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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. MAY .1(T, 1937
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By Paul Mallon
Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon.
' WASHINGTON, May 15. The Bank
of England seems to have become
tig-hear tod all of a sudden about
President Roosevelt's gold predica-
ment. It bought
4fthe other day
'about (25,000,000
worm oi irns mys-
j which Mr. B. has
been unwillingly
i hoard in?. This was
the first such pur
chase recorded In
several months.
Until then, every
one had been let
Paul Mallon
ting Treasury Sec
retary Morgenthau buy it all.
Now, there will be many cxplana
" tlons of this transaction. As no one,
including Professor Warren, really
seems to -understand gold with any
degree of certainty, everyone can
speak freely. However, the best ex
planation accepted In gilt-edged
quarters Is that It Indicates the ex
istence of some sort of gold arrange
ment between Washington and Lon
don. It likewise tends to confirm the
vague story which has been kicking
around the best circles for some
months, naniely that Mr. R. reached
(ome Indefinite and vague price
working basis with Walter Runciman
and Lord Tweed smulr and hopes to
carry It forward when Premier Van
Ze eland of Belgium comes over.
The story that cooperation exists Is
being denied otflclaly. ol course. In
the official explanation It 1 pointed
out that British gold stocks have
fallen 25 to 35 per cent In the last
few months. Tho ban and the Brit
ish government naturally are con
cerned. The reason the stocks have been
falling Is that the world seems to
have reached the conclusion that the
United State set the gold price too
Iilgh. There Is agreement abroad that
It will hare to be changed eventually
From this Washington end. how
ever, convincing evidence Is available
that no change In the price can or
will be made, as has been previously
reported. It seems certain Washing
ton Intends to let the matter slide
until the Inactive gold fund reachea
over a billion dollars. At the rate the
metal was coming In from abroad In
April and early In May, that reckon
ing day would not be far distant, but
now that the British are concerned,
the Inflow may decrease. '
This policy of plsy and delay also
may be helped by the recent arresting
of stock and commodity prices here
Some authorities are convinced the
real reason gold has been coming In
la that there was a flight of foreign
capital toward American investment
What makes the American Investment
field appear Inviting to foreigners Is
thBt the government has been follow
ing an unbalanced budget policy
looking definitely toward higher
prices. Furthermore, If there la any
crack In exchange, the foreigners fig
ure It will be In their favor.
Orthodox Washington economists
will tell you there Is nothing In that
They blame the excess Dalance of
American trade for the Inflow. But
computations recently have been
made Indicating that. If you estimate
the invisible trade (tourist travel,
etc.), there Is no excess In balanced
volume sufficient to warrant the gold
Imports.
Thus the adoption of aounder pol
icy here (curtailment of relief, bal
ancing the budget, etc.), plus British
concern and whatever working ar
rangement It represents, may tend to
solve the gold problem which other
wise appears unsolvable In the master
minds.
What happened In the Dodd case Is
that the ambassador extraordinary
(official title) In Berlin got hold ol
a rumor which was two years old
and which .was sour, even when It
'aa new.
That old story about the billionaire
backing dictatorship was, current,
but not very current. In the last cam
paign. It was supposed to be aimed
at Henry Ford then. Also a variation
of It mentioned the DuPonts. How
ever, no one this side of Berlin was
expected to believe It.
The state department Is Inclined to
be easy on Dodd because he Is on
the "right" side of the court question
However. It will prove. If pressed, that
Dodd did not give up the lettet
voluntarily, but merely confirmed It
when news of Ita contents leaked out
in this country.
bo, the poor congressmen flave
troubles too. One got a letter from
a constituent requesting that he go
to all embassies and legations and
get a collection of their foreign
stamps Immediately.
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Jurists Hold Secret Session
0 n Decision Affecting
Millions Three Points
At Stake.
WASHINGTON, May 15. (AP)
The supreme court met In secret
conference today to prepare for a
session Monday which may produce
an epochal opinion on constitution
ality of the administration s social
security legislation.
This is the major controversy
among the 28 cases awaiting decis
ion before the Justices adjourn lor
the summer early next month. Its
outcome may have an Important
bearing on President Roosevelt's pro
posal to reorganize the tribunal.
At stake In the litigation are:
1. Constitutionality of the old age
pension provisions of the federal act
under which employers and employes
are taxed to provide benefit for the
workers when they reach 65. A total
of :6.610,000 employes and 2.700.000
employers are paying the assessment
George P. Davis of Waltham.
Mass., challenged tho pension sys
tem In a suit to prevent the Edi
son Electric Illuminating company
of Boston, of which he Is a stock
holder, from paying tho levy. The
circuit court at Boston held the
legislation unconstitutional.
2. The unemployment Insurance
provisions of the federal act under
which employers of eight or more
persons are taxed to provide bene
fits for the Jobless. They may de
duct 00 percent of the assessment
provided It Is paid into a state
unemployment compensation fund
approved by the federal social secur
Ity board. - '
This part of the act was attacked
by the Chas. C. Steward Machine
company of Alabama. The circuit
court at New Orleans upheld the
legislation.
3. Constitutionality of laws passed
by 43 states and the District of
Columbia to provide unemployment
compensation In line with the pur
pose of the federal measure. These
states have 18.530.000 workers. Only
Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska
and Florida have not passed sup
plementary legislation.
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LINCOLN. Neb., May 15. (AP)
Tho nation's only one-house legisla
ture completed its first session today
with the 43 members In general
agreement that "our work has been
good, but not sensational."
The unicameral body adopted 226
bills during the 98-day session. The
last bicameral enacted 192 laws In
110 legislative days. The unicameral
cost the state about $140,000 com
pared with (203,000 for the last bi
cameral In 1935.
The final Item of business, passage
of a 954.851.000 biennial appropria
tions bill, biggest in history, drew
the criticism of Nebraska's governor,
R. L. Cochran.
"I regret the legislature thought It
necessary to raise my budget by five
million dollars." he said. H I regret
that I cannot veto any of the Items.
It seems to me that under the uni
cameral system the governor Is only
an advisory officer when It comes to
budget matters."
HOLY FATHER IN
RELAPSE REPORT
VATICAN CITY, May 15. (CP)
The pope has suffered a relapse In
health during his vacation at castel
Oandolfo, reliable reports reaching
the Vatican said today.
The report came from pfTfonit
clcsely connected with the Castel
Oandolfo villa. They said the pope
was suffering again from fluttering
of the heart, with frequent spells
of difficult brea fling during which
he gasps for air and perspirea cop
iously.
The pontiff also was aufefrlng
from a recurrence of the varicose
vein lesions In both legs.
Although he continues to receive
a restrle number of church offic
ials and pilgrims the pope takes
only a few steps dally.
Tillamook C lerks I nlnnlre
TliLAMOOK, May IS. ( API The
Tillamook Retail Clerk's association
was organized last night aa a locnl.
The union will affiliate with the
American Federetlon of labor The
effort to unlonlre the town started
s;veral days ftco and leader aald
other unions will be organized here.
Feast on Chickens
To Find Lost Gem
In Final Rooster
SEATTLE. May IS. flV-Don't
mention a chicken dinner to the
William Morgans. For 18 consec
utive days the Morgans ate a
chicken a day, hoping to find a
$100 diamond picked from Mrs.
Morgan's ring while she wa feed
ing the birds, but their menu will
undergo a change now.
In the first place, they haven't
any more chickens and secondly,
the diamond was found In the gl&
rard of the last rooster.
ASSAIL TOBACCO,
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Youth Minister Appeals For
War On Larger Evils And
Stirs Convention Storm.
NEW ORLEANS, May 15. ;r)
Smoking was branded un-Chrlstlan
"end unhealthy by the Couthern Bap-
tlst convention after Us 4.000 mes
sengers heard an appeal from a young
minister to switch attention from
&uch "trivial evils" to larger social
problem Involving the "Iniquitous
share -crop ping system" and "sweat
shop wages."
"This Is my first public appear
ance and I realize I am treading on
dangerous ground," satd the 29-ycar-old
minister, the Rev. Charles R. 3ell,
Jr., of Annlston, Ala., In his first con
vention speech before veteran Baptist
mlnUters and laymen.
"But," he went on. "I cannot adopt
such weak and Indefinite resolutions
in a day when wo are faced with
hunger throughout the land."
The convention, representing some
4.000,000 Baptists had adopted resolu
tlons condemning the liquor -vtf,
child marriages, large armament pro
grams, and pleading for world peace.
Told by resolution of the Rev. R.
C. Howard, of Oklahoma City, con
demning the use of tobacco, that four
babies died In a hospital in Oklahoma
because their mothers used toh&cco,
the young minister challenged wheth
er these mothers "could afford orange
Juice, fresh vegetables and proper
food."
"I it Chrlst-llke.'S Mr. Bell asked
"when our colored brethren inut I
come Into the auditorium through
a separate entrance?" !
"We condemn lynching In general."
ho said, "but do not advocate a na
tional law to stop It. We ought to
support the Gavagan anll-lynchlng
bill."
There were shouts of "no, no,"
from the floor and Mr. Bell sat down.
Z. D. Up&haw, former prohibition
candidate for president, answering
the young minister, said:
"He t not an old-time Baptist Ev
eivthlng he says has bcn covered In
our reports for years. He should read
them."
Mr. Howard, taking the floor on
behalf of his resolution, described
"smoking, spitting and dipping as
wttlng a bsd example."
"A man ought to look like a Chris"
tlsn, act Ilk a Christian and mell
like a Christian." he commented,
"and." he added, "we don't want any
cigarette-smoking sisters either."
London. May 15. lUPI The king
and queen received another tumultu
ous demonstration of loyalty from
millions of subjecta todsy when they
drove from Buckingham palace to
Windsor castle for a quiet week-end
to rest from the adruoua dutiea of
coronation week.
They were accompanied by their
daughters. Princesses Elisabeth, heir
presumptive to the throne, and Mar
garet Ro?.
London, as a climax to coronation
week, was Jammed as hundred of
thousands, freed by the Whitsuntide
week-end holiday, poured Into the
capital to swell the ranks of the vtsl
tora from at home and abroad who
were here.
Slot Marhlnes ftelxe
THE DALLES. May 15. ( API
Sheriff Harold Sfxton and deputies
late Friday descended on pool halls
and blllard parlors at Dufur and An
telope, wiring seven slot machines
and citing the operators to appear In
court on a misdemeanor count.
Ak rnrlland Aid
PORTLAND, May 15. ( AP) Cltl
rene of Portland will be asked to aid
Canyon City In rebuilding by contri
buting I5OO0 as match money lor
eovernment Irjeus and grants, the
Portland Chamber of Commerce aald
today.
BUSINESSMEN HIT
BY VOTER EDITOR
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Portland In Grip Of Unions,
Chapman Declares, Fears
Industrial Democracy.
PORTLAND, May -5. (Point
ing the finger of shame at American
business men for "knuckling und
to organised tyranny," C. C. Chap
man, editor of the Oregon Voter, as
sailed the Wagner labor act in an
address before the Oregon Peed Deal
era convention here.
"The Wagner law Is aimed only at
employers," Chapman said, "and does
not forbid any unfair practices so
far as unions are concerned."
Such legislation tends to turn the
American political democracy Into nn
Industrial democracy, he asserted,
adding that Portland Is virtually In
the grip of union organizations. He
advised the feed men to "put their
house In order lest the condition
spread throughout the country.
"It Is clear that if you are an
employer in interstate commerce you
have no right of free speech with
employes. If an employe should
come to advise with the man who
hires him about the wisdom of union
membership, the employer would be
liable to citation by the labor! de
partment for violating the Wagner
law."
The individual who want to please
his employer by working hard la not
regarded favorably by labor organiz
ations, the editor declared.
"Maybe there are evils which the
employers themselves can correct be
fore they are compelled to do so,"
he suggested.
FUNERAL SERVICE
COATESVILLE, Ind ., May 1 5.
(AP) The countrysido buzzed
night with speculation on what
Wade Mlllman, 88-year old wealthy
farmer, would say at his own "fun
eral services" tomorrow afternoon.
Mlllman. who invited all of nis
friends and expected "thousands,'
was noncommittal.
Aa he put finishing touches to his j
funeral oration he only satd, "I'll
have something Interesting to say."
Everything was In order for the
service at the Canaan rural church,
northwest of here. His coffin, fash
ioned from an oak tree on his farm,
was ready. The tombstone. Imported
from Switzerland, was set up. The
pallbearers had been paid 95 each In
advance.
Mlllman said he would contonance
no ministerial help at his last rites,
but pointed out preachers would be
welcome If they cared to come.
A few days ago his wife, who said
she married him to erase a $600
debt, died after a short Illness. Mill
man was shocked sos everely he
could not attend her services.
Asked why he had decided to hold
his own services, he said:
"I do Jt want ;.ny preacher, or
singing at my funeral, so I decided
I would take care of the thing y
self and get It over with. There
won't be any preacher or undertaker
when my time omes."
BULLETIN
HOLLYWOOD, Cel.. May 15 IAP
The atrtklng Federated Motion
Picture Crafts tonight refused offers
of a truce by the film producers
under which they would return to
work next Mondsy.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 15 (API
Signs of peace appeared today on
two labor fronts but a major ois
put on a third, the Jurisdictions!
fight for control of warehousemen
at Meier A: Frank, the city's largest
department store, continued with no
signs of qusrter on either side.
DETROIT, May IS. (UP) Lean
and lanky Schoolboy Rowe. looked
upon since 1834 aa another cy
Young or Walter Johnson, tonight
found himself cut loose from the
Detroit Tigers purse atrlngs until ne
can regain some of his pitching
prowess.
The gangling rookie who came to
the Tlgera three seasons ago ana
won 24 garni while losing eight
has been suspended without salary
by Manager Mickey Cochrane. Rowe
waa left behind when the Tlgera
left on their current trip with In
atructlons to Join the team whenever
he felt he was "ready.
Cochrane Mild Rowe could. If ne
were willing, get in condition within
a week and rejoin th club
OREGON AIDE
ON GOOD-WILL
FIESTA TRIP
THOMAS F. GUNN of Port
land, who is the chief aide tc
Governor Martin on Oregon's
Good-Will Cavalcade to the Gold
en Gate Bridge Fiesta in San
Francisco May 27 to June 2. Ore
icon will have the largest out-of-state
representation In the Fiesta,
which will be the most spec
tacular celebration ever seen in
the West.
COIN SETTLEMENT
UPON DUKE HITS
Royal Family 'Poor As
Church Mice For Decade'
Claim Terms Secret.
MONTS. Prance. May 15. (UP) .
The marriage of the Duko of Wind
sor and Mrs. . Wallls Wnrfleld will
take place on June 4, It was reported
here tonight.
LONDON. May 15.-'(UP)-The Duke
of Windsor has been given a financial
settlement which will give him and
his intended bride. Mrs. Wallls War-
field, a truly royal Income for life, re
alible source close to Buckingham
palace revealed tonight
The settlement comes from the pri
vate resources of tho royal family,
U1C HUVCI 1 1 lilt lib Ul UQVIUCU 1IUV
to take caro of tho abdicated king
from public funds.
Both parties to the agreement were
reported to be "well satisfied, but
no details of the amount of the set
tlement were revealed r arc ever
likely to be revealed officially.,
The best guess was that the ar
rangement 1 In the form of a trust
fund which, together with Income
from his own capital, will give the
duke an annual Income of about
150.000.
Reports are that a trust fund has
been set up of shout 500.000 Ed
ward cannot touch tho capital. In
the event of hi death, the lncomo
would go to Mrs. Warfleld and any
possible children, and after the:r
death would revert to the royal fam
ily. Although, the duke' affairs were
in a tangled state when he left Eng
land, they have been straightened
out and urgent debt paid some by
k. -i t.mit meiiufins tiimnuvni.
of po inds to bankers which leaves
the duke with a fortune of 2,60O,0OO.
. The letter amount would be chiefly
tho residue OI me lomine wnicn nis
grandmother. Queen Alexandria, left
to him. plus the proceeds from the
sale of hla own properties.
palace circlea aald the settlement
would leave the royal family compar.
atlvely "aa poor aa church mice for
tho next decade."
FEDERAL 1 TO
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PORTLAND. May 15. (AP)
Whether It la financially sound for
the Btate to accept the 460.0O0 fed
eral grant for use In constructloo of
the new library building In Salem Is
a question that will be considered by
the state eepttol reconstruction com
mission when It meet here Monday.
The commission must take Into
consideration that federal gift are
now governed by new regulations
which provide that th government
will pay the wage, of relief labor on
a project, plus a bonua of 35 per cent
of rich labor exendlturea. None of
j the federal m:ny may be ipent for
I mawntli nd other cost.
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FORD PLANS
10 EMPLOYEES
TO
BALK
Martin Threatens To File
Charge With Labor Board
If 'Fordisms' Distributed
By Magnate.
DETROIT, May 15. (UP) The
United Automobile Workers of Am
erica, through President Homer Mar
tin, Indicated tonight It might file
charges of unfair labor practices
against Henry Ford if the billionaire
manufacturer goes through with his
announced Intention of distributing
an "antl-unlon" message Monday to
his 140,000 workers.
Such activity on the part of Ford,
Martin alleged, would constitute a
violation of the Wagner labor rela
tions act. The youthful union head
Indicated the U.A.W.'b only course
thereafter would be to file charges
with the national ( labor relations
board through Its Detroit regional of
fice. Ford has announced he will distri
bute cards bearing "Fordism"
phrases explaining his stand on
unionism on Monday, the same dsy
t hat the union opens Its Intensive
membership drive among Ford em
ployes. Martin pointed to Section 8 of the
national labor relations act as bolst
ering his charge of alleged violation.
This defines Interference by an em
ployer with the formation of any la
bor organisation as an "unfatr labor
practice."
The Ford plant was closed for the
week-end and officials were not
available for comment.
Ford awaited delivery from the
printer of the small cards he will
hand to all his workers.
-ampla f 'Fordisms" lnolud: ---
"A monopoly of Jobs In this coun
try Is Just as bad as a monopoly of
bread.
"Figure It out for yourself. If you
go Into a union, they have got you
and what have you got?
"We have always made a better
bargain for our men than an out
aider could. We have- never had to
bargain against our men, and we
don't expect to begin now.'
Union officials were confident the
Ford counter attack would not halt
unionisation of hla employes.
SURVIVOR OF ZEP
IN STERN FOUND
LAKEHURST. N. J., May 15. Pt
The Investigator of the Hlndenburg
disaster unexpectedly discovered to
day a man who could tell them what
he saw In the dirigible', stern when
It waa torn with a flaming explos
ion.
Considered one of the most Impor
tant crew survivors yet found, Hsne
Freund. a rigging officer, told tho
commerco department Investigating
board and Ita staff of American and
Urrman advisors that he waa on duty
:n the ship's tall at the time and near
the spot where disaster struck to sud
denly. Freund had been called aa anothe'
routine crew aurvlvor witness so that
he might sail for hi German home
tonight with 20 other comradei who
have told their stories. HI apparent
knowledge of the moment of dlswter
' so Impressed the Investigator, how.
ever, that he waa suddenly with-
drawn irom tne aiana ana in inor
ough examination deferred until Mon
day. While today', brief hearing wa In
progress, the loss of life from the air
liner tragedy of May 8 Increaaed to
thirty-six. A oerman passenger on
the last flight, Otto Ernat. 78. a
Hamburg cotton Importer, died from
the burns and Injuries he suffered
In the craah.
Freund had little chance to get
launched on hl atory before he w.a
withdrawn. He did reveal, however
that a manlla landing rope waa mo
mentarily fouled Dy two fin. of the
shlj during landing operatlona
California Forces
Drummers to Pay
PORTLAND. May 1. UP) I. D.
Suitor, secretary of the Multnomah
County Merchant' association, had a
new "beef" today concerning Cali
fornia border regulations.
Two business house reported their
traveling representative were forced
to buy auto license and pay a Cali
fornia property tai on the vehicle
before being allowed to operate be
low the state line. Suitor aald.
One firm reported It ordered It
salesmen to "get out of California"
rather than pay a demanded 13 II.
eensa lee and 121 property tax.
Wild West Tales,
And Authors Hit
By Salem Jurist
SALEM, May 15. iJP) Because
a defendant youth admitted he
read western and gangster fiction,
Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan satd
today "If I had some of those west
ern fictron writers here I'd like to
send them out to the end of State
street (Oregon penitentiary site."
Judge McMahan told 10-year-old
William Lowell Buckley, charged
with asj.au It and battery, "don't
read any more of those western
stories. They aren't stories of the
old west. They are Just figment of
wild-eyed Imaginations."
Buckley had pleaded guilty to
the Indictment and Judge McMa
han was about to parole him when
Informed the charged crime was
not parolable. He then returned the
case to the grand Jury with in
structions to return an Indictment
of an offense which was parolable.
BY DAM POLITICS
'TO CATCH VOTES'
Garden Club Told Of Power
Not Flowers By Mar
tin Pierce Rapped.
THE DALLES, May 18. (IP) In a
speech before the Oregon Federation
of Garden clubs which had nothing
to do with raising pretty flowera,
Oov. charlea Martin aald a bill Intro
duced In congress by Hep. Pierce for
administering Bonneville dam power
waa "gum-shoe politics, designed to
catch votes."
Renewing his feud with Pleroe.
whloh began when tho governor via
lted Washington a few weeka ago and
clashed with tho representative and
former governor upon Pierce's attitude
toward the dam. Martin, although he
did not mention Pleroe by name,
left no doubt of wjiom he was talking
about. .
It makes me nervous to think
what may happen arter we have work
ed so hard for the Bonneville dam,"
aald the governor, who spoke before
tho federation Friday night. "There
la plenty of powor at Bonneville for
everyone. Even If tney reserve ou
percent of thla power for new Indua-
trles. there still will be plenty left
for the people of Oregon."
The governor's objection to the
pierce bill waa based upon the tact
that It proposes a blanket rate for
power, while the governor has ln
slsted upon a staggered rate.
FOR Ml
Northern California: Fair Sunday;
foga on the coast; cooler west central
portion Sunday; moderate northerly
wind off coast.
Oregon; Fair Sunday; warmer In
Interior Sunday, with rapidly falling
humidity west portion; gentle north
to east wind off the coast.
Weekly outlook: For period May 7
23, far western states generally fair.
with temperature considerably aoove
normal In Interior during fore part
of week; becoming unsettled and cool'
e by middle of week In northern dls
trlcts on California coast.
The Noted Dead
LONDON. May 15. (API Philip
Snowden, a woaver eon who be
came Vlacount Snowden of Ickhorn
haw and labor', first chancellor ol
the exchequer, died today of a heart
attack. He waa 13 yeara old and
had been Inactive In politic for
five years.
His wife who one' said .he fell
In love with him "when I aaw him
mlle" was hi. only Immediate sur
vivor. COALOATE, Okla., May 15. (UP)
Percy Oassaway. a vitriolic coun
ty Judge who wore a ten gallon
hat and high heeled boot, wltn
apura Into the hall of congrea a
a representative Irom Oklahoma,
died of a heart attack In an am
bulance today. Ha was 52.
The former congressman complain
ed of not feeling well when he
arose thla morning. Dr. I. U Cum
minus was called from Ada and ord
ered Oassaway to the hospital. He
dim in tha ambulance within two
miles of hi. ranch to whlcTi he had
retired after defeat for re-election
lent tear by Lyl. H. Boren, one time
WPA worker.
PORTLAND. Mai 15. (AP) A cot
llslon of two automobiles her Fri
day temporarily .tilled wedding bell,
for Ha.twla Aulman. JO. and Miss
Leorn Bernard, 18, both of Bend
FARLEY ASSAILED
FOR TACTICS TO
Compromise Bloc Threaten
Move To 'Lick' F.D.R.
Plan Sen. Copeland Pre
dicts Defeat Raps Jim.
WASHINOTON, May 15. (UP)
President Roosevelt's fight to save hla
Judiciary program suffered a new
blow tonight when Senator Pat Mo-
Carran, democrat, Nevada, said the
congressional compromise bloc might
switch Its strategy and go out to
"lick" the administration bill.
Mc Car ran Issued a sharply-worded
statement saying that the comprom
ise advocates who admittedly hold
the balance of power In the court
fight "will now be Inclined to with- ,
draw our proposals and bring the la
sue to a straight out voU."
And we've got It licked," the Ne
vada senator added.
His statement came after Senator
Burton K. Wheeler, democrat, Mon
tana, leader of the fight against the
court bill, had charged the adminis
tration with "desperate and threat
ening' tactic In seeking to press the
bill to enactment without comprom
ise. Wheeler particularly assailed Postmaster-Oeneral
Jame A. Farley for
remarka he made concerning sena
tor who have advocated a comprom
ise, mentioning McCarran and Sena
tor Joseph C. O'Mahoney, democrat,
Wyoming.
Senator Royal S. Copeland, demo
crat. New York. foe of the court
plan, predicted In a prepared state
ment that Ita ".defeat la Inevitable.'
He aald "there wilt bt no compromise
on our side."
.. 'Compromise . 1 a , double-edged
a word," he aald. "This Is a matter of ,
principle with so larga a group of
senator that It 1 Impossible for the
plan to be approved." ,
"I'm not answerable to Jim Farley
for my conscience, thank Qodl Right
now my conscience ta perfectly clear
"I don't say thla to be disagreeable,
but all of us who are Interested In
the progress of event In Washington
know the bill Isn't going to pas
while 40 to 50 men In tha senate are
against It."
McCarran' remarks were consid
ered significant because of the at
tention given to hi compromise pro
posal for Increase of tha court to 11
members and because ha hrd been
the key man In the agitation for com
promise. The controversy over enlargement
of the court, continued to dominate
the congressional picture Into which
the president yesterday injected sug
gestion for labor, power and econ
omy legislation at this session.
"Perhaps those of us who have
been Inclined to Interpose comprom
ise with the hope that we might go
on with the legitimate business of
congress and the country will now be
Inclined to withdraw our proposals,"
McCarran aald.
"This, It appears from reports em
anating from yesterday's white house
conferences, would be more In keep-,
lng with the attitude of the other
side.
"We have been willing by mean of
the substitute bill perfdlng before the
Judiciary committee to do the thing
lawfully, whereas the administration
plan l unlawful and unconstitu
tional." EVAN REAMES ON
STATE BAR PROBE
PORTLAND, May 15. (AP) Tht
Oregon State Bar association com
mittee on selection of Judges direct
ed Chairman Alfred p. Kelley to pra
ps re a report on conclusion reached
In an all-day hearing conducted to
day and to aubmlt It to the group for
a final check and approval at another
session to be held before Junt 16
when meeting of the board of got
ernors will be held.
The final report will be submitted
to the board on that date. The com
mittee member were in accord on
way of Improving the selection of
Judges, Kelly said. It was agreed not
to announce the conclusions until
the report la completed.
Member of the committee include
Judge Lawrence T. Harris.- Bugen;
A. B. Reames, Medford; O. J. Holtis,
Eugene, and Oliver Crowther, Salem.
State General Fund
Balance at Highest
SALEM. May 15. yp) The state of
Oregon ha the highest general fund
balance In Its history with a 11.000.
000, state Treasurer Rufu Holraan re
ported today
He explained that neither this um
nor the balance of the total of 916.
000.000 on hand represented a sur
plus, but waa earmarked lor vari
ous purpose