Stevens Point Daily Journal (Newspaper) - July 18, 1939, Stevens Point, Wisconsin Phone 2000 latin 3 City Edition FORTY-FOURTH YEAR fULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN TUESDAY JULY 18 1939 10 PAGES HEIL ASKS SLASH OF STATE EMPLOYES World Copyright 1939 by King Features Syndicate Inc All Reserved Reproduction in toll or in part prohibited Washington D C Everything set for a new drive to reduce interest rates on housing loans The build-up was perfect Mr Roosevelt mentioned it at a press conference saying he was looking into it Witnesses were called be- fore the national economic com- The big witnesses for the closing session were to be Federal Housing Administrator Stewart Donald HOLC Chairman John hey and Slums Clearer Nathan Straus But Mr McDonald the key ness failed to show Mr Fahey appeared and received a going-over because his HOLC has failed to sell foreclosed houses at less than established real estate values Mr Straus was questioned about high costs in his program Questions were prepared to let Mr ald say why he has not reduced FHA interest rates But there was Etill no McDonald No witness pre- had ever failed to answer the call of Yet Mr ald's ominous neglect although un- recorded on the committee record continued until the committee ad- until September It seems fair to assume there is not going to be a reduction in FHA interest rates AVOIDS THROWING BRICKS This assumption is partly con- firmed by what committeemen were told was the reason Mr was missing He was aware of what was in store for him they say A few hours before he was to testify he called Leon Henderson guiding secretary of the committee and told Henderson he did not feel he should throw any bricks at the building industry at this time He has to get along with the industry and has considerable stake in it This sounded like on enough The committeemen feel that McDonald just does not want to lower the interest rates right now at least not as much as what might be lightly called the economic wing of the new deal which is ning as its magna vox Mr McDonald's FHA is now in the middle of a building season and a cut in rates would upset the whole building industry The economists agree but complain that he should have acted before the building son started However the president does not seem to be very hot on the subject as he omitted it from his message submitting their visible spending program his economists had urged him to include it All in all it therefore seems tain the drive is off until winter WOULD SHAVE PROFIT FHA insured mortgages cost the borrower now per cent One- half per cent goes to FHA for in- surance three-fourths per cent to the bank for service leaving around per cent profit for the the way the economists figure want to cut it by a full 1 or per cent to furnish money for housing construction at 3 or per Most FHA people are afraid of shaving that much They are not lending the money Private banks do it If banks can only get 2 per cent out of fHA insured loans they may turn their money elsewhere and let FHA go hang FHA probably will never consent to a cut of more than a fraction of 1 per cent All of which explains the part of the testimony that did not hear as to the difficulties in ing building costs CALL PURCHASE When no outsiders are around the new dealers refer to Mr hiring of Presidential date Paul McNult as the Indiana purchase An official coined the phrase ROOSEVELT WARNED OVER Mr Roosevelt is groaning more than you know about his budget A delegation of congressmen who came up to urge him to approve a public works program of 000 in addition to the invisible spending found him doubt it if you about expenses He mentioned that congress had gone over head on the farm that necessary in- creases in national expense was unexpected and spoke about the Democrats going into the campaign next year Nevertheless some of his he would not fight very bard if congress put through a program Theirs is probably wishful thinking The expressed kere are the ud te MASTERSON IS RE-ELECTED AS HEAD OF BOARD Schools to Open tember 6 Changes in Texts N E Masterson and F A berger were re-elected president and secretary respectively of the ens Point board of education at the July meeting held at P J Jacobs High school Monday night Dr W P Mailer was elected vice- president succeeding G C resigned All were elected by un- animous vote The board approved a suggested calendar for the school year 1940 as prepared by Superintendent P M Vincent School will open September 6 and close June 7 The calendar School Calendar September 5 general teacher's meeting September 6 schools open September state ants meeting October 6 Central Wisconsin Teachers association meeting November 2 3 and 4 State Teachers association meeting No- Thanksgiving ber 8 Christmas days February 1 al Superintendents association ing March Easter holiday April school board tion May 30 Memorial day June 2 June 5 ment June 7 schools close The board accepted the tion of Miss Marcelaine Milbee as kindergarten instructor at the Jef- ferson school and approved the recommendation of its professional committee that Miss Ruth Superior be employed to fill the vacancy Also approved was the professional committee's dation that the committee's man and Superintendent Vincent be authorized to fill any vacancies that occur before the opening of school There are no vacancies at present Vote Textbook Changes Textbook changes recommended by various committees of teachers or departments and submitted to the board by its professional com- were approved Some changes will be made in the texts of both the elementary aud high schools Repairs are being made at a number of the schools Mr Vincent reported Most extensive project he said is the of the Em- erson school roof The McKinley and Grant schools are be- ing refinished and others are being touched up here and he added None of the improvements involves a large expenditure the superintendent said The superintendent was to attend the remaining sions of a superintendents and convention being held at Madison this week Lauds Matron Service Mr Vincent called attention to matron service afforded at P J Jacobs High school last year under a WPA project and suggested that the board act to insure continuance of the service this year if the ject is not again carried on by the WPA The WPA already has been requested to continue the project but there is no assurance this will be done he said He praised the project as carried out last year describing it as a fine thing The matrons of which three were on duty full time gave first aid to 195 girls and excused because of illness the superintendent ported The work he said was done at no expense either to the city or to the board of education RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 24 OF AN INCH BENEFITING CROPS Farm crops were benefited on Monday by 24 of an inch of rain which fell during a steady drizzle throughout a greater part of the day Additional rain is needed however for all crops except grain which is being harvested Corn and potatoes are doing well but farmers who planted their own seed stock are complaining of low dwarf Potatoes grown from northern seed this spring are free from the disease which is most prevalent in eastern Portage ty and western Waupaca county Cool weather prevailed last following but the mercury rose today The minimum temperature last night was 56 de- grees Lose WPA Positions in Illinois Chicago July WPA headquarters reported today workers had been dismissed in the state for failing to report for work within five after leaving projects to protest against new wage and hour schedules Of the total 940 dismissal es were issued to Chicago workers Headquarters said the original number of Illinois workers who left the projects but that avoided dismissal by within UM Lending Praised by Morgenthau Washington July tary Morgenthau praised the lending day as a real advance toward the goal of bringing our governmental expenditures within our receipts Testifying before the senate banking committee the treasury head said he liked the idea of ing billions of dollars for projects It may well turn out to make a transition point in the public he declared If we can substitute ating investments in place of out- right government expenditures we shall have made a great step ward bridging the gap between re- venue and expenditures This distinction between investments and non- recoverable expenditures is not merely a bookkeeping one but it is very soundly based In the case of expenditures the servicing of the debts created to finance them must be met out of general tax ues However in the case of self- liquidating loans such as are posed in this the interest and amortization payments are met out of the earnings on the investment The secretary's formal statement made no mention of the desire to pass the at this session instead of waiting un- til next year as some legislators have proposed but yesterday he told reporters he favored ate action Morgenthau reviewed major visions of the These ed items which over the period of a few years would provide for highway projects for loans to for leasing railroad equipment ad- i for rural electrification I projects additional loans to farm tenants to enable them to buy their own land and an additional for bank credits to finance foreign purchases of American merchandise NEUTRALITY IS STILL BIG ITEM TO NEW DEALERS Study Methods of Re- viving ial Legislation By WILLIAM B ARDERY Washington July spite growing ment for adjournment tion leaders in under consideration today three possible methods of reviving the sial neutrality at this session Senator Barkley Democrat tucky the majority leader told re- porters that the discussions while very much in the study centering on these The senate might be asked to discharge the foreign relations com- from further responsibility for the which then would go directly to the floor for debate 2 The legislation might be at- to some other pending as a rider 3 Some member of the foreign re- lations committee might be won over to the administration point thereby reversing the vote by which the committee re- cently shelved neutrality tion until the next session We have not given ley asserted We still are hopeful that something can be done Meanwhile an extraordinary night conference af the White boust was arranged today by ad- ministration leaders apparently for the purpose of weighing finally the chances for neutrality revision this session The meeting it was reported will include President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull Barkley Chairman Pittman ocrat Nevada of the senate for- eign relations committee and three senate er McNary of Oregon Borah of ho and Austin of Vermont Senator Borah Republican ho conferred yesterday with col- j leagues opposing the administration neutrality program He told ers that all committee members who had voted to shelve the lation for this session were ing firm VOTE TOGETHER Washington July Senators Wiley Republican And La Follette Progressive of consin voted yesterday in favor of the and movie The measure carried 26 to 28 THE WEATHER Much tonight and Wednesday with In Wednesday WPA MUST CUT ROLLS BY AUGUST 1 Furloughs Required of Those on List 18 Months By the Associated Press With the strike of WPA workers over the new work month apparently ended except in a few cities relief officials turned their attention today to enforcing other restrictions enacted recently by congress State administrators struggled with the problem of trimming 000 names off the WPA rolls by August 1 to conform to a reduced budget The law requires furloughs of those on the rolls continuously for 18 months and Col F C rington the WPA commissioner said such persons would constitute most of those dropped In Washington headquarters WPA chiefs studied means of geographical differentials in pay to preserve the present tional average security wage of Harrington said this would necessitate increases in the south and decreases In the north and west He predicted it would cause a howl Return of striking workers to their jobs did not end the attempt of labor leaders to obtain repeal of the law In favor of the old prevailing wage system The law requires each employe to work ISO- hours for his monthly security wage thus lowering the hourly rate of some craftsmen William Green and other A P of L leaders called on congressional leaders in Washington yesterday Green said the labor officials were neither encouraged nor discouraged by the reception of their tions but most congress members predicted would end with In the law The strike In differed from that apparent in most other states WPA officials said only 766 were absent from the 41 Philadelphia WPA and 501 of WPA workers were out In burgh These figures were termed by James L McDevitt dent of the Pennsylvania tion of Labor He said there would be no disorder in the strike of A F of L workers on WPA projects called yesterday In the state Governor Harold Stassen of was attempting to reach a solution of the Minneapolis strike problem through conferences with labor leaders All but a few minor WPA projects in were closed OPPOSES FONDS FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES PROBE COMMITTEE Washington July tor Byrnes Democrat North lina told the senate yesterday that if it desired to maintain a ent committee to investigate lations of civil liberties it should take action accordingly rather than continue present temporary committee He said he believed such should be made by the department of justice because it had the authority to enforce the law where violations Byrnes is chairman of the senate committee on audit and control which must act on to ex- pend senate funds for tions He made the statement after ator Democrat Washington told the senate that Byrnes committee had failed to act on his proposal to continue the life of the civil liberties committee Senator Hatch Democrat New Mexico asked whether the senate bad not been informed last year that if it appropriated for the investigation no further request for funds would be made Chairman La Follette sive Wisconsin of the investigating committee confirmed lection but added that the tee had undertaken Investigation of a situation in California and unable to bring it to the stage of public hearings with the money It had left A of the data com- has assembled would con- vince anyone the investigation ought to he said Issues Wo r rant for Jack Russell Kenosha Wis July warrant charging fugitive Jack Russell with kidnaping Burnet Eg- holm last Friday was issued late yesterday by District Attorney John P McEvoy McEvoy said the warrant would be lodged as a detainer against Ruaaell If and when arrested but that federal authorities probably would have first claim Penalties provided by Wisconsin law for range from Reduction in Number of State Employes Is Asked Madison July text of Governor Hell's message to the legislature It my purpose in appearing be- fore you to make to you as clear and concise a statement of the finances of our state as I can sibly make and to offer some re- for your earnest consideration In the first place I thank you for the effort and cooperation you are putting forth to legislate for the good of all our citizens I would like to believe that every member of this legislature is interested in the upbuilding of Wisconsin General Fund Exhausted During the budget hearing we discovered that the general rund of the state treasury was practically exhausted In addition we found that the state was indebted to the highway fund over In addition to that the state was in- to the teachers retirement fund We found also that the requests of various departments averaged 25 ner cent above those of previous askings A few general principles are very clear to me We must simplify state must reduce the cost of must bring about lower must remove restrictions on free must encourage ual stability and must help the laborer and the business man big or little It is the function of the ture to remedy existing evils or in- justices This can be done by enacting amending or repealing laws 1 believe you are sincere in promoting good government I am confident that you will continue to make good headway in that tion Several of our enactments ready have produced very ing results Rome was not built in a day nor can all the mistakes and ties of years gone by be torn down and rebuilt In a few months time Budget Increased I submitted a budget to you ering the estimated cost of state government for the two years ing June 30 1941 amounting to It was the judgment of this legislature to raise that mate to a total of Increase of Had this legislature not defeated a number of undesirable amendments the budget would now be well over Our appropriations for state functions namely tive executive judicial and boards commissions and departments are less than actual expenditures by the last ad- ministration Our appropriations for state In- namely our prisons re- mental hospitals and Continued in eight Merry to Divorce Mate No 4 New York July Merry Fahrney Chicago's married patent medicine heiress has started action to divorce band No 4 Count Oleg Cassini the count's mother disclosed today The mother referred all details to her darkly handsome young son who began the day with a Please Do Not Disturb sign on his hotel room door Count Oleg whose brother Count Igor a Washington D C paper gossip columnist was tarred and feathered in Va recently married the Chicago ess 10 months ngo at Elkton Md CHIEF HITS PLANS TO ALTER WAGNER ACT Murray Steel Leader Declares Present Law Fair 18 who ing committee told the house labor committee today that proposed to the Wagner act were de- signed to reduce to their former status of weakness Murray was the first of the to present the in respect to amendments sponsored by American Federation of Labor leaders While Murray asserted the tional labor act Is he disputed A F of L contentions that the labor board was I O He In practically every case In which there has been a conflict be- tween an A F of L craft union and the the board upheld the contentions of the A F of L and permitted it to nibble away at our organization discussed labor union history at length and closing The hectic campaign to amend the act Is proof of its essential ness The chief purpose of the act was to even up the bargaining er between employers and Equitable relations between a er and employer are Impossible when one party is far superior In strength to the other The act Is fair The proposed amendments are unfair x x x be- cause they propose to turn the ance of power back to employers so that they can force the workers back to their former status of ness HOLD LITTLE HOPE FOR RECOVERY OF J LOUIS COMISKEY Chicago July physicians hold little hope for the recovery of J Louis Comiskey owner of the Chicago White Sox baseball club who is critically 111 at his summer estate near Eagle River Wis according to a late statement today by the club's vice president Harry Gradiner A statement by two doctors at Mr bedside said his condition was very serious and that little hope is held for his re- Mr Grabiner said He is unconscious now and has been for a day or so He been in an oxygen tent day and night The diagnosis is left ventricular ure complicated by pulmonary oedema according to Dr R A Oldfield of Eagle River anS Dr I E Schiek of Rhinelander Wis Resting On Even Keel Now Portsmouth N H July 18 The disabled submarine Squalus in which 26 men died was found to be resting on the bottom on an almost keel today when a diver made the first descent since the undersea craft tore away from its lifting last Thursday The diver reported the submarine had only a slight list to port A tangle of lines about the Squalus deck prevented making a inspection pending which plans for a new attempt made Grant Request Of Rosholt to Remove Lines Madison Wis July The publice service commission ruled day that a village may by ordinance or resolution require removal of a telephone line from a street to a location elsewhere or require the utility to place its lines under the surface of the street The ruling was asked by tho vill- age of Rosholt Portage county where proposed widening of a street beside a recreation park would re- quire the Amery Telephone com- pany to move Its lines The commission authorized the Waupun water and light sion to set up depreciation rates of 3.95 per cent on its electric plant and 1.53 per cent of its water plant It authorized Wisconsin Power and Light company to extend lines In the towns of Clyman and ford Dodge county and announced it would investigate a proposed con- tract under which Northern Power company would furnish service to Superior Water Light and Power company The commission said it had proved plans for an ment In the water system of the town of Knight Iron county and the installation of a new dial switchboard at the Cecil ex- change of the Cecil Green Valley Toll Line company in Shawano county DEMOTED RESULT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Madison Wis July Lieut Col John F Mullen of the adjutant general's staff said day three national guard sergeants and a corporal all of had been demoted to the rank of vate as a result of a military of the traffic accident July 8 in which Walter H Trush 29 Beloit national guardsman was killed near Oregon The demotions of Sergeants Theodore Florcy Adney Carr and Lloyd Scollard and Corporal les Porter will effective immediately after they complete their duties at the current encamp- ment at Camp Douglas ending Corporal Philip Hartley of waukee of the truck in which Trush was killed hax been charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence of our Florey Carr Scollard and ter and Miss Marguerite field 22 of Roscoe 111 who were riding in the truck when it over- turned and burned were ed by Asst Dist Atty Henry F here yesterday Captain Chester F Allen of Beloit com- manding officer of Company L infantry and Private Philip of an occupant of 9 SENATE PASSES TO REVISE REGENTS Kills Own for Re- o r g a n i z o tion of Commission Wis July 18 The senate today passed the Roethe to reorganize the University of consin board of but killed its own for of the state highway com- mission The net result wan one victory and one reverse for Governor Hell whose special message to the lature a short time later urged proval of all details of his sweeping program to cut down on the ber of officials exercising and quasi-judicial authority The roll calls wore taken about an hour before the governor delivered truck the machine Hartley was driving also questioned Captain Allen said Colonel liam A Holden commanding cer of the infantry had proved his recommendation for the on two grounds that the guardsmen failed to report a breach of regulations in not dis- closing the presence of Miss in the truck and that they disobeyed direct orders by ing Douglas from Beloit to Camp TAX DEADLINE Milwaukee July Otto A collector of internal enue announced today the deadline on payments of capital stock tax been extended from July 31 to it his message The regents sponsored by Senator E J Roethe Republican Fennimore would reduce the Uni- versity supervising board from 15 to 9 members all of whom would be appointed by tho governor with the consent of the senate In short order was tabled 10 to 15 suddenly revived on a switch of votes approved 18 to 15 and sent to the assembly On the minority side were 10 Progressives t O Mack of ton and Gettelman oC Milwaukee and three Democrats GawronskI and Zimny of Milwaukee and Sauld of The once before had de- the administration to the three-man highway commission and name one director in Its place On a motion to sider it once more killed the posal 18 to 13 Highway reorganization ever still is not a dead Issue for the assembly has pending a similar introduced after the first re- verse in the senate Honey to Browns Next St Louis July 18 The St Louis Browns have only 24 victories in 79 games but Freshman Pilot Fred Haney still will be in the seat when the 1940 season gets un- derway President Don Barnes announced today he would sign Haney to a new contract in the presence of all the Brownie it might help the club improve through the rest of the season Despite a lot into the of new blood team the Browns are deeply imbedded in the can league cellar Haney was named manager of the Browns last fall Last season he piloted Toledo of the American sociation SALESMAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE Death in Ariz July the 18 lethal gas chamber waa decreed Robert gunder college more today by a jury which con- him of killing Jack son Phoenix automobile The youth's father former Seattle prosecutor had pleaded as head of defense counsel for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity and attempted to shoulder the blame ss a neglectful and ignorant ent one of two salesmen to death in hp under the that a customer wanted a car who had a reformatory temi scene and was ured in His divorced parents both came to his defense describing him as a youth with a gambling mania His mother said she was to blame for his mental condition the day of the slaying having chided him in a letter without knowing he was brooding over gambling losses Burgunder heard the verdict out emotion His mother Mrs Ruth er Alhambra Calif appeared ly shocked After hearing the Burgunder turned around and held hand ALSO SUGGESTS SIX MILLION IN NEW REVENUES Tells Legislature He Is Determined to Balance Budget Madison Wis July ernor Heil asked the legislature In a special message today to balance the budget by supplementary calling for dismissal of 1.300 state employes and of new revenues in addition to the present tax program His proposal would yield in taxes and savings which would be added to the privilege dividend tax already and the proceeds of the enue passed by the assembly and scheduled for action In the senate tomorrow Would Balance Budget The governor's recommendations if approved would span the gap between normal revenue expectations and a total of state expenditures for the rent biennium including direct re- lief costs The chief executive appeared fore the legislators In person a joint session In the assembly chamber with word that he it determined the state budget be He also asked approval of his government reorganisation gram which has struck snags In many respects and urged passage of a law for a definite limitation on general property taxes In the Governor Hell recommended earnestly that the state service personnel be reduced 10 per cent Based on the present payroll list of employes of whom are under civil service this would mean discharge of He asked that vacations of state be reduced from three to two weeks Would Cat The governor predicted the em- board at his request would lop off departmental already approved in the budget This sum and to be ed by reducing personnel would make up of the total in- in now legislation he posed The remainder would come from the following through re-enactment of the surtax formerly paid by tele- phone companies for relief poses through a new tax of four cents a gallon on motor and lubricating oils through an adjustment of taxes on trucks trailers busses and similar vehicles Their license fees would be fixed at a maximum of each and in addition they would pay an occupational or privilege tax Truck and bus owners would pay no more than they do nowt since present license fees are much er but the state would take for the general fund about which now goes into the highway fund Governor Heil said he was con- his administration could save in miscellaneous costs for telephone service travel printing and postage and that his program to replace com- missions and boards with directors would mean other large savings provides Leeway He said the entire revenue gram enacted pending and mended was about more than the amount needed to meet all appropriations providing for a slight leeway Other recommendations made by the That he be allowed to appoint the slate director of personnel and director of purchases with the con- sent of the senate That county and local governing boards be given greater control over their functions The message gave no specific figure for limitation on property taxes but the administration iously had endorsed the revised Nortman requiring local to stay within the 1936 property tai range Prophecy Quickly Fulfilled An accident may happen any minute argued Ray liams and Johnson ance salesmen to client David C Phillips as they stood in his front yard Phillips fell their feet wounded by a stray bullet which ricocheted after a neighbor shot a gopher We never The metal boat below should keep the fisherman safer provided he doesn't fall over METAL foot Like new priced at Inquire 925 Fourth avenue phone 1190 My three-day ad brought a number of calls and a quick sale of the boat good re- sults
