Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1936, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, GOV LANDONMAPS| [ After That Polisk Titf NEW VOTES DRIVE Addresses in Chicago, Cleve- land and Detroit Are Announced. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans., September 20.— By way of emphasizing his words “there will be no slackening in this campaign,” Gov. Alf M. Landon an- nounced details today for his fourth major vote drive, featuring addresses in Chicago October 9, Cleveland Octo- ber 12 and Detroit October 14. Returning only last night from his third drive—the two previous were his New York-Pennsylvania campaign and his dash to Maine—the Republican “ presidential nominee stated: “The people are in a fighting mood. There will be no slackening in this campaign. I shall leave on another campaign trip next week, with speeches in Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit.” Begins Busy Week. Fresh from his 1,600-mile campaign for the 78 electoral votes of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Tlinois, Landon began a busy week of political planning, speech writing and State business. “Travel during the past week,” Lan- don added in a statement, “through the corn belt and dairy States of the Middle West leads to the conclusion that there has developed in these States a determination to end personal Government in Washington with its squandering of our resources, its waste, extravagance and incompetence. “The farmers, the dairymen and the industrial workers in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, re- gardless of party lines, are deeply con- cerned, as they should be, with the problems of Government and the future of the country. They not only are disturbed but aroused by the tendencies of the present national administration. “The farmers are aware that the administration’s agriculture policies penalize plenty and reward scarcity and have robbed them of foreign markets and home markets as well ‘The dairymen know their markets have been turned over to foreign producers. The workers realize that they have been made the victim under the cloak of social security of | a cruel hoax in the form of the largest tax bill in history.” Considering Other Trips. Landon also had other trips under consideration. Aides sald there was| & possibility of a dash to Oklshomn_ City for a speech, preceding the lake States tour. | ‘The speeches in Chicago, Cleveland | and Detroit will be supplemented by rear platform talks in Illinois, In- diana, Ohio and Michigan. The Chi- cago address, aides indicated, will discuss the Federal budget. Tentative consideration was given proposals to attend the Ohio State- | game at Columbus | "Pitt foot ball Saturday, October 10, and to visit Marietta Academy at Marietta, Ohio, where Landon as a boy attended school. Indianapolis also was considered tentatively for an address. Makes Various Stops. Stops listed on his homeward trip yesterday included Savanna, Mo- line and Rook Island, Ill.; Davenport, Muscatine, Washington, Ottumwa and | * Seymour, Iowa, and Chillicothe, Mo. During an operating stop at Ottum- ‘wa, Landon left his car for a quarter- mile walk down the tracks, stopping to chat with some children playing along the right of way. Seymour, fifth and last stop in Jowa, turned out a crowd carrying signs reading, “For a square deal, Landon the new deal,” “What Maine did, Towa will do,” “Seymour flocks to Landon and Knox” and “Landon or the poor house for us.” At Laredo, first stop in Missourl, Landon spoke briefly and shook hands with a group that gathered about the rear platform while the engine took on water. Lincoln (Continued From First Page.) to the Philippines, on furlough, who > was drafted by the Roosevelt high command to run for Governor, is reputed to have a great following among the colored voters, particularly in Detroit, where most of them are located. There is the fact that busi- ness in this State is distinctly better, lead by the automotive industry. This | means more jobs, and the question is | will the workers give credit to the | New Deal for their jobs. These are | factors which may aid the Democrats, On the other hand, there is the Father Coughlin-Lemke threat. De- troit is the particular bailiwick of » Father Coughlin, who has called Pres- ident Roosevelt, first, a “liar,” and more recently “anti-God.” Although Coughlin says no kind words for Gov. | Landon, he is distinctly out to bring | about the defeat of President Roose- | velt. What the Coughlin strength | is in this State varies, depending on | whether you talk to Coughlin or to Republicans and Democrats. The priest of the Shrine of the Little Flower confidently predicts that his candidate, Representative Lemke of North Dakota, will carry Michigan in the presidential race. That is one thing, however, which is not going to happen. But Lemke may take .. enough votes to affect materially the contest between Roosevelt and Lan- don. His candidate for the Demo- cratic sepatorial nomination, Ward, got 114,793 votes to 119,896 for Rep- resentative Prentis Brown, and Ward has demanded a recount of the vote, which will soon begin. Furthermore, in five congressional districts in Wayne County, which includes De- \ troit, Coughlin candidates for the Democratic nomination for the House ran second, and rolled up very sizable votes. The Coughlin-Lemke combine has some strength in the rural com- munities, too, for the Farmers’ Union in this State is hot for Lemke. Lemke Could Carry Weight. If Lemke gets 100,000 votes in the State—and he may get even more with the Coughlin backing—the ef- fect may be decisive in the presi- dential election here. It is generally supposed that he will get most of i | T o ] HAMILTON SPURNS OFFICE OF FARLEY Landon, if Elected, Not to Name Him to Cabinet Post, He Writes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 29.—John D. M. Hamilton, Republican National Committee chairman, said in & maga- zine article made public last night that if Gov. Alf M. Landon is elected President he “will not make his cam- ‘The article, reviewing the history of the civil service and lauding the Republican candidate’s post-platform pledge to extend the merit system, will be published in the Review of Re- views tomorrow. “It is common knowledge that the New Deal administration, under the guiding hand of that master of the spoils system, James A. Farley, has assaulted and ravished the civil serv- ice at every contact with it,” the article said. Hamilton recalled that Gov. Lan- don notified the convention he be- lieved every position in the adminis- tration service below the rank of a: sistant secretary of major depart- ments and agencies and the entire Post Office Department should be in- cluded in the merit system. Mrs. Frederick G, Atkinson of Minneapolis and her son Wil- liam, shown as they arrived in New York yesterday aboard the Normandie. Their European tour was featured by a customs miz-up in Poland, Mrs. Atkinson having been detained by au- thorities until consular pressure freed her. cratic nomination for Governor against Frank Murphy, and while he was de- feated, Welsh ran up a good-sized vote. He had the backing of former Gov. Comstock. What the Welsh follow- ing will do on election day remains to be seen. Getting back to Lemke for a mo- ment. Father Coughlin is still trying to figure out a way to get Lemke's name on the ballot. Under the Michi- gan law it is necessary for a party to file six months in advance of the election if it wants a place on the ballot. Lemke and his Union party were much too late for this. So they are trying to make use of one of the smaller parties, either the Farmer- Labor or the “Third party.” They hope to be able to arrange this within a few days. If not, they will have to go to the “sticker” method of voting for Lemke here. | sSince his defeat in the primary | Senator Couzens has been very quiet. What he will do to further the elec- tion of President Roosevelt he has | not indicated. His health has not been of the best and he is in a hos- | pital now near his home, having| strained his back. It is generally sup- | posed that his efforts for Roosevelt | will take the shape of the issuance of statements and perhaps a radio speech or two. Couzens has had a big personal following, particularly in | Detroit. It is believed, however, that | | much of this following is already in | | the New Deal party, and that there- | fore he is not likely to bring many | | other votes to Roosevelt. Detroit, & huge industrial city, 15“ considered an ideal workshop for the | { New Deal effort to line up labor po- | litically against the employers and ! the great middle class. It is upon Detroit that the Roosevelt-Murphy | leadership is relying for the necessary | votes to carry Michigan for the Demo- cratic ticket. Wayne County—Detroit | —casts about one-third of the entire vote for the State. Labor in the au- | | tomotive industry is not organized, | | generally speaking, and Detroit is | | largely an “open shop” city, therefore. | | However, there seems little doubt that | labor in Detroit, whether organized | or not, is strongly pro-Roosevelt. De- troit probably has around 50,000 Negro | voters, who for the most part have voted Republican in past presidential elections. Many of them have been on relief in these New Deal years. Furthermore, when Frank Murphy was mayor of Detroit, as he was be- fore he was given the job of high commissioner to the Philippines, Mur- | Phy was exceedingly popular with the colored people. He is using all his persuasive powers to bring them solidly into line for the President. Other industrial cities in Michigan are looked to by the New Dealers for aid, and so is the upper peninsula, which has been hard hit in the de- pression and with a large number of persons on relief. The great farm- ing areas of the State, however, are turning back to the Republican party— their old love. They have been very favorably impressed by the Landon speeches of recent days dealing with the farm problem. They are upset over the huge public debt which the administration has piled up. The Democrats last week held their State convention to fill out the State ticket, for only part of that ticket is nominated in the primaries. Murphy showed himself completely in com- mand, and his slate went through in the convention without much trouble. Today the Republicans are meet- ing in convention in Grand Rapids. And Col. Frank Knox, the Republican vice presidential candidate, who for years as a young man worked on a Grand Rapids newspaper, is here to make the keynote address. The G. O. P. has cast factionalism aside—now that it has discarded Senator Couzens as its senatorial candidate, Last night the Republicans gave a dinner in the Civic Auditorium, with a large crowd at tables and the galleries well filled with spectators. It was an enthusi- astic gathering, which gave Gov. Fitz- gerald and Senator Vandenberg a | great ovation. The Michigan Senator was the principal speaker at the din- ner and he handled the New Deal and President Roosevelt without gloves. He reminded the crowd that it was in Grand Rapids that Chairman Far- ley of the Democratic National Com- mittee made his now-famous speech in which he referred to the Governor “of a typically prairie State,” which has had its repercussions. HEIL —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. G.ermany (Continued From First Page) revitalized Reichswehr—national army —reorganized on the pre-1914 two- year compulsory model. Hitler, taking a leaf from the Kaiser ‘Wilhelm system, decreed the two-year service August 24 to become effective October 1. The training period pre- viously was one year, in addition to half a year in the spade corps, which must be put in prior to being called into the fighting forces. Part of 1914-1915 Classes. The recruits are 21 and 22 years of age—Germany's war babies—parts of the classes of 1914 and 1915. ‘They will be distributed among the land, air and sea forces and represent an increase of from one-fourth to one- third in the nation’s armed strength. Precise figures were not disclosed by the war ministry. Hitler's labor service decree yes- terday raised the personnel of the corps from 200,000 to 230,000 until 1938, when it will be 275,000 and in 1939 to 300,000, In line with the service step-up, the number of girls in voluntary labor service will be increased from 12,000 ! to 25.000 on April 1, 1937. Extension of the service period and consequent strengthening of the de- fense forces came hard on the heels of the army's expressed renewal of faith in the Nazi leader at Autumn maneuvers of the 10 army corps. Gen. Werner, Baron von PFritsch, commander in chief. speaking for the army, assured Hitler “The army swears loyalty to you, my fuehrer, today, forever, in life and death.” Hitler personally presented flags to several corps and in short addresses urged conscripts to greater service for the fatherland. The class of 1914, 598,000 strong, was the first to be called a year ago to service in the reconstructed Nazi Army. Because it was larger than any of the five next war year classes, however, only a portion of it was called. The leftovers of 1914 have been increased to “Lest some one miss one portent of that pledge let me point out that Gov. Landon will not make his cam- paign manager the Postmaster Gen- eral,” Hamilton wrote. “The time-honored custom of mak- ing the chairman of the National party committee the chief patronage | dispenser with a seat in the cabinet | is about to be discarded.” Hamilton said that President Roose- velt's executive order placing first, second and third class postmasters under civil service would be repealed it Gov. Landon is elected. “With a decent respect for the prin- ciples of merit in government, those places will be filled then on the basis of open competitive examinations, in which politics will play no part,” Hamilton promised. Further, Hamilton said, Gov. Lan- don would encourage State govern- ments to establish or strengthen the merit principle, — TRIAL BOARD CONTINUES OFFICERS’ GUNS PROBE | Prosecutor Hopes to Get Twins ‘Who Received Weapons to Offer Testimony. ‘The Police Trial Board today granted | & continuance until October 20 in the cases of ‘two detective sergeants | | charged with lending their service | guns to twin brothers, John F. and Logan Wilton, who are awaiting grand Jury action, Assistant Corporation Counsel Matt Mahorner told the board the twins refused to testify against A. D. Mans- field, attached to headquarters, and | Elmer L. Dalstrom, third precinct. He added that if they are indicted they will be forced to testify, although Charles Ford, who represents the offi- cers, disputed this. The twins are charged with imper- sonating an officer and carrying con- | cealed weapons. They were arrested last month. joined with part of the class of 1915 to form the October 1 conscription. The class of '15 numbers 467,000, and it is believed that less than half of them have been ordered to report. | The others will get the call next Autumn. In East Prussia, where it was felt greater strength was needed, the com- pulsory service period was made to begin with the class of 1910 instead I of 1914, D. C, ROOSEVELT TALK PENS' CAMPAIGN President Due to Take Offensive in Syracuse Speech Tonight. By the Assoclated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 29. —President Roosevelt stepped out to- day to deliver what intimates termed a “straight-from-the-shoulder” blow at the opposition, officially opening his bid for re-election. His initial campaign speech, before the Democratic State Convention at Syracuse tonight at 9 o'clock, will be broadcast over Nation-wide 1radio networks, President Roosevelt left at 11:02 am. Secretary Ickes accompanied him. Mrs. Roosevelt was en route by regular train from New York City. A group of townspeople applauded the President as he boarded his train, “I am not making & speech, you know,” he commented, standing be- sides Ickes. A :ight, cold rain was falling. The President's special train was equipped for the five-hour trip with campaign paraphernalia, including & twin set of loud speakers. Originally described as covering | State questions, the first Roosevelt | post-convention speech to be given a definite political label by the White House was said by presidential asso- ciates today to be of national sig- | nificance. May Answer Landon. ‘They asserted the President would lay a general foundation for later specific talks on agriculture, finances and relief, and probably have some- thing to say on several issues raised by Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican candidate. The President worked late lasl‘ night on his manuscript. He also telegraphed Gov. Charles H. Martin of Oregon he had instructed all Fed- eral agencies to render whatever as- sistance possible in connection with forest fires in that State. A testimonial praising the New Deal’s activities in behalf of education during the depression and pledging support for his re-election was pre- | sented to the President by 12 educators representing & committee of the Good Neighbor League. In the delegation were five former | presidents of the National Education | Association. Besides the 12, the names of 34 other educators were attached to the testimonial of the league, a pro- Roosevelt organization formed by | | | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1936. Politics on the Air Tonight. Republican—C. B. 8, 7 pm. East and 11 pm. West, William Hard comment period. Democratic New York State Convention—WEAF-N. B. C, 9 pm., President Roosevelt. (Also WOR-M. B. 8) Republican New York State Conventicn, WJZ-N. B. C. and State chain, 9:30 p.m. Progressive—WABC-C. E. 8, 10:30 p.m., “Roosevelt Progress,” Maj. George L. Berry. Democratic—WABC-C. B. 8, 10:45 pm, “Happy Days” pro- gram. ‘Wednesday. Republican—WEAF-N, B. C, 4:30 p.m.,, Landon Radio Clubs. approximately 1,650,000 persons re- ceived the benefits. 4. Help extended to 372,181 high school, college and graduate students s0 they could continue their studies during the school year ending June 30, 1936. 5. Nearly 50,000 unemployed teach- ers given positions during the emerg- ency education program in 1934. ‘The President will return here Fri- day evening. He will put in a busy day in Washington tomorrow and leave late at night for Pittsburgh for another political speech Thursday night. He will speak at Elkins, W. Va., around noon Thursday. On Friday the President will dedi- cate a medical center at Jersey City, N. J., attend a world series ball game in New York and observe the break- ing of ground for New York City's Queens-Manhattan tunnel, In addition he has arranged four appearances on the rear platform of his train as it passes through West Virginia and Pennsylvania Thursday. ‘The next trip, for which an itin- erary may be announced in Washing- ton tomorrow, is expected to take | Mr. Roosevel: to Omaha and Denver for major speeches, SCHOOL ENGINEERS CITE DANGERS AGAIN. Unattended Boilers Menace Lives of Children, Union Tells Board. Renewing charges that have been | a part of long-standing grievances | of engineers employed in the public | < schools, Local No. 102 of the Inter- national Union of Operative Engineers again has written the Board of Edu- cation that the lives and safety of | school children are being menaced | by permitting boilers to be tempo- rarily unattended. ‘The complaint was sent to Charles | B. Degges, secretary, who expects to | present it to the board at its next | Stanley High. { meeting. 1933 “Breakdown” Cited. I ‘The testimonial reviewed the situa- tion in 1932 and 1933, when, it said, J. J. Johnson, secretary of the local, the public schools were “threatened ' particularly objected to a rule adopt- with breakdown, which meant that the | ed last June placing school princi- whole American system of education | pals in full charge of all buildings. was endangered.” | This permits them to have engineers It then enumerated the following and firemen leave their boiler rooms aids extended by the Roosevelt admin- to attend to other duties about the istration: buildings. During such absences, 1. Over $600,000,000 for grants and | Johnson charged, the boilers become loans for education purposes. * * * | such a hazard that they may blow up. 2. 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Lan- don of Kansas for | President. Declaring Presi- dent Roosevelt “has taken the *%e A—S fooled by Republican promises which will quickly be broken,” he continued. “My reply is—I was fooled by Presie dent Roosevelt's promises. I believe that Gov. Landon is the kind of man who keeps his promises. That is his record. In conclusion, Peek said, “I stand where I have always stood, regardless of party; upon the principles of the Long farm fight. Gov. Landon has taken his stand on those same prin- ciples. I credit his sincerity. I tend him my support.” Concerning the administration's tariff-trading policy, Peek said, the State and Agriculture Departments had ruled against farmers' interests “in every instance.” “Many of my old associates in the | Long farm fight, who turned to Roose= velt in 1932, are still supporting him,” he said, “regardless of the wreckage of his promises to agriculture. 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