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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 14. 1937.
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(Copyright, 1937, by Paul Msllon)
WASHINGTON. June 13. Where
the c. I. O. la going la again a mat
er ot speculative concern to all In
official life here.
Jflctat life here.
'Congressmen In
Hhe cloak room
ia nd offlclala
I around the cock
1 tall .hakera talk
of little else these
gdays.
The talk can be
Ibotled down now
I to collective agree
ment, but a lew
things seem clear
I'aul Mallon. to all on both
aidea of the fence; namely;
. The C. I. O. can win elections In
ted steel plants and In most of
Etp"rj",,d Industries. These elec
tions pr-.Tj'J wm e iron within
the next ali-'P!nth"- ""l -tabllsh
domlnat'lC" bj C. I. O. and
accelerate the momentum of John
Lewis aa the political man on horse
back. tt will not lead to the extinction
of A. P. of L. craft unions, but
merely relegate them temporarily to
the shade. Pew believe now that the
railroad brotherhoods, the building
trades, etc., will go out of exist
ence. Levis la taking labor Into politics
for the first time In American his
tory. His movement la superficially
social, but essentially political. Until
ha threw his leg Into the stirrup,
the A. F. of L. was labor in this
country. It was divided in political
allegiance, and thoroughly individ
ualistic and democratic. Thus. Lewis
is doing what labor In Europe has
done within this generation. He la
taking It out of' the social sphere
" into the "political sphere.
A national labor party is, there
fore, Inevitable In the course of time.
For the present, Lewis is using the
Democratic party for his purposes.
But It will be only a matter of some
few years until he absorbs tho party
(most authorities believe this is
wholly Improbable), or the party
(Continued on Page Pour.)
KLAMATH FALLS. June 14. vD
A freak hailstorm Sunday night cli
maxed Klamath county's week of
rain, and at its center, damaged resi
dences and catuK-d serious losses In
crops and flowers.
Quests at the Carl Tucker home
en Summers lane south of the city
were amazed when water began to
stream Into the living room. Outside
they found four Inches of hall on
the roof and deep holes torn In the
roofing.
Hailstone as large as marbles were
reported In some sections, and even
as late as this morning furrows in
the Summers lane district were filled
with hall and level ground was cov
ered with a white glue of Ice. Leaves
were stripped from nearly all trees
and birds were found dead under the
trees.
The Sunday storm brought an ad
dltlonal .14 Inch precipitation.
(rain Mart Pull
PORTLAND. June 14. Tj Dull
ness marked tradirw In Pacific north
vest grain markets In the past week.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Deppity Sherf Herb Moore being a
fanny man and- saying dollies were
things children played with when as
everyone knowa they are contraptions
fj. transporting telegraph poles,
Five-year-old Pat Banwell taking
her third airplane spin over the val
;y and bawling out her old man for
telling Pilot Tommy Culbertson to
make the ride short, she turning ber
nrost engratlatlng charm upon Tam
my and saying she hoped he'd tske ;
rer up soon again and for a longer
.light, too. j
Little Jimmy Murray nearly break
ing up a cinema audience with run
ning comment on his first movie. 1
Papa Jim finally being embarrassed
Irto leaving, making up for the ore
mature exit by treating the preco
cious film critic to bis first haircut.
rn operatln that was enjoyed no end
Mabel Mack regretting she didn't
r.are sometruTig more uncommon
fian a mere appendectomy so thai
sit might do a llttl. surgical brag-in.
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NEEDLESS, FUTILE
COMMITTEE SAYS
Senate Judiciary Committee
Urges Emphatic Rejection
to Prevent Repetition by
Another Executive.
WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP)
The senate Judiciary committee rec
ommended rejection of the Roosevelt
court bill in blistering language to
day, branding It "a needless, futile,
and utterly dangerous abandonment
of constitutional principle."
"It should be so emphatically re
Jested that Its parallel will never
a&aln be presented to the free repre
sentatives of the free people of Amer
ica," sal'i the report, signed by seven
Democrats and three Republicans
It said the bill would not accom
plish Its purpose, would destroy the
Independence of the Judiciary, and
would make the government "one of
men rather than one of law''
"It contains," the majority said,
"she germ of a system of centralized
administration of law that would en
able an executive so minded to send
p. Judges into every Judicial district
in the land to sit in Judgment on
controversies between the government
and the citizen."
As the controversial measure finally
reached the senate after more than
four montha of nationwide debate,
administration senators said they
virtually had abandoned Its proposal
for adding five new Judges to the
srpreme court at once,-
No Compromise
They were trying Instead to work
out a compromise whereby elderly
Justices could be augmented or re
placed at the rate of one a year.
Opponents, however, declared fhey
would filibuster against any modlfted
proposal.
Submission of the committee's re
port made it possible to call up the
bill for debate at any time, but lead
ers gave no Indication when they
mht do so. They were expected to
wait at least until the senate passes
the relief bill.
The eight members of the Judiciary
committee who voted for the bill did
not submit a minority report.
Never before has a Roosevelt bill
come from committee with such a
denunciation as the committee's re
port. It was prepared chiefly by
three Democrats Senators King of
Utah. McCarran of Nevada, and
O'Mahoney of Wyoming.
Primary Reasons
They recommended rejection of the
bill for these "primary reasons":
- "The bill doea not accomplish any
one of the objectives for which it was
originally offered.
"It applies force to the Judiciary
and In its initial and ultimate effect
would undermine the Independence
of the courts.
"It violates all precedents In the
history of our government and would
(Continued on page Eight)
TO OPPOSE MOTT
SALEM, June 4. (AP) W. L.
Oossitn, secretary of Gov. Martin,
may be advanced by democratic leao
ers in the first congressional district
aa party choice to oppose Rep. Jamea
Mott. Republican, at the May, 1P38.
primaries.
Sheriff A. C. Burke. Marlon county
democratic lender said today that he
believes "Ooeslln la Just the man the
Democrats of this district need to
beat Jim Mott next year." Burke said
he had discussed the matter with
the governor and "he expressed it as
his opinion that his young secretary
wouM mske a creditable representa
tive for this district In congress."
ASKED IN SENATE
WASHINOTON. June 14 (API
The senate approved today a pro-
?red nationwide atudy of unemploy- I
ment tnd relief by a commission to
tv appointed by the president.
The action, taken without a record
.etc. came shortly after the appro
priations committee recommended to
the senate that a greater share of the
administration', 1.500 000 000 relief
program for the next fiscal year be
shifted to local communities.
The atudy would be In addition to
Inquiry by a committee of five
cnators. which was suthorlred last
T-eek.
The proposal now foes to the house
Monroe
Strikers Retreat Before Tear Gas Attack
Two . hundred special policemen,
Newton steel plant nt Monroe. Mich.,
general yiew the strikers have started
PIERCE REPORTS .
NO GREAT HURRY
TO SELECT JUDGE
Evan Reames Listed Among
Probabilities With Nine
Other Oregonians.
WASHINGTON. June 14. (API
Representative Walter M. Pierce of
La Grande, Ore., aald today the attor
ney general's office advised him no
Immediate action would be taken to
fill a vacancy on the federal bench
In Oregon.
"The department said there was no
purtlcular need for speed and that It
wanted to give careful consideration
to all candidates," the congressman
sold.
Among those prominently mention
ed for the post are: Claude McColloch.
Klamath Falls; Hall Link. John Hess
Elton Watktns and Judge W. I Dixon
all of Portland; Judge O. 8. Skip
worth of Eugene; Evan Reames of
Medford; Judge Hewitt of Salem:
Judge T. E. J. Duffy ot Bend, and
Mark Weatherford of Albany.
Representative 'Nanny Wood Honey
man of Portland said recently she
had been advised the field had nar
rowed to McColloch and Lusk.
The appointee will succeed the late
Judge John McNary.
F
MASSAWA. Eritrea. June 14 (14)
Amelia Earhart. who la flying around
t ie world "Just for fun," hopped off
at 7:30 a. m., (11:30 p. m ZB.T
Cunday night) for Assab, Eritrea, en
reute to Aden, tt the southwestern
t:p of Arabia.
Before aha lifted her sliver mono
plane off the runway of otumlo air
port, Just outside the capita! of this
1-allan colony, she aald ahe would
ettempt to fly non-stop to Karachi,
India. If weather conditions were
good.
lloter Killed
JOIlANNESBURO. South Africa.
June 14. (AP) Cecil (Kid) Como.
American featherweight, was killed
today In a mining accident waen a
cane dropped five levela In a vertkel
shaft. Coma temporarily retired frum
boxing was planning a return to tne
United Bute, ihta year.
Allow .Mall Carrier's Claim
WASHINGTON. June 14. (API
President Roosevelt has signed a bill
waiving the federal employea' com
pensation set limitations to permit
John W. Bolln of Salem, Ore., to l.le
a claim for 0; obility wr.ile ha
a mall carrier In August. 1924.
Steel Plant Opens; Vigilantes
using tear gas bombs, rocks, and clubs, dispersed a picket line at the
and allowed 800 non striking employees to return to work. In this
retreating before advancing tear gas lmiris shown In the background.
BULLETIN
The decomposed body of a baby
was reported discovered In Ashland
this afternoon.
Assistant District Attorney George
W. Nells on and Sheriff Syd I. Brown
were to leave for Ashland to conduct
an Investigation. Meantime Police
Chief Charlea P. Talent of Ashland
waa Investigating.
The body waa reported found In a
cardboard box In a closet in a Com
munity hospital room. The baby had
been dead about three weeks, the
authorltlea stated.
The hospital superintendent, Ard
ath kosher, reported to Prank Van
Eyke, city attorney, that a peculiar
ouor waa emanating from the closet
Van Dyke and Chief Talent made the
discovery.
DEATH FROM AIR
E CITY
BILBAO, Spain, June M. fAPi
Low-flying insurgent war planes from
the besieging armlea that have press
ed Into Bilbao's edges raided the cen
ter of this Basque capital In mid
morning today, spitting machine-gun
fire.
The people of this "Pittsburgh of
Spain " besieged almost since the
start of the insurgent northern of
fensive early In April, fled for shelter
as the planes dived and circled.
Defense anti-aircraft guns pumped
shells into the sky.
' Heavy bombing operations over
this tightly hemmed In area insur
gents reported they already had
taken some houses In Bllbso's actual
outskirts) made evacuation of the
wounded a grave problem.
The road northwest to Santandtr
was under heavy attack from the air,
with 23 persona reported killed In
one sector. This was virtually the
only land artery of escape for the
Bilbao population.
On the whole, however. Bilbao waa
stoical in the face of the constant
attacka from the sky.
Crouched In mskeahlft refuges,
much of the civil population heard
bullets spatter against walls and In
streete determined to hold out to
the lsst.
The Basque government of Presi
dent Jose Antonio Agulrre. steadfart
altf of the central Spanish govern
ment, flatly denied reports that some
of Its members had fled to Sun Un
der. No surrender is contemplated,
the Basque officii la said.
Prom the battlefront at the edi(e
of the city there were Basque report
of a 'tiff counter-attack that resutwd
In Bat que capture of a mountain
near Pica. Tat li about five miles
northeast of Bilbao, at a point where
tnsuraente had cracked the iron ring
of outer defenses of the regional cap
ital. PORTLAND. June 14 (API Mayor
Joseph K. Carson will not Insist that
tie 9.300 Invited gurti st his wed
ding ceremonies next Saturday night
wear formal attire
ITALY DEFAULTS
UPON DEBT WITH
'POLITEJGRETS'
Slim Hope for Settlement
France and Britain Talk,
But No Payment.
WASHINGTON, June 14. ZD-
Italy defaulted aaln today on its
semi-annual war debt payment to the.
United Btatea amounting to 101,
987.163. Ambassador Pluvlo Suvlch trans
mitted to the state department a note
grom his government expressing "po
lite regret" over Its continued Inabil
ity to meet the wartime obligation.
I The note said Italy waa unable at
thta time to advance any proposal
looking toward a possible future set
tlement. The war debt Installments from Eu
ropean countries fall due tomorrow.
They will total $1,500,000,000.
Besides Italy, Latvia and Yugosla
via already have defaulted.
Only Finland, owing 4163,143, has
announced its Intention of paying
promptly as usual. All the other
countries have been In default since
1033.
Recent expressions In Prance and
Great Britain the largest debtors
of hope that sometthlng might be
done about a possible settlement of
the war debt problem have not been
followed as yet by any official ac
tion.
The United Btatea ha voiced Us
willingness to consider any refunding
proposals.
Of tomorrow's total bill, 205,33B.
754 Is the regular semi-annual In
stallment and 1.314.831.109 repre
sents paymenta In arrears.
It will amount to 132.000,000.000
with accumulated Interest and prin
cipal at the end of the 62 -year period
of paymenta established In the orig
inal funding agreements.
DEMOCRATIC PAIR
PORTLAND, June 14. (AP) From
oemocratlc ranks came two namea to
day aa possible candidates for the
poet of atate committeeman If Claude
McColloch, Klamath Palls, is otferrfl
j me Tscsncy on tne reoerai courr. in i
uregon.
Jack Caufield. Tillamook county I
and U. 8. Burt, Corvallla educator tnd
uusucceasful candidate for itate
reasurer at the 103" elections, were
being mentioned among party leadera
as likely choices.
Willie Mahoney, former Klamath
Pails mayor, returning over the week
rid from Washington, asserted tnat
'II ranking democratic leadera there"
tewed McColloch
SPECIAL SESSION
TO PROVIDE AGE
AID FUND, HINTED
Education Board Request
Denied Governor Warns
Against Emergency Fund
Inroads.
PORTLAND, June 14. P Report
here today said Senator Rex Ellis,
Pendleton, ha started circulation of
petitions among certain members of
the legislature urging a special ses
sion to desl with the problem ot fin
ancing old age assistance payments.
The petition assert that Oregon
should pay the maximum permitted,
130 a month, and that the state has
failed to match the counties' old ago
budgets, threatening financial chaos
when the age limit for recipient 1
cut from 70 to 66 yeara next January.
Ellis's petition outlined no financ
ing plan which a apeclal session
might consider. Only the governor
may call a session outside the tegular
assembly, which does not occur again
until 1939.
SALEM. June 14. ff; The state
emergency board cut down requests
of 152,713 for various departments
and appropriated $2,000 at its Initial
aesslon here today which went
through the noon hour. .
The only appropriation, outside
1300 for expenses, went to the agri
cultural experiment station to com
bat the Infestation of the large mor
mon cricket In eastern Oregon. A
delegation from Baker and Wallowa
counties appeared before the board
to make the request for 62,000 to
purchase poison and materials. The
board appropriated 11,600.
Following a long discussion during
which Oovernor Martin warned
against making Inroada on the emerg
ency fund at thla time because of
''unsettled and serious condition
which may arise," the board by a
vote of 4 to 3, rejected the request of
the board of higher education for n
appropriation of $36,713, which had
been Intended taken from the gen
eral fund but the legislative act fail
ed to make the divergence.
E. C. Sammon for the board of
higher education, stating an attor
ney general's opinion ruled the legis
lature failed to provide for the sum
from the general fund, aa It had in
tended. The money therefore remain
ed in the general fund and under
the act can not be used for higher
education. The legislative budget had
Included the sum for the Institutions
of higher learning.
The only action to remedy the sit
uation, it waa pointed out, would be
a direct appropriation from tha $100.-
000 set aside In the emergency fund.
The governor eat In on the meeting
and warned members that should the
state face an emergency, such as
riots, strikes or fire, the emergency
fund would be small, If 636,000 were
taken out at the first meeting.
MrMINNVIIXB, June 14. (AP)
Dr. Roy Reynolds, Bend, Decs me com
mander of the Oregon chapter of the
Disabled American Veterans of tne
World War, succeeding Roy Bhlres,
Newberg, at the annual convention
here.
Other officers chosen were Prank
J. Hoi brook. Medford. eenior vice
commander; Bert Paul, Port I unci.
Junior vice-commander; Llle Dallry,
Portland, treasurer; Rev, 8. f. Os
borne. McMlnnvllle; chaplain, John
M. Cummtskey, Portia n a; ecrgeaut-t-rni,-Mra.
Venn Oatrander, Salem;
commander of the auxiliary, Mrs. Ar
thur Yarbrough, Oranta Pass; senlou
vice-commander, Mr. Prnk Hol-j
brook, Medford; conductress, Mrs
William Blevlns, Balem, musician.
SELECT JURY IN
ALTURAS, Calif., June 14 UP,
Selectlou of a Jury to try Harry
French for murder started here today
aa the 30-year-old alleged newspaper
feud alayer aat calmly with his moth
er, father, wife and two sisters.
French, accused of fstally shooting
Clsudo L. Mccracken. 4s, last March
2S, appeared unconcerned as attor
neya questioned the prospective Jurors
ALTURAS1RDER
New Road Menace
H its Motorcyclist,
Then Thumps Him
PORTLAND, June 14. (AP) A
new motoring menace, the "hit,
beat and run" driver was reported
to police by William P. Ansen
berger. Ansenberger said the unidenti
fied driver not only damaged his
motorcycle in a collision, but
stopped long enough to beat him
up with the aid of a companion.
ANOTHER APPEAL
TO RETURN WIFE
Mystery Deepens As Abduc
tion and Murder Theories
Weighed Search Started
STONY BROOK, N. Y June 14.
(AP) Tha mystery ot the disappear
ance of Mra. AUca McDonell Parsons,
Long Island acolety matron and
heiress, deepened today aa law forcea
weighed murder and kidnap theories
and the grieved husband, William H.
Paraons, lasued a second appeal to
supposed abductors.
If federal, state, or local Inveatl
gatora had made any real progreia
alnce a 125,000 ransom note waa
round Wednesday night, they were
keeping It secret.
A force ot 100 sesrehers mobilised
to beat the brush In the vicinity ot
the' Faraona home. -
"The present state of the Investi
gation Justifies tha search." Karl J.
Connelly, the federal agent In
charge of the government', inquiry,
said In announcing the hunt.
He added, "It will be continued
until we are satisfied wa have made
a thorough search In an effort to
gain the objectives wa have In mind."
The area to be sesrehed was ce
acrlbed aa "fairly wild," dotted with
a few cultivated flelda but abound
ing with woods and tangled under
growth. Beginning early In the afternoon,
the aearchera, Including fedeial
agents, atate troopera. local police
from Brookhaven townahlp, Investi
gator, from the district attorney's
office of Suffolk county and Boy
Scouts, were directed to spread out
fan-shape from the Persona houae.
Paraons aald In his appeals
"Thla Is the fifth day ilnce the
disappearance of my wife, Alice, I
am worried and distraught. The
strain haa been very great, not know
ing whether she la safe and well
cared for. We, of course, are at the
mercy of the person or persons re
sponsible tor her disappearance.
"I again wleh to aaaure thta per
aon or persona that I atand reaoy
to comply with the Inatructlona they
may Rive. Whatever Is humanly poe
slbla will be done by me to see that
anything they may request will be
compiled with In secrecy. I request
the person or persona to Immediately
communicate with me In order to
expedite the return of Mrs. paraons."
Howard McDonnel ssld aa he left
Los Angelea by airplane for New fork
tonight he hoped to act aa contact
man with tha kidnapers of bis slater.
FIRST LADY SAYS
SHE PAYS IN FULL
WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP)
Mra. Franklin Roosevelt aald today
that "on every penny of Income
which I have received I have paid
my tax."
She made the remark to her press
conference, when advlaed that a col
umnist had questioned the com
pleteness of her return.
The only exemption ahe la permit
ted, she said, Is the IS per cent for
glfta to organized charity, since she
haa no dependents.
STRANGE FATE OF
AN ENGLISH BOY
STOKE-ON-TRENT, Eng. June M
'(All The body of four-year-old
j Joacpl. Bailey was found today In
j the outhouse where he atarved to
death only oo yarda from nis noma
while his parents and police searched
frantically for s week. t
The door alammed behind the isd
when he went Into the outhouse to
play. The door catch, four and
half feet from the ground, waa loo
died, hie cries for Del unheard.
Ready
PICKETING UNDER
NEW REGULATIONS
MAY BE ALLOWED
Special Police On Guard,
and Barricades Built
Thousands Quit Mines
MONROE, Mich., June 14. (AP)
Mayor Daniel A. Knsggs assured "ra
aponslbla members" of the striking
steel workers' union today that
peaceful picketing under proper and
reasonable rules nd regulations" will
be permitted.
The mayor'a announcement fol
lowed closely a almllar one made by
Oot. Frank Murphy of Michigan la
Detroit.
Smashing the picket line at the
truck Newton Steel company plant
here last week precipitated a violent
clash which led to cltlrens' arming
themselves to preserve peace.
it waa understood that a picket
line might be permitted In the gen
eral vicinity of the original line
wnicn now bristles with guns In
the hands of 100 apeclal policemen.
No maae meetings, aald the mavor.
will be permitted at any time on
tne picket Unea or In the vlolnlty
except under police authorisation.
The strike-troubled plant resumed
operations unmoleated.
No pickets were on hand. Monroe
offlclala, however, after a tumultous
mass meeting yeMerday marked by '
an assertion by Van A, Blttner, Chi
cago C. I. O, organizer, that pickets
would return, took no chsnces.
Elaborate barricade systems were
established around the Newton plant,
a subsidiary of Republic steel cor."
poratlon. The trouble at Newton In
volve! demands for a signed Isbor
eontrsct, refused by Republic.
The city Itself waa quiet,
A squad of national guardsmen, all
that remained on duty, guarded
equipment In the armory overnight.
Vigilantes, eober-faced cltlnns of
Monroe, resdy on call to preserve or
der In the city of 30,000 whose
mayor, Daniel A, Knagga, vowa to
protect the right of men to work
or not to work.
Yesterday the vigilantes not B0O0,
but enough rested cooly about the
city hall. Borne wore knives strapped
to their aldea. Others had holatered
sldearmi. Several . merely crammed
their weapons through their belts or
Into hip pocket.
Strikes at Olanre.
(By the Associated Frees.)
JOHNSTOWN. Pa. Thousands Of
miners quit coal pita of Independent
steel companies after John L. Lewis
directed strike order against mines
(Continued on Page Three.)
TAXPAYERS
FOR COURTHOUSE
ALBANY, June 14. (AP) At t
public hearing attended by more than
400 persons, Sam H. Osrland, Leban
on, presented petitions bearing tha
namea of 800 taxpayer to the county
court today demanding the eounty
submit to voters th matter of erect
ing a new courthouse with surplus
funds on hand.
Garland said the only Issue was
whether the matter should be sub
mitted to the voters at apeclal or s
general election. The ' petitions, he
declared, forced the election and he
advocated the matter be acted upon
at a general election tc avoid expense,
Arthur K. McMahan asked the
court to call special election, point
ing out that the H47.0O0 now avail
able In the general fund must be dis
posed of by the budget committee
this year and may not be available
for s courthouse If the decision la
delayed. He added that PWA assis
tance might not be available. Oppo
nent were accused of trying to
thwart th project by delays.
The court aald It would probably
announce Its decision tomorrow.
fleece Wools Stlfren
BOSTON, June 14. (AP-USDA.)
Asking prices on fleec wools In Bos
ton were Inclined to stiffen today
though users showed reluctance to
buy freely at recent quotations.
Income Shares
' Maryland Fund bid (.19, asked
to.oa.
Quarterly Income bid 1111, asked
II 7.