally by Investments In tax exempt
securities. He repeated his suggestion
for a constitutional amendment per- '
mlttlng taxation of government
bonds.
Meanwhile on Capitol Hill. Noel
Sargent, representing the National
Association of Manufacturers, assail
ed the proposed graduated corpora
tion Income tax before the senate
finance committee as "unsound in
principle" and a "violation of the
ability to pay."
He appeared as a witness a short
while after the majority members of
the house ways and means committee
submitted a cautiously phrased re
port to the house, officially estimat
ing mat the new tax bill would raise
$270,000,000 a year.
The majority report took its place
along side of a Republican minority
committee report condemning the
measure as bordering "on the point .
of confiscation" and Intended "to
catch votes."
Chairman Doughton (D., N.O.) said
he planned to call the bill up on the
house floor tomorrow and would try
to get It passed before Saturday.
In his talk with reporters, the
President emphasized after - his re
mark about the "88 thriftiest people
in the United States." that, of course,
he was in favor of thrift.
He noted that one family had 107
family trusts which,-permits a split
ting of the Income and an avoidance
or reduction of surtax payments.
While the house bill docs not
specifically touch such trusts. Mr.
Roosevelt said that anything done to
stop tax avoidance would be helpful.
The president also asserted it was
common sense to regard gifts of pro
perty by aged people within two
years of death to be for the purpose
of reducing estate and Inheritance
taxes.
He called attention tn this connec
tion to the dissenting opinion of Jus
tice Stone of the Supreme court In a
majority ruling holding such gifts
untaxable. He said In that decision It
was shown where two men gave awsy
all their property when over 00 years
of sge.
GENEVA, July 31. P League of
Nations sources were Informed today
that dysentery has broken out among
the Italian troops massed In East
Africa. The number of cases at pres
ent was said to total 18,000.
PORTLAND, July 31. (Port
land's 47th annual fall rose show
will be held October 4 and 8, It was
announced today by David Robinson,
president of the Portlsnd Rose so
ciety, which sponsors the summer
snd autumn display events each year.
BEVKRIjY HILLS, Calif..
July ao. Say, did you read
about Mussolini's army beinj?
camped on a stream and the
Ethiopians went above 'cm and
diverted the creek and left 'em
with no water! (That's a dry
country down there).
I can't imagine anything any
more disconcerting to a army
than to wake up in the morning
and find the river hid from un
der you. Modern armies have
everything, but there is ju.it
something about a native m any
country in tho world, where he
seems to have more sense than
any RcnTnl army corps.
Our old Apache (jcrommo
drove 19 sets of U. S. army offi
cers "nuts." The Boer hid the
r.mrlislimnn's tea for two years.
Cortez' preat, great grandchil
dren in Mexico are still iryinc
to whip tho Ynquis. If I was
ffoiittf to fight somebody I
would pick out the most civil
ized one I could find, causa
they are the dumbest. Yours,
mm
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