Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1937, Page 7

BELGIUM T0 VOTE ONGOURSE TODAY Premier Van Zeeland Stakes Future in Test With Rexist Degrelle. B the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, April 10—Two young men of Belgium, one the premier, the other he who would be Belgium's “fuehrer” or “duce.” staked the pos- sible political fate of their little coun- try tonight on a clear-cut election fight. The nation’s 42-year-old, American- educated premier, Paul van Zeeland, tests his strength at the polls tomor- row against the youthful, impetuous and word-adept Leon Degrelle, 30- vear-old leader of the Fascistlike Rexist party. The immediate prize is a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. Degrelle challenged Van Zeeland for it after & Rexist member from Brussels re- signed. The election’s actual result may be whether Belgium turns from tradi- tional democracy to fascism. Fight Divides Families. Degrelle’s burning Rexist movement end his bitter campaigning have cleaved families, divided school chil- dren into political camps and in- directly caused at least one man to commit murder. The latter killed his father at Ghent because the elder attempted to prevent his son from joining Degrelle’s party. Van Zeeland, known to be favored by King Leopold, was conceded the best chance of winning the seat. To vote for Degrelle means a vote for civil war,” said Socialist posters plastered throughout the city. Van Zeeland heads a coalition cabi- net of Socialists, Catholics and Lib- erals. He is a member of the Cath- olic party. Attacks American Associations. The Rexist leader attacked Van Zeeland's American associations, charging he is “American-bred—Yale and Princeton.” “He is fond of mathematical equa- tions and pretends to regulate every- thing as would a producer of tinned food or a factory manager in Massa- chusetts,” Degrelle said. adding Van Zeeland's economic program was mod- eled after that of President Roosevelt Van Zeeland accused Degrelle of promoting “Hitler fascism” and told the voters their decision rested be- tween his own “clear and definite path marked by institutions centuries old” or Degrelle’s “adventure fraught with perils.” Once taken lightly, Degrelle in re- cent years has become a definite power. Starting a newspaper, Rex, in 1932, his influence steadily rose. His party captured 21 seats in the chamber in June, 1936 Degrelle Called Fascist. All of Belgium's important political parties then turned against him They charged he was inspired by Berlin and Rome and was a “Fascist.” Degrelle’s campaigning has taken him before more than 200 audiences. Van Zeeland, quiet and shunning pub- lic furor, has given only a few elec- tion speeches. Degrelle's program calls for better pay for workers, slum clearance. end of linguistic quarrels, a corporation system with appropriate representa- tion for all classes, and a close eco- nomic unfon with Holland, Switzer- land and Luxembourg. Van Zeeland has countered with quiet emphasis on peace and order, a stern attitude toward communism, resistance to a popular front move- ment, improvement of the farmer and middle-class traders All of Brussels’ 368,506 voters will have to answer “yes or no” tomorrow. Voting is compulsory. Last-minute campaigning brought 8 refusal by municipal authorities to permit Degrelle to hold & monster demonstration tomorrow in Brussels Park. A Rexist Senator, Count Dergrunne, tried to demonstrate against Van Zeeland at the stock ex- change. Police protected the count from » hostile crowd Police patrolled the city. Prof. Cogdell to Speak. Prof. W. C. Cogdell, specialist in commercial science, will lecture on “Economic Uplift and Security of the Masses” before the Civic National Forum at 5 pm. today at the White- law Hotel, Thirteenth and T streets. Xavier | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 11, 1937—PART ONE. Some Camera Glimpses of an Air Raid on Madrid For months, air raids have been daily routine in Madrid, and the residents have learned to take refuge in subways, where the three photos at left were taken in improvised shelters. No. 1— Men find time for cards as bombs burst above. No. 2—Two women weep for relatives trapped outside. man reached the shelter, but the fate of his family remained in No. 4—Debris heaped on a victim when a bomb hit a - —Copyright’A. P. Wirephotos. doubt. building. No. 3—This dazed Spain (Continued From First Page.) defense strategists hope their col- umns, driving from opposite direc- tions, will meet About 6 p.m. a squadron of 10 government planes soared over the battlefield in ebbing daylight but ap- parently found their targets in the dusk Watchers from vantage points with- in the city the east of the fiercest fighting, saw clouds of smoke curl up from trees on El Aguila Hill. indicating where the explosives struck. Huge Clouds Stirred Up. A few seconds later huge clouds rose from the insurgents' positions in Uni- versity City The dust-laden clouds were so dense at first that fires seemed | 'SUBSERVIENT COURT to have been started | Rebel anti-aircraft quickly cut the sally short. however, thin wisps of smoke showing where tracer bullets sought range of the squadron. The | air fleet hastily wheeled back in safety | over the city. Fighting near the capital continued far into the night A war communique pm. (5 pm. Eastern standard time) said that in some parts of Casa de | Campo the belligerents’ lines were so close together the troops were using hand grenades. Gen. Jose Miaja said that in a night charge up the slope of El Aguila Hill his men came within 20 yards | of insurgent positions. Intense activity on the part of gov- ernment airplanes in bombing and machine - gunning enemy positions forestalled any possible counter-attack during the day, the communique said. Garabitas Hill stood like a silent | sentinel between the cemetery and El | Aguila Hill, | shell landing on its wooded slopes. | Its fall to the government would force the insurgents to evacuate the entire Casa de Campo—"Argonne” of Spain” —and retire from the University City section model educational suburb in northwest Madrid. 3,000 Rebels Trapped. Three thousand insurgent soldiers, apparently trapped in University City, clung grimly to their positions despite withering government fire. Government dispatches said fight- ing on the northern front, where Gen. Emilio Mola’s insurgent army was pressing toward the Basque capital of Bilbao, had slowed up, although airplanes were active. The official government news agen- cy, Febus, reported new Italian troops had reached the Cordoba front in highway from Rockville to value. The substantial house has water. available. these United States is hard Price, Mr. Hurd Drive out Wisconsin Ave. the place, 1719 K St. N.W. Baltimore Road, Rockville, Md. Situated on a 4-acre knoll lot of the world, this attractive place is on the main blocks of the main road to Washington. Young fruit trees, dogwood and fine oaks add to the beauty and electric range and refrigeration, public sewer Garage for 2 cars, chicken house. The combination of a spacious, old-fashioned house, grounds any one would want, an aristocratic old Mary- land county seat and quick access to the Capital of Open From 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. Today at this end of Rockville, which is opposite Louis P. Shoemaker S \Y (4 Q) 20y 77 2 from which you can see a Baltimore and within a few 10 rooms, hot-water heat, and Gas is to beat. $14,950 in Charge to Baltimore Rd. (No. 28) right about 6 blocks to Christ Child Farm. just across the river to | | from Valencia, were held for ques- issued at 10| with only an occasional southern Spain to strengthen insur- gents said to have been nearly trapped on the CordobasPenarroya road. FRANCE HOLDS SPANISH PLANES Loyalist Flyers Are Held for Quirzing | by Police. PARIS, April 10 (#)—Five Span- ish government military planes were confiscated by the French government today after landing in ‘Southern France. The flyers, who said they were en route to Biibao, in Northern Spain, tioning. | Four said they lost their way in a heavy fog and were forced to land at Toulouse, Limoges, Laloubera and Trie-Sur-Baise, respectively. A fifth Spanish government plane landed at Mont-deMarsan, Southwest- ern France, and was held by police HELD PLAN’S GOAL Bridges Tells Indiana G. 0. P.| Editors Roosevelt Proposal Hits at Nation's Vitals. BY the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, April 10.—New Hampshire's youthful Republican Sen- ator, H. Styles Byidges, aserted here | tonight that President Roosevelt wants 2 “subservient” Supreme Court. “He wants the power to appoint justices who will decide favorably for his policies of social and economic reform,” the 39-year-old Senator told | clothed ! under auspices of the Indiana Republican Editorial As- sociation. | Senator Bridges called the Supreme | Court “the balance wheel of our Gov- erment” and said: “The President's proposal strikes the vitals of our Government “The form of our Government hangs the balance.” The Senator sounded & call for the Republican party to “formulate « constructive, forward-looking pro- gram based on sound principles of at in | economics and finance and present that program to the people as a Re- publican party prospectus.” | He declared the Republican party cannot be assigned to a ‘“political | grave,” pointing out it polled 17,000,- | 000 votes at the last presidential | election. SCORES OFF RELIEF FOUNDSUFFERING, Volunteer Case Workers Re- port Many of 3,000 Fam- ilies in Need. Pathetic stories of the pressing need among the 3,000 local families denied | any form of relief because in each there is a jobless, but employable, wage earner have been compiled by 75 volunteer case workers, Miss Louise O. Beall, of the Family Service Asso- ciation reported yesterday. It is to alieviate suffering among these families that District officials are rushing plans to set up an | emergency W. P. A. job certification unit with $25,000 left over from the |old F. E. R, A. transient relief fund. Pathetic Living Conditions. “Broken families, hungry and half- children, whole families crowded into one room—these are a few of the findings of the volunteer workers who are making a survey the Washington Federation of Churches of living con- ditions among those denied relief, Miss Beall reported Elwood Street, director of public welfare, has announced plans for extending aid to those families found in “direst meed” by the volunteer workers. The Commissioners have made available to Street $10,000 a | month for this purpose. The volunteers, who represent 16 churches, were given 832 cases from {old relief files to investigate. Thus far case studies of 250 famiiies have been made. Praises Work of Volunteers. In praising the work of the volurye teers, Miss Beall remarked, “The study would be impossible without their co- operation people.” The volunteers are engaged in clerical work, visiting families, sup- | plying motor service in emergencies and taking descriptions of the logal unemployment situation back to their church organizations in order that | adults to other sections of the country | was noted by the economist. They are busy men and | women, giving their time in the hope | of doing something to help these | South Contributes More Than Share Of Nation’s Babies Rural-to-Urban Shift in Population Noted by Economist. B the Associated Press. The rural South contributes more than its share of the Nation's babies, a Government economist said yes- terday. Dr. Carl C. 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