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Temperature
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Lowest this morning SS
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Thirty-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1938.
No. 20.
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Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alflop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
CONTINUED GOVERNMENT
INACTION IS FAVORED
BUSINESS LEADERS URGE
KINPUNESS FOMCY
NO DEFINITE PROOAM
I ADVANCED
.
TAXES, UTILITIES. F. D. R '
ATTITUDE CRITICIZED
WASHINGTON, April 14. The pres
ident has promised to make his (tret
real attack on the depression tn a
relief message to congress and fire
side chat on Thursday. The do-nothing
months are over; the time for
action has come. Since do-nothing
poltctes have always been demanded
of the government by business, It's
unusually Interesting to know
whether the thinking of the business
community ha been changed by a
winter of governmental stagnation.
The answer appears to be that it
has not. In the last few days, four
eminently Important Newfork bank
ers, half a dozen leaders in the af
fairs of business' whispering gallery,
the New York stock exchange, and
several powerful Industrialists have
been asked to express their private
opinions of the state of the nation,
and to offer their own remedies.
Summing up the answers briefly,
and perhaps a little unkindly, these
distinguished business men were all
profoundly gloomy about the atate
reached by the nation after a winter
of governmental Inaction. Tet they
unanimously suggested that more In
action, only slightly tempered by
kindliness to business, was the only
policy.
Many major problems were men
tioned by one or another of the busi
ness men. A stock broker was deeply
Interested in the clearing up of the
railroad situation; a banker thought
the social security reserve deflation
ary an Industrialist found the social
security taxes burdensome, and still
another banker, who subscribes to
the monetary theory of economics,
was disturbed by the administration's
t failure to desterilize its gold hoard.
But taxes, utilities and the president's
"attitude" were the three things on
which everyone was unanimous.
Tax-, utilities and the president's
"attitude" have become shibboleths
In the speech of the business com
munity. The same business leaders,
when they were asked to express their
views at the start of the new depres
sion, were Inclined to minimize one
or another of these three problems.
This time, their crying out on them
was so exactly repetitious, even as to
language, that the total effect was
almost ludicrous.
In the first place, of course, every
one asked that the president change
his "attitude." Some suggested that
he ought to make a statement pro
mising to let "the cattle take on
fat." others admitted that to ask a
man to change his "attitude" was a
trifle Impractical, but added that all
was probably lost unless the change
could be made.
In the second, everyone wanted a
"peace with the utilities." Let the
utilities know whore they stand, let
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LAKEVIEW LAND OFFICE
REGISTER REAPPOINTED
WASHINGTON. April 1.(AP
President Roosevelt today reappoint
ed Clarence Ogle register of the
laod office at "-akevlew. Ore.
San Franrl.ro Butter
SAN FRANCISCO. April 14.-fAP-PSDA)
Butter, score 92. 2e: 91,
JS Vie.
SACRAMENTO. April 14. (AP)
Churning cream butterfat: first grade
3S'4o: second grade 28c.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Oma Parrett enjoying the Med
ford sunshine on her f irmt day home
from Los Angeles.
Motorcycle Officer Clyde Flchtner
using siren sound effects in eseort
t ng a busload of youn g vaudevl 1 le
performers out of town after the
troupe hsd ranged up on him for
his autograph.
Bill Roberta disliking the thought
e leaving this pleasant vale for the
inanities of Hollywood, his home
bailiwick.
Btt.y Vi:m Imnen'ir,; a decline In
the debutante circlt social whirl.
F. R. Tells Congress
Measures Needed to
Start Upward Spiral
WASHINGTON, April 14 (AP) President Roosevelt pro
posed today a $7,000,000,000 recovery program, embracing
$5,000,000,000 of federal spending and lending and a
$2,000,000,000 expansion of brink credit.
Setting forth to congress measures
; by which he said the government
' could "help to start an upward
' sDlral" and summoning a "united
national will" for a vigorous attack
on the recession, Mr. Roosevelt told
legislators who recently have dealt
stunning defeats to major adminis
tration measures:
"Our capacity Is limited only by
our ability to work together. What
ts needed Is the will,
Time for Action
"The time has come to bring that
will Into action with every driving
force at our command. And I am
determined to do my share."
The president declared that the
will to cooperate places "on all of
us the duty of self-restraint" and
that "there can be no dictatorship
by an Individual, or by a group In
this nation, save through division
fostered by hate. Such division there
must never he."
The chief executive' reiterated in a
message read to the house and sen
ate,, .that ."Improvement In govern
ment and business practlcea must
go- hand In- hand with recovery,"
adding:
"The congress and the chief execu
tive can ill-afford to weaken or de
stroy great reforms which, during
the past five years, have been ef
fected on behalf of the American
people :"
Measures Grouped.
The president divided his program,
designed , to start national Income
upward again, into three groups of
measures. The first Involved mainly
additional appropriations for the fis
cal year beginning July 1.
It was: H.350.000.000 for he works
progress administration; $176,000,
000 for the fBrm security adminis
tration: $73,000,000 for the national
youth administration: $50,000,000 lor
the civilian conservation corps and
$1,500,000,000 made available to the
reconstruction corporation for lend
ing to business enterprises.
In a second group of measures,
Mr. Roosevelt asked: $300,000,000 for
immediate expansion of the housing
and slum -clearance work of the
United States housing authority;
$1,450,000,000 for public works loans
and grants: an additional $100,000,
000 for public rosds; an additional
$37,000,000 for flood control and rec
lamation projects already authorized J
and an additional $25,000,000 for ,
federal buildings.
Would Aid Financing. 1
A third group listed by the chief
executive referred to private credit.
It Involved de -sterilization of $1,400.
000,000 of gold and a reduction by
the federal reserve board of member
bank reserve requirement which
would add another $750,000,000 to
the credit resources of the nation's
banks. With these actions, Mr. Roose
velt coupled a simplification of se
curity commission regulations to
expedite small-business financing.
"These measures." the president
said, "will make more abundant the
supply of funds for commerce, In
dustry and agriculture."
(Desterlliwd gold Is metal which
the treasury haa held inactive, lest
It lead to Inflation, by borrowing
to meet the purchase cost. Putting
this gold Into circulation by Issuing
gold certificates to the banks will
Increase bRnk resources. Member
banks of the federal reserve system
are required to keep a certain
amount of funds on deposit with
reserve banks as security against
deposits.)
Mr. Roosevelt said the total "out
of pocket cost to the federal govern
ment" under the new PWA program
should be limited to $1,000.000 000
and that loans or grants should not
be made on projects which cannot
be started within six months after
legislation Is enacted and completed
within a year and a half.
Optional PWA
The president proposed that PWA
advances should be put into the
optional form: Either the existing
method of a 46 per cent grant and
65 per cent loan or a loan of the
whole sum with the federal govern
ment assuming the Interest payment
Mr. Roosevelt said there still were
Improvements In government and
business practices which would be
"a definite aid to recovery."
"While I do not wish in this
message to over-emphasise some of
the needs." the president said. "I do
want to say that I believe that
we must be definitely aware of cer
tain of them the elimination of
future tax exempt bonds of all
kinds of government agencies; the
subjecting of government salaries
and wages of all kinds to federal
and state income taxes: a serious
undertaking to solve the railroad
problem and the problems of mo
nopolistic practices and price fix
ing . . .
"The nevr-cea si ng evol u tion of
human society will doubt bring
forth new problems which will re
quire new adjustments. Our tmme
dtste task is to consolidate and
cuicta la tot gains achieved.
Pithy Points
Of Program
WASHINGTON, April 14, (AP)
High spots of President Roose
velt's recovery message:
There can be no dictatorship by
an individual or by a group In
this nation, save through division
fostered by hate. Such division
there must never be.
In the western hemisphere the
good neighbor policy has so
strengthened the American re
publics that a spiritual unity In
our relations now prevails. Can
that good neighbor message be ac
cepted and practiced In our na
tional life?
All the energies of government
and business must be directed to
Increasing the national income:
to putting more people into pri
vate Jobs; to giving security and
the feeling of security to all peo
ple In all walks of life.
I believe that improvement In
government and business practices
must go hand In hand with re
covery that they should be, and
will be, a definite aid to recovery.
Our Immediate task Is to consoli
date end maintain the gains
achieved.
At this Immediate time we suf
fer from a failure of consumer de
mand. The hoped for re-employment
of this spring is not pro
ceeding fast enough to create an
economic upturn.
It is essential in our economy
that private funds be put to work
and all of us recognize that such
funds are entitled to a fair profit.
Let us unanimously recognize
the- fact that the federal debt,
whether It be twenty-five billions
or forty billions, can only be paid
If the nation obtains a vastly in
creased citizen income.
We must start again on a long
Fteedy upward Incline In national
Income.
Our capacity Is limited only by
our ability to work together What
Is needed Is the will.
Amid the voices whlh now seek
to divide group from group, occu
pation ' from occupation, section
from section, thinking Americans
must Insist on common effort in
a common endeavor and a com
mon faith In each other.
No Ground for Fear
"In this situation there ts no rea
son and no occasion for any Ameri
can to allow his fears to be aroused
or hl energy and enterprise to be
paralyzed by doubt or uncertainty.
"Our situation. Is vastly different
from that which we faced five years
ago. Let us use the tools already
forged and laid out on the bench
. . . The problem calls for Imme
diate action, both by the govern
ment and by the people . , .
"Let every business man set out
to use his strength of mind and
heart and his confidence In his fel
low man and his country. Let every
labor leader find not how work
can be stopped but how it can be
made to proceed smoothly, continu
ously and fairly. Let every public of
ficial consider that bis task la to use
his authority so that the service he
renders Is adapted to curbing abuses
and helping honest effort. Let every
one of us work together to move
the life of the nation forward."
Saying that the United States, a
'successful democracy" faces a trou
bled world. Mr. Roosevelt said:
"The United States, retaining free
speech and a free exchange of views,
can furnish a dynamic example of
successful government provided the
nation can unite In practical meas
ures when the tinvs call for united
action . . .
Republics I nlted
"In the western hemisphere the
good neighbor policy has so strength
ened the American republics that a
spiritual unity in our relations now
prevails. Can that good neighbor
message be accepted and practiced
in our national life?"
Discussing causes of the depres
sion, which many administration
rrjtlcs hare blamed upon the White
HrniN, Mr. Roosevelt said efforts of
the government to stimulate busi
ness we re "o wel I ircocn 1 red " at
the nd of 1M that "both the bust-
(Continued on pact Two.)
"Duster" Becomes
Shower of Mud In
Rain, Hail Storm
SPRINGFIELD. Colo.. April 14.
(AP) A brisk rain and hall storm
collided with one of southeastern
Colorado's worst dust storms here
today and the result was a 'mud
shower."
The rain and hall fell about
noon. Interrupting a "duster" that
had reduced visibility and started
piling new drifts of soil along
htghways, railroads and fence
lines.
The downpour left buildings and
automobiles streaked with mud.
Residents estimated a tenth of an
inch of moisture fell In 20 min
utes. Precipitation apparently was
limited to the immediate vicinity
of Springfield, heart of the Colo
rado "dust bowl."
U. S. GOLD HOARD
IS
WASHINGTON, April 14. (AP)
The treasury desterlllzed Its entire
hoard of $1,391,000,000 of Inactive
gold today In accordance with Presi
dent Roosevelt's recovery program.
The announcement was made after
a conference between Secretary of
the Treasury Morgenthau aud Chair
man Marrlner S. Eccles of the federal
reserve board, who apparently dis
cussed whether to desterilize the
gold as the cash was needed, or
whether to desterilize the whole
amount at one time.
The two officials also agreed to
call a meeting next Wednesday of
the executive committee of the fed
eral reserve board's open market
committee to draft 6ther means of
financing the new $5,000,000,000
spending program.
10 VISIT MEDFORD
Dr., Francis E. Townsend will not
speak here tonight as previously ar
ranged. He Is on his way to Wash
ington, D. C to serve a 30-day Jail
sentence for contempt of a house
committee.
The public meeting In the Med
ford senior high school auditorium,
however, will be held as scheduled
at 8:00 tonight. Glenn Wilson of San
Francisco, national representative and
Townsend party manager In Califor
nia, and Gordon Ware, Oregon atate
manager, will be the principal
speakers.
Mr. Wilson, who arrived this morn
ing, will leave tomorrow for southern
California but Mr. Ware will remain
here to address a meeting at 8:00
p. m. Saturday In Townsend hall,
133Vj West Main street. A chicken
dinner will be served In the hall
tomorrow night.
ELECT DIRECTORS
Election of the following as di
rectors of the Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce was announced this
afternoon:
Eugene Thorndlke, George T. Frey.
W. A.. Gates, Karl L. Janouch. Ben
E. Harder. George A. Hunt and Glenn
L. Jackson. All but Mr. Hunt and
Mr. Jackson are directors now.
Reaction to Relief Program
Dictated by Party Adherence
WASHINGTON, April 14. (yp,
Democrats in congress said generally
today President Roosevelt's relief pro
gram would break the backbone of
the depression: Republicans aasatlec.
further efforts at pump priming.
House Democratic Leader Raj burn
(D.-Tex.l called the messagle a "mas
terful portrayal" of conditions con
fronting the country. If lt proposals
are carried out. he said, "it will
greatly facilitate recovery by creating
work, enhancing opportunities for
business and creating confidence."
House Republican Leader Snell re
marked he did not "see much use in
priming the pump unless you are
sure there Is some water in the well
the resources of the country arc
almost running dry."
Chairman O'Connor (D.-N. Y.) of
the house rules commits, who led
the fight that killed the admtnlMra
tlon's reorganisation bill, likewise
said pump priming would do no good
without water in the well.
Senator Byrnes (D.-S. C.) predicted
th profiTam outlined would "-'tart
business on he up-grade."
Tht Increase in appropriations over
OLD WORLD GIVEN
LETTOWN
E
Roosevelt Tells Representa
tives of 20 Latin Ameri
can Republics Aggression
Will Not Be Permitted
WASHINGTON, April 14. (API
President Roosevelt utilized two oc
casions today to reded Ic ate the
Americas to democracy and the good
neighbor policy and to warn the
old world against aggression in the
new.
In a personally delivered address
to the governing board of the Pan
American Union, comprised of Secre
tary of State Hull and diplomatic
representatives of the 20 Latin re
publics, the president declared:
Peace In the Americas "shall not
be endangered by controversies with
in our family; and we will not per
mit it to be endangered from ag
gression coming from outside of our
hemisphere."
In a message to congress on eco
nomic recovery at the same hour.
Mr. Roosevelt concluded with a dec
laration that democracies were not
doomed to failure as some contend.
Free speech and free exchange of
views "can furnish a dynamic ex
ample of successful government, pro
vided the nation can unite In prac
tical measures when the times call
for united action." he said. At the
conclusion of his prepared speech
to the Pan-American board, the presi
dent a poke extemporaneously. He
thanked the Latin American govern
ments for the unanimity with which
they have accepted the American
government's proposal to help politi
cal refugees from greater Germany
find new homes.
The occasion of the president's ad
dress was Pan-American day and he
reasserted In his formal remarks the
historic Monroe doctrine wit hout
naming It and placed It on an Inter-American
basis.
His spech was broadcast to All
American republics.
TEXAS SUSPECTS
ELUDE OFFICERS
RIO GRANDE CITY, Tex., April 14.
( AP) Stole police, Texas rangers
and county officers blar.keWd border
highways and roads today after a
man and his bl nde woman com
panion, "hot" si'sj seta In the Frome
desert killings, dashed from a brushy
hiding place and eluded Sheriff Gus
Ouerra of Starr county.
The chase started lost night when
two Laredo residents. Louis Kowol
skl and Dr. E. Longoral, reached
Roma, 13 miles west of here, and
reported seeing an automobile occu
pied by a man and woman parked
In brush between Roxa and Rio
Grande city.
Sheriff Ouerra rushed to the spot,
but when his machine approached
the automobile darted from Its hid
ing place, reached the highway and
outdistanced the officer.
Officers here said the couple a
tall man and a blond woman en
tered a Roma sandwich shop late
last night and ordered hamburgers
The man pulled a gun on the at
tendants who. officers said, appar
ently had recognised them as the
hunted suspects, threw his sandwich
on the floor and fled In the direc
tion of Rio Grande city.
the budget estimate will amount to
not more than $1,000,000,000," Byrnes
said. He added that the desterlllzatton
of gold Js "sound and desirable" and
that "the severest critic of the pres
ident will approve of the conciliatory
lone of the message,"
Senator Van Nuys (D.-Ind.), gen
erally regarded as an administration
opponent, said he was in sympathy
with the objectives of the message
"and will do everything I can to help
pass legislation to carry them out."
"1 think, however, that the expen
diture for WPA should be more spe
cifically earmarked than It has In the
past." the Indianan added. "I am not
In favor of giving anyone a blank
check."
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the
Democratic leader, i-ald Mr. Roosevelt
had suzgestd "a reasonable construc
tive program" which should win
speedy congressional approval.
From Senator Vandenberg (R
Mtch.) came the comment:
"I applaud the president's recogni
tion of the new depression and his
purpose finally to attack it. But when
I take hie adrlow 'to avoid the pitfalls
E
FROM
COASTLINE
Hard-Driving Forces of Gen.
Aranda Capture La Jana
As Government Defense
Lines Seen Weakening
HENDAYE. Frence (at the Spanish
Border. April 14. OP) Hard-driving
Insurgent forces under General Mig
uel Aranda today captured tho vil
lage of La Jana. bringing the advance
guard of their southern wing within
nine airline miles of the Medltteran-
ean coast.
La Jana Is on the road between San
Mateo, which fell to the Insurgents
earlier today, and the coastal city of
Vlnaroz. objective of the right wing
of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's
great eastern drive to cut government
Spain In two.
Government defense lines in this
sector were reported to be weakening.
Ity the Associated press
Britain tinkered at the machinery
of diplomacy and war preparedness
today, apparently In an effort to use
French, American and Italian cooper
ation as a brake on geared-up Ger
many. Meshed developments In the last 24
hours of maneuvering Included:
1. Announcement by the Italian for
eign office that the Anglo-Italian ac
cord to end more than two weeks
of friction between London and Rome
would be signed Saturday.
3. Departure of British War Minis
ter Leslie Hore-Bclisha on an aerial
tour In which he will Inspect Brit
ain's "lifeline" defenses at Malta and
pay K "courtesy visit" to . Premier
Muvollnl.
.Significant was the fact that Hore
Bellsha would call on II Duce tn ad
vance of Reich sfuehrer Hitler's visit
next month.
3. Report In Parts that Prime Min
ister Chamberlain soon would take
steps to bring France Into the frame
work of Anglo-Italian friendship
now that a stable French government
giving Premier Edouard Daladter
three and one-half months of virtual
dictatorial power had been set up.
10
IET FRIDAY NIGHT
Young Democratic club of Jackson
county will convene tomorrow eve
ning at 7:30 o'clock at 418 Arcadia
court.
Howard Hamilton, prealdent of the
organization, announced that the ses
sion la mportant and all members
and others Interested are urged to
attend.
The meeting has been called for
7:30 so that members may listen in
for the broadcasting of the contest
ants of the women's speaking con
test over KMED at 8:00 o'clock.
Mr. Hamilton will appoint dele
gates to the atate convention at the
meeting.
Chinese Need Quinine
NEW YORK. April 14. ( AP)
Funds to purchase one ton of qui
nine, enough to treat 38,000 Chinese
for malaria, were sought In a cam
paign today by the Chinese Student,
league. Three or four tons ure needed
immediately, the Chinese red crosii
informed the league.
of the past,' I must reject his renewal
of a profligate spending program,
with Its deficits and debts, because
that is the route, In part, which has
brought us whre we unhappily are."
Senator Bylrd (D.-Va.), long-time
advocate of government economy,
tald:
"I'm against the proposition.
"I predict that If the program 1
adopted the deficit for the flacal year
103a will be In excess of $5,000,000,000.
That would do vastly more to destroy
confidence and Injure business than
the pump priming could do good
Senator Plttman (D.-Nev.) declared
ho would support the program. He
said federal rssorve board regulations
designed to tighten credit last year
"started a deflation suddenly and vio
lently." 'They realise their mistake now,
and are ma kin? an attempt to cor
rect It," he explatned.
Representative Taber IR.-N. T.):
"The president seems unable to learn
by failure that pump priming has
done nothing so far either before
lf31 of after 1933 to relieve tbe depression,"
TAKEjl ll OREGONIANS HAVE
MILES t ---Nv !
r r wn
s
Dr. .lumen II. .Mi'iins (above), A mer
le vir. ( uili'Rti nf ru.vsuiai.a prvMiient.
stirred a tempest when he charijed
flint American Mrrilcnl association
tirhuvlor Is "political" and that It Is
dominated hr an attitude "close to
stiindpatlMii."
UNION SERVICES
ON GOOD FRIDAY
FROM 1 2 TO 3 P J.
A number of churches of MM ford
will combine their efforts tomorrow
for the annual Union Good Friday
services In the First Presbyterian
church. Eighth and Holly streets,
from 12 noon until a p. m. Program I
being presented under the auspices
of the Ministers association, of which
the Rev. Sherman L. Divine Is pres
ident.' -
Services will be "A Commemoration
of Calvary, The Seven Last Words.'
The program was arranged by the
Rev. Joseph Knotta, chairman of the
program committee.
The Rev. Jamea Hamilton of the
First Christian church will prestuo
over first part of the service, which
will Include organ reveries by Eva
Hazelrlgg Msrsh, organist; hymn SO,
"Beneath the Cross Of Jesus;" Invo
cation, the Rev. Fred Weatherford of
the Nazerene church; solo, "O Jesus
Thou Art Standing," Mra. John Hu-
ber; address 1. "Fitlier, Forgive
Them." Tho Rev. J, P. Bray of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south;
hymn 48, "Oo To Dnrlt Oethsemane;"
solo, "There Is A Oreen Hill Far
Away," Mra. D. R. Smith, Mrs. Don
Sahlmann. acoompanlst; address 3,
"Today Shalt Thou Be with Me In
Paradise," the Rev. J. E. Brigar of the
First Presbyterian church In Ash
land. The Rev. Engrald Iverson will pre
side over the following services: hymn
81, "In The Cross Of Christ I Glory";
quartette from First Christian church,
Look To The Cross"; address 8,
Mother Behold Thy Son," the Rev.
C. B. starkey of the Free Methodist
church; a season of silent prayer;
hymn S3, "When I Survey The Won-
derous Cross"; address 4,' 'My Ood,
My God. Why Hast Thou Forsaken
Me?" the Rev. C. R. Lewis of Central
Point; ladles trio, the Misses Ayres.
The Rev. Divine will preside over
the following service: hymn S3.
"Alas, And Did My Savior Bleed";
solo. Calvary (Sweeney), Mra. Werner
Jessen; address S, "I Thirst." the Rev
Werner Jessen of the Zlon Lutheran
church: hymn 81, "There Is A Foun
tAin"; solo. "The Old Rugged Cross."
Mary Ann Oatcs; address 6, "Into Thy
Hands I Commend My Spirit," the
Rev. E. N. Mallory of Jacksonville;
hymn 59, "1 Saw One Hanging On
The Tree";' solo, "In The Secret Of
His Presence." Edna Elfert; address
7. "It Is Finished," the Rev. John W.
Hoyt of Medford.
Benediction will be given by the
Rev. Wolford A. Dawca of the Baptist
church. An organ postlude will end
the services.
E
FOR CHURCH RUES
All Jackson county employers were
asked today to grant employes some
time off to attend church services
between noon and 8 o'clock tomor
row. Good Friday.
The appeal, coinciding with the
wlshea of Oov, Charles H. Martin,
was Issued by Al Mt trail . chairman
of the retail merchants' committee
of the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce. Wherever possible, em
ployers were asked to let their help
off at various tlmea during the
three-hour period.
There will be no closing of pri
vate or public business places.
SALEM, April 14. (AP) Salem
police are trying to locate Ed Wilson,
an elderly man who disappeared from
his home here Monday. He had been
in poor health, officers said.
CAUSE FOR PRIDE
SAYS CHANCELLOR
State Education Head Lists
Assets in Address at
Ashland Banquet Would
Drop Doubts and Fears
It ts time for Oregon ians bo as
sume an optimistic outlook and a
spirit of pride In their atate such
as are manifested by California!!, Dr.
Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of
the Oregon system of higher educa-
atlon. stated at a banquet given In
his honor at the Llthla hotel In Ash
land last night.
Oregon has many assets. Including
an educational system of high stan
dard. In which Its citizens might
justly show a legitimate pride, the
chancellor said. The doubts and fears
that have characterized parts of the -
atate should be dispelled and a spirit
of optimism that will carry Oiegon
forward should be substituted, he de
clared.
On Inspection Trip
The banquet was given by the Ash
land Chamber of Commerce and
Frank J. Van Dyke, chamber pres
ident, presided. On a tour of Inspec
tion. Dr. Hunter had spent the day
at the Southern Oregon Normal
school.
Prof. Irving Vlntng, speaking at tha
banquet, told of the organization of
the Southern Oregon College associa
tion to promote the development of
the normal school.
Dr. Hunter said the association had
a legitimate field for constructive)
work In citing the benefits of the
normal school to the students who
graduate from high school each year
in the territory m-rved by the Ash- "
land Institution. He emphasised, how
over, that no competition should be
permitted to develop among the dif
ferent state Institutions, pointing out
that each had a different purpose to
serve.
Rivalry Decried
The bitter factional rivalry shown
in recent tlmea between the Univer
sity of Oregon and Oregon State col
lege la liable to have a detrimental
effect upon the whole system of
higher education, the chancellor as
serted. He declared that friendly riv
alry la beneficial and desirable but
that the Juvenile bitterness displayed
by the two Institutions of late Is so
absurd that the public la liable to
become disgusted with the entire sys
tem. Such lnter-college animosity,
therefore, must be terminated, he
stated.
One of the alms of the newly
formed college association. Dr. Hunter
emphasised, should be the creation of
an endowment fund for the Southern
Oregon Normal school. All of th
state Institutions, he added, are In
need of endowments. He cited the
endowment funds that help to sup
port California colleges and univer
sities. Democracy ts liable to be recon
quered unless tha United States can
prevent It. Dr. Hunter said In an ad
dress given In the afternoon before
faculty and students at the normal
school.
SMASHUP VICTIM
E
The condition 'of Maurloa Edward
O'Brien of San Francisco, critically
Injured with a fractured skull sus
tained In an auto accident at Seven
Oaks early Wednesday morning, was
slightly better today, his attending
physician. Dr. W. O. Bishop, said
this afternoon. He Is In Community
hospital.
"If Infection does not develop, ha
haa ft chance to pull through," Dr.
Plshop at a tea.
Mr, OBrlens wife, his mother.
Mrs. Marie O'Brien, and hla brother-in-law,
R. M. Shirley, all of San
Francisco, arrived in Medford early
thla morning to be with the injured
man.
The auto accident occurred when
the Buick coupe O'Brien was driving
left the Paclflo highway at a curve
about two miles north of Central
Point and crashed Into an orchard.
O'Brien was on his way to Belt Ing
ham. Wash., to attend the funeral
of his father.
Ernest 8c h warts of San Francisco.
ft friend who was accompanying
O'Brien to Belllngham, was still In
Community hospital with three
broken ribs, and progressing nlcoVf.
Claims Swim Record
MOSCOW April 14. ( AP) tlemlon
Bolchenko of Moscow today claimed
a new world's swimming record for
tha 200 meters breast-stroke. Bol
chenko was clocked In two minutes,
36.3 seconds compared with the listed
world standard of 3:87.3 raabllehed
by Jack Kaaley at New Haven. Conn
to 1836.