MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1939.
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run, he, Wheeler, would be
available for any responsibili
ties that the Democratic con
vention wished to place on him,
Sen. Holt Laudi
Most capital comment on the
.Garner announcement was re
strained. Friends were, quick,
however, to praise the vice
president's record of 38 years
of service in the national gov
ernment. "The vice president has a
large following," said Senator
Holt (D W. Va.), a frequent
administration critic. "He will
be a formidable candidate for
anyone in the party and when
I say anyone, I mean anyone."
Declaring that Garner "has
a great many friends in North
Carolina," Senator Bailey (D.,
N. C), added: "His record, any
way you look at it, is good."
Most of those who have been
critical of Garner in the past
withheld comment. It appeared
certain, however, that. Just as
McNutt'i declaration subjected
him to attack by elements in
his party which did not favor
his candidacy. Garner's action
would sharpen the political fire
which already has been directed
at him. The vice-president was
sharply denounced last July by
John L. Lewis, C. I. O. chieftain.
Lewis Talk Recalled
Testifying before the house
labor committee, Lewis accused
Garner of responsibility for
attempts to modify labor legislation.
He remarked that the origin
of the attacks on the legislation
was not hard to find, adding
that the opposition "came from
a labor-baiting, poker-playing,
whiskey-drinking, evil old man
whose name is John N. Garner."
Lewis said he was against
Garner "personally, concretely
and in the abstract, asserting:
"And I'll be against him
when he seeks the presidency
in 1940."
Garner made no reply to the
Lewis attack, but his friends
took up Lewis' words with
levity and soon "evil old man"
clubs were being organized.
When asked for comment
tonight on Garner's statement,
Lewis gave out word 'that he
had nothing to say because his
"views on the subject of Mr.
Garner are well known."
President Silent
Hyde Park. N. Y., Dec. 16.
OF) President Roosevelt was
silent tonight on Vice-President
Garner's statement that he
would accept the Democratic
nomination for the presidency.
In response to reporters' sug
gestions, White House officials
telephoned the statement to the
chief executive. Mr. Roosevelt
had no comment.
Milwaukee, Dec. 16. (JP)
William D. Carroll, chairman
of the Wisconsin Democratic
state central committee, pre
dicted today that if Vice-President
Garner entered the Wis
pnnsin 1940 nrimarv. a slate of
Garner-pledged delegates would
'be elected to tne Democratic
national convention.
Wisconsin Garner - for - Presi
dent headquarters announced it
had received more than 3,000
pledges of support thus far,
representing every county in
Wisconsin.
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Paris, Dec. 16. (IP) Hand-to-hand
fighting on the western
front east of the Moselle river,
in which French troops repulsed
an attacking German company
"with heavy losses" was report
ed tonight by the French com
mand for the first time in weeks.
The evening communique said
the attack began early this
morning after heavy artillery
preparation.
The communique read:
"The enemy attempted a raid
about 6:15 this morning .(1:15
a.m. EST) on one of our out
posts east of the Moselle river.
"The raid was carried out by
a detachment of approximately
a company after artillery and
minnenwerfer preparation and
was protected by artillery and
heavy machine gun fire during
the engagement.
"The attacked post defended
itself energetically up to hand
to hand fighting.
'The enemy was repulsed
with heavy losses and left, in our
hands arms and material.
'They succeeded in taking
two prisoners who were able to
escape by profiting by our fire
and rejoined our lines.
JURY FREES PAIR
Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. 16.
(IP) A Justice court Jury to
night exonerated Ward Penning
and Joe LeLande of charges In
connection with a mob attack
upon the Finnish Workers Fed
eration hall here Dec. 2.
Penning, former inspector for
the state department of labor
and industries, was freed of
charges of malicious destruction
of property and attempting to
provoke an assault. LeLande,
executive board member of the
Oregon - Washington Council
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union (AFL), had been charged
only with the latter offense.
The six jurors five men and
one woman returned their ver
dict after only 22 minutes de
liberation.
NEW PEACE PLAN
IN DOCK TIE-UP
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San Francisco. Dec. 16. (IP)
Governor Culbert L. Olson
presented a new four-point
peace proposal to employers and
striking ship clerks in the wa
terfront tie-up at a Joint meet
ing today and asked for action
on it by Monday morning.
Gregory Harrison, attorney
spokesman for the employers,
and Harry Bridges, California
CIO director . talking for the
clerks, each agreed orally to
consider the plan and accept or
reject It by Monday.
Here are the four points:
1 Immediate resumption of
work and full operation of the
port.
2 Negotiation, mediation, or.
if necessary, arbitration of all
issues except that of preferen-j
tial hiring of monthly clerks
(crux of the dispute which has
tied up most of the port since
Nov. 10).
3 Appointment of a three
man committee, with one mem
ber representing each side and
the other to be chosen by the
governor, to study and report
on the preferential hiring issue.
4 Recommendation of this
committee not to ba binding en
either side.
About 60 waterfront employ
ers, unionists and observers at
tended the open hearing before
the governor, lasting about an
hour and a half. Only Olson,
Harrison and Bridges did the
talking, and all three discussed
the plan and its possible effect!
fully and with the air of serious
I consideration.
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Washington, Dec. 16. (IP)
The federal maritime commis
sion will not approve a plan
suggested by Edward F. Brady,
Portland, for establishment of
a refrigerator ship service from
the west to the east coast.
Chairman Emory S. Land
.vrote Senator McNary (R-Ore.)
today that the commission did
not have suitable vessels for
such work. The proposition, he
said, had been abandoned be
fore "because conditions of de
livery whereby too much of a
certain perishable product
would be discharged at one time
at a certain port thereby caus
ing a glut on the market.
Brady's plan was for refriger
ation vessels to carry vegetables
and fruits of the North Pacific
states to the east and haul Florl
da, Texas and Central American
fruits on the return trip.
FALL DRODTH HIT
Portland, Dec. 16. (IP) The
fall drought made ranee con
ditions in Oregon only 70 per
cent oi normal, the agricultural
marketing service's December 1
livestock and range report said
today.
Cattle were listed as 81 per
cent normal and sheep 82 percent.
The last four months of 1930
promise to be the driest on rec
ord for this four-month period
in the 17 western states, the
report said.
Moscow, Dec. 16. (IP) The
charge that "reaction Is growing
in the United States" was made
today by the army newspaper
Red Star in an article on the
American attitude toward com
munlsm.
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was "persecution of commun
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reactionary press for a purge of
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