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Full Associated Press
Full United Pret)
Thirty-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938.
No. 221.
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The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
MORGRNTIIAU PERFORMS
FUNCTION OF ROPER
HEAD OF TREASURY ACTS
AS ECONOMICS MINISTER
ECONOMISTS DISCUSS
PROBLEMS AT HIS HOME
INDICATION FACTIONS
ARE. DRAWING TOGETHER
WASH1KGTON Dec. 6. One eve
ning a few days ago, Ambassador
William Phillips' grim New England
ancestors looked down upon a sight
which probably made their .painted
blood run cold. Since Philips has
been In Rome, his big house has
sheltered Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and. on the
evening In question, Henry. Morgen
thau entertained a regular1 conven
tion of the most advanced econo
mists of the new deal.
Among those present were the
secretary's own able economic expert.
Harry D. White; the economist of
the agriculture department, Mordecal
Ezeklel;. and the administration left's
favorite trio of fact and figure men,
Leon Henderson, who is now secre
tary of the monopoly inquiry, Isador
Lubin, of the labor department, and
Lauchltn Ourrie, of the federal re
serve board. They were called to
gether to discuss general economic
problems. As loquacity Is a trade
mark of economists, the discussion
was both general and prolonged.
The -future of American foreign
trade and the country's foreign ex
change policy were important topics,
for Morgenthau wanted technical ad
vice. Other aspects of new deal eco
nomic theory were also aired, and
considerable time was devoted to the
compensatory spending theory, which
Is dearest of all to the hearts of most
new dealers. Morgenthau, whom the
extreme new dealers have suspected
of darkly Tory designs, proved a
highly sympathetic If not always ft
compliant audience. When the party
broke up, the guests departed loudly
singing their host's praises.
The evening was far more signifi
cant than the average new deal bull
session. The opinions voiced during
it may well influence government
policy. It also cast a new light on
the functions and activities of the
secretary of the treasury.
It explained, In fact, why Uncle
Pan Roper has been able to draw
his pay so long, without doing much
to earn It except look pleasant and
hope for the best. Normally, the sec
retary of commerce should be the
"economics minister" In the govern
ment, collating statistics and Infor
mation, annotating theories, and re
porting to the president on the na
tion's economic health. Actually,
Henry Morgenthau has been handling
(Continued on Page Pour.)
Eugene Daily News
Goes Under Hammer
EUGENE, Dec. 8 (AP) Announce
ment of the sale of the Eugene Dally
Hews to Arthur Plnulx, of Chlloquln,
was made here today
Prtaulx. former Republican state
chairman, bought the assets of the
News for 91000 at s receiver's sale,
with Circuit Judge G, P. Bklpworth
allowing the transfer after Prlaulx.
agreed to pay employes of the news
paper 91400 in bark wages. R. B.
Hill was rerplypr of the nw5paper.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Fog helping William McClure to
catch up on his rending, thrre being
no United planes to cut In on his
time at the Med ford airport.
Enid Punk doing a thorough Job
ef mlnute-keeplng at her first Shasta
council meeting.
81 m Jarvi still chuckling over, a
hunting Joke he read several days
ago.
Han? Ktterman thinking the hill
billy rnMlr the best exhibitioners
h had ever sen, he being handi
capped by a sore throat In cheering
them on to victory.
Chuck Reum paying a friend a
' bi-annual vlilt eaily in the morning,
th, friend deciding that he should
e mors often.
ul Meyers givlrw a scribe a bit
of tint net for pitblMion and Uicn
chitting hi rn:nd about the who!.
', deriding It wasn't so hot after
TALK SUPPLANTS
ARMS IN CASE OF
' FUTMICTION
Governments Recognize
Present Boundaries As
Definite Ribbentrop Well
Guarded On Paris Visit
PARIS, Dec. 6 (Prance and
Germany today signed an' accord,
widely termed a "war renunciation
pact," which pledged them to ami
cable discussion of difficulties In
stead of resorting to armed force.
The agreement declared the two
governments recognized as definite
j the present boundaries between them
and no French-German territorial
question exists.
It said the governments were con
vinced "Pacific relations and good
neighborlimss" between them con
stitute an essential element of "con
solidation of tho European situation"
and the maintenance of general
peace.
Foreign ministers Georges Bonnet
of France and Joachim Von Ribben
trop of Germany signed the agree
ment, on cream-colored sheets of vel
lum containing French and German
texts.
On his arrival from Berlin unusual
guard precautions were taken on be
half of Von Ribbentrop, who after
signing the accord, began diplomatic
conversations with French statesmen.
During a cabinet meeting just
prior, to start of his talks with Von
Ribbentrop, Daladler submitted and
President Lebrun signed a decree con
voking parllment for December 8.
The pact itself, three paragraphs
long, put in black and white Chan
cellor Hitler's often-repeated oral re
nunciation of a claim; upon- AVuace
Lorraine. This was achieved by a
phrase recognizing existing frontiers.
On France's side. Informed sources
said, the pact constituted formal
recognition Austria had vanished
and Czecho-Slovak Sudetenland was
German.
SEA AS
ONE OF MOTORS FAILS
MANILA, Dec. fl Unable to
hold altitude after one of Its four
motors stalled, the big German Con
dor monoplane made a forced land
ing and sank In Manila harbor today
as It ncared the end of a non-stop
flight from Tokyo. Its crew of five
and one passenger were uninjured. ,
A the plane began settling in shal
low water about 300 feet off shore the
six men clambered out on the wing
and were rescued by natives In small
boats.
Heinz Junge, director of the Pocke
Wulff airplane plant and passenger
aboard the ship which recently com
pleted a goodwill flight from Berlin
to Tokyo, was brought to Manila In
a commercial amphibian plane sent
to the scene. He refused to discuss
the mishap except to say the plane
encountered fuel line trouble, causing
one motor to stall and made the big
ship lose altitude.
The plane had flown from Tokyo
In 10 hours and 10 minutes.
Noted Engineer Dies
PORTLAND, Dec. 6 p) Joseph P.
Newell, 72, internationally known
civil engineer, died here yesterday.
Newell, the son of Oregon pioneers,
was identified with railway engineer
ing in the United States, Canada.
Persia and Europe.
Rearming on
Advocated
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. (yp Pres
ident Roosevelt told a press confer
ence today he believed the nation's
defense programs ought to be car
ried out on a pay-as-you-go basis,
even If this takes additional taxa
tion. The president emphasized, how
ever, this was a question that was
still In the study stage and no de
cisions had been reached.
Asked If he had determined what
percentage, If any, of the Increased
dfnse needs should be financed by
tax. Mr. Roosevelt said he had not
reached that.
He added that such programs, dif
fering from self-llquldatlng projects,
should be paid for from year to
year.
When asked whether this meant
added taxation, he Indicated he
would favor that If necessary, but
ld certain defense expenditures
er self-liquidating and necessarily
Deliver Magazines
Lost 27 Years In
Uncle Sam's Mail
CANYON CITY, Ore., Dec. 5.
(AP) The U. S. mails always go
through even If delayed as much
as 27 years.
The postofflce hero at present
Is making delivery on a batch of
long lost women's magazines
(Ladles' Home Journals) that
failed to reach their destination
in 1811. Forle Smith, occupant
of a small house that served ss
a postofflce many years ago,
found the bundle of periodicals
under his building while making
repairs.
The magazines were In good
condition, but the styles they fea
tured in their pages were a bit
removed from the present ones
milady follows.
U. S. ASKS EFFECT
NEW NAZI RULING
ON YANKEE JEWS
BERLIN, Dec. 6. (AP) United
States consular officials today sought
official German Interpretation as to
what effect the newest an tl -Jewish
restrictions might have on American
Jews holding property in Germany.
Liquidation of those holdings
already Is underway and many
American Jews have cleaned up their
affairs In Germany during the past
few days.
The newspaper Deutsche Allge
melne Zeltung estimated at 93,080,
000,000 the total of Jewish wealth
which "must be moved" under the
economics ministry decrees author
izing liquidation of Jewish posses
sions. ; . Say Alleni Excluded
'German press commentators agreed '
foreign Jews were not subject to pro
visions of yesterday's decrees- which
forbade Jews to sell or pawn jewelry
or other valuables without a gov
ernment permit and ordered them to
deposit all securities at banks.
But some sections of the press were
of the opinion foreigners were in
cluded in the ban on Jews owning
real estate and Industrial undertak
ings and It was this angle United
States officials were Investigating.
The American Chamber of Com
merce expressed belief few Americans
could be Involved since American
Jews have been withdrawing from
Germany as rapidly as feasible. A
Hamburg dispatch said the last two
American Jews In business there had
liquidated their Interests a few days
ago.
American Jews in Frankfort-on-the-Maln
liquidated some time ago.
Few Americans
Chamber of commerce figures in
dicated there were few American
firms remaining in Germany which
nazls could classify as Jewish.
Meanwhile, the century-old bank
ing firm of Mendelssohn & company
succumbed to nazi " Aryan! zatlon"
when Rudolf Loeb, Fritz Mannhel
mer, Paul Kempner and Frau Marie
von Mendelssohn left the firm. Rob
ert and Julletta Mendelssohn were
delegated by the economics ministry
to wind up the company's affairs by
January 1.
Reports from Vienna said 3,000
Jewish boya between the ages of four
and 17 would be permitted to leave
for England and the Netherlands
Thursday on special trains provided
by the Jewish cultural organization.
One thousand will be sent to a
training camp near Harwich, Eng
land, and the rest to various parts
of the Netherlands for instruction In
farming and handicrafts.
Second Clipper Munched
SEATTLE, Dec. 6 (ff) The second
of the six 74 passenger Boeing clip
pers, being built for Pan-American
Airways, was launched In the Duwam
fsh river at 5 a. m- today.
Cash Basis
by Roosevelt
would not hare to be covered by
further taxation.
Mr. Roosevelt declared he had no
Idea of adopting methods used In
some countries but that In a few
nations Sweden for one they dif
ferentiated between three types of
expenses.
One type was for the actual cost
of running the government, that Is,
current work paid for exclusively by
taxation. The second category cover
ed self-llquldatlng expenditures sim
ilar to federal outlays In this coun
try for Boulder dam.
A third type, he said, embraced
expenditures which would so In
crease national Income that there
would be a resulting return of the
money through such Increase over a
period of yenrs.
Asked that reports that the United
States was far behind technically In
airplane manufacture. Mr. Roosevelt
said he did not believe that
19 MINERS KILLED Sues McCormick I !
AS CABLE BREAKS; r-3r-
ON TUNNEL TEAM I JT
String of 26 Cars Plunges
Into Wall at End of Mile
Long Runway Many
of Victims Decapitated
SYDNEY, Nova Scotia. Dec. 8.
(Canadian Press) Nineteen men
were known to have been -killed end
many others seriously Injured today
1 n Nova Scotia's worst coal m iho
disaster In 20 years.
Fourteen bodies had been brought
to the surface two hours after a
string of 26 mine cars carrying 250
workers broke loose and plunged out
of control down a mile-long incline
Into the wall of the main deep.
Mine officials said they believed
only the 1 0 were killed although
rescue workers feared more bodies re
mained In the wreckage at the bot
tom of the pit.
Forty-five seriously injured were
brought to the pithead, where doc
tors and nurses had gathered.
The tragedy occurred In the Prin
cess colliery at the Nova Scotia Steel
and Coal company as a shift was
riding down to work,
A haulage cable snapped as the
string of oars, known as a riding
rake, was going down a 10 percent
grade. The cars gathered momentum
rapidly, but some men were able
to Jump In the first few seconds.
Most of these escaped serious In
Jury. Survivors said some men In the
wildly plunging rake, seeking to fol
low th few who leaped at the start,
stood up and were decapitated by
the Jagged celling. Others remained
on their seats and were burled In
the wreckage as the train crashed.
TO
FOR NEW
YORK TRIP
PARIS, Dec. 6. (AP) Premier
Daladler, determined to break the
shipping strike at Le Havre, ordered
269 sailors to man the liner Paris
today and take her to New York on
schedule.
Sources close to the government
Indicated Daladler had decided to
keep all French trans-Atlantic liners
moving with naval crews and requis
itioned stewards, If necessary, to
break the strike.
Three destroyers arrived at L
Havre early today with sailors from
the Cherbourg base. More sailors, all
specialists trained to handle mer
chantmen In time of war, were called
from other bases.
Lest the strikers attempt to Inter
fere with the sailing of the Paris,
the government ordered the navy to
sail her to Cherbourg where she
will pick up most of her transat
lantic passengers by tender tomorrow
and leave for New York. The usual
port of sailing for the Paris Is Le
Havre.
Among the passengers on the liner,
officials said, would be many of the
322 American volunteers evacuated
from Spain last week. Almost all the
vessel's third class cabins were re
served for this group.
Elsewhere in France, lockouts or
dered after the general- strike con
tlnued despite pressure from the
government on employers to open
their plants and rehire the strikers.
SNELL WILL SEEK
LIMIT ON SPEED
SALEM, Dec. 6. (API Secretary
of Stats Earl Snell said today he
would ask the legislature to establish
definite apeed limits on Oregon high
ways. BneU termed a failure tha present
system of Indicated speeds, under
which there sre no penalties for ex
ceeding the speeds. However, If a
driver his an accident while exceed,
ing the Indicated speed, the burden
of proof Is upon him to show he
was driving ssfely.
Snell blamed most of the fatal
accident on the failure to have a
fixed apeed limit.
The state highway department ssld
It would support Snell's recommen
dation, asserting the experiment of
Indicated speeds. In effect for seven
years, was not successful.
Snell made no recommendation as
to what speed limit should bs fixed.
flean Morse Ks.t
EUGENE, Dee. S Pr-Wsyne t.
Morse, desn of the University of Ore
gon law school, will leave Eugene this
week for Washington, D. C. and Chi
cago where ha will attend scsMons
led bera today. ""
I
I Tjf Lap
Mrs. Olive Randolph Colhy of Kan
Mis Clly smiled In her attorney's of
fice In Chicago after she hud filed a
$2,000,000 suit against llnrold V. .-McCormick,
millionaire and son of the
Inventor of the reaper. She alleged
breach of promise. (AP Phot.)
Tl
IN TEMPORARY TRUCE
AT FLINT BODY PLANT
FLINT, Mich.. Dec. 8. (AP) Pro
duction was1 resumed lodoy--t the
Fisher Body Co. plant No. 1, which
had been shut down since last Fri
day by a strike Involving a wage
dispute.
Directly or Indirectly more than
28,000 workeis were affected by the
strike, as result of the closely -geared
production machinery of various
General Motors Corp units.
A settlement of the strike was
ratified on a conditional basis at a
meeting of local No. 581, United Auto
Workers of America (CIO) which
continued for a lengthy period last
night. The local decided to call a
new strike If tho present wage dis
pute Is not settled by Friday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. (AP) Charges
and counter-charges from opposing
union chieftains developed today as
the strike of Chicago newspaper guild
members against the Herald and Ex
aminer and the American entered Its
second day.
Both of the Hearst newspapers
continued publication after the walk
out In which, the guild stated, 600
employes participated,
4
IN AUTO MISHAP
SALEM. Dec. 8 (fP) G o v s r n o r
Charles H. Martin was slightly Injur
ed and U. 8. Senator-elect Rufus C.
Holman escaped unharmed when
Hoi man 'a automobile was sldeswlped
last night by a car driven by Roy
Sullivan of Carlton near Brooks.
The governor received a cut nose
and bruised knee.
State police said Sullivan's car
first grazed the fender of an auto
driven by J. H. Thomas, who was
traveling north ahead of the Holman
car.
Holman, state treasurer, and the
governor continued on to Portland
In another cor. Hoi man's car was
considerably damaged.
The accident took place In a dense
fog.
COAST SPY RING
HELD WIDESPREAD
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. (AP)
Lorrln Andrews, lawyer appointed by
the federal court to defend Karl
Allen Drummond, 31, against spy
charge,, ssld today from what Drum
mond told him "there appears to
be a widespread esplonsga conspir
acy that haa existed up and down
the Pselflo const for a year or more."
He termed Drummond, accused of
attempting to sell army and navy
airplane secret to Japan, "merely a
mechanical means or agent and pos
sibly only one of many."
Andrews said he would not decide
Lhow to advise his client to plead
until t have heard stl of hi torj"."
TOT
CRIES LEADER OF
ROME'S FASCISTS
Students Foiled in Attempt
to Reach French Embassy
in Demonstration Report
Similar Scenes in Genoa
ROME, Dec. 8. (AP) A fascist
students anti-French demonstration
In the streets of Rome reached Its
climax today In the declaration of
a fascist party leader the Italians
would go to Tunisia. France's north
African protectorate.
"There Is no need of talking of
Tunisia wo will go there I" shouted
Andrea Ippollto, provincial secretary
of the party In response to students'
cries of "Tunisia I"
The students, several hundred
strong, agitating In support of Ital
ian claims to French territory, were
turned back by police when they
tried to reach the French embassy.
A similar deconstratlon was staged
at Genoa, where 800 university stu
dents shouting "Tunisia: Comical"
went to the French consulate. They
were dispersed by police, but groups
continued the shouts.
During the Rome demonstration a
window In a store which displayed
French signs was broken. At the re
quest of a police official a French
tourist agency was closed for half an
hour when students gathered In
front of It.
The students deserted classrooms
of several Roma schools and trooped
through the streets shouting "Tun
isia Is ours."
Their path to the French embassy
was blocked by strong police guards,
established on the surrounding
streets. -
Turned back, the students march
ed to the Palazzo Veneela where they
called for Premier Mussolini and
sang fascist songs, II Duce did not
appear.
TOO EXPENSIVE FOR
CALIFORNIA COUPLE
KLAMATH PALLS. Dee. 8 (IT)
Honeymoon plans of a young Califor
nia couple who slipped Into town for
a quick, quiet wedding were hung
up today on the financial snag of
Oregon's new marriage examination
law.
Having made the long trip totally
Ignornnt of the new law, they under
took to comply with Its provisions,
after they had disbursed about t20
for various examinations and no
tarial fees, they found themselves
with 11 left, the parson still to pay
and their contemplated wedding
Jaunt an obvious Impossibility.
Two msrrisge licenses have been
issued here since the new law went
Into effect.
PORTLAND, Deo. 6 (JFl M a t r 1 -mony'a
hiatus In Oregon was under
standable to MarRaret Klees, Multno
mah county license clerk, and other
observers today but they couldn't
figure out why Dan Cupid was on
slow bell across the river In Van
couver. Oregon's new marriage law requir
ing the state to look Into such phy
alologlcal odds and ends as blood
count, patellar reflex and grand
pa's D-T's at the expense of the lic
ense applicants had caused Eros to
take flight from Oregon. But where
did he go? Not to Vancouver, the
logical Gretna Green for Portland's
stymied alliances. Only 18 marriages
were sanctioned there last week end
and IB Is only normal traffic
Minister Rebukes Jimmy
For Small Church Gifts
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (AP) A
Waahlngton minister who relied on
Income tax returns aa his basis, crit
icized Jsmce Roosevelt, the presi
dent's son, today for apparent neg
lect to make church contributions.
The Rev, Howard Stone Anderson,
minuter of the First Congregational
church here, and the first of a series
of "affirmative" witnesses before the
house committee Investlgstlng un
Amerlcsn activities, said In a state
ment which was entered In tho rec
ord ;
"A young man of great political
prominence, (James Roosevelt), with
exceedingly Isrge Income, recently
caused his lncomei tsx report for
several yeara to be printed. Since
they were printed at his request,
Spilver Claims
50-Year Record
As Pharmacist
Henry F, W, Spllvor will ob
serve tomorrow, December 7, his
fiftieth year as a .?glstered phar
macist, which he holds Is a rec
ord. He started as a druggist at
Jollet, 111., and his pharmacist
certificate was issued December
7, 1888.
Mr. Spilver has been a resident
of Medford since 1924, and li. em
ployed at the West Side Phar
macy. When he started the drug
business, capsules were unknown,
and all prescriptions were either
pills or powders.
KIN OF BASSETT
GIVE TESTIMONY
IN MURDER CASE
SEATTLE, Dec. . (AP) Mother
snd sister of Jamcc Eugene Bassett,
35, Annapolis, Md took tha witness
stand here today to highlight tha
first degree murder trials of Decasto
Earl Mayer, 44. and Mary Eleanor
Smith, 73, accused of butchering
Bnssett near here 10 years ago.
Bnssett'a body never was found.
The crowded eourtoom was hushed
as the mother, Marian F. Bassett of
Annapolla and Society Hill, S. C,
Identified Bassett's wallet and ouff
links. They were taken from Mayer
when he and Mra. Smith were ar
rested at Oakland with Bassett's aut
omobllo and watch shortly after Bas
sett disappeared, September 8, 1938.
Mrs. Bassett testified she visited
Mrs. Smith In the police station here
a few montha after Bassett'l disap
pearance.
"I appealed to her aa a mother to
tell me where my son was burled,"
Mrs. Bassett said. "She aald aha knew
nothing about It. She said she had
called her son to pray at her kneea
for 15 years."
The state, not conceding Mayer Is
Mrs. Smith's son, brought them to
trial on the murder oharge after
state authorities reported Mrs. Smith
confessed the butchery laat spring
as she was completing a prison sen
tence for stealing Bessett e car.
PLANES GROUNDED
BY CONTINUED FOG
For the fifth consecutive day, fog
blotted out United Air Lines service
today between Portland and Oakland,
Cal. Ground fogs prevailed today at
Medford, Portland and Oakland.
There have been no United planes
In or out of Medford municipal air
port since the southbound ship left
here last Thursday afternoon. Airport
attendants said there was little
chance of any service today, all trips
having been definitely cancelled up
to tonight's midnight southbound
plane.
Fog at Portland and Boise, Idaho,
held the company's west-bound trips
at Salt Lake City, the Associated Press
reported. East-bound planes left on
schedule but the Northwest Airlines
grounded Its Portland trip at Spok
ane. NETHERLANDS TO CUT
APPLE IMPORT FEES
SAN FRANCISCO, Peo. . (AP)
Better market conditions for Paclflo
coaat apples In the Netherlands mar.
kcts appeared In prospect today. The
bureau of foreign and domeatlc com
merce announced a cablegram from
The Hague announced the Nether
lands would reduce the monopoly
feo on Import of fresh apples Feb
ruary 1, 1930, or earlier If conditions
warrant. Amount o! tha reduction
was not stated.
I suppose there ts no objection to
a comment on them.
"One thing Interested ma as a
minister. In not a single year had
ha contributed to ft church. And In
only one year did hla gifts out of
Income running high Into five fig
ures exceed 138 per annum."
Mr. Anderson aald the nation's pub
lic men should lead the country In
moral rearmament snd added:
"There la more pious pap written
and trumpeted by publlo men about
their Interest In religion than I Ilk
to consider. But when the Sunday
congregations or collections are
counted they're not there either
physically or financially."
Tha minister wsa the first of
group asked by the c nunlttee to
ubml suggestion! lor promoting
"Americanism," -
FEDERAL TAX CUT
IS BUSINESS NEED
SAYS EDSEL FORD
Incentive Taxation to En
courage Plant Expansion
and Other Phases Held
Liable to Bring Problems
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 V9- Edsel
Ford told the senate profit-sharing
commit1 eo today a reduction In fed
eral taxation tt-ould be "as (rood an
Incentive" 10 business as anything
the government could do.
The slender son of Henry Ford
testified he believed Incentive taxa
tion to encourage plant expansion,
purchase of equipment and regular.
zatlon of employment "might lead to
consequences difficult to handle,"
"You feel, then," said Senator Van
denberg (R-Mlch.), "that Incentive
taxation might create more problems
than we could solve by It?"
Believes In High Wages
"I feel that Is right," Ford replied
quietly.
Ford ssld the Ford Motor company
believed In profit-sharing through
high wages. He added he believed
the high wage scale had prevented
any "serious" labor troubles In Ford
plants, "We try to be more than fair to our'
employes," Ford said. VWe try to pay
Just as high wages as we can and
produce at aa low a cost as possible,
thus creating volume production."
Ford said his company had paid
977,568,000 tn profit-sharing, tn ei
cess of tho established wage scale for
the motor Industry, from 1914 to 1919
Inclusive. In 1920. he explained, the
company changed to a system of cash
bonuses, paying out 96,760,000 . In
bonuses for 1919 and 1920. ;
- The 'company Instituted a 96--day
wage scale In 2920.
Have Investment Plan
Tha Ford company now maintains,
Ford said, an Investment plan by
which all employes may deposit a
percentage of their wages. They re-
oetve a guaranteed Interest of 44
percent, plus special returns paid
semi-annually. These special re-
turns, the witness said, have reached
as high as ten per cent.
Since 1920 employes have received
from thll source a total of 927,800,
000 of which 910,600,000 was in guar-,
anteed Interest and 913.300,000 in
special returns. Ford related.
He said he believed the company's
system of sharing profits through
high wages was more simplified, more
workable and less paternalistic than
other profit-sharing plans.
PIECES FALL OFF
OAKLAND. Calif.. Dee. 8 pi
waan't an attempt to wreck th
Southern Pacific's crack train, th
Oregonlan. after all It was Just ft
locomotive falling apart.
Just outside nesrby Richmond laat
night th locomotive suddenly be
gan making funny neteet.' Engineer
a. aionm applied tne emergency
brakes. Blohm and .Conductor Harry
Oeaaner found two big pieces of sheet:
metal under the locomotive's wheels.
Th trainmen reported the inoldano
at Richmond and polios and Southern
Paclflo officials began search for ft
"train wrecker."
But the search didn't last long.
Officials at Oakland mad a dlseor-
ary.
"We discovered,' they said,, "that,
tha chunks of metal were Just
couple of pieces of th locomotive.
that fell off. Nothing serious."
ROUTINE BUSINESS AT
COUNCIL MEET TONIGHT
Only routine business Is scheduled
to come before the olty council aft
Its regular semi-monthly meeting to
nigh. The meeting will convene ss usual
st 7:30 In council chambers on the
top floor of city hall.
Radio Highlights
By Associated Press
(Tim Is Eastern Standard)
Tonight (Tuesday): Talka, Found
er'! day dinner for Leon Blum ool
ony In Paleatln. Wm. Green presid
ing: WJZ-NBO, 10. Leon Blum from
Paris and Leopold 8. Emery from
London; WABC-CBS, 10:4, Mr. F.
D. Roosevelt and Count D Sftlnt
Quentln. What to axpeet Wednesday! WABO
CBS a:l. Raymond Moley on Th
Elections; " WJZ-NBO, 4, federal
council of churches, three speakera;
WOR-MBS. 1:46 ft. m., Charlsa R.
Hook on "Making America Click."
(Radio program on peg 1). ,