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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1938
No. 123.
NAZI MfflEKWIiillK
. 1 I ; : ; ;
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright 11)37, by The
North American News
paper Alliance. Inc.
GEORGE. TAUMADOE FR1KXDS
BHOCKED BV F. D. R. SPEECH
CAMP MUST WIS SUPPORT
OF LABOR AND FARMERS
...
MIST SMOKE OUT THOSE
OFFICIALS BACKING UEOttUE
SPEECH SHOWS ROOSEVPXT
BACK IN AfitlRESSIVE MOOI
ait.anta o... Auk. 14. If ?ou
chanced to be In Atlanta today, and
saw a man running around In circles,
howling to himself, you could be
pretty sure who he was. He would
be a partisan ot Senator Walter P.
oeorge, whom the president unkindly
compared to Senator Fred Halo ol
Maine. And If you saw another man
snapping his red galluses and chat
tering with rage, you could be pretty
sure who he was. too. He would be
a partisan of Gene Talmadge, whom
the president somewhat emphatically
described aa no great addition to an
Intelligent government.
Above all. If you saw a man blanch
ed and quaking with terror, you
could be absolutely certain who he
was. He would be one of the federal
offlclala who have been supporting
Oeorge.
The truth is that no one here, least
of all the White House candidate,
U. S. Attorney Lawrence Camp, had
an Inkling of how strongly the presi
dent would speak out Thursday. He
marched Into' the Qwtfa senatorial
primary with the conspicuous vio
lence of "a Zulu raiding party.
It remains to be 6ccn whether he
has destroyed his enemies or merely
paralyzed them with fright. For the
present It can only be said that the
effect waa volcanic.
It is difficult to assess the possible
results of the president's Georgian
eruption. The Intended beneficiary,
Lawrence Camp, Is an Intelligent,
likeable and rather high-minded per
son. His career has been that of any
other successful small town lawyer,
with a twist given It by his ardent
support of the New Deal. His devo
tion to the New Deal earned him his
present post as U. S. attorney here,
and, if anything does, his devotion
to the Nrw Deal will carry him to the,
senate. Although he has a firm grip
on the president's coat-tails, he la
no ordinary coat-tall rider, but a con
vinced and well-grounded liberal. If
he la to win, three things must hap
pen. First, the federal officeholders
must be swung Into line. In this
state, for a wonder, the WPA appeirs
to be strictly non-polltlcal. The local
machines the county, court-house
gangs are virtually owned by the
power Interests, and they are sup
porting Oeorge. But the run-of-the-mlne
federal offlclala have consider
able Influence. They can be smoked
out from their places In the Oeorge
camp, and they probably will be.
Clark Foreman, new Georgia director
of the national economic council, Is
expected to supervise the smoking
out.
Second, labor must be induced to
give full support .to Camp. Because
of the A. F. of L.-C. I. o. row, this
may be difficult, but the Camp men
hope It can be managed.
And. third, the farmers must be
won over. Production quotas have
embittered the tobacco farmers and
confused the cotton farmers, making
them easy marks for Taimadge's
brash demagogy. The farmers are
pro-Roosevelt, however, and the presi
dent's unexpected attack on Tal
madge. who had hoped to benefit by
a denunciation of Oeorge alone, may
have considerable effect. There Is
also the chance that Henry Wallace,
having enraged the farmers with his
production quotas, will mollify them
with big crop loans. That would make
a much easier road for Camp to
travel.
So much for the possibilities. They
are only possibilities. While Oeorge
has been much damaged, and Tal
madge seriously bruised by the presi
dent's speech. It can't be said that
Camp has been put ahead of either
of them. On fact. Indeed, sticks out
of the situation like a sore thumb.
That fact la the vast risk taken by
the president, who has engaged his
hole prestige in an exceedingly
chancy business.
The president's willingness to take
so great a risk can only mean that
his mood has changed again. Early
. In the spring, and until he set off
westward, he was ready to give and
ask no quarter. flien. as ho crossed
(Continued on fae
BERLIN SEEKS TO
OF CZECHSTROKE
Other Nations Watchfully
Wait Observer Holds
More Chance Of Peace
Than War Prevails.
LONDON, Aug. 13. (A) Germany's
preparations for nationwide military
maneuvers have put other European
powers on an unusually vigilant look
out to prevent anything which might
lead to a swift nazl stroke against
Czechoslovakia.
Reassuring reports, however, reach
ed European capitals from envoys In
and around Germany. Moreover, Ger
many. In a Berlin, press release today,
sought to allay suspicion over the
military exercises which are expected
to reach their peak between Sept. f
and 14.
The press release, made available
to all German newspapers by DNB.
German official news agency, accused
"interested foreign circles" of at
tempting "to stir up uneasiness in
the European general public."
Nevertheless, the high government
and military officials of other na
tions kept their staffs In a state of
preparedness.
Their chief four was that some in
cident might topplo the delicately
balanced peace structure of Europe.
Closely linked with the fear was the
fact that Germany's whole economic
life aa well as military was on a war
time basis.
The British war office warned all
Britons holding military rank that
they must get special certificates in
order to avoid "trouble" If and when
they travel In Germany. This resulted
from a recent German order to guard
the secrets of her fortified zones.
General anxiety was reflected in
continued heavy buying of- gold in
London as a security against politic
al; financial developments. Bales to
day totaled 1.385,000 pounds (about
6.748.000). The price reached 142
shillings, nine pence an ounce
($34.7774), a penny higher than yes
terday. By .IOIIN I.YAX
(Associated Press General Foreign
Editor)
NEW YORK. Aug. 13. &) Adolf
Hitler doesn't smoke, but Europe
holds her breath while he lightt
matches over powder barrels.
That's what Is happening abroad
now. Cold sweat Is on the brows of
most statesmen because they fear
Germany may swallow her little
neighbor Czechoslovakia as sho did
Austria, March 13, exactly five months
ago. Their Immediate fear is that
something may happen while Get
many holds her regular army ma
neuver -beginning Monday.
This isn't "war scare."
It is a real fear of war.
It is a fear that fills the sou is of
statesmen. Yet they haven't any ev
idence. Thry don't know there will
be war and when they talk cooly and
privately they admit there are more
reasons for peace than for war.
The trouble Is chiefly about Czech
oslovakia, but there are complica
tions. Hitler wants control of nil Ger
mans. He got Austria with 7.500.000
of them. There remains a 3.500.000
Germanic minority In the western
end of sausage-shaped Czechoslovak
la which Is imbedded In greater Ger
many. Encouraged by Germany, the
Oprmanlc element, more than one
fifth the population, demands au
tonomy. Czechoslovakia sees the handwrit
ing on the wall.
She Is resigned to making conces
sions, but determined to fight Ger
many rather than surrender real
control of that part of the rich,
mountainous, easily defended country
guarded by one of the best tittle
armies in the world and equipped by
the famous Skoda munition plants.
Czechoslovnkla la the sacrificial
goat. All that she can hope for is a
chance to choose the sauce in which
she will be stewed.
There are three saucea:
1. Germany may take over Czecho
slovakia or part of it with tech n lea i
legality "technical legality" from
the German viewpoint as she went
Into Austria.
3. Czechoslovakia may fight
Whether she wins or loses she will be
a battlefield.
3. Czechoslovakia may maintain
peaceful possession of her own ceur
try by such concessions to the Oer
manlc minority that she would
weaken and disintegrate. She la a I
country of minorities and Hungarian,
Polish. Ruthenlen and part of th
Slovak element ask some degree of
autonomy.
The world worries because Eiiropt
la a mefh of trouble and Chechoslo
vakia Is only a symbol of the rea;
trouble.
"Halt Hitler" U the task most ol
Europe has set herself.
Tnmentlp Wool Mow
BOSTON. Aug. 13 fAP-USDA)
Domestic wools were rather slow in
the Boston market during the past
week.
Carroll's Kin
Mrs. Francis M. Carroll (seated) and her daughter, Barbara, presented
a forlorn picture at South Pari?. Me., as they united In an ante room if
the courthouse for the Jury to bring In a verdict in the trial of
ex-Deputy Francis M. Carroll for the murder of lr. James O, Minefield.
SOUTH PARIS. Me. Aug. 13. (AP)
A guilty Verdict returned after five
and a half hours deliberation sent
former Deputy Sheriff Francis M
Carroll to state' prison for life today,
to a cell under the same roof with
his chief accuser, Paul N. Dwyer, 19,
who swore he accepted a life sentence
lor & murder Carroll committed toe
cause he feared Carroll's "vengeance."
The 43-year-old ousted peace" of
ficer, r war veteran and father of
five children," was convicted by an
all-malo Jury last niffht of the stran
gulntion murder of Dr. James G. Llt
tleflcld, 67. He was sentenced Imme
diately to serve a life term, manda
tory under Maine law.
Carroll, white-faced In contrast to
his usual phlegmatic demeanor dur
ing the trlai, protested tie waa In
nocent. It was the same courtroom In
which Dwyer pleaded guilty and re-
HEAD 0-C BOARD
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 13. (AP)
Jackson County Commissioner Ralph
Billings today was named chairman
of the Oregon and California land
grant counties organization for 1038
39. He succeeds Judge Fred Flak ot
Eugene.
Other officials named were R. H.
Lawhorn, Coos county, vice-chairman;
Judge N. E. Glass, Lane county,
secretary-treasurer; Judge H. C. Her
ron. Benton. W. F. B. Chase, Klamath,
E. G. Anderson, Tillamook, and H. B.
Roadman. Douglas, executive com
mitteemen. IF F.D.R. LIBERAL
LEBANON. Ohio, Aug. 13. (UP)
Representative Hamilton . Fish (R.,
N. Y.) accused President Roosevelt
of being a "100 percent fake liberal"
tonight and said he waa "doing more
to undermine sound Hberal American
principles of government than anyone
in the history of our country." .
"If Franklin Deficit Roosevelt It
a liberal." Fish told the Women's
Republican club of Lebanon, "then
by the same token Mae West Is an
angel.
MOBILE. Ala.. Aug. 13. (UP)
Three coast guard emergency trucks
left here for Texas today to be ready
for duty In the event the tropical
hurricane now raging In the Gulf of
Mexico strikes the west gulf coast.
The coast giiard cutter Saranac
sailed from her base at Galveston,
and headed directly Into the hur
ricane. PORTLAND, Aug. 18. (AP) Port
land's population for 1938 Is 134.518,
R. L. Polk St Co.. directory publisher,
estimated yesterday in a report to
Mayor Joseph K Carson.
...... , k
Await Verdict
celved a life sentence last December
for the same crime. Dwyer repudiated
previous "confessions" at Carroll's I
trial and swore he saw the deputy ;
throttle the doctor In Dwyer's home
last October 13. I
When, and whether, an attempt
would be made to get an executive
pardon for Dwyer his .only hope of
freedom remained - in doubt. Said
E. Walker Abbott, whq. represented
hlmJast December, "Wficn the proper
time comes. I'll take care.. of Paul
Dwyer.'
Prison Warden John H. Welch said
Dwyer made no mention of a pardon
when he calmly received news of the
verdict. Previously, Welch added, the
boy had been "nervous." but said he
only wanted "Justice to be done."
Barbara. Carroll, 18, eldest ot Car
roll's children And one-time sweet
heart of Dwyer, did not hear tho
verdict. She waa At a movie.
PUTS ON THE DOG
NEWPORT. R, I., Aug. 13. (VP, In
a ballroom constructed Just for the
debut, Miss Lesley Hyde Hope Ripley,
heiress to a soda pop fortune, to
ntght wan introduced to the socially
elite of the east.
Between 800 and 000 guests con
verged on the floodlighted residence
of the blonde debutante's parents
Mr, and Mrs. Henry B. M. Ripley of
New York, for the summer season's
outstanding party which sources close
to the family claimed would cost
"less than S20.000."
With her parents, Miss Ripley re
ceived her guests In the main res
idence, known aa Becchbound, which
fronts Newport's picturesque harbor
Dancers In the 80 by 40 feet tempor
ary ballroom looked out of large win
dows on gardens ablaze with lights
White -capped waves pounded th
rocks below, '
Aa the night wore on, scrambled
eggs and sausage were served hungr?
guests In a loggia, part of the main
house. There was champagne for the
thirsty. .
BULLETIN
Night game:
Sacramento .
Portland
R. H. K.
6 11 3
8 17 3
Newsome. Humphries and Franks;
Hllcher and Dickey.
SrLVERTOV, Ore., Aug. 13. APf
Portland Pharmacy, Oregon Amer
ican Legion Junior baseball champ
Ion, won the first game of the
northwest regional tournament from
Burley, Idaho champion, 14 to 3.
Momyer and Olsen held the Idaho
representatives to five hit and took
advantage of frequent Idaho errors
to swell their score. Shelton, Wash.,
and Missoula, Mont., were to meet
in a second game tonight.
Score: R. H. R.
Idaho . 2 a 6
Or-gon 14 3
Toolson and Thomas; Momyer,
Oln and Krautt.
Ijumh lUn.lon Tug
BANDON, Aug. IS. yp -New 90
foot tug "Port of Bandon,' built this
Iyear by the Port of Bandon to take
ships in and out of the harbor, will
be launched Sunday.
F.D.R. MAY EXTEND
PARTY PURGE IN
TOMORROW'S TALK
May Take Hand In Mary
land Primary California
Vote To Provide National
Thrill.
WASH ENGTON, Aug. 13. (AP)
Uncertainty as to where the Roosevelt
party primary lightning may strike
next gives an atmosphere of breath
less expectancy to the two week
of campaigning immediately Abend.
Otherwise, thla period In which four
atatea pick, patty, tickets, seem politi
cally featureless.
The president's radio address Mon
day night, observing the third anni
versary of the social security act,
affords him an opportunity to carry
Into Maryland the crusade he begau
against Senator George In Georgia.
Representative David J. Lewis, who
is running against Senator Ty dings
for the Democratic senatorial nomi
nation fti that state, had a big hand
In framing and passing the social
aecurlty law. Mr. Roosevelt could In
effect endorse Lewis against Ty dings
without naming either, since Tydlngs
voted "present" when the act passed
tho senate.
Elsewhere, the political situation
seems devoid of natloual interest and
possible thrills until the California
and South Carolina primaries Au
gust 30, In which Roosevelt pressure-
will be a factor in senatorial contests.
He came out strongly for Senator
McAdoo's re nomination in California
By Implication, In a South Carolina
train-stop talk, he seemed to frown
on Senator Smith's candidacy, calling
on his South Carolina hearers to send
New Dealers to Washington to help
rehabilitate the south White House
disfavor for . Smith- -has-long been
indicated. - r
Before August 30. nothing Is on
tho primary schedule to warrant na
tional Interest except a Texas run-off
August 37 in whtch administration
hopes ride with Representative Mc
Farlane's last-chance effort to re
verse anti-New Deal trends which
have been read into his failure to
win a first-heat nomination. A run
off victory would Improve the New'
Deal score in Texas.
There la only one senatorial selec
tion slated between now and Au
gust 30. A Socialist convention will
pick a candidate In Connecticut on
August 27. Delaware Democrats name
their i house tlckot that day. Party
selections for governor as well as
house seats will be made In Wyoming
August 16. and on August 33 Mis
slsslppl virtually elects Its next dele
gation to the house In' Democratic
primaries. Nono of these contents
have attracted much attention out
side the states Involved.
FOR COMING WEEK
Northern California: Fair Sunday
but local rogs on the coast; little
change In temperature; moderate
northwest wind off coast.
Washington: Partly cloudy Sun
day; little change In temperature;
moderate northwest wind off coast.
Oregon: Fair Bunday with some
cloudiness or fog on coast; little
change In temperature; moderate
northwest wind off coast.
Weekly outlook, August 15-30 In
elusive, far western states:, generally
fair weather' with occasional coastal
fogs; normal temperature.
BERLIN. Sunday. Aug. 14. (AP)
The German airliner Brandenburg
roared over Ireland at dawn today
on her return nonstop flight from
New York to Berlin.
The big plane radioed she was
passing over Clare, Ireland, at 4:40
a. m.. middle European time (10:40
E.S.T.)
,
Man Franrl.ro Mutter
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 AP-U8DA)-rEg4S.
large extras, 39',Jc:
medium extras, 3Sc; small extras.
18'jc: large standard., Soljc. Butter
and cheese unchanged.
4
Try Hop Control
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 13. (AP)
The Paclflo coast hop Industry
embarked today on the experiment
of controlled marketing. Upon orders
from Washington, grower began
plana to limit sales of the 103S
crop to 38.000,000 pounds, or about
throe-fourths of the crop.
ERIN
FEDERAL HOUSING
OFFICIAL KILLED
Pair Held For Manslaughter
Fiancee Of Dead Man
Gives Clues, After Flight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. (API
Police (lied manslaughter chargea
today against two men who. Inspec
tors said, admitted taking part In a
hotel-room party that ended fatally
for Walter Cyril Vlbert, 40. federal
housing administration executive.
Teh story of a girl who fled .VI
bcrt's room after the first blow was
struck atwl later solun.ta.rllv autretv
dered "broke" the myaterloue case.
The girl, Miss Rose Fields, 34, ot
Weavervllle, Calif., a typist for FHA
and Vlbert'a - fiancee, named three
men aa having participated in the
fight.
The three were swiftly apprehended
and, when their stories were sifted,
two of them Tom white, 34. an
electrician, and Archlo Andrews, 35,
unemployed were booked on man
slaughter charges.
Tlie third, Thomas Smith, 38, a
bookkeepnr. waa quoted by Inspector
Oeorge Engler as saying the battlo
started last night over a bottle of
liquor which Vlbert accused Andrews
of stealing. Smith was not held.
Smith's story, as rotated by Englor,
was that Andrews "took a sock". at
Vlbert, sending the FHA official
crashing agalnat a wash basin. He
died with a cerebral hemorrhage.
Andrewa admitted drinking, and
said 'details of the fight were vague.
but Insisted that he "didn't pop the
old guy (Vlbert I hit Smith."
Vlbert'a body waa found by pollco
stretched out. face up, on the floor.
Two drinking glasses were smashed,
a lamp was broken, and there was
mood on the rug and wall, but there
was no sign of external vlolonce on
Vlberfs body.
Only a minute examination by
Autopsy Surgeon Sherman Lelanrt
disclosed a small bruise at the base
of Vlbert'a skull.
White was held because the girl,
who, according to all wltnesess, left
after the first blow was struck, de
clared he and not Andrews, struck
Vlbert.
Miss Fields waa reloased, to be sub
penaed later for an Inquest. Smith
said he did not know Vlbert waa
killed until he saw newspaper head
lines today.
RUSS-f PARLEY
TOKYO, Aug. 14. (Sunday) Jap
anese and flusalan field commsndcra
havo reached an agreement cn all
the principal questions of their nego
tiations except that of the demarca
tion of the Slberla-Mancnukuo-Korea,
reports from Changkufeng Indicated
today.
Tho commanders had been nego
tiating at length (n a whitewashed
achoolhouse at the foot of Chang
kufeng hill. ,
DIES' WITH WIFE
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 13. (AP)
Albert 8. Keen drowned today In
Newman lake with his wife, Eliza.
beih, because he refused to awlm
ashore alone and couldn t swim
well enough to save them both.
Deputy Sheriff James Csnnon to-
nlgm quoted a iriena, n. u. auu
rews, who did swim ashore, aa say.
Ing that after their small outboard
motorboat sank. Keen Just put bis
arms around his wife and went
down with her.
"He shouted goodbye and went
down." the deputy quoted Andrews,
Okay Kosebtirf Urant
SALEM, Aug. The PWA
notified Congressman James W. Mott
today that It had approved 13,73a
grant for a Roseburg school.
floss Honored
SALEM, Aug. 13. Pr Date Boss,
announcer for radio station KOW
and KEX. -Portland, waa named di
rector of young Republican activities
In Oregon today by Harold Prultt.
president of the Oregon Republican
club,
Favor 40-Honr Week
TOLEDO, Aug. 13. P Leroy Hal.
kins, secretary of the Industrial Em
ployes union, said that workers In
the C. D. Johnson Lumber corpora
tion voted about two to one for a 40
hour week after the company had of
fered a 44-bour schedule.
VOTE $55,000 FOR CIO HONEYCOMBED
PEAR PROMOTION WITH COMMUNISTS
BY COAST BUREAU HOUSE
POKTLAXU. Ore., Aug. 13. (AP)
Tfte (fregun-.Vashi'nfffan-fai'fftirnfa
Pear Bureau nt a meeting today up
proved a budget appropriating fflS,
000 for advertising and trade pro
motion for winter pears.
The bureau also recommended to
the Industry of Oregon and Wash
ington that grading rules be changed
to eliminate shipping of lower grade
winter pears.
Delegates from Y a k I in a, Wen-
atoher, Hood Itlver and Medford
attended, J. M. Wade, Wcnntchee,
whs elected a trustee.
TAKES STUMP TO
DEFY PRESIDENT
ATLANTA. Aug. 13 (AP) Senator
Walter F. Oeorge (D Oa.) takes the
stump Sunday lor the llrst time since
hla unqualified acceptance of the
challenge in President Roosevelt's bid
to defeat him.
Tho gray-haired senator declined
today to disclose what he would say
In the address to be broadcast (over
W8B) at 11:30 a. m. (E. 8. T.) from
Waycroas In deep southeast Georgia
but acknowledged there would bo
"refcrencea to the president's history
making speech at Barnesvllle last
Thursday."
Oeorge, who has opposed several
Important administration bills, suave
ly took up the gage of battle from
hla president and party chief on the
Barnesvllle platform ' by thaklng
handa with Mr, Roosevelt and saying,
"I accept the challenge." Democratic
voters will decide the winner Sep
tember 14.
That same night In Atlanta he told
supporters, "We've Just begun to
fight," but beyond these two brief
statements he has not disclosed what
strategy he will pursue in fighting
the prestige of the chief executive.
CIRCLE OUTLAWS
DEQUE EN. Ark., Aug. 13. (AP)-r
Nearly 40 heavily armed peace officer
from three states patrol lad late to
night roads bordering 10 square miles
of densely wooded hills In which
desperadoes Floyd Hamilton and Ted
Walters were believed trapped.
The two, flushed from a stolen car
at Ladd'a bridge, 13 miles north of
here today, fled on foot Into the
woods under a fusillade of machine
gun bullets fired by Assistant Super
intendent Cliff Atkinson of the Ar
kansas state police and Deputy Sher
iff Lcelle Dlllahunty of Dequeen.
Officers com Arkaneas, Oklahoma
and Texas concentrated on the area
In increasing numbers during the
night and shortly before midnight
reported establishment of a revolving
cordon around the woods. They
planned to tighten the net on foot
at daybreak.
In the abandoned car were found
two sawod-off shotguns, a rifle and
an automatic pistol with about 30
rounds of ammunition. Officers ex
pressed belief the men had no more
arms.
SEATTLE. Aug. 13 (P Not One
dark horse, but a whole herd of po
litical black beauties were galloping
In the election iweepstakes her, to
night. County Auditor Earl Mllllkln said
all records were broken when 3.900
candidates filed for county offices r
the primary election deadline passed
ted ay.
Included In the tilings were can
didacies for all county offices, pre
cinct committeemen and stata legis
lators from King county. The pre
vious record of 3, .800 candidacies waa
set In le.iu.
A.k Removal for nias
8ILVERTON. Aug. 18. (yP) A res
olution asking the president to drop
Donald W. Smith from th nations)
labor relations board waa adopted at
a meetlnng of the Sliver Halla local
38 of the Industrial Employes union
of 800 workers. The local charged
that Smith waa biased In favor ol
the old line labor unlona .talnat In
dependent unions.
WASHINGTON HAS
2,900 CANDIDATES
QUIZ TOLD
Time Public Knew Truth
About Moscow Purposes
Bridges, Coast Leader,
On Red Membership List
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (AP)
John P. Prey of the American Fed
eration of Labor charged today thai
John L. Lewis' rival labor organisa
tion was honey-combed with mem
bers of the communist party, whose
purpose he said was revolution.
committee tht 360 communist party
members were or had been on CJ.O.
payrolls as organizers ' and officials,
he added "In fairness" that Lewi
himself and the majority of hla
followers were opposed to commu
ntsm. Frey, chief of the metal trade
department of the A.F.L., peered
gravely over hla spectacles and
waved an unllghted cigar In vigorous
emphasla as he told the committee:
"It's time the public knew the
truth about efforts of the com
munist party in the United States
to carry out the purpose of Moscow
and the Third International, which,
purpose Is revolution."
For 20 yesra, he said, A.FJa had
held communistic Influences In
check. In the American labor move
ment. But the communists had
gained a foothold In recent years.
Frey charged, through their Influ
ence In and In some casea domina
tion of C.I.O. unions.
In addition to charging that 960
communist party members were or
aw. trt-vn wi .C.Of. payi-oV.. tot
gave the committee- a list of 00
others high in the C.I.O. ranks who.
he said, -were communists or closely
linked with communism. Among1
these were John Brophy, a CJ.O. '
director; Francis Gorman. Interna
tional president of the United Tex
tile Workers; Wyndham Mortimer,
vice president of the United Auto
mobile Workers of America, who.
Prey said, was a communist official
elected recently under the party ,
name of George Baker; and Harry
Bridges, chief of the Martlme Union
of the Pacific. Frey produced In
evidence what he said was a photo
graphic copy of Bridges' party mem
bership card.
Names of 930 more communist
volunteer workers In CJ.O. affiliates
were promised by Frey when he re
sumes testimony next week.
Chairman Dlea (D Tex.), of tho
Investigating committee, said names
of the complete party membership
had been obtained and would be
Introduced as evlder.ee.
"They run Into the thousands,"
he said, without disclosing how tho
com It tee obtained the documents. '
"I've only skimmed the surface.
Prey said- when he concluded four
hours of testimony.
The rise of communism In tho
American labor movement, Frey
said, dated from 1930, when ''the
communist party In the United
States completely scrapped Its pro
gram so that It could secure a con
trolling position within the CJ.O."
That wat the year of tile com
munist International congress In
Moscow. In which communists were
instructed .to discard many old pre
cepts and Join with Instead of op
posing groups and parties with
democratic Interests. A protest from
the American government against
statements . of American delegates
waa lnf'vd during the congress, and
Amerlcr.n-Sovlet relations cooled
notably when Maxim Lltvlnoff, the
Soviet spokesman on foreign affairs,
rejected It.
PER CAPITA DEBT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. (AP) If
the national debt had to be llqul
dated Immediately and It every man,
woman and child had to pay an
equal amount of It, th. coat would,
be 8388.78 each.
That computation waa mad, today
by Washington observers who noted
that the per capita national debt had
increased from 8383.90 to 8385.78 be
tween July 81, 1937 and July It.
1938.
Rose City Stork Busy
MRTt..Nn . All. 19. API
Portland's birthrate Jumped In July.
city Heaitn uiiioer - ur. jiaoipa
Welnslrl said today. There were
hlrtha. the areateat number Bine,
records have been kept.
To Bje Tongle Point
SALEM. Aug. 13. yp The pro
posed Tongue Point naval base ot
the mouth of the Columbia tint
will be Inspected about August 88
by the naval Inspection board, Con
gressman Jama W. Mott said todaj-