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FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 63.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1919.
PRICE TWO CENTS
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HOLD IMPORTANT
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ABEYANCE M
Thest Cover Monroe DochH
Japan's Claim and France'.
Recommendation.
CONSTITUTIONS HANDS
OF DRAFTING C0KMITTE5
Pferase Has Been Inserted
Opening Offices In League
To Women' Also.
Ey Ed. L. Kaan.
(United Tress SSiaf Correspondent.)
Ia rift, March 21. 'I'm n vm-.i .-.n-e-riant
of league of c:titino will be
p cay sited to tho league commission nny
throe important r.nioiidmov.ts still in
abeyance, it developed today.
Til. so amendments cover the Monroe
doctrine, Japan's ela'tns for racial
pq'Kility iiiitl Fiance's recommendation
fir greater gur.rnntcs cf military sccur
ity. The constitution, now in the hands of
a special drafting committee, is expect
ed to lie coinjilet. il shortly. This com
mittee's power are restricted to friim
in the form of the ..venant. It can
ch-nigo the verbiage, but cannot add to
or take nwt.v from tin! substance.
Cau Bring Up Amendment.
rrosi.iont ilson, n was stntoil, 18
ff'V to bring ii) his Jlnnroe doctrine
amendment when the league committee
meets again to receive the re draft. The
ha no situation cov rs the French
amendment for eslablM.niont of an In
teninliomil general staff, nnd the Japa
nese nieoadiueiit. As the later two
iv-prviitiniis were mr.de in a plenary
Hf.siou of the pence conference, it was
pointed out that they might not be pre
sented until the next full meeting.
Offices Open to Women.
At the lust session of the league com-
in nee, n was ica Hunt, a phrase was
liMerted je the mandatory elause, mak
ing clear .tliul acceptance of mandator
ies must ne voluntary. rruvision was
r.lsn iniule for opening all offices on the
league to women as well as men. In
rcynrd hi wtilidrnvnU from ru .ue,
it was made necessary for any nation
to trip two vears notice.
i ne I'jriii or inn covenant wns
cli-inged somewhat in that piovisons for
special conventions, s.vh as labor, com
merce end traffic in arms, drills nnd
opium, are placed in one article. Con
vent ions which have put been complet
ed, iiubidiiiij provision for an interna
tional labor constitution, must be rati
fied separately from the covenant.
Several changes were mnde in the
wordim,'. im luilini; elimination of stipe?
fi lor i phrases, for the purpose of clnri
f ication.
ATTACKED RED HEADQUARTERS
oviiin-y, .. n. ., .tiurcii A num
ber of lirisbnne soldiiMs on Monday
iiiht, following the Russian (tmuru
oncei of Sunday, detcrniimd to smnsh
the "Red" headquarters. The police,
Usiiiit bavonets, endeavored to preserve
order. Some shooting followed, and
there were a few casualties, including
a magistrate nnd the chief oi (wnetr.
who received Imvouet wounds.
Eventually the soldiers were permit
ted to enter the bolshevik room, winch
ttc-y found empty.
Abe Martin
It seems like th' first thine a loafer
d w-s after he cats bis breakfast is t'
fcunt up somebody that's busy. We all
lilte t' see th' first robin 'cept th'
wiincu that looks good in her winter
hit.
If mm
rH'i liP!!
ATIGMYJffiAL
HAKE:BALLOT HUE
Explains Difference In Mean
ing Of Resolution, Bill, Or
Proposed Act Or Law.'
Some days ago reference wa made
in tie-..' columns to an effoit on the
part of 4'ortlaud interests hostile to
the prohibition law, to secure by peti
tion the referendum on a joint reso
lution passed by the last legislature
ratifying the national prohibition
amendm -nt. At that time the opinion
wa expre-i-ed that the petition would
have to be turned down on the ground
that tho referendum could not be in
voked on a mere resolution. In oider,
however, to make the matter absolute
ly clear and beyond qmstion, it was
submitted to Attorney lienerul Brown,
who, alter making a moat thorough in
vestigation of its constitutional bear
ings, his presented a voluminous opin
ion showing that under the general
e-loetioii iaws it would bo impossible
for him to write a ballot title for such
a petition.
Act in Question
The act in question is resolution So.
1, which, reads in the 1 v st section:
"llesulf. ed, Iby it he legislative as
scn 'dy oi Oregon, that the pn posed
umeipiinent to the constitution of the
Cni'cd States of America be and ijie
same hereby is ratified by the legisla
tive avtembly of the s ate of Ore
gon." The attorney general goes on to quite
nt tenirlti from Hectiilil !U7. of the
' atTinn.l..l trenerlil law. of (tre'JOII. Olid
several otnir paragraphs, showing that
it was the distinct purpose of the
uiiicmli'd law to provide for the refer
endum on a bill, or measure, or pro
posed net or law. The attorney yoes
on to state:
"Impelled to keep within the limi
tations of. the law, it is my duty as
the attorney general of thi3 state, to
decline to prepare a ballot title for
the petition you have transmitted to
this office. The law specifically de
filing my authority, duties and pow
ers in tho premises. Xowheie under the
statutes or under the constitution tun
I directed, or have I the authority to
prepare a ballot title for a resolu
tion . "
Makes Analysis
Ife dovotes considerable spnee to a
minute analysis of the distinction be
tween the legislative meaning of the
words "law," "net,'' "statute" or
"measure" and a mere resolution such
as was 'brought before him, stating:
"ft appears from tho ubovc that
the referendum may be ordered upon
'bills' or 'laws.' It will be observed
that the word 'resolution' nowhere ap
pears in the constitution or in the
statute relating to the initiative and
referendum. It is manifest to my mind
that tho power of referendum is in
tended to apply only to the law mak
ing power cf the legislature, and -any
uttempt to refer under the provisions
of the initiative nnd referendum tuns
constitutional and statutory, the reso
lution transmitted is contrary to the
law in such case made and provided.
The legislative, declniiation that U
sought to be referred is not n law nor
an act under the name of a resolution,
but it is in truth and in fact a reso
lution ratifying the 1.1th amendment
to the constitution of the Tinted States
not subject to the referendum .' '
HAS SUFFERED LITTLE
British Lost Over Three Thou
sand Ships At Hands Of
Huns During War.
Washington, Mar. 2S. American
shipping suffered comparatively little
at the hands of German submarines dur
ing tho war, according to complete J.-g-ures
on allied and neutral ship losncs.
mad" available today. Only 12" Amer
ican vessels were lnt as compared ti
.1,147 British In tonnage figures we
lost 315 9fi7 tons against Britain's 7,-
111.170, navy department figures show.
lNcutruls and some of thp smaller en
tente nations suffered more than the
l.nitod States. Orecce lost i2 vessels
and Norway 711.
totals, covering unkings from Aug
ust. 114, to November 1, 1911, are:
Ships Tonnage
United States 135
Crrtat Britain (mer
chant) 2,475
Great Britain (fish
ing) 672
France ; 321
Italy 3(m
Japan '9
Belgium .14
!!?5,ftt)7
747 935
71,A35
6U71.11
152.124
120,714
11. 401
92.3SJ
Portugal 71
Orcece 102
Russia 124
Norway 7SI
Sweden 115
Denmark 225
Holland 105
Spain 7S)
uji,oi
H3.152,
1.1,1 3'! -
201,732
239.922
199J7ii
ltj7,('93
IN
SOOII FORMULATE
Special Investi&tor Has Re
turned With Report Of Con
ditions In Interior.
CONSERVATIVE WING OF
RADICALS GAINS FORCE
Idea Is Growing That Peace Is
Impossible Without Deal
ing With Bo"sheviki.
By Trcd S. Ferguson.
(Capital Join nal Special Service.)
1 'iiris. March 21. Kussia is again
taking a prominent -dace in the pei.ee
discussions, it developed today. Though
;lie Russian situation has recurrently
appeared, its present injection is be
lieved to be more important and signifi
cant than any time heretofore. There
seems to be a tssibility that the ner.r
future will se the fvsniing of n Russian
policy somethii.'g the peace conference
has not hud since its inception, and lack
of which has been a constant source of
embarrassment in considering dealings
e.ith lierini.ny.
Bullitt Investigated.
William E. liullitt, special investigat
or fur the America....!! tteiegntion, is un
derstood to have brought back from
Russia the best picture of actual condi
tions that has come out of that country
in months. He is -said to have found u
surprising el ite of organization tn the
interior, compared with reports that
have been received previously.
The more conservative wing of the
Russian radicals is suid to be gaining
control and stabilizing the general situ
ation. As an instance of the order pre
vailing in the interior, trains tire run
ning o regular schedule, leaving nnd ar
riving on the minute between t crrograd
and Moscow. Peasant, having gained
laud, are understood to be joining tho
more couservativo elements.
Was Not Eudangored.
Bullitt spent a week in Pefrograd
without being endangered, traveling
from there to Moscow. Uo has made
an informal report to a sub committee
whb-h i drnwing up a formal report for
presentation to the conference. ..e mis
no authority to negotiate, acting meie
ly as an observer. His report, boweyer,
will have the greatest bearing on de
velopments and sentiment is rapidly
swing back to the idea expressed cr.rly
in the conference that world pence is
impossible without deuling with the bol
sheviki in some way.
EXPORTS ARE B
ACCORDINGTO REPORT
Now Average More Than
20,000,000 Daily-Means
Big Boom.
Washington, March 21 American ex
ports are booming and now average
.nore than 20,iMjO,0tH) a irny, according
to late reports to the department of
commerce.
If this tide of gold toward America
can be maintained, experts say, it
moans more and bigger factories liere,
.ess unemployment, continued luyh
wages and greater markets for all prod
ucts.
This country's export trade today, ac
cording to official figures, shows we arc
beginning the big battle lor world
trade with a flying start. In IU14 Uni
ted States exports totalled only $2,000,
000,000 in goods. In 1911, durin" the
closing months of the war, it had
jumped to the rate of $8,000,000,000 a
year while now, commerce figures show,
exports are leaving American ports at
the rato of $7,500,000,000 annually.
They averaged $21,000,000 daily during
February. Plans are near completion
for the cooperation of all government
departments in a fighting organization
to back up American exports in their
struggle to keep American trade aheae.
Fortified with a doubled appropria
tion, the commerce department is organ
izing a world trade advisory group of 00
experts. This is in addition to the army
of American consular officers, scattered
over the world.
The war finance corporation is plan
ning to give financial support on a big
scale to individual exporters and firms.
T0 collate activities of all depart
ments a national foreign trade advisory
committee is being organized, lneinuing
representatives of all departments.
Where necessary, measures hate al-
. ready been taken to draw the teeth of
the long heralded German under selling
campaign scheduled to beiiu with the
lifting of the allied blockade of eifcmy
countries.
CONFERENCE HAY
0
FEAR BEING CUT OFF
. FROM ffilllP
Hungarian Soviets Are Taking
Drastic Measures To Safe
guard Position. ,
By John DeGacdt.
tl'nited Pros Staff Correspondent.)
Pans, March .8. News received
from Budapest today via !w irrer.aud
indicntis the lkingarion soviet govern
ment, f:-.rful of beinji cut off from the
Russians without helji. is taking drastic
measures to safeguard its position.
The Hungarian food roininis--iouer is
repcrted t have decreed a meatless
week, starting yesterday. Transgress
ors are said to have boea threatened
with the most severe penalties. The, so
cialization commissioner i understood
to have, decreed immediate closing of all
shops, except food, drug tobacco and
stationery stores. Infractions of this de
cree, according to the dispatches, will
bo punishable by death.
DisjpuoLited in Russians.
Official circles in Hungnry are said
to be deeply disappointed over the fail
me of the Russian Soviets to senit im
mediate military aid.j
(Several reports have been recelvrd
that Russian bolshevjUi forces are suc
cessfully invading (iit!iria for. the pur
pose of establishing communications be-t-.veeu
Moscow and BudaPest.)
A courier arriving in Pressburg,
which is reported to have been oci n
pied by Italian troops', declared that be
fore Colonel Yix of the French army
was n"fted in Budapest his house was
besieged end that all entente flags were
torn to pieces. The Czech l"?ation has
beeu occupied, the courier said, and of
fieiul documents have been seized from
allied couriers.
ASSURED PERMANENCE
F. E. DeckebacK Elected Di -
rectcr Of Oregon Organ
ization.
F. E. Deckebach, elected as a director
at large for the Oregon l)u:ry f'ouncil,
returned from i. meeting in Portland
inoro than ever enthused over the suc
cess of the organization and of its pos
sibilities in stabilizing the dairy busi
ness and" all its allied industries. Ho
reports a spirit of optimiom and enter
orise in tho Portland .meeting, which
was held at the Multnomah hotel and
attended by some of the most piomitient
business men of the state. The elabor
ate. luncheon nt which they were seated
at the Miiltnniiiuh wus designed to deni
onsliato tho scope of dairy products in
muking up un aristocratic mcuw.
In' addition to the election cf officers
and directors, they adopted a constitu
tion and by laws and devoted consider
able time to the discussion o prooicins
of marketing and production. Ono of
the main objects before the council
the standardizing of tho whole lino
of
allied products so that they can be
placed upon the market under a nniioiin
brand that will be a guaninto to the re
tailor end consumer that the article, is
"sans roprnche. " This policy has been
adopted by a number of manufacturers
of canned and bottled goods with flat
tering success.
The council is organized with 135
members, signed up for three years,
with un iiriniiiil subscription nnvment of
50, This guarantees the tiermnuence
of the organization. From this begin
a - fa
niug it is planned to extend both in
membership and scope. Its progress
throughout the state will be wutched
with interest, and especially in tho vi
cinity of Salem where much depends up
on tho stability of the dairy industry.
In the election O. I). Center was made
president and Ii. L. Sabin vbo president
whilu the directors are as follows with
the industries they represent!
J. E. Dunne, ice cream manufactur
ers; Carl Schullinger, condensaries; P,
O. Powell, Monmouth, country creamer
ies; A. Steigerwald, producer-distributors;
W. K. Taylor, Corvallis, dtarymen;
K. J. Will-ox, milk distributors; O. I).
Center, Oregon Agricultural college;
Dr. D. W. Mack, bureau of health; J.
U Hhiill, feed and milling interests;
R. I,. Sabin, bankers and business men;
J. I). Mickle, dairy and food commis
sioner; Bo.i Cuppeiibendcr, Tillamook,
cheese manufacturers; F. O. Dcckchnckv
Sr.lem, and W. K. Newell, teprescnting
industry at Inrge. i
LOWER COAL PRICES UNCERTAIN
Washington, March 38. After tw
days of conferring between the iados-
trial board, 400 mine operators and Fuel
Administrator Garfield, lower coal
prices today were uncertaia. j
It is charged by the National Coal as
sociation that the railroad administra
tion had refused to assure cooperation
and the conference ended with a resolu
tion passed by the operators to the ef
fect that no lowvr prices will be made
until proper cooperation from the ad
ministration is forthcoming.
Honry B. Spencer, acting director of
tho railroad administration in tho ab
sencj of Director General Hines, issued
a statement denying the operators'
charges.
LENINE ADVISES
HUNGARIANS TO
MARCH ON VIENNA
Has Promised To finance
Such Expedition To Extent
Of $20,000,000.
AMERICANS HELP TO
NIP BOLSHEVIK PLOT
Radicals In Wurtemhurg Have
Declared General
Strike.
By rrank J Taylor
(United Prcss staff correspondent)
Berlin, Mar. 27. Premier Lenine
has wirelessed the Hungarian soviet
government urging that it send a bol
shevik army against Vienna, accord
ing to a dispatch received from Buda
pest today. He is said to have prom-
in t;mn,., U ,,,... rl .. ., ..v., ...II.
tiou against Austria to "the extent of
$20,000,000.
Discovering that Sp.irticans plan
ned to arm several thousand Russians
in Rethlobcn prison tomorrow, Ameri
cans rushed the prisoners aboard
trains tonight and lire scattering them
in other prison camps throughout Ger
many in charge of Americans. This ne
tioa is believed to have nipped a not
shevist plot to follow Hungary in de
claring a soviet republic.
Took No Action Then
Spartacans in Spandau (nine, miles
west of Berlin), who had been threat
ening to revilt, took no action, fol
lowing the removal of the Russians.
(The dispatch does not indicate what
' I " 1-.... ... ...v....
i:llHadtau'T.!1,o,herr!p;ts of o
.. .-,..., purio-ipiuee. ... nvcu.ng ,..c
hnve begun to take mn'ten. into their
own hands. In Wurtt. mlmrg they have
declared a genernl strike to force the
government to accept socialization of
. . . 1
industries. Leipzig ig said to be under
the dictatorship of live communists.
The Bavarian government has ordered
factories in that state to begin produc
tion on a communistic basis. Soviets
in .Saxony havo ordered the factories
to begi communiziug the same ns in
Bavaria.
How Times Haye Changed
In Salem In Three Years
How times do change. It was scarce
ly thnvo years ago that efforts were
being made to establish a public mar
ket in Salem in order that the farmer
might sell his produce. Now the Snlem
Kings Product company will buy nny
thiug the farmer can raise in wagou
ond lots or half a minion pound lots.
Anil it wasn't so long ago that the
is i hop industry was said to be all down
land out and funeral services were being
held over u- number of hop yards. Pro
hibition had killed the hop business und
the advice was cheerfully given that tho
wise man would plow up his hop fields
and accept the inevitable. Now the
London market is coming to Oregon
and contracting thousands and thou
sands of pounds at prices ranging from
20 to 30 cents.
And it was scarcely three or font
years ago that tho loganberry grower
t-w;
as aooui io give up inu gnost uuu uin
rarcwoll to his dreams ol making a
iiving along tho loganberry route. To
day several big plants in Salem aro
contracting for loganberries at n figure
just double what was paid a few years
ago. And more than that, the loganberry
industry is firmly established.
With such firms ns the Salem Kings
Product company contracting with
farmers fr anything they can raise,
and such big canning plants as ine Ore
gon Packing .company and the Hunt
Bros, compauy contracting for all kinds
of fruits and berries nnd with both of
these plants assuming larger propor
tions, the market for evervCi.-ng that
can bo grown is assured.
And with the Pheasant Northwest
Products compauy becoming one oi the
biggost industries in the northwest, fur
nishing Phcz and i-oju for the thirsty
just as national prohibition is going in
to effect, the fvture of the great logan
berry intercuts is assured.
Within tho past three years, times
have changed s0 that instead of the
farmer huntinff a market, the bin tilants
jin Halem are urging the farmer to raise
t muro sua xoen more.
DIED FROM FALL
Portlaad, Or., March 28 William
Graves, ahipworkcr, died in a local hos
pital this morning.
Graven fell from a scnffold at tk
plunt of tho Northwest Steel company
about midnight and fracturtd his skull.
r . W. Gillihand is another employe of
tho Northwest Hteel company who met
with a similar accident earlier last
night. His skull was also fractured.
Ho is in a precarious condition.
Soventy hunters took frt in 4 ra-
bit drive at Terrebonne last Sunday,
ia which 600 rabbits were killed,
WA!,T TO CONTINUE IN
PEACEFUL RELATION
WITH ALLIED NATIONS
Soviets Say They WO! Fight To
Defend Their "Just Inter
ests," However.
By Edward Blng.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
(Copyright 1119 by the United Press.)
BudaPest, March 26. (9 P. M.)
"We are ready to ru.-umuc pt-iclul
and friendly relations with the allies if
possible, but we will fight to defend
our just interests." Bela Kun, foreign
minister of the Hungnriun soviet gov
ernment, declared in a statement to for
eign correspondents today.
Count Karolyi, former premier, who
turned the country over to the commun
ists reiterated in an interview his state
ment that the entente's imperialism was
responsible for the change of govern
ment in Hungnry.
"I will continue to work for the
sacred cause of saving mv country, with
less responsibility but with more ener
gy," he .said.
Recogrixe Soviets.
Tho Austrian cabinet decided yester
day to recognize tho Hungarian y.iviot
government, according to an official
j disl't,;h received from Vienna today
M. Bolgari and r. E. Novoo have
been accredited as representatives of
the new Hungarian government in Vien
na. Tho latter formerly was a lecturer
on sociology in Clarke University, Wor
cester, Muss.
Budapest continued peaceful tonight.
Even street traffic wu undisturbed.
Reports from tho 'rovinces indicate
that communism was organized quietly
throughout Hungarian territory, unoc
cupied by tho allies, muter tfie nncetiou
of lmul Soviets.
riags Were Replaced.
Some hotels here hauled down the
British and American flugs when tho
revolution was first declared, but the
soviet government ordered that thev bo
..,,. I.....,.,.,:..,,,...
Colonel Vix, head of the nllied mis
ut.. :.. ii .'..it.. u, i i.,.. i
.u,
'f'V t rented by the govern-
I '"?. 1h Kuaruiilecd the s,;f,.y o.
: tb" .llV1'8 nll I""!'-; v, as well as tlms
fit ull lM.lltr.lil alli.t.l mli.ni.i T in
soviet government continues t0 issue a
veritable torrent of orders. Every citi
zen has the right to refuso permission
for any military or civil official to cu
ter his house.. Every person is likewise
entitled to dispose of his bunk account
by checks, not to exceed $100 a month,
however. All automobiles have been
requisitioned bv the government.
Butterworth Discharged
To Retry Case In Summer
Seattle, Wash., March 21. Failing to
reach a verdict lifter 13 hours delibera
tion, during which it win twice recalled
and advised by the judge, tho jury in
the triul of (i. M. Butterworth, accused
undertaker, was discharged at midnight
Inst night. The ease will bo H.mu ,u
mid summer, during the May term oi
court.
It is probable that in the new trial,
the 43 count indictment will stuail, ns
the. jurv failed to return nu instructed
verdict of not guilty on 20 counts, til
though orde- " do mo by Judge Net
erer. Fifteen counts were originally
dropped, mid tho jury instructed t( re
turn a verdict for conviction or acquit
tal on the two remaining counts, charg
ing the defrauding of the patents of
I ,i,.a(i sailors and using the
mails in
furtherance of this.
Buterworth, manager of the E. R.
Butterworth & Sons company, one of
the largest r.nd most prominent under
taking establishments in the northwest,
was charged with violating tho provis
ions of a coffin contract with the navy
and of defrauding the parents of dead
sailors in casket sales.
Shipyard Unions Will
Complete Vote On Coast
Wide Strike April first
Tacomn, Wii'h., March 28 The tele
gram Iiom Tiicoma Metal Traaes dele
gates at Washington, D. C, reporting n
deadlock in tho wage scale conference
between shipyard owners nnd workers,
and also a letter from the delegates giv
ing an account of tho meetings, wero
read nt the meeting of the Metal Trudcs
council here lust night. Tho telegram
said: t'Still in conference with build
ers. Have us yet gained vary little ad
vantage over present conditions. Dead
locked on union shop. No increase in
sight. Internntionalsnre giving support
to some extent. Results doubttm; may
chango any time."
Tht Tncoma sbipvaH unions will com
pete their vote tomorrow night in the
Pncif'1! const referendum on a coast
wide strike April 1 in case the original
I demands are not 'ranted
The strike vote has carried in organ
lzations outside Taeoma and Seattle, ac
cording to reMrts received by the Ta-
coma council, with the vote standing 50
unions for and 17 against the strike,
with eight not voting.
R. M. Stanfield of Pendleton has
pledged $500 toward tho woman's
building at the University of Oregon.
LAUNCHES FEELER
Oil QUESTION OF
PRIVATE CONTROL
Chairman Hurley Sounds Out
Public Opinion On Mer
chant Marine.
HE THINKS IT SHOULD
BE PRIYATEY OWNED
His So'uticn Should Appeal To
Both Parties, He L irmly
Believes.
By Sobert J Bender
(United Press ataff correspondent )
Washington, Mar. 28. The govern
ment has launched its "feeler" to tho
country on the question of the private
ownership, with limited federal super
vision, rf nin ii r utilities.
Chairman Hurley's recommi uda
tions iu Xcw York last night aleng
this line, as ni plied to the nar born
merchant marine, were regarded here
today a9 a move to sound out puhliu
opinion. It may be stated that Hur
ley's views are personal, however, not
the announcement of a fined govern
ment policy.
To Determine Prices,
i He belicVia the tnerchant marine
built up by the government should be
turned over to private concern at
prices determined by the world ton
nage market, with part of the payment
deferred and with half of tho ship'
earnings in excess ef six per cent to
go into it publie fund.
Siiip purchasers would jive a mort
gage for the unpaid Imlance, the ntort
gaye to pay five per cent, one per cent
of which would be turned by the gov
ernment into a merchant marine de
velopment .fund.
liovi rninental regulation would be
dcsimied to ivrercnt watered slock and
'assure the use of vessels on tiadn
routes designed to promote the welfare,
of the United Stales. 0
Believe This in Answer
"t believe this ' the answer to the
government ownership-private owner
ship disctwslrn," Hurley said recent
ly while discussing the jdmi. "1 be
lieve it will njipenl both to democrat
and republicans. The time has como
when such questions as this must lio
decided from the. viewpoint of tha
grrntest number. This plan rebounds to
the benefit of the American peoplo. at
the same time it leaves its develop
ments to the. initiative and skill of
Aniiric.m ship operators and still abso
lutely prevent the wnte.'.ig of stocks'
Dc.spitci soaiei fvi.bnee that there
limy be strong imposition in congress
to sidling the merchant marine, Hurley
is planning to go ahead with his work
of preparing the vessels for salo along
the line lie luis suggested.
ixnerts at Work
Experts are now at work in-the ship
ping board compi'ing da! a on touting!
cost's nil over the world to determine
what would be a fair sale price for tho
American, vessels. Simultaneously oth
er experts are at work developing thi
most advantageous trade routes fo
ships when they re turned over to pri
vate COBCCIiS.
"The idea," Hurley ,a.vs, "is to get
ull of these nutters in completed form
so that wkcH tho project of turning
the vessels over to private eonccrnt
culminates, we can put the ships "'i
tho ways, as it were, and let them wide
easily into the channels of foreign,
trade."
In connection with Hurley s pbm, a
strong sentiment has developed both
within and outside, congress rccontly
for bundling the railroads as private
undertakings under moderate federal
supervision." Heme the reaction of
Hurley 's plans i" expected to hnvo an
imK.rtant bearing en the ultimate diii
position of the railroads and porhap
even the wire cunioiunirnting system
of the country, now bring operated by
the governmc .
Has Some Opponents
Hiirlcv',, (.bin is not, witbiut its. op
ponents," however. ' Senator Fletcher,
ranking demoiat; member of tho sca
nt commerce committee and late chair
man of that committee,, is opposed to
selling the ship now, expressing tho
belief ttpit they weuld "eventually get
into the possession of a few of the
shipping inti rests which are already
waiting to take them over. "
BASKET SOCIAL AT WACONDA
A.i..,'. .:.,n fr ami n welcome for I.U.
to the fine program t0 be given at Va-
conrla. l:nmr at , on mo evening m
Li.....!. no,t, Lsi.lLn. tit-intr baskets of
eats; they will be auctioned off by Al
i ,,. a. r.....f'it f ilm W'a-
eond.i basetic-H club. Special invitations
to Salem, HI. rant, wooopurn. i,nenR
wa, Portland nnd C'onromley. Room for
100 autos. Come.
As a result of speeding on the
smooth stretch ef the Pacific highway
south of f'ottogn Grove, Harry Lam
mo and Miss Esther .lorgenson wciej
seriously injuria last Sunday, (