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A—4 * CITIZENS ASSURED LEGISLATORS' AID Rayburn, King and Thomasl Address Board of Trade Meeting. Citizens of Washington were assured | last night of sympathetic consideration of their tax and other problems when Representative Sam Rayburn, Demo- cratic leader of the House, and Sena- tors King of Utah and Thomas of Oklahoma addressed the Washington Board of Trade at the monthly meet- ing at the Mayflower Hotel. The three distinguished speakers avoided reference to the Jacobs report. | Rayburn, chief speaker, said however, | that “the people of my district want | me to help make this the most beauti- ful city in the world” and “I feel that so long as the government of the District of Columbia is what it | is every member of the House and Senate feel they are District Commis- sioners.” Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen pre- ceded the members of Congress on | the program and explained the plans | flower Hotel last night that he for the President’s birthday balls. | Thomas Promises Aid. Board Dinner THE EVENING Representative Rayburn, House majority leader, shown here with Edgar S. Morris, president of the Washington Board of Trade, told members of the board at a dinner at the May- expects to give every possible consideration to District problems in the House this year. —Star Staff Photo. “I think you know me by the serv- ice you have seen me give,” Senator ‘Thomas said, “and I can assure you that so long as I continue to head the subcommittee dealing with District appropriations, I shall always welcome | any suggestions you have to make and | shall endeavor to give you the kind of government you really want. “I have been assured,” he con- tinued, “that Ross Collins has volun- | teered to serve on the House District | Committee. You are fortunate. He is a friend of the District of Columbia. = Collins, newly re-elected Representa- | Alter Relatlons With Reich. tive from Mississippi, sat on the plat-| ROME, January 14 (#)—Official form as one of the special guests. He | Italy told Germany's first minister was introduced by Edgar Morris, presi- emphatically today that the new dent of the Board of Trade, but did | Italo-German Mediterranean agree- not address the meeting. ment does not change Italian friend- Thomas, continuing, reiterated, “it ship for the Nazi Reich. shall be my purpose to give you the At the same time, official sources kind of government you want.” said Italy was using the occasion of Col. = s | Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering'’s visit Indians Have Vote. for an effort to keep Italo-German vol- “You are less fortunate than the ynteers from Spain pending interna- Indians of Oklahoma, my home State. | tjona] decisions on the neutrality ques- ‘They have and use the right to vote. tion. You, under the law, are less competent, As one army airman to another, and less fortunate. You can't even Goering talked to Premier Mussolini vote, but you may be assured thal for more than an hour at the Palazzo you can be heard so long as Senator | venezia. One of Goering’s many titles Glass, chairman of the Senate Ap- js air minister; Il Duce won an army propriations Committee, continues his | pilot's license two days ago. il dislike for me and assigns me to head | The formal assurances given to | the subcommittee to deal with Dis- | Goering state clearly that the “gentle- trict appropriations.” man’s agreement” on Mediterranean Senator King, who followed Sena- status quo, signed by Italy and Britain, f“}” Thomas, paid tribute to Woodrow will not change Italo-German friendly Wilson and his efforts for world peace. | relations or collaboration on the major He added, however. that he has long | problems of Europe. been interested in District affairs and These problems include Spain, re- as Senate chairman for the District sponsible Italians affirmed. would continue his efforts in behalf The ever resplendent Goering talked of the citizens of Washington. He | at length today with King Victor Em- also restated his position in favor of manuel at Quirinal Palace. It was & District income tax and asserted reported he actually came to Rome at that “no fairer tax can be levied.” | the behest of Crown Prince Umberto, | Sees War Within Year. who visited Berlin last August. S Constantine Brown, writer on inter- | Later in the day the German min- national affairs for The Star, made | ister placed a wreath on the Tomb of the prediction that war can not be | the Unknown Soldier, flanking Il postponed longer than the next year | Duce’s Venezia Palace. | in view of the elaborate preparations Seek to Prevent Rush. being made by powers in Europe. He Italy was said authoritatively to be said, however, that the situation in | trying to prevent any last-minute rush Spain may not resut in immediate of war materials and volunteers to conflict among the nations, but that Spain, subject to joint international war budgets of the several European action, suggested by Great Britain, {o countries portend a battle crisis not | be taken later. | far in the future. On the other hand, an official said, King, Thomas and Rayburn referred | France and Russia were trying to to Brown's predictions and expressed | beat the projected deadline by supply- the hope that the United States may | ing the Socialist government with the be spared when the anticipated war | means of war. becomes an actuality. Emphasizing the close feeling be- “That United States wants nothing tween Il Duce and Hitler, an official of war,” Rayburn said. “This is the | said definitely “Italy does not believe one place in the world where democ- | stories of Germany’s wanting to an- racy and liberty are safe.” | nex part of Morocco.” Preceding the addresses, distin- “Both governments see eye to eye guished guests introduced included | on the question of preventing bolshe- | Senator Connally of Texas, Senator vism from settling in the Mediter- Green of Rhode Island; John Saul, | ranean in the form of a Communist former president of the Board of | republic,” he said. | Trade; Commissioner Hazen, Edward | Hits Bolshevik Interference. | France (Continued From First Page.) Evenutal return of lost German col- onies was believed to loom large in their discussions. FRIENDSHIP MAINTA ED. Italy Insists British Pact Does Not needs in the difficult period of recon- struction. In answer to a direct question on Italian volunteers to Spain and its relation to Goering's visit, the official stated definitely: “There are no indications of volun- teers leaving Italy in recent days. This may be taken to mean the au- thorities are trying to prevent such | departure subject to joint decisions to be taken later. “Italy has a great feeling of sym- | pathy with the last British note (ask- | ing an end to volunteers for Spain), especially since the note is also di- rected toward France, showing Britain has changed her point of view on France’s sincerity on the question of volunteers.” Saves Wedding Socks 50 Years. KITTANNING, Pa. (#—D. B. | Heiner knew that brides save their wedding gowns—so he saved his socks. That was 50 years ago. He brought the blue silk socks out of an old trunk to wear on his golden wedding anni- versary. FRENCH REPORTED INMADRID SECTOR Five Battalions Declared Rushed From El Escorial- Guadarrama Sector. By the Associated Press. WITH FASCISTS OUTSIDE MA- DRID, January 14.—Fascist officers quoted government prisoners today as reporting five French battalions from the Socialist international bri- gade have been rushed from the El Escorial-Guadarrama front for an attack in the Madrid sector. ' ‘The foreign troops were reported massed at El Padro Park, ready to be spread along the whole front west and northwest of the capital. The crews of five government tanks which rumbled too close to in- surgent trenches in a fog were burned alive when the Fascists hurled bottles of gasoline at the tanks and then exploded hand grenades against them. The tanks were said to have been among 14 supporting two Socialist attacks in the vicinity of Las Rozas, both of which were balked by Fascist | artillery and the haze. | Insurgent commanders said they discovered a mined camp near Pozu- | elo de Alarcon, Madrid suburb, which | retreating Socialist troops had failed | to explode. | They sald they unearthed 80 iron itubcs crammed with dynamite and | connected by wires to the abandoned government headquarters at Pozuelo where a box with a plunger, set up but not used, was found. BRITISH ORDER SURVEY. German Troop Preparations in Morocco to Be Determined. LONDON, January 14 (#).—Great Britain ordered officers from the de- stroyer Vanoc to begin a tour of Span- ish Moroccan coastal points today to determine to her own satisfaction | there were no German troop prepara- | tions in the territory. Authoritative sources indicated, however, they were certain the Span- ish zone would be found free of for- eign influence. “If there are Germans there’” one official asked, “‘why should the author- | ities ask the British and French to try and find them?” The report from Comdr. R. 8. V. ! Sherbrooke of the Vanoc is not ex- STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., THURSDAY, Premier Welcomes Goering Premier Mussolini as he welcomed Nazi Air Minister Her- mann Wilhelm Goering to Rome last night in a huge Fascist demonstration of Italo-German friendship. This photo, radioed Jrom London, shows, left to right: Goering, Countess Ciano, the premier’s daughter and Mussolini. JANUARY 14, 1937. LAW MAY BANU. S SPANISH ENLISTING Notice of Penalties Under 1909 Statute. By th:e Associated Press. The State Department has invoked a criminal statute and a threat of loss of citizenship to discourage United States citizens from enlisting in the Spanish civil war. After receiving word from Mahlon F. Perkins, United States consul gen- eral at Barcelona, that 76 Americans bound for the Spanish front passed through Barcelona recently, Acting Secretary of State Moore last night State Department Serves| CHASE SCOUTS FEARS OF DICTATOR IN U. S. New York University Chancellor Declares America Reveals Strength as Democracy. By the Assoclated Press. MOUNT BERRY, Ga., January 14.— Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, chancellor of New York University, declared yes- terday that fears of a dictator in America are needless. “America has shown during these 35 years past that as a democracy it is able to survive terrific strain and that fears of a dictator are needless,” Dr, {Chasr said at a celebration of the | thirty-fifth anniversary of the found- | ing of Berry College and Schools here, “We may be sure that, although half of Europe has taken dictators, that in this land we will not sacrifice life, | liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” the New York educator said. instructed Perkins to dissuade Amer- icans from joining the conflict. Fines Under 1909 Law. He told Perkins the circumstances might warrant use of a 1909 law im- posing fines of $1,000 and three-year prison sentences on persons enlisting in the United States for a foreign war. He also pointed to a 1907 act can- celing the citizenship of any Amer- | ican who takes an oath of allegiance | to a foreign state. | Moore’s order to Perkins said: “You may point out * * * that the enlistment of American citizens in either of the opposing forces in Spain is unpatriotically inconsistent with the American Government’s policy of | the most scrupulous non-intervention —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. | in Spanish internal affairs.” | | pected in London for a while, giving officials time to make it the basis for a further plea for isolation of the | Spanish civil war. At the same time the admiralty emphasized that its naval strength would be used to protect Britisk ship- ping, pointing to the speedy action of the destroyer Sussex in forcing a Spanish insurgent trawler to release | the freighter Bramhill. Steaming under forced draft, the Sussex answered a wirelessed appeal from the Bramhill for aid and turned her guns on the trawler, which imme- diately sailed away. | Officials said such prestige-building | tactics were relied upon to keep Britain from trouble in Spain by scaring off hostile warships. The government was represented | by informed sources as encouraged by the Portuguese reply to the British F. Colladay, Republican national com- | mitteeman and first vice president of the board: Robert V. Fleming, also & former president of the board; Sen- ator Clark of Missouri; Representative Garrett of Texas, who defeated Tom “The slogan here is Spain for the | Spaniards. Italy is convinced once | there is no more bolshevik interfer- ence, there will be neither German | nor Italian interference.” Blanton; Representative Collins of | The same official lddet.i that after | Mississippi and L. P. Dickie of the Gen. Francisco Franco's expected | U. S. Chamber of Commerce. 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