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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-08-29

ment officials have given out state
ments carrying only their side of
the case. Those who attack higher
prices have made only their side of
the argument. Neither has added
much to the sum total of human
knowledge or human comfort.
Federal Pay Roll Grows
The New Deal plans for giving
employment may not have been SO
effective outside of Washington, but
no one can question the result in so
far as the federal pay roll is con-
cerned. Late figures reveal that
since President Roosevelt came in
to office more than 100000 persons
have been added to the federal list
of employees. The total of workers
on federal pay rolls in the executive
branch of the government at the
end of the fiscal year, June 80, was
717,712, where as the total was $685.
986 at the end of March, 1933-the
end of the first month after Mr..
Roosevelt took office. It has always
been the claim of political parties
that "to the victor belong the
spoils." It is true under the Roose-
welt administration to a remarkable
degree. This is shown by the fact
that the civil service list of en-
ployees in the federal government
has gained very few while those ap-
pointed to jobs without the nee
essity of passing a civil service ex-
animation account for the bulk of
the new workers. =
Much of the New Deal legislation
has carried specific provisions that
employees in the particular agency
created by the bill in question could
be appointed without regard to the
civil service law" That is the sim
pie expedient used to provide spoils
for the victor. ..-@
But these new thousands are not
at all secure in their jobs as dis
tinguished from basic reason why a
great many persons seek federal ap-
pointment through civil service ex-
aminations. An employee who has
passed an examination is supposed
to be fairly secure in his job and
as long as he does the work as
signed to him there is scant posi-
bility of him being ousted. This is
not true of the political appoint
ees. If and when there is a change
of administration and a political
party of opposite faith takes the
reins, the workers who came in by
reason of political plums have little
chance of staying on the job. Con-
sequently, one frequently hears
around Washington now discussion
as to what will happen to all of
these new workers If New Deal
agencies blow up or Mr.. Roosevelt
should fail of reelection.
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viii Plant More Wheat


Washington--A plainly worded
and simple announcement forth
coming the O her day from the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton, presented one of the sharpest
reverses in policy yet promulgated
under the New Deal. Dozens of ex-
periments have been tried out since
President Roosevelt came into Of
flee and almost as many have run
their course and have been aban-
doned. Many of them were tried
out with high enthusiasm but the
enthusiasm died long before tn e
recently created agencies them
selves went out of existence. Such
was not the case, however, in the
instance to which I refer because
the simple announcement by the
AAA resulted in the addition of s.
100000 acres to the wheat planting
area of the United States for the
1886 crop. =... .... w. r.
Not alone did this announcement
represent change in administra-
ton agricultural, policy. If one is
to believe the undercurrent of in
formation available around WASH
ington, one cannot escape the con-
clusion that the increase in wheat
acreage to be, authorized represent
ed something of an answer to the
protests, even boycotts, that have
been evidenced in many sections of
the country against any increased
cost of living.
It is unnecessary to repeat here
how hundreds of women have boy
cotted meat markets in Detroit and
how one delegation after another
in other sections of the nation have
written or telegraphed to the De-
partment of Agriculture or to their
representatives and senators in con-
gress in complaint against the high
dIIu eVcI ulCIcdSA1S 1OOO pA1OCo.
OF course, boycotts and riots and
demonstrations are rather silly.
They just don't get anywhere sue
cessfully.
More Hogs Comes Next
So, when Secretary Wallace and
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
traitor Davis agreed to raise the
wheat acreage from IS to 95 percent
of the available acreage for the next
crop, the consensus was that the
administration felt it might have
gone too far in it's crop reduction
program. Probably all restrictions
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cision, also a quick, but not mali
cious temper. You are very fond Of
music and fine arts and neat in ap-
pearance. You are fond of your
home and family and show a great
deal of unselfish generously. You
are quite positive, if forced into a
fight are in to stay, but never hunt
trouble.
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Explains Reverasl


AS regards the reversal Of form
in the wheat control program, Mr..
Wallace said in his announcement
that the increase had been author
lied primarily to assure domestic
consumers of continued ample wheat
supplies" He said that the wheat
carried over this year was about
152 900 900 bushels and that on the
basis of present estimates of pro-
duction for next year it seemed
advisable ito use the flexibility of
the Agricultural Adjustment Act at
this time to provide for somewhat
larger production to assure ade-
quate supplies of all types of mill
ing wheat" - III. ? H.
In theory, of course, the AAA
control plan should permit pro-
duction of sufficient wheat next
year to take up the slack of left
over requirements and should have
the effect of maintaining American
stocks at about normal. But, in
practice, a different result is threat
ening. This nation always has ex-
ported a considerable amount Of
wheat. It has, therefore, had some
influence in the world market and
to that extent has influenced the
domestic price. 1t happens, how
ever, that the world wheat crop
ahead of use is likely to be smaller
than usual. If the United States had
the wheat, it is pointed out various
", there could be a considerable re-
turn to the farmers from the export
market. AS it stands, possibilities of
taking advantage of that situation
just do not exist. II -. r
Without further reference to the
practical operation of this theory,
some experts have mentioned to me
the fact that the 1886 American
crop may not be as good as in times
past. Then, not only will the Am
erican farmers be unable to take
advantage of a foreign market, but
they will not obtain the maximum
return possible for their domestic
sales because of their own shortage.
The divergent opinions of those
who favor crop control and those
who think the theory will not work
have created many arguments even
among officials. There are those
who think only of the farmers po-
sition and there are those who think
only of the plight in which the city
jewellers find themselves when the
prices are high. The whole thing,
when simmered down, is simply
another way of stating the age-old
problem in which we find on the
one hand those who produce the
food and on the other those who
eat it. Adoption of the principle of
crop control has not solved that
problem nor does it hold any pros
pect Of solving it. It seems to me as
a matter of cold Judgment that the
Agricultural Administration is not
any more fair with the people as a
whole than are those who promote
boycotts or seek to tear down gains
made by agriculture. The depart
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Northern Pacific railroads and the
United Air Lines.
Plenty of rooms have been lined
up this year in hotels and modern
homes to accommodate the thous-
ands of visitors who will pour into
Pendleton at Roundup time
Room reservations may be made
lin advance through the Pendleton
Roundup Association. Normal
prices prevail at Pendleton during
Roundup week and Roundup
lbleacher and grandstand seats are
priced very low this year, about
lone-half the customary prices OF
a few years ago; yet the Round
IUp is expected to eclipse the exhi-
lbitions of former years.
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First Lawyer-"You're a cheat"
Second Lawyer-"You're liar"
Judge ow that these attorneys
have identified each other, we will
with the case.
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Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep
and the poor little darling is miffed.
She doesn't know whether the
sheep has gone, To Armour, Morris
or Swift.
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CAnswers on Page Sewn,
Evening star., 1935-05-16
SPANIARD TO FLY
SEA FOR MEXICO
Romance Spurs 21.Year-0ld Juan
Pombo in Seville
Take.Off.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEVILLE, Spain, May 16.-Juan
Ignacio Pombo, 21-year-old Spanish
aviator. took of today for Villa de Cis-
neros, Rio de Orc, on the first lap of q
fight to Mexico, D. F., and reunion
with his sweetheart.
Pombo said he expected to complete
the first leg, a distance of approxi-
mately 1900 miles, in about eight
hours. From Villa de Cisneros he
plans to fly to Bathurst, Gambia, and
there prepare for his hop across the
South Atlantic to Natal, Brazil.
The young flyer said the ocean hop
Of 1900 miles, on which he expected
to encounter his greatest difficulty,
probably would take him is hours.
Before he took of, Pombo said he
believed he would be aided in reach
ing his destination "by pills for wake
fulness and eagerness to see my girl
friend, Elena Rivero, whose picture I
carry in my breast pocket"
knowing I will have to fly more
than / klometer high with an average
speed of $50 kilometers an hour, my
doctor prescribed that take luke
warm shower before taking OF and
drink nothing but alkaline water and
dark coffee for headaches" he said.
Pombo's plane was equipped with
American instruments for blind flight.
but carried no radio.
It was named the Santander, after
the aviator's home town.
well-wishers drew the figure Of the
Bullfighter Belmontes on the planes
fuselage and gave its pilot . picture
Of the Virgin Of Guadalupe ~ farewell
tokens.
Evening star., 1935-05-16
THREE FOUND SLAIN
IN LONELY SECTION
Bones in Sacks Believed Those
of Two Women and Man,
All Shot.
BY the Associated Press.


MIDDLEBURY, Vt, May 16.-Au.
thorities searched the records of miss
ing persons today for some clue to the
identity of three persons shot to death
and left in sacks in lonely woods
near here.
The bodies, each with two bullet
holes in the head, were believed to
be those Of two women and a man
Only the bones remained, indicating
they had lain for months in their
canvas sacks.
The bodies were found late yester-
day by a Mrs. Dangue and her daugh-
ter as they roamed through the woods
picking flowers. One of the women
Sheriff Ralph Sweet said. kicked what
she thought was stone. It was a
human skull.
The bodies lay at the side of the
little used Middlebury- Bristol road,
which leads through the hills, at q
spot about five miles from Middlebury
Center.
They were grouped in space about
8 feet square and apparently no effort
had been made to conceal them. The
winds Of many months had covered
them with pine needles.
Sheriff Sweet believed the victims
had been shot elsewhere and their
bodies brought to the secluded spot.
DR.. L. s. Walker, Middlebury ply
sician, plans a minute examination OF
the remains today.
Evening star., 1935-05-16
H00DLUM AND GIRL
SLAIN FROM AMBUSH
Bar Room Rowdy and Attractive
Young Woman Shot Down
on Long Island.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 16-A petty
hoodlum and his companion, slim
and attractive young blond woman.
were shot to death from ambush early
today in Sunnyside. Long Island.
The couple had left their automo-
bile to enter an apartment. at day
break, when shot down. The man
died instantly with five bullets In his
chest. The woman died some time
later. A bullet pierced her head.
Police did not know the hoodlum's
real name. A bar room rowdy, he
was known to them as Timothy Gall
lagher and Thomas Porter. Under
the latter name, they said, he was
once sentenced to Elmira Prison for
robbery. The woman was unidenti-
fed.
Inasmuch as the man was of no
Importance in the underworld, police
said no immediate motive for the
crime was apparent.
Residents of the apartment were
awakened by the shots. Some who
hastened to the windows saw several
persons leaving in an automobile.
Evening star., 1935-05-16
FIGHT ON WAGNER
BILL NEAR CLIMAX
Advocates of Labor Meas
ure Expect Senate to
Pass 1t Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The long fight between industrial
ists and union leaders over the Wag-
ner labor relations bill approached q
climax in the Senate today.
Advocates Of the measure, which
would set up a permanent Rational
Labor Relations Board and forbid GER
tain practices by employers, hoped to
see it passed before nightfall.
The bill has the backing Of the
American Federation of Labor, whose
leaders contend it is essential 20 pro-
tect the collective bargaining rights
guaranteed workers by section IA
Of the recovery act Industrial Spokes-
men have contended it would foment
labor troubles.
Roosevelt Approval Expected.
The legislation was shunted aside
at the last session o. Congress in
favor of a temporary labor relations
plan. Its friends say now President
Roosevelt will approve it. They con-
tend administration leaders would not
have let it come up in the Senate
so easily if it was frowned upon at
the White House. The President said
yesterday he had not had time to
read it.
AS a Senate vote neared, Chair
man Walsh of the Labor Committee
said there appeared to be little op-
position.
There could be none if Senators
studied the bill" he said.
Senator Wagner. Democrat, of New
York, author Of the proposal. opened
debate yesterday with the assertion
that the measure was designed to pro-
mote industrial peace.
Costigan Also Speaks.
He said it was responsive to the
omnibus industrial disturbances OF
last Summer when blood ran freely
in the streets and martial law was in
offing"
Wagner argued that N. r. A. Is
totally unsuited to enforce Section IA
Senator Costigan, Democrat, OF
Colorado. also spoke in favor of the
plan, declaring it embodies "the best
recommendations of the ablest indus
trial leaders of America as well as
leaders of organized labor"
The permanent Labor Board which
the bill would set up would be en-
powered to order elections in which
employees would choose representatives
The representatives elected by a ma
jority of the workers in a plant would
do the bargaining for all its employees
Evening star., 1935-05-16

unsettled currencies by public state
ment.
This seems to be about all there was
to it.
The money seers with the best eyes
can now detect the beginning Of a
world clamor for stabilization. 1t will
eventually result in another interna-
tional economic conference-eventu-
ally. but probably not anytime soon.
In the end We will have to take the
initiative because We broke up the last
one. Mr.. Morgenthau already has
taken the first hesitant step by estab-
fishing his dollar alibi.
One Per Cent to Silver.
The gold-silver ratio in Mr.. Nor
genthau's address seemed to be about
SO to /. At least SO per cent of his
address relates to gold and l per cent
to silver. All he said about Father
Coughlin's metal was: I'VE are also
endeavoring to restore silver to greater
usefulness as monetary metal"
Do not be fooled into suspecting
from this that the Treasury is getting
ready to ease down on its silver policy.
The silver politicians know differently.
The warmth of life had not left the
body of Marshal Pilsudski Poland's s
George Washington) before the poll
ticians of Europe started grabbing at
Poland.
Herr Hitler moved first by sending
condolences before any one else could.
That was not all. His diplomatic sor-
row for Poland had to be spectacular,
so his right t-hand-holder, Goering, the
man of many uniforms. was desig-
mated. along with two Nazi generals,
to attend the funeral. State Secre-
tary Meissner was sent to the Polish
Legation to see that Hitler's name
appeared first in the coincidence book.
Then came the climax, when Hitler
announced he would enter disap-
proved church to attend memorial
services. The answer is that Hitler
is playing energetically against
France and the Russians for Polish
support.
Old Pilsudski paS uery adept in
this situation. He played NTH
Hitler one day and France the
merit. Now there is danger that
his successors may not be as
shre,Ud. That means trouble.
The right key to the Farley mat
ter seems to rest in the unspoken
attitude of the Progressive Republi-
cans. They said privately that they
thought Huey Long had very weak
case against the Postmaster General
But they all dislike Farley and voted
for a senatorial investigation of him
because they hoped it would uncover
something better.
Evening star., 1935-05-16
CURRENCY MOVES
AWAITED BY !. S.
Hull Statement Believed
Likely to Encourage
0Vertures.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Whether any overtures looking to-
ward world currency stabilization
would come through the door held
open by Secretaries Hull and Morgen-
thau was a question engaging the
attention of Capital observers today.
From Paris came unofficial word
that authoritative French quarters
considered negotiations likely In the
near future because of what they
called the growing desire of this coun-
try and England to stabilize.
Observers noted, however, a state
ment made at Stanford University by
Sir Josiah Stamp, director Of the
Bank of England. He said Great
Britain is afraid to lead the way"
until she knows definitely "the dol
lar is out Of politics"
Statement by Hull.
It was agreed generally that a
statement issued last night by Sec
retary Hull tended to encourage over
lures for currency stabilization.
Referring to an address in which
Secretary Morgenthau said recently
that Washington will not be an OBJ
stacle" to stabilization, Hull declared
the Treasury chief had pointed in
the direction toward which the world
can look for further general improve
ment Of its affairs"
This development came shortly after
President Roosevelt had asserted at
his press conference that diplomatic
dispatches had revealed no reaction
to Morgenthau's remark, but were
expected to do so soon.
Secretary Hull's statement made no
mention of any foreign offers regard
ing sterilization. Much OF what ne
had to say concerned the benefits
which might be expected from world
trade expansion.
"The fluctuations Of exchanges have
created a state Of confusion in world
markets." the State Department chief
said, but believe this confusion to
be only q transient condition Incl
dental to the re-establishment of q
new and better balanced stability"
"As trade grows and currencies ap-
proach o condition Of stability" he
added, "the right control over ex-
changes which many governments
now exercise can be lessened or abol-
ished. These exchange controls were
imposed in many instances with a
view of protecting the value OF ma
tional currencies.
Experience seems to show that
while they may serve this purpose
during critical periods, it is at the
hindrance of trade interests"
Evening star., 1935-05-16
EMBASSY FOR U. S.
IN CHINA IS STUDIED
Elevation of American Legation
Is Under Consideration in
State Department.

The raising of the American lega-
ton in China to the rank of an en-
bassy Is now under consideration in
the State Department and 1t is ex-
pected to be approved soon.
Since the Italian government
changed the status of its mission In
Peiping from a legation to an en-
bassy, other powers interested in
China have contemplated taking a
similar step. Japan already has done
80 and Great Britain Is reported ready
to follow the same course. After
careful examination of the situation,
the State Department has submitted
to President Roosevelt the proposal to
appoint an Ambassador to China.
The President Is reported to have
responded favorably and the name of
the new Ambassador-who Is believed
to be Nelson T. johnson, at present
American Minister to China-will be
sent to the Senate for confirmation.
In the meantime, the Congress will
be asked to vote the necessary appro-
priaticus for the change in the status
of the Peiping mission.
The salary of q minister is $4,000
o year while the ambassadoriai salary
Is $17,500.
AS soon as these steps are taken,
the Chinese government will raise Its
legation here to an embassy.
Evening star., 1935-05-16
Congress Obliges
With Ne,U Bill to
Replace One Lost
Mystery Closed With Ac'
ton After Repubi.
cans Chide Foes.

The mystery Of the missing bill was
pigeon-holed yesterday as an obliging
Congress passed duplicate measure
and rushed it down the Hill to the
White House. The action was not
taken without due notice of House
Republicans, however, as they chided
the Democrats for misplacing the Ma
tion's laws. No comment was made
in the Senate as the bill moved
through for a second time.
The measure in question was one
authorizing the City of Ketchikan,
Alaska, to issue 81, ,000, 900 in bonds for
public works. 1t disappeared in the
Interior Department. where it had
been referred for review by the White
House.
The last and only other recorded
instance of o bill disappearing after
passage was In 1921, when the Navy
Department misplaced measure au-
tnorizing award Of o medal OF honor
to Q Navy gunner. This also was du-
plicated.
Evening star., 1935-05-16
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Morgenthau Uses Air
to Deny Blame for I'm
settled Currencies.
BY PAUL MALLON.

N ONEY men have been won-
M dering why Mr.. Morgenthau
IVt suddenly developed a radio
1 i urge to express himself. about
the American dollar. No one
has asked him about it lately. Here
tofore he has touched this subject
only with 10-foot pole.
The fact that he arranged radio
time to unburden himself before the
world has spawned rumor that an
international money agreement may
be reached before the disintegration
Of what Is left Of the gold bloc. This
does not appear to be true.
What seems to hare happened
Is that Mr.. Morgenthau secretly
and unoticially sounded out some
OF the nations on stdbilizdtion and
found them in pery diSagreeable
mood. There are reasons for sus-
pecting Britannia fatty snubbed Mr..
Morgenthdu's indirect teelers on
more than one occasion, the last
OF Which WlS recent.
The failure Of these moves left Mr..
Morgenthau standing in the middle of
the car tracks of the world, alone with
his dollar, much misunderstood man.
The simplest solution was to remove
from himself the blame for continuing