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The Weather
Forecast: Cloudy tonight and
Friday, probably with rain Fri
day; cooler Friday
Temperature:
Highest yesterday .... 87
Lowest this morning 45
For the Best
BU Estate prices are down.
It's tho time to buy If yon
enjoy making money. Keep
clone match of Heal Ettate for
Sale Column for the beat In
Teatraents. MEDFORD
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Thirty-first Year
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MEDFORD, OREGOX, THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1936.
nil Cnlted Preu
No. 16.
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By PAUL MALLON
(Copyright, 1936, by Taul 51allon)
WASHINGTON. April 16. An owl
Jsh old-timer In congreaa Is observ
ing, In his confidential cups these
cays, xnas ne nas
duller season.
The significant
reason, as he has
figured It out, is
that the country
Is In a state of
flux. Wise poll
tlclans. like him
self, cannot find
out which way
to Jump. Radi
cals have their
hackneyed pro
I'aul .Mutton gram and con
servatives theirs, but In between
there Is the great bulk whose paths
are not as clearly defined on current
legislative problems.
Their letters from back home lately
have, been confusing. Home folks
seem to be radically divided on most
of the supposedly burning Issues.
Aii mm a of the bova here have
lately grasped touches like that of
Dr. Townsend and have been scorch
ed when it burned out too fast.
Prize example cited by the old-
timer If, of course, the Townsend
case. Only a few weeks ago, It was
considered wise for all men In public
life to get on that band wagon or at
least walk beside It. But the band
wagon has more recently developed
signs of turning out to be a one-hoss
,hay.
Before that, band wagons which
passed In the night Included NRA,
AAA, Huey 'ong, rather Coughlln.
xne ooya wonacr who or wuai u.
next. If anyone .or anything.
The old-timer says he Is going to
Jollow the example of that former
eenator from the Pacific coast who
consulted a fortune teller to find out
what to be for.
tint of the same feeling between the
lines of President Roosevelt's Balti
more speech. He told Industrialists
that. If they do not give jods to an
over 18 and under 65 he will. But
lie did not say where, how or when,
pe worked In a hint that young men
made the constitution and young
men might revise It, but did not di
rectly connect up the two thoughts.
The answer to that seems to be
that the speech was hastily thrown
together. When he reached for ma
terial for It. the president Is supposed
to have lifted the largest portion
from suggested texts furnished pri
vately by Harry Hopkins and Aubrey
Wlliams. They are the employment
and youth experts.
Their spokesmen whisper that they
tiava several things in mind, but
nothing as definite as the president's
tnntk imnllcd. One of this group says
the president's main purpose was to
have the supreme court read the
speech before rendering the Ouffcy
coal opinion.
Around the White House there Is
talk of designating someone to pre
pare audiences for presidential
e-peecbes as a result of the Baltimore
experience. Baltimoreans frequently
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Gypsy Quints Are
Claimed By Death
BUCHRAEST. Rumania. April 16.
?) Authorities at Grades reported
today that quintuplets born to a gyp
sy mother near that city had died.
Physicians sold that the children
were too badlv malformed to live.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Jim Collins sppearlng with the first
four-lear clover of the miwd. and
Tofrgery Bill finally getting posses
sion of It wtlth the plea that he
reeded it wor$e than Jim.
Dorothy Perl looking decidely cool
despite the blazing sun, but admit
ttng today would have been a splen
did one for swimming purposes.
In keeping with the approaching
cirrus season: Ernst Barnes bolls
when anyone calls him A1 O.
Gene Thorndike. pres. of the 1st
natl. advising his three secretaries.
Barbara Wshl. Edith Jacobs and
Kstherlne Puter. that If they Inflated
on get tins' vaccinated to at least
have It dne in a plat that was com
foraMe. Doc Bunch, with one eye fixed on
feathery clouds, expressing the opin
ion that It may cool down but won't
get cold, and saying: "A'wut one
more smudge and I'd be ready to
pack up and beat It,
Janet Wray Smith enjoying a
h:rtidav but reticent as to the exact
miles tons pasced. i
,5 ar m 5
EXPECT GOVERNOR
TO FOLLOW ADVICE
Action Probable Late This
Afternoon Is Word
Judge Skipworth Recom
mends Parole Restriction
SALRM, Ore., April 16. (AP)
Authoritative sources stated at
n win today that (Jovcrnor Mar
tin would ls$ue a conditional
parole for Earl II. Fehl. Med ford
prisoner convicted or ballot thefts,
later today.
The sources stated the parole
would prohibit Fehl from return
In to Jackson county or partici
pating In any Jackson county
activities.
SALEM, Aplrl 16. (AP) Governor
Martin, on his return from Eugene,
where he conferred with Circuit
Judge G. F. Skipworth concerning
the Earl H. Fchl case, said he would
make further investlgtalons before
acting upon a- parole for the Jackson
county prisoner.
"I am studying the conditions In
Jackson county, the history of the
case, and the law on paroles," the
governor said. "I have not yet
reached a decision on Pehl."
Fehl four-year term, with good
behavior credits, was up yesterday,
but the governor took no action un
der the recent ruling of the attorney
general that prisoners cannot be au
tomatically released without a parole
or pardon.
The governor said Judge Skipworth
recommended the parole of Fehl with
the restriction that he not return to
Jackson county. District Attorney
Codding of Jackson county prevt
ously urged that should Fehl be re
leased he not be returned to that
county.
t .
SLATED SATURDAY
H. Wayne Standard, grand master
of the grand lodge of Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, will deliver the
main address Saturday when Masons
from all of southern Oregon and
northern California gather here for
the second annual meeting of south-
em Oregon wearers of the square and
compass. Representatives from Ma
sonic lodges In Grants Pass, Kerby,
Ashland, central Point, Jacksonville,
Klamath Falls, Bend. Marshfleld,
Roseburg, Weed, Yreka and Crescent
City wilt be the guests of the Med-
ford lodge for the largest Masonic
meet ever held in southern Oregon.
E. M. Wilson of Med ford, past grand
master of the grand lodge of Oregon,
will also take part in the program, as
will o. O. Horner, master of the Med
ford lodge, other members of the
official .family who will be here are
L. L. Hendrtx of Klamath Falls, sen
ior grand steward: D. Rufus Cheney
of Portland, grand secretary, and R I
Frank Peters of Hlllsboro, deputy
grand master. j
The program gets under way at 2 I
o'clock Saturday afternoon when a j
school of Instruction will be held I
under the direction of C. L. Blschofr of
Portland, who Is chairman of the In-
at ruction committee of the grand 1
lodge. He will be assisted by W. P.
Continued on ", Nine)
Petitions Pushed for
. 9 Initiative Measures
Bt CLAYTON V. BKRMMRI
(AMorlatcd Prew staff Writer)
SALEM. April 16. (AP Nineteen
ballot titles for Initiative measures
have been lMued for petition cir
culators In Oregon and should they
all be completed would set a record
for measures to be voted upon by
the electorate at the general elec
tion November S.
The petitions are now In the field
and most of them are reported to
be active while the status of several
is In doubt. Activities this year, de
spite the recent law prohibiting paid
circulators, would indicate that Ore
ton voters would be called upon to
ps iipn suhjert of wide range
in addition to voting for thtr pre
ferred candidal. David 0"Hara. elec.
Uon clerk in tb tate department,
said.
Rarely do half of the original peti
tions appear on the ballot.
Two yi'ars ago there were 30 initia
tive p".ltlnn in circulation but by
November only three cre voted
upon.
-The tuna lor sUfUcg Otbxr l&lUej
South Pacific Highway
10-Gallon Texas
Hat, Ranger Post
Held For Martin
PORTLAND. Ore.. April lfl. (P)
A location hat awaited a place
atop Governor Charles Marti n'e
head today. George W. Brlggs of
Dallas, Tex., said he would visit
the governor at Salem and present
him with the hat, a commission
In the Texas Rangers and an invi
tation to attend the Texas Cen
tennial exposition, June 0 to Nov.
29.
Brlggs also will give Major-Gen-eral
U. S. Alexander "Rock of the
Ma me" ?ho commanded the Tex
as infantry brigade in the 89th di
vision during the World, a hat.
GOES TO SENATE
WASHINGTON, April (P) A
bill authorizing a 4440,000.000 road
program for the 1936 and 1939 fiscal
years was passed by the house today
and sent to the senate.
Approved without opposition, the
measure extends the Hayden-Cart-
wright act under which the present
year's federal highway program and
that for 1937 would be carried out.
For the first time, $35,000,000 for
each of the two years la earmarked
for farm-to-marktt roads, to be
matched on a 50-60 basis by the
states. - .
Also Included for the first time Is
$50,000,000 each year not required to
be matched, for grade crossing elim
ination.
The measure authorizes for each of
the years, $125,000,000 for regular fed
eral aid highways on the matching
basis, $10,000,000 for forest roads, $2,-
500,000 for roads In publlo lands, and
$7,300,000 for those In national parks.
T
PORTLAND, Ore., April lfl. P;
Potential CCO recruits received
extension of time in which to enroll
for the six-months' summer period.
C. J. Buck, regional forester, ex
tended the deadline until midnight,
April 35. The rolls were scheduled to
close last night but nesrly 100 vacan
cies remained.
Buck said It appeared Oregon would
have 30 camps and Washington 26
under the forest service this summer.
Enrol lees must be single youths be
tween 17 and 28 years of age, and
must represent families receiving
some form of public assistance.
4
Gets Ninety Days
For Shooting Cow
ROSEBURO, Ore.. April 16. (jft
Charged with shooting a cow belong
ing to a neighbor, William Bradley
of Sutherlln was sentenced In the
circuit court here this afternoon to
JO days in Jail, The sentence was sus
pended during good behavior.
Bradley told the court "he lost his
head." -when he found the cow, be
longing to Henry Den ley, in his gar-
den.
i Uvea Is growing short, but reports
are current several more Initiative
bills will be attempted.
Of the 10 now In circulation, eight
are amendment to the state con
stitution and the remainder statutes.
Topics covered by the proposals
range from Us measures, automo
bile regulations, advertising, fish,
power, liquor proposal to abolition
of compulsory military training In
the atatea institutions of higher
learning.
Constitutional amend menu pro
pound are;
The homestead tax exemption pro
vision up to a 13000 aMMd valua
tion. An amendment prohibiting enact
ment of a law which forbids truth
ful advertising. This is directed at
the recent statute regulating adver
tising by dentists.
An amendment providing for com
pulsory recall of all officials. This
wculd provide that recall against
public offl-nri h cr. the
ballot t
1 Continued pa Pi riya.) J
ITALY DEMANDS
RIGHT TO MAKE
RULESJF PEACE
"Utterly Impossible" Say
Ethiopian Delegates
Ask All Sanctions Pro
vided by League Applied
By the Associated Press
An authoritative league of nations
source said today Italy has demanded
the right to conduct negotiations for
east African peace directly with Ethi
opia. The Italian demand, described as
eventual establishment of a military
armistice between victor and van
quished, was reported to have been
held "utterly impossible" by. the Ethi
opian delegation.
Ethiopia demanded that all sanc
tions provided for In the league cove
nant be immediately applied to Italy
In an effort to halt the forward march
of the fascist troops.
Include Military Action
The covenant provides not only for
the economic and financial sanctions
already In force but for military ac
tion aa well by member nations.
'As the conciliation efforts contin
ued, Italian soldiers started by mo
tor truck for the Ethiopian capital
In the interior of Emperor Halle Se
lassie's war-torn empire.
Fascist sources Indicated that they
believed the consummation of the
conquest of the east African nation
was at hand. :. -
In Rome, It was suggested that the
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G.O.P.
NEW DEAL POLICY
DEMOS DECLARE
By LEONARD B. SHLBFRT
Associated Press 8a ff Writer
WASHINGTON, April 16. AP) A
contention by the New Deal high
command that the Republican lead
era have embraced the principles of
the Democratic farm program was
added today to the growing list of
campaign arg lments.
With the i'llnols and Nebraska pri
maries over and a fortnight's lull
now before there Is more balloting
administratis forces snd their
foes prepared vigorously for the fu
ture. Chairman James A. Parley of the
Democratic national committee, mak
ing a speech at Albany, N. YN last
night, said Republicans were taking
over New Deal policy. He named
former President Hoover , titular
leader of the O. O. P.. and Governor
Alf M. Landon of Kansas.
Farm Plan Adopted
Opening the national and state
campaigns with hla speech, Parley
declared that Hoover and Landon
have "accepted and adopted" as their
own the administration's farm plan.
Farley assailed the American Lib
erty league, and reiterated his state
ment that there la "overwhelming
evidence" that President Roosevelt
will be re-elected.
Mr. Hoover,' Farley asserted, "has
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BY
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PORTLAND, Ore., April 18. (AP)
B to we 11 A. Dawson of Albsny suc
ceeded Oeorge T. Cochrane of La
Orande today as most Illustrious
grand master of the Royal and Select
Arrh Masons of Oregon.
The 05 delegstes slso chose Port
land as the site for the election
meeting next year. All 16 state
councils were represented.
Other offlrera named: D. Bruce
Stuart, Corvallls, deputy srand mas
ter: Ralph K. Sweney. MM ford, il
lustrious gra nd prl nr I pa I rond uctor
of works; Lloyd L. IVott. Portland.
Brand treasurer (re-elected i; James
H. Richmond, Portlsnd. Illuitrfmis
gmnd recorder (re-lecfttij; Arthur
Motesworth, Port land, grand chap
lain; Henry P. Hrburgr, Canyon
City, grand captnln of guard; Henry
O. Richardson, Portland, grand con
ductor of the council; William
Bromn. Oregon City, grand msrhlial;
"n rrenrn, i lie uauec. Krsnu
"vard; Lot L. finodaraaa. La Oiande.
grand sentinel.
Sally Shocked
-: SI
Sally Rand was frightfully shock
ed and threatened to go to ths law
about It all when members of the
San Diego exposition's nudist col
ony picketed her fan dance, a free
attraction. Here are Sally and her
fans beside ona of the pools on the
fair grounds. (Associated Press
Photo
PESTER SALLY
8AN DIEOO, Cal., April 1 (UP)
Police oftlcer. prowled through
crowd, attending Bally Band's out
door fan and bubble dance today to
prevent Mnall boy. from anlplng at
the bubbles vlth sling allots.
The boys disrupted her perform
ance yesterday with accurate shots
from behind nearby trees, snd hit
Sally In tender spots as well as
breaking her bubbles.
Miss Band retreated to go to her
dressing room for new bubbles, re
turned snd went on with her show.
To add to her difficulties, a swsrm
of bees moved Into shrubbery around
the plaza pool where she appears
dally In her dsnce. "Led a and the
Swan." She still Is unstung but
spectators reported several new and
somewhat erratic movements had
been added to the dance.
BASEBALL
.National
' R. H. 8.
..... 8 10 0
a 10 S
P. Dean and
Chicago
Bt. lula
rrench and Hartnett;
Davla.
R. H. E.
Boston . 6 4 1
Philadelphia 1 14 a
Chaplin. Osborne. Blanche and Lo
per.; Jorgena, Bowman. Johnson and
Grace.
B. H. E.
Pittsburgh 4 8 1
Cincinnati i 7 I J 2
Wesver. and Padden; Holllngaworth
and Lombard!.
n. H. E.
8 13 0
7 11 1
Mungo and Berries; Flte
Al Bmlth, Coffman and
Broklyn .
New York
Bra nut,
Simmons,
Mancuao.
Amerlran
ft. H. E
New York lfl 4
Washington . - S 14 0
Broaca, W. Brown and Dickey; Ap
ple ton, Boklna, Russell and Bolton.
R.
Philadelphia - - 7
Boston ..10
H. Johnson, Doyle, and
Welch, and R. Perrc!!.
H. E.
14 3
11 3
Hayes;
Detroit-Cleveland,
weather.
postponed, cold
Chlcago-St. Louis, postponed, cold
Vienna Nuptials
Unite Royal Pair
VIENNA. April lfl. Jp, Princess
A li-e of Bourbon-Parma, 10-year-old
dark-eyed, black-haired niece of for
mer Em pre us Zlta of Austria, became
the bride of Prince Alfonso of Bour
bon today In a ceremony recalling
old monarchist glorleo.
Ral pHtreantry was dlpUd In
side the srittorratlc MlnorlUn church
lot Um marriage.
Plan to Have Hearing
WPA CHIEF FIRED;
Director Gannon Let Out
for Seeking Political Do
nations of Employes
Others Slated to Go
WASHINGTON. April 16. (fl)
Works Progress Administrator Harry
L. Hopkins announced today he had
discharged George H. Gannon. Wash
ington state WPA director, for solid
tatlon of funds from employes on his
sdmlnlstratlve staff "for political pur
poses.' Hopkins said he had named B. G.
Jacob-sen, field representative for
western territory headquarters at San
Francisco, as acting administrator to
take charge of the Washington WPA
headquartera at Seattle Immediately.
Hopkins said five or six other em
ployes and officials under Gannon
would be discharged Immediately, on
the groui.J li.ey weie Implicated "In
this political activity."
Money Is Returned.
Hopkins said between $3,000 and
4,000 had been collected but that
the money had been returned to the
employee after "we found out about
It."
In a telegram to Gannon, Hopkins
said:
"As a result of conclusive evidence
obtained In the Investlfatlon of po
Utlcal activity and collection of funds
In your administration for political
purposes, I sm today relieving you
of the responsibility as works progress
sdmlnlstrator for the atsto of W&sh
Ington." Explaining his action to newsmen.
Hopkins ssld "It's a matter of politi
cal skullduggery and we won't stand
for It."
Oannon he described aa a banker
and a Democrat.
Seven new directors of' the Jack
son County Chamber of Commerce
were announced by the election
committee today as follows:
Eugene Thorndlke, Ben E. Harder,
W. 8. Bolger, A. S. V. Carpenter,
Oeorge T. Prey, T. E. Daniels and
W. A. Gates.
The final balloting closed at noon
yesterday for the selection of seven
directors from the 14 nominated In
the primary that was conchtded on
April 8.
The board la composed of 31 mem
bers. Seven are elected annually and
seven are chosen by rural agencies.
There are always seven hold-over
members.
The seven whose terms do not ex
pire until next year are Olen Arn-
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Ashland Student
In Honor Society
CORVALLia. Ore.. April lfl. ;pr
Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic
honor society, announced the pledg
ing of 42 student and faculty mem
bers of Oregon State college. Includ
ed were: Seniors Jack A. Olbbs,
Roseburg; Ellubeth Joy, Ashland;
Oeorge C. Eld ridge. Vale. Juniors
Martam F. Chatham and Fred O.
PlananAky, Baker; Sara R. Lee, Mil
ton: Murv M. Knit house, Mill Cltv.
Alert Telephone Girls
Save Injured Mans Life
BUOENB. April 10 (AP) To the
alertness of telephone operator,
young Victor Walder owes his lite
today.
P.arly Wednesday evening Welder
was working in the Eugene foundry
with no one else In the building
when a piece of steel flew off and
hit htm In the groin, piercing
vein and main artery.
With barely enough strength to
crswi to the telephone, he placed hla
call to the Eugene hospital. The call
went thrnuKh all right, but before
he routrl make himself Intelligible he
fainted.
Negro, 91, Father
Of 37 Children,
Expects Another
BROOKS VTU-.E, Fla., April 19.
CP) Ambrose H, Dour 1 as, 91-year-old
negro. Is the father of 37
children and his wife Is an expect
ant mother.
Twice married, Douglas offspring
by his first wife numbered 30 boys
and 5 girls, all but two now liv
ing. A widower at 72. he married
his present wife. Minnie, In 1917
and there have been 13 children,
11 of them living.
He was born in slavery at II
llngton. N. C , in 1843.
DE
WITHOUT STAINS
J. S. Murray, keeper of the state
penitentiary records, stated today
that the DeAutremont brothers, serv
ing life sentences at Salem for their
confessed roles in the Siskiyou tun
nel train robbery and quadruple
murders, "have not violated a single
rule In the nine years they have
been prison Inmates."
Murray, called as a witness in a
forgery case at Grants Pass, spent
this morning In the city and made a
personal call upon District Attorney
George A. Codding. His visit had
no connection with the oontroveray
over the parole of Earl H. Fehl,
serving four years for ballot theft
conviction.
"Fehl haa been a good prisoner.
doing hla work and hla time like the
rest of the Inmates," Murray saio,
L. A. Banks, former local agitator.
associated with Fehl In the Jackson
county "turmoil," serving life for
second degree murder, "has very lit
tle to do with anyone, and when not
doing his dally chore in the prison
laundry, spends his time reading.
He stilt thinks the eyes of the world
are focused upon him. and retains
his ego."
Murray, In response to a query,
thought Banks had become recon
ciled to prison life at much as any
lifer ever does."
- The penitentiary aide also said the
DeAutremont boys were "more studi
ous than the average prisoner and
read lots."
Albert W. Reed, serving a life sen
tence for the slaying of Victor Knott,
Ashland policeman, was also listed
by Murray as a model prisoner, nis
father In Colorado Is said to be mak
ing an effort for his release.
FOR BOND THEFT
WASHINGTON, Aplrl (AP)
The Justice department pressed for
quick action today against eight men
arrested In connection with the dis
appearance of more than a half mil
lion dollara' worth of bonds rrom a
New York bank 18 months ago.
Announcing the result of a long
search extending outside the borders
of the United States, J. Edgar Hoo
ver, chief of the O-men, aald laat
night that $310,000 worth of the
mleaslng bond, had been recovered.
Thoae arrested were luted as:
Charles Hartman, William P.. Ev
ans. Theodore Crowley. Oabrlel Ma
roal and Earl P. Palmer, all of New
York city; Paul Alexander of Wash
ington. D. C and Rocco J. and
Oeorge DeOrasst of West Palm Beach.
Pla. All except Maroal, Palmer and
Alexander were Hated aa having po
lice recorda,
Income Shares
Marylsnd funding, bid )9.U; ask
ed ,21 07.
Quarterly Income, bid ,1J: asked
,1.7".
The young
switchboard,
lady at the hoapltal
Miss Clara Pearson,
quickly asked
the operator to trace
the call.
In a few mlnutea a dc.tor waa
on Ma may to bring Walder to the
hoapltal. He was found on the floor
near the telephone.
At the hoapltal he waa so weak
with loss of blood that It waa feared
he might not live. Doctors went to
work with blood transfusions, grad
ually strengthening his heart until
It waa believed that he had chance
for recovery. Thursday eftrmeon he
waa reported to be gaining strength
rapidly.
WESTERN HAY
OFFICIALS TO AIR
PROJECTAT MEET
Financial and Engineering
Phases On Agenda Mc
Nary Sees Prospects for
Early Start On Work
WASHINOTON, ! The
bureau of public roads today sched
uled the proposed Pacific highway
Improvement from Salem, Ore., south,
to the California line, for discussion
at a meeting of the western associa
tion of state highway officials Is
Phoenix, Arte., April 29.
The bureau said an engineer from
headquartera here and the regional
and district engineers would confer,
with Oregon road officials on the
financial and engineering aspects of
the proposed Improvement.
The project calls for a atralghter .
and wider highway. R. B. Toms, chief
of the bureau's designing division,
said the bureau favors larger alloca
tions of federal aid funds to Oregon
to expedite the project.
The bureau and the state are con- -fronted
with the task of determining
whether sufficient state and federal
funda can be provided for a project
calling for a new and stralghter route
over the mountains In southern Ore-.
gon.
Otherwise the project would be
limited to straightening and. widen
lng of the existing road. Toms said.
Senator MoKary (R., Ore.), said he
-j believed prospect for-an early start .
on the Improvement are "excellent.
McNary haa conferred with bureau of- .
ficlala several times to urge adoption
of the project and larger allocations on
the ground the existing road, narrow
and winding, falls far short of meet
ing traffic needs.
VESSELS DIVERTED
LABOR TROUBLES
SAN PHANCICO, Aprtl 19 (AP) :
Shippers began diverting vessela to .
day from San Pranclaco's strife-torn'
waterfront where employers and long
shoremen were deadlocked In an omi
nous dispute arising from factional '
union dlfferencea.
Longshoremen asserted the ma
neuver was an obvious employers1 ,f- '
fort to close the port and plao
blsme upon the local of the Inter
national Longshoremen's ssaocLstlon-'
While the Grace liner Santa Roaa,
focal point In the dispute, ley ira-
worked at her dock, I. L. A. official,
completed plan, for a large union
meeting tonight to discuss proced
ure In the crisis, precipitated after
they refused to unload the vessel
Tuesday.
Harry Bridges, left-wing head of
the longshoremen, would not reveal
what might be discussed at the meet
ing. He spent most of last night
conferring with other official, bu
deferred a planned statement.
The Waterfront Employers' asso
ciation broke relation, with the I.
U A., charging refusal to unload the
Santa Rosa was a breach of the 1984
arbitration award and asserting their
mnve was directed "solely sgalnst the
radical and subversive leadership of
the local which has fallen under the
domination of communist agitators.
Two American-Hawaiian freighters,
meanwhile, were ordered to pass up
San Francisco en route to Ban Pedro
from the Pacific northwest. A Wll-llsms-Dlmond
cargo vessel will d
the same "unless the situation
clears." a line official said, while
passenger ships of the Dollar line and
United Fruit Co., cancelled scheduled
calls here by two vessela now at San
Pedro.
In Washington, Secretary Perkin,
kept , close watch on the local situ
ation, which so far ha, not affected
routine In other coast ports,
ALIiNlWAMED
PORTLAND, Ore., April 16. (AP)
United States Attorney Carl Don
eugh aald today that Allan Hart,
yourm Portland lawyer, would ,ue
eeed Manley B, Strayer a, assistant
United States attorney. Strayer. for
merly of Baker, waa advanced to th,
position of first aaalstant left va
cant by th, resignation of Edwin D.
Hick, to ,nter privet, pracUc
Mediant, i