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TRIBUNE
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MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938.
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By Joseph Alsop
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Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
PONDER SHAKFXP FOR
COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY
INTERNAL FRICTION
RESISTS SETTLEMENT
r. R. MAY ASK ALL
MEMBERS TO qtjIT
NEW AGENCY FORMATION
MAY RE ALTERNATIVE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. A great
government agency of the future1 la
the federal communications commls
alon. So far. its history Is short, and
lta activities have been aimless and
occasionally sordid. But, sooner or
later, the federal power over the
' whole vest system of modern com
munication, by telephone, telegraph,
radio and television, will be used to
establish a coherent national policy.
And then the commission or some
substitute for It will have to ad
minister the policy.
The importance of the problem con
scarcely be exaggerated It's been
convincingly argued, for example,
that rapid communication makes
modern dictatorship possible by
bringing a great state Into the com
pass of a small room equipped with
microphones. And It's of the greatest
general Interest, therefore, that the
White- House Is pondering a drastic
shake-up of the commission. The
president la reliably reported to be
as dissatisfied with the FCC situa
tion as he was with that in the
TVA before he ousted Chairman
Arthur Morgan.
It Isn't necessary to ' retail the.
petty story of the FCC. Until a year
ago, decidedly nasty rumors as to its
management were current In Wash
ington. At that time, the president
chose Power Commissioner Frank R,
McNinch to be his FCC trouble
shooter, appointing him commission
chairman. McNinch has done his
best. But a determined minority
among the commissioners has stead
fastly opposed him. No concerted pol
icy has emerged. And Internal com
mission friction recently caused an
unholy row over the dismissal of
General Counsel Hampson Gary.
The preside nt's attitude is the one
he disclosed at the time of the re
organization bill that he Is blsmed
trm trouble In the Independent agen
cies, and must be permitted to clear
up the trouble. With this In mind,
ha Is understood to be considering
(Continued on Page rwelvei
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colors. .
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registered voters In Jackson county.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
....,- wall Lowrv catching
a 40-pound salmon while grlnled
anglers fished around all day with
out a strike, shs then bringing good
luck to her uncle. Etha Wall, who
bagged a big buck right after she
Joined hta hunting party.
r.il Miller and Nellie Read not
relishing an antl Democratic Joke
related with much gusto ny
pat Republican friend.
Johnny Relsscher trying" to con
vine people that the blue floor In
his new Pisno studio Is really good
looking..
Dorothy Prultt being an excellent
amateur photographer In addition
to her many other cultural abilities
Fletcher Fish dashing madly Into
a drug store to mske a quick pur
chase ol a five-cent handkerchief.
he being annoyed when he hsd to
wait fUr mlnutci to get alted on
In the meantime nuffcnrm consider
ablj from the actions of his noae.
Demand Restoration
Open Door Policy in
Trade With Chinese
(By the Associated Press)
The United States put the world on notice today, in the
words of President Roosevelt, this nation intends to keep foreign
interference away from the western hemisphere and will not
disarm "while neighbor nations arm to the teeth."
Bulwarking this, Mr. Roosevelt wrote Secretary Swanson
on this 17th Navy Day the fleet must be ready to insure pro
tection "against any aggressor."
Navy Day found shipyards humming with preparations for
liny eventuality. Seventy-five craft either are on the ways or
about to be started and tonnage figures showed Great Britain
alone ranks with the United States in warships afloat or
building.
Meanwhile, it became apparent Japanese-American relations
might become strained, should Japan not satisfy a blunt demand
from the state department it cease' interfering with American
rights in China, and keep open the "open door" to Oriental
trade.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 37. (AP) The United States government has
told Japan in a strongly-worded note to stop "unwarranted Interference"
with American rights In China.
The 3000-word statement, presented by Ambassador Joseph O. Grew
In Tokyo October 6, but made public
of the "open door" policy In the Orient. " ,
An early reply waa requested. The
unofficial interpretation ' here was
that If a favorable answer did not
arrive soon, relations - between the
two countries would become strained.
The United states accused JaDan
oV seeking to make another Man.r
choukuo out of the portlona of
China she has occupied, and listed a
long series of violations of American
business and property rights.
Monopoly Sought
The note charged Japan with try
ing to monopolize all trade In China
through setting up pseudo-Chinese
monopolies; with manipulating cur
rency in north China; with altering
the tarlffa; - with keeping American
business mn'n from their properties:
with censoring and Interfering with
American mall and telegrams at
Shanghai. ...
It called Japan's changes In the
customs offices "arbitrary and Il
legal assumptions of authority for
which the Japanese government has
an Inescapable responsibility." ,
All these violations, said the note.
"Indicate clearly the Japanese au
thorities are seeking to establish
In areas which have come under
Japanese miutary occupation general
preferences for, and superiority of,
Japanese Interests, an Inevitable ef
fect of which will be to frustrate the
practical application of the principle
of the open door and deprive Ameri
can nationals of equal opportunity."
Suffering Cited
Saying Americans already have Buf
fered so greatly from the Slno-Jap-anese
conflict that "an early re
habilitation of American enterprise
In China and of American trade
with China can not be expected,"
the note added:
The American government, there
fore, finds It all the more difficult
to reconcile Itself to a situation In
which American nationals must con
tend . with continuing unwarranted
Interference with their rights at the
hands of the Japanese authorltlea in
China and with Japanese actlona and
pollclea which operate to deprive
American trade and enterprise of
equsltty of opportunity in China. . .
"Your excellency can not fall to
recognize the existence of a grest
and growing disparity between the
treatment accorded American na
tionals and their trade and enter
prise by Japanese authorities in
China and Japan and the treatment
accorded Japanese nationals and their
trade and enterprise by the govern
ment of the United States In areas
within Its Jurisdiction."
(Continued on Page Three )
Roosevelt Warning Brings
Criticism From Nazi Press
BERLIN, Oct. J7. on The eon
trolled German press today .sharply
criticised President Roosevelt's ad
dress warning against "peace by fear"
and his mention of "dispersion all
over the world of millions of helpless
and persecuted wanderers."
The Hamburger Premdenblatt ad
vised him to "remember the Indians
when sobbing about the Jews."
The Berlin Lokalanzelger said his
mention of foreign armament and
their purposes was merely an apology
for America's own armament pro
gram. TOKYO. Oct. 37. 't The United
Staiea note demanding "unwarranted
Interference" with American rights
in China be stopped, will not be
published in Japan.
The note wasedellvered to the Jap
anese government by United flutes
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew Oc
tober 6 but was divulged In Wash
ington only today.
only today, demanded continuance
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TO TEETH
NEW YORK,- Oct. 27. (AP)TUe
United States, through ' President
fiooeevelt, served; notice otj the world,
today It would protect the western
hemisphere from foreign Interference
and, while desiring disarmament,
would not disarm "while neighbor
nations arm to the teeth."
The president, in his first prtA
nouncement on American foreign
policy since the Czechoslovakia n
crisis, made 4 virtually precedent
shattering condemnation of nations
which employ force, exile and re
pression as Instruments of national
policy. - .
Must Not Threaten
He declared the governments of
foreign nations "must, not threaten
the world with the disaster of war"
and asserted no useful purpose ta
served to suggest "either to the
f American people or the peoples of
other nations the American govern
ment In lta policies, lta practices and
Its servants are actuated by motives
of dishonor or corruption.
"To do so." he said, "Is, of neces
sity, an attack on the American sys
tem of constitutional representative
government Itself."
The president voiced his views last
night In an address broadcast from
the White House to the eighth an
nual New York Herald Tribune forum
on current problems.
The chief executive followed his
predecessor. Herbert Hoover, who urg
ed the United States to Initiate re
sumption of world economic confer
ences as a vital step toward pence,
and Viscount Halifax, the British
foreign minister.
British Link Urged
The British cabinet minister, in a
broadcast from London, urged the
United States to Join hands with
Great Britain In establishing world
peace, and again defended his na
tion's course in the recent crisis.
Sitting before a microphone In the
(Continued on Psge Three
Although the note specifically re
quested a prompt reply, ths Japanese
foreign office said no definite date
for anawerlng It had been set.
LONDON. Oct. 37. p President
Roosevelt's speech against "peace by
fear" appeared today to offer new
ammunition at a strategic time for
critics of maintaining peace through
concessions to dictators.
These critics saw the president's
broadcast last night as an Implied
slap at the peace of Munich, which
became the direct Issue In a par
liamentary by-electton at Oxford
today.
The election was the first since
the Czechoslovak crisis brought Eu
rope to the brink of war.
Official made . no comment but
political quarters attached signifi
cance Insofar as the Munich accord
was concerned to Mr. Roosevelt's
assertion. "Peace by fear has no
more enduring quality than peace by
the wort.'
Rosser
TO CAMPAIGN IN
REM HAGUE
Court Order Restrains Jer
sey Officials From Inter
ference With Members
of Labor Organization
. By MA1.C0I.M L. STEPHEN SON
NEWARK. N. J.. Oct. 37. (AP)
The CIO and allied organizations
won a federal court order today re
straining Mayor Prank Hague and
fellow Jersey City officials from "de
porting" members, or Interfering with
their rights to speak In public parks,
distribute leaflets and carry pla
cards. The decision was handed down by
Circuit Judge William Clark, who
sat as district Judge at the trial last
spring of an Injunction suit brought
by the Committee for Industrial
Organisation, the American Civil
Liberties Union, and several co-plaintiffs.
They asked Hague and his
colleagues on the city administration
be enjoined from Interfering with
their organizational activities.
Censorship Advocated
Piling of the suit followed inter-
ruptlon of the CIO's attempt last
November t distribute literature and
organize workers In Jersey City a
move which Hague called an "In
vasion." Police arrested 13 organizers
and sympathizers and escorted scores
of -others from the city.
In his opinion today, which' Judge
Clark . haa . expressed hope will
appealed, he recommended "a modi
fied form of public censorship' a
requirement an advance copy of a
speech must be- furnished to authorl
tlea In esses where "the particular
persona applying for permits had on
previous occasions addressed similar
audiences with resulting disturb
ances." .
The 16,000-word decision did not
rule on the plaintiff's complaint the
Hague administration Intimidated
owners of private meeting halls Into
refusing to rent to them. The Judge
ruled there was no competent evi
dence to connect city officials with
the Inability to obtain Indoor meet
ing place.
Lnlon Rights Unmentloned -Neither
did the decision deal with
the prayer for relief from Inter
ference with picketing, union organi
zation and other rights under the
national labor relations set. Judge
Clark said he already had upheld
these rights In another case, which
la now up on appeal.
Judge Clark's decision, bringing to
an end the 10-month -old case In
which the American Civil Libert lea
Union Joined the CIO and a number
of Its leaders and affiliates as cox
plaintiff, did not once mention com
munism. EYED BY SAVANTS
CHICAGO, Oct. J7. (API every
thing that moves seems upside down
to elght-yesr old Richard Kenealy.
The discovery by his psrents snd
teachers that Richard's world la
topsy-turvey made him an object of
scientific curlouslty today.
The boy, a second grade pupil,
reads upside down snd backward A
moving automobile, he said, seems as
though Ita wheels are In the air but
when It stops It ta Instantaneously
back to normal.
On the playground Richard's
frlenda appear to be running upside
down, and a ball thrown overhand
appears to be delivered with an un
derhsnd"sweep. Dr. 0. J. Krump. a public school
optometrist, said the case wss unique
In his 10 years of practice.
NEW YORK, Oct. 37. fyfi Oregory
W. O'Keefe, assistant collector of
the port, aald today customs agents
had raided the Park avenue apart
ment of State Supreme Court Justice
Edgar J. Lauer In search of gowns,
hats. Jewelled slippers, cigarettes snd
other goods allegedly smuggle Into
the United States an the French
liners Normandleand tie ds France.
The application for the search war
rant waa filed by Asst. U. S. Atty.
Joseph L. Delaney. who declined to
discuss the cast. The application was
baaed on an affidavit by Gordon H
Pike, customs seen
Is Denied Reduction of Bail
Three Principal Democratic
Candidates in Coming
Election Raise Loudest
Denial; Propaganda Seen
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 37. (AP)
Denials ranging from the amused to
tho vitriolic swelled to a state-wide
chorus today as witnesses before the
Dies committee In Washington In
volved more and more names In a
widening circle they accused of "un
American activities."
Promptest and hottest disavowals
came from the three principal Demo
cratic candidates to be voted upon
In the November 8 election: Sheridan
Downey, for United States senator;
Cuthbert L. Olson, for governor, and
Ellis E. Patterson, lieutenant gov
ernor. Chief target of the protests waa
Harper Knowles, the American Le
gion Investigator and secretary of
the California Associated Farmers,
who testified before the committee.
Propaganda Seen
Candidate Olson, whom Knowles
accused of accepting "the program
of the strategy committee of the
communist party," characterized the
testimony as "the usual political
propaganda."
"I do not know any communists
nor any strategy committee of the
communist party," he' said flatly.
' Candidate' Downey asserted he was
"totally opposed to communistic
philosophy" and daolared the
Knowles testimony to the effect he
was allied with the communist party
was "unequivocally false and de
liberately given out at this time for
campaign purpose'"
Candidate Patterson's denial or any
connection with the communist party
called Knowles "a madman" and "a
publicity greedy stooge." fc
Clark Denies
John O. Clark, Democratic state
chairman, was named by Knowles as
having actually belonged to the com
munist party. He ssld this charge
waa "absolutely unfounded."
Upton Sinclair, the liberal writer
who unsuccessfully ran for governor
on the Democratic ticket In 1034,
wired Chairman Martin Dies of the
committee from Los Angelea he was
not and never had been a com
munist. Harry Bridges. CIO west coast di
rector who topped the Knowles' list
of communist agents, retorted "Hsr
per Knowles la pixilated."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 87. (AP)
Houae Investigators heard testimony
today Oov. Frank Murphy of Michi
gan had told a crowd of workers in
Lansing "this government must pro
tect you." at a time when some of
their fellows were under arrest for
violating a court order. ,
The witness, J: H. Crelghton. Lan
sing newspsper reporter, said It waa
"reasonable to Infer" Murphy, In
speaking of protection from "dicta
torial and arbitrary Judgments," waa
referring to an Injunction restrain
ing pickets from keeping non-strikers
out of Lansing automobile plants.
Crelghton was testifying before the
house committee Investigating a
throng of workers massed In front
of the cspltol steps on Lansing's
so-called labor holiday of June 7,
1837.
The labor holiday, he explained,
was called In protest against the ar
rest of 7 or 8 persons charged with
violating the court order. He ssld
the injunction wss Issued by Cir
cuit Court Judge Leland W. Carr.
Quia To Proceed
The Introduction of further testl
monv sbout Murphy followed a
decision of the committee to proceed
with Its work, although two mem
bers wanted to suspend and Presi
dent Roosevelt had rebuked It for
permitting previous criticism of the
governor.
A majority of ths seven members
hare agreed to proceed, ssld Chair
man Dlea ID., Tex ), overruling the
suggestion of Representatives Demp
sey D N. M.) and Healey (D..
Mass.) hesringa be stopped until
after .the November 8 elections.
President Roosevelt accused the
committee of allowing Itself to be
come a political forum.
Dlea said he and Representatives
Mosler ID., Ohio), Mason (R., III.)
and Thomas (R., M. J.) hsd voted
to proceed. Representative Stsmes
ID.. Ala.) waa not reached.
Opening today'a eeaalon. the ehslr
msn excused Homer Martin, preal
dent of the United Automobile Work
era' Union.
Martin had asked he be excused
because It would not contribute to
industrlsl peace for him to "reopen
old wounds" before a committee
which he asld had unwittingly to
la Jed In partisan pollUce.
Blames Bridges for Strike
Harper Knowles of Onklnnd, Calif., chairman of the radical reearch
committee of the American legion told the Dies un-American committee
In Washington that an orgnnlratlon headed by Harry Bridges, C. I. O.
maritime leader, began ngltntlon which "brought about the San Francisco
general strike (In 1134) and chaos to the inn rill me Industry. Knowles,
shown unwrapping some of the evidence he brought with him- to sup
port his charges, also asserted Bridges wns a member of the Communist
party. (A. P. photo.),
EARLY MORNING BLAZE
AT PACKING COMPANY
DOES SLIGHT DAMAGE
Negligible damage waa dona by fire
at the Rogue River Orchards com
pany packing plant at 1311 North
Central avenue early this morning.
Only alight damage was done to the
loading platform near the railroad
siding.
' Alertness of William T. Mllhoan.
watchman, In discovering, reporting
and fighting the blaze waa credited
by Chief Roy Elliott with preventing
a possibly serious fire. Mr. Mllhoan
had the blaee partially controlled
when firemen arrived, the chief
stated.
The fire was probably caused by
a clgaret tossed Into sawdust scat
tered around tho railroad tracks nd
under the loading platform. Chief
Elliott said.
Because of the hazardous character
of the neighborhood which Includes
mills, lumber yards, wood yards and
packing plants, a general alarm was
sounded. The alarm was sounded at
4:06 a. m. ,
DEATH COMES TO
ZIWIBALIST
NEW YORK. Oct. 37. VP) Alma
Qluck Zlmballst, famous opera sing
er of past yearn, and wife of Efrem
Zlmballst, the violinist, died today.
She was 54,
She died at Rockefeller Institute
hospital after a long Illness.
Mrs, Zlmballst was born In Bu
charest. Rumania. In 1084 and came
to America In 1800. She was educated
In the public schools and attended
Normal college In New York and
Union college 1n Scheneceady.
She atudled music under the fa
mot is singing teacher, BuzEl-Peccta.
She married Zlmballst on June 18.
1014. They had two children, Mary
Virginia (Mrs. Ogden Ooelet) and
Efrem.
- She made her debut at the Metro
politan opera in "Werther" In 1000.
and during the same season sang
eleven different roles, only two of
which she had previously studied.
STOLEN AUTO FOUND
IN GOLD HILL BRUSH
State police aald thla afternoon
they had recovered an abandoned
1981 Chevrolet 'aedan In the brush
near Gold .Hill, the mschlne having
been stolen off a Klamath Falls
street yesterday.
The car waa registered to Clarence
Mand, and carried Wisconsin license
plates., tt was apparently undamaged
when discovered, police said.
SAILING SKIPPER MAD
BOSTON. Oct. 37. (AP) The ill
ver cup embjematlo of the North At
lantic Fishermen's champlomhtp
could not be found today as the race
committee assembled to - make lta
presentation io Capt. Angus Walters,
whose Canadian salt banker, Blue
nose, retained the trophy by defeat
ing the Oartrude h. Thebaud of the
United States In a three out of fire
series. , . .
Sputtering In anger, Captain Walt
erg aald: "That eup must ba found
or else."
No sooner had the captain regain
ed hla composure than ha waa noti
fied by a nervous race committee
the $3,000 prize money, part of the
original deed of gift, likewise was
not Immediately available.
The committee, after a hasty con
ference, told Captain Walters tha
money would be paid eventually but
it had not yet been raised.
Walters domanded he be paid to
day. He said It coat him between
13.000 and 116,000 to get hla
schooner ready to come from Lunen
burg, N, 8., to Oloucester for the
races.
BUNDSTERS LATE
1 IN GETTING HOI
NBWARK. N. J., Oct. 37. (UP)
More than 100 members of the German-American
bund left Schwaben
hall at 1:30 a. m. today after a
threatening antl-nasl crowd outside
hsd dispersed.
Police escorted the bund members
to their automobllea In groups of
two and three, when demonstrators
who had milled around for hours
called It a night and went home.
Following a meeting of the New.
ark-lrvlngton unit of the bund last
night, the members, after one futile
attempt to leave, returned to the
hall rather than run the gauntlet
of their opponents.
Police arrested flvs men In the
outside crowd during the evening on
charges ranging from assault and
battery to loitering.
JURY DEADLOCKS IN
STAN LAUREL'S CASE
LOS ANOELIS, Oct. 7. JPDU.
charge of the deadlocked Jury at
tempting to decide the guilt or
Innocence of Comic Stan Laurel on
charges of drunk driving and drunk
ermeaa waa ordered in municipal
court this sfJcrnooB-
BY
BALKS 'SPRINGING'
OF ARSONLEADER
i
Special Prosecutor Moody
Says Physicians Found
Former Teamsters' Chief'
Not Seriously III.
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 37. VPt
Tlie denial of a defense motion to re
duce ball on alx Multnomah county
charges stymied "release of Al Rosser.
former secretary of the Joint council
of Oregon A PL teamsters, today.
Rosser. convicted of arson compll-.
city In the destruction of a box fae.
tory at West Salem, la In the Polk
county Jail pending appeal from e.
12-year prison sentence.
In denying a request by Charles
Roblson, Rosser's attorney, to cut.
the S16.500 ball to S8.00O, circuit
Judge Robert Tucker said:
"It has been urged that the ball
has been reduced In othen) Jurtsdtc
tlons, but In these Jurisdictions the
amount fixed waa such as after con
siderable time It was considered ex
cessive, and. upon the first applica
tion, aa the court understands, the
same was reduced.
Would Involve Others
"The court does not feel that at
thla Juncture that this ball should be
reduced to this defendant Rosser;'
that if It were reduced aa to him l'
would neccesaarily have to be reduced'
aa to other defendants." '
Roblson obtained reduction of ball
in Polk and Washington counties
from a total of iso,ooo to 160.000.
He urged the reduction because Ros
ier was 111 and required hospitalisa
tion. . . .
Ralph Moody, apeclal lnveatlgator
named to prosecute labor cases, aa-'
sorted Independent , physicians dev
oured the former AFL teamster lead.-'
sr'a condition was not serious. He ealct
he feared that If Rosser was released'
he might "not be here" when tho
state needed him because there wae
evidence of lntereat from "higher
tips" In getting him out of the way;
While Roblson argued for the re
duction. Moody recommended an In
crease to at least S50.000. He stated
the charges against Rosser In connec
tion with labor violence here were)
equally as serious aa those in Polk
and Washington counties. The tie,
too sum wae fixed, he added, aa
"nominal" amount Inasmuch as large
balls already had been demanded lm
Dallas and Hlllsboro,
EVIDENCE OF SPYING
IS RETURNED AFTER :
MYSTERIOUS ABSENCE
NEW YORK, Oct. S7. P Federal
officials who reported vital evidence
In the government's spy case had
disappeared were consoled late today
when U. 0. Atty. Lamar Hardy, with
out explanation, brought the missing
documents Into court.
"Well, there they are," he aald
of a book containing photographle
copies of eight letters which had
been Introduced as evidence In the
trial of three alleged German spies.
He did not explain where the
exhlblta had been found.
Seven of the letters were written
by Ouenther Oustav Rumrlch, 32,
C. 8. army deserter and oonf eased
espionage agent for the third releh,
to German named Sanders In cant
of the spy ring's ' "relay poet" In
Duni've. Scotland.
Dlsiuvery of the records quieted
specu.atlon whether spies were ac
tually at work within the federal
eourthoue during the spy trial.
INCENDIARY FIRES
ROSEBURO. Ore.. Oct. 7. P)-
Twelve Incendiary fires, fanned by
3ft mile wind, awept over 130 scree
of timber lands In the south Cmp
qua district of the Umpqua National
forest lete Wednesday, local head
quarter reported today. The fire waa
the largest on the Umpqua forest thla
year despite the lateness of the sea
son. Pour fires were set In one group
and eight In another, burning to
gether Into two fires. They were
brought under control by CCC crews
from camps on the North end South
Vmpqu tlrera.
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