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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer Thursday. Trniperature: . Highest yesterday 61 l.o wert this morning 49 Precipitation lat 21 hnJI Hard and Fast A great deal of time and effort could be cared If more people would ui Mall Tribune want ads. The little ads work hard and fast. Cost Is small end result! will surprise you. Medfor TBTBUNE Full Associated Press all United Presi Thirty-Second Year MEDKORl"), ORKGOX, WMDXESDAY, MAY 20, 1KT7. No. 56. 6)(nW r li MM oiu con uffilMTE By PAIL MALLON (Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. May 25. Many a vise statesman ran for cover when President Roosevelt submitted his f Idea of creating federal standards of labor for all ln- d u a t r y. "This." leader as he went' out the door, "is; a subject aboutj i which I Intend to say the least pos-1 Islble." Mr. R. followed I much the same! Puul Mallon. course In his me- sage. He submitted only the Idea. But no formula for accomplishing It. In the bill, clipped In by the White House to Congressmen Connery and Black for presentation, the diffi culty of getting a practical formula was frankly confessed. A blank space was left where the hours, wages and employes to be affected were sup posed to be stipulated. In the of ficial announcement posted on the press gallery bulletin board, the number of commissioners to serve on the new commission (three) was scratched out with pencil and a new number Inserted (five.) The official, copy of the bill was changed so much within the last hour before Its Introduction that Representative Connery called Sen ator Black on the telephone and had him dictate Insertions and deletions. Both wrote their corrections In long hand In, the official copies of the bill they presented. If there has ever been such con cision, misunderstanding and con flict about the contents of an im portant piece of legislation, tt has not occurred within, the memory. of legislators now living. This condition tells the whole In side story of the legislation and the underlying feeling of congressmen. They are all for decent working standards, but no two will agree on how these can be Impressed upon the country, by federal force, In a practical and effective way, with dif ferent standards of living In each community and the differing ability of employers to pay. It la Just like poverty. Everyone Is against tt. but so far in the history of the world no one has worked out a practical formula to make every one rich, and some people are be ginning to wonder if there could be one. Even Black and Connery do not agree privately on their own for mula. Mr. Connery Is a 30-hour week man. He saw the president last week and agreed reluctantly on a 40-hour week and $16 per week minimum pay. But along came Senator Black the night before the bill was Intro duced. Insisting to the president that 30 hours Is right. And the unofficial attorneys-general, Cohen and Corco ran, who drew the legislation for the president, with all the statistics at their- command, say 40 hours should be the minimum. As a matter of fact, an Impartial (Continued on page Six.) AT T ALBANY, May 26. (AP) Thirteen hundred eoldlcrs and 61 officers of the 30th infantry pushed homeward to San Francisco today after camp ing oil night at the municipal air port. The troops, returning from maneu vers at Fort Lewis, Wash., presented a band concert last night. Tonight they camp at Grants Pass SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Someone neglecting to remove a bucket of eggs from the trunk rack of the Stocks auto. Muriel Stocks and Helen Latham, oblivious of their precious cargo, driving the machine all around town without losing the bucket or breaking a shell. Attorney Don Newbury In a pessi mistic mood and forecasting troub lous times for Medford omewhere Mong In August. Jud?e Bill Coleman yanking out a ponderoiia law book to show a couple rf -ribea the various drgrces of as sault and battery, he proceeding to demonstrate a trifle too reel let I', ally Just what the differences were. Albert Btlton "j;ng to find a net comer from Sar-nt, N. D, his old stamping ground. W 41 III -U WITH LABOR USE NAZI FLAGS Emblem tions Used in Decora Ripped Down Hotel Strike Harasses As Thousands Arrive. SAN FRANCISCO. May 26. (AP) Bands and dancers Interrupted a conference lrr Mayor Angelo Rossi's office today for discussion of means to settle the 26-day strike of hotel workers. A citizen's committee had planned to call on the mayor to urge Imme diate resumption of negotiations to end the walkout for the fiesta cele brating completion of the Golden Gate bridge. Scores of strike pickets also con vened peacefully about the city hall. SAN FRANCISCO, May 36. (AP) San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge fiesta, already harassed by a major hotel strike, was threatened with a maritime labor boycott today in pro test over use in decorations of nazi German flags, one of which was rip ped down by unidentified men. Whether the flag Incident, occur ring on a downtown corner, would lead to a diplomatic protest could not immediately be determined. Ger man government representatives here and In Washington wre not available for comment. A group of men bearing a long pole fitted with a cutting device tore the flag from Its overhead wire, leaving only a tattered shred flut tering over the street. They were gone when police' ar rived. The bay district council of the powerful Maritime Federation of the Pacific, shipping union group, through its district secrotaryrtald a vote would be called on whether the organization would withdraw from celebrations dedicating the 836.000, 000 bridge. Z. R. Brown, the federation's bay area secretary, announced the vote after a stormy meeting yesterday In the office of Mayor Rossi, who re fused a committee's demands that all nazl swastika flags be removed from gaily decorated streets. "As mayor, I recognize any nag recognized by the government," said Roasl. "I will not order these flags removed, and I think it Is very un becoming of you to make such de mands. All nations were Invited to participate In the fiesta." "Labor Is going to have something to say about that." replied Brown. Thousands of visitors poured into the city for the formal opening of the bridge Friday. Those not staying with friends had to seek accommoda- (Contlnued on Page Two.) T WASHINGTON. May 26. (AP) Plscal authorities said today that validation of the social security pro gram and proposed wage and hour legislation may be twin influences to bolster government revertues. Some employers may have been waiting determination of the secu rity act's constitutionality, tax of ficials said, before paying their old age pennon and unemployment in surance levies. Collections have been falling be hind original budget estimates, hav ing totaled 8193,000.000 through May 22. In January, President Roosevelt estimated social security revenue at 324.000,000 for the year ending July 1. Anti-Saloon League Opens Portland War PORTLAND. May 26. (Jp, The board of the Oregon An tl -Liquor lea gue, in session at White Temple church here, passed resolutions seek ing to outlaw liquor advertising, pre vent minors from entering stores where alcoholic beverages are sold and to encourage local option In Mult nomah county precincts as well as In cities and counties of the state at large. About 100 persons attended the meeting. Pope Welcomes Ah Who Presents Gift CAS TEL OANDOLPO. Italy, May 26 vD Alfred E. Smith had a half hour audience with Pope Plus today and remarked afterwards the pon tiff is "looking much more v!orou Thar, a man many years younger." The former New Tork governor pre sented the pope with a 10-Inch gold replica of the Empire State building, made by a New York Jeweler. He was ac?cmpan ed by Mrs. Smith. - Gorilla were gnen their name in 1847 by a tropical missionary. FDR. Insists Court Pack PRACTICE FOR o Frank P. Doyle (right) director of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, and treasurer of the Redwood Empire Association is shown practicing the cutting of the chain, which will break the barrier of the Golden Gate Bridge on May 28. Mayor Angelo J. Rossi of San Francisco, who will also participate In the chain-cutting cere mony, is an interested spectator. The chain will be cut in three lengths by Doyle, Mayor Rossi and William P. Filmer, president of the bridge district, as a feature of the Golden Gate Bridte Fiesta. BOY SWEETHEART ACCUSES GIRL OF Claims He Held WomarVs Arms While Daughter Swung Hatchet Caught 'Petting.' JERSEY CITY, May 26 VTi The defense rested today In the murder trial of Donald Wightman and CUadys MacKnlght with each of them accus ing the other of striking blows which killed the 17-year-old girl's mother. The action came after long and sharp crofls-cxnmlnallon of m-yenr-old Wightman had ended without shaking materially his tory thai Gladys killed Mrs. HMcn MnrKntsht while he held the woman's arms. Gladys similarly had accused him of the actual slaying which she as serted occurred as she struggled with her mother for possession of a kitchen knife after Mrs. MacKnlght bad sur prised the young couple In a love making scene In the kitchen. The lanky, red-haired youth avert ed his face from a gruesome picture of the slain woman's body and an swered loudly "No. sir" to Prosecutor Daniel T. O'Rerran's accusations of his part tn the crime. The former choir singer had con tradicted the story told by his co defendant, and accused her of th actual hatchet slaying of Mrc Helen MacKnlght while she testified he struck the hatchet blows. Oladys listened with a mocking smile on her face as her counsel, R Lewis Kennedy, questioned Donald: "You said Gladys snuggled up to you In the sc road and said It would be nice it would prove your love If you went back and took the blame?' "I wouldn't say those were the ex act words, but that was the gist of It." "You agreed to say that her moth er caught you petting and came at you with the knife?" "Yes. sir. "What was the whole agreement you made that you were pitting when her mother came at you?" "No, sir. not all. but that was the foundation of It." BRIDGE FIESTA BRIEF SERVICES IN D. AT T Favorite Music of Philan thropist Rendered Many Floral Tributes Bank Bier TARRYTOWN. N. Y., May 26. yTi Brief funeral services, marked by a quiet simplicity, were held today for John D. Rockcrfcller In the mas sive' mansion of his Pocnntlco Hills estate. The boflvof the 97-year-old philan thropist, who died Sunday at the Casements, his winter home at Or mond Beach. Fla., rested on a flower banked bier In the main hall near a . reat window overlooking the Hud I aon river to the w?st. j The Rockerfeller family, headed by i John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. close friends and a few long-time employes were ; rested in the librarr and dining room : on either side of ,he hall. Although the family had requested , that no flowers be sent, the main I rooms of the mansion were filled with blossoms of almost every known va ! rlety. I A pall of ferns spread over the cas- ket and folded down onto the floor. Arrows the ferns was a full-length cross of orchids, the tribute of the financier's son. Above the window was a large cross of lilies of the val ley, a tribute from Mrs. John D Rockefeller, Jr. Huge ferns were set at each corner of the casket and a Who aides were the crosses of lilies from Mrs. E. parma iee Prentice? a daughter, and Mrs. Javid Milton, a granddaughter of the philanthropist. Tributes from the sons of J-ihn D. Rockefeller. Jr.. were wreaths of spring flowers and yellow roses which were placed In the corners of the ball The service lasted only half an ! hour. A the mourners entered the , house. Archer Gibson, organist play- td favorite selection of Mr. Rocke I feller Handel's Laro. Bach's Choral ! Prelude and the New World Sym ' phony. The Rov. Lester P. Bent, pastor of - Pocantieo Hills Union church, open- ed the services by reading selections j :rom the Psalms the ettfhth verse 6f I the mth Palm. the thtrtnth and , fourteenth verges of the 101 rd Pralm J and from John, 11. 23 and 26. ION AIDE BADLY PUMMELED AT FORD F Knocked Down by Men in Working Clothes Wo men's Brigade Routed. DETROIT. May 26. (AP) Pour United Automobile Workers' officials were beaten and chased away from gates of the Ford Motor company's big Rouge plant today. Within two hours, the union announced a for mal complaint to bo filed with the national labor relations board charg ing the company with coercion, In timidation and otherwise Interfering with workers In their "constitutional right to organize." DETROIT, May 26. (AP) A group of workmen beat two high official of the United Automobile Workers of America and chased them away this alternoon as union members began the distribution of literature at the gates of the Ford Motor company's Rouge plant. Richard T. Prankensteen. directing the union's campaign to organ ire Ford workers, was knocked down dozen times. His coat was torn trom his back .and his face was cut and Uulsed. Walter Reuther. president of the union's west aide local, suffered a bloody nose. Two other - union men also were oummcled., 'Their names were pot obtained?- ,, The four' men' fled. .along tome street car tracks, the men tn working clothes In close pursuit." ' The altercation started on a pedea t:lan overpass crossing Miller road at the Ford plant gate No. 4. Frankenstecn. Reuther and the other two union men, who had uat arrived at the plant to distribute leaff lets entitled "Unionism, not Fordism" were posing for photographs on the runway when a group of men, dressed in working clothes, rushed toward them. One witness said the fighting t tar ted when Frankenstecn threw a bundle of leaflets Into the air and they blew against some men on their way to work. Frankcnateen, a former football player, went down at the first rusL The four men were hustled down a stairway to the ground and propelleo through a group of women wearing aim bands of the U.A.W.A. women's bilgade. The women tried In vain to protect the union men. Earlier, Harry H. Bennett, Ford personnel director had stated that no attempt would be made by the com pany's service department to prevent ti.e distribution of union literature. He added that "of course, we can't iuy what the men will do." PLAN DOST BOWL IF WASHINGTON, May 26. (p) secretary wauace said today an In formal committee had been estab Ushed In the agriculture department to plan for drought relief If needed this year In the western great plains and dust bowl area. He made the statement to news papermen after the weather bureau had deported serious drought condi tions in parts of seven western states Wallace said that Dr.'M. L. Wilson, under -secretary of agriculture, who recently visited the dust bowl region, was acting as head of the emergency committee. Wallace said a "coordinating pro gram" for federal agencies operating In the dust bowl would be announced shortly. Mrs. Lindbergh Out Of Hospital Soon LONDON. May 26. (P Mrs. Char les A. Lindbergh was reported today to have made such satisfactory prog ress after the birth of her third eon two weeks ago that she will be able to leave the London clinic within the next two days, Masses of flowers and scores of telegrams, many from the United States, poured into the clinic. linker liny n Prize. CORVALLIS. May 26. ( AP Fred Planansky. Baker, Oregon State col lege senior, said today he has been awarded a 126 third prize In the annual national problem contest Of ; ti-.e American institute of chemical ; i r.gineers. The contest Is open to I students in 46 engineering oollefes. Key to New Labor Law MORE TESTIMONY OPPOSES CHANGE IN 0-C jEVENUE Moses Declares 'Redistribu tion' Will Increase. Tax Burdens, Western Ore gon Counties. WASHINGTON, May 26. ( AP) More testimony In opposition to an Interior department proposal to re distribute the revenue from 2,000.000 acres of revested grant lands In west ern Oregon went Into the record to day of the house public lands com mittee. Judge V. P. Moses, Corvallls, Ore., postmaster and former president of the land grant county Judges' asso ciation In his state, testified the pro posed revision "will .virtually force bankruptcy In some counties and In others place a greatly added tax bur den on the people." He said a large part of tho lands In the 18 affected counties Is al ready owned by the government and la not subject to taxation. He added that the counties "have been largely dependent upon revenue from the lands" which were taken back from the old Oregon and California rail road and Coos Bay Wagon road com panies more than 20 years ago. Moses explained that Oregon law requires a balanced budget and that any reduction in revenue from the grant lands as proposed by the bill before the committee would tsuit J havoc as 'far as county financial set-ups are concerned. He endorsed features of the bill which provide for a sustained yield management of the timber resources on the scattered grant lands. Guy Cordon, Roscburg. Ore., told the committee It was the Intent of congress under the original act tor the administration of the revested lands that the counties should not be deprived of revenue which right fully was theirs when the lands be longed to the railroad. Cordon said the revenue features of the proposed bill "completely elim lnato any yardstick for advance measurement of the amounts whlcn may be expected by the counties." "As a result," he said, "the coun ties cannot make any budgetary al lowance for these funds so as to give an equivalent tax offset to the tanpayers." 37 STATE TOWNS EUOENE, May 36. (T(Mot Ore gon cltlea are on a caah baala In financing of current buelneas, al though tx delinquency repreaents it lerge mm, the University of Orrgoo bureau of municipal research report ed today. Thirty-eeven of 68 cltlea replying to questionnaire of the bureau re ported no outstanding warrants last month, where as In July, 1034, out standing warrants totaled 1371,401, Twenty other municipalities, not Including Portland, have reduced war rant Indebtedness from t42f.3eo In July, 1034. to f323.7S4 last month. The board said many cltlea have taken advantage of a 1035 law per mlttlng cities to fix Interest rates on endorsed warrants "at leas than the legal rate." LEWIS AFFILIATE YOUNOSTOWN, O., May 26. (AP) Thcsuel workers' orgsnlr4ng com mittee announced today it had called a rtrlke of Its members at U p. m In plants of Republic Steel Corp.. Yoigstowp Sheet Ac Tube and In lanl steel Co., employing an aggre gate of 88,000 men. Philip Murray, ffWOC chairman announced: "By unanimous vote, delegates rep resenting 80 000 steel workers In Re public Steel Corp., Youngstown 8heet As Tub and Inland Steel Co have voted t close the properties of these com pat ea at 11 p.m. tonight." These kire the three large Independ ent steel producers agalmt which 6 WOO affiliate of John L. Lewis committee for Industrial organisa tion had threatened strikes pre viously when the companies declined to sign bargaining contract with the 8WOO Public Offices, Banks, Rum Store To Close Monday Memorial Day, honoring the world war dead, will be observed as a legal holiday Monday, May St, the date being set ahead because May 30 falls on Sunday. Banks, city and county offices, federal building, state liquor store and other official businesses will suspend activities during the en tire day. Most merchants of the city are expected to join In the observance by request of Mayor Oeorge Porter and the chamber of commerce. The liquor store will be closed from 11 p. m. Saturday until Tuesday morning. Veterans' organisations of the city will make the date with the usual parade and other patriotic observances during the day. C.C. DRIVE ASK CARDS BY Committee Calls to Start Next Week Interest Strong in Campaign. The response to the membership drive now under way by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has baen- excellent. 'Considerable entnu alasnv has -been' created throughout the community aa well as a wide olrcle of Jackson county residents. Many who have previously considered the Chamber of Commerce aa a sort of club or organisation Indulged in by a few without realising Its real objective or Its vital place In the business progress of the community have come to a new understanding and are not only willing but anxious to do their share In promoting the "voice and buslneea head" of Jack son county, the Jackson County Chamber ot Commerce. The first of the week a letter was sent to every business head or indi vidual engaged In business in Jack son county explaining the aims and objects of the newly named Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, out lining a few of the many wortn while achievements of the chamber during the past and explaining tho necessity for a live, aggressive, am ply financed Chamber or Commerce to promote the business welfare of Jackson county In the future. - Enclosed with this letter were two cards and a printed Blip explaining three options open to the Individual or business firm to exercise the privi lege and duty of supporting the Chamber of Commerce. These options were: No. 1. Sign the enclosed card number I authorising the bank to deduct from the Individual's account his monthly dues to the chamber upon presentation of the draw card to the bank. This would relieve the Individual or firm from the necessity of mailing a check each month. No. a. The option of paying dues on a quarterly basis by check or through collection by a representa tive of the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce. No. 8. Payment of the year's dues In a lump sum or quarterly by check direct to the chamber. The chamber Is anxious to have these cards returned as soon as pos sible In order to simplify the work of the contact committee who start their work Monday by calling upon all. those who have not returned their cards by that time. Every ef fort has been made by- correspond ence to acquaint each one on ttie mailing list with the position of the Chamber of Commerce and Its purpose In the county. The only rea son any one would fall to comply with the request of the chamber tor his support woutd be because a thorough understanding was lack ing. It will be the purpose of this committee to contact each Individual who haa not sent In a card and clear up any misunderstandings. An (Continued on Page Three ) Ferguson Resting After Operation K C. Ferguson, of this paper, un derwent an operation for removal of a goitre at St. Vincent's hospital Portland this morning. Or. Thomas Joyce performed the operation and reported Ferguson's condition as sat isfactory and the surgery successful. Income Shares Maryland fund, bid 88-76; asked 810.69. Quarterly Income bid 817,59; asked 819-37. PARTY CHIEFTIANS CONSIDER VISITS TO CHANGE STAND Fundamental Questions Still Undecided Affecting New Deal Plans House in Revolt. WASHINGTON, May 36. Pres ident Roosevelt Is Insisting on his Ju diciary reorganisation bill, it was dis closed today, because labor, power and other key administration policies still face court test. For that reason, he Indicated at a press conference, he does not sham the view of some supporters that re cent supreme court decisions mean his battle has been won. Leading Democrats, declining to be quoted by name, nevertheless said there was talk of some senate friends of the court bill suggesting to the president one at a time that he with draw It as no longer necessary. That suggestion grew In part out of the courts validation of the social se curity program. Some of the fundamental ques tions still to be decided are Involved In the new wage and hour bill. Others may arise from legislation to be rec ommended In the president's message on national planning, expected to roach congress this week. The ban on child labor proposed In the labor standards measure, ha said, will involve reversal of a 1919 decision that such legislation viola tes federal Interstate commerce pow era. Wage and hour provisions them selves and further strengthening ot collective bargaining rights, he add ed, also will raise vital legal issues. Senator Norrls (Ind.-Neb.) will pro pose establishment of seven regional planning agencies lite the Tennessee valley authority to carry out the pres ident's planning recommendations. Flood control, navigation Improve ment, Irrigation, soil erosion control and power development will be em braced. Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that the government was riot finally sure of the TVA'a status. The supreme court upheld construction of Wilson dam but did not pass on other parts of the TV A act. Constitutional questions affecting Bonneville dam In Oregon or Boulder dam In Nevada might be raised at ' any time, the president said. Under the prospective Norrls bill, those pro jects would come under Jurisdiction of a regional authority. Mr. Roosevelt indicated he also was concerned over whether the court would uphold the lending of federal funds for construction of municipal ly owned power plants. The question probably wilt be presented to the su preme court tomorrow. In a petition to review the recent denial by a fed eral court of a request by Alabama and Iowa utilities for an injunction against PWA power loans to com munities In those states. A revolt of house members against their leaders, resulting In the ten tative earmarking of one third of the 81.800.000.000 relief fund for roaJa, dams and other projects, caused Pres ident Roosevelt to comment that ev ery dollar set aside for other purposes meant fewer Jobs for relief enrotees. BASEBALL National Philadelphia Chicago ISO Lamaster, and Orace; Parmelee, Shoun, Bryant. Cain and Hartnett. New York .. Cincinnati 6 12 s Castleman, Melton, and Maneuao: Holllngsworth. Derringer and V. Dals Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, postponed, rain. American Detroit : 0 0 7 13 New York Coffman, Dill and Teboetts; Oomei and Dickey. at. Louis . Is 13 1 11 17 I Boston Bonettl, Blake. Trotter, Knott and Kuflman: V. Ferrell, Wilson. Oster mueller, Walberg and Desaiitcla. Cleveland Philadelphia 7 I Allen. Andrews, Hevlng and Pytlak Kelly, Nelson and Hayes. R. H. I. ' 11 1 Chicago . Washington . 11 Lee, Brown and Bewell: FUcher, Appleton, Cohen and Millies.