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In a Minute If your tlm U Taluabla any ipend It looking for a buyer When Mall Tribune ClaMlMed Ada talk to more people in a minute than you posMbly could in a month. TLa Weather Forecast: Fair and moderately warm tonight and Friday. TEMPER A TV RE Highest yesterday 19 Lowest this morning 4ft Medfgrd Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Presi Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 27. 1M7. No. 57. M JVL Sf ML MSB li U(n) , f By PAIL MALLON (Copyright. 1937. by Paul Mallon.) More and Less.. WASHINGTON. May 27. While President Roosevelt was composing hts new labor standards of maximum hours minimum wages, affecting employers of r more workers, an eminent, un prejudiced econ omist was sug gesting to a pri vate audience of distinguished of ficials how to do the same Job the opposite way. What the workers of this country may need, he Indicat I'uul .Ma 11 on. ed, Is not less work for all and more pay for the lowest class of workers. but more work and more pay for all. Or at least this la a reportorlal paraphrasing of his careful remarks. What he actually did was to submit the results of a survey, showing that expansion of business and living to a real 1929 relationship would require eight to nine million more workers In the durable goods Industries alone. There can be no doubt, he said, that the work requirements to re store living standards during the next five years are more than sufficient to absorb the entire volume, of un employment now existing. Standards. But what Is more Important, the eminent economist told his audience that his computations were based on an aasumed average working week of 43 hours. The simple truth, he said, is that this country has . not reached the stage of technological development at which It Is possible for the Amer I lean people to obtain the standard of living they desire on a 40-hour week basis. Some say Mr. Roosevelt heard about the speech and that Is why he elim inated the 40-hour week from his proposal and left the number blank. Others say the number of maximum hours, wages, etc., was omitted be cause his congressional leaders hag gled for 35 hours. At any rate, the point Is that here is an economist with new evidence pointing In a different direction, and (Contluned on Page Seven.) BASEBALL R. H. E. 3 a o .. a 7 o New York . Cincinnati Schumacher, Coffmsn. Hubbell and Mancuso; Grlssom and V. Davis. R. H. E. 11 14 1 2 9 0 Philadelphia Chicago Walters and Wlison: French, Bry- and Shoun and Hnrtnett, Odea. R. H. E. - B 15 1 .. 4 10 3 Detroit .. New York (13 Innings). Bridges. Rowe. Russell and Hay worth, Tlbbetts: Broaca, Murphy and Dickey. Chicago 16 1 Washington - S 9 1 Stratton. Dietrich and Sewell; Wea ver and Gray. " Cleveland 9 0 Philadelphia 7 11 0 Whltehlll. Hudlln. Wyatt, Harder and Sullivan: Caster. Hurbevllle. Oumpcrt, Smith and Brucker. St. Louis at Boston, postponed; rain. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Otto Caster reminiscing about the early dsys of Mcdlord and telling of Ma faithful reading of the local dally without Interruption since 1892 or thereabouts. Judge H. D. Norton remarking with a whimsical amlle that the. county farm appeared from the grand Jury i complimentary report to be a desir able place to live, the Jurors concur ring In the court's conclusion. Clence Meeker describing the thrill of some genuine relaxation and secreatlon, he telling of two fishing expeditions and winding up with toe declaration that so far as he could de termine from his own results the fish wera all still in the streams. Mack Ullsrd relieving hl anguish ed aoul by phoning the trials and tribulations of a rasslin promoter all the sv from Klamath to a friend In litcUoru, COMMITTEE LIFTS SLOW DOWN FLAG Secretary Told Program Is 'Pretty Good,' and Legal Suits Might Leave No Farm Program at All WASHINGTON, May 37. &) A flat endorsement of the proposed "ag ricultural adjustment act of 1937" by Secretary Wallace today met Im mediately with a slow down signal from the house agricultural chair man. Wallace asked congress to enact the measure "at the earliest possible date,' but Chairman Jones (D.-Tex.) advised him congress should have more definite Information. "I am strongly In favor of the principles and purpose of the bill," Wallace said. In testifying before Jones' committee on the measure, ad vanced last week by the American Farm Bureau federation and other farm organizations. "We've got a pretty good program In effect now," said Jones. In reply. "Should the new program be tied up by Injunction or be held Invalid. we would find ourselves without a farm program." Purposes Told Wallace, In his detailed endorse ment of the bill, said It had two fun damental purposes: "Safeguarding of the nation's food supply and protection of the farm In come." Officials of the Farm Bureau fed eratlon have estimated, the program would cost between $250,000,000 and $750,000,000 annually. They placed the "average" annual cost at approx lmately $350,000,000. . Wallace outlined features of the bill as; ' - ' c 1. To protect consumers against drought disasters such as in the years of 1934 and 1038. 2. To minimize wide fluctuations in the prices of baste farm commod ities in the Interests of both con sumers and producers. 3. To stabilize farm income as far aa possible at a "fair" level. The measure embodies such fea tures as Wallace's "ever-normal" granary, commodity loans, crop in surance, soil conservation and pro duction control. "With Its protection for farm In come through loans and payments, the measure," the- secretary said, "embodies the sound principle of eco nomic equality for agriculture' Validity Questioned Wallace said questions about the measure's constitutionality had been raised. "Under present conditions," he said, "no one, of course, can safely predict the constitutionality or un constitutionality of pioneering legis lation. "But If liberal decisions . should continue to come from the supreme court, this measure for the general welfare would probably be sustained as coming within the meaning or the current Interpretations of the constitution." Earlier, Edward A. O'Neal, spear head In the campaign for a broad fed. eral program, said legislation -4s nec essary If agriculture Is to keep pace with labor and Industry. Termers are In better shape than they ever have been, but they need machlnry to keep them well situated.' the pre&ldent of the American Farm Bureau federation snld. "The proposed agricultural adjust ment act. sponsored by the federa tion, assures farmers a fair price for what they produce and gives them power to kep production under con trol so that prices stay fair. president' Roosevelt, he ssld. had given the proposal "the go-ahead sig nal." JEFFREY SCORES IN PENSION ROW PORTLAND. Ore.. May 27. 'API John A. Jeffrey, district manager for the Townsend old age pension plan, won today in hia fight against the Rev. Eugene Biirr. disqualified Town send speaker, when Municipal Judge Jullua Cohn gave Burr a auspended fine of 110 and ordered nlm to stay out of Townsend headquarters. Jeffrey, who sought Burr's arrest, told the court that Burr disregarded Jeffrey'se order to leave the build ing, Jeffrey asserting Burr was "stag ing a alt-down strike In my office." Pleading Innocent to trc.pasalng charges. Burr said Jeffrey and the district bserd were holding secret meetings "and acting In an under handed manner." He said "Jeffrey and the district board are trying to establish a dic tatorship of the movement for po lltlcsl purposes. Tr,ey have verred from true Townsend alms and f shall continue to oppow tnem and advise club members to elect a r.ew board at the elections next jnonUj. High School Girl First Across Golden Gate Span ROCKEFELLER a. CLEVELAND, May 27. OP) John D. Rockerfeller was burled today be tween the graves of his wife and his mother after a short ceremony In Lako View cemetery. The body of the aged financier ar rived today, escorted by relatives and members of his household, and was latten almost tmmed lately to the cem etery, not for from the Forest Hills estate where Rockefeller lived for many years. The funeral party came here In special cBrs from Tanytown. N. Y..I GOVERNOR TELLS FETE BROADCAST SAN FRANCISCO. May 27. (AP) Governor Charles H. Martin and the huge caravan from the webfoot state, cnt off a pretty good sired piece of the world today and "told It about Oregon." Bxisiness houses closed and stu dents left their classrooms to cheer the Oregon 100-car cavalcade as It headed south through the bright sunshine of northern California and made a triumphant entry into San Francisco for the Oolden Gate bridge fiesta. A highway patrol and county and city officials picked up along the route guided the procession to the buy region. "That's the way I want Oregon to sell Itself." the governor said. "We have so much and I feel that Ore- ; gon should tell the world about It." The Oregontans ferried across the I bay and got their first glimpse of j the Inspiring span they came to help ! dedicate. i "Here In San Francisco western brains and western brawn have again I combined to do the impossible." said Governor Martin In a national broad, cast. "We of the western states are the striplings of America. Ours Is tne blood and spirit of the western pio neers whrtue vision and determina tion first drove the ot teams across the wilderness to a new frontier. Ours Is the priceless heritage of daring and adventure, t thank Ood for that birthright. WeTf the west are still pioneers. "Let us stop this childish bicker ing over state boundaries. Let us accept a broader view and tnrougn united action make of the west a great empire for all the world to admire." Tramp Decapitated In Klamath Yards KLAMATH FALLS. May 27. (AP) George Monroe Gray. 06. a tran sient, was decapitated today when he slipped while swinging from one car to another on a moving freight train and fell tinder the wheels The fatal sccldent occurred at the Southern Perjfic stockyards south of KlamaUi FsUs- - j .... JK BURIAL PLACE where funeral services were held yes terday. 3ev.. Wlllard S. Richardson of New York, a college classmate of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., accompanied the party from New York and officiated at the brief committal ceremony. A short funeral procession from the East Cleveland railroad station, rhrough the Forest Hill estate which Rockefeller left In 1017, preceded the burial. Following the burial, members of the family lunched with Cleveland relatives. They will return to their homes tonight. AUTO DRIVER IN APPLEGATE DEATH E,T Howard E. Gibson. 28, Applrgate hopyard worker, was fined 1150 and sentenced to 30 days In Jail- by Wil liam R. Coleman In Justice of the pence court late yesterday afternoon. He pleaded guilty to driving an auto mobile while Intoxicated. He had no operators license but the conviction prohibits the Issuance of a license to him for a year. Gibson was the driver of the car from which Joe Tole. 51. also a hop yard worker, fell and was fatally In jured In the Applegate district the night of April 10. Gibson, his wife and Tole wore riding In the car. a coupe, when It swerved Into a ditch, the door open ed and Tole fell out, according to Qlbson's statement to the grand Jury which was read In Justice court. Tho three had been at a dance in Apple gate. T IN DAM COLLAPSE MEXtCO CITY. May 27. (AP) Residents of El Oro. In the state of Mexico. In telephrme messages aald about ftoo persons were believed to hare been killed when the collapse of a dam which burned the nearby town of Tlalpujahua, Mlchoacan state. In mud and sand. The dam, high In the mountains of the Talalpujahulla Sierra, held back deposits of mud. ssnd and cyanide from metal processing ope rations carried on by the Dos Ks trellss Mining company. Recent heavy rains had so in wessed the pressure thst the dam went out at 3 a.m. today while most of the residents of Tlalpujahua. alt. us ted in a deep barranca (ravlnel below, were asleep. Residents of II Oro, Just across the ststa line from Ttalpujshua. said residents who escaped were almost Insane from filfht aotf aaock. HEAD OF DUPONTS I F.D.,1 Pierre S. and Wife Will Be Abroad On Wedding Day Says 'Youngsters Are Ones Getting Married' NEW YORK. May 27. (ff) There'll be a day's rapproachement around the banquet board down In Delaware June 30 when the , DuPonta and the Roosevelt gather for the wedding of Ethel DuPont and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. The president will be there with his family,- and most of the Du Ponta with theirs. - But the leader of the DuPont clan won't be on hand to greet the pres ident. Pierre 8. DuPont, titular leader of the family, chairman of the board of E. I, DuPont de Nemours, and one of the organizers with John J. Ras jcob and Alfred 8. Smith of the American Liberty league, will be In France. Mr. and Mrs. DuPont sail on the. Queen Mary, June 33, a week before the wedding. They will visit Mrs. Du Pont's brother and slater-ln-lew, Mr, and Mrs, F. L. Belln. The elderly Wilmington Industrial ist, a cousin of the father of young Roosevelt's flnancee, was asked If ha would be at ''Owl's Neat," the estate of Miss DuPont'a parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene DuPont,- to greet the president. "I'm sorry, but I won't be there," DuPont replied. "I would like to at tend and bad planned on It. "But Mrs. DuPont and I made our arrangements to go to Europe last January. At that time, we picked a sailing date later In June because, wo understood the wedding would be' earlier In the month." DuPont explained he nad made numerous business engagements In France and .elsewhere In .Europe im mediately after arranging his pass age. "X certainly don't want our ab sence to be misunderstood," he said, continuing: "After all, it's the youngsters that aro getting married and Its their future. Whatever differences the old folks might have don't amount to anything on such a day." E GIRLS TO GIVE BROADCAST CALLANDER, Ont.t May 27. (Ca nadian Press) Marie, the littlest of tbe Dlonnes, can say to her third quintuplet birthday cake tomorrow: "I have more teeth than my ais ters; all the bettor to eat you with my dear." Marie has been the weakest of the five little girls since they were born on May 28, 1034. She even had an operation to remove a tumor from her thigh. But today, statistics an nounced by Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe showed she had 18 teeth, one more than Cecile and two more than Yvonne, Em He and Annette. She also has put on a pound in the last month and tips , the baby scales at 28. There will be an International radio broadcast tomorrow with the quintuplets trying their baby French on the microphone fthey speak al most no English). There will be big crowds for their public showing and there mill be a planting of five oak trees sent from a royal forest In England. Annette is the heftiest of the qutn. tupleta. She weighs 3 J1 pounds. Income Shares- Maryland- Fund: bid 19.76; asked tioea. Quarterly Income; bid 117.00; asked 19 28. AIX STORES TO CLONE Medford business will come to a complete standstill Monday In ob servance of Memorial Day. City, county and federal ofllces, the po9toff.ee, banks and the state liquor store will be closed all day There will b no mall deliveries. The public hat been urged by city and veteran organization of ficials to participate in the memo rial services to be held la the morntnt and afternoon. RELIEF WORKERS RIGHT TO STRIKE Bill to Prohibit Walkouts Brings Quick Repudiation in House Texan Ve hement Over Amendment WASHINGTON, May 37. AP)- A storm of controversy ' broke on the house floor today over an, attempt to write into the l,500,OO0,OO0 relief bill an amendment denying relief workera the right to atrlke. Although the proposal, by Repre sentative Fuller (D Ark.) was shouted down, It precipitated a flood of criticism. ' - "This la the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of." declared Repre sentative Maverick (D., Tex.) "What are we? Are we the house of lords back In 1518: why, we must be era cy even to listen -to things like that." .... The'atocky Texan vehemently de- nounced previous amendments ear marking the bill for flood control, public works and other specific .pro jects. "We've earmarked and earmarked," he shouted, "until the bill hasn't got any eara left. We've earmarked until It's no longer a relief bill. . "It's a pork-barrel bill and a dis grace to congress and the Democratic party If we pass it' (.Maverick said the' majority--bad been tike bunch of Chlneselordl fighting among themselves." '"The Republicans have been lead ing us around by their noses," he said. When the house roared at hie error, he yelled: 'It doesn't make any difference whose nose It la: we haven't been using our brains." ; Fuller had proposed . an amend ment which would have mado In eligible for relief any person s who went1 on strike or incited or en couraged strikes. 1 ' "I know this Is a very strong al most radical amendment,' h said, "but there's nothing un-American about It. Why should anyone on charity, accepting a dole, have the right to openly and aboveboard de nounce the congress and the relief program because we are not paying him enough wages?" Fuller said most of the earmarking of the bill waa due to the "ani mosity and rulings" of Harry U Hopkins, works progress adminis trator. E LONDON,. May 27. (AP) Ramsay MacDonald, thrice Britain's premier, refused an esrldom and waa cheered In commons today the eve of hts retirement from official status after 42 years In the government. The earldom was offered him by King George VI, but he declined It. He preferred to remain - plain Jamea Ramsay MacDonald rather than en danger his son's political career. . On the death of the Elder Mac Donald. now 70. were he to become an earl, his son would be "kicked upstairs" to his father's bench la the house of peers. Malcolm now is the secretary for the dominions and a national labor member of com mons, positions he might be obliged to surrender were he to Inherit an earldom. BULLETIN LONDON. May 37. (TV-Ms User, former world heavyweight boxing ctuwrfpion, scored a ninth round tech nical knockout victory over Ben Foord ofteouth Africa at the Harrlngay sta dium tonight. Baer weighed 212 pounds and Foord, former British ;itleholder, 208. i SANDWICH, F.ng.,, May 27. (VP) All three remain: rag American con tenders marched today Into the quar ter finals of the British amateur golf championship. After Dick Chapman of Greenwich, Conn., chief hope of the Americans. had won his fifth round match from H. O. Harrison, London bookmaker, 2 and 1. Wilford Webrle of Racine, Wis., and Robert Sweeny of Newport, R. I., and London, also checked in with fifth round triumphs. 1 Wehrle eliminated J. H. Neal of I Qreat Britain, 2 eno . while Sweeny 1 disposed of Dr. H. Oardiner-HlU, two I UP' . 'Chronicle' Special Pictures Glories Of Rogue Valley A page of pictures representing vacation attractions of Jackson county appeared tn today's special Golden Gate bridge rotogravure section of the San Francisco Chronicle. Jackson county la the only sec tion represented outside of Cali fornia. Plcturea Include Crater Lake, fishing In Rogue river, pears and pear orchards In bloom, the Medford golf course, designed by the late H. Chandler Egan, and Diamond Lake. URGE CIVIC UNITY TO SECURE ROGUE DRAINAGE SURVEY Army Engineers Recom mend Request Con gress to Provide Money. Planning Board Suggests As the basis of the complete de velopmont of water resources of the Rogue river valley, a comprehensive survey of the Rogue river drainage basin will be made by army engin eers provided the necessary appro priation Is made by congress, It was wd tea ttd Is ltt received today by JUrl L. Janouch, chairman of the Jackson county planning commission irom'V, B. Stanbery, consultant of the state planning board. ; It is now up to Jackson and Jose phlno county organl rations, such aa chambers of commerce, courts, plan ning commission and conservation groups, to unite In requesting con gress to make the required appropria tion and asking the war department to list the survey for priority, Mr. Janouch said. , - . On February 8 Col. T. M. Robins, army division engineer at Portland submitted to the Chief of engineers at Washington a report covering a preliminary flood control investiga tion made In the Rogue river valley last summer and fall, the letter to Mr. Janouch stated. Tbe report and Col. Robins' rec ommendations, authorised a compre hensive survey of the Rogue river drainage basin and this was approved by the chief of engineess on March 31. the letter aald. While the proposed survey would be primarily for flood . control, It would Include Investigation and study ot other water uses and prospective benefits which would Include pos sible storage for Irrigation, future hy dro-electric power development,' regu lation of stream flow and recreation facilities, Mr. Janouch said. The proposed Investigation would cover potential storage sites which could be used for purposes other than flood control and would In effect be a complete survey of the water re sources of the Rogue river system, It was stated In Mr. stanbery's let ter. "This proposed survey would In vest 1r ate the economic feasibility of a coordinated water plan for the Rogue similar to that recently rec ommended by the army engineers for the Willamette valley," Mr. Stanbery wrote. 'l believe that evidence of strong local Interest and support for the Rogue flood control work would be especially helpful In expediting ap propriations and starting of work" The army engineers' preliminary report suggested possible construe- tlon of a major dam on tbe Rogue river near Gold Ray at the Junction cf Bear creek where 380.000 acre feet of water could be impounded. A new power plant to be constructed at the site would pump water for Irrigation of about 35,000 acres, the report set forth. Two alternate sites were con templated on the upper Rogue either above or below Trail. ' Another storage dam was suggest ed on the Applegate river, below the mouth of the Little Applegate near Cameron. The dam would be 100 feet high and would Impound about 30,- 000 acre feet of water. This, the re port Indicated, would be sufficient for irrigation of about 8.000 acres of valley lands along the Applegate. The state planning board. Mr- Stan bery wrote, has recommended to the national resources committee ttvj grouting of Fish lake dam. the Lake being a principal source of water for the Medford Irrigation district: Irrt glbiltty classification for all pro tect lsnds In Jackson county; and Ir rigation surveys for Wolf creek. Grave creek. Bams Valley, Applegate valley and Illinois valley. A Helena. Mont., baking firm met te payroll with 10,000 one -dollar Mil, BOYCOTT THREAT, STRIKE FAILS TO GREAT EVENT Engineering Wonder Open Motor Traffic Tomorrow Police Guard Against Sui cide Tries Unrest N6ted SAN FRANCISCO, May 37. (Jf) Pedestrians walked across San Fran cisco's famed Golden Gate today for tho first time as the world's largest suspension bridge was opened to the public. One of the world's greatest engi neering accomplishments, the 38, 000.000 span of concrete and steel Joins San Francisco with Marin coun ty, southernmost section of northern California's redwood empire. It was nesrly five years in the building. Toll station offlclala estimated 8. 000 to 4.000 persons Jammed the San Francisco approach of the bridge when the coarse blast of a huge fog horn In the middle of the- span sig nalled the opening to pedestrians., at 8 a. m. Co-Ed Oversteeps. Many In tbe huge crowd had wait ed for the opening since A p. m. yesterday. Phyllis Klrachbaum, 17, Mission high school girt of San Fran cisco, was tho first to drop a coin in the toll-box and dash across the bridge. She was far ahead of Mil dred Farquhar, 19, San Francisco Junior college co-ed who slept under the bridge approach all night, but Jailed to awaken Jn time. Stopped and asked how she elt to be the first pedestrian to cross tbe bridge, Miss Klrschbaum fairly screamed: "Let me go,' I want to get across." The earliest arrival at the bridge was Frank Brlssette, 20, of San Fran cisco, who reached the bridge at 8 p. m. yesterday and slept In the flja station. r Emergency Caution. Nearly 200 state and city police patrolled the bridge to guard agslnat suicide attempts. Six fire trucks and six ambulances were also stationed at the span. The bridge will be opened to motor trafflo tomorrow. An anti-nut boycott threat by the maritime federation of the Pacific hung over the fiesta, and the city' largest hotels still were tied up by strike that was In its 27th day, but neither of these appeared to af fect the gaiety of San Francisco or of Its thousands of visitors from all parts of western America. The boycott threat was voiced by Z. R. Brown, San Francisco maritime federation secretary, as the aftermath, of an Incident Tuesday In which six men tore a large piece out of a nasi swastika flag hanging among decor ations over Market street. Mayor Angelo Rossi declined to order re moval of all German flags, and the boycott warning followed. L'nrest Noted. Some labor and liberal groups pro tested the absence of the Soviet ham mer and sickle from the decorations. All other major nations were repre sented. Two Soviet flags were re- , moved last week at the request cf veterans. ' - A costume ball In the civic audi torium last night was the occasion for the crowning of Vivian Sorenson, stately San Francisco girl, aa fiesta queen. e , For this morning the fiesta com mittee scheduled a parade of 20.000 persons. The committee estimated the parade would require five hours to pass. A pageant at Crlssy field, with the bridge and the Golden Gate Itself for the backdrop, was scheduled to night. John Charles Thomas, bari tone, had the featured role among the cast of 3.000. It was' to depict the history of California from primi tive to modern times, AINlENTCUTS HOPKINHALARY WASHINGTON. May 37. (IPt Tha housa tentatively wrota Into tha $1,900,000,000 rtllaf bill today an amendment which would limit tha salary of Harry L. Hopkins. Works progress administrator, to ,10.000 a year. Hopkins' present salary la 113.000. By a 132 to 100 standing rota, tha house adopted a proposal by Repre sentative May (O.-Ky.) that would place $10,000 top limit on tha sal ary of the Works progress adminia- Urator or any other official holding la supervisory position with tha work, program.
