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The Weather Forecast: Cloudy Sunday, probably showers: Monday fair. Not much change In tempera ture. Highest yesterday 66 Ixnet yesterday 4ft Precfp. to 5 p. m. yesterday.. .03 What You Want You should not fall to turn to the Classified Page thli morning. Just about every thing Imaginable Is advertised there. Lose no time when you find what you want. Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year M EDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1937 No. 155. M soesr Wis i I f. f' Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. FtTL'RE OF JAPANESE YEN CAUSES CONCERN' HEAVY FINANCIAL STRAIN SEEN IN LONG CONFLICT WAR-CHEST CHEATED BY MONETARY MEASURES MOVES LAID TO MILITARY NOT ECONOMIC I'RESSI HE WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The gim let eyes of tho government's fiscal experts have been boring Into the depth of the Jnpaneso war chest. Some of the things they think they see will probably never be comment ed upon officially. But they may prove exceedingly Important to the United States. . A vital part of Japanese financing depends upon the future of the yen, and some nervous speculation Is go ing on hereabouts on that subject. Is It scheduled for the toboggan slide like the German mark? Or will It take the orderly course of the new deal's managed money? The Japanese say the latter Is the esse, that they have merely taken a leaf from the United States treasury's book, increased their gold reserves by means of currency revaluation, and. like Prance, are putting our financial precepts Into practice. Less optimistic observers question this explanation. They say it's too simple. - What America did. say the cynical experts, was to yield to an unusual but natural law: economic pressure. What Japan Is doing, they say. Is dictated, not by economic laws, but by the laws of war. They say the Japanese are syste matically creating a war chest. They revalued the yen, not because of economic pressure, but In order to release a part of their gold reserves By so doing they have increased these reserves some 180 per cent, thereby providing a "profit" to the govern ment of $350,000,000. Apparently this step had been con templated for some time. Despite the fact that reserves were shrinking, heavy gold shipments were being rasde to the United States as early as last March. By the end of July, we had received SI30.000.000 from Japan. Now It Is predicted that the amount will shortly reach $220, 000.000. The dollar credits so established are being used for the purchase here of raw materials and other goods needed for war. Some of these cred its are being sold to England and Germany for the same purpose. Back of the creation of the war chest is significant history of the yen. Japan went off the gold standard in 1031. The assumed purpose of gathering gold from the public was to bolster the yen. which had dropped from 4ft cents In 1929 to a current rate of about 29 cents. During tho first period of gold accumulation, no well defined financial policy was formu lated. In April. 1934, Jspan attempted to build up as large a stock of gold a possible in anticipation of further decline in the value of the yen. After holding Its gold reserves un til March. 1937. the Tokyo govern ment suddenly reversed its policy aud began shipping the yellow metal abroad. This step. American officials be lieve, was the beginning of the war chest policy. Indicating that the fi nancial experts were well up with the military in their plans. A rush of armament made continual ship ments necessary in order to finance supplies from abroad. Then came revaluation in an ef fort to increase the sir of the chest Financial authorities direct atten tion to two things in the Japanese financial situation not evident to the casual observer: First, the rapidly weakening finan cial condition, which will be consid erably Increased if the present hos tilities extend over a longer period than Tokyo expects. Second, the "profit," such as that which the United States was able to make by devaluation. Is largely vltl ated In the case of Japan. For while revaluation Increased gold reserves in tn Bank of Jspan by 180 per cent. yielding the government a huge prof it, It is largely a bookkeeping gain The reason for this Is that one quarter of thi sum must go to repay advances made by the Bank of Japan. wnlle the rest will have to be used to create a tnb:l rn'tn ftd. such (Conuaued on Pa-' &&t.j. MAJOR SPEECH OF TRIP SCHEDULED . FOR BONNEVILLE President Leaves Hyde Park Wednesday For Court Fight Renewal Jaunt. WASHINGTON. Sept. 18. (API President Roosevelt faced westward tonight with fight In his eyes. He prepared tentatively for at least one major speech on his Journey across the. continent, then packed his bags, arranging for a few days at hi Hyde Park home before taking to the road with all of the trappings of a red hot campaign year. A clear Indication of what may be expected In the back platform Ap pearances, the numerous short talks and the speech that mark his trail across the country had already been given In his constitution day speech. In that he renewed his Indictment of the supreme court, urged that the country be loyal to the constitution and "not to its mlslnterpreters," warned that danger of dictatorship walked arm in arm with laggard so cial reform. Even as he spoke, making no men tion of the raging controversy over charges that Hugo L. Black, his new ly named associate Justice of the su preme court, was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. new statements In that wordy combat were In the mak ing. Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia, a democrat who has often had hts tilts with the Npw Deal and who opposed Black's confirmation, said at Lunch burg he had no idea that anything could, or would, be done by anyone to remove Black from the court. From Senator Longergan (D-Vt.) came a statement Baying Judgment should be withheld until -Black spoke, but: If a fair hearing disclosed that Justice Black Is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, he should resign from the supreme court or, In fa.lrness to the President and the senate, make a statement repudiating the princi pies of the Klan. If he fails to do so. i tmnK con greaa should take action on the ground of concealment or a material fact." Prom Senators Pepper and An drews (D-Fla.). RusseU (D-Ga.), and Schwann (D-Wyo.) came statements praising Black and saying the charges originated with confirmed enemies or the administration. Whatever Mr. Roosevevelfs feelings on the subject, he said no word as he worked over the final details of his itinerary for the western trip, though In his last night's speech he bad said with some emphasis strong words about Intolerance of all sorts. The final plans for the trip to the Pacific coast win be worked out at Hyde Park. He leaves there Wednes day. Thus far the stops that have been tentatively set down are a Bonneville, Fort Peck and Grand Coulee dams, the Bremerton navy yard and Yellowstone national park He will spend two nights and a day In Seattle, visiting his daughter, Mrs. John Boettlger. Tentatively, the major speech of the trip has been set down for son nevllle, but already ceremonies are being arranged for some of the other stops. Too, the route will take Mr. Roose velt across the home states of several of the senators wh opposed the court plan. The President feels very strongly on that subject and he speaks easily. Berlin press Critical BERLIN. Sept. 18. (UP) The Voelklsher Boebachter today sharply contended that President Roosevelt In his speech Friday night, attacked Eu ropean dictatorships "In order to dl vert attention of his countrymen from his own dictatorial aspirations." The newspaper said it was "rather astonished to see Roosevelt In all his speeches indulging In demagogic slo- gens and hostile assertions likely to aggravagate antagonisms Id a world which is already In a sufficiently grave state." It added that Germany had "long observed this method applied by the president, with considerable aston ishment, which is greater since sev eral of President Roosevelt's prede cessors considered It their main task to exercise a moderating influence." The article stwagiwted thnt the pres ident attitude wss explained by "an Internal crisis In which the United States ho plunged during the Roose velt era," and charged the president's methods have been "heterogeneous, complicated and often arbitrary. The newspaper, commenting on what It termed the president's "dic tatorial aspirations," added that "be cause hts own methods closely reran a dictatorship, he want to prove his reliability as a Democrat by attacks upon other dictatorship.' MjMery BMM ALGIERS. tVpt. 18. (AP) A tnra frlous rxplmton in a bawment pastry j-i.r.p wrfc-Hl four bulldlliRt today and sent 60 persons to nos pitsi. 12 in serious condition. European Powers Near Showdown on Piracy Ban AS Mikado's Forces Make Steady Gains In North Expect Advance Halt In Hopen. PEIPING. Sept. 18. P) A Japan ese aviator returned from the front southwest of Pelplng today to report ho had seen an armored train flying Japan's rising sun flag steam in Kaop ietlen, 56 miles from here on the Peiplng-Hankow railway. That apparently marked the great est advance of the offensive Japan's powerful mechanized forces are driv ing toward Paotingfu, main Chinese base about 90 (CQ) miles below Pel ping. Japanese dispatches said the Chi nese had been thrown into full, dis orderly retreat toward Paotingfu, while tens of thousands were Iso lated and in danger of destruction Just west of the railway. The left wing of the Japanese drive was reported approaching Ting rising, on the railway 10 miles below Kaop icntlen, threatening to cut the re treat of thousands more Chinese. Jap anese accounts described the battle as a series of almost uninterrupted Japanese gains, despite desperate Chinese stands at some points. The offensive, with some 60,000 troops. Including 30,000 cavalry, was launched early Tuesday with the pur pose of smashing Chinese forces to talling some 200 .000 which had block ed the Japanese advance below Pel plng for weeks. Neutral military observers believed effective Chinese resistance north of Potlgnfu wa& as good as ended, and that the Japanese advance would, encounter sterner opposition only when It reached the prepared defense line across central Hopen province. That line runs from Tsangschow, 60 miles south of Tientsin, to Shlhchla chuang, 160 miles from Pelplng. Troops of the central Chinese gov ernment were reported moving Into it. AS M. O. Wllklns. Medford attorney, was lsst night being held In the county Jail, state police said, on a charge of drunken driving. His hear ing was scheduled for tomorrow In Justice court. According to state police. Wllklns crashed his automobile Into Coy's service station at Gold Hill about 8 o'clock, striking an attendant whose name was not Immediately learned, an damaging two gasoline' pumps. The service station employe was in jured, though It was believed not seriously. George Gltzen of Idaho was last night being held on 2fi ball for driving a oar without an operators license, stato police said, ouren ran his machine Into a ditch. ROSS SLATED AS PORTLAND. Sept. 18. (&t The Portland Oregonlan said tonight re ports received from Washington indi cated Secretary of I uteri or Harold lekes haa made up hi mind to name J. D. Rosa of Seattle as Bonneville dam administrator, and that the an nouncement will be made when Pres ident Roosevelt visit the dam on his wee texn tour. The newspaper said the reports fol lowed a nut to the White House of an unnamed Seattle public ownership advocate. Ross Is at present In Washington serving on the five-man securities and exchange board. Lewis' Hov To College PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 18. ;AP Enrolled as a freshman at Princeton University hla term Is John Llewel lyn Lewis, Jr.. 18-year-old son of the C.l.O. chicftan. a "The Homm Pay COtvOK. Panama. tVpt. 18. (API- Chinese women pawned their Jewels and soli family heirlooms here to day to ra SlOftOO for compatriot! raurht In rhe tolls of the Sloo Farm Emergency OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 18. ff A bumper wheat crop and a break in prices filled normal storage places and caused one farmer to move his family and necessary furniture Into a tent. He stored wheat In his home. E HIT-RUN VICTIM, Well Known Stockman ' In jured At Talent Last Night No Clue To Slaughter Driver. Hurled 25 feet and smashed to the pavement In the Talent business dis trict lost night about 10 o'clock by a hit-run automobile, George W. Nich ols, Jr., stockman, of 37 North Peach street, Medford, received two broken legs and a badly torn abdomen, Ash land city police reported. His condi tion was critical. He was rushed to Community hospital In Ashland Im mediately following the accident. According to reports from Talent. Nichols had parked his car well off the highway and gotten out to fix his headlights. Te unidentified hit- run machine, traveling south, struck him and raced ' away without stop ping. Ambulance from the Ashland hospital was 'called. City police .In , Ashland and atate police were last night earning on an Intensive search for the machine. although, no description of the car could be procured. BE SCARCE, HI WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. (API- Government livestock experts warned today that pork chops and other bog products may be scarce during the next few months. They sold the large corn crop this year, following the short crop last year, would result In smaller market supplies of hogs from October through April. With large supplies of corn, and hog numbers about 30 per cent below normal, the government experts said corn prices were expected to decline while hog prices remained at fairly high levels. As a result, they said, farmers will hold back hogs from market to feed to heavier weights and Increase pig production. The economists predicted that hog prices In the fall and winter market lng season ahead will average as high or higher than last year's $9.50 a hundredweight. BEARD IN STATUE RAPID CITY. 8. D.. Sept. 18. (AP) A bearded Abraham Lincoln will look through the centuries from atop Mount Rushmore, the 5.000 visitors at the unveiling of the huge Blue Hills memorial learned defin itely yesterday. The question, to beard or not to beard. waa a difficult one for Sculp tor Chjtron Borglum. He was torn he aald. between the problem of what kind of chin would beat ahow Lincoln's character and the cer-t talnty someone a thousand yeara from now would say he was wrong no matter which way he earned. FEWER CHILDREN WASHINGTON. Sept. 18. (AP The offi of education statisticians predicted today that fewer children would enter elementary schools this fall, but more youths will go to col lege. The country's falling birth rate hss kept the grade -school enroll ment on the dcltne since 1930, thy paid. In seven years, the number of pupils has dropped 1.000.000. College enrollments, however, wilt rach a new high. A'wut one out of evry loo persons wtii be in coilrge or university UUs fall. E JOHNSONJCLAIMS Former NRA Chief Declares Executive Present Atti tude 'A Shame And Pity.' TOLEDO, O.. Sept. 18. (A1) Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, former NRA ad ministrator, warned last night that President Roosevelt Is "risking suc cess of the New Deal by aspiration to unprecedented power." "The New Deal Is good, but it is going to have to be re-oriented or it going to fall," Johnson said In an address at the opening of Toledo's centennial celebration. Johnson warned "It la a shame and pity that a great president with a great humanitarian program should risk the success of the program for the sake of a sudden aspiration to unprecedented political power. "The New Deal is going to have to discard the dictatorial, surreptitious and certainly evil departures of 19B7 and become what It started out to be a splendidly liberal reform move ment within the spirit of the con stitution and not a too clever scheme to get around and avoid, If not to discredit and destroy tho con stitution." BAY CITY, Mich., Sept. 18. P Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R.- Mlcb.) opened the gates of bis party to a sympathetic coalition under Re publican standards tonight In ad dressing a wildly enthusiastic audi ence of 1,000 "grassroots" constitu ents. An ovation greeted his appearance In conclusion of a statewide rally, and applause punctuated his oft-repeated challege that "we have Just begun to fight" for constitutionalism. The senator's address was broadcast over a national radio network. IN L OF N. PARLEY WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. (AP Secretary Hull called on President Roosevelt today to discuss with him. It was reported authoritatively, the question of possible United States participation In the League of na tlon's consideration of the Slno-Jap anese crisis. The league haa reconstituted Its ad vlsory committee, established In 1633 to deal with the Manchurlan conflict. The United States was represented on the earlier committee and Gen eva reports have said that an Invita tion would be dispatched to this government to collaborate again. MAUPIN. Sept. 18. ,T) Emory Crofoot, his terrier, a rat and a gar age today led to the discovery of a burled tin can containing 10 silver dollars and a roll of badly decom posed currency. The lad pulled a board from the family garage to let his dog at a rat when he found the can. The currency was sent to federal authorities at Portland for identification. BULLETIN EVERCTT, Sept. 18. (AP) Wash ington high school of Portland de feated Everett high school, 8 to 0 In the opening game of the foot bsll season here tonight before a crowd of about 4000. Washington scored late in the fourth quarter when Buck blocked a punt on tho Everett four-yard line and then Koch carried the ball over after three tries. Everett had possession of the ball the majority of the time and considerably out distanced the Portland school on yardage but was unable to score. The best chance for the Everett tam came on the final play of the contest whn a long psss went Into the open but the receiver fell after catching It, (Night game) Ri H. K. Sacramento ............... .. 11 14 0 iVsttlc .... 8 13 a Van Plept and Mavarret; Plckrel. Mullet and Pool. UPON KLAN TAINT BY BLACK URGED Until Then Nation Asked To Withhold Judgment Congress To Act If Evasive. WASHINGTON. Sept. 18. (UP) Senator Augustine Lonergan, (D. Conn.) tonight urged the nation to withhold Judgment on charges that Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black Is a member of the Ku Klux Klan until the former Alabama legislator Issues a statement giving his side of the controversy. One of those who voted against immediate confirmation of Black, Sen. Lonergan said that he had never in four years of service with the Ala bama senator observed anythlnlg that would Indicate Intolerance on his part.. If a fair hearing discloses that Justice Black Is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, he should resign from the supreme court or. In fairness to the president and the senate, make a statement repudiating the principles of the klan," Lonergan held. "If he falls to do so, I think congress should take action on tho ground of conceal ment of a material fact." Lonergan' statement punctuated a lull - In a political and legal drama new to the long history of the court a drama expected to reach Its cli max In the lew days Intervening be; tween Black's return here from Eu rope the end of thla month and Octo ber 4 when he Is scheduled to alt with the court for the first time at the opening of the fall term. SHANGHAI, Sept. 19. (Sunday) (UP) The American transport Chau mont arrived off the Peking road Jet ty shortly before noon today carry ing Marines to reinforce the United States troops already hero. Because of the hour there was only an average crowd on hand but word spread through the city and automo bile loads of Americans soon were rushing toward the bund to cheer the troops. The Chaumont had a huge Ameri can flag on Its superstructure for the benefit of airplanes and flags were painted on both sides of the hull. F JUNTURA, Ore., Sept. 18. (API Two men, one of them public school Janitor in this central Oregon village, died tonight, the victims, Malheur county Sheriff 0. W. Glenn said, o! a murder end suicide. James Owens. 70, service station operator and trapper, turned his gun on himself, Glenn said, shortly after he shot and kilted William Walters, the Janitor. The sheriff said Owena had told neighbors his dog had been poison ed and blsmed Walters, Walters was struck near the heart by two bullets as he walked with his father-in-law, Tom woodward, in front of Owens' service station. FAIR WITH LOCAL SHOWERS OUTLOOK Northern California: Fair Sunday but unsettled with local ehowera Bunday morning. Oregon: Cloudy Sunday, local showers probable over west portion and over mountain.; cooler esst portion Sunday; Monday fair; mod erate west and northweat wind olt the coaaf. humidity above normal. Weekly outlook, far western states, for period September 30-3S, Inclus- Ive: fair, preceded by local ahowera In Pacific northweat Monday; tern- peraturea normal or above in Cali fornia but slightly below normal first of week elsewhere, ruing mere alter. Hint For Debtors KENOSHA. Wis.. Sept. 18. P) A debtor returned a bill from a merchant with this notation: "Please refer to Matthew 19:39.' The merchant telephoned his pastor to look It .up. It said: "Have patience with me and I will pay the all." NUDISTS IN NEED OF POCKETS AND Writer Reports On Visit And Going Naked All Day In California Hills. By Fredrrirk C. Othman (rnltrd Press Stff Correspondent) SUNNY TERRACE NUDIST COL ONY. SOQUEL. OaU Sept. 10. (UP) What nudists need and can't have not being kangaroos are pockets. They also need something to keep wasps from sitting down on them and when they sit down themselves, something to keep the splinters out. The nude facta and many another we reveal tonight after 34 hours of life at America's largest nudist con vention, where 400 men and women and their children are enjoying life, au. nattiral. In the wilderness of Santa Cms mountains. Us members of the American sun bathing association were up at the orack of dawn today. We didn't dress;- ' "We undressed, carefully hanging our pajamas by our bunks. Then we had breakfast. Crumbs from the toast were a nuisance, despite our paper napkins. After breakfast we personally took a stroll with Jim and Martha and Gladys and Douglas and a couple of other nudists whose first names we forgot. We never did learn their laat names. Nudists are careful about Identifying themselves to newspaper men. When they don't have on clothes, they're difficult to remem ber, too. They all look more or leas alike. We assembled at the bottom of a waterfall, and there we discussed nudism. Some of us aat on a log and others sprawled on the mossy banks of the creek. It Is difficult now to write of our emotions during this conversation. It seemed strange to alt on that log. If strange la a strong enough word, with Jim on one aide of us, and his wife, Martha, on the other. Both as naked as the day they were born, and both apparently unconscious of It. We tried to appear nonchalant, too, but It was no go. Martha aald we'd get over our feeling after a few more days of It. After lunch us nudists laced In the aun end swam In the concrete pool and played handball. By the time the aun was turning red over the farthest mountain range, we were feeling nearly normal, except for the goose pimples which rose on our thighs. It was getting too cold even for veteran nudists, so we all put on our clothes and danced to the tunes of a phonograph. And this time we felt strange wearing pints. CORVALUS, Sept. 18. (AP) Schools and colleges of America must be bulwarka of protection for their government, Prealdent Oeorge W. Heavy told Oregon State college faculty members today. "It la my feeling that In these times of stress a peculiar obligation rests upon tha publlo educational Institutions." peavy aald. "These In stitutions have direct responsibili ties to the governments which cre ated them. Where may we expect sane thinking If not In our state colleges and untvsreltles? "Where can cause and effect and logic of events be better taught?" Declaring ha was "not an alarm ist," President Peavy added: "I hope I am not blind to those trends and thorn agencies, both at home and abroad, which at tlmea with great subtmty and again with brawn In solence are challenging the very principles upon which our nation Is founded." A t'hlm-M Trlrk TOKYO, Sept. 18. (AP) The Japanese foreign office today accus ed Chinese veasela of trying to evsde the Japanese coastal blockade by changing their registry, thua to gain the protection of a neutral flag, and declared "steps" would be taken to 'tialt lha practice. SANE THINKING IN COLLEGES URGED BRITISH WARSHIP AIR BOi TARGET; ITALY RESENTFUL Italians Enroll For Spanish Service, Claim Rome Rejects New Nyon Plea. ROME, Sopt. 18. (AP) The con trolled and authoritative faaclat preaa tonight printed deflanco of Great Britain and Franca aa the second Nyon agreement, to attack "pirate" aurface warshtpa and atrplanea aa well aa submarines, waa submitted to Italy. Italian authorltlea received au In vltatlon to Join the extended Nyon accord with pronounced coldnesa amid reporta that a considerable number of Italian volunteers had been newly enrolled' for service with the Insurgents In Spain, The reports, coming from rele- Uvea and trlenda who spoke of the Imminent departure of soldiers for Spain, were denied by officials but with a smile. The officials ad hered to earlier asserttona that no men had been sent to Spain sine the signing of the non-intervention agreement February 30. LONDON. Sept. 18. (AP) Euro pean powers moved nearer a ahow- down In the Mediterranean crisis tonight as Italy received coldly a fresh Invitation to join the "antl plracy" patrol. A new turn In the question of. foreign Intervention in the Spanish civil war waa Indicated by report! freah Italian volunteers were being enrolled. European capitals saw In creasing dangers to the general peace arising from thst conflict. Perils at sea were illustrated anew by the attempt of an unidentified airplane to bomb the British de stroyer Fearless off Oljon, govern ment port of northern Spain. Tha deatreyer was not hit, and London officials aald they believed the at tack waa due merely to mistaken Identity, Tha plane might have be longed to either Spanlah faction. Admiralty officials acouted reporta that a submarine had fired a tor pedo at tha British airplane carrier Olorlous in the Mediterranean, Great Britain and Franc gave) Italy another chance to Join tha nine-power patrol to crush attacker, of merchant shipping In the Med iterranean. Again Rome Indicated refusal. The fascist presa printed de fiance of the second Nyon confer ence decision to Include "piratical" warships and airplanes along with submarines aa targets for guns of the International fleet. Official circles In Rome expressed bitter resentment over tha offer which would permit Italian ships to patrol only the waters surround ing tha Italian coast. They Insisted that Italy waa entitled to share equally with France and Great Brit ain In the Mediterranean "pirate' hunt. The new offer was regarded as the Nyon powers' last word unless Italy submits a definite proposal to Join, LEWIS BALKS AT A.F.L. PEACE TALK WASHINOTON, Sept. 18. (UP) . John L. Lewis' Committee for Indus trial organisation will Ignore the American Federation of Labor'a Invi tation to come to Its Denver con vention and settle labor's fsmlly quar rel In "man-to-man" fashion. The invitation, tendered by Presi dent William Green of the A. F. of U, will be rejected. It was loarned to night, on the ground that conditions attached to the proposal would put tha C. I, O. at a suicidal disadvantage. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18. V C.l.O. and A.F.L. forces struck almost simultaneously at eaon other today In new maneuvera for control over organised Pacific coast warehouse men now undsr the John L. Lswta banner. Vtlng big newspaper display adver tisements, the C.l.O. longshoremen attempted to short-circuit the A.F U teamster blockade of the San Fran cisco waterfront by appealing to the rank and file of the truck drivers to go back to their Jobs, nig Prune Crop WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, (API California prune growers, moving msrketwsrd with a near record breaking 1997 crop and an uncer tain price outlook, probably will have to wait another week for def inite word on the government's, plsns for dealing with the pros pective. (urnJtst, mm m
