Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1936, Page 4

DEMOGRATS PLAN ELECTION GONTEST 20th Pennsylvania District Result Obtained by Coer- cion, Says Chairman. By the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., November 6.— State Chairman David L. Lawrence said yesterday the Democratic party would contest the election in which United States Representative Dennis J. Driscoll was defeated by his Re- publican opponent in the twentieth district. Lawrence said the appeal would be made “to the courts and in Congress.” “There is sufficient evidence of in- timidation and coercion of voters and the lavish expenditure of money by public utilities and other interests to warrant this action,” Lawrence de- clared. Driscoll successfully sponsored & movement in the last Congress to bare lobbying activities of utilities. “When all of the testimony is aired, an election scandal of major propor= tions will be uncovered, and Congress- man Driscoll will be given the seat in Congress to which he is rightfully en- titled,” Lawrence said. The district comprises Clarion, Elk, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties. Benjamin Jarrett of Far- rell was the victor, with 59,282 votes | to Driscoll’s 57,193. Driscoll said last night he had lu-} thorized counsel in Venango County | to seek a recount in court if there was evidence of fraud. ! Driscoll said he had no intention at | present of asking a Senate or House | investigation, but “came to Washing- | ton for other purposes.” - Robbed of $200 in Cash. Bernard H. Lammers, 39, of 3141/ Mount Pleasant street, told police that | while sitting in his car at Sfxteenth | and V streets early today he was robbed of $100 in cash and three checks by a colored man who held him up at the point of a gun. The man escaped on foot, Lammers said. President ' (Continued From First Page.) night and were waiting at the White | House. The blare of trumpets and the stir- ring strains of the national anthem | and “Happy Days Are Here Again”| signaled the deafening roar of the, throng massed on the Plaza as Mr.| Roosevelt left his train and entered a waiting car about 8:30 a.m. As he emerged from the train, which | had arrived at 8:25 am, he was greeted by cheers from a large gather- ing of members of his official family, | with their wives and other relatives. Most of the President’s official family and a host of District officials were waiting in the station for him as his special train rolled to a stop. Cabinet Officers Present. Among the cabinet officers present were Secretaries Hull, Roper, Wallace, | Perkins, Ickes and Woodring. | Others in the informal Reception | Committee included Senator Lonergan | of Connecticut, Rear Admiral Adolphus | Andrews, Gen. Malin Craig, chiet of staff; Solicitor General Stanley Reed, | Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of | State; Dr. Ross H. McIntire, the Presi- dent’s physician; Col. Edwin Watson and Capt. Paul Bastedo, military and naval aides at the White House; Mal- colm McConihe, Democratic national | committeeman from the District; Mrs. | J. Borden Harriman, Democratic na- tional committeewoman for the Dis- | trict; John B. Colpoys, United States | marshal, and Brig. Gen. Frank T.| Hines, veterans’ administrator. ; As the President stepped from the‘ train he was presented with a large | basket of flowers by Dorothea Dennis and Gloria Nichols, two small girls| ‘ representing the American Hellenic | Society Chapter here. President Stands at Attention. | The Navy Band struck up “The| Star Spangled Banner,” and the Presi- dent stood with bared head, at rigid attention, on the platform of the train until the final note of the hymn | had echoed its way over the heads of the waiting crowds beyond. ‘The President appeared to be pro- foundly moved by the great ovation accorded him by the city—and many in the masses outside the station and among the 100,000 additional esti- mated as lining the route to the White House were equally overcome by their emotions of joy. So wildly enthusiastic was the crowd of several hundred on the north front of the White House that President Roosevelt emerged three times to greet them. Crowd Chants and Cheers . After the President and Mrs. Roose- velt had retired from their first greet- ing, about 9:20 a.m., the crowd re- fused to be satisfied. They kept wav- ing flags and cheering and finally broke into a chant: “We want Roosevelt! We want Roosavelt! We want Roosevelt!” ‘This chant was kept up for several mMinutes, interspersed with cheers. Finally, after several minutes of this, Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by Sec- | i retary to the President Marvin Mc- Intyre and White House aides, came out holding up her hands and ap- parently asking the crowd to be quiet &nd move back. In a few minutes the | President came out and greeted the crowd enthusiastically, waving his hand and walking from one side of the portico to the other in order to be Seen by larger numbers. After this second trip out on the portico, the President retired, but the crowd still was so enthusiastic that he came out a third time and waved to the assembled throngs. They waved flags and cheered again. So fervent were the demonstrators at the White House that women lost articles of apparel, freshly-painted pillars of the north porte. cochere were smeared with handprints, suits were streaked with white and green paint and evergreen. shrubbery was trampled. After the crowds had left a survey of the damage disclosed that much repainting will have to be done and & number of azaleas planted along- side the entrance must be replaced. Among articles of feminine attire feft at the scene were a brown hat, a green belt with gold clasp studded with rhinestones, a lavendpr belt, a number of pearl buttons and several combs and hairpins. A man reported the loss of his spectacles. Wears Campaign Hat. At the station the President dis- carded his overcoat in the bright No- vember . He held to his fa- vorite campaign hat, a slouch affair, of wide-brimmed Texas type—al- though not of the 10-gallon variety. District | thick with people, and some held their n THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 1936 , ' ‘Era of Good Feeling’ Indicated Paying Election Bet Miss Sally O’Brien, a hotel directress of Chicago, bet on Gov. Landon to win and pail off yesterday by walking down State street in a bathing suit while the temperature was in the lower 40s. trians as part of the bargain. Miss O’Brien also served free sandwiches to pedes- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. composing the unofficial receptlon‘ committee, entered the presidential railroad car shortly after it pulled to & stop on a lower-level track at the station. Commissioner Allen intro- duced the President to the welcoming throng. The station was festooned with | American colors and the thousands o(‘ | citizens banked along FPennsylvania avenue and Constitution avenue waved i small flags that had been distributed by trucks. As the President’s car reached Fif- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, the crowd broke from the curb lines to get a better view of the Chief Ex-| ecutive and police had a difficult time holding it back. A red-coated band, just south of the avenue, struck up “Hail to the Chief” and Mr. Roose- | velt gaily waved his hat and smiled | to the throngs, perched on every van- tage point, including the Treasury | steps, as his car rolled into the south | grounds of the White House. Rails Lined With People. Traffic immediately south of the Executive Mansion was tied up for a time, as cars halted so that their oc- | cupants might get a glimpse of Mr. Roosevelt getting out of his machine. The White House rails were lined children aloft, so that they might see better. Many people carried Ameri- can flags and some men had large ones stuck in the lapels of their coats. A number of persons climbed over the White House fence, and had to be driven back by polite but firm guards. The President, after being met by Mrs. Roosevelt at the south entrance, passed through the Executive Man- sion and out upon the north portico to greet a large crowd of enthusiastic, but previously disappointed mp]"! who had missed him as he came in the other way. The President’s appearance on the portico was greeted with an outburst of cheering and drew people from Ill‘ directions to get a glimpsé of their | victorious Chief. Escorted by Son, James. The President appeared, escorted by his son, James, and raising MMs right hand high in the air, waved for & long time at the cheering crowd. Men, women and children crowded for advantageous positions, keeping an almost continuous cheering, scat- tered with applause. A large banner unfolded high in the air between two of the white columns of the portico read: “Catholic U. Welcomes Roosevelt.” The Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt remained on the portico for about 5§ minutes and | then retired to the interior. Many amateur and professional | photographers crowded for vantage | points around the White House in various places, but one, in his en- thusiasm, got mixed up with some paint. One hand was covered with green. Rivaled Planned Events. noted visitors the Capital has received and rivaled many of the most care- {fully planned official greetings. Capt. P. J. Carroll of the Park Police said he could remember nothing like it. ‘Within 24 hours preparations which began with a conference in the offices of the District Commissioners were set in motion and rapidly drew support from the employes of stores and busi- ness houses on up through officials of the Government, the schools and labor, military and naval departments. District officials announced that employes who were a few minutes late would not be “docked” for their tardi- ness, and officials in various govern- mental agencies explained that every effort would be made to permit em- ployes an opportunity to welcome home the man for whom many had had no opportunity to vote, but who won the most emphatic indorsement at the polls ever accorded a presidential can- didate. Labor Groups Invited. A call to the more than 100,000 | members of various labor organiza- tions to turn out to receive the Presiderg d\1s issued by John Locher, presiGen’ the Washington Central Labor U; School oi\ials announced plans | for pupils to'line the parade route | from the Union Station to the White | House, or have representatives of | each school in attendance. Department stores delayed the | opening hour to 9:30 o'clock to per- mit employes to catch a glimpse of President Roosevelt, who is the cen- tral figure of the city’s official life, but whom they seldom see in his comings and goings. Smaller store owners were not expecting to find their employes at their posts at the usual hour. Business and civic groups offered their co-operation in the reception, and many quickly formulated plans to meet at specific points to extend their welcome in unison. 11 Bands Assigned Places. The Commissioners, in Kkeeping with the policy of making the recep- tion unofficial and informal, did not intend to arrange for bands or any marching in the parade, but so many offers were received to give the greeting a rousing one that 11 bands were assigned places along the line of march. As he emerged from the east door of the station the President was met with a salute from the Navy Band. A few rods farther on, in front of the station, the Army Band was sta- tioned, and from then on until he passed the United States Marine Corps Band at the entrance to the White House grounds he was never out of the earshot of one band or another, At Third street and Constitution avenue was the Washington Gas Light Co. Band, at Sixth street and Penn- sylvania avenue the 121st Engineers ‘The reception exceeded in popular | participation any accorded to the many s Band, at Seventh street and Pennsyl- nia avenue the St. John's College ™ o 2 Vb &2 Ry WERZU X e D) THE *5 0 surr AT THE LEWIS & THOS. SALTZ, INC. ESTABLISHMENT Bind, at Ninth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue the National Training S8chool for Boys' Band, at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue the Metropolitan Police Boys' Club Band, at Thirteenth street the George Wash- ington University Band, at Fourteenth street the Central High School Band and as the presidéntial party turned off Pennsylvania svenue back of the ‘Treasury Department Building at Fif- teenth street the Catholic University Band blared forth & welcoming tune. Downtown Schoels Join. While no general holiday was de- creed for the schools, elementary achools near the downtown district were permitted to join in the welcome, and other schools were represented by delegations. Ten students and faculty members from the Wilson Teachérs’ College and the Miner Teachers' Col- lege met the President and senior schools sent delegations of 20 students and junior schools of 10 students, many of them in their cadet uniforms. The entire stu body of the Stuart Junior High Schobl and the teachers were given a special place near the Union Station. The student bodies of Jefferson and Randall Junior High Schools, with the teachers, had places along the line of march. To handle the crowds all police leaves were canceled and 500 firemen and 300 members of the District Na- tional Guard were ordered mobilized along the parade route. During the night, special routings were drawn up for street cars and buses so that none would have to cross Union Station Plaza during the reception. No vehicular traffic was permitted on the plaza after 7:45 a.m. Long before daylight, District em- ployes were busy stretching lines along Delaware, Constitution and Pennsyl- vania avenues to keep the crowds within bounds with the aid of the special police, the firemen and Na- tional Guard personnel, which was hastily mobilized last night. Special Traffic Restrictions. Traffic officers put in force special parking restrictions to eliminate con- gestion in and near the parade route. Despite the impromptu nature of the welcome, stores and business houses along the route were decorated with American flags and most of the welcoming crowd waved flags as the presidential party passed. From the east gate of the Union Station to the southeast gate of the White House grounds, the President looked out on a lane of faces while cheers and mar- tial music supplemented the bright decorations in giving the welcome a festival air. To record the unique welcome, news- mobilized & small army of reporters and photographers, announcers and technical personnel. Starting at 8:15 p.m., both the Co- lumbia and National broadcasting sys- | tems began to describe the colorful scene to millions of listeners through- |out the land. As he entered his car both systems carried a running ac- the procession swept up past the Gov- ernment Triangle to the White House, where the largest election majority in would live for the next four years. Despite the rule which prevents Gov- presidential decree, in this case obvi- ously out of the question, business throughout Government offices was at & standstill. While the time taken from official duties to greet the Chief will be deducted from snnual ‘leave, it had nc effect on the number of greet- ers participating in the cslebration. SEEKS BALANCED BUDGET. President Tells Hyle Park of First Goal Here, 5 HYDE PARK, N. Y, November 6 (). —President Roosevelt left here last night with the snnouncement to several hundred neighbors gathered at the station with, skyrockets, flares and a band to see him off, that he was going back to Washington “to papers and radio broadcasting systems | | count of his triumphant progress as | United States history had decreed he | L INDBERGH FLIES NEW TYPE PLANE Tests Mystery Craft He Helped Design in England. By the Associated Press. READING, England, November 6.— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took to the air as pilot of his own machine yes- terday for the first time since he came to Europe. He made a test flight from Reading Airdrome in a plane which its makers assert is the fastest light touring monoplane ever built in this country. The “Flying Colonel” himself helped design it. Minor changes which Lindbergh found desirable on the flight will be made before the plane is finally delivered to him next week. Construction Secret. During the weeks in which me- chanics secretely built the plane in s shuttered hangar here, Lindbergh paid them several visits. The ship was built largely accord to his specifications in his conferences with Frederick George Miles, noted British airplane designer. Already dubbed “flying caravan” by the British press, the new plane is fitted with tandem seats which are easily convertible into bunks. Large gasoline tanks give it un- usually long range and, with its 200- horsepower Menasco engine, it is said to be capable of flying nonstop for 1,000 miles at approximately 200 miles per hour. Sliding Roof. ‘The narrow cabin has a transparent sliding roof which opens like a roll- top desk. There is space for baggage in the tail. ‘The fuselage is painted black, with the low wings finished in orange. The plane carries equipment for blind fly- ing, radio and landing flares. “It is the most completely equipped job we have ever put out,” said T. H. Miles, brother of Lindbergh's co- designer. try to balance the budget, thereby carrying out the first campaign pledge” of the New Deal. An indication that he might at- tend the opening of the Pan-Amer- ican Peace Conference at Buenos Aires December 1 was seen in his an- nouncement that he would leave from a Southern port November 17 for a sea trip, and would not return until shortly before Christmas. Marvin H. McIntyre, secretary to the President, told newspapes men that it was possible, but by no means definitely determined, that the Presi- dent’s cruise would be extended a week or more for a one-day stop at the Argentina capital. If he goes to Buenos Aires, where ernment departments from having | Secretary of State Hull and six others leave on such occasions without & | will represent the United States at the parley of Western Hemisphere repub- lics, MeIntyre said the President would not return to Washington before De- cember 13 or 14. To the crowd which saw him off the President said he was coming back to Washington to “prepare gifts for the new Congress.” Noticing a sign held up in the crowd, evidently by some Republican neigh- bors, reading “As Maine goes, so goes Vermont—and our own little Dutch- ess,” the President declared: “That sign is all right, but it's really all my fault,” explaining that he had disregarded the advice of Postmaster General Farley to visit those States. He sald he had talked with Farley and “before we die we're going to make little old Dutchess Democratic.” 205 F STREET GROSNER OF In Joyous Roosevelt Welcome Friends and Foes of Campaign Days Put Bitterness Aside for Rousing Tribute to BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A Py Washington, joyously wav- ing with light heart, tossed away a couple of years of annual leave this frosty November morning to welcome home its first citizen— back after the most sensational triumph in American political history. President Pranklin D. Roosevelt rode in an open car from Union Sta- tion to the White House through a cheering lane of Government work- ers, school children and housewives, who lined both sides of the street every step of the way, brief cases and school books under their arms. This almost impromptu reception, arranged overnight, was something new in the history of the Capital. It was not a political demonstration. It was utterly without ceremony. It was not a greeting for a national hero. It was & touchingly heartfelt welcome for & neighbor who has been out of town for a few days and gotten his name in the papers. It was a welcome from adorers, friends, acquaintamces and from many who a few days ago were not so friendly to the smiling, gray- haired man who rode up the Avenue tipping his hat to everybody and oc- casionally recognizing somebody in the crowd. Neighborliness and joyousness were the outstanding characteristics of Washington's greeting. For some weeks past the citizens of the Na- tional Capital had been under a great nerve tension. Political feelings ran high. Friend and foe of the admin- istration were more bitter than their actual expressions indicated. There was & widespread fear and uncertainty of the future. Always, for good or bad, a political turnover involves a greater amount of readjustment for this ecity than for any other part of the United States, ‘This morning it was all over. The city had taken account of itself. It was rested from the turmoil of the election. It was in the hand-shaking, good-neighbor, let-bygones-be-bygones mood. There never WAs An easier, more agreeable crowd to handle, and the police and National Guardsmen who were lining the streets to keep it in order were themselves parts of the welcoming groups. Perhaps Washington was identifying itself with the man it was welcoming home and with his unprecedented tri- umph. Franklin D. Roosevelt came home as “the local boy who made good.” All his old neighbors wanted a bit of the glory of it. Moreover, it realized that the ways of life into which it has fallen for the past four years were not going to be changed; that old friends were not going to depart; that everything would be to- | morrow as it was yesterday. And few ever are very happy over the neces- sity of readjustment when actually faced with it. alike of Pranklin D. Roosevell—was happy. 80 much was this the case that it |aroused some comment, after the week ago. “Did you see——?" asked an en- thusiastic pro-Roosevelt stenographer, speaking of her boss. “A week ago he said he'd leave the country if Roose- velt was re-elected. But there he was {in the front line and when the Presi- | dent passed he cheered louder than | anybody.” The feminine element of the wel- | coming crowd, which perhaps had al- lowed itself to get under the worst Our famous year ‘round weight TOPCOATS So Washingtoh—{riend and eritie | | strenuous political arguments of & : laborate unless the sitdown strikes and 1409 G STREET NORTHWEST The $50 suit at this.éstablishment is a work of art. They are as fine as the best fabrics, careful band tailoring and authentic, well balanced designing can give you. Our $50 suits are fine quality worsteds and tailored up 1o & high ideal NOT down to & price. WE INVITE YOU'TO COME IN AND SEE THEM AND TRY ON A FEW LEWIS & TH®S. SALTZ INCORPORATED 1409 G STREET N. W. NOT CONNECTED WITH SALTZ BROTHERS ING- We deliberately set about the business of producing a recognized quality at a featured price. 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But Washington's reception of its mayor, governor, President and neigh- bor this frosty morning seems to in- dicate that seldom has a presidential contest left fewer wounds to be healed. If it is at all indicative of the spirit of the country at large it might be interpretéd as the beginning of an “‘era of good feeling” in the United States such as hardly has been known by this generation. France (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) countered with allegations De La Rocque’s supporters were attempting | to “split the army into two rival camps.” The Fascists were spreading in- fluence through the army, the news- paper asserted, through andful of subversive officers who dream of imi- tating Franco and serving Hitler.” ‘The charge apparently referred to Gen. Francisco Franco, leader of the Spanish Fascist revolution, who has been accused of having secret agree- ments with Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler. The proposal demanded that the | moderate elements in the Socialist premier's cabinet desért the Popular Front of Communists, Socialists and | Radical Socialists and repudiate the coalition’s program. It came as the cabinet faced the gravest threat to its existence since it acquired control last May, beset by a new wave of strikes and dissension within its own ranks. Henri de Kerillis, leading Nationalist deputy, addressed the secession pro- posal to the Radical Socialists, least extreme faction in the Popular Front. He urged them to quit the govern- ment and promised the support of a large number of Rightist deputies if they would undertake to form a new government pledged “to combat com- munism.” Strike Resistance. Although the Radical Socialist party recently voted unanimously to con- tinue its afliation with the French ! Popular Pront, it resolved also to resist | occupation strikes. It warned the cabinet's Communist members it could not continue to col- demonstrations were curbed. Some sources viewed the declaration of Defense Minister Edouard Daladier against Communists and strikes tying up armament construction as tanta- mount to an announcement of his FIVE NATIONS SIGN SUBMARINE: PACT Effort to Humanize Sinking of Merchant Ships Is Backed by U. S. BY the Assoctated Press. LONDON, November 6.—Five nge tions today signed a protocol to humanize submarine warfare, The ceremony, at the foreign office, was the first step in an attempt to obtain general world adherence. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the admiralty, and Ramsay MacDonald, lord president of the council, affixed their signatures for the United King- dom, together with the high commis- sioners of the dominions. The United States, France, Italian and Japanese Ambassadors also signed the protocol, which perpetuates a part of the 1930 London naval treaty. Under the protocol, submarines in time of war are forbidden to sink & merchant ship until the crew, the pas- sengers and the ship’s papers are af- forded a safe haven. This does not mean lifeboats, unless land is near and the weather good. Negotiations will be opened to ob- tain the adherence of all naval pow- ers. Germany, it was confidently ex- pected, will accede shortly. During the World War & submarine commander, under the international rules then existing, might order the crew and passengers of a merchant ship, which he intended to sink, into boats without further regard for their safety, e J. G. SCHOENI DIES Railroad Rate Clerk Served 25 Years at Potomac Yards. B a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 6.— James G. Schoeni, 52, veteran Rich- mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Co. rate clerk, died yester- day at the home of his sister, Mrs. Thomas H. Bayne, 207 South Fairfax street. He had been ill two months. Mr. Schoeni, who recently completed 25 years as a rate clerk at Potomac Yard, was a member of the Fitzgerald Council, Knights of Columbus. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 am. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. President Lauds Absentee Voting Of D. C. Residents President Roosevelt said today he had been told that more resi- dents of the District of Columbia cast absentee ballots in Tuesday’s election than ever before in the city’s history. He added: grand thing.” The President’s remarks were prompted by an inquiry at his press conference as to how he accounted for such an enthusias- tic reception today on the part of District citizens, who have no vote either for President or mem- bers of Congress. “I think this was a candidacy to succeed Blum. t Acquainted with the “Modern” Mode Shark-Skins With Ove ! 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