Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1937, Page 6

A—b6 * ELECTION FEARED BY JAPAN'S ARMY Ballot for New Diet Held Likely to Deprive It Further of Power. BY FRANK H. HEDGES. Special Dispatch to The Star TOKIO, April 1 (N.AN.A).—Dis- solution of the Diet, with a subsequent general election within a 30-day period, as required by the Japanese constitution, comes as no surprise to veteran observers of the Japanese scene, Such a move had been held for some time over the heads of the political parties as the army’s chief weapon against them, unless they ceased their caustic criticism of the | army and its meddling in poxmm affairs, The present Diet was elected on | February 20, 1936, and its ordinary life would be for a four-year period No Diet in recent history has lived through an entire four-year period, although the last one came Mzmn\ four short months of doing so. The dread the parties have of a general election before one becomes ronstitutionally necessary is the tre- mendous cost it involves and, of course, the risk that each member | runs of being defeated at the polls. | Temporary Coalition. This correspondent has learned that the two major parties—Minseito and | Seiyukai—have struck a working bargain for the forthcoming election | campaign. They will form a temporary coalition for the 30-day election | period, the chief object of which will be to see that Minseito and Seiyukai candidates do not oppose one another in most electoral districts. The coun- try will be divided between them on & basis, roughly, of their present Diet strength, and the candidate of but one party entered in each district. This means he will not have to go to the | great expense of spending penny for | penny with his Minseito or Seiyukai | rival | There would remain, of course, the Bhakai Taishuto (Labor) party can- | didate to defeat but these candidates never have huge sums to spend lhem selves. There would also be some in. dependents, and the present non-| parrv government, working with the army. would seek to put its own candidates in the field, probably in the form of a newly organized party. There would still be election costs, but they would be trivial compared to some of the vast sums spent in the past Still another factor aids in remov- | ing the monetary menace of an elec- | tion campaign from the parties. The large private banks, industrial corpora- tions and business in general fear that if parliamentary government in Japan is vanquished and a form cf military fascism replaces it, the next victim will be private capitalism. They foresee state control, ownership or outright confiscation of much of their wealth. Naturally, they would much prefer to furnish the parties with ample campaign chests if by so doing they can defeat the militar: Outcome for Army. Now, how does the approaching general election appear to the army? A few months ago the army felt 1t could go before the general public of Japan and defeat the parties at their own game. causing the election to the House of Representatives of men pledged outright to support the army in all it did. That feeling is rapidly vanishing. The Japanese Army has been given & taste—and it proved a very bitter | taste—of public opinion in the empire | within the last few months. The first | such blow to military pride came when | the German-Japanese anti-comintern | agreement was announced and virtu- | ally the whole of the Japanese public turned against it, denouncing as al- most treasonable the conclusion of such & pact in secrecy and without finding out what the public thought. The other and still stronger doses ot | public opinion that the army has been forced to swallow have come out of the l extremely disturbed and colorful po- | litical situation. When the Diet con- | vened for business January 21, the | war minister was bitterly attacked in | the Lower House, lost his temper and demanded dissolution and an election. | Premier Hirota, knowing better what | the public thought, refused. His cab- | inet resigned. The moderate retired Gen. Kazunari Ugaki was then named It’s easy to figure out which above is the later model. Smithsonian Gets Old Device One is the first such device ever con- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON of the two comptometers shown structed, put together 52 years ago by the late Dorr E. Felt. The contraption embodied the underlying principles which, two years later, enabled Felt to build one that really worked. Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, is shown accepting the relic yesterday from Raymond Koch, president of the Chicago firm which manufactures the ! Firestone local, | closed shop and abolition of the Fire- | about. calculator, and Mrs. Koch. Museum FIRESTONE DISPUTE “ PARLEY SCHEDULED Union Asks Conference to Clear Up Points Discussed in Earlier Conferences. 1 Br the Associated Press. | AKRON, Ohio. April 1.—Renewal | of negotiations seeking to settle the month-old Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. dispute were scheduled today be-‘ tween W. R. Murphy, company labor | superintendent, and United Rubber | Workers' Union representatives. L. S. Buckmaster, president of the said the conference was arranged with Murphy and other company officials at the union's re- quest after two previous strike nego- tiation attempts ended in a deadlock. More than 10,000 production workers and additional office employes are idle over the Committee for Industrial Or- ganization affiliate’s demands for s stone employe conference plan. Buckmaster said the rubber workers desire to clear up points discussed utl previous conferences which points did | not coincide with statements written | from Florida by J. W. Thomas, com- pany president, to Sherman H. Dal- | rymple, the union’s international presi- | dent. — Coal 4Commued From First Page.) It was placed in | for a supply of maintenance men, to | | cord, the National ~Star Staff Photo. area, reaching from Central Penn- sylvania to Northern Tennessee. | Most of these operators rejected ! Lewis' proposals. The full joint con- ference, called to meet last night, then | recessed until this afternoon. Lewis advised the operators to ar- | range with the union’s district officers keep the mines from being flooded | during a strike | Usually well-informed quarters said | the miners’ final proposals called for, an increase of 50 cents in the daily | pay of those miners paid by the day and for a 9-cents-a-ton raise for those | paid by the ton, with time and one- | half for overtime ‘ The operators were said to have | offered to renew the present scale | FARMERS DELAYED Wet Weather vented Spring Work. Cold, wet weather has delayed Spring farm operations, Government crop experts said today. ‘ “Warm, sunny weather is needed badly,” said the crop bulletin of the | | Weather Bureau, “not only in the | South, but Lhroughoun the central sec- Has Pre- | COUNSEL CIRCLE “CARLETTA 922 14th St. N.W. Personal interviews for help and guid- be arranged by a_ visit to . or telephone MEt. 4993 Teader n_ Brass Sign at Door. scattered from Central Pennsylvania to the State of Washington. Mines would operate only in the ! Illinois territory controlled by the | Progressive Miners of America, and in the few other <scattered flelds the ! United Mine Workers have not or- ganized. Operators estimate the country has | 30 days coal supply above | ground. Buy From an Electrical Dealer WESTINGHOUSE REFRIGERATORS JC ALMAS TEMPLE INTIATION HELD 55 Candidates Inducted at Ceremonial Held Last Night. Fifty-five candidates were inducted into the mysteries of Almas Temple of the Shrine at a ceremonial last night at the Willard Hotel. Five members joined Almas by afliation from other temples. . Ara M. Daniels, potentate, headed the divan of officers officiating at both the ceremonial at the hotel and at the previous business meeting of the temple at the Almas club house. Fol- lowing the business meeting there was & parade to the hotel, led by the offi- cers and including the Legion of Honor, military band, patrol, Oriental Band and Drum Corps. At the Willard there was a musical entertainment, under direction of Ed: D. C., THURSDAY. win C. Dutton, and a burlesque fash- ifon show. Group singing was led by Jack Mullane and a concert was given by the Almas Temple “Nut Band.” Ritualistic Presentation, The ritualistic section of the degree was presented by the following offi- cers: Potentate Daniels, Granville Gude, chief rabban; Stanley D. Willis, assistant rabban; Karl E. Jarrell, high priest and prophet; Earl W. Shinn, Oriental guide; Howard P. Foley, first ceremonial master; Needham C. Turn- age, second ceremonial master; E. Carlyn Guy, marshal, and James A. Councilor, captain of the guard. The role of orator was taken by Arthur G. Fessenden. The Committee on Arrangements included L. Whiting Estes, Stanley W. Bell and Dr. William J. B. Orr. The temple floor team was under direction of Ernest W. Snoots. After the degree work s buffet supper was served. Several Masonic dignitaries were present, including Estes, Charles D. Shackelford, Edwin C. Dutton, Robert 8. Regar, Edward D. Anderson, Warren W. Grimes, Allen H. Potts, and Leonard P. Steuart, who recently was appointed imperial treasurer of the Shrine for North America. Those brought into the temple were: APRIL - By affiliation—George Lyman Clark, F. H' A_ CURBS FIELD activity, the P. H. A, said almost George Liewellyn Goss, Josie McCurdy, Charles Howard Riegner, Edward N Riley and Carl Edgar Krafft. By initiation—Russ Alexander, Carl E. Anderson, John C. Allen, Charles H. Bair, Harry B. Bair, Harry E. Ben- son, Stuart H. Boyer, William V. Oar- penter, Robert C. Carter, Milton Cohen, Ray E. Dhein, Prank E. Ebaugh, W. Marion Falls, 8aul C. Friedenberg, Narciso frigillana, John H. Fuller, Everett G. Germain, George J. Gill, Alfred A. Grau, Allen A. Greenstreet, Ernest M. Gustafson, Frank L. Hagger- man, Edward F. Hall, Milton V. Han- son, William J. Haste, William Howe, Edward A. Hyde, Lambros Jioni, Ralph D. Keadle, Prescott B. Kinsman, Embert A. Le Lacheur, Perry W. Michaels, Benjamin C. Millan, Henry W. Millang, Frank P. Palmer, John Edward Payne, Leonard W. Ponder, Stanley R. Pryor, Stanley B. Reeder, Gustave Ring, Leonidas Santos, John Sasse, Louis B. S8awyer, Jack Sterling, Curtis 8. Steuart, John M. Strait, Robert Lee Taylor, Frank P. Temple, Gilmore W. Thompson, John E. Wade, Morris Weinstein, Kenneth G. White- hurst, Kerr Wilson, Lucien G, Yung and Harold Zirkin. 1,000,000 homes had been improved with insured loans, which proved “a Quits Insuring Repair Loans as | quick stimulant to the prostrate builde Law Expires. ing industry.” Such loans were “primarily an emere The Pederal Housing Administra- | gency measure,” the P. H. A. added. tion ceased insuring modernization and repair loans at midnight last night when the law authorizing such loans expired. The administration G E RMAN will continue insuring home mortgage Joans, | riAmous, Conrersationat Be 1In » statement about the terminated | F u” GO”OH (FAMLY $iZE) Enroll for Classes Starting April 1 COSTS LESS THAN 17¢ T0 MOTHPROOF A SUIT OR COAT for a whole Regardless of Age or Condition IN TRADE ON A NEW 1937 RADIO! Model 6S-157 Floor Samples Model 644 6-TUBE CROSLEY Less Allowance for Yeur Old Set Sale Price GUARANTEED FOREIGN RECEPTION $29.95 Model 1554 15-Tube GRUNQW Regular Price 3200 Handsome hand- RRING NA. 2160 6-TUBE ZENITH $79.95 Mark Anniversary. U. M. W. miners took today off mw celebrate John L. Lewis day, a holiday | | commemorating the institution of Lhe4 Less allowance § 7 5 10th Below F for —foryouroldset % old set by the Emperor to form the next min- istry, and the whole country rallied to him as one man—all but the extremist rubbed walnut cab- Regular - inet, massive aero- Price Allowance for element in the army. This group said | that, under his premiership, military discipline would be impaired. What | they meant was that the higher officers | were not certain they could prevent | their subordinates from staging a sec- ond military revolt, or something re- sembling it. The army blocked Gen. Ugaki's efforts to form a government, but it destroyed almost the last of the | remnants of popularity it enjoyed with the general public. Factors Influencing Voters. Adverse economic conditions, mounting prices, failure of the Man- churian expedition to pay for itself, the certainty of increased taxes in | order to meet the army's abnormal | and growing appetite for money have all played important parts in making the army increasingly unpopular with the average Japanese. The reopening of the Diet, after | Gen. Senjuro Hayashi had succeeded in forming a makeshift ministry, gave the parties a new chance to open their attacks on the army and they were not slow in utilizing it. Speaker after speaker in the Lower House lampooned and pilloried the army as the cause of the nation's woes, as responsible for the rising cost of living, as meddling in politics (forbidden by the Emperor), a5 so bungling Japan's foreign rela- tions that even war might follow, and as being unable to maintain discipline within its own ranks. So much of this attack was true that the army became really fright- ened. It saw the parties separating it from the people and the nation and making it appear inimical to the best interests of Japan and even disloyal to the throne. Diet managed to separate the navy (as the people’s protector) and the army (as the reverse). So telling have these blows become that the higher command of the Jap- anese army is seriously worried about being able to maintain discipline within its own ranks. The conclusion is inescapable that a general election is a very dangerous ‘weapon for the army to put into use. During the 30 days of campaigning, seasoned orators will stump the coun- try, denouncing the army in still stronger terms, and it is almost s cer- tainty that, unless soldiers with bay- onets stand at the polls to direct the voting, the new Diet will be more strongly anti-military than ever. | have not been requested by either | ference of Appalachian operators and Skillful speakers in the | eight-hour day in 1898. Lewis said they would stay away from work tomorrow, too, unless they were notified a new wage and hour | contract had been signed. The old contract expired at mid- night last night. | Edward F. McGrady, Assistant | Secretary of Labor and Mr. Roosevelt's representative in the present situa- tion, has been on hand during the present negotiations, but his services | side. A joint committee of eight miners and eight operators was slated to meet at 3 p.m. to continue negotiations, re- ! porting an hour later to the joint con- | miners. 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