December 11, 193B
THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
taor srx
ELECTION LAW
CHANGE WOULD
AFFECT RACE
' SALEM. Doc 11, UP The
proponed changts In Hie primary
election law which will be voted
upon by the Oreton electorate
January SI, will have two major
effocts upon political, nominees,
proponent of tho act explained
hero Tuesday.
First, u will change the pri
mary election date from May un
til the first Friday after the first
Monday In September, thus elim
inating the long term campaigns
on even numbered years.
Second, It will call for the nam-
Inv f nnrtv rialprntea to nreal-
dentlal nomination sessions by
the old time conventional system,
since the September elections oc
cur too late for naming by the
primary. The call will be issued
by the state central committee.
Only nine states now have pri
mary elections In May, proponents
of the change pointed out. Twelve
have them in September, while 10
others list theirs in August. Sev
eral others hold primaries in July.
As originally passed In Oregon
the primary law recognlied the
value of short term campaigns
since It placed the primary in
May and the general In June.
Later the general election was
moved back to November, but in
the maneuvering the primary
lection dates remained as they
were.
Under provisions of the act,
precinct committeemen through
out tho state will have a direct
part In the election of district
delegations to the national con
ventions of their respective part
ies. The county central commit
tees, through their election of
state committeemen will be given
a voice In the selection of dele
gates at large.
Another provision would be
placing the direct responsibility
of the election of national com
mitteemen and national commit
teewomen up to the state cjntral
committee of each party. ,
The state' grange Is opposing
the change In the primary, and
filed arguments against the bill
for the voters' pamphlet, which
will be placed In the malls next
k. Members of the legislature
which referred the matter to the
people, prepared tho favorable
arguments. .
The change In me aaies was
first urged by Governor Martin
in his pre-election campaign, de
claring the long term campaigns
were detrimental to the best In
terest! of the state and the candi
dates. It was passed and referred
to the people by the regular 1935
legislature, as an administrative
measure.
Three other proposals will be
voted upon In the January 81
special election: 'toe so-caueu
"sales tax" bill to take care of
old age relief; repealing the com
pulsory student fee In institutions
of higher learning, and giving the
legislature authority to fix the
compensation of its members, a
constitutional amendment.
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Escape by Ladder
JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 11.
(TJP) Three prisoners, two of
them serving life sentences for
murder, Tuesday escaped from the
state prison of southern Michi
gan by climbing over 'the wall
with the aid of a crude rope lad
der. .
Guard Harry Glair sawf the
prisoners as they dropped over
the wall. He fired two Bhots at
them as they fled through a
nearby field.
Authorities at the prison said
the men used a ladder made
from binder twine to climb down
the wall. State police Immedi
ately blockaded all . roads lead
ing from Jackson.
McNary Continues .
PORTLAND, Dec. 11, (U.R
senator unaries jncrvary was
quoted In a dispatch to the Jour
nal Tuesday as saying that Secre
tary of State Hull Is evincing de
cided Interest in information
given him about the lumber tar
iff. "I feel greatly encouraged,"
McNary was quoted after his con
ference today with Hull. Mc
Nary seeks to prevent damage to
the northwest lumber industry
from the reduction on tariff for
Canadian lumber provided by the
recent reciprocity agreement.
'I'm Glad I Beat Him to Death
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Frances Mabel Willys, common, law wife of Dr. Walter P. Hammond.
Los Angeles dentist, nonchalantly poses for photographers showing
how she allegedly beat the aged dentist to death with a claw hammer.
"We quarreled and he best me. I sank the hammer into his head.
. I'm not a bit sorry 1 did It," she assertcdly confessed.
Increase in Import Trade,
Redistribution of Income
Farmer's Greatest Needs
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. 0I.R)
Restored world trade demands a
more liberal import policy accom
panied by redistribution of na
tional Income, Secretary of Agri
culture Henry A. Wallace told
President Roosevelt Tuesday in
his snnual report.
Analyzing industry, trade and
consumer needs or tne nation,
Wallace concluded that increased
exports of all commodities would
bring recovery.
Buying Power Unbalanced
Redistribution of national In
come, he said, "Is not a proposal
but a necessity" If expanded in
ternational trade is to become ef
fective. He sdded:
"International trade may In
crease needs or desires by creat
ing opportunities to satisfy new
wants, but If purchasing power
is very unevenly distributed it
will not create enough new wants
accompanied by the power to sat
isfy them," he said. '
Surplus Not Dissipated
When the United States exports
surplus cotton and wheat, he said,
it in return takes command of an
equal value in foreign goods.
General- world reluctance to buy
as well as sell is because the sur
plus is not dissipated it merely
changes form, Wallace said. -
The surplus, Wallace continued,
can- be consumed only by in-,
creasing the purchasing power of
those who need goods and serv
ices and this Involves redistribu
tion of income.
Crop Control Alternative
"Without foreign trade, agri
culture will have to continue
crop limitation and seek compen
sation in higher unit prices," he
said. "It will have to make de
tailed cooperative adjustments.
with inevitable repercussions on
non-farm business."
, Warning opponents of crop
control, he said that "non-farm
groups must decide whether to
take the consequences of denying
farmers at the cost of certain re
adjustments In inefficient indus
tries." Tariffs a Mistake
Agricultural tariffs would be a
mistake. , "High tariffs on ex
port crops, besides being useless
most of the time, commit agri
culture to a high tariff philoso
phy, encourage other industries
to demand prohibitive tariffs on
their goods, and provoke retalia
tory action abroad.'
"Thus without safeguarding ag
riculture's home market, they
damage Its foreign market, the
basis of which is reciprocal In
ternational trade."
The recent slight Increase In
farm imports is of no signifi
cance, he said. "Our grain im
ports from July 1, 1934, to June
30, 1935, were less than 3.5 per
cent of the loss of all grains due
to the drought, and only 1.6 per
cent of our average grain pro
duction in the years 1928-32."
Income Increases
Thorough examination of the
two principal competitors of the
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TOWER BUFFET
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(14th now, fat Uw Towtf)
Room with bth, one person: $2.50, S3.00. S3.S0, $4.00
Room with bath, two persons: $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00
Suites at proportionate prices
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AAA as legislative agricultural
restoratives, the McNary-Haugen
and export-debenture plans, he
said, shows them as valueless snd
"in the worst period of the de
pression " they "would have pre
vented and not stimulated
ports."
Turning to the present condi
tion of American agriculture, he
reported fafmera' gross income
from 1936 production will be ap
proximately $7,800,000,000, com
pared with $7,300,000,000 in
193.4. $5,337,000,000 in 1932 at
the worst of the depression, and
$12,000,000,000 in 1929.
Property Values Up
Although gross farm income
was a third lower than in 1929,
prices paid by farmers for goods
and services were only about a
fifth lower. Also farm popula
tion bas Increased about 10 per
cent. ,
Farm real estate values showed
an Increase during the year. The
department's index of average
value per acre rose from 76 to
79 per cent of the pre-war level.
raised and fattoned. The num
ber of livestock on farms on Jan.
1, 1935, was the smallest since
early In the present century.
The shortage resulted directly
from the drought, which tre
mendously reduced pasturage and
grain and hay crops,"
Wallace credited activities of
the AAA with preventing the
number of animals from drop
ping even more this year by hull
ing excess liquidation. I'urrliaso
of more than S, 000, 000 cattle In
1934 and 1935 by the federal
surplus relief corporation, he
maintained, Increased the sup
ply of meat available by prevent
ing death through lack o water
and feed and enabled growers to
have their breeding stuck.
"Had the government not fur
nished a market outlet." Hie sec
retary continued, "rattle prices
would have declined to a point
that would scarcely haro paid
marketing costs. Gross returns
to cattlemen In 1934, Including
$112,000,000 paid by the gov
ernment for drought cattle, wvre
probably 75 per. cent, greater
than they would have been other
wise." Grating presents a serious re
habilitation protl?m, his report
showed, saying the Taylor grac
ing act had helped to conserve
land in tho public domain.
"Grating land in private own
ership presents quite as difficult
a problem, Wallace added.
"Overgratlng Is a problem on all
our grating lands; and unless
we take precautions it will ap
pear Immediately on areas with
drawn from grain fanning.
"It Is Imperative to reorganise
range livestock production along
more rational lines, with checks
against overgratlng and with
provision for carrying fwd re
aerres against periods of
drought. Withdrawing laud from
one improper use, merely to
thrust It Into another, is very In
efficient, and Improper grating
may destroy soli wealth as sure
ly as Improper cultivation."
''Furs sre worn extensively in
Tropical Bratll." Whoever was
responsible must formerly have
been an American book salesman.
If Ethiopians learn to run tanks
they've captured, the majority of
Italian casualties hereaftef will
probably be hlt-sklp vlctlpis.
TO
DEFENSELESS RIVER
8AI.KM, Ore., Dec. 11, (U.R)
The defenseless Columbia river
Is the Pacific northwest's front
door swung wide open to any
enemy at tuck, believes Major
Uvnnral Georgo A. White, com
mander of the 4 1st division of
the national guard.
Inadequate Fort Stevens at tho
mouth of tho river and the lack
of any development of the pro
posed suhmnrliio and destroyer
base at Tongno Point, near As
toria, constitute "a burning Invi
tation to the armed legions of
some predatory power," General
White declared.
Itocejit command post exercises
at Fort Lewis, Wash., showed
that any enemy attacking the
Pacific northwest would center
Its action on tho Columbia river
Instead of Puget Sound, ho said.
The Fort Lewis mythical "war
fare was a problem of defense
against an attack at the Straits
of Juan de Fuca with troops
landed at Grays Harbor and
along Wlllapa Buy.
"An Invading nation today,"
Genural White said, "strikes
swiftly. Under present conditions
we could offer no resistance of
any moment to an enemy attack
ing the Pacific coast.
"As the Fort Lewis problem
was worked, all engaged saw the
light. For any attack destined
on the Sound area the Columbia
river is the front door snd the
Sound itself the back door. Rail
communications to the sources
of munitions and supplies In the
east could be easily destroyed In
the mountain area by bombing
planes or sabotage.
"An enemy making ,a sudden
attack could sweep Into the Co
lumbia liver and have a strong
raiding party at the Kelso rail
head In a few hours. Forces
then defending Puget ' Sound
would be bottled up with the
ticean to the west, mountains to
the east, ah International boun
dary to the north and forces
moving from the Columbia river
at points botween Astoria and
Portland, from the south,
"In the war problem Hit thou
retlcal Invading ouomy was op
posed by nu army of 600,000
men, Actually It would lake 300
days to arm, equip and train
such a forco,
"Wo must face realities. Wo
must reallte that this oountry
cannot dictate that there will be
no more wars.' Tho fight tor ade
quate protection of the Pacific
northwest by Improvement of the
Columbia river defenses must bo
continued until soma reasonable
measure of security la attained."
Brotherhood Will
Meet on Thursday
Tho Men' Brotherhood of the
First Methodist church will meet
In the social tmll of the church
for a covered dish dinner (pot
luck) on Thursday evening De
cember It at 4:30 o'clock.
Every member la expected to
bring something for the dinner
and to bring a guest. Tho mes
sage of the evening will be de
livered by tho Itev. A. C. Hates,
pastor of the First Christian
church.
Following the dinner the mom
bora of the main chorus of the
Men's Brotherhood will meet for
rehearsal In preparation for the
service Sunday evening, Decem
ber 15 when the men's chorus
will appear In a program of
Christmas music. The ehorua
will be under the direction of
It. K. Patterson.
Judge Haney Favors
New Deal Measures
SAM FRANCISCO. Dec. 11.
(IIP) Posslblo constitutional
changes should not alarm the
United States. Judge Bert K.
llnnoy of the United Stntea cir
cuit court of appeals and former
United Stntea attorney for Ore
gon suld Tuesday before tho San
Francisco Bar association.
Judge Haney expressed himself
as favoring a majority of "new
deal" legislation.
In discussing "new deal" Is
sues tho Judge rovlewod history
of tho Interstate commerco com
mission, then traced changes In
transportation since tho commis
sion first was formed.
"Huckleberry Finn" Who lint
not heard of this lovablo char
acter of that great humorist,
Murk TwnltiT Although tills play
was written by Hoy F. Lewis, It
was taken from "I"'' Twain
story. This year Is the onion
nliil of tho lilrlh of Mark Twain:
therefore, this play l very ap
propriate. This play will lie presented on
tho night of December 11 by the
Henley Junior class,
Clulo. Iirltuln's famous ship
building oily, had Its worst year
In 1031, Business dropped 70
per cent below that of 1.H. and
HO per cent below that of 1913
tho best year on record,
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, (U.R)
Livestock, production Is recover
ing slowly from the . 1934
drought, but the country's meat
supply will -be subnormal tor another-
year or two, Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. . Wallace
said Tuesday in hjs annual report.
"It takes time to replace
breeding Block, the foundation of
the annual meat supply," Wal
lace explained, "and It takes still
more time for the progeny to be
NE of the chief reasons
" for Airway's sensational
success is because it's always
fresh. Rushed from roasters
to stores on a speedy, sched-uled-delivery
plan, Airway
Coffee gives you the maximum
of coffee freshness.
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