The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1933 The Weather Mostly unsettled tonight and Sate urday; warmer tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS Johnson Pleads for Auto Code Walla GOVERNMENT READY TO BUY 5000000 PIGS FROM FARMERS Will Employ Packers to Process Swine and Distribute Meat to Needy AIM IS TO LIFT SURPLUS Increase of 25 to 30 Per Cent in Price of Remainder Is Forecast Chicago, Aug. 18.—(?)—Secretary Wallace Friday outlined the govern- ment’s emergency hog program for buying 5,000,000 swine, employing meat packers to process them, and distribute the meat to the needy. In an address at the Century of Progress exposition, he said that the Program will be ready to go into effect in a few days and that he expects it to boost purchasing power in the corn belt substtantially. | The plan should increase’ prices of swine, possibly 25 to 30 per cent, he asserted, and at the same time pro- vide relief to farmers heavily stocked with swine but with short feed sup- plies due to drought. ‘The program calls for purchase of 4000,000 pigs weighing 25 to 100 pounds at from 6 to 9% cents a pound, and 1,000,000 sows soon to farrow, weighing a minimum of 275 pounds, at market prices on the day marketed plus a bonus of $4. The purchases are to be complete by about October 1. Will Designate Agents They will be made “by specified Processing” for the department of ag- viculture. |The meat will be turned over to the federal emergency relief administration for distribution. Wallace estimated the cost of the Program at up to $55,000,000 to be met by a processing.tax.on hogs which will go into effect after September 30. The tax rate and effective date will be fixed later, he said, estimating that the levy, paid by those who turn the swine into marketable pork, will be “considerably less than a cent a pound. Wallace said the plan originated with hog farmers and their represen- tatives to meet the emergency facing Producers as a result of this year’s short feed crop, adding: “There are some things about it that we do not like but we are putting it into effect because we have not been able to think of anything as good.” He estimated that the purchases will reduce the total tonnage of swine marketed for the 1933-34 marketing season starting October 1 by up to 1,800,000,000 pounds, or about 16 per cent of the hog tonnage annually marketed. Cooperation Needed “If past experience.is any guide, a reduction of 15 to 16 per cent in market supplies would increase hog prices for the season by anywhere from 25 to 30 per cent,” Wallace said. “Prices paid for these pigs and sows will, I believe, be sufficient to war- rant the cooperation of hog produc- The federal emergency relief ad- ministration, Wallace continued, has indicated its desire to dispose of all the meat to needy persons. It will be purchased by the relief group at a price sufficient to defray the costs of Processing, storage and freight. He said the meat will not be sold in competition with that sold in regular trade channels, and that inedible por- tions, which will be converted into by- Products “should be distributed in such @ manner as not to upset the market.” The program will be followed up quickly by drafting of a corn and hog Program, Wallace said, asserting that 20,000,000 acres of corn should be taken out of production in order to adjust supplies of swine and corn, grown chiefly as feed for hogs, to fu- ture demand. Unless a long-range program was & certainty, Wallace said he would be unable to approve of the emergency Program because of its potential ef- fect on hog prices in coming years. Will Hire Farmers On Public Projects St. Paul, Aug. 18—(?)—A plan for employing farmers in drought- stricken areas on federal public works will be worked out by admin- istrators for this district. F. W. Murphy, director, and R. A. Radford, Washington, inspecting su- pervisor, left here Friday for a tour of the district, arranging to visit Mitchell, Pierre and Rapid City, 8. D.; Casper, Wyo. and Fargo and Jamestown in North Dakota. ‘They will confer with public works commissions on proposals to give work on secondary road projects to farmers who have lost virtually their full crops this year because of the drought. ROADS FAIR TO GOOD All North Dakota highways are in fair to good condition, according to W. J. Flannigan, maintenance engin- ger of the state highway department. The Aeronautics Branch of the De- partment of Commerce is preparing @ loose-leaf publication containing de- tailed information about the location | of radio range beacon facilities with | vespect to airports. 1 dramatic moment for Paul Maxim, 25, fugitive od Pardoned from an Ohie ‘ory, when he watched Governor White of Ohio sign the par- don that will enable him to resume his successful career as an ad- vertising executive. Maxim was Jewelry from a small Ohio school, sentenced for the theft of class escaped six years ago, and under an assumed name had won an uphill battle to make good when cap- tured recently in Chicago. CUBAN AUTHORITIES SAYS NORTH DAKOTA SEEKING TO SETTLE WATERFRONT STRIKE Some Workers Ready to Resume Labor But Others Still Holding Out Havana, Aug. 18.—()—Settlement of a paralyzing harbor strike, which would solve a major labor problem confronting the new Cuban govern- ment, was expected Friday by Joaquin Martinez Saenz, secretary of the treasury. Shippers and strikers announced dock laborers and launch operators would end their strike Friday morn- ing, but longshoremen and stevedores decided to hold out for recognition of their union. . For more than two weeks the strikes, a continuation of the general trade paralysis that preceded the over- throw of President Machado, have played havoc with shipping. Several large liners have been forced to can- cel scheduled stops, with hundreds of tourists, at the Havana docks. Most of the workers seem anxious to return to their duties but claim their leaders prevented. Their major demands have been met—that the weight of sugar bags they carry be re- duced, that ferries be abolished and that all ships anchor in midstream instead of docking. Meanwhile, all Havana was sesth- ing with rumors that former Police Chief A. B. Ainciart, whom opposition groups accuse of many crimes, had been apprehended and held either in Principe prison or Castillo De La Fuerza. Official sources said they heard the rumor but had no definite information. No one could be found who had seen Ainciart. A government “blockade” on form- er members of the Machado regime suspected of official misconduct pre- vented the sailing into exile of sev- eral important leaders of the former administration. The drive against Machadistas cpn- tinued with the killing of two men near the capital and one at Cama- guey. | EEE | Bismarck Men to | Fish for Muskies Many battles with muskies next week in the wilds of Canada are anticipated by four Bismarck men this week-end as they prepare for @ vacation trip into the Lake of the Woods country. nee ane E. P. Quain and . A. Brandes, Burt Finney and 8. W. Corwin. ‘The quartet will leave Sunday morning for Warroad, in northern Minesota on the south shore of Lake of the Woods, where they have chartered a house boat. A guide will accompany them as they sail northward past the in- ternational boundary into a region of the lake dotted by islands. Here the Bismarck men will fish for muskellunge to their heart’s content. r They expect to be gone 10 days or two weeks. TWO HELD TO COURT Williston, N. D., Aug. 18.—(7)—Sam Ross, proprietor of a filling station west of Williston, and Sam Krivosha, Proprietor of a Williston tailor shop, were bound over to district court at & preliminary hearing on charges growing out of the theft of wool from a freight car near here. set at $2,000 each. NORTH DAKOTAN HONORED Minneapolis, Aug. 18.—(4)—P. W. Viesselman, practicing lawyer here for 10 years and former professor of law at the University of North Dakota was elected associate dean and registrar of the Minnesota College of Law here Thursday. He rill be in active charge of its work during the coming year. Bond was; IS HAVING ABNORMAL Says W. C. B. Receipts Sharply Reduced But Accident Rate Continues High Pointing out that underwriting loss- es of the North Dakota workmen's compensation bureau for the first seven months of the year totaled $83,- 079.60, Chairman R. E. Wenzel ob- serves that the state “quite evidently is running a most abnormal accident experience for the year 1933.” “Other states, whose figures have versal from the trend of the first three depression years,” Wenzel said. “They still show further decreases of { payrolls, in some instances, but they also’show a compensating reduction in the number of accidents. North Da- kota, however, continues with its ex- traordinary depression payroll reduc- tions, with accompanying reductions in premium receipts, but maintains an accident frequency that is only six Per cent less than that for the years 1930 and 1932.” ‘The bureau showed an underwriting gain of $46,571.47 for the first seven months of 3930, Wenzel said, compar- ed to losses for the same seven-month Periods of $24,837.74 in 1931, $37,485.12 in 1932 and $83,089.60 in 1933. Wenzel’s figures follow: Premium Compensation Year Accidents Collections Payments 1930 2,994 + $351,258.07 $304,686.60 1931 3,244 293,049.92 317,887.66 1932 3,002 248,248.38 © 285,733.40 1933 2,821 197,830.21 - 280,909.81 Accident Totals Jump “The July accidents totaled 515, as compared with 465 for July, 1932,” Wenzel said. “Cass county's record month since January, 1932, and Bur- leigh county's record for July (63) was higher than any other month since October, 1930. Capitol construc- tion work explains some of the in- crease in Burleigh county’s record, but there has been no indication of indus- ‘| trial speed-up elsewhere. “In addition to the adverse fre- quency record, the first seven months of 1933 show as many death losses (17) as the 12 months of 1932 (and there have been several since). “It will be noted that the total un- derwriting losses for the seven months’ periods of the last three years is $145,402.42, Administrative expense allocatable to these 21 months would increase that figure by about $100,000, but interest earnings offset this item of administrative cost. “As the record cannot be changed after it is made, may I again be par- doned for suggesting that something be done about accident prevention.” Death Toll Mounts In Jamaica Storm Kingston, Jamica, Aug. 18—(>)— Lack of water and other supplies formed a distressing aftermath Fri- day to a storm which Wednesday ‘caused 130 deaths and widespread |property damage. Governor Sir Ransford Slater sponsored the rais- ing of a $500,000 relief fund to care for 50,000 inhabitants whose suffering was said to be acute. Vines Is Beaten by Shields at Newport Newport, R. I, Aug. 18.—(?}—Ells- {worth Vines, national tennis cham- | pion, Friday was widely out-played by Frank X. Shields as that powerful | New Yorker ran up a straight set vic- tory in the semi-final round of the 'Newport Casino tennis tournament. | Vines, Casino victor for the last two ivears, was eliminated by a 6-2, 6-4, 8-4, margin. | MISHAP EXPERIENCE become available, show quite a re-| (164) was higher than any other| FOUR EXECUTED AS | AUTHORITIES PRESS SEARCH FOR CROOKS! Arkansas Bandit Dies From Wounds Inflicted By Posse in Gunfight LINDBERGH CASE REVIVED: { Officials Hint Bailey and Gang May Have Committed New Jersey Crime (By The Associated Press) ‘The Jaw is sometimes stupid and | rouges sneer; but the law is inexor- able, and rogues snivel, cringe—and die. Four of them walked “the last mile” between Thursday’s sunset and Fri- day's dawn, sititng down to death in | the electric chair to pay for the mur- |ders they had done. One was a Ne- | gro, R. T. Bennett. The state of Texas electrocuted him for murdering | & Dallas woman—strangling her with ‘a silk stocking. Sing Sing saw the others die. The three men were executed at six min- ute intervals. Two died for murder committed during a New York City holdup. The third, Stephen Wither- ell, had killed his father, robbed him and then gone on a honeymoon. The law, like the jaws of a steel |.\rap, was snapping shut, too, on other hunted men elsewhere. An Arkansas | Posse snared ‘Gene Johnson and shot {him dead when he offered fight. He was wanted for murdering a Kansas | police officer. Second Man Escapes |. Johnson's wife, wanted in connec- | tion with a Kansas bank robbery, was ; Wounded and captured; but LeRoy | Wright, another of the bad men | whose guns have blazed death and jterror in Kansas,.escaped. From Denver came significant evi- dence of the law's persistence. It | cinted that solution of the Lindbergh baby murder mystery might be near. For more than a year the hunt for the abductor-killer of the child has gone on. Herbert Hoover, then presi- jdent, promised that the federal gov- ernment would never cease its search until the crime was solved. The New Jersey state police, themselves to running down the kill- er or killers, however long the trail. Friday at Denver two federal agents, described as having been as- signed to the murder hunt “‘for life,” probed the pasts of Harvey Bailey {and Albert Bates, both now in cells, |and this gave rise to the suggestion that these men and the gang to which they belonged may be suspected of the | Lindbergh murder. Bailey is held in Texas for the Urschel kidnaping at |Oklahoma City and Bates is held at | Denver in connection with a thwarted | kidnap plot. i Arkansas Crime-Ridden | Arkansas is having its full quota of czime. Mark Shank, the Akron, O., |attorney who told police he poisoned jfour members of a family and who| | Thursday at his arraignment pleaded |not guilty, was removed from Benton, |Ark., to Little Rock for safekeeping. | At Grundy, Va., Matilda Roberts jcontinued to deny knowledge of how} | chree men were slain in an automobile | lin which she admitted she was Pas-| senger. 1 But as the law struck, crime went on, just the same. John Donovan, a 85-year-old recluse, was found bru- telly slain at his Elizabeth, N. J., |come late Thursday night. The body of a truck driver, James | Palermo, was found near a roadway in Astoria (Queens), New York. He had been trussed in such a manner that every struggle to free himself tightened a rop eabout his neck, so that he garroted himself. 250 SOLDIERS KILLED Paris, Aug. 18.—(?)—Government dispatches reported that 250 French | soldiers, most of them native troops were killed the past week in clashes aimed at cleaning up the last rebel strongholds in the Atlas mountains. Thousands of insurgents have sur- rendered. In Baslow, England, no young man 1s considered fit for marriage until he as sealed the summit of Eagle Stone, unaided. too, dedicated ; ‘the last fiscal year were $3,996,599.62, ce Outlines Plan to Aid Ho Fugitive WhoMadeGo FINANCIAL REPORT | SHOWS STATE SPENT HUGE SUM IN 1982 Dale Discloses Collections of $19,361,673.54 and $19,- 190,183.03 Paid Out BALANCE IS $10,925,378 General Fund Shrinks As Taxes Are Unpaid; Was Over- drawn Last June Collections by the state for all pur- poses totaled $19,361,673.54 for the fiscal year July 1, 1932, to June 30, 1933, it was shown Friday in the an- nual financial report for North Da- kota compiled by Alfred S. Dale, State treasurer. This represented an $861,982.28 re- duction from the $20,223,655.82 col- lected in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1932. Payments by the state gov- ernment for the year ended June 30 amounted to $19,190,183.03, or $2,279,- 509.24 less than the previous year. The balance in all funds on June 30 was $10,925,378.88, the report said. {This was distributed as follows: Bank of North Dakota subject to check, $2,705,383.46; certificates of deposit, $7,177,172.32; investments, real estate bond payment fund, $592,500; cash on hand, $2,152.20; interest coupons paid pending issuance of auditor's warrant, $362,282.91; tax collections in transit, $85,887.99. Total collections for the general fund the last fiscal year were $3,- 300,380.53 compared with $3,970,059.25 the previous year. On June 30, 1932, the balance in the fund was $688,- 692.36 and collections of / $3,300,380.53 during the year brought the fund to $3,989,072.89. Payments for the pe- {riod totaled $4,002,593.59, leaving the fund overdrawn $13,520.70 on June 30, ; 1933, the report showed. Collections Decline the report except for a few small in- creases. Among funds showing drops in collections was the motor vehicle reg- istration fund, where the report listed collections of $1,128,251.30 com- pared with $1,828,398.94 the previous year. In the highway construction fund, which carried a balance of $1,117,- 003.34 June 30, 1932, collections for including federal monies, with dis- bursements totaling $4,570,385. Col- lections during the year prior to June 30, 1932, were $5,510,574.33 and disbursements $4.797,919.19. In the capito: building fund col- lections for the tirscal year were $1,- 139,133.20, the report said, of which $400,000 was obtained on certificates of indebtedness and the rest on mis- cellaneous transfers from other funds and the tax levy. School Monies Shrink In the permanent fund for com- mon schools, collections dropped from $811,257.88 for the year ended June 30, 1932, to $479,358.88 the last fiscal year, a reduction of $331,899. The interest and income fund collections for common schools showed a $59,- 989.31 reduction from the previous year to $639,607.63 during the last year. Revenue collections for the last fiscal year ended June 30 were less than ‘the previous year except that interest on public funds increased from $90,141.51 to $114,327.74. A com- parison of the last nine years, start- ing with the fiscal year ended June 30; 1929, showed a general increase to 1929, the peak year, and then a de- cline. Collections for 1929, 1932 and 1933, fiscal years ending June 30: Cigarette revenue—1929, $249,965.04; 1932, $292,654.41; 1933, $241,802.92. Income tax—1929, $657,164.10; 1932, $217,285.44; 1933, $116,063.69. Interest on public funds — 1929, $148,199.00; 1932, $90,141.51; 1933, $114,327.74. Game and fish—1929, $100,110.52; 1932, $69,404.29; 1933, $58,561.45. Motor vehicle registration — 1929, $2,048,061.50; 1932, $1,828,398.94; 1933, $1,128,251.30. County highways aid 1/3 net gas tax—1932, $660,000.00; 1933, $600,000.00. REPORT 500 KILLED London, Aug. 18.—()}—Reports from Baghdad, Iraq. that 500 Assyrian Christians were killed in a clash with Traq soldiers caused uneasiness in of- ficial circles here Friday. Polacca, Hopiland, Ariz. Aug. 18.—(?)—The plumed water serp- ent, God of the underworld, has frowned op Hopi rain medicine for the first time in years. Rattlesnakes twined about their bodies,,men of the tribe danced furiously Thursday in supplica- tion for rain, but the day’s end found the medicine men gazing with awe and wonder at a cloud- less sky. The ground was hard, dry and brown, and their crops thirsty. Sullen dust clouds swirl- | ed in from the desert, | Late at night the medicine men | gathered in their kivas, hunched | over a slow fire to escape the chill and in tribal gutterals expressed amazement that the snake end Plumed Water Serpent Frowns on Hopi Indians; Sends Them No Rain antelope clans had been unable to appease the wrath of the plum- ed water serpent and his comple- ment of minor gods. A stronger medicine would be brewed, they decided, nodding sagely, for a second snake dance on Monday at the first mesa near here. The priests’ faith in their potion was unshaken; the next dance, they assured their anxious tribesmen, would bring rain. In former years, with a regular- ity uncanny to white men, the Indians’ supplications have been followed by tremendous down- pours that sometimes marooned homeward-bound spectators be- tween desert gullies filled with torrents of muddy water. A general decline in collections in} the ‘general’ fund was, apparent in‘ g R smiles at the stamp window—and of 100 three-cent NRA recovery 6 oostmaster general himself, genial plainly reflected i Helping Stamp Out Depression Hon on the face of the buyer, Gen. Hugh Johnson, NRA head, is aisers SRS. look who’s selling the first sheet jtamps! It’s none other than the 1 Jim Farley. And the satisfac in his broad grin. ENDORSE STOPPING OF STORED GRAIN | SALEBY ELEVATORS Railroad Commission Adopts, Resolutions Upholding Fed- | eral Adjustment Act i Efforts by the federal government | to stop the sale of stored grain was endorsed in resolutions adopted by the North Dakota railroad commission at a meeting Thursday. Members of the board, who have all been connected with farmers elevators in the past in} various capacities, expressed them- selves as heartily in favor of stopping the sale of stored grain without the consent of the holder of the storage ticket. Commissioner Ben Larkin who re- cently returned from a hearing in Chicago at which the question was tnreshed out in sessions presided over by George N. Peek, in charge of the administration of the act, said that the commission houses are all pro- testing against the government's or- der while farmers organizations are supporting the government. Most of the terminal elevators in the Twin Cities, Duluth and Chicago are filled with grain at present Lar- |kin said, and protests being received |by the department against the order are inspired by the grain trade. The resolution adopted by the com- mission Thursday follows: Text of Resolution “Whereas, in our experience as grain farmers, stock holders in and airectors and managers of farmers elevators, prior to becoming members «f this commission, and by informa- tion gained through regulation of grain warehouses during the past eight years, we are convinced that the practice on the part of the ware- |house man, of selling stored grain, thereby changing its status to ‘cash’ grain, even though it is ‘hedged,’ is detrimental to the best interets of the producer, and, “Whereas, we have found such practice to be usually detrimental to the warehouseman himself as well as to the holder of negotiable warehouse jreceipts, since in every case of the jmearly one hundred trusteeships of |insolvent warehousemen handled by us during the past few years, insoly- ency has been brought about directly by the sale of stored grain by the warehouseman, and, . “Whereas, it is our firm belief that the discontinuance of the practice of warehousmen selling stored grain is a long step toward orderly marketing, so much desired by those who have |the real interest of the producer at heart, and will greatly curtail the «buses now existing in the speculative grain trade, “Now, therefore, be it resolved, that | we cooperate to the fullest extent | with the federal government in its! efforts to prohibit the sale of stored | gtain by warehousemen.” | Predict Settlement | Of Garment Walkout; New York, Aug. 18—(P)—A belief | that the rent in the garment indus- try will be mended by nightfall was expressed Friday by Grover A. Wha- Jen, NRA mediator. After an all-night conference, he announced a tentative basis for a settlement of the strike of 60,000 workers. This provides, among other things, for a 35-hour week and the right of collective bargaining. No accord was announced on wage scales, which were left for discussion | Friday night. LINDY AWAITING SHIP | Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 18—(?)—| | While awaiting the arrival of the sup-j | ply ship for their northern air map-! | ping tour. Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh Friday spent their time Valley City, N. D. (Angeles by atrple: | sighteeeing. | $30,000,000 if they would promise to FARM ADJUSTMENT LEADERS SPEEDING | WORK OF RECOVERY Keep Pace With NRA Which Producers Say Is Lifting Production Costs Washington, Aug. 18. — (#) — The farm adjustment administration is speeding up to keep pace with its in- dustrial companion piece, the nation- al recovery administration. A quick answer to the demand by dairymens’ organizations for help showed that Secretary Wallace is keenly aware of the situation. the farm administration for what they described as undue delay and said something had to be done. In their torma! resolution they did rot mention the recovery administra- tion, but in conferences with farm officials they bluntly said that NRA’s program was increasing their costs and that meanwhile the price for but- ter had descended as if it had greased its own chute. Secretary Wallace told dairymen’s spokesmen that they might have work out a program to limit the out- put of dairy products. They prom- ised. The farm administration matched Hugh S, Johnson's celerity in working out its emergency cotton program and there has been little complaint as to the speed of its wheat cam- paign. Meanwhile, the poultry raisers, su- gar growers, producers of many va- teties of fruit and vegetables, rice adn tobacco farmers, and many or-| ganizations marketing farm products nave cried for aid in the face of mounting costs and laggard prices. The result may be several short cuts by the farm administration. Roosevelt Rejects Currency Inflation Washington, Aug. 18.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt, urged repeatedly these days to inflate the currency directly, is sitting tight, seeking to bring prices up steadily and without fluctuations. Thursday, Senator Smith of South Carolina and Representative Jones of Texas, chairmen of the senate and house agriculture committees, urged him to issue non-interest bearing treasury notes to meet government obligations. Smith reported this reaction: “He made me feel powerful good by the way he smiled.” | There came from the white house} no indication of a change in Roose- velt’s belief that the situation now is well under control. It has been pointed out at the white house that a slow upward price movement is conducive to real busi- ness health. Likewise, it was said that prices, which had risen possibly | too high and too fast, had dropped | most recently, this “levelling off” was} reported as pleasing to the adminis- tration. Valley City Woman’s Sister Is Wounded Los Angeles, Aug. 18.—()—Extra Police were ordered Thursday to aid the robbery detail in search for a man and his blonde woman companion who, in a series of holdups Wednes- day night robbed and wounded Crom- bie Allen, retired newspaper publish- er, and Miss Cora Withington, 45, a school teacher. ASSERTS NO FAVORS CAN BE GRANTED IN SET-UP FOR GROU. Regrets 100 Per Cent of Motor Makers Not Represented At Conference LABOR SPOKESMAN PEEVEC Green Declares Hours Proposed Are Too Long and Wages Are Too Low Washington, Aug. 18.—()—Steel coal and oil absorbed the concentrat- ed efforts of President Roosvelt's re- covery administration Friday, after a big automobile gathering. from which Henry Ford was absent, heard Hugh S. Johnson's blunt warning there would be “no exceptions, wheth- er large or small.” “This code, when approved, will be administered without fear or favor,” Johnson said to the automobile men. “It is a matter of regret that the rec- emmended code does not include 100 per cent of the manufacturers and I hope that condition will not long con- tinue.” William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, de- nounced the proposed wages of 40 to |43 cents an hour and the proposed maximum hours of 48 a week with a 35-hour average as too little compen- sation and too long periods of labor. He asked a 30-hour week with wages f 60 cents an hour. Provides For Open Shop The open shop paragraph provides “the employers in the industry may continue the open shop policy” and it was attacked as lending itself to a general misinterpretation. Immediately afterward, Johnson told his press conference, “I haven't even thought yet of the disciplinary powers fi the law” but added they were put there to be used if necessary ond would be used if the occasion de- mands. Federal licenses could be ap- plied under the law. The recovery chieftain said he still planned to take the production-curb- ing, price-supervising oll code to Pres- ident Roosevelt Friday but was ready to correct any mistakes pointed out by ofl men during the morning in numerous complaints filed with him. Such corrections in the charter, he indicated, would be only minor changes after a night of “proofread- ing” by the industry. In his press conference Johnson said submission of the code to the in- dustry by the NRA and administration “was not a high-handed proposition because these people have had every chance to present any possible views.” Plans Change in Words One change he said he would make was that the production control sec- tion, saying the federal government shall allocate production to a state, would provide instead that it “recom- mend” the production quota, Johnson said steel men had not, up to the present time reached a final agreement among themselves, adding that wages and working hours were the stumbling points, Conferences with both steel and coal men were on Johnson's schedule in the intense drive to bring both huge industries into NRA membership by Saturday night. The recovery administration was unable to complete its work Friday on the bituminous coal code because of the many questions involved and Johnson said: There will be no coal code today.” He expressed hope it may be completed soon. Labor Issue Unsolved But still underlying the situation | was the feeling caused by steel’s re- cent refusal to confer with William Green, president of the American | Federation of Labor, and Green's in- terpretation that this was represent- ative of steel’s inherent opposition to organization of its workers. Labor questions also provided the core-thumb in coal. Bituminous oper- ators had from Roosevelt a request for a single trade code that should contain no open-shop clause. Despite the presidential admonition, some of the operators reiterated their insitst- ence upon the open shop. There arose also threats of rebellion against the oil code. Factions rushed into shape direct appeals to President Roosevelt and recovery officials against some of its terms. See Light Vote in Missouri Election St. Louis, Aug. 18.—()—Despite last- minute efforts to get out the dry vote, Missouri apparently was in step with the twenty-one states which it will follow in voting for prohibition repeal Saturday. Until the last two days, those fav- oring prohibition have resorted most- ly to the courts in fighting their bat- tle against repeal, but Friday thous- ands of sample ballots designed to show how to vote the dry cause were distributed and speech-making super- seded an earlier request to ignore the election. Wet leaders, from Governor Guy B. Park on down, were confident, how~ ever, that Missouri would become state No. 22 in the repeal column by & decisive although light vote. BLAST WRECKS TRAIN Kinderhook, Ill., Aug. 18—(?)—An explosion followed by fire caused the wreck of eastbound Wabash freight train No. 82, as it passed the local sta- tion early Friday and burning cars were piled along the right-of-way. None of the crew was injured. Advised of the shooting. Miss With- ington’s sister, Mrs. Alice Black of left Friday for Los Members of the crew said 2 number \of hoboes riding in the train probably had perished in the fire.