Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1936, Page 5

LEADERSHP FIGHT ABOVE UNITRULE Nichols Says Support of “Solid South” Will Be Divided. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The “unit rule” adopted by some State delegations will have no effect in the House caucus, where each member casts his vote individually and in secret for the majority leader- ship, Representative Jack Nichols of Oklahoma, one of the campaign man- agers for Representative John J. O'Connor of New York for that office, emphasized in a statement made pub- e last ‘night. At the same time Representative Martin F. Smith of Washington is- sued a statement declaring his sup- port of Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas, the chief contender against ©O’Connor. Representative Nichols claimed that the support of the “solid South™ will be divided—that with four of these Btates having not yet caucused, O'Connor already has 35 votes pledged and “will in the final result receive as many votes in the South as does Mr. Rayburn.” In an analysis of some Northern Btates. Nichols credited Rayburn with having 24 votes and no more and ehallenged the Rayburn forces to show to the contrary. Lists States in Prediction. In California Rayburn will not get | over 7 votes of the 16,” he said. “Ray- burn has 3 votes in Iowa, 1 in Illinois, 1 in New England, 1 in Maryland and 1 in Montana—and will not get over 10 votes of the 27 in Pennsylvania. | “It would be of interest to know where else in the entire country Mr. Rayburn has any votes. If he has! any more, it has never been disclosed by any of his supporters.” | Representative Nichols also pointed out that the President had felt it necessary to declare emphatically that he is strictly “hands off” in the figh over the House leadership, and that he had repudiated the oumpllgn} propaganda that Ravburn was the sdministration’s choice for the office. Nichols said: | “In the face of what has been hap- | pening for the last few days. it is amusing to me to note that friends| of Sam Rayburn continue to refer | to him as the candidate with admin- | istration backing. because if I have | been able to properly interpret the ! President’s statemenf, Mr. Rayburn | i3 as far from having administration | support as it would be possible fori any one to be. “Hands Off” Policy Cited. “If John O'Connor found himself n the position of Mr. Rayburn. claim- | ng to be the candidate of the White House. I would consider that John | had been chastised by the President in his first press conference on his return to the United States, when he stated emphatically that the admin- istration's policy would continue wl be s hand-off policy in the organi- | mation of the House of Representatives, and would not take sides directly or indirectly. That clearly refuted Mr. Rayburn's claim to administration | support. “If John were in that position I would be rather disheartened, be- eause 1t would be my judgment that | John had been spanked for being s bad boy in telling stories about things that he possessed, which in reality he did not have, and that he must| Mary Pickford and Charles after spending Christmas in recently announced their engagement, returned to the West At the right is Miss Gwynne Pickford. Coast. T. Rogers board a plane at Newark New York. The couple, who —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. that even if he refused the offer now, he would leave the way open for fur- ther conversations. Five Divisions Ready. Paris reports said five fully equipped divisions of German troops were ready to depart for service with Spanish Fascists if Hitler gave the order—but it was believed today's offer of a trade to assure peace would stave off such an order. Earlier reports that Gen. Franco had asked 60,000 men caused France to convey an abrupt warning to Count von Welczeck that & “mass invasion” of Spain might compel France to go to the aid of the Socialist government. ‘The French cabinet was instructed hold itself in readiness for a meet- Ing early next week should Hitler an- nounce his future course over the week end. WOULD LESSEN DANGER. Return of Colonies Would Be Wel- come, Reich Hints. BERLIN, December 26 (#).—Ger- many hinted tonight that return of her colonial empire would do much to lessen the danger of European war and solve the crisis over foreign aid to the Spanish civil war combatants. Chancellor Hitler’s frequently voiced desire for colonies to supply raw ma- terials, increased in fervor by the cur- rent lack of many food supplies, was discussed in Paris over the week end, reliable informants said today. This discussion, it was said. was coupled with the conversations be- tween French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos and German Ambassador Count Johannes von Welczek over reports Germany was considering sending 60,000 regular soldiers to aid Spanish Fascist Gen. PFrancisco Franco. Warned by Delbos. Delbos, warning Germany against dispatching troops to Spain and push- ing a British-French demand that foreign volunteer enlistments be halted, was said also to have expressed the belief that desire for Spanish ores inspired Nazi backing of the Span- ish Fascist junta. Spanish iron, copper, lead and man- __ (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) which had been sent into Shensi to put down the revolt. ‘The government itself must deter- mine the fate of the penitent Chang, the generalissimo asserted, but he ex- | pressed confidence his recommenda- tion of leniency would be fcllowed. He would urge similar treatment for Gen. Yang Hu-chen, subordinate of Marshal Chang, who shared leader- ship of the revolt with him. Remain as Suberdinates. With his Wellesley-educated wife acting as interpreter, the generalis- simo informed newspaper men he had told the two rebels: “You are entitled to remain as my subordinates, because today you have shown a regard for the welfare of | the nation and have exacted no| promises prior to my release. I shall recommend to the government that it deal leniently with you. I am sure it will do so, taking care not to prejudice the welfare of the nation. You have been deceived by reac- tionaries.” ‘The generalissimo and Mme. Chiang are expected to go Monday to Kuling, & mountain resort in Kiangsi Prov- ince. to recuperate from the ordeal ‘ol the past fortnight. It is believed | they will spend some time there. i (The Domei (Japanese) News Agency’s correspondent at Nan- king said political authorities be- lieved Gen. Chiang would retire temporarily from his government posts.) Much of the credit for release of | the Nanking leader was given his de- voted wife, who shared the last three days of his captivity, having flown to Sianfu to treat directly with his | captor. A tremendous outburst of rejoicing greeted Gen. and Mme. Chiang when | their big transport plane settled down {on the military airfield 3 miles | outside Nanking's walls. Military Review Held. Fervent addresses of welcome by be punished for getting votes or any | §8nese, rather than the pursuit of Dr- H. H. Kung, who had substituted other thing by misrepresentation. | “Therefore, instead of Mr. Ray- | glory or the desire to foster a new Fascist state, was the motive behind burn, st this time, enjoying admin. | the German “volunteer” enxmmenu,;‘“'" of the national government, istration support, the world has been | Delbos hinted, according to Berlin | ¥er® followed by an impressive mili- y advised that the administration will not support him. | informants. Germany needs these minerals review. The generalissimo received the sa- “Vice President Garner might now | badly and Nazi observers acknowl-|lute of 5,000 troops, formerly cadets | 8lso feel some chagrin ‘or not hav- | €dged they were well aware a Spanish | under his training. With his wife on ing refuted the inferences comimg | Fascist defeat might bring economic | his arm, Gen. Chiang walked through | from the Rayburn camp and news articles that by his indorsement of Rayburn he was speaking the senti- ment of the administration, and si- lently permitting the impression to | remain until the President changed it by his statement to the press. France -_IOoannd From First Page.) to Berlin, but that Chancellor Hitler had not yet made an answer. While willing to return the colonies to Germany under conditions for peace, if Hitler wants them for war- like purposes “he will have to take them from France by force,” foreign | office spokesmen said. Backed by Britain. Great Britain will join with France in turthering the peace program, au- thoritative sources said, and if Hitler is co-operative he may expect aid from Prance in finding better mar- kets from which to obtain much-need- ed raw materials. Return of the colonies itself would give Hitler & vast store of the mate- rials he desires. Chiefly concerned are Togoland and the Cameroons, African territory of 188,321 square miles. Togo provides iron, rubber, dyewoods. Cameroon has timber, hides and ivory and is excel- lent for livestock raising. (In Berlin it was reported today that week end conversations in Paris between French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos and German Ambassador Count Johannes von Welczek concerned Ger- many’s need of raw materials as well as the problem of Nazi volunteers to Bpain. {Delbos hinied, the Berlin sources said, that France belitVed Spanish iron, copper, lead and manganese was the motive behind the volunteer en- listments to the cause of Gen. Franco.) Firm in Spanish Stand. Prench observers said Great Britain ‘Was eco-operating in the effort to trade raw material markeia .or peace, but government spokesmen emphasized that no matter what may result, both nations have no intention of backing ish Fascist victory would bring eco- nomic victory for Germany. Reliable sources said that Germany would regard with favor any plan for getting back the lost colonies and that return of those colonies would lessen the need for raw materials, thereby lessening Nazi interest in Mascist Spain. If Germany regained her prestige as a colonial empire, these informants held, she would be content to join with other powers in some sort of mutual security program. Price May Be too High. There were some who felt the Franco-British demands for pledges to peace and economic co-operation | might be considered too high a price for Hitler. Also, it was pointed out, the African colonies are held under League of Na- tions mandates and Germany is not & member of the League—thereby cre- ating a difficult problem should Prance urge return of the concessions to Ger- many. Another difficulty was that a deal with Prance might force cancellation of a reported Nazi trade with Portu- g2l for a portion of Angola. This ex- change was said to involve German military support of Portugal and ad- mittedly probably would conflict with the French demands looking toward European security. Fish Thrive in Pond. QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (#).—Borough officials, investigating a stoppage in the electric light plant’s spray pond, found it was an ideal fish hatchery. The pond was full of sunfish. They breed rapidly because the condensers of the plant keep the water warm constantly. - Genuine American Radiator HOT-WATER HEAT Complete Installed In 6 Rooms as low as *32% Ne Money Down! 3 Yrs. te Pay! Visit Our New Ofice and Show Reoms »4 1005 N. Y. Ave. NW. 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Plans for open- ing the campaign in other States will be made later. - Mr. Roosevelt, whose January 30 birthday balls have helped to finance the hospital and research work of the foundation, wrote Jones: “I have complete confidence that the undertaking of this committee to raise the sum of $100,000 in Georgis for the purpose of helping to per~ petuate the work of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation will be success- ful.” With the aid of funds raised three years ago by the birthday balls, a Research Board was established by the foundation to serve as a clear- ing house for all information on in- fantile paralysis and to work on problems connected with its treatment and prevention. It is with this part of the founda- tion's work, leaders of the campaign said, that the endowment features will be. concerned chiefly Doctors from throughout the world, they add- ed, look to the foundation for the latest developments in the fight against the disease. 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