Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1936, Page 2

T A2 wxy . WINANT DEFENDS SECURITY PLANS G. 0. . Sounds “Call to Re- treat,” He Says in Re- ply to Landon. By the Associated Press. Contending that Republicans have sounded a ‘call to retreat” by the position they have taken on social security, John G. Winant was launched today on his campaign de- fense of the New Deal’s approach to the problem. _ Winant, former Republican Gover- nor of New Hampshire, who resigned Monday from the chairmanship of the Social Security Board to defend the social security act as a private citizen, made his initial address in the campaign last night. “Hazards to life, liberty and prop- erty stalk our land,” he said. “A de- pendent childhood, unemployment and JOHN G. WINANT, old age are common enemies against whom the united front. “An advance has begun—and no man has a right to call halt. We must—as a nation and in the Amer- ican spirit—seize the occasion to in- sure the blessings of security to our- selves and our posterity Replies to Criticism. Replying to Goy. Landon’s criticism of the act, he said at one point: “He wishes to use the States as laboratories to work out the problems involved in this type of legislation. Either the nominee has not read the #ocial security act or his advisers have misled him as to the essential provisions of this subject. “The act already provides for the very flexibility and opportunity for experimentation which the Republican nominee says he wants.” Winant argued that Republican proposals on social security meant “a dependency dole—a dole with a means test.” - “In every country in the world,” he said, “progress has been made by substituting thrift, savings and in- surance for the dole, the pauper’s oath and relief. Surely we will never create social security by encouraging individual insecurity.” Replying to the Landon address point by point, Winant said: “The candidate protests against the | Federal movement, in its administra- tion of the act, prying into the affairs | in individuals. Yet in social security | the Government does only what it | does in other fields of taxation; it | seeks only the minimum of informa- | tion on a man’s income essential to | the administration of the act, since benefits are based on thrift and stead- | iness of employment measured by a | man’s total earnings. And the can- ! didate ignores the usual methods | which attend his own proposal of de- | ficiency relief with its means test.” Compulsien to Save. Regarding the Republican nominee’s assertion that the law enforces savings on the working man, Winant said Landon “forgets the greater compul- sion to savings which came from the fear of the lack of a job and from the fear of old age.” Winant said the act “enables work- ing men and women by acting together to meet hazards which would over- whelm them if faced alone.” Landon had criticized as unsouni the arrangement for building up a huge reserve fund composed of Gov- emment bonds to finance old-age pensions. ‘e advocated instead a pay- as-you-go plan for pensions to the needy aged administered through the Btates. “The Government bonds in whichn the reserve funds will be invested,” said Winant, “will have the backing of the entire wealth of the Nation, Just as do all Government bonds.” ‘Where Landon had questioned the tax on workers’ pay, which will, in part, build up the reserve fund, his critic said “under the Republican proposal all must pay, but the improvident chiefly will benefit; and the greater the degree of improvidence, the greater the benefit. Thus is thrift discouraged. family responsibilities broken down, real security lessened.” FRANK M. TH.OMPSON FEDERATION DELEGATE Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens Elect Representative at First Fall Meeting. ) Frank M. Thompson, 1120 Rhode Island avenue, was elected as a dele- gate to the Federation of Citizen Associations last night at the first Fall meeting of the Logan-Thomas Circle Citizen Association, The association adopted a resolu- tion demanding the immediate res- toration of the second precinct, for- merly located on Fifth street between M and N streets. A resolution citing inadequate sew- ers that cause the flooding of cellars during heavy rains was adopted. The association deplored the lack of fa- cilities for playgrounds. Directing a letter to Secretary Ickes, members cited the work ac- complished in” beautifying the parks of the city. Fly Affects Wheat Seeding. URBANA, IIl. (#.—University of Tllinois entomologists say that, con- sidering infestations of hessian 1fly, three days’ difference in thé time of seeding wheat may make a difference of from 5 to 15 bushels yield to the acre. This conclusion is based on surveys in Illinois and elsewhere where hessian ' fly “infestations- threaten ' the wheat crop. L} tion shouid present a | | | | | 1 Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ARGUMENT. SMALL and nonchalant canary settled a controversy recently that had stumped the com- bined brains of the Better Business Bureau and an F street ae- partment store, according to J. Frank Ballenger of the bureau. A local lady purchased a canary from the emporium this Summer and found that the fetching little featherea creature never sang. She knew that female canaries do not sing and com- plained to the department store tnav her bird probably was feminine. The department store insisted with all ot the force of its fine reputation that the bird was male, and the con- troversy finally arrived at the Bet- ter Business Bureau. Br. Ballenger was mnot able to arbitrate successfully until the other morning when the canary bird owner { arrived at the bureau with fire in her |eye. She thrust out a hana triumphantly revealing two canary bird eggs. “Now will you believe that that canary is female?” she demanded. * ok x % EFFICIENCY. Lots has been said about tari drivers in this, the most tazi-driven city in the world, but a local news- paper reporter brags he has met the most accommodating hacker in town. Speeding from an asign- ment the reporter asked the driver to wait @ moment while he called his city desk. “Sure,” replied the cabbie, “but there’s mo need to waste a mickel, here’s a slug.” After a short bout with his con- science the reporter gravely ac- cepted the disk and jound that it worked perfectly. The journalist defense at this point is that he likes emcouraging service whenever he rums across it in this world. * X % % 1 FIRST AID. ;NEIGKBORLINES has apparently reached the proportions of a nne art out in Chevy Chase. Mrs, Malcolm W. Muchmore of tne Better Business Bureau lives at 1% | East Leland street, next door to | Lester S. Scott, 14 East Leland street, who envies the Muchmores the fuu !grown fir tree outside their batn room window. On account of this fir tree, it is never necessary for the | Muchmores to pull down their batn | room shades. We o\ { | | Last Thursday Mr. Scott celebratea his birthday anniversary and res cewved from Mrs. Muchmore & uny {fir, ready for planting, with a card | in peace.” | Mr. Scott has planted the young tree outside his bath room window | and hopes that he will not succumb | of old age before it reaches protec- tive proportions. Firs, in case you don’t know, take decades to reacn maturity. * %k X REGRETS. NEXT time his caddie makes a re- mark to him, William Ullman, | Congressional Country Club golfer, is | the projected time of five years there | velt process) is an obsolete theory ! going to pay more attention. Uliman has a favorite caddie, named Clifford Jones, who always totes his ‘mre(ully selected clubs around the | golt course. For years Ullman has taken Clifford’s advice on what club to use and how to play shots, and has 3‘ acquired the habit of indorsing Clif- ford's advice without question. So when Clifford mumbled something on the eighteenth green the other day | Ullman said, “Sure,” without knowing what had been said. He hurried, as usual, to the club next day. “Clifford, please,” Ullman said. “He 1sn't here,” answered the caddie master. “Well, give my clubs to another “Your clubs aren't here, either,” said the head caddie. “Clifford took them away with him to play in a golf match,” was the reply. “He said you told him he could.” Ullman remembered Clifford’s ques- tion the day before. He's waiting for Clifford to return and then he swears he’ll never miss a word he says from here on. * x ¥ X REVERSAL. exchangé two cemetery lots for a second-hand car,” read a classified advertisement appearing in The Star recently. It inspires reflection, curiosity, and an overwhelming desire to clap and shout, “ ‘At a boy!” This ad inserter seems to be cele- brating a complete right-about-face in his attitude toward the world and he bas immeasurably brightened our day. We are thinking of selling our burial plot and putting the proceeds with funds set aside for a cabin cruiser we hope to buy next Summer. Apparently this man is no longer concerned about where he will buried, but is intent on going some Base Ball Scores, Race Results, ever it is, you'll find it in Th l | attached reading, “Now you can bathe | THE EVENING STAR, WASHI [Washingzon||PARLEY ONCRIMEE (12INBLACK CULT DECRIES LOW PAY Waitresses’ Wages, “Home- work” System and Child Labor Rapped. By the Assoctated Press. RICHMOND, Va. September 30.— Commissioner John Hopkins Hall, jr., of the State Department of Labor and Industry said yesterday that hundreds of restaurants and confectionaries in Virginia pay such small wages that woman employes have to depend on tips for their existence. “It is & viclous system and should be controlled,” he told the conclud- ing session of the Richmond confer- ence on crime. “The only remedy I can see is a minimum wage scale which, of course, would have to be put into effect by an act of the Legis- lature.” Hall also deplored the practice of “home work"—taking work away from factories and into the homes “where the aged, the children, the crippled and the diseased are exploited in feeble attempts to try to make a liv- !'There is no State law, no city or- dinance against this,” he declared. “Something certainly should be done.” Low Wages Depression Cause. Hé asserted that “law wages was a principal cause of the depression and one of the reasons recovery is not rapid. “When the depression was first felt by business, the first thing done was to cut salaries. This made other members of a family go out and seek employment, resulting in increased unemployment.” The commissioner rapped child labor, saying “the onmly excuse for child labor is cheap labor,” and urged the co-operation of the public in enforcing child labor laws. Poverty was seen as one of the principal causes of crime by Thomas B. Morton, chairman of the Labor Committee of the Crime Conference, in presenting his report. Charity No Cure. evils and no permanent cure for |“As long as boys and girls have to !live in the breeding places of crime | caused by exploitation, bad housing, low wages, insecurity and economic maladjustments, our crime problem { will remain unsolved. Well kept and | supervised playgrounds and recrea- | tion centers will not meet the situa- | tion entirely. We need to go deeper. “Labor believes & strong attack on crime should be made on the legisla- | tive front, and until the economic | causes of crime are removed little can be accomplished.” T. Croxton Gordon, chairman of | the Business Firms Committee, de- clared in his report that “in many instances crime is a by-product of poverty and disease, and we feel that many anti-social or criminal acts could be prevented through a better understanding between employer and employe in regard to financial, social, health and cultural interests of em- | ployes.” { Sees Crime Lessening. | “For instance,” he said, “the com- | mittee discourages the practice of ments to employes without a full knowledge of conditions which are re- sponsible for such request. * * * Firms are asked to consider the value of re- ferring cases of petty thievery among | their employes or shoplifting cases |to the Central Application Bureau for treatment instead of having ar- rests made for first offenses.” Col. John A. Cutchins, Richmond | safety director, who arranged the | crime conference, predicted that “in will be a great change in crime here, and in succeeding years it will lessen | more and more.” “RED RIDEé” IS TOPIC The District of Columbia rider” amendment will be the sub- Ject of & mass meeting of the newly organized Student Association for Academic Freedom, to be held Fri- day at 8 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, 1410 Colum- bia road. Martha Strayer, Washing- | ton newspaper woman, will be the principal speaker. ‘The association describes academic freedom as “the right of teachers and pupils to discuss freely in class rooms any vital set of facts relevant to their course of instruction, the right of teachers and students to free as- sembly and expression, and the right of students to ready access to un- censored source material.” The association is to meet bi- monthly on dates to be announced later. place while he is still alive, and we hope the second-hand car works well and that he has a perfectly swell time. *x % x ABSENT MINDED. Books are being written daily and psychologists are lecturing jrom American platforms nightly about the value of concentration. You will succeed, we are led to believe, if you ave able to brush the outside world away—close out ring- ing telephones, sirening ambulances and next-door radios. Lewis Boyer, local engraver, dis- agrees with all the authorities, and says that in the future he, for one, is going to cultivate letting his mind jump freely from one thing to another. - As Boyer waited for a bus yesterday he was reading his newspaper about the siege of Madrid and mounted the first vehicle that came along without lifting his eyes from the printed page. [Eventually, conscious of the pas- sage of time, he looked up to find himself in Suitland, Md. He was late to work and the boss didn’t seem to like it much. Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Complete Market News of the " Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. What- e Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 6000 and service “Poverty is the mother of many | these evils will be found by applying | the salves of charity,™ he declared. | small loans or advance salary pa: -| “red | FACE LIFE TERMS Sentence for Seven Found Guilty in Terrorist Slay- ing Mandatory. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 30.—Twelve Black Legion night riders faced pos- sible life imprisonment today for the roadside “execution” of Charles A. Poole, which unmasked the secret terroristic society. For seven men convicted of first degree murder, life terms are man- datory under Michigan State law. Four others, found guilty of second degree murder, may receive any sentence up to and including life at the discretion of the judge. Trial Judge Joseph A. Moynihan planned to withhold for several days pronouncement of sentences on the 11 defendants who stood trial and on Dayton Dean, chubby, self-styled “Black Legion triggerman,” who pleaded guilty and then testified for the State. Defense attorneys worked today to perfect appeals from the con- victions to the Michigan Supreme Court. Fifteen other cases, ranging from floggings to murder conspiracies, await trial with prosecutors unde- cided which to start next. A routine police investigation of the Poole death spread a net . which enmeshed at least 70 men in charges growing out of Black Legion activities | which, the State charges, terrorized its members and sought to impose its ‘rldn] and religious prejudices or politicians in cities of the Detroit area. A jury of nine men and three women deliberated only 85 minutes before re- | turning the verdicts yesterday. \ (Continued From Pirst Page.) Tichigan years of the depression. He is a law-| yer, and most of the time since he leu} law school he has held public office of | i one kind or another—taking time off to serve in the Army during the World | War. Vandenberg never held office | until he was elected to the Senate eight years ago. Before that he was & | newspaper publisher. Gift for Phrases, The Michigan Senator has a gift for making phrases—with a punch. | At the same time he is constantly dig- | ging in for ne wideas and ne wlines of attack on his political opponents. Recognizing labor, for whose vote | the President and the New Dealers are | making a great play in this campaign, | | the Michigan Senator has taken the | automotive industry of Michigan and its great upswing during the last year | | to demonstrate to the workers that| the Roosevelt theories are all wrong. “The Michigan automobile industry,” he says. “has led the recovery parade | by reversing the Roosevelt formula. The Roosevelt formula calls for re- | stricted production, higher prices and controlled industry. The Michigan | motor formula, on the contrary, makes better cars cheaper, sells more of them and thus makes higher wages possible. The President sald recently in New York: ‘Reduction of costs of manufac- ture does not mean more purchasing | power and more goods consumed.” ! Vandenberg argues that the Presi- dent, &s shown by the automobile in- | | dustry formula, is clearly in error, and | |he adds: “Let Michigan labor (and he meant all labor everywhere) par- | ticularly take note. The automotive | process creates more and better jobs | —and passes them around. The Roose- | velt process creates fewer jobs and rations them.” And here is a typical | Vandenberg sentence: “It (the Roose- | which the hammers of reality have | ismuhed to smithereens on the anvil |of our motor-car prosperity. It is unsound and suicidal. It is bad for | labor, bad for capital and bad for | the ultimate consumer.” That is the argument which Van- denberg and other Republicans feel | they must get across to labor, in an | effort to make labor understand that | Roosevelt is after all not such a friend of labor as the New Dealers make out. Other Vandenberg Gems. Here are a few other oratorical gems which the Senator from Michi- gan is feeding to the voters of Mich- igan: “It is constantly whispered to your unemployed—of whom, unfortunately, there are nearly as many now as there were three years ago—that they must not bite the hand that feeds them, as though only Roosevelt Demo- crats pay taxes. “Business itself must be success- ful or it has no benefits to share with labor; and we maintain that there will be more benefits to divide if enterprise itself is free than if it is restricted, regimented, controlled, in- timidated, harassed and bludgeoned by political overlords in Washington. “We would restrict and punish sinful | business, but we would not burn down the barn to kill the rats.” Of the New Dealers, goes on to say: “They devalue pledges even more rapidly than they devalue money. “It is & good thing to throw the money changers out of the temple. But it is even more necessary, at the moment, to throw the money spenders out of the temple, or there will be no ‘change’ left.” Ringing the changes on President Roosevelt's declaration in his accept- ance speech in Philadelphia when he said, “We have a rendezvous with destiny,” Vandenberg says the New Deal Federal job holders have “a gang rendezvous with the ‘more abundant life, ” This is the kind of thing that Mich- igan’s premier campaigner is feeding to the voters. Murphy, who was brought back to the United States from his job as United States high commissioner to the Philippines to run for Governor and so help the Roosevelt ticket in Michigan, is one of the most attractive men in politics, personally. He has a real gift of oratory. He is an ardent uplifter and New Dealer. And despite the frowns of seme older Democrats who do not like to have their candidates for State office dictated from Washington, he has a firm grip on the Democratic party in the State. It is a New Deal party, as & matter of fact. Not only did Murphy dictate the personnel of the State ticket, but he also impressed the State Democratic platform-with his own ideas. Here are some of the things he is promising in the platform on which Vandenberg he stands: “Establishment of fair minimum wages, maximum hours and proper working condttions for labor. Sk "Q:-onruan with the Federal NGTON, D. ., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1936. Not the Safest Place for a Picnic This couple looks very much at ease sitting on the bottom of the Silver Springs, in Florida, with sandwiches and pop bottles. i —Wide World Photo. Government in social and economic measures. “Development of the natural re- sources of the State, including oil and gas, in such manner and under such conditions that the benefits may be enjoyed by the people as a whole without undue advantage to competi- tive predatory interests. “Re-examination of public utility rate structures and reductions of ex- cessive charges wherever found. “By co-operating with Federal measures and other means, improve- ment and extension of agriculture and facilities for marketing and meas- ures to alleviate or minimize inequal- ities affecting our farming com- munities.” Mr. Murphy is promising a lot of other things along similar lines. It is his job to get these messages over to the voters. Realizing that the New Deal has no important news- | paper support throughout the State, and realizing that the New Deal is receiving a terrible drubbing from the press in every part of the State, Murphy is planning to speak every day and many times & day until the election, and frequently over the radio. Religious Issue Opened. The Democratic candidate for gov- ernor is a Catholic. religious issue into the open himself in a speech at Port Huron when he preached religious tolerance. He said, with entire justice: “I do not want to be voted for because of my religion. Neither do I want to be voted against for the same reason. The President of the United States, a Protestant, appointad me,: !a Catholic, to rule over a nation of | 15,000,000. I do not believe I will suffer in the State of Michigan be- cause of my religion.” never in the past had a Catholic Governor. The Black Legion, some of whose members have been on trial for murder, does not appear to have become an issue in the campaign here. It has been dealt with quickly and effectively. When the Senate Campaign In- vestigating Committee rushed Louis Glavis, its chief investigator, into Michigan shortly before the primary to investigate a report that a $3.- 000,000 slush fund had been raised to control the elections, it was regarded as an effort on the part of the Demo- crats to blacken the Republicans, and especially former Gov. Brucker, who was running for the senatorial nomi- nation against Senator Couzens. The charges, it 1s said in Michigan now, were flimsy and without any founda- tion. It will be interesting to see if they bob up again before the cam- paign is over. Despite his, oratorical abilities, Murphy has a tough fight on his hands. Gov. Fitzgerald, in the opinion of many observers, has the edge in the gubernatorial race. The present make-up of the Michigan delegation in the House is 11 Republicans and 6 Democrats. The Republicans may pick up a couple of the seats now held by the Democrats. They seem to have good chances in the eleventh and twelfth districts, which are now represented by Representatives Pren- tiss M. Brown and PFrank E. Hook, both Democrats. Former Representative James, Re- publican, is trying to stage a come- back in the twelfth district, with good prospects. Brown is the Democratic candidate for Senator, unless a re- count should give the nomination to Ward, a Coughlin man. In the second district Representative ~ Michener, Republican, is opposed by a Democrat who has Coughlin support, but Michener is expected to come through successfully. Representative Hoffman, Republican, is opposed by the Town- sendites. He was a meémber of the House committee which investigated the activities of Dr. Townsend last The C affairs, The chances are much about it as the rulers and tneasury guardians of the several countries involved. 1t is obvious even to & tyro that if the financial authorities of the world had any settled convic- tion they would. lonig since have reached some degree of unanimity on a policy in regard to gold. France has finally: decided to conform to the British-American pattern, after shipping & good portion of her stock to the United States. The American Government is rapidly accumu- lating & large part of the gold supply of the world, and is busy burying it in Kentucky. The joke would be on us if, after we have bought all the gold in the world, the other nations should outlaw the yellow metal and declare it no . longer useful as a standard of value. The noted sculptor, Mr. Gutzon Borglum, might utilize it to' model a golden calf of gigantic He brought the | Michigan has | National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. INCINNATI, September 30.—Don’t be discouraged if you can- not understand what is happening in the world's monetary session. In the eighth district Repre- ‘ sentative Crawford, Republican, will | | be opposed by former Representative | | Hart, Democrat. The Republican in- | cumbents, however, seem to have the better of the situation in these con- gressional districts. i Here in the fifth district Repre- sentative Carl Mapes, veteran Repub- | lican, is running against Tom Mc- Allister, a Democrat, whom Mapes | beat in 1934. The total vote cast in the Republican primary was 33,344 | |in this district, and the total Demo- cratic primary vote was 18,258. It | looks as though Mapes should win, ;:lthough his opponent is conducting |an active campaign and has been | |at it for a long time. The city is likely to go Democratic--an indus- trial center—but the rest of the dis- trict is counted on to make it Re- publican, | Game { | (Continued From First Page.) i next ball, a pitchout, Powell scrambled | back to second base ahead of Man- | cuso’s throw. Tony passed up two more | wide ones, to obtain the first pass off | Hubbell. On the second pitch to Sel kirk, Powell and Lazzeri essayed a double steal, but Jakie was flagged | sliding into third on Mancuso's good | peg to Jackson, as Lazzeri took second. | After the count had gone to three and | two on Selkirk, play was temporarily | interrupted when Hubbell called for a fresh bag of resin. The Giants ap- peared to be stalling a bit. Selkirk then went down swinging, missing a roundhouse curve. No runs. | GIANTS—With the steady rain | showing no signs of abatement, Man- cuso lofted Ruffing’s first pitch to | Rolfe. Whitehead took a strike, fouled another and then took two balls before being victimized on strikes. Offering at Ruffing’s first pitch, Jackson sent an easy roller to Crosetti. No runs. Yankees, 1; Giants, 0. | FIFTH INNING. 1 YANKEES—AL this stage a ground- | keeper visited the pitchers’ box with | & pail of earth to remedy the slippery footing for the moundsmen. Ruffing took a ball and two strikes®before missing with a swing for strike three. | Crosetti had two strikes and two balls, when he fouled to Mancuso. After |taking two straight strikes, Roife | passed up as many balls before pop- | | ping to Whitehead. No runs. | GIANTS—Hubbell was in the hole | with two strikes and a ball, when he rolled to Lazzeri. Offering at Ruf- Dickey. After carefuly inspecting Ruf- fing's repertoire, Bartell pulled a home | run into the upper stand in left field to tie the score at 1-1, as the crowd | | voiced its approval. With the count | one and one, Terry rolled to Lazzeri. One run. Yankees, 1; Giants, 1. 50,000 Brave Elements. Under overcast skies that bore threat of rain, some 50,000 overcoated and | bemuffied fans jammed into the his- | torfc Polo Grounds to see the start of the first all-New York world series | in 13 years. The weather, more suit- | able for foot ball than the great na- tional pastime, failed to deter the base ball-hungry Gotham fans from converging on the National League stronghold for a set of battles that promises to produce stirring action. Nor did the low temperature in- fluence Manager Terry of the Giants to switch from his selection of Carl Hubbell as his pitching choice in the initial affray, although'the ace left- hander performs best in hot weather and under a strong sun. Opposed te Hubbell on the mound was big Red Ruffing, ace right-hander of the Yankees, who led all his mates probably 10 to 1 that you know as (Copyrisht, 1936.) ko}efl-n SUITWOULD VoID CHICAGO'S VOTES Court Asked to Declare Permanent Registration Law Invalid. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.—Legal definition of “emergency” legislation within the province of the State Leg- islature was & main issue today as a taxpayer's injunction suit was peessed. If successful, it would keep Chicago voters out of the November presi- dential election. Judge Cornelius J. Harrington was asked hy counsel for Mrs. Grace Herz- berger, the plaintiff, to declare the city’s new permanent registration law invalid on the ground it was passed at the wrong special legislative ses- sion. The attorney, Louis Greenberg. con- tended at the first day of the hear- ing yesterday that failure of the legis- lation to pass when offered at this vear’s third special session of the General Assembly was in effect a de- cision by the lawmakers that no emergency existed. He argued that if such was the case. passage of the bills at the fourth special session two months later as “emergency” measures was illegal. But Attorney Francis X. Busch, de- fending the case for the Election Board, declared that Gov. Henry Hor- ner, who called the special session, was the sole judge of what constituted an emergency. Mrs. Herzberger's complaint asked that election officials be enjoined from performing their duties as set forth in the act. The Election Board said 11,117,653 persons already had placed their names on the permanent lists as of last Saturday and that with only six days of registration remaining, the effect of an injunction would be to disfranchise them. ‘The Cook County (Chicago) Re- publican Committee instructed an at- torney to file an intervener in defense of the law. Mrs. Herzberger did not disclose the purpose of her suit. Greenberg iden- tified her only as “a taxpayer. | this season with an even score of | victory. To what extent the chilly weather would affect the box artistry was a | fing’s first pitch, Moore fouled to question. But it was not expected to | interfere with the normal efficiency of the veteran Ruffing. His opening skirmish, regardiess of its outcome. was bound to find at least one rec- | ord cracked, for of Hubbell's 26 vic- tories registered this season the last 16 have been consecutive, while the Yankees have a record of 12 world series victories in a row, having taken four straights each from the Pittsburgh . Pirates in 1927, the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928 and the Chi- cago Cubs in 1932. Power (Continued From First Page.) Lilienthal made a study of the public- private power “grid” of England in preparing for T. V. A. developments. Such pools are already in effect, Lilienthal power companies in some parts of this country. A present pooling contract between the T. V. A. and Commonwealth and Southern Electric Company expires next month, and New Dealers hope a more far-reaching pool may be writ- ten into the new contract. Wendell L. Willkie, president of Commonwealth and Southern, and Preston S. Arkwright, president of Georgia Power Company, were among the utilities executives invited to the White House today. Lilienthal and Arthur E. Morgan, the chairman, represented T. V. A. Other Government conferees in- cluded: Praak R. McNinch, chairman of the Federal Power Commission; Basil Manly, power commissioner; Prederic A. Delano, vice chairman of the National Resources Board, and Morris L. Cooke, rural electrification administrator. Besides Willkie and Arkwright, others invited as representatives of private industry were Qwen D. Young, chairman of the General Electric Co.; Samuel Ferguson, chairman of the Hartford Electric Co.; Russell C. Lef- fingwell of J. P. Morgan & Co., Louis B. Wehle, New York attorney, and Alexander Sachs, research director of Lehman Corp. No Labor, No Game Courts. FORT LAUDERDALE (#).—The city was forced to delay building 20 additional shuffieboard courts for its Winter tourists because 4t could not immediately find a contractor to do the work. All available construction men have been employed on larger added, between private | ROOSEVELTSPURNS COMMUNISTIC AID Scores Republicans’ Recerd, Charges “Evasion” on Taxation. Text of President Roosevelt's Syracuse address will be jound on Page A-17. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 30.— President Roosevelt launched his per= sonal campaign for relection in his home State here yesterday by repudi= ating any Communistic support and scoring the Republican leadership for what he called “smooth evasions” on social security and taxation. Addressing an uproarious State con- vention last night at Syracuse, the President drew repeated applause as, speaking of communism, he urged a prompt burial of that “false issue™” and assailed past and present Repub- lican commands for “lack of purpose” in striving to meet social problems. Mr. Roosevelt's speech in the packed Syracuse armory last night, was given & warm reception from the very start when he declared his entrance into the campaign with “confidence” on through to the end when he asserted the “true conservative seeks to pro- tect the system of private property and free enterprise by correcting such injustices and inequalities as arise from it.” He did not mention the Republican presidential and vice presidential nom- inees by name, but said the “real, ac- tual undercover Republican leadership is the same as it was four years ago.” He asserted it would “never compre- | hend the need for a program of so- | cial justice and of regard for the well- | being-of the masses of our people.” Comparing Republican promises of the past with those of the present, he asserted: ‘The same lack of purpose of ful- fillment lies behind the promises of today. You cannot be an old guard Republican in the East, and a New Deal Republican in the West. “You cannot promise to repeal taxcs before one audience and promise to spend more of the taxpayers’ money before another audience. “You cannot promise tax reduction for those who can afford to pay, and, at the same time, promise more of he taxpayers’ money for those who are in need. You simply cannot make | good on poth promises at the same | time.” In mocking tones, the President | warned against “smooth evaders” who | he said promise to do all the things | the New Deal has done without cost | to anybody. He said the opposition was “bank- ing too heavily on the shortness of our memories.” | “No one will forget that they had | their golden opportunity—12 long | years of it,” he added amid laughter | and applause. | “Remember,” he continued, “thai the first essential of doing a job well |is to want to see the job done. | But make no mistake about this— | the Republican leadership today is | ot against the way we have done the | job. 'The Republican leadership is against the job being done.” ‘ Mr. Roosevelt set off a demonstra- | tion at the outset when he asserted | the task of the Democrats was two- | fold: To separate the “false from the | real issues; and secondly, with facts | and without rancor, to clarify the real problems for the American public.” | Then, calling attention to “ma- licious opposition” that hurled charges | against Washington, Jefferson, Jack- | son, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and | Wilson, he brought laughter and | cheers when he said: ‘ “In this campaign another herring | turns up.” | He referred to communism. | Repudiates “Alien Issues.” | “Here and now, once and for all, | let us bury that red herring and de- | stroy that false issue,” he asserted. | After citing his record as New York Governor and as President, he added: “To that record my future and the future of my administration will con- | form. I have not sought, I do not | seek, I repudiate the support of any | advocate of communism or of any | other alien ‘ism’ which would, by fair means or foul, change our Amer= ican democracy.” The President said there was no difference between the two major parties as to what they “think about communism,” but there was a “very great difference” between them | what they “do” about it. ik He averred the Democrats had not been content merely to denounce communism, but had been “realis tic enough to fi it” and “do something about it.” Enumerates New Deal Acts. He then enumerated the long list of New Deal acts for social reform and added: “The previous national adminis- tration, bewildered, did nothing. In their speeches they deplored it (com- munism) but by their actions they |encouraged it. The injustices, the | inequalities, the downright suffering out of which revolutions come—what did they do about these things? Lack- ing courage, they evaded. Being selfe ish, they neglected. Being shorte sighted, they ignored. When the crisis came—as these wrongs made it sure to come—America was une prepared.” 3 DEBT NEGOTIATIONS : DENIED BY BULLITT New Ambassador to France Ar- rives in Paris to Take Amer- ican Post. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 30.—Willlam C. Bullitt, arriving to take his post as Ambassador ‘to Paris, denied today reports there have been new negotiw- tions for settlement of France's dept to the United States. _ In an interview, Bullitt said no steps had been taken in that direction *“Up to the present” and declared his mis- sion was purely and simply that of an ambassador, answering “No” when asked whether he came “expressly”-t0 | settle the debt question. Y He described Franco-American re- lations as entirely friendly and based on a mutual policy of “democracy and human liberty.” The Ambassador said he believed the American Government “naturally” | would take defense measures against {any sharp reaction in the American | domestic market as the result of French devaluation. He added, how= ever, the necessity for such action | | ! was not anticipated.