The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1933 Weather Report Showers tonight or Sunday; slightly cooler tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS Pillsbury Firm Put Under Fire ‘Not Share Work Plan’ EXPECT Bic CROWD i _ RECOVERY LEADERS ' PUT LIMITATION ON LABOR AGREEMENTS Hold Wages of Present Forces Should Not Be Spread Among Larger Number HIGH-PAID WORKERS HIT Men With Fat Pay Checks Can- not Expect as Much When Time Is Cut Washington, July 29—(#)—The re- covery administration served notice Saturday that the president’s volun- tary re-employment agreement, now being signed by thousands of business men, is not to become a mere “share- the-work” movement with the wages of present workers divided among a greater number. At the same time it made clear that not all more substantially paid em- ployes may expect to get as much when their working time is cut. A reasonable readjustment is required, its general trend upward, but actual TEXT ON PAGE 3 The text of the agreement sent out by the president to American business is printed on page 3 in this issue of The Tribune. terms left to the employer unless it develops that the latter has a “pecul- jar sense of justice.” Then the ad- ministration will step in to see that the spirit of the agreement is lived up to. These and other points are covered in new cfficial interpretations of the agreement, made necessary by in- creasing numbers of questions from industrialists desirous of signing but uncertain whether the agreement might not require impossible payroll outlevs. Saturday, the stream of returning egreement blanks, signed by employ- ers from coast to coast, continued steadily. Definite figures as to the numbers were meager because many , Postmasters had failed to count the ' yeturn envelopes. Will Set Hearing Dates Meanwhile, Hugh 8. Johnson, di- rector of the enterprise, was expect- ed to set hearing dates for codes of fair competition covering two of the biggest industries of the nation—coal ‘and automobiles. The coal code, signed by a major- ity of the industry, was presented Fri- day and is expected to be taken up @ week from next Monday. The automobile code was in John- son's pocket when he spént the night at Cleveland on his way home after an airplane dash to Detroit. This code would bind the automo- bile industry to pay minimum wages from 40 to 43 cents an hour, pending upon the size of the city, for a maxi- mum 35-hour work week. Johnson said he would have to an- alyze that code before he approved all its terms, and added his “only re- gret is that Henry Ford has not sign- ed up.” It was reported that 96 per cent of National Automobile Chamber of Commerce members had. Monday, hearings will open on steel, first of the big industries to bring up sharply the question of unioniza- tion of labor. The code provides an employe representation plan which is mot expected to prove acceptable to the administration in view of state- Tents by officials that no modifica- tion of the industrial law’s guarantee of untrammelled organization by la- bor can be put into any code. President Roosevelt At Home on Hudson Hyde Park, N. Y., July 29.—(7)}— President Roosevelt arrived here Sat- urday and departed immediately by automobile for his home nearby on the bank of the Hudson river. Just before midnight Friday, he left by special train from Washing- ton. To avoid delays, the train went through New York city's “back yard,” missing the heavier traffic of great trunk lines. Until Aug. 10, the president will stay at Hyde Park, on the first visit he has made home since he was sworn in on March 4. Then, after a trip to Washington to start the government reorganization which then goes into effect, he will go back to Hyde Park. So he may be kept posted and speedily forward his advice and sug- gestions to Washington, the presi- dent took along with him part of his white house staff, including Marvin H. McIntyre, a secretary. They will pen an office at Poughkeepsie, near Hyde Park. Mrs. Roosevelt went with the presi- dent GETS CENSUS POST Washington, July 29.— () —Dr. Stuart A. Rice, president of the Am- rican Statistical association and in- structor at the University of Chicago, has been appointed assistant direc- tor of the census. He is a native of Wadena, Minn. HOLD SEVEN IN SLAYING Chicago, July 29.—(#)—Seven per- tons, five of whom are in custody, were held to the grand jury as result of the courtroom slaying of 2 police- man by John Scheck, under indict- taent for murder and bank robbery. Canon Ready to Fire on Repeal The big gun of the dry cam- paign to block repeal by legal procedure is Canon William Sheafe Chase. shown above in a recent portrait study. Chase believes many state repeal con- ventions which chose dele: gates at large are unconstitu- tional. The drys plan to chal- lenge these elections in court. $200,000,000 FOR LOANS 10 FARMERS BEING DISTRIBUTED 38,080 Applications Received At Minneapolis Are Given Approval than $200,000,000 in loans to help the farmer have been disbursed or ap- Proved by regional agricultural credit corporations with offices in 34 cities. der which they are administered, re- ported Saturday that at the close of business on July 21, the last compila- tion made, the corporations had dis- bursed $169,245,000 in loans to 132,803 farmers; that $43,239,000 more for 24,051 farmers had been approved but not disbursed and that applications from 8,219 for $20,342,000 were pend- ing. It showed that Chicago, the largest city in which one of the offices is lo- cated, has disbursed $489,000, while San Angelo, Texas, with a much smaller population, has disbursed $5,- 727,000. The Minneapolis office has advanced the most, $32,004,000. The number of loans and the amount disbursed at each of the of- fices includes: Minneapolis 38,080 loans $32,004,000; Sioux City, 11,075 loans $9,023,000; Omaha 14,768 loans $18,918,000; Hel- ena, Montana, 5,136 loans $12,490,000. Many advances have been made to assist in financing purchases of cat- tle and sheep, others to help crop operations. ILLINOIS MOVES 10 SCOTCH KIDNAPERS Joins With Federal and Local Officials Under Leadership Of Governor (By the Associated Press) Illinois Saturday had set afoot a united effort to scotch the kidnap- ing racket. this menace. bany, N. Y., still was missing. He was kidnaped more than three weeks ago. ‘There was no word either from Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil millionaire, whe was spirited away to a captivity now in its seventh day. St. Louis police held three men in what was called a plot to kidnap C. P. Delore, wealthy mine owner. In San Antonio, Tex., Adolph Galle, a parking lot operator, complained he was kidnaped and released only when he signed three blank checks. George Wilkie, 39, and his wife, Stella, 26, arrested at Chicago for questioning in the kidnaping of Wil- lam Hamm, Jr., wealthy St. Paul brewer, probably will be taken to Milwaukee, R. T. Amis, federal bu- reau of investigation, said. Already held in Milwaukee in the case are Roger Tuohy, gangster, and three of his associates. Amis said both Wilkie and his wife admitted an acquaintanceship with Tuohy. The ‘Wilkies were arrested Friday in their home. WEALTHY CHICAGOAN ENGAGES BODYGUARD Chicago, July 29.—(#)—The Tr:bune Saturday said Wesley M. Sears, 31- year-old son of the late Richard W. Sears, one of the founders of Sears, | Roebuck & Company, had engaged a | bodyguard follow receipts of threatening letters. heve checked have left no out of forwarding address. Washington, July 29.—(}—More | The farm credit administration, un- | Ie ts reported to! is hotel and tolbetresn 400 and 500 grains of nar- AT JUNIOR TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP TILT Boy Baseball Nines Will Battle At 2:30 P. M. Sunday for State Title FINALISTS NOT DETERMINED Enderlin-Fargo, Minot-Grand Forks in Semi-Finals Sat- urday Afternoon BULLETIN Enderlin had a lead of 5 to 2 over Fargo at the end of the third in the first semi-final game of the American Legion state junior baseball tournament here Saturday afternoon, Ender- lin took a 3-2 lead in the first inning and scored twice in the second frame. The third inning was scoreless, ‘The largest baseball crowd of the season is expected to turn out here Sunday afternoon to see two junior nines battle in the final game of the annual American Legion tournament for the championship of North Da- kota ahd the right to represent the state in regional competition. The final game, which will climax three- tourney which began here Friday morning, will begin at beds o'clock at the Bismarck baseball rk. Pewho the finalists will be was to be determined in two semi-final con- tests Saturday afternoon. Enderlin and Fargo were pitted against each other in the first semi- PRETTY CEREMONY PLANNED A pretty ceremony will mark the opening of the final game of the junior baseball tournament Sun- day afternoon. Just before 2:30 p. m., the Boy Scout band will play the Star Spangled Banner while the crowd stands at attention. At the same time the American flag will be hoisted to the top of the flag staff on the score-board. Then Mayor A. P. Lenhart will pitch the first ball to H. P. God- dard, secretary of the Association of Commerce; the umpire will shout play ball and the crucial game of North Dakota's world series will be on, final at 2 o'clock while Minot and Grand Forks will battle in the other bracket, beginning at 5 o'clock. Four Eliminated Friday Dickinson, Jamestown, Esmond and Bismarck were eliminated in first- round games Friday morning, after- noon and evening. The first round Friday was not without casualty, and two Grand Forks catchers were in a local hos- pital Saturday. Jesse Owens, with a Congestion in his lungs, was running a high temperature while Robert Brouse suffered a break in his left leg just above the ankle when he slid into second base Friday evening in the game against Bismarck. Five Fargo boys were ill Friday, Probably from food poisoning. Among them was Kenny Stafne, star pitcher, who was unable to play Friday after- noon when his mates walloped Jamestown 15 to 8. Members of the eight teams en- tered in the tournament were guests Saturday forenoon—when no games were scheduled—of Lloyd Spetz Post No, 1 of the American Legion here on an automobile tour to points of interest in Bismarck and Mandan. At Tep of Capitol The tour ended at the new state capitol construction project during the noon hour, and the boys were Governor Horner con-| taken to the 19th story of the struc- ferred Friday with federal, state and| ture by elevator for a view of the sur- local officials, who decided unani-| rounding terrain. mously to present a united front to| The trip was arranged by Walter Sather of Bismarck, tournament John J. O'Connell, Jr., member of| manager, as one of the entertainment & politically powerful family of Al-| features of the program. While here the boys have had free passes to the Bismarck swimming pool and have been quartered in the World War Memorial building. Roy D. McLeod, athletic director of Bismarck high school, and J. Fred Cline, commander of the American Legion post at Maddock, are tourna- ment umpires, Seven Are Held on Narcotic Charges Chicago, July 29.—()—Seven men, including a veterinarian and a form- er star jockey, were under arrest by federal agents Saturday on charges of violating the Harrison Narcotic Act. Those under arrest were Ivan Parke, former famous jockey who had been refused a license to ride or train horses; Dr. Edward Nelson, a veterin- arian who said he was from Louis- ville, and five grooms—William Payne, Charles Mitchell, William Cooney, Hinton Parks, and William Jones. All seven were seized Friday at Arling- ton Park after a month's investiga- tion. Ralph H. Oyler, chief of the fed- eral narcotic division of Chicago, re- fused to say whether the men had been charged with doping horses un- til he could complete his investiga- tion. He did say, however, that fed- eral egents in their raid Friday found jcoties im their TURNING THE SEAR \ | BEHIND THE CURRENT SCENE § TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BIG BLACK CAT Here's a big black cat, fresh from North Dakota’s political bag. Look him over and you'll understand a lot of things. After the primary campaign last year the Nonpartisan executive com- mittee was “sitting pretty” financially and when it went into the autumn drive it made mental resolve not to go into debt. “We'll spend what money we can get,” said they, “but we won't pile up any bills.” The election was supposed to be “in the bag” anyway, because the Democrats had no state organization and weren't very active and the Non- partisans knew they didn’t dare to oppose Roosevelt. But then Candidate Langer took the stump and riled so many people that the “heat” came on strong. None of the other candidates were in danger but Bill’s hide was close to being tacked on the fence. He pleaded with the committee to come to his rescue. Told about the money situation, he begged that it go ahead and incur debts, get the money afterward. The committee did. It bought those nice posters that told of Langer’s virtues. It financed radio talks. Did all of the other things that go with @ hot campaign—perfectly legitimate but expensive. It even got $500 out of the thousand Langer had promised to donate. H When it was all over the committee was some $3,000 in the hole but i Langer had been elected and everything was hunky dory. The committee would get it back. An agreement was entered into between the committee and all state officers to collect a certain percentage of the payroll in each department. ; This was to meet the deficit, build up a little surplus for the future. One | per cent was the figure. Langer was a party to the agreement. ‘Then came the break between Langer and the executive committee; disagreements between the governor and many state officers on matters of | ' policy. Every state office has been “kicking in” regularly to help pay that deficit—with the single exception of the governor and those departments he controls. Not one cent has been received from them. Instead the governor has assessed all of his folks two per cent for a campaign fund plus five per cent for the Leader. Few know where the money has gone. The committee has received none of it to apply on the debt incurred in Langer’s behalf, What burns the rank and file of state officials is the fact that they are paying for the horse—now dead—which Langer rode to victory. The gov- ernor has forgotten all about the nag. And are they sore? They are. WHO WAS ON THE FIRE? That fight over who should do the lathing on the state capitol bulld- ing is the first taste of intra-union warfare this part of the state has had. With Roy Arntson, president of the state federation of labor, battling an official of the International Lathers’ union a good many persons couldn't understand it. Here are a few facts. The lathers from the “Billings local” were not really from Billings at all. They were from the east and stopped off there to get transfer cards which would admit them to the capitol job under the union rules. One of the men who originally claimed to be from North Dakota wasn’t a native. He was from the east, too. The rest are all Flickertails and can prove it. Some own their own homes and are taxpayers. Bismarck's union council, to whom the matter was referred, wasn't sure what to do about it. Arntson_ . He saw a chance to bolster the union movement in the state, favor North Dakota Imbor. And what he said gave George T. Moore, lathers’ union vice president, |no joy. When Moore heard about Arntson’s “smacks of racketeering” crack | his face was red. It was settled to save a lot of trouble and take the capitol commission and Governor Langer off the fire. The commission was “under the gun” because, if North Dakota labor were ignored, the commission would be called on to enforce the provision in the law which guarantees preference to North Dakota labor. Langer was on the fire because of his pledges to protect North Dakota labor. Had the worst come to worst those boys would have been in a tough spot; would have had to fish or cut bait. Arntson got some heat from a few union men but not many. On the whole he came out of it a man with increased stature. CHLIGHT ¢ | | NO REASON FOR WHISPERS A lot of things are told in whispers which should be shouted right out loud. Take that loan by the Bank of North Dakota to the Lehigh Briquetting company, for example. A lot of folks have been bandying the matter over the back fence in the sly manner calculated to cast suspicion upon almost anyone. Here are the facts. The industrial commission instructed the manager of the bank to loan to the briquetting company on the basis of warehouse receipts; $5 for each ton warehoused. It admits that there is no warehouse and that the briquets are piled cn the ground, but insists they do not deteriorate from the weather as raw lignite does. Every time the company certifies it has 500 tons of briquets completed the bank advances it $2,500. Reasons for the loan as given by the industrial commission: It is made on good security; helps a North Dakota industry; provides employment for many breadwinners who otherwise might be on the R. F. C. Members of the industrial commission all voted for the idea. make no bones about it. There is no reason for whispers. They SNEAKING UP ON THE EXECUTIVE 4 That slithering noise you hear these days is made by the boys seeking @ vote on beer, wine and stronger spirituous liquors soft-shoeing up to the governor's office. They want him to call a special election. , Government Warns OIL INDUSTRY MAY PAGE GOVERNMENT PRODUCTION RULE} Standard of New Jersey Execu- tive, Who Quit After Fight, Seen as Boss CHIEFS OPPOSED TO PLAN Told Moffett to Refuse Johnson Assignment or Else Resign Position Washington, July 29.—()—Federal control over oil production under a special administrative agency Satur- day was understood in authoritative sources to be planned by President | Roosevelt, with James A. Moffett ex- ' pected to be supervisor. | Moffett resigned Friday as vice| president of the Standard Oil com-i pany of New Jersey because of sharp | disagreement with Walter C. Teagle, | President, and other officials over administration policies for stabiliz- | ing the oil industry. Whether a federal oil administra- tor would be set up in the recovery administration under Hugh 8. John- son or in the interior department was @ subject on which no responsible of- ficial would comment. Secretary Ickes smilingly declined to answer questions about this, but it was said in other official circles that President Roosevelt wants con- trol of production under the general supervision of the interior depart- ment along with enforcement of pro- duction and refining proposals to be put forward in a trade practice code for the oil industry. Moffett to Be in Charge There were indications that if en- forcement should be assigned the in- terior department, Secretary Ickes Probably would be designated the oil administrator, but that Moffett prob- ably would head the departmental agency actively in charge. W. 8. Farish, chairman of the board of the New Jersey Standard Oil, also differed with Moffett’s views. He and Teagle maintained silence Saturday on Moffett’s resignation. ‘Those in federal and oil industry circles in a position to know asserted that Moffett’s resignation was ac- cepted by the Standard board because of the differences between Moffett and Teagle over the recovery program. President Roosevelt, Secretary Ickes and Johnson asked Moffett to serve on the advisory committee aiding Johnson this week. : ‘Teagle was reported to have told him he either would have to resign from the Standard company or reject the committee place. Arriving at Hyde Park, N. Y., for his vacation at home, the president read with interest accounts of Mof- fett's resignation. It was indicated the administration has not been sa- tisfied with the attitude of some of the Standard Oil of New Jersey of- ficers as to development of the re- covery program. Considered It Command Seeking to Free Kidnaped Friend | Arthur Seeligson, business asso- ciate of Charles F. Urschel, kid- naped Oklahoma oil man, is shown above as he arrived in Oklahoma City from New York to try to make contact with Urschel’s abductors. TENNESSEE VALLEY PLAN IS DESIGNED TO HARNESS WATERS Power, Flood Control and Navi- gation Project Has Several Minor Aims Washington, July 29.—(#)—Presi- dent Roosevelt's Tennessee river val- ley plan is primarily a proposal to harness the waters of that great stream and make them work for the people of the south instead of against them. The three major phases, under the law now in effect, are power produc- tion, flood control and improvement of navigation. It also includes provision for re- forestation, prevention of soil ero- sion, experimentation in the produc- tion of cheap fertilizer, and reloca- tion of farmers dependent upon sub- normal lands. The Tennessee is one of the na- tion's giant rivers but its power pos- sibilities have been almost entirely wasted and its navigation potentiali- ties only partly realized. Its floods have caused damages running into millions of dollars annually. The entire plan centers about the government's $150,000,000 power and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals in Alabama, which were built during the war. Under the Norris bill enacted at the request of the president, a sepa- Moffett told Teagle to accept his resignation, setting forth subsequent- ly in a statement that he considered the request to serve on the Johnson committee as a command. Announcing his hearty accord with President Roosevelt's policies for stab- ilizing the petroleum industry, Mof- fett added in his statement. “My views as to the policies to be pursued apparently are not in accord with those of the board of the New Jersey company.” That other sound which echoes faintly over our hills and dales is caused by the same doughty lads sharpening their snickersnees for use in case he doesn’t. Bear in mind that two different organizations are involved. One seeks the initiated beer bill. The other wants to have North Dakota ratify pro- hibition repeal, discard its own prohibition laws. It is easiest to call them the soft Hquor and hard liquor cliques, although many men belong to both factions. * For some strange reason the “beer boys” are not interested in ratify- ing the 2ist amendment; repealing the prohibition law. They say any attempt to do that now would “complicate” things. ‘They were just a little peeved when C. P. Stone announced that the governor had promised to call a special election at which the entire busi- ness would be washed up. Stone was more than a little peeved when the governor denied his stetement. It didn’t help his peace of mind any to recall that the reporter to whom he gave the story reminded him that “Bill has made a lot of! promises”; that he had replied “This is one he'll keep.” REVIVAL OF AN ANCIENT GAME The quaint but ancient Mexican game of knifing, which has been mod- ernized to a high degree in state politics since last Jan. 3, has inundated the state to such a degree that it has even seeped into the athletic de- partment of one of North Dakota's leading educational institutions. ‘The board of administration recently was called to Fargo to hear a complaint made by one codch against anofher. Boiled down, the com- plainant really wanted his superior’s job. The complainant already had been chopped from the state payroll. The coach was called before the board for questioning, and some ref- erence was made to manipulations of a team’s expense money during a certain trip,a couple of years ago. In the ‘showdown, however, the subordinate said he did not wish to charge his superior with misfeasance or malfeasance in the conduct of athletic affairs of the institution and did not care to make any complaint against him whatever. He did admit, however, that he was a better man for the job and thought that the board of administration ought to rectify the situation. The board took no action and probably never will. The superior still has his job and the complainant is looking for another. Italian Planes Are Place for the Italians because fog is frequent over Valentia. Delayed by Weather| Jimmie Mattern left Winnipeg sat- (By The Associated Press) urday for Toronto with Pilot Pat Reid The 1,800-mile flight of 24 Italian en route to New York on his inter- seaplanes from Shoal Harbor, N. F., to Valentia, Irish Free State, has been indefinitely postponed because of unfavorable weather, Everything was ready, however, for the departure of the armada on the longest hop of the return journey to Italy from the United States. Provisional arrangements made for using Bentry Bay im South: tern Ireland as an alternative landing were rupted world solo flight. The master of the supply ship Jel- linge at Godthaab, Greenland, tele- graphed Governor Jensen of Green- land that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh intended soon to fly from Godthaab to Baffin Land, a large island west; of Greenland. Colonel Lindbergh, who with Mrs. Lindbergh has been mapping aerial youtes, was seid to be considering a fight to Nerway ‘ The quarrel between Moffett on one side and Teagle and Farish on the other, authoritative circles said, ‘rose some months ago when Mof- fett's recommendations on oil were asked for by the administration. At that time he proposed federal control to limit production with price regulation to protect both the indus- try and the consumer. Teagle and Farish were understood to have in- sisted there be no stepping into the oil business by the government. A showdown between Teagle and Moffett was reported in oil circles to have come yesterday after the admin- istration asked Moffett to serve on the advisory committee, it being planned to make him oil adminis- trator. The Standard of New Jersey board met in New York some hours after Teagle told Moffett either to resign or turn down the committee post. Moffett submitted his resignation last March when Farish was elevated to the chairmanship of the New Jer- sey board, but Teagle then refused to accept it, Hull Plans Trip to Southern Hemisphere Washington, July 29.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt is considering send- ing his secretary of state, Cordell Hull, to South America to cultivate relations with the southern republics, Particularly in the commercial field. The occasion would be the seventh Pan-American conference in Monte- video, Uruguay, in December. Leader of Desperate Texas Bandits Dies Perry, Ia, July 29.—(#)—Marvin (Buck) Barrow, 31, alleged leader of the “Bloody Barrow” gang of Texas desperadoes, died in a hospital here Saturday of wounds suffered in two gun battles. ene et Platte City, Mo, lest week and the second at Dexter, Ta. Monday, rate agency, the Tennessee valley au- thority, was created to operate this dam for the production of power to be sold to nearby communities. The authority also will operate the ni- trate plant for producing fertilizer. The biggest single construction project ts a dam on the Clinch river near Knoxville, Tennessee, nearly 200 miles above Muscle Shoals. This could store enough water to cover 5,800,000 acres of ground one foot P. The Cove creek dam will provide additional power, but its most im- portant function will be preventing floods and providing an even flow of water for navigation purposes. This project is to begin Jan. 1. World-Wide Drive Against Crime Seen Chicago, July 29.—(7)—A world-wide drive to put more international crim- inals behind prison doors was becom- ing a reality Saturday. Police officials from Europe, Can- ada and the United States united in this purpose, with a decision to work for greater cooperation between the nations in the running down of in- ternational crooks. A service bureau to supply all recognized police bodies with complete information is to be set up and ten- tative plans call for the establish- ment of two headquarters, one of which will likely be situated in Wash- ington, D. C., and the other in Vienna or Geneva, The decision was reached Friday night at @ session of the internation- al police conference and the interna- tional association of chiefs of police, sponsored by Barron Collier, special deputy police commissioner of New York. At the same time the delegates to the international conference, as well as the world association of detectives, agreed that the way to rid the na- tion of the “snatch racket” is to hang convicted kidnapers. American Writer Is Ordered From Spain Palma, Mallorca, July 29.—(P)— Theodore Pratt, an American writer whom the Spanish government has ordered deported as an undesirable resident, said he would sail for New York Saturday with his wife. An article Pratt wrote for an Amer- ican megezine on Mallorcen customs aroused indignation in some quarters. ENGINEERING WORK FOR LICENSE PLANT IS GAUSE OF FIGHT Thompson Demands Action Be Delayed ‘Until Law Is Com- plied With’ | HOLDS UP $750 PAYMENT, Records of Board Show No Res solution Employing Min- neapolis Company Launching an attack on employe ment of the Pillsbury Engineering company in connection with the pro- Posal to install a plant for making automobile tags at the state peni- tentiary, Arthur E. Thompson, state superintendent of public instruction, lost the first round Saturday. A motion to delay action “until the Provisions of the law have been fully complied with” was defeated by & three-to-two vote of the state board of administration. John Husby, commissioner of agri culture and labor, voted with Thomp- son. Nelson Sauvain, board chairman; |R. M. Rishworth and Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud voted against the motion. Sauvain and Rishworth were ap- pointed as I, V. A's. Mrs, Ulsrud re- cently was appointed by Governor William Langer. Thompson and Husby are Nonpartisans. Despite rejection of Thompson’s motion, however, the board took no action and was to meet further Sat- urday afternoon. Governor Langer and Attorney General A. J. Gronna, Jr., were to attend that meeting. One of the major points raised by Thompson in his motion was thé fact that he, as an ex-officio meme ber of the board, has not been in- formed of meetings at which various details of the prison plant and other items were discussed. The first ine timation he had that action on the license tag plant was contemplated, he said, was when he read advere tisements in the newspa| asking for bids. Prior to that time, he said, he had not known that the Pillsbury Engineering company, represented iw Bismarck by Frank Nutter, employed in connection with the{ work, Text of Motion ‘Thompson's motion followst “Mr. Chairman: I move that hes proceed no further on this until the provisions of the law have! been fully complied with and made) a part of our official record. My reae Sons for presenting this motion aret “1. The board records do not show that any agreement or con- tract was ever made with the Pillsbury Engineering company for the preparation of plans and specifications for this work. Fur- tner, I am informed that no agreement was ever officially made for the employment of this firm as consulting engineers for the board of administration— and I find no record of any fir nancial agreement for payment. of the services of the said Pills- bury Engineering company. “2. The board records do not show that any conference was ever held by the board with the governor to determine whether this project is warranted. The law making the appropriation for this work specifically makes this Proviso a prerequisite for any of- ficial action by the board. “3. I regard this as an impor- tant piece of board business and hence I think all members of the board should have received due notice if and when any action in this direction was contemplat- ed. I have never received any notice of any meeting to discuss this project. “4. I am not satisfied as yet that such @ project is warranted or that the establishment of this Plant will provide labor for any appreciable number of prisoners. Until I am shown that there is an advantage to the state I can- not conscientiously vote to spend $18,000 of the taxpayers’ money. “Mr. Chairman: I wish to have this motion recorded in the official records of the board.” May Ask New Bids In discussing the issue, Rishworth said new bids would be called for if (Continued on Page Three) Byrne Named Head Of Home Bank Here Grand Forks, N. D., July 29.—()}— Heads of the three branches of the federal home loan bank in North Da- kota were announced Saturday by F. W. McLean of Grand Forks, re- cently appointed state director Headquarters at Fargo will be under McLean's control. R. L. Taft of Grand Forks will head the branch here. G. E. Wooledge will manage the Minot branch and P. E. Byrne the Bismarck office. McLean expects to announce the list of county ap- praisers and attorneys next week. Ap- plications for home loans now 270 being received. NAME ATHLETIC CHIEF St. Paul, July 29,—()—James F Masterson, St. Thomas college physi« cal education director since 1931, was appointed athletic director there Fri- day succeeding Joe Boland, who re signed. FEAR TONG WAR New York,. July 29.—()—Two Chie nese were shot, one fatally, before cawn Saturdey and police, fearing a country-wide tong wer, poured um dercover agents into Chinstown ta alt hostilities.