Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1936, Page 5

HAMILTON REPLY GIVEN ROOSEVELT President on Defensive in Link to Communism, G. 0. P. Chief Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 1.—Repub- lican National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton said yesterdsy that Presi- dent Roosevelt, in “his first admittedly political speech” at Syracuse, “imme- diately went on the defensive in an attempt to unlink his administration from Commurism.” The chairman, who stopped off at the Eastern division headquarters here en route to Chicago, said in a pre- pared statement “clever words are not enough, Mr. Roosevelt.” Hamilton referred to the President’s mention of Alfred E. Smith—in which Mr. Roosevelt praised Smith's record as Governor of New York, along with the legislative record of Senator Rob- ert Wagner when he was in the assem- bly at Albany—and declared: “Now, you seek to remember him (Smith) again. Aren’t you a bit late, Mr. Roosevelt?” Charge is Repeated. Hamilton again brought up his chargs that David Dubinsky, presi- dent of the International Ladies Gar- ment Workers' Union and a presi- dential elector on the Democratic and American Labor Party ballots in New ‘York, had contributed $5,000 to “Span- ish Communists”—a charge which Du- binsky has denied, saying instead the money was given to the International Federation of Trade Unions for relief work among the loyalist forces. ‘The Chairman pointed out that the President said, “Communism is not & controversy between the two major parties,” and declared: “But it is, Mr. Roosevelt, just as long as you retain Mr. Dubinsky, & supporter of Spanish Communists, as & presidential elector in your behalf. You cannot go before the American people and say, as you said in Syra- cuse last night, that you ‘repudiate the support of any advocate of com- munism’ until you force Mr. Dubin- sky to get off the Democratic ballot in your home State. Smith Forgotten, He says. With regard to Smith, the Repub- lican Chairman said: “After you climbed up, you forgot Smith. Now, as in your speech at Syracuse last night, you seek to re- member him again. Aren’t you a bit | late, Mr. Roosevelt? I cannot speak | for Gov. Smith, but I think that he, himself, will tell you so en the radio tomorrow night.” Hamilton referred to the first of former Gov. Smith’s campaign ad- dresses, in Carnegie Hall tonight, un- der the auspices of the independent coalition of American women, a pro- Landon organization. P. 0. ASKED TO PROBE MAIL DESTRUCTION Three Harvard Alumni Report Sacco-Vanzetti Pamphlets Were Destroyed by School. By tre Associated Press. ‘The Post Office Department was asked by three Harvard University alumni yesterday to investigate the re- ‘ported destruction of pamphlets they said were mailed to the university’s tercentenary celebration guests. Those asking the investigation were Varian Fry, Quincy Howe and Gardner Jackson. ‘The pamphlet, they said, concerned the conviction and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti on a murder charge in Massachusetts and contained a criti- cism of A. Lawrence Lowell, president- emeritus of the institution. Lowell headed a special commission which reported to former Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts on the Sacco-Vanzetti case. The trio presented to Karl A. Crow- ley, Post Office Department solicitor, newspaper reports that the pamphlets, which they said were sent under first- class postage, were destroyed on or- ders of the university authorities after their substance was discovered. They were addressed to many of the uni- ‘versity's guests at its 300th anniversary celebration, the trio said. Sponsors of the pamphlets, entitled *“Walled in This Tomb,” included themselves, Heywood Broun, newspaper columnist; Charles Angoff, former edi- tor of the American Mercury; Stuart Chase, economist and author; George Biddle, Philadelphia artist, and a num- ber of other Harvard men, the pro- testing alumni said. FLETCHER TO ADDRESS G. 0. P. LUNCHEON GROUP Henry P. Fletcher, former Repub- lican National Committee chairman and now its general counsel, will be the principal speaker at a political luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Willard Hotel under the joint suspices of the National Committee, the Landon and Knox Campaign Club and the Republican State Committee for the District. Ferry K. Heath, Washington repre- sentative of the National Finance Committee and former Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury, former Rep- resentative Malcolm Baldridge of Ne- braska and Edward F. Colladay, na- tional committeeman, also will address the luncheon. —_— THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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Watson Armour of Chicago, a director of the meat packing com- pany, in the meantime was disposing of 7,693 common shares of his com- pany’'s stock, which pared his hold- ings to 49,439. Other large transactions during the period were the acquisition of 7.400 shares of common stock of the Amer- ican General Corp. by the Equity Corp. of Jersey City, bringing total holdings to 806,253 shares; purchase of 11,900 shares of class B stock of the American Cities Power & Light by Central States Electric of Rich- mond; sale of 4,800 shares of Acme Steel common by R. H. Norton of Chicago, an officer and director; sale of 13,000 shares of common stock of | Office Building by | the Equitable Leroy W. Baldwin of New York City, a director; sale of 5000 common shares of General Foods Corp. by | Robert S. Cheek, director, of Nash- ville; sale of 6,436 shares of General Motors common by Alfred P. Sloan, jr., an officer and director. John M. Hancock of New York City, a director, acquired 1,100 shares of Sears, Roebuck & Co. common, while William Rosenwald of Philadel- phia, also a director, gave away 800 shares of the same stock. Other gifts during the period in- | cluded 2,300 shares of Pure Oil Co. common by Henry M. Dawes of Chi- cago, an officer and director, and 500 shares of Acme Steel common by James E. MacMurray of Chicago, a director. TEN PERSONS HURT AS TRAINS COLLIDE Taken to Ann Arbor, Mich., Hos- pital After Crash in Fog- Bound Cut. By tre Associated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich,, October 1.— Ten persons were brought to St. Joseph Hospital here last night, suf- fering from injuries they received when a passenger train and a freight train of the Ann Arbor Railroad col- lided head-on in a deep cut three miles north of Milan, Mich. Six of the injured were said by physicians to be in serious condition. They were: George Tracy, Owosso, Mich,, car foreman for the road, suf- fering from a possible skull fracture, R. Schneider, Toledo, Ohio, broken leg. % William Farrell, Owosso, Mich., passenger train engineer, fractured right arm and internal injuries. Mrs, Lola Whitmill, 61, Marion, Mich., severe bruises. Ira ‘Barcus, Owosso, Mich., freight train conductor. Leroy Longstreet, Owosso, passenger train fireman. Victor Parvin of Toledo, Ohio, gen- eral superintendent of the road, who went to the scene, said physicians gave several other passengers treatment at the scene of the wreck for minor injuries. ‘The trains, proceeding slowly be- cause of heavy fog and rain, met on a sharp curve in the cut. Officials declined to give a cause for the col- Mich,, i CROWDER REMARRIES ‘WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. October 1 (P).—"“General” Alvin Crowder, for- mer major league base ball pitcher, and Miss Joan Brockwell, a registered nurse, were married here last night in Bt. Leo's Catholic Church. Crowder, & hero of the 1935 world series when he pitched the Detroit Tigers to victory, was placed on the Yoluntary retired list this Summer. His bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Brockwell of Chapel Hill Crowder’s months ago. first wife died aeveral De Not Negleet Arthritis fering from arthri- have found relief in Mouptain Valley Mineral Water direct from famous Hot § Arkansas. Mildly alkaline. ly satisfying. Endorsed by physicians for over 30 years. Phone Moet. 1062 for booklet. Mountain Valley Mineral Water Ifl.lfllfl 1405 K St. N.W, lision except to say it possibly was caused by “confusion of orders.” \\‘(\\\\\l SEASp, NORFO | tion through the new | with & plurality of 450,009 votes. Lincoln (Continued From First Page.) jury on conspiracy charges in con- nection with frauds in this ward. This is merely a sample of what goes on in a Chicago election, appar- | ently with the connivance of mem- Individual | bers of both parties. It is little won- der that the citizens are puzzled as to what may happen in the coming eljction, Deals and the spending of money may have a great deal to do with the result. An effort is being made to clean up the election situa- permanent registration law. Registration ends Octobey 6. Up to September 26, the total registration totaled 1,179,000— which is sald to be four or five hun- dred thousand less than the registra- tion in the past, certainly less than the voting strength in past electjons. Chicago is expected by the Demo- crats to roll up a huge lead for Roose- velt on November 3, one large enough to overcome any advantage which the Republicans may obtain downstate. The Republicans, on the other hand.| are hoping to be able to hold the| Democratic vote in Cook County to & low figure and at the same time to come up to the county with a 200,000 | plurality. Hoover 450,000 Behind. Four years ago President Roosevelt carried Illinois over Herbert Hoover He won both in Cook County and down- state. His lead in Cook County was 229,000 and downstate about 221,000. This is a tremendous lead for the Republicans to overcome this year. However, it may be mentioned that in 1928 Herbert Hoover defeated Al Smith, his Democratic opponent, in Illinois by 630,000 votes, and at that time Smith only lost Cook County by 98,000 votes. Four years earlier Cal- vin Coolidge ran more than 900,000 votes ahead of John W. Davis. Dem- ocrat, in Illinois, while La Follette, Independent Progressive candidate for President, was polling 432,000 votes in this State. po .Roosevelt is reported here, as else- where, to have great support from labor, organized and unorganigzed. However, all is not entirely clear sail- ing in that respect. There are some 80,000 to 90,000 miners in the State, with work for about 40,000. There has been constant strife, as might be ex- pected under those conditions. Part of the miners have broken away from the United Mine Workers of America and have formed a union of their own. The feud is bitter between the two. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, is the fair-haired boy of President Roosevelt. The opposition miners are wondering what to do. The slogan has been spread among them that “a vote for Roosevelt is a vote for Lewis.” Trade Gains Aid President. Improvement in indusiry, with men working in factories and mills who have been out of work for a long time, should be an assistance to Roosevelt in Illinois. Many of the workers will vote for him because they have their jobs back. The Democrats are count- ing, too, on the support of the W. P. A. workers, although there are rumblings of discontent among these people. And they believe, too, they will have the votes of the great majority of those voters who are on relief. If they do not, the theory that it is impossible to beat $4,000,000,000 in an election will have been exploded. The number of familles in Cook County on relief of one kind or ‘an- other was estimated today at 80,507, as against 76,506 in September. The relief chiefs here say that the in- creased estimate for October is due to the regular seasonal increase in relief cases, with Winter approaching. This may be reasonazble. However, the Republicans look with suspicion on any increases in rellef rolls so shortly before election day. : A great many of the relief cases are among the large Negro population in Chicago, and in -other parts of the State, There are 328,972 Negroes in, Illinois, and 230,903 in Chicago. It is estimated that about 100,000 vote in Chicago, and perhaps 50,000 more in other parts of the State. If these colored voters, who have so often in the past voted Republican, in large numbers support Roosevelt, the task of the Repuplicans becomes increas- ingly difficult. / LK OLD POINT COMFORT Thrill to the glorious golden sunshine of sutumn days at Virginia Seashore. Ride EACH WAY over pinescented bridle trails, golf, fish, tennis. . Most wonderful over- night trip in the world. Fa- mous meals. Staterooms low 88 $1.00. Autos Carried Free. Daily, 6:30 P. M. City Tichet Office 1427 H St. N. W. NA. 1520 “DL 3760 MCARL PREDICTS 3 BILLION DEBT Former Controller General Warns of “Exorbitant Taxes” Resulting. By the Associated Press. Saying the public debt is “menac- ingly high” already, former Con- troller General J. R. McCarl expressed the opinion last night that it would reach $35,000,000,000 this Winter. Interest charges are now nearly $900,000,000 annually, he said, in a broadcast under Republican auspices, “and will probably go to a billion dol- lars a year before we can substantially curtail our debt.” The effect, he added, will be “ex- orbitant taxes, such a taking away of income for taxes as to hamper indus- try in moving forward—in creating Jobs.™ McCarl said that, while the ad- ministration may have “such influ- ence over our banks that they can be induced for a time at least to loan it more money, we simply cannot keep on borrowing and spending. With stability of Government our debt is now all that it may be, with safety.” “Is there a substantial citizen, or any group of like citizens, so sanguine of ‘our good credit’ as to be wiliing to underwrite a Government issue of $500,000,000—20-year paper at current interest rates—for sale exclusively to private investors?” he asked. . In conclusion, McCarl said low in- come groups would suffer most “if continuing waste and extravagance by our Government should force further inflation.” 0. T. WRIGHT RE-ELECTED TYPOTHETAE TREASURER Head of National Capital Press Chosen at Jubilee Convention in Cincinnati. Oscar T. Wright, president and treasurer of the National Capital Press, has been re-elected treasurer of the United Typothetae of America at its golden jubilee convention at Cincinnati, according to the Asso- clated Press. Plans were made for establishment of a graphic arts research institute or laboratory. Earl R. Britt of St. Louis was re- elected president and these vice presi- dents were chosen: George H. Cor- nelius, Indianapolis; T. E. Donnelley of Chicago, H. F. Ambrose of Nash- ville, E. J. Mirdaunt of New York City and R. W. Bradford of Denver. ‘The organization, which claims ‘membership of nearly 2,000 employer- craftsmen, adopted a five-point pro- gram of research in connection with the proposed “laboratory:” Chemical studies of inks, papers and other printing material and equipment; en- gineering, including shop manage- ment; development of standards for plant operation; technical studies in fields allied with the new printing in- dustry apd marketing. HEARST INCORRECT, MOPGENTHAU SAYS Treasury Secretary Asserts U. S. Has Loaned No Money to France. By the Associated Press. Commenting on an editorial by Wil- liam Randolph Hearst attacking the new tri-power monetary agreement Secretary Morgenthau said today: “On one point his facts are incorrect.” Asked at his press conference whether he had read Hearst's-editorial this morning, Morgenthau replied: “Yes, I did. “The only thing I want to say is his facts are incorrect when he says: ‘Moreover, what right have we to lend money to France?’ “We haven't loaned any money to France.” Saying France had repudiated her debt to this eountry, Hearst asked in his editorial: “Why should hard-earned and no longer abundant American dollars be employed to boister up the financial and the political structure of France's Red radicalism?” Morgenthau did not elaborate on his statement, and questioning then turned to action by the Bank of France in making francs available in New York yesterday for the settle- ment of month-end balances by busi- ness men, who had dealings with France and needed francs to complete their transactions. Morgenthau described this action as Prance's way “of participating in the gentlemen’s (monetary) agreement.” He said there had been a lack of francs for business purposes because markets in Paris were closed, and in order to prevent “sharpshooters” from making unreasonable profits, the Bank of France made the francs available through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He said that when the bourse re- opens such transactions could be handled through the regular com- mercial channels, PLAY TOURNAMENT OPENS OCTOBER 13 munity Center—15 Groups on List. ‘The first performance of the annual one-act play tournament conducted | ment will be held October 13, with | others to follow on October 15, 17, 20 |and 22. The finals will be staged October 24. Marvon Beers, chairman of the Tournament Committee, and Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, Community | Center director and chairman ex-offi- cio, announced 15 player groups would contest this season, with three plays to be given on each of the five pre- liminary program nights. Performing groups will be the Bart- fleld Players, Buchanan Parent- Teacher Dramatic Club, Players, Dramatic Division of the Musical and Theatrical Guild of the Department of Agriculture, Eckington Players, Georgetown Odeon Players, Jewish Community Center Theater. Langley Lambs, Little Theater of | Takoma Park, Players’ Club of Cen- tral Community Center, Theater Group of the Federal Bureau 6f Investigation Athletic Associaticn, the Thespian Society, Troupers of East ‘Washington Community Center, Southeast Community Players and the Wesley Heights Players. As in the past, the tournament will be followed by a public drama dinner on November 1. Prizes will be awarded for the out- standing plays, and a medal donated by Miss Maude Howell Smith to the best individual performance by a player. Besides Beers and Mrs. Peeples, the ‘Tournament Committee is composed of Mrs. Smith, Lawrence Beckerman, James M. Rawls and H. M. Smythe. B — FORUM MEETING Attorney Johnson Will Speak at Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. ‘The Co-operative National Forum will hold its next meeting at the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. branch. 1816 Twelfth street, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ‘The guest speaker, Attorney Henry Lincoln Johnson, jr., of this city, will discuss “Business Revival and Em- ployment.” The public is invited. One-Act Performance at Com-| |by the Community Center Depart-' Capital | Charls C. Giliman, Sidney Gottlieb, | LEAGUE TO FORM ARMS COMMITTEE Steering Group Maps Action as . Hope Wanes for Limitation Parley. Bv the Associeted Press. GENEVA, October 1.—The Steering Committee of the League of Nations decided to set” up s disarmament committee today as hopes for a dis- cussion of arms limitation showed faint signs of life in League circles. Coincident with the decision, Lord Robert Cecil and other delegates from the Brusseis Peace Congress were in- vited to address the League Assembly this afternoon. Hungary cast a slight damper on the disarmament hopes, however, an- aouncing she would abstain from work with the commission “in view of the position taken by certain powers on the principle of equality in arma- ments.” ‘The expected visit of Premier Leon Blum of France to the League session appeared increasingly doubtful be- cause of uncertainty of the Prench parliamentary situation in regard to proposed devaluaticn of the franc. Anthony Eden, British foreign sec- retary, lingered in Geneva, however, to meet Blum in case he should come. ‘The Leagyp, meanwhile, looked for- ward to acquiring a new member. It became known that Nahas Pasha, Egyptian foreign minister, would ar- rive Saturday for a preliminary dis- cussion affecting Egypt's prospective | entrance into the League after the | recently concluded Anglo-Egyptian | treaty becomes effective. ‘The Assembly voted to increase the number of non-permanent members | of the Council from 9 to 11. China, | as a representative of the Far East, which has had no delegate since | Japan withdrew, and Latvia were ex- | pected to receive the new seats. REARMAMENT INDORSED, MARGATE, England, October 1 (). | —Great Britain's Conservative party | unanimously indorsed the nation’s | stepped-up rearmament policy l,odly' after hearing Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the admiralty, warn of an arms race in Europe. “Faced with European rearmament we have no alternative but to carry through with the least possible de- | lay our program of rearmament,” Sir Samuel told the party's annual con- | ference. The arms situation, he declared, had become “substantially worse” since | the government reported vast war | preparations by the larger nations six | months ago. Sir Semuel said the pace had been accelerated and smaller | nations, such as Belgium, Holland and | Switzerland, had embarked on large schemes of rearmament. He declared Britain must recog- nize the futility of one-sided disarma- ment and the need to strengthen the empire considerably as a stabilizer for peace. Sir Samuel referred to rearmament | programs in France, Russia and the | United States. i He said Germany was spending at! the rate of $4,000,000.000 a year an- nually for military purposes and that it devoted 46 per cent of its entire | budget to the army and navy. “We have not yet reached the point where it is necessary to impose war | conditions, endangering the return- ing prosperity of the country,” Sir Samuel added, appealing to labor for support. 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