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O TA2 ¥ 3NATIONS TO UNITE MONETARY ACTION U. 8., Britain and France to Co-ordinate Working of Funds. By the Associated Press. Government monetary experts dis- closed today that Great Britain, France and the United States will ef- fect & close, co-ordinated working agreement for handling their stabili- zation funds under the new monetary agreement. Secretary Morgenthau acted inde- pendently of the other two nations when he moved Saturday to halt a downward sweep in the price of pounds sterling, but officials said future ac- tivities of the three countries will be ‘more closely integrated. | They explained that Morgenthau used $5.000,000 of the Treasurys $2,- 000,000,000 exchange stabilization fund to buy pounds without consulting Great Britain and France because he wanted to act swiftly to halt the drop of sterling and because exchanges in Paris and London were closed. The Government monetary experts said handling of the three nations’ stabilization funds will be co-ordi- nated by the Bank of England. the Bank of Prance and the Federal Re- Berve System. | These agencies will consult when- | ever any development in international exchange might warrant the buying or selling of currencies to prevent dis- turbances in exchange rates. officials said. and will keep each other advised of any contemplated action. The United States and Great Britain had established stabilization funds for | the protection of their own currencies | long before the three-power monetary accord was reached last week. The understanding provided for the estab- lishment of such a fund by France. Apparently to serve notice he would not hesitate to protect currencies of | the three signatory nations, Morgen- thau made public his use of the Treas- | ury's stabilization fund in buying | 1,000,000,000 pounds he said were of- | fered in the market by the Russian State Bank. Operations Kept Secret. It was not expected, however, that @ general policy of announcing such operations would be followed in the | future. | Since it was set up in 1934 oper- | ations of the Treasury's stabilization | fund have been a secret. Only once before last Saturday had there been any intimation of how or when it was used. The other exception was | when this eountry went to the aid of the franc last year. Morgenthau told reporters that | pounds were bought at a price which | would give the Treasury a “handsome profit,” and said the stabilization fund also had made profits from operations in the past. How much these amount to is not known, however, and for this reason | mone except high Treasury officials | know the exact amount in the sta- | bilization fund. Tenth in Working Account. * Thus far, only $200,000,000, or one- tenth of the fund has been placed in | & “working account” for international exchange operations. Morgenthau told reporters, however, he was willing to go “the limit" in protecting the currencies of the three nations and that the limit was “two billion dollars.” Unless extended by Congress, au- thority for maintaining the stabiliza- tion fund will expire January 30. Morgenthau said he will recommend | .continuance of the fund. | “I certainly shall recommend that it be continued,” he said. “I know of no better insurance fund the United States could have than the stabilization fund.” No Comment on Denial. ‘. There was no official word from the Treasury today on the Russian State Bank's denial that it offered 1,000,000 | RBritish pounds Saturday “at any Jprice” in an effort to depress sterling’s walue. Pending some official utterance by Becretary Morgenthau, officials said the offering undoubtedly had the ef- fect of driving down the pound. | The State Bank said in a statement | in Moscow yesterday that Morgen- thau's assertion that Russia was try- ing to weaken the pound sterling was | “without foundation and a nonsensical tnvention.” FOREIGN PROPERTY SAFE, MADRID SAYS Spanish Government Denies Con- fiscation Planned, Cites Responsibility. By the Associated Press. ‘The Spanish Embassy said in a gtatement yesterday that Spanish Eovernment seizures of foreign prop- erty were only temporary. Directing attention to what was termed Madrid's financial responsi- bility, the embassy said: “The Spanish government has re- peatedly announced to the world that no misgivings should be entertained with reference to foreign property holdings in Spain.” “Due to the immediate requirements of fighting the rebellion, it has been necessary to temporarily confiscate some foreign plants, but, in so doing, the action has not represented in any manner an expropriation. “As a sideline to this question, it may be of interest to study the finan- cial responsibility of the Spanish gov- ernment.” ‘The statement then quoted Federal Reserve Board figures to show Spain had in excess of $700,000,000 in gold holdings as of the end of May, 1936, and said this represented a coverage of 40.5 per cent on its note circula- : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CONSTANCY. SELF-SUFFICIENT appearing young woman drove a loud- knocking motor of fairly re- cent vintage into one of the downtown service stations. The floor inspector reports that when he ap- proached she explained that some- thing was wrong with the engine, that it made peculiar grinding noises and refused to function properly on the road. The inspector, ear long attuned to hearing knocks, identified the harsh sounds at once, pulled out the oil check gauge and found the crankcase reser- voir full up, but the lubricant broken down to the consistency of dirty water. “How recently have you changed your oil, madam?” he queried. “Listen, young man!" she an- swered, “My father uses ‘Flubbo’ oil and my brother uses ‘Flubbo’ oil, and what's good enough for their cars is good enough for mine. I have no in- tention whatsoever of making a change!"” * x *x % VENBOR. Being a newspaper man ourself, we feel free to say that snapping pictures of the great, near-great, criminal and newly married all day long makes newspaper photogra- phers as a class distinctly sardonic. We failed to smile, however, when & member of this fascinating profes- sion told us the following tale: He was proceeding along the street, minding his business, with his camera case hanging by a strap from his shoulder, when a lady and small boy approached him and asked to purchase a popsickle. His reply was: “Lady, I'm fresh out, but if you wait here, I'll bring some right back.” She said she would. * x k% POLITICAL CHARGES 10 BE AIRED TODAY Pennsylvania Complaints Before Senate Funds Probers. By the Associated Press. Republican and Democratic charges of undue political activity in Penn- sylvania, scene of bitter campaign fighting, lay before the Senate Cam- paign Funds Investigating Commit- tee today as it assembled for & meeting. Senator Lonergan, Democrat, of Connecticut, chairman of the commit- tee, said a complaint of Senator Davis, Republican, of Pennsylvania, that W. P. A. funds had served “partisan political purposes” in the Keystone State would be considered by the committee. The Davis complaint was followed up last night by Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican Na- tional Committee, who issued an open letter to Lonergan using the term “the debauch of Pennsylvania by the New Deal.” Intimidation Charged. Also before the committee was & Democratic complaint that employes of the Carnegie-Illinois and the Jones & Laughlin Steel Cos. had been in- timidated politically. The charges were made by David L. Lawrence, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and chairman of the State Democratic Committee. The committee was expected to hear preliminary reports from investi- gators in the Pittsburgh area on the charges of intimidation of steel em- ployes. A “fundamental decision” on whether the committee inquiry should be limited to spending of campaign funds or should cover Republican charges that the Works Progress Administration had been used to in- | fluence voters—particuairly in Penn- | sylvania—might result from the meet- |ing, Lonergan indicated. Investigators to Report. Investigators’ reports on Michigan, Maine and Pennsylvania were to come before the committee, and Lonergan | said the charge of Senator Vanden- ILLUSIONS. EVEE. since two youths were refused admittance to the Library of Congress because they were garbed in polo shirts, apparently an offense to the dignity of the edifice, & book- worm about town whose policy in life is to conform rather than cause in- dignation, has been careful about en- tering the halls properly coated and vested. ‘He reported sadly the other day that he saw five girls between the ages of 12 and 15 roaming about the building wearing shorts and halters. He made a point of watching them until they left, he says. No official gave them so much as a glance of disapproval. * % % FINANCE. §TOCK traders often change from one brokerage house to another for about the same reason that ladies place their handkerchiefs on their heads when the cards are running bad at the bridge table. A Washington lady who trades a lot decided to change brokerage scen- ery not long ago. and after but a few days at the new base determined to return to her first office, where losses had been smaller. She explained her change of heart to a customer’s man, saying, “T'll re- turn to my old broker. The ticker tape runs faster over there.” Every one waited until she had closed the door behind her before break- ing into guffaws. Just in case you don’t know, quota- tions telegraphed from the New York exchange reach every brokerage house simultaneously on tape moving at the identical speed everywhere. * x * x VICTORY. E CAME all the way to Washing- ton last week from the Middle West—this G. A. R. veteran—moth- ered and cared for by his pretty granddaughter.. He looked forward to marching in the parade and seeing the sights of the Nation's Capital with the young woman close by in case his faltering limbs failed to manage all he demanded of them. e ~ = a2 But the granddaughter slipped on the stairway of a Washington hotel her first day in town and sprained her ankle. She watched the parade from a wheel chair while her charge marched up Pennsylvania avenue, * % * ¥ HONEYMOON. Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Dorsey, 208 Massachusetts avenue north- east, came back from their wedding trip the other day with & warning to all on the hazards of getting married. They were wed in Mont- gomery, Ala., and amid a shower of rice and the good wishes of their Jriends departed for Pensacola, Fla., for a stay before returning to Washington. They had been there two days when the 's ear begar to tion, based on gold par below the de- valuation of the dollar. At present market quotations for @old, it added, this coverage would be much greater. Poison (Continued From First Page.) Mis mother died when he was a child end he was resred by an sunt, Miss Sara Furbershaw, 4818 Illinois avenue, according to relatives. He attended the public schools here and worked with the Federal Reserve system for lege. - Other relatives living here include a brother, Edwin of the Illinois avenue shaw, 4931 Seventh street, and an- other aunt, Mrs. Frances A. Raeder, 2125 Fourth street northeast. The father, who was employed by the Miami Herald, was:believed to have died of heart disease. (1 bridegroom’ hurt him frightfully. He couldn’t figure out @ reason, while the pain spread, until he pounded his head with his hands. From the ear popped @ grain of rice. LR LOVE. Tm brought a colored man to po- lice headquarters the other night and booked him for shooting a friend. Love,” the prisoner added gravely. Carolina Girl Killed. | berg, Republican, of Michigan that the Government frank had been il- legally used on mail in the Michigan | primary campaign would be con- | sidered. | Robert Jefferys, committee secres | tary, said the committee expected to | schedule the first of a series of public hearings after deciding on the scope of the inquiry. Hamilton, in an open letter to Lonergan, charged “New Deal cor- ruption” in Pennsylvania and said: “If circumstances were not #o tragic, there would be a certain sardonic humor in the deliberation of | your committee in Washington as to whether you should undertake an investigation of the situation in Penn- sylvania.” * Lonergan said last night he had not received the letter. Asserting “the scandalous adminis- tration of W. P. A. is a by-word throughout the length and breadth” of Pennsylvania, Hamilton said: “The helpless unemployed, the | destitute and the hungry are being | victimized by New Deal bureaucrats, who demand political allegiance as the price of bread.” He asked whether the Senate group dence of corruption by PFederal and State officeholders, which is lying in its lap, and at the same time send its detectives into the State to im- | been done by private industry.” Lincoln (Continued From First Page.) the national House of Representatives. Even Democratic leaders privately ad- mit that they cannot hope to hold the present ratio of party strength in the congressional delegation. The present delegation is made up of 16 Demo- crats, 6 Republicans, and there are | two vacancies, both formerly held by | Democrats. It is expected the Re- | publicans will hold their own in their present congressional districts and take from four to eight districts now Democratic, and possibly both the at- large seats in the House. Some Republicans Assured. The first and second congressional | districts will, it is expected, re-elect the Republican incumbents, Repre- sentatives John B. Hollister and Wil- liam E. Hess. In the third district, Robert N. Brumbaugh, Republican, is likely to defeat Representative Byron B. Harlan, Democrat. The fourth and fifth districts, now Democratic, are regarded as “doubtful.” The sixth district, now represented by Repre- sentative James G. Polk, Democrat, may go to Emory F. Smith, Republi- can. Representative L. T. Marshall, Republican, is expected to be re- elected in the seventh district. In the eighth district, Grant E. Mouser, Re- publican, is given the edge over Rep- resentative Brooks Fletcher, Demo- crat. Mouser, incidentally has the backing of the Townsend old-age pen- sioners. The ninth district, the To- ledo district, will elect & Democrat, John F. Hunter, and the Republicans are expected fo re-elect Representa- tive Thomas A. Jenkins in the tenth district. The Democrats will continue to hold the eleventh district electing H. K. Claypool. In the twelfth district, the chances are for the election of Grant P. Ward, Republican, over Rep- resentative Arthur P. Lamneck, Demo- crat. In the thirteenth district, now Democratic, the Republicans stand a good chance to elect Dudley A. White, Republican. The fourteenth district is the Akron district, and Representa- tive Dow W. Harter, Democrat, is opposed there by Carl D. Sheppard, Republican. It is put down as a doubtful district. Kenneth C. Ray, Republican, is given a good chance to win the fifteenth district over Representative Secrest, Democrat. The D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1936. Fifteen hundred persons were made homeless when forest fires swept over Bandon, Oreg., and destroyed it. More than 3.000 men are on the firelines trying to save other towns. Here is a scene on the main street of Bandon. has “the temerity to ignore the evi- | vestigate what may or may not have | Representative Thom, Democrat, is another doubtful district, although it is reported to be leaning Repub- This was a business block at Bandon—all that remains of the Ellingson Building, one of many destroyed. which have been held by Democrats, are very likely to go along with the Republican State ticket, headed by Bricker, the candidate for Governor, | it is said. They certainly will go Republican if Landon carries the State in the presidential election. The Republicans are paying a great deal of attention to these contests for seats in the House. They realize that it is essential, if Landon is to be elected President, that the G. O. P. should have control of the House of Representatives, particularly since the Senate will continue strongty Demo- cratic no matter how the presidential election may go. And if Roosevelt is to be re-elected President, the Re- publicans are still most anxious to cut down the huge Democratic majority now in the House, In prep- aration for coming contests over New Deal legislation. Davey, the Democratic Governor, is charged with having greatly increased governmental expenses and taxes. Bricker, his Republican opponent, is going up and down the State saying that Davey has increased govern- mental expenditures by $19.500,000, s tidy sum. He charges that Davey | has padded the State pay rolls with hundreds of employes. He points out that in the old-age division of the State government in 1935, there was one State employe for each 21> persons receiving pensions from the State. Today, he says, there is one State employe for every 148 persons receiving pensions, or an increase in the State employes in this division alone of 65 per cent. “The government of the State of | Ohio,” says Bricker, “has been turned into a racket.” The press of the State is almost solidly against Davey for re-election as Governor. The Scripps-Howard newspapers, for example, which are supporting Roosevelt more strongly than any other newspaper in the State, are doing their best to beat Davey. The newspaper polls, which show Roosevelt in the lead for Presi- dent over Landon, show Bricker more strongly ahead of Davey in the guber- natorial race. The Columbus Dispatch poll gives Bricker 63.2 per cent of the straw vote to 36.8 per cent for Davey, and the Scripps-Howard poll is almost as strongly pro-Bricker. And the great rural districts of the State, believed to be Republican, are still to be heard from in these polls. The results in the gubernatorial race may not be without their effect on the presidential contest here. The strong opposition to Davey, it is said, may have its reflection in the vote for Landon and against Roosevelt. Since the World War Ohio has three times | gone strongly Republican in presi- dential elections, in 1920, 1924 and 1928. It was carried by Roosevelt in | the presidential race of 1932. But | in all those years it has elected only one Republican Governor. This year the boot seems to be on the other leg. The Republicans are assured of win- ning the governorship, but they have some distance to go to win the much- | coveted 26 presidential electoral votes | of Ohio. GRAND—SON O.F BALDWIN, WED AGAIN, IS SUED First Wife, Who Disputed Legal- ity of Latvian Divorce, Asks Reno Decree. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28—Mrs. Nell Maxine Baldwin, in & suit on file today, asked a divorce from Baldwin M. Baldwin, a grandson of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin. Baldwin has been married for three years to another woman, Mrs. Margaret Wilson Baldwin, formerly of Indianapolis. Young Baldwin obtained & divorce from Nell Maxine Baldwin in Riga, Latvia, in 1932, but when his en- gagement to Margaret Wilson was announced the following year, Mrs. Baldwin served notice that “if he undertakes such a marriage, it will be of no validity, upon the advice of eminent counsel that the Latvian divorce is void.” A settlement, approval of which was asked by the court, provides for a cash payment of $25300 and the issuance to Mrs. Nell Maxine Bald- win of two promissory notes amounting to 884,800, signed by Santa Anita, Inc, a Baldwin cor- poration, Wagner to Answer Landon. SYRACUSE, N. Y. September 28 (#)—Democratic Chairman James A. Farley announced today that Senator Robert F. Wagner, Democrat, of New York would reply to Gov. Landon’s social security speech as soon as he could arrange time on the air. Wagner is here today to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic State con- vention tonight. Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City [ J Full Sperts Ball Scores, Race Results, Complete Market News of the test News Flashes from Around the World. What- it is, youll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY. STAR—delivered carrier—70c & month. Call National 5000 and 3ervice 3 4-—Commaht. A, P. Wirephotos. 5 Fire (Continued From First Page) block at the most, and as you draw near the scattered fires you can't see more than 50 to 100 feet. “The fire makes a red glow through | the smoke pall, which is so dense that it would be impossible to tell whether it was day or night unless | you had a watch. “The mental attitude of the people, besides being depressed by the holo- | caust at Bandon, is aggravated by the smoke. It makes your throat feel as though it had been filed and your eyes suffer from extreme irritation. “An automobile cannot travel more than 10 miles an hour in the worst smoke areas. Fire Everywhere.” “There is fire everywhere—along the gulleys beside the roads, brandish- ing out of the tops of trees, It is a scene that gives you a feeling of dread and the faces of the people plainly reflect it.” While the main fire was in the Bandon sector, scattered blazes stretched far up the Oregon coast and down into California. Historic stands of redwood timber in California, product of ancient times, were threatened by the fire, which Pprobably menaced a million acres all told. How many acres had been burned was guesswork, so scattered were the fires and 5o great the terri- tory in which they were burning. The greatest damage thus far had occurred at Bandon, where unofficial estimates placed the loss at $1,500,000, and at Oregon House, in Northern California, which was wiped out with an unofficial estimated loss of $500,000. Any sharp change in the wind would prove disastrous to a dozen of the Southern Oregon coast cities, including Marshfield and North Bend, sister communities, which have a total popu- lation of 10,000. ‘The dead at Bandon were identified as Mrs. Tom Hill, Daniel Kountz, Mrs. Chgrles McCulloch, sister of Kountz; George Williams, John Rieder (tenta- tive) and Jack Bailey, who was killed fighting the flames. One body re- mained unidentified. Many Are Injured. An undetermined number were in- jured, but none was believed in a serious condition, although- exact re- ports were difficult to obtain. Residents of the stricken port city were evacuated. Some residents found refuge in homes of relatives in other parts of the State, and others were quartered at Marshfield and Coquille, ‘while some remained on the beach. Officers investigated reports a fire- bug was responsible for the Bandon blaze. Matt Coy, chief of police at Marshfield, said he found k-~rosene- (Story on Page A-1.) controlled advance was given by City | Manager John Fasnacht of Bandon. LAW SETS RULES FORU.S. SUPPLIERS Government Contract Hold- ers Get New Standards in Act Effective Today. By the Associated Press. A new law setting wage and hour standards for certain concerns do- ing business with the Government went into effect today. Called the Walsh-Healey act, the law was passed in the closing days of the last Congress. Its chief pro- visions are requirements that holders of Government contracts which amount to more than $10,000 must pay prevailing wage rates and pay overtime wages if their employes work more than 40 hours a week. Although the law formally became operative today, the wages require- ment will be applied only gradually. Officials said it would take several months before they could determine prevailing wages for all industries in- volved. As the lew went into effect, it was criticized by the Chamber of Com- {merce of the United States. The chamber, in its periodical “Washing- ton Review,” complained that the bill was designed to force manufacturers in all lines to “accept labor conditions imposed by the Federzl Government.” Regulations Assailed, Regulations recently issued under the act by Secretary of Labor Perkins also came in for attack. The chamber argued that these regulations “under- | take to defeat” the intention of Con- | eress to exempt contracts for articles “normally sold from the shelf or from stock.” ‘The chamber declared “the effect of the new regulations, if they should be sustained as to articles usually pur- I‘ chased in the open market, would be | to make articles on shelves or in stock, not produced in accordance with the labor stipulations in the Walsh-Healey act, unsalabe in amounts larger than $10,000 to the usual contracting agen- | cies of the Federal Government. [In that community of 1500, he saw | the flames leap from tree to tree, send- |ing burning embers crashing onto | roofs and in streets. “I heard of one woman who was saved, but insisted on going back for her pet goats,” he said after his ar- rival with his wife and three children at Salem. “She was burned to death. I don’t know how many people were.! trapped. “Nevertheless, people were laughing and joking as the flames leveled their homes.” | He told of aiding in fighting a fire at Bear Creek, 5 miles east of Bandon, {late Saturday: of subsequent and | futile attempts to save the city’s | reservoir, and then of the rush for | the beach and safety when firemen finally were forced to abandon their equipment to the flames, | “The sick and invalided people “There is thus demonstration of the | correctness of the contention of those | who opposed enactment of the Walsh- | Healey bill, that its purpose was to ! bring pressure upon manufacturing | enterprises of all kinds to accept labor conditions imposed by the Pederai Government.” Secretary Perkins is expected to ap- point a special board this week to handle the administration of the I | Determination of minimum w. rates for industries supplying the Government will be one of the chief functions of the administrative unit. Secretary Perkins said such determi- nations would be made “only after public hearings.” | Other Labor Provisions. | Although officials said it probably would be several months before pre- vailing wages could be determined for |all industries. they added that until [Irnm the hospital at Bandon were such determinations were made for taken across the Coquille River by the | an industry, it would be required to lighthouse tender, Rose, and placed | comply with the other labor provisions in safet t the Bandon Lighthouse,” | of the act. | he said. “Many others drove through “The Department of Labor will not |the fires on the highway to escape arbitrarily adopt the minimum wage provisions once contained in the | the zone.” | Sunday morning, he said, séveral | cows came to the beach and fresh milk was available for the children who had not been taken away. Resi- dents saved nothing but that which they could carry. The Oregon holocaust broke loose northeast of Bandon late Saturday. | By Sunday morning that town was in ashes. Prosper, across the river, | ehared the same fate. Fire Leaps Through Trees. Traveling with incredible speed, emall fires joined forces, leaped through treetops toward Coquille, de- stroved suburban buildings on the | outskirts of that town and sent off- | shoots for miles around the country. | Other fires, nourished in tinder-dry | underbrush and fanned by a swirling breeze, sprang up along more than 200 miles of coastline. Coquille, Coos County seat, with a Ppopulation of 3,000, about 18 miles inland from Bandon, was saved, at least temporarily, by a cessation of wind. The same held true at Marsh- | field, about 6.000 population, on Coos Bay, 18 miles north of Coquille, |and at North Bend, of almost equal |8ize, 3 miles north of Marshfield, In Curry County to the south, the towns of Port Orford (500 popula- | surrounded. More than a thousand men battied two conflagrations over An areg of 10,000 acres in the inland | behind the two settlements. | farther to the south, 500 men fought & blaze at Brookings, near the Cali- fornia-Oregon line. Situation te North Grave. to Marshfield and North Bend and | another 100 miles north of those ‘ritieu, the situation was extremely grave. It was particularly so around Waldport, Yachats, Newport and Depoe Bay. Forests were afire every few miles. National Guard trucks rushed Fed- eral, State and Red Cross supplies to Bandon. National Guardsmen were Imnblllzed. Two score State policemen maintained order. Hundreds of home- less spent 8 night of anguish beneath the smoke-hidden stars. Indians Good Weavers. The Hupa Indians in California are noted for their skill in weaving baskets of twine, # The CINC!NNATI. September 28. 600 miles into the interior heath, home | tion) and Langlois, a hamlet, were | Still | North of Bandon, along the coast | in certain areas of Shanghai. codes without inquiry into present conditions,” Secretary Perkins said. Findings on minimum wage, Miss | Perkins said, would be made available | to prospective bidders, “so that all | persons interested in a particular | contract will have notice of their | minimum wage obligations before sub- | mitting their estimates.” | The Secretary said the first in- dustries to be studied with & view to fixing the minimum wage would be | those which “by practical experience™ are known to be “below a decent standard of living.” Other department | officials said some branches of the | clothing industry were included in | that category. No funds were appropriated for ad- ministration of the law, but officials | expressed belief sufficient money would | be available to meet demands until | Congress convenes. They added the | necessary personnel probably ecould !be “borrowed” from other Govern- | ment agencies. | e CANDIDATES REQUESTED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC {Lawyers, Writers and FEdueators Write Leaders to Drop Gener- alities on Civil Liberties. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—Assert - | ing that discussion of civil liberties in the current political campaign has been confined to “generalities that are meaningless without specific applica- tion,” 41 lawyers, writers, and educa- tors yesterday called upon the presi- |dential and vice presidential candi- | dates of five political parties to clanfy their views on the subject. The request was made in a letter | made public by the American Civil | Liberties Union, among the signers of | which were President William Allen Neilson of Smith College, Clarence Darrow, Chicago lawyer: Stuart Chase. | economist, and Sidney Howard, play- | wright. A The letter named as specific issues the right of labor to organize, sirike and picket without interference; Fed- eral sedition laws; lynching and mob violence; hostiity to allens; the teachers’ oath: and the denial of radio | facilities for “fair discussion” of public | issues. National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. —Japan, as a measure of self de- fense, sends an armed force, politely called a landing party, of China and declares martial law In defense of and altars, Japan has penetrated far into China and Manchuria during recent years. There is no spot so remote that some patriotic Japanese subject may not hope to be murdered there to provide a dipiomatic excuse for the advance of empire. The League of Nations whetted Japan's appetite by giving her some of Germany's Asiatic possessions. Now the League is powerless to halt the steady and ruthless gobbling of China by Japan. Japanese militarists do not care a fig or & firecracker for world opinion. They believe that if they can capture enough world trade and terri- Alles Lomgworth. tory, the opinion will come around. Many rations are commercially interested in the open door in China. But they are so busy with their own affairs that they pretend not to see the Japanese soldier who is standing guard in the doorway. (Copyrisht, 1938