The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1920, Page 1

ay i ===|/THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. _ FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS REDUCE TAXES, DEMAND GIVEN TO STATE BODY County Auditors Say Burden Must Be Decreased Through- out the State WANT CLASSIFICATION Appointment of County Asses- sor Also Asked—Wallace Pro- poses to Abolish Levy | A state-wide demand that taxes be} reduced was heard by the state! board of equalization yesterday afternoon. Thirty-eight county auditors ap- peared before the board in annual session to present the county valua-| _tions for the board’s approval. Near-| ly every auditor told the board that} the people in his county wanted the! taxes lower. The auditor’s plea was! that they be lowered by the state, board. 1 Incidents were related by many of the auditors to emphasize their pleas. The auditor of Minot told the board, tha t an ex-soldier had inquired: whether the taxes on city lots he| owned would be reduced. Unless they were, he would have to allow the lots to he sold, he said. t Farm lands are assessed too high} in most: counties the board was in-} formed by assessors. Particular em-! phasis was placed upon this by aud-|{ itors from western counties, who’ said that the great expense of fur-| nishing seed, fighting grass hoppers} and other expenses, added to the} states for state and county purpo- ses, were proving a burden. Olson Presides State Treasurer Obert Olson pre-} sided at the session, which was at- janded also by Commissioner of As: riculture John Hagan and Attorney | General William Langer, Governor | Frazier, ex-officio chairman ot the! board, who is campaigning in Mon- tana, was not present. A motion wag adopted by the aud-} itors as follows: “That the tax commissioner he requested, to formulate a’ plan for classification of lands and prepare a law for the naming of a county assessor in each coun ty, to be under civil service.” Would Abolish Levy __.Tax Commissioner George Wallace, | who conducted a school for the aud- itors at the morning session hefore}| the board convened, presefited a plan} whereby, he said, the state tax levy| could be abolished in 1921. Mr. Wal-| lace proposes to increase the incom?) tax to provide the revenue now pro-! vided for the state by property tax, Horizontal increases in ‘county as- sessments, which had been made last year by the board, was one of the! reasons given for the advocacy ‘of clasification. Some counties now have a system, but the auditors held it was inadequate and should be made uniform. Propose Classification Under the proposal, the tax com-! missioner would provide several classes of lands, labeled A, B, C, etc Each would include land of certain character. The local authorities in each county would place the lands | of that county in the various classes. Inequalities in assessments could be avoided in many instances by this method, the auditors held. North Dakota now has no county assessors, though most states have © salaried county assessor, to have charge of the work of the townshiv ; assessors. Uniformity in county as- sessments can not be obtained unless there is a central ditector in each county, they held. The auditors also | expressed a strong conviction that the assessor’s office should be held out of politics.. He should be a train- ed man, qualified under civil service regulations, they held. The next leg-' islature will be asked to create the office. Wallace Explains Plan 5 In explaining his plan to abolish the state tax levy, Mr. Wallace said: “The state levy for 1920 will be fixed at seven-tenths of one mill ex- clusive of soldiers fund if the State Board of Equalization follows my recommendation. In 1918 the state levy was four mills. This was the levy for a series of prior years. In 1919 ihe state levy, exclusive of sol- diers funds, was 1.91 mills. In 1920 1 will recommend .7 mill exclusive of soldiers fund and if the legislature will adopt a plan I now have worked out the 1921 levy will be reduced to zero, exclusive of soldiers fund. That certainly will be something new 1 this part of the Nation, and, will at- tract attention our way from all over | the United States. My plan to raise | the additional revenue is to amen the income tax law so that it will produce more revenue and take the burden of state government entirely off of land and other taxable prop erty. . “This will give us an elastic hase for taxation . Under such a plan only those who have an income above ex; / penditures and exemptions will be called upon to contribute toward the expenses of state government. This is as it should be, but is possible only by affirmative favorable action by the legislature. 4 Statements Made Each county auditor made a state- ment to the board on behalf of his county. The auditor of Logan coun- ty asked that the board reduce the valuation of lands for taxation 15 percent, and the auditor of McIn- tosh county also asked a reduction, but said he believed the fault lay chiefly in lack of classification. The auditor of Mountrail county made a strong plea for reduction of | begun to think it is a bad thing to taxes in that county. s “T'ye been here five ‘years, and I'v= t (Continued on Page Three) POLISH LEADER M.WITOS + M. Witos, Polish cabinet leade: a powerful figure in Warsaw, the ‘Reds hammering at the gates. PORGH POLICY OF CANDIDATE IS UNCHANGED Daughtery Says That Senator Harding Will Not Deviate From Plans ADDRESS TO LEGISLATORS farion, O.. Aug. 20.—Senator Hard. campaign for the presidency will ) oni as previously planned regardless of the strategies adopted by the Dem- vorats, it-was said today by Harry M. Daugherty,-a member of the Republi- can executive committee, after a con- terence with the nominee. There was no intention, He declaréd, of abandoning the front porch policy, although some speeches would be made in other cities. “A campaign at all times must be in harmony with the candidate and the cause,” said Mr. Daugherty. “Without assuming to. speak for anybody but myself, I think I can safe- ly say that the American people must not expect a campaign of bombast to be conducted by or in behalf of the Republican candidate or party. A cam- paign of personalities may not be ex: pected.” INVITES SENATE ADVICE Marion, O., Aug. 20.— Reaffirm- ing his faith in “party sponsorship in government,” Senator Harding said in a speech here yesterday that his Democratic critics were entirely cor- rect in supposing that if elected president he would “permit. the sen- ate to have some say in determining che pol of the government.” “The nate saved American na- onality in 1919 and 1920.” he said. when the executive proposed to sur- nder it. If a Republican admini- stration is chosen next November, yu can be .very certain that the senate will have something to say about the foreign relations, as the constitution contemplates. I had rather have the counsel of the sen- ate than all the political bosses in any party. Against Personal Rule “I want to have done away with person government in. this coun- try. I want to put an end to autoc- racy, which has been reared in the name of democracy. “There is not much choice be- tween venomous assault on the in- tegrity of the. courts and the mo- mentary clamor about eliminating the senate from the responsibility in federal government. I do not know whether the idea is one imprinted from the peace council at Paris, or whether it is a reflex of the mob mentality which has broken out in revolution in various places in Europe. For Party Sponsorhip Explaining in detail his tion of party sponsorship, Senator Harding said it meant a “govern- ment of laws rather than of men, in which the executive, legislative and judicial branches should each func- tion which its own constitutional limitations.” In this division of au- thority, he declared, the senate was “in reality the security of stable popular government.” The prfvilege of extended debate and the rule that two-thirds are re- auired to ratify a treaty were cited as senate safeguards against ill considered action. The speech was delivered from the front porch before a delegation of members and former members of the Ohio legislature. OLD RESIDEN' ~ OF REGAN DIES Samuel Adair, of Regan, died at his home there yesterday. Mr. Adair was 82 years old, hav- ing come to Regan in the early days. He was a veteran of the Civil v and afterward was an officer station ed at Fort Sully. Two sons and a daughter survive the father. The body was sent to West Branch, Towa, for burial. concep- | Army Marching on Fortress of | FRENCH ARE COMMANDI jthat French and Polish co-operation POLISH DRIVE GATHERS. FORCE BEYOND WARSAW Brest-Litovsk, Says Offi- cial Statement General Weygand Directing De- fense of Warsaw—Mission Reports, New Success (BULLETIN: Washington, Aug. 20.—Brest- Litovsk has been oceupied hy the Polish army, according to Yices received today by the state- department trom the American commissioner at Berlin, His dis- patch was based on a report re- ceived by hi om Posen. Warsaw, Aug. 20—The extreme; right wing of the Polish army is marching on Brest-Litovsk on the! Bug river, 120 miles east of War- saw, according to an official state- ment on the fighting issued shortiy ; before last midnight. The right wing has captured Sied- Ice and Bielsk, the statement. says. Polish left wing has taken Pultusk, about 35 miles north of War. saw and is continuing its progress in the direction of Mlawa. In the} center the Polish forces are marching in the direction of Ostralenka, 22; mtiles southwest of Lomzo. FRENCH DIRECT DRIVE Paris, Aug. 20.—The military suc- cesses of the Poles continued yester-! day, ling to a report to the foreign office today from the military mission in Warsaw, under plans elab- orated by General Weygand and his staff of more than 600 French offi-i cers. | All these officers now are either actively in command of the force: that are freeing Warsaw from thi Russian menace or are aiding the Polish commanders. It is considered in the command of the various forces now has reached a satisfactory stage. The situation at Danzig is still causing worry, but it is expected to be cleared up when two French bat- tleships now on their way there ar- vive and offer Sir Reginald Tower, the allied high commissioner at Dan- zig, sufficient forces to permit the unloading of Polish munitions, SOVIET ADMITS LOSSES London, Aug. 20.—The Russian so- viet fagces have abandoned Lukow, $0 miles southeast of Warsaw and Radium, 80 miles to the southeast, ac- cording to Thursday’s report issued by the Moscow government. The communique claims that the Poles were driven back seven miles from Ciechanow, 45 miles northwest of Warsaw. ‘ PEACE DELEGATES SITTING London, Aug. 20—The second sit- ting of the Russo-Polish peace con- ference at Minsk took place Thurs- day and a summary of Russia’s terms was communicated to the Poles. They were substantially the same as those the Russian delegation published in London, says a Moscow official state- ment dated Thursday and received in fondon this morning. Statel orders for the conference were agreed upon. Toward the end of the session the Russian delegates protested’ against the Poles efforts to drag negotiations the statement says. The terms laid down by the Russi- an Soviet government for an armis- tice with Poland as sent to Premier Lloyd George by the Russian delega- tion in London on August 10 were: First, the strength of the Polish army to be reduced to one contingent of 60,000 men together with the ar- my command and “an army of ad- ministration” (apparently a perman- ent force) to agregate 10,000. Second, demobilization of the Pol- ish army to occur within one month. Third, all arms, excluding those needed for the army forces, to be handed to Soviet Russia and Ukraine. Fourth, all war industries to be de- mobilized. Fifth, no troops or war material to be allowed to come form abroad. Free Land Demanded H Sixth, the line of Wolkovisk-—Bialy- stok and Prawevo to be placed fully; at the disposal of Russia for commer- cial transit to and from the Baltic. Seventh, ‘land to be given, free to ul families of all Polish citizens kill- ed, wounded or incapacitated in the war. In return Russia offered to with- draw. the Russian and Ukrainian troops from the Polish front simul- taneously with the Polish demobil- ization and to reduce considerably up- on the termination of these opera- tions the number of Rusgian troops on the Soviet frontier line, these forces to be fixed at a figure to be agreed upon. The final frontier of the indepen- dent state of Poland under the Rus-j sian offer would in the main be iden-! tified with the line indicated in the note of Earl Curzon, the British for- eign minister, of July 20. LAUNCH DAILY IN MILL CITY Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 20.—A fourth evening paper was launched here yesterday when the Minnesota Daily Star began publication. It de- clares it is “an independent daily newspaper owned and controlled by 20,000 stockholders.” The Star’s president and editor is Herbert E. Gaston, formerly of the STOVE WAS OVERTURNED ‘Fire Spread So Rapidly That SUPREME COURT | Townley and Gilbert, Convicted {day their conviction, in the Jackson 3 TOTS BURNED TO DEATH WHEN ALONE AT HOME Mother of Kiddies, Living Near Langdon, Restrained in Ef- fort to Reach Them Rescue Was Impossible— Home Destroyed Langdon, N. D., Aug. 20.— Three girls, daughters of Mrs, A. Rivard, residing near here, were burned to death by fire, which destroyed their home during the absence of the par- ents. : Mother Frantic Mrs. Rivard, arriving at the house a few minutes after flames broke out heard her babies screaming in the upper part of the house but she was prevented from entering the building by other people. The fire already had spread so rap- idly as to make rescue impossible. When the charred bodies of the children were taken from the room the oldest girl, 5 years old, was, found with her 5-months-old sister's body clasped in her arms. The other girl was 3 1-2 years old. Overturned. Stove The fire'is believed to have been caused by the overturning of an oil stove by an older boy. There were 7 children in the family. Mrs. Rivard was in a field near the house when the fire started. APPEALED 10 BY LEAGUE LEADERS of Conspiracy, Seek New Hearing St. Paul, Minn. Aug. 20.—A. C. Townley and Gilbert, widely known leaders of the Nonpartisan league, ap- pealed in the supreme court here to- county diStrict cow The date for the appeal is set in November. The appeal is from the order of the judge of the Jackson county dis- trict court denying a motion for «a new trial. The motion was made on the con- tention that the verdict was not jus- tified by the evidence and contrary to the law. The court found Townley and Gil- bert guilty of conspiracy on charges following a speaking tour of Jack- son county made by Gilbert. They were accused on confederating to dis- courage enlistments and. other aids to the government in its prosecution of war against Germany. G. 0. P. 10 SPEND MILLIONS, SAYS COX IN SPEECH Nominee, After Hurling Slush Fund Charge, Plans to Make New Speeches Columbus, 0., Aug. 20.—Governor Cox returned here shortly before noon today from South Bend, Ind., where in two speeches yesterday he had charged the Republicans with collecting campaign funds of at least $15,000,000. The Democratic presidential candi- date will continue his tour tomororw with two addresses at Orville, in the afternoon, and in the evening at Can- ton, O. He will return here on Sun- day to prepare for another trip next week, calling for speeches at Evans- ville, Ind.; Pittsburgh, ; New Haven, Conn. and New York City pri- or to his “swing around the circle” during September in the west. MARSHAL SHOT, THREE MEN FLEE Crystal, N. D., Aug. 20. — James McCann, marshal for this: city, was |*~ shot in the right hand and in the right arm when he approached three men seated in front of the postoffice at 1:30 in the night. The marshal asked the men what their business was when they opened fire and then fled. A quantity of nitroglycerine and a number of burglar tools were found in the morning. The wounded officer was taken to tne hospital where he is recovering. RATE INCREASE Columbus, Aug. 20.—The Ohio pub- lic utilities commission Wednesday refused to permit steam lines in the state to raise passenger rates 20 per cent; milk rates and excess baggage charges 20 per cent, and place a 59 Fargo Courier-News . The paper wili support Nonpariisan League candi- dates. per cent surcharge on Pullman space rates, as in the recent order of the Interstate Commerce commission. ENGLISH WOMAN, AGE 100, ENJOYS RECORD FLIGHT BY MILTON BRONNER, European Manager, N. E. A. Mansfield, England, Aug. 20.-~ “Seared? Not me. J am going to take another trip by air very soon.” | The speaker was Mrs. Ann Ses- sions, who is 100 years old and who has a world’s record as the oldest person who ever made an ascent in OOS CELEBRATION ON TOMORROW WHEN DOWER VISITS National Commander of Ameri- can Legion Arrives in the Evening FIFTY COMMANDERS HERE Pavement Dance in Evening Will End “D’Olier Day” in Bismarck f Fifty post commanders and many Legion men from all over the state will greet Franklin D’Olier, national commander of the American Legion, this, evening and tomorrow. The D'Olier barty were scheduled to arrive here Saturday morning, but a wire recieved this afternoon states ey that they will arrive tonight at 7 At their request the program arrang- ed remains the same and the enter- tainment starts tomorrow morning. From the morning until the big pavement dance, sponsored by the Elks’ band, there will be something doing all day. The members of Lloyd Spetz post have been busy for some time arrang- ing the details of the reception and entertainment..here. All Bismarck will join in making: D’Olier Day an event to be remembered? t The reception committee from the Bismarck post, assisted by the state commander will meet the D'Olier par-| ty at the train. Afterwards the party will make a number of trips through the country around Bismarck visit- ing many points of historic interest. Conterence at Noon The party will halt at the Country club for lunch. Following this there! will be a conference of the post com- manders and the national leader, at which time various topics pertaining to the work of the Legion in the northwest will be discussed. In the afternoon a ball game be- tween Dickinson and the Bismarck team will furnish amusement and ex- citement for the visitors. Receptton at Night After a banquet in the evening a public reception will be held at the Hik’s hall. At this time D’Olier will make a short talk to which the pub- lic is cordially invited by, the Le- sion men. This is the only address which D’Olier will make in the city. rs. D’Olier will be entertained by a committee of women from the La- dies’ Auxiliary of the post. During the day aviators of the North Dakota Aero company will per- form a few stunts and keep the air; tilled with hum of their planes. Spe- cial passenger rates will be made in order to accommodate any of the vis- itors who wish to take flights. Dance in Evening In the evening there will be a big pavement dance under the auspices of the Elk’s band. Broadway, be- tween Third and Fourth streets, will! be roped off and the pavement scrub- bed clean and smooth. Those in ge say that it will be as glisten- ing as the finest dance floor, when} they have completed their operations on it. The Elks’ band of 25 pieces will furnish the music. Any profit made on the dance will be used to pay the salary of their leader. Sunday morning the D'Olier party will leave for Watertown, S. D., where Mr. .D’Olier will meet the South Da- kota Legion leaders. The Grand Pacific will be head- quarters for the party -during their stay in Bismarck. se Na WEATHER REPORT | — hours ending at For twenty-four noon, Aug. 20. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . 48 a 60 Lowest yesterday Lowest last night 48 Precipitation one Highest wind velocity 22-NW Forecast For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Saturday; continued cool tonight followed by somewhat warmer Satur- day. & Lowest Temperatures Fargo ... 58 Williston 44 Grand Forks . 42 St. Paul .. 68 Winnipeg 46 Helena 46 Chicago . 74 Swift Current Kansas... City...» “5 .,.ORRIS W. ROBERTS, oh Meteorologist. an airplane, Her pilot was Herbert Sykes. who is seen in the machine with her. “It was a very nice ride and not the least bit. uncomfortable. not dizzy or anything. Mr, Sy wants to take me on a longer tr to visit by birthplace, and I have a very strong notion to go.” WAR MOTHERS ASK | MOTOR CAR USE! Members of the Fort Lincol chapter of the American War will go to; Ft. Yates on | to organize a chapter there, The trip will be made by automobile, he War Mothers | need motor rs for the trip. They will pay for g: ine used on the trip, and an: will furnish a car the day are us Peter Reid before Monday. OBBRON PEOPLE SBARCHING FOR BABY NOW LOST 15-months-old Child Disappears, From Farm, Home Near There Wednesday Night KIDNAPED, THOUGHT Search by 200 People Fails to’ Locate Infant; Vagrants Busy There | Oberon, N. D., Aug. 20.—A 15 months old baby mysteriously disappeared Wednesday night. A search was im- mediately started and over 200 people} are combing the country side. but so far have failed to locate the child. Baby is Gone f Walter Carlson, a farmer living three and one-half miles south of Oberon, is the father of the lost child. Not being able to obtain enough help, the mother, Mrs. Carlson, was working in the field, helping shock grain Wed- nesday afternoon. The baby, together with a five year old child, was left at the house. On, the return of the mother at night the baby had disappeared. From what could be gathered from the older child it seemed that the last! time the baby. had been seen was when it was about half a mile from! the home, toddling down the road. i Believe Kidnapped Search failed to locate the child. Neighbors and townspeople have been out in force searching for the infant.| J Various opinions are current. Some believe the child is dead. Others think | it has been kidnapped. The latter! seems to be the accepted solution. A number of strange acts have been} committeed in this section recently and it is thought that the kidnapping of the child might be the work of the same vagrants. “BUMMING” PROF | STUDYING LABOR STOPS IN CITY New York Teacher Drops Off; Here on Trip to Coast and Back Fiction is written around the! young teacher or student who goes} “bumming” to complete his educa- tion, but the majority of people con- sider these stories are pure fiction. F. W. Leighton, a New York school teacher and Dartmouth graduate, is at present doing this very thing. Working as a common laborer, he} has been on the western coast; worked with section gangs on the railroad, and is now taking a look all North Dakota and the Nonpartisan league. Between his labors Leighton spends his time writing a series of | newspaper articles on transcient; labor for The Seattle Union-Record. | He will return in a few days to| New York, ready to tell his eco-! nomics classes what he knows about | labor and labor conditions. $3,000,000,000 | IS OUT OF USE| Philadelphia, Aug. ~The com- bined “Lisle Thread National Bank,” “The Old Sox Bank,” and the “Fea-j ther-Bed-Mattress Bank” now hold more than $3,000,000,000 of the coun- try’s cash. This is the estimate of William H. Hutt, acting governor of the Phila-/ delphia Federal Reserve Bank, made of the loose cash being carried around in pockets and stowed away in various places. He was address- ing an organization of business men. Even a/small proportion of this three billions invested in Liberty onds would bring them back to par, e pointed out, or if the money was deposited in savings banks. it would} inject new-life into industry. {of our SUFFRAGE FOES IN TENN. LOSE BATTLE TODAY Adjournment Is Forced by Rep- resentatives Favoring Wom- en’s Votes FRAUDS CHARGES ‘MADE County Grand Jury Begins In- vestigation of Alleged Im- proper Practices Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 20.— Suffrage leaders forced adjourn- ment of the house today before Speaker Walker could make any motion to reconsider the ratifi- cation ‘of the suffrage amend- ment. Opponents lost their rights to offer a motion for reconsidera- | tion. Suffrage leaders plan to make such a motion tomorrow and then table it, thus making it im- | possible to change the action of the house amendment. The amendment was ratified Wed- nesday, when Speaker Walker chang- ed his “Aye” to “Nay” in order that he might be in a position to offer a motion for reconsideration, but the time for making such a motion ex- pired today. After the house adjourned today the air was filled with the strains of “Americ and the song was re- peated over and over, Suffrage forces regarded the vic- tory as won. The motion to adjourned was offered by a suffrage leader and carried by an overwhelming viva voce vote. Failure of Speaker Walker to move reconsideration was taken as an indi- cation that the opposition had not at- tained enough pledges to, rescind the ratification action. The anti-suffra- gists sought to have the house ad- journed until Monday, but the suffra- gists voted their motion down, their movement being deteated by the same vote that the ratification resolution was adopted Wednesday, 49 to 47. Walker, at an anti-suffragist meet- ing last night, charged declared the resolution would be reconsidered. Forty-seven members signed a pledge to this effect, and Walker declared he would gain additional signatures. He apparently failed in this effort. A county grand jury investigation into charges that improper influences had been brought to bear on members of the legislature in the consideration of the measure created a sensation. Bribery Charged Publication by the Nashville Ten- nessean, and the Nashville Banner of two affidavits attributed to C. C. Wal- lace, judge of the city court of Lewis- burg, Tennessee, and Ennis E. Mur- ray, of Nashville, general agent. for the federal land bank of Louisville, K, alleging that an attempt had been made by a suffrage leader to bribe representative Harry T. Burn, Republican, of McMinn county, was another sensation. The grand jury, charged by Judge J. D. B. Debow of the Davidson coun- tv criminal court, lost no time in get- ting to work, and has had summoned Kichelberger of Washington, D. C., a publicity man in charge of head- quarters here of the anti-ratification in ratifying the forces. Mr. Eichelberger was before {the jury two hours, and it was said additional witnesses probably would appear. Charges of the attempted bribery of Representative Burn were not re- garded seriously by suffrage leaders, and many anti-ratificationists were frank to say that their views were similar. Mr. Burn was recorded as voting with the suffrage opponents on both roll calls on a motion to table the ratification which was lost on a tie vote, and a few minutes later cast his vote for the amend- ment. One vote decided the issue in favor of suffrage. The affidavits charged that he was approached during the interval between the vote on the motion to table and the vote to concur with the senate in ratify- ing the amendment. . Denial Made Representative Joe Hanover, of Shelby county, alleged in the affi- lavit attributed to Murray as having told Burn that if he would vote in favor of ratification he would be given “anything in the world he wanted,” and that “it would be worth $10,000 to him.” characterized the charge as “no more than a clumsy effort to blackmail or embarrass triends and supporters of the rights women.” Mr. Hanover said his conversation was confined to an appeal to Burn to vote for suffrage. Major C. L. Daugherty, secretary to Governor Roberts, named in both affidavits as urging with Hanover that Burn vote for ratification, de- clared Hanover did not intimate to Burn that he would be paid any amount of money or that he would be given any other consideration for his vote. STATE COUNTY AGENTS GATHER HERE TUESDAY The county agents of North Dako- ta will meet here for a conference Tuesday, at the call of H. B. Fuller, state leader of the county agents. At this meeting the farm experts will take up various questions con- cerning the agricultural work of the state. H. B. Fuller will have charge of the meeting, while John W. Hall, assist- ant state leader of the county agents will help with the conference. About ten or twelve county agents from around the state are expected to be here at the meeting.