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FLUCTUATION
■ OF DOLLAR IS
I FRENCH FEAR
I L July l. uP>_lThe most
fl |tangible part of the currency truce
n submitted to Pres. Roosevelt was
S described today as an understand
|h central banks to act to ch?ck
gB speculation and smooth out fluctua
M tions in dollars, which have been so
l| disturbing to the French, w hile tak
!■ ™g no steps tow-ard actual stabhza
■■ tlon at any fixed ratio.
Ill How far the New York federal
II I reserve bank may go in this direct
Igfltion, however, remained somewhat
1H uncertain. American quarters ex
WK Pressed the view that all that would
Ell needed would be holding a club
I Mover speculators.
Others thought the bank might
actually engage in some buying
and selling of dollars in order to
exert a steadying influence.
Informed American circles, how
ever, expressed the view the reserve
bank would not move far in actual
stabilizing dealings.
Central banks are understood to
nave been in agreement to smooth
out cuaencies since George Harri
son, governor of the New York fed
eral reserve bank, left for New York
“?re a week ago. At that time
authoritative quarters explained that
the plan was only for preventing
sharp fluctuations, and not for pre
serving even a relatively fixed ratio.
SCOUTSFACE
BDSY SEASON
Valley Boy Scouts are preparing
to enjoy a very full camp season,
according to information furnished
by Scout Headquarters. Numerous
troop camps are being held dur
ing the suimmer over the entire
Valley area, which takes in the
counties of Hidalgo, Cameron, Wil
lacy and Starr.
The first council camp is the
Bea Scout Cruise which starts from
Port Isabel on July 4. This activ
ity is open only to those Sea Scouts
wno have passed all tests required
for Ordinary rank. Fourteen days
of cruising with all activities in ad
dition will furnish the finest pro
gram ever offered to the older boys
in this Council. Several sailing
vessels have been obtained for the
cruise and all activities will be
carried on aboard,
x The Council Scout camp begins
on August 1 and continues for 10
days at Camp Charles F. Perry.
Troops from all over the Valley
point to this camp proeram all the
year. Camp Perry is doubly beau
tiful now that improvements have
been made on the reservation, and 1
according to Valley Scoutmasters is
the ideal place to carry on the
summer camp program in order to
get the maximum amount of Scout
ing over to the boy in the mini
mum amount of time.
• The “Wilderness” camp is a new
experiment in Valley Scouting on
a Council basis, according to Bob
Lyon, executive. This camp begins
on August 11 and closes August 16.
Every activity at the camp is car
ried on as a Troop function, in
cluding cooking out of doors and in
struction. The camp will be super
vised by the Scout Executive as are
all Valley Scout activities which are
Included in the Council program.
CAMERON RECORDS
Court-At-Law
Filed: Ex-parte M. T. Callaway,
habeas corpus; Lupe Perez, habeas
corpus; Roberto Yzaguirre, ha
beas corpus; James Cavanaugn,
habeas corpus; Refugio Hernandez,
habeas corpus; J. E. Gibson, swin
dling with worthless check; First
National Bank of Harlingen vs.
Oscar James, et al, suit on prom
issory note; Juvencio Castillo vs.
Simon Nieto, suit on debt.
| Marriage intentions filed: Harry
E. Clark, San Antonio, and Sara
Mae Clark. Harlingen; Jesus Mon
talvo, San Benito, and Barbarita
Gonzalez, San Jose Ranch; Martin
Delgado and Josefina Hinojosa.
Las Anacuas; Simon Alvarez and
Margarita Oviedo, Harlingen; 1
Epigmenio Saldana and Angelina
Perez, La Esperanza; James D.
Pratt, Los Fresnos. and Mildred
Olive Polite, Bloomington, Ills.;
Rodolfo Garcia, La Paloma, and ,
Paula Trevino, Ranchito; Her- ;
man Gann, Rio Hondo, and Wes
sie Jean Stanley, Broaddus, Tex.
PROMINENT MASON DIES
BORGER, Jul7 1. (.Pi—Dr. Wil
liam Claybome Graves. 65, the sec
ond mason in the country to receive
the 33rd degree without going to
the supreme council at Washington,
died here last night.
The degree was conferred at Mc
Alester, Okla., years ago. The degree
team went there because of Graves'
I poor health. He was formerly chief
urgeon of the Choctaw nation.
I Laughs Through Life
jack Oakie f
Jack Oakie obtained his start in the S
dramatic world accidentally. Back =•
in 1919 he was placed in the cast of
the Junior League's charity show in
cw York City. Then he laughed =4
hts way into musical comedy, vaude- j d
, finally the movies. Jack’s . |j
is above,. 5j
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E. M. Card Gives Reasons Fo
Immediate Gravi\
(Editor's Note: In the Thurs
day and Friday editions of The
Herald letters from John H.
Shary, giving his reasons for op
posing an immediate attempt to get
government support for a grav
ity irrigation project, and a let
ter from Gordon Griffin, stating
his reasons for desiring imme
diate work, were printed. Today
E. M. Card, proponent of imme
diate work, gives his opinion of
the gravity project.
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McAllen, Texas
June 30, 1933.
Mr. Jno. Shary,
Mission, Texas.
Dear Mr. Shary:
I am pleased to have your letter
of June 27, setting forth your reas
ons for the opposition you ex
pressed in a meeting at San Juan,
the evening of June 22, which
meeting was called for the purpose
of discussing the merits of a pro
posed gravity ca*ial to serve the
irigated section of Hidalgo county
and also to discuss the plan for
organizing a WATER SUPPLY
DISTRICT, the identical plan un
der which the East end of th?
Valley is already organizing and
proceeding with vigor.
The writer was ill on the eve
ning of the meeting referred to
hence he is grateful to you for
your letter. Since you mentioned
in your letter which was published,
today in The Brownsville Herald
that you were not invited, it be
comes necessary to 'state that the
meeting was called for the purpose
of discussing technical points, the
directors and attorneys of every
district were invited and I assumed
that you had received an invitation
through that source, as Director of
the United Irrigation Co. or Dis
trict No. 7. of which organization
I have understood that you were
a part. No thought ever occurred
to anyone to exclude you. On the
other hand, when the meeting was
called, the object of the meeting
seemed so simple (or maybe it was
I who was simple) that it never
occurred to me that anyone could
have any positive objections, there
fore no thought was indulged as
to whether you would be there or
not. I will say that I personally
wrote the invitations, which the
chamber of commerce sent out and
I do not know if all of the organi
zations received them or not. Be
that as it may, I am glad fhat you
were at the meeting and expressed
yourself for I think it is well for
you to have your say in the begin
ning.
Answering your query, to the
effect that you did not know' who
was promoting the plan, please be
set right on this. Mr. Jack Gibson
some 12 years ago approved of a
plan, together with Mr. Shaw of
Mercedes, for a united pumping
plant, which I proposed and out
lined, and a common water supply,
which is merely an alternate * of
the present plan, or the present
plan is an alternate to the one
I proposed years ago, either way
you prefer.
When Mr. Gibson saw the irri
gators in the East end of the Val
ley were actually cooperating and
actually proceeding on the plan of
a “Water Supply District,” he came
to me, well knowing I was a friend
to the idea of a more economic
water supply, and asked me to
support the movement, which I dia
and I firmly believe I was correct
in dong so. Mr. Gibson thought I
could get the ear of the people
and I did.
I wish to say here that I have
had no information heretofore of
what you told Mr. Gibson, other
than that you thought this is not
the time to push such a move. I
had no idea that you feared the
merit of such a move to the point
of positively fighting same.
I observe, Mr. Shary, in your
letter that you told Mr. Gibson
that when the proper time came
vou might be as strong as advocate
as he “COULD POSSIBLY BE”
for this cause. I am glad to know
:hat you so strongly approve oi &ne
idea as to emphasize thus your
interest in the plan subconsciously,
though you consciously state reas
ans further on wrhy you oppose it.
Strange as it may seem, the
principle reason for your opposition
is identical to my reason for ad
vancing the plan, for a matter of
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fact I was thinking of the plan in
connection with the same idea,
namely:—the applications of the
Districts for money with which to
complete their concrete lining pro
grams some time before Mr. Gib
son came into the picture.
From now on, for your con
venience in placing the promotors
oi the project, you may just center
that on me as for anything wh /.
I may have to say on the subject,
and I shall endeavor to stay on
it since it appears that prelimin
aries are cleared away. After all,
if I must apologize for taking up
so much space in preliminaries I
have been told that the most ef
fective pitcher is the one who
takes the most time to wind up.
Be that as it may, I feel cons
trained to pause again to say that
I am unable to reconcile the fact
though you entertain such fears as
expressed in your letter to me,
which you had published in The
Herald today for home consump
tion, you seem not to be in the
least disturbed by the fact that
some of these newspapers might
get to Washington.
For some months I have been in
timately identified with the work
of preparing applications to the R.
F. C. on some of the requests for
money w’ith which to complete
concrete lining programs.
I agree with you as to the im
portance of these programs and
. requests for money, but it was
exactly in the connection of help
ing with these applications and in
receiving the reactions of the R.
F. C. board that I conceived the
merit of the proposed gravity plan
to be just the vehicle which, with
data properly prepared and pres
ented, should in the hands of a
real leader, be the determining
factor in securing full and prompt
approval of all of the applications,
for all the districts tributary to the
proposed gravity canal.
I am convinced that with proper
data prepared, the strongest factor
of all in securing these loans is a
clear and comprehensive presenta
tion of the facts across the con
ference table; that nothing one
can carry in a sachel can equal
the effectiveness of a clear under
standing of merit, equally as clearly
presented by one who is equal to
the occasion of being as good a
man as they -when the talking
begins.
it is not cieariy expressed m
your letter, just what districts you
mean when you speak of their
applications for money with which
to complete their concrete systems.
I do not believe you would be bold
enough to venture that you expect
all of the districts to have merit
enough to get this desired money,
while at this very moment I per
sonally knowr that the leaders of
the strongest districts hear in their
fears that possibly no one of them
may get a dollar.
I aim for the gravity canal as
proposed, or any modified alter
nate to same .which a survey and
detail calculations may reveal as
best to build for the purpose of
creating an economical common
water supply now and for the fol
lowing reasons:
1—Because every promotor, every
engineer, every land man and dev
eloper, who has ever had any
thing to do with the development
of the Lowrer Rio Grande Valley
long enough to learn of its econo
mic waywardness, knows full well
that from the standpoint of water
production for the irrigation pur
poses, the natural advantages have
been butchered.
2. —I am for a common water
supply at this time because a sub
stantial portion, if not the major
ity of our pumping plants, are ob
solete and very near to junk. To
my personal knowiedge the dis
tricts are worrying how they are
to be able to replace these plants
as well as worrying as to how to
operate them in the meantime. It
is child’s play to try to cover up
the fact and serves a weaker pur
pose than would frank effort to
correct the situation.
3. —I am for a common water
supply because it offers the great
est measure of economy to irriga
tors of this section which can be
devised.
4. —I am for a common water
supply at this time because it is
a foregone acknowledgement by
some of the interests, that though
they themselves are hoping to get
the money, that in any event a
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number of districts will be unable
“to get it over”. I think it is the
time of times, for all to stand to
gether for common purpose and
common good, just as the east end
of the Valley is doing. Glory to
them down there for common ac
tion! I only hope those who refuse
to let anyone be called a leader in
the west end of the Valley, save
themselves, will slacken long enough
to organize, then we can say to
you down there with y.our organ
ization, that “in unity there is
strength.” Let’s go up and get the
ftioney together, all in a wad and
fix this old Valley up as it should
be!
5. —I am for a common Water
Supply now for the reason that
should the weaker Districts who
are “not going to get any money”
—as is—shall allow themselves to
be intimidated and stand by while
the “Big Ones get “theirs,” then
they will have no chances at all,
maybe, except to languish.
6. —I am for a Common Water
Supply now, for the reason that
there is in prospect no chance
whatever for years to get any
money through sale of bonds. Some
go so far as to say, “There will
never again be a bond sold based
on advalorem tax.” Where withai
then shall we get money, those
who fail to get money now from
the Government (?) to complete
concrete systems and protect
against seepage (?). It is a fore
gone conclusion that many of the
smaller districts are not going to
get this money, tHe Big Fellows
pushing to get theirs first ha/e
said so in so many words. We
should all “Stay in and pitch”
right now, for what chances will
there be when times begin to im
prove and the Government quits
putting out money in lumps.
7. —I am for a common Water
Supply now, because the agricul
tural department engineers and
farm loan interests have condemned
the Valley for loans because of the
fact, as they say, “It is uneco
nomically sound because of many
pumping plants.” The plan under
consideration will eliminate this
objection.
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of the reactions that came back to
me from the R.F.C. Board to the
effect, that one spokesman stated
“He was not interested in dealing
out assistance to one or two Dis
tricts down here for temporary
good to last a couple of years and
then be forgotten.” That, “If they
could do something down here of
a permanent nature to help the
whole section, they would be giad
to consider it.” The project under
consideration meets this objection
and this requirement.
9.—I am for the plan as pro
posed or any modification thereof
which will prove best, after sur
veys are made, for the following
reasons: that engineers still know
how to figure what size a canal
should be to conduct water for
any given acreage; that they still
have dependable and practical
rules, backed by experience, to rely
on as to whether such a canal is
safe in earth or not and what
part of same might be necessary to
concrete as this project contem
plates. how to protect same against
overflow’, etc., Citrus Developers
and Land Men notwithstanding.
I am for the plan because I have
made calculations and studied the
proposition to know, that with such
a plan, the amortized annual cost
of same is such as to produce a
great enough saving to pay off its
cost out of water charges without
having to draw on bond taxes, flat
rate, or w’hatnot, while at the same
time the charges for water can be
soundly reduced. This brings the
payment for same clearly, definite
ly and positively within the mean
ing of the self liquidating clause
heretofore made a requisite in
securing of these Government
loans. There is every reason to
believe, that if instead of the dif
ferent projects buying, or pledging
to buy a million dollars worth of
needed new pumping equipment
within the next three years, which
is going to be impossible for them
to buy at a reasonble rate of in
terest, because of their present
financial status, if instead of this,
they shall invest more or less three
times the amount—what if it be
four million instead of three?
(One reason why an organization
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r Favoring
ty Irrigation Work
is urgent is for a purpose of find
ing out the cost most accurately).
It will be our last chance, per
haps, to ever get the sum and at
four and one-half per cent. There
is every reason to believe that with
this proposition, we could either
get 60 years of time instead of 30
or 40 years, or, in time at least
could get the loan extended, thus
cutting down amortized Interest
and sinking fund and cutting
also our annual cost of water like
wise. This would be a better in
vestment and sounder at 60 years
than anybody’s pump sales for 30
years for it has to be paid for
once only, where the pumps will
hardly last 30 years and the main
tenance and operation at the same
time of this canal far outstrips
the possibilities for pumping equip
ment in its measure of economy.
11. —I am for this proposition
now, because it has been indicated
that under the Public Works Bill
the Government expects, at its
discretion, to grant outright as a
gift up to 30% of all labor and
materials on any project which it
may assist. If this can be had, it
will bring interest on investment
down substantially. When wi.'» such
an opportunity ever again be
available? Certainly not in the
near future after we once get
relief from this depression.
12. I am for this proposition Mr.
Shary, for a reason which may
not have occurred to you, as fol
lows: If we can get all hands to
the wheel and do the job right, it
will produce a sound saving in
annual operation cost that will
enable the districts to improve
their financial statement in their
request to the Government for
money with which to complete
their concrete program. Thus, this
proposition should be an “ASSET
instead of a thing to fear in light
of the apps^tions of which you
speak.
It should in the hands of a
Leader, prove to be a strong earn,
which appears to me might well be
THE DETERMINING FACTOR,”
in securing the loans, now pretty
generally being sought through a
multiplicity of applications at great
cost to a stricken people.
With the publicity, the idea of a
gravity canal has had since the
year of 1905, it stands to reason
that its realization would produce
indirect benefits of greater value
yet than the direct benefits there
in enumerated. I believe it is a
sanguine hope, that the realization
of this project would produce an
upward movement in the Valley,
an increase of prices, an influx cf
people, and in general benefits
which would exceed any benefits
to the territory as direct results of
more economic irrigation.
In as much as you saw fit to
send copy of a letter addresed to
me to the newspapers which was
published last night in The
Brownsville Herald, I am sure you
will accord me the same privilege,
accordingly, I am sending this letter
to the press.
Very truly yours
E. M. CARD.
LUMBER WAGE
CHANGE URGED
CHICAGO, July 1. (/P)—Restora
tion of the wage scale prevalent in
the lumber industry during 1926, ad
justed in proportion to changed liv
ing costs, was recommended today
in a code adopted for the trade
by the directors of the National
Lumber Mancfacturers association.
The code was admitted to the
industry by John D. Tennant, chair
man of a committee instructed to
draft rules conforming with the in
dustrial recovery act. Tennant is
head of the Longbell Lumber com
pany of Longview, Wash.
The year 1926 was taken as one of
the more prosperous periods of the
forest products industry. At that
time the unskilled laborer in the
northern timberlands was paid 40
to 50 cents an hour on an eight
hour day. The committee proposed
that wages in line with those of
1926 be restored as soon “as may be
practical.”
Wages will be dealt with more
specifically by regional associations
in nine territories into which the
country was divided.
F. D. WILL END
HIS VACATION
ON MY 4TH
CAMPO BELLO ISLAND, N. B.
July 1.—(JP)—A clear sky and bright
sun this morning gave Pres. Roose
velt ideal weather to carry out his
scheduled departure from here late
today aboard the cruiser Indianap
olis for the return to Washington
after a two weeks sailing vacation.
Mr. Roosevelt wants to be back
in the capital by the night of July
4 at the latest to take command of
the economic recovery campaign in
which he is focusing prime atten
tion on the domestic situation.
However, he said yesterday he
was prepared to remain here over
the week-end if fog should again
blanket the coast.
It was made known that the pres
ident is standing firm against im
mediate stabilization of currency
by the world economic conference
—a demand which has been made
by the gold bloc headed by France.
The Roosevelt position on this
is believed to mean that he does
not think there can be stabilization
of the currencies of all nations
while some are likely to go off the
gold standard. It was pointed out
that a nation running $500,000,000
behind a year in its budget may
have to go off the gold standard.
Anyway, so far as the London
OUiN DA 11 JULI 2 1933 _
economic crisis is conterned, the I
United States position q| currency
stabilization is now clear and Mr. |
Roosevelt is locking to th, opening
of the “back to work" movement
in this country. i
He does not regard that mrrency ;
stabilization affects internal econo
' my and feels it is just now * ques
tion for central banks rather
for governments.
D 7MADE
LIONS CHIT?
Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. July 1.—Dr. Brooks
I. Dickey, Presbyterian minister of
McAllen, was named chaironan of
the Valley Lions group at a meet
ing of several clubs at the Madi
son hotel.
He succeeds Eddie Marburger of
Mission. Talks were made by both
these men and by O. Lorimer
Brown of Harlingen, deputy district
governor.
Entertainment numbers consisted
of songs by Miss Ada Reid Alder
dice of Harlingen, readings by Miss
Alberta Brown of San Benito, read
ings and imitations of bird calls by
Morris Nesmith of San Benito and
accordion numbers by L L Hayes
of Reynosa.
The business meeting was follow
ed by a dinner which in turn was
followed by a dance.
The McAllen club entertains the
group in September.
I4TH OF JULY
CLUB ROYALE
Sunrise Dance
Monday Night, July 3rd
10 P. M. to Sunrise
Admission $1.50
per couple
25c per person for
Breakfast
July 4th
Tuesday Night,
10 P. M. to t A. M.
$1.10 per Couple
Peg Longon’a Orcheatra
So cover charge. Phono 43- W
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