Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1925, Page 4

CONFESSES KILLING 10 CLEAR SCOTT Kansas- Prisoner’s Plea, However, Is Given Little Credence. By the Associated P WICHITA, Kans., August 1.—John Gordon, held here on charges of first degree robbery, kidnaping and, crimi. nal assault, today made a confession to the county attorney that he had killed Joseph Maurer, clerk, for whose murder Russell Scott was condemned to hang. Police doubt Gordon’s story, and are investigating. Declaring he has gone under many assumed names, but that his real name is Donald Alan Gurley, Gordon told authorities whom he had sum moned for the purpose of “‘confessing” that the drug clerk was killed while he (Gordon) was attempting to hold up a drug store. He has told several weird tales since his arrest last Mon. day following an alleged kidnaping of two Hutchinson young people. Gordon typewrote his own confes slon and signed it in the presence of witnesses. County authorities sug- zested he dictate it to stenographers but Gordon asked if he might write it himself. Text of Confession. Gordon's “confession” follows: “Let it be known by this statement, which is made by myself, on the first day of August, 1925, in the presence the undersigned witn , that I Donald Alan Gurley, allas John Gor don, etc., the undersigned, do of my own free will and volition, and with- ut promise of immunity or any les sening of any punishment, legal or otherwise, make the following state ment: “That 1 did take the life of one Joseph Maurer, in the city of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, for which” homicide an innocent man has been convicted and sentenced. That this taking of the life of Joseph Mau rer was committed during the course of an illegal act, to wit, an attempted hold-up of the place of business in which he was employed or present “I wish further to include in this tement that the reason for the making of this voluntary statement and_ confession is due to the friendly advice and solicitation of one Daniel | Dwyer, and 1 desire that any remu neration or credit for that statement to accrue to him.” Dwyer is chief deputy sheriff here. CONFESSION IGNORED. State Wants Start of Scott Sanity Hearing Tomorrow. CHICAGO, August 1 (#).—The State today finished its preparations for the sanity hearing for Russell Scott, former Canadian financler, sen- tenced to hang for slaying a Chicago drug clerk in a hold-up. The hearing will start Monday and the State has hired several alienists, declaring it will put on an alienist to declare Scott sane for every defense alienist who testifies he is insane. The State attached no importance tatement of John Gordon, under t Wichita, Kans., that he and not Scott had killed the clerk. Assist- ant State’s attorneys dismissed the statements attributed to the man with a shrug, merely saying they had never heard of Gordon. Defense attorneys, however, sald that “anything is pos- sible because all the evidence against Scott is circumstantial A. F. OF L. ATTACKS PENNSY LABOR STAND to arrest Employes “Blacklisted” and Wages Unfairly Equalized, State- ment Declares. The Pennsylvania Rairoad’s attitude toward labor was condemned at a meeting here vesterday of the execu. tive council of the American Federa- tion of Labor. A statement by the federation said evidence was submitted “that men were being blacklisted, wages ‘equal- ized” arbitrarily and a system of es- pionage prevailed that made it im- possible for self-respecting workmen to remain in the employ of the com- pany.” The statement continued: “The charges were made by the offi- cials of the Pennsylvania Railroad System Federation and approved by the Railway Employes Department of the American Federation of Labor. The executive council voted its earn- est sympathy to the striking employes of that system and decided to bring the matter to the attention of the American Federation of Labor con- vention in October. For several years the ania has conducted a propa- ganda campaign at enormous cost gainst its employes who were en. deavoring to obtain adequate wages and desirable working conditions on that system.” Vice President James Duncan was elected detegate to the Canadian Trade Union Congress. Penns; WOMEN WILL SEEK NAIL-DRIVING PRIZE Other Contests Arranged for Kal. lipolis Grotto Outing at Marshall Hall. ‘Women will be given an opportwaity to test their dexterity in thews) 13 needles and driying nalls ir 254 pine boards at the &nnual outizg of Kalli- polis Grotto at Marshall Yan August 11. A number of contests exclusively for ;women have been added to the athfetic program, it was announced last night by Stephen H. Talkes, chairman of the general excursion committee. The men will not be overlooked, Mr. Talkes promises. There will be nu- merous foot races for them as well as other tests. A free-forall greased piz chase will furnish an exciting climax. Merchants of Washington have do- nated &cores of prizes for the contest Winners. Among them are gold pieces, gowns, jewelry of all kinds and bank books containing initial deposits. One of the principal features of the outing will be a beauty contest. The prettiest girls representing each of the four sections of the District— Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and uthwest—will be awarded valuable s@prizes. A number of girls already have ‘motified Chafrman Talkes of their in- tention to enter. The Grotto Band will take an im. portant part in the festivities, giving a concert on the evening boat en route to Marshall Hall and another at the resort. The refreshment com- mittee wil dispense orangeade and lemonade to the ‘“veiled prophets” and their guests free. The advance sale of tickets will be- gin this week. They may be pro- cured at the Grgtto headquarters or at Schmid's Bird Store, 712 Twelfth street. Chicago drug | *—"T0 ROSSLYN The cross near the Dewey tomb ni The map is printed for the convenlenc ) tinued f) 12 per cent, and the commission now is preparing to issue these bonds. The assesyments are payable annually over @ perfod of 50 years, and they operate as a first lien on the property af- fected, which, the attorneys, contend, amounts to taking property without due process of law. It is further contended | neys | taw by attor. f 1918 required charges shall be uniform class’ of property for any and no benefit charge, shall be increased However an amendment to the law t year | dropped that feature of the act which provided that no benefit charge, once levied, shall be increased. The com- mission now is attempting to increase the benefit charge, say the attorneys, in order to meet its obligations. The commission, according to the attor- neys, contends that the levy made some vears ago was an “assessment’ and not a “benefit.” that the benefit for each one year once levied, Extravagance Charged. They charge that extravagance of the commision is forcing the addi- tional levy and are seeking to force a showing of the bool It is pointed out that the commission has author- ity to do certain of its projects up to the amount of $5,000 with day labor, and that otherwise it must have it done by contraet after advertising for bids. Under this scheme, it is asserted, the commission, to get around the law, puts in a section of a project to keep within the limit, then jumps to another point on the project and treats each as a separate project, and then returns to fill in the gaps. ‘The attorneys say that while they will attack the constitutionality of the law, if they do not get relief before the Public Service Commission, but they disclaim any idea of embarrass- ing the commission or having the whole project declared unconstitution- al to the extent that it will be neces- sary to stop ev hing. All the; want, they claim, is a chance to see the books to ascertain that it is being done economically The commission, on the other hand, through its chafrman, Duckett, a local attorney, admits cer- tain of the allegations of the con- testants, but points out that this community has grown by such leaps and bounds in the last few years, that it was impossible to foresee the great growth. Projects which, It was thought, would be sufficient for vears, have been found to be inadequate in a short time, requiring changing the size of the mains. At the first, it was mains and saddle munity with it. but with the rapid growth this been found necessary with the conséquent increase in the cost. Cites Specific Case. In the case of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Duckett said that he has 23 acres in the heart of Woodside, Md., a grow- ing community, and the commission {would not be justified in declaring this agricultural acreage. Agricul- tural acreage does not pay & tax. Subdivisions pay the highest tax, and then there Is a lower tax, based on front feet on the streets and high- ways, paid by “small acreage.” There 18 no hard and fast rule for classifying these, and, of course, it was pointed the whole com- taxpayers are paying the tax while others are not, is true. The constitutionality of the act has been upheld by the Maryland courts, Mr. Duckett said, in a friendly suit brought in 1919 for the express Hur. pose of testing its legality. This was the suit of Dahler versus the Wash- ington Suburban Sanitary Commis- sfon. There has “een a tremendous growth in this territory, he said, and the igsuance of boAds was necessary to meet the demands of the people for water and sewer facilities. To have put_in the projects five vears ago ! would have been an unjust burden on the whole community, he said, but it was realized last winter that it was not safe to postpone planned construc- tion any further, if the community was to have the necessary water and sewer facilities. Mr. Duckett said that the commis- slon does use day labor where it is practicable and legal to do so, even to the extent of breaking up a large project into smaller projects. It has been actually found that the cost by day labor is considerably cheaper be- se of the Valuable machinery which the commission owns and can use in the work. A review of com- parative costs will show this. As a result of the commission doing its own work, the community, he asserts, has been saved many thousands of dollars. The cost of labor on projects has been cut from $1.94 in 1923 to $1.12 in 1925 per foot of pipe laid. Says Report Is Public. Regarding the contention of the contestants that the commission does not comply with the law to the ex- tent of advertising the state of its books, Mr. Duckett said that there has been published as required by law a synopsis of the statements, with the notation that the full report is on file in the offices of the commission and may be examined by any one. Yet, he sald, no one has asked to see this report, nor have the attorneys in the cases consulted with the com- mission. The agitation against the commis- sion's charges, Mr. Duckett continued, should. be considered not from the standpoint of the cost per front foot, whether it is an increase or decrease, but whether the total charges are commensurate with the service fur- nished. It will be found, he said, that Appeadl to P. S. C. Against Unjustified Levies. Sani- tary Officials Declare Growth of Communities Demands Improvements Made Fire of Residents. presenting taxpavers that the | T. Howard | not deemed desirable to put in large | out, the contention that some of the| narks the Br none of those affected pay more than $3 per month for water and sewer fa- cilities and thefr maintenance. “With this growth and the incrensed demand for service and fire protec- tion, the commission deemed it wise — in fact, it found it necessary—to re inforce its systems and to expand its | facilities for service to such a point that there would always be an ample upply of properly purified water and tion of sewage,” Mr For instance, in 1919 the commissfon took over the system of Hyattsville. Hyattsville had a normal daily water consumption of from 50,000 to 60,000 gallons. The commission, with | the comparative size of the nearby | | communities to be served in mind, built a filter plant and pumping sta- | tion with a maximum capacity of | | 1,200,000 gallons per day, thinking ' | there was ample margin for at least | 10 vears to come. On several days | in the past June, with the filter | working to full capacity, it was only able to maintain a fair pressure | throughout the territory served, and | | pumped on June 19 1,183,000 gallons. | ‘l[, therefore, became most urgent | that the supply, both for normal serv. | fce and in_case ‘of emergency, be aug- mented. To protect these communi- ties from a water shortage, the com- | mission has just completed a 124nch | cast_fron_water main from the filter | | plant at Hyattsville to Takoma Park. | where it connects with the main line i(rom the Burnt Mills plant, this line | having a_daily capacity of 1,500,000 | | gallons, giving the communities of | Prince Georges County a present sup- | | ply of approximately 2,750,000 gal- | ons per da In order to protect the western end of the territory. the commission is about to construct a 16-inch main from | the Seventh street pike to the Rock | ville pike, and a new 24-inch main is | to be bullt from Burnt Mills to Four | }(‘orners, which will strengthen the service in both Prince Georges and | Montgomery Counties. The commis | sion has recently completed and put in operation a stand pipe of 475,000 | gallons capacity at Alta Vista for re- | serve purposes to equalize the pres- {sure. It has made many other con- nections and cross-connections, in- talled additional pumps, increased the size of its pipes under streets about |to be paved and provided for every | emergency that can be reasonably fore- | seen.” At an approximate cost of 250,000, the commission, in addition, | has “started in the last 18 months | numerous sewer trunk lines, one of | which in particular, the Sligo trunk | sewer serving Takoma Park and Sil- ver Spring, cost more than $20,000 in excess of the usual figure for a line its {size and length, on account of the| large quantity of rock encountered. ' Puts Cost at $500,000. “In the aggregate, it might fairly be said that the total cost within the | past 18 months, and in immediate prospect, for bringing the system as a whole up to a point of safety and adequacy, and of meeting the re-| quirements of public improvements In | variqus towns and neighborhoods, has exceeded half a million dollars. In- asmuch as all of these items went to muke for the Improvement of the system as a whole and in a lesser or greater degree for all those served, it became impossible to pro-rate or proportion the benefit of the service to any given community or to any special part of any community, and it seemed to the commission, since the increase was small, in no in- stance exceeding 5 cents per front foot for water and sewer, except in the case of business property, it ought to be fairly pro-rated against every property having the benefit of the service.” Since the thing to be desired is an umple supply of pure Water and safe drainage or sewerage, it begs the question to say that any particular improvement required by the system is not immediately bene- ficial to any particular property. “The increased benefit charge elim- inated the necessity of a very consid- erable addition to the general tax rate, in which event it would have fallen most heavily on the home owner and least on the vacant lot, permitting large areas of land, in which the service is available, but where the development is just starting to escape virtually tax free. “The Commission thinks it can be | asserted safely that the total average cost to the householder within the sanitary district is smaller than in any |other suburban district similarly sit- uated within the State. The last legislature required the commission to install water mains and sewers in | Gaithersburg and Washington Grove, | isolated communities away from the general source of supply. “The commission fixed the front foot rate for these two services at 35 cents and requested the towns to determine whether or not they wanted them at this rate. We have been urged to start work immediately. The Balti- more County metropolitan district, operating under a law almost identical with _ours, has levied a front foot benefit charge of 15 cents for both water and sewer, or a total of 30 the charge for water is 26.7 cents per thousand gallons as against 18 cents here; the meter service charge is $8 as against $4 here. There is an additional charge of not less than $11.23 for each property for malintenance of the sewer system, which charge, it must be borne in mind, Is carried here in the water charge.” To give small contractors a chance to bid on the grading, the government of Ottawa, Cmada. is cutting & 100- aile highway Into five parts, n grave, distinguished at present by a white painted board. ce of those who intend to visit the spot. MARYLAND SUBURBS OPEN WAR | ON SEWER AND WATER RATES | |Isabella Meagher of Chicago. W_ 1. COCHRAN DIES AFTER OPERATION Member of Washington Cor- respondent Corps Had C., AUGUST 2, 1925—PART 1 GALIFORNIA WANTS GOOLIDGE AT FETE Hoover Is Bearing Golden In- vitation to Diamond Jubi- lee Next Month. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Staft Correspondent of The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, August 1.—Hef- bert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, left San Francisco for Washington to- day, the bearer of an invitation to President Coolidge to visit California in September. The Invitation is in- scribed on a plate of gold, and bids the President to attend the forthcom- ing diamond jubllee of California’s ad- mission to the Union. The celebra- tion, for which both city and State are making elaborate arrangement will be held from September 5 to 12. The principal anniversary date - is September 9. g It is on that day that the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge is particu- larly desired. cretary Hoover has promised to be a faithful messenger, and will probably make personal and special delivery of the golden invita- tion at Swampscott, but ls, of course, in no position to hoid out hopes of the President’s acceptance. Californians are aware that Mr Coolldge, who saves time for the Gov-| ernment as part and parcel of his| economy program, may not think well | of taking: a second hollday after his| long vacation on the North Shore. H Sea Trip Suggested. : But it is going to be represented to the President that by using one of Secretary Wilbur's scout cruisers a trip to the coast via the Canal and back to Hampton Roads might be possible within a fortnight or three weeks. Mr. Coolidge's pehchant for cruising on the Mayflower apparently Been it for Year. Willlam J. Cochran, nationally known newspaper man and for many years a prominent member of the | corps of Washington corespondents, died last night at Garfleld Hospital. He had been in failing health the past vear. An operation about 10 days ago for a complication of causes did not give rellef and death came last | night, with his wife, Isabela Meagher Cochran at the bedside. Funeral a rangements have not yet been made, but the burial will be in Washington, probably Tuesday. Mr. Cochran had been a newspaper man practically all his life. JIn charge of publicity at the Western Democratic headquarters in Chicago in 1916, and director of public- ity for the Cox campaign of 1920, Mr. Cochran was widely known among the political leaders of the country, espectaily the Democrats. Born in St. Louis November 16, 1878, he was educated in the public schools and by private tutors. From 1896 to 1900 he was assistant sporting editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In subsequent years he was with the | St. Louts Star, Fort Smith Times, Jop- lin American, and in 1906 joined the accounts for California’s optimism on this score. It is known that he would shrink, apart from other considera- tlons, from crossing the country by rafl becausé of the rear platform he would have to occupy for speech making’ purposes all the way from the District _of Columbia to the Golden Gate. Yet Californians are hopeful | he_will come to their diamond jubilee. Within a few days his two Califor nia cabinet officers, Wilbur and Hoo- ver, will be telling him in detall of the stranglehold which the President has on Coast sentiment. They will re- mind him of the Coast's desire to meet in person,” in the language of Holly- wood, the man for whom it rolled up %0 colossal majorities last November. They will tell Mr. Coolidge. too, of Coast belief that it would do the President no end of good politically to visit the region in the guise of leader of the Republican party. Have Plans to “Sell.” It he finds time to inspect the de- fense situation on the coast that would especially rejoice the hearts of Washington. Oregon and California. All three of these States have new naval or aviation base schemes, which they want to “sell” to the administra- tion and Congress. They are con- fident that it would be a case with | staff of the St. Louls Republic, as its political writer. He “covered” several ate campaigns and sessions of the our! Legislature. From 1912 to 1914 he was with the Chicago Tribune and came to Wash- ington in 1914 to take charge of the Washington bureau of the St. Louls Republic. He remained with the St. Louts Republic, except for such time as he devoted to publicity work with the Democratic national committee, until that paper was consolidated with the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Fol- lowing the campalgn of 1920, during which Mr. Cochran was in charge of publicity at New York, he returned to Washington -and engaged in gen- eral newspaper writing and publicity work. Backer of Wilson. “Bill” Cochran was the trusted friend of many public men. He was the intimate confidant of the late Sen- ator Willlam Joel Stone of Missouri when the latter was chairman of the important Senate foreign relations committee, Always an ardent admirer of Woodrow Wilson, Mr. Cochran took great pride in having continuously forecast and never wavering in his belief that President Wilson would be re-elected in 1916. He was a friend of Mr. Wilson. When Homer Cum- mings of Connecticut became chair- man of the Democratic committee, Mr. Cochran t{ook leave from his newspaper to be associated with Mr. Cummings and traveled with him to the Pacific coast and back, before the 1920 convention, wvisiting nearly all the Northern and Western States, eking to foster and upbuild the Democratic_organization. In 1915, Mr. Cochran married Miss He is survived by her and three brothers and two sisters. One brother, “Jack' Cochran, is secretary to Representa- tive Hawes of Missouri. Before his death he lived at 2700 Connecticut avenue. MISS WINN BECOMES SOROPTOMISTS’ HEAD Succeeds Mrs. Pollard, Whose Mem- bership Ceases Upon Her En- tering New Business. Miss Agnes Winn, vice president of the Soroptomist Club, yesterday au- tomatically succeeded = Mrs. Ethel Knight Pollard as club president, when the latter's membership ceased as a result of her entering another business, the classification in the club’s membership for Mrs. Pollard's new business—real estate—being filled by her partner, Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar. Mrs. Pollard resigned as manager of the Pace Institute of Accountancy, after having held that position for six years, to go into the real estate busi- ness. However, Mrs. Pollard may be re- installed as a member of the club, as a change in the constitution is being considered in order to keep her as a member. Dr. Elnora C. Folkner was appointed, at an informal luncheon in the Lafayette Hotel Wednesday, as chairman of a special committee to conslider a possible change in the con- stitution, when the club meets in a business session on Wednesday, Au- gust 12, P T BILLIONS ARE NEEDED. Bulgaria Faces Financial Problem Dealing With Refugees. SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 1 (#).— The director of the National Bank has been instructed by the finance minis- try to place at the disposal of the refugee committees an appropriation of 20,000,000 leva (normally about $4,000,000) recently voted by Parlia- ment. The sum is considered inadequate to the task of settling the thousands of refugees who have been flowing over the Greek frontier for the past few years. The committees estimate that to complete the work sums rang- ing Into the billions will be needed. ‘The Macedonians demand the crea- tion of a ministry of refugees to deal exclusively with the formidable prob- lem. Efforts to raise a national loan to finance refugee work have been without success. H o o the President of “seeing is believing.” | San Francisco, for example, expects Congress next Winter to make her bay the permanent headquarters of th airships Shenandoah and Los Angele: and of our entire dirigible fieet for joint operattons on the Pacific with the battle fleet of the Navy. Secretary Hoover, after seven weeks' alleged vacation in California, says he's going to Washington for a | rest. He confesses that he was pre. vafied upon to play for one entire week, which is probably the only dis- | sipation he has indulged himself in some years, California, which un-| doubtedly has big things ahead for Hoover in vears to come, is glad he apent 8o long a time in the State thi Summer, acquainting himself with | the commonwealth's paramount prob. lem, which is wat He has delivered a score of con- structive addresses on it. He calls | the provision of water for the great central valley of California “th greatest opportunity for national de velopment™ that there is in the whole Willilam Infantry, recently appointed, has been accepted by the President. CONVICTED ARMY REDS WILL BE SENT TO U. S. Crouch and Trumbul] Will Start From Hawaii August 8, Officers Say. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, August 1.—Army au- thorities announced today decision to send Paul Crouch and Walter Trum- bull, former Army privates, convicted of inciting a communistic uprising in the Army, to the mainland on the transport Cambral, sailing August 8. The men will be confined at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay. They first were sentenced by court-martial to 40 and 26 years' Imprisonment, re- spectively, but these sentences were reduced "after review of the case. Efforts to free the men through civil courts failed when the latter tribunals refused to interfere. Resignation Is Accepted. The resignation os Second Lieut. D. Brackett, United States NEGRO SHOT, WIFE HELD. Woman Accused of Wounding | Husbund—Condition Serious. Mrs. Mary Connors, colored, of 4473¢ | Missouri avenue, shot and seriously | wounded her hushand, John Henry | Connors, in ‘front of 211 Four-and-a- Half street southwest, late yesterday according to the police. She was arrested by Sayer and taken to the fourth pre- cinct, where she is belng held pend- | ing the outcome of her husband's in juries. Connors was rushed to Emerg- ency Hospital. Jealousy caused the | shooting, is the belief of the police. | Policeman Ashes Placed in Arlington. The ashes of Mrs. J. M. Sheffer, | who ‘died at her residence, 2112 F street, November 13, 1924, were buried in Arlington metery Thursday morning. Mrs. Sheffer was a daug ter of William O. Harvey, Civil War | veteran, who served with the 3rd New | York Light Artillery. Mrs. Sheffer was survived by two sisters, Miss Mary P. Harvey of 2112 F street and Mrs. A. J. Gibson of Manila, P. I. POPE RECEIVES BISHOPS AND 200 U. S. PILGRIMS Dioceses of Louisville, Toledo and Springfield, T1L, Are Repre- sented in Party. By the Associated Press ROME, August 1.—The Pope today gave private audiences to Right Re John A. Floresh, Bishop of Lou Right Rev. James A. op of Springfield, 1il, and Samuel Alphonsus Bishop of Toledo, Ohio. These b then presented to his holiness about pilgrims from their dioceses, ch pilgrim received a medal com- memorating the present holy year, as well the apostollic benediction, which included the visiting bishops, clergy and pilgrims and the families of the latter. His holiness delivered a short ad- dress, which was translated from by Bishop Stritch. The Pope\ the large number of American pilgrims to Rome this year shows the pie of Catholics in the United & ritch, ¥ as /{"' B en’s Blue Work Shirts 39¢ Limited quantity A ittached collar Blue 4 720-22-24 7th St. N.W. 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If we should let 80 of the islands and let tham shift for themselves anarchy would soon reign and the islands would quickly | retrograde to the deplorable posiric in which we found them. The worst elements would immediately obtain control and very shortly afterwar some Asiatic power would step in znd grab them. “The agitators should be given to| understand in Uncle Sam’s plainest | language that this Government will no longer tolerate corruption and m management on the part of the native legislators and interference in the ad- ministering of affairs by Gen. Wood. Would Cut Privileges. “1 belleve that we should pass leg- islation taking from the Filipinos many of the privileges we have grant- ed them. The local politicians have too much power. They are interfer- ing with the cause of justice and good government and are continually op- posing Gen. Wood. Instead of being the autocrat he is reported to be, Gen. ‘Wood is a beneficient administrator with a great amount of patience, and he is often imposed upon by the cor- rupt and indolent native legislators. ““What America ought to do and do at once is to institute rigid reforms and back up Gen. Wood in every way instead of nagging him and granting the local legislature more power. Capital will not go into the islands while the natives have the power they row possess to hamper business. There is one island which could furnish all the rubber the United States needs with proper cul- tivation and laws to safeguard the in- vestment necessary to develop this industry. We would then be inde- pendent of Great Britain or any cther power for our rubber supply, tut under existing conditions capital will not be risked. 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