Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1933, Page 5

SOUTHERN STATE * FACEREPEALVOTE Alabama, Arkansas and Ten-| nessee Ballot This Week. Hard Fights Waged. v the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala,, July 15—Ala- | s and Tennessee—barom- | eters tion sentiment in the Deep South—will vote next week on ssue of repeal, and the drys say | they are confident of the outcome while the wets say they are jubilant. “Tennessee by 50,000, predicted re- | pealists in that State, which votes | Thursday. “The wets &now today, as well as I do, that the one and only hope they have of beating us is that of fraud, and they are therefore preparing to prac- tice it in the largest and grossest pgs- sible wa d Rev. John F. Baggett, chairman of Tennessee’s united pro- hibition forces. | 'Stand by the pa and State’s | rghts” shouted repealists who have | stumped Alaban s State and “We expect repeal by a h Rice, th anager for And o smilingly State is n s repeal leaders | 1 see, this | State of se H Farley Speaks in Memphis, { The campaign for repeal reached its | climax today with Postmaster General { James A. Farley s ng in Mempis in behalf of the party’s pledge. Presi- dent Roosevelt previously had urged Dixie to stay by its party platform ‘The repealists have the machinery and: State organizations in the Democratic South are powerful instruments. Many church leaders have taken the stump against rey and their pleas that prohibition is a moral issue has sounded from the Ozarks to the Gulf. Some sters like Rev. Hay Watson Smith o le Rock, pastor of a fash- ionable Presbyterian church, have lined up with repealists. Mr. Smith spcke last Sunday in in- terest of Several Little Rock pastors answer his sermon tomor- row. Lee Miles, chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Executive Committee, to- day made public a letter master General Farley him and other p kansas for their terest of repe Observe: kansas €00 to 200,000 votes Tuesda United Forces for prohidition in that State have ucted a whirk campaign v sound tru many votes have been sw cause recentl; Both Sides Claim Victor: i “loyal work' poll 150,- who is the total repeal in the several about 50 per cent of | e. “On this| a will win by | icted. “How- vote on July | . expect Alabama to y & handsome ma- is State say it's all over | A. M. Tunstall, re- , said at the| 2 will go 2 to 1 carry 60 of the 67 countles e in the re- “We do not | t believe they to 200 votes Louisiana Marks Time. In Louisiana, Gov. O. K. Allen said today that the Legislature there would be convened “just as soon as its taking good to accomplish nine ith Louisiana th amendment d money for an h of the Meth- South, told a night that ections will lle, Tenn., Represent- Vedsworth of New York seans to vote repeal as a matter of S 3 Virginia's Leg will meet soon 1 tion and set a referendum on the eight- The session was Governor, Florida wi Agitation for a ‘ reached has suggeste were called, the Leg sider beer ting. Mis meet in - North ?vote la SEEKS LOUISIANA SESSION. f a special session a e should con- the same sit- ature will not until v in “Representative Henriques Charges Gov. Allen Has Ignored Petitions. ' 15 (A.—A q on whether Louisiana will take early ac al of the eightcenth amendment developed today rted to have the elf for the pur- g a repeal convention. | e James C. Henrioues, | the powerful New Or- | . started the movement i that Gov. O. K. Allen| Aug- | gnatures of two-thirds of both 1 Senate are necessary for the ture to call itself together. . Allen countered with a state- ing a quick special session g that he would call the As- Just as soon as rgtification by 1e Le meets within the next nine months and unless there are enough States with Louisiana to re- peal the eighteenth amendment, there lis no need to snend the money for an an extra session unnecessarily,” he said. Varied and conflicting reactions came rom legislators over the State. Several gave quick fndorsement to the Henriques {plan, others openlvy opposed the session, isome sided with the Governor and a few ; ipsserted they “‘were not interested.” l GOVERNOR GETS AIDES 14 “The Le s SEATTLE, July 15 (#).—Two months 8g0 Gov. Clarence D. Martin was very uch embarrassed. On visiting Japanese warships in the harbor, he didn’t have any naval aides accompany him, and had to ‘“bor~ ToW” & couple of regular Navy officers. Now Brig. Gen. Maurice Thompson, adjutant general of the Washington National Guard, has remedied the “Box Score” STATES' MICHIGAN WISCONSIN RHODE ISLAND WYOMING NEW JERSEY NEW YORK. DELAWARE NEVADA ILLINOIS INDIANA 648 150, 17, 1,872 CONNECTICUT NEW HAMPSHIRE 1OWA CALIFORNIA WEST VIRGINIA 75 219 STATES . FOR REPEAL 850,5464~| APR.3 ,03146~ |APR 4 45,296 |MAY 27 (vore w07 TOTALED) 82| MAY 27 554, 129 +|JUNE & MASSACHUSETTS 436,457 |JUNE 13 236,915 | JUNE 20 377, 275%| JUNE 20 967,944 | JWE 27 FOR REPEAL THE ‘on Repeal AGAINST REPEAL 287,93\ 141,518 20,874 2,900 244 |MAY | 0004~ [ MAY 15 416,9784|MAY l6 , 0134+ |MAY 23 13,236 PotE NoT TOTALED) 341,713 312,464 97,702 35,349 30,340 249,943 305,97I 136,413 ,999% | JUNE 20 »225%| JUNE 27 VOTING CATE AGAINST ARKANSAS ALABAMA TENNESSEE OREGON Juuy 18 Juty 18 Juy 20 JuLy 21 FARLEY FOREGASTS REPEAL N 153 in 16 States Reveals At- titude of People. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, July 15.—Prohibition re- peal in 1933 tonight was forecast by Postmaster General Farley in an appeal to long-dry Southern States to fulnu { the Democratic platform just as he sala President Roosevelt had. “The Democratic party favors re- peal” the chairman of the National Committee said. “President Franklin D. Roosevelt favors repeal. The votes American people want repeal. “President Roosevelt has fulfilled his pledges to us. It is up to us now to keep our covenant with him. I say we can and should do no less.~ ‘To Tennessee, in which he. spoke, Arkansas across the Mississippi and Alabama Farley especially directed his remarks. All three ballot next week on repeal. “These three States, Misdssippi and to the Chicago National Convention and aided in the nomination of that candidate,” he said. “Therefore I feel justified in making an appeal to them to elect representative delegates to their State conventions who will be in favor of keeping the platform pledge for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” ‘When he emphasized that President Roosevelt “has kept faithfully” his part of the Democratic platform, Farley said {that in compliance with the conserva- The accompanying tabulation shows status of the voting so far on the | tion and water power plank the Ten- ovement to repeal the eighteenth amendment and lists elections scheduled | nessee Valley Authority was created to or July. You can keep your own score. THREE HOT FIGHTS PRESAGED IN HEARINGS ON OIL CODE {Control of Market and Price Fixing Will Provide Highlights on Industry's “Judgment Day.” By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 15—The American oil industry’s day before the Federal Re- ocovery Administration will see rival groups dumping volatile problems into the Government's lap. A code, drafted out of controversy at Chicago, has been submitted to Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, Federal administrator, who will hold open hearings starting Julv 20. . Independents, including both small scale producers and jobbers, are deter- mined to make the submission of the oil code judgment day for the industry. Major companies, if they support their delesates to the Chicago code conven- tions, will oppose any such shake-up as the independents demand. Argued on Principals. ‘The oil men go before the Govern- ment agreed on a few general principles, such as that production must be lim- ited and the flow of bootleg oil stopped. But the chance to freeze competition and assign permanent seats at the i dustry’s table finds them in sharp dis- ute. P From the preview furnished by the | code cenventions of producers and re- finers. the hearing will bring: A fight for control of the gas and ofl market. A fight for control of the price of crude oil and gasoline. A fight over the management of the entire industry. Producers left it to be settled at Washington how far the Government shall manage their business. The re- covery act takes special aim at oil, g the President a grip on the pipe its arteries. Independenfs, hop- ing to wrest price control frém their big competitors, advocated an industry planned as definitely as a menu. won the convention and wrote into the production code provisions for Govern- ment price fixing and a rigid govern- mental licensing system. Major Companies Demur. Major companies, although some of the big operators joined the independ- ents on this, urged that Government control of production was enough. Refiners also transferred to Washing- ton their hottest issue, on which they ended deadlocked. Independents, by B. J. Majewski of Chicago, accepted the trade practice suggestions of the American Petroleum Institute mem- bers, but forced the issue on what they said was the most jmportant question n the marketing of the country's gas. That was as to the control of filling’ stations by the big refiners. Independents, fighting the “lease and agency” agreement by which refiners take over stations, would require all leases to be for at least five years. ~Major companies oppose any restric- tion on this arrangement. Since the code meetings the battle for freedom of the pumps has brought a resolution from institute directors ap- proving the looser rule. Another has come from Illinois independents, term- ing it monopolistic. Chicago station owners have aimed a law suit at the system. While bringing out the disputes, the code conventions either did or did not settle them—there is a dispute over that. Producers Harmonious. ‘The producers’ meeting was barmoni- ous, although independent leaders fre- quently forecast trouble ahead by point- ing out that there were sections of the industry not represented and jealous of any steps taken. The oil marketers, however, split early in their meeting as to_what its effect would be. Delegates from the American Pe- troleum Institute insisted that code meetings were only ‘“of recommenda- tion.” In the refiners’ session, inde- HOMEOWNERS — IF YOU WANT TO BUY HOT-| \WATER HEAT AT THIS PRICE They | pendents sought, however, to win a diplomatic victory by getting the insti- zlét: to accept paternity of the finished e. “We can’t commit the A. P. 1.,” they were told by Axel Byles of New York, president of the institute. “We all stand alike in Uncle Sam's forum.” Under the act, a group may make | new trade laws for its industry if it is “representative” and does not ride down minorities. It was hinted at the producers’ meeting that that conven- tion, made up largely of independents, lacked power to bargain with the Gov- ernment. Sales Figures Gathered. | Independent groups, at the close of the convention, began gathering data on sales for ammunition in Washington. Against the claims of the big compa- ’nies that they do 95 per cent of the | business in gasoline and oil, the inde- | pendents contend it is about evenly | divided. Another battle freely predicted for | the Washington hearing was one over | majority rule of individual oil pools. The producers will submit a plan by which the majority of the owners of any pool may enforce production lim- |its on the minority, but took a stand against compelling the minority own- ers to submit to a single management. Not present on the producers’ meet» ing, but accounted for, were owners of | stripper wells—wells which must be pumped to produce, and which conse- | quently produce at higher cost. The producers made a place for them which | will raise at Washington the question |of what to do with the marginal pro- ducers. They urged that the Govern- | ment fixed price be set high enough to nfun-nsh a profit for the stripper | wells. | Wages were not settled in the code meetings, but the code which has been | submitted by the institute proposes a | minimum wage scale. Its recommenda- | tions to be met by producers and re- finers who did not sign the code, are for a wage minimum ranging from 40 |to 47 cents an hour. EX-DEPUTY IS CLEARED Attempted Extortion Charge in South Dakota Dropped. ABERDEEN, S. 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Every platform pledge on which final action ‘was possible has been kept.” But, Farley said, “repeal of the eight- eenth amendment is not a thing to be Porcelain interior. food storage. feet capacity. Three freezing trays; 63 cubes of ice at one freezing. Tells Memphis Audience Vote| in 16 representative States indicate the | others sent solid Roosevelt delegations | accomplished by the sweep of the Executive pen nor a legislative enact- ment. Repeal is a question which the Congress wisely has referred for de- cision by the people themselves.” Farley said repeal in 1933 would en- able the President to remit for 1934 the $227,000,000 of exira taxes levied to finance the recovery program. “It {s of the greaté® advantage, therefore, that we accomplish repeal this year,” he said. “Some say it.can- not be done. I say with a reasonable | certainty of elections in 40 States this year it can and will be done. I do not concede the loss of a single State where the people are afforded an op- portunity to vote in an election truly rep{csentauve of the sentiment of that State.” Not a Party Question. The Democratic chairman ald re- | peal was not “in essence” a party ques- | tion, but that “in so far as it lies within our powers as Democrats, We are going to redeem the platform. He continued: “In the few months President Roose- velt has been in the White House he | has, with the co-operation of Congress, | | converted the major pledges of the | | platform into law and is now moving | to put them into practical effect. “How many persons believed on the | first day of last March when banks | were collapcing like houses of cards | that by the Fourth of July we would have dollar wheat and 60-cent corn? | | What_cotton planter dreamed in that | | dark hour of 10-cent cotton? “Where is the manufacturer who then thought he would be putting people | | back to work and be able to raise wages? | 1t did not seem possible.” | Farley quoted from Roosevelt’s tele- | | gram to Alabama Democratic chieftains | | reiterating that “I subscribe to the| Democratic platform 100 per cent. Cites Economic Benefits. “Regardless of how we may have felt | about the eighteenth amendment at the | | time it was made a part of the Con- stitution,” the Postmaster General said, “there is small room for disagreement now as to the unhappy results which have ‘flowed from it. “We all know that one of the conse- quences was the development of & Vi- | clous criminal class engaged in an il- |legal traffic in liquor, dominated by | gangsters and racketeers, who have en- | riched themselves to the extent of bil-| | lions of dollars which would otherwise | have gone into the ‘Treasury of lhc‘ United States at a time when Federal, | State and local treasuries were showing a deficit in efforts to administer thelr governments. “If we could waive all the other sound reasons for our support of repeal, SUNDAY STAR,- WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 16, 1933—PART ONE. if we could shut our eyes to the eco- nomic necessities for repeal, the low- ering of taxes, the balancing of budgets, the restoration of many lines of busi. ness, the suppression of vice and or- ganized crime—if we could waive all these considerations, we still would have to condemn the eighteenth amendment for what it has done to our youth. As a father I want to be rid of it.” Farley said the eighteenth amend- ment had shattered years of work to- ward temperance, added that control of liquor would be a matter of States’ rights, and quoted the Democratic plat- form as urging State action to “effec- tively prevent the return of the saloon.” | GOEBEL OFF TO PRISON WITH SIX ASSOCIATES Group Convicted in New York Mail Fraud Case to Serve Two to Five Years. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 15—Otto E. Goebel of Los Angeles-and New York and six of the eight persons convicted with him of mail fraud and conspiracy charges left late today with United States marshals for the new Federal Peniten- tiary at Lewisburg, Pa. to serve terms ranging from two to five years. Goebel is under a five-year sentence; Jerome D. Kline and James F. Cassidy, four years each, and Bernard J. Flynn, Franklin Johnson, Jerome D. Patter- son and John Elder, two years each. Each man also was sentenced to pay a fine, which may be worked out after the prison terms by serving an ad- ditional month. Irene C. Flautt and Elizabeth M. Flautt, sisters-in-law of Goebel, who were sentenced to serve four years and | a year and a day, respectively, are still | in the women's prison here, pending a possible appeal. The nine men and women were charged with selling $3,000,000 in stock to Catholic clergymen through misrepresentations. 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