San Francisco, Aug, 25.
Gordon Allen, Lid, Oakland. soap nufacturers, "fed sult to-day ccking. a refund of $7353 paid. Processing. taxes on vegetable oils Imported "from the' Philippines.
The company charged that the imposing. the "tax was. illegal rearise the-Philippinee were not at Bistes, and furthermore that. the sent a possession of a
applied" only to interstate com: mercer It Curler sid. that the tax Was fat ended' to regulate production Into United "States, but had re-sulled in favouring' local over foreign.oils—United Press.
Conference on the Colorado River, formed in an effort to settle the controversy. He was made chalrman of the conference in 1927.
'The Boulder Canyon dam. project was the subject of much debate Congress, but it was Mr. Dern' contention that the river belonged to the various states through which it flowed rather than to the federal government. He also insisted that the future needs of the upper basin states should be cared for in deciding the river dispute, at the same time acknowledging the justice of Cal fornia's plea that the dam be built to protect lives and property in the Imperial Valley. In 1932 ho was again elected Governor of Utah,
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