, 1935-02-07

The former governor is hard OF
hearing. which accounts in part
for his booming voice. He loves
Jokes. ne illustrates most OF his
statements with Jokes. and they
kept half the lobby Of the Travel
ers' hotel doubled with laughter
for an hour and q half "Wednesday
night. Travellers in the opposite
part of the lobby hitched tnelr
chairs around when Murray got
started. and listened intently 70
the veteran neutrality-suspicious.
They could hear every word-even
in the opposite corner.
Bill Murray arrived IN the vail
ley wednesday afternoon b. BUS
and spent the afternoon resting
at his hotel after a short walk
about town. He isn't as tall ana
lankyr as generally believed, and
his 'walrus mouStache' is dlSap-
pointing in that II isn't a walrus
moustache AZ al. Either his photo
graphs are misleading or he has
trimmed IL recently And anyhow.
he doomed, any naturalist knows
a Walrus hasn't got a moustache.
M%uffler--In the Valley?
He wore a heavy overcoat. a
soiled gray hat was pulled low
over Eis eyes, and a mufiler COW
cred most OF che lower part OF his
face. His dark suit was Impressed
and showed the wear of travel.
When he removed his hat, which
he did once to scratch his head,
the movement revealed a mop OF
uncombed. grayish hair. His sox
were white cotton, ard his shoes
high-topped.
The former governor talked
readily about any subject except
his own plans.
Asked if he Is through with
politics, he said.
II don't know. The next eight
months will determine that, pro-
vided this country is still a re-
public at the end Of eight months.
He said his plans we're all made
for the next few months, provided
certain things happen a certain
way. But who knows" ne added,
what is going 10 happen IN the
next few monthS?"
On the Gold Clause
Murray declared that the exist
nee OF the United States depends
on the Supreme Court. 1t Is the
stab!lizing factor. he said, and
denounced purported plans 70 IN
crease the size Of the supreme
our As a means of influencing
III decisions. The gold clause
the former governor said. will be
upheld If the Supreme Court con-
SiderS only the question before 1t,
and that question Is whether or
not congress has the power TO
alter money. II the court goes
beyond that question. however.
and considers the effects OF the
gold clause. The decision likely
will 20 against IT," He cited an
example Of the results OF the gold
clause. ITS ike" he said, When
one farmer gees to another ana
borroWs 8 hundred pounds OF salt
A few weeks later. when the first
farmer goes 70 town TO buy salt
to repay his neighbor, he finds
that an act OF congress has de-
clared that he can buy only %
pounds cf salt for the same
amount he used TO pay Tor 100
pounds, and also the act DEGREES
that in the future so pounds OF
salt shall be equal 70 what 100
pounds previously was equal 70.
50 he pays his neighbor back with
50 pounds. when he borrowed 100
pounds.
Highest Court Above Politics
The Supreme Court. he said,
has been above politics and OUT
side influences but many lower
courts, particularly the state
courts. are politically controlled.
and in recent years have been
controlled By certain companies"
The governor is proud OF his
record in Oklahoma and pointed
10 a reduction in taxes and lower
expenditures in that state.
He ehuckles over his eScapades
with the national guard, and told
about the time he freed Zach
Miller. owner OF the famous III
ranch. from Jail. Miller. the for
mer governor said, had been jail
ed on an alimony decision b. an
Oklahoma court. after q court OF
another state had ruled in his
favor. Murray decided that Mil
ler,s Imprisonment was unjust
flied. and issued an executive or
der FOR his release. At the bottom
Of his order, he wrote that Miller
was 70 be freed cor the Jail torn
down He called in the COM
mander OF the national guard,
and told him that II the sheriff