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Thirty-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1938
No. 28.
GOVERNOR FLOUTS
CITLdS URGED
TO DEMAND EARLY
lg tMIIWIW tJS
River Tragedy
New Phone Executive
ILL AT CAPITAL
PROFIT TAX PUTS
E TO VOTERS
compromise
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
' Robert Kintner
LABOR TERRORISM
AND DEMAGOGUES
Copyright 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
BBRLE SEEK SIDINO
WITH CONSERVATIVES
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
DESERTS EX-ASSOCIATES
EARLY "BRAIN TRUSTER'S"
OPINIONS RESPECTED
AID HELD ADVANTAGE TO
HILL. MOROENTHAV OROIT
WASHINGTON, April 23 Two tubs
stand side by side In the principal
bathroom of Adolf Augustus Berle,
Jr., the newest assistant secretary of
state. The second Is probably the
most Impressive among many monu
ments to Mr. Berles Intellectual bril
liance. The atory of the second bathtub Is
quite simple. When Mr. Borle went
to work as Mayor P. H. LaQuardla'a
Naw York City chamberlain, he was
so busy that Mrs. Berle felt deprived
of her dally share of the Berle
conversation. Fortunately. Mr. Berlo
glitters In his most coruscating fash
ion during the unholy hour before
breakfast. And so Mr. Berle Installed
the second tub In order not to waste
a moment or miss a word.
The Berle brilliance Is important
at this moment because, In the few
weeks since his arrival here to take
up his atate department duties, he
seems to have become the prlvato
brain trust of the administration's
conservatives.
Just how completely Mr. Berle Is
In the corner of Secretary of State
Oordell Hull. Chairman Jesse H.
Jones of the RFC, Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., and
their friends, only time can tell. But
recently ha has been keeping com
pany with them, and his former
associates, the new deal left-wingers,
would prefer broiled Berle glr.r.ard to
almcat any other breakfast dish.
Tho' Berle brilliance Is the kind
that hurts your eyes a trifle. He
started life as an Infant prodigy,
and he haa kept up the same dread
ful pace ever since. He Is an expert
on corporate finance, stock market
liquidity, municipal finance, transit
unification In New York City, labor
arbitration and Central and South
America. When he Is' not thinking
about one of these weighty subjects,
or writing someone else a speech
about them, or saying something
bright himself, he relaxes his mind
by reading the Latin poets for n
couple of hours.
If the underworld had not already
pre-empted the term to describe Its
legal advisers, one would be Inclined
to call Mr. Berle. quite simply, "the
brain." "Modern Corporations and
Private Property," the book he wrote
with Gardiner C. Means. Is the stand
ard authority on corporate structures.
His city flnsnclng and tmnslt-unl-tying
work In New York waa memo
rably Intelligent, and his opinions
on South American affairs are re
spected by no less an expert than
Undersecretary of State Sumner
Welles.
Indeed, there can be no doubt of
the solidity of Mr. Berle's achieve
ments. Mr. Berle himself never
doubts It. On one occasion, during
his New York period, he ran Into
Secretary of Labor Frances PerklnB
lunching with a friend. Miss Per
kins was bewailing the new deal's
slow Journey toward Its objectives
She attributed tlie delay to the scarc
ity of intelligent men who would
work for the government.
"Well." said Mr. Berle. "you can t
expect me to be In New York and
Washington at the same time."
The first Adolf Augustus Berle is
a clergyman of some distinction, a
mtn of greBt learning, and an Inti
mate of Justice Brandels. He It was
who made little Adolf both a prodigy
and a liberal.
The elder Berle had the knack of
stuffing his little ones' hesds with
welghtv matters. From their earliest
years, he bred them up to wisdom,
and. when most children would have
been worrying about Old Mother
West-Wind, little Adolf was uttering
prettv cries of aympsthy over the
plight of Dido, as set forth by Virgil
As for the first Berle lesson In lib
eralism, the story of that Is honestly
stirring.
In the summers, the Berle family
used to go to New Hampshire, for
the cool country air. Near their
house was one of the many New
England mill towns, and. In the mill,
children worked. The elder Berle
possessed a fine capacity lor righteous
Indignation, and p.ie morning, when
his son was still very small, he
roused the boy and took him out to
see the children go to work In the
dewy morning. As they watched th'
children passing through the dark
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PULASKI. N. Y. April 33 (API
Police betsn today an Investigation
Into the discovery of the nude torso
and lees of a woman on Lake On
tario shore near Grindstone creek.
BEIRUT. Svrla. April 23 (API
Seve:i persons today were reported
killed snd many Injured In clashes
between Christiana and Mos'.ema In
n DJeaireh region of eastern Syria,
Champion Of Workers, But
Not Union Racketeers
False Leaders Seek
Vengeance For Clean-up.
PENDLETON. April 38. (AP)
Got. Ch Aries H. afar-tin, here to
attend the state oon vent ton of Young
Democratic Clubs of Oregon, de
scribed himself today at a noon
luncheon meeting as liking to think
of himself as a champion of the
laboring man.
He pointed out that opponents had
"charged me with bludgeoning the
working man."
"That Is not true," ha declared.
"I am bludgeoning the gangsters and
racketeers so that they will get off
the working man's back."
He stated that "up to this time
104 of them have been indicted by
grand Juries In six different counties
and 48 of them hare pleaded guilty.
There was not an honest bona fide
working man In the lot. Many of
them were ex-pugillsts hired to beat
up working men. Nine of them were
former convicts. They burned a mil!
In Salem and threw 80 men out of
their Jobs."
The governor said one alleged labor
leader had been given $35,000 for hi
own personal use, and with this he
bought a new home, raca horses, new
cars and "obtained a new wife, giv
ing his former wife 16,000."
He said that the recent campaign
"had freed the working man from
ruthless and selfish control."
"He can now resume control . of
his union," Martin declared.
He said his greatest opposition
came from "false and unsound lead
ers who have sworn their vengeance
upon me."
PENDLETON, Ore., April 33. (UP)
Gov, Charlea H. Martin tonight
pleaded for unity within the ranks
of the Democratic party In Oregon,
as main speaker before the Young
Democrat convention here.
"I am confident you will not be
hoodwinked or 4egullcd by the siren
song of some who would betray our
party Into the ways of selfishness
and direct Its destiny to forward
the designs and schemes of certain
cliques whose aim la diametrically
opposed' to the welfare of our people,"
the governor said.
"The Democratic party," he added,
"can only retain Its power and its
Influence for good only so long as
It rigidly adheres to the fundamental
principles that have made the party
great. This principle Is government
for, of and by all of the people not
control of powerful organized and
selfish minorities."
Urge Radical Curb.
SEATTLE. April 33. P) Sen Gor
don Klemgard (D.-Pullman). chair
man of the senate Interim commit
tee, proposed today elimination of
"Irresponsible radicals" in the 1938
elections to the atate senate, with
out regard to partisan politics.
Klemgard aaid his organisation,
composed of 16 holdover senators, In
cludes four Republicans.
"Experience during the last ses
sion and since has shown the danger
of permitting irresponsible to make
our laws." Klemgard told Interview
era today. ' "If It were not for a croup
of cool-headed legislators and Gov
ernor Martin, the lawmaking branch
would run wild."
Klemgard recalled 36 senators, in
cluding the few Republican members,
constituted the so-called conservative
majority in the upper house the last
legislative session.
IN SPAIN STRIFE
HENDAYE. April 33. (UP) Na
tionalist forces widened the wedge
between Barcelona and Madrid along
the entire aouthern Trent today,
capturing the city of Aliaga. 33
miles north of Teruel and driving
down the coastal highway on Castel
Ion de la Plana.
Nationalist troops of Gen. Miguel
Arnnda smashed a formidable loyal
ist concentration on the coast high
way and occupied Alcala de Chls
bert after which they con United to
wards Castellon. half way between
Benlcarlo and Valencia.
Nationalist headquarters announc
ed that On. Bautlsta Sa riches's
troops captured the city of AUaga
at 0 p. ra. and continued to advance
to the south, wiping out the long
pocket which extended from the sea
back to Teruel.
NOTED EDITOR OE
WASHINGTON. April 93.
William AUen White, the small town
editor whose writing have brought
laughter and tears to millions, waa
elected president of the American
Society of Newspaper Editor today
Donald J. Sterling of the Portland
(Ore.) Journal waa elected first-vice-president.
NATIONALIST WIN
'
f,''t; v: - ?:r: : v . y ' - ',
Diver Mike Sklnrenkn of Marshfteld descended Into the Little river
at Fall creek bridge near Rosrburg In an effort to find the body of W. H.
Mather, whose truck plunged Into t he htream. The body was later re
covered a short distance downstream. The victim's son. James Mather,
narrowly escaped a similar death. ( Associated Press photo.)
PEACE
HOPE BOOMED BY
LONDON. April 33. (ff) Great
Britain's new agreements with Italy
and Ireland have put new force be
hind Prime Minister Neville Cham-berlainX-Plan
.'or a broad scale at
tack on other problem facing Eu
ropean statesmen in the busy week
ahead.
With new faith in his "realistic"
policy as a result of these achieve
ments In quick succession, the 60-year-old
prime minister returned
freshened from a fishing holiday to
plunge Into this packed schedule:
i. Sealing a pact with Ireland
Monday which may go far toward re
moving the long-standing differences
between the two countries.
3. Giving flnnl approval to a new
budget from which the nation's tax
payers will learn Tuesday whether
they must pay more to keep rearm
ament booming on a large scale.
3. Mapping procedure for getting
League of Nations approval to recog
nize Italy'a conquest of Ethiopia a
vital part of the new Anglo-ttallan
pact, y
4. Conferring with French Premier
Edouard Daladler and French Foreign
Minister Georges Bonnet Thursday
on a common policy for maintaining
European peace and, If that falls,
closer military cooperation.
HERO OF 98 WAR
SAN FRANCISCO. April 33. (UP)
Col. Andrew Summers Rowan, the
man who carried "the message to
Garcia," found tonight that the
world does not always forget.
From his sick bed at Letterman
Oeneral hospital. Colonel Rowan
gazed with tired but happy eyes
on hundreda of floral offerings sent
him on the occasion of his 81st
birthday.
At his bedside. Mrs. Rowan shuf
fled through a great pile of tele
grams and letters. Many of them
came from personal frlcndi; others,
from all part of the country, came
from persons the Rowans had never
met.
Most pleasing of all were messages
from school children, who for years
have been told the atory of Col.
Rowan's valor snd obedience to
orders during the Spanish American
war.
FRUITMEN FIGHT
HOOD RIVER. April 33. fP A
hearing before the state hydroelectric,
commission today on a proposed pub
lie power district in Hood River coun
ty developed opposition from a group
of fruitgrowers who contended powei
distribution was a specialized Indus
try of which thsy knew nothing.
Representative oi private utilities
also opposed the district, which wu
favored by spokesmen for the Orange,
which la sponsoring the plan.
The commission will announce lta
decision after considering the testi
mony
E
T
SHANGHI, April 24. (Sunday.)
A Japanese army spokesman said to
day the Rising Sun banner had been
carried across the border Into Ktm;au
province when the- reorganized Jap
anese offenrve drove a- deep wedge
Into Chinese lines In southern Shan
tung. Twenty thousand Chinese were re
ported retreating In the direction of
Plhalen, about eight miles from the
Lunghal railway, vital east-west line
which the Japanese have been trying
to reach for months.
The Chinese asserted the Japanese
offensh'e suffered a serious setback in
vicious fighting north of Talerchwang
where 6,000 Japanese troops who es
caped from beslegiid Ylhslen attempt
ed to Join the main column advanc
ing from LInl for a concerted drive
southward.
TO
NEW YORK. April 38. (AP) As
sistant District Attorney Edmund
Rowan said today that Elizabeth
Warner, 32-year-old factory worker,
had confessed killing her brothers,
Hen-y. 31, and Charles, 14, by feed
ing them rat poison.
Rowen said the girl told him after
an all-night questioning that she
had administered the poison In her
brothers' meals over a period of a
week. She waa charged with homi
cide and held for arraignment later
today In Queens felony court.
The assistant district attorney said
Miss Wagner told him she did not
know why she gave the poison to
I fcer younger brother but that she
waa angry at Henry because he
shouted at her end once struck her
In the face, knocking out two teeth.
T
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., April 23.
(UP)--Repeal of prohibition on In
dian reservations to save Indians
from the effects of bad bootleg liquor
was proposed tod.ty at the conference
of friends of the Indians.
The proposal was offered by the
Lewlstown, Mont., branch of the
American Association on Indian Af
fairs. It recommended specifically
that the Blackfeet tribe be placed
under local option.
Bootleggers aupply only the low
eat grade liquor, the report said, and
because It la sold In bottles only, the
Indians drink too much at a time.
The report recommended that good
liquor be dispensed by drinks at or
derly bars from which any Indian
who became drunk would he evicted
Profit, the report aald, should re
vert to the tribe.
Head Templars
PORTLAND, April 33 ( AP,
Knlghta Templar of Oregon advanced
. A. Thorn pson . Port la nd , to the
poet of grand commander today
mrreeriing Edwin O. Potter, Albany
juris
Medford Solon's Condition
"Good, Considering"
Naval Hospital Physi
cians Report.
WASHINGTON. April 39. (AP)
Senator Alfred K. Reamcs, 68-yoar
old Democrat from Medford, Ore.,
was 111 at the naval hospital to
night of bronchial pneumonia.
Reames was taken from his hotel
to the hospital last night In an
ambulance. Naval hospital physic
ians said his condition was "good,
considering the fact that he has
pneumonia."
Reames was sworn in February
11 aa the first Democratic senator
from Oregon since 1931. He was ap
pointed by Gov. Charles Martin to
succeed Senator Frederick Steiwer,
Republican, who resigned. Ho has
announced he would not seek elec
tion In November, when a successor
will be chosen.
45
INE
T
GRUNDY. Va., April 33. (flV- Forty
five charred and broken bodies of
miners were taken from the seared
depths of the Keen Mountain mine
of the Red Jacket Coal company to
day, victims of the volcano-liko ex
plosions which greeted the night shirt
as It entered the mine yesterday.
The United States bureau of mines
officials said no further bodies were
In the "drifts" which extend far un
der the mountain.
Mingo Keadle, vice-president of the
Red Jacket company, said the air had
been cleared In altishafts, and rescue
squads fought to reach the victims,
but scant hope was held for their
safety.
The explosion, believed oaused by
dust, wrecked the operation, one of
the largest In Buchanan county, Juet
after four mine cars carrying men for
tho night shift had entered the shaft.
The tremendous concussion waa felt
for miles around.
Fallen slate, ?oal and rock slowed
the efforts of the rescue workers who
did not reach the scene until after
dark. O roping carefully along the
haulage way they first cama upon
the bodies of four mine motor oper
atora sprawled In the motor barn not
far Inside the mouth. ,
News of the disaster spread quick
ly In the little colony huddled In a
narrow valley over which Cumber
land peaks tower. Two hours later
state police estimated 10.000 persons
were on the scene.
E
SEATTLE, April 33. ;p The Alas
ka salmon fishing Industdy was again
threatened with complete paralysis
tonight by a Jurisdictional deadlock
between CIO and AFL cannery work
era unions.
The stalemate developed Just 10
days after a conciliation agreement
ratified April 13 was thought to have
smoothed the way for the 1938 fish
ing season, beset since the first of
the year by labor disputes.
The new dispute flared when two
AFL unions, t he Alaska Cannery
Workers No. 20.4M and the Cannery
Workers and Farm Laborers No. 18,
3.17. drmanded an immediate election
to determine the sole bargaining
aency designated for all Alaska can
nery workers.
The Canned Salmon Industries,
cannery operators, also asked an im
mediate election.
BULLETIN
Night name
SEATTLE, April 33.( AP Muller.
Gabrlelaon and Gyselman collected
seven of Seattle's nine hits tonight
and pounded out a 6-1 victory over
Oakland.
Muller collected three hits In five
times up. Gabrlelaon -got a pair In
two tlmea at bat, and Gyselman wal
loped two doubles. Turbevllle. Oaks
chucker, kept the ball away from
the other Seattle batters, only Hunt
and flptndel getting aafetlea, but the
extra-base clouts of the trio who
eou'.d hit proved his undoing.
Pickrel held trie 0ks acoreleas
until tht eighth Inning. Abreu.
flashy young thlrd-sarker, connected
for three of the four hit Pickrel
granted the bay contingent.
The score: R. H. E.
Oakland 1 4 3
Seattle 6 3
TurbevlUe, Douglas f8) and Con
roy; pickrel s SplndeU
Portland Mayor Advises
N.LR.B. Alien Labor
Chief Foments Sawmill
- Strife Upstate.
PORTLAND. April 38. (AP)
Mayor Joseph K. Carson appealed to
the "people of Oregon" to demand
an Immcdlnte deportation hearing
for Harry Bridges, coast C.I.O. di
rector. A hearing was recently postponed
by the department of labor, pending
a supreme court decision Involving
membership In the communist party
as grounds for deportation.
Carson telegraphed the National
Labor Relations Board that ho had
Information that Bridges was "al
leged" to have threatened reprisals
unless sawmill operators signed
agreements with his union.
"General condemnation" of
Bridges, "when he la making every
effort to have the lumber Industry
restored to normal operations, allows
the attack la not motivated by hon
esty." E. B. O'Grady, Oregon CJ.O.
director .replied.
Don Helmlck. C.I.O. Lumber Work
ers' union executive board member,
challenged Carson to prove that
Bridges had issued an ultimatum.
Mill operators refused to com
ment.
Sawmill workers bolted to the
C.I.O. last August 14. The AFL.
later Issued charters to nine or ten
mills, claiming majorities of work
men, and lifted an, A.F.L. boycott.
Mills, shut down In August, operated
only spasmodically until a month
ago.
T
VERY MUCH ALIVE
NOG ALES. Aria., April 33. (UP)
William Jamea Gilbert, 37. a tall
blond cowboy, looked up from ills
work on a desert cattle ranch iiuar
here today and Informed Undorsherlff
David Wllkle that he waa not tho
victim of a blzarro murder plot in
Nevada last November.
Gilbert, who once worked as a
street car conductor fn Oakland, said
he disappeared from a ranch near
Centerville, Nev., to avoid a "family
fuss."
"What do you know about that?"
he said when Informed that two men ,
were now being held In the county
Jail at Mlnden, Nev., accused of "aid
ing and abetting" In what waa sup
posed to be his murder.
WAGE HOUR BILL
DUE EARLY VOTE
WASHINGTON, April 33. ()
Ohalrman Norton (D.-N.J.) of the
labor committee' prepared an analy
sis of the revised wage-hour bill to
day In an effort to win right of way
In the house for 11 from the rule
committee.
She undertook the task at the re
quest of Chairman O'Connor ( D.
N.Y.) of the rules committee, who
said he thotmht the house should be
allowed to voto on the measure. His
committee haa power to withhold It
from the house floor unless a ma
jority of tha members petition for It
to be brought out.
O'Connor predicted that If the bill
was brought to a vote It would pass.
NEW YORK, April 33 (AP) Bear
ing the blessing of his warrior
father. Francis Warren Pershing left
today for a world honeymoon tour
with his bride of a day.
Gen. John J. Pershing. 78 but
soldierly as ever, headed a list of
distinguished guests at the wedding
of his only son yesterday to Miss
M'lriel Bache Richards, granddaugh
ter of Jules 8. Bache. financier and
art patron.
FEDERAL INCOME
PAST 5 BILLIONS
WASHINGTON. April 38. (AP)
The federal government's Income In
the 10aS flsral year crossed tha
15.000.000.000 mark In the week Just
en1ed.
A treasury statement ahowed to
day that receipt for the fiscal year
which began July 1. 1037. totaled
6,000,837,814 8? on April 31
v V
r
Lift . ,
William H. Harrison (above), who
got nine dollars a week on hln first
Jolt as a telephone repairman, was
named vice president and chief en
gineer of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company. He la president
of the American Institute of Electric
al Engineering.
JACKIE'S MOTHER
TO CHANGE STORY
OF
Court Gives Right To
Amend First Statement,
And Explain Family Plans
HOLLYWOOD. April 28. (Jp)
Jackie Coogan'a mother, stating "I'd
go through fire and water for tho
boy," waa given permtsalon today to
alter or amend the sworn deposition
sho made InstMlndny in the stilt tiled
sho made last Monday In tho suit filed
money he earned as "The Kid" at the
silent screen.
The mother, Mrs. Arthur L. Born
stein, won the right to change her
statement when young Coogan'a at
torneys agreed she should be allowed
to give a moro complete account of
early financial transactions In the
days when Jackie was styled as a
million-dollar stiy of the screen
She itiild she wished to explain
the guardianship petition she and hor
deceased , husband filed In 1023 In
probate court In which they declared
their Intent to establish a trust fund
for their son's earnings. Mrs. Bern
stein previously testified she nevei
planned to establish a trust fund for
Jackie.
For two years after he was of age,
Jackie remained with his mother.
Not until he married Betty Grabl?
did ho leave the home hearth, tho
mother aald.
"It Isnt reasonable to believe that
a boy who found home life aa un
pleasant as Jackie now tells, would
have stayed at home, particularly
when he was earning between 130,000
and $40,000 during those two years."
said tho mother.
A proposed trip by Coogan to New
York will not be made, his at torn ty
said today.
F
Weather forecast for Sunday. April
24 th:
Northern California: Generally fair
Sunday, but cloudy northwest por
tion: probably light rains extreme
north coast; moderate temperature;
moderate northwest to west wind off
coast. '
Oregon : Unsettled; ralna north and
weat portions Sunday: warmer eait
portion: moderate southerly wind off
tha coast.
Outlook for western atatea April
25-30, Inclusive: Fair In central and
southern California and plateau re
gion: rains in northern districts at
beginning and again toward close
of week: moderate temperature.
IS 9 YEARS OLD
HOLLYWOOD. April 23. UP)
Curly-headed little Shirley Temple
the world's greatest boiotflca attrac
tion, celebrated her ninth birthday
today.
She bounced out of bed this morn
ing and. found her parents' Brent
wood heights manalon Jammed with
present!. They wera all wrapped In
Shlrley'a favorite colors red and
white. And they caiiw from admirers
In all parts of tha world.
This afternoon ahe played host to
300 children -f Bollywood and Los
Angelea newspapermen. They gath
ered In tha Cafe De Pare on the
Twentieth Century-Pot studio lot.
Principles Retained But
Operation Limited
Bitter Fight Looms Over
Lend-Spend Plan.
WA8KIKCITON, April to. (TTP)
President Roosevelt tonight won hla
fight to retain tha principles of tha
undivided profit ta In the new rev
enue bill, but stubborn conferees re
duced the maximum rata and limited
operation to 1842.
WASHINGTON. April 2S. P)-Ap-proval
of a modlfleld undistributed,
profits tax by a senate-house com-,
mlttee brought predictions today that
it would ba an Issue In tha forthcom
ing congressional electlona.
Two conservative Democrats on tha
conference group, Senators Walsh of
Massachusetts and George of Georgia,
said In a Joint statement that a pro
vision limiting the 'levy to two yeara
would "permit the country to pass
upon this question In the next elec
tion of members of congress."
They were Joined in tha thought by-
a Republican member of the confer--enoa
committee, 8enator Vandenberg
of Michigan.
Referring to a letter President
Roosevelt wrote .committee leaders,
laat week urging retention of tha
principle of the undistributed profit
tax. Vandenberg aald that communi
cation "beautifully typifies tha whole
Issue." !
"Tha president pledged unyielding
fidelity to tha tax principles which
the country haa been so vigorously
criticizing." tha Michigan Republican
declared. ,
Ha added, however, that ha was
"fairly well satisfied" with the con
ference committee's compromlee on
the undistributed profits and capital
gains taxes,
"The undistributed profit tax prac
tically dlaappeare under this face-aar-ing
compromise," he aaaerted," because,
is limited to two years, provides only
a 3A per cent tax spresd and embod
ies cushions for corporations with daf-,
iclta and Indebtedness ... . . . vs ,..
Business spokesman have attacked,
the principle of the undistributed,
proftta tax, contending it prevented
desirable and necessary accumulations
of surplus.
WASHINGTON, April 23. (UP) .
A bitter congressional flgh brewed
tonight over the New Dear M.912,
000.000 lendlng-spendlng program.
When congress resume work Mon
day, the battle will begin In earnest
and It will transcend party lines. A
house appropriations sub-ommlttee Is
holding hearings on the president's ,
request for 1,290 .000 .000 to fin
ance relief for the first seven month
of the 1031) fiscal yesr and will begin
work on the plan to provide 1.000.
000.000 for public worka spend
ing. Charging "political favoritism and
pressure" In the administration of re
lief. Rep. Bruc Barton, R., H. . an
nounced that he would Introduuce an
amendment to the corrupt practlcea
act. fixing a penaUy of H.000 fine
and three yeara Imprisonment for any
official distributing government
fund to Influence the political be-,
llefa or acta of a recipient. 2
Barton aald ha was timing his
amendment to coincide with the drive
to push tha president lendlng-epend-
Ing program through congress.
Barton'a plan to place stringent ra-
atrlctlona on the handling of relief
fund was regarded a particularly
significant In new of the charge and
counter-charges concerning relief ad
ministration In Pennsyvanla.
He specifically mentioned tha sit
uation In Pennsylvania, where work
progress administration Inveatlgatore
are Inquiring Into charges by John B.
Kelly. Democratic leader of Philadel
phia, that Sen. Joseph T. Ouffey. D-,
Po.. waa exertlnng political pressure
on relief worker.
TO KEEP
f-Ar.i.AMnara. Ont.. Anrll 33. (UP)
The guardians of the Worm quln
tupleta. whose father wants an In
vestigation of their management,
nwnri 2.4flh a vear on the glrla
and their staff. It waa learned today.
The aum, amounting to aa.auo
month, la annroxlmatelv Ifl.OOO In
excess of Interest from their IS00OO0
estate, most of which U Invested in
government bonds.
The avnenditurea are for the oper
ation of the Dafoa nursery, home of
the quintuplet, ana paymeni
aalartea to a targe surf which In
eludes Dr. Allan Roy Dafoa. their
physician.
parnDLPTON. April 23 (AP) Rob
ert Cronen of Wheeler won hla fight
for th presidency or the young
Democratic Clubs of Oregon today,
defeating Joseph Nanca of Portland
34 to 20.
BRRLTN, April 23. (AP) Dr. Hugo
Bckener plana to aall for tha United
Sutet next Thursday to convlnca
Washington officials th helium h
h. haen endeavoring to buy will
not ba uaed for military purpose.
$2,205 PER MONTH
QUINTS