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PRICE: City 2c, Outside 3c
TME MURRAY NAMES NEW STATE AIDES
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For Charity I Joint Session
Balance
is * historic document.
The Taxes
merit does.
Graham Quits
By Al Smith
* You have come here.. .to cooperate
Tax Court Ready To Go
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situation in Oklahoma City.
Presidential Candidate Sends
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vacation in Oklahoma City.
Sneed Assails
“■Hiis statement, which purports to
never issued by me.
mirer of mine sent a telegram to the
My first knowledge of it was when I
Oklahoma» tax system was branded
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nouncing the employment nf Ortho
Oklahoma daily
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that it denounce publicly and
prohibit in the future the practice of
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A PROCLAMATION
By The President,of The United States
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gentlemen are now "reder" than we
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Gets Murray
Law Program
N * large measure Mr Murray sets 1
out to reclaim the lost power of
institutions. A federal prison hospital
will be located in one of the latter
i abolishment of several departments at
. University of Oklahoma, 8-hour days
for teacher* and strict tests for col-
She Sage of Tishomingo
A Speaks:—
HE Utopian dream would be for
every single piece of property to
much happier The suggestion that a
tax of 8 percent be placed on all stock
dividends and earnings on bond* and
committee owed him an aoplogy for
"permitting" Robert H Lucas to dis- (
tribute 800 000 copies of a wet car-
an executive in truth and in fact in
an office which has permitted much
papers produced by Oklahoma execu-
tive* show the lifetime of study and
honesty of effort to meet the prob-
lems of government that this docu-
whether even Governor Murray could
get a quorum if the reverend senators
and the human members of the lower
house are to be cared for like a jury
in a murder trial during their 80 days' ।
Some Pay Too Much and
Some Too Little, Put How
Is It to BeCorrected? Here
Are Some Inequalities.
tho and elimination of exemption*
on fraternal and other organizations,
all of which we believe to be sound.
Exemptions for special classes are con-
trary to the taxation theory of the
American government. If all exemp-
tons are eliminated and every man
the state university and the A and M i
college are not sound
For a half rentury all legislative bodies
have striven tn escape vicious lobbyists.
. . . One of the worst, If not the worst
of these, is the use of women, partieularly
those of the carelens and loose character.
Many years ago this method of lobbying
A snow flurry recorded at 02 of an
Inch falling early Tuesday morning:
rapidly dropping temperatures in the
early forenoon and later a brisk id-
mile wind coming out of the north,
all brought Oklahoma Citv a realisa-
tion that winter is here after all
Dropping from an early minimum
temperature of 30 degrees to 27 5 de- j
This is how Junior league member*
look when they ask city telephone
subscribers to provide work for the
By Robert Lucas.
Committee Gets Blame
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missions with extra judicial powers
These have hamstrung the office of
the governor of the state of Oklahoma
and taken it far afield from the in-
tent of the framers of the constitu-
tion and the establishment of a real
executive.
Economy Order, Direction For
Enactment of Changes
Given Legislature.
shack with hl* wife and a child, was
to be brought here Tiesday
a certain department of the state government carrying around the cor-
ridors of the capitol armfuls of "road maps," distributing them with
his name printed in large letters. Of course, getting reads to run again,
and at the expense of the state, advertising himse'f. As a matter of
truth, the only department of the state that should make road maps is
the road commission.
B F Van Dyke, 68 years old Gran-
ite. was named warden of the state
penitentiary at McAlester
Dr. O. N Bilby. Alva was named
Colder Weather Follows in
Wake of Snow Flurry.
Governor Murray desire
E. P. Hill state pardon and parole
officer under Governor Holloway, will
Demand for Redress To
Senator Wagner.
; that it have regular open meetings
for all three commissioners.
whole cartoon hinges on the following bear a share pf tax burden exactly in man of the state game and fish com-
statement: To my mind the Demo- proportion to it* value and for ad
: cratic party will soon be in control valorem taxation to be balanced even- '
Broker Gives Share
Of Profits to Needy
August 19.some overenthusiastie ad- block There is a difference of 8100
. 2 . * - g — • a front foot in the value of a lot on
association and signed my name to it , the south side of the street and one |
straight across the way on the north
side The human element* of honest
error of Judgment of value* and a
(mtease tern to Fy it. Celwmn 8 >
Winter Begins
Its Work Here
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EDITOR S NOTE This is the
j fifth of a series on the tax j
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2,081,010 Barrels
which is a decrease of:
8,427 Barrels
MOTRLY TIMPFRATTRE
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temptation. ... I, therefore, urge strenuously that a statute be passed
similar to the one by congresa.
Mrs. Tom Slick Hunts Odd
Jobs for Idle.
TULSA WOMAN LOSES
GEMS SECOND TIME
Tax Bill Hearing Postponed
To Wednesday; Passage
Assured.
Van Dyke, Granite, Will Be
McAlester Warden; Bilby,
Alva, Health Officer.
. . , .1. .u . o=.. -in I am entitled to have 800 000 copies
treated fairly the majority will be . . . . . .... , _
‘ ■* of a statement show ng that I was
August, the Joel Parker association of
Newark, N. J, was holding an annual
reunion and dinner I refused the in-
vitation to attend the dinner but on
Walker told his colleagues "I want to .
give you my frank views on the or- ।
with and. aid. me in carryingout the
mandate recently so emphatically
pronounced at the polls...
persons receiving a public salary in
excess of 83.600 are to pay 10 percent years and suffering for her, you can't
456,940 Barrels
w hich is an increase of:
8,195 Barrels
Oklahoma City pool daily
avcrage was:
94,810 Barrels
which iv an increase of:
8,265 Barrels
(Detalls rage 24
Walker Elected Hoad
Of Corporation Commission
Reorganization of the state corpora-
Carries Twa Canes
Appearing refreshed after Monday
afternoon's inaugural ceremonies and
the inaugural ball in the capitol Mon-
day night, Governor Murray arrived
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rome tax on all state, county and , Kathryn Moroney still hopes -that the
City official* 1* excessive in its higher well-dressed woman
brackets and should not pass as sug- baby daughter.
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Radio Carries Message
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“Please say,” she told a reporter? state* to the north and east
"that I've forgiven that woman long j --—
w A"" navne ■ baby for two U. S. Prison Chief
language you can say for this message I
what Wil Rogers said of the Pope's i
last encyclical on birth control—
when you get through reading it you :
--— ... — I dabbling and mixing in the valuation
At that time in processes? Actual value* of a 25-foot
surVnient to meet the increased demand*
"It I* Imperative in the view of the experienced di-
i rectors at the Red Croat that a minimum of at least
duct ion was:
message of Governor Murray asked est opposition to come from the corporations. whose lobbyists and
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HE disaster reserve of the Red Cros which was
pledged to this emergency last August is not
Following are excerpts from the message of Governor
William H. Murray, delivered today to the legislature:
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reasons for thinking the governor is wrong . . . such member
frontage on Main street vary from i return to private practice of law at i
। 8800 a front foot in the middle of McAlester as soon as Governor Mur-j
lone block to 813.000 a front foot for 1 ray has appointed a successor, Hill'
the lot on the corner of the next said. i
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Raving thus divided them, it is folly to engage in duplications. For in-
stance, the university has a department of "physical education," which
is little more than ball playing, or teaching the pupil how to play: “Do-
mestie arta," such as how to keep house; "military science.” "mechanieal
training," and the like, all of which properly belong to the A. and M.
college, and should not be duplicated by expensive department* with
ten or 28 teachers each.
New Governor Begins Filling
Appointive Posts Soon After
Arrival at Office.
Record* of the commission’s office
Tuesday revealed that Finley never I
was placed on the payroll
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AKno’uPneasvapropirtvondmuch to take shape under the direction of
Prison, Health
Places Filled;
will be of infinite service. My office will be at all times open for
members of either house, who may call for discussion of public
questions
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New face* began to appear and
NKURRAYS hatred of corporations and will make this a happy as well as ly with all other kinds of speclal
IVI has led him into drastic leader- A prosperous nation.. The Democratic taxes,
ship on the tax question. The tax bill : party ** always looking for the com-
that he has proposed permits the body
to be authorized to drag every corpor-
ation in the state into the open gaze
of the public for no reason whatso-
ever except to make a Roman holiday.
If the tax commission were to choose
such a procedure. For the best Inter-
est* of the state the white card given
to the tax commission according to
the Murray plan should be amended
and kept wthin reasonable bounds
Equalization Board Is Called
"Guessing” Group.
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more sertous in its effect on the tax ; Gov. W H Murray
The articles are based on a
three weeks’ study of the tax
problem, and present informa-
tion in answer to the question,
”ls the Tax Burden Unequal
in Oklahoma City?"
By HAROLD MUELLER
(Of The Times City Staff I
speedy translation of his program of.
j tax and departmental reform into law
j The message fairly bristled with
I recommendations for new tax laws.
: land abolition or combination of 18
we announced months ago that the “flames that consume the
huts of the poor would eventually destroy the palace at the rich.",
the cry resounded through the land: "The Murray Menace."
Ing a group of "reds;" but we observe that the v- poif-m
MANY of the citizens of the state doubtless expect me to say
IV something about this question toil proration’ in this message. ,
I have not done so for the reason that I desire to make a second
mental trial of my solution of the problem before publicly ex-
pressing myself in favor thereof ... As yet selfishness dominates
and beclouds the issue. . . When through the Blue Valley Farmer
THE paramount issue in the minds of all our citizens is relief
A from the burden of taxation . . We may expect the great-
• KA“iongtahMurrnstays with pmb- Democratic Chief Is Peeved
• lems of government and statesman- j By Wet Cartoon Sent Out
•hip hi* logic is interesting provoca- | • - -
tive and generally sound. When he ।
THERE should also be some provision that would require the
teacher to devote more than ten to 18 hours a week, and soma
of them do less. ... My view on this system is: If the member of
the faculty devoted eight hours a day, including one hour for
noon, and 40 minutes to an hour for recess leaving six hours a
day of actual work in the school, that would be reasonable and it
would eliminate 30 percent of the professors, and mean in the
end that saving to the taxpayers in cost of education.
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T will be true if you require an examination of every person who
enters the university that we will have fewer graduates from
the university, and I submit those who do graduate will have
something besides a mere “scrap of paper " ... We all know that
the average university graduate ac- .
Editorial
COVERNOR MURRAYS first mes-
U sage to the thirteenth legislature
, the work set for it to do. Tuesday
A afternoon heard from Governor Mur-
ray’* own Up» the immediate tasks he
■ haa assigned to it.
Member* of the senate and the
house of representatives met in joint
I session at 1 45 o'clock to greet the
governor in hl* first appearance be-
■ fore them The address was broadcast
by station WKY
I immediately after completion of hl*
• message the houses were to reconvene
H , separately and it is expected half a
dozen bill* designed to carry out the
H new governor* wishes will be intro-
duced
HORT WORTH, Texas, Jan..
- 13 — it seemed good to get
away from in front of a movie
camera an d
get back in
HOR some years it has been the prac*
- tice to print the pictures of differ*
ent state officers and all heads of de-
partments in their reports and public
documents—what a piece of folly! I
suggest a law that will prohibit the
printing in any report or public docu-
ment of the state the photograph of
any person on the pay roll of the state.
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Of all the foolish expenditures, extrava-
rant, and wasteful I* duplication of publie
serviee. A year ago, I observed a head of
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more old ones faded Tuesday a* the
new Oklahoma official family began
mon good and opposing oppressive when the machinery of valuation is
lawsand sumptuary legislation. haphazard. when the method 1* so
loose: when there are so many hands
hand in their resignations should
Mr* Tom Slick is at the
Mensage Crisp. Bristling
More sweeping in its demands for
revolutionary change* in state govern-
ment than any ever sent to an Okla-
homa legislature before th* initial
Oklahoma City Times
Evening Beltion of The Daily Oklahoman)
Paid Circulation Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper Published in Oklahoma
flunkies have already surrounded the
capitol . . . First, after finding me
proof against their pretended friend-
ship. through overtures of their ex-
ponent. as ostensible promoter of the
Oklahoma chamber of commerce, in
an effort to wheedle us into their
' fraternity of good fellows," they hold
secret conclaves in Tulsa and Oklaho-
ma City; they seek a pool of their re-
sources and select a treasurer to handle
. It; garner a corps of hirelings, includ-
ing strumpets and harlots, which latter
they attempt to place on the pay roll
of the state.
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percent of its value.
A valuable business property paying
on a low basis mean* a lot in dollar*
in order to get the required revenue
a number of other porperties must be
taxed on valuation percent* higher
than the average. The load shifts
somewhere.
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10 a mn
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official prediction for Tuesdav night tion commission, with the unexpected
and Wedhesdav was rlnudy with low- election of Paul Walker new member
। ering temperature* ranging from 20 as chairman, was perfected at the
to 28 degree* firat sessjon of the commision Tues-
Oklahoma City * thin sheet of snow, day after Walker went mm office
Smith-Raskob—Idea of Happness, ”
Smith wrote . "The text of it ha* ‘T
been laid before me I find that the ' I
•tock* l» excessive and should be
trimmed. The proposed appropriation
for the purchase of help for tenant
farmer* who are unable to purchase |
serd or who are without credit 1*
tial candidate in 1928 ha* written ‘
of its power to be destroyed through SenptorWazner, Democrat. New |
the estAblishment of board* and com- York, saying the Republican national
TT so happens that the capital building is so situated that a mem-
2 ber must needs go long distances and out of the way rooming
houses where they cannot be reached quickly if needed, or else
they must needs go to some hotel, filled with lobbyists, who use
poker games, liquor, and women and even money for bribery. In
order, therefore, to remove these surroundings from the legislator,
I recommend that an appropriation be
made for an office building on the
grounds of the capitol large enough to
provide a bed for each member of the
house and senate.
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Mary Agnes, eight
in 1**1 on
Member* of the state court of tax
appeals. District Judge Hal Johnson, j objens
i Tom O. Chambers and Harve Melton 1 . __.. m... with
But how can balance be obtained called at the governor'* office and phone heappeared.T
told weaver they weye prepared toother citysocietywomen.
ho kidnaped her ! while strictly local narly Tuesday Walker succeeds Fred Capshaw
morning, by 10 o clock hid spread to Election of Walker as chairman
come from me as of August 21, wa*
Murray advised He promised ad va-
lorem taxes would be sliced in half
by July if hl* recommendation* are
followed.
An Indictment of school policies
carried recommendations for cutting
burden than lack of expert valuation j Carrying two
of the worth of modest residence ernor stalked into the executive of.
property i fices at 10 o'clock in the morning
One $4,250 residence paying on a Immedlately afterward he announced
valuation of $1,640 disturb* the tax | his first appointment*
structure far less than a J104. 400
month* ago Tuesday, will bring the eastern sections of the state and had came as a surprise in view of his pub-
| thickened in areas of neighboring Uc statement last week strongly de-
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gested. The first taxation is to be 2
percent up to 81.800; up to 82.400 it
Is to be 3 percent; between 82,400 and
83.600 it is to be 5 percent and all j
toon carrying a “false” statement
Luca*, executive director of the na-
tional committee, has testified be-
fore the senate campaign funds com-
mitee that he personally paid for the
cartoons and had them distributed in
Nebraska, against Senator Norris, Re-
publican independent, and in other
states against Democratic senatorial
candidates.
Former Governor Smith * letter was
read before the Nye committee Tues-
day on suggestion of Senator Wag-
ner, a member of the committee
Beverly Hills
Monday
morning
and reached
Fort Worth
that night,
o n regular,
daily pas-
senger run.
I was met here by Amon Car-
ter. You can try to sneak into
this city on a bicycle, but Car-
ter will meet you at the lim-
its and welcome you. No other
city in America has anything
approaching such a public cit-
izen as Carter. He met me by
special plane 200 miles out to
prevent me going Into Dallas
first. I am down here to help
Congressman Garner divide up
Texas into 12 Democratic sen-
ators. WILL.
The game warden'* department exereises police powers (semi-
military power), makes the arrst, and uses th* courts to enforce their
powers. Just this past summer they used that power in a most despotie
manner. In my county. Mule Lake, owned by a private citizen, was
seined, and all the fish taken out by order of the game warden, the
game fish placed in private ponds and the others thrown away. Where
will the people have any fishing? What right had they to Mint Male
Lake?
leave congressional redistricting until
later, let a commission of the gover-
nor* plan constitutional revialon,”
THE member of the legislature who exercises what brain power
I God Almighty gave him in an endeavor to solve the problems
The thirteenth legislature, destined and, finding himself disagreeing with the governor, calls upon
to be a busy one if it accomplishes him, and across the table discusses with the governor giving his
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in an all inclusive university, certainly
every subjeet to be taught would be in
eluded. We elected in the beginning of
statehood ... to divide the functions.
div** into the deep water of educa-
tion, he flounder* Hi* criticism of
education in this state, his proposed
destruction of the North Central asso-
ciation. his clipping of the wing* of
VOl'xLI. No. 210.
v....... Apology From
G. 0. P. Asked
Despite It* crudities of
Denies Statement
"I have been following th* testi-
mony before th* Nye commute* con-
cerning th* cartoon entitled Al
LOCAL—Partiv rleud: tonieht and
Wednendav: wompwhat raldrr tonichti
; minimum t t« ra ApEre
STATE—Parti* rleud. •" "neettied <•
niehti •Hriitta raider in '•'! and eentral
portiens. Wenesdav partI, rloudy.
SMFPRS-Minimwm •< 16 «• 24 1"
northi 22 la 30 In eeuth teniebt.
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governor, announced hl* employment
of Mr*. Armine Kingsland as stenog
rapher.
Tartar Keep* Flare
Judge Baxter Taylor, long » fig Ire
In state affairs, will be a member of
th* executive office force, assistin
I Weaver on legislative r flair*
Newt R Graham. Till** banker
sent in his resignation as vice-chair-
ITHERE is onlv one really foolish
I project in the whole comprehen-
sive document—the governor's sugges-
tion that a combination hotel and
office building be built across the
street from the statehouse so that the
gregariously inclined member* of the
house and senate may be tucked to
bed at ten without the distracting in-
states and a reformstory will be
built at El Reno.
Location of a narcotic addict farm
at Enid ha* been recommended and
a site offered by the city for a $2,500,-
000 institution Th l* is one of nine
citie* west of the Miasiastppi being
considered for location of the hos-
pital
Bate* and hi* party left Washing- i
ton early this week
ganizatlon of the commission" He
recommended that the commission
abandon the practice of patronage,
selecting only qualified person*: that
the executive office He plan* to be
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES— OKLAHOMA CITY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1J, 1931.
falsely quoted, distributed Just as
widely as the original cartoon was
and to the same organizations."
Mother Still Hopes For
Stolen Child’s Return
TULSA Jan 13-PMrs. R B.
Thompson wife of a Tulsa oil man,
was robbed of hrr jewels Monday
night for the second time in four
years
Two men in a small automobile
| stopped her as she was driving to
I town forced her to surrender two dia-
i mond ring* and a bar pin, valued at ;
87,000, and escaped
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« AS president of the United State* and AS president
H of the American Red Crnss. I therefore appeal tn
our people to contribute promptly and most generously
in order that th* suffering of thousand* of our fellow
| countrymen may be prevented
"I am doing so with th» supreme confidence that
in the face of this great humanitarian need your re-
sponse will be immediate.
'Signed:
an airplane
again. I left
A11 Y average production
in the United State* for
grees at 1130 o'clock, th* tempera-
l ture gave every indication of continu-
ing its descent, according to J p
Slaughter, federal weatherman The
WASHINGTON. Jan ]3 —IP—Al-
fred E Smith. Democratic presiden-
"guessing board" by Qen R A Sneed.
He carried two canes, both gifts re- [ secretary of state, Tuesday in an ad- ■ ...... . .. ..0
ceived during his vigorous primary dress before a meeting of county as-president sAlarles. curtatins. ath-
and general election campaigns. sroaor* at the capitol. letics. * new board o education
One was made of 1 321 amall pieces General Sneed made his statement
of wood and bore the burned engrav- in answer to a talk by John Roger*.
Ing. "our next governor, William H. state examiner and inspector who at- iege entrants
Murray" It given him last tacked Governor Murray's tax rom Highway commission and state
summer in the cour- of a campaign mission bill as unconstitutional and game and fish department laws were
address in Capitol Hill a trouble maker," assailed as unconstitutional.
The other cane a reminder of his General Sneed, who became score- The message was shot through with
constitutional convention day*, was tarv of state Monday, ha* served as a the economy theme He asked legis-
wKhout handle and bore a small en- member of the state equalization (Piea.. turn in rge t. Column s,
graved metal piece on the knob board for eight years, he explained In
"I* this the door or where do I get opening his attack. TWO UNDER ARREST IN
In?” The governor turned to his str- "The equalization board l« not what PARIIM RANT RARRFRV
retary. Claude Weaver Without fur- its name implies," Sneed said It is rvm-M DAnn N-DDHm I -------- _
ther ceremony he said he would de- a guessing board. As far a* the quality viswoAE nm_A .. quires a taste far beyond his ability to
his message 10 the legislature is concerned, we are sitting there like ond suspet was arrested Tuesday by 8a tis Y, byhisear ningsiand. Presently
Tuesday afternoon * lot of stool pigeon*. v s Cannon, sherirr, in connection he becomes, a high-toned bum
I want a change. Nothing could be with the s3800 robbery last Thurs-
j wonse than what we have now
I TO MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN:
j 1 "There must be a very material increase in the
resource* of the American Red Cross to enable it to
bear the burden which It has undertaken In the drouth
area and smaller communities over 21 state* during
this winter
Within the last ten day* the Red Cross has had to
increase the rate of expenditures to an amount greater
than during the entire preceding four months
"The American Red Cross is the nation s sole agency
। for relief in such a erisis. It is meeting the demand and
must continue to do so during the remainder of th*
winter.
ITHE governor’s study of the fish
1 and game department and the
state highway commission serves no- ■
ttce on both bodies that he proposes |
to pitch them out bodily and put their
duties under direction of the chief
executive on constitutional ground* It
looks like a great lot of fur is going
to begin to fly in these precincts of
the state capitol this week.
ATHER details of hi* tax program
U Include collection of pipe line tax
at ft* source tax on gasoline at It*
souiran: increase in the corporation li-
es: se tax from 50 cents to 81 50 a
forget her. Id do anything to get her -
The woman who took the child To Visit Oklahoma
gave her name an "Julia Otis" and
posed as a welfare worker When she
left she said she was going to take the
child for a walk to buy her some
clothes.
HE proposed graduated gross in- CHICAGO, Jan 13 -45 — Mr*
p a
BECouuksAWIGu-TNeD Bu
business paving on a valuation of
8405,000, although th* home is paying
taxes on a basis of 38 5 percent of It*
value and the business establishment
is paying taxes on the basis of 38 6
upon the gross receipts, 10 percent of
a salary, or 8300, Is much too heavy
• tax to be paid by the head of a
family who has established himself
on a decent standard of living and is
attempting to bring a family of four
or five children through school and
• college. This tax should not be more
than 8 percent at the most. In my
opinion a lot of men will be taxed
under this method who are having a
diificult time making the hump today.
If all government employee can eli-
minate grafting contributions to cam-
paign funds and apply it on the tax
it would be a splendid change. It
must be remembered that the sugges-
tion on the government employes tax '
is for the emergency of the depres- .
alon only.
WJE approve his suggestion that no
W travel expense be incurred out- :
side the state without the approval of,
the governor. This privilege has been
badly abused in the past.
The suggestion that no sabbatical
leave be permitted on part salary is
unround. Educational institutions
shrld permit their leading instruc-
to to brush yp occasionally in the
be • seats of learning at state expense
in rder to privilege them to carry
th est in modern educational prac-
ti back to their classrooms.
RY all means let the legislature
P make it a felony for any member
of the house or senate to charge *
fee for aid in any service for any per-
son secured from any department of
the state government. The further
provision is that it should be a felony I
for any member of th* legislature to
be employed by any corporation for
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Bates to Inspect Sites For
Reformatory, Hospital.
naENBupaHanandnTornzdcranford itomake • carerit study orrorganiza:
ons. Is expected to arrive here next
Monday on his tour of inspection of 0. . .
nine possible sites in Oklahoma, Mia- . v ng and ex parte sesstons and
sourt, Iowa and Illinois for new penal
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day of th* American state bank at
Porum j
A I Witham found in a small
810.000 000 be contributed to carry th* reie? program
to completion
"The familiaritv of this situation du* to month* of
pres* reports of its progress, should net blind 5 to the
fact that It is an acute emergenev nor dull our active
sympathies toward our fellow countrymen a h 1 are in
actual want and in manv cases will lark th* barr ne-
ceasities of life unless they are provided for
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IOS ANGElES. Jan 13— (P—
William Philpt Morri*, broker, an-
nounced Tuesdav his company woula
turn over 25 percent of its gross
profit* the next three month* to re-
lieve the unemployed
The money will be distributed by
the chamber of commerce. Other
stock brokers will take similar action,
Morris was informed.
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Finley, Oklahoma City. As a traffic
clerk. Walker attacked the commis-
sion’s policies a* amounting to "po-
litical patronage." and assailed it for
employment of "inefficient help "
Before accepting the chairmanship.
at the office to find a reception room "crudest in the nation" and the
filled with friend* and office seek- equalization board was styled a
fluence* of wine women and song
which lure them upon the rock* in the
. downtown are* This will cause a
• nationwide laugh I doubt very much
rot m> noticeable . . . that congreas
passed a law that any woman who used
herseir to blackmail any member of
congress . . . was guilty of a felony.
. . . For several years now, they have
swarmed around the capitol of this state.
They get the unsophisticated member
from the small town or country into
iheir graces until he ceases to resist the
boards with crisp criticism of school*
and extravagance in public office De- ,
| claring It the will of the people Mur-
i ray told the legislature it came "to
aid me in carrying out the mandate
recently so emphatically pronounced
at the polls "
Murray gave the lawmaker* three
weeks to carry out the score* of re-
i forms In hl* 15 000- word message: I
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after that, he said, he would submit
r V* l • "a complete policy for state andcoun-
Tax Machinery
__________ | "Brush all other matter* aside
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state commisstoner of health
Claude Weaver, secretary to the
\
I We have the crudest taxation sVS-
tem in the country, and anv change*
would be preferable to the system no«
in operation. I am not a tax expert
but something must be done
saw the newspaper headlines quoting
me”
Wanta a Retraction
‘7 made careful investigation among
my own staff and found the telegram
had not emanated from my own of-
fice nor any one connected with it.
We traced the matter and it was ad-
mitted by all concerned that the tele-
gram had been a hoax and we made
careful denial in all newspapers by
statement issued Aug 21 1930 Of
course, a denial never catches up with
an original statement ,
"Since, on the face of the testimony,
this cartoon was distributed in these
various states to the extent of 800 000
copies. I thik that an apology and
reparation is due me from the Repub-
lican national committee, which per-
mitted its director to do this and that
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